Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-04

anyone furnishing evidence that will
lead to the arrest and conviction OF any
person caught stealing copies OF Ihe
Herald from the premises OF OUT pa
irons. THE HERALD.
Steal Shotgun
Thieves entered room 2i5 of the Pa
cifc Electric building yesterday and
stole a shotgun belonging to w. o. Sc
cor.
Francis Murphy Meeting
"The Spirit of Christ" will be the
topic for the Francis Murphy meeting
tomorrow evening in Blanchard hall.
Special music will be rendered.
University Club Dinner
The University club will dine next
Thursday evening at o'clock. Rev.
Burt Estes Howard will speak on Bis
marck and the German Constitution"
Auto Still Missing
DR.. G. f. Taggart Is still searching
for his automobile which was stolen
Thursday night from In front of the
Jonathan clubrooms on South Main
street The machine Is q tourist and is
valuable.
To Form New League
The formation of Los Angeles Pub
lie Ownership league will begin at
meeting which has been called under
the auspices of the Progressive club to-
assemble at Blanchard hall, Sunday
afternoon.
Says Husband Mistreated Her
warrant was issued in Police
Judge Roses court yesterday afternoon
against A. Styers, an electrician in the
employment of the Woodill & Hulse
Electrical company, charging him with
battery on his wife. Mrs. Styers COM
plains that her husband has mistreated
her.
Changes His Plea
Primitive Lermo, charged with may
hem, was allowed to change his plea
of not guilty to the felony charge to one
of guilty to a charge of simple assault
before Judge Smith in department one
of the superior court yesterday. He
was sentenced to ninety days in the
county Jail.
Fresno Man Bankrupt
James A. Sweet of Fresno filed petit
ton in bankruptcy yesterday with the
clerk Of the United States district court.
His assets are stated as $4164, of which
he claims $4052 as exempt. The total
amount of his Indebtedness is $54S5, of
which $3436 is secured by a mortgage
on his farm.
Accused OF Stedling wire
Charles B. Bailey and Charles j.
Starr were arrested yesterday noon
by Detectives Steele and Craig on the
charge of stealing 600 pounds of cop
per wire from the Pacific Light and
Power company. The officers recov-
cred the wire, which was stolen Thurs
day evening.
Falls From Car
In attempting to board a northbound
Grand avenue car at Grand avenue and
Twelfth streets yesteday morning, M.
Fernandez of 230 New High street was
hurled to the pavement and sustained
a dislocated left shoulder. Fernandez
was removed to the receiving hospital
by friends and the car crew.
Finally Released
w. j. Hartly of 1O47 Stephenson ave-
nue., who has been in the city prison
since October Is on the charge of bat
terry preferred by John Haas, was re-
leased yesterday by City Justice Cham
bers because the prosecuting witness
failed to appear. Hartly became in
volved in trouble over the payment
on a lot.
Passes Worthless Bill
An unidentified lad passed a worth
less $40 bill on the w. l.. Shelly Wood
and Coal company at 1919 East First
street yesterday afternoon. The lad
appeared at the coal yard and offered
a bill which proved to be a state bank
bill in payment for coal ordered. Eight
dollars and twenty cents was returned
to the boy before it was discovered the
bill was worthless
Unconscious From Drug
Joe PALERMO lay unconscious in the
receiving hospital all day yesterday
from the effects of drugs administered
to him the previous night. From the
appearances of Pallerinos clothing he
had been drugged and then robbed.
Nothing was learned from the employees
of the Log Cabin, wi are the man was
found Detectives detailed on the case
made good headway in their investi-
cation yesterday, but did not reveal
any information.
Relatives Win Suit
An opinion was handed down yester-
day by Judge Curtis Wilbur in depart
ment eight of the superior court in the
case of the contest of the will of Lotel-
lus Doolittle, in which a verdict was
given in favor of the contesting rela-
tives. Doolittle died at the Soldiers
home at Sawtelle about year ago. At
that time he signed a will, drawn up by
L. d. Davenport in which Davenport
received nearly the entire estate. Rela-
tives contested the WILL
Negro May Pay Dear
w. B. Nettles, negro living at 2O4
North Alameda street. may be fined
$4,000 because he interfered with S. o.
Richardson, deputy constable in his
discharge of his duties recently, ac-
cording TO information impaired to the
negro by Police Judge Rose yesterday
off n 10 rIc to
Nettles house recently with two others
to secure piano belonging to the Bart
lett Music company. Nettles and his
Wife. a husky negress, succeeded in
putting the three men out of the house.
Yesterday the negro was arrested and
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