Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-19
GRAND JURY TO
BEGIN PROBING
PROTECTED VICE
PRELIMINARY WORK WILL BE
COMPLETED QUICKLY
HARPER HEADS LIST OF These
10 BE EXAMINED
other Well Known Supporters OF re-
cent Administration Subpoenaed
and Expect to Give Import
ant Evidence
NIFTEEN of the thirty men whose

NIFTHEN OF the thirty men Whose
names were drawn from the graho
n Jury box Monday for special serV-
Ice were sworn in yesterday py ~
w. p. James of the superior coul',
con,nlete the full jury of nineteen i1ep,
SStaen more names were drawn ana
sunmonses were placed in the naiius
of eight deputies from the sherif1 OIL
6ce All these notices save four were
served Yesterday, and officers were stlll
searching for the remaining quartet.
The fifteen selected men, ana tnose
whose names were Drawn yee.o .,Ss >
will appear in department four OF the
aunerior court at $3.50 o'clock this morn
ing, The ensuing process OF elinlhas
tion. by which the full membership OF
the Jury will be made up, is expecIeu
to occupy less than thirty minutes. Inc
reading of instructions Will follow, anu
then will come the organization OIL 'he
jury. :. = 10
Examination of witnesses, 1t is pc
Iieved. will begin Immediately after the
iurymen enter on their duties, IN the
limited space afforded by the Witness
room on the third floor OF the court
house, the only place aVailaDle on ac-
count of the crowded condition OF the
building. Witnesses Will be In waiting
for the call to the secret chamber, the
process servers having been kept busy
serving subpoenas for several days past
Much Interest Taken
Never, perhaps in the Tory OF the
county has the work of grand jury
been watched with more intense inter.
est than will be shown during the snort
session to begin today. Whatever the
outcome. whether virtual whitewash,
as was the case in the recent investi-
cation, or a prosecution of persons who
have been rendered helpless on account
of their abandonment by the machine.
another heavy blow must be added to
the many dealt recently to this power
that has ruled the polity of the county
for so many years.
This interest was exhibited plainly
yesterday. AS early as o'clock, an
hour before the opening of court, many
persons were gathered In the court
house corridors and different depart
ments all seeking information re-
garding the coming investigation.
Numerous witnesses were on hand in
response to subpoenas.
When Judge James took his seat on
the bench the court room OF depart
ment four was crowded. half hour
was occupied in selecting the fifteen
men for jury service from those who
had responded to the call. The men
chosen are:
Jurors Selected
j
Doran, Long Beach; M. ]. McDermott,
San Pedro James Montgomery,
Rivera; Robert NJ. Miller, Santa
Monica; Andrew Osgoodby, Pomona;
John j. Seymour. Santa Monica; j. l..
Snavely, whittier; ]. f. Shuey, 2s14
East Main street; Steven Townsend,
Long Beach; F. A. Powell. San Fer
tieth place: Jesse Payne. 727 East
Thirty-third street; D. E. Welcome,
1921 South Burlington avenue, and
Charles H. Yeaton. Santa Monica.
Returns on the summonses issued for
the appearance of fifteen others were
made by Under Sheriff Dishman to
Judge James yesterday afternoon' as
follows:
George F. Conant, Los Angeles; J.
r. Fishburn, 1856 Harvard boulevard. .
w. II. Gayner, S25 West Thirty second
street; F. l.. Hossock, 500 Citizens
bank; ]. A. Henderson. lis South Los
Angeles street; Albert C. Jones. sol
Lodge, Compton; Charles #. Mears.
Compton, and Frank S. Wallace, Pasa-
dena.
H. r. Hertel Of Pasadena, whose
name was also drawn, is said to be in
San Francisco. and ]. r. Curtis, Lofg
Beach, could not be found. Two per-
sons in Santa Monica, one man. in
Hollywood and another in Pomona re-
main to be served.
Witnesses Summoned
Those who have received subpoenas
as witnesses before the grand jury to-
day are A. C. Harper, former mayor;
Sam Schenck, former police commits
sioner; Tom Savage, a former leader
in the tenderloin district; II. Lee Clot-
worthy, a reporter; Robert Cotton, who
conducted the Apex club and was fined
$3.50 in police court after a raid on the
place; Eddie Morris, who sought Har-
per's intercession with the police when
Cotton was arrested; Joseph Durand,
one of Nick OsWald's associates: Frank
Goings a saloon keeper; Ed Kern, for
mer member of the board of public
works; Thomas Broadhead, chief of
police three brothers of Nick Oswald,
the escaped ruler of the redlight dis
trict; Frank Haddock, formerly secre-
tary of the Jefferson club: Edwin T..
Earl, publisher of the Express, and K.
w. r. Frost, Mr.. Earps private secre-
tary.
Haddock telephoned to Detective
Samuel L. Browne yesterday asking
that he be subpoenaed as a witness,
and, it is claimed, has information to
impart which will throw strong light
upon the recent conduct of the city's
affairs, as gathered by him in his posi-
ton at the club.
Oswald Not Located
No word was received by Mr.. Browne
concerning the whereabouts of Nick
Oswald and his chief lieutenant, Will
liam Lawrence, alias Fenner. Circulars
containing descriptions of the two men,
with their pictures, have been prepared
and will be sent broadcast throughout
the country.
II have been given orders to find
these men, and especially Oswald"
said Browne yesterday. Il shall find
him If he is on top of the earth. There
certainly can be no fault found with
this office for his escape. I know
nothing about the investigation that is
to take place. find the men and take
them to the grand jury room door:
there my work ends"