El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-21
BILLS MARKED
AVAUNT SAYS
Detective Testifies That He
Marked Bills Shortly
After He Got Them.

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done so. ] will not at this time give
such Information as ! may have re-
Earding those matters; 1 will gladly
give IL TO the grand jury I viii APP
pear absolutely before the next grand
jury
His story Of Blum Case.
with regard 70 former deputy
sheriff II. Blum, ] will state the fol-
last Thursday at i o'clock Mr.. Blum
went TO 100 North Estrella street,
and ] was told interviewed two
women and asked them If ] had ever
been there and had accepted money
from them they made an affidavit
about 1 "a. m Friday morning in the
CHIEF Of policies office; these two
women We're brought by myself and
detective Mcdonald from that address
TO the police station. and lawyer Muir
ply was also brought there, and took
TINS atfldaFlts he was merely acting
as a notary at that time and in no
way as counsel in the case. I brought
these women down 20 the station on
information given 10 me by chauf-
feur whose name I can't recall I
got this affidavit from these women
Tor my own protection
Il believe as near as I can remem-
Der, on Monday evening last, I think
IL was, between and $50 .. m. de-
tective Blum walked into my office
and said Tom. am a good friend
OF yours. Nothing ever came up be-
tween US. except I heard that you
had said at one time 1 and a pros
titute were fined 500 and given an
hour 20 get out OF Fl Paso- said.
Yes, i said that. Blum, because it
was told me by Bill Davis. who was
then captain OF police, and 1 believe
1 also heard that Ed Mebus and an
other man also would testify 10 that
fact
Alleges Bride Offer.
Blum said; You know chat at the
present time ! am being watched very
closely, and I am afraid TO accept any
money from anybody. II you viii col
lect from certain places, of which /
viii furnish you list after I talk
worth $500 a week 10 YOU I viii give
you SIS tonight, and SIS next Friday
afternoon At O'clock, ] said All
right, Blum, I viii take the SIS and
we VIII meet next Friday at O'Clock
IN my office The SIS was paid 10
me-three So bills; the numbers Of
these oils We're taken by me- and the
three bills were marked
1t was my intention on Friday
morning TO get in communication with
sheriff Orudorff and have him pres
emit when the balance Of the $50 was
paid over. The three s. bills that
We're given TO me by Blum TO cement
the agreement were turned over 20
sheriff Orndortfs the sheriff said 20
me: las long as there is no owner,
you had better take this money and
I took it, 4 don't know whether I
still have that money or not ] had
dropped that end Of Il because you
the officers had Withdrawn the
Charges.
Absoives Fryer from Graft
Il agreed TO sign q written state
ment 10 the effect that did not
know Of Mr.. Fryer having grated OF
violated any Law Of the state. 1 alb
solutely did not agree to sign any
written request 10 judge Deaver that
the Blum case be dismissed Ny Of
fer to sign a written statement re-
gardinE Mr.. Fryer was voluntary on
my part and was not requested by
any one, and Mr.. Fryer refused TO
accept any written statement from
me about him
The three men who told me that
they were present was detective II.
r. Hall. B. 3. Mcdonald and J. A.
Mclutire- AS near as ! can recOllect
II H Hall told me that very night
that he heard the conversation when
Blum said Here's the SIS McDOn-
aid and McIntires II l remember cor
rectly. told me also that same night
that they heard the same thing. In
the assembly room. the northeast
corner. there are two frames covered
with white cloth about ! feet high
and feet wide, I was told by these
three detectives that they were be-
hind This cloth when this bribery
happened These three statements
were made by these three men. and
the statements were read by mayor
Davis and by the chief OF police
Denies Writing Statements.
Il did not write these three state
ments for those three men. never
told a living soul about this bribery
until. I believe il was either Thurs
dav or Friday night last / think the
flrst man that these three statements
were turned over 10 was the chief Of
police and by him turned over 10 the
mayor.
II know Of a violation OF the law
by the county attorney; it consisted
OF the county attorney, who is elected
and pald By the people, refusing 10
prosecute woman who ran q dis
orderly house, and the county at
torney told me that he would not
prosecute her and that she could run
as long as he was county attorney. [
Mr. Blum told me that Fryer would
not prosecute her and that he and
Fryer would get her out on bond.
Corrected by Court.
q would like 10 state that lust A
short time ago the constables who did
their duty raided her-she was run
ming notorious disOrderly house on
the canal-and she was not prose-
cuted BY the county attorney. ! have
known for some time that Myrtle
Pnillps was running place there
that was disOrderly. You turning 10
county attorney Fryer dismissed the
case. didn't you2"
The county attorney refused TO an
sWer the question, but justice Han
said: 4 can enlghten YOU. Mr..
Avaunt. Myrtle Phillips has been
fined here within the last four d7vs
Another woman at the same address
has been fined and they have agreed
TO close up. Mr.. Fryer prosecuted
them both"
Avaunt continued.
I raided a house owned by the
mayor Of the city and put a conn
plant against II, and the county at
tOrney dismissed It. I did not Tile
complaint against that house with the
county attorneys office. The Alamo
Rooms is the place I speak Of
The Alleged Conversation.
AT the time these three detectives
were behind the screen, they were
about feet away from me. Mr. Blum
spoke TO me in an ordinary tone OF
voice when he made this proposition.
Il was easy for any one in the room
10 hear Blum.
4 marked these bills about 10 min
utes after Blum gave them to me.
took the serial numbers Of the bills.
I put a pencil mark through the big
part OF each figure 3 on the bill u
don't remember whether these detec-
uves saw me mark these bills or not
they were in the next room. ]
asked these men TO get behind the
screen to Overhear the conversation
with Blum. I suspected Blum was
going TO bride me that night. al
though he had never talked TO me-