Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-08-16

justify his guild in this matter, and t.
get some detailed information on the
subject. He thought Mr. Clerk Blak,
developed too much warm feeling anC
too little explanation, and that Mr.. Mar
tin took q wrong view of the purposes
and methods of newspaper reporters
The reporter stated that from informa
tion given him he did not think any one
could say the above was certainly the
total sum Of the stealings. He stated
that If his information was correct, il
might amount TO even ten times the sum
given. The Pomona Supervisor, twist
| ing this into another shape, when the
board met introduced the following reso.
| luton:
| WHEREAS, C. W. Burton, in the offce of this
| board, positively AYERS that the sum stated
expert, to-wit: S6 $50, is not tenth part Of the
amount Of said defalcation, and also that he
is In receipt of positive information in re-
Now, then, the Clerk of this board is in.
structed to notify the Foreman of the Grand
Jury OF the matter. and ask that he be sum-
moned to testify in regard 10 the same.
The HERALD reporter interviewed Mr..
Blackman, who stated that being under
oath to the Grand Jury, he could give
the newspapers little information. He
said: "You may say this: l have gone
over the books carefully between the
dates given in my list. So far as have
gone think have found all there is Of
fraud in the accounts" Mr.. Blackman
states that he does not know what there
may be prior to the date first given.
There is certainly no reason why
the Clerk Of the board, or any
member of it, should develop
faal;nn 10 L.
porters are employed to gather such
terest they have. The public is deeply
interested in this matter. and wish to pet
to the bottom of it. People not skilled
in newspaper work naturally misconstrue
its methods. Queer things come to re-
porters' ears. The HERALD reporter in
question received last night, through
the mail, letter. 1t comes to him as an
anonymous communication, and there
fore is not worthy of as much attention
as it would demand had the writer
signed his name. But this letter sets
forth that the expert who went over the
books was suggested by the very man
who is most suspected of having con-
cocted the steal on the treasury. There
is much other matter Ia the letter of a
startling nature.
Yesterday ex-Auditor Montana pre-
pared bail in the sum of $5 GOO, to which
amount his bonds had been reduced.
His sureties are E. Bouton, E. F. Spence,
Sherman Smith, Fl. L. Bissell and w. A.
Henry.
There has been great deal of queer
work done all along the line in the whole
matter of the Lauterio defalcation. When
Lauterio was about to be given up by his
bondsmen, the Sheriff's Office was de-
tanned for hours in trying to get the
document into it's possession. In that
time the defaulter had gone into hiding,
and later on got out of town. 1t is much
suspected that county official who is
IMPLICATED in the steal gave Lauterio
warning to skip. Here is another mys-
terry:
While Lauterio was hiding in San Ber-
nardino county in the mountains, he is
said to have written out a full confess
sion, giving away all his ''pale." This
was intrusted to one of the exile's friends.
to be given to Mrs. Lauterio, who was to
go to San Bernardino to get it. She was
to give it to Sheriff Aguirre. The mes
seDger to whom this paper was delivered
never met Mrs. Lauterio. No one knows
what ever became of this paper.
There are many who hold that Mon
taflo is entirely innocent, and say that
Lauterio, in charging him, is only "play-
ing even" on his chief, as he thinks,
having been informed falsely. that Mon
tafio had told where he was in
hiding. What the people fear is that
political affiliations will cause the matter
to be CLOSED over as easily as po sible,
and that some of the "boodlipg" gang
will escape the punishment they deserve.
Those who ought to know declare that
Lauterio will today make clean breast
of all he knows, and that by tonight it
will all be known, and that several
criminals will grace cells in the County
Jail.