The San Francisco call., 1908-07-26
THREE MEN CONCEAL
FUSE FOR DYNAMITE
Boys Suspected of RObbing Gel
lar Tell Police of Discovery
Near Clinton Station
Mystery Surrounds Disappear
anCe of Part of Cache and
Finding of Caps

OAKLAND. July 25.-Three thousand
feet Of fuse. such as is used 70 explode
Illuminating caps in dynamite, were
found by the police in a cache near the
southern Pacific Clinton station at the
loot Of Sixth avenue last night. De-
tectlYes are hunting for three men who
Were seen TO hide the material after
large portion had been taken from
packing case. The box was delved into
twice, the second time by three youths
VINO are in the detinue in the city jail
on suspicion Of lOoting the wine cellar
IN the home Of the family Of Justice
!. ". Henshaw Of the supreme court,
Sixth avenue and East Fifteenth street.
The boys who discovered the cache
are Harry Deasy, Harry Stokes and
William Hood, each 19 years OF age.
They were apprehended late last night
and placed in confinement in the city
jail While investigating the Henshaw
burglary the police learned that the
stolen liquors had been concealed in
Clinton park, and on questioning the
boys drew out the information that
dynamite fuse was hidden a few blocks
from Clinton park on the shore Of the
estuary.
PART OF FUSE MISSING
Captain Of Police Book went to the
place and hidden in a growth of weeds
he found a light wooden packing case
which had been broken open. Half of
Its contents had been removed. The
police can account for part of the miss
Ing fuse. The three boys in custody
had burned it, they told the police. and
near the cache Captain Book discov-
cred the charred remains of several
hundred feet Of the fuse. II had been
packed in the case, which originally
contained 1000 feet, in rolls of 200 feet,
snd the three boys had ignited several
OF the rolls. They cannot account for
the remainder of the 1900 feet that had
been removed, but the police believe
that with the capture Of the three men
who hid the fuse they viii learn where
81 was taken.
Accurate descriptions of the three
men who were said TO have placed the
cache were given TO Book by William
AcKenna, living at 32S East Eighth
street, and by Frank Costa of e15 Sew
enth avenue. They said they saw the
three men in the act Of hiding the fuse
and later noticed the three youths now
IN the city jail setting fire to several
rolls.
BRAND NOT USED LOCALLY
Detective Hodglins is endeavoring to
trail the men. 1t is presumed that the
fuse was stolen from a Southern Pacific
car, although no evidence has been found
q fuse OF the particular brand either
Lion brand fuse, not manufactured in
the Pacific coast factories and not car
ried by local dealers There were no
marks Of Identification on the packing
case.
Deasy, Stokes and Hood. who chanced
upon the fuse and wasted part OF it,
are being held in close confinement for
investigation on the Henshaw burglary,
which was committed yesterday Deasy
IS III present on probation. The boys
were not implicated in the supposed
theft Of the fuse.
MERCURY CAPS FOUND
John Coleman delivered TO the police
yesterday d small jewel box containing
eight illuminate Of mercury caps which
he found on the roof of his fathers
house at $50 Myrtle street The police
suspect that the attempt to hide the
caps by throwing them to the roof of a
house may have had some connection
with the theft OF fuse in East Oakland.
The southern Pacific company has small
yards near the spot where the fuse was
found and the stuff may have been
taken from a freightcar, but there is
no evidence Of other materials used in
blasting having been taken.