Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-11
DYNAMITE TRAIL
LEADS TO NORTH
Detectives Hurry to Bay Region
and Arrest Is Expected
Within "a Hours
TRACING SCHOONER KATE
Mysterious Man Named BiSbee
Took Strange Voyage on
Little Craft

Important developments are ex
pected in the Times explosion cas-
that has occupied The time of severa
hundred detectives since the structure
was destroyed Saturday morning, Oc
tober l. Several local detectives lef
for the north last night and it is be
lieved that the arrest of one of thu
men who purchased the giant powde
will be effected within the next twenty
four hours.
Detective William j. Burns, who hai
been making Investigations in Los An
geles for the past several days, lef
last night for San Francisco. on tn,
same train were Detective Charles A
Jones of the local detective bureau
who has been working on the matte
tirelessly since the explosion, and sew
eral other officers. The fact that Jone
arrived in Los Angeles Sunday anC
left for the north within less thar
twenty-four hours after his arriva
here is thought to be an indication tina
an important arrest Is impending il
the northern city.
AS the detectives are extremely reti
cent in discussing the case and prac
tically give out no information as tt
the progress made in the investigation
1t is not known whether the hurried
trip north Is the result of importan
information gathered here or to in
vestigate the arrest of a suspect whC
was taken into custody at Battle
Mountain, New.
SUSPECT Is HELD
Chief of Police Seymour of San Fran,
cisco yesterday received a communi.
cation from the authorities at Battle
Mountain to the effect that a man il
under detention there answering the
description Of the leader of the trio who
purchased the dynamite at Giant, Cal
September 20. Photographs of this mar
were mailed to Saa Francisco and the
detectives of that city will submit then
to the various persons who met the
alleged conspirators while they were
in San Francisco.
Harry Piper, who acted as keeper OF
the launch Pastime during one after
noon after the purchasers of the dyna-
mite had gone to moorings in the
Sixteenth street dock in the Bay city
said yesterday the photograph of the
man under arrest at Battle Mountain
was not that of any Of the men he saw
about the launch. Piper had several
chances to see the ''man with the bad
eye" at close quarters, and he Is GER
tain the picture is not a likeness OF
that person.
For the past several days the police
Of the northern city have been in
vestigating the power schooner Kate
which Is supposed to have been usec
to transport the explosive south aftel
the powder had been conveyed by the
launch Pastime to some small landing
in San Francisco bay and there trans.
ferred to the Kate The latter vesse
left San Francisco the night of Sap
tember % or the morning following
and since that time no trace of the
vessel has been found.
1t was learned yesterday that Cap
tain limerick of the tug Northern
Light had taken his boat to the Six
teenth street wharf where the Kate
was moored and had taken on a mys-
terious man named Bisbee. A second
man, supposed to be the brother of
Bisbee, was to make the trip, but he
decided at the last minute to remain
in San Francisco. After leaving the
Sixteenth street wharf the Northern
Light proceeded to brakes bay, near
Point Reyes, where connection was
made with the Kate.
1t was learned also that Captain
Osterhaus of the Kate, who employed
limerick to take the passenger to
Drake bay, bears the same name as
the man who is said to have accom-
panied Captain Adolphson to San
Diego to charter the Kate to take her
to San Francisco to prepare for her
mysterious voyage.