Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-07-31

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| Cranes popularity and the general an
tipathy to Fray. 1t was rather amusing
to witness the efforts of the represents.
tive OF morning contemporary which
having been "scooped" by the HERALD
on the whole affair was naturally anxious
| to decry 1T and make matters look the
| other way if possible. 1t was rather hard
work, though.
"Fray doesn't look much like a
desperado," said the gentleman with the
pencil to rancher.
NO; but he's hard case," was the
response, "and you can't go much by ap-
pearances in this world"
ANOTHER CHARGE PROBABLE.
Another thing cropped up during the
day that will serve to initiate cons de :
ably against Fray. On Friday night the
barn OF Mr.. w. Jenkens, Of Castaca, was
burned to the ground and. forty tons of
hay and number of valuable mining
implements consumed In the flames. It
is, to say the least, a strange coincidence
that Fray passed the spot on his way to
Newhall at the hour the conf1agration
occurred, and furthermore he is not
friendly with Jenkens and is an associate
| OF that gentlemai's enemies. When
| questioned by Jenkens as to when he
passed the place he first said Thursday,
but later on, seeing that prevarication
was useless he acknowledged that it was
on Friday evening. Mr.. Jenkens is the
man who met Fray couple of weeks
ago in the mountains just after that indi-
vidual had received good drubbing at
the hands of Crane.
where are you off to ?" said Jenkens,
noting that Fray was travelling south.
81 am going to Los Angeles to get a
new shotgun" was the answer, "and
then l am coming back
TO Kill CRANE"
1t has been attempted by one or two
envious journals to make out that the
HERALD's reports regarding the Fray
affair have been greatly exaggerated, but
that this is not the case can Be proved by
any one from that portion of the coun-
try. There are few who will question a
statement made by Mr.. Jenkens, of Cas-
taca, for that gentleman has, during a
residence there of number of years,
during which time he has been interested
in the mining industries of that place.
made for himself reputation for truth
and honesty that might we'll be envied
| There is no use talking, there is a
hard set up in those hills" he said yes
terday afternoon to HERALD man as he
pointed to the massive mountains to the
north, in which Fray had his lair. "Quite
a number of them are Mormons who have
been driven out OF Utah, and think that
on this coast they have an opportunity
for carrying out their nefarious practices.
| Can mention their names to you if you
desire them" and as the scribe willing
ly nodded, Mr.. Jenkens proceeded:
"There are the Chronicles and Morri-
sons, that participated in the Mountain
Meadow massacre the Marbles, Rhodes
Gardner's and host Of others. When
they want thing they usually 60 and
take it, that is unless they think
that the man who owns it
has chance of getting away with them,
and if so, they leave it alone, for they
are towards at heart. This is we'll evi-
denced by the action of Fray in this
matter, and he was an active member in
their clans. They have threatened to
| burn my place down time and again,
but up till last Friday they had not dared
to do it, and would not then but l was
away from home. The reason why
think Fray fired my building is on ac-
count OF the tracks left by the man who
| did it. Did you notice Fray's feet? If
| not, go over and look at them. There is
not man in the country with feet such
as he has, and the tracks about my place
where the firebug climbed over the
barbed wire fence and came to the barn
correspond with an imprint such as his
boots would make. There are also
horses tracks in the road, and Fray says
that it was in this manner he travelled to
| Newhall."
BACK TO JAIL.
AT 5 20 P. NJ, the whistle of the an.
preaching south-bound locomotive was
heard and two minutes later its load of
cars was halted at the depot.
"Come on" said Magee to Fray and
pushing his handcutfed prisoner before
him the cars were mounted, Rony Crane
following few feet in the rear. Consid-
erable excitement prevailed on the train
when it was noised about that the bandit
was one OF the passengers and numbers
strolled through the car in which he was
seated just for the purpose of obtaining a
glimpse OF the man whose name has been
in everbody's mouth during the past few
days. He seems determined to convey
the idea that he is perfectly happy for
during the whole journey he sat with an
unnatural smile on his face, thing
which sensible man appreciating his
position would scarcely be inclined to do.
Probably it was little bit of acting
to convey the idea that he is desperate
OF the first water, character which it
has been his ambition to sustain since
he first ran away from home. Rony
Crane did not sit in the same car or else
the smile might not have been so lumin-
Gus. for Fray has that dread of the man
he has ruined which a coward feels when
he is in the presence of man who is
liable to thrash him. Poor Ronv, left
without home and clothes and robbed of
the treasures of lifetime, was much
pitied by all on the train, for although
he has regular frontier style and ap-
pearance, those who know him know
that he would lay down his life to defend
a friend. Punctually at p. M. the depot
on San Fernando street was reached and
amidst another curious assemblage of on
lockers Fray was marched out and con-
veyed to the County Jail, where he will
remain until Saturday next, the day of
his examination at Newhall.
VERY BAD RECORD.
In addition to the fact that he has been
in prison on the charge of being an ac-
complice of Black Bart in the Tuolumne
stage robbery, the following particulars
regarding his history have been brought
to light: