Las Vegas daily optic., 1907-01-17
deed NOT A crime
Claims That Nina Gray 10 His oaueh-
ter and Says That Ne Wanted te
Place E4er In California Convent.

hts purp,sst- and he vas PLACED In the
city jail Owing '0 The strange fact
'Lat the territory has m statute
against a':t:"p'tng or threatening tfs
Riduap. tAs. man VAS fined fur disor
Qrsl> conduct this muruing at hiS
hearing h.t":" Judge B"pe and was
released ON the paymen, of "a fine of
ten d"ilars
The man arrived In the city day
A.,f"re yesterday aud registered at
the t:l th'radn hotel as ren Haddo&
giving M pIAc" II rtsidence He be-
gan drinking short time after his
arrival. bu, at nO time was he istoxs-
Gated ar even under the influence OF
liquor
Yesterday morning he went into
the restaurant and told Mrs Gray
that be- wanted 10 talk 10 her daugh-
ter for few minutes She told him
that Nina was changing her clothes
and that he would have to wait
short time He insisted that he see
her Immediately and finally told her
TO send the girl to the hotel at !
o'clock that afternoon as he wanted
10 give her a letter.
At noon he told Louise CriswelI. a
waitress al the Merchants Cafe. that
he was the father Of the little girl
and that he was worth a great deaf
Of money He said that he did not
want her to reside In Las Vegas. but
that he intended 10 put her In a con
vent school In California. but that
Mrs Gray would not let her go. He
wanted Aiiss Criswell to get the girl
and bring her to him and another
man. at the restaurant. and they
would take her away and would pay
her for her trouble, Miss Crisweu
Immediately went to Mrs. Gray AMI
related TO her the entire converse.
tion.
In the afternoon Haddox went back
to the chill restaurant and was seen
outside by Mrs, Gray. talking to an
other strange man and she heard
him say, through the open tranSOm,
that he would have that child II ~
cost him every cent he had. He came
In and wanted the girl again and gave
his name as Johnson Jenkins. hut
Mrs Gray would not let him see
her
As soon as he had departed for the
second time. the mother hunted up
Ben Coles and informed him of the
matter and swore out warran;
against the stranger for threatening
The city marshal ran on to Had
d0x VS.. Jenkins crossing Center
street between the Lobby and Annex
saloon and placed him under arrest
DO you know who you are taking"
said Haddox.
Il think do" the marshal answer
ed.
You're mistaken In your man." the |
prisoner said. Il am nothing but a
poor old stone mason; you'd better
be careful what you do"
Ben told him that he was going to |
be real careful and placed him in the |
lookup. He was given hearing this
but Judge Bope discovered !
IN looking over the laws of the ter |
ritory, that the man had committed |
no crime. A new warrant was sworn |
1ut charging disorderly conduct and |
A fine of ten dollars imposed The |
prisoner pulled out roll of bills |
and peeled off the requisite amount.
The prisoner acknowledged that he
1ad been In the penitentiary thirteen |
years, according to the statements OF |
IF the officers. He said before being
dismissed he was mistaken; he had
never seen the woman before and
would give the people no more trou.
de-
Mrs Gray is indignant that there is
10 punishment for a man who Is try
ng to steal her only daughter for
'ome sinister purpose The chiIds
ather has been dead for seven years
nd she never saw the kidnaper be-
ore. She says that the man still re-
Mains in town and taat II he at
empts to enter her place of business
t any time at either door, at night
specially. she will protect her daugh-
er with revolver, and will shoot
D kill She says that she can not
unish him, according to New Mexi-