Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-10-14
Times DISASTER
INVESTIGATION
Detectives Running Down
Clues Expect to Land
Guilty Men Soon.

dcncc that enabled them to trace with
certainty the identity Of the men res.
ponsible for the outrage.
A number of mysterious telephone
messages sent by the men who regis.
tered at the Argonaut Hotel and sub.
ssquently rented the launch Pastimc.
which Is known TO have carried the
dynamite. gave the officials a definite
clew, which was followed with re.
doubled energy.
Within few days the police expect
to make one or more arrests I'm this
city Accurate descriptions OF the
two men who engineered the scheme
to purchase the gelstine dynamite
have been obtained from many sour.
ces nv the police, who have been
combing the bay.
Handwriting Forms Important Clew.
The most tangible evidence now In
possession of the police Is specimens
Of handwriting known to have been
executed by one or perhaps both of
iha men known as Bryce and Morris
/ These specimens. which are said to
/ have inimitable characteristics have
been submitted to handwriting cx.
perts. An important report on com.
PARSONS made Of the specimo ms is ex.
pected In n day or so.
| u Is definitely known that the dis.
guised launch which sailed as the
Peerless To the Giant Powder Com.
rany's works. where workmpn had a
good opportunity to look the craft
over. chngged along the waterfront OF
San Francisco under its real name
Pastlme
She remained hidden under wharves
for two days.
Learning of this fact yesterday. the
police believe that the dynamite may
have been carried from the launch In
grips aud either shipped on a steam.
or near by the hiding place Of the
launch or carried to the Southern Pa.
cifc depot six blocks from the wharf
under which the craft was conceal.
ed.
River Landing Places Searched.
Sheriffs of counties bordering on
the bay and along the Sacramento
river are searching for the landing
place. It is also believed that some OF
the explosives carried in the launch
were unloaded at some obscure place
around the bay in the little yellow
rowboat which was towed along by
the launch.
All day long the telephone wires
running into Earl Rogers headuuar
J tiers at the st. Francis Hotel were
,, kept hot with long.distance calls from
all over the State. His picked mer
have been sent TO points where sus
poets have been under surveillance.
Information conveyed to Rogers
causes him to believe that seven OF
eight persons planned the scheme Il
purchase the dynamite In this city
away from the scene of the outrage
In order to throw the authorities of
the right track.
In an Interview with Detective VII
liam Burns, that great tracker o
wrongdoers said:
oiV NJ Wtit htU
that escape Is practically impossible
II Is only a question Of time when W,
will bring them In. The facts gather
ed about San Francisco check up to
dot with what we have learned at thi
end. The trail left by the dynamit
ers is clearer than we had expected
In some instances II is OF natur
that leads us to believe that the ideu
tification will come quickly. Their
are some gaps to be filled In, hut tn
necessary material is being account
lated satisfactorily"
For the present the main efforts @
the detectives In charge OF the inve'
tigation will be devoted to this teri
tory. A number Of persons have com
i forward with Information that has 10
u poets, but the police stated tonigt
o that they had In detinue no on
u against whom there was any defnit
: evidence. The arrest of II. J. GILL
i a pipe filter, gave rise to the repol
h that capture had been made, br
U me OUeHSe Oh bllllS lies, 80 lar as
c now charged Is an expression OF syn
:. patty with the deed.
4 Agents Of Others.
III The theory upon which the who
= investigation Is being pressed hold
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y Since General CrozIer has bee
J. chief of ordnance the department hi
J. increased from sixty-five to eight,
n five officers and the work has bee
n greatly extended because of the n
n crease in the activities of the arm
l. the defense. of the Panama Cana
the fortifying of the COATS and rll
N work in the national guard. Generl
d Crozier is heartily In sympathy wit
n the movement for the revival of rit
l. practise among civilians. He hi
* strongly recommended the passal
!, of bill appropriatlng 100000 Il
e. the advancement of rifle practi
i among ,ciyiliansaand in schools. al
efiisla strong believer in preparing Il
I'd young men of the country to be
o | arms for their country I'm case