Los Angeles herald., 1891-09-16
The Cable and Electric Road
Warfare.
An Attempt to Put in a Cross
ing Results in Arrest.
The Case of Burbank VS.. Dennis
Bebs Up for Trial.
The Cable Road People Object to the
Electric Road Men Crossing Their
notwithstanding Cases.
Court Notes.

The war now on between the cable
and electric railroads of Los Angeles took
a new turn yesterday, when the latter
company made an attempt to cross the
tracks of the cable road at the corner of
Twelfth and Hope streets. The cable
road being in the hands of a receiver,
who is an officer of the court, it would
be necessary for the electric road to get
an order from Judge Wade granting it
permission to cross or use any portion of
the Pacific railway company's system
before an attempt was made to do so,
but Contractor J. M. French, who is
building this portion of the electric road,
thought he could steal la march yesterday
without being noticed. A gang of ten
men, under Foreman Thomas Kelly was
therefore put at work tearing up the
crossing late in the afternoon.
The men had not been at work very
long before the move was discovered,
and i. L. Lewis, an employe of the cable
road, rushed down town and swore out
warrants for the arrest of all the work.
men, before Justice Stanton. The COM
plant charged the men with "wilfully
tearing up and injuring the tracks of the
Pacific railway company" The warrants
were placed in the hands of Constable
Clement, and were Immediately served.
When the men were brought before
Judge Stanton they gave the following
names: Thos. Kelly, r. Patterson, B.
f. Young, G. W. Hartman, Andrew
Mallon, John Conley, Frank Lavell,
Owen Dublin, Frank Abbott, Geo. Car
ter and Sam P. Lester. Justice Stan
ton arraigned the defendants and re-
leased them to appear for trial on nom
inal bail.
Some weeks ago the Los Angeles Con-
solidated Electric company applied to
Judge Wade, who appointed Receiver
Crank, for an order giving them per-
mission to use certain portions of the
cable company's lines. The petition
was heard in open court, and the Judge,
in refusing the cable company a long
continuance, intimated that he would
allow the electric company to do as it
wished. The cable company then car
ried the case to the supreme court and
Judge Wade was cited to appear before
that body. Later restraining order
was issued forbidding the lower court
to take any further action in the matter,
and the case now remains in that state.
THE CRIMINAL COURTS.
Feliz Rios, a Mexican vaquero, was
tried for grand larceny before Judge Nc
Kinley and jury, in department six of
the superior court. yesterday. The de-
fendant was accused of stealing a Mex
ican saddle, bit, lariat and saddle bags
from w. R. Rowland, of Puente, ,on June
28th, the property alleged to have been
stolen being OF the value of sos. A
special venire for five jurors had to be
issued before the jury was completed,
and the trial of the case occupied the
greater part of the forenoon. The Jury
retired at 80, and otter being out fif-
teen minutes returned verdict of not
guilty.
VIM. Morgan was tried before Judge
Smith and jury, in department one,
for an assault with intent to do great
bodily injury on George de Gorma, on
July 10Th last. The trial lasted only
short time and resulted in a verdict of
guilty.
CANDIDATES FOR WHITTIER.
Frank Allen, 16-year-old boy, who
was accused by Humane Officer Wright
of being an incorrigible, was examined
before Judge Mckinley, yesterday, on
complaint asking that he be committed
to Whittier. After hearing all the les
timony the court denied the petition.
Ruby Atwood, 15-year-old girl, was
also examined in the same court on
similar complaint, sworn to by Officer
Wright. Although very young, it was
apparent that Ruby was old in sin. The
evidence showed that she had been
living loose life in Los Angeles for
several years past, and that she had but
recently returned from San Bernardino,
where she lived with young man not
her husband. She was sent to Whittier
for three years.
BIG LAND SUIT.
The trial of the case of Burbank ct al.
VS.. Dennis ct al, in which several hun
dred thousand dollars are involved, was
commenced in Judge Clark's court, de-
partment 2, yesterday. The suit is one
for an accounting for real estate con-
veyed by the plaintiffs to the San Ga
briel Land company during the boom,
valued at sum in the neighborhood of
$537 900. and on which the defendants
are alleged to have cleared $l93 900.
One of the defendants in the action is
ex-Collector of the Port Sanborn, of Port
Huron, Mich, who is at present a mem
Der of the Republican national central
committee. Wilson & Lamme represent
the plaintiffs, and Colonel G. Wiley
Wells and Judge M. G. Gardner, of this
city, together with Judge Thomas, of
Port Huron, appear for the defendants.
COURT NOTES.
The case of Coronel vs.. Wolfskill, an
action to recover judgment Eon $4,000
note, is still on trial in department two.
Judge Shaw, yesterday, signed an or
der dismissing the appeal in the case OF
M. E. Mcdonald vs. A. r. Frazier.
A motion for non suit was granted
yesterday, after some testimony had
been heard, in the appeal case of Minna
G. Dillman vs.. Jacob Will, which came