Los Angeles herald., 1891-02-25
MAY AND HENRY.
How a Times Reporter Fell
Down.
His Interview with May Stow
About Henry.
1t Is Faithfully Reported in the
Herald.
He Offers to support the Story About
the Police Plot II She Will Deny
the Heraid's Statement.
The Facts In the Case.

The Times OF yesterday calls the story
of "May and Henry" printed in Mon
days HERALD "a lurid (sic) attempt at
sensational journalism" etc., and goes
on to recite a fairy story to the effect
that Henry" only got away with $50
and his brothers clothes and jewelry,
and that May Stow denied the story in
the HERALD, and showed the Times "a
telegram calling her to San Francisco
on acc cunt Of her mothers Illness"
The Times account is fabrication
out OF whole cloth. The entire inter-
view OF the Times reporter with May
Stow was overheard, and she made no
statements such as were printed in the
Times. The interview occurred in a
compartment in popular resort on
Spring street, not mile from the cor
ner OF First street. The Times reporter,
wha is affiliated with "Henry's" father
IN seN>ral ways, met May Stow on Mon
DAY evening as she was leaving one
resort and accompanied her to the place
above mentione9. where they entered a
private room. Right after them came
two young men, who saw what was up.
and who slid into the next room and
listened to the whole conversation.
The reporter tried very hard to get the
woman to deny the story, and suggested
that she spring some fake about the
sick mother in San Francisco, but she
declined to accommodate him. He
made great plea for pity for "Henry's"
family, and said that on their account
he wanted to have the matter squared
She declined to deny anything, or to
spring the sick mother story. At last
the young ''gernalist'' stated that "we,"
presumably meaning the Times, would
take up her cause OF complaint against
the police, of having concocted case
against her to make her leave town, and
in turn wanted her to deny the truth Of
declined. He then gave up in disgust,
saying: ~ have met very hard people
to interview, but you are the hardest OF
the lot.''
He then tried to get waiter to tele-
phone for another reporter OF the Times,
but the waiter declined and the inter-
view ended. This same reporter, by the
wav. once stated publicly that May
s.Sw was "his girl" but his zeal to
oblige "Henry's" father seems to have
led him into misrepresenting "his
girls" statements.
The story as printed in the HERALD
was absolutely correct. Henry ap-
peared at May Slows room and asked
her to go to San Francisco with him,
and showed her three good-sized chamois
skin coin bags filled with 500 pieces,
and handful OF jewelry. He started
that night, and she followed the next
day. On her return she found two tele-
grams from him, one of which read:
Don't forget your promise.
(Signed) "PET."
The other was from Fresno and was
laconic but to the point, as follows:
''My father has got me.
(Signed) "PET."
"Henry" will not deny those tele-
grams.
The Times, because it was scooped,
tried to belittle the story, or else it was
misled by its reporter in his attempt
to "square" the matter in the interest
of "Henry's" father.
May Stow will not deny the story,
neither will Henry, nor the police, nor
anyone connected with it.