The record-union., 1891-10-09
REED Tn JAIL.
The Accuser Of the Supervisors Ar
rested for Criminal Libel.
lie VIII Be Called Upon to Prove His
Charges of Bribery in
Court.
REED Tn JAIL.

AS was predicted in the RECORD
| UNION, the charges of ''boodle'' made by
w. M. Reed of Florin against three MEM
bers of the Board of Supervisors, did not
stop with the demand of the Supervisors
| for an investigation by the Grand Jury.
Last evening Reed was placed under
arrest by Constable Brissel on warrant
sworn to before Justice of the Peace
Henry charging him with criminal libel.
REEDS ACCUSATIONS.
The facts of the case are probably by
this time familiar to the reading public.
AT a recent meeting of the Farmers ALI
ance at Gait Reed was among the speak
ers. lie devoted most of his remarks to
| denouncing the liquor traffic, and,
warming up to his subject, declared
that the people had been "sold out'' to
the liquor men by the Board of Super
visors. He said that the liquor men had
raised SIS, 900 to defeat the ordinance rails
ing the county liquor license and that
this money had been paid over to the
| three Supervisors who voted to repeal
the restrictive clause of the ordinance.
While Reed did not mention any names,
| yet 1t was fact easy of access, that the
three Supervisors who voted to repeal
the clause were Andrew Black, Thomas
I Jenkins and NJ. Miller.
! Reeds speech was reported at length in
the Gait Gazette, and re-copied by the
! local papers.
Reed is alleged to have given Nevis,
the wine man, as his authority for the
accusations. but subsequently Nevis de-
MED emphatically that he had ever given
the Florinite any such information. The
Gazette editor gave assurances that Reed
had been reported correctly, and matters
began to assume rather serious aspect.
THEY KICKED BACK.
At Wednesdays session of the Super
visors, Mr.. Miller offered resolution
calling upon the District Attorney to
present the whole matter to the Grand
Jury, and demanding of the latter body
that thorough investigation of Reeds
| charges be made. The resolution was
unanimously adopted, and it then looked
as if the matter would rest until the Grand
Jury took it up.
But it appears that the three Super
ylsors, who are under the cloud created
by Reed. were not content to wait. and
had Reed arrested for libel.
Their complaint was filed with Judge
Henry yesterday afternoon, the warrant
issued, and Constable BriSsel went to Flo
| rim Immediately. He returned shortly be-
fore midnight with Reed. The latter was
unable to procure the $1,000 bonds fixed
",
locked up in the County Jail for the
night.
THE COMPLAINT.
The complaint on which Reeds arrest
was made sets forth in substance that
Reed willfully, unlawfully and with
malicious intent to injure Andrew Black,
NJ. Miller and Thomas Jenkins, and with
intent to impeach the honesty, integrity
and regulations of said Black, Miller and
tn 1n
Gait Gazette a certain false, scandalous
and defamatory libel of and concerning
the three Supervisors named the tenor of
which article was as follows:
1.-The Board of Supervisors of this
county, says Mr.. Reed, are not a lot
better than our Doodle legislators of the
last session. Three members of our
County Board presumably meaning
Black, Miller and Jenkins), have been
bought and Sold He (Reed) openly ac-
cused the three members of the board
who voted against the passage of GER
tain ordinance recently, of receiving SIS
600 for their votes. He cited his author
lty for this damaging accusation in this
language: I know what ! am talking
| about now. Mr.. Nevis, of the Eagle
Winery Of Sacramento, is my authority
He told me that the three members of
the Board of Supervisors who voted
against that ordinance were $500 better
off than the day before the vote was
taken. He told me also that he collected
the money HIMSELF"
REED TALKS.
Reed talked about the matter upon his
arrival from Florin. While maintain
ing that he had nothing to take back.
still he seemed worried over the serious
turn affairs had taken, and talked some
what disconnectedly about what he pro-
posed to do. de reiterated that Nevis
had given him his information. "There
were several others there when he told
| me-" he said, "but don't know whether
they heard it or not. But anyhow, there
will be whole lot come out of this when
the case gets into court"
When asked if he desired to see an at
torney Reed said that since he had read
the complaint he had decided to be his
own lawyer: as he was perfectly able to
take care of himself. He said that he had
never been in Jail before in his life, but,
he added, he was not afraid to stay there
awhile.
CAUSE OF THE ARREST
Supervisor Jenkins was interviewed by
a RECORD UNION reporter last night re-
garding the arrest.
1--WE did not intend to do anything fur
ther in the case after we had laid il before
! the Grand Jury" he said, but certain
information reached us which led us to
cause the arrest and not wait for the
Grand Jury. / do not care to state lust
now what that information was, but suf-
fee It to say that we were afraid that
Reed would not be on hand when the
Grand Jury meets. Besides, we believe
that we can get speedier and more COM
! plete vindication by bringing the matter
! into court than by waiting for the Grand
jury. The latter body holds its session
/ in secret, and the public, which is most
| interested, knows nothing of the evi-
dence taken. But in court all of the facts
will come out, and will be accessible to
! the public.'
ESupervisor Miller was also seen. Sup
| pose," said he, THAT this man could not
| be found when the Grand Jury wanted
him, what would the people say? WHY,
everybody would declare that we had
| given up some of that $4,000 to get him
out of the way and save ourselves. We
considered the whole matter coolly, and
came to the conclusion that the courts
were the proper places for such cases
without any delays, such as would result
if it was left TO the Grand jury"
Colonel Bunster,s Death