Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-28
LETTER Of BLACK
HAND THREATENS
SON Of FLEMING
Attorney Interprets CommuniCa-
tion as Attempt to Brighten
Him to Abandon Bell
BEARS PASADENA POSTMARK
Sender Claims to Have Been One
of Persons Who Bound
Lawyers Client
BEARS PASADENA P0STMARK

UHREATS that his son, John Flem-
ing, jr., will be harmed or kid
= naped by the same persons who
are believed to have bound and gagged
Frank M. Bell in a shanty in the rear
of 1920 Fleming street, are contained In
a letter of the "black hand" type re-
ceived yesterday by Attorney John l..
Fleming, APT Bullard building. Printed
on note paper in sprawling letters, OBJ
viously disguised, the letter was mailed
yesterday morning in Pasadena and
was received a few hours later by Mr..
Fleming.
This letter is the latest development
in the strange chain OF events in which
Frank NJ Bell has figured, beginning
with his earliest domestic troubles sew
eral years ago and including an alleged
sensational shooting affray in down
town hotel, and the more recent finding
of Bell, bound hand and foot, and ap-
parently the victim of murderous as
sault.
The letter is as follows:
THE LETTER
"Mr. Fleming:
Look out for your littlest kid Jimmy
We done the Job on Bell But we amt
pinchin kids The sheeny amt no good
Look out for the old Moll Shel do a
trick They will trim you on your kid
The sheeny has got the Bull Brownie
and the Main squeeze in on the Texas
swag They got a trick up on him now
he aint got no show Make him beat it
They is all in bad Get wise and don't
prech this on the leVil I had little
kid once myself. BILL YEGG.
Fleming has been the attorney for
Bell ever since Bell claimed two years
ago that o. P. Widaman, attorney for
his wife, and A. r. Sanger, his wife's
brother, had tried to kill him in room
in the Hollenbeck hotel.
Since that time Fleming states that
several attempts have been made to
scare him and force him to give up the
defense Of Bell. This last one, the
letter threatening his son, will be called
to the attention of the federal authori-
ties and the police department at once.
The writer of the letter, whether sin
cere in his threats or not, is thoroughly
conversant with the details of the whole
case and is acquainted with the princi-
pals. In referring to the "Sheeny' Mr.
Fleming believes that o. p. Widaman
is meant The main squeeze prob
ably refers to Mr.. Bell, as he is the
central character in the whole mix
up, and it is he who owns the property
referred to as the Texas swag."
BELLS TROUBLES
When Bells affairs first attracted
public attention it was understood that
he owned considerable property in Tex
as, mostly at Ell Paso. Its value was
placed as high as 100000 Later he
figured in a sensational affair at San
Pedro, when he threw deputy sheriff
off his yacht, the Aloha, which was be-
ing held on an attachment, and sailed
away. He returned soon, and proceed
ings growing out of the seizure finally
ended in victory for him.
Fleming seems to believe the letter is
only another bluff on the part of GER
tain parties to frighten him into sever
ing his relations with Bell. When seen
last evening Fleming said:
"I believe that the same parties VINO
threatened me before are trying the
same game again. Not being able to
get me to quit by threatening my own
person, they now seek to scare me by
threatening my little boy. 1t will do
no good Despite all they say they will
do 1 will protect my client, and it will
take a great deal more than anonymous
letters to make me quit