Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-24


The detectives on the trail of the
men who blew up the Times played
trump card yesterday and claim to
| have taken a trick that will mate
rally aid them in their work of run
| ming down the criminals.
Mrs. Belle LAWN of San Francisco
was whisked from her dark cell in
the county Jail to the brink of the
ruins of the dynamited newspaper
building at Second and Broadway.
Blinking in the bright sunlight of the
early afternoon, she peered into the
abyss of tangled and twisted debris
at her feet and was shown the death
pit of twenty-one men, one of whom
she is formally charged with murder
ing. Attorney Earl Rogers and Chief
Deputy Ford from District Attorney
Fredericks office stood by her side.
She grasped both men by the arm
as she viewed the scene and shrank
back. Then they hurried her away,
and she was taken back to her cell.
When Rogers returned to his office
after his dramatic seance with Mrs.
LAWN at the Times ruins he declared
that the days interview had proved
satisfactory. Mrs. LAWN has become
quite amiable," he said, land has ver-
flied some facts in the case which will
be of great use to us. She has added
considerably to the information she
first gave u.s."
Rogers and Ford called at the coun-
ty Jail early in the afternoon and
were closeted with Mrs. LAWN for
some time. When they came out of
the Jail Mrs. LAWN was with them.'
She was neatly and becomingly at
tired in a close-fitting blue tailor
made suit. AS she reached the pave
ment her face frightened, she looked
up at the sun and drew a deep breath.
The prospect of an afternoon in the
sunshine freshened her and she ap-
peared to be looking forward to it
with \ he zest and enthusiasm of a child.
The mes of care and fear that had
been stamped upon her features while
in the cell had entirely vanished. They
entered Rogers automobile.
LOOKED WIsTFULLY AT CROWDS
AS the red touring car moved swift
ly down First street and around the
corner into Broadway she looked visit
fully at the holiday crowds. Ahead
a mass of humanity viewed the ruins
of the Times building. She manifest
ed an interest at once and leaned for
ward in her seat, curiosity showing on
her face. The men by her side sat
motionless. The big car reached the
outskirts of the crowd and Mrs. LAWN
exclaimed: Whats all the attrac-
tion?" The automobile stopped and
she was taken to the brink of the
ruins. None in the crowd was aware
of her identity save a Gordon Of plain
clothes men who aro believed to have
guarded the little party,
Rogers is conducting the prosecution
of his work with Vlgor. Many tele-
grams were received and sent north
yesterday. Following his consultation
with Mrs. LAWN and a brief visit at
his headquarters he drove to several
addresses in the city believed to have
had some connection with the case.
Rogers said yesterday that he should
be in san Francisco, but that certain
developments in the case kept him in
Los Angeles.
Asked if there was any probability of
an arrest in the case in Los Angeles,
he said there was. "Then the hunt
for the dynamiters has not shifted to
San Francisco?" he was asked. mo"
replied Rogers; sit is going on in both
places. An arrest here is to be ex-
pected just as soon as in San Fran
CISCO"
Connected with the finding of a small
visiting card among Mrs. LAWNS per-
sonal effects in san Francisco, on
which was written a Figueroa street
address, are possibilities of the OPEN
ing of a new avenue of investigation
and the exposure of the friends OF the
suspects who are supposed to have
given them aid and possibly assisted in
the carrying out of the plot.
Detectives found the address was
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