Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-03-24
MR.. KNOx's STATEMENT
I'm Relation t. the Assertions
Made I'm the Council.

Made I'm the Council.
A HERALD representative called
upon Mr.. Geo. G. Knox yesterday to
ascertain what that gentleman had 10
say relative to the charges made in
the City Council on Monday last, in
which he was accused of appropriate
ing certain maps, &c belonging to
the city to his own use. Mr.. Knox
was found in his office busily engaged
in the voluminous and laborious work
of mapping out the city sewer sys-
tenn. He stated that he had Just
written letter which would say about
all he had to say in the matter. The
charges were false and preferred by
personal enemies. Following is a
copy Of the letter 10 which the gentle
man referred:
TO the Honorable the Council Of the City Of
Los angeles:
GENTLEMEN: Having cons ented to allow
my name to be presented to your honorable
body ca didate for Superintendent of
Streets, made vacant by the resignation OF
Kuhrts, Esq, and it having been stated
in open Council that charges had been pre-
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have not been disproved, wherein | have
been charged with apprOpriating while City
surveyor to my own use certain maps BE-
longing to the ,ity of Los Angeles, l beg
leave respe; fully to say to your honorable
body that the statement in the Council was
the first intimation that l had that an,
CHARGES were pending or lodged against me,
and it is surprising to me to hear that any
such had been made. cannot believe that
any such charges are pending for the follow
ing reasons:
list. here are no grounds for any such
charges.
%. That if any such charges had been
made, / certainly would have been in
formed of the fact before this by the Coun-
Gil If they were mere statements, made by
some malicious person not in wrsting, they
are unworthy of notice, and the Council
must so have considered them or the ?
would have taken some action upon them
before this time.
l have lived in this county great many
years and am we'll known, and am always
RI ady to meet any charge against my per-
sonal honor at all times and in all places
1t is impossible for me as it Is with other
citizens to bride the venomous tongue of
SANDER.
1 am glad your honorable body has made
known to me that any sort of charges
against my personal honor have been made
to your honorable body, and have reason
to think, knowing many of you personally,
that you will give me an opportunity, If
YOU utcIu tuc CAhTBca WOrbAN VI dlIy COu-
sideration to r. ply to any intimation or re-
Election against my standing or character as
citizen. Respectfully, GEO G. KNOX.
AS to the charges they are a sur
prise to me, are false, and when pre-
ferred by the parties who originated
them am ready to show them to be
false and malicious; further, l have
nothing to say AS for the Office for
which | am candidate, I wish to say
it is unsought. The first knew of
The matter was last week. when a
friend of a prominent member OF the
Council came to me and informed me
of his intention to propose my name
for that position. / told him would
not have it. as had all l cared to at
tend to, but after frequent assurances
that was the man wanted and that
it was in his opinion the will of the
Council that | be appointed, / re-
luctantly consented to my name being
used. If am appointed l will serve
the city to the best of my ability,
but l shall not solicit single vote.
That is all l have to say.