Los Angeles herald., 1891-06-05
Deputy Sheriff Sepulveda's
Little Scheme.
He Wanted to Make a Little
on the Side.
A Fine Scheme to Control the Fan
Tan Business.
Tee Sue and His Business Like PROMO
Tee Sue and His Business Like Propo-
sition-Two Hundred Dollars a Week
for Immunity-A Scheme
That Failed.

The frequenters of department one OF
the superior court have missed from
that place during the past week the
manly form and pleasant features of r.
F. Sepulveda, ex-court bailiff and dep
uty sheriff. On the second day of this
month Charlie Cruz quietly stepped in
to Judge Smiths departments and opened
the court-which formality had former
ly been gone through with by the hand
some Sepulveda-and ever since there
has been a good deal of wonderment
among the friends of the ex-officer as to
why he was "let out"
The explanation came yesterday when
a HERALD reporter asked Deputy Sheriff
Barham if there was any truth in the
story that Sepulveda had been dismissed
because he let the jury in the Fleming
case read newspapers while they were
considering verdict.
mo; that is not the reason for which
his resignation was asked" said Mr..
Barham. "We had not intended to make
the true story public, but there has been
so much talk about the matter that
Sheriff Gibson has decided to let the
public know just where Sepulveda fell
down." And then came the story:
1t seems that Sepulveda maintained
very close relations with several of the
leading men of Chinatown, and had i'm
pressed these heathens with the idea
that he could fix it so that any little in
fraction of the law they might desire to
commit would be winked at by the po-
lice. With this understanding one of
hio Cthi,,aca fr.a do
proposition that if Sepulveda would
allow fifteen-only fifteen-tan games to
run unmolested, 5000 in cold cash
would be paid over to him every Mon
day morning.
On the evening of the 25th OF May Sc
pulveda called on Chief Glass. He
found the chief in his private Office
about O'Clock at night, and opened the
ball by asking the chief if he knew Tee
Sue. The chief had not the honor of
the Chinamsn's acquaintance.
"Well, I'll tell you," said Sepulveda,
"you and might as well make 500
week on the side as not. These China
men are willing to pay down 5000 every
Monday morning if you will let tan run,
and we might as we'll have it. No one
need know anything about it except we
three, and when you want to make
raid for the benefit of the public and the
newspapers just tell me and I'll let them
know
The deputy sheriff made this PROPOSE
tion in a matter-of-fact way, as if it was
an everyday matter of business.
The chief was dumbfounded at the
mans gall. "That's not the way 1 do
business" said he. 81 don't want any
of their id money"
"Well," said Sepulveda, ''just as you
say. have 500 in my box which Tee
Sue gave me as a starter, and if you
don't want it | will have to give it
back"
The chief tried to get his man to keep
the money and prosecute the Chinaman
for bribery, offering to arrest Tee the
next day, but Sepulveda would not hear
to this, and took his departure.
On June 1st, after several trials, the
chief succeeded in getting an interview
with Sheriff Gibson and told him the
whole story. This was early in the
morning. One hour later Sepulveda
was confronted with his accuser in the
chiefs office. He made no denial of the
charge against him, and the sheriff i'm
mediately demanded his resignation.
Sepulveda has heretofore borne good
reputation. He is poor man and has
a family to support, but as he was max
ing $100 month in the sheriff's office
there was no excuse for his attempt at
boodleism. 1t is understood that Sepul-
veda will leave town.