Los Angeles herald., 1892-04-05
SANTA BARBARA.
The Story of Smoothy-News and
Personal Notes.

Personal Notes.
SANTA BARBARA, April A special
in the San Francisco Examiner OF March
31st from this city relates a remarkable
story of bigamy, desertion and all-round
rascality seldom equaled even in these
rapid ages. The story goes that one
Walter McWalters, a smooth talker and
oft-married rascal, after gaining full in.
formation of the record OF the honorably
retired Captain A. H. Nave, U. s. A.,
now resident of Knoxville, Tenn, at
once assumed that gentleman's title
and travelled around from one country
to another, winning the affections of
some unfortunate woman at each of his
stopping places and marrying her, only
to desert her when he became tired of
her company.
His first field of action was San Fran
cisco, at which place he gained a wife
and innumerable small bills. All of
these he left behind when he started to
Guatemala. At Sinaloa, Mexico, he
stopped over for short time and took
therefrom handsome blonde, who ac-
companied him into Guatemala as his
wife. At Guatemala they we're received
royalty. Society took them up and the
bogus captain was soon Ward McAllis-
ter. After remaining at Guatemala as
long as possible, NcWalters placed his
handsome blonde in house Of ill-repute
and left for new fields.
In November the oily impersonator
turned up at San Francisco and pumped
the ever susceptible reporters full of his
military tactics. Later, in December,
the impersonating knave began south
ern tour, stopping at Coronado, where
he got a position as night engineer at
the famous hotel. He was discharged
within two days, owing to his breaking
a couple of thousand dollars worth Of
machinery. After his discharge he
wooed and won a young maiden at Coro-
nado. She was quite wealthy, and i'm
mediately he began efforts to get con-
troll of her property, but she did not
look at it in that light, and he soon gave
up the idea-also the young woman.
He went to San Diego next and was
courting a young bay'n'climate lady,
when victim from the western states
turned up with marriage certificate,
claiming to be his wife. He eimmediately
left San Diego, and the next place he
was heard from was Santa Paula, where
he met young Santa Barbara girl who
was visiting at that place. 1t took him
but week or two to marry the girl, and
they came to the young lady's home in
this city, where McWalters sojourned for
a short time. While in this city he
and his wife lived at the White house, 80
we learn from the young woman's rela-
tives, and he was gay Lothario in ev-
cry sense of the word. He scraped the
acquaintance of young woman at Santa
Maria and was about to marry her when
his wife learned about it. She and her
brothers were up in arms in an instant,
am! to avert bodily harm, McWalters
lit out.
It is now learned he is at his old tricks
in Nevada, where he went direct from
this city.
On relating the story to your corre-
spondent brother of the young lady
gave it out distinctly that should Nave,
alias McWalters, show himself in this
town again there is going to be trouble.
The oily-tongued monster is rather
tall in stature, we'll built. with fair skin
and dark hair and eyes, has large nose
and prominent cheek bones. For some
time he was resident of Los Angeles.
THE ELECTION.
The current of the election returns
shows that E. W. Gaty is elected mayor
by over 100 majority, Hopkins for
marshal and Davis for assessor are also
elected.
NOTES AND PERSONALS.
G.. w. Rogers, D. P. Roberts and wife
and daughters, and Miss Davis, of Los
Angeles, are registered at the San Mar
cas-.
w. L. Porter, of the Angel city, ar
rived yesterday at the Arlington.
Goleta, little burg situated seven
miles from this city, has been having a
family row lately. Warrants were yes
terday sworn out for the arrest of 7. L.
Kellogg and Samuel Manchester, both
of that place, charging them with bat
terry. They will have a hearing Mon
day.
Gaty men were last night offering to
bet 100 to 80 on the peoples candidate
for mayor.
The Press this morning made it's last
campaign plea. It begged it's readers to
look at the matter through its glasses,
and vote for it's candidate for mayor, the
other man is such an awfully bad crea-
ture, You know.
1t is believed a larger vote will be cast
tomorrow than at any preceding munich
pal election in years past.
Judging from present indications Santa
Barbara will be favored with beautiful
weather during carnival week.
The services this morning in all the
churches were well attended.
LaRue, the "hasher" that killed Nc
Bride in q fistic encounter in San Fran
cisco, about eighteen months ago, is So
| journing in this city.
Work on the beach boulevard 10 pro-