Los Angeles herald., 1891-08-27
Minnie Bailey Got His Thou
sand Dollars.
Old Sleuth Bowler Receivers the
Money.
Supposed Case of Drugging and
Robbery.
Monroy Ventures Into Alameda Street
Deadfalls and Has q Rough Ex-
perience-The Money Be-
49, longed to Abrn-
ham Ruiz.

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American. was picked up in seemingly
intoxicated condition at 4o'clock yester-
day forenoon in front of Minnie Bailey's
house of ill-fame, at No. 721 Alameda
street, and was taken to the police sta
ton. Monroy, in his maudlin condition,
insisted, while being searched at the
city jail, that he had been robbed of q
thousand dollars; but the officers paid
no attention to his talk, and placed him
in cell.
At later hour in the forenoon, how
ever, Monroy had reached a normal
condition and still maintained that be
had been robbed of large sum of
money and the police detectives began to
thenk the matter worth investigating.
Monroy's story was to the eff
feet that he had collected $1,000
from Herman Zuber, a drayman Of
No. 728 CASTELAR, street, while acting as
agent for Abraham Ruiz. Ruiz had sold
a piece OF land near the county hospital
to Zuber for $3.50, and on Tuesday gave
the deed to Monroy to deliver and COL
lect the money. The latter completed
this piece of business on Tuesday after
noon and received the balance due,
$1,000 in two checks, one for 500 and
one for $500. These checks, which were
made out in his name, he cashed and
the money was placed in his pocket.
MonrOy then, according to his story,
went to dinner and in the evening came
down town. Before long he drifted into
Jean Lenert's saloon, on Alameda street,
near Also, and had glass of beer, after
which he started across the street.
Here the young mans story ended; he
could not remember anything further.
Detective Bowler was given the case
to work up, and after ascertaining posi-
lively that Monroy had received the
money, he visited Lenert's saloon and
found that Monioy had taken four
glasses oii besr il tie place s:: the pre-
vious evening and had gone off with
the prostitute, Minnie Bailey. Bowler
called on the woman, and she admitted
that Monroy had gone home with her
and given her 81; later she confessed
that she got $40 from him, and when
the detective threatened her with arrest
if she didn't tell the truth she broke
down and said she got 1915 from Mon
roy, but that he gave it to her with his
own free will.
The woman was taken to the city
prison and locked up. The astute de-
tective later learned that Minnie had
deposited $500 in the bank in the morn
ing. She had 800 in coin on her per-
son when arrested and she volunteered
the information that she sent a draft
back east to her child. Altogether
nearly the whole of the $1,000 was ac-
counted for.
Mr.. Ruiz, the gentleman who en-
ployed Monroy. became anxious for his
money yesterday morning, and after he
had learned from Zuber that the deed
was delivered Tuesday, he swore out a
warrant for Monroy's arrest on charge
of embezzlement. This was placed with
the sheriff together with a $26 reward
for the young man 8 arrest. The sherifrs
Office at noon telephoned Monroy's de-
scription to the police, and it was then
first learned by the latter that warrant
had been issued for his arrest.
The theory of the police is that the
Bailey woman drugged Monroy after
learning that he had a large sum of
money with him, and when she had re-
ieved him of his cash, threw him out
on the sidewalk. She left $24 in his
pockets, in the belief, it is thought that
some other thief would find him and get
the blame for taking the whole pile.
This theory is strengthened by the fact
that large, quantity of morphine was
found in the woman's room when she
was arrested. 81
Late last night Detective Bowler ar
rested two Alameda-street women
named Libby and Nellie, and man
named Ramon, in connection with the
robbery. No charge was put against
any of them last night.