Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-10-04
editor OLDER TAKEN
FRISCO BULLETIN WRITER WAS
STOLEN BY TRICK.
Charged With Criminal Libel by
Los Angeles Parties, he Was Put
on Train and Started for Los An
geIes but was Released at Santa
Barbara by Deputy Sheriffs.


San Francisco, Sept S0-Fre-
mont Older managing editor of the
Bulletin, was arrested on two war
rants from Los Angeles, sworn to by
Luther Brown, charging Older with
criminal libel.
Olde., il is said, was called by tele-
phone message to a hotel on Ellis
street and Van Ness avenue by some
unknown person on a matter of ur-
gent Importance.
On his way over, it is claimed, he
was stopped by Luther Brown, a de-
tective from Los Angeles county,
and 20 deputies, who produced
warrants from Los Angeles and af-
ter reading one Older was placed in
an auto and taken to Redwood City,
which was reached in time to con-
meet with the Coast line limited for
Los Angeles, leaving San Francisco
at 6 o'clock.
He was, later in the night, seen on
the train by a friend, who notified
the authorities in San Francisco,
who had inaugurated a search for
him when his disappearance was re-
ported.
Steps were at once taken by
friends in this city to have Older re-
leased by proceedings at Santa Bar
bara when the train reached there.
The warrants for Older's arrest
were signed here by Judge Carroll,
who says that they had been issued
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giles.
The charges against Older are
said to have been based on an ar
ticle which appeared in the Bulletin
in connection with the trial of TREY
L. Ford, now in progress, in regard
to the part Luther Brown took in the
alleged effort a few nights ago to
kidnap former Supervisor Lonegran
prominent witness in the graf
prosecution.
Created Great Sensation.
The attempt to take Fremont Old
, err of the Bulletin to Los Angeles
/ aid the methods employed have ere
ated a tremendous sensation here OF
: account of Older's connection witt
2 the graft prosecution. Older ha
been working with Heney, Spreck
A els, Langdon and Burns in the pros
+ ecution of the bribery case, whicl
: has increased the emnity of all.
a Porter Ash, who is said to hav
r accompanied the arresting party o.
the train, is also one of Ford's al
c torneys.
/ Left Train at Santa Barbara.
Santa Barbara, Cal, Sept. 90
Fremont Older was taken from tn
Southern Pacific train arriving her
at p. m. by a deputy sheriff G
Santa Barbara county and 20 dept
O ties and four or five hundred cit
I zens, who escorted him to the cour
v house. where a petition in habea
a corpus was argued.
! Older was found in a state roor
q of the train in charge of a Los Al
r geles deputy sheriff. In another paI
q of the train were Luther Brown an
o Porter Ash, charged with having
4 part in the kidnapping of the editor.
q There was no restraint on the pal
n of those having him in charge. II
h was taken away in an automobile
the court house as soon as he lei
the train and no opportunity wa
= given to get a statement from hin
q Richard and Carrie, who were Ell
- gagged last night from San Francisc
to bring the proceedings in behalf {
:. Mr.. Older, remained up the create
part of the night. as did also Judg
Crow of the superior court.
e Older appeared in no way di
% turbed and was found in the stat
T room jollying with the deputy VIII
d. had him in charge. It was 20 mil
H. utes after the train had pulled in b.
n, fore Older was located. The editC
H. sat at the window of his state ROOF
n looking out at the crowd, not reali
Is ing that they were there on his a
count. Older was returned to Sa
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