The San Francisco call., 1896-04-22
Says He Was Officially Aggres.
sive in the Suppression of
Public Abuses.
MADE FOES as A REFORMER
Aroused by Criticism, the Arrested
Man Declares His Only Fault
Is Poverty.

The detectives are still hard at work at
tempting to unravel the pitiful baby-mur-
der mystery. They are still working on
the theory that Flynn, the suspect under
arrest, is the father and virtually the MUIR
derer of the newly born babe found in a
satchel in a vacant lot last week.
In contravention of the theory of Flynn's
guilt is the autobiography of Flynn, which
THE CALL presents herewith. 1t is an in
teresting resume OF an aggressive public
career in the Northwest.
In the absence of George A Knight, his
attorney, J. t. FLYNN was reticent and re-
fused to make any statement regarding the
testimony of Mrs. Shane, but when con.
fronted with the printed statement in an
evening paper referring to his past record
he consented to give THE CALL complete
history of his past career.
my photograph as it appears in THE
CALL this morning" said he, 81 consider
to be the best that has appeared in any of
the City papers, and in justice TO myself,
though contrary to the advice of my law
yer, will give as clear a statement as
possibly can, of my past life for the bene-
fit of such of the public as have interest ed
themselves in my case
feel bound to say word or two in answer
to malicious statements affecting my character,
which have appeared in one or two papers oi
this City, and while know that these calum.
nies are not evidence, also know that they
are published for the purpose OF serving that
end in the public mind, and therefore hope
that you will afford me an opportunity to be
heard.
For nearly twenty-seven years was a resi-
dent of the city of Portland, Ore, and every
thing in my life from childhood up is known
and, aside from a financial embarrassment
caused by no particular fault of mine, there is
nothing in it that 1 desire to conceal.
During my career there, both as a newspaper
man and as an officer of the law, have always
been on the side of law and order. In my re-
searches as reporter in that city found a
Chief of Police entrenched behind the power
of perpetuity in office, who was accused of hav-
ing accepted bribe OF $500 for permitting the
escape of gang of murderers, and who was
openly using the machinery of the law as q
private means of vengeance.
Men who dared to cross his path or disturb
his profitable traffic in Chinese women were
thrown into the inquisitorial cells without
even the formality of charge and kept there
under the fire of the detectives until it suited
his pleasure to either release or shanghai
them. These facts I put in the proper form.
laid them before the proper authorities and
after a stubborn fight of several months dura-
ion 1 finally succeeded in having him re-
moved.
short time afterward I was appointed Ii
cense Inspector by Mayor Chapman, with the
added power of police officer, and was given
carte blanche authority to correct any abuses
1 found in the department. Upon investiga-
tion 1 found that the special police contingent
an offshoot of the detective bureau-was
drawing down about $4,000 month in the
orm of tribute from gamblers, fallen women