The San Francisco call., 1908-04-25
DYNAMITER'SA|D
SPREADS MET OF
FEAR IN HOMES
Mysterious Man Goes Ahead OF
Police and Shuts on All
Who Would Talk
Detectives Fail 10 Gain Descrip.
ton of Suspicious Charac-
tiers Observed
Gallagher's New Home Guarded
by Men Detailed by
Chief Biggy

OAKLAND. April 24.-Mysterious
men. IN the employ of more nysteri-
Gus agencies. by representing them
selves falsely as policemen OF this
city and San Francisco. are hampering
the operations of the police detectives
working night and day to run down
the dastards responsible for the dyna-
mite outrage designed TO kill former
Supervisor James Gallagher az the
home OF w. H II. Schenck, 1870
Nineteenth avenue
Possible witnesses, residents OF the
neighborhood, who freely informed
the police on guard at the wrecked
nome day ago that they had seen
suspicious characters haunt the vfcin-
fty.- OF GaIlaghers roof have become
silent when interviewed BY the legiti-
mate detectives, and a careful sysre-
matte canvass for five blocks around
today brought out little OF value
Foremost among those working
against the police was a man seen re-
Deatedly today BY Detectives Richard
McSorley and William Kyle to call on
householders- just in advance OF tha
police When the two Oakland detec-
tives arrived at these places persons
in the houses would refuse to acknowl-
edge that they had ever seen ~shad-
ows" watching the Schenck home. and
no appeal 70 the people previously in-
terviewed BY the mysterious emissa-
rtes in the interests prevailed in bring
ing out Information
HOUSE Is MUTE WITNESS
The shattered house in Nfneteenth
avenue, where women and children ss-
capped injury almost miraculously.
bore mute witness TO the activities OF
the powers that seek silence on all
sides. and tried to remove by death the
chief witness in the graft cases
Two arrests are the sole result OF
the police Efforts save that the in
vestfgatfOn has eliminated all con5ec-
ture that any life except that OF Gal
lagher was sought The men arrested
have not been connected with the dyna-
hitting OF the Nineteenth avenue house.
but discriminating circumstances fmpel
the police TO hold them in detinue.
The men are William J.. Kerr. a
horse shoer. who registered himself IN
a drug store at Seventh and Broadway
as from 537 Missouri street. San Fran
cisco. and George Jay. who claims To
be 1ineman- They were arrested at
Seventh and Broadway last night BY
Policeman McKeegan. to whom Kerr
was pointed out as seeking TO pur-
chase nitric acid muriatic acid and
gIycerfn. two OF these being ingredients
for nftroglycerin.
POLICEMEN ARE BALKED
Kerr. the police say, lives IN East
Oakland and detectives have been de-
tailed to run down his record In this
also the police have net with covert
opposition. for the life OF Kerr Is Still
under study without practical results
Some significance attaches to Kerrs
arrest on account OF his desire 70 pur-
chase glycerfn and nitric acid at the
fr,a a~
cIews are evolved than the police now
hold both he and his cOmrade, with
whom he was caught by McKeesan
in whispered conversation. must be re-
leased
The police. says Captain OF Detec-
tives Petersen. have run down TO a
satisfactory degree the characters seen
hiding near the Schenck horns when
the explosion occurred. and have
strengthened their theory that James
Gallagher was ths target for ths dyna-
riters 10 the total elimination OF al
eontradictfng beliefs.
They are working on this lead; they
were working Indirectly on this lead
when Kerr and Jay were placed IN
custody. and as ~ IN unwilling con-
frmation OF the police theory. the op-
position that the supposed hirelings ara
giving. IS TO the Investigations along
this line.
INVESTIGATORS HAMPERED
-All OF our trails are being crossed"
said Captain Petersen Men are az
work in East Oakland. IN the euupl0y
OF those who are trying 20 ba1k Us.
We find where they have bean. and wa
know they are at work even while we
are striving TO capture the dynamiters.
We on our part are hampsred by a
lack OF money" he added signid-
cantly.
Seemingly in confirmation OF the JUS
tificatiOn the police claim 70 have IN
holding Kerr and lay Miss Georgia
( Schenck. elder daughter OF " H H.
Schenciz. told today OF the visit 70 her
l horne several times last week OF line
men
They rearranged the lines IN many
of-tAe houses near here she said. but
sorse Of the men made this an especial
object. Il seemed They came here
many times TWO or three days in sue
eessfon They entered the house TO IN
spect the telephone. and while they
teIephoned % the central once. or
seemed 20, We do not know that they
asked about the operation OF tAs
phone
Sometimes these men said Mss
Schenck. went into the basement un-
der the house. and studied the building
OF it. while noticing the placing OF the
4 wires.
This Is pertinent TO the police be-
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