Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-03-05
A MIDNIGHT RACKET.
A Landlord Disturbed and a LOGGER
Arrested.

A Landlord Disturbed and N Lodger
Arrested.
In Justice Austin's Court yesterday
afternoon, young Englishman named
Gilbert Coax appeared for trial upon the
charge of having disturbed the peace oil
W. E. Patterson. The complainant
stated that he was the proprietor OF lodg-
ing house on the corner OF Mayo and Los
Angeles streets, and that Cook was one
of his dodgers; that at O'Clock yester-
day morning Cook, and another lodger
named Lewis, came home "full," =" and
created a good deal of noise stumbling
upstairs to their rooms. He also stated
that Lewis talked very loudly on reach
ing his room and after while his wife
screamed, and the witness got up to inter-
fere. On knocking at Lewis's door, the
occupant asked him what he wanted,
and soon afterwards threw the door open,
and revealed himself standing In
threatening attitude with billet OF wood
in each hand. Cook stood behind him,
also armed with a piece OF wood, and
said he would back him up, and that
can Englishman never lowered his
colors for nothing" Complain
ant stated that Lewis made a
rush at him, and he fed down stairs,
followed by the two men. Meanwhile
one of the dodgers telephoned for the
patrol wagon, and on its arrival, Cook,
who had returned upstairs, was arrested
by Officer Mcguire and taken to the sta
tion. Lewis, it is alleged, disappeared,
returning after the police had left the
house. The defendant had lived there
for the past two months, and had been
on spree nearly all the time.
Mrs. Violet Lewis testified that her
husband was out with Cook until 2 a. m.
yesterday, and that she called her hus-
band from her bedroom window, on hear
ing his voice below on the street. This
made him angry, and when he entered
the room he threw a box of cigarettes
and his coat at her as she lay in bed with
her baby. Seeing that he was inebri-
ated, she was afraid that he might strike
her in his wrath, and she screamed.
Cook came over from his room to see
what was the matter, and shortly after
wards Patterson knocked on the door.
Her husband opened it, and Cook took
barrel stave out of his hand, which he
udQ DlCAcd up thC LII WOoa OOA
and all three left the room. She was
unable to remember what was said, but
she was certain that Cook made the re-
mark about an Englishman and his flag
to her, when she asked him to keep her
husband out of trouble.
0. d. Barnes and w. Brewer, two
boarders, testified as to their peace hav-
ing been disturbed at 2 a. m. by "a
woman yelling, baby squslling, and
man cussing" in the house, and the
former corroborated part of Patterson's
story.
The defendant, Gilbert Cook, then
took the stand in his defense. He stated
that he and Lewis took few glasses of
beer together in the saloon under the
lodging house, but that he was perfectly
sober aud remem bered distinctly all
about the trouble; that he heard Mrs.
Lewis scream and at once went over to
see what occasioned the noise, his sole
object being to avert any trouble in the |
house. He denied ever having had a |
stick of wood in his hands or that he
promised to back Lewis up in fight
with his landlord. He said that at Mrs. |
Lewis's request he went out to prevent
her husband from getting into trouble
but couldn't find him and was just going |
to bed when he was arrested at Patter-
SON. g request. The court adjudged Cook
guilty as charged and fined him in the
sum of $40, or in default thereof SEN
fenced him to imprisonment for ten days.
Patterson filed a complaint in Justice
Savage's court yesterday charging Lewis
with having assaulted him with a barrel
stave, but he had not been arrested last
night.