The record-union., 1896-05-01

above libel each of the said John F..
Dreman. ]. w. Todd, ]. M. Morrison.
William Curtis and Thomas jenkins
was a duly elected, qualified and acting
Supervisor of Sacramento County, and
as such composed the Board OF Super
visors of Sacramento County, men
toned in the above libel, contrary to the
form, force and effect of the statute IN
such case made and provided, and
against the peace and dignity OF the
people of the State of California.
J. M. MORRISON.
Sworn to and subscribed before me, at
my office, County of Sacramento, the
Both day Of April, 1896.
w. A. HENRY,
Justice of the Peace.
c. T. Jones and R. T. Devlin, attor-
neys for plaintiff.
Mr.. We'll accompanied Sheriff Johnson
to the office of Justice Henry, where A.
Heilbron and w. f. Peterson became his
, sureties in the sum of LOCO each.
Mr.. Morrison said in relation to the
affair last night:
81 swore out the complaint against
Mr. We'll not because have any more
feeling against him than any other
member of the Grand Jury, but because
he was the foreman and signed the re-
port and was therefore the most proper
person to begin with. The Grand jury
refused to find any indictments against
the Board. but published report to the
people in which accusa tons and insinu-
ations were made without producing
proof of their correctness. This is the
omen
court and vindicate myself before the
community and therefore nave taken
this step to right myself before the
world.
Being innocent of the charges MADE
feel confident of being able to prove my
self in so clear manner as to convince
every one of it. Mr.. Wells signature to
the report, which he was not forced to
make, unless so disposed. indicates THAI
it was in accordance with his views and
therefore made him fit person for me to
file my complaint against and l there
fore did So"
A Record Union reporter called on
Mr. Well at his residence last evening,
but the Grand Jury foreman was in
clined to be reticent. The matter was
in the hands of his lawyers, he said,
and he did not care to make any state
ment aside from matter contained in
the report made by the Grand Jury.
Concerning that matter, Mr.. We'll said
II shall attempt to substantiate every
chrge made in the report Of the Grand
Jury, and I have no hesitation in say
ing that from the evidence given and
which is now on record as part of the
minutes, can very readily do so.
II think it can be shown that the re-
port was correct in every particular and
that it will be substantiated throughout
unless perjury is resorted to by the wit
nesses, which / do not at all anticipate .
Mr. We'll would make no further state
1nent except to intimate that it might
be sorry day for the Board of Super
visors before the matter was ended.
The statement is made that the fore
man of a former Grand Jury, which at
first determined to find some indict-
ments and then rescinded its action and
prepared instead a "scorching" report,
with which he did not concur in senti-
ment, asked one of the Superior Judges
in the interim if he must sign it, not be-
ing in accord with it, and was informed
that he need not sign it unless he chose
and that if he did not there could be no
report presented. In accordance with
this advice, it is stated, the report was
not signed.
AS Mr.. We'll wished to secure legal ad-
vice, no day was set for the case, but
1t will probably be set next week.