Los Angeles herald., 1890-05-21
The Tanth-Street Hotel Con-
tract for Iron.
ac Land Case in
Court.
Alleged Attempt to Jump Agricul-
tural Land.
A Bull Terrier and Mongrel-Small Cases
in the Smaller Legal
Circles.


interest at stake is in relation to the
iron work furnished by the plaintiff. A
number of the stockholders of the hotel
corporation were called as witnesses and
answered questions concerning the
affairs of the hotel. The case was con-
tinued until today.
The case of w. G. Chormicle VS.. w.
w. Jenkins came up before Judge Van
Dyke yesterday. The matter was
brought into court through dispute
over land in the Castac canon. 1t is al
legged that defendant attempted to OBJ
tain possession of some land owned by
Mrs. Chormicle, alleging that it is min
eral land. 1t is charged that Mr.. Jen-
kins employed some men to enter upon
the land, which is planted in wheat.
The men cut ditch in the land, and
suit was brought to restrain the defen-
dants from further trespass. A number
of afiidavits were filed going to show
that the land is not mineral land. In
one of them John Hall says "that he
is familiar with the land in question ;
that three years and half ago he was
induced by Albert &. Ruxton, and
through the representations made by
jenkins, to pay certain sum of money
down in the purchase of some 5000
acres, which was said to be suitable for
placer mining and agricultural purposes.
Jenkins said that Chormicle was tie
squatter on this certain section OF land
and that he (Jenkins) wanted that spec
ial piece of land, some 20 acres, for his
own use. He said that although Choir
micle was squatting on the land, he
could not hold it, but would allow him
to remain there until he had built a
house, and then he would take the house
and land away from him. He said it
was fine agricultural land, in fact it was
fit for growing all kinds of fruits land vines
which produced wine of superior
flavor; he said that he was preparing
a ditch for mining; that no mining had
ever been done, but that really it was
for the purpose of irrigating his own
land on section "a, and the lands
near Turner's place; he had taken
levels around there, and the water
would irrigate the whole of the land
above and below him on sections "a and
25. The defendant, Jenkins, desired me to
purchase half the interest of Ruxton in
section 13, and that he (Jenkins) was we'll
acquainted with the land laws of the
United States, and while, as matter of
fact, the land was only valuable for ag-
ricultural purposes, still, that by claim
ing it as mineral that they could hold
and use the land as long as they liked,
until they got able to pay for it, from
the government as mining land, and
that the intent was not to mine upon it,
and that the land of Mr.. Chormicle
would be used for agricultural purposes
and not for mining"
The affidavit goes on to state that
Hall bought half interest. After work
ing and spending considerable money
they discovered not gold enough to cover
the tip of his finger.
In Judge Wade's court yesterday H.
Schoening, a Prussian, and William III.
Evans, an Englishman, were admitted
to citizenship.
ABull Terrier.
In the police court yesterday after
noon M. A. Long and 0. j. King ap-
peared before Justice Lockwood to an
swer to the charge of fighting preferred
against them by Officer Walker. Itwas
shown by the testimony that Long, who
is ianitor, owns large and vicious
bull terrier, and that the animal at
tackled half-starved stray dog on the
corner of Fourth and Spring streets at
O'Clock on Friday night. A large crowd
gathered and the bull terrier was chew
ing the other dog up, when King at
tempted to separate the animals in the
interests of humanity. Long took ex-
ceptions to Kings interference, and,
while the latter was STOPPING over the
dogs, struck him blow and knocked
him down. Officer Walker put in an ap-
pearance before the men settled their
difficulties, and arrested King, Long
making his escape in the crowd. The
court on learning the facts, discharged
King and fined his assailant $5.
The Lesser Courts.
In the township court yesterday
morning the case against G. R. Davis, o.
Vernon, charged with having assaulted
William Beck on March 7th last, came
up for trial. The defendant moved the
court for change of venue, which mo
tion was granted and the case trans
ferred to Justice Lockwood.
Mrs. Ellen Murphy was arrested yes
terday afternoon by Officer D. l.. Crais
upon a warrant charging her with bat
tering the son of Mrs. Ellen Jones' c.
L. Murphy, her husband, was also
placed under arrest for disturbing Mrs
Jones's peace. Mrs. Ellen Jones was
herself arrested on cross-complaint
charging her with battery and sworn to
by Mrs. Murphy, and all three were taken
before Justice Lockwood and arraigned,
the cases being set for 2 O'Clock p. m. of
the 31st inst. All three reside on
Hansen street, East Los Angeles,
but owing to the vagaries of Mrs. Jones' q
COW, which continually strays upon a
piece Of land leased by Mrs. Murphy,
their neighborly relations have been con-
siderably strained for some time past
and the matter reached crisis on Sat
urday last, when the two women came
together at close quarters.
Justice Theodore Savage yesterday ar
raigned an old man named George w
Dye upon the charge of having assaulted
Robert Stoll with pitchfork on Friday
last, and set his examination for Tues
day next, allowing him to go upon his
own recognizance in the meantime.
Justice Austin yesterday rendered
judgment for the plaintiff in the civil
suit entitled Mrs. E. E. Knowles vs..
James Bowers, for $117.40, with costs, a
stay of execution for five days being
granted, however, at the request of the
defendant. Bowers is an auctioneer,
and in February last received two