Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-16
OFFICER HAS NOT
NEEDED PAPERS
COMES FOR GIRL WITHOUT
RE0UISITI0N
Lulu Griaas Released on Habeas Cor
pus Proceedings and Judge Utters
Warning Against Attempt
at Kidnapping

According to statements from inti-
mate friends of Miss Lulu Griggs, a
beautiful southern girl who yesterday
was released from the custody of the
police on habeas corpus proceedings,
the young woman will be closely
watched and cared for until Sheriff
Nolan of Monroe county, Mo-, who is
in Los Angeles. has departed for the
east without the girl.
What reason the friends of the girl
have for suspecting any KIDNAPPING In
the case, especially after Judge Smith
has released her, is not known, but
yesterday Attorney Allander, in ad-
dressing the judge asked that the
young woman be spared annoyance
from any officers and Judge Smith was
quick to respond that he supposed
that everyone knew that kidnapping was
felony in California.
Yesterday iss Griggs appeared in
court as though she were about to at
tend some afternoon tea. Since her
arrest by detectives several days ago
the girl has spent her time in the
city Jail, and but for the Intervention
of Attorney Allander she would prob
ably now be on her way back to Mis-
souri, to face Indictment instead Of
being free to 81 where she will
Had No Requisition
The officers arrested the girl by
chance, after having received notice
from Paris, Mo-, that there was an in
dictment against the young woman.
Miss Griggs, at solicitation, at first
signed a statement regarding the case
and had about prepared to return east
with the officer when friends inter-
Vened in her behalf and Attorney AL
lander filed petition for writ OF
habeaS corpus which was set for hear
ing yesterday morning.
In the leantime Sheriff Nolan of
Monroe county arrived in Los Angeles,
but to the surprise of the local officials
the visiting officer bore no credentials
of any kind. The district attorney of
the county had failed to make out
requisition papers and the sheriff had
no requisition from the governor, SO
he was like a ship without a rudder
when he arrived in Los Angeles, and as
result the district attorneys office,
for the first time in history, lost a case
where requisition was the objective
point, simply because they had nothing
whatever to base claim to hold the
prisoner for eXtradition.
Miss Griggs, however, failed to show
any emotion about the case. She smiled
in an entrancing manner at the judge
and then at the clerk, and looked SUI
premely happy. She didn't care any
thing about any Missouri sheriffs, and
she declared that she had done no
wrong.
No Indictment in Missouri
Attorney Allander. in defense, stated
that one of his friends in Monroe
county, Mo-, had looked up the case
back there and had wired him that no
Indictment had been returned against
Miss Griggs and that she had been ar
rested without cause.
Attorney Fleming, representing the
district attorneys office, stated that in
view of the fact that the visiting officer
had not brought any papers along with
him that there could be little or no
reason for holding Miss Griggs any
longer
well, WELL" said Judge Smith, "you
are free, Miss Griggs, to go where you
please; you are free"
The girl turned about and with a
toss of her head and a smile at the
court turned and, accompanied by her
friends made her departure.