The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-02-05
A HIGHkOLLER'S FALL.
J. A. HULL TELLS HOW HE LOST
$500 IN TEN DAYS.
Playing tho Races and shak'ng Dies
With stssnxsrs-ChArgsa with
Forgery.

"See the young man on The stand p
asked Detective Auble OF reporter il
Justice Morrison's court yesterday
"Well. when you see a fellow liks him
you've got bad egg You'll notice
that his hair grows low on the forehead
and that his eyes are close together
That's sure sign of tough character
Then, worst Of all, he parts his hair in
the middle"
The object Of the detectives sharp
criticism was @. g. Hoyt. whose raa
name ia J. A. Hull. He was testtiyinp
in behalf of himself on a charge of OBJ
tanning money under false pretenass.
Hull was q bookkeepsr in Chicago
and had always been Woodworking
young man until he was overcome by a
strong desire to see tbs west. He
came here three weeks ago; with him
came $500 which he hsd earned by
steady, honest employment. He soon
fell in with the "sporty" element about
town, and in exactly 10 days ne did no t
have a cent. 1t was all lost gambling.
Hull told the story on the stand 40 fol-
lows:
"Yea, lost 1880 in the short time
was here. My principal attraction was
the races. Two of my acqusinssuces
were Harry Harrington and Jack Nor
ales. Thsy, with others. were always
with me at the turf clubs, and we
played the races upon all occasions. OF
course lost, while Harrington seemed
to win out every time. This thing
kept up until had just SIG left.
"Well, one day, the boys suggested
We have . Spanish dinner at Mrs. Pa
checo's bon ton restaurant on Whining.
ton street, near Firat. As / had done on
all former occasions, l stood In. We
had, oh, 30 many fine Spanish dishes,
and wound up by opening q bot
tie OF wine. Then Harrington sug-
gestsd we shake dice for the cigars.
Dice shaking seems to be his strong
hold; it took me q long while to learn
1t. though.
ton suggested we shake for 25 cents
corner. OF course, l lost. Then the
corner was raised to 80 cents, but still
Loot. 1t was raised to 81, then to 81,
and finally it went up to So"
How did it turn out then?" asked
the court.
"Oh, 1 invariably lost. We played for
$40 corner and lost aga;n-wss then
fat broke. Jack Morales very kindly
lent me $40, which he said would carry
mo over until the next day. We had a
cigs-, then some music. Then q girl
danced Spanish fandango for our
amusement. By and by Jack held up
his hat and the girl kicked il. Hey!
but she could kick for little thing
''But. Of course. the plebeisn carousal
cluld not be stopped 80 abruptly. and
Harrington came at me with his same
old gag, 'Lst's have just one more shake
for $40 and perhaps you can win back
what you've just lost We shook;
went broke "a usual. and, since they
had all the money had, we left.
''The next day l was on my way out
OF the town." and the smooth young
Chicsgoan hung his head. But be had
not told all. He was not anxious to
tell how he altsrward obtained $50 from
Morales under ths pretenss that he
had more money in the Citizens bank.
This was the point that most interested
the court. and Was the cause Of the de.
fendant'a pleading guilty two days bs-
fore.
Attorney Jud Rush, the defendants
counsel, nad 0noreQ motion, asking
TOR the permission of the court to with
draw the plea of guilty and to enter q
plea of not guilty. Deputy District At
torney James strongly opposed the mo-
ton. and the Judge overruled it.
Then the young man was remanded,
20 appear tomorrow for sentence.
Within 80 minutes. detectives had
the fellow again in the prisoners dock.
He stood close up to the judges desk
and heard charge of forgery read, to
which ne feebly pleaded not guilty.
His preliminary examination on this
charge was set for tomorrow at 80
o'clock.
The felony complaint alleges that he
forged the name of Hanson & Company
of Ontario to a $3.50 check, which he
gave to the Westminster hotel in pay
ment for his 10 days board bill. He
then started east. was captured at Ell
PaSo and returned here to stand trial.
For com bination life and accident in-
nurapca inin fha Raukarn, All;opoa -