The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-07-28
Ex-Conyict Identified By San
Francisco Woman As Mystic
rious Suitcase Man and Then
Union Men Are Apprehended
THOMAS MOONEY AMONG ..J.r.
THOSE UNDER ARREST
Edward Nolan, Bell LAWN, Friend
Of McNamaras and capIan;
Thomas Ryan and Antoine Fe-
doni, Yield Damaging Evidence
tA.soolatsd Pres. by Federal wireless,

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AN FRANCISCO, July 2s.-The
police and the district attorney g
- office, working to run down the
perpetrators Of the bomb outrage of
last Saturday, when, seven persons
were killed and forty injured by the
explosion of an Internal machine while
San FranciseO's preparedness parade
wus passing, believe that they are rup-
idly closing the net around the guilty
parties.
Yesterdays developments included
the Identification of w. X. Billings, ex-
convict, who served n term at Folsom
prison for carrying dynamite through
the streets of sacramento, by Miss
Estelle s;nfith Of this city, who was
near the scane Of the explosion.
Suitcase Man I1epti6edt t.,...-.q.-,.-,.-,..
Miss smith declares that Billings il
the man she noticed witbs'a suitease
which seemed heavy From the manner
in which he handled it, just prior to
tho crash. This man, she told the dis.
"ict attorney yesterday, was sitting on
the roof of building short time be,
fore tho explosion. The police have
been searching for this mysterious
suitcase man for some days
The police now have under arrest
six suspects, and with each fresh ar
rest the fact that the authorities are
working on the theory that union labor
men were connected with the explosion
became palmer.
Labor I,eader Is Involved
Thomas Mooney and his wire were
located yesterday at sumner resort
on the Russian River, and detectives
were at once sent to arrest him and
bring him back to this city. Mooney
IL n prominent labor leader, and yes
to-day afternoon he telePhoued t" the
chief of the San Francisco police force
thai tie linking of his name to tho
bomb outrage WAS a "dastardly act. -
In making this public the chiec Of
police declared that the officers work
ing on the casr had found dynamite
.hnd other suspicious materials in his
house.
Among the others arr 'sted yesterday
was Edward Nolan, member of the
machiniSts' al IN and formur dele
gate from is union to the Central La
bor Council IF San Francisco.
Powder and Acids Found
The detectives schrched his rooms
following his arrest, and found there
quantity of LOwder, t"sr her with
samples Of acids which they declare
Or. similar t. tn" mate rlals discov y;yh
iE the deadly suitcase.
Bell LAWN, another arrested suspect
in the bcmb case, was intimately con
nected with j. Il. McN"mqra the
younger Of the two Mcnamara broth
crs Of Los Angeles Times explosion
fame, and pi4o With David CapInn, an
aceomplice Of the McNamarHs.
Thomas Ryan, another suspect, is
also prominent in San Francisco labor
circles. He is suspected of having
written the. threatening letters TO
James Woods, manager of thr 1t.
Francis Hotel and polio" commissioner.
Alleged Anarchist Apprehended
Antope Fedoni, another labor leader
and an alleged anarchist, is ais" under
arrest.
In speaking Of the days develop.
ments, District Attorney Fickert said
that the authorities are "not seeking
confessions from any of the prisoners.
for we have all the evidence we need"