The San Francisco call., 1910-10-21
DETECTIVES ON CLOSE
TRAIL OF C0NSPIRAT0RS

coast Just after the FIRE. Just after the
first Of this year Johannsen started to
build house at Corta MADEIRA and
'snithy' accepted work as a carpenter
assistant te Jehannsen: Some time in
February LIGHTHOUSE, who was also
member of the woodworkers' union,
and a friend of Johannsen's went to
Corta MADEIRA to cal on Johannsen, and
with him he brought Mrs. Belle Lawn
'Smithy' was introduced to the LAWN
woman and the friendship which de-
veloped from this introduction resulted
In Schmidt finally coming to San Fran
cisco and taking room at Mrs. LAWNS
house In the Mission. After the pair
met and Schmidt went to live at Mrs.
LAWNS house the two made number
of calls on the Johannsen's at Corta
MADEIRA, stopping there several times
for dinner: On the day that the Los
Angeles Times building was dynamited
Johannsen was in Des Moines. Iowa,
attending a labor union convention.
The Times building was dynamited
early in the morning of Saturday. Octo-
Der 1. On Friday, the day before, or
eight hours before the building was
blown up, Schmidt and Mrs. LAWN went
to Corta MADEIRA and had dinner with
Mrs. Johannsen, although this casts no
suspicion on Mrs. Johannsen, as we
have been satisfied that both she and
her husband knew nothing of Schmidt's
movements er connection with the af-
fair.
son the occasion of Schmidt and Mrs.
LAWN dining at the Johannson home,
Schmidt visited the hotel conducted by
Charles A. Pesenti and wife and pur-
chased some beer. When Schmidt and
T-Ek ~
that night neither of them has ever
been seen since that time by Mrs.
Johannsoni
FAILS TO CONNECT JOHANNsON
Our investigation fails to connect
and his movements. Johannson, while
in the east, raised $4,000 for the bene-
fit of the Los Angeles strikers. He
had planned to go back east last Tues
day to continue the work of raising
more funds for the Los Angeles
strikers, but I Informed him that he
would be very material aid to us in
identifying Schmidt in the event of his
capture and asked that he postpone
his trip so that we would not have to
send after him. Johannson agreed to
wait until we do not need him. I have
an appointment with Johannson at 10
o'clock tomorrow morning, when he
will meet me here in my Office. 1 pro-
pose TO have his statement taken down
in writing, as was done with Mrs.
Ingersoll and Lofthause and as will
be done with all material witnesses.
BY having the testimony of all the
Identification witnesses down in writ
ing the work in connection with the
case will be greatly facilitated, as we
can refer to the transcripts any time
we want information and will not have
to send for the witnesses.
DIDN'T KNOW BRYCE
Both Johannson and his wife as
5ured us that neither of them knew
Bryce or Bryson and never heard
Schmidt mention his name Johannson
told us that Schmidt has travelled all
over the country. as he has seen him
in many parts of the United States dur
ing the seven years he has known him.
Last July, when Johannson was in Los
Angeles he met Schmidt there, but does
not know what he was doing there
When asked as to Mrs. D. II. Inger
soils purported statement In q morn
ing publication to the effect that she
had heard Schmidt and Bryson brag-
ging of having turned several big
tricks" (referring to dynamfting out
rages) and also having mentioned the
AIRY Orchard affair of Idaho, Chief
= ymour said:
"At no time In her talks with US,
or, while we were taking her written
statement. which was of great length,
did Mrs. IngersoH mention that Bryce
or Schmidt had ever mentioned Orchard
or of having taken part in wholesale
dynamiting. If she had known of those
things she would have told us so.
am inclined to think that these state
ments attributed to her are false"
SCHMIDT IN VICINITY
The fact that Schmidt was in the
vicinity two weeks ago was obtained
by Mrs. Charles A. Pesanti, wife of
hotel keeper at Corte MADEIRA, who said
that he, accompanied by Mrs. LAWN,
visited her at that time.
THE first I knew of Schmidt" she
said, was last February, when he
was employed by Johannson to work on
his house When he finished that job
my husband engaged him to work on a
building for us. This was some time
late in March. He lived at the hotel,
sharing a room with a fellow workman,
Harry Maddox. but the latter left after
working for about a month.
HE left Corte MADEIRA in June and
about two weeks later came over to
pay us visit With him at the time
was a woman who was introduced to
me as Mrs. LAWN. They did not stay
long, but after taking couple of
drinks left, saying they had to see some
other friends Where they went to do
not know Since that time they came
to see me five or six times and the last
time was two weeks ago. The descrip-
tion of Schmidt answers to that given
out by the police, and 1 recognized Mrs
LAWN by the pictures published in the
papers.
s.Scbn,idt apneared to me to be a