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STRANGE SEQUEL TO OUTRAGES.

ARRESTS IN LOS ANGELES,

BURNT-OUT MILLIONAIRE EDITOR

A PRISONER.

CRIMINAL LIBEL ALLEGED. By Telegraph—Press Association-Oopyrieht. New York, October 5. An extraordinary development has taken' place in connection with the recent dynamite explosions and fire at the "Los Angeles Times" office. The outrage, which resulted in the destruction of thb building, with the loss of twenty-one lives, was alleged to have been connived at by labour unions' which the newspaper had been fighting. .

General Harrison G. Otis, the millionaire editor and general manager of- the "Los Angeles Times," together with a Mr. Chanler, has now been arrested on a ' charge of having criminally libelled a Labour leader in his newspaper. The alleged libel was published three w«iks ago.

General Otis, under arrest, attended the funeral of the stenographer who . received the dictation of the alleged libel-' lous article. The stenographer died' in the explosion. .' The. Los. Angeles police announce the discovery of a clue to the outrage. A launch, which is believed to have carried dynamite into.Los Angeles," has' been found in Oakland Estuary. SEARCH FOR - DYNAMTTARDS. ■:\ "''.'■ (Rec; October G, 10.35 p.m.)' " '......-• New-York,''October 6. . It is believed that the Los Angeles dynamitaids were "expert quartz miners ironi; Northern California. Detectives are searching the district.;"'' .Sixteen bodies have been . recovered from the ruins of the "Times" office, and seven remains . ■; ,'.'■. General Otis is-seventy-three years of age, and has been connected with i Californian journalism- for 33 years.' Ho served in both the' Civil War. and the war with Spain, volunteer rank as Major-General.,.

.The explosions and fire, at, the • "Los Angeles' Times" office, completely destroyed the building and plant, and resulted in a loss.of irtOOjOOO/' At the 6ame time bonijw weighing 501b. were found,in the homes.of;- General.Otis' and the secretary of the Merchants'. Association. The bomb discovered at General Otis's house was ooncealed' in asuitcasc; and hidden in a vine 'outside the :drawingroom window. It had been tjmed to ..explode simultaneously with the explosions of dynamite in the ."Times" building,, but the.meohanism • was faulty. ■ General ,Otis'; had fought the .Labour unions ■.:'. for . twenty years,, and he employed no'union'men on' his newspaper. '...;'■:'■''' .'..''■■■: ■" '•

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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 941, 7 October 1910, Page 5

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STRANGE SEQUEL TO OUTRAGES. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 941, 7 October 1910, Page 5

STRANGE SEQUEL TO OUTRAGES. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 941, 7 October 1910, Page 5

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