The San Francisco call., 1896-11-29
Woodwork, a Friend of
Blackmailer Marshall,
Causes the Arrest.
Is Charged With Libeling the
Attorney Who Game From
Canada.
He Gives Bail in the Sum of $1,000.
Outgrowth of the Attempt to Extort
Money From ]. D. Spreckels.

d. B. Woodwork, the good friend of
Blackmailer Marshall ana Donald NJ.
Ross, has come to the surface again, after
a long absence from the public eye. He
is the very cautious person who went to
THE CALL office one night in April last
with H. f. Marshall when that enterpris-
ing divinity stndent tried to get 500. 900
from John d. Spreckels for mine which
Marshall confessed was either a myth or
of no value. He it was who sat in the
outer office and who, instead OF helping
Marshall to save his precious teeth when
Mr.. Spreckels arose and smote him and
them, tarried not upon the order of his
going, but fed incontinently from the
place OF danger.
Woodworth had B. f. Hudelson, presi-
dent OF the a. P. a., arrested for libel
yesterday afternoon, he alleging in his
complaint that an account of the attempt
to blackmail Mr.. Spreckels which ap-
peared in Hndelson's paper misrepre-
septed him most grievo usly.
Hudelson was not long in prison before
he was bailed out by two friends, who
gave bonds in the sum of $1,000. He then
said that he did not know what was in the
complaint against him, and by advice of
his counsel refused TO discuss the matter.
In regard TO the arrest, Woodwor said:
"This whole story of Hudelson's concern
ing the part he said / took in the pro-
posed sale of the 2lumas County placer
mine TO John d. Spreckelss is libel and
slander ON me, and most malicious
one. i was out of the City from June to
August so last, ard did not know any
thing about all this till / returned. The
burden OF proof is on him, but the reason
that l have not had Hudelson arrested
before is that my chain of evidence was
not complete.
THE fact is" he continued, THAT I
knew nothing OF the offer of the mine to
John d. Spreckels. / had an option on
this mine and Huddleson somehow found
it out. He said he couldg get me 500, 900 on
ii. As to where or how he was going to
get it l knew nothing.
"Do you think / would let the charge of
being blackmailer or ext ortionist against
me remain unanswered or undefended?
Hudelsoh is a scoundrel and he snail
answer for what he has said and caused to
be published about me. My mining
proposition was legitimate one through
out.
az have the original proposition as it
was drawn up. which shows that 1t con-
tanned proposition to put in sixty
stamps. II is lucky | found it.
"On November IS, in f. d. Brandon's
Office and in the presence of Mr.. Bran
don and his clerk, r. ". Borough,
NJ. T. Brewer, State secretary of
about the truthfulness of the affidavit
of April 8; that l cheerfully gave him
two copies of the affidavit; that 1
made no threats concerning the atfidavits
or anything else; that he exonerated me
in every way in regard to anything and
everything, and that i had never done
anything that would not be done by
high minded and hOnOra Bile man.
"HudeIson said also that Ross or he
had TO get off the advisory board of the
order. He had Ross examined by the
board and they exonerated him. After
ward Hudelson had three mem bers, COM
pris-ng committee, take UP the matter
against Ross, and they signed report
suspending him for thirty days"
OAKLAND, CAL, Nov 2S.-Rev. B. F.
Hudeison was seen at his residence at
Golden Gate this evening. In reference
to his arrest in San Francisco to-day Mr..
Hudelson says Il. at he has not yet seen
copy of the complaint, but presumes that
his arrest is the result of certain articles
that appeared in the Standard some time
last June
''In these articles said Mr.. Hudelson,
occurs the statement that Marshall,
Woo dworth and Ross had threatened to
ruin me unless would go to Mr.. Spreckels
and procure for them $55 000"
Asked what he proposed to do in the
matter he said that he had had no time to
consider the situation yet, but" he con-
tinued, 81 will expose as far as / can the
whole thing and all connected with it. l
mean to fight it to the bitter end.
81 am glad this has happened, as it will
give me an opportunity to clear up more
than one mystery"
HE was very indignant atsthe time Sc
iected for his arrest. at was after busi-
ness hours and Saturday afternoon, time
when it would be difficult, if not irnpossi-
ble, for me TO obtain bail.
The intention evidently was to keep
me in prison over Sunday"
Mr. Hudelson said that he was not at all
afraid of the outcome, but welcomed the
occurrence as an opportunity foT him TO
make his position clear to the eyes of the
world.