Evening star., 1912-11-20

PROVES HERO
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Snively and the detectives in the room
carried on a conversation with him.
It Was Real Dynamite.
One of the spectators attracted to the
scene was ]. RandelI, mining man from
Chihuahua, Mexico.
Randell came In and sock hands with
War;. asking II 1t was really dynamite
in the box
Yes, and it's 60 per cent stuff. too
Il don't believe it. You are blufing,
laughed Randell.
War; lifted the cloth cover Of the box,
which had a glass front, and drew out q
stick of dynamite. Randell took II, Dill
off a piece, and tasted 1t, miner fashion
He knew what 1t was, but dissembled, IN
order to gain time.
That's not dynamite" he said. con-
temptuously; Somebody cheated YOU.
Light IL and see," said War;.
RandelI lighted piece of the giant
with a match 1t burned brfskly. and
those who had hitherto chung to the joke
idea made a hasty departure
War; Knocked Senseless.
After War; had held possession of the
station for nearly an hour and half. a
plan was devised by the detectives to
get him.
While Secretary Snively carried on the
conversation with the maniac Detective
Hosick tiptoed from the outer room
which was at Wars back. and struck
him on the head with blackjack. Inc
internal machine dropped and Detective
Brown, who was at Hosicks elbow,
grabbed Ii.
War; reached in his coat pocket and
Hosick hit him again. and he tumbled to
the floor unconscious. The bottle OF
ntreglycerin and the revolver were In
Wars inside coat pocket, toward which
he had reached.
AS War; had said, his left hand was
attached to the mechanism of the in
fernal machine, and its withdrawal ig-
nted the fuse but quick; work by De-
tective Brown prevented the sparks from
half sticks of dynamite. and an expert
said II was 60 per cent and that there
was enough to blow up city block.
Warr's Identity Established.
War; said after being taken to the
hospital that he was born in Germany.
was thirty-four years old. and had lived
in this country fifteen years. He ad-
mitted that Davis which he had given
as his name, was not his right name.
War; apparently, had been brooding
over the Southern Pacific shopmen's
strike of more than year ago, but he
denied that he had been employed by the
company.
They brought lot Of scabs out here
and they overrun the country. taking the
Jobs away from other men," he said. II
wanted to see. If the company wouldn't
treat their men better. That was all
wanted < -
The would-be dynamiter was identified
later as Carl War;. German laborer
In a search of his home tax receipts bear
ing this name were found, and after much
questioning by detectives the man ad-
mitted that it was his name. He said
also that more explosives were secreted
he recovered from HIS nfdries he would
take the police to the hiding place
War; said that he stole! the dynamite
from the powder house of a quarry at
Bloomington, Cal. near Cotton.
He made an impression of the lock and
made keys which opened the powder
house.
Browne Formerly Detective Here.
Detective Samuel L. Browne. who played
30 heroic part in the dynamite scare in
Los Angeles yesterday. and probably pre-
vented loss of life and destruction OF
thousands of dollars worth Of property,
was a member Of the local detective force
for a number of years. His display of
bravery in seiz ng the box carried by the
would-be dynamiter and kicking 1t about
until he extinguished the fuse does not
surprise those who served wiln him In
this city. Sticks of h gh-power dynamite
were scattered over the pavement, while
hundreds of spectators stood apparently
paralyzed by fright. Through a freak OF
chance there was no explosion, and Brown
continued kicking ,le sticks of dynamite
and jumping on the fuse until he had
broken the connection and ektinsuished
the fire.
Sam Browne was always a fearless Of
fcer, his friends say, and Mai Sylvester
complimented him a number of times for
his conduct of cases of Importance. While
a member of the local force some years
ago he unearthed a comprehensive stree,
car ticket swindle and traced some -ot
those implicated in il to London, ~recov.
ering plates and tickets in that city.
Went From Here to Philippines.
After leaving this city he went to the
Philippines, where he served in the con.
stabulary and later as governmen,
agent in Manila 1t is said that he par.
ticipated in an important graft investiga'
ton in Manila, and later he returned tc
the United States. entering the detective
service in Los Angeles.
Detective Browne took an important
part in the Los Angeles Times dynamite
explosion, and Ii is claimed that IT was
due 10 his work that the state authorities
were able to proceed with the trial of
the McNamaras with hope of success.
Only few weeks ago he was highly COM
mended by mining organization for ex-
posing swindle and obtaining con-
fession from Death Valley Scotty." who
attracted much attention in the eastern
section of the country by his reckless ex-
penditure of money, it is claimed, in an
effort to attract spectators TO certain
mining properties.
COST OF RECKLESS DRIVING.