The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-11-23
DR.. Campbell Charged by the
Grand Jury With Perjury
THEY SAY HE SWORE FALSELY
An Inquest Over an Infant the Cause of
the Trouble
The Accused Officer Gives His Side of the
Story-He says He Tried to Save
the People Honey

1esteruay afternoon at O'clock the
grand jury, headed by Foreman II. E.
Storrs. and panied by Bailff Al
Graham, filed into department one of the
superior court. Judge Smith had oeea
notified that the grand jury wished to
make partial rep TT. AMI had waited
in cham bers for the inquisitors TO put in
an appearance. District Attorney Dom
nell was also in attic ndance and one or two
newspaper reporters and half dozen
or dozen outsiders made up the audience
that was in the court room.
The call of the roll showed that the
full jury wal in attendance, and then
judge smith asked If they had auy
com munication to make.
Fo!enal Storrs passed up several
papers to the court. which his honor
glanced over and then announ ced that
the first was an Indictment which could
take the mum Der Of the original, together
with the bench warrant. and in which
the pail was fixed at $1,000. The secon d
indictment and bench warrant was then
handed to the clerk, and his honor an
nounced that the hail ia this case was
also $1,000. Two more indictments and
bench warrants we're then handed down,
the bail in each case being fixed at $500.
The warrants were then given to the
sheriff tor service and Judge Smith left
the bencb, going home in a few n 10 utes.
In the case of the first Indictment, it
was stated that the defendant was al
ready in the custody OF the sheriff, and it
was announced that it was against George
Brady, charging him with arson. An
,vI otr, had CT
Brady before, and 1t was Knocked out on
recount of some irregularity. 1t had been
r.s,bmitted to the grand jury with the
result that second Indictment had been
returned. As matter of news, il should
be stated that Brady has been exa mined
on the same charge before Township JUS
tice Young and was discharged. He has
also been locked up as insane, but WINS
discharged after an examination.
When the second indictment was
reached the officers declined TO give out
the name, as the persun charged had not
been taken into custody. 1t was an open
secret, however that II was against DR..
q. W. Campbell, county coroner. Or.
Campbell has evidently received an init
, nation OF the action of the grand jury,
for he was on hard in County CLERK New
Inns Office waiting for the result. while a
number of his friends and neig h bors from
Boyle Heights were in the court room
ready 10 90 on his bond for any amour t
that might be required. They were not
kept long in suspense, for in few min
utes i'r. Campbell appeared in the court
room with a deputy sheriff. Then the
Indictment becams public property, and
it was asoertained that the charge was
perjury in sweal ing to demand for SIC
for holing an inquest on the body of AL
bert Edward Locke, an infant, when the
records showed that no inquest had been
held.
No time was lost and as soon as Clerk
Logan could prepare the bond it was
signed ny Rev. Mr.. Chase of the Boyle
Heights Methodist church, POLES Com
missioner r. +. Wirscl ing, Levi Powers,
Councilman Z. l.. Blanchard and George
equalization. AS Judge Smith had gone
home. the bond was approved by judge
Van Dyke, and Dr. Campbell left the
! room with his friends.
DR.. Campbell was seen by Herald ie-
porter in the court room, when be freely
He said that he had followed the routine
| of his predecessors, and that " hat he had
done in the matter of dispe nsing with
| Juriss had been in the interest of econ.
omv. He had asked the district attorney
office if it was necessary for him to nave
a jury in every instance and had beer
| told to dispense with them whenever il
was possible, and he had governed him.
self a. corainsly. In cases where he die
not think jury neces airy he had made
an investigation himself, and when nee
essary had made a post norton to deter
mine the cause of death. and when salts
fled had given a certincate and charged
$40 as he thought he had a eight to do.
In tine case of the Locke infant this hao
been done, and the county had beer
saved a considerable amount. DR.. Cam p
bell said that he had held 154 inquest
with juries, which had cost the count,
S2556.50, or an average Of $3.50 each. H
had held 63 inquests without juries
which mad cost $730.25, or an average o
$l2.06. The saving to the county hat
been 1886. OF, or an average months salar
to the coroner. DR.. Campbell said tina
under the law he could have empanele,
a jury in every instance and where, il
his judg ment, he demsed it necessary, h
could have ordered post morte.n; thi
he had not done because he did not car
to make the cost any greater than b
could help. II is fees we're the same in
any event, and dispensing with a jur,
did not put cent additional in hi
pocket.
The other two indictments are believe
to be against Frank NJ. Cherry, tn
crooked stenographer already under in
dictment on two or three counts for pei
jury. The warrants vera not served las
evening. ant the officers declined to Civ
out the names
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