Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-20
ROWLAND ADMITS
BEING PERJURER
WILL BE ARRAIGNED TODAY
ON CHARGE
confesses Daughter Was Of Age oi
Consent at Time E. L. Hazard
Is Accused Of Dishonor-
ing Her

For the honor Of a poor little cir
whom no one thought of during tn
troubled years of her life and whom
nobody seemed to love when she me
her death in the grim, struggling waters
Of the northern seas, two men are helC
prisoners i'm the county jail, while tn,
pententiary doors look temptingly neal
to them. and host of attorneys, clerk!
and detectives are piling up evidence
against them.
The girl was Lulu Rowland, daughter
of an Oxnard farmer Now, long after
the little girl drowned in the wreck oi
the Valencia, e. L. Hazard, local rea
estate man, whom 1t is alleged tool
criminal advantage of the child, is be.
ing held for further trial on the charge
and II. NJ. Rowland, the dead girls
father, is held, pending charge of per-
jury to be placed against him.
The question over which the most
prominent criminal attorneys in the
southwest are strugg ing is whether
little Lulu Rowland had reached the age
of 16 years before she met Hazard and
took trips about the country with him.
viii Charge Perjury
Rowland. the girls father. will be ar
raigned today in Justice Young's court
on a charge of perjury. According to
the allegations against the man 1t is
said that after having sworn to the fact
that he was positive his daughter was
born in Humboldt, Neb.. in 1890, he
later made a sworn affidavit to detec-
tives employed by Hazard in which he
stated that he was proba bly, mistaken
and that his daughter was born in 1889.
District Attorney Fredericks and
Deputy Fleming went yesterday to
cell in the county Jail and in
him. The man was sullen,
but made a lengthy statement. With
bowed head and hands trembling, he
answered every question of the attor-
neys and his penitence seemed real.
II made a mistake on the girls age
said Rowland.
Acknowledges Mistake
"Yes, L am positive 1 made mistake.
l swore to the complaint against that
man Hazard. thinking that the girl was
under 16 years of age at the time Of his
with her. 1 swore to the girls
age at the trial and then the man was
found guilty of dishonoring my little
girl, and 1 went back to Oxnard. Three
of Hazards detectives came to me and
showed me telegram from a family
named Gridley, who lived in that vicin-
ity of Nebraska where 1 was married
and where all my three children were
born.
IT have always been a farmer and
one year has borne the same round of
work as the other, so that 1 had moth
ing to go by. But the Gridleys are
careful and honest people, and they
know what they are talking about.
They said that 1 was married in 1887,
which is true. 1 married my first wife
in 1887. Then they said that my first
baby was born at the end of the first
year and that just little more than a
year later the other baby, Lulu, was
born.
Remembers Right Age
"They stated a certain instance that
makes me remember that the girl was
not the age 1 thought she was. When
Lulu was about to go to school I sent
her with her sister. Her sister was
delicate, and so we did not give her
sisters right age but said she was one
year younger than she was. and neces-
sarily Lulu was listed as one year
younger than she was at that time, and
the mistake has continued since.
II was not sure about the girls age
until 1 looked over the Bible just before
the trial. The children's ages had been
listed there by my second wife. This
gave rise to my belief that Lulu was
under 16 years of age. I swore to the
by that Bible, but the entries
had been made by my second wife and
were mistakes.
II bear no malice for the nude pic
lures of my daughter which Hazard
showed about the boat Victoria.
never saw the disgraceful photographs
of my daughter until after the trial.
Il made this affidavit because l know
now that l made a mistake, and that
man who, although he might have
wronged my girl, was about to be sent
to the penitentiary for a crime which
under the law had not been committed
because of the girls age.
Stricken With Remorse
"I could not live and know that the
man had been sentsto the penitentiary
a mistake, and so : make the
confession. Now he may not have to
go to the penitentiary. and for my mis-
take 1 will probably take his place be-
hind the bars"
Some months ago Hazard was ar
rested on a charge of having taken
u lilliiiai duN al taSe VI tiC iNOWlahu 6h
He was arraigned and his preliminary
examination held before Justice Young
The little girl appeared in court and
gave her evidence, and the man was
held for further hearing in the higher
court.
In the meantime Lulu and her sister
and Hazards son started for the north
with the Valencia. The Hazard boy
was making a desperate and honora blt