The San Francisco call., 1910-10-22

but from slight remarks that were
made by both at about the same time
he gathers that they embarked on the
same ship.
Edwards came into the case as one
who knew ''Smithy' two weeks ago,
when he told all he knew of the man to
a Pinkerton detective.
Il met 'Smithy' first in January"
said Edwards. HE appeared to me to
be far above the employment in which
he was engaged. He had travelled a
great deal: at least he was able to talk
fnteliigently on many places. de was
q clever talker and very bright. He
expressed no extreme views on labor
subjects, but said that he would like
to go to Australia. where the laws for
the workingman were as near perfect
as possible. / never met him with
Mrs. LAWN. He always seemed well
supplied with money and could always
hold up his end in a crowd. The last
time l saw him was at the Corte Ma
dera hotel early in October. He was
well dressed in blue suit. He then
told me that he was going to Australia
soon. 1 often wondered why he worked
as carpenter and plumber when he
seemed so well fitted for position
where he would be more man Of at
fairs. There is no possibility of his
being any other than the Smithy' who
was in Francisco with Mrs. LAWN. His
description tallies in every detail"
Edwards has a record of one laundry
mark used on Schmidts clothing The
mark was "H-64-2." At the Lafargue
laundry in San Rafael two additional
marks were found under the name NJ A.
Schmidt. Under the date of January 20
was the mark "H-926," and February
IS, 1890" Joe sLafargue. proprietor
of the laundry, never saw Schmidt, as
the laundry was always brought
through. Edwards.
EXAMINE FINGER PRINTS
While investigations were going on
al Corte MADEIRA, Frank II. de Pue of
the San Francisco Identification bureau
conducted another mysterious investi-
cation at Larkspur. He secured from
Dolf Doherty, lumber dealer, copy
of specifications that were given Do
herty by Harry Maddox, the contractor
who supervised the building of Johann
sens house, upon which "Smithy"
worked. The specifications contained
the signature of Harry Maddox, and
may possibly bear the finger prints of
Schmidt, who was sometimes sent for
materials Doherty left for San Fran
cisco soon after De Pue this morning.
Exactly what De Pue intends to prove
by the document is not known. He is
SAID TO nave IounQ UnSer pT1ntS on tno
launch Pastirne, which took the dyna- :
mite from Giant, and 1t is thought that
he may wish to compare copies of these
prints with others that may appear,
after chemical treatment, on the paper
given him by Doherty.
Corte MADEIRA was strangely deserted
by nearly all of those who aided In the
investigation surrounding "Smithy''
yesterday. Neither Mrs. Charles Pesenti,
who first made public his presence here,
or her husband was present. A young
woman in charge of the Johannsen
home said that Johannsen was in San
Francisco and that his wife had joined
him there today. Neither would re-
turn tonight, she said
Henry Haberle, butcher, confirmed
Mrs. Pesenti's statement about Schmidt
being here October Z. He said he re-
membered seeing him here on that date
with Mrs. LAWN. L. A. Rea, former
San Francisco supervisor. also remem-
bers' seeing Schmidt here on several
occasions, but noticed nothing unusual
about him.