The San Francisco call., 1913-10-31
grand jury" Lieptenant slingsby

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GRAND JURY CALLED OFF
Following the suggestions Of Judge
Dunno. James f. Brennan, assistant
district attorney. cut the Gordian
knot for Fickert last evening when
he called off the grand jury investi-
CATION of the baby substitution case
until the taking OF depositions for
the English court Of trial is COM
pleted.
In the war OF statements, Fickert
attacked knights reputation, barking
back to the famous Lichtenstein case,
and then commenting: Knight, the
last man in San Francisco with the
slightest license to question the good
faith Of any one."
FICKERTsS COMPLETE STATEMENT
Following is the statement of Flick
ert in full:
The appearance of Attorney George
Knight before Judge Dunno yesterday
was the most unheard of and unprece-
dented action that the history OF san
Francisco.s courts can show. he
my absence at a time when / was
called to the bedside of my father In
Bakersfield. AS was always MS GUS
tom, he waited until my back was
turned before he struck.
why do Attorneys George A. knight
ana Andrew Thorne object to full
Investigation Of an affair in WhIch
they are interested and in wnlcn, pal-
pably, a crime has been committed by
either one side of the controversy or
the other? II the skirts Of these two
attorneys are clean. why 40 Iney not
lay their cards on the table! Wnat
has admitted that he took money In
this case, says he got that money from
Andrew Thorne to get witnesses 70
prove the illegitimacy OF the Slirgspy
make him tell how this money was
used and why 1t was used2
"This Is my first opportunity fully
to investigate the Slingsby case. and
is the only means I have within my
power to get to the bottom OF the
situation. wherein, evidently. numer-
GUS crimes have been committed. Inis
is the first time that all OF the wit
nesses in the case have been assem-
bled within my jurisdiction.
SCORING FOR GEORGE KNIGHT
No one has the right to hinder me
in this ma tier. and II Attorney George
Knight and Judge Dunno attempt to
do so. to them then. belongs the re-
sponsibility. refuse to reply to the
imputations cast by George Knight,
the last man in San Francisco with
the slightest license to question the
good faith OF any one.
HE is employing the same methods
today that he used In the Lichenstein
conspiracy case, when he allowed him
self to be employed to besmirch the
character of Mrs. Anita Lichenstein,
to ruin her reputation. Knight
charged at that time that was using
undue influence with the grand jury.
knights clients were convicted by me,
and their conviction was upheld by
they received their sentences.
II am going to Droceed In the Sings
by case In spite OF Knight: or any one
possibie who the guilty parties are"
Following is the statement OF
Knight:
4 have just read Mr.. Ffckerts In
terview. Down deep In my heart
piorable part he plays In this drama
Is that he is unconscious that he has
done any wrong.
when he can explain to the public
what interests he had in writing to
Mrs. Slingsby, and also her attorneys,
to come to San Francisco. and that he
would grant her immunity from all
prosecution, he certainly does not un-
derstand the gravity Of his actions In
If Judge Dunno had found that
Doctor Fraser was guilty OF a crime.
namely, felony, for which Fickert
had him arrested, Mrs. Siingsby would
also be guilty q perjury IN swearing .s n.;
can see from Fickert's letter OF jan
uary, 1912, that the Fraser case was
undecided. and in that letter Mr.. Fiek-
ert promises Mrs. Slingsby immunity
from prosecution.
"WHY WE'RE PROMISES MADEfn
why make any promise at all to
anybody?
Mrs. Slingsby has attorneys, and
do they not know whether 1t was nec-
essary for her to come to San Fran
cisco or not?
Let us state the case what might
have happened; Suppose that Mr.
Fickerts original idea; his idea, that
I believe to be the~right one, was to
indict Mrs. Blain; to indiet Mr.
Thorne; and there rest his case.
When we had concluded the taking
Of testimony before the British con-
sui and the records were sent on to
the high court OF chancery In Eng
land. and the testimony of Mrs Blain