Arizona republican., 1905-11-18
EDITOR AND COURT
 AND ALSO CONTEMPT
The Journal Miners Introduction of
 New Journalism to Prescott.

l has shaken up the dry bones of that town with up-to-date journalism. The other morning the Journal-Mine come out with the report of the grand l jury, which was in session then, before that report had been made in court | The Journal-Miner not only gave a 1 list of the indictments, but described a part of the evidence which had been brought before the grand jury. Pres colt is not used to this Journalistic forwardness, and as soon as ne had got his breakfast District Attorney | Ellinwood filed information against Managing Editor Mines, charging him with contempt. MT. Mines was cited to appear, and did so, and his hear ing was set for next Monday.
 The minds of the court authorities would perhaps have been less aggra- vated if MT. Mines had not prefaced the account of the grand jury proceed ings with the statement that in spite of the secrecy which the officers of the court sought to throw about the grand jury room, the Journal Miner had returned with the goods.
 The Journal Miner which came to the city yesterday contained the fol- lowing account of the editors appear ance in response to the citation, with further observations on the advantage of getting there first with the news:
 What proved to be a revelation to the citizens of Prescott as an evidence of journalistic enterprise and incident ally shocked the grand jury. was the exclusive publication in the Journal Miner yesterday of a number of in- dictments that had been found by that inquisitorial body.
 "In California the publication of such news is not an unusual occur renee, and excites no particular com ment, but in Prescott, where fossiliZed methods of journalism nave prevailed for a long period, the Journal Miners story of a portion of the record of the grand jury's deliberative actions occa- stoned some resentment It was a journalistic event that was a little too advanced, it appears, for some who have not awakened to the fact that the "world do move;" that this is an age of electricity and progress; of in dividual effort and human achieve ment, and that the times are chang ing"
 "The sequel was that District At torney Ellinwood went before the court and upon the representation that a grave offense had been committed in publishing the news against which there is no inhibition of the law, eith- CT implied or direct, secured subpoe- mas for Managing Editor Mines and City Editor Farley of the Journal Miner, to appear before the grand jury. They were vigorously question: ed as to the sources of their informa- tion, and the jurors were told the facts of the case without evasion or hesitation, the direct and positive statement being made by MT Mines that none of the facts, to his personal knowledge, were supplied by any member of the grand jury, but that on the other hand, street rumors of the indictment mad been in a measure yer flied by the actions and manner of MT. Ellinwood, with whom the man. aging editor had a conversation at midnight. MT. Ellinwood, it is but fair could be construed as an admission that the indictments had be n brought, but neither did he deny it. "City Editor Farley related to the jury the manner in which ne secured the details of the Skaggs case, all of which information was obtained in d legitimate manner, and without in any sense invading the privacy or inter fering with the functions of the grand jury.
 Later in the day the grand jury, which, by the way, is composed of an exceptionally nigh class of citizens, recommended, through the district at torney, and perhaps at his instance, that MT. Mines be cited to appear next Monday to show cause why he should not be punished for contempt of court, punished for no other reason than that the paper of which he is editor mad the courage and enterprise to print the news.
 'Tt is the fixed policy of the Jour nal-Miner to refrain from printing news, the publication of which might defeat the ends of justice. In the in dictments published, names were only given of accused persons who were being out under bonds. It was only a few months ago at the spring session of the grand jury that the Journal Miner learned of the indictment of Ben Blanchard within a half hour af- ter the indictment occurred. The dis trict attorney was aware that this pa per was cognizant of the indictment, and yet, because Blanchard was at large at the time and his whereabouts were unknown, no mention of the matter appeared in these columns un- til after Blanchard's appearance in