The San Francisco call., 1910-10-18

lnen, Dut her information was val
uable in that it Indicated that the
explosive was carried to one of the
many landing places below Hunters
point and from there expressed to the
hiding place. thus connecting the
launch Pastime or Peerless and the
schooner ate with the operations of
the dynamite purchasers. The sacking
and rope which was found about the
boxes was placed on them after they
were taken from Giant, and this af-
forded another clew to the detectives,
which is now being worked on.
Captain Osterhaus was taken into
headquarters yesterday forenoon and
again closely questioned about his
knowledge of the schooner aKte. After
an exhaustive series of cross questions
he was permitted to return to the
power boat Mae. which is beached off
Candlestick point near Nineteenth ave-
nue.. objective Ed Wren, who has
watched his movements closely, de-
clared that he was satisfied that Oster-
haus knew nothing of the dynamite
plot though he was not quite sure
that Osterhaus is engaged in the regu-
lar channels of sea commerce.
MAY BE STOLEN POWDER
That the sticks of 40 per cent dyna-
mite from the Du Pont company found
in one box may be part of a quantity
stolen from the Preside some days
prior to the explosion of the Times
building is another theory being de-
veloped by some of the men on the
case. George ]. Ritter of the company
yesterday visited the Nineteenth avenue
place and said that such a situation
was possible. His company sells the
government much of its blasting Her
cules 40per cent No. 2 powder. This is
the kind found in the box from which
the so per cent explosive had been re-
moved. To trace the sale of the Her.
cules powder found with the Giant dy-
Mantle will be a difficult task The
date stamped on the sticks is June Is,
l9lO,' but owing to the fact that so
much of ii is sold to miners in many
parts of the country to trace this small
quantity will require endless work
Immediately that the trail of Capp
worked its way back into the Mission
70 the Thoms factory, Detectives Burns
Wren and Earl Rogers took the lead
and lost no time in interviewing the
employees at the awning shop. From
the Thoms place it lead directly to the
Grove street fiat now vacant, and from
there TO the Won Rhein real estate of
fee, and to the residence of Savannah.
LOOKS At THE FLAT
At this point the first real light was
thrown on the movements of the Cap
lands" and "Lawsons" In speaking of
the woman giving the name of Cap
land" Mrs. Savannah said last night:
THE fiat had been for rent for only
a short time when young woman
called one day-about six weeks ago
and asked if she could look through it.
She seemed quite taken with the place
and left a deposit, returning shortly
thereafter and paying a full months S
rent. explaining that she and her hus-
band and another couple would occupy
the house. The second woman was a
blonde, several years older than the
one using the name of .Capland" 1
think Mrs. Capland was about % or "a
years of age.
"She was not particularly dark, was
neatly attired and did not make an un-
pleasant impression. She seemed to be
somewhat unfamiliar with the city and
had an idea that both. women had
been recently married. though some
thing was said about children. l did
not see her again, but about two
weeks ago she called me by phone one
afternoon and said that she was to
move away, that her husband was to
go into the interior. l was net exactly
surprised, not even when I learned that
they had vacated the place week ago,
some time before Mrs. Capland said
they were to go.
Il did not know them. I don't know