The San Francisco call., 1910-10-19
Arrest Is Made by ". j. Burns
and She Is Put on Train
and Rushed With Detec-
tive to Los Angeles
EVIDENCE WAS OBTAINED
HERE DURING TWO WEEKS
Woman Taken to Headquarters
and Is Released, Rearrested,
Requestioned and Then
Formally Charged
AIDED DYNAMITERS IN ALL
THEIR PLANS is BELIEF

EU yHILE yet the echo OF the dyna-
\N mite explosion which wrecked
W the Los Angeles Times build
ing fingers and the crumbled walls
of the structure lay burned and broken
over the ashes Of the victims, the
finger Of accusation was yesterday
turned to the defiant figure of the
inevitable woman-Mrs. Belle LAWN,
companion Of James B. Bryce and
Smithy, who was yesterday, at the
instance of Detective William Burns.
arrested and charged with murder.
Hardly had the woman been taken in
custody and booked at the central
station when she was speeding south
ward on the limited train Lark in
custody of Detectives Frank Carroll
and Charles A. Jones of the southern
city.
This is the first actual charge
made against any of the many sus-
poets arrested. and it is believed that
the actual prosecution has now begun.
AS has been predicted many times
during the last week, the trail of the
dynamiters has brought the many
searchers close to their hiding places
and more arrests are expected to be
made within the next few days. The
arrest and formal charge Of Mrs LAWN
follows more than two weeks work
on the part of Burns and Detective
NJ. v. Burke. Following and shadow
ing her, checking her movements and
submitting her finally to four hours
rigid examination-all has contributed
to connect her directly with the men
who are believed to have planned and
effected the ruin of the Los Angeles
building.
Protests Innocence
In spite of her intimate association.
the many Inconsistencies of her stories
to the detectives and the numberless
suspicious circumstances surrounding
her conduct during the last two
months, she avows her innocence and
insists that grevious error has been
made In the presence, however. Of
so serious a charge the woman. who
has been too often an unwilling actor
in scene of death. murder and sui
eide, carries herself with remarkable
indifference to all that Is going on
about her. now the central figure in q
wholesale murder.
Il am innocent. A grievous error
has been made and have no fear Of
the outcome As for the trip to Los
Angeles. I regard II only as an oppor-
tunity to see the place''-in that laconic
manner the woman expressed her own
attitude in the matter.
Is Closely Questioned
Coming TO heaquarters at IL o'clock
in the morning In the custody OF De-
tective Mackey. who had been detailed
to get her by Chief Of Police Seymour.
the woman was submitted TO gri1iing
series of questions put by Burns. Sey-
mour and the other detectives AT 4
o'clock she was permitted TO leave the
hall but again at $3.50 was taken from
her home at 241o Mission street. clos
eted with Seymour. and formally
charged with murder. At all times she
wore heavy dark veil and not only
refused TO talk TO reporters but gave
very unsatisfactory and evasive
statement to the detectives. There ap-
pears to be every reason to believe
that she has been In touch with Bryce
and Mmfthy up to two weeks ago. and
that she has been prepared some time
In advance for her present role. While
the detectives and especially Attorney
Earl Rogers decline to discuss the ar
rest and charge against Mrs LAWN, IL
is believed that a clear chain OF evi- Z
dence has been constructed connecting
her with the plot to purchase the dyna- .
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