Sentence:  Rumors of the offer Tom Horn had made at the Stockgrowers' Association meeting had leaked out by then , and as a grand jury investigation of the murder got underway , the prosecuting attorney , a Colonel Baird , <WSD>ordered</WSD> that the tall stock detective be summoned for questioning . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority