Daily Los Angeles herald., 1880-11-20

one ]. 3. Hidals-Hs Succeeds in Getting
S2lo0 from the County Bank Ills Arrest
and Details,
Yeste rday morning, about IL
o'clock, an officer whose skill a. n
detective has often earned him
him recognition In official quar-
ters, learned that one J. r HI.
dsles was about to get forged Ger
ti6cste Of deposit csshed at the
County Bank. How he obtained
his information we are not at pres.
ent at liberty to state. He did not
know HidAles, but put himself 1T
once on the track Of that chevaiier
d in0ustrie. aud Informed Sheriff
Rowland Of what he had learned.
That enterprising official. at first
distrustful. became satisfied that
there was something IN 1t, aud i'm
mediately devised programme
which proved highly successful.
THE INFORMATION
Conveyed to Sheriff Rowland stat.
ed that Hidales was to have u horse
at . certain livery stable on Also
street, and that, after getting the
money, be was to mount, ride at
bresk-neck pace for San Diego,
and, having made q good distance
from Los Angeles, he was to out
the telegraph wires and then MAKE
his way, doubtless by San Luis
Rey, the Julian mountains and
Milquatay. Into Lower California,
Mexico.
At G O'Clock yesterday afternoon
Sheriff Ro wland's Informant was
told that Hidales had got the
money aud was at the designated
livery stable, on Also street.
Sheriff Rowland was promptly adj
vised of the fact, and he and his
informant started on the run for
the County Bank, where . brief
conference with Mr.. slauson, the
President, confirmed the intelli.
gence. Proceeding post haste to
the stable, they we're just In time
to fnd Mr.. J. r. Hiisles, who
proved to be, as his name would
indicate, q Mexican.
f ON HIS PERSON
Was found the sum Of $1050 In |
cash. He had bought a fine horse,
which was also seized on account
of the Bank, for the sum Of $3.50
For saddle he had paid $40. for
two revolvers $38 and for q fine
gold watch, which was In his fob,
$3.50. The rema ming $572 drawn
on the forged certificate was non
est. Both the bank officials and
the officers have theory Of what
became Of it and they expect to re-
cover every cent Of 1t.
HldAles yielded to arrest without
resistance and sub mitted to being
Of his arms. He 10 now In
jail.
HE Is A PREPoss EssINa LOOKING |
MAN.
Five feet. eight inches high, weigh
Ing about one hundred and sixty
pounds. Apparently he 10 about
Twenty-Five or twenty-three years
old. His complexion 10 fair and
he wears u slight mOustache. He
has all the characteristics of a good
looking and educated man. al.
be does not speak English,
or assumes to be unable to do 80.
When arrested he expressed great
surprise, aud said that the money
belonged to him-thAt he
had got 1t from his father; that his
father had given 1t to him volun.
tarily, expressing great horror At
the idea that he should be suspect
ed of forgery, ETC., etc. Sheriff
Rowland received all Hidaiss's
protsstations very blandly, aud
told him that II 1t was all right he
would get his money back. but
that, for the present, he must be
with the Inequalities Of
the Hotel de Thompson. Recog-
nizing the trenchant logio Of the
argument, enforced. as II
was, by superior force, Hidalss re-
lapsed into a meditative aud yield.
ing silence.
THE FORGERY.
The document upon which
Hidales succe eded 10 diseDgsging
$2lOO from the vaults of the Los
County Bank was q Ger.
tificate of deposit issued bv the
First National Bank Of San Fran
cisco. Immediately upon being
satisfied that his bank bad been
the victim OF an impudsnt forgery,
Mr.. Hlauson telegraphed to the
First National Bank, reosiving, vt
2:34 p NJ, the following reply:
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 10 h.
J. s.. Slauson, President Los Ange-
les County Bank:
Our certificate OF deposit, No.
1912, for $2l00. should be In favor
If .. P. Jones. It 10 reported lost.
Payment has been stopped.
e. d. MORGAN.