The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-09-13
Santa Monicans Rejoice Over
the Hobart-Lester Marriage
THIEVES ARE NUMEROUS
An Interesting Suit Over a Newspaper
Contract
A Prize Fight Between Boys Under Twenty.
Agitation Over Sewer fIushing--A
Bank Promotion

SANTA MONICA. Sept. 12.-Everyon,
mt Santa Monica has been interested il
the grand puptials of Miss Allie,
Hobart the San Francisco heiress
and Mr.. Winthrop E. Lester, late cashier
of the bank of Santa Monica and nephe y
of Sanator in, p Jores which took
rralat -.
| Pisce at oau iahoisoo oi Va
week. The full report OF the wedding il
The Herald OF Wednesday leaves little tt
be said here save that everyone reioices
=, NJ r... cood fortuna be bs;ng 9
general 1avorl'e'
Sneak thieves are becoming entirely
too numerous at the seaside city, and
| Mt tho nrs.srt writing the officers have
~ a,,,. f -. Id 90 r.. ouiI,v ro, ito,
A' o'uo' "nion ie"u w Wv So Pc
Among the houses recently operated on
are Mrs. Munroe's on Nevada avenue,
Captain Tompkinsons on Second street
and todoy NJ Fl A Winslov,s Residences
on Ihlro street, whefs an at.eniP' was
made which Will probably lead TO the
capture of the guilty party. In the
Winslov ease the marty knocked on the
fron+ 400, and ,-r. W;n,lov who wa,
iio'' uoo' "N
III OUT lndisposeu' oiu not answer
seoend rap wGs given, when he danarted.
in a few moments, evidently oeliev ing
the house wa, vacant He returned and
80 80 ~ ,nh;oh LAW rran-
gave seh'ie ray "i'n'
swered,h ne proceeded TO endeavor 10 enter
the house by false key. The door was
unlocked but. not knowins IL. he made
snonob noise TO scare Mrs Winslow
who iumpeI ND and turned the kew
when il became the sneak tbief's turn to
oct frixbtened. and he left rather sud.
denly.
The officers think thew are on the track
at least, and that the other houses have
been opened IN the same way as this was
attem pted.
In the case of Palmer e. Raw VS.. Iona.
ct al. to recover csrtaip printing material
which they claim to have sold in Nav
1892, to the Tehachepi Tribune. under an
executory contract which printinp m ate
rial. after passing through the hands of
several innocent purchasers and lastly
in the hands OF Messrs. Jones' was tod AZ
decided by Justice Barackman in favor
OF Messrs Jones against Palmer & Rev.
The local court held that the alleged
exe,utory contract was sim Div a subter-
fuge BY Palmer g. Rev TO avoid the chat
tel mortgage law. and was invalid as TO
innocent purch asers from the Tehachepi
Tribune for value,
Our local Justice held in the line of the
late decision of Juags York In the piano
case it being another nail in the coffin
of the execufory contract, Sheldon Bor-
den representing Palmer & Rev and Tan
ner & Taft Messrs. Jones.
Miss Florence Durham of the Los An
eeles high school is visiting Mrs. +. II.
Taft.
Roy Bundy has been promoted to the
position OF cashier of the Bank of Santa
Monica, the vacancy being caused by the
resignation of W. K. Lester. The promo
ton is one worthy of the vodng gentle
man and the institution.
The local sporting element INDUCED in
Witnessing the brutal pleasure of a prlze
fight between two Santa Monica lads.
Grant Grimes and William Rapp, under
90 who fought with four-ounce gloves,
TWENTY-FIVE rounds being fought, when
Rapp was completely knocked out.
Now that the town IS to be properly
severed. the Question of flushing il has
been considerably apitsted pv a small
coterie of silurians. The water supply