Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-06
ANOTHER IMPORTANT ARREST
AT PASADENA
Humane Society Prosecutes Livery
man-RedIan Rancher Will
Fieht-PIumbers Picnic at
Long Beach
Pasadena Agency,
ia East Colorado Street.

awaiting further instructions The arrest
came after hot race between deputy
constables and members of the local po-
lice force From early this morning until
late tonight every road leading into the
city was watched by two men, deputy
constable and a policeman. The police
say that Deputy Constable Salcido at a
late hour tonight is still sitting on a.
lumber pile on Broadway waiting to cap
ture the man the police have safely
locked up in the city prison. So much
for the rivalry which today put both
sets of officers in hot pursuit of the
same man.
Mahan is working for the Home Sew.
ing Machine company in Pasadena and
before coming to this city was with the
Wheeler e Wilson company in, Los An
gelcs. He is about 80 years old and un-
married. When questioned as to why
nc is wanted in San Francisco he said
that he had been having trouble with
the White Sewing Machine company there
before coming south and supposed t@haI @
the White people are after him. He had
been in the eOmpanys employ for lour
years upon a liberal salary and com,
mission on sales and collections, and had
been paying his own salary, he sald' OUT
of the collections.
society officers and witnesses galore con
Cerned themselves most of today over
the treatment accorded a decrepit old
horse owned by Liveryman ii; McIor-
mick and by him hired out to j. T. Do
herty. a Linda Vista dairyman. The ami
NAL is feeble and intirm, and was In q
terrible condition from whipping and
the use of ill-ftting harness; Elmer
Norris, the hoy driver. admitted his cru.
city and was fined SIS. Doherty was let
off because he did not know of the am.
mails condition. Mccormick denied that
the poor old horse was unfit for use and
fought the charge. but witnesses proved
his guilt in unmistakable terms Justice
Klamroth fined him S25. Judge j.. ..
Rossiter represented the Humane society
in the prosecution. -
Later in the day another boy, A. w.
Carr was proved guilty ,o or crHeh,ty rue s,6er TO
intendent Sherwn as probation officer
These prosecutions are gaining better
treatment for animals about the city ana
show that the society is greatly in earn
est in its work
RedIands Rancher Will Fight
c. A. Watson. the wealthy Redands
ranchman charged with speeding his au-
tomobile down Colorado street Tuesday
afternoon and running into william
Prosser, appeared in the police court this
charge may be made against him. His
attorney, Walter NJ. Campbell of Red
lands, came with him and proceeded to
pick flaws in the complaint and otherwise
to delay the proceedings. 1t was the
middle of the afternoon before the case
finally came up for hearing. Mr.. watson
entered a plea of not guilty and the
trial was set for October IL at ] p. IN.
Prosser was in court this afternoon with
his hand and arm in plaster cast ana ana
strained to a board Mr.. Watson refused
to discuss the incident and it is said will
deny al; responsibility. ,,.,
Joseph Conneo. a particularly @ hithg
i5-day sentence in the county jail today
by Justice Congdon for vagrancy. Con-
neo was captured on Los Robles avenue
last evening where his ugly looks and
Rough talk frightened several women and
made the officers think that he was in
sane. He told the court today, without
the culver of an eYeid that ne nld a
twenty-five years ago and that. as far
as he can remember, was the last,
and that about the same time. he took a
bath. 1t is greatly to be hoped that dur
ing the next fifteen days he may be
made better acquainted with water. The
police force incline TO the belief that
as the tilthiest prisoner ever locked up.
Picnic for Their Employees
on Saturday of this week the master
plumbers of the city will entertain their
employees and their employees families
with an annual picnic at Long Beacn.
Three special cars will carry about Ia
to the beach city and return them 70
there is to be program of athlete
sports on the sand. w. f. Creller,
Charles Chapman and Roy Munger make
up the committee in charge.
Pasadena 8revites
A big football rally is to be held at
Throop on Friday night of this week
ers' club" will be organized, Stub"
Raitt. last years coach, Frank Shaker,
Prof. Boehnke and Physical Director
of them will speak. The first football
game of the season will be between the
Throop eleven and that of the Los An
geles Polytechnic school. 1t is hoped that
Tournament park can be secured for the
games.
Beginning on October o the stores Of
North Pasadena will close at $50 p. m
during the winter months. The meat
markets will continue closing at as
The South Pasadena Woman's I'm
provement association has completed
plans for public drinking fountain TO
cost $500, to be erected on Meridian street.
between Mission and Center streets.
North Pasadena property owners are
said to be working up more or less OPP
position to the proposed sale of the water
works plant to the city. One man says
that the section needs storm sewers
more than it needs the $4,000.
Opponents of the present city admins
tration are favoring return to the old
plan of strict party nominations at the
next municipal election. "The whole
trouble now is that issues are personal
and not political" remarked Republi-
can leader lOudy.
The Pasadena dog show will occur on
December 13 and IA on the vacant lot
on North Fair Oaks avenue. just north
of the Brown & Sutliffe furniture store.
A large tent will be erected there. 1t
is announced that many entries have al
ready been received and that many more
are expected
Plans are being made for an addition
to the Pasadena hospital building to cost
upward of $1,000 Among other improve
ments there will be a cold storage de-
partment. Ellsworth & Co. have the con-
tract
-Four Mexicans were dismissed in Jus
tice Congdons court this afternoon, evil
dence tending to show that they nad no
hand in the stabbing of Zerferlnos Rillos
Monday night. Rillos was found to have
been hurt in Los Angeles.
Mrs. A. w. White pleaded guilty in
Judge Woods court today. to leaving q
her home on Euclid avenue without
light. She explained that during the
night the lantern she had left there eX-
poded and went out, The explanation
was deemed sufficient.
j. Nakashima, Japanese running
pool room on South Fair Oaks avenue,
told Judge Wood today that he could
not tell by his looks that an American