The herald., 1894-02-25
THE TRIO TAKEN NORTHWARD,
Mrs. Garner, Her Son and Fer
maid Leave Us.
Some New Developments in Their
Movements.
How They Lived while in San Fran
cisco-Fer aid Has n Record
for Blasting Board
Bills.

corder ]. A. Kelly, her son Earl, and
Walter Guy Fernald were taken to San
Francisco yesterday by Officers Bee and
Gibson Of that city to answer charges in
connection with the Howard street
diamond robbery.
The detectives made a thorough
search in this city for the diamonde,
which are supposed to be hidden here.
but no clue of them was found.
The San Francisco Gall Gays of the
caee:
Captain Lees of the San Francisco po-
lice force. In speaking of the robbery.
said: II did not know anything about
the robbery till Tuesday, when | put
Seymour. Ed Gibson and Tom Gibson
on the case. They called at Mr.. Jacob
sons house and learned that two young
men, ]. w. Spence and Harry Earl, had
been frequent visitors at the house OF
late, having been introduced by friend
OF the family. Earl was a particular
favorite with the ladies OF the family
more especially of one Of the daughters.
The family had not the slightest suspi-
cion that the two young men had any
connection with the robbery, but the
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''They got good description of the
two young men, and when they described
Spence to me / knew at once that he
was none other than Fernald. imme-
dietely set the wires to working, as We
found they had left the city and gone
south, and the result you know.
II have nothing to say against Mrs.
Garner. She is arrested simply because
she happened to be with the two men,
who, feel certain, committed the rob-
berry"
"Fernald frst came to the notice of
the police here few days before Christ
mas. A letter had been received by the
different city banks from Albert Brodie
Stone, an sttorney-at-law in Chicago,
warning them to be on their guard
against Fernald, as he had come to this
city with a deliberate scheme in his
mind to swiudle the banks. Mr.. Stone
in his letter said that If the bankers
cared to know what the scheme was, be
would be glad to inform them on hear
ing from them. Instead OF communi-
eating with Mr.. Stone, the bankers
handed his letters to Captain Lees.
Detectives Seymour and Byram were
detailed on the case, and they located
Fernald at the Langham hotel, where he
was registered under the name OF j. w.
Allen. He and Mrs. Garner and her
son were living there, and Fernald in
troduced Mrs. Garner to Seymour as
niece of Lucky" Baldwin. The de-
tectives found in his room samples OF
different bonds which he had procured
from the Schmidt Label and Litho-
graphic company. Main street, which
they shrewdly suspected were connected
with his scheme for swindling the local
banks. They took possession of these
sample bonds and took Fernald to police
headquarters. where he was put through
his facings by Captain Lees. The cap
tain told him he had penetrated his
scheme, and he need not attempt TO
carry it into execution.
1.-THE introduction OF Mrs. K. B.
Gamers name into case OF such SEN
sational nature arouses a greater curl
o5ity in the details of the crime, and
tends to prove how contiding woman
can be implicated by succumbing to the
alurements OF a smooth, euave man.
"Mrs. Garner was undoubtedly in
fatuated with Allen to such an extent
that she was unable to resist the in
fluence which ne exercised over her.
She first became acquainted with the
now notorious crook some time in the
early part of November, and on the day
before Thanksgiving must have decided
to take up her abode at the Hotel Lang
ham, together with Harry Earl and
Allen.
Mrs. Garner WAS formerly a Mrs.
Earl, and young Harry, who is described
as an unsophisticated youth with
''sporty" tendencies, is no other than
Mrs. Gamers con.
at was young Earl who ingratiated
himself into the favor of Miss Jacob.
son under the assumed name of j. W.
Spence. Miss Jacobson never knew Earl
by any other name and consequently
when the news was received at the
jacobson mansion that one Walter Guy
Fernald had been arrested for completely
in the diamond robbery the young lady
was much surprised and pleaded jIplor-
ance of any knowledge OF o per<Gn by
that name.
"Just how Mrs. Garner became &C.
quainted with Allen Ia question not vet
answered, but it is supposed that the
boy Harry got allied with Allen through
meeting him frequently with a number
of well-known local sports at the Bald
win hotel.
According to the statement of J. A.
Pickett, clerk at the Hotel Langham.
Allen came to the house alone on the
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and secured rooms for himself the
woman and her son. He registered in a
rather cramped hand the names OF him.
self and his companions as j. W. Al
len, Mrs. K. B. Garner, Harry Earl,
Chicago
"On the following day all three made
their appearance, closely followed by an
sxpressman, who unloaded number of
trunks, which were 30 substantial and
important looking that Pickett arrived
at the conclusion that ,the hotel was
about to receive the patronage of a
wealthy family from the; least.
December LIST came and went, yet no
signs of Aliens money were seen on Lang
hams counter. December passed and
yet Allen did not offer to settle.
1.-THE hotel people became suspicious
and ordered the trio to settle or leave
the house. This they did, but left
their baggage, or part of it, behind to
secure their debt.
"On December 30th Allen, Mrs. Gar
ner and Earl secured rooms in the Prin-
cess lodging house, where they remained
until their sudden departure for Los
Angelica
Deserving Praise.