While publisher of '' The Agitator '' at Home Fox became involved in two legal controversies . The first involved the sensational Los Angeles Times bombing of 1910 , in which 21 people had been killed . Private detective William J. Burns sought the arrest of a former resident of Home Colony , David Caplin , and his associate Matt Schmidt in connection with the case , believing the two to have been conspirators . Burns established headquarters in Tacoma early in October 1911 and began staking out the house of Jay Fox and searching his mail , convinced that as editor of '' The Agitator '' he knew the whereabouts of the two fugitives
Los Angeles Times bombing
Los Angeles Times bombing
Jay Fox