Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-08-31
ABOUT TOWN.
Four More Indictments
Found by the Grand Jury.
ANOTHER CHARGE OF RAPE.
Other Items of an Interesting Ma
ture Gathered Around the
Streets-LOeal Events.

Yesterday afternoon fifteen of the
Grand Jurors, led by their Foreman,
Major w. G. Furrey, came into Depart
ment l of the Superior Court and laid
before Judge Cheney a partial report.
The Court proceeded to con the contents
of this report, which turned out to be
four criminal indictments. The Judge
ordered bench warrants to issue for the
arrest of the four men charged with these
offenses, and fixed the bail bond on the
first that came to hand at $4,000; on the
next at $5 900, and on the last, which in
cluded the. names of two individ-
uals, at $500 each. This
aggregate of $2S, 900 bonds naturally led
the newspaper reporters to think that
great crimes had been committed and
that probably people of prominence were
indicted. Later on it transpired that
one indictment was against A. A. Mon
tsiio, recently the County Auditor, who
was already under bonds in the sum of
So, 500 for defalcations and forgeries COM
mitted in connection with his office. He
was arrested about O'Clock, and in de-
fault OF bail, 1000, he was committed to
jail.
A little later on a young man
named Peter Savage, who has been
working in the Tribune pressroom,
since he came here from San Francisco
some six months ago, was arrested and
lodged in Jail in default of his bail, 81 500.
This was one of the men coupled in the
joint indictment. The other man was
known to be out of the city, and he was
arrested in San Francisco on a telegram
from the Sheriff's office to the Chief of
Police. He is Ed. Cuffe, a Barbary
Coast or Tar Flat pugilistic tough, whose
usual abode has been the Bay City, but
who has been hanging around this place
for some time past.
The crimes for which these
young men are arrested are those
OF abducting young girl and
attempting to rape her. 1t is
little difficult at present to learn much
about the case, but this much is known
Sometime ago a young girl, an orphan
as is supposed, named Virgie Harcorrt,
came here from San Francisco and took
up.her abode in the city. On Friday cf
last week it is charged that young Saw
age and the tough Oufe abducted her,
took her to some rendezvous, dxugged
her and attempted to rape her. The
girl fell into the hands of Mrs. Watson OF
the Girls Home, and yesterday she want
before the Grand Jury and informed
them of the crime as above
stated. 1t was on this informa.
ton that the indictments were found.
Savage was summoned before the Grand
Jury and examined, before the indict-
ments were made. He GLAZING that he
can prove an abb, or rather his brother
claims this for him, alleging that he was
working that night in the Tribune off ce
at the hour the crime is said to have
been committed.
The third person indicted had not been
arrested at late hour last night; but Il
is known that his whereabouts are fixed.
and that his arrest will be made todey.
The authorities are dumb as oysters az
to the person referred to, but it is very
plainly reported that it is Joe Ellings-
worth, the pugilist, and that he made
the same attempt on the same girl at
Lamanda Park, on the night previous
to her trouble with the other two
worthless. If the reports are true, the
case against Savage is strong one.