The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-12-31
Schmidt and Sister Apparently
Unmoved By Findings -Attor-
neys Say Case win Be Car
ried To Highest Court In Land
LABOR LEADER THREATENS
VENGEANCE FOR VERDICT
Olaf Tveitmoe Vows Los Angeles
Shall PAY Dearly For the
Decision Against Member Of
the Mcnamara Murder Gang
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b r OS ANGELES, December 81
Matthew Schmidt, the mechani.
clan of the labor union dyna-
miters who blew up the building of the
Los Angeles Times, was yesterday de-
elared guilty by the jury before whom
he has been appearing for trial Of mur-
der in the first degree. The verdict
declares him to have been an accom-
pliee before the fact Of the Mcnamara
brothers, now serving sentences in San
Quentin. T..
The jury, which was out for forty
six minutes arriving at its verdict,
recommends that Schmidt be given n
life sentence for his crime.
The verdict came in the nature of
a surprise, the summing up of the
Judge and his instructions apparently
fayoring an acquittal. The passing or
the sentence will be done on Monday,
the defense, in the meanwhile, having
moved for a new trial. The jury took
= two ballots tcsore arriving at , verdict
schmidt Il Not Shocked
The verdict apparently left Schmidt
al. II found him, unmoved. His sister
Katherine, who was in court with her
brother, also bore the shock without
outward sign, although her face chang
ed slightly when the attorneys for the
convicted man announced that they
would carry the appeal to the very
highest court in the land in the event
their application for a retrial is de
MED.
The Jurors, when seen after their dis
missal, reported that but two ballots
had been taken after the case wal
given to them and that the first ballot
stood eleven to one for conviction. Not
one of them, it is said, doubted thai
Schmidt had been the purchaser of thu
dynamite with which the Times plan
was destroyed, and all were of thu
opinion that he had aided in planning
the explosion.
David Kaplan, who was arreste'
while living as farmer in Washing
ton, denied tonight the reports that h
had decided to turn states evidence
and had made confession. He ha
made no confession, he asserted, an
has no such intention. His trial ha
been set for January l3.
Verdict Anglers Labor
The conviction of Schmidt has bee
received with anger in labor union ell
cles. Olaf Tveitmoe, secretary OF tn
Building Trades Council of San Frar
cisco, who has been attending tn
trial, voiced a threat against Los Al
Rsles concerning the verdict:
"Such a verdict means the Openin
of an industrial war in Los Angeles,
he said last night. "This city wi
pay for this"
The trial of Schmidt has been a
tracing nationwide attention an
agents OF the |. w. W. have secure
the country securing the fund for h
defense. Lincoln Steffens was pron
inent leader in his support, declarin
that the arrest and trial Of Schmi(
was a violation of the bargain mao
when the MeNamaras withdrew the
plea of not guilty and accepted Punis
ment for the Times explosion and Il
accompanying murders. =.
When this arrangement was mac
Schmidt and Kaplan, who, with il
Mcnamara, bought the dynamite use
In the Los Angeles case, were suppose
to have dropped out of sight foreve
There were, in fact, reports at tn
time that both men were dead. No
withstanding these reports woTl
wide search for both was continue
A dozen times their arrest was repoT
ed, once in the north of Scotland NJ
again in Germany, but each time Il
alarm was false.
1t was not until July I, 1914, VIII
bomb exploded in Lexington Ay
nue., New York, house, killing severn
that clew was had to their wheI
abouts. The bomb, which premature
exploded on that occasion, was of t
same peculiar type as that used in l.
Angeles. None but Schmidt had ev
made that style of bomb, and becau
of this fact hunt was begun for h
in New York City, Schmidt was fl
ally found there and after being waite
ed for weeks in the hope that Kapla
would he traced through him, he "
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