El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-15


g cahv a bass drum. a "bull fiddle anc
: a tub of free lemonade Ponder Carter
B pleaded for Ballard ColdWell TO be elect
Z ed because ne was a home product and
had gone to the Bailey school He
+ pleaded for Forrest Bakers election be
3 cause he was n home product and then
pleaded for his own election. admit
ting in the next breath that he had not
. lived here long enough to have voted
? for a single city or county officer Pom
der SAID TO throw out the incOmpetents
in the courthouse and put in compe-
tents He did not mention the tax col
lectOr's office Neither did any OF the
other speakers. He spoke of golden
milk" from the poor farm cows. which
is not far wrong considering the pres
ent retail price of this liquid.
Dave Mulcahy batted 900 IN his
speech. making neither fouls nor ora
torical pinch hits He seemed to be
missing fire for he stopped between
every other word and frequently forgot
his speech.
W. b. Ware Present.
There were about 200 present when
Don Johnson started his speech and.
perhaps. 100 when he finished Many Of
these were women who occupied ma
jority of the chairs on the lawn and
left the men to stand under tne emma
berry trees and sit around on the grass,
smoke And talk about real estate val
ues in an undertone. one well known
clubman. who manages one Of the rev
booze clubs now running, was cohsplcu-
lousy present as were many ring o.
ficers and office seekers
W r. Ware. president of the County
and CITY Democratic club. was present
and took a drink of the lemonade just
to show he had no hard feelings against
anyone. There were also number OF
other .'anti-ring' men present VINO en-
loved the session more than dld the
ring crowd after eXchief johnson
Don's speech.
"Kighteen months ago ! worked hard
for the County and CITY D ..g o'-5- -
club" said Don johnson WORKED
hard for il because ! believed IN ltS
principles. Tom Lea told me that ne
had every confidence in me. but Ihat
he was going 10 run the ponce deparii
ment l was To have the response
bilitS. however He began at the bot
tom. and began firing and appointing
sergeant
suited my friends. and they advised me
TO accept the appointment During the
whole time I was chief, l never had an
audience with Tom Lea When l asked
questions, 1 got short answers
Not QuItter.
Il would not resign, for am not
Of the gutter class. Don't you re-
sign the mayor told me.
ION the Path of April Lea called
me into his office and cried like
baby. I realize the charter OF the
CITY of FL Paso makes me a car he
told me I realize that l have handi-
could be Handicapped. But now wan-
you to take charge OF the police sta
ton Every police matter viii be re-
ferred to you and alderman Jolly. 1
viii stand back of you every time
Abused PrIsoner7-7
$50 I really took charg5 on May 1.
issued some instructions II they
were wrong 1 deserved to be kicked
out like a dog into the streets
One of the instructions was that no
abuse Of prisoners would be tolerated
] put this in because Lea's pet cap
tain. ". ID. Greet, had been abusing
prisoners. Capt. Greet has abused
more men and apologized in less time
than any man in the city Of Fl Paso.
Another instruction was that women
should not be allowed in the police
station. The reason for this was that
some OF the Policemen's wives visited
the station so often that the men coulc
not do their work
lea told You that he would take
the police and the fire department OUT
OF politics Did he do it.
9th of June Fatal Day.
"On the 9th Of June. Lea called me
into his office and told me that ther=
was criticism on the street about my
work.
= Has any one attacked my integ-
rityT 1 asked him
NO. no. he replied. I would not
let any man do that
That's ali 1 could get out OF him
Criticisms on the streets What
want TO know is. who turned the liars
out on the streets II they wanted 70
get rid Of me why didn't they do it in
a direct way
SO on the 9Th OF June was fired.
and alderman Jolly said nothing He
said il was done over his head But
he never raised his voice
Increased Efficiency-
mT to 81 n haf ner he
me because I increased the efficiency
Of the force Zoe per cent Or because
the month Of May, during which I had
charge. was the only Month in which
Il Paso had a sober police force.
Mayor Lea has promised that he
would cut off all useless salaries. II
he sticks 10 that, there Will not be five
members Of the police force left
Did he fire me because I made the
force walk the streets like gentlemen,
instead of slouching along as il they
had stolen something Did he fire me
because OF my action in prosecuting
disorderly houses2
Lea made a statement In which he
said that In spite Of criticisms that
had been heard. Johnson has brought
order out Of chaos. l Will defend him
IF he meant this. why did he fire
me? II he was not sincere in this, !
why did he lie
Fired Tom York.
u
rest on North E PasO. when woman |
was locked up2 Did he fire me because |
1 fired Tom York;
Lea wants to elect Seth Orndorff |
because he viii make the sam kind !
of sheriff that Lea has made mayor.
He doesn't want to be the only man in /
Fl Paso that makes a damn fool OF 1
himself
Did he fire me because 7 never took /
a drink of booze in my life Yet L /
heard on the streets that 1 never drew /
a sober breath while I was on the !
police force
did he fire me because I let old 1
George Herold gO2 Herold could not
read and write. and II was impossible
to send him out on burglary cases be-
rause he could not write down a de-
Of the property Involved
7 want to ask whether the worst 1
criticism against me was not that |
am an honest MANI
says BridEers Roasted Him.
BILLY BridEers said some contemp- /
-ible things about me. because he was
I wiser man than Tom Lea He want !
I'd me to stop working for Lea so I
,ould work for him. And that IS what
am doing-wOrking for Billy Bridgers
IS hard s 1 know how
4 have in my possession a letter
rom Lea ordering that the prisoners
,e given vinegar and gasoline baths.
n Tom Lea is not responsible for that
fire. let him saw So