El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-04-04

been paying graft TO the Tins 1O1 P'0
! lection. ,..,.-,,.5,,e7
| 10 pv E ". Earl notary publlc)' f. p
/ OOuinn says that girl had leLI tAS
city for Los Angeles because SuS,
| fused to pay the amount te,4ull - - -
! me ring and that other inmates OF lne
I district had told him that they nAu OSSL
| forced to pay One-haiI OF "tlat -
had taken in to make up the ring cam
That another woman OF the raisins
of the campaign fund said Ihey ar
doing the right thing, IN aIlO ms -
( TO stay here, Bot THEY ARE CIlA1SS-
| ING Us A HE'LL OF PRICE ~
| DO IT"
The affidavit reads:
/ The State Of Texas, county OF IL FssO'
! Before me, the undersigned auLnOrl-
| ~. on this day personally appeared 4.
/ Is. O'Guinn, who being by me first duly
! that he now resides in FL Paso, Il Paso
] county, Texas, and that ne IS a guam
] fled voter at the ensuing city e!ScIOh'
and that he is the son OF W 3 . quinn
! of Lufkin, in Angelina county, Texas
/ who was for four years a meulDer o.
/ the house of representatives OF tnS
/ state of Texas, from sad Ange!lha
! county that the said W b - S9ulilni
| father of this affiant, is now district at
torney of the Second Judicial district OF
/ Texas. composed OF angelina, Nacogdo-
! ches and Cherokee counties, and Ihat ne
/ has been district attorney Of said dis
] trict for three terms, ana IS now SerV-
! ing on his fourth term as such district
/ attorney, affiant further says that he IS
! a praticing attorney Of the state OF
! Texas, and that he is now pracuclnS ms
profession in the said city OF Fl PaSo;
that he has 0een engaged IN the prac-
t1ce Of law Tor nearly one year anu
that he was admitted to the bar 10
/ practice law at Te1carkana, Texas, after
J taking the examination required by law
| before the board Of legal examiners OF
/ the Sixth supreme judicial district as
/ shown by his license to practice law IN
/ Texas, signed by sam ii. SmelseT, Il. l.
/ Wilkinson and +. NJ BramletUer mem
| bers of said board of legal examiners,
( and attested by Z. 7. ROsbOroUgh, clerk
] of the court OF civil appeals OF the
/ Sixth supreme judicial district, at Tex
/ arkana, Texas, together with the seal
/ of said court that aIIIanL was
! residing in the town Of Crockett county
/ Of Houston, state Of Texas, where he
J had resided for nearly three years prior
} 30 his coming to FL FasO. having been
/ there employed by the law firm Of Ad-
{ ans & Young. composed Of Earle AC-
ans. Ioe Adams and j. ". Young Lnat
said affiant came to the city Of IL
/ PasO, Texas, about eight months ago
| and took a position as stenCSraphCr in
/ the office OF Stanton & Weeks, a law
} firm, composed Of n. W. Stanton and
I j. i, Weeks; that since accepting said
position, the said affiant was rendered
/ q position a s stenographer and. general
I assistant in the office of Hon. 3. l..
J LOOney, the present attorney general OF
I the state OF Texas, and which position
I said affiant declined to accept for the
/ reason that ne desired 10 continue IN
] the practice OF law and remain in the
said city Of FL FasO; that in connection
with said atlantis duties as stenOEra-
/ pheF IN the said office of Stanton &
Weeks the smaller cases, and especial
I ~ the cases IN the corporation court
and in the Justice courts, are placed in
/ the hands of affiant for his attention.
Affiant further depOses and says that
about the time of the holding of the
primary, IN the month Of February,
1913, woman came to the office of
stanton * Weeks, attorneys, which
woman had been confined in the city
Jail, as she stated TO affiant. upon a
charge OF yagraucy; that she stated to
I law office Of stanton & Weeks by one.
then confined in the city jan
obtain an attorney to represent him in
| the corporation court the said LEVEL
! having been arrested on the charge of
I being suspicious character as stat
ca oy MIN 70 alianti thaI afflant pur-
Suant to said request went to the city
JAN IN the city Of Ii PasO and there
talked to the said Ellis Level, and
( there had an agreement with him that
If he would raise a fee of Fifty dol
lars affiant WOulG undertake his de-
fence, and, II possible. procure mis- re-
lease; that the said Ellis LEVEL then
and there stated to affiant that he had
a 'trlend' in one Of the cribs" on
Broadway, IN what IS known as the
pay half sOt such fee and that the pro
prletor Of d certain saloon in said city
would pay the other half of said fee
and said Level requested said affiant
TO go and see said friend for him
and talk to her IN reference to her nay
ing Cne-half of said fee, that said af-
rant, pursuant to the request Of the
SAID LeVeu. went down Broadway and
made inquiries for said woman. whose
name was given to affiant as -'MargieT
and she was known as "Dollie Oar
/ ling; that as directed by said LEVEL,
THIS atflant went TO No 314 ID Broad
way. where he made Inquiries and in
1 VeStlSatlOn in reference to the woman
] referred to, but found her room
I locked; that affiant then went to the
! next open Grip north and on the east
| SIDE Of Broadway and made inquiries
! Jhere OF the woman occupying such
CrlD IN reference to said friend of the
said Ellis Level or the said '.Aargie'
[ occupying the said crib at 314 ID
Broadway, above mentioned. and affi-
ant was informed by said other woman
mat Aargle for whom ne was look
I ing had left town for Los Angeles. Cal
norma; the woman in the said crib
giving the Information to affiant furth-
er stated to affiant that the said Mar
gle who had previously occupied said
crib at S14 - Broadway and for whom
this aIflant was looking. had. just prior
10 ledVlng. stated to said other woman
that she was leaving the reservation,
Tor one reason, because she did not
propose to stay IN any reservation
AAG4 9LL0 A-e-u 10 pay al Sue MADE 10
/ the city government; said woman also
I further stated to affiant that the rent
I on the cribs in the red light district had
| been raised almost double to what il
/ formerly was just before the approach
I OIL the city primary, and that some of
/ the girls were having to pay about half
/ of what they took in each day to go to
I the making up Of the ring campaign
/ fund, and that "AIargie" for whom af-
| flant was looking, had stated prior to
! her leaving that she refused TO paw
| the amount required Of the girls in the
| said district and that she was leaving
/ for Los Angeles mostly on that account
I and that she had further stated to said
] woman before leaving that she would
! not remain in a reservation in a city
! where she had to pay practically all she
1 made 10 the city government: that af-
| flant thereupOn remarked to said WON
/ an that she surely must be mistaken in
/ what she was saying and that il sure
! y was not possible that the girls in the
| redlight district were PAYING cOntribu-
/ tons to the making up OF a campaign
/ fund for the ensuing city election. and
I thereupOn said woman stated to af-
| liant that If he did not believe what she