The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-11-18

Charges and Answers
SAN FRANCISCO. Noe. 1.-THE Ex-
aminer tom rrow morning will say:
Stripped of legal chaff, the sworn an
swer OF the five directors of the sixth Dis.
trict Agricultural association cited to a -
pear before Gov mr. Budd, charges thus:
That J: c. Lynch, speaker of the as
nbly of CALIFORNIA; Assembyman W.
G. Pendleton, State Senator s. n. An
dorus, Lewis Thorne, +. 7. Wright and
Others are attempting TO rob the people OF
Los Angeles OF trust property worth
Sl75, 600. and that a bill was raiiroaded
through tue legislature. during its last
session, to make such robbery possible.
The answer bears most heaviiy on the
three members or the legisl' 'ture, for il
imputa, to them malfeasanos in otflce.
j. G. Newton, George Kinds, ID. 6.
Stephens. W. II. Wilev and R. r. Brown
are the men who made the charge, and
thei- answer is to a com plant made by
Lewis Thorne TO the governor with tho
design to havs them ousted from the
board of directors of the Sixth District
Agricultural association.
Very sweeping is the Language useI
by the five directors, and they picture a
conspiracy sinRula ly bod even for thess
times of audacious steals and swindles.
If what they say is true there are inter-
esting disclosures in store aud many o
reputation will be dragged in the dust
before the last word in the scandal has
been spoke:.
This property which has given occa-
sion for the bitter fRht now ON is Agri-
cultural park. Los Angeles. In the '7Os
IL was valued at 5000 but the city has
grown around it since then and the pres
ent estimate OF Sl75. 200 is conservative.
Some judges think its value al this time
is not loss than $3.50. 900. At first the
general purlin had no claim upon it but
lSSU lSSl nuaaad "a "a acgOriafiNn
under circumstances which gave it new
character. The park. had prior to then
been used as a place for fairs aud races
and tina managers had gone bshind about
SI3.0o0 They offered to. give the proper
~ for DARK purposes to an association If
Los Angeles citizens il such association
! woul relieve them of the dsbt. Accord
ingly the people of the city desirous of
having fair ground, subscribed $4,000
and formed an agricultural association.
capital stock, the association issued 130
certificates OF capital stock, each being
assigned a par value OF 500 and each
carrying with it lot in forty acre
tract of land belonging to the association
and outside the driving park and carry
ing also certain privileges as to races,
fairs, etc.
In 1895 second conveyance was made,
transferring the park to the Sixth Dis.
fIict Agricultural association. May 81,
1883. TO make good some flaw in the con-
veyance OF 1885 new deed was made
which SO tar rs the scandal was con-
cerned was the same as ths earlier in.
strument. Both deeds were executed by
the trustees uf the subscri bery. The
deeds were deeds of trust and the trust
was sharply defined.
VI course the certificates OF capital
stock" were left outstanding.9 They were
not regarded as certificates of capital
stock in the commercial sense. however.
Rather thoss who held them looked upon
the papers as certificates of m m bersh y
emitting the holders to privileges on tt e
ass0cia grounds. AS a matter of law
that is all they were, for the deed OF trust
made the park unavailable save for the
purposes therein defined AMI the Old as
sociation never mad any property save
THIS tract of land and the fixtures on it.
The five directors claim that Lynch,
Pendleton, Androus, Thorne. Wright aud
have bought maiority OF the certiti-
Gates, and are seeking to give them the
character of the capital stock of private
corporation. treating the park as an asset
OF that corporation. If such thing could
be done the doing might be made to
ing that such plan were worked with
out brass band, certificates might ne
bought at nar-$l00-and at the appoint
ed hour might be jumped to the 130th
part OF the value Of ths park. Such
jump would carry stock frcm S100 share
to perhaps $1,000 and certainly not less
than $1,000, VIII ch would be doing very
we'll. everything considered.
In the answer filed last Saturday with
the governor. the directors attacked by
Thorne, after replying to his charges
against them, proceeded to make counter.
charges.
At the outset it is alleged that the acts
Thorne declares to have been done by
the accused five and to constitute such
misconduct az to Justify dismissina them
from Office were done ALSO by Senator
Androus and Adjutant-General Barrett,
two other directors of the associauon,
vet that no accusation has been made
against either Of them.
Attorney John W. Mitchell of Los An
geles, leading counsel for the five. de-
clares that Barrett's name was omitted
because he has not taken stand against
Lynch. Pendleton, Androus, Wright and
the complainants, and that for Thorns
to have proceeded against Androus would
have been like proceeding against him
self.