Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-16
NAMES DEPUTIES
FOR FOUR YEARS
PROSECUTOR TO HAVE GOOD
ASSISTANTS
All Members Of County Law pepart-
ment Well and Favorably/
Known In the Legal
World

With changes announced yesterday
by District Attorney John d. Fred
ericks, Los Angeles has now the most
competent set of county officials in the
state and the next four years OF capt.
Fredericks' administration seems to be
full of promise of good things for the
people of the county
Capt. F'redericks yesterday made his
appointments of deputyships by letter
to the men whom he had selected.
Judge G. c. McComas, former district
attorney of various counties of Illinois,
and of late one Of the most brilliant
men of the district attorneys depart
ment under District Attorneys Rives
and Fredericks, will continue to act as
assistant district attorney for the next
four years.
Attorney Hartley Shaw will continue
as chief deputy for four more years.
Attorney Shaw is the advisor of the
county board of supervisors ana the
authority on the fine points of law of
the office and his decisions regarding
AFFAIRS of the county had been held
good by every court In the state.
RetIres to Private Practice
Judge David Allen will leave the Of
fice at the first of the year. Judge AL
len has been the district attorneys
representative before the insanity COM
mission during his term In office and
has attended to numerous civil cases.
He has a good private practice and
the arduous duties of deputy dlstrlct
attorney were hard upon him, consider
ing his age. He resigns to go into
private practice.
r. J. Fleming, formerly of Pomona,
will be in the district attorneys office
for the next four years. During MS
service with that department Fleming
has won himself the undying hatred of
tratn int QnnneagInllV
closing most of the "blind pigs" in the
county, but the liquor interests fail to
count with District Attorney Fredertcks
when the value of a man is considered,
and Fleming will again take up the
campaign against the "piggers. AT
torney Fleming has also been 1dentl-
fed with prosecutions of many Dig
criminal cases during the past rev
wears the most notable of recent
months being that of Ernest Stackpole,
whom Fleming prosecuted and secured
a conviction against.
Major ]. A. Donnell, for many years
identified with the district attorneys
office will be criminal prosecutor Tor
the next four years.
Mai. Donnell was defeated in the race
for Justice of the peace, but missed the
one position to be retained as valued
deputy Of the district attorney.
Blair Succeeds Allen
ATTORNEY Frank Blair, formerly OF
Chicago. will succeed Judge Allen. At
torney Blair was highly recommended
and his work as prosecutor, especlal,
" in grand jury cases, is OF national
fame. ,,5s.
Yesterday Deputy District Attorney
Paul Mccormick was notified that ne
would again be with the district at
torney's office for the next four years.
Mccormick has been one of the most
QttnrnpVS
Angeles county bar since his admit
tance some years ago. He mas Two
brothers in the same profession, poth
well recognized in Los Angeles for their
ability. .,
months has been at the police station
attending to the felony cases there ana
he will probably be retained there until
the first of the year, when some otner
deputy will take his place and NC
Cormick will be sent back to the court
house to take part in numper oI pis
criminal cases for the first of the year.
Mccormick has been one of the rare
officers at the police station to complne
heart with law in issuing complaints III
criminal cases, and his work in refusing
to grant felony warrants to the ponce
when the county would be saved Time
and moaey and a more sane lnterpreta-
tion of the law be rendered by grant
jn1 a ntsdemeanor warrant, has won
him much praise from judges of the
superior courts, from many OF them
who are harassed in trying cases there
bv notice officers, who attempt to give
incompetent evidence in cases.
Careful In Warrants
That fact has given Mccormick
high standing with attorneys, but not
with the police. According 10 tne
statement of q county othclal dlrectV
Rlr<UngfprdAU-
often some moor wretch is the victim
of a felony charge to swell the record
of the police department when mis-
demeanor warrant would nave Deeh
Nhe right thing. The same ofhclal stat
ed that he thought an Intelligent attor-
ney like Mccormick, skilled III lne ~.
tricacies OF criminal law, ought 10 pc
more competent to judge OF the strehstn
of a case than a policeman
nenuty John North will continue 70
serve with the district attorney. North
is another young blood or the once,
but has made good reputation ourlns
the mast two years OF his active serV-
ice. He will take the place to be tenn
norarily vacated by Senator IL. s. q.
McCartney. that of issuing complaints
ana attending county preliminary eX-
aminations, while G. w. Pearson, q, d
bright young attorney of Pasadena, VIII
take North's place in preliminary WoIh
of the office, in keeping the recorus anu
in arraignment work.
Asa Keyes who has been with the Oh,
fee for several years as prosecutor ana
who had charge of the police division
of the office for several months, VIII
serve again under capt. Freuerlcks'
with the district attorneys brilliant
record. according to reports, one OF the
hest in the United States, and with
list of competent officers as assistants,
a warm time is promised the eyil-doers
in all branches of crime during the
coming four years.
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