Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-22
HUNDRED MAY TESTIFY

subpoenas for witnesses will probably
number about forty.
HUNDRED MAY TESTIFY
Before the investigation is COM
pleted," said Detective BroWpe yes
terday Itch subpoenas may number
more than 100" The officer explained
that he meant by this that the testi-
mony of the original witnesses might
involve other names and that the
grand jury might also have subpoe-
naed those mentioned
Subpoenaes will be served on the in
vestigating committee appointed by
the mayor which reported the eXplo-
sion as caused by dynamite, on per
sons acquainted with the structural
conditions of the Times building, on
persons who were in the building and
in best position to observe the effect
Of the explosion, on detectives and
others who have worked on the case
on officials Of the giant pwder COM
pany. and last, but most important,
on Mrs D. NJ. Ingersoll, the friend of
Bryce, and Mrs. Belle LAWN, the friend
of Schmidt, who is now held prisoner
here on a charge of murder as the re-
suit of alleged completely in the Times
explosion. a
EAGERLY AWAIT MRS. LAWN
Mrs. LAWN is expected to be the SEN
sational witness at the grand jury 5es-
sion. From the defiant attitude she at
first assumed she has retreated little
by little until yesterday she became
almost voluble In her story of her re-
lations with Schmidt and Bryce. She
told of whispered conferences held by
the two men in which dynamite was
mentioned and of Schmidt's uneasy at
titude for several days preceding the
explosion.
She sticks resolutely, however, to her
story that Schmidt ate breakfast with
her in San Francisco on the morning
Of the explosion and that he there read
a newspaper account of the disaster.
After reading the story she says the
man laid down the paper and left the
house. He returned that evening and
then went out. She declares she has
never seen or heard of him since.
Mrs, LAWN admits that the pair Of
mans cuffs found in her room when
the detectives searched it belonged to
Schmidt, but denies that she was in
love with the man or that her relations
with him were anything more than
friendly. She declares that he always
seemed to have plenty of money and
paid regularly for his lodgings at her
house at 2410 Mission street, San Fran
cisco.
The detectives are inclined to believe
her story in part true, but believe that
she is concealing more than she tells
1t was admitted yesterday, however,
that her indictment as an accessory in
the dynamite case is very doubtful
and it is strongly intimated that if she
comes through" before the grand jury
with revelations she has limited at that
the murder charge against her Will be
dismissed.
CONFERENCES OVER DYNAMITE
To the partial revelations of Mrs.
LAWN viii be added the testimony of
Mrs Ingersoll, her friend, who will
be brought here from san Francisco
as a witness. Mrs. Ingersoll, ac-
cording TO reports from San Francisco,
not only verihes Mrs LAWNS story
Of whispered conferences regarding dy-
namitc but says that the Times was
specifically mentioned in one of the
conversations and that the career of
Harry Orchard as a dynamiter in
Idaho was discussed. Both women
deny knowledge of Caplan
To couple up the testimony Of these
two women as to Schmidt ana Bryson
having hatched the plot in San Fran
cisco will be q number Oc letters writ
ten by the two MEN under various
aliases. These letters are said t1 be
partially in thieves dialect and the
writer's are declared 10 have frequently
interchanged names. They refer in
veiled terms to dynamitug and. ac-
cording to the district attorneys Of
flee, the letters will prove An important
link in the chain df evidence against
the suspects.
With this evidence to indicate a con-
spiracy the officials will offer the evil