El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-04-05
LAWYERS ARGUE;
0'QUINN TALKS BACK
Says Volney Brown Is "HiTeling" Of
Ring and Attempts to Defend
Redhght Collections.


OQuinn's reply to NOliney NJ. Browns
purpOTted answer OF affidavit made by
former, appearing IN yesterdays issue
of The Herald:
FL Paso. Texas. April ). 1913
In this mornings issue of The Times
there appears a THRICE PAID adver-
tisement. headed STATIONS CREA-
TURE. O'QUINN AND HIS AFFI-
DAVIT,' in which Mr.. VOlney NJ. Brown,
government attempts to bemean the
statement made by me in yesterday
Herald IN reference to the payment by
the inmates Of the red-light district
of contributions 70 the making UP Of
the campaign fund for the ring" cam
patgn that is now on l will not call
it an answer or even AN attempted
answer" because 1 have too much
pay such statement a compliment of
that character.
In this statement by Mr.. Brown. he
starts out by saying that the state
mcnt signed by me "emanating from a
paid hireling in the Office of one, NJ.
W. stanton He uses these terms,
'hireling" and "emissary" in several
places IN his statement, above referred
I wish to state that the AFFIDAVIT Civ
en- by me on yesterday and to which
Mr.. Brown refers with pretended sCorn
was given by me at my own. request
and 1 was not requested by any one to
do so; and, I viii state further, that
Mr., N. W. Stanton, with whom I am
associated in the practice of law in the
city Of FL Paso, in fact tried to per
Suade me not TO make such an affidavit
or 10 nave same published i wish to
state to Mr.. Brown through this COM
munication that 1 take exception to his
remarks in reference to me being a
hlreIing or enisSary Of any one in the
terms which he used, and that same is
lie from beginning to end. I can
nearer to being a free man who can
cOnSclenuouSly give his opinion on
matters Of public interest than Mr.. Vol
ney N Brown. who is a paid 'hireling"
Of the city government, and of whom
you could not expect anything better
than the statement he gives to the
Morning Times. above referred to.
M brown, IN MS statement IN the
Times, admits absolutely three OF the
four points made in my affidavit, and
the fourth point he merely gives his
opinion in reference thereto I said
that the case against Level was ac-
tually dOcAeted in the city court. He
admits that. I said that the woman in
the red-light district was a friend Of
Level and that L had been sent there
to see her for my client. Mr.. Brown
admits that. I said that such woman
had left the red-light district. giving
reasons for her so doing as narrated to
me by another woman in the red-light
district. Mr.. Brown admits that she is
gone, but he says that she left for an
other reason That is but his opinion.
He does not back it up with Cny sub
stantial proof
Mr.. Brown makes the statement. in
effect that fees made or sought from
criminals are ilI-gOtten and ill-Soueht.
OF course the city at large knows that
Mr. Browns system of practicing law
has been that of a minister to heaven
his satanic majesty, the
earth. People who live in glass
houses" cant afford to throw stones.
And. so far as any members Of the ring
crowd, Mr.. Brown not excepted, being
any more decent or respectable than
the man who made such affidavit is
concerned, deny all and singular the
charge, but to the contrary state that
the principles and things for which he
and they stand show that some one
else or some others are the proud pos
SCISSORS Of deCency and responsibility in
stead of those who faunt the red flag
Of prostitution. dishonesty, graft and
dishonOr in the faces Of honest and
respectable people.
Mr.. Browns attempt TO ridicule and
SANDER is too low ana unfounded to
be considered by reasonable men.
7 again reiterate that the inmates of
the redlight district have all along dur
ing this campaign contributed largely
TO the campaign fund of the ring"
and they are now coWed into silence
under the terrible lash" OF the Kelly
whip and his henchmen.
Yours respectfully.
z. B.-O'QUinn.
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