Show 1 SCHMIDT AND CAPlAN INDICTMENTS ATTACKED Improper Methods Alleged to Have Been Used for Selection Selection Se Se- Selection lection of Grand Jury Los Ios Angeles Juno 16 Milton Milton ton S. S Schmidt anti and David Caplan alleged ac accomplices accomplices ae- ae of or James McNamara in the Los Angeles Times s dynamite ca case cac c en entered entered en- en a 0 motion In the superior court here herc toda today asking that Indictments of ot murder found Coun against them be bc dismissed dismissed dismissed dis dis- dis- dis missed on the ground that some of ot the grand Crand Jurors who accused them had been selected or suggested b by F. F J. J Zeehan secretary of ot the Merchants MerI Mer Mer- I f chants Manufacturers Manufacturers' association I Attorneys for Schmidt filed with tho the motion a letter alleged to have been I written b by to Earl Rogers a lawyer then Interested in the prosecution prosecution prosecution prose prose- cution of or the Ic and their confederates con con- confederates federates rates This letter contained data concerning concerning- the tho supposed attitude of ot several prospective members of ot the grand jur Jury with regard to labor unions Three of the men mon named in It finally served sr on the grand jur jury which Indicted Indict indict- e ed Schmidt and Caplan On tint day clay the Times building was blown up killing twenty men a bomb was as found planted at residence Another an angle le of ot tho dynamiting case developed den toda today before tho board of oC I supervisors orR whore where the count county managers mann mann- gers debated whether to pay PY a reward of oC offered for Cor the capture of Schmidt and Caplan Cf One supervisor declared that a former district attorney I nc nor ney had promised not to apprehend tho the two men provided th they would furnish certain information and that the detective detective detec detec- tive tho who finally arrested them some somo months ago aJo waited until the district attorneys attorney's at attorneys attorney's at- at torney's office had chan changed d hands be beCore before before be- be fore Core making them prisoners Tho The county counsel previously had hael ruled that the thc board of oC supervisors had no flO le legal al right to offer a reward rewald S |