Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-04

Charging that John d. Fredericks,
district attorney, had been a party to
a plot to ruin his reputation in Los
Angeles by the production of purchased
and false testimony, Guy Eddie made
a sensational speech in the hall at
Ninth street and Santa Fe avenue last
night and backed up his statements
by an affidavit from detective con-
nected with the district attorneys Of
flee. Mr.. Eddie also read statement
by Captain Lehnhausen of the police
department in which that official de-
clared that after an investigation he
became convinced a plot had been
hatched against Eddie.
The rally held last night was for the
benefit of colored voters. Mr.. Eddie
speech was the principal one, but
Thomas Lee Woolwine, Good Govern
ment nominee for district attorney,
also spoke, reviewing his charges
against Fredericks briefly. other
speakers were Member J. Walter Small
Smell, the Rev. j. w. Pinckney and ii.
e. Mcclellan, colored, who urged their
hearers to vote for good government
FREDERICKs REFUSES REPLY
at am here tonight to tell you a
story. It is not pretty one. The
facts are ugly in character, for they
relate to a criminal plot nendlsn III
would gladly have avoided this chap
ter in the passage of arms between
the district attorney and myself, but
John D. Fredericks has made the
issue. In his desperation to diScredlt
Thomas Lee Wooolwine in this cam
paign he has sought to blacken my
name as a witness who dared to offend
him by telling the truth regarding ms
defense of a county official VINO proke
the law but was not prosecuted.
"At Simpson auditorium this man,
enraged because of the affidavit l gave
Mr.. Woolwine, said: Guy Eddie is
not a. candidate for Office. Guy Eddie
never will be a candidate for office.
Guy Eddie does not dare run Tor
office With leer he said, Let II
8 go at that
"In reply to this cowardly innuendo
I addressed Fredericks a letter de-
manding that he make public the rea-
sons at which he only limited. But he
refused to reply. At Long Beach,
where Mr.. Woolwine's charges also
had caused decent men to fall away
from the district attorney, Freder1cks
cunningly sought to evade answer TO
nv demands by saying, L could drive
you all out of this hall by reading
afidavits that have been brought 10
me about Guy Eddie
"Af1davits! That was the secret
which he was hugging to his bosom.
Affidavits which might discredit one
of Woolwine's friends Aff1davits, the
contents of which were only limited at,
which might further obscure the real
issues and deceive portion of the
people. But my friends, that utter
ance was the greatest mistake which
John D. Fredericks has made in this
campaign.
'tThere are affidavits in this cam
paign which have not been made pub
lie and they are going to be given TO
Won tonight John d. Fredericks, in
his campaign of SANDER in lieu of
explanations which explain, has re-
fused to give you the details of his
afffdavits, but I will tell you their
contents.
"CLUMsY METHODS OF ATTACK"
"After the Long Beach meeting l
told the people that l knew much re-
garding the affidavits about which
Fredericks only hinted to injure my
character. Alarmed because of infor-
nation reaching him regarding the
facts in my possession, the dlstrlct
attorney sought to forestall any pos
sible intentions on my part by the
clumsiest and most ridiculous state
ment that ever marked a cornered
man of the slightest intelligence. He
took to Glendora reporters from news
papers which were supporting him,
for the sake of making public the dec
laration that 1, the city prosecutor,
fearing that some one had affidavits
against me, had employed a detective
named Scott Sense to secure from
women of the under world aff1davits
against myself so that I could use
them in 'intimidating' these fallen
creatures.
John d. F'redericks was awake to
danger then. John d. Fredericks knew
something of which he was ignorant
when he cried, Guy Eddie does not
dare to run for office John d. Fred
ericks realized that he had been the
first and only man to shout 'Affida-
vits!'' when a plot had been Matched
which, If successful, would have
blackened my character before the
community. But the district attorney
did not know, until too late. that the
plot had been discovered and that the
proofs of the whole damning scheme
were in the hands of the man he had
only dared malign when he thought it
absolutely safe. John D. Fredericks
knew, though, when in his panic he
strove to forestall me in his speech
at Glendora. Up to that time I had
determined to remain silent regarding
the plot which had threatened my
name. But John d. Fredericks would
raise the issue. He himself stirred
the cesspool and placed me in posi-
ton where / must tell the whole truth