Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-03-19

dred and forty tons of merchandise;
also, schooner Abbie, Jargensou,
master, from Caspar Creek, with
log, 900 feet of lumber for J. G. jack
son; also, schooner George r. Hig-
gins, Falk, master, from Salmon
Creek, with $500 railroad ties.
1,50O posts, and $50, 900 shingles for
the Pacific Improvement Com.
pany.
BY telegram from San Fran.
cisco, published elsewhere in this
Mornings HERALD, II will be seen
that the detectives of that city
have recovered $l,5O0 in gold bull
lion which was stolen by Steve
Houle, a teamster, while in transit
from Cerro Gordo, Inyo county, to
Mojave. Houle brought 1t to this
city and tried to sell it to Mr.. Tom
Stackpole, jeweler, who, not wish
ing to purchase, referred him to
one of our city banks, which bought
the bullion and transmitted it to
their correspondent at San Fran
cisco for sale. The fact of the theft
was communicated to Chief King
yesterday, and he, assisted by Dep.
uty Gerkins, traced the robbery to
Houle and at once caused the arrest
Of the latter by telegraphic order, at
Mojave, for which place Deputy
GerkIns will probably start to-day
to take charge OF the culprit.
From what we hear from Los
Angeles gentlemen who were on
board the Montana with Kearney,
on the occasion commemorated by
the Alta, we think that journal has
done an injustice to Denis Kearney
and to the press. The Messrs. E.
e. Hewitt, Ryan, Wallace Wood
worth, and several other Ange
tfios, were on the boat and none
of them saw the alleged occurrence.
1t Is true that the incident might
have happened without their
knowing OF 1t, but that is a violent
presumption. We are unwilling to
do an injustice to Denis Kearney
or any other man, and we give him
tho benefit of his statement that
he is misrepresented by the Aitd.
We now call upon that Paper, as
we published it's article, to make
good its charge or retract it. Capt.
Carroll must still lie alive and his
affidavit would be conclusive of the
matter. Let us have the facts.
Mr.. Denis Kearney spoke last
night, in front of the Court House,
to very largo crowd composed In
very great part of Democrats and
Republicans who were called there
by simple curiosity. We see no oc-
casion to fatigue our readers with
extended notes of his harangue. 1t
was substantially such an effort as
every one has read to surfeit in the
Chronicle and Call, with few local
variations. An Incident of some
interest was that in which Kearney
stated that Col. Hewitt had been
down at Santa Ana promising rail-
way situations to persons who
would consent to vote against the
new Constitution. Col. Hewitt,
who was present, told Kearney
that his statement was an untruth,
aud demanded the names of his in
formants. The agitator replied that
he did not remember them. Col.
Hewitt advised him, when he
reached Santa Ana, to hunt up
these people. A little disconnected
by the failure of this piece of clar.
trap, Kearney was obliged to prom
ise to make inquiries and to with
draw the statement II 1t could not
be verified. AS compared with his
former visit, Kearney has some.
what improved, which is not say
ing much considering the appalling
room there was for improvement.
The meeting broke up about ten
o'clock. At every stage it was ap.
parent that Kearney did not COM
mand the sympatEies of the vast
majority Of those present.