Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-21
LOOK FOR BUSY
DAY IN GRAFT
INVESTIGATION
OIL COMPANY RUM0RS MAY
BE ScRUTINlzED
UNUSUALLY LARGE NUMBER OF
WITNESSES sURPoENAEo
RedIioht District Residents, City Hall
officials, Newspaper Men ana
Private Detectives Sum-
moned to Attend

This is expected to be the pig s,,ong ang
N the graft probing before the gra,lu
~ - nne N9anv have been summoned VINO
arc sunposed to know whether vice
bas been protected" and 1t is beleNeu
tha+ a definite start will be mace
One feature is the probable settie,
,,,en+ of rumors relative to the real
stains of the Los Angeles-V virgin rSlveL .tH.
oil concern, in which promlmen1 TI,y Grey
noliticians are said to be lntereslvu' eI,, ne
fact that the grand jury has called LOT
it ooiys and records is presumed TO
indicate a desire to learn Whether OF
No +he company has any connections
with municipal graft. .,oo,,
Tbe grand Jury will meet at 10 CLOCK
this morning, and If, as is eXpecteu'
a large number of witnesses, Wht are
sunposed to be able to tell solnethlils
about graft is found waiting before the
door at that hour their presence may
he raken to mean a thorough lnVestl-
cation without further prellllllldileS
between attorneys.
Following the somewhat stlrrlhs
events of Monday, an atmosphere OF
oliet prevaded the courthouse yester-
dav. The grand jury room, which was
fhe center of interest Monday, was as
dark as Africa. District Attorney
T0redericks remained closely connhed 10
Reneath the surface, however, there
vas an air of suppressed excitement
and expectancy. Men hurried out OF
the county building and, as the wlnd
swung omen their coats, neatly Tolded
white napers were visible. These men
,vere process servers and they were IN
search of witnesses before the grand
jury. el
Numerous subpoenas were served
yesterday. and when the nineteen men
lose the double doors of the grand
inrv room this morning it is expected
an unusually large crowd of persons
will remain on the outside awaiting
rall to tell what they know concerning
graft ..4
The recipients of subpoenas were not
confined to one class. Residents of the
"redlieht district" were called on; Of
ficials at the city hall were served, and
newspaper men and private detectives
also received notice that their presence
was desired
Herbert D. Kennedy. secretary to
Mayor Harper, passed a rather uncom-
Portable day. 1t was waste of words
TO inquire the reason, for an observing
nerson could see the subpoena protrud-
ing from his coat pocket.
"What do | know that the grand
iurv wants to know? he asked his
friends in an injured tone, buttonhollhg
and dragging them into corners. what
on earth can l tell that jury? l own
some stock in the oil company and I'm
willing to sell it.. 1 bought 1t, PAID
good money for it; that's all L know.
What can the blamed grand jury want
with me?"
r. was suggested that Kennedy might
be able to answer other questions De
sides those pertaining to the Virgin
River Oil company.
Knows Absolutely Nothing
"Wen. l don't know anything about
anvthing," he said. 81 live at Glen
dale: go home to my family at o'clock
every night and during the day every
one knows he can find me right here
in this office from o'clock until ..
If any graft has happened around here
l didn't get mine, and maven seen
anything suspicious"
Kennedy is secretary of the oil COM
pany. which is said to exist now in
name only. Further probing into its
history and the sale of its stock Will
be a part of the grand jurys work. A
similar investigation will be made into
the affairs of the Pacific Sugar corpora
ton.
Dice games, run openly in Los An
9CleS up TO a lew udyS dSO1 WILL II 10
expected. be looked into, and one wit
ness, it is believed, has been called to
.ell what he knows about certain city
officials playing handbooks at promi-
aent cafe.
Some of the witnesses who have ap-
7eared already, and others who are eX-
pected tomorrow, are believed TO be
Dersons who furnished City Prosecutor
WoolWine with information leading to
his charges of graft. The names of
Woolwine's principal witnesses have
been withheld, it is understood, owing
TO his belief that District Attorney
Fredericks is insincere in the inVesti-
cation he is now carrying on. Whether
the city prosecutor will be compelled to
give the names of these witnesses to
the grand jury, and at the same time
to Captain Fredericks, will not be
known until Saturday, when WoolWlne
will appear again before Judge James
to show cause why he should be made
to give the information.
Up to last night dagames in the sum
of S535, 900 have been demanded in suits
filed as a result of the graft charges.
of these, four suits, aggregating $3.50
600. have been filed against the EX
press. and three, totaling $4,000,
against Woolwine.
Judge Wilbur yesterday signed or
ders in the cases against the Express
extending until October q the time
allowed that paper and it's publisher,
Edwin T. Earl, to plead in the cases.
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