Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-01
JURY CONVINCED
OF DYNAMITE PLOT
Times Case InquiSitors PraCti-
caIIy Eliminate Gas as
Explosion Cause
PROBE ADJ0URNS OVER DAY
Witnesses from North Will Tell
of Suspects, Against New
Evidence Secured Next
PROBE ADJ0URNS OVER DAY

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it was due to dynamite and took an
adjournment until 10 o'clock Wednes
day morning, when more than thirty
witnesses subpoenaed in Northern
California will arrive here to give testi-
mony regarding the purchase of the
explosive, the identity of the three
suspects Schmidt, Bryson and Captain,
and their movements and affiliations
preceding and Immediately following
the explosion.
Before the San Francisco witnesses
are called to testify six more of the
employees of the Times will give testi-
mony to complete the chain of evil
dence regarding the cause of the dis
aster.
Detective Browne of the district at
torney's office has returned from San
Francisco, where he served a number
of the foreign subpoenas and secured
further evidence duplicating Schmidt,
Bryson and Caplan with the crime.
Browne brought with him letters in
volving the suspects, a list of tele-
phone calls between them, indicating
their connection, and also a quantity
of briefs Incorporating the testimony
that each of the witnesses from the
north is expected to give before the
grand jury, according to their prior
statements.
That the authorities anticipate that
only three indictments will be returned |
by the grand jury was indicated yes |
terday when it was stated that the |
witnesses connected with labor organ |
izations are only expected to testify |
as to their acquaintance with the sus- |
poets and of their knowledge concern |
ing them. 1t is admitted by the de-
tectives working on the case that no
witness has yet been found who has !
thrown any light on any motive for
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ROGERS RETURNS TODAY
Attorney Earl Rogers will arrive !
here this morning and is expected to
take a prominent part in the inves- |
tigatlon, although it is denied that he |
will appear before the grand jury in !
any other capacity than that of wit
ness
c. c. McComas will continue to rep |
resent the district attorneys office at |
the investigation.
Yesterdays prbing by the grand jury |
was entirely confined to the taking of |
testimony regarding the cause of the |
explosion and completing the identif- |
cation of those who persisted in the dis !
aster. Mrs. Adelne Finn and Charles |
e. Morris gave testimony establishing |
the deaths of relatives in the disaster. |
Otto F. Coe, Marcus S. Bentley, Hum
boldt Morris, Roy w. Cotana, c. J.
Baker, Fred L. Baker. Ralph I. Gill
and Harry Chandler, general manager
of the Times, were the other witnesses
to testify.
All of these witnesses were either in
the Times building at the time of the
explosion, observed the effects of the
explosion from the street Immediately
after it took place or knew of condi-
tons in the Times building just prior
to the explosion.
None of thp Witnesses paVa evidence |
tending to support the theory that gas
was responsible for the disaster.
Marcus Bentley was chief engineer
for the machinery department and /
gave important testimony concerning
the gas connections and boilers in the
building.
Among the witnesses summoned to
testify yesterday, but whose evidence
was postponed until Wednesday were
r. B. Golf, A. L. Rail, A. Bates, P.
Lowry and ]. M. Hall,
DELAY TO FAVOR JURORS
Adjournment was taken at o'clock
yesterday afternoon until Wednesday,
as several of the jurors stated that it
was necessary that they give one day
to their business before settling down
to the long examination that is eX-
pected to follow the arrival of the San
Francisco witnesses.
While the grand jury was at work
at the court house yesterday Coroner
HartWell and a jury were conducting
a separate inquiry into the disaster in
the Chamber of Commerce building.
Most of the witnesses gave testimony
practically similar to that given be-
fore the grand jury, but one witness
w. D. Furman, telegraph operator
of the Western Union, who left the
Times building shortly before the eX-
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had been so strong in the Times build
ing on the night Of the disaster that
it was necessary to raise the windows.
He said the gas Odor was so strong
that it had sickened Sawyer, one of
the employees of the Times who lost
his life in the explosion. Furman fur
Their testified that he was in front of
the Chamber of Commerce building
when the explosion took place and
that the report was dull and heavy.
He said that by the time he could run
to First and Broadway flames were
breaking from every part of the news
paper structure.
W. E. Tribit w. G. Spence, Simeon
Crabill, John Moran and d. s. Douglas
gave evidence as to the conditions as
they observed them at the Times on
the night Of the explosion Tribit,
Douglas and Crabill were all in the
building when the disaster took place
and denied that there was any strong
odor of gas.
UNION ATTORNEY PRESENT
Job Hartman, an attorney, was pres
ent at the inquest as a representative
of organized labor and questioned a
number Of witnesses.
The inquest was adjourned yesterday |
afternoon until today to permit the
coroner to secure a map Of the Times
structure so the jurors could get bet
ter idea of the character Of the build
ing.
The chase for the dynamite suspects
developed little new yesterday. The
schooner Kate was apparently elimin
ated from the case by news from
Mexico that none Of the men on board
the vessel answered the descriptions of
the suspects and that the vessel was
purchased by Wilson b. Evans, the alb
sconding cashier of the Farmers and !
Merchants bank, to make his escape.
Another evidence that Schmidt, one |
of the trio now sought, had part in
the dynamiting was found near Lark
SPUR, in Marin county, where deputy !