The San Francisco call., 1908-05-30
NEW CLFW SHOWS
DYNAM|TERS' TRAIL
Police Grow More Confident of
Catching Higher Ups Ter
ror Spreaders

Closer than ever did the San Fran
cisco and Oakland detectives who are
working on the Gallagher dynamiting
case get yesterday TO the trail of the
men who planted the last Internal ma
chine in the Gallagher houses at Per-
.kins and Belmont streets in Oakland.
The net of evidence is being slowly
frightened and Captain of Detectives
Petersen Of the Oakland force and
others who have closely followed the
investi cation are confident that it VIII
soon enmesh the men responsible for
the two outrages that have occurred.
Working hand in hand the police OF
Oakland and San Francisco have
cleared away many of the features
which clouded the case at the outset,
and are now following lines of investi-
cation suggested by several fclews
which have come into their hands, but
which have not been made public. Cap
tain Petersen spent two hours yester
day in conference with Special Agent
Burns and Detectives Goff and Murphy
Of the San Francisco police force, who
visited Oakland especially to see him.
The four then visited the wrecked
houses together and went thoroughly
over the scene again.
UNWIND TANGLED THREADS
Murphy and Goff have been detailed
by Chief of Police Biggy. at the request
Of District Attorney Langdon, to aid
in the work across the bay, and have
been instrumental in Strengthening out
many Of the tangled ends OF circum
stantial evidence pointing toward GER
tain theories. SO far the investigation
has served to strength in many ways
the first belief or Captain Petersen that
the attempts on Gallagher's life and
against his property were the work OF
enemies allied with the graft defend
ants.
There is only one tenable theory"
said Petersen. After a review of all
the circumstances, the possible motives
and the careful cunning with which the
two outrages We're carried out. l fail
TO see how sane man can suggest that
s crank placed either of the bombs.
fsHhere can be no doubt as to who would
benefit by Gallagher's removal The
careful obscuring Of details that might
incriminate shows that the deed was
not that of crank or mere personal
foe, but of conspirators wishing to re-
move or terrorize the ex-supervisor."
GaIlag CHER refuses TO be terrorized. He
was a visitor yesterday at his wrecked
houses and he and McCrea are already
rebuilding the dwellings and much of
the wreckage has been cleared away.
No traces Of bomb have been found
IN the masses Of refuse created by the
explosive, but a chemical analysis OF
some Of the charred wood found on the
floor of the house where the, bomb was
fired has been bgun to ascertain
whether nitroglycerin or dynamite
was used.
TRAILERS TAKE WARNING
For the first time since the dyna-
miting Investigations were begun,
Special Agent Burns and the detec-
tives working on the case were free
from molestation and hindrance at the
hands of United Railroads detectives
yesterday. The arrest of the four
trailers who were following Burns the
night after the outrage and the plac-
ing Of felony charges against them
have evidently frightened the higher up
bosses, and the graft headquarters was
yesterday a busy place.
Every effort has been made by the
United Railroads to prevent the con-
nection of the corporation and the al
lied graft bureau with the Helms de-
tective agency from becoming known.
The men arrested in the automobile
a few nights ago were hired for the
work by the Helms agancy and the real
employers have tried to remain in the
background. It was from the Oak and
'Broderick street Offices of the United
Railroads however, that an agent
from the Helms bureau yesterday Sc
cured the money for the bonds of the
men arrested, and it was through the
same source that Attorneys Barnes
and Peery were brought into the case
TO represent the defendants.
Luther Brown, former manager of
the Calhoun gumshoe interests. has
been recalled from Los Angeles, where
he had been sent to carry out a piece
Of work demanding peculiar capabili-
ties, and has opened a new head
quarters with the Banjo Eyed Kid in
the Realty building in Market street.
GIBSON WORRIES BROWN
Browns principal employment since
returning to the city has consisted in
worrying about the actions of Tom
United Railroads. who has grown care
less in his public utterances. Gibson
now knows enough, however, to be
independent and has not responded
meekly to the efforts made to hold
him down.
Frank Shaw. Harry Smith, John r
johnson and Cliff Middlemass, the four
automobile detectives who were ar
rested for interfering with the work
of the authorities Investigating the
Gallagher cases, appeared IN Police
Judge Shortalps court yesterday forl
arraignment on the conspiracy charge
Detective Charles Goff having sworn
TO the complaint against them as soon
as court convened.
With the consent of the district at
torney's Office the cases were put over
until Monday. when it is supposed that
attorney Peery viii attempt to have
the charges dismissed, and. failing in
that, viii apply to the superior court
for writ Of habeas corpus.