Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-07-24
SAN FRANCISCO
. IS DETERMINED TO
GET B0MBPLANTER
Theory Is That II Was In
tended To Hurl Bomb
Among Paraders
ANARCHIST LOST NERVE
LEFT BOMB ON SIDEWALK
Police Chief Organizes Force
to Run Down Even Slight
est Clues

San Francisco, July 2i.-Hope of an.
pretending the bomb Planter, who took
toll of six lives dm:ng the prepared.
ness parade Saturday, centered today
on tlree theories:
THAT the maker of internal ma
chimes was a member of an organized
ring and will be betrayed by q fellow
eonspirator seeking reward money; or,
if he worked out the plan alone, that
the fanatic will become emboldened
and betray himself.
2-That. with virtually every San
Franciscan aiding the police, some in
dividual will come upon valuable
clew.
3-That the drag net set out by the
bomb squad will obtain information
through one of the many avenues open
to the police.
Not one definite elew is in the
nands of the police, although mass
of vague information has been given
to them. Captain Duncan Matheson,
head of the new bomb squad, declared
today that San Francisco police are
facing the most difficult investigation
in their history.
In order to cope with the situation,
Matheson has organized his corps into
three shifts so that every hour of the
day and night will be covered. Be.
sides big squad of detectives, patrol
men who have distinguished themselv-
es as sleuths and number Of govern
ment detectives will aid in the hunt.
A group Of foreigners. who gather in
the Potrero district, are being closely
watched. This group has already pro-
duleed one character who recently shot
one policemen and gave battle while
barricaded in cabin. /
The chamber of commerce law and
order committee mas suggested the
calling Of mass meeting for Wednes-
day night to enlist the aid of all San
franciscans in the search for the gull
ty man or gang.
Chief of Police White let 1t be
known today that for more than six
weeks he has been engaged in search
for persons who sent threats by letter
and post cards to newspapers and
those who promoted the parade Pos.
tai inspectors have been associated
with nim in this work, but their com.
bined efforts have failed so far.
The threats began to come as soon
as the first plans for the parade were
announced. They were printed ont
and it is believed were the work OF
the same persons, although many be-
lieve that more than one person was
concerned in Saturday outrage. Most
of the postcards were signed the En-
| ployers' Liberty League and denOunc
ed those behind the parade plan. One
letter, sent to several newspapers, was
signed "The Determined Exiles from
Militaristic governments. - Tae threats
were so indefinite tina: Chief White
said he found it impossible at the time
to forecast when or where an outbreak
would come.
Saturday plainclothes men were
scattered all through the crowd watch
ing the parade he said. "Several
were within n hundred feet of where
the bomb exploded. do not believe
the bomb planter intended to explode
the bomb on the sidewalk. II is ap
parent that he intended to kill or in
jure those persons in the parade. Eth
er he found that the time was toe
short, or lost his nerve at the last mo
ment."
| Reports today from the hospital
where Miss Pearl Zeman and William
\ Turnbull, two of the injured bomb
victims are confined, were that they
might not live through the day Mis-
Kinsley Van Loo, Mrs. Lloyd Wymort
and Howard Knapp are also in n seri
Gus condition.