ALLEGED PLOT
TO DESTROY JAPANESE BOATS. BODY OF ATTACKER FOUND. ARREST. OF, AN ACCOMPLICE. (United Press Association—Copyright.) SAN FRANCISCO, January 20. The disclosure of a plot to bomb tho Japanese liner Hiye Maru caused tho vessel to he moved hastily from its moorings at the Great Northern Dock, at Seattle (Washington State). The nude body of a man, believed to be a Canadian, was found supported by a life-preserver in the water near the ship. His companion, who was arrested on the pier, revealed that he and the dead man planned to blow up the vessel with a time bomb attached to the hull.
The prisoner gave his name as George Partridge, of Vancouver. He said the bomb failed to explode. The dead man was Ralph Forsythe, a graduate and former instructor at the University of British Columbia. Partridge’s brother, who was arrested at Vancouver, said: “My brother and Forsythe had an agreement with the Chinese to sink any vessels carrying iron or other material to Japan. If the first attempt was successful a financial arrangement was to be completed.”
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 58, Issue 87, 22 January 1938, Page 5
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