Imperial Valley press., 1912-05-25

train. At Oceanside three left the
tain. At Delmar two others left the
train. The last two of the seven, i'll
Guiding the detective, came to San
Diego.
The detective Immediately informed
Chief Wilson and Utley of the pro-
gress of the plot. An automobile
loaded with officers started after dark
for Oceanside, whicn is about thirty
five miles away. Upon their arrival
they learned from the telegraph oper
ator that he had seen an automobile,
in which were three men besides the
driver running past his house. The
hour was about II O'Clock. They went
south, he said, and the lights of the
car were either turned very low or
were not going.
The officers hurried in their machine
to Delmar The station master con-
| tributed chapter ii to the mysterious
| fight of the automobile.
He said a car carrying five men be-
side the driver had rushed past the
station towards midnight, with lights
turned very low. He so described the
machine and its occupants that the
officers concluded, after finding that
| the time was such as to dOvetall in
with the theory, that the three con-
spirators who had left the train at
! Oceanside had picked up their two
pals" at Delmar.
Since then the officers have learned
something of the men and their move
ments 1t is said tonight that the ar
rest of four of them is imminent. But
two of them have been lost. No trace
| of them has been found and they are
considered most important.
| 1t is equally a matter of mystery
regarding the fate of the detective.
There is theory that he has con-
tinued his work with confiding in the
officials here: also there is theory
| that he was discovered by the plot
ters not to be one of them. This leads
| to the speculation that he was made
away with.
The plot first became known to the
| San Diego officials by one man who
was scheduled to engage in the crimes,
Chief Wilson said, who wrote to the
authorities. warning them.
He was said to have told the police
| in a note when the men were due to
reach San Diego by steamship, giving
| the additional information that they
would not be armed, but that they
would be supplied with arms by
| friends here after their arrival.
Officers watched the vessel named
in the note" Chief Wilson stated to
night. The ten men arrived az
scheduled, but broke up into twos and
threes. They all were trailed to the
same house here. | would have
searched the house. but was advised
that federal authorities wished to take
action in the matter Later arrests OF
many Industrial Workers were made
and | have reason to believe that some
| of the ten who came here to commit
murder now are in the city Jail
Three days ago | received another
warning from the same man who had
sent the previous one At least, the
| handwriting was the same. In the
second note he announced that lots
had again been drawn at a meeting Oi
the Workers in Los Angeles and that
six men were to come here to accom-
plish what the other ten had failed
TO do.
In this note. as in the former one
the writer said not to make public the
fact that we had been warned. as that
would mean that he would be SuS
pected and killed. Because of his re
quest and also because Mrs. Wadham
the mayors wife, was to become {
mother. the first warning was not Civ
en- out"
The six left Los Angeles together
Tuesday, as related, according to the
chief. and the search for them fol-
lowed. Chief Wilson said further:
The one who gave us the warning
was in communication with us this
morning and was 70 have reported
again at Z o'clock tonight He did not
DO So There is fear in the depart
ment that his companions have
learned of his having warned us and
| have done away with him.
| THE police department is prOsecut'
| ing a vigorous search for the men.
"I received il threat by telegraph
| from the east yesterday and have re-
ceived many more by letter. Some
one sent me a red flag and a red neck,
| tie With the latter was a note saying
that red was the color of the first
| flag ever hoisted and it would be the
color of the last It also declared
that I yet would kneel and kiss the
red flag
The chiefs informant is hos Ange.
les detective, but his identity is not
disclosed.
These are the facts" said Chief
Wilson: Our evidence is positive
The plot was hatched at an !. W. W.
meeting in Los Angeles and has been
followed through all its stages by the
detective who was making reports to