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Show STAMPEDE IN HAIL OF RECORDS ,1 I LOS ANGELES, Cal Jan. 10. I - & Lurking suspicion that all the dyna- 1 J mite In the United States had not '. been exploded and that probably somo of the remaining portion was Intend- ed for uso in another attempt to blow up the hall of records, flamed up j hero today and nearly depopulated J that building 1 A well-dressed stranger asked tho 1 j negro operator of an elovator If he Jifc I could leave his suitcase, which ho ' f I carried with some difficulty, in tho V elovator "for a few minutes." Tho ; r j operator consented, and tho man dls- m appeared. j Later in the day, heing unable long-' er to bear hlB anxiety, the operator I l hastily Informed the starter In charge J y of tho elevators that he was carry- 11 Ing a bomb in a suitcase; that he ' "" "I i could hear tho clock tick, and thai 3 ? it was about time, ho was sure, for $ v it tO gO Off. : I Both fled, as did bystanders and fi Jj somo employes. t . Detectivo Samuel Browne of the , XA district attorney's office was sum- ' I Ijii moned Ho carried the suitcase out I frl into the yard, where under a bin If palm ho opened It This is what he J Hi found- Ono bottle of whiskey, two ' jnl hundred loaded shotgun sholls and 1 jD two pounds of dried herring. ' jf , The stampede from the building j j was stopped, but up to a late hour j If, tonight tho stranger had not called ' f for his "bum." IN 111 V |