Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-03
COLLEGE BOY
ARRESTED FOR
MURDER, FREE
GRAND JURY REFUSES TO
INDiCT KLEINSCHMlDT
EVIDENCE AGAINST UNIVERSITY
STUDENT WEAK
Berkeley SIeuths Fall in Their Effort
to Fasten Guilt for Death Of
Bellows Upon His
Companion
BY Associated Prers.

BERKELEY, Dec. 1.-The Alameda
county grand jury tonight refused to re-
turn an indictment against Harry Klein
schmidt, the wealthy young college stu
dent who has been held in a cell at the
county Jail for two weeks under an
Information and belief charge OF muir
dering Frank Bellows, nled ny Deteo'i'o
Henry Jameson of Berkeley.
The decision of the grand jurors was
arrived at after an all day session, dur
ing which they examined nearly Iorty
witnesses whose statements had peen
taken by the chief of police and Inc
district attorney since the investigator
began. ,or
At $50 o'clock Foreman Charles lngier
sent for District Attorney Brown ana an
no,,nced that the Jury had decided not
to indict -.
Mr.. Brown at once informed the walt
ing newspaper men of the result. ne
said: This ends the case In SO Iar as
nv office is concerned.
Continuing, Mr.. Brown said: uhner
the evidence as it was presented tnliiA l,a
the grand Jury did everything possipie.
7 shall NOT pursue the case furfhet.
Ixleinschmidt will no doubt be released
tomorrow morning when the habeas cor
ms nroceedings Instituted by his attor-
news comes up for decision DeIore gu
perior Judge Harris. Blanche he,iov. ,'
did not testify today. but DO not nt. thinn
her testimony would have maoe An'-'
difference"
VoIImer's Case Failed
e,bief of Police Vollmer was surprlseo
at the action of the grand jury. 10"
minutes before their decision was a., on,
nounced he stated to the neWspapi cir-
+bat he believed he had compiete vi
c,,rostantiaI case and was not conteni-
Mating anything but an indictmen..,
rha news was first broken TO hielli-
Schmidt by the newspaper men. 10 ~
allowed by District Attorney o.. tive
talk to the reporters for the his. ms, 80
siY,ca his incarceration two weeks asv eoa
salisr,, he walked. from his cell ne iooheo
naIa and haggard and had no inkiihe VI
the news that awaited him i,,rv
s.wall Kleinschmidt, the grand jury
hos refused to indict and you ~
tomorrow." said one of the reporters
The prisoner did not seem 70 eo'-p
hend the news. ,,. tomorrow"
sa;d at have been ordered not TO taiA
nv nv lawyers. I can say notnins, rd
oy T,an n,I he turned to Jailer Sherry anu ,Ia
cold with a return to college slans'
This the straight dope!
.'Yes," said Sherry ~ ~. Arst
IneN 1Ia laughed and his face beameo
time. he ldu6hS" e'
with happiness. Tn
.syou can tell them I'm glad ana ! ~
-,..,,,,,, >, he said as he skipped back DOWN
the corridor to his cell.
Rejoicing at Home
4. ,he Kleinschmidt mansion in Clare
,s+ the news came as a sudden SURPRISE
ond caused equal gladneSs.
"I am very happy to receive tnls nc"
,,,d aibert Kleinschmidt, the father OF
tbe accused who came down Iroiii 81
ena. Mont. to render aid TO ms son
knew my boy was not gulils, i,,rv
NOT so confident that tne srahu 49,
would refuse to indict.
natter all the police talk ehousn
.hav would force an indictment, Out
Lnevv that an indictment would oily pi
iong our agony. A trial would nave emu
cd in acquittal. have raised a IaIniiy
~ nine children and everyone mas peen
Wrought up right. Not one OF my poys
a,,Id nave done such horrible thins
as has been charged against Harry
Dan,,tv District Attorney Carey e1-
,laIned tonight by saying the witnesses
Ala not tell the same stories in the grand
i,,ry room, that they told the cnlel o.
nolice in the original lnvestlgation.
Nav that Kleinschmidt has been purged
oF oil suspicion of guilt he will propaply
ra-enter college He is a member OF the
no class. college of mines, University ot
California.
KIeinschmidt Released
Late tonight Kleinschmidt was released
from the county jail on order OF District
Attorney Brown. He at once went Win
his attorneys to his home In Clarenont
Rerkeley. The young man was sNeh
his liberty on his own recognizance un-
der promise that he would appear In
court tomorrow whom the habeas corpus
case is called.