Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-28
SECRECY COVERS
EXPLOSION PROBE
Sumors Rife Regarding Arrest of
Suspects Are Denied
by Police

Added secrecy was given the police
Investigation into the wrecking of the
Llewellyn plant, Main and Redondo
streets, when it a ) announced yester-
day afternoon that every move of
those carrying on the search would be
made under cover.
If suspects are brought into police
headquarters and questioned, it will be
done with the utmost privacy. Those
arrested on suspicion will be booked
on fictitious charges and no mixing or
what transpires will be made public,
according to present plans.
Whether any suspects have been
questioned by the police could not be
learned yesterday. Reports were cir
Culated at central station that SuS-
poets are being brought in but COR
robraton is lacking. That four sus-
poets We're arrested Monday afternoon
and released after they had proved an
alibi was denied yesterday by Captain
of Detectives Flammer.
II know of no suspects being arrest
ed and questioned" said Capt. Flam-
mer. Moreover, ] know of no one who
is likely to he brought in in connec-
tion with this case Immediately"
From the attitude of the heads of the
police department it is understood,
however, that several men in the city
are being kept under constant surveil-
lance. Three or four patrolmen have
been taken off their regular beats and
are watching the homes of suspects
night and day.
Captain Flammer and Captain Lehn-
hausen, in charge of central station,
held numerous conferences yesterday
and several times during the day they
left headquarters and went downtown
together 1t is believed they were
called into conference with Earl Rog-
ers, Pinkerton detectives and others in
Vestigating the explosion.
EXPERT Is NoNCOMMITrAL
General O. j. Sweet, dynamite ex-
pert and one of Mayor Alexanders rep
resentatives in the investigation, spent
an hour yesterday morning in confer
ence with Capt. Flammer and several
Other detectives. II, is understood that
Gen. Sweet made some report as to
his opinion of the explosive used in
wrecking the Llewellyn plant. Ques-
toned as to his opinion of the explo-
sion he was noncommittal.
Il have assumed the same attitude
as the police" said Gen. Sweet. 81
cannot give out any of my views until
latter in the investigation. l will say,
however, that l cannot tell just now
what explosive was used in wrecking
the Llewellyn plant.
"In explosions of such n nature all
most any kind of high explosive might
be used. There is generally no part
of the explosive left after the blast by
which definite conclusions may be
reached. Whether the Llewellyn plant
was blown with dynamite, nitro gly-
cerine, gun-cotton or some other high
explosive / am not ready to say"
According to Gen. Sweet no eXami-
nation las been made of the particles
of substance dug out of the hole where
the charge is thought to have been
placed. The particles were first
thought to be gun-cotton but a chemi-
cal analysis will be necessary to alb
solutely determine this theory, accord
ing to Gen. Sweet.
Many residents in the neighborhood
of the Llewellyn Iron Works have been
questioned by the police.
Work was resumed at the Llewellyn
plant as ual yesterday morning. u
full office force and shop crew being
on hand. Temporary offices will be
used until the wrecked sections of the
plant have been rebuilt