Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-03
.FREDERICKS GETS
SEVERE SCORING
Guy Eddie Shows How District
Attorney Is Ruled by
S. P. Ring
RECORD IN GRAFT Reviewed
Why Didn't District Attorney Act
in Riverbed Steal? the
Speaker Shouts
RECORD IN GRAFT REVIEWED
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doing. Could he get it by sitting still
in his office? Did Joseph Folk of st.
Louis get the evidence by sitting still
| in his office? He says now that If
Walter Parker tried to bribe Harry
Lelande the city clerk Of Los Angeles,
by Offering him $1,000 to help that deal
through why wasn't this information
conveyed to him?
FETTERED BY S. P. SYSTEM
"I ask why he did not go after it.
He could have had every man that was
suspected Of having any connection
with thta deal summoned before the
grand jury and made to tell what he
knew. But, let's see; let us look fur-
ther into that matter; let us, If we can,
find any trace of the chains that were
lettering him. One of the councilmen
who was connected with that deal, who
voted for it, now occupies a position
in Mr. Fredericks' office. Bear with me
for a moment. Before that council
man found his way into ]. d. Freder-
isks' office he was picked up by the
same machine that made him coun-
Gilman and placed in the California
legislature where, according to the ex-
pose of Mr.. Hichborn of the Colifor-
mia Southern Pacific machine legisla-
ture. he performed most excellent SER
vice for the machine. You people
know full we'll the influence which had
placed most of our legislators in the
legislature. You know that 1t was NOT
the public that placed them there. for
if it were they would not be making
the titanic efforts that are being made
all over this state today to change
the order of things. And the next step
in this legislators career was into the
district attorneys Office.
"Why should ne go there, and how
could he go there? He was not q law
yer even when he went there. He was
admitted to the bar to practice after
he was installed in the district attor-
news office. 1t could not have been,
then, that he was put there because of
his efficiency. 1t could not have been
that Mr.. F'redericks wanted his SER
vices as a lawyer, because he was not
a lawyer.
HERE'S THE REASON
Ladies' and gentlemen. there Is but
one conclusion. The reason why the
district attorney should have put a
man into his office who was be-
,smirched with legislative scandal as
that man was and who lad no prepa-
ration for law, must have been that
infamous influence that at the same
time and for many years back mas
filled all the offices. Citizens OF this
county, that is the reason which eX-
plains why J. D. Fredericks sat SUI
pinelv by and did not lift his finger
to investigate the riverbed franchise
steal.
IT could also tell you that an attempt
was made through his Office at the
time that it was published that 1
would be the Lincoln-R Roosevelt candl-
date against him for district attorney
to have me removed from office. His
chief detective went to my superior
and told him that he had something
dark and gloomy against me, but my
superior was not satisfied with the
evidence and asked for a further in
vestigation The investigation was
held. and Captain Lehnhausen Of the
police department Of Los Angeles was
detailed to make the investigation.
He interviewed the chief detective Of
the district attorneys Office and an
other detective who was around trying
to buy afidavits against me, and he
found out from that investigation that
a diabolical Job was being put UP on
me. that a woman was being paid $10O
TO come into my office and compromise
me. I have this in black and white
from Captain Lehnhausen and from the
chief of police, Alexander Galloway.
Ladies and gentlemen, cannot suffi-
GENTLY characterize this. All I can
saw is. do you want mon like that
for your district attorneyr'