The herald., 1897-10-31
PASADENA

| PASADENA, Oct. 3O.-(Regular Cor
respondence.) John Adams, arrested and
tried by a jury upon the charge of va
grancy in Justice Merriam's court at
2 p. m. today, was acquitted in about
thirteen minutes after the jury retired.
This certainly is a precedent, as every
tramp arrested heretofore and appearing
before Justice Merriam, has pleaded
il guilty and received a sentence of from
five days up in the county Jail. The
jurymen were w. H. Darrow, Thomas
Z. Toppin, J. w. Barnett, S. w. Pyle,
f. M. Underwood, Fred Conant, A. W.
Banbury, A. c. Ainsworth, ]. H. Muir
ply, l.. B. Tubbs, c. Burch and w. c.
Hendricks. Constable Sam Wallis and
Deputy ]. D. Kelsey testified to finding
the defendant in a boXcar of the South
ern California Railway company near
the Raymond station at about 8 o'clock
Thursday evening. He had crawled in
and lain down in some straw There
was a smell of tobacco smoke in the
place, and also a bottle Of sour wine,
nearly empty. 1t was Adams intelli-
gent appearance, straightforward speech
and air of injured innocence which clear
ed him with the jury. If hardened
hobo, he is certainly a shrewd fellow.
He is tall and dark, with full beard and
regular features He spoke in a deep.
clear voice, using good language. He
came from Trinity county, he said. was
out of work and out of funds. He had
been on his way to Azusa, but had hurt
his foot and had thought there would
be no harm in his sleeping in the box
car. He denied having been smoking.
and also denied the ownership of the
sour wine. He committed no nuisance
and disturbed nothing inside the car.
The jury heard him sympathetically
and rendered verdict setting him free.
A FOOTBALL GAME
The high school boys defeated the Los
Angeles Military academy boys in q
game of football this afternoon, by a
score of 10 to 0. The local, team, accom-
panied by about twenty admirers, went
in on the 1 o'clock car and returned at
Z. The game was played on the acad-
emy grounds at Los Angeles. Twenty
three minute halves were played. In
the first half neither side scored, but
in the second half Captain and Full
back Stanley Senter mad two touch
downs. Only one goal was kicked, ow
ing to one of the touchdoWnS having
been made on a pass. Features of the
game were Bettes' pretty goal-ldcking
and all-round playing, and the slug
ging tactics of Goodale of the Acad-
emys. The Pasadena players were: Sem
ter, fullback; Stevens, halfback; Bettes.
halfback; Ballard and Randall, ends;
Hewitt, tackle; Allen, tackle; Myers,
guard; Derby, center; Magee, quarter
back; Fletcher Burtt, lineman. Abou:
thirty of the high school boys met this
evening at o'clock at Meyers cigar store
and after giving the team yell two or
three times, proceeded to the home Of
Principal Graham to tell him the good
news.
HALLOWEEN
A Halloween social was given last
evening at the Presbyterian church. The
; platform was decorated to represent
woods, and the lighting was by means Of
pumpkin jack-o lanterns. A witch's
cauldron stood in the center of the woods
and Misses Jessie York, May Moore and
Violet Rasey acted as witches. The
piano in one corner of the room was
banked with potted plants and ferns
and the Sunday school orchestra stood
about it, dressed in the manner of ghosts.
On the program was the ghost scene
from McBeth, recitations by Miss York,
shadow pictures by Prof. Fall and selec
tions on the piano.
BREVITIES
At the meeting last evening of the
academy of sciences in the Throop lab
oratory remarks We're made by Prof. c.
F. Holder and Joseph Grinnell, illustrat-
ed with stereopticon views. Prof. Hol-
der spoke upon corals, and Mr.. Grin
nell upon birds. The meeting was a
very interesting one, and fairly well at
tended. Questions We're asked by the
audience and answered by the speakers.
Two Cleveland bays were purchased
today for the fire department. They
come from the Hagen ranch, near Ven
tura and cost 1915. They are five years
old and unbroken. John o. Reynolds,
the policeman who has spent number
of years with the department, will break
the team in. They will be used on the
hook and ladder cart, driven by A. Jett.
The Womans Missionary and Aid So
ciety of the United Presbyterian church
gave birthday social in the church last
evening, it being the first affair of the
kind in the new building, ON the corner
of Los Robles avenue and Colorado
street. A literary and musical pro-
gram was rendered, and refreshments
were served. Birthday gifts were given
amounting to $50.
The contract for pew furnishing of the
Lincoln Avenue M. e. Church has been
let to the Maniwowoc company of Wis
consin. This company agrees to fur
nish 400 seats for $3.50. The pews will
have highly finished elm wood seats. l..
M. Boswell will superintend the painting
of the building.
After the 1st of January the Pasadena
and Los Angeles Electric Railway COM
pany will allow no more passes whatso-
ever Transportation in book form will
be issued upon strict basis of value re-
ceived.
The young ladies of Throop institute
have reorganized the Glee club, which
was so popular last year. and have
chosen Mrs. w. B. Clapp as director.
This year gentlemen will be admitted
into the club.
About $50 young people attended the
Halloween social given this evening in