The San Francisco call., 1910-10-25
.VEITMOE WILL
/ BE HEARD TODAY
Labor Leader Notified by
The Police to Make
His Statement

Olof A. Tyeitmoe, the labor leader,
will make his statement to Chief of
Police Seymour today regarding his
knowledge of some of the persons
wanted by the authorities in connec-
tion with the dynamiting of the Times
building In Los Angeles. Tveitmoe was
in Santa Cruz yesterday, but is ex-
pected to be back this morning. and
fmm mediately on arriving he will go to
Seymours Office.
IT have notified Tveitmoe," said the
chief, ito make his statement as soon
as he returns and he said he would do
SO. 1 would have talked with him be-
fore this time but he has been out of
the city. From other information gath
cred by the police it seems that Tveit-
moe knew some of the men suspected
of being responsible for the dynanlit-
ing outrage, and 1t is my intention to
find out just what knowledge he has of
them He let me know that he would
be ready to make a statement any time
l wanted and expressed his willing
ness to give me all the information he
had on the subject
Tveitmoe is drawn Snto the affair
through the belief that he knew M. A.
Schmidt, known also as "Smithy," whom
the police believe to be one of the main
men in the dynamiting of the build
ing. According to the information in
the hands of the police, Schmidt was
often seen with Tveitmoe, and while
the latter may not have any informa
tion dealing directly with the dynamit-
ing, it is thought he might know
something of Schmidts friends or his
haunts and thus would aid the police in
locating him.
Whatever information Tveitmoe has
on the subject he has kept it strictly
/ TO himself. To all questions. regarding 6
it he answered that his statement was
for the benefit of the chief of police
and no one else.
Detective Browne OF Los Angeles is
in the city working on the case here
He spent the morning at the state bu-
reau Of Identification consulting Frank
H. de Pue. the director OF the depart
ment. regarding the finger prints found
on the launch Peerless.
There are some odds and ends to
clear up" he said, sin order to get the
connecting links for a chain of legal
evidence Our purpose is to make sure
of our legal ground SO that there will
be no hitch when the case comes to
trial.
Browne is awaiting the organization
of the special grand jury called in Los
Angeles, and as soon as this body is
formally perfected he will serve sub
peiias on those in San Francisco who
have figured in the investigation.
81 have a list of the names of the
persons in San Francisco wanted in
Los Angeles as witnesses" said Browne,
'and at the proper time the subpenas
will be served. This will not be done,
however, until the grand jury is or
ganized. The procedure Is little diff
ferent from that Of witnesses within
the county. When the grand jury is
ready for business the subpenas will
be taken before judge of the superior
court in Los Angeles and there signed
by him, and each instrument will set
forth the fact that it is a foreign sub
pena.
The list of the names will not be
made public until they are ready for
the signature of the court OF course,
as everybody can guess, many of the
witnesses will be those who can testify
to the actual facts of the investigation.
such as the sale of the dynamite, the
finding Of the explosives in the dwell
ing in Nineteenth avenue South, the
hiring OF the launchSand other phases
of the situation
While Browne refused to give out
any definite information apart from
this statement, there is strong pre-
sumption that among the witnesses will
be many San Franciscans whose names
have not been made public in connec-
tion with the dynamiting. Who these
are is being kept secret. 1t is we'll
known that the Los Angeles detectives
have been working on numerous clews
of which the public have been kept in
ignorance, and the positive manner In
which they are proceeding to lay their
case before the grand jury is taken to
mean that they have sufficient evidence
for a number of indictments, and that
arrests will follow Immediately on the
action of the grand jury.