Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-09-29
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EDITOR
COURT FREES VICTIM OF
ALLEGED KIDNAPERS
Well Known San Francisco
Newspaper Man Seized on
Street and Hurried Out of
Town. Rescued by Friends,


Town; Rescued by Friends,
Santa Barbara, Sept 2S-Fremont
Older, managing editor of the San
Francisco Bulletin, who has been ac-
tive in the prosecution of the bribery
graft cases in San Francisco, was
taken off a sOuthbound Southern Pa
cific train at $3.50 o'clock this morn
ing by force of twenty deputy sher-
ifs, who served a warrant for his ar
rest to appear in the superior court at
10 o'clock this morning on habeas
corpus proceedings instituted to res
cue him from the hands of deputy
constable from Los Angeles, who, II
Is alleged virtually kidnapped him in
SAN Francisco.
Word was received here early this
morning of the reported kidnapping
of Editor Older, and of his enforced
trip to Los Angeles In tho custody of
a deputy sheriff, Attorney Cobb
Francis j. Heney's associate-tele-
phoned local attorneys and asked
them to institute habeas corpus pro-
ceedngs to take Older from his cap
tors on the train. Judge Crow of the
superior court, was reused from bed
at a. M, and all the necessary pa
pers were prepared, empowering the
sheriff to capture Older by force If
need be. All available deputy sher-
ifs and police were on hand and
boarded the train as soon as 1t came
to a standstill. The first search fail
ed to reveal Mr.. Older or his captors,
but on going through the rear PuH-
man car a second time he was seen
and recognized,
A copy of the warrant and habeas
corpus proceedings was then served
on Older, and shown to Deputy Con-
stable Ben Cohen, of Los Angeles
who had him in charge. Older and
the Santa Barbara officers left the
train without resistance Attorneys
Porter Ash and Luther Brown were
on the train and accompanied the
deputies. Escorted by several deputy
sherffs, Older was conducted to
waiting automobile aud rushed to the
court house TO, await a hearing.
The legal ground upon which he
was taken by the Los Angeles officers
was a warrant for his arrest issued by
j. w. Summerfleld. of the Justice
court in Los Angeles, and sworn to by
a brother of Attorney Brown. 1t
charged Older and p H, Corrothers.
of the San Francisco Bulletin, with
criminal libel in connection with the
alleged kidnapping of eX-Supervisor
Lonergan. which was frustrated by
detective bureau.
Last Wednesdays issue of the Bull
letin contained an account of certain
actions of Luther Brown I'm connec-
/ tion with It. in which 1t was alleged
| he had been in company with disrcp-
utable women. The warrant was is
sued In Los Angeles because Attorney
| Browns home Is there.
In telling OF his arrest and spirit
ing away, Older said:
Il was in the office of Francis J.
| Heney yesterday afternoon about |
o'clock. waiting for Rudolph Spreck-
| els, when telephone message came
for me. l answered It, and asked who
It was, receiving a reply that II was
/ Mr.. Stapleton, and that he was at the
Savoy Hotel / asked what was want
ed. and he replied he wished to see
me on personal business. | hesitated,
and he repeated that 1t was very inn
portant and personal business which
| he could not discuss over the tele-
! phone. | suspected that this was a
trap, and told Attorney Cobb so. He
said of eource 1t was a trap, but
determined. however to see Just what
II was and told them to leave word
fQr Rudolph Spreckels, when he came
In, that II did not come back soon
they would know what was doing.
After leaving Heney's office, / saw
that two automobiles were following
me on Van Ness avenue. They DASH
ed to the curb and four men Jumped
out of one OF them. A warrant was
thrust into my face and | was told II
was from Los Angeles. | protested
Nbat | wanted to see my attorney
/ about It, but they would not let me.
IThe four men had surrounded me and
hustled be into the automobile In It
we're two deputy sherlffs and two
others. one of whom | think was Pat
rick Calhoun. and the other detec-
tive. The other contained Attorneys
Ash and Brown"
Mr.. Older said the men promised
TO take him before Judge Carroll
Cook. who had countersigned tho
warrant but instead of doing so rush-
ed him at a rate of thirty miles an
hour to Redwood City, where they
got on train with him.
When they seized me on the side
walk" said Mr. Older. they search
ed me to make sure | had no weap-
ons In the automobile the man next
| ~ INV fiih'A 0'hAtAHiHkf WHltU sup
posed to be revolver. against my
side. and told me he would shoot II
| made any disturbance"
Finally the captive was permitted
to dictate message to Rudolph
Spreckles. He was unaware OF the
habeas corpus proceedings until
santa Barbara was reached In con-
cluding his statement Mr.. Older said:
This whole thing IL diabolcaI
scheme Of Patrick Calhoun's. They
are desperate band and will not
hesitate at anything"
The proceedings before Superior
Judge Grow lasted an hour and a half.
In which time the whole story OF the
kidnapping came out. II ended BY
Older being allowed ball In the sum
OF $4,000 named In the warrant to
guarantee his appearance In the jus.
tlce court at Los Angeles at such time
az the court there should designate
The ball bond was signed by II. p
Lincoln. cashier OF the First National
bank. and Paul Fox. capitalist
Luther Brown, who swOre 10 The
complaint Of criminal libel against
Older told his story OF the clrcum.
stances. Say for me that this ii
/ entirely a personal matter. Neither
Patrick Calhoun nor any ofhnr MAJ