Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-17

own personal knowledge. But l
refuse to be
Ouestion-Then I will ask you,
do you know anything of your own
personal knowledge, Mr.. Woolwine?
Answer-I have answered that
question.
Question-You don't wish to
change it?
Answer-Fully.
Affiant further says that the
questions propounded to the said
Thomas Lee Woolwine as herein
above mentioned, were and are ma
terial to the matters then and now
under consideration and investiga-
ton, and that they are material
and necessary matters of informa-
tion to and for the said grand jury.
in order that they mar be enabled
to obtain all proper necessary and
materia. evidence and information
in the prosecution and discharge of
their duties with respect to the
matter under investigation as here
above mentioned.
Wherefore, affiant asks that this
honorable court make an order
commanding and requiring the
said Thomas Lee Woolwine to
answer to and before said grand
Jury the questions propounded
and set forth, to the best of his
knowledge and information and
that the said Thomas Lee Wool
wine be cited to, appear before
this honorable court upon a
day and time 10 be fixed by this
court. to show cause why he should
not be compelled to answer tho
said questions or any of them as
the court may direct.
E. w. JONES, Foreman.
Sworn to before me the 18th day
of October, 1908.
w. P. JAMES.
Judge of the Superior Court.
To Appear Monday
Following the presentation to Judg
James of Foreman Jones' affidavit thu
presiding judge made an order requir
ing Woolwine's presence at 10 o'clocl
Monday to show cause why he shoul'
not be required to answer the question
propounded to him. Judge James orde
is as follows:
'In re refusal to answer questions
before the grand jury, versus Thoma
Lee Woolwine.
AN affidavit having been made am
filed by e. w. Jones, foreman of th'
that Thomas Lee Woolwine. &, witness
appearing before said grand jury, ha:
refused to answer certain questions
then and there propounded to him by
said grand jury; now, therefore, 1T il
ordered that a citation issue requiring
said Thomas Lee Woolwine to appear
before this court on October 10, 1908. a
10 o'clock a. M, then and there to show
cause. if any he has. why an order
should not be made requiring him t.
answer such questions. Written ordel
for citation filed. Citation issued ant
delivered to sheriff for service"
Woolwine was later served with tbs
citation by a deputy sheriff.
According to law witnesses before {
grand jury are required to testify al
they would were they occupying the
witness chair in a court, the jury be
ing part of the court, while carrying oil
its work separately. The only reasons
for refusing to answer questions, it is
claimed, can be based on the usual con
stitutional grounds.
No More Damage Suits
No suits for damages on the GROUND
of alleged libel were filed yesterday
because of the absence, it is said, o.
several members of the police commits
sion. Attorney Earl Rogers and An
derson & Anderson were retained yes
terday by Edwin T. Earl to take charge
of his case and that of the Express II
the suits filed by Mayor A. c. Harper
and Herbert W. Lewis, police commits
sioner.
No service of summons in the libe
suits has been made upon Mr.. Ear
owing to the serious nature of his ill
ness. He is now in a sanitarium a.
Monrovia.
1t was intimated at the mayors of
flee that other defendants might bt
involved in suits to be filed later on
When Mayor Harper was asked abou
the Woolwine matter yesterday he said
st have been out at the wild wes
show taking dinner with Buffalo Bill
and had forgotten about Woolwine
Isn't he royal good fellow, though
No, not Tommy-Col. Cody"