El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-29

| Charles Burns was arrested last night
: for assault and battery and taken to
the police station.
| Boy Accused of Stealing Money.
| Cruz Ochoa, a Mexican youth poss-
esSing intelligence above the average
and bright face, was arrested by
George Harold this morning on a
complaint made by lady customer of
Stolaroff's Overland street store
| The woman accompanied Harold and
the boy to the police station She
complained that she gave the boy SID
; gold piece yesterday and he brought
her back only change to the amount of
IS. She did not discover the mistake
I until this morning when she told her
troubles to the police.
She said her husband gave her a SIS
and $40 gold piece out of his earn
ings and yesterday she purchased
, some goods at Stolaroff's to be paid for
on delivery. When the boy brought
the goods she handed him what she
thought was the SIS gold piece and told
him to bring her back the change. In
short time he returned and gave her
the change for So. This morning she
examined her money. The SIS gold
piece was there but the $40 piece had
disappeared She Immediately jump
ed to the conclution that the boy had
worked the film fam game.
At the store they told her that the
boy had brought in S. bill and asked
for the change for that. This increas-
ed her suspicion and she called on the
police for aid. Chief Lockart was I'M
able to wiring a confession from the
boy, who held out that he had not
! robbed the woman and insisted that
she was mistaken. He was inclined to
be insolent and insinuated that the
, woman had unjuStly accusing him and
was not speaking the truth.
The chief after hearing both sides of
the case instructed Harold to take the
boy before the county attorney with
Fall of Social Lion.
Frank Harris, colored. was arrested
last night by the police for the alleged
theft of violin from a Mexican fami-
ly. He was at Chopin hall attending a
swell colored ball when taken by the
police and at the moment when ar
rested had his arm around the slim
waist of a dusky damsel gliding with
her through the mazes of the waltz to
the sound of mournful music.
Harris's fall is said to have been
brought about by his love for the emp
ty pleasures of society. He was 4 sort
of social lion and lived riotously until
his means We're exhausted. He kept
the fact that he was on his uppers
secret from his social friends and hav-
ing received an invitation to last
nights ball he determined to go at any
cost. To make a splurge that would
dazzle the young women there he need
ed money and to secure it he took a
fiddle or guitar belonging to a poor
Mexican family and pawned it, so it is
charged.
When first arrested Harris was in
clined to hurrah the police. When
Captain Ten Eyck entered the ball
room and tapped Harris on the floor
he aroused the indignation of the So
cial lion.
''Whatcher take me for. man,
thief? Why, l amt stole nothing. 1
never stole nothing in my life. Better
go on now and let me finish this dance
You perlice amt got no business wifi
me atall."
Harris was subjected to the humili-
ating task of being searched. In his
pockets. it is said, were found a pawn
ticket for the musical instrument and
a second ticket for a six shooter
BY pawning these things he had
raised money to attend the ball. ac-
cording to his detractors.
Colored society is said to be terribly
agitated over the fall of Harris.
Divorce Suit.
In the district court a suit for alb
solute divorce was filed by Ynez b. Cal
tan against his wife, Mrs. Yseda Gaitan
The petition sets forth that the couple
were married in 1889. and lived togeth-
er until September. 1899. when the de-
PENDANT abandoned petitioner and re-
fused without cause to live with him
any longer.