Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-16

OF 'PROTECTED'
VICE. HALTED
FREDERICKS DENOUNCED AS
UNTRUE TO TRUST
CHIEF KERN CALLED BEFORE
iNoUIslToRS
Representatives of Two Branches of
City Government Summoned.
Saloon Proprietor Also
Questioned
,Cont,nr.d brown paee ons,

moned before the inquistorial body.
He remained almost half an hour, and
was succeeded by Captain Flammer,
who, however. stayed in the room but
two minutes.
The district attorney came out, took
the names of other persons in waiting,
and one by one they were called into
the jury room, each remaining but a
few moments, and in all probability
receiving notice of the time when they
would be expected to again present
themselves.
Chief Kern was again called by the
secretary, Miles S. Gregory, leaving the
lowed close on his heels. accompanied
by the stenographer.
At 10 Mr.. Woolwine again appeared
and asked for admission. He remained
but five minutes, and when he emerged
his air was one of relief.
Neither Fredericks nor any of the
witnesses would discuss what took
place in the chamber, and Chief Kern,
Notwithstanding his statement that he
would reveal what happened, told in
quirers he had taken the oath of Sc
crecy and must keep it.
Throughout the forenoon a deputy
constable, connected with Justice Sum-
merfield's court, sat on Cne of the hall
way seats, apparently watching closely
everything that took place in the cor
ridor. His name is j. +. Corneau, and
just before noon another deputy, Mar
tin MitlauschutZ, from the same court
mace his appearance. Their questions
aroused the belief that they were on
hand to take notes of all that occurred
and this was strengthened when MIX
lauschutZ was observed leisurely maxi
ing his way downstairs in the wake of
Woolwine before the latter entered the
grand jury room and while he was
making a short visit to one of the court
rooms on the lower floor.
As Woolwine left the grand jury
room about 80 o'clock the sane dep
uty rose from his seat, followed him
to the second floor and waited in
side room while the city prosecutor
was resting in the reporters room.
Followed by Deputy
Woolwine left the court house
through tke Broadway entrance, round.
ed the south side of The building on
his way to New High street, and as he
descended the broad steps of rhe court
house grounds, a glance backward
showed Miklauschutz walking in the
same direction. He continued his walk
until Franklin street was reached'
when Woolwine boarded a car.
Both deputies declared they We're
simply lounging about the corridor
because we have nothing else to do,
and it is raining" Corneau also stated
he was a witness in case in one OF
the departments, but search failed
to reveal his name among the wit
nesses. Miklauschutz said he left the
court house simply to serve warrant
on a person charged with a misde-
meanor. 'I didn't get my man." he
said. land so can't tell his name
The regularity with which suits
charging libel was not broken yes
terday, Isdore B. Dockweiler, w. l.
Foley and Henry T. Gage, attorneys
representing the plaintiffs in these
actions, again filing complaint on be-
half of Herbert w. Lewis, police COM
missioner, against the Evening Ex-
press company and Edwin I. Earl.
This is the second suit within two days
filed by Lewis attorneys the one on
Wednesday naming Woolwine as de-
| fendant and asking damages of $780,
900 for alleged libel because of the pub
lication of certain articles in morn
| ing newspaper recently.
| Lewis in his suit against the Express
demands damages in the sum of $780,
600, or $4,000 on two separate causes.
| The first rs based on an editorial ap-
| pearing in the evening paper on Octo-
| ber 8, and the second on an editorial
| of October 8. These are the same ed1-
torials on which Mayor Harper based
his suit for 100000 Monday and were
reprinted in full at that time.
Lewis, as in his former complaint,
| claims that the publications were
generally understood by the readers"
| of the Express "as charging said plain
tiff as member of said police COM
mission of said city of Los Angeles
| with protecting crime and with being
guilty of an indictable public crime;
| T1lh1inatfnn Il
cerning plaintiff were and are false and
defamatory.
"That by reason of said words and
publication, said plaintiff has been in
| jured in his good name and reputation
and in his reputation as an upright
officer of said city of Los Angeles, and
has been exposed to hatred, contempt
and obloquy."
Others May Follow
| Police Commissioners Nathan T..
| Cole, jr., E. B. Tufts and Fl. B. Wood
| il! are out of the city, but, according
to the attorneys for the other officials
who have filed suits charging libel
| they also are expected to bring similar
actions upon their return.
The Express of yesterday contained
an editorial regarding damage suits in
general and apparently having a direct
| bearing on those recently filed in Los
Angeles 1t recites the efforts made by
the grafters of st. Louis and San Fran
cisco to frighten off those persons
seeking to bring about a better con-
dition in municipal and state affairs
! by filing suits for damages, and their
failure. The Express said in the edi-
| torial:
When charged with dereliction of
duty, the average public official af-
fects scorn. Finding that of no
avail, he attempts evasion. That
failing. he becomes abusive And
when all else fails to frighten off
those who insist that the truth shall
| be known, he files suit for dam
ages.
1t was so in the case of the
grafters whom Governor Folk drove
from, office in Missouri and Ii WAS