The record-union., 1892-01-27
: | DON'T REMEMBER. f"
Assemblyman McCaII's One Answer to
the Grand Jury's Questions.
He is Cited to Appear and Show Cause
Why He Should Not be Pun
ished for Contempt.

Assemblyman j. G. Mccall of Ala
media County has gotten himself into
! trouble with the local Grand Jury.
Mccall, it appears, was subpenaed to
appear, and did appear, before that aug
ust body on the I'D inst, and was inter-
rogated to some length with reference to
the charges of malfeasance in office pre-
ferred against himself and Assemblyman
| Elwood Bruner. The Alameda legislator,
! however, appeared to be afflicted with a
severe attack of bad memory. He was
asked number of questions
REGARDING SOME TRANSACTIONS
! He is alleged to have had with 4. Ottin-
! ger, ticket agent in San Francisco, with
| reference to the bill then pending before
| the last Legislature entitled "An Act to
prevent fraud upon travellers" This
bill was better known as the ticket
! scalpers' bill" To each and all of the
! questions propounded to him Mccall is
alleged to have replied, 81 don't remem-
! ber."
lie was asked if he had testified regard
ing this matter before the late illegal San
! francisco Grand Jury, but he gave the
same answer.
1t now appears that the Grand Jury
was dissatisfied with McCalls replies and
decided to place the matter before Judge
! Catlin.
The jury filed into the Judges court
yesterday afternoon, and when they
were asked If they had anything to COM
munlcate to the court Foreman John
stevens arose and handed Judge Catlin a
| MISUNDERSTANDING document The
! Judge glanced at It's contents, put it into
! his pocket, and for sometime declined to
make known what it contained. He
finally consented to allow a RECORD-UN-
ION reporter see the paper, however. 1t
| proved to be an affidavit, sworn to by
FOREMAN Stevens, setting forth McCalPs
! department before the Grand Jury. The
affidavit contained a full list of the CUES
tons propounded to Mccall, together
with the stereotyped answers given by
! the witness.
BELIEVED TO BE EvASIvE.
The affidavit then goes on to state that
Mccall, though frequently asked to
answer the questions, would not do so,
| other than in the manner stated: that the
atfiant and the other members of the
! Grand Jury consider the answers eva
slye, and an absolute refusal of the wit
ness to answer the questions or give in
formation which was within his knowl-
edge: and the affiant verify believes that
the witness, by his answers, is withhold
! ing information within his knowledge,
and that ne can, and Will, if ordered so to
do by the court, give direct answers to
the questions referred to; that he, by his
actions, hinderS the Grand Jury in pur-
suing the investigation of matters which
they have been charged to investigate by
the court.
In conclusion, the court is asked to cite
Mccall to appear and show cause why he
! does not answer the questions, and why
he should not be punished for contempt.
Judge Catlin issued an order to the
effect that sit appearing that J. G.. Mccall
was subpenaed as Il witness and ap-
peared before said Grand Jury on the I'D
day Of January, 1892, and during the ex-
animation he refused to answer certain
! questions regarding the charges of NAL
teasance in office against EIwood Bruner
on application OF Ohm Stevens, Foreman
| of the Grand Jury, it is ordered that a
citation issue, directed to the said J. G..
| Mccall, for him to show cause why he
should not be punished for contempt of
court, in refusing to answer said cues
| TONS"
The citation was made returnable on
the 10Th instant.