The San Francisco call., 1908-05-29
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our plans now, but it is certain that
the Investigation is to continue until
we land our man.
Burns had several members of his
own star secretly at work in Oakland
James Gallagher spent almost the en-
tire day at his wrecked house He held
lengthy conference with his partner,
Architect George McC rea, in regard to
his plans for the restoration of the
structure, and at its conclusion he an
nounced that the work of rebuilding
the house and making 1t ready for oc-
cupancy would be begun Immediately.
The house is not nearly so badly
damaged as 1 thought at first" he
said. THE front portion of the building
Is practically intact and the founda-
tion was uninjured. We estimate that
the repair work on the wrecked house
and the one next to it, which was
slightly damaged, will not exceed
$4,000. The work will be pushed right
ahead, and the house will be restored
and completed as soon as possible. At
the time the dynamiting took place Nc
Rae was negotiating for the sale of the
three houses and lots, for which we
asked $4,000. The deal was all but
completed when the house was blown
up. These are the only houses that
own on this side of the bay"
Gallagher was INCLINED TO be reti-
cent when asked whether he enter
tanned any fears for his personal safe
ty in the future.
i have had no warning in regard to
this outrage" he declared, but l have
feared that some such thing would oc-
cur ever since the blowing up of the
Schenck home, which, / am convinced
was intended as an attack upon my
life. There is no doubt in my mind that
the parties who placed the bomb in this
house are the same who blew up the
Schenck residence. Dynamiting is an
offense outside the pale Of ordinary
crime, and 1T is inconceivable that these
two dastardly outrages, the one fol-
lowing so closely upon the other, could
have been committed by different agen-
cies."
Late in the afternoon Burns, accom-
panied by Captain of Detective Peter
sen of Oakland and Detectives Goff and
Murphy of San Francisco, visited the
Gallagher houses and spent more than
an hour in going over the wreck and
walking about the neighborhood
Burns refused to make any statement
regarding the latest dynamite outrage
beyond saying that there was no doubt
that it was an attempt to intimidate
witnesses In the trials of the indicted
grafters of San Francisco. After hold
Ing a conversation with Gallagher
Burns and his party drove off toward
San Francisco in their automobile and
Gallagher soon followed in his machine
accompanied by two men who were at
his side throughout the day.
The local detectives made a canvass
Of all the livery stables in the city in
an attempt to discover whether a
buggy had been rented by any susni-
cious characters on the night of the
dynamiting- The police are confident
that the man who placed the bomb had
an accomplice in waiting with a rig az
some kind and that he made his escape
with him.
An investigation is being made of
number of mysterious whistle calls
now believed to have been signals, that
Were heard by George Neece Just before
the dynamitIng took place. Neece
lives at the corner of Perkins and Van
Buren streets, less than a block from
the Gallagher house. He says he heard
long whistle sound repeatedly from
the direction of the house, but paid no
particular attention to ii until after
III explosion, when, 1t occurred to him
tnat the signals were probably con-
nected with the commission OF the
crime The police look upon this clew
as confirming the theory that more
than one person took part In the plac-
ing of the bomb
Captain of Detectives Petersen stat
ed last night that no arrests have been
maue as yet in connection with the
case and said that he had nothing fur
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