Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-11
District Attorney Is Flayed by Opponent

one thing of which we are certain.
and that is that the taxpayers
don't get Il. Then the inquiry nat
urally presents itself, as 1t did in
the former case, Didn't these fell
lows know in advance that they
would get immunity for that kind
of fraud? 1t would be manifesuy
impossible for a thing of this sort
20 occur except with the consent OF
the district attorney and his immu-
nifty to the traitors who are guilty
of such outrageous conduct.
The part played by the district
attorney in the river bed scandal
is so apparent as to be almost un-
believable. After the council,
through the efforts of Walter Par
ker, voted away property of the
city estimated to be worth $1,000,-
900, and after the papers had de-
clared that no one man engaged
in this piece of work would ever
be able to convince the public that
they were not bribed to do this
piece of work, Mr. Fredericks not
only failed to investigate or fix the
guilt upon these miscreants, but
he took one of tho same betrayers,
Percy Hammond, into his office to
be a deputy district attorney to en-
force the very laws that he had so
shamelessly brokan. And it should
be remembered that the same Par
ker who attempted to bribe Harry
Lelande in the Alexandria hotel
with $1,000 to sign that ordinance
giving away the river bed, and
the same Walter Parker who stat
ed to Lelande on that occasion that
money was being spent and Harry
might as well get his, is the same
Walter Parker who was secreted in
the office of the district attorney
at the time of The Harper white
wash, and who daily consulted with
Mr.. Fredericks and advised with
him upon this occasion.
QUESTION OF KING ESTATE
1t should also be remembered
that the same Fredericks who has
thus granted immunity to politi-
clans and criminals of influence,
and who dismissed the cases
against the county official and
others spoken of in Mr.. Eddie's
affidavit, is the same Mr.. Freder
icks who suppressed the prosecu-
tion on the two forged King wills,
and who looted the estate of the
dead Michael H. King of some S12,-
600 in property and money, and is
the same Fredericks who has at
tempted by Justification and mis-
leading answers to mislead the
public as to this latter transaction,
and who has so signally failed; and
is the same FredCricks who received
as a portion of this loot the piece
of property at the corner of Twen-
ty-eighth and Main streets in the
0i it1yn Of &c iS fl1p
FrederiCks who states over his own
signature In the papers in the case,
which is numbered 1884 probate, in
the files of the county clerk, and
also in his spondence and in
his contract with the heirs, that
the codicilS to the first will and the
second will are fOrgerieS; and he is
the same FrederickS who attempted
to have all record of his guilt re-
moved from the files of the court.
which he failed in doing, all Of
which may be seen by any person
who cares to look at the papers i'll
the case that l have referred to,
or who cares to see a description of
the real estate IN book 3440, page
127 Of deeds, records of Los An
geles county. The contract referred
to, as we'll as the spondence,
are in the possession of the speak
er and have been often quoted, as
has the affidavit Of John Gales
husband of one of the defrauded
heirs. His admissions over his own
signature and the repeated demands
of the defrHuded heirs that he pros
ecute the felonies instead of loot
ing the estate are absolute proof of
his guilt and one of the gravest
pieces of malfeasdnce in office that
has ever disgraced the courts in
this state. If untrue, cause my
arrest!
Just as q matter Of interest, but
not by the way of offering further
evidence, I will Just read you a
letter from his office of date Sep
tember s, 1906, TO the same John
Gales, as follows:
Professor Ames has completed
his examination of the handwriting
of Michael H. King, deceased, and
has pronounced the will of June I,
1905, an unqualified forgery"
The speaker has heard upon good
authority that this same Fredericks
has made up his mind to wait until
a few days before the election be-
fore answering some of the numer-
Gus charges made. This plan of
ment, and is equivalent to a con-
fesslon of guilt, it such a confession
were needed.
The statements that have been
made by the speaker can be no less
than criminal libel if not true, and
he is still waiting for his arrest.
Fredericks is credited with having
made the statement that I should
have brought to light my story as
to the looting of the King estate
sooner. AS a matter Of fact, the
speaker has only succeeded in Sc
curing all the proof in the matter
within the last few weeks, and only
secured the Gales affidavit, show
ing the details Of the fraud on the
9th day of September, 1910. 1t
would seem, however, that the ey-
posure comes in plenty Of time, for
Mr. Fredericks did not receive the
last Of his portion Of the loot in the
way Of the real estate I have re-
ferred to until July 81, 1908.
]. w. Carter of COVina presided a
he meeting.
Tonight Mr. Woolwine will speak a
Burbank under the auspices Of tn
Good Government organization. Cit,
FAX Collector Clarence NJ. Taggart an
Walter ]. Desmond, candidate TO
county tax collector. will also speak.
A Woolwine meeting will be held a
lancaster Thursday evening. at whic1
Thomas Lee WOolwine and Clarenc
VI. Taggart will speak. Mr.. Woolwine'
county campaign will be changed mex
week to allow several meetings in Lo
Angeles.