The San Francisco call., 1896-01-26
Two Brothers Named Gleason Are
instrumental in Efecting
His Capture.
SURE HE IS THE RIGHT MAN.
Remanded Without Bail and His Pre-
liminary Examination Set for
Thursday Next.

SANTA ANA, CAL, Jan. 25.-The
capture of G. G. Southern by Sheriff J. c.
Nichols at Los Angeles last Saturday
night, as related in special dispatch
few days ago, caused one of the most
genuine surprises among our people of
anything in police circles here for years.
The crime with which Southern is charged
Is the murder of Mariana Cuero, Mexican,
in this city on the night of October II,
1894. The Orange County fair was in
progress at the time, and there were many
strangers and tourists in town, some OF
whom took in the sights until very late,
which fact gave the Sheriff the evidence
upon which he arrested Southern, a year
and three months after his eowardIy crime
was committed.
About midnight on the 18th pistol shot
couple of blocks west of the business CEN
ter OF the city startled those who were about
at that hour. With lightning rapidity the
report circulated that man had been shot,
and quite crowd soon collected near the
corner Of Birch and Fourth streets, where
poor Cuero lay groaning with bullet-hole
just under his heart. He had been shot
behind some bill5oards near by, and man
he fell. Several people who heard the
shot stated that they heard two men talk
ing In quarrel just before the report of
the pistol; others had seen horse being
driven rapidly westward from the scene of
the shooting, and a third story was to the
effect that man had run straight north
directly after the shot.
Cuero was removed to the CITY Hall.
where he died about o'clock, without
giving any further information about his
murder than that he was an "American.'
Marshal Nichols (the present sheriff.
worked hard for many days on clews
which proved to be entirely false, and al
last was about to give up the case when he
learned that two brothers named Gleason,
tourists from st. Louis, to which place
they had returned, had witnessed the
shooting from point where they saw the
murderer so clearly that they could easily
recognize him again. A large amount of
correspondence passed between Officer
Nichols and the Gleasons, and when they
came to Los Angeles again this winter
they were fully prepared to enter into the
case, from which they had before held
aloof at critical time. Nichols had sus-
picioned Southern as the man, and when
the Gleasons saw him they pronounced
him at once the murderer they had so long
carried in their minds.
a prompt arrest followed, which the
prisoner took coolly enough. Monday
evening Southern was brought to Santa
Ana by Sheriff Nichols and Deputy
Jack Landell, and on Tuesday he was ar
raigned before Justice Freeman, who re-
manded him into custody without bail to
await an examination on January 80, at
which time some sensational testimony is
expected.
Southern formerly lived On rented farm
IN Newport, near Santa Ana, and on q
good many occasions became troublesome
IN town through drinking. When under
the influence of liquor he is extremely
reckless and ugly and is would-be bad
man whether drunk or sober. He was in
court three times between the date of the
murder and March Ii following, when he
went to Los Angeles; once for carrying
concealed weapons and disturbing the
peace, once for beating an old man named
Boland and the third time for burglary.
Of the last charge he was acquitted. He
has never been in Santa Ana since last
March and undoubtedly considered him
self safe from the clutches of the law when
Marshal Nichols arrested him. AS the
murdered man was almost stranger here
and seemed to have no friends who took
much interest in the matter, the case was
soon forgotten by nearly every one, and its
sudden revival by the arrest of a former
well-known character for the crime created
a genuine surprise.