I a ia i Oregon, ka whakatata atu ki a ia a Rudolph Spreckels, te tumuaki o te First National Bank, me Fremont Older, te kaiwhakaputa o te "San Francisco Bulletin", i oati ki te whakatakoto i te $ 100,000 hei utu i te rangahau mo nga apiha o te taone kino, a ka tono ia kia haere wawe mai ki San Francisco ki te awhina i te tirotiro me te whakawakanga. I haere a Older ki Washington, D.C. a ka whakaae a Perehitini Roosevelt ki te tuku i te kaiwhakawā ā-motu motuhake a Heney ki te tari o nga Kaitirotiro Rohe o San Francisco. I te Paenga-whāwhā 1906, he mema ia o te Komiti o te Pirimia a Mayor Schmitz i ngana ki te whakahaere i te taone i te wa o te raru i muri i te ruu nui
I muri iho ka mura te ahi, engari na te ruu i whakaroa te whakawakanga o te taunahatanga mo te wa poto noa iho.