Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-03
AYERS VENGEANCE
DUTY TO FRIEND.
OakIander Writes Another Letter
to Earl Rogers Reiterating
Companion Poisoned
CLAIMS LAWYERS FEAR CASE
Correspondent Expresses Regret
That Los Angeles Attorney
Declines to Assist Him
CLAIMS LAWYERS FEAR CASE

Another letter was received yester-
day by Attorney Earl Rogers from
Charles ]. Carroll, the Oakland Grip
pie who is alleged to have made threats
against Theodore A. Bell, Democratic
nominee for governor. In it Carroll,
after reiterating his statement that his
friend, +. L. Moore, was poisoned, de-
clares it his duty to avenge the death
of Moore.
Carroll sends a clipping from the
Martinez Gazette which relates the fill
ing of complaint there in suit for
damages. According to the Gazette,
Carroll charges that Moore was slain
by some mysterious Egyptian poison;
that q secret order has marked him
for death, and that all the Black Hand
plots ever Matched are insignificant
compared to the one of which he is the
intended victim.
AS related exclusively in The Herald
yesterday, CarrolPs troubles began
when he was elected from a Southern
Pacific train after presenting ticket
that had expired. He wanted to sue
for 100000 damages, but his first at
torney cut the amount to 100000 Then
Carroll dismissed him and went to
Bell. Again becoming dissatisfied, he
brought suit against Bell for $4,000
damages, alleging Bell had not dill
gently prosecuted the suit.
Then, Carroll asserts, Moore Went
to San Francisco on an errand In con-
nection with the case. Moore dined in
a restaurant on the way, became Ill
and died of typhoid fever, according
to physicians. Carroll says he was
poisoned. The letter received yester-
day is dated at % Warder street, East
Oakland, and follows:
Dear Sir: 1 have been unable to
get from YOU a reply of any kind to
my letters. / would not have tried
SO hard to have you take up this
fight were 1t not that they poisoned
your personal friend. An ordinary
case, 1 know that professional etl-
ouette alone would keep you out,
but whenever an outfit gets so low
as to poison a man whom they did
not know, and who was only trying
to help a poor man out, they de-
serve all that they will sooner or
later get.
have tried hard to get a goood
lawyer to take up this case, but II
is impossible They have managed
to tie the hands of every good law
yer in this part of the country.
They have wealth; they have Won
Gerful influence and power. The
court is as crooked as the rest or
them, but sooner or later Will hold
sufficient evidence to send few
people to the electric chair, or
miss my guess.
r I have nothing to say, Mr.. Rogers,
further than this. 1t is my duty to
avenge the death of Mr.. Moore, be-
cause he was trying, poor man, to
do me O. good turn. I sent him on
an errand-an errand Of informa-
ton, I had no idea I was sending
him to his doom until 1T was too
late to save his life.
I done all / could to save him,
but I could not do it. The poison
was too severe. His widow is left
with a mortgage on her home, and
outside of couple of lots in Los
Angeles, which she may be able to
dispose of, the poor woman VIII
never be able to pay off the mort
gage on her home. The care OF
herself and little boy 31A years
old will consume all she can make.
am enclosing you clipping from
a Martinez paper which will give
you some idea OF the contents of
nine-page complaint drawn up by
myself and filed at Martinez last
Tuesday regret you cannot help
me prosecute this case 1t is a
dutv Won owe to Mr.. Moore in a
way. because know he would have
avenged your death If you had been
in his place and he in yours. AS
the case stands now, / have not
been able to get an attorney. They
are all afraid of the case, 1 guess.
of their ability However, the case
will go on Just the same. I will
fight it alone to the last best of my
ability. Regretting you cannot as
C. J. CARROLL.