The copper era and Morenci leader., 1918-01-25
CHARGE |S FILED AGAINST
 RUSSIAN

Charges were filed in the United States Commissioners court this morning against John Bolt, 45, Rus sian CT Ge; man. alleging having eXplo- sives iIt his losses ssion in time of war. Bolt is believed to be the most dan. gerous person ever arrested in Doug las.
 His arrest is credited to E. VI. Key nclds, traffic officer, who has been closely covering Bolt m his m,by st.rlngc activities for two months, md W ho reported him to the federal au thorities Saturday and asked :hcm to arrrs! hir?.
 WneT Bolt was arres.4d hn ltad six ounce bottle of nitr o-sly cerine Ill his rossess;on, together witl. supply of fuses and caps attacked.
 Eolt May Be Russian.
 3,'t first came under tue iuotice of the r 'liCe about two months ago when he oiG some work for Reynolds. Rey- holds speaks German fluently and con- versed freely with Bolt, and was soop made to believe that Bolt was a Ger man, and radical INV. w. Bolt, however, claims to be of Russian birth but said by virtue of his fathers ma turalization he was an American, too.
 Bolt has friend who, it is alleg- ed, Frank Peters by name, he used as a tool in all his activities, and who was also arrested this week.
 Peters and Bolt have been seen meeting in all sorts of odd places and different times by Reynolds who has been keeping a watch on them for some time. They had never done any, thing which they had been caught in, however, to warrant an earlier ar rest.
 Water and Feed Poisoned.
 Water has been, poisoned, ground glass found in feed a number of times and various other things have taken place in Douglas which seemed pro German. When Peters hauled load of mash to Earl McKinley's dairy the other day which was full of ground glass, the police tried to connect Bolt and Peters ct al with the deal.
 Reynolds went to the department of Justice office department about noon Saturday morning and told all he knew about Bolt and his associates and asked the federal officers to ar rest him. Reynolds saw Bolt on the street talking to some man and told R. c. Tompkins that he was Bolt but that he didn't know the other man.
 Reynolds pointed Bolt out and an arrest was made. The man in com- pany with Bolt turned out to be Ante Lavaich, whom federal officers have been looking for on a charge of de- sertion from military duty. Lavaich is now in the guard house at Camp Harry J. Jones.
 Bolt Walks Out.
 Bolt was taken to the department of justice office. While in the office he got up and walked out. He was rearrested again Saturday afternoon, and this time searched and the nitro glycerine found on his person.
 In the meantime Frank Peters was arrested by Officer Reynolds and turn ed over to the federal officers. Police wanted him on theft charges. Peters it is said, confessed to Officers Thom- son and Kirkpatrick that he stole a $50 suit of clothes and a pistol from Room 2 at the Fl Progresso on Ninth street The clothes were returned to their owner, by the police, but the gun, Peters said he hid behind the Merchant cafe, in the alley, was not 10 cated.
 May Have Blown Safe.
 Peters, it is said, practically admit ted that Bolt blew the Bohannon gro cery store safe two weeks ago. and it is alleged that among ash piles of pa pers Bolt had destroyed, that bits Of insurance papers stolen from the safe had been found.
 Bolt has worked at the smelters.a and knows the lay of the land at both places pretty well. itis said. Both federal and police officers believe that with the nirto-glycerine he had in his possession Bolt intended to blow up the smelters. It is said that with the supply of explosives Bolt had, enough of the machinery to crip- ple the industries for three months could have been destroyed.
 Bolt is too wise to talk much He said, however, that he got his explo- sfyes from Phoenix and carried them here on the train.
 The penalty for having explosives in ones possession, the charge which Bolt will face, is $5,O0O or a year in