Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-19
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Former Jurors And Jury
'Fixer' Arrested For
Alleged Bribery
KEEPING Fits BUSY
Famous Criminal Cases
Mentioned In L at G S t
Expose

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The Julian Petroleum corporation
fiaseo. Il ease that has stirred South
orn California for three years, ap-
rarently split wide open today.
The break brought amazing ana
complicated charges from the hall OF
Justice where District Attorney
Buron Fits appeared spasmodicaliy
to announce new ramifications and
new arrests.
By noon two jurors who joined in
the aequittal Of group of defend
ants accused of causing the collapse
of the 100000 900 corporation
through an overissGe of stock here
were under arrest on charges OF
bribery.
Also held was private detective,
who. according to Fits admitted at
tempts to fix the jury in that case
and also in the eases that involved
the conviction of Asa keyes, former
district attorney of Los Angeles,
Alexander Pantages, millionaire the
atre man, Albert Marco, one time
lord of the Los Angeles underworld
and A. |. Lasker and Martin Leach,
brokers.
The Jurors under arrest were
Frank Grider and John b. Groves.
They were taken TO county jail ar
ter District Attorney Buron Fits
said he had evidence to indicate
bribery.
Grider, according TO an affidavit
taken by Fits, sold his residence
to Jacob and Louis Berman, defend
ants in the trial in which he was a
iuror. while the trial still was IN
progress.
Groves. according to the safe affi-
davit, visited at the Berman home
several times including the night af-
ter the not guilty verdict was re-
turned.
Get "Arch Fixer''
Fits. who worked throughout the
night on the new eases, appeared AT
his door to announce the two bribery
arrests.
On his next and third appearance
the prosecutor announced the arrest
of "the arch jury fixer of all time,
Louis Krause.
Krause first was taken into Gus.
tody early today after Fits learned
that he supposedly shadowed mem
bers of the Julian jury.
ave have learned that Krause not
only attempted to fix this Julian
Jury" Fits said, "but that he also
tried to fix half-dozen juries III
prominent cases"
Fits then outlined that Krausc
admitted that he was Interested II
the jury which finally convicted
Alexander Pantages on n charge OF
assaulting II year old Eunice Prin
gle a dancer, and that he made at
tempts to interfere with the jur!
that convicted Marco on a charge OF
assault with deadly weapon, the
one that convicted Keyes of briber,
conspiracy, and the one that convict
ed Leach and Martin of violating
the Corporate Securities Act.
The ease that brought krause
the same which led to the conviction
of former District ATTORNEY keye
and his chief deputy, Harold "Bud
dy" Davis, on bribery conspirac.
charges.
Scored BY Judge
The defendants in the ease wer
S. c. Lewis, president of the julia
CORPORATION, Jacob and Louis Bei
man. Julian executives, and Ed Ros
enbcrg, William Kottleman, II. +
Campbell, r. p. Conroy, |. j.. Rouse
c. Il. Reese and Il. M. Reese, brokers
After they were acquitted Super
Tor Judge William Doran scored tn
prosecution for its dilatory manne
of handling the case and later keyc
and Davis were indicted and convict
ed.
Keyes now is at San Quentin an
Davis is in the county jan her
awaiting the result of his appeal t
conviction.
The district attorneys office wa
a beehive throughout the day.
Fits, himself, wore an old re
sweater and no necktic rs he wen
about questioning the various Wi
nesses.
Jacob Berman, Miss Leontin
Johnson, Blayney Matthews, Charlie
Reimer, Ben Getzoff and a doze
other samiliar figures in the severe
score of legal actions that followe
the Julian crash went in and out G
the office.
Means were brought in from GU
side and the questioning continue
as authorities and witnesses ate.