The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-03
Five Of 19 Bodies in De-
bris of Times Build
ing Unearthed,
TIL R EE ARRESTS
HA We BEEN MADE
Home Of General Otis and Va
rious Industrial Plants are Un-
der Heavy Guard, While
Reward Of S1s,5oo Has
Been Offered for De-
stroyers of Plant.

Los Angeles, CAL, October IA large
force OF werkmen, after digging for
thirty hours into the debris of the
Times building, wrecked by an explo-
sion Saturday morning. have nnearth-
ed Ave OF the nineteen bodies buried
in the ruins. The men are still at
way crane and derrick. which is lift
ing out the masses Of heavy steel.
In the meantime the police arc
guarding the homes Of General Har-
rison Gray Otis, proprietor of the
Times and OF General Manager Harry
Chandler. Guards are also watching
over the plants OF several concerns
recently involved In strikes.
Three arrests have been made since
the explosion. one of the suspects IL
an alleged anarchist. Martin Eagan
III the hope OF securing information
as to the perpetrators OF the outrage,
Mayor Alexander increased the city's
offer OF reward today to 10000
pers and labor organizations. whose
leaders have announced determine, !,
tlon to assist In the search for the
criminals, raises the total amount Of.
rewards to $1s,5oo. N
Renves's Body Recovered. E
The body Of j. Wesley Reeves, sec.
retary TO Harry Chandler. is one Of
those recovered to-day. Identity was
established more by the place IN " htch
1t was found thanfby any evidence on
the body itself. It was burned Into
fragments, and SO were the sursother
bodies taken out.
Mrs. Churchill Harvey Elder, wife
of the night editor who died of his
burns and injuries yesterday. arrived
here from San Francisco, and shortly
afterwards collapsed from the strain
under which she had labofed since
learning OF the catastrophe. She IS IN
a serious condition to-ntght onn
Howard, Jr.,s son sof % nes OF tsfs's;tino-
typers, whose body is believed 60 oe
The Inquest will be held Tuesday.
At that time, the committee Of dyna-,
mite experts and engineers appointed
by Chief of Police Galloway to investt-
gate the wrecking in an effort to learn
the character of the explosive used,
viii report Its findings. Little In the
way of evidence that might lead to
the discovery of the perpetrators OF
the outrage has been found.
Among the remarkable escapes
chron1cled since the explosion and flre
was that of George W. Long and his
crew of engravers They were on
the sixth floor of the building. In the
few seconds intervening between the
explosion and the envelopment OF the
building in flames, the men made tnelr
way to safety.
Crawl to s,sb.ty.
Similar escapes were made by Marx
Bently, chief pressman. and his assocl-
a,es. Bently and his men We're makine
ready to run of section OF the sun
day paper when the roar OF the expo,
sion sounded and the floors overhead
fell The pressroom was filled by o
cloud of smoke and dust Flames
blocked all the doorways and ventila-
TORS. Bently said 1t seemed as though
! he and his men were doomed to die In
the basement. when one of the men
remembered that hole had been Gu,
near the sidewalk for some temporary
purpose. The pressmen made rush
| for this avenue of escape. and one by
one they crawled to safety.
| Charles Lovelace, suburban news ed
| itor. who was one OF the few In the
| editorial room at the time OF the ex'
plosion. will be confined to hospita
/ for many months. he was seriously
/ burned. Paul Braud, police reporter
L
ltrapped men in the burned building
gave way to nervous strain to-day and
| was sent to hospital.
| Used Nltro-GlHcerine.
Superintendent Paul F'lammer chie1
| of detectives stated tonight that w
III. Burns, formerly connected with the
San Francisco graft prosecution. ane
Jnow head of the secret service of thu
\ American Bankers ASS ociation. and "
| j. Moran of the United States secre
service, inspected the ruins of tht
i Times office to-day and said that II
| their orinion the building was de
stroyed by charge Of nitro slycerine
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