The herald., 1896-09-06
The Dutch Boy Only Fifteen
Years Old
THE ROSEDALE ROAD FUNDS
The Patent Device for Lawn Sprinklsrs
In Dispute
Pasadena and Mt. Wilson Road Muleted In
sS2z2.6l
A Hard Drinking OLD Soldier Sent to Hlg'i-
lanis-Aibeit Orosco Held in $4,000 for
Rape Edith Baldwin Wants
Her Divorce - Notes

uor U1VOTCc - NoscS
It is a poor kind Of case. either in
sides.
On Friday a complaint was issued up
on the representations made in the dis
trict attorneys Office by M. A. Galway.
The story, as told by him, was unique
in the peculiar phase Of malignity al
legged against Mrs. Tarbell and Grace
Haley, not to mention the cold-blooded
deviltry of which chunky Dutch boy
named Matthew Steffus was accused.
That any man or boy should be so lost
to all sense of shame and decency as TO
accept SO cents as pay for whipping
woman is hard to believe. but the conf
plant was made to that effect and,
Furthermore, was sworn to.
Naturally the persons accused have
something to say about the matter, and,
naturally enough, too, 1t does not groove
in with the sensational charges made by
Mr.. Galway. Who is telling the truth
in the matter is for the courts to de-
eide.
To begin with. 1t is alleged that Gall
way himself is a ne'er-do-well; that he
is q victim of the morphine habit, and
for some time has displayed no particu-
lar desire for the work he pretended,
when making his complaint, he Is in SO
much need of. His wife takes in wash
Ing, and in that way has contrived TO
sustain her husband and family.
All the parties connected with the case
live either on or in the vicinity of Dia-
mond street, on the Second street line.
The neighborhood, instead OF being an
unpleasant place of residence for the
Gallways, has, in fact, been their happy
hunting ground, and that In literal
sense. Very many of the neighbors are
of a bucolic turn of mind and keep
cocks and hens. billygoats and other
livestock considered absolutely neces-
sary in the country, but which figure
somewhat as luxuries in the city. The
Gallways, it is claimed, with all the in
genious pertinacity which is supposed
to be the distinctive characteristic of
the colored race, have developed the
faculty of chicken stealing to a remark
ably fine point. From the dainty broil-
Ell to the tough old rooster, all fuss ana
feathers, they were all. in a metaphori-
cal sense, good fish for the Galway net.
Mr.. Tarbel, who Is man of standing
in the community and secretary of the
Settlers alliance, in all had about
twenty-six chickens stolen, some of
which were recovered from the Galway
mansion. Nor was he alone, for a bond
of union Joined the neighbors in mourn
Ing the epidemic which swept their fowls
away.
This peculiar ability on the part Of
the Gallways, of finding things before
they were lost, has provoked the ire of
the neighbors, and In that sense it may
be true that the neighborhood is getting
a rather warm quarter for the family.
1t seems as If the quarrel, If such it
can be called, resulted from the action
of Mr.. Kitchen, a gentleman residing
in the vicinity, who reported to Humane
Officer Clark that the Gallawy girl Lea 4
was being abused. The child is only I3
years old, and, it is asserted by many of
the residents, is, in very truth, having
Il very happy time of it. That she is
not all that could be desired in child
of her years may be true. but, consider
ing her training and the rod Of iron
with which she is ruled, that is not to be
wondered at. So far as she is concerned,
the matter is in the hands of the humane
officer and is still pending.
But in some way Mrs. Galway, who,
whatever her faults, is regarded as
hard-working woman, got the idea in
her head that the Tarbels had laid the
complaint with regard to Leah When
half chance offered to even things up
by getting revenge, the Gallways eager
ly seized upon it. 1t appears, from the al
legations of neighbors who We're wit
nesses of the little spat upon which the
Galway Imagination built a story Of
atrocious assault, that a tiny dot of q
girl belonging to Mrs. Tarbel ws COM
ing across the street, when a little boy
OF the Steffus family struck her. 1t was
only children's quarrel and didn't
amount to anything more when Mat
thew Steffus, a lad of IA years, seeing
what had transpired, went out into the
street and slapped the Gallawy young
ster. But Mrs. Gallawy had, in turn,
witnessed the affair and came out with
an iron ball in her hand to do battle for
her offspring. She attempted to throw
the ball at the Steffus boy, but he
grabbed her wrists to prevent her Then
Leah, Mrs. Gallway's stepdaughter.
rushed to the fray with broomstick
and attempted to strike Matthew Stef-
fus. Every time she struck he lodged,
and Mrs. Galway got the full benefit Of
the blows. Finally. when the chance
offered, Matthew Steffus ran away and
the trouble ended.
1t will be noticed that the above mar
rative is not quite so wild and woolly
as the original one told by Mr.. Galway,
but It presents elements of probability,
at all events.
Miss Grace Haleys name being in
troduced appears to have been purely
gratuitous, for. beyond being on friend
ly terms with Mrs. Tarbel, she has had
little, If anything, to do with the Gall
way family.
Yesterday morning Mrs. Laura S. Tar
bel, Mass Haleyand Mattehw Steffus sur
rendered themselve to answer the
charge Of battery preferred against them
and appeared before Justice Rossiter Of
Pasadena, sitting for Justice Morrison.
The hearing was set for September at
o'clock, the accused being permitted to
go upon their own recognizance.
A HARD DRINKER