Partridge and a companion, Ralph Forsythe, are alleged to have attempted to blow up the Japanese ship, Forsythe was drowned when stricken by cramps while attempting to swim alongside the Hive Maru with the floating bomb, according. to testimony given by Partridge when questioned by police yesterday. Partridge said he had been hired for $1,000 to assist Forsythe in the attempted bombing.
Forsythe's be was recovered by police yesterday near the scene of the proposed bombing. Under the dock at which the Javanese ship had been tied up were found pieces of wire, electricians' tape and clothing apparently left behind when the two men entered the water to swim along side the Japanese ship.
Partridge was reported to have claimed that an Oriental agency was behind the plot. He said he was unable to give the name of the organization since his part in the plot had been arranged through Forsythe. Partridge's younger brother, William, told police at Vancouver, B.C., that a certain prominent Chinese in that City had reached an agreement witn Partridge and Forsythe to sink all vessels carrying war materials to Jvpan—United Pre:
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