Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-11

pie were recognized at the Port Los
Angeles wharf as they left the steam
boat Santa Rosa. They were not ar
rested there, but the detectives fol-
lowed them to this city, where they
were placed under arrest upon leaving
the street car.
Threatens Mother
Holly was very indignant when told
why they were being placed under ar
rest, and threatened all kinds of ven-
geance upon the girls mother for re-
sorting to what he called an infamous
machination to prevent his marriage
with the girl.
IT not only deny absolutely that Es-
telle took the diamonds and clothing,
which her mother alleges" said he,
'but 1 make the assertion that it was
only the underhanded, trulnped-up
scheme of Mrs. Cunningham to prevent
Estelle from wedding me. 1 cannot say
what 1 will do about the matter, but
1 will say that Mrs. Cunningham will
have good cause to regret the move
she has taken. 1t is very serious of
fense to accuse one of stealing in the
open manner she has done, and cause
their arrest for something she has alb d.
solutely no evidence, and when return
to Oakland will teach her a lesson
Whatever property Estelle has with
her is her own, and l will state with
out any reserve that she never took
anything from her mother when we
left that was worth so much as a dol
lar Furthermore, don't believe Mrs
Cunningham possessed $1,000 worth of
diamonds, for although her husband
is wealthy man, she is separated from
him and appeared to be in ordinary
circumstances. I consider that Mrs.
h1 nhia0finn 10
riage with her daughter was on the
grounds that 1 was not sufficiently
well-to-do, as 1 was only a. clerk.
was employed up to the latter part of
September in the pay check bureau of
the Southern Pacific offices at San
Francisco, receiving a salary of $50 a
month.
Wants to Be a Bookmaker
Mrs. Cunningham objection might
also have been aroused by the fact that
l was frequenter of race tracks. She
perhaps thought me a trifling fellow
and cheap sport, but my time about the
race track was not spent in gambling.
was ambitious to become a book
maker" and went to the course for the
purpose of making study of the busi-
ness. 1 had succeeded in becoming pro-
ficient in this line through the aid of
friend, and was now on my way to
New Orleans to take a position as
"bookmaker' at the Crescent City
Jockey club race course. Estelle and I
left Oakland not as fugitive criminals.
but to wed, because we realized and
had been given very distinctly to un-
derstand that our hopes of marrying
properly were fruitless. / had never
asked Mrs. Cunningham for her daugh-
ter' but her manner toward me was
always such as would rebuff any in
tention of the kind that 1 might have
| felt"
Find Diamonds
| In spite of young Holly's persistent
denial that Miss Cunningham had stol-
en- the diamonds and clothes, the de-
tectives say that diamonds to the value
of nearly $1,000 and the clothing were
found in her possession at the time OF
her arrest last night. She claimed, as
did Holly. that these belonged to her
| however. One of the diamonds, esti.
mated at a value of several hundred
dollars, was sold in San Francisco be-
fore the couple left there, say the de-
tectives.
Miss Cunningham lived in Oakland
with her mother at 1865 Tenth street
fiat building, of which Mrs. Gun
ningham is the landlady. Mrs. Gun.
ningham is said to be a very popular
society woman of the northern city
and, although not ostentatious, is con.
sidered to be in more than ordinarily
prosperous circumstances. Her daugh.
ter, Estelle, is beautiful girl, witt
brown hair and eyes, well developed
and obviously highly cultured. Miss
Cunningham's father is Andrew Gun,
ningham of Detroit, Mich, a member
of the big manufacturing firm of Cros
by & Co. He has been separated from
his wife for a number of years.
A telegram was received late las
night from the Oakland police In reply
to information sent them by Chief
Kerns, stating that an officer would
be dispatched at once to return t,
Oakland with Miss Cunningham anC
| Harry Holly.