Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-11
WOOLW|NE SCORES
FREDERICKS ACTS
Affidavit by Guy Eddie at Covina
Meeting CIinches Argu-
mentS of Speaker
SCANDAL IN CITY FURNITURE
District Attorney Is Accused of
Granting Immunity to Per-
sons in High Places
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he is a resident of the city of
Los Angeles, living at number
342 West Avenue Fffty-nine;
that he is at the present time
prosecuting attorney of the city
of Los Angeles; that he has
been connected with the prose-
cutting attorneys Office since
the early part Of the year 1905.
That when Leslie R. Hewitt
was elected city attorney of Los
Angeles in the non-partisan
campaign Of 1906, the said Mr..
Hewitt appointed affiant as
prosecuting attorney, placing
him in charge of the prosecut-
ing office; that at said time the
legislature which was in ses-
sion in Sacramento passed a
law attempting to remove the
control of the prosecuting Of
fee from the city of Los An
geles and to place it under the
control of the district attorney
of the county of Los Angeles.
That the aforesaid law went
into effect within about six
weeks after affiant took charge
of the prosecuting office, and
that upon said law going into
effect District Attorney ]. D.
F'redericks of the county of Los
Angeles took control of the said
prosecuting office.
That while affiant was Mt the
head Of the said prosecuting Of
fee he instituted a prosecution
against certain Well-known
houses of prostitution In this
city, and against a certain
county official for renting his
property to one of the proprie-
tors of the said houses of pros
titution for purposes of pros
titution; that the said District
Attorney Fredericks tried to
induce this affiant to abandon
said prosecutions, and of all
this the affiant has witnesses;
that also two members of the
board of police commissioners
of Mayor Harper's administra-
ton tried by persuasion and
threats to induce affiant to
drop said prosecution; that af-
fiant refused to abandon said
prosecutions and tried to carry
them to a conclusion, but that
before he could do so the pros
ecuting Office was taken charge
of as aforesaid by the said Dis
trict Attorney ]. d. FTederiCks.
That when said F'redericks
took possession of said prose-
cutting office the said cases and
all prostitution cases were i'm
mediately removed from atfi-
ants hands, and he was al
lowed no further control over
them, with the exception of the
case against Tom Savage
which af1lant was directed,
after a time, to try, but in
which he was hampered at
every stage by the police de-
partment, who testified even
that they did not know that the
notorious Arlington and Bel
mont houses were houses of
prostitution.
That when said cases were
taken out of atlantis hands he
was not consulted as to the evil
denCe he had in said cases, nor
asked anything about them;
that they were just bodily and
unceremoniously lifted from
his hands; that as a matter of
fact, affiant had the strongest
of evidence in said cases; that
one of the cases was against
Pearl Morton, and that he had
a confession from her, and fur
ther than that, could prove by
hundreds Of witnesses the
character Of house she was
running; that in the case
against the county official he
had the confession in the pres
ence Of witnesses; that said
county official entreated to be
released, and used as his ex-
cuse for so renting his prop
erty that he could get SO much
more for it by renting it Tor
purposes Of prOstitution-to
wit, to the said Pearl Morton,
and that ii was unreasonable
to ask him to rent said prop
erty otherwise; that afflant had
the proof that the property be-
longed to said county official,
and had seen the lease executed
by said county official and
knew where it was, so that he
could have ii subpoenaed as
evidence; that, in short, affiaut
had an absolute case against
both the county official and the
said Pearl Morton and some of
the others.
But that Notwithstanding the
strength of the cases, nOtWith-
standing the fact that the
county official who was under
arrest for renting his property
Tor purposes Of prostitution was
an officer who was charged
under the law with the enforce
ment of the law against prosti-
tuition, and Notwithstanding that
the said District Attorney J. ID.
trederlcks knew and had had
confirmed to him not only by
atfiant, but by other witnesses
in atlantis presence, that the
said cases We're absolute and
unquestiOnable, the said cases
We're never brought TO trial,
and in March, 1905, as shown by
docket No. IS, pages 272 and 490,
Judge Chambers police court,
and docket No. l, pages 103 and
1O4, Judge Austln's police court,
Weer dismissed.
GUY EDDIE.
Subscribed and sworn to be-
fore me this 2Sth day of Sep
tember 1910.
SAMUEL BARNES SMITH.
Notary public in and for the
city of Los Angeles, county of
Los Angeles, state of California.
(Seal.)
LINKS IN IMMUNITY CHAIN
This is only one Of the links in
. chain of immunity to politicians
md persons Of influence that is
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