Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-11-01
DYNAMITE SUSPECT IS
FUGITIVE BANK TELLER
Acapulco Officials Claim They
Hold Wilson B. Evans,
Wanted in Los Angeles

ing place in brakes bay. And while
the detectives hunted up the antece-
dents of the mysterious "Bisbee," sup
posed dynamiter, Fate was weaving
the web that enmeshed Evans.
Detective Browne of the district at
| torney's office in this city located In
San Francisco Capt. John Osterhaus,
formerly master of the Kate, who took
the vessel on the first lap Of Its voy-
age down the coast. Osterhaus told
of selling his half interest IN the Kate
| to the man "Bisbee" for $4,000. He
described the man in detail. The de-
scription did not At any OF the dyna-
miters Then he told of the strange
| incident of "Bisbee" not being on the
vessel when it left port but of board
ing her from the tug Northern Light
Detective Brown found the master and
| crew of the Northern Light and they
| verified the story of Osterhaus. They
said further that the man Bisbee had
been aboard their vessel for eleven
days prior to boarding the Kate from
| it. He had paid them handsomely for
keeping him on board and letting him
sleep there and cruise about the bay
with them. Another man, friend"
they said, had come with Bisbee when
he hired accommodations on The tug
and had explained that "Bisbee" was
the son of wealthy parents and
drunkard and that he was put aboard
the vessel to keep him away from
liquor"
CAME ABOARD AT NIGHT
The captain and the crew of the
Northern Light believed this story, at
least they say they did, and their
guest was a liberal gentleman" SO
for eleven days "Bisbee" was COM
pletely covered from the prying eyes
of the police and Burns men hunted
in vain for trace of Evans, the missing
bank teller from Los Angeles
In the meantime Jack Bisbee'S
friend was actively engaged in fitting
up the Kate, purchased with Bisbee's
money, for q cruise to the Galapagos
islands. The original crew was dis
charged and a new crew, not likely to
ask questions, was employed. Bisbee's
friend" now began posing as his
brother and gave the name Chris Bis
bee. Some times he gave the name of
"a, Ham," but in making purchases he
was Chris Bisbee. The vessel was out
fitted for a six months cruise. 1t got
away from San Francisco on Septem-
Der a. and that night Bisbee boarded
her from the Northern Light of Point
Reyes. Had the vessel been searched
when it left the San Francisco docks
no suspicious person would have been
found aboard The crew of the North
ern Light saw nothing strange in put
ting "Bisbee" aboard the Kate outside
the bay, as it had been explained to
them that the whole transaction was to
keep the young man at sea and away
from liquor. Bisbee's getaway caused
no suspicion, and was perfect. The
man had only the seas of the friendly
Central American coast before him and
had apparently left no trail behind him.
NEMESIS THREADS SOFTLY
When Browne in following the dyna-
mite trail, stumbled on these strange
circumstances it seemed cleW to the
men who blew up the Times. When
the descriptions of the three suspects
in no way fitted Bisbee or his crew he
was completely baffled. And then
while the detectives were discussing
the new phase of the case it was sud
denly suggested that it might be some
fugitive from justice other than the
dwynamiters. Dates pointed to Evans
Evans description was given to Oster-
haus, and he said the man was Bis
bee. The description was taken to the
men on the Northern Light, and they
too said that "Bisbee" and Evans were
the same. Fate, following Evans on a
blind trial, pointed with unsWerVing
hand to the direction he had taken, but
Evans could afford to laugh at Fate,
schooner, provisioned and equipped for
a six months cruise, with plenty of
cash and a crew, the fugitive was as
safe as "a needle in a haystack." Even
a warship mad small chance to find
him, and Warships don't play detect
ives.
So two weeks ago, although fate had
shown that Evans, the defaulting bank
teller, had gotten away on the schoon-
err Kate, disguised as Bisbee, the de-
tectives practically gave up the chase.
Evans seemed to have escaped. Neither
Browne or Burns had any idea that
the well provisioned, seaWorthy little
craft would put i'll at any port for
months to come. Her destination off
the Peruvian coast was believed large
ly to be blind. 1t was expected that
Evans would put ashore at some Sc
cluded spot along the entral or South
American coast and his capture seemed
impossible.
But fate was not through yet
A GREAT STORM AROSE
The same strange chain of circum-
stances that threw the escaping Evans
across the trail of the Times suspects
trpped him once again. 1t was re-
ported that the Times suspects were
aboard the steamer san Juan, due at
Acapulco on October 25. Word was
sent to that port for the police to
search the steamer. News agencies,
with no inkling that Evans was aboard
the Kate and still suspecting that YES
sci of being a dynamite craft, wired
to Acapulco to also watch for the
schooner Kate that was supposed to
be also in the waters off that port. AS
for the Kate the men aboard had no
intention of making a stop at AGA
pulco. Had they known that the police
of that city were watching for them
it would not have bothered them, for
they had no intention of stopping there.
And here fate played its strangest
trick.
AS the little vessel was making its
way down the coast we'll off the beaten
ways of coastwise traffic a tremendous
storm came up. The Kate was too far
off shore to seek a harbor and wait
for the storm to pass, To save the
ship from sinking the crew was obliged
to tighten the vessel by throwing over
board their supply of gasoline. When
the storm died down the boat was
without fuel. There was nothing to do
but make their way to the nearest
port. One port in Mexico seemed about
as safe as another. The Kate sailed
into Acapulco, the Cne port where the
watch for the Kate was keenest, and
Evans was in the hands of fate, rep
resented by the Mexican authorities.
IDENTIFIED BY PICTURES
Detective Browne stated yesterday
that there was no question but that the
man known as o. Carlson on the Kate
is Evans, alias Bisbee. He declares
that both Capt. John Osterhaus and
the captain and crew of the Northern
Light have identified pictures of Evans