The herald., 1895-01-31
THE HERALD's San Pedro harbor

IHE HERALD'S san Pedro narpor
memorial has been stolen.
From all that is known at present OF
the cowsrdly theft it appears that some
pereon or persons acting for interests
that would be subsorvsd by the dsa-
tructon of the great rolls s,surreptitiously
removed them from their frames on the |
counter in the business Office Tuesday |
evening between and 6 80 o'clock.
1t was An opportune moment for the |
preparation Of such o larceny, for at |
that time there was much hustle and |
excitement in every department OF the |
HERALD consequent upon the proiscted |
removal OF the great printing press
without losing an issue. The efforts and
energies OF heads OF departm ents and
almost everybody connected with the
paper were directed toward the great
event that was just then being ao-
complishsd. Many had been without
sleep for more than "a hours and though
the excitement and hustle was orderly,
the tension was drawn faulty.
1t was such q moment that the aneak
thiof and public enemy ohose for his
cowsrdly crime. At about 8 :35 O'Clock
Tuesday evening the rolls we're frat
missed from their accustomed placs by
the nigh. clerk in charge aud tus jani-
TOR. They made some corn ment upon
he absence of the rolls at the time, but
the night clerk supposed they had boen
removed to the editorial rooms or plaosd
in the sale for the night. Whan the
force OF day clerks went off ut 8 o'0locs
the rolls were still there.
They were kept on a small wooden
windlass, both the great lists baing
rolled on roller that could bs easily
lifted from the frame york of this wind
laes. Cnief OF Police Glass was notified
hia best detectives have been put to
work on the case. AT present is 10
mysterious sffair-as to toe psr6onality
of the thief and the manner Of the thsU.
l. may take soms time to unrevai tho
orime, though come promising Gle vs. are
not lacking. But it will be- d9ne-H
human ingenuity and proisssianal aelti.
backed by the uDstinsed snd jndlCicus
expenditure OF monoy, can soc>m.
plsh it.
While there. ie myatery enahrouding
the act itself the. csnaes fol. its perpetra-
ton are not ditficult to find. While it
may take days, weeks, posai bly, months
to catch tho thief, the exercise of only a
verv little common senso is needed to
guens why the great msmnrial was
stolen and ct whoas ipstigstion There
wsre no winga on the rolls. Tney did
not hy away. Nor did an evli. occult
influence cause their ato'ni to disinto-
CRATE and their shap-3 to nsrga into
nothngnsss II was not the work of
practical ilker 1t 6as not a mstman
who perpetInted She crime.
The only interests concerned in the
destruction OF the twsutY Thousand
names of citizens of Soutnern California
signed to petition that den>uncsd the
Southern Pacific company and des
manded from congress i'm N odiate action
on the San Pedro harbor appropriation
bill are the interests directly opposed TO
the selection Of that site for the harbor.
Who else in all the world was or is in
terested in preventing congress from
hearing the voios OF the citizens OF
Southern California on the important
iseue? What other interests, save those (
moot vitality concerned in preventing
the location Of the dssp aea harbor at
San Pedro could be benefited in tho
slightest degree by the destruction OF
tho 10000 names signed to shs San PEI
dro harbor memorialp
Oh, no; it is not so difficnlt to form q
rational and logical and definite con-
clueion ss to the instigstors OF the
crime, IA TO those for whom it wss per-
petrated. Ocular demonstration 10 not
the highest order OF proof TO the more
intelligent alind. The citizens OF South
ern California will be intcllitent and
logically -fainded enough to arrive at =
very definite verdict in this mattor.
Bat the theft of tho rolls shall not pre-
vent the voics Of the people being heard
at Wellington. inst roll can be du>
plcatsd. shall he duplicated, in waek!
THE HERALD haa the faith to bcievc
that tho 90 900 men who signed the San
Pedro harbor memorial in the laat three
weeks will now rally almost as single
man and sead IN another 10000 list for
the pame purpose
.s Whas else car they do-thoae who ]