Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-18
SWORN AFFIDAVIT
ADDS TO CHARGES
WooIWine Quotes Harper Incident
to Show FrederiCks I'm
faithful Official
GIVES KING WILL RECORDS
Takes Up Opponents Defense
Item by Item and Makes
Rejoinder
GIVES KING WILL RECORDS
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public officers do not surrender repu-
tation and honor itself, without some
adequate compensation OF some klnd.
WOULD HAVE STOPPED FRAUD
"Such treacherous conduct can only
be actuated by the basest motives;
somebody gets value received, and If
these fellows had known that imme-
diately upon the heels Of such out
rageous conduct the grand jury would
be called, with vigorous and con-
scientious district attorney In charge,
determined to ferret out and fix the
guilt, they would not have dared to
perpetrate such fraud upon the pub
@lic. If that is what Mr.. Fredericks
means by saying that L have stated
that I would have criminally prose-
cuted them he is certainly correct.
Mr.. Fredericks goes on to say:
1.-THE law says that the board OF
of supervisors may sell bonds at
private sale.
"This statement is misleading, for
this attempted fraudulent sale of the
bonds below their market value was
set aside by the court as illegal, and
the taxpayers saved, according to
Mayor Alexanders estimate, 100000.
This suit had to be brought by private
manned supine in his office and did
nothing.
Speaking of the riverbed steal and
Mr.. Lelande's affidavit charging Wal
ter Parker with attempted bribery, Mr..
Fredericks has this to say:
"Now, Mr.. Woolwine stated the
other night that 1 should have
caused the arrest of Walter Parker
when learned that.
"Then he goes on to state that the
statute of limitations had run on Mr..
Parker's offense before the Lelande af-
fidavit was made public and there
fore he COULD not have prosecuted.
THE RIVER BED STEAL
Here is what / have repeatedly stat
ed in connection with this matter: The
attempted river bed steal and the ex-
treme likelihood of bribery in connec-
ton Herewith created a profound SEN
sation in the city of Los Angeles; ev
eryone who read the papers knew the
iniquity of the thing, people not only
suspected bribery in connection with
1t. but the newspapers actually charged
bribery under their glaring headlines,
such as Turn the Rascals Out Stop
the Steal etc. Here is what one
morning daily had to say, referring to
the conucilmen who voted for the fran
chise:
Not one of them will be able to
overcome the general belief that
he voted because he was bribed
to vote.
Now in spite of all the publicity, in
spite of the brazen effrontery Of these
traitors in voting for this steal, Mr..
Fredericks did not lift a hand to fer
ret, out and fix the guilt upon the per-
% petrators of this outrage. And 1 again
say that If these unfaithful public SER
wants had the least fear of the district
attorney and If they had not felt rea-
sonablY~certain of complete, and utter
L. ar1R Il
not have dared attempt such an open
and notorious piece Of thievery. There
is no doubt that by means of a grand
Jury the truth of this matter could
have been dragged from unwilling wit
nesses and the guilty parties brought
to justice IL the district attorney had
had the slightest regard for his oath
of office.
UNFAITHFUL OFFICIAL
This unfaithful public official, this
man who has consistently granted inn
munity to politicians and persons of
influence, had three years after the
perpetration of this outrage to ferret
out the criminals and bring them to
justice, but instead, not only does moth
ing looking to this end; does nothing
looking to the punishment of these
traitors, but instead takes Percy Ham
mon, one of that band, into his office
TO DG a ueDuIy attorney TO en-
force the laws that he has so shame
lessly broken. Then, Mr.. Fredericks
has the audacity to complain that the
Lelande affidavit came to light more
than three years after the offense was
committed, and asks how long / had
the affidavit before making it public.
"I will state that the affidavit was
made public not more than a week
after the speaker secured it. How
ever, if this information had been Sc
cured by me before the statute of
limitations had run and the same had
been presented to Mr.. Fredericks it
IS as obvious as that night follows
day that Mr. Walter Parker would
have been as safe in his wrongdoing
as the rock of Gibraltar is from the
waves that beat about it. To quote
from Mr.. Fredericks' speech:
Walter Parker he says was hid
den in the inner office of the dis
trict attorney during the Harper
whitewash. / don't know what he
means exactly by the so-called
Harper whitewash,' but in order
to be fair, I think he means the
sp -ial grand jury that was called
in 1909.
FRIENDSHIP FOR PARKER
"This statement is a cross between
an evasion, a half truth and a false
hood. / did not mean the special
grand jury at all, as Mr. Fredericks
well knows, but meant the original
Harper-Kern whitewash jury, other
wise known as the Jones grand jury
-Ar. Fredericks goes on to say:
He says that Mr.. Parker was in
daily communication with me dur
ing that trial.
",rhat is what / said, but 1 said II
in reference to the first grand jury. I
have proofs OF this from a source that
cannot now divulge, but If any fur
ther proof were necessary will state
that the speaker informed Mr.. Mar
shall Stinson of this fact and Mr..
Stinson some months ago confronted
Mr. Fredericks with the fact, and Mr..
Fredericks in the heat of anger ad-
mitted the truth of the charge and