The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-10-07
REWARD HAS GROWN
TO FABULOUS sum
Search For Dynamiters Who Wrecked
Times Building in Los Angeles
Spreads to Country.
by Associated Press.

search for the dynamiters who de-
stroyed the Times building Saturday
extends today from San Francisco to
San Diego and from the ocean to the
deserts of San Joaquin. The police
remain confident that the hunt in San
Francisco will prove fruitful. The
detectives heard today that the launch
Peerless, on which the conspirators
are supposed to have shipped dyna-
mite from Giant, Ca, had been traced
from San Pablo to Avita, on the San
Francisco Bay, where it was met by
an automobile, which Immediately
started south. The police are on the
trail of this automobile.
Los Angeles, Cal, Oct, 4. - Under
the stimulus of proffered rewards ag-
gregating 100000, hundreds of men,
policemen and private citizens here
and all along the cost cities are
searching for clews that may lead to
the arrest Of the band of conspira-
tors held responsible for the blowing
up of the Times building last Satur-
day and the attempt to destroy the
homes of General Otis and F. j. Zee
hanlar, secretary of the Merchants q
Manufacturers association.
The police and civil officials believe
that at least three men were concern
ed in the outrage which cost the lives
of more than a score Of Times en-
ployes and the city has placed price
of $40 1000 upon the head Of EACH The
county voted an additional reward OF
$4,000 for every man captured and
convicted and on top of this the mem
bers of the Merchants and Manufac-
turers association has offered a re-
ward OF $4,000.
Upon the assumption that at least
three men were responsible for the
wrecking of the Times the combined
offers of reward thus reach 100000,
a figure almost unprecedented in the
annals of criminal pursuits and indi-
cative of the determination of all
classes to hunt down and bring to jus
tice the perpetrators of the dynamite
outrage.
The entire city has been thoroughly
aroused. One of the newspapers
friendly to labor printed first page
editorial today demanding that the
strikes now in progress be called off
in view of the structures directed at
the unions in connection with the ex-
plosion. The State Federation of La
Dor in convention here today probably
will take action tomorrow looking to-
wards the appointment of investiga-
tors to work in conjunction with the
committee named by the city.
Chief of Police Galloway said that
he expected to have one or all of the
bomb conspirators in custody within a
few hours and later stated that the ex-
pected news would come from San
Francisco, whence comes the most
promising clew developed.
William J. Burns, former head of
the detective force engaged in the
graft cases in San Francisco Is at work
in that city with Los Angeles detec-
tives sent north upon the receipt of
information that the dynamite of
which the charge in the Internal ma
chine was found at Zeehandelaar' S
home is believed to have been pur-
chased near San Francisco by men
named Leonard, Bryson and Morris.
Burns and another detective, with
Attorney Earl Rogers and a powder
expert. went to San Francisco last
night Immediately after the reports
concerning Leonard, Bryson and Nor
ris were received. In the meantime
forty additional patrolmen were or
dered enrolled by the council which
met in specian session. Ten additional
sergeants and another lieutenant were
also authorized. These men are now
being enrolled and placed on guard
about places whore there have been
strike troubles recently
Two iron founderies, the Craig ship
yard at Long Beach, the Alexandria
Hotel Annex now In the course of con-
struetion and several other large steel
buildings are heavily guarded. Otis
is protected by a bodyguard both in
and out of Office, and the branch office
which houses the editorial and bust.
ness departments of the Times, with
the auxiliary plant, where the paper
is printed are heavily guarded by plain
clothes men and patrolmen.
One clue which appeared for a time
very promising came from Portland
The information is said to have been
furnished there.
General Otis and Harry Chandler
of the Times are making arrange
ments for the holding of one funeral
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