The San Francisco call., 1910-11-05
DYNAMITE CASE
PUZZLES JURY
in The SOUTH
San Francisco Witnesses Are
Examined and Bomb Exhib=
tied at Inquisition
Mrs. LAWN, Held in Jail Charged
With Murder, Will Be
Next Witness

Los ANGELES, Nov. 4-After exam
ining Chief Galloway Of the Los An
geles police department the grand jury
inquiring into the Times disaster
switched the line OF investigation back
10 the san Francisco end this after
noon.
Mrs. C. A. Pesenti Mrs. Anton Jo-
hansen. Miss Ethel Gill, a San Fran
cisco hotel telephone operator, and
Jack Lofthouse. q friend of Mrs. Belle
LAWN, were fnterrogated and the jury
then adjourned until next Thursday
Mrs. LAWN. who is in Jail here, held
on q warrant charging her with the
murder Of one OF the Times victims,
proha bly, VIII be called TO the stand
Thursday
IN the meantime eight OF ten new
witnesses. all living in and about Los
Angeles. viii be subpenaed. indicating
that the work Of investigation viii not
be completed in less than two weeks.
JURORS REQUIRE SILENCE
As the inquiry progresses the in
Quisitors are drawing their lines
closer All Information regarding the
grand jury was shut of today from the
majority Of the people in and around
papers here agreed, at the request Of
Presiding Judge BordwelI Of the supe-
rior court. not TO print another word
concerning the deliberations of the
grand jury
Fifteen sticks Of so per cent geia-
tine found in the Internal machine that
failed TO explode at the home of Secre-
tary Felix J. Zeehandelsar Of the Mer-
chants and Manufacturers association
Were taken into the grand jury room
today. lt was the finding Of this bomb
thar placed the detective departments
Of two cities and a horde of private
sleuths on the trail of Schmidt, Bryce
and Caplan. the trio now being sought
in connection with the destruction of
the newspaper plant and q Of its men.
BOMB SHOWN BY CHIEF
chief Galloway has had custody Of
the Zeehandelaar bomb since it was re-
covered from its hiding place under
dormer window at the home Of Secre-
tarv Zeehandelaar.
Detective Rice VINO helped render the
machine harmless and who also was
present when a secaond bomb was
found later A. the home of General
Harrison Gray Otis. proprietor of the
Times. was another witness called
during the day.
There were one or two other wit
nesses examined today. but Mrs. Pc
senri and Mrs. Jolannsen were regard
ed IS the most important.
HOTEL KEEPER SOUGHT
Mrs. Pesentf is the wife Of the miss
Ing Corte MADEIRA hotel keeper who is
being sought by detectives so that he
may be induced to tell what he knows
concerning the men suspected Of hav-
ing destroyed the Times plant Mrs
Johannsen is the wife of the labor
"A
time. Miss Gill and Mrs. c. D. Hurd,
telephone operators at the Hotel Argo-
maui. San Francisco, are believed to
have testified concerning the various
telephone calls, which the detectives
who have worked on the case assert
bore important relations in the develop
ment Of the plot.
Suspect Leaves Cabin
fS-ecial Dnpatch 10 The Call
LARKSPUR. Nov. 4-Despite the
vieilant watch kept on Larkspur can
Vo0 and the cabin where the suitcase
and dyna mite were found il is believed
that 'Snithy," the dynamite suspect,
has escaped in a launch that came up
the channel from Richardson bay late
last night.
William Larsen. president of the
L4arkspur water company on the prop
ertv Of which the cabin is situated saw
the lights of the launch and heard the
bark of the gasoline engine shortly
before midnight It came up a narrow
slough to position several hundred
Yards from the town and remained sta
tionary for over half an hour
Larsen made investi cations among
the residents Of the canyon this morn
ing and found that the tramp with the
handaged eye had ceased HIS rounds
begging for food. He thinks that the
suspect became alarmed at the hue and
cry made by the detectives yesterday
and in some manner communica ted
with confederates and made his escape
in the launch.
Charles A. Pesenti. the missing pro-
rrietor or the Corte MADEIRA hotel where
"Smithy' lived. has not appeared. al
though his wife has been absent sew
eral days to testify before the Los An
Eeles grand jury.