Los Angeles herald., 1892-08-24
NAME PLACE AND TIME.
THE MONEY OF CONE WHO KNOWS
WILL BE COVERED.
Captain Harris Accepts the Proposition
of the Anonymous Letter Writer
in the Express-The Coin
Ready Any Hour.

The HERALD's plain statement of the
circumstances surrounding the capture
of the bandit Vasquez, has stirred up
an anony NOUS correspondent Of the Ex-
press to deny the accuracy of the HER
AIDS narrative. In last evenings issue
after half column of quotation from
the HERALD article-very good reading,
too, that quoted portion-and several
lines of more or less irrelevant denial,
the Express correspondent concludes bis
letter as follows:
Herewith hand the sporting editor
OF the Express 500 Ito accommodate
the HERALD) which / desire to wager
that Vasquez was not wounded by q
bullet fired from a rife in the hands OF
Emil Harris, and The will leave the mat
ter to bel decided by DR.. K. d. Wise
who attended the wounded bandit"
Captain Harris called at the HERALD
Office last evening to express his willing
ness to accept the wager offered, and his
desire to increase the amount to $500.
Mr.. Harris regrets that Albert e.
Johnson, the under-sheriff who had in
charge the posse which made the cap.
ture, and Walter E. Rogers, one of his
deputies, are now dead; while the
whereabouts of Samuel Bryant, another
deputy sheriff who was one of the posse
which captured Vasquez, are now un-
known. These three last-named gen.
tlemen were nearest to Harris when the
shot was fred, and were fully cognizant
of all the facts, and though their direct
testimony is not now obtainable, the
statements made by them to Maj. Ben.
@. Truman, and other reputable citi-
zens, will doubtless be remembered and
should be given due credence.
As to the single direct statement
made by the Express correspondent,
shat the bandit Vasquez was not
wounded by ball fred from rifle in
the hands of Emil Harris" Captain
Harris is willing to accept the decision
of DIR. K. ID. Wise as one referee, pro-
viding that the decision ie left to COM
mittes of three, formed by the addition
of Dr. Bush, an old resident OF Los An
! eles, who examined the wounds on the
body of Vaequez. and William r. Row
land, then sheriff of Los Angeles coun-
ty. zone Who Knows" cannot object to
either of the gentlemen named.
Mr.. Harris expresses his willingness
to leave the decision of the question to
the three gentlemen named, desiring at
the same time to increase the amosnt Of
the wager to $500, and Gays that when
he gets the money so wagered, he will
pay over $3.50 of it to any charitable in
stitution that may be named.
The captain and the money can be
found at the HERALD Office at any hour
that may suit the member OF the Ex-
press staff who is alleged to have the
800 in his possession, and as stated
above, If he wishes to increase the sum
to $500 he can be accommodated with
pleasure.
The big mouthed Zone Who Knows"
drags into the discussion baseless in
nuendo that the HERALD is booming
Captain Harris for chief of police. AS
a matter of fact Captain Harris has
been chief of police, and captain OF
police, and has resided in this city for
twenty-four years. and no man can
throw the slightest aspersion on his in
tegrity or ability.
1t would be matter for congratula-
ton if the captain should become chief,
but it is unfortunately the fact that it is
more than doubtful if he could be pur.
euaded to take that, or any better office.
The assertion referred to was inexcus-
able from the standpoint OF good taste
or of common courtesy.