Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-11-25
CHAS. GLASS KILLED.
His Body Carefully Placed
ON the Railroad Track.
MEN ARE ARRESTED
The Police Perplexed-The0ries Ad-
yanced as to the Guilty
Party-Many Wounds.

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AS train No. II, of the Southern Pacifi
Railroad Company, was nearing Tropic,
shortly after O'Clock yesterday morning
Engineer Kelly saw the body of a maj
lying across the track right ahead of tn
train. He at once reversed his engin
and whistled for brakes, 30 as to stop tn
engine, if possible, before reaching tn
body. Owing to the speed at which b.
was then running he was unable to pre-
vent the train from striking the man
but the cowcatcher of the locomotive
rolled the body off the track, and th,
wheels of the locomotive only passe,
over the mans right hand. When tn,
train was brought to standstill few
feet further along the track, Enginee
Kelly ran back to the place where th,
body lay, and he noticed that tn,
crushed hand was not bleeding, and
STOPPING down, it was discovered tina
the man had evidently been dead severa
hours before the train struck him
Leaving a brakeman in charge of thu
body, Engineer Kelly pulled into town
and as soon as possible on arrival re
ported the affair to the operator il
charge OF the Arcade. Coroner
Meredith was notified OF the discovery
Of the body, and acting under his
orders, Messrs. Orr & Sutch's wagor
was sent out to bring the body into The
morgue. II was identified by one of the
undertakers' assistants as that of Charlie
Glass, blacksmith. who had two shops
one on Olive street and another on Sec
ond, between San Pedro and Los An
geles streets. The matter was put into
the hands of Chief Glass, who proceeded
to the place where the body was found
by Engineer Kelly and on his return
Detective Bosqui was detailed to investi-
gate the matter. 1t WAS ascertained that
Glass hired four-seated surrey anC
double team from the Empire stables
about $50 o'clock on Saturday night
for the purpose of driving out to dance
in an empty house, belonging to a man
named Hunter, in the Verdugo canon
near the Three Mile House. He was &C
companied by four men, two of whom
went with him to the stable where he
hired the team, the other two being
picked up later. The quintette then
drove to j. Kennedy's saloon OF
Spring street for refreshments, and
from there to saloon jus
beyond the Buana Vista-street bridge
No further stop was made unit
within quarter of mile from the
house where the dance was being held
when the party stopped at saloon te
inquire their way. After psrtsking O.
more drinks, they drove on to the dance
arriving at the house about IL o'clock
They then separated and at about 4
O'Clock a. m. Glass friendsl left the house
in the surrey 10 drive home, Glass hav
ing gone down to the saloon some
time previously. The quartet
called at the saloon and founG
Glass there, whereupon they al
drank again prior to driving home. A
dispute arose and several fights occurred
between Glass and his friends and 9
party of Mexicans who had attended the
dance. Suddenly Glass was missing and
q search was instituted for him, by some
OF his friends, but he was not to be foune
and it was agreed that he had either
gone home or else he must have wan
dered off and fallen asleep near by
Some OF his friends went home, while
others of the party waited until dayligh
was learned Of him apparently until thei
arrival in town, when it was rumored
that Charlie Glass had been killed.
Detective Bosqui, acting under the in
structions of the Chief, proceeded to the
Empire stable and learned that the ve
hicle which had been hired by Glass or
Saturday night had been returned
at GAS o'clock yesterday morn
ing by one of his companions. The
hostler, August Schone, who received, il
stated that on examining the buggy, Il
which he hitched fresh team, for tn,
purpose of meeting the 7:15 train at the
Arcade depot, he found the cushions ant
carpet covered with blood. He also gavt
the detective q description Of the twt
men who accompanied Glass when ht
hired the team, and told him that th'
man who brought tho carriage back sale
they had "little scrap" which delayed
their return. The detective shortly afte
II o'clock arrested O. W. Stevens, th'
man who returned the team, on Sprinj
street, and took him to the station
where he was locked up pending an in
vestigation. About an hour later th,
officer placed G. III. Sweeny and Eugen'
Mcmahon behind the bars. Each o
the three men was locked up in a sepa
rate cell, and his statement of the affai
taken down in writing at the instance o
the Chief.
STEVENS STATEMENT.
o. w. Stevens, alias "Shorty," is l
years old, and native of Winona
Tremplo county, Wis. He states that b
met Charlie Glass about 8 p. m. on Sat
urday, and took drink with him. Afte
that they went into the Empire stable
together, and Glass engaged two
seated surrey. They then drove over l.
Budinger's barn and waited there for
while for the rest of the boys, f. Nc
Mahon, Sweeny and F. Pearce. Tn
quintette then drove down Spring street
and stopped for a drink before startin
to the dance; stopped again for drinl
when across the Buena Vista-stree
bridge, and then drove directly t
the Three-Mile House, along the South
ern Pacific track. Everything was quie
at the dance. The crowd was compose
for the most part Of Mexicans of bot
sexes. Charlie Glass left the dance an
went to a saloon about quarter OF
mile away. "About 80 O'Clock said