The herald., 1895-03-06
The Celebrated Yachting Trip
on the Colorado
FAIRS READY CHECK BOOK
The Senator Takes Liking to Girl and
Asks to Press Her Lips
A Pair Of Diamond Earrings, nor LAWS h
Offer Of roney, Tempted the
Young Lady

getting together evidence for Charley
Fair, who will attempt to break his
fathers will. Mr.. Poullin came to Los
Angeles shortly after the Senator's will
was opened and it's contents were not
found to be satisfactory to his surviving
son.
While here he learned manv things
which strengthened his side of the case.
He was told of several occurrences which
would go long way to prove that the
millionaire was OF unsound mind during
his stay in this city last summer, but
he found it hard matter to ascertain the
dates when these things happened, and
he has returned to endeavor to obtain
more definite information.
Shortly after Mr.. Pouillin arrived here
last Sunday he hunted up man named
Colwell, whom it is said acted as a body
guard for Senator Fair while he was in
Southern California. When the million
aire was here he had quarters at the
Nadeau, but was in town only one day d
week-usually on Mondays. The remain
der Of the time he put in at the Grand
View Hotel at Monrovia. which place was
kept at that time by William M. Monroe,
the founder of the town. On Monday he
would invariably come to Los Angeles,
and it was during these stays one day
q week, that he met Sallie Gamble, and
used to afford her the privilege of pinning
boutonnieres upon the lapel of his coat
at the trifing cost of dollar apiece.
While quartered at the Nadeau it is re-
ported that upon one occasion some words
passed between Herbert Clark, his valet,
and Colwell, his body guard. The former
had travelled with Fair for some years,
and he was insanely jealous of any one
else who threatened to attract any OF his
masters attention. Colwell lived at his
home in this city, but was very regular
in his attendance upon Fair. Every
morning at o. 'clock he would be on hand,
before the Senator left his apartments, and
he would remain with him all day, never
once leaving him until II at night, when
the capitalist usually retired,
At night Clark reclined in aeroom adj
jofrifng Fairs, and was close az hand,
but in the daytime Colwe had the swing
upon the Senator's notice, for he seemed
ti,nid and afraid OF receiving bodily harm
when away from him. Clark expected to
be remembered in Fairs viii and he
seemed afraid that Colwell would cut him
out, and it is while laboring under one
of these jealous fits that the two had
words. Fair pacified them as best he
could, but the rumpus worried him con-
siderably. Fair wrote about this trouble
to some one in San Francisco, and it is
said that the great importance he attached
to the occurrence in itself would prove
that his mind was at that time in an en-
lo1
would like to have, but so far he is totally
in the dark as to where it is, and hence
has not been able to find it..
A Herald representative had talk last
evening with Detective Poullin. He met
him in well-known resort in conv ersa-
ton with Colwell, and the latter withdrew
for few moments.
"As you know, said Mr.. Poullin, II
am with Stillwell's Detective Agency, and
] am working up evidence for Charley
Fair in his contest against his fathers
will. / noticed in one of the papers few
days ago that Herbert Clark is also in
town working on the same matter. tele-
graphed to San Francisco and learn that
he is not here.
II find it hard to get at dates con-
tinued Mr.. Poullin, ''and these are what
want. Fair was only in Los Angeles six
days, find but could not see his name
at all upon the Nadeau register"
He was told py The Herald representa-
tive that he had read the name upon the
Nadeau register no later than last Friday
and that if he could not find it he must
have purposely been shown the wrong
book.
while was in Yuma, continued Mr.
Poullin, II learned of something that t.oc-
CURED which has not been published. AS
you remember it was published at the
time, Bayard Smith, formerly of Pasadena
but then an insurance solicitor of San
Francisco, got up yachting expedition
to make tour of the Colorado River,
and Senator Fair was invited by Smith
to 60 along. The Senator accepted, for
lie was very fond of pleasure and espec-
tally Of yachting Well, when he first got
ON board he looked around to see wha
provisions his boat had provided for the
trip. There were about twenty people on
board, but Smith had thought-that only
IS worth Of food and 500 worth. of liquors
would be all that would be needed. OF
course the Senator would not go without
them and paid for them
ION board the yacht there was very
handsome girl, whose name know but
won't mention Fair, who was very fond
of the ladies, took quite liking to her.
For day or two he paid her consider
able attention and finally sprung the
thought that was uppermost in his mind
He wanted kiss, and he didn't hesitate
to ask her for it, She surprised, him by
refusing. He was not at all dismayed.
though, for he persisted. He offered he
an elegant pair of diamond earrings i .
she would only acceue to the request,
which he did not consider at all unreason-
able. He pleaded. for just ona kiss, but
she just as persistently refused, and even
the solitaircs for her ears did not tempt
her. Thinking that perhaps the young
lady might think thath6 was only iesting
about the earrings, he took bis check book
out Of his pocket and affixed his signature