Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-13

chief saw the LIQUOR but did not drink
any, and, as | remember, he said the
chief, the mayor and two or three 9TH
err gentlemen were down there one time
( and went through the building, and
! then on another occasion he saw the
chief in an automobile on Commercial
street in front of the premises at
night"
Trusts Women to Pay
In Durand's statement, according to
Mr.. Earls testimony, the inmates of
the brick cribs were assessed $3.50 d
day, and that when the women first
entered the places they were charged
bonus of $3.50. If they did not have
the money they were trusted and had
to work out that sum. Mr.. Earl testi-
fled that Durand had refused to sign
the statement he made, on the ground
he was afraid of the police.
In Mr.. Earl's testimony to the grand
Jury March % he told in detail of the
interview he had with Nick Oswald in
Mr.. Earrs office February IS, in which
he specifically told Oswald he would
not discuss with him any question of
making q deal about evidence that
might get into court. Mr.. Earl said he
had told Oswald If any money was
given him it would be for the private
use of the story of graft. He said
oswald had offered to give him story
in writing for $fG,0o0. Mr.. Earl at that
time told Oswald if they agreed on any
terms of payment that Mr.. Blair,
Earls detective, would attend TO the
money transaction. According to Mr..
Earrs testimony it was agreed later
that Oswald was ultimately to have
$4,000 for his completed story. but that
the money would be withheld and paid
a portion at a time. and that it would
not all be paid, provided the story
could not be confirmed or that any es-
sentiaI portion of 1t should be proven
untrue.
Refuses to Keep Silent
oswald was to bring men to Mr..
Earl and confirm the story. Mr.. Earl
declared he specifically refused to
make any arrangement to keep any or
the matter out of court or to prevent
the story coming to the surface ana
Oswald's being summoned into court.
In Mr.. Earl's further testimony he
said, regarding his motives:
II didn't want Harper'S name to get
on the ticket (recall election BALLOT,
and | knew that those tickets had to
be printed before the election and dis
tributed and l wanted to stop that
printing if l could. There was an
other point that l wanted to get out
of his (Oswalds) mind, that he hoped
he could do business in that line there
again, and l had to knock that out OF
him and give him to understand 1t.
l said Nick, you never can do busl-
ness now under any administration;
| you want to understand that thor
| oughly. You never can do business
! there if Harper says you can or Ii
| Alexander or whoever the mayor is,
says you can. l say, you can't do 1t.
l have got this information and in all
conscience l will never permit you to
do business and he finally said he
understood that.
Mr.. Earl, he said, I am not going
to try to do business; l want to sell
the property
Attempts Purchase of Property
There was another feature there in
that discussion brought forth by our
effort to bring him through before he
ever came to me. l put some men to
work negotiating to buy some prop
erty down there-that is, apparently
to buy ito give him an idea there
was a chance to sell and to get his
money out of his property. That was
one of the things that influenced him
to hesitate. He realized that If he
told his story and it ever did become
public it would embarrass him seri-
ously."
Mr.. Earl explained that none of this
information which came to him from
Oswald and others was in his possess
sion previous to the adjournment of
the former grand jury.
In regard to the evidence submitted
to the grand jury i'm the form of books,
ledgers and cash books receipted bills
and stubs of checks, Mr.. Earl at
tempted to explain some of the entries
in books which belonged to Billie
Fetter.
ION page SIS of the journal, under
date of March 10, 1908, as a part of
the same entry, eX'-that is, expense
$2050. Next line, 'licour,' $50. c s.
$500; cash. $500: total to cash, $205o
l asked Billie Fetter at his examna
ton March as follows: March 10,
1905 page 55, there is an item of $500
There were initials opposite this item,
which were erased. What is your
recollection regarding that ltem?'
THAT was to chief of police he
replied.
"'What were the initials?'
&C. P. ! think, he answered"
Mr.. Earl said Fetter denied all
knowledge of who did the erasing of
the books Later in the testimony Mr.
Earl declared oswald told him that
he, Oswald had made the erasures in
the book and that he meant by chief
Of police, Ed Kern. He explained to
Mr.. Earl he had made the erasures
because he did not want the books to
show too much.
RIair's Testimony
Paul Blair, who originally brought
Nick Oswald and +. r. Earl together
testified as follows regarding the terms
between them; He first said he wanted
$40, 900 for the story, and Mr.. Earl said