Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-22
HANFORD SUSPECT
RAVES OVER FIRE
Detective Poses as Nurse and
Hears Grim References to
Times Explosion
MRS. LAWN WILL TESTIFY
AdviCeS from Mexico State VeS-
sci with Suspected Dyna-
miterS Near Manzanillo
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him pending further investigation.
Mrs. Belle LAWN yesterday signihed
her willingness to go before the grand
jury and tell all that she knows re-
garding Schmidt and Bryce. she
admitted to Attorney Rogers that she
had heard the men discussing dyna-
hitting and promised to make further
revelations today. The police declare
she will be the most important wit
ness to appear before the grand jury.
1t was admitted by officers working
on the case that Schmidt, Bryce, Cap
Ian, the man known as the Mexican
and a fourth suspect, who is now IN
volyed in the case for the present
have made their escape. One of the
purposes of calling the session of the
special grand jury is to secure indict-
ments that will expedite the process
of extradition in case the men are To-
Gated at foreign port or in another
state.
Advices from Mexico City state that
the vessel carrying men suspected or
being implicated in the Times explo-
sion is nearing the port of Manzanlllo'
but has not arrived there. The men
will be arrested as suspects upon the
arrival of the vessel.
ORDER FOR GRAND JURY
The order for special grand jury
issued by Judge Bordwell, presiding
Judge of the Los Angeles superior
court, yesterday morning was the di-
rect result of a conference held In part
over the telephone earlier in the day
between Earl Rogers, S. L. Browne,
Chief OF Police Galloway and others
concerned officially and otherwise in
the investigation of the times disaster.
I'VE have the nest, but the birds have
flown" was the way that the present
status of the case was expressed at
the district attorneys office. This ex-
preston was followed by prompt ac-
tion-action contemplated for more
than week, but delayed pending the
running down OF fresh clews.
District Attorney Fredericks made
formal request that special grand
jury be called to investigate the Times
disaster and all of the circumstances
incident to it, including the alleged
attempts to dynamite the homes of
Harrison Gray Otis and r. j. Zee
handelaar.
Judge Walter Bordwell, presiding
Judge of the Los Angeles superior
court, Immediately following the pre-
sentation of the request at 10 o'clock
yesterday morning, issued an order
calling the grand jury. A venire OF
thirty names was drawn and the date
set at 10 O'Clock newt Tuesday morn
ing when efforts will be made to quail
ify nineteen of the venire for duty
on the jury.
Judge BordWell'S order folloWS:
DATE FOR INQUIRY SET
The court being of the opinion
that the public interest so requires:
1t is ordered and directed that
grand jury be drawn in the court
room of department nine of this
court on Friday, the 21st day of
October, 1910, at the hour of 10
o'clock, in the forenoon of said day,
and the number of said jury to be
drawn as aforesaid, is ordered and
designated to be thirty.
1t is further directed that this or
der be filed this day with the coun-
ty clerk of said county.
October 81, 1910.
WALTER BORDWELL, Judge.
Those whose names were drawn from
the jury box are:
Ernest H. Greppin, manager OF
Blake, Noffitt & Towne, paper deal
ers, 1647 st. Andrews place; r. F. De
Garmo, Ell Monte; Jacob Swigart,
Norwalk; J. E. Carr 621 South Broad
way; r. S. Hughes, general manager
of the American Bonding company, 322
West Twenty-third street; j. H CaVa-
nah, Redondo Beach: John e. Deni-
son. Downey; John Scott, Duarte; w.
I. Keese, farmer, 2410 West Twenty
second street. S. G. Tyler S5S East
Twenty-eighth street; J. H. Linklet-
ter Whittier; E. j. Vawter, Santa
Monica; Samuel p. Allin, Pasadena;
]. l.. Mathews, Covina; Samuel w.
Pyle. Pasadena; H. H. Mayberry, Al
hambra; F. E. McCollum, 751 East Ad-
ans street; John Bloeser, sr., proprie-
tor of the City Steam Carpet Cleaning
works, 2261 West Twenty fourth
street; H. M. Jordan, Whittier e. A.
Lloyd, Long Beach; Elmer %. Web
ster Pasadena; Thomas 3. Chapman,
Rivera; Benjamin Kohlmeier, 1927
-, a.
tary of the California Citrus union,
Los Angeles; George Ellis, realty deal
er, California club; 10. A. Forester,
president of p. A. Forerster & Sons,
real estate and investments, 1121 Lake
street; ]. M. Tibbetts, carpenter, 129-
South Avenue Twenty-one; Charles A.
Wier of Charles Wier &c Co., whole
sale lumber dealers. SO49 West Sixth
street, II. ]. Whitley president of
the Security Land and Loan COM
pany, Hollywood; and A. r. Frazer,
4019 Ocean Front, Santa Monica.
PROSPECT OF EXTRADITION
Judqge Bordwell gave no hint as to
the reason for the ordering of grand
jury, even answering the question, rs
this special grand jury?" by saying,
"This is a grand jury; but McComas,
representing the district attorney
frankly admitted that it was to look
into the catastrophe to the Times build
ing, which is said to have resulted from
dynamiting. He said an indictment re-
turned by a grand jury permits of ex-
tradition without so many formalities
as when an arrest is made upon war
rant issued from a justice court. He
also said that a grand jury is able to
make fuller inquiries than any other
body.
Back of the calling of the special
grand jury, it Is stated by those work.
ing on the case, lay two reasons. The
first and most important of these is
the fact that ]. B. Bryson, alias
Bryce; M. F. Schmidt, alias Morris,
alias Perry, alias Smithy; Caplan, the
man known as "the Mexican, and an
unnamed fourth man whom the Off
GERS are seeking, have all for the pres
ent, at least, escaped, and If captured
later indictments will strongly aid in
the process of extradition. The second
reason for a grand Jury is that the Of
feers believe they have completed the
web of evidence proving that the four
men engineered a conspiracy resulting
in the destruction of the Times. They
desire to get this evidence in tangible
shape, to follow the meandering that
they believe a jury probe will give to it,
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