Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-28
MAYOR ACCUSES
LATE OFFICIAL
FORMER CITY ELECTRICIAN Is
OUT ON BONDS
MIsAPPR0PRIATloN CHARGED
Fears Entertained That Or. Judson 8.
Gibbs Of South Pasadena May
Have Perished on the
Desert
MIsAPPRoPRIATIoN CHARGED
Pasadena Agency,
ia East Colorado Street.

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PASADENA, July 27.-A. T. Dickey,
former city electrician, is charged with
Inisappropriating city funds complaint
being sworn to in Justice Congdon's
court by Mayor waterhouse Dickey
is now out on bond. The amount of
Dickey's alleged defalcation Is said to
amount to several hundred dollars. The
charge resulted from Investigations
made by the mayor, who found that
receipt for $40 had been issued by
Dickey to Contractor Smith and that
the records of the auditors Office failed
to show that the money had been
turned into the city treasury. When
questioned regarding the alleged dis
crepancy, Dickey was unable to make
an explanation satisfactory to the
mayor. 1t is claimed that an investi-
cation conducted by the mayor for the
past three days revealed numerous in
stances wherein Dickey collected money
in his capacity of inspector of electric
wiring and converted 1t to his own use.
Justice Congdon fixed the amount of his
bond at $1,000 and set the hearing for
Saturday morning.
DIR. Judson s. Gibbs, an osteopathic
physician of South Pasadena, is be-
ljeved to have perished on the desert
ir Arizona along with two friends,
Clinton Bourn and James Saxton of
Los Angeles. This belief was strength
ened today by a letter received by Mrs.
Gibbs from the postmaster at Mecca,
to whom she wrote asking for informa-
tion concerning her husbands where
abouts. The last letter Mrs. Gibbs re-
ceived was mailed at Mecca on June
23. He wrote then that the party was
to start on an exploration tour of the
mountains, and as five weeks have
elapsed Mrs. Gibbs is fearful that the
party may have succumbed to the
desert heat. The postmaster's informa-
tion was that the parties have not been
seen in the vicinity of Mecca for over
a week. Mrs. Gibbs is now in Los An
geles conferring with friends for advice
about sending out searching party.
Amateur safe crackers paid visit to
the Office of the Salt Lake railroad last
night and decamped without being re-
warded for their bungling work. An
attempt was made to blow open the
safe by boring a hole below the COM
bination and filling it with powder in
stead of nitro glycerine. The powder
burned instead of exploding, and there
was nothing doing for the would-be
Raffles. Anyhow, the safe contained
but two dollars in change.
Pasadena Brevties
Judge Alfred F. Gladding Of Norwich,
N. Y. was knocked senseless and badly
shaken up last evening by falling from
an electric car. The accident happened
on Colorado street near the Guirnaldo
hotel, where the injured man is stop
ping. in company with his sister. Judge
Giadding stepped from the car before 1t
had stopped.
1t is stated that the grade of North
Fair Oaks avenue, as established by
City Engineer Allin, has been sustained
by the special committee of the city
council selected to inquire into the COM
plants of some of the property owners.
DR.. Stanley P. Black has been elected
secretary of the board of health, which
means that he will also act in the
capacity of city physician.
DR.. and Mrs. Arthur Ellis have re-
turned from a FIVE weeks trip to Port
land and San Francisco.
Leslie w. Shampine and Mrs. Ethel
B. Cunningham were married in Los
Angeles yesterday They will reside at
452 North Fair Oaks avenue.
Carl Hoffman is in Jail on charge of
disturbing the peace of his mother. Mrs.
Zetella Green of North Madison avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. c. Berry have starte
for Portland to attend the exposition,
and from there will go east to spend a
month.
Graders are at work on West Union
street. which is to be paved with
asphalt from Broadway to Raymond
avenue.
Miss May Sutton has written her
father that she expects to arrive hon,e
about September 1, stopping at Mon
treal and Cincinnati after landing III
New York.
The smoker given by the Pasadena
Eagles tonight was an event that at
tracted members of the order from all
the neighboring towns. Mayor Water
house, Senator B. w. Hahn, Hon. John
A. Goodrich and other notables were
present.