The San Francisco call., 1910-10-18
WOMEN FIGURE IN
THE DYNAMITE PLOT
Blonde and Companion Who Rented Grove Street
! Flat Soughtin Connection With Conspiracy

fears old, Mrs. Savannah believed both
couples to be strangers in this city.
Conviction Probable
The fact that "Capp." in purchasing
he canvas gave the address Of the fiat
occupied by "Capland," and that in
renting the Nineteenth avenue cottage
he spoke of wife and family com
ing down here from Portland, i'm
pressed the detectives with a probable
connection between the occupants OF
the Grove street fiat. the man who pur-
chased the canvas covers and the man
who rented the O'Brien cottage in
South san Francisco This was given
more color by the unusual conduct of
the "Caplands~ and "I.awsons" in so
suddenly vacating the premises just at
the time Of the destructive explosion
in rhe Southern citv Neither Cap
land nor .Lawson'' -7vcre eyer seen
by the owners.
Search for KapIand
In the neighborhood Of 1865 Grove
street it was learned that the tenants
u the Savannahs had been Pole
named Kapland who q year ago con-
Quoted a fruit stand at 547 Lyon street
He is a married man and has two chill
dren. In many respects he answers the
description Of the mysterious Mexican
in the case, but his present whereabouts
were not established. A week ago his
wife visited in the neighborhood. but
his present occupation appears TO be
somewhat of a mystery. Drastic
measures We're taken during the after
noon by the detectives to prevent any
Of the Kapland's former neighbors from
speaking about his recent movements.
The search for Kapland was prosecuted
with the greatest energy. the opinion
being expressed that he might know
considerable about the movements of
-Capp"
INVESTIG CACHE
While this lead was being ferreted
by the detectives experts and detec-
tives made thorough investigation of
the facts surrounding the cache of
dynamite. That a dynamite plant"
some difference Of opinion existed as
10 the probable object of the purchase.
Five boxes Of the so per cent gelatine
giant dynamite were opened before the
stuff was taken away, clearly estab-
fishing the fact that only one box con-
tained the 40 per cent powder, all the
unopened boxes showing that the COW
ers had not been disturbed since the
original shipment. 1t was also de-
MED that a mixture of 40 per cent and
so per cent explosive would generate
more infiammable gas and make an
explosion a greater menace from fire.
SAW BOXES CARRIED IN
In making a survey of the neighbor-
hood about Nineteenth avenue, the de-
tectiyes located Mrs. Ernest Boden of
1745 Lane street. who not-only saw
"Capp" and his unknown companion
drive to the cottage with the ynamite,
but whose fat was visited by the two
men immediately after @Capp' had Wis
tied the OBrien cottage and made an
inspection of it. II is believed that
~Capp" wanted to rent the empty fat
above which the Boden family lives
On the occasion of the visit Mrs Boden
was out, but neighbors told her of the
two men. The next day she saw the
light wagon drive from Eighteenth
avenue along Lane street south to
Nineteenth and then TO the house in
which the dynamite was found. From
the windows Of thefro Mt room she OBJ
served the two carry boxes into the
house, and then saw them drive west
TO Railroad avenue and north toward
the city
That was the only time she saw