The herald., 1897-11-20

sources or Information to Wn1cn the sal
Adams had referred; that in response I
said question the said Axtell informe
afiant that IN ORDER TO RETAIL
HIS POSITION AS PRINCIPAL II
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF SAL
CITY, 1T WOULD BE NECESSAR'
FOR AFFIANT TO PAY THEREON
THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED AN!
TWENTY DOLLARS, BEING TIL
AMOUNT OF A MONTHS SALAR,
as such principal that in said inter
view affiant asked the said Axtell i
affiant was the only teacher in the pub
lie schools who was being required t
pay to retain his position. and the sait
Axtell replied that there were other
who were also being required to maxi
such payment.
Affiant further says that he then wen
to ]. S. Pitman, formerly a member O.
the board of education of said city, an(
to +. H. Francis, then and now the hea(
of the commercial department in the
high school of said city, and informed
said persons of the demand that was be.
ing made upon him, and upon consulta-
tion with said Pitman and said Francis
jointly, it was agreed that it appeared
to be necessary for affiant to pay said
sum of one hundred and twenty dollars
or lose his position; though Pitman and
Francis did not advise affiant to pay the
money; that afliant was then and there
not possessed of the funds to meet said
payment which was demanded in ad-
vance by or through said Axtell, and in
order to prepare himself for said emer-
gency, affiant borrowed from said
Francis the sum of fifty dollars, and
from said Pitman the sum of fifty dollars
or more, for use as above stated.
That after borrowing said money,
which was on or about the ed day of
June, 1897, affiant consulted with two
other school principals, being T. j. Phil
lips, principal of the Sentous street
school of said city and Il. b. Emery,
principal of the Eighth street school of
said city, and was informed that THEY
HAD LIKEWISE BEEN "HELD UP
AND THAT MONEY HAD BEEN DE-
MANDED FROM THEM UPON LIKE
TERMS as those made with this aftiant;
That upon said consultation between
said school principals last named it was
agreed among them that they would all
refuse to pay any money, and would
take their chances upon losing or retain
ing their positions without payment of
any money; that pursuant to said agree
ment between said school principals
affiant on the following Thursday in
formed said Axtell that no further nego
tiations could be had with affiant, as he
intended to let the matters in question
take their natural course, and atfiant
thereupon returned the said borrowed
funds to the said Francis and to the
said Pitnan.
Affiant further says: On Nov. 7th e. E.
Cooper, who is and for at least one year
past has been janitor of the Sentous-
street school in said city, stated to affiant
that in June, 1897, the said AXtell came
to the said Cooper and told him that he
must pay a months salary to retain his
position as jantor in said school, and
advised him that said payment must be
made to the said c. H. Axtell; that in
accordance with the said statement and
advice, he went to the said AXtell and
rendered him sixty-five dollars, the
amount of months salary; that said
AXtell sad II will not take the money
from you-give it to Pitman and let
him pay it to the proper parties" Said
Cooper told affiant that he gave the
liloIcy " u. - itiiidil W pay " 1hAtOii
and instructed him to pay the same, to
said c. III. Axtel.
Af1iant further says: Since the 7th day
Of November. 1897, the said J. S. Pitman
has stated to me that he did receive
from said Cooper the said sum of S65 for
payment into the hands of c. II. AXtell, in
order to secure to said Cooper the con-
tinuance of his position as janitor of
said Sentous-street school, and the said
Pitman stated to me that he received the
said sum of $65 from said Cooper, and IN
accordance with said instructions paid
the same over into the hands of the said C.
H. Axtell, but that he obtained from
said AXtell permission to retain out of
the said sum the sum of S., which sum
the said Pitman returned to the said
Cooper.
AfTiant further says: On Nov. 10, 1897,
said c. H. AXtell came to me at my
office in the Union-avenue school,
in the City of Los Angeles, and
in the course of conversation
then held with me the said
c. H. AXtell informed me that J. S. Pit
man had paid over to him in June, 1897
the said sum of $50 for account of said
Cooper, and the said C. H. AXtell then
and there further informed me that he
did not himself obtain the benefit of the
said sum of $50, but THAI he turned the
same over>to a party that he represented
in the matter, and in the coursel of the
same conversation the said AXtell in
formed me that the party that he, the
said AXtell, had represented in the said
transaction was j. F. Adams, member
oc+ l,o o,,I ,f Oh, of colt cif
MARK KEPPEL.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 18th day of November, 1897.
(SeaD +. j. WHIFFEN,
Notary Public in and for the County
of Los Angeles, State of California.
THE THING WAS FIXED
State of California, County of Los An
geles-ss.
It. ]. Phillips, being duly sworn, says:
I am and at all the times herein men
toned was the principal of the Sentous
street school, being public school of the
City of Los Angeles; c. II. AXtell is and
at all the times herein mentioned was the
superintendent of buildings and janitors
for the board of education of said city;
J. F. Adams is and at all the times herein
mentioned was a member of the board
of education of the City of Los Angeles.
The annual election of teachers and
principals of schools for the public
schools Of said city occurred on the 2Stl
day of June. 1897. Prior to saidi election,
but in the latter part OF June. 1897, the |
said c. II. Axtell stated to me that /
was in danger of losing my position in
the said city schools. l then asked said |
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