Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-18
SEEK TO STAY
CRIME WA We
MANY SUSPECTS IN CELLS AT
CITY JAIL
CHIEF DETERMINED TO RID CITY
OF WORTHLESS MEN
Detective and Prisoner Engage in :
Fierce Battle for Possession of
RevoIver-Man May Be
Street Car Robber

More than score of patrolmen in plain
clothes in addition to the regular men
working out of Captain Broadheads s office
and the entire detective force of the po-
lice department have been assigned to
the holdup cases, and as result the
tanks of the city Jail are filled with sus-
poets. ~
Chief of Police Kern is determined to
rid Los Angeles of every desperate and
worthless character, and has issued
orders through his captains to round up
every man who can not give a good ac-
count of himself. If no other charge can
be placed against the prisoners to prose-
cute them for vagrancy and put them on
the chain gang
The chief efforts of the officers at the
present time is spreading a drag net from
which it will be impossible for the long
and short men to escape
Every man of shady antecedents or of
character and associates which would
throw suspicion on him is being gathered
in and two or three who are already in
the tolls will have to give an account OF
their movements at the time of the hold
up of the Moneta avenue and Eastlake
cars and the Hot Rivet saloon
Late yesterday afternoon Patrolmen
Glenn and Stevens while walking through
the Southern Pacific yards near the Ar
ward gave their names as Fred Snyder
and Tom Davis.
These men accosted the. officers and
asked them how they could get to San
Diego. They were directed to the Santa
Fe depot and then Snyder asked Officer
Stevens for a dime.
Tries to Draw Gun
Stevens noticed at the time that the
man had his hand in his trousers pocket
and that he was clutching something.
The officer walked up to him and
grasped his wrist and the man began to
struggle for possession of a big revolver
which he had been clutching in his
pocket.
Both men were quickly subdued and
taken to the station. They claimed they
had just reached town from Chicago and
were on their way to San Diego to get
government work for the winter
Snyder is about % years of age, is feet
5 inches in height, dark complexion, very
short hair, heavy black eyebrows and
wore dark clothes and the peculiarly
shaped hat of the same kind as that
worn by the short man who assisted in
the robbery of Zumwalt's saloon
Davis in no way resembles the de-
scription of the long man, but he was
evasiye in his answers and was evidently
uneasy at his arrest. The records of
both men will be looked into closely.
Joe Quinlan and James Hagan were ar
rested on Main street last night by De-
tective Ingram and Secretary Pendegast
and booked at the station on suspicion.
The men are not arrested in connection
with the holdups, but are thought to be
undesirable citizens inasmuch as they re-
fuse to answer questions as to who and
what they are and their place of resi-
dence.
Patrolman Pautz picked up S. III. Col
barth and A. Hesmetet on Main street
near First. Both are charged with sus-
picion and are said to be phony jewelry
men and are suspected of a number of
petty misdoings.
George Deamants, arrested by Detect
ives Craig and Dixon on Los Angeles
street, and George Arnes, arrested by De-
tectives Hosick and zeigler on Fifth
street, come under the regular head OF
suspects and will be held until their rec
ords can be looked up.
Henry Jones' M. kirkland, John Lytle
and r. Force, said to have escaped
from the officers in the raid on the negro
gambling clubs and blind pigs Saturday
night, were found yesterday and placed
in Jail by Patrolmen Glenn and Stevens
They were booked at the station on
charges of yagrancy.