Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-05-23


forward copy of these resolutions to our re-
preventative in the City Council, Mr.. George p.
McLain, with the request that he use his best
sary action to comply Herewith.
THE MISSING g. w. GRANT.
His Strange Conduct-Dr. Taylor
Corrects Some Errors.
A reporter yesterday visited DR.. Tay-
lor at his residence, corner of Ellis ave-
nue. and Maple street, to ascertain some
thing further in regard TO the case re-
ported in the HERALD on May 2lst con-
corning the missing man, Grant, and
the little girl, Gertie Grant, when the
Doctor gave the following history of the
case, and corrected some errors found in
the report of Tuesday.
"Some eighteen months ago, if re-
member correctly" said the Doctor,
Mrs. Grant, the wife OF George w.
Grant, and mother of Gertie Grant died
in this city, of measles, as reported to
me by Mr.. Grant. The child had been
shifted about from place to place. with
out that care and attention which q
mothers love always prompts.
About four months ago Mr..
Grant brought the child to our house
when we resided at 1924 Olive street,
where we conducted private sanitari-
um, and wished us to give her lodging,
board, washing and the care she needed.
He did not seem inclined to talk of COM
pensation, so 1 informed him that her
room.rent, board, washing, care and in
struction-for he did not wish her to be
sent to school, as she was very delicate
would be worth about $5 per week. He
called at my house once or twice after
that, and stayed only an hour or 30, after
which time he abandoned her altogether.
Some weeks after saw him in one of
the city halls, and sent him note, say
ing, Il want you to come to my house
and see Gertie, and pay for her keeping
to date etc. To this note he paid no
attention for a number Of days, when 1
received the following card: Il
will be at your house to NOR
row, if able. Grant He never
gave any street, number, or sign,
by which / could find him. And I
then said to my family, believe that
Grant intends to throw Gertie on our
hands altogether and will not pay cent
for her keeping. | then went to police
headquarters and laid the matter before
the Chief, who replied: You can do
nothing with man for abandoning his
family etc. Some weeks further on 1
learned that GRAFT had gone to San
Francisco and finally to Oakland, where
brought him to terms, and on
the plea of sickness, for which he went
to San Francisco for treatment-heart
dis ease, he said, though Gertie says she
never heard of his being sick with any
thing of the kind-I gave him time and
discounted his bill 81 on each week, q
part of which he paid, and also sent on
last Wednesday a note, saying, soak
land, 5, IL, Cal. DIR. Taylor, please
send Gertie on the next train. George
w. Grant, 469 Twenty-Third street."
The doctor the produced the order to
send the child as above, and con-
tinued: 81 notified him at the above ad-
dress. by card, that would put her on
tine train in care of the conductor, on
Friday or Saturday, as her clothes had
gone to the wash and conld not be gotten
before Friday. On Friday got ticket
for her and pair Of shoes, prepared
good lunch for her, gave her money to
pay street.car fare here and in Oakland,
took her to the Southern Pacific Depot
with tag around her neck and on her
baggage, and explained the whole matter
to the gentlemanly conductor, who said
he would take care of her to the end of
his run-Bakersfeld I think-and then
pass her over to his successor. I then
put her on the train and babe her good.
by. The dear little thug clung around
my neck and wept bitterly as if she felt
that something wrong was in store for
her. Of course was greatly
surprised when Mr.. Seekatz called at
my house on Monday with the informa-
tion that you have already published as
to her destiny. But you may rest as
sured the child is in good hands as long
as she stays with Mrs. Miller.
would like to correct one or two mis-
takes in your first report of this case. In
the first place, R. w. Grant never lived
at my house on East Pine, nor at any
either place. Then, again, the agent of
the railroad mistook my words when he
says that Grant never paid me anything
for keeping the little girl; and, finally. l
can't see the motive for his having said,
as you report special officer Seekatz as
saying; "He hunted up DR.. Taylor,
whom he found living in house on
Maple street, off Washington, the door OF
which bore the sign, DIR. Taylor, Spiritual
list; seances, held weekly When read
that statement in Tuesdays issue 1
smiled audibly. Why, Mr.. Reporter,
there is not now, and never has been, a
sign on this house, or any other that
occupied, that bore the remotest resem-
blance to that reported in your paper.
The only sign there is about the premises
is my old sign-'Private Sanitarium,'
which we used on South Olive street and
East Pine. This sign appears in the
yard of my present residence, and is the
only sign visible or invisible"
This report was made in straightfor-
ward, manly way by DIR. Taylor while in
bed, where he has been confined for a
number of days, threatened with pneu-
monia.
The Doctor thinks it quite unaccount-
able that the railroad officials should
have had any trouble at all in finding
where the little girl Gertie was sent from,
as she is bright. smart child of 10 years
of age and had written her father letter
| from the Doctors home. She evidently
never told anybody that her mother lived
at DR.. Taylor's, but could certainly have
told where DIR. Taylor lived. as to the
streets, for she knew them we'll. The
Doctor and lis family are pleasant people
and live in good style on the corner Of
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