Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-10-04
'1ITOR Older TAKEN
|UIsCO BULLETIN WRITER WAS
STOLEN BY TRICK.
,,o.d With Criminal Libel by
&c Angeles Parties, He Was Put
:, Train and Started for Los An.
,.l.s but was Released at Santa
barbara by Deputy sheriffs.

s4''ing tha Gan Francisco, Sept. 30-Fre-
ros. ,out older managing editor of the
sue n the nIetn, was arrested on two war
I'D = Az ants from Los Angeles, sworn to by
~ ole d uther Brown, charging Older with
lrs ~ ~ ae dminal libel
Il IT. iena older it is said, was called by tele-
! ~ no hone message to a hotel on Ellis
wa p,0OabH freet and Van Ness avenue by some
49, ala Unknown person on a matter of ur-
d ~ gag rent Importance
p.esea On his way over, it is claimed, he
or. vas stopped by Luther Brown, a de-
aea ectve from Los Angeles county,
! ole and 20 deputies, who produced
J t-Oaaa warrants from Los Angeles and af-
~ e. fer reading one Older was placed in
e. : uiu an auto and taken to Redwood City,
,rss which was reached in time to con-
w.. asN meet with the Coast line limited for
a., Los Angeles, leaving San Francisco
at 6 o'clock.
III. He was later in the night, seen on
HI the train by a friend, who notified
W. the authorities in San Francisco
KIN ~ who had inaugurated a search for
roo,u him when his disappearance was re-
q Il ported
Steps were at once taken by
] plant , - 'llia olty " nsl'e oiuet lo
1rfoo ledS6u ny proceedings at SANTA Bar
nv ~ bara when the train reached there.
nv The warrants for Older's arrest
ducu@ @ele 9lsne ~ neLe ny Juuse Oarloli,
! ~ by a justice of the peace of Los An,
~ giles.
The charges against Older are
said to have been based on an ar
tsuls ticle which appeared in the Bulletin
= us in connection with the trial of TREY
= ~ L. Ford, now in progress, in regard
: @ u. to the part Luther Brown took in the
: uu alleged effort a few nights ago to
'OuOu ktdnap former Supervisor Lonegran,
III a prominent witness in the graft
"uoa prosecution
dis Created Great Sensation.
has The attempt to take Fremont Old
Ala er OF the Bulletin to Los Angeles
ding and the methods employed have Gre
Q a;ed a tremendous sensation here on
account of Older's connection with
igh the graft prosecution. Older has
the been working with Heney, Spreck-
bed els, Langdon and Burns in the pros
rm ecution Of the bribery case, which
rib has increased the emnity of all.
IN Porter Ash who is said to have
ma accompanied the arresting party on
,er the train, is also one of Ford's at
toneys.
. Left Train at Santa Barbara.
M Santa Barbara, Cal, Sept. 29-
y Fremont Older was taken from the
Southern Pacific train arriving here
a at p. m. by a deputy sheriff o.
q Santa Barbara county and 20 depu
! ties and four or five hundred citi
zens, who escorted him to the cour
house, where a petition in habeaS
corpus was argued
Older was found in a state room
OF the train in charge of a Los An
geles deputy sheriff. In another par
of the train were Luther Brown anC
Porter Ash, charged with4 having
part in the kidnapping of the editor.
There was no restraint on the par
of those having him in charge. He
was taken away in an automobile tt
the court house as soon as he lef
the train and no opportunity was
given to get a statement from him
Richard and Carrie who we're en-
gagged last night from San Francisco
to bring the proceedings in behalf o.
Mr. Older, remained up the CREATE
part of the night, as did also Judge
crow OF the superior court.
Older appeared in no way dis
turbed and was found in the state
room jollying with the deputy whC
had him in charge. It was 20 min
utes after the train had pulled in be
lore Older was located. The edito
sat at the window of his state room
looking out at the crowd, not realiz
ing that they were there on his &C
count. Older was returned to Sal
Francisco.