Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-10-06
REWARDS OF $18,5OO FOR
ANY CLEW TO DYNAMITERS
Police Guard Homes of. General Otis and Man
ager of the Newspaper---Former Charges
Crime to Trouble with Unions---I after
Join in Seeking the Miscreants.

- the debris of the Times building |
Eed by an explosion yesterday |
d ming, have unearthed ave Of the L.
odias buried in the ruins. The mon are
III at work tonight, aided by huge
r.iwuy crane and derrick which is lifting J
II tho masses of heavy steel. In tho
antime the police are guarding the
m. $ of Nen. Harrison Gray Otis,
r'rietor Of the Times. and Of General
Eager Harry Chandler. Guards are
watching over the plants of several
..orns recently involved in strikes.
rec arrests have been made since the
l1sion. one of the suspects is an
.icsed anarchist. Martin A. Egan. In
.ne hope Of securing information as to the
perpetrators of the outrage. Mayor Alex
ander Increased the city's offer OF reward
to-day to $1,000
This, with the offers of local news
papers and labor organizations whose
leaders have announced determination
to assist in the search for the criminals.
raises the total amount of rewards to
$3.50. The city's offer is intended to
tempt any one having knowledge of a
dynamite conspiracy to divulge the sec
ret. There are no conditions.
tary to Harry Chandler, is one of those
recovered to-day. 1t was burned into
Fragments and 80 were the four other
bodies taken out to-day. One of the
bodies is supposed to he that OF How
ard cordaway, young stereotyper. Mrs
Elder, wife of the assistant city editor.
who died of his burns and injuries yes
terday, arrived here from San Francisco
go to
in serious condition tonight. John
Howard, IT.. son of one of the lintoypers.
whose body is believed to be in the ruins.
also collapsed Since the explosion ne
had been watching the ruins.
LIST OF THE DEAD.
The following Is a revised list of dead
In the disaster:
Churchill Harvey Elder. assistant city
editor. died at hospital yesterday evening.
Harry l. Crane assistant telegrap phi edi-
tor, body not recovered
r. L. Sawyer. teiegrapher. body not re-
covered
J. Wesley Reaves. stenographer, body
! recovered.
]. c. Ciallher, linotype operator. body
not recovered.
W. G. Tunstan. body not recovered.
Fred Llewellyn linotype operator. body
| not recovered.
John Howard. printer. body not recov
cred.
Grant Moore. machinist. body not
recovered.
Edward WATSON. printer, body not
recovered.
Elmer Frink. linotype operator. body
not recovered.
Don r. Johnson linotype operator
body not recovered.
Ernest Jordan. linotype operator,
body not recovered.
Frank Underwood. printer. body not
recovered.
Charles Gulliver. ccmpositor body
not recovered.
Carl sallada. linotype operator, body
not recovered.
Charles Haggerty. pressman. BODY
not recovered.
Howard Sordaway, linotype opera
tor body not recovered
Harry FLYNN Linotype operator
body not recovered
Unidentified employe went down
with composing room floor
The inquest viii be held Tuesday Al
that tune the committee ot dynamite ex-
psrss and engineers appointed by CHE,
Of Police Galloway to investigate the
wreckaGe In an effort to learn the
character Of the explosives used will re-
port their findings, Little evidence has
been found. Detectives have spent hours
investigating At the homo Of T. j
Zeehandetaar. secretary Of the Merchants
s. Manufaeturers' association. near whoss
home bomb was found. but nothns
tangible has been discovered
sOME REMARKABLE ESCAPES.
Among the remarkable escapes IN ia,
, aI9iosion and FIRE Wero those Of George W
l-ong and his force of engravers. They
were On the sixth floor Of the building
In the few seconds between the cXploso o,
and the development Of the building J.
flames. they made their way to safety
, whiio the linotype men and printers OF
the second Noor were trapped ~ fir,
perished Only one OF the engraving fore,
was hurt Ee has a few jrnisss IN on'
hand
Similar escapes were made by Mark
Bentley, chief pressman, and his ass3-
ctates, Bentley and his men were pre-
pairing TO run of . sectipn Of the Sun
day paper when the explosion occurred
and tks floors overhead fell The press
room was filled with smoke and dust
FLAMES blocked all the dporways aud
ventil0tors. II seemed az tf they were
doomed to die In the basement wher
one Of the mem remembered hole had
been cut near the sidewalk f0- soMt
Temporary purpose. The pressmen made
rush for this exit and found II des'
pite the smoke, and crawled to safety
Most OF those who escaped by other OK
its and NY jumping from windows Were
only slightly Injured,
Charles Lovelace, suburban news edi
tor one Pf the few In the editorial room
at the time Of the explosion. vii! b,
confined to hospital for many months
Hc was horribly burned
SAYS IT WAS NITRQ-GLYCERIEE
Capt. Paul Flamner. chief Of detectives
said Tonight that w. ]. Burns, formerl
connected with the San Francisco graf
4 prosecution aud now head Of the secre
W.