Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-14
OFFICER Says HE
CAN CONVICT
PASADENA MURDER MYSTERY
MAY BE CLEARED
Strenuous Efforts Are Being Made to
Bring All the Evidence Into
Court on Saturday
Next
Pasadena Agency
i6k East Colorado Street.
Telephone Main 7b2.

PASADENA, June 13.-Marshal Reid,
the South Pasadena official who has
preferred murder charge against
Tailor J. c. c. Jaxon of this city. made
the statement today that he will GER
tainly convict Jaxon of the crime
which has so deeply stirred this COM
munity.
He visited the Jaxon tailor shop to-
day, but whether he discovered any
thing which can be used as evidence
cannot be told
His evident belief in the clews in his
possession as sufficient to convict Jax-
on is not shared by many of the people
who have followed the case.
Attorney Hahn, who represents
Jaxon, says that his client is anxious
for the examination, which is set for
Saturday in the expectation that the
charge against him will then be set ut
rest fully and completely
He insists that Jaxon was not con-
templating leaving Pasadena and that
he is able to prove that Logan and JaX-
on were good friends and not enemies,
as has been said
Friends of the colored tailor add to
the confusion of the situation by in
sisting that many of the stories now
being told about Jaxon are made out
of the whole cloth by certain other bit
ter enemies of Jaxon who desire to
make trouble for him in this way.
Efforts have been made to prove that
the knife found near the body of Logan
belonged to Jaxon, having been but re-
Gently bought at the Ed. R. Braley
store on South Raymond avenue. Mr..
Braley remembers that Jaxon did buy
a knife of him shortly before the muir
der, but he is unable to identify the
knife as the same.
The telegraphed description sent by
~.
is said TO coincide in many particulars
with the knife found by the side of the
dead body.
A trouser guard, apparently lost by
some one riding a bicycle, is said tc
have been found near the scene of the
murder and efforts are being made tC
prove that it was the property OF
Jaxon.
The putting iron with which the first
blow was probably struck as was ex.
pected affords an important cew. II
is limited that evidence has been Sc
cured proving that this instrument came
from the Jaoxn house.
Crown City Notes
The Coronado Tent City band gave
two very enjoyable open air concert;
in Central park today. Large crowds
were present at both concerts.
The public schools will not celebrate
Flag day tomorrow as has been Gus
tomary, the pupils being too deep ii
examinations to take the time.
A movement is on foot to give g
banquet to President David Starr Jor.
dan at the time of his visit to Pasa
dena Friday to deliver the high schoo
commencement address. There are
about twenty Stanford men in the city
and If such a banquet is given they
will have it in charge.
The board of education has decided
that it has not the legal power to al
low the use of the school grounds OF
the district during the summer as pub
lie Fairgrounds, as desired by certain
local organizati tions which have been ag-
itating the matter. The decision comes
as a great disappointment
The beautiful grounds of the Hotel
Raymond we're given over to the senior
high school students and their friends
Hundreds of japanese lanterns were
hung about the grounds and the seniors
clothed themselves in Japanese fashion
giving number of Japanese songs and
picturesque scenes, to the delight of
the many guests. The entertainments
was under the direction of Professor. LIE
Roy d. Ely of the high school faculty
Cool comfortable Coronado