Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-07
MAKES WAR
ON POLICE.
RICH HANDBALL COURT OWNER
THREATENS EXPOSURES
FOR SOME PRISONERS BAIL IS
ALWAYS REFUSED
Sequel to Saturday Nights Raid Heard
by Police Board, Where Charges
Are Filed Against Of
ficer Talamantes

War has been renewed between owners
of handball courts growing out of the
raid Saturday night of monte players
This is a Spanish form of card playing
which the police say is gambling.
Joseph Goytino, the wealthy owner OF
one of the courts, caused charges to bC
filed before the police board yesterday
against officer F. j. Talamantes.
He declares he will at the trial make
sensational charges as to why the police
use harsh measures with certain prison
ers whom they arrest, in one court anC
not in another.
When the charges were ready yesterday
Chief Kern asked that they be referred
to him until the cases now pending in
the police courts are disposed Of
Goytino declares the police arrested one
of his employees who was not playing and
that he will fight the system of the police
of refusing bail for men who have not
been proved guilty of any Wrongdoing
as was done with Jesus Soils, his employe
and protege, who speaks but little English.
The board heard the following charges
read:
Complains of Officer
The undersigned respectfully COM
the unlawful and arbitrary conduct of
Officer F. j. Talamantes.
Without having committed any
offense I was arrested Saturday night
at II o'clock by the said officer, and
incarcerated without any charge being
lodged against me.
My friends tried to release me, but
the desk sergeant refused to accept
any bail money on the ground that 1
was arrested on suspicion.
Attorney H. H. Appel and J. P. Coy
tino, my employer, called at the police
station Sunday morning at 1890
o'clock and after comforting with Capt.
Flammer, succeeded in having the
charge of gambling substituted for
the ridiculous charge of suspicion,
and then only / was released on de-
posit of the sum of 500 cash.
To satisfy the spite of Officer
Talamantes 1 was kept in the city
Jail for more than twelve hours,
though my friends, were ready and
willing to bail me out, as soon as
arrested. for whatever amount the
arresting officer or desk sergeant
named.
Friends Refused Bail
Four more of my friends were ar
rested at the same time by the same
OInceT, kept III jail LOT HuOTe IlldH
thirty-six hours and finally released
because the said arresting officer was
unable to formulate any charge
against them.
have learned since my arrest that
it is customary with Officer Tala-
NANTES to imprison people on a fiimsy
charge, and then to put after their
name the hopeless word suspicion
so as to deprive the prisoner of his
constitutional rights of giving bail.
If your honorable body desires to
investigate the unlawful conduct of
Officer Talamantes 1 am ready to pro-
duce witnesses necessary to sub
stantiate the charges that several
persons have been arrested without
cause or without warrant, imprisoned
for several days and finally discharged
when said officer thought that his
spite was sufficiently satisfied.
Jesus Soils. S24 Summit avenue.
The police deny Goytino's charges. They
say he is embittered because some time
ago he was thwarted in an effort to
keep patrons away from other handball
courts by promising them protection
from the police if they patronized his
place.