Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-07

Probably there was never in Los An
Geles Il more distinctively handsome
man than Albert Johnson. He was an
under sheriff of William r. Rowland
and was one of the capturers of Vas
quez. He was born in the Mohawk
valley in New York. From that same
valley has proceeded an astonishing
number of potential and distinguished
people, such as Leland Stanford,
Charles Crocker, Coils P. Huntington
and innumerable other men, who gen.
orally weigh two or three hundred
pounds apiece. Albert Johnson never
filled any very potential public func-
tions, but he was amiable and good
natured enough for a score of men,
and Angelenos remember him with af-
fection. When he left here he went
to Colorado, where he made $25, 900 in
mining Vntures, and going to New
York, where he died at the St James
hotel, was mourned by people on both
sides of the continent.
Colonel Tom Mott
The late Colonel Tom Mott, also
from the Troy, New York, region, was
an astonishngly handsome man, and
he went on getting handsomer until
he died at an advanced age. That
he attached some importance to his
personal appearance is shown by the
y
small rose attached to his buttonhole.
He was a great admirer of good
trotting horse and gave famous Span
ish dinners at his house on Main
street. He always owned one or more
good trOtters
Colonel John O. Wheeler was one
of the good lockers Of the old days.
He came down here in 1862 as clerl;
of the Southern California district
court, He was six -eet two or three
inches high and was good looking ana
radiant. For a while he was a news
paper editor of the weekly variety,
and died leaving at least three daugh-
ters of the lie plus ultra variety. one
of whom is Mrs. Billy Pridham of this
city. Colonel Wheeler looked like a
marshal of the first French empire.
Don Pedro Carrillo was one of the old
good looking type. He was a cabellero
of note and left behind him number
of entertainingly pretty daughters.
In speaking of the handsome men of
those grand old days it would be wrong
10 omit note of Col. II. S. Baker, the
owner of the San Vicente y Santa Mon
lea ranches, He came Of the best blood
OF Rhode Island. He married the widow
Stearns, one of the celebrated beauties
of the Bandini family and was for
years one of the most courtly and hos
pitable men i'm Southern California. His
refined and aristocratic face was for
decades social Landmark in California
Del Sur.
Euloglo +. De Cells was one of the
notable men of the old days, who would
be picked out as a good looking man
good looking enough to cause a passer-
by to turn in the street and ask whom
he might be- He was born in Madrid,
and his father owned the San Fernando
ranch and much valuable property i'm
the city of Los Angeles he was thor
oughly versed in the art of blowing
things in; and he and Gen. Andres
Pico dispensed royal court while they
We're sending to the "demnition bow
vows" property worth L.any millions.
When he had scattered his patrimony to
the four winds of heaven, Eulogio be-
came editor of La Cronica. the Spanish
paper dscharging that function with
notable ability He afterwards became
paralyzed and ended brilliant and
sensational career far more sadly than
his well wishers would have either
looked for or desired