The San Francisco call., 1897-11-23

person any information which you pos
sessed as Grand Juror"
II decline to answer"
Upon what ground do you decline to
ansver?'
"Mv reason is that my friends told me
there is a determined effort being made
to cinch ME for my action in the Grand
Jury room"
You put it on that ground? Do you
decline TO answer on the ground that your
answer may incriminate you?"
81 simply decline, with all respect to
the court, to answer, because l do not
want TO do sc"
Hsrs Juror Flannery was made to run
the gauntlet but nothing OF interest was
developed.
Carroll was again put under fire, the
proceedings being as follows:
The COURT will make soma further
INQUIRIES. Have you impaired to any
person whomsoever any instructions
given to the Grand Jury by the court at
any session.
Carroll i respectfully decline to
answer.
Upon what ground7
"On the ground that l don't want TO
answer. l stand on my constitutional
right and l don't propose to answer any
question that I don't want to answer" d"
[Lqughter.]
Have you stated to ybody whomso-
ever your own action or the action OF any
other mem Der OF the Grand Jury with
references to any indictments under con-
sideration by that bodyP'
Il decline to answer"
ION the same ground as before? You
don't decline to answer because you would
incriminate yourself by your answer"
Il have been given TO understand that
because of the part l have taken in
the Grand jury room l was to be ciuched
and that no matter how l answered, they
were going 10 cinch me, ana l decline TO
answer, with all due respect to the court"
Have you been approached by any
one soliciting information regarding
Grand Jury matters ~
II decline also. to answer that ques-
tion?"
You decline that on the same ground,
Isuppose, as you did before2"
Il decline to answer that. | have con-
stitutionai rights. l am not represented
by counsel and there Is no charge against
me as an Individual"
"Do you know one L. Seidenberg, pur-
porting to represent himself as a reporter
OF THE CALL?'
"Well, l know a man who calls himself
Mr.. Seiden berg"
Have you had any conference with
lar in ba Nd Itrr
room2'
i most respectfully decline to ~
DO you know Charles heane?"
"Yes sir"
Have you had any conferences with
him regarding what occurred in the
Grand Jury room?"
Nothing, only IN connection with his
testimony"
NO other conferences with him?"
Il decline to an wer."
And you put that on the ground you
have already statedR
III your Honor please, am placed in
peculiar position here, and l am not rep
resentedtby counsel"
You have not been guilty of any IN
fraction of the law2'
Il decline to answer for the reason that
1 am told that there is an intention 10
cinch me-"
The court has simply asked you
whether you violated your oath. Any
honest man would answer" Applause,
which the Judge made an effort TO stop.
II have great deal at stake"
"Is'not the honor and good name of all
the other members of the Grand Jury at
stake2'
81 have been approached by certain
persons to stop me from acting as l have
done in the Grand Jury, and those men
must have been told by some one who was
in the Grand Jury room."
II am seeking to find out why you re-
fuse TO answer. Is it because you have no
counsel2'
Yes, sir.
Gentlemen, you will return here at 3
o'clock, and l will make proper disposi-
ton OF the matter. You msy retire
now"