Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-25
WOOLWINE MUST
ANSWER GRAND
JURY'S QUERIES
PEREMPTORY ORDER ISSUED
BY JUDGE JAMES
PUBLIC INTEREST PARAMOUNT
TO REASONS FOR REFUSAL
City Prosecutor AcquIesces Promptly,
Assuring Court He VIII Reply
Without Reservation to All
Questions Asked
kkTVy HE public interest which would
dicnlne.11rA To the

IL grand jury of the information
sought from the witness would be su-
perior to any which the witness might
be able to assign as reason tor re-
fusine to answer the questions PRO-
pounded to him. i,
eAn order will therefore be made di
recting the respondent when he snall
again appear before the BIallu July
and be required to do so, to IurIllsn W
the jury information regardlng tne
names Of persons who have lhlofiheu
him that vice was being proteeoeu IA
the city of Los Angeles.
This. in brief, is the decision or Pre-
siding Judge James OF the SUPERIOR p
court in the case of CITY prosecuting
Attorney Thomas L.. WooiWlne' clteu
TO appear yesterday and snow cause
u,hv he should not answer certain
questions propounded by District At
tornev Fredericks and the grand jury.
In answer to the courts ruling Mr'
Woolwine made brief reply. :! de-
sire to state that l am law-aploihs ing
citizen" he said, ''and bow TO the
ruling of the court. j shall go before
the grand jury and answer all ques-
tions without reservation.
A subpoena was issued later for Mr..
Woolwine's appearance before the m
vestigating body, and he VIII De un
hand at 2 o'clock Monday to give the
names of persons whose identity he
rafnssd to disclose several days ago
owing to his lack of belief In the SIN
cerity of District Attorney FrederlcKs
when the latter took charge of the IN
vestigation Of protected vice pelore ,,,i,o .ho
grand jury Many of the persons VINO
gave Mr.. Woolwine information nave
already, it Is believed, been subpoenaed
and have given testimony.
Express Again Sued
Another suit charging libel was filed
in the superior court yesterday agalnsl
the Exening Express company ana Ed
win T. Earl, it's owner. The plalntlH IS
Mayor A. c. Harper, and he asks Tor q
Judgment of 100000 or $4,000 on tour
counts. This Is the second suit filed py
the mayor against the Express and Mr.
Earl. the former having been filed DC.
tober 13 and asking for damages OF
100000.
q'he suit filed yesterday is based on
an article in the Express or octopsa a,.aro
in. which Woolwine Is quoted as reloer-
atinR the charges made by him OF pro-
tected vice; an article dated August
12 and headed "Woolwine to Close tine
.RedIight' District; a cartoon repre-
senting the police commission, pounu e,.
of August a. and another article pup
1ished october /, with the head nnes'
1--WE Hold the Proof.
THE reference to Mayor Harper in the
cartoon of August ID Is alleged by tne
ATTORNEYS representing the mayor 10
be found in the artlcie OF august -
which says: 1t,
"Can any sane man doubt the plaln
fact that the mayor of this city Is tlea
hand and foot by the most corrupt
and wbreaking elementF
Object to Notary
Attorney Isidore b. Dockweiler, rep
resenting the mayor, entered a teen
nicaI objection yesterday TO having tne
latter's deposition taken before Edwin
T Vvehrle. the notary appointed by
Judge Bordwell last Monday Tor TINS
nurnose At the time set for the tax
ING OF the deposition Edwin T. Earl OF
the Express. with his attorney, w. "a.
Anderson, and Mayor Harper WIN
ATTORNEYS Henry T. Gage, w. /. Foley
IsIdore r. Dockweiler and Horace IL.
Appel, appeared at the notarys ofhce;
MIR Gage at once presented an am
dayit of Mayor Harper objectfng to the
taking of his deposition on the grounu
that the notary was biased ana preJu
diced against him, by reason OF the al
leped fact that Wehrle was present
during the time when the merits or the
case were discussed by attorneys ior
the Express, who occupy rooms auJoh-
ing the notary. r.
Attorneys Earl Rogers ana w. n
Anderson Immediately repaired TO the
court house and secured another order
from Judge Jal4es, commanding tne
presence of the mayor at the ONCE ~
Arthur e. Bagley, another notary, WIN
offices in the International Bank pulia-
ing, at 10 o'clock "Wednesday, TOT 'he
purpose of giving his deposition TO pe
used at the trial of the first libel SUIT
filed against the evening paper.
Decision Reached Already
Mr.. Woolwine, accompanied by ms
Ixufr n Ey0RPrtOn. reacneu
the court house at 10 o'clock yesterday
Their preparation to continue the ar
gument in the order issued py jugs
James a week ago, following the re-
fusal of Mr.. Woolwfne to answer cel
tain questions pronounced TO MN III
the grand tury room, was unnecessary,
for the decision had been written ana
was awaiting their arrival.
A. copy of the decision was given TO
Mr.. Woolwine, and while he ana ms
attorney were busy with its contents
Judge James entered. aoo;s-
''I presume you have seen the decls-
ion in the matter in which you are m
terested," said the court, as ne LOOK
his seat on the bench. -,
eyes, your honor" replied Mr.. WOOL
wine. 81 beside to state that am a
law-abiding citizen and bow TO the rul-
ing of the court. / shall go before the
grand jury and answer all questions
without reservation"
THANK you, Mr.. WoolWlne,' was the
response.
Judge James decision is, in part, as
follows:
"On October 16, 1908, Thomas Lee
Woolwine was sworn as witness be-
fore the grand jury now sitting In TINS
court, and interrogated regarding ms
knowledge and information as to the
misconduct of public officials in the
city Of Los Angeles. After stating that
he had no actual knowledge regarding
any such misconduct, but that he knew
of certain persons who, he believed,
could give evidence tending to show
that misconduct had been committed
on the part Of such officers, he was
asked to furnish the names of any such
witnesses These names he refused to
give, stating as ground for his re-
fusal that the testimony called for
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