The herald., 1896-05-12

There he became acquainted with a
charming young lady. and rumor soon
had it that they were engaged to be mar
ried.
From Anaheim the baron followed
his fair charmer to Pasadena and stop
ped at the Mitchell hotel. He next
came under the attention of the police
by a report made on April 13 of note
book which he had lost in Westlakc
park. He went out rowing with Mr..
Mitchell and his daughter and took off
his coat while pulling the boat. The
party came ashore. and that evening
when they had returned to Pasadena,
the baron discovered that his notebook
containing a large sum in bills and L
return trip ticket to San Francisco had
been lost. The matter was reported
first by telephone, and the next day
after an unsuccessful search at the park
Won Steinmitz and Mr.. Mitchell made
report OF the loss In detail. He said there
were two $50 bills. one $40 and the rail-
road ticket Detective Moffitt recol-
lected the circumstance Of his call per-
fectly. and said he was so much i'm
pressed by the general demeanor Of
the alleged loser that he wrote hum
bug" after the entry, fully believing that
the affair was pure fake to be used for
some effect.
While in Pasadena the baron also rep
resented himself as a detective. and said
he was in the vicinity looking up big
case which is now proceeding in San
Francisco and in which a present resi-
dent of Pasadena is plaintiff. He also
darkly hinted that 1t was the matter
of the suit of Miss Lillian Ashley against
Lucky Baldwin for $75. 900 for seduction.
Detective Goodman did little investi-
eating of the baron's case and came to
the conclusion that he was a better man
out of the vicinity than in 1t. in other
words that he was fraud and impostor.
While the officers have little to go upon
they say that Won Arnold has really
been working for the Lucas detective
agency of No. 10 Geary street, San Fran
cisco, and that he has while here done
little or nothing save to court his charm
er and have a good time. They further
say that Lucas sent the festive German
some $3.50 with which to procure and
bring to San Francisco witnesses in the
case, which he has failed to do. Lucas
is now after him with sharp stick
and threatens to make it hot for his
employe if he finds he has been play
ing him false and has bled him for
money for pretended work.
In order to get both sides Of the story
the baron was interviewed in his cell
last night, and asked as to the reports
concerning him. He said his true name
w
was chief of the American Detective and
Police bureau, with headquarters III
Minneapolis, Mimi. but that he now
claimed his residence as San Francisco.
The bureau had been established by
him in the former city in 1889 and since
conducted under his direction. Asked
If he had not assumed the name of Baron
Karl R. A. Won Steinmetz, he acknowl-
edged that he had, but said it was used
in the pursuit of his business and le-
ultimately. When asked what that bus
mess was he assumed a secretive air
and said he could not talk on that sub
ject, but that it would all come out in
due time.
The reason he carried the gun was
that he was the detective who several
years ago. in Minnesota, caused man
named White to receive a life sentence
in the penitentiary for the murder Of a
DR.. Harris. He had wormed himself
into the White family and secured the
evidence which caused his conviction.
For this the convict's brother Harry
White, had sworn to kill him, and he did
not propose to be caught unawares.
Harry White ia, according to him, now
in Los Angeles, and he considered him
self liable to meet him any day. He de-
MED having cut any great dash at either
Anaheim or Pasadena, but admitted
that he drank some beer. ETC. His arrest
was attributed to the influence OF
BILLY" Pinkerton, the great detective,
who wished to balk him in certain