The San Francisco call., 1910-10-27
Will Give All Aid


Il am ready" continued Seymour, ito
give every possible aid TO the investi-
cation, but I made up my mind that
this department would act in no other
but a legal and orderly way. ] expect
Rogers 10 give a list Of the witnesses
he wants served with subpenas and
when he does will see to il that serv-
ice is had on the parties needed with
out delay"
When Rogers left the Office Of Chief
Seymour it was with the understanding
that he would return in the afternoon
with the list Of Witnesses he desires
subpenaed. but this he failed to do,
teIephonins at the last moment that he
would consult with the chief this morn
ing.
Rogers denied that he and Seymour
had quarreled.
1T is beyond me- he said, ''how such
2 story should have been circulated.
There is absolutely nothing to it, Sey-
mour and myself discussed the situa-
tion, but there was no difference of
opinion"
WITHHELD THE LIST
He absolutely refused to make public
the list Of witnesses, but allowed 1t to
be understood that they included most
Of the parties who had made state
ments regarding the facts Of the inves-
Tveitmoe and Johannsen would be sub
penaed, but in the face of the state
ments Of the chief of police that they
Were the two men who seemed to have
the most definite Information regard
ing Smithy," there is no doubt that
they will be among the number
The situation is just this" Rogers
explained. Il am here with three Los
Angeles detectives with list of wit
-rrL r-,-
not make public this list. as to do so
would be a violation Of the law. This
is grand jury investigation and a Sc
cret affair We are all trying to do our
duty. Some Of the subpenas may be
served by the detectives from Los An
geles and others by the San Francisco
police, all depending on what we think
viii be the best means Of getting the
work done as quickly and as conven-
iently as possible.
I viii take UP the list with Chief
Seymour tomorrow and arrange with
him as TO how he can help US The
grand jury meets tomorrow, but there
viii be a number of Los Angeles wit
nesses heard first, such as the relatives
Of those killed, the members Of the
commission appointed by the mayor
the workmen and newspapermen in the
building at the time of the explosion
and other formal witnesses who can
testify as TO the actual dynamiting-"
WITNESSES FROM THIS CITY
When these have concluded there will
he brought forward those witnesses
who can throw any light on the parties
suspected of having dynamited the
building. Most of these will be from
San Francisco and vicinity Among
them. it is expected, viii be Tveitmoe
and Johanssen. These two, according to
their statements to Seymour, frequently
met II. A. Schmidt around labor quar-
ters. and by the Importance that is at
tached TO their information it is evi-
IDENTIFY Of definite nature. Another
viii Mrs. Charles Pesenti. wife of the
missing hotel keeper at Corte MADEIRA
at whose place Schmidt lived and by
whom he was employed in the building
OF house. Mrs. David Caplan, wife of
the missing Polish peddler who is
thought to be connected with the dy-
namiting, will be questioned. as win be
Mrs Ingersoll and Mrs. LAWN.
The agents Of the Giant powder COM
pany, both at the sales Office in San
Francisco and at the powder works