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Fremont Older Is Kidnaped by Qralters
and Rushed A w^y to South
Continued from Vnsr 1, Column 7
editor of the Bulletin and an
earnest worker in the graft
prosecution, was for seven
hours last night lost to ali
his friends and acquaint
ances. After six hours of
fruitless search by the full
force of Special Agent
Burns and the entire police
department of San Fran
cisco, Older was located at
midnight by The Call, a pris
oner in the hands of Cal
houn's chief detective and
one of his attorneys on
board a Southern Pacific
H)ast line train, en route to
£6s Angeles.
An urgent telephone mes
sage, the service of a Los
Angeles warrant author
ized yesterday afternoon by
Judge Carroll Cook of the
superior court, the flight of
an automobile to Redwood
City and then close captivity
in the stateroom of the lim
ited train — this, in brief, was
the manner in which the bold
attempt of the grafters'
agents was carried out to
dispose of one of the men
whom they fear.
Every detail of the das
tardly plot to shanghai Older
because of exposures already
made and* threatened by him,
and through desire for re
venge, was worked out in
perfect detail before the at
tempt was made, as was evi
denced by the success which
attended the intial steps in
"s-etting him out of the way."
I Had the plans carried
tli rough as they were begun,
today might have been too
iaie "to frustrate the ruse
through which Calhoun and
'« lie other wealthy bribe giv
ers hoped to land Older be
hind prison bars in Los An
geles, out of reach of a court j
in which he might receive a
fair trial on the hatched up
charge against him.
It -.was the last desperate
effort of the indicted bribe!
givers to check their sure
progress toward the doors of
San Quentin, and the game is
now at its climax. The
graft prosecutors and OldeVs
friends learned of the at
tempt in the nick of time to
take steps which may pre
vent the carrying out of the
sordid plan, and this morning
the battleground of the graft
fight changes from San Fran
cisco to Los Angeles.
It was at 5:15 o'clock yes
terday afternoon, while he
was in the office of Assistant
District Attorney Francis J.
Heney that Older received a
telephone message to come at
once to the Savoy hotel at
Ellis street and Van Ness
avenue on a matter of ur
gent importance. He was in
a room with Attorney C. W.
Cobb at the time and wa£
waiting the arrival of Ru
dolph Spreckels. /As he
turned away from the tele
phone Older told Gobb that
he had been summoned to
the Savoy. Cobb asked why
He-did not make the appoint
ment for Heney's office.
"It was some one whose
name I don't know," was the
response. '*} suppose it is
some sort of a job."
Older left word for Spreck
els that he would return with
in a short time and started
: to walk to the Savoy. It is
but two blocks from Heney 's
Franklin street office to the
place named for the appoint:
nient, and it was undoubtedly
expected by the plotters that
Older would walk instead of
taking his automobile, which
was waiting, for him outside
of the office. This is exactly
what occurred.
Older walked down O \u25a0 Far-
rel street to Van Ness avenue
and thence south toward the
Savo,y. As ;he passed the
main entrance of the \u25a0Coun
tryman office /building in
vvhicli is located- the- of
fices of. Calhoun's "cletccUve
agency, in charge of Luther
Brown, \u25a0 Luther Brown -him 1
self,a constable from Los An
geles county, and" two depu
ties stepped" suddenly out of
the doorway, and " the con
stable flashed quickly before
Older's eves two warrants
from Los Angeles, sworn to
by< Luther Brown, and charg
ing Older \Vith criminal libel
against Brown. :
The minute one of the ..war
rants was read to him Older
was thrown into' an automo
bile, standing at the curb un
der full po\ver, N and whirled
away at full speed down Van
Ness avenue and thence but
of the city, and down the
county road through, San
Mateo^arid on to Redwood
City. Brown and the south
ern constables accompanied
Older in the machine, and its
arrival at Redwood City was
timed exactly to coincide
with the coming of the coast
line limited train leaving San
Francisco at. 6 o'clock. As
the machine drew into Red
wood City Older ~ made an
ineffectual attempt'to. send a
telegram to his wife and to
members of the graft prose
cution in San Francisco.- He
was forcibly kept a way from
the telegraph office until the
| train drew up. to the 'station
platform, when he was hus
tled aboard without a chance
to exchange a word with any
one but his captors. . .\
Inside the train the situation re
mained unchanged. Porter "Ashe,
one of Calhoun's attorneys,- was
on board the train and in posses
sion of a stateroom. Making every
effort to keep their captive from
being seen, Brown and his assist
ants bundled Older into the state
room with Ashe, the whole party
with the exception of one deputy
entering af the same time. This
single deputy remained on guard
in the narrow passageway outside
the stateroom door, rebuffing
every attempt made by any one to
gain admittance. Even the ! por
| ters and trainmen had been
"fixed," for every attempt made
by Older to see one of them in or
der to have a telegram filed "at
San Jose or some point farther
south was in vain.
One or two of Older's _\u25a0; San
Francisco friends who w,ere on the
i train recognized him when. he was
brought on board and made an ef
fort to see him, but were repulsed.'
Thus" it' was that ~ the"' lcidnaped
newspaperman was carried. on'.ber
yond San Jose without a chance to
communicate - with—any -of ~his
friends in this city at any ' time
DR. PIERCES REMEDIES '
A Bold Step. I
To overcome the well-grounded, and !
reasonable objections of the more intel- :
ligent to the use of secret, medicinal com-
pounds, Dr. E.V. Pierce, "of -Buffalo.' -N.-
V., some time ago,' decided to make a bold
departure from the usual course pursued
by the makers of put-up medicines for do-
mestic, use, _an£, so has published broad*
cast and OjpcnTy to the whole world, a full
and compete list of all tho. lngredients
entering inWthe composition of his widely
celebrated npdlcraes. Thus he has taken
his numerous tfatrpns and patients jnto
his full i^on&renceT Thus too; he has re-
moved/t le/aedicincs | from among secret
nostrvm/of doubtful • merits, and made
themL*ttcmcdics of ' Known Cqmpostticnu
Xv this bniH gten' Dr.-Pier^ naa shnwrf
th:t( \iis iormiilas ay of snrh excilencQ
that he \* pot atraid^to subject them to
t j°^ i iiii] pp ' ;t i . •
"Not only does the wrapper ot erery bottJ*
of Dr. Pierces Golden Medical Discovery, the
famous medicine for weak stomach,- torpid
liver or biliousness and ail catarrh al diseases
wherever located, have printed -upon it. in :
plain Englith, a full and complete list of all
the Ingredients composing it. but a small
book has been compiled from numerous
standard medical works, of all the different*
schools of practice, containing very numer-
ous extracts from the. writinsre pf leadlnar.
practitioners of medicine, endorsing in the
strongest pot*it>U term*, earn an.d .every inffre-
dient contained in Dr. Pierre's ' medicines.
One of these little books will bo mailed frea
to any one sending: address on postal card or
by letter, to Dr. R. V. Pierce.^Buffalo. N. V..
and requesting the same. From this;Mttle
book it will be learned that Dr. Pierces med-
icine* contain no alcohol, narcotics, mineral
asents or other poisonous or injurious agents
and that they are made from, native, lnedicj-
nal roots of rreat value; also that. some of
the most valuable ingrredients contained in
Dr. Pierces Favorite Prescription for weak,
nervous, over-worked. " run-down.? nervous
and debilitated women, were employed. lon*
* years affo, by the Indians for similar ailments
• affecting, their squaws. - In. fact, one of the
most valuable medicinal plants entering into
the composition of Dr. Pierces Favorite Pre-
fcription was known to -'the Indians as
"Squaw-Weed." Our knowledge* of the uses
ef not a few of our most valuable native, me-
dicinal plants was rained : from ,ibe Indians.
. As made up by improved and exact pro-
cesses, the "Favorite Prescription "is- a mosk
efficient remedy.for resrulatin* all the worn-
•nly functions, correcting displacements, as
prolapsus, anteversion <and >retorversion.-
overcomine painful periods. ; tonln? up the
nerves an d ; brinarln» about aperfect state of
health.^ Sold Jbj^all .dealers in jne4ldne«. - ,
Prevents OOUT and I NDICESTIOM
-j : Ask your Physician -^ " r* i
r THE - SA^ -r'^RiVN CIS€O - G ALIa- SATURDAY, SEpTDEMBEI^^S- £l9p7i
during the night. "~ : :
. Meantime, 'Older s- disappear
ance had been discovered in San
Francisco, and ev^ry/chergv ; of the
gr a ft i . p rosecutors_w as..t ur ned ito
locating him. AVhen % Rudolph
"Spreckels; arrived atHeney's
fice aiid found. thatTOlderv-h'ail'left
in response to a \ mes
sage he became suspicious of- foul
play at once. „ . ; :
"That looks like a plot," was his
first declaration. 'lg|i|| \u0084;
When, after a few mn\utes
wait, Older had failed to return to
the : office, and when - he . \u25a0 failed to
appear at the- Cafe: v Francisco,
where he Had a i dinner "engager
ment with Spreckels, Heney , and
a (party, of \u25a0 several 'ladies, steps
were taken to solve' the -mystery.
Chief of Police BiggyAyas at once
communicateci with/ : two- special
details of police were "sent .out
with nic of -locating him,
and every policeman^ in the!- city
was notified of the 'disappearance
and instructed Uo;be^6n the look
out for Older, either alone or in
company with a: party- of men.
Special Agent Burns: was in Oak
land at thetime; and- it- was nearly
midnight before .lie could be.lo
cated and brought .back to , his of
fice, where his whole-stafTiwas in
waiting to join in thesearch. .
At midnight Older \yas located
by The Call and; step's were at
once taken to thwart the carrying
out of the plot-this-rnorning and-to
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•briug-'*tlie -infamous -kidnaping -to
an-end;at;'Santa> Barbara, Avhefe
the tra iii hearing -the prisoner and
his captors is due at an early hour.
Rudolph :Spreckels : ; assumed ". the
initiative in arrangiifgfor legalac
tioii' to rescue Older.- He-commur
: first* by :;and
later by' long: distance telephone,
; with the firm, of &:Car
rier/ attorneys " of 'S^iita Barbara,
: " tlieTfi r stpz at •; once " se
cure a writ of .] habeas corpus
through which Older's release can
,be effect ed; Every detail ' of [ the
steps -to ' be • taken * this ; morning
was .arranged over, the telephone,
and -. Spreckels : himself supervised
the drawing -of ; the. instrument
which will be issued by the court
befofel tne ". limited reaches the
southern city.
; -Luther Brown, ' Attorney Ashe
and all-- the constables are named 1
as -respondents :in ihev writ, the
latter under. John' Doe and Rich
ard' Roe designations, but even
this is not the only, safeguard that
has been taken, for the conductor,
engineer and Pullman car con
ductorof the train" are. also includ
ed' in the court's order which will
be made; at dawn. S The attorneys
in" charge- of !the^ matter were ih
structed':-to have Older's bond
drawn^ the bail and to^ be
prepared 'to' 1 furnish bail :the "min
ute the Writ is served. They we re
empowered to employ as many
men . as /needed • fb accompany
-them to- the : train and to enforce
the order of the court in case any
resistance is: attempted..- .. :';
. ~ Until'a late hour this morning
the wires between this city and
Santas Barbara were busy carry
ing - the -messages- by ' which-'-the
arrangements —to .frustrate. -the i
plans of the :~ gra ffers. w;e re .being
made, r and additional v. steps f; have
been .taken so that, in case of; any |
\u25a0 slipjn tHe at- Santa^ Bar
| bara-the- battle can-.-be taken;- if
I necessary, even: farther south and j
into the; Los Angeles courts.
- It was learned last .night that
rumors; ;. of "the 'plot have .been
spread about generally -eyer ; since
Attorney -Earl Rogers made a
declaration? Thursday afternoon,
get-tliat -— — Older
yet." He slapped a copy of t the
Bulletin as Ke ? spoke, and -there
was a flash: of anger and determi
nation; in his eyes.
. Detective Spencer of the United
Railroads; staff, who came to the
coast as secretary \u25a0; for Strike
breaker Farley, was at the Cafe
Francisco last night, slightly un
der the influence of liquor, and
glancing at a.party of Burns' riien
who; entered : the \u25a0 restaurant de
clared: '>" " . . . '
"They're Rooking 1 - fforr r Older,
but they Won't ;get him." He ac
compariied the rerharkby
a motion v^with his wrists 1 as
though slipping manacles on
them.} - \u25a0''. .' -«\:
' A> Burns man who called up- the
Savoy hotel was told by the desk
clerk before he stated the nature
of his business :•\u25a0- - *'-
:"Oh, I know what you want,
but you won't get/ it." \:'
. Judge' Carroll Cook of the su
perior court • of this city was the
man who made it for the
kidnaping to be carried out. .The
two; £ warrants sworn out "by
Luther Br"own *in -.Los Angeles_
were*, taken i! to : him, yesterday
afternoon' and.He made the neces
sary, authorization. -which permit
ted of; their service in this city.
When seen .las t flight. Judge
Carroll Cook said that -Luther
Brown' and' Porter Ashe had
called on him in his^chambers at
4 o'clock yesterday afternoon and
had presented two' warrants for
the arrest of Older on a charge of
criminal libel. Judge Cook said
the warrants had been issued by
Justice of the. Peace Chamberlain
of Los Angelesi They were sworn
to by Luther Brown. The judge
asserted that he had signed 'the
warrants but that such action on
his part was merely a formality as
the' warrants. we're- properly certi
fied.
'.The charges against Older are
said to have been Abased on* an
article whichappeared in the Bul
letin in regard to the part Luther
Brown took in the effort a few
nights ~ ago to kidnap former
Supervisor , Lonergan. Luther
Brown has been acting as head
of the detective bureau of the
United Railroads. He was asso
ciated in Los" Angeles with Earl
Rogers, who is now defending
TireyJi^Ford:
The plot culminating in the kid
naping of Older is known to be
only , the first move in a scheme
to~"do away in a similar man
ner-with several members of the
graft prosecution. Open threats
have been -made against Special
Agent Burns and | it is not im T
probablfe«that!the intention of the
kidnapers was to include District
Attorney Langdon, Assistant
District Attorney Heney and Ru
dolph Sprcckels-. in their plot.
."'. The .picture , postcard, craze is di
minishing in Eng^nd.
FORD'S LAWYERS SEEK
REMOVAL OF Eflßl ROGERS
Continued from Pas* 1. Column •
of Georgia, Calboun's former partner:
Garret jMcEnerney, John J. Barrett
and Joseph Mayer. .
The Mopres have been ' employed by
the United Rail road 3 for a' number of .
years." Bylngton Is a brother in law,
of Ford. .As he has b«»en doing special
legal work for the United Railroad?.
King: was brought into the case to look
out -specially for the interests of Cal
houn. McEnerney ' was recently «n
gaged as consultinsr. attorney. Barrett
and Mayer are inMoEnerney'sfotflce.
: It has been evident even la the court
room that this aggregation of lawyers
is too bulky for harmqnlous work. An
attempt to systematize the work and
divide it ha? not brought the desired
results and Rogers has practically con
ducted the case according to his own
idea?.
Although a definite line *of defense
has been decided upon, there are many
roads to the same end and naturally
each attorney ha? his own ideas on the
best road of travel. .
The cost of the defense of Ford 'ls
being borne by the United Railroads,
and it is. said' that th?" expense account
runs as high as $:.500 a day. Rogers, it
is. understood, was engaged, to defend
Mullally, Abbott and Calhoun as well as
Ford, and the fee is said to be as high
as $30,000. , Ashe Is engaged at a sal
ary of $500 a" month." The Moores ar»
also under a salary contract. McEner
ney has been engaged ' at a high fig
ure. The exact sum has not been made
known. \
In addition to these expenses and
those Incident to all' big trials, th*
United Railroads has organized a detec
tive service -In the defense: of lt» offi
cials. In this service are 2© men under
the" direction "of Luther Brown.
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