El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-04-05
S tant0n' S Creature
0'Quinn and His
Affidavit.
FL PasO. Tex. April 4th, 1918.


In The Herald of Friday, April 4th,
1913, there appears a paid advertise
ment headed stanton says charges
proved" the gist Of the article emanat-
ing from a paid hfrelinE in the office
of one NJ. W. Stanton, the well known
exempiar of virtue, decency and mOralf-
", as is well known by thousands Of
residents of this city. OF course people
who know Stanton viii accept his state
ment! This statement in The Herald
Of the 4th instant Is as truthful as the
other rash charges which Stanton has
been making during the present cam
paign, statements which he viii never
back up by one scintilla of Trustworthy
evidence, for the reason that the truth
fulRess of the statements has never ex-
listed.
Now to the matters stated In the af-
fidaVit Of StantOn's hireling and ennis
sary. On the 18th day Of February,
1913, one Ellis Level, alias f. T.Hub-
bard, was arrested and brought into the
Corporation Court of the City of FL
PasO. upon n charge Of FHErancy.
Thereafter a member of the firm of
stanton & Weeks appeared upon the
scene and claimed to be representing
Level tbut not in his presence), but
wanted the case POSTPONED To En-
ABLE HIM TO GET HIS FEE OUT OF
THE DEFENDANT, stating that this
WIS agreeable to the defendant, and
that ii WAS unnecessary to bring the
defendant into open court. but the
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this was done and again upon another
call OF the case the same thing Oc-
Cured, il being stated that the attOr-
ney was unable to get fee out Of the
defendant, who was being held upon a
charge Of TasrunCy, though the author
tiles intended to push a white slave
charge against him. In the meantime
the woman in the case found out that
the real basis OF the prosecution was
the defendants association with her
and she left town to avoid testtfyinE
against him. The white slave charge
had to fall.
On the 18th day OF February Ellis
Level filed a petition for a writ of ha-
beas corpus In the 34th district court
alleging that he was being unlaWfuIIy
held by the police and demanded q trial.
On the same date fugitive from JUS
tice complaint was filed against him IN
the Corporation Court. Upon hearing
before Judge Dan Il. Jackson, the pres
Oner was remanded to the Chief of PO-
lice. The record in the District Court
In EN Pafte Ellis Level, No. 59SG, Will
verify this statement. The vaErancy
complaint was in No. 2O4 The State of
Texas vs.. Ellis Level, in the Police
Court. The fugitive complaint was
filed in No. 302 in the same court. On
the 18Th of February. when the habeas
corpus ease was called in the District
Court. the petitioner claimed that he
was being held an unreasonable time
without trial and had not been brought
into omen court. The writer Informed
him of what had taken place in the
Police Court before the judge thereof,
wherein member of the firm of STAN
ton q W eeks claimed to be representing
him and asked for pOstpOnement OF the
case. He vehememtly denied that nuy
mOmber of that firm or any Ont. con-
nected with il had ever seen him about
the case or that he had ever talked to
them or had ever requested any of them
10 represent him, and stated that the
n he hnn
employed was Mr. 6. y. Arnold. who
was representing him in the District
Court. This took place in the court
room and can be verified by Mr.. Ar
mold.
That afternoon the defendant was
tried In the Corporation Court and be- !
ing found guilty OF vagraney was fined
500. At the same time he was held for
the California officers on the fugitive /
complaint.
The history given by StantOn's ennis f,
sary In his sO-called affidavit is worthy Z
of the source from which il emanated 4
and no one doubts the fountain head 1
thereof. 1t shows the exact character 4
OF the men with whom the officers Of /
this city have to deal In enforcement /
Of the laws. They stop at nothing TO /
accomplish their end. whether II be the /
collection of their iIl-gOtteu and III
sought fees in the vile novels visited bv
the atiidaVt maker, or in sIandering /
men tar more decent and respectable /
than they ever can hope to be.
], for one. prefer to believe G. z.
Rely TO either stanton or his affidavit !
maker, who comes before the people
with a lot of vile hearsay and nausent- I
ing filth worthy of its source.
Respectfully,
NOLNEE NJ. BROWN.
Asst. City Attorney, City OF FL PasO.
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