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Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-19
SHE FIRES TWICE 1T SUSPECT
Mrs. Paul sepuIveda Finds Party Of
Four Persons Prowllng About
Her Homo

Mrs. Paul Sepulveda, formerly Mrs.
John Muir, who resides on the corner of
Manitou and Daily street, had an en-
counter with a man whom she found
prowling about in her back yard Tues
day night, in which she fred two shots
at the intruder, missing him both times.
The man, who made his escape, was
Joined by two other men and a woman.
Mrs. Sepulveda saw the man prowling
about in her yard and was attracted
by his actions. Opening a screen door
she ordered him to account for his
presence there. He said he was looking
for rooms, and seized Mrs. Sepulveda
by the arm and cautioned her to make
no outcry. She managed to free her
self from his grasp and quickly pro-
cured a revolver from the house and
fired twice at the man as he took
fight AS she did so she noticed that
he was Joined by. two other men and a
woman who came out Of the yard ad-
joining. Several neighbors, attracted
by the reports, appeared on the scene,
but before the aid of an officer could
be secured the four made good their
escape. Mrs. Sepulveda was unable, in
the excitement, to secure a description
of anyone in the party.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-19
MAKE EFFORT TO
FREE MRS. DAVIS
ATTORNEYS DISSECT ALL THE.
EVIDENCE
Woman Prisoner NegIects to Faint In
Courtroom, as She Has Done
Heretofore-She Also
Wears a Hat

Attorney II. H. Appel and lie
Compte Davis are making every effort
to vindicate Nellie Davis of the three
charges of burglary preferred against
hre by pretty Ethel Culver, Mrs. e. M.
Shiland and Mrs. Laura A. Fisher. For
two hours yesterday morning and three
in the afternoon Attorney Appel sup
ported by lie Compte Davis, attempted
to dissect each particle of evidence in
troduced by the prosecution, while
spread on a table was the jewelry found
in the possession of Nellie Davis, and
which, with the exception of a very few
pieces, was positively identified by the
three women who are the star witnesses
for the state.
At the close of yesterdays session
Judge Rose informed the attorneys that
nearly all of the evidence had to be
stricken out on the grounds that 1t was
immaterial, irrelevant and had no bear
ing upon the charge against Mrs. Davis.
Mrs Davis sat between her two at
torneys and for the first time did not
faint" in the court room. She also
wore a hat yesterday, which on other
occasions has been conspicuous by
reason of its absence. She was cool,
collected and showed no traces of being
under the influence of any "outside
ings with an usual enthusiasm, whis-
pering and prompting her counsel
throughout the trial.
A. Namnam, the Syrian whom Nellie
Davis claimed had given her the
jewery, identified only three pieces as
being that which he had given her and
strongly denied having given her more
than those.
The strong play of the defense was
to attempt to show that there werE
others who had visited the homes of the
plaintiffs on the same day that the
jewelry was missed and that this could
have been taken by these as easily as
Mrs. Davis.
This move on the part of Attorney
Appel was given a heavy damper when
Mrs. Fisher and Miss Culver took the
stand and identified their property by
small marks which had escaped the
eyes of the defense. Mrs. Fisher also
identified Mrs. Davis. She said that
she had seen her in her home few
hours before she missed a handsome
hand-painted hand mirror (which was
found in Mrs. Davis possession by
the detectives.
This latter Mrs. Davis told Detect
ives TalamanteS and Ritch was pur-
chased from an old woman who came
to settle in the city and was in need of
a little money The first time she was
questioned she claimed this was the
only purchase she made from the wo-
man. When she was again questioned
she said that she had purchased sew
eral pieces of drawn work from this
same woman in addition to the hand
mirror.
The case will be resumed this after
noon at 2 o'clock.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-19
Determined TO GO EAST
Death Valley Miner Says He VIII Start
the Same Day Hartman
AaNAa

''If anybody tells you that Scotty
isn't going to make run to Chicago,
you tell them that they don't know
what they're talking about" said
Walter Scott last evening when he was
asked whether he had abandoned his
trip to Chicago.
'I can't get away just yet, for my
wife is sick. But let me tell you. my
boy. am going to do one of two things.
am going to make a record breaking
run to Chicago over the Santa Fe. If
for any reason I can't carry through
that plan, have another. When Har.
riman starts from San Francisco for
the east on his special I am going to
buy train from the Santa Fe and start
from Los Angeles at the same time. I'll
let the railroad officials put me over
the road in any time they please. But
I'm going to Chicago. sure"
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-19
LIBRARY ASSISTANT is ILL
Miss Mary johnson Granted Leave OF
Absence and Commended
by Board

Miss Mary Johnson, principal Of the
accession and work-room department
of the city library, will have to submit
to surgical operation in order to con-
tinue her duties in the library and last
evening the board granted her a vaca-
tion with full pay to November 1 and
leave of absence from that time to
January 1 without pay
Miss johnson has been one of the
most faithful and efficient employees of
the library and for several months has
kept at her work although tortured by
pain and i'll health. In granting the
leave of absence the members of the
board expressed sorrow at the neces-
sity that compelled it and best wishes
for her speedy recovery.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-19

The police and prosecuting attorneys
have declared their intention of try
ing to find grounds for filing a COM
plant against George A. Jones' owner
OF the big touring car that was over
turned on South Main street Tuesday
evening and In the wreck of which
Jones and two other occupants of the
car were severely injured.
1t Is evident that from the nature of
the accident the car was being driven
at speed beyond the legal limits, say
the police
A puzzling phase of the situation is
the fact that when Officer Beaumont
who alleged that Jones ran him down
with his machine on South Spring
street near Second street last Monday
evening and dragged him along the
pavement for several yards, applied to
the prosecuting attorney for a COM
plaint against him he was refused
this, but on what grounds the attor-
ney would not state. Now the prose-
cutting attorneys are anxious to get
Officer Beaumont to swear to a COM
plaint, so they claim, but either from
a motive of revenge on the prosecuting
attorneys or for some other unknown
reason, Beaumont will not openly as
sumo any definite action in the case.
1t is the heads of the police depart
ment that have expressed a desire to
bring Jones to justice.
1t appears that the owner of the
dairy wagon, or its driver, which Jones
avoided wrecking only by few inches
apparently could be brought to testify
strongly against Jones. Whether or not
the identity of the driver or the owner
OF the dairy wagon is known to the
prosecuting attorneys and the police
they will not divulge his name. All
yesterday afternoon Office Beaumont
was in consultation with the prosecut-
ing attorneys.
Jones, who is the center of all at
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-19
STREET TO HAVE S. P. TRACK
Mayor McAIeer Says He VIII Sign Or
dinance Granting Franchise to
Hartman Company

At the request Of those people who
at first so vigorously opposed the
propositions. the mayor today will affix
his signature to the ordinance granting
the Southern Pacific a franchise on
jackson street. Mayor McAleer made
this announcement yesterday morning
directly after a conference with M. 7.
Collins.
When the mayor was asked whether
Mr.. Collins had asked him to sign the
ordinance his reply was non-commit-
tai.
Now you're seeking information" )"
he said.
This is the mild ending of the case
that assumed such enormous propor-
tions a week ago that every council
man who voted for the ordinance was
threatened with a recall. 1t was this
case that started the movement in the
Eighth ward to recall Councilman
Healy that fizzled down to nothing
when no one attended the meeting an
nounced for this purpose Tuesday
night.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-19
ACCUSES HIM OF ROBBERY
Police Arrest c. H. Hayes on Suspicion
That He Stole Articles From
Neighbor's Room

c. H. Hayes of 23S South Hill street
was arrested last evening by Patrol
man Bonar on suspicion that he is i'm
plicated in the burglary of the room of
J. Rayna, 235 South Hill street, Tues
day evening.
According to the police, Hayes dis
posed of the clothing taken from Ray
mas room at Meyers secondhand shop
on East Second street. AS Hayes
passed the secondhand store last even
ing he was recognized by the proprie-
tor and the police were notified. Hayes
denies any connection with the affair.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-19
POLICE WILL PROSECUTE MEN
VICTIMS OF OWN SPEED MANIA
George A. Jones and William Nelson Probably
Will Have to Answer Charge Of Driving
Auto ReckIessly Through Streets

tacks, is in a condition ut the emer-
gency hospital which may result in
the loss of both of his eyes He has
come forward with the statement that
the machine seems to be under the
influence of some evil spirits. He said:
"It was not my fault or anyone's.
That machine has always been hoo
doc. Last nights accident makes the
fourth I have had with it. The car has
never brought any one luck, I've heard.
1t has long series of little accidents,
besides the four big ones, and 1 have
no doubt now that 1t is a good thing
1t Is broken"
1t was only with the greatest diff
Guilty that he could be induced to
discuss his connection with the ma
chine. Reluctantly, he said that It
was owned by himself, a man named
Hirst and another common friend.
Jones and 'Hirst were going into the
automobile business together soon.
driving at the st. Louis fair last year
The three men purchased the machine
Monday. The hoodoo which Jones as
serts has a grip upon it commenced
to work at once. Monday evening he
ran down Patrolman Beaumont. On
Tuesday afternoon he scattered the
Hamburger parade and that night he
drove the car to pieces.
Investigation is gradually clearing
the air of mystery which seemingly
surrounded the identity of George A.
Jones, William Nelson, H. Nelson and
the woman who were injured.
It was learned yesterday that Jones
came here from Grand Island, Neb,
where he worked in a machine shop.
There Jones, according to Mrs. Mary
Lambert of the Hotel Palms, worked
under Hirst's father, her brother, who
was foreman of the shops. Hirst is a
half owner in the car, which was pur-
chased from the White garage Monday.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-19
Soldier Commits Suicide
BY Associated Press.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 1s.-sergeant
Patrick Egan committed suicide by
jumping into the sea from the deck OF
the transport Sherman as it was en-
tering this port today. Illness is be-
lieved to have caused his act. He had
served as ordnance sergeant In Homo
lulu and Manila and was going to Fort
Mott. NJ j., to which place he had been
transferred.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-19
peserter Acts as Prison Guard
BY Associated Press,

SAN QUENTIN. Oct 1s,-F. s. Hat
field. a guard at the state prison here.
was arrested today charged with being
a deserter from the battleship Wiscon-
sin. He offered no explanation for leav-
ing the vessel except that he was dis
contented with life at sea.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-19
Should STUDY az Homo

'I think there is too little time given
to study at home. I think the school
should be for guidance and correction
in studies, rather than given up to the
study of the lessons. l don't think the
children in our schools have much time
to play If they get through their work"
The monsignor was in a reminiscent
mood and gave some of his childhood
The wageworker., 1905-10-20
LEGALITY VS.. JUSTICE.

Judge Smith of the Illinois appellate court has handed down
decision in which he declares follows:
There such thing peaceful Pcketg any more than
there polite genemanly vugar peaceful
mObbing or lawful lynchng."
This may good law all due to Judge Smith
good Internally justice In trades
watches struck mill
themselves taking the places OF the strikers
1t claimed by the opponents of unionsn that TINS is depVhs
Of his rghsn other WORDS declaring that the en-
by having worknlen
seduced from him. But that law that works only one way
the benefit of the employer The union picket seeks 10 90 D
liberal
90
the clothing merchants of the city Suppose that another
firm which does The Wageworker but preends to be
friendly labor should
Armstrong Clothing Lincoln Clothing restrain
them from advertising The Wageworer because injured the
plaintiff inducing influencing to defendants stores
play rdiculed out of the cand
by employers
who njunctions against pcketing go.
Judge said that there could be such thing as
peacc pickeng any could be gentleany vu
garity lawful ynchng he made very clever play upon Ws
The Smith For all we know ne
known he but tet Peled TO return avo
who know not law and we nave
jusicewhy hen doubt that
there could be peaceful picketing! -.
The organs union busting association complain bit
that law legally enacted
statute law all wokingmen good citizens have the utmost
made lawaw made by udlclal
with
we'll that sale made between
venal seleeklng were
anxious wooack And judges like Judge
Smith, the kind that are bringing
depue and causing the honest workngnen OF tiHe
to believe that they show before the courts when opposed
by organized capital ..
judges Some OF them hold IN such utter
contempt that of John d. Rockefeller would not pay
would lap into eternity thousand
The wageworker., 1905-10-20

back, too, with jar. Just as you
are in the middle of memories about
the time when you were perched up
on a stool in front Of a bourgeois case
trying to decipher the correspondence
from Forbes, or Maitland, or Forest,
a grimy faced urchin sticks his head
in the door and .yells:
Got any more copy TO send over?"
Then you jump twenty-five years
forward and land. ker-plunk! right
in the middle of the task of getting
out this weeks paper.
But you have had delightful ex-
cursion on a speciaI train over the
Recollection & Memory railroad, and
you hitch up to the typewriting ma
chine and go to work with. a light
heart and a clear brain.
Pshaw! The girls and boys of to-
day don't have fun like you used to
have. 1t takes 'em too long to dress.
Why, you were SO anxious to get
started that you went right over in
the same clothes you wore to school.
And now the boys have to send
flowers and maybe drive over in a
hack. Huh! You used to think you
were doing it up brown if you had a
dimes worth of mixed candy in a
paper bag when she" opened the
door for you.
The wageworker., 1905-10-20

My, how time does fly. Only a lit
tie more than year ago Fred took
his son, Corbin, down to Kunkefs
pond to show the boy how the "old
man" could skate waen he was q
boy. Alas, Fred forgot to test the ice
| properly, and he only succeeded in
showing the boy how frantically he
could break ice in an effort to gel
to shore. And just think-Corbin is
| as big now as Fred was when all OF
you used to go out to Brodbeck's pond
or over to Kunkel's on those delight.
full old winter evenings
press used to sit right over there by
that door. That cylinder press
doesn't look natural now In those
old days you used to manipulate the
roller while John Marshall Croley
swung back on the rever and inn
| pressed upon the white paper the
items that Deacon" had jotted down
fo- you and John and Tom to put into
type. That tall young fellow bend
ing over the imposing stone there
is the baby brother of the old days
when you took your first lesson in
the printing business in the old Sen
tinel Office About the only familiar
sight is that of Deacon" who still
hustles the locals. He is just as
young, just as jolly and just as COM
panionable as he was quarter of a
century ago. But that colored boy,
John Marshall Croley, sleeps over in
the little old cemetery, and Tom, al
though he is now halloween of the
paper, seldom goes there because he
has to look after the mails. When
you see the pile of Sentinels turned
out by that cylinder press how you
are mighty thankful it isn't hand
press with you manipulating that old
roller on one side while John Marshal
Croley swung the lever on the other
side. o, how heavy that old roller
used to get! And what ugly blisters
you used to dress after the last side
was off.
The wageworker., 1905-10-20
Whether Common or Not
Will M. Aavpin, in 'The Commoner."

them past all 2xing in order to get
at that corn There must have been
more than mile of new sidewalk
laid inside of the next month";. and at
the next meeting of the city trustees
they have councilmen nova hog
and COW ordinance vas adopted.
But you never could frame up any
scheme to do away with those old
rock street crossings, could you? They
are there yet, and just as slippery and
treacherouS as ever
cor George Seeman?' OF course
you remember him. He wasn't so old
but he was town marshal, and it was
his duty to chase all under seventeen
off the streets when Ben Harris rang
the old school bell at 9 o'clock p. m.
That's why you called "Or George
Seeman." By the way, perhaps if
you strain your ears little you can
hear that old study bell again. No?
Well, it would be worth all the grand
operas in the world just to hear it
again, wouldn't it?
1t was on another halloween night,
wasn't it, that the whole crowd OF
you met at May's-or was it at EN- S
and had great times until long
after everybody else was in bed, and
then started out? Will climbed
through a window into the old school
house and by means of a key that
took months to make and Surreptiti-
ously fit got up into the bell tower.
Then he tied string to the old clap
per and let the free end down on the
outside of the tower. Then he and
Zeke and two others remained while
t0 20
old Methodist church and the old
Christian church and performed sim
liar feats of legercema1n with their
bells. And when the old Christian
church bell gave the signal what an
awful jangle of bells there was!
And "OP George Seeman" came aw-
full near catching the whole crowd,
too. Remember how he came stump
ing along with that old cane, and
how the whole crowd had to sneak
down behind the fence because you
were afraid to go into the house,
knowing that "Ol' George was watch
ing? 1t was awful cold that night,
and if "Op George" had waited just
little bit longer he'd have captured
the crowd, for you nearly frozen to
death hugging the frozen ground
But he had to hunt for fire, so you
got away.
Yes that's "Or Georges" tomb.
stone; that one over there on the
mound where the tattered little flag
waves. They put it there last Me-
mortal day, for "Or George" was
soldier, and he never wholly recov-
cred from the wound he received at
Wilson's Creek, when he fought un-
der Lyons.
Gee, how you used to love to coast
down the long hill just west of town!
That was the finest coasting hill in
the country, wasn't it? And what
great crowds you used to have out
there You'd start at the top, and
wizz!! Swish!! There you were at
the bottom a good three-quarters of
a mile away. 1t was long walk
back, but you didn't mind it provid-
ing the right party had accompanied
you down the hill. But you rather
looked on Grant and Frank as public
benefactors when they borrowed"
one of Molter's old horses one night
and used it to drag all the sleds back
up the hill. It's been a long time
since you coasted down that hill, and
the boys and girls of today do not
seem to take much fancy to that
grand old sport. The last time you
The wageworker., 1905-10-20

went flying down tnat hill was the
night Ann got hurt. She was COM
ing up the hill with Fred and saw
a sled strike her brother, John, and
thinking he was badly hurt she
started across the road to help him.
Just then the ''bob' guided by Charley
came dashing along and it struck
Ann. Well, you hauled her home on
sled piled high with wraps and
cyercoats, and for month she
lowered between life and death. But
she came out all right. Ann is now
the mother of a girl as big as she
was the night she was hurt, and her
son is almost as big as Fred.
But somehow or other there wasn't
any more fun coasting that winter or
the next, and by the next you were
gone-out into the world to hustle
for a living.
The wageworker., 1905-10-20
THE METHODIST CHURCH ON THE FENCE.

Do not be deceived by the above We do to
troversy neither do we charge Methodist churches con
oed by members who are 1n the her ". nd he ed ON the
% labor ned np it M all Wese Boo
Germ demand for the eighh1u day
The of the aligned himself with the yPothe nu anu
carried River conference Perhaps the print
with or receive the sanction the Perhaps they
foolish that their hs he3 wn Protest e as noticed
approval But the
The committee little while and returned with meaning
tumble of words and terms talking about ideal dondon ION ITO ana
dist still still adheres to the gay,
seeking to disrupt and make individual
the w and ras a
why wongmn do not attend h in a
by Methodist dvine does not reach the hearts OF more OF
toing millions
The attention our called the fact ta,
u s m s 1enosd eyS 1rf Psbsan sne
approached signed with the Typographical Union Tor the
eighthour day
this engraved on his monument That was white you
Andy" We would be willing for him if he would bring
mothers the internal that his breed
has maintained Until will insist that these words
Andy" dy.'> -
Mr. Union Man. when hear non-unonist crit
csng the unions makes you hot under the collar & doesn't
ss Sss no nayf right hss your
hs r csan 9 ss"s ou hav gSs about
of the church pass any criticisms its method OF work
National Association of Manufacturers offers bonus of $40
printers who will work Niagara Falls The
afford the 1t has revolver to
shouted stand and
deiver"
The Womans Home Companion, published Springfield O.,
and has enjoned the Springfield printers
from trying show rat printers the of their If you
Womans Home Companion will make
Burlington still advertising freight handlers Lin
Here chance TO engage hardest KIND manual
day aborer wages providing
pendent" to join union.
isn't worth whoop if it does
demand products of fellow unonists when purchase
goods of any description.
nonsm makes for better citizenship because makes for bet
building best bOadest
The good union always good citizen he isn't good
citizen unionn is not up to the standard. 49,
The wageworker., 1905-10-20

But thinking of that old printing
office, and of that old Sentinel, is
what brings you back, and brings you
The wageworker., 1905-10-20

''Will DeBaugh's overshoes?" O1
course you remember them. There
are some things so gigantic that once
seen are never forgotten. He used
to always bring them inside of the
school room. He wouldn't leave them
outside like the rest or you did yours.
And one day when Prof. Hill was out
of the room somebody got hold OF
them and there was a grand over
shoe throwing match. Finally Lou
hung them on the chandelier and
got back into his seat just as Prof.
Hill returned. The most innocent
face in the whole room was that of
Louis. My, how innocent that boy
could look just after the perpetratiOn
OF some particularly big bit of mis-
chief! OF course you remember who
it was that was charged with the
heinous offense. He took his books
in hand and went home at the re-
quest of Prof Hill. And all the time
Lou sat there and looked as inno-
cent as babe. A couple of days
later he went back, because Lou
:. fessed up to his father that night.
Somehow or other Louis posture at
his desk seemed rather strained for
a week or two.
All of you thought Prof. Hill was
cross and Grabbed, and you used to
say harsh things about him. But
it's different now. Every day you
realize what a benefit his counsel and
his example have been to you. And
you never think of him without re-
gret for his departure, and never fail
to pay tribute to his memory when
you meet one of those old school
mates. If you ever go through
Hiawatha, Kans., you'll be sure to
stop off and pay tribute of tears
and flowers above the grave where
lies the dust of one of Gods noble
C. Hill, Gentleman.
The wageworker., 1905-10-20

The water was cold, too. Most of you
learned that by experience, for you
would try the ice early in the winter
and late, too.