The herald., 1897-11-20

with us an appointment so as to nave MS
statement put in writing, but he did not
Keep the appointment.
Under these circumstances it becomes
the imperative duty of this board to ex-
anime the evidence and take such ac-
ton thereon as may be proper. Vague
and underlined rumors of these affairs
have become so common that the causes
of them ought to be made clear 1t is
necessary to put an end to these rumors,
and to remove any now existing cloud
upon the good name of the school de-
partment of the city. to-
Respectfully submitted,
N. p. CONREY,
CHAS. CASSAT DAVIS.
COOPER'S STATEMENT
State of California, County of Los An
geles-ss. ssa.sl. sy. .8-u.sa
| e. T.. Cooper, being duly sworn, says:
1 am and at all times herein mentioned
was the janitor of the Sentous street
school, a public school of the city of Los
Angeles; that on the 2Sth day of June,
| 1897, l was rcappointed to the said posi-
ton of janitor by the board of education
of the city of Los Angeles; that in the
month of June, and prior to the 2Sth
day of June, c. II. Axtell, then and now
Superintendent of buildings and janitors
in the public schools of the city Of Los
Angeles, called on me at, the Sentous
street school, and stated to me that II
desired to retain my position as janitor
of said school, it would be necessary
for me to pay money therefor, and that
the appointment would cost me $6o dol
lars, cash in advance. Subsequently l
called on said Axtell at his house, and
he repeated to me the same statement
of the situation as above stated. con-
suited with j. S. Pitman, formerly
member of the board of education, con-
cerning this demand made upon me,
and asked him to advise me whether it
was necessary for me to submit to the
said demand The said Pitman told me
that, although it was a hard thing to be
put upon me. it was in his opinion neces-
sary for me to make the payment. That
subsequently l borrowed five dollars,
having only $50 saved up out of my
wages, and took the said s65 to the said
|C. II. Axtell; that said Axtell then and
there stated to me that he would not
personally receive the money, and di-
rected me to pay it to the said ]. S. Pit
man-the words used by him being:
PAY 1T TO BROTHER PITMAN";
that pursuant to said instructions paid
the said $65 into the hands of said j. S.
Pitman-and the said Pitman agreed to
get the amount reduced for me If possi-
BILE: that a day or two later the said
Pitman came to my wife at Santa Mon
lea and returned to her the sum of S.,
saying to her at the same time that that
amount was all that he could save out
of the wreck" All of the above facts
occurred prior to the 2Sth day of June,
and in the month of June, 1897. My wife
has since that time informed me that she
received the said sum of IS from the
said ]. S. Pitman in the manner above
stated and at Santa Monica, and that
Mrs. Bough was present when she re-
ceived the money.
1 further state that on or about the
Sth day of November, 1897, I had a con-
versation with the said j. S. Pitman con-
cerning the foregoing transactions, and
asked him what he did with the money
that had put into his hands as afore-
/ said. In response to that question, the
said j. S. Pitman stated to me that i'm
mediately upon receiving the said funds
from me as aforesaid, which was on or
about the 26th day of June. 1897, HE
TOOK THE SAID FUNDS TO THE
SAID c. H. AXTELL AND PAID THE
SAME TO SAID AXTELL. but that the
said Axtell had allowed him to retain
the sum of S. therefrom.
Affiant further states: Prior to the
day when the said c. H. Axtell visited me
at the Sentous street school as herein
above stated, called at the house OF
]. T.. Adams, a member of the city board
of education and member of the COM
mittee on visiting and janitors of the
board Of education, and there stated tt
the said ]. F. Adams that had come tt
see him about my job as janitor of the
Sentous street school for another year
This interview with Mr.. Adams tool
place early in the month of June, 1897
Mr.. Adan1s;. after asking me some ques.
tions about the kind of work that hat
to do and the amount of my salary, asked
me If had seen Mr.. Davis, the member
of tlie board Of education for the ware
| in which the school is located, and tol(
him that had not yet seen Mr.. Davis
He replied that there wasn't much use
Of me seeing Mr.. Davis. He said: "Yol
know how 1t Is with the board OF edu-
cation-ME AND MR.. M'INERNEl
HAS THE SAY ABOUT JANITORS.'
He then advised me to see MoInernes