Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-12-14
DYNAMITE IS FOUND
NEAR LAUNDRY
Dark Mystery Raises suspic.
ion That Some Desperate
Wanted to Get His Shirt ;
Police Baffled.

roiice Daiiieo'
Los Angeles. Cal. Dec. it.--~con-
siderable mystery attends the flndine
of a sack containing ten pounds vi
30 per cent dynamite, 200 feet OF
fuse. tin box Of leo dynamite caps
and ton caps attached 90 small wires.
which was discovered by two boys IN
the alley near she entrance 10 the
engine room 81 the Munger Laundry
company, egs South Los Angeles
street. last night While the detect
ives are unable 10 decide as 20 the
motive for placing the explosive. they
believe that Il was abandoned BY
someone who did not wish TO have II
found In his possession.
The sack containing enough explo-
slve 10 wreck half block was found
by samuel Moore. IA years old. a son
OF J. J. Moore. engineer for the Calf
fornia Furniture company. living al
7st South Spring street. and Glenn
Pert. tho satire sge. OF SsS Wall
street.
The lads. II appears, went TO play
IN the court. which IN entered BY way
OF the alley that leads past tho rear
OF the laundry. They walked by the
plant shortly after O'Clock, but
failed to notice the sack. When they
started for homo shortly after 9
o'clock they saw the sack against the
sliding door OF the engine room.
Curiosity leads Ia Discovery,
Curiosity prompted the boys 20 ex-
amino the sack. They opened II,
spread the contents ON the ground.
and when they realized II was dyna-
mite. fled from the scene. The lads
met J. J. Moore. father OF samuel.
aud told hifn OF their discovery. The
elder Moore sought pntrolman n, q.
Taylor and related the facts TO him.
Taylor hurried a. tho place. made mi
examination and notified the detect
I've bureau
Detectives Brown and ingram
were detailed to investigate. The Of
Ulcers examined the alley near where
the explosive was found, and. falling
10 find any clew az to the identity Of
the person who placed the stuff. took
the dynamite TO the central station
for further examination.
Conscsiss 0f isag.
Tho dynamite was packed Ia save
dust IN a small wooden box on which
was printed "No. 2: 10 lbs. giant
powder: san Francisco" Part Of the
cover OF the box had been removed
and two or three sticks OF the ex-
plosive were crumbled. The other
sticks OF powder wore intact. but app
peared 10 be In state of disintegra-
ton. The round TIN box that COM
tained the 100 illuminate caps bore
the label, 'io0 Trlpicx caps. made BY
the California Cap company. San
Francisco" ana printed Instructions
ns 10 their use. The two coils OF 100
feet each OF waterproof fuse OF il
grayish color. and short piece Of
fuse u darker hue. were wrapped
IN a piece Of morning paper dated
November 90, 1911. The ten caps at
taehed 30 small insulated copper
wires were wrapped Ia brown paper.
a small. round TN box containing adj
heslve tape was found In thls pack
age.
while neither caps nor fuses were
attached TO The dynamite, experts
stated last night mat sudden jar or
blow would have set OFF the "a
nioslve. Whether hy intent or aces.
dent the sack OF explosives was placed
against the sliding door. which. when
opened. would have allowed the exs
piosive 20 fall inside the engine room
10 the floor. y distance OF four feet
below the level OF the alley. This
fall, NO experts Nay, would have "a,
piodea the dynamite.
tseus Arc Conflicting.
George h Munger, secretary AMI
treasurer Of the Munger Laundry
company. said last night he believed
that tno dynamite unr abandoned
and not placed there for the purpose
OF Nrtckine The building y. q.
etssnase. president o. tho company.
said that he believed II might nave
been placed there because the inuns,
dry was oprAtcd only by non-union
employees
Captain Of Detectives Fsammcr
said that the explosives might have
been ieft there ~ 4 gang u. eate
blowers. but admitted that criminals
q that class seldom s,se that Kind 81
and fuse. lie irens 20 the
theory that the dynau'ite was aban-
doned.
me detectives vim bend their sf-
forts toward naecrtatninH from the
manufacturers tbs name os
he purchaser uf the explosive.
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