The San Francisco call., 1910-10-20
Information Impaired by Belle
LAWN at Los Angeles May
Result in Two More
Arrests Soon
THIRD DEGREE" WORK
BREAKS DOWN PRISONER
Capture of One Man Implicated
in Times Explosion Is Ex=
pected in San Fran
cisco Today
LOCAL POLICE HUNT
FOR MISSING CAPTAIN
Especial Dispatch TO The Call

ESPECIAL Dispatch TO The Call
T oS ANGELES, Oct. 1s.-Thres
hours of merciless grueIing ques-
- tioning today, during which the
potent methods OF the third degree
were invoked. wrung from the lips
of Mrs. Belle LAWN. who was
brought from San Francisco last
night. information which. accord
ring to the detectives. will result
within As hours in the arrest of two
men. believed to have been involved
in dynamiting the Los Angeles Times
plant The information gained from
Mrs. LAWN warrants the police. they
assert, in arraigning her tomorrow on a
charge of completely in the dynamiting
crime. which resulted in the killing of
81 men.
Poppy" Smith an South
1t is believed by the attaches of the
district attorneys office and by s. L.
cutor's office, that the right cord In the
unraveIing of the mystery has been
found. and that within a few hours the
chief conspirators will be in the Los
Angeles county Jail, That M. E., alias
Poppy" Smith. is the man who will be
arrested in Los Angeles is the belief at
detective headquarters. although a
mysterious secrecy has shrouded the
movements of the officers today.
Guarded by Detectives Jones and Car
roll of the local department. Mrs LAWN
was brought to Los Angeles from San
Francisco following her arrest there
Tuesday evening. With the utmost Sc
crecy Mrs LAWN was spirited on the
train at a small station in the outskirts
of the city and taken to the county jail.
where she was lodged in a cell on the
second floor. in charge of a matron.
The authorities refused to allow any
person except the officers working on ,
the case to see or talk with the woman.
and beyond stating that Mrs. LAWN had
been questioned at great length and
intimating that an arrest might be ex-
pected here and another in San Fran
cisco within two days. the detectives
will not discuss developments in the
manhunt.
Mrs. LAWN appeared pale and her face
was haggard when she alighted from
the train this morning. She complained
TO Sheriff Hammel of being tired, and
begged. to be allowed a few hours OF
rest and quiet
Reveals Two Names
! II don't want any attorney to defend
me- she told the sheriff. II only want
to be allowed to rest and sleep"
Captain of Detectives Fallmer. De-
tectives Jones and Carroll, Deputy Dis !
trict. Attorney Ford. Sheriff Hamniel
and a Pinkerton man were closeted with
Mrs. LAWN for several hours soon after
her arrival Again and again she an
swered their questions defiantly. show
ing the same spirit that bafied the po-
lice in San Francisco. and then, with
her nerves unstrung, she is declared to
have made discriminating statements
that Will result in her arraignment to-
day. and in the arrest Of two OF the
men who are thought to be implicated
in the crime.
Immediately following their prolonged
Questioning OF Mrs. LAWN the officers
sent kilograms to the police of San
Francisco AID to Earl Rogers. who Is
directing the hunt in the north. Deputy
District Attorney Ford, although he
would not disclose what was cleaned
from the statements OF Mrs. LAWN, ad-
mitted that startling developments
might be expected today and that he
felt warranted in having her arraigned
on a charge of completely in the crime.
Taken as James Doe"
1t was learned that Mrs LAWN was
taken into custody on James Doe