The herald., 1896-02-26

| commission that it could not do better
than adopt the suggestion of one of the
members of the council at its last meeting,
viz: that it is not the policy of the law to
favor one person and persecute another,
and here we would be wanting in our duty
to our clients and to the state did we not
| call your attention to the following section
of the penal code of the state of Califor-
MIA, viz: Sec. BIG:
Every person who keeps any disorderly
house, or any house for the purpose of as
signation or prostitution, or any house OF
public resort by which the peace, comfort
! or decency of the immediate neighbor.
hood is habitually disturbed, or who keeps
any in n in disorderly manner; and every
person who let's any apartment or tene-
ment, knowing that it is to be used for the
| purpose of assignation or prostitution, Is
| guilty of misdemeanor.
| Accompanying the above legal brief we're
all of the several leases of the Shafer
Brothers property referred to in the COM
munication, which were also submitted as
an exhibit to what may be termed the
| plaintiffs side of the case.
FILTHY MESS
The answer to the above was note oi
defiance yesterday from all of the commits.
sioners accused, to the effect that as the
city council had ordered Alameda street
purged, purged it would have to become,
| and the boycott of which Theodore Bauer
| is securing all of the benefit was but an
incident in the general warfare which
| had been decided upon and which would
be carried on to the bitter end, the chief be-
! ing again and this time publicly in
structed to cleanse the district, with a
string apparently upon his orders, which
are to go into effect just as soon as he
might have men enough for the purpose.
| Judge A. j. King, one of the attorneys for
clients who, are upon the short end OF the
latest 'reform' crusade, yesterday said:
1--WE decline to be interviewed True, we
| have some clients who have leasehold inter-
ests in what is called the lessor and greater
Paree, whatever that means, and in their
interest we filed the paper of which you
have copy, with the clerk of the board of
police commissioners. In that paper,
which is now of record, we intimate moth
ing, but made plain statement of facts
as they are now and have existed since
1894. In plain language the police force
is being now and has been since 1894
used for the purpose of suppressing one
pimp or mac in support of another and
larger pimp and mac combination or trust.
We have laid our papers before the police
commission. They are records in them
selves and may bear fruit with the COM
mission. But we as members of the gen.
eral public may be excused if we are skept-
ical on that subject, of course. You are at
liberty to make your own comments
The mayor is not overpleased with the
turn affairs appear to have taken. He says
little upon the subject, but a ten minutes
conversation will not fail to disclose to the
dullest observer the fact that he is prob
ably of the opinion that a big blunder has
been made and that some one who should
have displayed better judgment is respons-
ible. 1t appears not to have been case of
| what has been done, but in the manner OF
its doing.
Chief Glass did not think it becoming
him to make a statement for publication
in the matter yesterday. He did say. how
ever. that a majority of the police board
| had Instructed him to station officers on
the east side of Alameda street in the pre-
scribed district with view of forcing pros
| tituton off the street. He knew that his
motives would probably be misconstrued
| in some quarters and he would be accused
with playing into the hands of Theodore
! Bauer, but the outcome has not worried
| him.
! Chief Glass was later asked in regard to
the reported comment upon his action in
| placing the officers at the entrances to the
cribs on the east side of Alameda street,
and replied that his course had been en-
tirely dictated by majority of the police
| commission. Last week three of the COM
missioners had called at his office and re-
| quested the detailing of the officers on the
east side of the street, which had accord
the occupants of the cribs to vacate as or.
dered by the commission. AS to his action
forcing the women into Bauer's or other
cribs he did not know; simply that they
must vacate as per orders. He had been
| accused of standing in with Bauer, etc., all
| of which was maliciously false, as he only
obeyed explicit directions.
so WEAK IT SMELLS BAD
| The committee which has been investi-
! tI,s <Iav n
partment which are alleged to have been
| prevalent here for several years finally
filed its long looked for report yesterday.
The document was anticipated in full in
, THE HERALD several weeks ago, with the
exception that it is even weaker than was
generally supposed it could have been.
| Here is the precious paper in full:
Having been appointed to investigate the
charges preferred against Detective ]. G..
Goodman by Richard Colver, we wish to
report as follows:
"First charge - Richard Colver claims
that G. Goodman got into an argument
with him in regard to the arrest of one G.
G. Compton. and that Goodman struck
him, which, by the way, was settled by the
| court.
"Second-That j. G. Goodman arrested
c. G. Compton without a warrant or due
process Of any court. We find by inves-
tigation that Detective Goodman had suffi.
cient evidence in making the arrest. A
man by the name of Wenzel was passing
forged checks, and Compton was asso-
ciating with him in visiting saloons and
other places. Wenzel passed check on a
saloon keeper on South Main street.
Compton was in company with him at the
| time. The saloon keeper told him that he
thought it was forgery. but that he would
| give them a few dollars on the check to
| get rid of them. as they said they wanted
to go to Burbank. In fact, Compton had a
forged check on his person when he was
| arrested. Under the circumstances Good
! man had sufficient evidence in making the
| arrest without warrant. Compton
| would not have been released had not the
check been misplaced Compton was re-
arrested when the check was found and is
| now out on bail on the same charge.
"Third-In regard to the Italian from
Ventura, Goodman positively denies max
| ing such arrest.
"Fourth-In January, 1894, Goodman is
charged with arresting one John Peterson
| (who had been serving term in Whittier)
three times. He says he only arrested the
| boy once, and he is now serving time in
| San Quentin for burglary.
"Eifth-James Norman, the jeweler who
was arrested by Goodman, was not ar
| rested for having stolen property on his
! person, but WAS arrested for resisting an
! officer, and the case is now pending in
| court.
1--WE find it necessary for detectives and
! other officers to make arrests almost every
| day. on suspicion. without warrants. Fol
instance. a detective has suspicious char.
acter spotted on the streets. and he would
have to wait until he could get warrant