Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-05-08
Criminal Notes.

iN~st"s
Officer Dillon yesterday arrested
George Dunbar and James Kelly on
Alameda street for vagrancy.
About fifty feet Of hose and two
nozzles were found yesterday at a
"fence" on Los Angeles street. II
was taken to the police station and
there awaits an owner.
There we're stolen on May 4th, from
Coyote Ranch, four horses, one brown
mare, one sorrel mare, one sorrel
horse and one brown horse. A re-
ward ia offered for the recovery of the
above horses.
Thomas Butler was arrested on
suspicion. by Officer Hawley on Com
mercial street. Butler had quantity
of table cutlery and number Of
spoons in his possession, which are
supposed to have been stolen from
the house that was burglarized few
nights ago on Boyle Heights.
T.. L. Miller was arrested early yes
terday morning for attempting to
crack Michael Smiths skull with o
revolver on Alameda street. Officer
Gilbert interfered with the operation
and Miller was taken to the police
station, where he was charged with
an assault with deadly weapon.
M. V. Wright, the officer of the
Humane Society, yesterday afternoon
arrested man named Robert Alex
ander for cruelty to animals. A mum.
ber Of men and teams are engaged
hauling gravel from the Arroyo Seco
to the corner OF Third and Fort
streets. Alexander is one of these
men, and yesterday his team Of six
mules could not pull the wagon up an
incline, which 80 enraged him that
he picked up a club about four feet
long and ten inches in circumference
and with this weapon beat one of the
unfortunate mules severely across the
back. He deposited $25 for his ap-
pearance before Justice Austiu to. day.
Thomas Pendergass and "Reddy"
Gibson, who were indicted by the
United States Grand Jury for the
burglary Of the Lordsburg postofiice,
and forfeited their bail and fskipred'
out OF the city, were arrested at San
Francisco by T. f. Donahue, an ex-
detective. Mr.. Marsh has been on
their track for some time, and the
other day noticed that their women
were preparing to leave town, and
thinking that they were probably GO
ing after Pendergrass and Gibson,
shadowed them. Detective Mccarthy
was authorized to watch the depot
and ascertained that they had pro-
cured tickets for San Francisco. Marsh
at once telegraphed to Donahue to
look out for them, and their arrest
followed shortly after receiving the
telegram. The United States Mar
shall left for San Francisco last night
to bring the prisoners to the city.
Peter Boyle had imbibed too much
grape juice last night and fancied
that he could edo up'' the whole po
lice force, and was creating quite q
disturbance on Main street, when
Officer Roberts expostulated with him
and asked him to accompany him to
the police station. Boyle proceeded
to put his fancy into execution, and
attempted to knock Roberts down.
They clinched, and fell on the side
walk and rolled into the road. Rob-
erts had no club with him, and there
fore could not enforce the majesty of
the law. Two fellow officers chanced
70 come along at this juncture, and
Boyle attacked them also. 1t was not
till his head had come in contact with
the sidewalk and he had become ac-
quainted with the quality of leather
OF which an officers club is composed
that he could be brought to the police
station, where he was charged as
drunk and disorderly.