Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-01
SAYS MAN STOLE
Her PRIZED GEMS
LATE LIEUTENANT PRISONER
AT HOSPITAL
TRIES TO END LIFE WHEN OFF,
GERS ARREST HIM
Woman with Whom Son of Famous
Surgeon Is Said to Have EIoped
Claims He Pawned
Clothing

Chained to a cot in the detention
ward of the city receiving hospital,
George Miller Montgomery. late lieu
tenant in the Sixth United States cav
airy, and son of one OF the moss famous
army surgeons the American military
establishment has known, is raving
against the police for preventing him
from taking his life.
Prevented at the end OF a six months
career of dissipation and prohigacy
from ending his worldly career by a
dose of bichloride of mercury, Lieuten-
ant Montgomery turned and twisted
and fought on his cot last night, with
the ever present threat on his lips to
kill himself as soon as he found means
to do so.
The attention of the police was called
to Lieutenant Montgomery first on
Monday when woman who said her
name was Mrs. Caroline Odea appeared
at the central station and stated Mont
gomery had been taking her jewelry
and clothes from time to time and
pawning them to secure money for his
personal use, and that he had virtually
reduced her to beggary. She asked the
police to apprehend him and recover as
much as possible of the large amount
of property he had taken.
Detectives Glenn and Stevens of
Captain Broadhead's office were de-
tailed on the case, and all day yester-
day they hid in the rooms of Lieuten-
ont Montgomery and Mrs. Odea, at 404
East Ninth street, where they were
living under the names of George Miller
and wife, waiting to arrest him.
Returns to Rooms
| Montgomery did not appear at the
rooms until about o'clock, and when
he was confronted by the officers and
statement asked of him relative to the
money and jewelry of the woman he
had got away with, he drew hand
from his pocket and placed something
| in his mouth.
He then asked for a drink of water,
and when it was given him swallowed
a number of bichloride of mercury tab
let's, which he had had in his pocket,
evidently in anticipation of his arrest.
Within few moments Montgomery
was seized with convulsions and ply
sician was hastily summoned.
The only one found was DIR. Laura
McCook, who lives near by, and when
she arrived and attempted to admin
lister the usual antidotes to the pois-
oned man he fought her savagely and
bit her fingers as she tried to force his
mouth open to administer the antidote.
In the meantime the police ambulance
had been sent for, and Montgomery
hospital, where his stomach was
pumped and stimulants which coun-
! teracted the effects of the poison adj
ministered.
After 1t was determined that Mont
gomery was out of danger he made
statement to the police of his connec-
tion with Mrs. Odea, but said that at
the first opportunity he got he would
| kill himself, and the next time he would
make sure job of 1t.
Served with Volunteers
He said that in 1893, at the outbreak
of the Spanish war, ne enlisted at
Omaha Neb., in the Eleventh United
| States Volunteers and served through
the war in the Philippines, and also
during the Boxer troubles in China.
At the capture of Pekin and the in
ner city by the allied forces he was
wounded and came home on furlough.
When he re-entered the service 1t was
as second lieutenant in the Sixth
United States cavalry. He served in
the Philippines and also on station in
this country, and in 1905 retired from
the service.
Shortly after the San Francisco earth
quake and fire he became acquainted
with Mr.. and Mrs. Odea, and when the
Odeas opened a hotel and restaurant
In that city he worked for them as
clerk
The husband and wife, according to
Montgomery, continually quarreled, and
SIX months ago he eloped from San
Francisco with Mrs. Odea, coming to
this city by a roundabout route.
At that time Montgomery said he was
possessed Of several hundred dollars.
anF Mrs. Odea had about $500 in cash,
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