New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-07
Roar Heap Of Dead: and Now Months Later Trio Arrested
Here I. the Dramatic History of That Outrage Which
Stirred All America and Which Led to Seven
Months of Patient Trail Following
on the Part of Burnss Men.

T., ,ba afternoon. guard was set At h!e
house.
. rat morning a telephone call came for
lii Zeebandelaar. the hated secretary
-, tho Merchants and Manufacturers As.
ISOLATION.
that came over the wire. But we will get
YOU yet, you ----
That afternoon a servant at Zeehsnde-
,aar's home saw something In the vines
,ra.r how window. She called police
wan who drew out dress suit case. Ths
nol,conon called detective before he
an.red il They found an alarm clock. a
Ar. battery and nine sticks Of dynamite
,ttb a broken Joint in the wire which con-
,,acted the battery with illuminate cap
1,ho machine was set 70 go off At O'Clock.
Tho hour Of 1.-THE Times" explosion.
The chief OF police came and walked with
the detective 10 General Otlss house. They
searched and in some shrubery close to the
wall they found another dress suit case. N
WAS locked The detective drove knife
through The imitation leather a whirring
noise broke out inside.
The detective dashed across The street ar6
left the dress suit case In park. He was
half way back again when the thing eN-
nloded. " tore the leaves of tree that
reached over It, dug hole in the ground
and blew away eight feet or heavy curb
stone along the street line. General Ots's
daughter and two grandchildren were on
the porch Of his house at the time. The
general himself arrived from Mexico hair
an hour later. Only an accident had saved
his house-probably himself and his family.
too-from destruction.
Such was the Los Angeles outrage-tor
there are few to-day who do not call II an
outrage. There was report that teleg-
rapher had smelled gas escaping short
time before the explosion. But all the In
dications pointed to sharper more Vio-
lent explosive, and the verdict OF the com
mission which was appointed by the Mayor
was that some high explosive. such as
nitro-glycerne or some product or nitro
glycerine" was the agent
The unions, both of Los Angeles and San
Francisco. denied all part in or knowledge
Of the crime. and the San Francisco build
ing trades offered a reward OF $3.50 for
the CAPTURE Of the criminals. The city
offered $4,000. and later increased this sum
The Merchants and Manufacturers Asso-
citation set out 10 raise $4,000 10 spend 10
running down the criminals Earl Rogers,
who had been attorney for the defence In
the San Francisco graft trials. was hired
by the association, and William J. Burns.
the detective who had sent Rogers's clients
to Jail. was retained by the Mayor and Cen
eral Otis.
There was one important clew-the dress
suit case which had been found at Zee
handelaar's house. On the wrapping OF tho
dynamite sticks was stamped Giant, Sept
o." which laid the trail straight TO the
d. Pont powder works ct Giant. on San
Francisco Bay.
Here was obtained the description OF ths
three men who bought the dynamite. They
were known as Harry Kaplan. or Captain
Matthew Schmitt. or "Smithy." and ]. r.
Bryce, Brice Or Bryson. This last, IL Is the
charge of the detectives. was James ". Nc
Namara, brother Of John j. Mcnamara, the
secretary end treasurer Of the international
Association Of Bridge and Structural Iron
Workers. For Identification they RELY
largely on the testimony Of Mrs. D. y.
Ingersol. the landlady OF Bryce" on his
former visit To- San Francisco.
Such IS the crime for which the two Nc
Namaras and Ortie McManigai VIII PROB
ably have 10 face trial in Los Angeles
Only one of them, James W. Mcnamara.
is charged with having actually partici-
pated In the handling OF the dynamite
Kapan and Schmitt are wanted as his ac'
complies. McManigal is held because OF
his confession" which is said TO accuse the
McNamaras OF many other crimes. John J.
| Mcnamara, the one union man OF the lot
is held largely on McManigal's confession
and the discoveries said to have been made
by detectives OF dynamite and dynamiters
supplies In places which he frequented, 70
which he had the KEY and over which "a
l had the oversight.