Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-12-29
CITY EVENTS.
A Young Girl Elopes With
a Peddler.
CAUGHT AT SAN BERNARDINO. }.
The Garrett Case-It Was Not an
Attempt at Suicide-Other
News.

Early yesterday morning the Chief o
Police received visit from Mr.. III. F
Parkins. who resides at small cottagt
next door to De Turks stable, near the
corner of Seventh and Pearl streets. The
visitor was very much excited, but it wai
finally gathered from his conversation
that his daughter Elva, a pretty girl IL
years of age, had been abducted on Fri
day night about IL O'Clock by fruit.
peddler named Jack Day. The latter
was described as young man, 25 years
old, Aorid complexion, light blue eyes
and fair hair, dressed in dark blue suit
aud black felt hat, while the companion
Of his fight was dressed in dark blue
worsted dress and black jacket, sur
mounted by felt hat with green ribbons.
In addition to stealing Miss PArkirss
Day was accused Of having stolen a
spring wagon and sorrel horse, which he
hired from De Turks stable when
engaged in peddling fruit, an ia.
quiry elected the fact that he
had disposed Of the vehicle and horss to
G. Heileman, a liveryman on San Pedro
street, for $40, on Friday afternoon.
Parkins stated that Day had boarded at
his house for some time past, but that he
had not noticed any undue intimacy be-
tween the man and his daughter, and
was very much surprisee to find that
beth had left the house Friday night, and
did not at first realize that they went
away together.
Detectives Boequi, Auble and Bowler
were detailed to investigate the matter,
and it was soon ascertained that the
couple had spent the night at the
Arlington lodging house, on Commercial
street, as man and VITA. Detective Bosqui
next learned that Day and his COM
panion had left the city in Oliver Stearns'
hack for Pasadena, aud at II 20 O'Clock
he started in pursuit of the fugitives.
Taking the Kuhrts-street car line the
officer rode to the end of the track, and
walked to Mother Browns Four-mile
house, in the expectation of procuring a
saddle horse there, but on arrival he was
informed that owing to the rains the
horses belonging to the Browns had
strayed away, and that man was out
hunting them. The detective was nom
plussed for the time being, but hearing
that q hack containing a man and
girl mad driven past there several
hours earlier, he determined to push on
and fortunately was overtaken by a
farmer named Foster, who offered him
lift in his wagon. In this way the de-
tective reached Alhambra, where he
learned that Day and the girl had
abandoned the hack at the depot, and
finding there were no trains running, had
- ho 100 OBJ f<,u n
San Gabriel. Accordingly he also
walked to the San Gabriel depot and
heard that Day had left the girl there,
while he went up to the Mission and
hired a man to drive them both to Ls-
manda Park, to which place they had
started As minutes earlier. Bosqui
sought Constable F. F. De La Ossa, and
explaining the urgency of the case to
him. was at once conveyed behind that
officials mustang in blackboard. The
little untamed broncho took both officers
at dead run all the way, but to Bosqui'u
chagrin, he learned that the fugitives
had boarded construction train twenty
minutes earlier, and had left for the
south. The detective was informed that
this train was the first one that had run
over the road for three days past, and
that it would probably 60 through
to San Bernardino. After expert
encing considerable difficulty, Bosqui
managed to send message through
along the wires to Sheriff Seymour at
that place to head off the runaway
couple, and few hours later he received
an answer to the effect that Day and his
Juvenile companion were both safe in the
Jail at San Bernardino, awaiting an
officer to bring them back. Unfortun-
ately, however, Bosqui found that he
would DO unable to reach them until
Monday morning next, as owing to the
conditionsof the road bed, no trains will
be run through until that time.
While Bosqui was in hot pursuit OF the
couple, Detectives Auble and Bowler
were on his trail in buggy and double
team, but on arrival at the San Gabriel
Mission they learned that their fellow
officer had left there ten minutes earlier
in blackboard and that he was driving
at a gallop. Supposing from this cir,
cumstance that he was nearing his goal
they turned round and drove back to
town. Besides the $40 derived from the
sale of the horse and spring wagon Day
is said to have converted about 500 to
his own use, which was derived from the
sale of turkeys and other produce be-
longing to others and entrusted to hin
for disposal on commission.