Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-11-23
CRIMINAL NOTES.

CRIMINAL NOTES.
J. Downs, hack. k.driver, aud George
Wright were each fined in the sum OF
81. 30 by Polics Judge Owens, yesterday,
for disturbing the peace by fighting on
Spring street at an early hour on Sunday
morning last.
At 10 O'Clock yesterday morning Frank
Tibbetts. the Santa Monican, who was
found guilty of battery upon his sister,
Mrs. Mamie Calvert, appeared before
Police Judge Owens for sentence, and
was fined in the sum of SIS.
Detective Auble arrested W. Sylvester
on Los Angeles street, yesterday morn
ing, and took him to the City Jail where
he was locked up on charge of petit
larceny. He is accused of having stolen
a silver watch belonging to Mrs. ].
Daubin, from her room in the Wilson
block.
Alfred Burroughs, alias w. W. W.
man, who was convicted of sending OBJ.
scene literature through the United States
mail to Miss G. Arnold, of Saticoy, and
sentenced by Judge Ross to two years.
imprisonment at San Quentin, was taken
north yesterday.
Yesterday morning Jas. Ramsey, a
colored man, was arrested by Detectives
AuLle and Bowler in second hand store
on Upper Main street, on suspicion of
having stolen valuable rug which he
was attempting to dispose of for the
small sum of fifty cents. He was taken
to the City Prison and locked up pending
investigation.
In the Township Court Yesterday ALI
CASTOR and Robert Harling appeared be-
fore Justice Savage for arraignment
upon charge Of burglary, preferred by
Y. II. White, OF No. 120 College street.
They were ordered to reappear for ex-
animation on the 9th inst, until which
date they were remanded to the County
Jail in default of bail in 81 900 each.
Philip Engle, the Lamanda Park
vigneron, who killed his brother-in.law
W. E. Curtis, on Tuesday evening last,
was released from the County Jail yes-
terday on furnishing bonds in the sum
OF $4,000. His sureties were W. Has
kell, W. q. Dryden, P. Larronde, Louis
Mesmer and D. V. Waldron, each of
whom qualified in the sum of 80, 900.
During the past few days there has
been an unusual influx of tramps into
this county, and both the police and con-
stables have been busily engaged in
gathering them in. Yesterday no less
than fourteen vagrants were lodged in
the County Jail, of whom four were
committed by Police Judge Stanton, four
were picked up on the streets by Deputy
Constable Csss Cline, four were brought
in from Lancaster and two from Burbank.
Ben Leon, colored bootblack, ap.
peared before Police Judge Stanton yes
terdsy, to answer to a charge of battery
preferred against him by Louis Kempf.
The complainant alleged that Leon
struck him during dispute which arose
at the defendant's stand, in front of the
Germania beer hall. on Main street. 1t
appeared from the evidence, however,
that Kempf was the aggressor, and the
Court discharged Leon, who filed a COM
plant against Kempf, charging him with
disturbing the peace.
Owing to his inability to understand
the Chinese language Officer Stevenson
made a slight mistake yesterday after
noon. About l O'Clock, Wong Now, the
leader of one of the two factions into
which the inhabitants of Chinatown are
divided, was haranguing q crowd of his
constituents in loud voice, when the
officer arrested him, in the belief that he
was melting the heathens to riot. On
being taken before Police Judge Stanton
ne was promptly discharged.
Thomas Bates was taken before Jus.
tice Savage yesterday upon an attach.
ment by Deputy Constable Cass Cline,
and committed to the County Jail for six
days. On September Goth last, Bates, it
is charged, assaulted G. Ohm;nus, the
proprietor of the Temple-street Oyster
Grotto, by throwing bottle of Worces-
tershire sauce at his head. but escaped
arrest until October4th. He was taken
into court and found guilty by Justice
Savage, but on his own motion ne was
ordered to appear for sentence next day.
At his request the Court granted a
further continuance in order to allow him
TO prepared motion for a new trial, but
on the 9TH of October, the date set for
sentence, Bates was fined $5, but failed
to appear, AMI an attachment was issued
fer his arrest.