Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-29
KIDNAPPED BY cALHoUNs Law
YER's, SAYS OLDER
LUTHER BROWN HAsNEWsPAPER
MAN ARRESTED
Charges San Francisco Bulletin with
Criminal LlbeI-Prisoner Taken
from Train En- Route to
Los Angeles
By Associated Press.

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San Francisco Bulletin, was taken off
train No. Is this morning by force
of deputy sherifs, who served a war
rant for his arrest to appear in the
superior court before Judge S. e. Crow
at 10 this morning on a writ of habeas
corpus proceedings, instituted to rescue
him from the hands of deputy sheriff
from Los Angeles, who, it is alleged,
kidnapped him in San Francisco.
| older was In custody on warrant
sworn out by Attorney Luther Brown
of Los Angeles on a charge of criminal
libel in connection with the publication
OF matter concerning the bribery trial
of TREY l.. Ford in San Francisco
| After hearing before Judge Crow
Older was released on $4,000 bail and
returned to San Francisco tonight.
| Word was received here early this
morning of the reported kidnapping of
Older, and his trip to Los Angeles un-
der the custody of deputy sheriff.
Attorney Cobb, Heney's associate tele-
phoned to Richards and Carrier the at
| torneys here, and asked them to in
stitute habeas corpus proceedings to
take Older from his captors on the
| train.
Rouse Superior Judge
| Judge S. E. Crow of the superior
court was aroused at o'clock a. M.
and all necessary papers were prepared
| empowering the sheriff to capture Old
er by force If necessary. Long before
the train was due a large crowd gath
| cred at the station to witnessl the
events. A report had got out that
there were four deputies guarding him.
and that they would probably resist
the rescue of their prisoner A large
| force of deputy sheriffs and police was
on hand and boarded the train as soon
as 1t came to a stop.
A first search failed to reveal Older
or his captors. On going through the
rear Pullman car a second time the
door of the front drawing room was
| opened without resistance by Deputy
Sheriff Horace Stewart and a question
asked as to the identity of the men
there. The answer seemed satisfac-
tory. and the deputy passed on. but
glimpse of large man In a light suit
caught by the Associated Press rerrle
sentative through the half open door
impelled him to enter. He at once rec
ognized Fremont Older and called
Stewart back.
The copy OF the warrant and the habeas
corpus proceedings were served on Older
and shown to Deputy Sheriff Ben Cohn
of Los Angeles. and they came on the
train without resistance from -Older's cap
tors. Attorneys Porter, Ashe and Luther
Brown were on the train and accom-.
panied the deputies. large throng had
gathered. and escorted by several deputy
sheriffs Older was conducted to waiting
automobile and rushed to the court house
to await hearing at 10 o'clock a. M
| Warrant Issued Here
The ground on which he was taken by
the Los Angeles officials was a warrant
Tor his arrest, issued by Justice j. w.
| Summerfield in Los Angeles, and sworn
| to W brother of Attorney Brown. 1t
charges Older and r. A. Crothers of
4 the Bulletin of San Francisco with crinni-
| nal libel in connection with the attempted
kidnapping of ex-Supervisor Lonergan,
| which was frustrated by Detective Burns
Last Wednesdays issue of the Bulletin
contaired an account of certain actions
| of Luther Brown in connection with H.
| in which 1t was alleged that he had been
| seen in a disreputable situation with a
woman. The warrant was issued in Los
Angeles because that is the privilege of
Attorney Brown, whose home is there
EIe is associated with Earl Rogers. who is
engaged in TREY L. Ford's defense
| The circumstances attending Older's ar
rest and spiriting away are best told by
him. Il was in the office of Francis e.
Heney yesterday afternoon about 5
o'clock, waiting for Rudolph Spreckels.
when a telephone message came for me.
1 answered it and asked who it was. Re-
ceiving the reply that it was Mr.. Sta
pleton, and that he was at the Savoy
hotel. asked what he wanted, and he
replied that he wished to see me on per-
sonal business.
Suspect Trap
! II hesitated and he repeated that It was
very important and personal business.
which he could not discuss over the
phone. suspected that it was a trap
and told Attorney Cob so. He said of
course 1t was trap, but determined.
however, to see just what it was, and
told them to leave word for Rudolph
| Spreckels. when he came in, that IL was
not back soon they would know that it
was trap, and what was doing
after leaving Heney's office. instead
of going directly to the Savoy, turned
| toward Geary street and down it to Van
Ness. I noticed that two automobiles
were following me on Van Ness. They
dashed to the curb and four men jumped
out of one of them. A warrant was
thrust into my face and I was told that
1t was from Los Angeles.
| II protested that l wanted to see nv
attorney. but they would not let me
The four men had surrounded me and
hustled me into the automobile. In it
were two deputy sheriffs and two others,
one Of whom I think was a Calhoun
follower. In the other car were Attorneys
Ashe and Brown.
II told them that this was trap ana
diabolical scheme. and demanded to
see my attorneys. They said that they
would take me before Judge Carroll Cook.
who had countersigned the warrant. and
I could get bail there. was satisfied
with this. We dashed down Van Ness
avenue at rapid pace and turned up
Golden Gate avenue I did not know
where Judge Cooks court was, but my
suspicious were aroused when we passed
Fillmore street. They then said we were
going to Cooks house. but l was still
unconvinced.
I'VE were going at least thirty miles
an hour, and I could hail no one to
spread the alarm. did not know what
to think. was horror-stricken not
knowing but what they would take me
to some outlying house and hold me
captive. or worse.
Searched for Weapons
when they seized me on the sidewalk
they searched me to make sure that l
had no weapon In the automobile the