Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-02-23
WANTED UP NORTH.
H. GOttschalk Held ON a Messa
from San Erancisco.

WAN A1O OI NOhIds
H. Gottschalk Held ON a Message
from SAN Erancisco.
On Friday afternoon last telegram
was received at police headquarters from
Chief Crowley, of San Francisco, in
structing Chief Glass to arrest and hold
one Hermann Gottschalk Immediately
on his arrival in this city. Detective
Bosqui was detailed to receive the Wis
itor, and in order to make assurance
doubly sure, the officer met the incom-
| ing Southern Pacific railroad train at San
Fernando, and on boarding the cars soon
found Gottschalk, who was accompan-
led by his eleven-year-old boy, and
placed him under arrest upon the charge
OF having obtained money under false
pretenses. On account of the boy Colts
chalk was not placed behind the bars,
but was kept under surveillance by the
detective during the night, and remained
in the Chiefs office and around the sta
tion for the greater part of the daytime.
| Gottschalk, who is commercial
traveller, representing O Chicago kid
glove house, arrived in San Francisco
about six weeks ago, and after few
days residence at down town hotel,
sought and obtained lodgings where his
son could have the comforts of home,
in the house of Mrs. Levy on Bush
street, near Franklin. 1t is related that
he charmed all the boarders by his dis
tinguished manner and glib tongue, and
every evening at dinner all the guests
were enchanted by the delightful stories
which Mr.. Gottschalck told of his recep-
tions in the houses of the nobility during
his visits to Europe.
The fame of the travelling gentleman
soon spread abroad, and invitations to
visit different places were showered upon
him. During one of his visits to the
house of mutual friend he made the &C.
lquaintance of Morris Weinberg the pro-
prietor of the refreshment rooms under
the B'nai Birth hall, and after few
minutes conversation discovered that
his brother in New York was friend Of
Weinberg's.
He became regular patron at the sa-
loon of his brothers. friend, and the
| pleasant way in which he related stories
, rich and racy, added to the generous
manner which he had of making his
Listeners presents of the finest kinds of
gloves, won him hosts of friends.
1t is said that he needed a little money,
and his first ''borrow" from Weinberg
was cash transaction, a twenty-dollar
piece being sufficient for pressing needs.
A few days later he was in need of more
money and was cursing the snow-bound
trains which delayed his remittances.
While in this strait he applied to his
friend Weinberg to iudorse check for
$400. This Weinberg was only too happy
to do, and while waiting to hear from
the check, which had been sent to New
York to be cashed, he indorsed two or
three more. Last Saturday dispatch
was received by the bank through
which the money was drawn that the
check was worthless. The bank author
tiles at once notified Weinberg, and he
rushed off to find the drummer, deter
mined to have satisfaction. Gottschalk
was not at sll non-plussed, but looked at
his checkbook, and then in the most
careless manner possible said that it was
too bad, but he had been careless in
making out the check, and instead of
drawing it on the bank he was now doing
business with he had drawn it on bank
with which he had formerly done busi-
take caused Mr.. Weinberg, but said
it was occasioned by the jealousy of the
bank officials from whom he had with
drawn his business and they simply de-
sired to ruin his reputation.
| The story was told in such plausible
manner that it deceived Weinberg, and
he apologized for troubling Gottschalk,
but when he went home his partner, r.
ISilverstein, was not 80 easily satisfied,
and he finally induced Weinberg to
telegraph to Gottschalk's brother in
New York to fi1d out his relatives
standing. Wednesday night they re.
ceived an answer stating the brother
was not worth a dollar except his salary
as traveller for the firm of Mansbach
Brothers of New York and Chicago.
Then Weinberg was angry, and on
Thursday morning he applied for war.
rant for the arrest of Gottschalk. The
warrant was issued by Judge Rix, but
when the house of Mrs. Levy was visited
the enterprising drummer could not be
found. The town was searched for him
on Thursday evening, but it was not
until about 7 O'Clock that trace of him
could be discovered. Then Mr.. Silver
stein discovered that he had departed
on the southern overland for the East
Gottschalk was interviewed by O re-
porter yesterday on the subject of hia
arrest He stated that he had been roped
, into poker game by some of his fellow
,, drummers, who had won about 81 400 o.
his money before he realized that they
were fleeing him. At that time he was
in debt to the tune of $l75, for which he
gave draft upon his brother in New
York, but the payment of which he
stopped by telegraphing ahead, and iu
the meantime he started on his journey
to the East.
An effort was made to secure Colts
chalk's release upon e writ OF habeas
corpus last night, but after waiting fol
some time for Chief of Police Glass, who
3 was at dinner, Judge Cheney's patience
was exhausted, and he issued an order
calling for the appearance of GottschalI
in court at IL O'Clock this morning, for 6
hearing on the writ of ha5eas corpus.
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