The herald., 1896-11-23
In the Event of the Election Of
julius II. Martin
He ADMITS THE FACT
Full Detail OF Prices Statement Made
at the Nadeau
Says II Will Be All Right and Makes
Promises
A Self Confessed But Unpunished Felon
to be Made an Official of the City
Government by the Purity
Advocates.

The attempt of w. L., alias Bud"
Price to blackmail M. P. Snyder, the
anti-water company candidate for may
or proved an ignominious failure.
His attempt to besmrch the character
of Mr.. Snyder has also resulted in a fail
ure that has only had the effect of rally
while they had intended to vote for the
gentleman, had not intended to get in the
field and actively work for him.
Every creature of the stamp and cali
Der Of Price has his figure for which he
will lend himself to any disgraceful or
dishonorable action
Price had his figure According to the
deal he has made and for the supposed
service he has done the Republican can
didate for mayor he is to be appointed
police commissioner.
This is the compact which has been
formally entered into by Price and those
masters of political purity, George l..
Arnold. Hervey Lindley, Freeman G.
Teed, Charles Z. Day and H. G. Otis.
Price, Arnold, Day and Lindley were
in consulta tion on Friday last at the Of
flee Of Hervey Lindley at the corner Of
Fourth and Broadway.
There and then the compact was en-
tered into by which Price was to be made
police commissioner of this city.
Let respectable citizens stop and
think. Here Is person-Price-who by
his own testimony stands before the
community a self-convicted but unpun-
ished felon.
If what he has said about his dealings
with Brown Is true, he should be behind
the bars Of San Quentin.
In the face of this fact. the managers
OF the campaign of Julius H. Martin for
mayor enter into an agreementto make
this delectabie person a police commits
sioner Of the city of Los Angeles, in
which position he would be able to carry
on his vocation of q blackmailer to the
full limit.
Proof of this is not lacking. Price has
himself said that if Martin was elected
he is to be a police commissioner, and
there is other evidence to corroborate
the story of Price.
At 1:50 yesterday afternoon at the
Nadeau hotel Price approached re-
spectacle citizen, H. Q. Blaidell OF
5331s South Spring street.
Mr.. Blaisdell said to Price that he
thought he had shown himself to be a
disreputable scoundrel, or words to that
effect,
Mr.. Blaisdell is a Republican. and
with him was a Republican friend
named j. C. Farnesworth, living at
Fourth street and Chicago avenue
Boyle Heights.
Price replied to Blaisdell that it was
all right. He said:
II am to be police commissioner wher
Martin is elected, and l will be able to
do you some good"
With this Price passed on. Mr.
Farnesworth heard the conversation
and both he and Mr.. Blaisdell are pre-
pared to make affidavit to its truthful
ness
Thus 1t will be seen that in the event
of the success of Martin for mapor i
Is proposed to foist on this community
as an important official of the city gov
ernment a man who, if what he says i:
true, should be wearing the striped
clothing of felon and cracking rock al
Folsom prison.
Prices reputation in Los Angeles is
that of a scoundrel and a knave. There
is not a court of justice in which his
unsupported evidence would be for 8
moment considered. He is known every
where as an unconscionable liar and 6
person who would stoop to any act, nc
matter how disgraceful, for coin.
There are four gentlemen in this city
who stand prepared to give testimony ir
court of justice as to Prices endeavors
tc blackmail them.
Ask any business man on Spring
street what the character of w. l..
alias Bud" Price is. Be he Demo
crat or Republican, if he knows Price
at all, he will tell you that he would moi
believe him under oath.
The Republicans under the Leadership
of George l.. Arnold. Hervey Lindley
Freeman G. Teed, H. G. Otis and Chas
f. Day have such a poor case tha
they are compelled to call to their aio
such self-convicted knaves as w. l..
alias Bud" Price, Sackett Cornell, Mar
tin, Thye and a horde of disreputablt
scoundrels who, If they have not beer
given coin directly for their efforts, have
been made promises of future recogni.
ton in the event Of the election o1
julius II. Martin.
The Democratic party is we'll rid o.
Blackmailer Price, and he is now per
pany.
1t will be noted that Prices alleged
revelations have not been given in tn,
form Of an affidavit He dare not pu
them in any such shape, and why?
If he did he would, by virtue of thu
affidavits, swear himself into the peni
| tentiary.
On the other hand, were he to tax,
the stand and claim that the statement.
in his affidavit were false he would b,
guilty of perjury.
| And this is the man by whom Oti
and Lindley expect to affect the elec
ton of Julius Martin as mayor.