Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-01
Mr.. WooIwine,S Amazing REGULATIONS

THE most amazing and sensational revelations Of official mall
asance professional chane and personal & dSh0ng sS %
ayor Harper by aroused community contained IN the
printed elsewhere this of The Herald delivered last ngt
bv Thomas Lee Woowne in which he fulfilled his promise TO re-
veal startling about the conduct of the office OF the district
torny the personal character of its incumbent John u Feu
ericks. , .. =. o.a -;
perave has seemed that for the sake OF justice fairness ana
Captain should be removed suberien as ne mani
schemes seems that half has not been told of the
prostitution of the most important office the county Dy e
Woone promises that this is only the first chapter OF seVera
with direcness of treatment doubt Of his
and multiplicity of detail that carries conviction r wool
wine put audience astounding situation in the district
attorneys office which derelcton and maadmins
may equals but have not been IN
California history more than thaa degradation OF puoc
and will be hard for honest men to grasp
MI m4ow3f & To h d m T attoTny office and knows much Of
its inner workings the methods that obtain there under the pres
mted uphong of the law has himself not only knowingly and
purpoey shielded awbreakers of the means kind but has h
compounded onyno for for which personal
friendships political expedency be pleaded as an exeuse but
Worse STILL it is charged that profitable with
suppression of the truth and shielding OF the guilty was at
trusted him implicitly between whom and him existed the re-
aon of lawyer and client Only by the bades qrb6ng can this
charged with the most objectionable oense known to
of the bardecet and the relation OF attorney
for which the almost nvariabe penalty the disgrace OF dsbament
from the practice of the profession . , ,
railroad machine of which Parker the head his willingness to
any to the hS ian to er h9 n @
which he worked in connection the aes most
told by Mr. Woowne with detail that will
all read the To such extent did this sub
charged circumsantlal detail
Fredeks had full knowledge deliberately
this officer of the law for the sake and at the behes
of the Parker.
this amazing the picture presented by
of the chief officer of the law hamperng grand uries
the performance of and Withholding from them highly
facts of which he knew becomes almost OF minor I'M
revealing the of the district attorney
with the of the Michael H King forged
Wills what he this matter Mr. Woowne does
himself with charges He quotes from long a
of the trusting friend and client of Freder1cs set
forth miserable of the betrayal of Gales and other heirs
charged that Fedeck connived with other lawyers
the $4,000 akeo but helped to the
of 50 per Of their share of the estate.
Mr. Woowines sensational in ne telling as 1t
does how the district attorney his official capacity was involved
Parker rverbed scandal the of Parker to
brbe City Clerk Leande in the Hotel Alexandria the daily visits OF
the connection with that scandal the partnership
the authorities with vice whereby fallen taxed for
tribute exeed grand ures the of the district
attorneys power shield for felons the whtewash report secured
packed grand for the county attorney and hnay the
betrayal of conhdng clients.
It all shows clearly than connected of
incidents how the evils in public and private life their
into public and official matters through the banul
AND ITS RAMlFICATIONS AT ITS VERY WORST. But if
truth it the story of cities and counties
where wealthy corporations send their into offices to bbe
aoe otherwise the elected officers Most people think
va of public life Here
specific illustration of what stand by upney and let
of Walter Parker's stripe obtain the ascendancy
Mr. Woowne promises What he that will match
this degrading set of charges?
MEANTIME, WHAT DOES THE BAR ASSOCIATION
THINK OF THE CASE OF THE FORGED WILLS7
AND MR.. CITIZEN, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THIS
CANDIDATE FOR THE MOST IMPORTANT OFFICE IN