Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-07
POLICE BOARD HEARS
WOOLWINE ROASTED
UNGER REVIEWS THE FAMOUS
"CHICKEN FIGHT"
Beaudry Avenue Man Tells Commis-
sion City Prosecutor and His AS
sistant Refused to Prosecute
His Neighbors

The police commission yesterday
heard something that made their sew
eral eyes sparkle and the corners OF
their several mouths drool with delight.
1t was the unmerciful manner in
which C. w. Unger, third vice presl-
dent of the Liberal alliance, roasted"
Prosecutor Woolwine and his deputies
especially Joseph Ford. Mr.. Unger,
apparently, had been very much
abused, but he didn't quite make his
case clear to the commission, but ne
said some things about "VoolVine' and
Ford that must have made the lett
ears of those gentlemen burn most
amazingly.
He took more than half an hour of
the commissions time to tell his story,
but the commission cheerfully granted
him all the time he wanted and was
sorry when he stopped. o,,
Mr.. Unger is in business at 1862
South Broadway and lives at Ala Beau
dry avenue. 1t appears that nelgh-
Dor, named Ballinger, keeps chickens
that have been a source OF annoyance
to the Unger family.
He told the police commission that
he had gone to Mr.. WoolWlne Tor
warrant against the neighbor for Vlo-
lating the ordinance prohibiting keep
ing chickens within twenty feet of a
door or window. He said he presented
a petition signed by about fifteen OF
his neighbors asking for the warrant,
but that Deputy Ford, to whom Mr..
Woolwine had referred him, would not
issue the warrant because he was
personal friend of the neighbor against
whom the complaint was made.
Ungers Tale of Woe
NJ, TTnota1s x-han the neigh
bors. wanted a warrant against him Tor
disturbing the peace they had no diff
Guilty in securing it, in fact two OF
them both of which cases were tried
before Justice Austin and the cases
dismissed. Finding they could do moth
ing against him, he said, they secured
a warrant against his sister, and her
casa was tried before Justice Freder-
ickson, with the result that 1t also was
dismissed.
He declared his neighbors insulted
himself and his sister, among othef
things calling them id Dutch" and
that he had in turn again asked for a
warrant from Mr.. Woolwine and again
was refused.
His attorney, he said, carried the
case to City Attorney Hewitt but had
received no satisfaction, and Mr.. I'm
ger wanted the police commission to do
about it. He said his ia
ther and mother were both crlpples
for life, his father havin~ been injured
by street car and his mother py
brutal man. He added that his sister
was near nervous prostration as re-
suit of the neighborhood row.
He told the police commission that
his heart was singing and he could
hardly eat or sleep for joy since Dis
trick Attorney Fredericks had taken
away Woolwine's commission as his
deputy. He intimated there would be
a suitable reward in heaven for Dis
trict Attorney Fredericks
1t is evident that if the recall peti-
tions against City Attorney Hewitt
are ever circulated, which is now very
unlikely. Mr.. Unger will go forth with
a petition to secure signatures.
The police commission told Unger IL
could do nothing for him, but with one
voice added they were very GLAD TO
have heard his story.
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