El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-20

board of directors of the Juarez
| chamber OF commerce
Mr.. Martinez announced in the
. message that the installation Of Of
ficers Of the newly organized Juarez
chamber of commerce viii be held at
o'clock OF the evening Of July %.
u warrant and he said no Bloch
asked me 10 accompany them without
The warrant after the officer said ne
could set one J acc8lpanled them
TO the police station
When j entered the detective or
flee Capt. Avauut turned TO me and
said. so YOU are one Of those foxy
guys that want a warrant EN-
81 did not reply excepting To- te4-
him that he must treat me as a ctI-
zen and taxpayer. was arrested
and my bond fixed az 5000 Blocn
told me he would set someone 10 go
my bond and / replied that i did not
need any Of his friends 90 90 my bond
that I would get some OF my own
friends TO 90 it,
says AvHunt Pointed Finger.
AS I was leaving the office Ayaunt
I ran after me and said. - - YOU have
gone FAR enough and pointed MS
. finger al me
Il secured the bond and when the
case against me was tried before
Judge Pollock that afternoon was
on cross examination by attorneys
for the defence Ross denied that he
+ had threatened To cause strike on
. August g. 1915. among the 1lreuleu d.
f chief Armstrong was discharged AT
that time ROSS was employed as
fireman.
Denies Deserving British.
/ Attorney JudEIus then asked Ross
+ II It were not true that ire had told
Billy Smith that he had deserted
from the English army
Ross laughiuEly replied that he had
not been in England for 80 years and
at that time he was only II years old
so he could hardly have been in the
army at that age.
the police station was summoned and
Identified the signed statement Of
Herman Bloch. which was TO the ef-
feet that Ross had made threatening
remarks against Capt AvauuL she
said he made the statement 10 her in
the presence of chief ZahrIslie and
capt. Avaun-
Lykins Takes stand.
Ross then asked that detective
Louis Lykins be placed on the stand.
The detective was asked II he were
present when Bloch made the state
ment TO Ross that he signed the pO-
lice statement because Capt. Avauut
promised him protection, that Lyklus
would be removed from the detective
force and placed on the force as a
patrol driver and that he fBloch)
would not have 20 make any more re-
ports to the police.
Lykins replied he was present and
that Bloch made such a statement.
Il arrested Bloch and took him TO
the detective office" the witness re-
piled on examination. "and Can't
Avauut told me to release him. I re-
piled that / would Quit my job II
the charges were dismissed 7 then
rearrested Bloch and filed two
charges against him and he was fined
says Statement Untrue.
Mr.. McBrOOm asked the witness IL
he had said in the presence Of alder
man J. p O'Conuor and Harry Ross
that the statement he had signed at
the police station was incorrect This
statement was 10 the effect that Capt .
Avaunt had used no threatening or
abusive language TO Ross and that F
the. latter. had used abusive language I
TO the officer.
To this question the witness re- Z
piled IL was true that he had said his .
statement was untrue. He said shat .
the police Officers stood together and I
would not make statements defri- ]
mental 10 each other unless they had .
to perlure themselves. The witness /
said he did not believe there was an z
officer on the force who would do !
says Officers stand Together.
Mr. Wyatt then asked the witness (
what kind Of a coalition the officers /
had He replied that they had mono. /
only that one officer would not testf- ]
fy detrimental TO the interests Of an I
other if he did not have to perjure
himself
Did Capt. Avaunt use any profan- /
ity in addressing Mr.. ROss2" Lykins I
was asked by the attorneys for the /
defence.
Yes"
The witness was asked to read his .
statement and then asked if his I
& q q o rs.aH
part of it was correct and part false ]
Trying To Protect Avnunt.
was trying TO protect Capt ]
AFaunl as lar as possible. the witness ]
be a witness
What parts OF the statement are .
untrue attorney Judkins asked.
That part which 7 said. AT no time I
did Capt Avauut use any abusive I
language, was not in the office all I
the time. however
on cross examination the witness /
said that Can't Avauut had told him
bring out the part where Ross had Z
abused him
Mr.. Wyatt asked the officer why he /
had not reported TO chief Of police +
Zabriskie the fact that Bloch was not
making MS reports.
You were in the army and know
the duties TO superior officer. do .
you notE Mr.. Wyatt asked.
Yes. sir
Then why did YOU not make a re-
port about Nr. Bloch failing to make T
his report and about this matter TO .
the chief"
Because Capt. Avauut was my SUI I
perior officer and ] made my reports .
to him"
would you carry out Capt.
Avaunr's orders If you thought they
were unlaWfuI@"
Not if they were Of a serious ma .
lure."