Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-28
District Attorney Threatens to
Arrest Man Who Asks
Him a Poser
HooTED OUT OF GLENDoRA
Citizens Laugh the Candidate to
SCorn After He MenaCeS
with Authority

BY threatening arrest and dire pun
ishment to those who attempted to ask
him a few simple questions, District
Attorney John D. Frederlcks managed
to pull through a political meeting
held in his interests last night at Glen
dora. After finishing, however, he was
hooted and laughed out Of town.
Fredericks threatened to arrest a
man who asked him why. if all the ac-
cusations Thomas Lee Woolwine has
made against him are fa1se-why he
didn't have Woolwine arrested for IL
bel 1t was q poser for the worried
district attorney and he hedged behind
his authority as district attorney-not
only refusing to answer the question
put, but threatening to punish the man
who dared to PROFOUND the query
The meeting was failure from pc
ginning to end. After he had har-
angued the crowd Of perhaps fifty clt-
zens of Glendora ana surrounding
country for two hours and haIt-at-
lacking not only his opponent. THOMAS
Lee Woolwine, but also city prosecutor,
Guy Eddie and Attorney Fleming, VINO
are opposing him for reelection, the
crowd left the hall. Not once during
the entire evening did the district at
torney manage to provoke applause
from his auditors.
Shortly after he had started denounc-
ing Woolwine and boosting himself as
the only true servant OF the people,
Friedrich C. Schiffman, prominent
Republican, who had been an attentive
listener during the forepart of the
evening, inquired casually, why, II
the accusations made by WooIWme
were all false, the district attorney,
with his large force or deputies, did
not have Woolwine arrested for libel
TRIES TO IGNORE QUESTION
The district attorney was stumped
for minute and litter ran through
the crowd. Then Fredericks tried to
ignore his questioner.
"Why don't you have him arrested!' r
Mr.. Schiffman asked again.
because his charges are not libel,
snapped back FredrlcKs In anger. Ills
charges are slander-nothing more.
Now l want you to be still, "he contin-
ued, in rising ire.
"Everywhere L go someone tries to
break up my meetings by asking me
questions. 1 won't nave 1t here
Mr. Schiffman did not press the har-
assed man for any further answers,
He realized there was none forthcom-
ing. he stated afterwards A little lat
Yer a noise was heard in the hall out
side the room in which Fredericks was
speaking.
Fredericks, still smarting under the for
mer interruption. IF there is, l want
that man arrested at once"
An officer was sent for The con-
stable Of Glendora sent back word
that he would be delighted to arrest
the offender if some one would swear
out a warrant. Then Fredericks
asked for a justice of the peace, that
he might swear out a complaint. No
Justice was present and the district at
torney started his attack on WoolWiue
and his associates again.
There was another interruption from
the hall, where number of men, an
xious to have Fredericks answer a
number of questions were talking.
This time Fredercks announced
from the platform that, as soon as he
was through talking he would place
the man who asked him the first ques-
tion under arrest himself.
AS the district attorney quilted the
hall, he met Schiffman at the head of
the stairs
ORDERS AN ARREST
"And I'll now put YOU under arrest
and take you back to Los Angeles
with me-"
"show yoar authority" said Mr..
Schiffman.
'I have it--you know I am DIS
TRICT ATTORNEY" shouted the
irate Fredericks, "Do you resist ar
rest?' he continued excitedly.
mo, I'll go with you" calmly re-
piled Schiffman. much to everybody's.
including the district attorneys. sur
prised Come right down and jump
in my machine. I'll take you to town."
Get into mine" said Fredericks.
"Not on your life" replied Schiff-
man, 'I am sure my machine will take
me to Los Angeles-I'm not SO sure
about yours"
Fredericks then threatened to send
an officer for Schiffman in the morning.
with this threat he walked out of the
crowd, toward his machine, threaten
ing to return and take Schiffman with
him As he left a shout of derision
went up from the crowd. Fredericks
got his machine and drove away, with
out attempting to molest the man
whom he could not bluff further, and
Schiffncl, with the street for an au-
ditorirm turned the tail end of the
Fredericks meeting into meeting for
Thomas Lee Woolwine.
Mr.. Schiffman is one of the most
prominent Republicans in the section
and is member of the Republican
club which had Fredericks as a guest
last evening. In fact, he says that
1t was Lis $40 which paid the printing
and hall bills for the meeting.
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