Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-26
MUST BREAK ROCK
FOR TEN YEARS
PAROLE MAN LONG BANISHED
FOR RENEWED CRIME
Nearly Makes Another Escape From
Court Room, When Capt. Flam-
mer Stops the Hardened
Young Fellow

Irving Long, convicted Of charge
of highway robbery and later placed
on probation, only to break the parole
by trying to pass a worthless $40 bill,
was yesterday taken before Judge
Smith in department seven of the su-
perior court and there sentenced to
serve the next ten years of his life at
breaking rock on the Folsom penlten-
tiary rock pile.
Longs case is an example to the
many young men who are placed on
probation in order that they might have
another chance to make men of them
selves and who go straight back to
their old tricks.
For several years Long was mem
ber of a coyote gang, whose chief form
of a@usement was in breaking up pic
MICS at Schuetzen park.
Later he and other members of the
gang got into serious trouble and three
of them were arrested by Officer Tyler
and highway robbery charges placed
against them. Long was found guilty
and his alleged partner acquitted.
Begins Wildcatting
Because of the fact that his partner
was acquitted of the charge the court
placed Long under probation of five
years and the boy was ordered to brace
up and try and make man of himself.
That was the last heard Of Irving
Long for some months.
Recently, however, wild cat bills have
been flooded on unsuspecting house
keepers of the downtown districts.
These bills are bills from some old
southern bank, long since out of busi-
ness, and while the bills were redeem
able in cash about fifty years ago. they
are at present worthless.
All efforts to locate the passer of the
bills failed until last Monday night
when Long was taken into custody by
special officer after he had attempted
| to pass a bill on South Main street
lodging housekeeper.
The young man was handcuffed and
taken to the central police station,
where he was examined by the desk
sergeant. Like a flash the youth made
a sudden dive through side door OF
the station and escaped.
Deputy Constable Alfred Trident fol-
lowed the fleeing man to the Empire
lodging house. There detectives crawl
ed on the roof while Trident began
searching the rooms on the third floor
of the building. Under bed in one
of the rooms he found Long and or
dered the man to come out
Points Pistol at Officer
Long kicked the officer In the shoul-
der and drew a revolver. AS the officer
was in citizens clothes having been
to the theater, he was unarmed and all
he could do was to shut the door and
hold theNnan prisoner till other officers
arrived.
The door was then opened, but Long
was nowhere to be found and the Of
ficers later learned that he had jumped
from the third story of the building
to the ground, forty feet below, He
was captured later in the evening at a
nearby lodging house, where he man.
aged to crawl after his fall. He was
suffering severe injuries from strained
back.
When Long was locked UP at the
station 1t was learned that he could not
be prosecuted for the offense, but Capt.
Flammer recognized him as a parole
man and the charge against him was
fled in the superior court.
Yesterday Long was taken to court
and the long sentence read to HIM. He
listened quietly and was then ordered
to take a seat and await time to be
taken back to his cell.
In the confusion of the calling of the
Lane examination he walked quietly
to the door and was just making q
hasty exit to liberty when he walked
into the arms of Chief of Detectives
Flammer, who had made a little detour
to head the prisoner off.
Long was then locked up in his cell
and will be taken north today.