Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-10-10
FOR THE POLICE BOARD.
Did Captain LOomis Get Chinese
Loot?

LOOts
The weekly circus of the city for
months past has been at the meeting of
the Police Commissioners. To.day's
assembly will be nc exception to the
rule. Two sensations will be on the
programme. The new Chief will have the
detective force in the tenter hooks for
visiting the Arroyo Seco on the recent
occasion of the slugging match, and
Captain Loomis will be confronted
by a serious charge. as outlined in the
following affidavits which will be pre-
sented:
County OF Los ANGELES, ss.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA;. 90
w. D. johnson, of lawful age, and
being first duly sworn, says: That he
has been resident of Los Angeles
county for the past fifteen years, and
that on or about the 18th of February,
1888, he and one G. F. Conway were in
that part of Los Angeles city known as
Chinatown, and were seated on a door
step near the building known as the
China Theater; that while seated there
a Chinaman and a policeman named
Loomis, who is known to your deponent
by sight, came up and stood talking,
nearly in front of where we sat, and that
said Chinaman asked Loomis if he could
do anything to keep the officers from
pulling his games; that said Loomis said
that he could fix it so his games would be
all right, but that he (the Chinaman)
would have to put up money to fix the
officers; that they then had some con.
versation about the amount, all of which
your deponent could not hear, but that
he heard the clink of money and saw
said Chinaman hand said Loomis some
money and that they then walked off.
Further, that your deponent does not
know Chief Cuddy personally, nor has
he been asked to make this affidavit;
but, that being about to leave the State,
he consulted lawyer and was advised
to make statement of the facts to His
Honor, the Mayor, or to Chief Cuddy, in
the interest of truth and Justice. Fur
ther that he has since learned that the
aforesaid Chinaman is named All Now,
as said Chinaman was pointed out to
him. Said conversation took place in
the night time, somewhere about 10or II
O'Clock p. M. w. D. JOHNSON.
Sworn to and subscribed to in my
presence this 18th day of September,
A. D. 1888. A. 9. HOLMES,
[sEAL"] Notary Public.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
COUNTY OF Los ANaELEs.{ 3d.
4. F. Conway, being of lawful age.
and being first duly sworn, saws: That
he has been resident of Los Angeles
county for the past seven years; that he
is the G.. F. Conway named in the fore.
going affidavit; that the statements and
allegations made therein are true.
G. F. CONWAY.
Sworn to and subscribed in my presence
this 18th day of September, A. d. 1888.
[sEAL.] A. G. HOLMES,
Notary Public.
Thomas Mccarthy, of Los Angeles,
CAL, being first duly sworn, deposes and
says: On last March and April was on
the police force of the city of Los Angeles
and was detailed to work in Chinatown
by Chief Cuddy with instructions to sup
press gambling in all forms and to arrest
,all persons found playing any games
prohibited by law. L. G. Loomis was at
that time acting sergeant; on several oc-
casions said l.. G. Loomis approached
me (McCarthy) and Officer Dixon, who
was then acting with me in Chinatown
under the same instructions, and re-
quested us (McCarthy and Dixon) not to
pull Ah Mow's game, saying that he
(Loomis) wanted to use him. He
Uoomis) would visit Ah Mow's private
rooms nearly every time he went to Chi
natown and would stay there from ten
(10D to thirty (30) minutes. On several
occasions when would be watching All
Mow's place to try to get in to "pull"
the game he (Loomis) ordered me NC
Carthy) to some other part of Chinatown.
All Now is also the owner of the Chinese
Theater and that the brother of said l..
G. Loomis is now working for All Now
as ticket-taker for his (Ah Mow's)
theater.
[sEAL.] THos. MCCARTHY.
Subscribed and sworn to before me, q
notary public, in and for Los Angeles
county, this 9th day of October, A. d.
1888. SIDNEY LACEY, Notary Public.