The herald., 1897-10-28
LOS ANGELES COUNTY
PASADENA

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PASADENA, Oct. 27.-Regular Cor
respondence.) George F. Wall, the fes-
tive youth who tried, with revolver as
persuasion, to make strangers drink
with him on the road between this city
and San Gabriel on the night of October
5th, was tried and acquitted this morn
ing in Justice Merriam's court upon the
charge of stealing a harness On the
night in question: both Wall and his re-
volver were loaded, the one with cart
ridges and the other with sour wine. In
court this morning Wall admitted his
own load several times, and seemed
rather proud of it. He told how he had
met the Mexican near the old mission
and took several drinks with him. The
Mexican got into the buggy; they drove
along and the Mexican got out and 60
ing into a barn brought out harness
which he said belonged to him. Defend
ant did not think at the time that the
harness might have been stolen. He
reiterated that he was drunk and could
therefore not reason. By the time he
reached Pasadena and was arrested by
Marshal Lacey on Hawley's complaint
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Mexican, defendant said that he had be-
come more nearly sober. When asked
by the marshal whose harness they had,
he had replied that it belonged to the
Mexican, Leonidas Corrales. He had
never seen Leonidas before that night
Marshal Lacey told how Hawlay, COM
ing into town late at night reported hav-
ing been held up and ordered to drink,
which he refused to do. The officers
waited for the peculiar rig which Haw-
ley described, with the result that Wall
and Corrales We're arrested. The next
morning Wall took the witness to the
barn in Alhambra, which proved to be
that of William Burgess, whose harness
was stolen. Corrales was brought over
from the county Jail to testify. He is
now serving a sentence for stealing the
harness, he having pleaded guilty, he
says because he has no friends to keep
him out of Jail while awaiting trial.
Wall, he said, was the real guilty party,
he having told witness that night that
he lived at the place in question and
wanted to get the harness for his brother
in Los Angeles.
Wherever the guilt properly lies, Cor
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Wall. However, even the prosecuting
attorney realized that there was no evil
dence to convict, and therefore made no
speech to the jury The jury arrived at
a verdict of not guilty at the first ballot.
The jurors were Messrs. Fred Conant.
w. c. Doane, James Smith, o. T. Nay,
H. E. Lucas and G. r. Meharry. Deputy
District Attorney James represented the
people and A. f. Metcalfe appeared for
Wall.
THE NEW HOTEL
General NJ. C. Wentworth the we'll
known hotel man who had charge of
the management of the Raymond hotel
up to the time of its destruction by fire
two years and half ago, arrived in this
city this morning from the White
mountains to manage the Hotel La Pin
toresca during the winter. He is accom-
panied by his wife and also by his chef,
Bordet, who was with Delmonico in New
York city. General Wentworth said
that he looked forward to this winter as
the most successful yet in the way of
tourist business. The tourists will be of
the very best class, and it is likely that
the hotel will be crowded. Hotel La
Pintoresca is not big enough to accom-
modate the Raymond excursions,
though twenty-five of the February ex-
cursionists will be cared for by the La
Pintoresca. A half hundred carpenters
and other mechanics are busy with the
hotel addition, and Mr.. Painter the own
er, and General Wentworth, the man.
ager, hope to have it ready by December
1st. More than 100 guests can be accom-
modated when the hotel is finished
BREVITIES
The Y. NJ. c. A. has succeeded in pay
ing off all it's debt, which six months ago
amounted to 5000, or, at least, all this
debt has been provided for by recent do
nations, as result of a canvass made by
President G. c. Reynolds and Director
j. H. Pearman. To General Secretary
Rowland is due much of the credit for
the associations present proportions.
Preparations are being made for pub
Tic entertainment to be given on Novem-
ber 18th, when visitors will be given an
opportunity to see what the boys have
done in the way of physical improve
meflt under Prof. Howland.
Miss Florence Coffin and Mr.. Arthur E.
Shaver were married last night at tho
home of the brides parents, on the cor
ner Of Jefferson street and Summit ave-
nue.. The rooms were prettily decorated
with smilax, roses and chrysanthemums
and only few intimate friends were
present. Miss Gayton, cousin of the
groom, played the wedding march, and
the ceremony was performed by Rev.
Clarence True Wilson, under an arch of
rvergreen and roses. Then dainty re-