Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-27
OSWALD FOUND;
$500 REWARD
IS WITHDRAWN
FORMER BOSS OF TENDERLOI
is NEAR CITY
vETTER is KNOWN ALSO TO BE
WITH MAN WANTED
Believed immunity from Jail Promised
Redllght Ruler and He viii Go
Before the Grand Jury
When Asked

| H1H HE reward of $500 offered early this
| week for the capture of Nick Os-
= wald, former ruler Of the Tender
loin district, whose testimony is said 10
be needed sorely by the present special
grand jury, was withdrawn yesterday.
Nick Oswald has been found definitely
and near enough Los Angeles, 1t Is un-
derstood, to permit those who have
search for him to place their hands on
him Should forcible measures become
necessary.
The officers who have been searching
for Oswald have seen persons who, in
turn, have seen Oswald, and the retreat
of the much-wanted man Is said to
have been revealed by means of the
trail left by messengers whose duty 1t
was to communicate with Oswald con-
corning the investigation of vice con-
ditions, of which he is said to be a
material part.
Oswald Lingers Near
Oswald, 1t is believed, is not far from
Los Angeles, only awaiting assurance
that immunity will be extended before
putting in his appearance. That i'm
munity has been offered and that ar
rangements are being made by which
the necessity for Incarceration in the
county Jail, even temorarily, will be
precluded, is not denied, and when
Oswald arrives in Los Angeles he will,
1t is surmised, be ready to go before
the grand jury and tell all he knows
about the redlight district.
William Lawrence Vetter, Oswald's
associate, is said to be with him In his
present retreat, located sonewherei in
the mountains. Vetter is wanted on a
charge of conspiracy TO defeat the end
I1o kaxx -.
grand jury was hopeful of hearing his
testimony. Vetters testimony is stu
necessary, and 1t is possible he will bel
placed in the same immunity bath into
which Oswald will take his plunge.
VIII Appear Next Week
The arrival of those two men in Los
Angeles is not expected before some
time early next week, negotiations in
the effort to make their ingress as vel
vety as possible being still in progress.
Samuel Schenck. the former police |
commissioner, who was sent to the |
jail Thursday night, following |
the return of a grand jury indictment |
charging him with bribery, was re-
leased shortly after noon yesterday, |
Thomas N. Camfield and Cal f. Hunter, |
real estate brokers, qualifying on the
bond of $4,000 required by Judge James
Neither Schenck nor his brother. At
torney Paul Schenck, who represents
him in the criminal proceedings. would
make any detailed statement yesterday.
Schenck said his brothers ar
raignment probably would be before
Judge James Monday and that this
formality depended on the completion
Of the transcript of testimony taken be-
fore the grand jury.
That E. j. Fleming, who, as proSecut-
Ing attorney of the city. is alleged to
!. Ana, raffA 3ln hxT Cal1
was not the first person to tell the
grand jury of the incident was learned
The first intimation had by |
the investigators of this circumstance
was inadvertently given by one of the
Arst persons called, and his carelessly
made statement was followed up by the
of Mr.. Fleming to the jury
room. Then followed, for the first time, Il
It is said. the relation of the story.
Does Not FIay Fleming
'I do not regard it as matter for
that MIR. Fleming did not re-
port to me the fact that a bribe was
offered him when the offer was made"
said District Attorney Fredericks yes
erday. "He had full charge where the
'edlight district was concerned and the
confidence reposed in him was not mis-
placed. If he saw fit to withhold this
believing that by so doing
t would work toward the end he had
n view no fault can be found. The
raids at that time were all
conducted by him or under his in
Although the grand jury adjourned
Thursday to meet again week from
Monday 1t is almost certain the body
will be called together early in the
coming week, and that a final report
will be made to Judge James a short
ime later Work preliminary to the in
'estigation, which was expected to oc-
upy several days. has been completed
nd the strong probability that Oswald
viii be in town and ready and willing
o testify is another circumstance lead
ng to the belief that the Jurors work
viii be resumed earlier than antici-
lated