The San Francisco call., 1910-10-23
HUNTFORCAPLAN
IS EXTENDED TO
PORTLAND, ORE.
Detective Burns Departs on a
Search for the Fugitive
PeddIer
An Additional Charge of Murder
Is Placed Against Mrs.
Belle LAWN

Mexican than anything else. Instead
OF having dark brown eyes he has deep
violet eyes. set deep in his head and
somewhat close together. His jaws are
well defined. emphasized somewhat by
hollow cheeks and high cheek bones.
CapIan Went North
It is pretty fairly established that
Caplan left this city for Portland i'm
Ynediately after he had concealed the
800 pounds OF dynamite in the South
San Francisco. cottage. He is familiar
with that part of the country, having
been there during 1903 and the spring
OF 1909 If the theory Of the detectives
is correct the man has enough money
TO keep himself a little ahead of Burns.
but the detectives quest is not to end
until he has brought his quarry within
the dragnet of the police. All the ma
chienry Of the law is at his dfspocal.
He has almost unlimited means with
which 10 effect his purpose and a spec
tacular race is expected if Caplan has
left the north coast and had darted into
the interior
Captains movements in and out of
Portland date from the Alaska Yukon
Pacific exposition. 40 which time he
sold goods In the fair grounds. His
travels have been more extensive than
those of the ordinary man and it is
probable that he knows more secluded
countryside retreats than the men who
are hunting him. He has Travelled on
railroads. steamships and along wagon
roads up and down the Pacific coast for
the last eight years peddling merchan-
disc and working different communi-
ties with ware at country fairs. He has
been called upon to adapt himself TO all
kinds Of conditions and circumstances.
and If Burns misses him in Portland
IL is predicted that a man hunt filled
with stirring and sensational features
VIII be witnessed across the entire
continent Caplan has made the trip
from across the Russian. steppes into
the capitals of Europe, across the At
iantic and across the states. Provided
he is supplied with enough money
and there seems to be reason to believe
that he is-the opinion is expressed that
he has made clever getaway"
DETECTIVES TAKE A REST
The detectives remained somewhat
inactive at headquarters yesterday Ex-
cept for the work Of Burke and Wren.
little was done. Chief Seymour met
Mayor Mccarthy yesterday forenoon
and left for the marshes in the after
noon TO spend SundayI shooting ducks
The mayor announced last night that
there was no significance in the con-
that ii was merely one Of a number
of conferences with respect TO police
administration. There was no effort on
the part Of the police to locate o. A
Tveitmoe. secretary of the Asiatic ex-
clusion league. yesterday. At his home
II was said that he had remained away
over night, but it is not believed that
he is making any effort to avoid an
interview with Chief of Police Sey-
mour
When seen yesterday, Mrs. Mortar
said:
I and my husband have been in
terviewed by numberless detectives
and All the information l have has been
given TO the police. I am OF the opinion
that ii is important and has a direct
bearing on the dynamiting case, but
am not at liberty TO make it public
am 4 cousin of Cap1an's. and he did
occupy this fat when we were away.
What happened while he lived here we
are in no way responsible for. for we
We're in the country.
We have given every possible aid
10 the authorities and will continue to
do so, but we have been cautioned to
keep our information from becoming
public. Detective Burns has been to
see US, as have others identified with
the case. Ny relationship with Cap
ian VIII not prevent me from telling
everything 1 know respecting his
movements. How material that in
formation viii be 1 do not know"
Duus Does Not Know Smithy
Albert Duus, the San Rafael waiter.
who was believed to have gone to
Australia in company with NJ A.
Schmidt alias "Smithy," the supposed
dynamiter, shattered another clew yes
terday when he appeared at the office
of The Call and explained that he was
not acquainted with Schmidt at all
Duus said that, although he knew
Edwards. who happened to know
Schmidt. he was not acquainted with
the man suspected of being RESPONSE
bic for the Los Angeles Times dyna-
mite outrage. Duus said that he had
worked in San Rafael at the time re-
lated by Edwards, but that he had
never worked at Corte MADEIRA. He
explained his departure from San Ra
fael as an ordinary change of residence
attended by no mystery and no un--
due haste
r. r. Edwards, a San Rafael laundry
man, originated the idea that Duus and
Schmidt had escaped TO Australia on
the steamer Spithead. Edwards knew
Schmidt during the time he worked
upon the residence of Anton Johann
sen at Corte MADEIRA and was ac
quainted with Duus. Duus, he said
held advanced opinions upon the labor
situation, and the fact that Duus and
Schmidt left the neighborhood at the
same time gave rise to the suspicion
that they had gone together Duus
had previously told Edwards that he
was going to Australia on the Spit
head