The herald., 1897-05-15
Before Being Taken North by
Sheriff Hayes
THE VERNON SCHOOL DISTRICT
THE CITY'S SUIT AGAINST THE
WEST SIDE co.
A Suit Over a Bakery at Santa Monica.
The Affairs Of Miss Jordan, the
Milliner, in Terrible
/. Tangle

Before Sheriff NJ. P. Hayes Of Mono
county left for the north on Thursday
night having in charge Frank Revada,
alias Juan Lugo, rather interesting
little drama was enacted in the sheriff's
office in the courthouse.
When Revada was brought in from the
Jail he didn't at first know who Sheriff
Hayes was. Under Sheriff Clement in
formed him. however, that Sheriff Hayes
was the officer that was going to take
him north, and then Revada became less
suspicious, albeit he lied most atrocious-
ly when asked several questions regard
ing his whereabouts for some time past.
He persisted in maintaining that he had
never been north of Tehachepi, and to
this statement he adhered until his pho
tograph, taken in Mono county, was put
before his eyes. He saw, probably, that
the game was up, for he remarked: "Ive
got an old mother at Pomona that
think more of than any one in the world.
I've got nothing and she's got nothing.
but if she can only get enough to eat
don't care much what becomes Of me-"
It is hard to say what was passing in
the mans mind when he made this re-
mark. 1t was not without touch of pa
thos, for however hard in character Re
vada may have been, one soft spot re-
mained where was enshrined affection
for his mother. This little ebullition of
feeling was merely the preamble for a
confession, on the part of Revada, con-
cerning his murder of Leahy in June,
1892, since which time he safely eluded
the officers of the law until recently cap
tured very cleverly by Constable Slanker
of Pomona.
He began his story by alluding to the
character of Leahy, who was foreman
on the S. p Evans ranch, and then went
on to recite how he first learned of Lea
hy's antagonism to himself. He was
fishing at Silver lake with friend, and
this young fellow told Revada several
times during the afternoon that Leahy
had sworn to kill him the very first time
he met him. The reason for this threat
Revada's friend claimed to be that Lea
ny thought Revada knew too much about
himself. Be that as it may, Revada, in
telling his story, claimed that he be-
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he and his friend turned from the lake
and were walking quietly along he was
startled by his companion saying: Here
comes Leahy now, coming down the
trail!"
Revada was scared, so he claimed, and
jumped into the underground to hide
himself, for, according to him, it was
only case of who should get the drop on
the other first. He waited until Leahy
came within reasonable distance, and
then fired with a 44-caliber Colts pistol
Leahy fell from off his horse, and Re-
vada was so afraid of what he had been
compelled to do that he ran away and
kept on running until he escaped alto
gether from the country. He also stated
that one of the men up in that section of
country had, previous to the killing, Of
fered him $3.50 to kill Leahy, but that he
never received cent and was forced to
the killing by being afraid of his life.
What amount of truth lies hidden in
the confession remains to be seen. 1t
contains within itself no intricate state
ments which might, if strung we'll and
consistently together, tend to prove Re-
vada's innocent INTENT and on the other
hand there is nothing that makes the
facts as related absolutely impossible
Before leaving the city, Sheriff Hayes
telegraphed to Constable Slanker that if
he would put in his claim for the reward
offered by Mono county for Revadas
capture by July 1st it would be paid.
There was a reward of $500 offered by
the county, 5000 by the state and 5000 by
Mr. Evans, the employer of the murder
ed man. Constable Slanker has already
received $50 reward offered for the re-
covery of the valuable horse which Re-
vada stole from Frenchman, and upon
which he was riding on the night of his
capture.