Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-09-25
AROUND THE. CITY.
The Complaint of Old Man
Warner.
ANOTHER NEW CABLE LAID
Two People Injured by Collision.
A Herse Dashes IntO q
Buggy.

One Of the queerest cases on record
was fled in the County Clerks office
yesterday. The complaint is made by
an old man named F. o. Warner, and
William Craze is the party complained
Of. There are ten distinct specifications
in the complaint. The first charges
Craze with wantonly, wilfully and ma
liciously harassing and annoying War
ner, by sending him impertinent, abusive
and insulting letters during the past four
months, and also to his family on Martin
street.
The second count charges defendant
With maliciously reporting plaintiff to
the Health Officer, falsely accusing him
of keeping nuisance IA COW yard) on
his premises, in order that the Health
Officer may come to and inspect and
annoy the plaintiff and his family. The
third count charges Craze with wantonly
persuading Councilman Hamilton of the
Sixth ward, to introduce and bave
passed an ordinance in the City Council
declaring the premises of plaintiff pub
lie nuisance.
The fourth count AYERS that defendant
wilfully circulated report among plain
tiff's neighbors and customers that plain
tiff kept and sold the milk Of several
COWS which he had fed upon swill, slops
and other filthy, noxious food, and that
the milk sold by him was poisoned and
unfit for human or other consumption.
The fifth allegation is that the defend
ant made use of the following language
Warner throws his slops and filth over
his fence into my back yard"
The sixth count charges the use by de.
fendant Of the following words: "War-
ner throws water from his hydrant with
his hose on the roof of my house every
morning at o'clock"
The seventh count AYERS that defend
ant spoke of plaintiff as using the water
of the Los Angeles City Water Company
without their consent, and that Craze
said, ''end will report him and have
him arrested"
The eighth count AYERS the use by de-
fendant of these words: sis that the
heifer that threw the old man down
twas a pity she did not kin the old fool. ,
The ninth count quotes the following
alleged defamatory words: "The ole
fool is keeping nuisance here, with his
cows and calves, and unless he abates i
there will be trouble about it,"
The tenth allegation reads as follows
"And plaintiff further alleges that ht
! is an aged, infirm man of about 70 year
of age, who recently came to Californi
that he might pass the remainder of hi
days in quiet repose, inhaling those life
giving aud invigorating balmy zephyr
Of this exhilarating climate, and tina
here on Martin street he purchased hin
quiet little nook surrounded by orangt
trees, isssamines and roses, where b,
hoped to pass the remainder of his de
clining years in that peace and repos
usually allotted and allowed to the hum
bic and quiet citizen of seventy sum
mers and plaintiff further alleges tina
the defendant is vigorous but viciou
young man of about 80 years of age
whose sole delight seems to be to worr.
and annoy this plaintiff in the quiet en-
joyment Of his honest and hard earne'
home"
The plaintiff asks 81 500 damages an,
that defendant may be enjoined from
further molesting or annoying him.
1t is needless to say that the attorne
for the plaintiff is no less person thai
Colonel Mike Whaling, of the Eight
ward, and of the School Board. Th
fervent and poetic pleading of the com
plant marks the effusion as one {
"Whaling's own." This is destined t
be one of the most notable of the cuus
celebre ever tried in this county.