The herald., 1897-07-11
PASADENA

| 10 XIII "A. "A. CaSWell, whom ne cnarseu
with writing letters to his wife and other
wise disturbing his domestic bliss. The
testimony seemed to indicate that there
was not an overabundance Of the last
named quality lying about loose In the
Fowler household. The whole case seemed
to be a queer mixture of quarreling,
threatening and abuse on the one side,
and spiritualism, fortune telling and fear
of the defendant on the other, much Of the
testimony being considerable of a tangle
of these various heterogeneous elements.
According to the testimony Of Caswell the
complaining witness and others 1T appears
that the defendant has been considerably
| under the influence for some weeks during
which time he has threatened everybody
that came near the house, from the groc-
eryman to the Chinese vegetable man with
writing to his wife and disrupting his
household affairs. This was all based on
a postal card which he found directed to
his wife. 1t seems that Caswen was rec
| commended to Mrs. Fowler as something of
a soothsayer or adviser in everything, and
she went to him. Caswell identified
postal card shown him. addressed to Mrs.
| Fowler at Bakersfield, and asking why
he had not heard from her, as being in his
| writing. He said that Mrs Fowler had
previously received an infamous letter,
casting all sorts OF reflections upon her,
and had secured advice from him as to
what answer she should make.
He had advised her that a soft answer
turneth away wrath and subsequent events
showed that his advice was good. She
had told him that she would let him know
if there were any further proceedings in
the matter, but had not done SO, hence his
query on the postal.
AS a result of Fowler finding this postal
Caswell received the following:
]. F. Caswell. ESQ.,, Box s14. Pasadena.
| CAL:
Dear Sir-I wrote you some ten days or
more informing you that had in my pos
session a postal card addressed to Mrs.
D. D. Fowler, Bakersfield, Cal. 1 asked
you as an honorable man to meet me and
explain the reasons why you addressed
Mrs. ID. D. Fowler and requested her to
write you at once; that you had wrote her
two weeks before and had not had a word
from your letters. You have failed
through your dirty. cowardly guilt to be
man enough to come forward to meet or
explain to me any reasons. Now since this
| refusal and cowardly guilt you have caused
my home to be broken up-a separation
from one I have protected and have been
| to her a true man in every respect. You
have been the cause of my life to be made
the most miserable of men. He is to be
a total wreck without protection, sham
and scandal to each one of our names
la life disgraced forever in our old days.
Such conditions I do not propose to stand
at this times of life without accounted for
as I have set forth in my first letter. So
take notice that without explanation with
in forty-eight hours addressed to me at
Los Angeles postoffice I hold you personal
responsible for your liberty-not one re-
sponsible personal but lawfully and crimi-
nal.
I will again repeat that if you do not give
satisfaction in some way within the time
r I
responsible for your cowardly and dirty
work and shall give your family due no.
tice of your conduct. The mails at Bakers
field, also at Pasadena, are evidence of
your postal and letter; forty-eight hours
is my longest time. d. d. FOWLER.
Fowler went on the warpath. hence the
arrest. Officers testified to hearing the
old gentleman, for Fowler is over sixty,
swearing and cursing at his wife on sew
eral occasions. He was put under $1,000
bonds to keep the peace, ]. d. Thompson
qualifying in that amount.
A COUNTRY CLUB
Articles of Incorporation were filed yes
terday by the Pasadena Country club, an
organization formed "to promote social
| Intercourse among its members, to encour-
age outdoor sports, etc. The directors of
the club are A. w. Armstrong Of Altadena,
j. S. Cravens Of st. Louis, Mo-; j. B. Mil
r. Staats and W. c. Stuart of Pasadena.
Those who signed the articles as incor-
porate members other than the directors
| are A. Campbell Johnson, C. S. Campbell
johnson, Walter G. Ladd Henry N. Sherk,
G. s. Chambers, c. D. Daggett, N. w. Bell,
E. w. Hitchmgs and E. w. Barry.
The club has several locations in view
| for the country place, which is to be hand
sonnely fitted UP. the grounds to be con-
verted into a park with all the accessories
! to make it a pleasant place to spend the
day. The location chosen will be within
| easy reach of the city and with good roads
| leading to it, for it Is one of the purposes
of the club to encourage bicycling, driving
and all manly sports and recreation.
SOCIAL NOTES
Mrs. +. A. James and Mrs. j. w. Bull
entertained a few friends at dinner last
| evening at the home of the former on
| North De1acy street. Dinner was served
at six o'clock and the menu was quite
elaborate, the remainder of the evening be-
ing spent in social conversation.
The Misses Fuller of Arroyo Drive very
pleasantly entertained few friends in
formally yesterday evening. Games fur
nished entertainment for the early part of
the evening, after which light refresh
ments were served and a short musical
program was rendered.
A number of Pasadena people attended
the entertainment in Los Angeles last eve
ming given by the Daughters Of Iris, an
organization of which women only are
members, but their husbands are admitted
to social affairs. The Pasadenians present
were: Mr. and Mrs. E. c. Griffith, DR.. A. H.
Palmer and wife, Mr.. and Mrs. H. B. Cher
man, Mr.. and Mrs. c. j. Willett.
Miss Louise Lacey very pleasantly en-
tertained about twenty of her young
friends last evening at the home of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Lacey, on
North Marengo avenue, the early part of
the evening being devoted to dancing. and
after refreshments were served the re-
mainder of the evening was spent in play
ing at progressive anagrams. The house
was tastefully decorated for the occasion,
the front parlor being fragrant with red
roses and rose geraniums and the back
parlor with carnations and hydrangeas.
| Gentlemen's first prize was awarded Paul
Rowan and Roy Mosteler received conso-
lation award. Miss Edith Moore captured
ladies' first award and Miss Lutte Fleming
received consolation prize.
BREvITIES
| DIR. George +. Mohn will address the
public meeting Of the Pasadena Theosoph-
lists tomorrow.
| The Pasadena Camp Woodmen of the
World have decided to hold picnic at
Redoudo on August and have invited
neighboring camps to join them.
| George H. Baldwin returned yesterday
evening fron Buckhorn canyon. He made