Arizona republican., 1916-07-24
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SAN FANCISCO, July 23.-Mayor James Rolp. Jr.. offered q reward O. s50 900 today for the arrest of the per son who placed bomb yesterday among the crowds watching the pre- parednesS parade, the explosion Of which killed six and wounded more than forty, and the police department established a separate bureau for the purpose of running down the culprits. As the result of police investigation today several possible clues to the perpetrator were obtained. William Taylor. ?n aged cripple, told the police he saw man leave q suitcase on the spot wher the explosion occurred a few minutes later.
 Taylor talked with the man whom he described as being tall, shabbily di essed and about 8 years old. That's bad place to leave a suit case, Taylor said he told the man who replied angrily 'you leave il alone if you know what's good for 'ou. I know what I'm doing. Keep away from it."
 T.. Preston of Richmond. Cal. also saw the suitcase left on the sidewalk and his description of the man who left it according 10 the police. tallied with the description given by Taylor
 
 man. the police got another story | that may help. Jones was in a saloon in t;ie water front district shortly after one o'clock 4 man said Jones. who looked like a Mexican. came in and ordered a glass of beer This man Jones described as being about l 90 years old. smooth shaven and roughly dressed He asked Jones if he was going to the parade. Jones said he was not. that re was a union man and did not believe it. it.
 I'm going" said the stranger, and I'm %oing to blow the damn process sion up"
 The death list today remained al six, although Thomas II. Turnbull, | former manager of the Family Club of this city, who suffered a fractured skull, lay at the Central Emergency
 Hospital with but little change for recovery.
 or the score or more who were talk en to tue emergency hospital immedi- atciy after the explosion. all but Iurnbull had been removed to their homes or other hospitals today. Many families who had come to san Fran cisco tC Witnes the parade and who were separated hy the explosion. were reunited today for the first time sine the disaster
 A carefully worded advertisement offering sl 00U which will he paid anyway Nou want il for the tin that Will secure the arrest and conviction Ter t1e Parties responsible for the bomb, was Inserted m the persona
 columns of the want ad sections ol
 local papers today by Ben. F. Lam born of Alameda. brother of L. II
 Lamborn. one of the killed
 Souvenir hunters today picked IT blocks from the scene of the explo,.
 ion at Steuart and Market qtreets aaGitianal bits of glass, marbles. pipe ; rocks and nails which, with the bomh formed the contents of the deadh suitcase. More sears were found to uay also on buildings, some over tw, blocks away. which were made h,
 flying missiles Both the Grand Army of the Pc puplic and the First Regiment O california volunteers, which were lin lng up on Steuart street a few fee ; lrofn the bomb, suffered in loss q lneh1hers by the explosion. D1 I je2rSe L. Painter. one of Carforni. ? FoiuAteers and Adamana Fox
 seventy year-old civil war vetera n
 dled last night of their inil,ries
 several tales were told the nolic
 tpday that may lead to the arrest n
 Ihe guilty persons or person. M T iehdereast, of Oakland. said he ca tWo mean leave a black suitcase :, t-e scene of the explosion a few min Continued on Page Six1