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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-05

A mint for making bogus silver dol
lars has been unearthed at Benton Har-
Dor, Mich, after a successful operation
OF several years. The man who oper-
ated 1t was known about town as a
gentleman Of leisure, and his dollars
appeared to be just as good as any 9TH
er mans. He finally made a fatal error
when he went to Chicago and paid
eight of them to one man. The best
of money makers, it seems, will occa-
sionally make mistakes.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-05

An Atlanta cashier named Harry
Cassin cut too wide a swath and final
ly got'in front of the reaper himself.
His father-in-law tried to save him,
but he was not equal to the emergency,
and poor Harry was finally thrown into
prison. He spent thousands Of other
peoples money and was called a good
fellow while 1t vas going. Now it's
different. The best plan is to let every
person spend his W surplus.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-05

There are various developments of
the stamp craze" The Queen of the
Netherlands, who is only sixteen years
of age, is reported to have said: Il
should like very much, my dear min
lister, a new series of stamps which will
show me to my people just as l am
at present" Her own face does not
appear in her large collection. The
engraving on official papers will not be
changed, it is said, until her marriage.
Even royalty has its disappointments,
and, like other stamp collectors, the
queen has unqualified desires. ,
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-05

Two men called upon the mayor Of
L%indsborg, Kan, the other day and
paid him 81, the sum which the city
had paid for their lodging one night in
July last, when they were caught short
there. They explained that they had
reached a condition in life which made
it practicable to pay what they consid-
cred a debt.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-05

TO the Memory OF a
FEMALE STRANGER,
Whose mortal suffering terminate
ed the 1fth day Of October,

Aged 70 years and s months.
This stone is erected by her dis
consulate
Husband, In whose arms she
sighed out her
Latest breath. and who. under
God,
Did his utmost to soothe even tho
cold dead ear OF Death.
How loved. how honored once.
avails thee not
To whom related, or by whom be-
got
A heap of dust alone remains Of
thee,
Z IT'S ali thou art. and all the
proud shall be.
To Him gave all the Prophets
~utterance that. through his name,
whatsoever believeth In Him shall
receive remission Of sins.
Acts, 10th chapter. 4Sd verse.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-05
Colored Woman Now : noetor.

The State Board of Medical Exam
iners Of Louisiana held an examination
recently at which there were sixty
seven applicants, four of whom were
colored. A standard Of rs per cent.
was required to pass the examination.
which is required before the individual
can secure a license to practice medi-
cine in Louisiana.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-05

The Bank of England employs about
400 men and has a salary list, in
Guiding pensions. of about fs00, 900 per
annpm. The governors and directors
81 the bank divide between them f14.-
eo0 per annum. OF this the governors
receive f1,000 each and the directors
$500 each.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-05

A novel suit at law was tried in the
circuit court at Goshen, Ind, Monday.
1t was submitted by Elkhart attorneys
over the telephone and witnesses en-
amined in the same manner. judge
Warner deciding in favor Of the plain
tiff.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-05

The demand for organ music in this
Y country outside Of churches seems to be
quite limited. Bostons great organ,
once regarded as a wonder, has been
stored in a shed for thirteen years, and
will soon be sold at auction. It was
built in Germany at a cost of $50, 600.
One trouble about a great organ is that
it is not easy to keep it supplied with
a great %organist.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-05

Swindlers have been caught selling
imaginary windows for the queens dia-
mond jubilee procession IN London at
big prices. The result is that window
prices have dropped to a low notch,
and almost everybody who expects to
be there has decided to take his
chances on the street. A cheaper plan
yet is to remain away and read about
ii. That's what we are going to do.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-05

Cincinnati Commercial Tribune: Il
see where the Queen of England has
sixty pianos and doesn't play any q
them 'arhas's a good girl. I know
Of a woman who has only n plano
but she plays like sixty"
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-05

Thomas L. Lucas and his SOC Fred
have left Huntington. Ind, in a hur-
~. 1t is said that they have stolen
$4,000. They we're in the abstract and
loan business.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-05
SISTER ELIZABETH.

loTHING is more
notifying to a per-
son. especially II
that individual Is a
J maiden lady OF
thirty-hve. than
the consciousness
that others begin
to think her too
old for Tho society
Of young people.
1T is a laying on
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-05
SOUTHERN TOWN,
Old cariyl~ House and Its Memories
The Myssery of tho 'Temale strang-
er"-A Town That Has Been Asleep
for a csntury. v

EXANDRIA has
been asleep 80
long, the sunshine
has been dreaming
u~ndisturbcd In her
quiet streets for SO
many years and her
quaint old houses
have such an air
Of mysterious wait
ing in their old
fashioned grand
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-05

For with all our ~pretension to en-
Iightenment. are we not now a talking,
desultory, rather than a meditativS
eeneration?-J. z. Sharp.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-05

New York's last quarterly death rate
of 2O.S1 per 1000 is the lowest in its
history. The Improvement is attrib-
uted to clean streets.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-05

About the only peaceable people In
the world at the present time are the
savages.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-05

We may have to annex Hawaii for
the sugar there is in it.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-05

NDRECIEs was
at one time the
principal city Of
the province du
Nord. in France,
and as II was prac-
tically on the from
tier of that coun-
try 1t was the OBJ
jective point of
many raids and
sieges from the
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-05

Spain can make millions of new
friends III America BY granting abso-
lutte freedom to Cuba on reasonable
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-05

A Memory OF the Tragic Middle Ages
Found at Landrecies. at One Time the
Principal City in Province du Nord
la France.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-05

4 man should keep his friendship in
constant repair.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-21
The Stool-Pigeon Methods
Cause a Downfall
IT IS A PRACTICAL N0N-SUIT
INTEREST IN THE PATTISoN
FAMILY REVIVED
A Divorce Desired, and Slice of the
Property-Suit Against Colonel
Polk Compromised

The bottom has fallen out of the Tup-
PENDANTS being sent to states prison
just a present are exceedingly small
The defense set up has been an indirect
one. The mere fact that Jailer Kennedy
either did or did not, in collision with
Fay Harris and Harvey Jenkins. lay
trap for Topper would not relieve the
defendant of the criminal intent. In
the event, however, of its being shown
that such a trap was laid and that step
by step Upper was led into it until the
criminal intent found its eliminating
point in the overt act, which constitutes
any crime, then the crime itself is 50
overshadowed by the immortality of the
method as to palliate the defendants
guilt even though it might not justify it.
But the best laid plans oft gang
agley, says the poet, and in this case The
prosecution have been hoisted with their
own petard. In other words, in the at
tempt by means of accomplices to fasten
the guilt upon Upper, the foundation
was laid for the motion OF non-suit
and which was practically granted. The
jury today will have to consider not
whether defendant sent and delivered"
pistol to Kid Thompson, as charged,
but whether ne attempted" to do so.
On the first charge Upper, if convicted,
would have gone to the states prison
for several years. but the latter crime
can be punished with only six months
IT, tot Il ;.<o ;afa
The "stool pigeon" method, conse-
quently, has not been crowned with sue
cess in this case.
1t has been popularity of this case
that the witnesses when cross exa mined
by the defense adopted, almost without
exception a negative attitude. The
positive yes or no were conspicuousiy
absent. and when replaced by II don't
remember" and guarded answers that
permitted the particular witness to
hedge" to use the phraseology of the
betting ring, in the event of being crowd
ed too close.
Then, the atmosphere has debilitat-
ing effect upon certain witnesses. Dur
ing the trial some witnesses have opened
their testimony with apparent candor.
and with the lapse of the noon hour have
reappeared in court and continued their
statement in such manner as to indicate
a mental decrepitude rather surprising.
KENNEDY ON THE RACK
Upon court reconvening yesterday,
p. ]. Kennedy, county jailer, was re-
called for further cross tion.
The first questions put by defending
counsel were not kind, whatever may
have been the motive reasonable or
otherwise, that prompted them.
Were you ever indicted by grand
Jury?'l inquired Mr.. Oliver.
'Never, sir"
Were you ever charged with any
crime by a grand jury?"
Never"
Ibid you ever have conversation
: with Sheriff Burr before the commits
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-21
LOS ANGELES HERALD: WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY u.

ton with Kennedy at Santa Monica
when he called upon Kennedy as an Of
ficer to arrest Harris and Jenkins and
detailed the facts which have heretofore
been made public.
Byron l.. Oliver, another of the attor-
neys for the defense, made sta tement.
II was representing Kramer in the
supreme court, and having read about
the attempted Jail break in the papers
l went up to see him. told him he had
injured his case and asked him what he
meant. He then told me that it was all
right, for Kennedy knew all about it,
That Harris and Jenkins were to bring
the defendants pistol into the Jail, and
he himself was to be caught in the act
of passing the pistol. He further stated
that Kennedy said that my brief would
not cut much figure, but that if he was
granted a new trial on his appeal, he,
Kennedy, would see that the case was
dismissed"
Witness also told of his conversation
with Kennedy in the supreme court
when the latter asked him to withdraw
his argument, particulars of which have
already been published. Witness also
stated that Kennedy had told him,
when witness remarked how injudicious
Kramer had been in lending himself to
the scheme, that he proposed to protect
Kramer and that some such scheme was
necessary to preserve life in the case of
such a dangerous criminal as kid
Thompson.
The witness was retired, and the ca sc
for the defense closed.
District Attorney McComas opened in
argument and made short running
commentary upon the case. Today ar
gumerts will be resumed and the case
may go to the jury late in the afternoon
A NEW CHARGE
A Phoenix, Ariz., dispatch says that
the governor yesterday signed requisi-
ton papers for the return to the terri
tory of Colonel Topper, implicated
with Kid" Thompson in the proceed
ings subsequent to the Roscoe train rob
berry The Arizona charge is that of un-
lawfully branding cattle. The crime Is
alleged to have been committed last
year on the ella river. west of Phoenix.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-21
A STORY SPOILED
The Suit Brought by Mrs. I. M. Polk
Settled Out of Court

0CLJ1C0 OuI VI SOuIt
Quite a sensational trial was spoiled
yesterday when the suit Of Mrs. I. M.
Polk against her ex-husband, Colonel
Polk, to recover $15,4S0.72, with z per
cent interest from October 81, 1892, was
dismissed.
The suit was brought to recover these
moneys as having been entrusted to
Colonel Polk for safekeeping, and at the
time that suit was brought all of the
coloneps property in the city was at
tached. The answer was filed on March
Is last, and it was then Get forth that
the expensive tastes of Mrs. Polk, her
exceeding love for bric-a-brac and in
clination to travel had made sad havoc
with that $4,000 Just before filing this
answer Colonel Polk made one of his
periodic visits to the southern republic,
but for reasons that did not appear upon
the surface posted down the coast, and
made the trip by yacht. Not long ago
he was united in marriage to Miss Min
ME Bradbury at the Palace hotel in San
Francisco, and the couple went to Mex
leo for the honeymoon. They returned
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-21
COURT CALENDAR
Cases to Be Called in the Several De-
partments Today

ONE-Judge Smith.
1926 Colonel l.. Topper; trial, future
hearing.
Two
26444 In re-ins olvency Thomas Ander-
son.
2SN In re-applcation Of H. C. Putnam.
N P. PIP The estate of J. Alex Cline;
probate of will.
N. p 95 Bridget Wilson; second annual
account.
N. p PHI Martha Machado probate of
will.
N. P. 1851 John Carse; annual account;
citation.
N. p 1949 The estate Of ]. Burrill; conf.
of sale of real estate.
N. P. 2121 The estate of Isabella Baer;
letters of administration.
1884 The estate of ]. Hommel; first an
nual account.
N. p. 1879 +. Robert; conf. of sale of real
estate.
N. p. 212S Ella G. McMaster letters with
will annexed.
N. P. 1900 The estate of c. Richardson;
citation.
N. p HOS The estate of Josephine Row
land de Cross; petition for order TO
convey real estate.
N. P. 1106 The estate of G. w. Rowland,
a minor; order to convey real estate.
N. P. 11O7 The estate Of f. A. Rowland
minor: petition for order to convey
real estate.
N. P. 574 The estate of j. Reinart; &C.
count and report.
N. P. 626 Camilla N. Sanford conf. of
sale of real estate.
N. r. 1868 The estate of ]. r. Squire;
conf. of sale of real estate.
N. p. 2134 The estate of Edith J. Per-
son, a minor; letters of guard.
N. p. 2120 The estate of j. c. Drake let
tiers of administration.
DEPARTMENT THREE-Judge York.
27309 Pattison VS.. Pattison; trial.
DEPARTMENT FOUR-Judge Van Dyke.
Nothing set
FIvE-Judge Shaw.
27277 Polk VS.. Polk.
SIX-Judge Allen.
25,946 Runels ct al VS.. Tilghman.
1883 Taylor VS.. Newlyn.
TOWNSHIP COURT-Justice Young.
Myers VS.. Pickett, 80.
People VS.. Lindenfeldt, 1920.
Hindmarsh VS.. Wright, 2:3O.
Bogner VS.. Tower, 4.
Smith VS.. Woodward, 9.
House 4 Bently vs. Shaffer, $50.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-21

was charged read: deliver or send into
the JAIL" and defendant circumstanced
as Upper was alleged to have been
could only "send into the jair' a pistol
if the man to whom he delivered it was
compelled by him to SO act. If harris.
after having received the pistol from
Topper, had just gone about his bust
ness, counsel argued, the charge couldn't
lie; and that Harris acted under compul-
sion from Upper was negatived by the
prosecution itself, it being conceded he
was feigned accomplice.
Along this line counsel made quite a
strong argument and incidentally
quoted numerous authorities on the
stool pigeoh" industry.
In the case of one Love, charged with
burglary, the supreme court of Illinois
was quoted by Mr.. Mills as follows:
Strong men are sometimes unpre-
pared to cope with temptation and resist
encourageme to evil when financially
embarrassed and impoverished. A con-
templated crime may never be devel-
oped into a consummated act. To slim
ulate unlawful intentions. for the pur-
pose and with the motive of bringing
them to maturity, that they may be
punished, is dangerous practice. 1t is
safer law and sounder morals to hold
that when one arranges to have a crime
committed against his property or him
self. and knows that an attempt is to be
made to encourage others to commit the
act, and others to be led into and encour-
aged in its commission by one acting in
concert with such owner that no crime
is thus committed. The owner and his
agent may wait passvely for the would
be criminal to perpetrate the offense,
and each and every part of it, for him
self They must not aid and encourage,
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-21
New Suits Filed

Mary L. Cogswell VS.. Walter H. Dins-
more ct ALA suit to recover $500 on a
note and decree of sale against lot 5.
block A, of T. A. Garey's Park Villa
tract
Adoph Ramish and Martin c. Marsh
vs. City Treasurer w. A. Hartwell-An
application for writ of mandate directed
to the defendant to compel him to sell a
parcel of land to defray certain assess
ments.
Charles E. Shattuck vs. H. L. Williams
A suit to recover S7SS45. money loaned
by Easton, Eldridge & Co. to defendant,
the claim being assigned to plaintiff.
d. F. Donegan VS.. J. p. Mccormack
A suit to recover $4,000 for failure to
fulfill a contract for supplying number
of mules.
Hattie L. Wells VS.. F. A. Grant-A
suit to quiet title to the west half Of
the east half of section s, township 8
range g. and a deed to this property
given by her to the defendant for a
piece of land in Michigan, be annulled.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-21

sion OF this offense, in which you told
him you knew Of the pistol that was 10
be passed into the jail?"
Il don't remember such a converse ton
and don't believe ever did,
you wouldn't have ever told the
sheriff lie, would you?"
II don't believe that ever did"
Are we to understand that you don't
know whether you told Mr.. Burr false
hood or not?"
"If / did have such a conversation
would have remembered it, and l have
no remembrance of such a converse
ton.
That let Mr. Kennedy out
Fay Harris one of the accomplices and
runaway witnesses, was upon the wit
ness stand just long enough to deny EN-
phatically that he was in the county
Jail on the evening before the Upper
trial was called.
The prosecution then announced its
case as closed
NON-SUIT ON THE MAIN ISSUE
Attorney Mills asked that the jury
might be retired in order that he might
argue on motion for a non-suit The
jury was accordingly instructed to re-
tire.
Mr. Mills then began an argument that
lasted for nearly an hour and that raised
most important point, sustained by nu-
merous authorities quoted in the reports
The contention of Mr.. Mills was that,
unless the overt act constituting the
crime conjoined with the criminal in
tent, no crime had been committed
Quoting from Bishop the axiom that
the accessory follows the principal like
shadow" he called the attention Of the
court to the fact that Fay Harris was the
principal in this case and not the defend
ant and this conceding that the defend
ant had the criminal intention imputed
:to him BY the prosecution. The language
e tne statute under which the defendant
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-21
Court Notes

Kittie Calvert, accused Of being con-
cerned in the murder of joe uGain
at Santa Monica, was released on $1,000
bail yesterday Jose Ybarra and j. A.
German qualified as suretes.
Samuel Bland was arraigned before
Justice Young yesterday on the charge
of malicious mischief in having cut
ditch belonging to and upon the lands Of
Marius Meyer at Santa Fee Springs.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-21
To Be Called Tomorrow

DEPARTMENT ONE-Judge Smith.
(2373) Louis Montriol, grand larceny
trial.
DEPARTMENT TWO-Judge Clark.
In holiday recess.
DEPARTMENT THREE-Judge York.
Nothing set.
DEPARTMENT FOUR-Judge Van Dyke
Nothing set.
FIVE-Judge Shaw.
(27,S76) Tibbets VS.. Tom Sue
DEPARTMENT SIX-Judge Allen.
(285S9) Billiard VS.. Dew ct al.
TOWNSHIP COURT-Justice Young.
Shepherd VS.. Smith; $3.50.
Hanson VS.. Synge: 1:3O.
People VS.. Adams; 1880.
Stephens VS.. Me Wo;9.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-21

to the Arcade station in Los Angeles
Just about the time that Wriothesley
Russell Ward and Mrs. John Bradbury
were waiting to take the train for the
north at River station.
The suit yesterday was called UP by
Judge Ballard, sitting for Judge Shaw,
and dismissed, it having been compro-
missed out of court While not made
public, it is understood that Mrs. Polk
is to have a life interest in the Hope
street property, as we'll as some stocks,
ETC., aggregating about $4,000.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-21

New Laws for Mine Locators aud Stakeholder.
Price Is cents. N. A. Wolcott & Co., prin-
tiers and publishers, 1928 s. Broadway. Los
Angeles. and all booksellers. The new
blanks conforming to the laws are now
ready.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-21

Hawley King Co..cor. 5th st. and Bwy..
agents genuine Columbus Buggy company
buggies and Victor bicycles.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-21

Maier & Zobelein's lager. fresh from their
brewery, on draught in all the principal
saloons; delivered promptly in bottles or
kegs. ONCE and brewery. 40 Also street.
telephone 81,
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-21

Largest variety Concord business wag.
ons and top delivery wagons. Hawley
King & Co.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-21
DEATHS

Everything on wheels. Hawley, King G.
Co. cor. Fifth street and Broadway.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-21
.JOTTINGS

Latest style OF wall paper ar A, A. Eek.
stroms, 3A South Spring street.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-21

Agents Victor, Heating, World ar
March bicycles Hawley, King G. Co,
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-21

The Arch Concocter of Diabolical
Schemes
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1897-12-08
DE MEDIA COLA
QUE VALE MIL PESOS PR0VINCIALES

Todas las personals que deseen
tomar una accijn del piano que rcgala
ell PARIS BAZAAR, puedcn pedir el ca
talogo para escojer sus clnco pesos en-
musica. (Adeias de eslos > pesos Ell
musica, Sc regalaldn d cada accionlsta
3 preciosas danzas de un autor puerto
rriqueno, Iujosamenle lilograiiadas Ell
Paris.)
Ell piano Sc sorteara el 30 de Dicicn1-
bre, sin lalla, en- combination con la 10
leria provincial. Cada accion juega 100
nnmeros y corresponds el piano 4 la
papelela que conlenga eI numero del
premio mayor. fecutrdese que son
solamentc 200 acciones y que hay va
muchas lomadas. Hay que darse pri-
Sa. IU-o
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1897-12-08
Gaceta Official de hoy

Cablegrams del Exemo. senor ministro de
Ultramar disponiendo ell cambio de destino en-
tire don Francisco Arrange Mantilla, juez de
prmera instancs de Mayagiez. don Eduar
do Alvarez Rodriguez, que desempeha ignal
cargo en- Ponce.
Circular de la captanfa general de esta
isla disponiendo que por las fuerzas de la
Gaardia civil orden pibico Sc proceda Ia
busca captura de los mozos Antonio Saliva
Clar Jose Garcia Suarez.
= Idem de la Junta central del conso de
poblaci6n.
-Anuncios de subasta de los acopios de
piedra machacada para la conservation de a
las carreteras.