Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-14
SCOTTY AND PEARL
ARE NOW IN JAIL
"C0Y0TE SPECIAL" FAILS TO
LEAVE ON TIME
King of the Desert Mine Takes Arrest
Calmly, but Brother Bill Secs
Prison Bars With a
Shudder

The Coyote Special will not pull out
on time and Slim, the mule, is still Hoe
Signo Vinces,' said Jailer White when
Scotty walked behind the bars yester-
day afternoon.
The SCOTS and A. Y. Pearl were ar
rested at the instance of District At
torney Sprecher of San Bernardino,
who fears that they will disregard the
bond they have given and asks that
1t be increased to $4,000.
The increased bond was beyond the
power of the SCOTS to furnish, and
while there was hurrying and scurrying
of lawyers seeking habeas corpus writs,
Deputy Sheriff j. H. Case loaded the
king" upon the Salt Lake train that
left here shortly after o'clock last
night and, calmly waving aside w.
w. Wideman. who had writ of habeas
corpus for Walter Scott escorted him
to the San Bernardino Jail.
The legal phases of the case are
very complicated. Scott had requested
Wideman, who was formerly his at
torney, to look after Brother Bill''
and himself. The attorney for Taylor,
the man behind the show, is Byron
Waters of San Bernardino, and he re-
fused utterly to have anything to do
with the case If Widerflan was in it.
name wrong SherIH IN WITT
Taylor had retained D. Goldberg to
look after his interests here and at
tempt to get the king out of trouble
in time for the evening performance
of the lurid romance which he illumin-
ates, but Wideman had forestalled him.
and when he made application to
Judge Smith for writ of habeas cor
pus he was informed that one had
already been granted,
This writ was directed against the
wrong person, Sheriff White, when as
matter of fact the sheriff of San
Bernardino county was the person who
had Scott in custody, and when the
writ was served on him at the Salt
Lake train shortly after Z o'clock he
calmly called attention to the mistake
and loaded the Scott brothers on the
train and started for home.
Scott has been making things inter-
esting for the people behind the play
ever since he came to Los Angeles.
They have had no end of worry over
him. He was unruly and tried to i'm
prove upon the lines provided him. He
cared little for the rules laid down for
him and in every way has conducted
himself as If he thought that he was
of q vastly greater Importance to the
company than he really Is.
Weary of Kings Actions
The people that he plays with are
weary of his lordliness and while there
was a feeling of uncertainty about the
future the play went gayly on amidst
the mimic ranges of the Death Valley
king.
Just what the outcome Of the latest
development in the case will be is
hard to predict. The plea of poverty
upon which the prayer for low bail
was based was overthrown by the re-
cent purchase by Scott of an automo-
bile, and District Attorney Sprecher
determined that he had been deceived
Without delay he procured an order
from the court increasing the amount
of bail and delegated the sheriff to
bring the SCOTS and Pearl to San
Bernardino in order that they might
meet the requirements of the court.
Scotty took his incarceration calmly,
as he does everything, and Pearl seemed
little perturbed, but brother Bill, when
the steel door changed noisily open and
showed him the lattice work of the
Jail, was somewhat moved.
Troubles Numerous
A. w. De Lysle st. Clair is the COM
planning witness against the three who
were arrested yesterday. He charges
assault with deadly weapon ana IN
wolves Scotty in the case. He was in
San Bernardino yesterday and the
opinion is general that he had much
to do with the order requiring the
furnishing of an increased bail.
And then, as if there were not trou-
bles enough piled upon the king"
he was sued for money loaned him and
for board and money furnished his
wife.
The plaintiff in the case is William
Smith, who states that he has at var
ious times loaned Scotty money which
he has never seen or heard of since.
He charges that upon December 16,
1903, he let him have 1926 at Balarat,
Cal. That on November 2, 1908, he let
him have, while in company with j.
M. Gerard, $50. That on October 2S'
1903, he let him have $50 at Stockton
Cal, and that on February 6, and