Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-15
ANOTHER SUIT !
BEGUN AGAINST
SOLD THREE
ACCUSED OF TRADING FOR
POLITICAL SUPPORT
INJUNCTION SOUGHT AGAINST
ADVERTISING FOR BIDS
w. p. Jeffrles Company Is Included
Among Defendants - Temporary
Restraining Order Issued;
Hearing October %

That the action of the solid three of
the board of Observation-Disclosures
Eldridge and Wilson-in disposing OF
the good roads bonds at private sale
to the Los Angeles Trust company and
James II. Adams a. Co., and providing
for their printing by the w. p. Jeffries
company, was in payment of a political
debt is reiterated in another injunction
suit filed in the superior court yeSter-
day by Eugene German, Thomas L..
Gooch, Lyman Farwell and r. B. Will
hanson, property owners of Los Ange-
les. The defendants are the board Of
supervisors, the county of Los Ange-
les, the w. p. Jeffries company and
the auditor and treasurer of the coun-
ty, and the action has for its object
not only the vacation of the contract
entered into with Jeffries but also the
withdrawal of the advertisements for
bids for the bonds themselves.
Following the fling of the suit Judge
w. p James issued a temporary re-
straining order, setting the time for
hearing at 10 o'clock october 20.
In the complaint filed yesterday by
former Judge John d. Works, who Is
also counsel for the good roads advis-
CRY committee, Jeffries is designated as
a Republican ward politician whom
Wilson and Patterson were anxious to
reward for support when they sought
denomination at the August conven-
tion. His friendship for and support
of Patterson, Wilson and Eldrldge, 1t is
claimed, was known to the officers OF
the Los Angeles Trust company and
James H. Adams/& Co., and it was this
knowledge. according to German and
his co-plaintiffs, that led them to in
troduce Jeffries into the deliberations
prior to the private sale, for the pur-
pose of influencing the action of the
solid three
To Discourage Bidders
It is also charged that the solid three,
when they passed the resolution two
weeks ago to advertise for bids, worded
it in such a way as to prevent the sale
of the bonds for anything like their real
value, the conditions being such as to
discourage bidders, and especially nom
resident buyers of such securities. This
fact, 1t Is claimed, was fully under
stood by the supervisors, and they I'M
posed the conditions for the purpose or
carrying out their original scheme or
enabling the trust company and Ad-
ans & Co. to purchase the bonds with
out competition.
Hearing on the injunction suit to re-
strain the carrying out of the contract
with Jeffries, which was filed some
days ago, will take place Friday before
Judge Hutton. and the filing of the in
junction suit yesterday and the subse-
quent restraining order will mean fur
ther delay in the work on the good
roads. All this. according to the
plaintiffs, Is because the solid three
broke faith in the agreement supposed
to have been reached when the amend
ed complaint charging conspiracy was
withdrawn as preliminary TO the
withdrawal of the private sale.
The complaint filed yesterday details
at length the facts leading up to the
private sale, and then takes UP Jeftries'
alleged connection with 1t.
Ward Politics Alleged
Jeffries, say German and his col
leagues, is a ward politician in Los
Angeles, actively engaged in managing
and manipulating politics, and believed
and reputed to be able to secure the
nomination and election of candidates
for county offices. He was member
of the Republican county central com
mittee and of the executive committee.
and was chairman of the August con-
vention.
Wilson and Patterson were candi-
dates at the convention for reelection
as supervisors, were actively canvass
ing for support and votes at the con-
vention, and were, las plaintiffs are
informed and believe. anxious to Sc
cure the support of w. p. Jeffries and
reward him for such support.
The complaint further reads as fol-
lows: "That the Los Angeles Trust
company and James H. Adams & Co..
doing business in municipal securities,
were anxious to purchase the good
roads bonds on the best and most
favorable terms. Plaintiffs believe and
allege the fact to be that the de-
fendant Jeffries was at the times of
The fraudulent conspiracy and pro-
ceedings hereinafter alleged, the friend
and political supporter of Patterson,
Wilson and Eldridge, and known by
the Los Angeles Trust company and
lanes II. Adams & Co. to have infiu-
ence with them and able to procure