Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-18
LAMANDA PARK FRUIT MAN.
EASY MONEY
CoMEsAFTER SUSPECTED MEN
Big Hoosier Sheriff Ready to Take
Carter and Hitchcock Back to
Indiana-other Pasa-
dena News
Pasadena Agency,
ia East Colorado Street.

PASADENA, Aug. 17.--James Butler
Of Lamanda Park gave a hobo ride
on his wagon yesterday but he will not
repeat the act. He had wagon loaded
with choice plums and on the way to
Pasadena overlook a young knight of
the road who appeared footsore and
weary and begged ride. Arrived in
the city Butler left the wagon and its
load at Cooper's feed yard and went up
the street, giving Instructions that when
the several dealers for whom the fruit
was intended came they were to be
given the fruit and the money held
young hobo overheard the instructions
for when Butler returned to the feed
yard he found the fruit gone as we'll as
the $12 paid by the merchants. The
man whom Butler had befriended
boldly turned over the plums and de-
camped with the proceeds. 1t is sup
posed that he then left the city, for no
trace of him can be found today. 1t
was a sharp trick and makes one think
that the Crown city must be easy
money just now, judging by the num-
ber of sharpers reported to the police
every day.
Burglars made an attempt last night
to enter the store of A. T. Dorman &
Co. by prying open one of the metal
covered shutters at the rear of the
store. Monday night a similar attempt
was made, the would-be burglars being
evidently frightened away by the
patrolman passing the store. Mr. Dor
man did not report the first affair to
the police, relying upon some extra fas-
Jennings on the window to guard against
another attempt. But whoever made
the first attempt seems to have known
that he was free to try it again, and try
it again they did. 1t was a close cali
this time, and Mr.. Dorman promptly
reported it to the police. Nervous peo-
pie are becoming somewhat worked UP
over the little thefts reported about
the city from night to night, and as
result the police department has calls
every night from excitable house.
holders who have conjured up all sorts
of dangerous characters in chance
passersby. Many of these hurry-up
calls would be quite humorous were
they not productive of a lot of unneces-
sary labor for the department. 1t is
well to note, however, that with all the
furry but few cases of actual loss are
reported.
Sheriff J. Frank Smith of Bedford,
Ind, arrived here today to take back
Mace Hitchcock and John Carter, the
two men arrested at Los Angeles the
other day by Chief Pinkham and officer
Coping. charged with sundry criminal
performances at the Indiana town.
Sheriff Smith is armed with the neces-
sary papers from the governor of his
own state and hesitated at Sacramento
just long enough to go through the
necessary red tape performance there.
Now that he is at his destination
Sheriff Smith thinks that he deserves
a few days rest before setting out with
the two men, who are reported to be
desperate characters, and so he has run
over to Riverside for a hurried visit
with his brother who resides there.
The Indiana sheriff is over six feet high
and a splendid specimen of physical
manhood. He compliments Chief Pink
ham very highly upon the adroit cap
ture of the much wanted men.
Four-Legged Poultry Thief
j. A. Burge of Lamanda park thinks
that he has caught the chicken thief
which has kept his neighborhood
checking up poultry losses for some
time past. 1t was a huge coyote,
weighing over forty pounds and meas
uring over four feet from the tip of
his nose to the tip of his tail. The
handsome pelt of the animal will be a
warning to other chicken thieves,
either two or four legged. Burge shot
the animal this morning.
The road committee of the local
board of trade is again agitating the
changing Of the name of the body of
water now known as Wilson's or
heWenS lake 10 MlSSlOn lake. Inc
dam which makes the lake was con-
strueted by the Mission fathers as
early as 1918, fact that is not gem
orally known and which makes the
proposed name peculiarly appropriate.
The movement to change the name is
fathered by the local El Canine Real
association.
Miss May Mohn of Kirkwood ave-
nue.. North Pasadena, received a tele-
gram last evening offering her place
as instructor I'm Mills college, from
which institution she was graduated
last June. She has accepted the place
and viii leave for her new field of
work Sunday Miss Ruth smead,
another young Pasadenan, went 10
Mills college few days ago, having
won a promising scholarship there.
A. G. Vroman has returned from a
trip TO Japan, China and the Hawaiian