The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-10-05
Boat Is Discovered Which Was Used by the
Men Who Bought Dynamite.
PLANS FOR RELIEF OF THE WOUNDED AND BERtFT
Los Angeles, Discussing Scheme for Adjustment of Labor
Troubles, Is Stirred by the Arrest of General
Otis on an Old Libel
Charge

Oakland, Cal, Oct 4.--In the dis
covery Of the launch "Pastime' at q
boathouse In the Oakland estuary, the
detectives who are working on the
case of the dynamitng Of the Los
Angeles Times building, are certain
that they have ut least located the
mysterious craft known ns the Peer
less" and believed % have been used
by the perpetrators Of the crime W
carry the dynamite sticks from the
snlesrooms of the powder company at
Giant, Contra Costa county, on Sep
tember "a. The boat was identified
today by George Phillips, chief sales
man of the powder company, as being
identical with the one used ny the men
who purchased the 500 pounds Of ex-
plosives. Detective William J. Burns,
who IL conducting the investigation
into the matter, visited the boathonse
today In company with Captain Of De
tectives Walter j. Peterson of the local
department, who made the find, ana
several detectives from Los Angeles,
san Francisco and Oakland.
Boat Found.
I'VE have found the boat used by
the men we are after" said Burns to-
night "Bit by bit we have gained on
them, and the finding of the BOAT in
which they carried on most OF their
EARLY operations Is very important
Two pairs of common blue overalls
and a torn piece of San Francisco
newspaper of September "a were the
only things found In the boat. Nall
and screw holes on the bow of the boat
are now believed by the detectives to
be the marks Of the letters Peerless
placed over "Pastime."
Immediately after the visit to thu
boathouse detectives were sent In III
automobile 10 Alyiso, a town about III
miles down the bay toward san Jose
where several persons stated that they
had seen strange launch In the vicln'
ity on September 90, In which three
men were riding. and that several boxe!
such az were used to ship dynamite
had been found near there
The two men who rented the launci
on September 20 answer the deserip
ton of the two men who negotiated
the deal for the sale of the dynamite
In every particular. They stated tina
they had come from New York onl.
two or three days previously, and tina
they wanted launch In which L
cruise up the Sacramento river for
month. One of the men gave his nam
ns Bryce, and the other said that u
was A. l.. Perry The men who pui
chased the dynamite are known as a. .
Bryson and William Norris
The men paid deposit Of $500 an
returned the launch at noon o
September 20.
secrstive Officers.
Los Angeles. Oct. 4.-The veil 9
secrecy maintained. by Chief of Polio
Galloway and all his subordinates sine
the explosion which wrecked the Time
plant last Saturday, became thlcke
and more impenetrable late today, whe
n report came IN that the trail OF N
dynamite conspirators had been strnc
in this city
II regard the second clew quite {
important as that which is engagin
the attention of the detectives IN so
Francisco
This was all that half an hour
Interrogation eenld elicit from the chi
of police.
Otis b.rresped.
One incident OF the day here was II
arrest of General Otis, proprietor
the Times, on the charge Of hayli
criminally libeled Andrew Gallagher.
san Francisco labor leader, In Il
columns OF the Times. He was TAX
into custody while preparing to attel
the funeral of Wesley Reaves, I
young stenographer, to whom he di
tated the article on which the lil
was based.
The arresting officer accompanl
the general to the funeral and then
to n Justice court, where bail was
ranged. The case will come up
morrow on habeas corpus hearing
Old Charges.
The charges against General @
were contained In two warrants. IN
were issued some time ago III ,