Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-01
ALLEGES BRIBE
GIVEN SEYMOUR
SAYS ASSISTANT PROSECUTOR
TOOK MONEY
Restaurant Man Charged With VIOLA
ton of Liquor Ordinance Charges
clty's Attorney Agreed to
Have Case Quasaed

Trapped in an alleged attempt to
bribe a police officer of the city Of
Los Angeles to quash a misdemeanor
case in which his license as a restau-
rant keeper was at stake. George p.
Arnerich. proprietor of the Good Eel
lows Grotto, a restaurant at 341 South
Main street, was prisoner in the city
jail last night charged with bribery
After his arrest on this charge Ar
nerich made a sensational statement
in which he charged Assistant Prose-
cutting Attorney Joseph f. Seymour,
jr with having accepted a bribe from
him for the purpose of quashing the
case against him and later in the Of
flee of District Attorney Fredericks
he repeated the statement that he had
paid Seymour money in connection
with the case, but stated that 1t was
in payment of advice given him by
Seymour and was given the attorney
because he thought the advice was
worth the sum paid.
Attorney Seymour at the police sta
tion last night made a fiat and un-
equivocal denial of the statement made
by Arnerich so far as the payment or
any money was concerned. Deputy
District Attorney Paul Mccormack
and Chief Prosecutor Guy Eddie or
the city attorneys office will make
complete and thorough investigation or
the Arnerich charges this morning.
Say Liquor Law Violated
The alleged attempt at bribery OF
the police officer grows out of the ar
rest of Arnerich on a warrant issued
by Mr., Seymour for the alleged VIOLA
ton of the restaurant liquor ordinance.
said to have occurred last Saturday
night.
At that time Patrolman Brown, who
is working in plain clothes out OF
Capt. c. E. Dixons office, man OF
the name of Mcdonald, living at Ola
West First street, who was employed
as a stool pigeon by the police. and
two women entered the Good Fellows
Grotto and are said to have ordered
two quarts of beer, which was served
them, the police say, without meals,
and Arnerich says with four full meals
consisting of beefsteaks, vegetables
and a salad
Officers Brown and Bartlett, who
were engaged in securing evidence OF
law violations by restaurant keepers
with liquor licenses, reported the case
to the prosecuting attorneys Office ana
on their statements warrants were ls-
sued for the arrest of George p. Ar
nerich, the. proprietor of the place; A..
Lutich, John Temple and Tony Ar
nerich, walters employed in the res
taurant. The cases against the men
were set for trial in Judge Roses court
at o'clock p. m today.
Trap Prepared
Yesterday at about, 1 o'clock Arner-
ich is said to have met Patrolman
Brown on the street and to have said
that he wished to talk to him about
the case against him. Brown accom-
panied him to the restaurant and there
in a private room Arnerich is said to
have offered Brown $40 to drop the
case against him. Brown, for the pur-
pose of drawing the man out, it is
said. demurred at the smallness of the
amount offered, and Arnerich is said
to have increased his offer to $50 and
then to $100.
At the last offer Brown is said to
have told him that he would think it
over and to have agreed to meet him
later and give him the answer. Brown
then reported the matter to Chief Of
Police Dishman and Capt. Dixon was
ordered to trap the man. The case
was also reported to Deputy District
Attorney Paul Mccormack and by him
to Capt. Fredericks, who referred 1t
to S. L. Browne, the chief of the de-
tective force employed in his office.
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