The herald., 1896-12-16
GLASS ON TIE PREACHERS
Rev. Mclean Receives a
Severe "ROaSt"
some PLAIN Talk BY THE CHIEF
Not a Fit Person to Be a Special
Officer
REV. WILSON ALSO SCORED
He Is Denounced as Bad Man and
Unfit to Be q Minister
Mr.. Mclean Declared to Be Working Under
His Orders
REV. WILSON ALSO SCORED
He Is Denounced as Bad Man and
Unfit to Be q Minister
Mr.. Mclean Declared to Be Working Under
His Orders
The Official Report to the Police Commits
sioners the Medium Through Which
the Chief Expressed Himself.
Routine Business

Routine business
The police commissioners met yester-
day morning at the usual hour, with all
of the members of the board present Inc
chief resplendent in a new long-tailed
coat. brass buttons, etc., was also In at
tendance as usual. There was the usual
conference in the mayors private office,
and when this was concluded the COM
missioners came into the public office
and the regular business was proceeded
with.
The special committee to investigate
the charges against Officer Wilkinson
reported that they had spent several
hours going over the accounts of Mrs.
Thomas and found them in very badly
mixed condition. Some of the items
charged against Wilkinson on his pass
books were not on the bill as made out,
and there were several credits which had
not been allowed for. Mrs Thomas was
on hand and explained the accounts to
Messrs. Long and Cook, the committee.
They found that the balance was $116.80,
according to the bill. The commissioners
did not think, under the circumstances,
that they could make an intelligent re-
port at this time, and, on motion. the
committee was continued and Mrs.
Thomas was instructed to make out a
corrected bill.
The application of Frank Schleitlen
for the transfer of his saloon license
from the present location at Nos. 1885,
1887 Mission road, to a new building to be
erected across the street, was granted on
the favorable report of the chief.
A vigorous protest was presented
against the saloon at the southeast cor
charged that the proprietors Of the sa-
loon have opened an entrance on Main
street and closed the entrance on First
street. This, it is claimed, Is a violation
of the agreement under which the Ii
cense was granted, which was that no
entrance should be maintained on Main
street. 1t is further stated that the sa-
loon in question is frequented by an OBJ
jectionable class Of people, and that the
citizens in the vicinity are greatly an
noyed by the crowds of loafers in that To-
cality. There was also an application for
the transfer of the license. Victor Ponet,
one of the property owners, briefly ex-
planned the objections of the protestants.
Don't you think 1t would be a good
idea to revoke half a dozen or more sa-
loon licenses on Main street?" asked
Mayor RAIDER.
piled Mr.. Ponet, land I think it would
suit the property owners
The whole matter was then deferred
Cor one week to give the commissioners
a chance to make an investigation.
The application of A. A. Lindsay for a
transfer of the license for the saloon at
No. 402 East Fifth street from G. Pub
litz to himself was ganted, as was also
the application of Michael Breen for the
transfer of the license for the saloon at
No. 141 North Main street from Robert
Mosbacher to himself.
GLASS ON M'LEAN.
In the matter of the application of
Rev. c. c. Mclean for appointment as
a special officer without pay, the chief
presented the following report:
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 18th, 1897.
Hon. Board of Police Commissioners,
City of Los Angeles, Cal.-Gentlemen:
The attached application of C. c. Nc
Lean to be appointed a special officer
without pay from the city, signed by
P. H. Bodkin, John Pettinger l.. B.
Scranton and o. Wilke, having been re-
ferred to me for investigation at your
last meeting, now respectfully report
as follows:
find that the applicant does not state
for what purpose he wishes to be ap-
pointed special officer, or the work in
which he is to be engaged, but I infer
that 1t Is in the interest of the Parkhurst
league that he wishes the appointment
l have endeavored to inform myself of
the object of this league, and am now
satisfied that it was begotten by and has
been hatched and sustained in the fer
tile and treacherous brain of the Rev. j.
A. B. Wilson for the special purpose of
giving him newspaper notoriety and
publicity as a great reformer," and I
am informed that he is the major gen.
nrn1 tn h. L., q
the vigilance committee of the same,
and I take it for granted that he would
as such general be in command of his
subordinate general, Mclean, and I am
satisfied that General Wilson and 1
could not work together in harmony.
In justification of this opinion I will
quote some portions of letters in refer
ence to Wilson and his methods in his
FORMER places of residence in the east,
which I have received from men whom I
consider perfectly reliable. One gentle
man, writing from Wilmington, DEL,
says Rev. J. A. B. Wilson was dis
turb1ng element in our midst for num-
Der of years. We shipped him to New
YORK, and considered it good riddance.
we, mere in Delaware. are thoroughly
familiar with his methods, and anything
I can do to aid in showing the methods Of
this man to you and the people of Los
Angeles l will gladly do for in doing it
believe I am serving the cause of hu-
manity and the church." In a letter
from New York the writer says in re-
gard to the attack of Wilson on me, "the
fact that you are attacked as an officer
by scheming, unprincipled man, who.
in the inscrutable design of Providence
is occupying position in the church for
which he is utterly unfit, prompts me to
send some data" etc. In another letter
received from New York November SOth
the writer says: II am able to assure you
that you are far safer with Wilson as an
open enemy than as a treacherous
friend for he is by nature treacherous
always, and particularly when he imag-
Ines that he can secure his ends in that
manner. You may be assured of my
readiness to help in any legitimate way
the work of exterminating this undesir-
able class of ministers"
The foregoing and much other infor-
nation convinces me that Wilson is
very bad man, and would be very bad
adviser, and for this reason, and because
OF the further fact that cannot endorse
applicant McLean's methods of obtain