Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-12
TELLS CITYS EVILS
THAT ONCE EXISTED
WILEY J. PHILLIPS GRAPHIC
ALLY DESCRIBES VICE
Declares Mayor Alexander VIII give
Clean Administration If People
Elect Good Council to
Support Him

"T.os Angeles After Dark was the
subject of an address made befoe the
Los Angeles Fellowship by Wiley j.
Pbillips last night. Mr.. Phillips spoke
of Los Angeles as 1t was under Ior-
| mer administrator ana nol 90 ~
TODAY. when the mayor who has mace
good" has corrected many OF the eVils
of which Mr.. Phillips spoke. In part ne
said: -.
"I have seen Los Angeles after dark.
The old crib district, where nteraiiy
thousands of boys and men made nlgnt-
ly visits, was a familiar scene Vis- %
tied that place that l might turn ,,,7 i,ie
calcium light into the darkest neil
half acre that eyer robbed the homes
and damned the young OF any CITY.
When the light was turned on Wneh
the neople saw, the crib district had TO
die.
"I have seen the 'parlcr houses ana
other dens of vice after night. TOOK
photographs of more than iortY VI
them, had the street and NUMBER. l
knew who owned the property. J. had
the name of every madam who con-
Quoted them and the number of felled
and ruined girls in each. ] took pnolo-
graphs of the property over which the
graft prosecution was made. l nave
today an exact map of the entlre prop
erty in the district involved IN the re-
cali and prosecution of Broadhead. L
have the name of every owner OF prop
erty in the district involved in TINS
most shameful farce, but 1 was not
wanted before the grand jury. l was
not wanted before the special grand
Jury. though 1t was known by some OF
the officers that this evidence, with
photographs, maps and names, could
be secured.
Opposes Raids on Girls
st have always opposed making raids
on the unfortunate girls This is done
for effect and not to stop the eVil.
believe in Furnishing the men VINO own
and lease the property. have pup-
lished photographs of few OF thein. l
have found 1t impossible to prosecute
the real Offenders. In eight or ten diff
ferent cases have sworn out warrants
for the arrest and prosecution or men
who used their property for immoral
nurnoses. In one case it was an officer
of the law, in other cases wealthy
scoundrels, but they had money and
votes Some of these were never ar
rested. and in no case except one was
there q pretense of a trial Y had the
right man and the evidence, but our
prosecuting attorney saw fit not to
prosecute-not even to arrest the more
influential violators of the law.
"The hotbed nurseries for these dens
of vice are the licensed cafes and dance
halls I have seen at the liquor dis
pensing cafes hundreds of our girls
drinking, many of them to beastly
drunkenness, and not infrequently at
the same table with the madam of
some dive or the painted inmates OF
some house where fresh girls were at a
premium.
Many Places Left
Through persistent effort most of
the public houses have been closed, but
there are yet many places to which re-
sort may be had for evil purposes.
have sent out young men with this in
struction: Go to the policeman on the
beat, tell him you are out for a little
time, and ask him where you can go
without danger of trouble and see some
women of the underworld But one
policeman SO far has refused the de-
sired information, and now have the
street and number of houses given to
the young men by the policeman on
the beat.
"Why do I not report it? i have
sworn to too many cases and had them
turned down to care to risk any more
until see some disposition to hear the
case and take the testimony. I be-
Iieve Mayor Alexander, who is as good
as elected now, will give us a clean
city If the people have patriotism
enough to elect a decent city council"