Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-30
DAWSON ESCAPES
FROM SAN|TAR|UM
FOUND AFTER WANDERING FOR
FIVE HOURS
Pawns Watch and Loses Valuable
Diamond Ring During His Alb
sence from Private
Rest Cure

Douglas Dawson, former manager oi
the William H. Hoegee company, who
was recently arrested charged with
stealing $3.50 from the firm, escaped
from the private sanitarium conducted
by Mona M. Monagan at 2S14 Downey
avenue, where he has been confined
during the last six days, shortly after
the noon hour yesterday. Word was
sent to the police, and about o'clock
Dawson was found at Second and
Spring by Detective Hosick who said
he appeared to be under the influence
of liquor. Dawson was taken to the
receiving hospital and today will be
taken back to the sanitarium.
After leaving the sanitarium Dawson
is said to have walked to Main street,
where he pawned his valuable gold
watch for $35. He had >$3O.40 in his
pocket when arrested. His valuable
diamond ring was also gone, but Daw-
son said he did not know what had be-
come of it, and it is feared by the police
that it was stolen.
Claimed Conspiracy
Dawson was arrested several months
ago shortly after the money he was
accused of stealing was missed. A
great deal of mystery entered the case,
Dawson and his wife claiming that the
charges were a scheme between the
Hartmann brothers, owners of the store
and the police department to get the
manager out of the concern. The
money was recovered about week
after it was stolen. 1t was found in a
suit case, alleged to belong to Dawson,
in the check room at the Jonathan
club. Information to the police that the
suit case was there was received
through letter signed Conscience
Stricken Man" 1t was claimed at the
trial this letter had been written by
Dawsons wife.
When the case was called in police
court Attorney Eearl Rogers appeared
for Dawson. Despite the fact that
many witnesses were called to testify
to the good character of the defendant
and to prove an alibi, Dawson was
held to the superior court, and when his
case was called there it was continued
until July and the accused man was
admitted to bail.
Dawson was then placed in the sani-
tarium, his wife and friends asserting
the strain had caused him to become
so nervous there was danger of his
losing his mind.
Yesterday noon Dawson was sitting
on the veranda of the sanitarium. He
was seen there by one of the atten-
dants, but when this man passed the
place a little later Dawson had disap-
peared. Inquiries revealed the fact
that no one had seen him about the
place, and word was at once sent to
the police station he had escaped.
Detectives who were detailed on the
case feared he would go to Santa Cruz,
and word was sent to the police there
to watch out for him.
Detectives Hosick and Zeigler were
detailed to search Dawson's former
haunts for him, and it was while going
to one of them that Hosick saw DaW-
son on the corner
The officer accosted the man, but
found Dawson in such a condition he
could not talk intelligently. The officer
then took him to the police station.
Mrs. Dawson was notified of her hus-
bands escape and arrest. She went
to the police station where, according
to the police, she said she feared her
husband would return to their home
and kill her.
Mrs. Dawson said, according to the
detectives, that since his arrest her
husband has several times become vio-
lent, and that on two or three occa
sions she has been compelled to fight
with him to save herself from bodily
harm.