The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-01-09
A PERKS MANS QUEER Freaks
He Has a Mania For Getting
Things for Nothing.
Presley Bishop Attempted His Scheme
Once Too Often.
He Is Now In Jail on n Serious Charge.
Was En- Routs From Riverside
County 10 nebraska.

Wednesday. He was landed in Jail last
night on q charge OF obtaining goods
under false pretenses. The ''goods"
consist OF shave, a shine and two col
lara.
When Biehop first came TO the CITY he
announced that he WAS en- route to Yu-
tan. Saunders county. Nebraska. where
be formerly resided. He also announced
to more than one person that Ieaao Fat
ton, OF 1927 Weat Ninth street. and B.
B. White, also of this city, were his
brothers-i n-law. Further than this, he
took particular paine to state that he
was I'm the secret SERVICE" snd showed
ring tag with the inscription OF an
eastern fake detective agency upon it.
Bishop even went farther. He bor-
rowed so cents from boy in Los An
geles street livery stable, and aiterward
pawned his knife and pur5e for 30 cents
more. Not satisfied with this, he hired
horse and buggy from man named
McCRrty. He contracted 81 bill, and
wanted the liveryman to each check
in payment. Bishop made out a cheek
on the California National bank, and
the money.
When the little blue check was hand
cd to tho caehier, he smiled compla-
Gently, and comfy but firmly informed
the men that there was no credit in ths
bank to the name of Presley Bishop.
Then they went ou5 into cold, cruel
world again, and MCCARTHY wss mad.
Very soon Sergeant Smith OF the
police force came along and the livery
man told him his troubles. He told the
policeman that Bishop had drawn an
order on the bank in his own name, but
that the institution refused to honor 1t.
and wanted to know ii there Was law
10 reach the fellow. The officer referred
him to the diatrict attorney, and Ehe
liverymsn hied himself away to the
court houae in o hurry, leaving hia
buggy and Bishop holding up telegraph
pole on Spring street.
When the liveryman returned, having
gotten no satisfaction from the attorney,
no found that both tbs man and rig were
missing. The joke had then been car
ried too far, and the already angry livery.
man took other steps to recover his
property.
A day or two lator he met Sergeant
Smith again and told him how his buggy
anu nOIbS uAu UUcI tsllN obntcA
that he had obtained warrant for the
arrest of Bishop for taking the rig.
Nothing further WAS heard of the man
from Perria until late yenterday alter
noon, when he strode into Captain
Roberts Office at the police station and
flashed up an $S5 check drawn on the
First National bank and bruequely
asked the officer if he could lend him
$40 on the paper. Captain Roberts saw
at once that something WIGS wrong with
the man, and detailed Detective Good
man to watch him. Then the captain
sent him upstairs to Secretary Mohat.
captain of the detectives.
Bishop walked in, shook handa with
every body in sight, ierked g little blue
check from his pocket and asked the
gentleman whom he addressed to give
him $40 on it. 1t was signed only by
himself, yet he explained no more than
to say that the banks were oil closed
and he wanted to raise some money at
once. Mr.. Moffatt turned his eagle OPP
tics upon the worthless check and said
that he could not cash it; that, being
an officer, he had no money.
"Wel, all right" said the man. "Are
you 8 policeman"
eyes, cir" was the reply.
detective myself. My detective name ia
Mooney" And the man from Ferris
rushed out
Tbs next time he waa heard from was
in Spring street barber shop. He had
shave and shine, and offered the $50
check in payment, asking for the bal
ance in cgah. The proposition stunned
the barber. but being equal to the oc-
casion and TO allay excitement, Bishop
said that he would get the change next
door. He then hunted up a clothing
atore, the barber meanwhile put up the
price OF The shave and shine.
Bishop looked at some collars, selected
two at 90 cents, and threw down the
same old check for $50. The store
keeper did not have the change and
would not have accepted the check if he
had. A heated discussion arose over
the payment for the callars and Officer
Baker was called to the scene. He saw
the status of thinga and arrested BishoI
for obtaining goods under fslse pretenses
A reporter for The HERALD saw the
Perris man in jail at 8 O'Clock last night
He Tobora,ed every statement made
in this article and uaid enough to fill G
last years. almanac. Bishop said that
he brought his wife up from Perria and
tnaC LOOSy tney WUuiu atHrb IOr bDelr Ole
home ia Nebraska. 1t e quits likely
however, that he will be in town aevera
days yet, ii complaint ia filed against
him.
Bishop told the story Of his going tc
the thriving town OF PerriB last October
of his purchase OF the old Freeman
ranch OF 80 acres near the Good Hope
mines, OF his money in bank at both
Gutan, Nebraska and Ferris. He also
said that he had dealings with Barker
Brothers. the furniture dealers. bad par
ohaeed en- $S5 horse on the same Ole
check ne had flashed up before. and G
hundred other things.
HIS ttetad that no drove the livery.
mans rig out in tho country in search
OF whip anu robs which had beer
stolen from him, and on returning tool
The horse and buggy to the wrong stable
ii expected 20 take some women friends
home IRON the theater in the buggy, ht
ssld, but slept an hour too late.
Ina man Is stndy-a mystery, and .
talk with him will convince the rnoe
skeptical that he ia not responsible.
Young Wanted Up North.