Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-10-04
Are Found in Ruins Of
The Times Building.
Believed That Other Bodies
Were Consumed In Flames.
Police Believe 3 Men We're Co..
cerned In The Plot.

stimulus of preferred rewards aGgre-
eating nearly 100000, hundreds OF po-
licemen. detectives and private citizens
in all Pacific coast cities are search
ing for clews which may lead to the
arrest of the conspirators who blew
up the Los Angeles Times building
Saturday last and caused the death OF
more than score of persons and at
tempted the destruction of the homes
Of Gen. Harrison Gray Otis, owner OF
the Times, and F. ]. Zehandelar, Sec
rotary Of the Merchants and Manufac-
turers' 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.
The county today voted an additional
reward of $4,000 for every man captured
and convicted and members of the
Merchants and Manufacturers Asso-
citation offered a reward of $4,000, Of
which $4,000 has been subscribed. Upon
TIE assumption that at least three men
We're responsible for the explosion the
colnhin ed offers of reward thus approx
innate almost 100000. Il figure almost
unprecedented in the annals of criminal
pursuits.
Chief OF Police Galloway said today
that ne expected to have one or all Of
the conspirators in custody soon. He
expected news from San Francisco.
whence has come the most promising
c!ew thus far developed. William J.
Burns. detective. is at work tonight
in that city with Los Angeles detec-
tives VINO were sent there on receipt
of conclusions that dynamite. believed
to be the same as that found In the
bomb at Zehandelars had been pur.
chased near San Francisco by men
giving the names of Leonard, Bryson
and Morris. Two iron fOundries. the
Craig Ship Yard at Long Beach, the
Alexandria Hotel annex, now in course
Of construction and several other large
steel buildings where there are strikes.
are heavily guarded.
Gen. Harrison Gray OTIS. editor Of
the Times. is protected by q body
guard. as are his Offices and the
branch Office that houses the editorial
and business departments Of the Times
and the auxiliary plant where the
paper is printed. II.
Many clues are under investigation
tonight and arrests are being made
almost hourly. These arrests. however.
the regarded as merely perfunctory.
General Otis and Harry Chandler.
assistant general manager Of the
Times, are making arrangements for
holding one funeral service for all
the victims of the disaster.
If the families of the men don't
object we will have them buried in
one grave in my lot" said General
Otis, land we will raise a monument
to their memory, which will bear the
names of all"
Coroner Hartwell empanelled jury
today to begin the inquest. After
taking the nine members over the
ruins of the Times building, he an
nounced that nothing further wouid
he done until the investigating COM
mittee appointed by the mayor and the
chief of police is ready to report.
Los Angeles, Cal. Oct. 3.-Pinned
down by tons of twisted steel grid
ers. a number of bodies were report
ed found early today by the workmen
engaged in removing the debris from
the basement of the wrecked Times
building. The situation was found to
be such this morning that II was i'm
possible to make any progress in re-
covering the bodies and steel crane
will have to be placed in order to life
the heavy material away.
1t is believed that further investi-
cation will bear out the theory of 8. w.
Crabill. foreman Of the composing
room. who, in making his escape the
morning of the disaster, fell down the
elevator shaft and got out only after
having been severely burned. Mr..
Crabill said there were undoubtedly q
number of bodies at the bottom Of
the shaft as others beside himself had
stumbled that way.
1t Is doubted II the bodies of any
more victims will be recovered as it
is believed they were consumed by the
flames.
The police believe five men were d.
rectly concerned in placing the bomb
that wrecked the Times building and
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