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Show Schmidl's Sentence Life Imprisonment Stay of Execution l Granted to Permit Per-mit Appeal In Los Angeles Dynamite Caw Los Angeles, Jan. 12. Mnthow Schmidt, convicted of murdor In connection with tho dynamiting of I tho Times building flvo years ngo, was sentenced todny to llfo Imprisonment Imprison-ment In Snn Quentln prison. Sentence was pronounced after Juilgo Frcnk H. Willis of tho crlml-nnl crlml-nnl dcpnrtincnt cf tho uuiorlor court had drilled the motion of his attorneys attor-neys for a now trial, A stay of execution was grantod Schmidt until January 2t to glvo IiIb attorneys tlmo to por'e-t "m nppen1 Tho caso of David Caplan, another alleged accompllco of tho McNain-aiat, McNain-aiat, also was defonud until Jniumo 24 to bo tct for trla . Asked If ho had anythln; to snv before sentenco was pronounced Schmidt produced a lemsthy liianu script and rend therefrom a sta'e ment In which ho declared ho had had nothlnc to do with the consplra cy of James H. MeNninnrn mid others oth-ers to blow iii the Times and that ho regretted ns much an nimmo the denth of tho twenty men Killed In tho bomb pxplct'lon. |