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Show Tfial ol Alleged Dynsmitars Begins More Than 200 Witnesses Have Been Subpoenaed In the Case Involv. ing Los Angeles Times Explosion Los Angeles, Oct. 4. Tho trial of Matthew A. Schmidt on a charge of murder In connection with tho dynamiting dyna-miting of tho Los Angeles Times building, October 1, 1910 was to be begun today beforo Judge Frank It. Wills. David Caplnin, arrested last February In Seattlo, a fow days after af-ter Schmidt's arrest in New York, wl 1 bo given a subsequent trial on a similar charge Tho sceno of the trial is the courtroom court-room where James II. McN'amnra plead guilty to tho same charge four years ago and his brother, John J. to tho charge of dynamiting tho Llowelyn Iron works.' In addition to tho ovldenco sub-mltted sub-mltted by tho prosecution at tho Me-Namara Me-Namara trial, much more that was never mndo public becauso of the con-fesslon con-fesslon of James B. McNamarn that abrouptly brought tho proceedings to a closo will bo Introduced according to tho prosecution. More tban 200 witnesses on both sides hnvo been summoned, many of them coming from remoto parts of tho United States. A mass of exhibits, ex-hibits, Including bombs, labor records rec-ords and correspondence has' been collected by tho prosecution. Among tho more Important witnesses witness-es for the prosecution will bo Ortle E. McManlgal, a conspirator who was arrested In Detroit in 1911 with J.' B. McNamara and who later turned state's ovldenco. Ho lias been living liv-ing In Honduras slnco tho McNamara trial, according to tho prosecution. |
