The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-08-06
TO THE GRAND JURY.

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In Two Thousand Dollar Bonds-Cre7
field in the Portland Courts. s
Cref6eld has been bound ov to
await the action of the gr nd jury
of the Multnomah County circuit
court in So, 900 bon IS The grand
jury will be in session in Septem-
Der The action was taken in the
police court in Portland Thursday.
The story of the p. oceedings is
told as follows in Tbs Telegram:
John Doe" Crefield, as he is
known III the cold verb age of the
law; Edmund Crefheld, as his mo-
ther christened him in the incipien-
cy of bis troubled care r; "Jnshua''
the prophet, self-s yled in the weird
and fanatical fancy of the man
whose deeds have shocked the re-
ligious world, must go before the
grand jury and answer to the charge
of adultery, contrary to the laws
of the land and IA. decalogue of
the book he worships This man
was brought before Jud Hogue
in the Municipal Court this morn
iag md upon waving the right o:
a preliminary examination was
bou' d ever to the tender mercies
of higher court under $4,000 bail.
After this formal procedure this
m n who says he is prophet was
led back to the gl1om of his prison
cell
The old, dingy Police Court room
was crowded to the do RS all fore
noon by staring, morbid crowd,
bent on catchiag a glance of the re-
ligious crank, who, fleeing from
the demands OF the law, sku,ked
under the house of the man whose
family he almost annihiIated and
starved himself to a pale and sickly
wretch.
Women there were in the usual
number, some OF whom were there
as witnesses of this and other cases,
and some who were said to be
there for a look at Crefheld. Ali
morning the crowd hung around
the courtroom, half of them unable
to procure seats, but sti they stay
ed until after the stroke OF w-lve,
when the prophet" appeared, was
led away and the court room clear
ed itself with rush.
CALLED INTO COURT.
Bring creffield," said Deputy
/ District Attorney sianey. and the e
was stir in the court 70 ,m.' Come
on, Crefield," said t: e officer in
waiting on the court. as he beck
oned to an invisible object in the
culprit's room, and immed ately
through the doorway emerged the
form of the Holly R. 1ler leader.
Pale in co nplexion aad insignih-
cant in form, h walked slowly to-
ward the bench upon which sat His
Honor. Judge Hogue. The crowd
stared and the eyes of B E.Starr,
F.. the complaining witness. flashed the
hatred he avows toward the man,
charged with violating the sanctity
of his home.
"Creffield. you are here to be
given hearing. do you want one?''
queried Deputy District Attorney
Htney. as the pale msn leanei a
gsinst the bar and rolled his big
eyes at the cou't on high
NO. came the response in a
weak voice.
''You want to waive a hearing
then?" commented the prosecutor
and the pale man assented.
DO you understand what i!
meant by waving a hearing aud go
ing before the Grand Jury?" asked
Judge Hogue from the benchN ano
Creheld said he did.
"You understand. then, that yor
are to go before the Grand Jury
when y IA leave this court Yol
are sane; you are not insane, arr
you?" asked the court.
Creffeld blandly replied that h'
was not iusape, and that he under
stood.
"You understand the charge tha
stands against you, do you not?
asked Judge Hogue.
| eyes, 1 understand" came th'
weak voice of the apostle in re
turn.
After short conference betwee1
the court and the Deputy Distric
Attorney the amount of bail wa
fixed at $4,000, and Crefheld wa
led to the waiting-room to awai
transportation to the County Jail