The herald., 1896-11-19

solicit the passers by to enter for i'm
moral purposes. These statements are
true to my own positive knowledge
"J. C. ELLIOTT"
MIR. BLANCHARD HAS AN EXPE-
RIENCE.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. H. 1896.
During fair week 1 went with w. T.
Somes and Milo Baker to see Sheriff
Burr about closing the gambling games
on the fair grounds. The sheriff re-
ceived us very pleasantly and frankly
informed us that he could not put a
deputy there without pay. MIR. Somes
offered to pay for a deputy. which offer
was accepted. The deputy was sent and
the gambling games prevented. The
same day and after our call upon the
sheriff. two men called upon me and
| wanted to see Somes. They said they
| were gamblers and had paid large sum
to the fair grounds management for the
privilege of running a wheel game.
| They supposed / was Somes' attorney,
| and wanted to fix matters with Somes
! They said it it was money for the church
! he wanted. they would contribute lib
orally They claimed to be larger givers
| to church projects than Somes or any
| other id church. They were anxious
to know who had informed Mr.. Somes
| of the game. When informed that was
not acting as attorney for Somes they
! proposed then to employ me to assist
| them. These men were Wrathy and
wanted revenge on some one. and when
| they left my office were quite deter
mined to get even with some one un-
! known to them,
JAMES Fl. BLANCHARD"
MIR. SOMES' INTERESTING TALE.
ITO the commission appointed by the
Ministerial union of the city of Los
Angeles to inquire into certain charges
that Chief of Police Glass is not doing
l.
mits gambling and other ders of vice
to run openly in this city contrary to
law, | would say that [ called on Chief
Glass three times-the first time alone
at his office, October S, 1886; the second
time with DR.. Wilson at the city hall,
DC tober g. 1885, and the third time with
! DR., Wilson a police headquarters, Octo-
Der I, 1896.
The first time l went to his office
asked him to close up certain poolrooms
and other gambling places. He said he
could not, as the courts would only
fine a gambler $5 or $40, and that sum
was of no consequence and had no effect
to close any place.
THE following day Dr. j. A. B. Will
| son and l together met the chief at the
city hall, and We again repeated the re-
quest that he close the pool rooms of
the city. This he refused to do, saying:
"After the races l will proceed
against Black & Co. and try to close
them up
The third time l saw the chief was
with DR.. Wilson at the chiefs office, to
see if we could not get him to act i'm
mediately. when we again asked that
he close UP Black & Co.'S pool room at
once. We insisted that it was running
contrary to law and the chief said that
he knew it was, but he could not close
the place until after the races at Agri-
cultural park. ] saw that we could do
nothing with him. I then asked him if
he knew man who frequented Black
d Co.'S pool room who worked for Hay
den Lewis, His name is Wallen
The chief took off his cap and threw
it irto his desk, arose and paced bacl.
and forth and with anger or fear shook
his fist toward DR.. Wilson and myself
and used these words
Gentlemen, you have it in your DOW =
er to run me and my family If you want
These words he used two or three
times.
During this last interview he said
these words: 1 will not be forced to
close them
During our conversation DR.. Wilson
said to the chief How is it that every
body but you knows these gambling
places and houses of prostitution are
running wide open?' The chief said:
1 do know about it.
What I have hereinbefore stated
is correct. and 1 will mako affidavit to
IL II desired by your association or by
yourselves. w. r. SOMES."
A similar paper signed by DR.. ]. A
Is. Wilson, suhstantiating the state
ments of Mr.. Somes, was also submit.
ted.
Rev. Mr. Hendry made a statement as
TO the houses of assignation in the city
He felt that all the people would unite
a q lln tbn,r ha aa1Ar
MIR. HUMPHREYS TELLS OF FITS
EXPERIENCE.
John f. Humphries, who was present
by invitation, stated that ten years age
by virtue of being president of the coun.
Gil of this city, he knew that the gam.
blers ard others had raised a fund OF
from $4,000 to $4,000 for protection
What became of this fund he was neve,
able to find out, nor was W. Fl. Work
man. who was at that time mayor.
Then followed a desultory discussion
as to the houses of assignation which the
chief permitted to be run in the city.
DIR. Mclean thought that the wise ant
proper thing to do was to appoint another
committee to wait upon the chief and tt
do business with him. The personnel o.
the old committee had not been salts
|, factory to the chief.
Then up rose Rev. Will A. Knighten
He said that five honorable gentleme,
; had called on the chief, as representa-
tives of the union, and asked to have hin
: answer certain questions. The chic
had neither decency nor the manhood [,
, receive the commission. He had on ;
i1imsy pretext declined to receive them
Il, for one, am not going to get on m,
knees to this outlaw. 1t is simply infam
Gus. Let US be men and endorse the res
olutions, thereby repudiating wicked
! ness. Do not act like kindergarte,
' scholars. Let us have no repetition O
,, the methods heretofore adopted to say
this man"
Rev. c. c. Mclean said he was in favo
of pushing the matter to the very end
He believed, though. in giving ever,
man his due. He had therefore move,
for the appointment of another commit
tee.
5 o. j. Hough thought that Glass ha,
had fair chance to make his shown,
2 and he had failed to do so.
: Mr.. Barber said that it made no differ
ence whether the members of the com
= mittee appointed to see the chief wer
his friends or his enemies. They ha
specified questions for him to answer an
he had declined to answer them.
!. WHO is THIS MANI"
/ who is this man, anyway" aske,
Mr.. Barber. He is but police officer O
this city. and since when was he givel
: power to dictate the appointment of tn
committees of this union?"