Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-10
THREE BOYS PLAN
LIFE OF CRIME
PASADENA YOUNGSTERS LAND
IN JAIL
Stole Horse and Buggy, Broke Into
Houses and Barns and Appro-
priated All That Suited
Their Fancy
Pasadena Agency.
IL North Raymond Avenue.
Telephone Main 1147.

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Newell and Austin returned from Elsi-
more late this evening with the three
young boys who are charged with hav-
ing stolen ]. H. Daugherty's horse and
buggy on Monday night, driven to some
fifteen miles east of Elsinore, where
they were arrested yesterday at the re-
quest of Chief of Police Pinkham.
When the two officers, accompanied by
the man whose horse had been stolen.
arrived at Elsinore today they found a
state of affairs which under ordinary
circumstances would be thought too
wild and improbable to warrant belief.
In the first place two of the three boys,
Noel Smith and Lee Smith, are only Ia
years old, and the other boy, Harry
Hal, is but IL. These three confess to
having stolen the horse and buggy, de-
liberately intending to drive overland
to Yuma, Ariz, and to live upon the
country by the way. Their plan was
carried out perfectly as long as the
officers did not interfere.
On the way to San Bernardino they
broke into number of houses, a barn
or two and school house, systematic
ally appropriating to their use what
ever pleased them. At the school house
they took clock. At one house they
carried away a dozen jars of certain
preserves which were particularly
pleasing to their youthful taste. At
San Bernardino the boys accomplished
what is probably their masterpiece. AT
a certain pawshop there the boys saw
a Winchester rifle which suited their
plans perfectly and revolver. So
Noel Smith the leader of the trio, con-
cocted brilliant plan to possess them
selves of the two weapons. He wrote
a note to the keeper of the shop, sign
ing local name, asking that the rifle
be sent by the bearer, and promising
that if it was satisfactory he would call
and pay for it. The rifle was imne-
diately sent. A similar plan was
adopted in gaining possession of the re-
volver. Then the boys quietly drove on
their way into the promising east. But
a deputy sheriff nipped their plans in
the bud and telephoned the Pasadena
authorities. In the buggy were found
EumberlesS articles stolen here and
there on the way. The horse itself, ac-
cording to the owner, was completely
ruined, one fore leg being swollen to
almost double it's size. The owner
would not risk driving the animal back
to Pasadena and therefore sold 1t to
parties at Elsinore at a great sacrifice.
When confronted with the story ~
their misdeeds and the probable out
come of it all the lads did not Finch.
They freely told of their overturned
plans and of the proceedings OF the
Journey from Pasadena to Elsinore.
Constables Newell and Austin returned
to it's owners as much of the recovered
plunder as remained, and brought the
boys back home. They were arraiGned
before Justice Congdon this evening.
Noel Smith will have his hearing to-
morrow the other boys on Monday, and
or t1xH-l,i II in t1nn oit
prison. Noel Smith, who appears to
be the leader of the hopeful trio, is
already on probation in Justice Cong
don's court, in Justice Klamroth's court
and in Judge Wilbur's court, and if re-
ports are to be believed is thoroughly
bad His parents reside at the corner
of Hill and Villa. Lee Smith is NOT re-
lated TO Noel Smith, his parents living
on East Orange Grove avenue. The
Hall boy lives with his parents on Hol-
lister avenue. Noel is the only one Of
the three who has figured in the police
records before.
Association Dismissed
Attorney George p. Cary, represent
ing the Tournament of Roses associa-
ton, appeared in Judge Trask's court
this forenoon in connection with the
chariot race contest as outlined in The
Herald this morning. The formal mo-
ton was made by him and granted by
the court dismissing the tournament as
ISOLATION from all further connection
with the case and allowing the associa-
ton to pay over the contested prize
money into the hands of the court.
This was accordingly done. Judge Lee.
of the firm of Works, Lee & Works,
representing Lucky Baldwin and
Charioteer West, and Attorney Luther
Brown, representing Charioteer Off,
were also before the court this morn
ing and it was agreed between them
that the case as it now stands will be
hurried to an early trial, both sides
expecting that the case can be heard
before the last of the present month.
Charioteer Off will then be called upon
to prove that the capital prize was
wrested from him by fraud, as he has
repeatedly alleged. At any rate the
tournament association has fnallyI
washed its hands of the entire affair
and the management naturally feels
much relieved at the action of the
court today.
Struck by Auto
Rudolph Ruez, a bell boy at La Casa
Grande hotel, was run into by a. care
less auto driver about noon today, his
bicycle smashed and himself consider
ABLY bruised. The automobile is the
property of Charles Macdonald, 2S3
south Marengo avenue, and is said TO
have been speeding down Colorado
street at the time, of the accident. Ruez
believes that he had a narrow escape
from being killed and is inclined to
blame the driver of the machine for
the accident. Since the hill-climbing
contest on Washington's birthday resi-
dents of East Colorado street claim
that there has been an increase in the
speeding of autos going in both direc-
lions on that busy street.
paper Car" in Collision
Early this morning the so-called
"paper car" on the Pacific Electric
was struck by the incoming electric
express car just north of the Hotel
Raymond. The paper car had been
brought to a standstill before the South
Fair oaks power house while some