The Sentinel=record., 1912-11-20
When Mailman is Clubbed by Brother Officer He Siezes Infernal Machine, Kicks 1t to Pieces and Saves
 Hundreds of Human Lives.
Bomb Contained Enough Dynamite to Destroy Half City, Maniac Had Devised Ingenious Machine and Only Cool Headed Work
 Defeated the Mad Mans Plans,

Los Angeles, Cal, sJov 19.-Armed with an internal machine containing enough dynamite to destroy a city block, a bottle of ntroglycerine and 40 calibre revolver a masked man. fac took possession of the Central police station today and held it for more than an hour, while hundreds Of occupants of the building and those for blocks around, panic stricken, sought safety in distance.
 When Detective James Hossicx knocked the man unconscious with a leather billy after slipping up be- hind him, the fuse of the internal machine was automatically ignited but Detective Samuel l.. Brown grab bed the box. with it's fuse sharply spluttering, and hurled it in the street Many sticks of dynamite scattered over the pavement while hundreds of spectators stood appar- ently paralyzed by fright Through 8 freak of chance there was no ex plosion and Brown continued kick ing the sticks of dynamite and jump ing on the fuse suntil he had broken the connection and extinguisihed the fire.
 Manacled to a cot in the receiving hospital tonight the would be dyna. miteT, who gave his name as Albert Henry Davis, is sitting with several scalp wounds, but the police surgeons say his injuries are not serious.
 Davis entered the outer office of Chief of Police Sebastian. this fore noon, His face and head were com pletely covered with sIotesque mask and he carried in his arms a large box covered with cloth. The box was strapped around his should. CTS and resembled a small hand or gan First startled and then amfised by the strange spectacle. Police Ser geant R. c. Hilf, who suspected a practical joke, asked the man what he wanted.
 I've got enough dynamite in here to blow Us all into eternity, he said and 1 want you to send for the high est official of the Southern Pacific railroad"
 The masked visitor rested the box on filing cabinet, aud assistant dis trict attorney R. O. Graham. who was in the office, started joking with him.
 This is no joke" said Davis. T mean business and if you don't be lieye it try to take this away from me. My hand is fastened in this box and if pull it out--bang-we all die"
 The occupants of the room realiz- ed that it was no joke. Davis then walked into the office of Police Sec- tary c. E. SnivelyA which opens into the private office of Chief Sebastian and repeated his request that the head official of the Southern Paci- fie be summoned. snively asked him if he had any preference in the man he desired to blow up and he replied that he only wanted the head man.
 Sniyely then took down the tele- fihone receiver and pretended to have a conversation with Paul Shoup. gen. eral manager of the Pacific Electric company.
 Mir Shoup is busy but he will be here in about 15 minutes" said Snive- ly.
 Well he'd better hurry. replied Davis. I'm getting nervous"
 In the meantime, thief Sebastian who had a brief cor~ersation with the man and realized that he was in earnest. ordered the street roped off for a block either way and took steps to have the 100 prisoners in the city jail removed. Upstairs in the build ing, two justice courts were in ses- sion and both courtrooms were crowded.
 A detective passed the word to a hailiff in Judge Chambers court where Japanese was having prelimin- ary examination on murder charge before a crowd of his countrymen The bailiff whispered to the judge.
 Courts adjourned until 2 D. m Clear out the courl room" ordered the judge promptly. and there was | rush for the stairway. A similar scene was enacted in Justice Fred ericksons court
 There were not enough patrol wa gons to remove the prisoners from the jail to the. Doyle Heights prison and two street cars were sent for II was an orderly procedure and the prisoners were soon on their way to the east side, guarded by the reser- yes. who had been called out
 Ambulances removed the patients