Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 2

WEDNESDAY EVENING 'DailanB Criminal Made Full Preparations LICK Mrs. Greenwood Was Loyal Worker in Red Cross Chapter Death Caused bv Flvins Debris II OF BOi LEADER 1 -end Victim Fell Into Diabolical Trap ffer is a possible reconstruction buildings in th ranr of the Green- $125Q Reward For Slayer Is Offered by State and Gty Two hundred and fifty dollar reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the persons responsible fpr the death of Mrs. Geo. D. Greenwood by a bomb explosion wag authorized today by the city council.

This is in addition to the reward of $1000 offered by the State through Governor Stephens in Sacramento as goon as he heard of the outrage. tt the crirrsl by which Mrs. George wood yard. Or It was Juet as easy for him to walk boldly in from the ursenwnod Inst her lifn lajrt venlnc. II! SOCIETY based upon fact gathered by a TKIBUNg reporter who wu a block tzom the scene at the -time of the plosion nd who arrived there a gate, plant his bomb and walk away That he bad a confederate, probably one or two, who kept watch, is more than likely.

WAS WRITING IjETTEIiSk The likelihood that Mra Ureen. wood was writing letters in her 1 i I I "iVr If I I A sr yj --fni. i -Tnt i A 2uyc -fir v1 mi i library is borne out by the fact that she had a number of letters inv her possession which were' newt stamped and. ready for mailing. The dress she wors indicated that she probably intended going, to a nearby mall box and return immediately, Tevr minutes afterward.

crime committed by a man wh was sure ef his ground, lie must have made a close study of the Oreenwood house and the house occupied by Mis Florlnne Brown and Mrs, lilllaa Brown KverU, which adjoin on the right. It seems apparent that he not only knew their habits, bet be knew something of the conditions that existed within the households. He must have kept a close check upon the movements of all. fbe members of the two households yesterday. The situation was ideal tor the planting of a bomb without being observed.

It was likely tinat tbe actions of a man engaged in a bomb would only be bawrred' from the Green-wood or tbe Brown-Everts residence. The place where the bomb was undoubtedly planted was be- tween these tw houses. Tl.H'UiVS IV HnrKt' SACRAMENTO, March That th Oakland bomb outrage that resulted death of Mra George Greenwood Iat night, was perpetrated by tbe same persons who blew up Gov. Stephens' mansion about a year ago is declared by the police hare today. Chief Con ran and Captain ef Detee- tire Ryan, who handled the investigation of tbe Stephens outrage, also assisted the Oakland police in the investigation of threatening letters sent to Greenwood some weeks sgo.

TTha Initials C. C. of stand for the 'Cat's Claw of California'," said Conran today. "Th letters to Stephens and to Oreenwood were both prepared with the same set of rubber stamp, and their similarity of style, indicate they were written by the same man." A clew to the Sacramento dynamiting was obtained, Ryan 'states, but tbe suspect eluded arrest and left the United Mrs. George D.

Greenwood has been an acknowledged society leader In Oakland and In 8aa Franciaeo, where her parent and those of her husband were ploneera gha was one of the quartet ef Tubbn girls, the beautiful daughter of the late Hiram Tubbs, early capitalist 'and owner of the famous old Tubbs Hotel, occupying the square between Fifth and Sixth avenues, and Twelfth and Fourteenth streets, in East Oakland. A decade ago the place wad California, an a pleasure resort. It was destroyed by (ire some twenty years ago. When the daughters were married their father built each of thenj palatial homes, surrounding the extensive hotel grounds, which they occupied until more recent years. The daughters were Mra Greenwood, formerly Mise May Tubbs; Mra WiU liam G.

Henshaw, Mrs, Grace Tubbs He outlaw, the divorced wife of Jus. mm 01! BOI CASE Mrs. Greenwood finished her letter writing. She sealed the letters and prepared to go out. Near her desk was an open piano.

An open portfolio of music ay open uporv It is quite possible just before she left the room she played a few bars upon the piano, perhaps hummed a little dl'ty to her own accompaniment. Or it may have been that she playei upon the plana just before bho began her letter writing. The notes from the piano may even have been the hint that gave the min outside the Information of her whereabouts in the house. GOES INTO COVKTYAKD. Mrs.

Greenwood opened the door and went into the courtyard. Tbe position of her body when it was found indicctes that he must have advanced almost as rV as the gate before the explosion. he was found about five feet from her door. The gate is not more than fifteen feet away. It was at the gate undoubted la the Greenwood bouse there were eoly three pvwona They were Ina Joiutsoiv the cook, who is a new.

servant'; Greenwood, who was ill in' bed upstairs, and Mrs. Greenwood, who was most likely writing letters in the library' on the ground floor. It was from this same room SAN FRANCISCO, March IS The participation pf the federal authorities, represented by Fostoffice Inspector William MCBenry of Oakland, in the Greenwood bomb mur tice Frederick Ilepshaw, and Mrs, Edward M. UaU. All residing in this city.

Una Susett Greenwood, the only dii ughter in the Greenwood, family, was married to Herbert HaJl," sen of Frederick Hall, Piedmont capitalist, some two years ago. She baa one child, Mra. Hall has been called from fiatfDleg where she wan visiting frienda Monroe Greenwood, a states, That he baa returned ta believed. With tie former clew work vpon, the police predict an early arrest. Governor Stephens, when Informed of tbe tragedy last night, at ence ordered a state reward 11900 for the arrest of the guilty parties be posted.

Questioned about the possibility of the same persons being responsible for the Oakland outrage and the dynamiting of his home, the governor refused to make any direct statement, declaring that hi Information was not sufficient ta clearly indicate any connection, beyond the similarity jb method inai bos BieppvQ juai uwxuro unv wu killed. Tbe nurso, Bella Collins, had gone out of the house. An only son, Monroe Greenwood, was also not at home. student in the University of Califor ly that the bomb exploded. The bomb could not have exploded when she opened the outer door of her library.

When Mrs. Greenwood stepped into the courtyard did she find, a nia, was recently discharged from i im coo wu in Kiumn prm paring the supper. She could not have seen any man at work. It was the naval reserve. Among tne aieose curious object which was in reality MRS.

CEORCE D. GREENWOOD eminent a a Craa wtr. She 'a thorn ht gmortf anjutety mat ureen wood, rrom ni sick bed, would. In the llbrVry where Mrs. Greenwood was writing there are high windows facing upon the eoartyard and the gatewae where the.

criminal worked. The library Is almost on a level' with the ground and even had she been standing it is unlikely she would have seen any Program1 Prepared for Rotary Luncheon Group 6 of the Oakland Retary Club, which is In charge of the luncheon of that body at the Hotel Oakland tomor vj icmi4 "tucuig up pacagei me loraicrt vcrieoJ eon far. Aeafctf at the table, rem fel to ore WRS. 50N F. ADAMS, MRS.

P. BOWLES, MRS. CEORCE D. GREENWOOD, MRS. H.

SPENCE BUCK. Standi are MRS. FRANK AVERY, MISS, FLORIN NE BROWN mi MRS. LILLIAN BROWN EVERTS. who are prominently known are Mra.

Alia Henshaw Chlckerlng, Mrs, Charles Keeney, Mrs. Eoraina Eang. at roth. Misa Alice Grimes, Miss Ida Henshaw. By marriage Mrs.

Greenwood was related to Frank Greenwood and Fred Greenwood of Ban Francisco, brotnere-in-law, and Mra Dwtght Chipmau Qt fc'an Kafael, a sister-in-law. The Greenwoods were putting the finishing details to an estate near Woodside, the fashionable colon where so many intimate frienda had located near Redwood City and to the'' occupancy of which Mra, Green- a bomb, and did she pick It up to examine it? ir so, it could not have exploded in her hand. Both arms and hands were intact and less mutilated (nan any other part of her person. DIDN'T PICK IT VP. Or could she have let it fall after picking it up, and did it then explode? That again is unlikely.

The bomb, falling with a clearance in all directions except the ground der investigation, was ordered by Chief Postoffie Inspector F. 11. Mora here ttfflay. Inspector Mo-Henry is pow co-operating wltb the Oakland poMoe and all evidence such a examples of nand writing unknown te the Greenwood, family, will be turned over to him with th belief that some elew te the perpetrators of the outrage may be obtained. The federal authorities here are optimistic of obtaining tangible result in their investigation owing to the announcement made by their own handwriting expert, Theodore Kytka.

before his death, ef invagination he wa makifig of the C. G. of and Empdoyees' Liberty League warnings which were sent to promt-nent eitisena and member of th judiciary a few day before the Pre. parednessjmrade bomb explosion in 116, uperh the bombing of Governor Stephen' mansion at Sacramento. Expert Kytka said a few day before his death that he would reveal not only tho identity of the writers of the C.

C. of letters, but atao of the master spirit who had conceived the other bomb plots which made the Cat Claw club of California an object of terror. An Immediate examination la to row, promises a program of entertain ow, TWO SERVANTS AT HOME. I pend force alt in on. d.rtion JW 11X1 Mn- bcrof St Paul's In the Brown-Everts home tbe re Ml Anlv Tan.

uMMnti a. dews that were entirely shattered. A sunparlor in -this house, a few feet above the lawn, a little to the left fif the ntiviv and r.vri I. ing features for the occasion, but tne details are to be kept secret until the guest arrive. There will be a Boy Scout mess call at IMS.

Other features will be a two-set play, which Is te be vtaged by five actors under the title of "A Rotary Romance." A new James Miyamoto, who is Ihe Auxiliary r. wooa was tooaing torwara wiui iwf" The Oakland Chapter Red Croeal i.B. it 'piv nouse ana tne cook, jay woum nave causea wreckage in all most entirely by glass windows, re pretending to be a workman repasir- directions and unooiestionably have raained unharmed, ing the. gate the perpetrator could blown Mrs. Greenwood Into bits.

Mrs. anwnwand very.eaday have allayed any site- The force of the explosion all 1 n0? killed by direct MDkSiSI'foTc. pidon 04 the part of the Japanet, In one the direction of acting upon her rn She mil even had-they seen him. the Brown-Evorts house Window. J'JSS Ja 5 song en "Rotary" will be sung and there will be other feature ef interest, according te ta group member.

had no more loral or faithful mtn. Krm Kh ii ha a. nlaea in her than Mra George D. Greenwood, the Santa Crua mountain hhe waa a member Of SL Paul's A mom ha moat intimate friends Farm Problems Are Auxiliary, where she made bandages ef Mrs. Greenwood was Mrs, Charles as long aa bandage wer needed Minor Qoodall, a near neighbor, and sewed on hoanrtal garments and Mm Oreenwood was a.

conserva- which were hurled against the entire front of her body with all the force of scrape from a high-powered shrapnel shell. Above her right temple a large Greenwood and the Brown-Evertn ture within were wrecked by a con home to all low for the entrance of cussioa, not by an explosive forte the Greenwvod automobile into their acting directly upon them, garage. It opens upon the street. On the other hand the gate and On one aide in a wire fence enclosing a portion of the fence enclosing the Conference Subject EKRKBLET. Msreh II.

Iw devel refugee garment i when bandagesuive social leader and patron of the the direction of the Brown-Evert house It can be explained on one hypothesis, a consideration of one of the beat known principles, in the chemistry of explosivea, "POSITION IS DETERMINED. The ammunition fired from a shell cartridge is exploded in the direction of least resistance. A stump, being blasted, can be made to shoot in a given direction by a proper placing of tbe explosive. The explosive, then, was placed in such a position in which there was strong resistance in the direction of the Oreenwood house and practically no resistance in the direction of the Brown. Everts ho nee.

A shattered portion of brick wall at the end of the enclosure of the Oreenwood courtyard, just at the gate, showed where the bomb had exploded. It evidently, then, waa placed on the aide of the fence fact lng the other house and obstructed from the view ef Mrs. Greenwood. Since the bomb did not explode when Mra Greenwood left tbe library rt at anta aa warn. arMiiftrniiei in lanH.

fin arts. She in lend ere ne longer required. She rave KflhA an was generous opment and problem in agricultural hole had been torn in her head. me reenjrxi courtyard. On the ureen wood court, and the fence lViVi kJ Y1 be made of Kyta'a paper In the cane, which were turned over to the government, and it Is believed that some of the experts in the postal department here can complete thi work other is -awoken fence dividing the abounding the Brown-Evert.

pnp. motikmiSiZii woo There wna ampto opoortunltv Ota Rrown-Rvert. hu an tw! ron Ing her name to philanthropic undertakings and to vnat which promoted culture. While not a member of any of the organised clubs tor women, she was Identined with many of the movement oo behalf of children. much of her time to the Red Cross Shop, where she assisted Mrs.

Bernard Ransom, in the sales depart, ment Emergencies always found Mm Greenwood volunteering for service; she worked every day at headquartere during the time the Christmas packages were belnr Pre-pared send to the soldiers' over" and develop a clew which will clear for the perpetrator to conceal him- windows on that side of the Brown" a rnas. lW.rt?ieSa 8h. had se.f behind the garage or other out- liv.rU home were shattered. fencjlard Her and hei -7--- though this house waa farther away shoes were torn from her bits of up not only the oreenwood ease, but oil h. Ulkl.k h.u.

research will be considered at a sn-eay conference of more than 104 Vrm adviser which will open on th University of California. The members tbe conference re now at Davis, but are leaving today for Berkeley. Professor B. H. Crooheron of the department of agriculture will preside at th meeting, while Miss H.

luldy will show the progress ef home dtmonKtratlon followed by report from nine other home denxnstration counties. Pile Cuiwd la to Day ttrorf rofoas matmr It PAEO OINTIfSKT W. ii Troved baffling to state and fed eral official. Pioneer Woman's seat, the unrt Christmas of the war. 8o cheerfully were her services given trm, 4 -mm rvilnas kr takl( U.I I nunea many IMl fart Ot ner eor- rrvji rrnoun oviniNn rmm Thn'i 7f moe vPel', The set was torn off.

But her body itself "few a. w. nnora force of the explosion, moreover, waa In ne way dismembered. was upward. It waa the upper win.

What mhuH HELD FOR TRIAU JTBRKBLEY. March 11 With halt Funeral Is Held at that Urn that the Red Croat WU I (J CA" runereJ aervioes of Mra. Julia Gibson. iwwn, narie w. Atwood.

never railed to call upon her In emergencies and ahe never failed te it is evident that she must bavej wtu, th. ni.ita in 1K.H ih her i "eninne smpwomer, arrested for at- interment In Evergreen Cemetery. court on a chargs of asxault wltn Mm em lteel. Rile, BlMdlaf trvfiag PI). 8to( Inltatlea: 8otta Ibeir arrival In the state the family lo a deadly weapon with Intent to kin.

miinrtina. eated in Amador county, where Mra caused Its explosion lust as she ap preached the gate. Either jier opening of the gate set it oS or she stepped on some hidden fuse. OPENING GATE FATAI That ahe net off the bomb when respond. i Silver and Footballs Are Burglars' Loot Burglars- last night raided tbe home ef J.

McCarthy, while the family was WwwvQ Clay bet. 5 Gibson lived until aix years ago. bhe then came te Piedmont to make her home her daughter, Mrs. Mary 7Ae smart shop for Women i Clay bet I JM 14th 13th 14th I she opened the gate la a snore likely theory. The criminal had carefully absent en a vacation trip, looting the Friedman apparel showings are ALWAYS complete jief NEVER complete.

G. Breese, where she died Tuesday. She was t7 year old. Beside her daughter a is survived by three sister, Mra R. M.

Wright of San Jose. Mra Elisa prepared the ground. The approach 1 to the gateway waa ef brick nave- tX rt se I menL An fuse could not have been rw beth Lee ef Orovtile and Mra Mary fO ef San Francisco: a brother, Rob, thoroughly hidden the pavement and there waa danger of frustrating I BPenoer, principal ef the Haw- TV rt Jameson of Plymouth; four grand' 1 his whole plan by leaving any eus- tared and football children, Julia Breese, I). It. Breese, and other good mm mm Mr.

P. W. Moody. Mrs. Fred It Qal pictous eject exposed.

The gate served a-deuble purpose. It could either be swung so aa to Un and a great grandson, Frederick B. Gallia of Stockton. II close the courtyard or so as to close the roadway leading from the gar age to the street. No one seemed Saloon Man Fires l'-- Is the feature dominating this entire fashion shop Trie style supremacy of this shop has been more distinctly evidenced this season than ever before.

Emphasized by the originality, exclusiveness and individuality of our garments. to remember whether it closed one roadway or the other, Perhaps it was partially ajar in the direction to Scare Burglars Burglar who attempted two nights ago to rob th saloon of Jacob Kobr, Hit Fourteenth street, have a two-day stolen from the toexsr in the gymnasium. Thieve stole trunk frdm the heme ef Mrs. George Pring, at III Twenty-first street. C.

A Uegris. caretaker at the Park Boulevard park, eomplalnsd that his wneelbarrew had been atelen. i Charles Haig Simms Is Dead in Berkeley RERKUUST, March 1. CbaHes Haig (ilmms, a eloee relative nf Kiel! Marshal Haig, died suddenly last night at hi home, at S20 Bancroft way. waa a native of Hamilton.

Canada, and was years eld. Simms Is survived by widow, Mrs. Anais Himms. a daugn er. Mrs.

A. A. Meon, and a son, How. ard Mott of Freatie. Until recently the family resided lq Oakland.

a handicap In tbelr favor In their race a 1 with the police. Kober says the burglars entered bis saloon and war frightened away whan they heard his wife coming of the courtyard and it ia not at all unlikely that there waa fastened to It a string which exploded the bomb as Mrs. Greenwood pulled it in her direction. IN VIEW OP SCX PARXOIV As Mrs. Greenwood stepped to tho gate she had a full view of the sun parlor that looks 'from the Hrown-EverU home.

Often, while Mra Greenwood sat In her own sunny restroom in the upper part of the building MIsa Brown and downstairs, and he did not think It worth while to report te the police at gASTER PRESSES -Vaif the very frocks that Fashion has approved for springtime wear. ence. Kober says to make sure they were frightened off he fired a shotgun In tbe air. There' a message from Joe King Mra Everest would sit in their own to yon on Page 10. Advertisement.

sun parior ana tney would wave It was a birthday party for Mis Brilliant taffetas. Filmy btadei Ceorgettes. fine rgej and toft bicolettet. Brawn and Mr. Greenwood had presented her with a birthday cake.

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with Victrola (Dress Section, Second Floor) remap Mr, ureenwood unconsciously looked toward the sun parlor for Misa Brown er Mrs. KverU, and it is quite likely that there flashed upon ber mind a -happy recollection of the pleasant party the day before when she sprung th trap that killed her. Death must have been instantaneous. Th gat was thrown across th road. Th brick oornerpieoe beald which th bomb moat have rested waa blown to bit.

A section of the feno was nattered ln all direction Part ef this and bit of clothing were found scattered about the yard and ln the treetop. In th spacious libraries and reading rooms which ran in a series of connected room around th of the lower floor, confusion was erealed. 8Utuary wa knocked to th floor. Furniture was scattered about and partially wrecked. The window pane Tore shattered and glass was sent hurtling through tn air in all dtreetlona Small articles which stood on table In th room shot through th window into th courtyard.

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