Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-25
ACCUSED OFFICERS
GET CONTINUANCE
PRINCIPAL WITNESS FAILS TO
APPEAR
Union Rescue Mission Directors Make
Appeal for Their Waeons-citi-
zens object to Din Made by
Photographs

Charges against three police officers,
which were to have been tried before
the police commission yesterday, were
continued for one week, the reason CIV
en- being that the principal witness for
the prosecution was not present.
The accused officers are 7. L. Kris
tovich, f. Vassar and Special OFFICER
KilSlauschutz. They are charged with
extorting money from woman of the
half world. Suzanne Rene, who was
expected to testify that she had given
money to the officers in order to Sc
cure protection, did not appear and a
continuance was granted.
Chief Hammel was directed to make
report upon the Union Rescue mis-
been used for the purpose of holding
religious meetings in various parts of
the city on Sunday afternoons. The
former police commission directed the
chief to keep this and similar wagons
off the streets.
Yesterday Superintendent viii Trot-
ter of the mission, w. e McVey, cash
Ter of the Union Bank of Savings,
Leonard Merrill and other people who
are interested in the work undertaken
by the mission appeared before the
commission and asked for a reconsid-
Grafton of the action taken by the old
commission.
The directors of the mission want
permission to hold street meetings at
Los Angeles and First streets, Main
and First and Fifth and Broadway.
The testimony before the commission
Indicated that the mission had done
great deal of successful reformatory
work in the slums of the city. The
chief will present a report at the next
meeting.
Citizens of East First street and vi
cinity presented petition asking that
something be done to subdue the in
sistent clamor of a number of phono-
graphs. The committee stated that
there are two barber shops in the
neighborhood where women are en-
ployed. The shops are rivals for the
tonsorial business of the section and
the monographs were added as an
inducement to patrons to indulge in the
restful shave and shampoo, their
senses thrilled meanwhile by the
strains "Ah Love Ma Honey Best of
ALL and similar patriotic anthems.
The protestants said they could stand
the talk of the BARRIERS but they drew
the line at the monographs
Following admissions made in the
case of T. C. Bowe, who was denied
a transfer of liquor license a week
ago, the Los Angeles Brewing COM
by j. Oswald at 100 South Main street
and G. Escallier at 312 North Main
street, be transferred to the brewery.
There is suspicion in the minds of
many well Informed persons that many
of the 200 liquor licenses allowed by
law are held by the brewing corpora
tions and not by private individuals
as the law contemplates and as the
police commission was prepared to be-
litve. An investigation of this subject
is promised.
Chief Hammel presented a protest
from citizens in the vicinity of Seventh
and Broadway against the meetings
held there by a sect known as the
"Holy Jumpers" Complaint is m4de
that the antics of these people are so
peculiar that class of idle and dis
solute persons is attracted to the cor
ner every time meetings are held there
It appears that no permit has been
issued for such meetings. The chief
was directed to make an investiga-
ton.