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WEDNESDAY MORNING
7
(J
RED PLEA
REJECTED
BY BOARD
1,WM'. Charges Regarded
as Unfounded by Police
Commissioners
the
Los
the
on
Charges of brutality snd malicious destruction of property preferred against members of the Los
Angelea police force by.Clinton J.
Taft, director of the American
Civil Liberties Union, in behalf of
the I.W.W., commonly known as
the Wobblies' union, were dls-
mlssed as unfounded yesterday by
the Board of Police Commissioners, which approved a report transmitted by Chief Vollmer and
signed by all five members of the
Police Board of Inquiry.
Special investigators from
TMstrlct Attorney's office and
Angeles policemen raided
I.W.W. hull in San Pedro
March IT. last. John W Walsh.
Sam Martinez. Bernard Jellovich
and D. If. Black wer-arrested and
subsequently were indicted by the
county grand Jury on charges of
criminal syndicalism.
"Minutes of the meetings," says
the report, "together with books.'
literature and Red emblems which
the officers were accused of destroying were in fact taken to.th*
San Pedro . police Station and
booked as evidence. The property
so taken was never destroyed but
la now in fhe possession of the
District Attorney's office and the
police department subject to
orders. >
"The board endeavored to ascertain the amount of damage done
to the furniture but the testimony
was at such variance that it was
Impossible to establish the exact
amount. It was the opinion, however, that tho maximum damage
done would not exceed more than
ten or twelve chairs being broken
and the leg being pulled from tho
pluno. The evidence- shows the
raid was conducted in a peaceful
manner and when the offic»rs left
the hall it was 'aft in charge of
the owner of the building and a
number of cjtlrens whom the officers did not know and at that
time all the furniture was Intact.
"The boarr*. is convinced that
the testimony >f the I.W.W. witnesses In general in evasive, convicting and contradictory and. In
many instances. tempered with
malicious enmity toward Officer*
Hynee and Pfelffer.
"After a review of the testimony
submitted by members of the
I W.W., some of whom were not
citizen* of the United States, and
taking Into consideration the past
attitude of the I \V,W. against
constituted authority, plus all the
disturbances that they have heretofore caused throughout the
Coast, the board does not feel that
it ran accord their testimony the
same Weight as that of law abiding
citizens."
%os Sngde
Object Description
| Title | Article clippings, 1923-06-05 - 1969-10-23 |
| Description | Article clippings, 1923 June 6 - 1969 October 23. PART OF A SERIES: A critical component of the Commission's investigation centered on the idea that governance of the LAPD was shared between the Office of the Chief of Police, an administrative body, and the Board of Police Commissioners, a citizen body. To better understand the dynamic between these two entities, the staff of Heller, Ehrman, White, & McAuliffe researched the history of the Los Angeles City Charter, focusing primarily on its provisions regarding the distribution of power and the structure and organization of the LAPD. Included in the series are reproductions of reports, dissertations, article clippings, excerpts from city documents, and charter amendments related to the charter's conception and development over time. The series also includes several summaries of expert witness interviews regarding the effectiveness of this structure. |
| Geographic subject (city or populated place) | Los Angeles |
| Geographic subject (county) | Los Angeles |
| Geographic subject (state) | California |
| Geographic subject (country) | USA |
| Publisher (of the original version) | Los Angeles Times |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California |
| Date issued | 1923-06-05; 1923-06-06; 1923-07-05; 1923-07-12; 1923-07-13; 1923-09-01; 1923-12-02; 1923-12-27; 1924-04-27; 1924-04-28; 1924-04-29; 1924-04-30; 1924-05-01; 1924-05-02; 1924-05-04; 1924-05-06; 1924-05-07; 1925-07-01; 1936-06-23; 1936-07-22; 1937-02-16; 1937-02-22; 1937-03-14; 1937-04-23; 1938-02-25; 1938-03-25; 1939-01-04; 1943-01-21; 1943-02-10; 1943-03-23; 1943-10-24; 1944-03-17; 1944-10-26; 1944-11-06; 1949-10-31; 1949-11-04; 1950-11-03; 1955-01-11; 1963-12-22; 1964-11-30; 1964-12-16; 1964-12-19; 1965-02-20; 1967-01-30; 1967-09-01; 1969-07-29; 1969-10-21; 1969-10-23 |
| Type |
texts images |
| Format | 57 p. |
| Format (aat) | clippings (information artifacts) |
| Format (imt) | application/pdf |
| Language | English |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Part of collection | Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department, 1991 |
| Series | Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe |
| File | Article clippings |
| Box and folder | box 21, folder 9 |
| Provenance | The collection was given to the University of Southern California on July 31, 1991. |
| Rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained. |
| Physical access | Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@dots.usc.edu |
| Repository name | USC Libraries Special Collections |
| Repository address | Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 |
| Repository email | specol@dots.usc.edu |
| Filename | indep-box21-09 |
Description
| Title | Red plea rejected by board, 1924-04-30 |
| Description | "Red plea rejected by board" Los Angeles Times (1924 April 30). |
| Geographic subject (city or populated place) | Los Angeles |
| Geographic subject (county) | Los Angeles |
| Geographic subject (state) | California |
| Geographic subject (country) | USA |
| Publisher (of the original version) | Los Angeles Times |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Date issued | 1924-04-30 |
| Type | texts |
| Format | 1 p. |
| Format (aat) | clippings (information artifacts) |
| Format (imt) | image/tiff |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Series | Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe |
| File | Article clippings |
| Box and folder | box 21, folder 9, item 10 |
| Physical access | Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@dots.usc.edu |
| Full text | WEDNESDAY MORNING 7 (J RED PLEA REJECTED BY BOARD 1,WM'. Charges Regarded as Unfounded by Police Commissioners the Los the on Charges of brutality snd malicious destruction of property preferred against members of the Los Angelea police force by.Clinton J. Taft, director of the American Civil Liberties Union, in behalf of the I.W.W., commonly known as the Wobblies' union, were dls- mlssed as unfounded yesterday by the Board of Police Commissioners, which approved a report transmitted by Chief Vollmer and signed by all five members of the Police Board of Inquiry. Special investigators from TMstrlct Attorney's office and Angeles policemen raided I.W.W. hull in San Pedro March IT. last. John W Walsh. Sam Martinez. Bernard Jellovich and D. If. Black wer-arrested and subsequently were indicted by the county grand Jury on charges of criminal syndicalism. "Minutes of the meetings," says the report, "together with books.' literature and Red emblems which the officers were accused of destroying were in fact taken to.th* San Pedro . police Station and booked as evidence. The property so taken was never destroyed but la now in fhe possession of the District Attorney's office and the police department subject to orders. > "The board endeavored to ascertain the amount of damage done to the furniture but the testimony was at such variance that it was Impossible to establish the exact amount. It was the opinion, however, that tho maximum damage done would not exceed more than ten or twelve chairs being broken and the leg being pulled from tho pluno. The evidence- shows the raid was conducted in a peaceful manner and when the offic»rs left the hall it was 'aft in charge of the owner of the building and a number of cjtlrens whom the officers did not know and at that time all the furniture was Intact. "The boarr*. is convinced that the testimony >f the I.W.W. witnesses In general in evasive, convicting and contradictory and. In many instances. tempered with malicious enmity toward Officer* Hynee and Pfelffer. "After a review of the testimony submitted by members of the I W.W., some of whom were not citizen* of the United States, and taking Into consideration the past attitude of the I \V,W. against constituted authority, plus all the disturbances that they have heretofore caused throughout the Coast, the board does not feel that it ran accord their testimony the same Weight as that of law abiding citizens." %os Sngde |
| Filename | indep-box21-09-10.tif |
| Archival file | Volume66/indep-box21-09-10.tif |
