The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-04
Hundreds OF Men Are Seeking
Conspirators Who Destroyed
Times Building.
HAVE PROMISING CLUE.
Chief OF Police Believes Guilty
Men Will Be Captured
Soon.

Los Angeles. Cal. October s.--Under
the stimulus OF proffered rewards aggre-
eating 100000. a figure almost unpre-
cadented in the annals of criminal pur-
suits, hundreds of policemen. detectives
and private citizens in all Pacific coast
cities are searching for clues that may
lead TO the arrest of the conspirators
who blew up the Los Angeles Tia.>s
building last Saturday and caused the
death Of more than score OF persons
and attempted the destruction OF the
homes of General Harrison Gray Otis,
owner of the Times. and f. H. Zeehand.
lar. secretary Of the Merchants and
Manufacturers Association.
Police and civil officers believe that
at least three men were concerned in
the outrages, and the city has placed
a price of $4,000 on the head Of each
reward of $4,000 for every man cap
tured and convicted, and members Of
the Merchants and Manufacturers AS
ISOLATION offered reward OF $So, 900,
OF Which $4,000 has been subscribed.
City Is Aroused.
The entire city is thoroughly aroused
One newspaper that has been friendly
to union labor to-day printed a first
page editorial demandiHg that in view
In connection with the, explosion, the
strikes now on be called off,
Chief of Police Galloway said to-day
that he expected to have one OF all OF
the conspirators In custody soon. He
expected. news from San Francisco.
whence has come the most promising
clue thus far developed.
William j. Burns. detective ems
ployed in the graft cases. in San Fran
cisco. is at work tonight in that city
With Los Angeles detectives. who were
sent there on receipt of notification that
dynamite. believed to have been the
same as that found in the bomb at Zee
near San francisco by men giving the
names of Leonard, Bryson and Morris.
Two iron foundries. the Craig Ship
yard at Long Beach. the Alexandra
tion,. and several other largo steel
buildings where there are strikes are
heavily guarded. S39 M
Genera! Harrison Gray Otis. editor
guard, as are his ofces and Il the bpansb Daay
office that houses the editorial and bus
mess department Of the Times. and tiIa#
auxiliary plant where the paper is
printed 3 =
In compliance With orders from ths
chief Of police, that every ons fal1,n'.
within the police classification OF "un.
desirable and dangerous should ba
borIv taKen M apess5 arressS are made almost
Chandler, assistant manager Of the
Times. are making ARRANGEMENTS Tor
holding one funeral service for all tho
victims Of the disaster, a committee,
consisting Of the editors ana managers
OF. all the papers IN the city, is gath
ering a fund to relieve the families Of
the victims, The funeral Of ChurchiIlJ
Harvey Elder. night editor Of ths
Times. who died OF his injuries a few
hours after the explosion and fire, will
be held tomorrow.
'If the families Of the men don't
object, we will have them buried In
one grave in my lot" said General
Otis, "and we will raise a monument
to their memory which will bear the
names of all. t96
Coroner Hartwell impaneled a jury
to-day to begn the inquest After
taking the nine members Il over the
ruins Of the Times building. he an
nounced that nothing further would
he done until the investigating COM
mittee appointed by the Mayor and
the chief Of police Is ready to repogt.