Imperial Valley press., 1920-04-01
Hyde S Story
indicts Hills
Continued from Yesterday

VI Y. 4. tAih. tot HSI
chief OF police CT Ill C,ntro, will
start in tomorrcw'o issue.
q. You knew ...... elder was pay
ing the chief? /
\. Yes, sir.
., And that he was deputy sher-
iff?
"A. Yes, sir.
Q. Was Siaughter's son wise to this
condition of attairs?
A. Yes.
z. What Slaughter was that?
A. We called him Slick, he is a !
little fellow
=. Is he deputy sheriff or his
A. His father is.
z. Was Slaughter on this collection
force too for the chief?
A. No. sir, the chief got him into
it, told him we would collect this and
split it four ways, and after things
come out the way it had, says don't
get into this I have the chief just
where l want him." | would like to
state about Joe Wise. Now before
this he told me to stay ort of negro
town, the chief did. and little negro
Wise is running an awful game over
there, hollering and cursing," but
cannot call his name, but the fellow
that was on as deputy went over there.
and we walkerd right straight up and
stood there in the door, and they had
tight around $4,000 in money shooting !
in and told them to line up against the !
cd tD
effort or anything, and | walked over, |
1 was going to rap him over the head (
with the gun, and he backed off and |
was along, and when we went in |
not get anybody, ana Mr.. Boyle sent !
the boy to the depot, and | could not !
say whether he come up in town, be- 7
lieve he did. and he said "just walk /
them up and there was four or five
passed out, got out of the gang, we
got here with nine, and walks in the /
,ity hall and the chief told them to put
up $40, all of them, for their appear
ance there Monday morning, and the
aeXt day | seen jeff Harris, he was
in the gang, him and another white
-eliow, and he says Hyde. Joe Wise
told me that you would be fired before
three days, and he offered to bet me
5000, and says 81 will tell you What
yol. 90, you go ard tell him to fire
Te, and if he don't give you the $50
| will, and he says, '.the reason |
20 over there is because that is the
only place we can get protection. lie
.ays they are getting protection fro.4
The chlet. you knew mat 6cn yod!
and says No, / Thought i. yI,.,.
stront," and | SAWS ''wou!u you Swc..
to It! and he SAYS sue, kiiJu
what am talking :, boz o. would MT
teil You that, ANA lie says 4 VIII bet
yoL that check they TOOL; ior 91O0, they
are not gong TO show Up lor cour.,
and | will bet Joe Wise gets that c,iecl
back and thGtenight Boyle says do
you know you done something, wa
ought not do?' and | says no ana
he says when you want to get the.
negroes the chief wanted to know VIA j.
in hell you did not let him know sons !
thing about that game going on over
there, that he would attend to them.
and that he was awful sore ABOUT it,
and | says. "you tell the chief to 20
to hell if that is the way he feels about
it." 4
Q. 1t is fact that you were III
structed at all times to not bother tn.
east side?
A. He said not to bother the cas-.
side; he would attend to that. +
O. What is that mans name?
A. Jeff Harris.
O. Where does he live?
A. He has been hanging around the
livery stable on Broadway, and the
fellow they call Tex would know where 7
he was.
Q. Who was with you the night you
raided Wise's place?
A. Boyle and Carlton and myself /
O. Did the chief know you was go
ing to do that? +
A. No.
@. Boyle was deputy sheriff?
A. No, deputy city marshal. !
T. Carlton was an eX-deputy sher-
iff?
A. Yes and he was working for the /
chief for two or three nights.