The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-10-08
Internal Machine Found.

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smoke and steam on the morning
OF October /, when the throngs Of
spectators We're given additional
fright by news that an infernA
machine had been found under a
dormer window at the home OF Felix
zeehandelaar, who as secretary Of
the Merchants and Manufacturers
Association, had been active I'M an
open shop campaign III this city.
Fright became panic a few minutes
later when word was sent to police
headquarters that another bomb had
been found at the residence OF Cen
cral Harrison Grey Otis, proprietor
OF THE Times.
The latter bomb. inclosed in suit
case, exploded, leaving nothing but
a hold in the swad of the park oppo-
site the Otis Place where it had been
flung by its finders. But the Zee
handelaar bomb, with its clock
spring wound aturn beyond the
wrong tension remained intact A
policeman cut the battery wires con
Meeting the clock work and the full
minating cap. and with its power
for harm thus practically destroyed,
it was taken to police headquarters
In it was a heavy charge of
eighty per cent. gelatin an eX-
plosiye OF twice the destructive
| power of ordinary dynamite. and
/ seldom used. This gelatin bore the
label of San Francisco power
company, Detectives hurried forth
to the north, while the tightly
wound clock mechanism remained at
headquarters to reveal, according to
| the authorities. colossal criminal
conspiracy ramifying throughout the
country
The burden of proof against the
Mcnamara brothers lies on the state
| and as far as the case has developed
the prosecution apparently must re-
~, aside from expert testimony, up
on four main points OF reputed facts
to prove that James b. Mcnamara
as the instrument. and John J., as
directing head OF a conspiracy, were
Irresponsible for the destruction of
The Times building at the deaths
of the victims. These points are:
The alleged facts that James B
Mcnamara was in San Francisco al
the time 1000 pounds OF high power
explosives We're purchased from a
powder company
The alleged fact that he was in
Los Angeles, few hours before the
blowing up of The Times"
That he actually set the bomb
which caused the disaster, and like
wise planted the bombs at the homes
Of Gen Otis and Felix Zeehandelaar
And that he committed the crime
at the behest and under the direc-
tin of John J Mcnamara.
Clue for Detectives.
A day or two after the disaster
the detectives working in San Fran
cisco We're told that three men who
gave the names of Bryson, Morris
and Leonard had purchased, on Sep
TENDER 90 1910. 1000 pounds of
eighty per cent gelatin" from the
company whose label was on the
dynamite in the Zeehandellar bomb
TWO women We're then brought into
the case, Mrs, Belle LAWN and Mrs
ID. IA. lngersoll, TO whom the men
were known as j. b. Brice. Milton
A. Schmidt and David Captain.
Mrs. LAWN was arrested on war
rant charging murder, and brought
to Los Angeles. but she was released
after few days Mrs. Ingersoll
was here when the McNamaras and
McManigal arrived from the east in |
of officers, and she declared
James Mcnamara looked like the J |
,. Brice she had known.
John J Mcnamara and McMani- |
gal, she said she has never seen. and |
this coupled with McManigaIs
sworn statement that he was not
with James Mcnamara at the time
ne newspaper plant was blown up,
brought out the fact that, although
'ohn j Mcnamara is charged Jointly |
Win the crime, the Los Angeles
authorities have in custody only one
u the men alleged to have actually
et the bomb, which caused the dis
ister The two alleged conrederates
schmidt and Captain are still the OBJ
Gets Of man hunt that embraces
he world.
In the meantime William ]. Burns
he former government secret service
nan, who had been, engaged In the
an Francisco graft cases, was en-
aged by George Alexander. ATayorl