The herald., 1897-10-15
PASADENA A

PASADENA, Oct. H-(Regular Cores
pondence.) James II. Brown, the coloreu
burglar. charged with wholesale plumber
ing of Orange Grove avenue residences
had his preliminary examination before
the recorder this morning at about Il
o'clock. From the showing Justice Ros-
sitter ordered him held for trial in the su-
perior court, with bail fixed at $500, which
was not furnished.
Brown declares that he will right each
and every case, and that he has sl'5, with
which he thinks he ought to command a
good attorney. He wishes that he had
not made the admission which he did
make when arrested. namely, TIL plead
guilty to whatever you can prove on me-
and nothing more" He practically owned
to the Talcott and Watson robberies, and
1t was taken for granted that he would
plead guilty and begin at once to serve
his time. The colored man has SINCE
changed his mind. He declined to say any
thing for himself this morning. remarking
that he would do his talking in the supe-
rior court. He is an intelligent man, as
was evinced by some sharp questions he
put to the complaining witnesses, Watch-
man Frank Wright, Mr.. Sanborn and Mr.
Clark Wright told of the arrest of the
burglar, which was made at about 2:SO a.
m. October 9th. while Brown was crossing
the lawn of Mrs. Frank Brown, on the
northeast corner of Orange Grove avenue
and Congress street. The burglar wore in
court the blue coat which he stole in
broad daylight from Will Clark's room,
in DR. Talcott's barn. He also wore Clark S
tan low shoes. These articles were taken
off him and introduced as evidence. to-
gether with the revolver. silk handkerchief
and cartridges. all of which were ident1-
fed by their owners. Messrs. Sanborn. the
coachman. and Clark. his roommate. Clark.
in describing his room, told where he had
ttrle t1rrty
asked Brown If that was where he found 1t.
Brown did not answer
This afternoon. when Brown was taken
to Jail, he was accosted by c. f. Mayne.
a trusty. with, Hello Brown what are
you doing back here?''
"I don't know you" replied Brown.
"Oh. you can't fool me-" Mayne an
to the pen"
Brown said, "Shut up: don't give me
away"
The officers, taking the hint, looked up
the matter and found on the records that
Brown was sentenced to the penitentiary
for eighteen months on February Z, 1896,
O complaint of Mr. Gadison of Los Angeles,
for grand larceny. The mans photograph
was found in the rogues gallery. This of
course will go against the negro at tie
trial.
Brown has his examination on the Sec
ond charge, that of burglarizing Mrs.Wat-
sons place, tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock
before Recorder Rossiter, There is still
the Libby burglary In addition. The chain
of evidence pointing to him as the man
who broke into Mrs. S. G. Reeds house is
being forged by the officers.
WOMANS MISSIONS
The session of the Womans Missionary
society opened this morning with devo-
tional exercises led by Mrs. L. o. Robin
son, after which business was transacted.
An invitation from the Mount Lowe Rail-
way company to visit Mount Lowe was ac
cepted. and the visit will be made tomor-
row. The treasurer's report was heard,
as were the reports of various officers.
Miss Elizabeth Jones sang solo. The fur
ther program was as follows: Prayer;
report of special committee: recitation by
Miss Maud Robinson Hazard; chldren's
hour, conducted by Mrs. Umsted; "Glimp-
ses of the Field" Mrs H. e. M. Pattee;
business.
This evening was devoted the young
woman's hour, in charge of Mrs. Z. C.
Seymour.
THE RAINSTORM
Two and three-tenths inches of rain fell
during the storm of the last twenty-four
hours. The railroads and the fruit dryers
are the principal sufferers. though no seri-
Gus damage was done in the way of wash
outs. The work of the water companies
which are eXcavating for the submerged
dam at Devils Gate will have to be done
over. On the streets. the department has
been busy carting off mud from the pave
ments. The Santa Fe crossing on Allen
avenue was SO washed that a gang of men
was called to fix it before trains could
pass this morning. Several cellars were
inundated and some damage was done in
this manner.
FIELD-DAY SPORTS
The Pasadena high school and Los An
geles Y. M. c. A. will play match game
of football Saturday in connection with
the field-day sports of the YIN C. A. at
the bicycle track. In the athletic sports
there are a large number of entries from
Los Angeles and Riverside, besides Pasa-
dena boys.
The following is the list of the high school
players: Green and Ballard, end; Burt
and Brown. tackle; Spauldng and Mey-
ers, guard; Derby. center: Stevens, right
half; Hammell left half; Magee. quarter;
Senter, full back; Shoemaker and Allen.
substitutes; Stanley Senter. captain.
BREVITIES
In G. A. r. hall this evening the G. A. r..
men who We're defeated in game of base
ball last spring by the Sons of Veterans
gave an entertainment to their vctors
Speeches were made by Post Commander
f. ID. Stevens, A. K. Nash, William Mat
toon and Jeans for the G. A. RS and by
Captain II. d. Gaylord and w. S. Lacey
Tor the Sons of Veterans. Songs, accompa-
MED by the piano, were sung by the audi
ence. and the evening was concluded with
a banquet at which lemonade. cake. baked
beans and brown bread were served. The
Los Angeles drum corps and a delegation
of about twenty We're present. besides near
iy two hundred people from Pasadena.
me ilrst meeting of the Pasadena branch
Inf fnt.t,o
recently organized by Mrs. Katherine
Iingiey was held this evening in. the board
OF trade rooms on East Colorado street,