Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-03-08
IN THE COURTS.
The FI0ater and the Missing
Sailors, Etc.

The ElOater and the Missing
sailors, Etc
Yesterday the case of the seven San
Pedro men arrested on suspicion of COM
plicity in the abduction and possible
murder of Louis Busch, of the schooner
Nettie Lundborg, formed the most inter-
esting case in the courts. The men
under arrest are Charles Baker, Andrew
Olsen, Henry Olsen, F. G. Kiel, A.
Andersen, Gust Andersen and Andrew
Axelsar. They are held on a charge of
having murdered Louis Busch, one of
the men abducted from the schooner
above-named, on the night of February
Goth, last.
The men were brought before Depart
ment yesterday on an application to have
them admitted to bail. The complaint
was sworn to by John E. johnson,
steward of the schooner, who thinks he
identified the foater found in the bay at
San Pedro, last Monday, as the body of
his lost shipmate. 1t will be remem-
bered that two men, Busch and another
named Henry Kemp, were abducted, and
that one of the men above, F. c. Kiel,
acknowledged that he and A. Andersen
took the men off the schooner, but
claimed that they went willingly. The
testimony of the ships people was pretty
positive that the dead body is that of
Busch. AT the Coroner's inquest it was
considered proven that the dead man was
one Sorensen, a Dane known to many
people in this city. Mr.. Max Lowenthal,
the attorney for the seven men now in
custody, brought out the fact that Kiel
and A. Andersen were the only men he
could in any way identify as at all con-
nected with the abduction of the two
sailors. The other five were arrested on
alias warrants and purely on suspicion.
So far as johnson or any one else could
show, the attorney contended that any
other five men in Los angeles county
might just as we'll have been arrested.
He then put on Edward Abraham
sen, Dane, and an intimate
friend of the missing Sorensen. He said
that on February Goth this one had
depressed state of mind and bent on sui
and persuaded him to remain at home.
Saturday, March 1st, was the last day he
saw Sorensen. He described the clothes
he wore when he went away, and then
being shown the clothes taken from the
body found in the bay, he said they were
like his friends garments.
The court ordered Kiel and Andersen
held without bonds, and the others
admitted to bail in $100 each. Mr..
Lowenthal then stated that he desired
to have preliminary examination at
once, and to this end the men we're or
dered taken directly before committing
magistrate. They were taken before
Justice Austin, who set next Tuesday for
this purpose. The attorney for the five
men says he will get them bail today.
Meantime the Coroner will 90 to San
Pedro today and disinter the body. The
people of the ship testify that the body
| found in the bay had dark hair like that
| of Busch. Those with the Coroner at
the inquest say the body found had light
hair. The Coroner will take several
competent witnesses along to make as
| full an Identification of the body as is
possible. Anyone interested is invited
| to 20 along and see the body.
The jury in the Chavez murder trial,
after being locked up from early Thurs
day afternoon without being able to
agree, was discharged.
Thomas Kelly, native of Prince Ed
wards Island, was made citizen by
Judge Wade.
]. A. LaBonte, who pleaded guilty on
charge of burglary, on Thursday, was
sentenced to two years in San Quentin
Yesterday.