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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-09-10
HAD LONG AND
CLEAN RECORD
ROSE FROM BOTTOM RUNG OF
LADDER BY ABILITY
CAREER AS DETECTIVE MARKED
BY SPECIAL BRILLlANCY
Sterling Qualities as Citizen and Man
of Family Had Won Over
the Affections of
Hundreds
By JOHN M. BECKWITH

Walter II. Auble was born in Illinois
AZ years ago, and in early life removed
to California and settled in Los An
geles.
He was one of the oldest and was
regarded as one of the ablest officers
connected with the Los Angeles police
department.
| Beginning at the bottom rung he
worked his way up to the position of
chief of police by sheer ability alone.
At the age of 25 years he was ap-
pointed a special officer and worked at
one of the prominent theaters of that
day.
January 1, 1887, he was made regu-
lar patrolman on the force, taking the
oath of office and assuming the duties
of his position the night of December
81, 1886, as the bells rang out the old
year and rang in the new.
He proved a faithful and painstak-
ing officer, and for capable work as a
patrolman he was appointed three
years later a member of the detective
force.
His record hs detective was Of the
best. Clean, capable and efficient he
worked his way to the top and became
regarded as one of the best onlcerS IN
that department.
1t was chiefly owing to his work
and example to the other men that
the Los Angeles detective department
became known the country over as one
of the best in America.
Many of the most famous or fnfa-
nous crimes of the earlier years of the
present detective department owe their
quick adjudication in the courts to the
work of Captain Auble, and criminals
great and small the country over came
to know and fear this man. ~.
He was appointed captain of police
July 81, 1903. November 7,<1905, he was
appointed chief of police, and held that
position exactly one year, being on
leave of absence as captain of police
during part of that period. November
z. 1906, he resumed his position as cap
tain of police, and since that date has
been In charge of the day watch OF the
central division.
During a part of this time. in the
absence of Chief of Police Kern and
Capt. Flammer, he has acted as chief
of the department of the detective
bureau.
Devoted to His Family
Tt was not wholly as an official of
the police department, however, that
the sterling and admirable qualities OF
the man were shown. AS a private cit
1Zen slHu ldiuly lndu nc We'S fAiio " -
loved by hundreds. Patriotic to a high
degree, and filled with civic pride, ne
was looked upon as one OF the leading
residents of Los Angeles.
Perhaps no man was more devoted
to his family than the dead captain of
police. His widow, Mrs. Florence An
drews Auble; his daughters, Julia and
Gladys, and his son Earl are the
greatest losers by his death. Kind, low
ing and indulgent to fault with his
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block, across two back yards, in which
every nook was searched, to Ottawa
and thence to the corner of Ottawa
and Figueroa streets, where 1t was
lost. At this point 1t is believed the
escaping man boarded street car on
either the West Eleventh, Washington
or West Jefferson street lines.
Two bullets entered Captain Auble's
body near the breast bone and one in
the left side of the neck. The latter
was extracted, but 1t was found inn
possible to remove the other missiles.
One of these passed through the intes-
tines and cut several small arteries.
The wound inflicted by this bullet is
believed by the physicians who attend
ed the officer. Drs. Sumner J. Quint.
e. H. Garrett, Clarence Moore and c.
w. Cook, to have been the direct
cause of death.
Within fifteen minutes after death
policemen cleared the sidewalk in
front of the station and through a
passageway lined on either side by
hundreds of men. standing with re-
spectfully barred heads, the body of
Captain Auble was borne to waiting
ambulance and taken to the undertake
ing establishment of Bresee Brothers,
where an inquest was held later In the
day.
Masons to Conduct Funeral
Inc DOQy Will DC fefIlOVeu ILLS uiOFu-
ing to Captain Auble's late home, 1917
South Hope street, from whence the.
funeral will take place under the aus
pices of the Masonic order and at a
time to be decided on today.
Captain Auble was AZ years old. In
1883 he married Miss Florence AM
drews, two years after he entered the
police department as patrolman.
Surviving him are the widow, three
daughters and son. These children
are Julia, aged 16; Gladys, aged IA,
and Earl, aged IS. His mother, Mrs.
Hannah Auble, SO years old, lives in
Savannah, Mo-, where brother. Ma
than, also lives. William A. Auble, a
conductor on the Southern Pacific, and
Frank H. Auble. a plumber, living at
Eighth and Los Angles streets, broth
ers, and Mrs. Wfhfam Lillibridge of
Rochester, Mo-, sister, also survive
him.
Captain Auble was a member OF the
Westgate Masonic lodge, a Scottish
Rite Mason, thirty-second degree, and
belonged to Temple AL Malaikah
shrine He was also member of the
Maccabees, tent No. of Los Angeles.
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Devotion to Dufy Results in Murder OF Police Captain
CAPT. FLANIMER TELLS HOW
AUBLE WAS SHOT DOWN
Brother Officer Describes Which Sutherland Struggled
with Police Oficial-Victm Dies at His Post Martyr
Duty in Service of the Public

With the muttered exclamation, 81
am shot" issuing from lips tensely
drawn in the agony of pain, w. I'll.
Auble, for five years captain of police
in the Los Angeles department., fell
dying near the corner of Ninth street
and Grand avenue at 9:s5 o'clock yes
terday morning, three bullets from the
revolver of Carl D. Sutherland, a
would-be burglar, in his body.
Less than ten feet away Paul r.
Hammer, captain of detectives, strug-
gled with Sutherland's accomplice,
Fred Horning, unable to assist his
brother officer or to fire shot after
the fleeing assassin. A we'll laid plan
to carry out series of robberies in Los
Angeles was forestalled, but only at
the expense of a life, for six hours
later, after four physicians had done
everything within the knowledge of
medical science to defeat death-efforts
which they knew to be futile when the
location and nature of the terrible
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shoulder and in It was grasped the
Ing barreled revolver with which he
had shot the police captain earlier in
the day.
drop that gun or 1 will riddle you
with buckshot!" cried Benedict, and
both Smith and Marden leveled their
revolvers at Sutherland.
''All right, boys, you have got me and
1 will surrender replied Sutherland,
tossing his revolver to the ground and
raising his right hand above his head.
His left hand, grasping a small OBJ
ject, was raised the height of his chest
and Benedict sternly ordered him to
raise it also.
"All right" cried Sutherland, and he
raised his hand to the level of his
mouth and quick as a flash placed the
small object, which was a druggists
vial and the same which he had taken
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.SUTHERLAND'S WIFE
HIGHLY ESTEEMED
Employed as Telephone Operator at
Long Beach - Her Husband
Frequently Seen In Her
Company
peciai to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
LONG BEACH, Sept. 9.--Mrs. CaA
Sutherland, wife of the man who shot
Captain Walter H. Auble of the Los
Angeles police department this morn
ing, has been chief operator in the
long distance department Of the Home
Telephone company here since last
April, and is considered an estimable
young woman by her acquaintance.
She continued working in her place to-
day until O'clock this afternoon, her
usual quitting hour, when she has
tened to her apartments in the Dud-
ley, a block west of Hotel Virginia.
She endeavored to avoid newspaper
men and photographers, going through
an alley to Ocean avenue and holding
a parascl in front of her so that her
face could scarcely be seen.
Sutherland frequently visited her
here during this summer and was here
last Sunday.
C. d. Sinclaire, a brother of Mrs.
Sutherland, has also been a frequent
visitor, coming often with Sutherland.
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DESIRE TO PREVENT CRIME
CAUSE OF AUBLE'S DEATH
Decision Hornng Sutherland Result of the Police
Hearing They Intended to Loot the Homes of
Gilbert S. Wright and Fielding ]. Sdlson

learned that the men had not only
committed several robberies in Los An
geles, but that within a short time,
probably within a day or two, they
planned TO commit the biggest rob-
berry they had yet attempted in this
city.
Finally both Sutherland and Horn
ing left their room and departed from
the house. AS soon as they had gone
Captains Auble and Flammer were ad-
mitted to their room by Mrs. Walters
and they made a thorough search of
the place, taking care, however, to dis
turb nothing that would call attention
to their visit
In a closet of the room they found
a full kit of burglar tools, as was told
them by Mr.. Walters There were
braces and jimmies, chisels and saws,
keys of all kinds and electric flash
lamps.
The most significant discovery, how
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conscious condition. The only words
he uttered were spoken as Fred Horn
ing, accomplish of the man responsible
for his death, stood before him. .
''If that is the man arrested by Cap
tain Flammer he is not the man who
shot me-" was all the statement he
could make.
Descriptions Sent Out
A description of the murderer was
at once sent to every part of the city
and telegraphed to outlying districts.
Scores of men made their way to the
scene of the shooting and to the little
cottage in which Horning and South
erland made their headquarters. On
the sidewalk leading to the broad steps
of the house bloody trail marked the
pathway of the slayer. Like blood
hounds, officers of the department,
sent out to gather and follow up every
clew, pursued this sanguinary track to
Eleventh street, down Eleventh a half
La Junta tribune., 1908-06-27
NEWS OF OTER0 COUNTY
COMPILED By -
GREAT FAniLY JouRsAL REPRESENTATIVES VI
West HoLBRook.

The Farmers Union" picnic will
be held July 4th at Rocky Ford.
Mrs. +. l.. Hays father died last
Friday at 1890 O'Clock and was
buried by members of the G. A. X
last Saturday.
C.. Uhls and family went fishing
at Timber Lake Tuesday. They had
'fisherman's luck" no fish.
The party at 5 w. Nelson's Sat
urday was a swell affair. About
fifty young people attended.
S w. Nelson. the road overseer
of district No. II. is working the
roads in order to be doing some
thing.
Clarence Wasson and Sam Riggon
left this week for Kansas to do u
stunt in the harvest fields there
being nothing doing in that line in
this section.
La Junta tribune., 1908-06-27
many sections of the country are
feeling the nuiot nf juJl t;p,os

many sections of the country are
feeling the quiet of dull times.
In the big Parade there will be a
floral section. induced by the offer
of liberal prizes for the best decor
ated private vehicles and automo-
bles. This will add a touch of color
and brilliancy to the occasion. such
as cannot fail to be very pleasing.
In the afternoon the Pueblo eele-
bration will center in the state fair
grounds. where mammoth free
barbecue will be held and numerous
features Of entertainment be given,
including horse races. automobile
races. athletics. etc. An admission
fee of SO cents for adults and 25
cents for children will be charged to
the grounds. all profits to be for the
benefit of the Colorado State Fair.
La Junta tribune., 1908-06-27
OLMEY.

Mrs. H. N. Mccoy visited friends
in Fowler Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. A. Shaffer trans
acted business in Fowler Monday.
Miss Grace Conard spent few
hours in Fowler Thursday after
noon.
A fine baby boy was born to Mr..
and Mrs. Bart Taylo. Monday.
June 22d.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. II. Moore are the
proud parents of a fine baby boy,
born June 22d.
Mrs. Guyot. of Pueblo. is visiting
Miss Fannie Steafey and Mrs. j. II.
Cowden this week
Harry Millhouse and Charles
Hachworth returned from their
camping trip Monday.
Charley Hale spent few days in
Olney this week, returning to Wind
mill Lake. Wednesday.
The Sunday school will hold its
Children's Day exercises Sunday
evening. Everybody invited to at
tend.
Mrs. Roy Taylor returned to her
home in Avondale after few days
visit here with her sister. Mrs. A.
p. Smith.
Walter Tone. a former resident
of Olney, passed through on No. 4
Monday evening on his way home
from Wyoming.
Miss Mollie Goode and Miss Dells
Woolery. Of Sugar City. spent Sun.
day with their grandparents. Mr.
and Mrs. George Hackworth.
, Most Of the Olneyites are prepar'
ing to spend the Fourth in La Junta
where elaborate arrangements ars
under way for a big celebration.
Rev. Frank Hollenback. Of Canon
City. will lecture at the n. E
church Monday evening on Whom
to Marry and How to be Happy"
Miss Clare Griffith and mother
arrived from Cincinnati. Ohio. We'd
nesllay evening and win spend ths
summer on their ranch east Of town.
La Junta tribune., 1908-06-27
Fourth Of July in Pueblo.

AS becomes an industrial city.
Pueblo will have monster Indus
trial Parade in the forenoon Of July
4th. as part Of the general big cele-
bration to be held in that city. AL
ready scores of leading Pueblo man.
ufacturers and merchants have
signed to prepare elaborate floats.
and the interest already displayed
gives assurance that this will be one
of the biggest features of the kind
ever known in this section Of the
country. 1t is well for the benefit
of Colorado and the West that an
industrial metropolis like Pueblo has
come into existence and is forging
forward with such energy. when
La Junta tribune., 1908-06-27

as the most popular month in the
calendar for weddings. Permits
to wed were issued this week to the
following. William NJ. Ray, of La
Junta. and Rebecca o. Smith. of
Richhill. Mo-; Frank C. Daniels. of
Rocky Ford. and Matte F. Ed
wards. of Sugar City; John w.
Ieecing and Mary Lenora Wells.
both of R.cky Ford; Floyd Sanders
and Rosa Danna, both of Rocky
Ford; Ed KING and Lulu Staten. both
of La Junta; Ira McClimans. Of
Swink. and Ollie f. King. of Rocky
Ford.
La Junta tribune., 1908-06-27

Ranchman reported some damage
to crops from grasshoppers.
The feed pens and fences at the
stockyards were destroyed by fire.
La Junta was greatly in need of
a public library. so the TRIBUNE de-
clared.
The lSanta Fe shop excursion"
to Manitou was attended by lS5
people.
Farmers petitioned for new
road west along the south side of
the Santa Fe track as far as Timpas
creek.
A recently organized republican
club was figuring on erecting a
building for the exclusive use of
club members.
La Junta tribune., 1908-06-27
Rail Drops s-,njuses rse

A gang of Mexicans lost control
of an eighty-five pound rail in the
local yards last Monday and several
of them were laid out by the acci-
dental dropping of the huge piece
of steeI--one Mexican having his
arm broken and another suffering
compound fracture of his left leg.
Several others were more or less in
jured and in consequence the rail-
road hospital did land Office bust
ness Monday morning.
La Junta tribune., 1908-06-27
SwInk.

Fresh home made bread daily at
Miiler's Cafe.
Mrs. Prestona La Sbier paid
brief visit to La JUnta Wednesday.
Luman Shotwell went to Rocky
Ford Wednesday to transact busi-
ness.
H. B. Dye and X. A. S over. of
Manzanola, transacted business in
this burg Monday.
Doc" Stewart was among the
Swinkites who transacted business
in La Junta Wednesday.
NJ. A. Sheldon. a recent arrival in
this city. is erecting two-story resi-
dcnce in the southeast portion of
town.
Mr.. and Mrs. p. S. Milford left
Wednesday afternoon for Colorado
City where they will reside perma-
nently.
w. II. La Shier was transacting
business in the county seat Wednes-
day, returning home on the after
noon train.
Everybody is making arrange
ments to attend the big Fourth of
July celebration to be held at La
Junta on that day.
Preston A. La Shier, who has been
visiting his parents for several days.
leaves Monday for Denver where he
has secured position.
Yesterday was payday at the fac
tory. and in consequence there was
little more of the coin in circula-
tion than there has been hereabouts
for the last few days.
The beet dump of the American
Beet Sugar Company which has
graced the landscape in the vicinity
of the depot for some time. was
torn down last week.
Wiedemonn' wild west aggrega-
tion of cowboys. wild Indians and
bucking bronchos are billed to pull
off their hair raising stunts in this
city on Friday. July Sd.
Robert Miller. brother of A. w.
Miller. is in the city the guest of his
relatives. Mr.. Miller is on his way
to Salt Lake City to visit his mother,
who resides in that city.
Clyde T.'Davis. in neglige attire.
was Swink visitor Wednesday. and
in the afternoon rode 'bronc"
over to the Holbrook country to
look after some live stock he has in
pasture over there.
A. c. Draper. A. v. Mummey and
George Thompson were in town
Tuesday distributing circulars and
lacking up posters announcing the
big celebration in La Junta on July
4th.
The Lobby saloon now claims to
have the largest bar in the state. 1t
if forty-two feet long. which should
give all the residents of this burg
ample roomrto get their feet on the
brass railing without crowding each
other when they crook their elbows
IN order to irrigate their interiors.
La Junta tribune., 1908-06-27
Jun. 10, vsedaioss.

Twenty-seven marriage licenses
have been issued from the county
clerks Office during the present
month. one for each day in the
month. The month Of June ap-
pears to be sustaining its reputation
La Junta tribune., 1908-06-27

clothing
vehicles
objects of utility clearly
his stable by the choice of
The daily sentinel., 1908-03-30
GILLETTE HAS GONE TO
FACE COURT ON HIGH
Without Sign Of Weakness the Murderer Of Sweet Grace Brown
Who Had Trusted Him With all a Woman Holds Dear
Met Justly Deserved Death Today
He Confessed His Guilt

up. and If you ever have thought
was spoiled. dear, don know what
you will think of me when l get
back. You or any one else won't be
able to do anything with me-"
A few days later she wrote: 81
have done nothing but cry since
got here. If you were only here /
would not feel so badly. i do try
to be brave. dear, but how can
when everything goes wrong?
can't help thinking you will never
come for me. but then l say you can't
be SO mean as that, and besides you
told me you would come and you
have never disappointed me when
you said you would not"
Chester. there isn't girl in the
world as miserable as l am tonight"
she wrote in her next letter. and
you have made me feel SO SO. Ches-
ter, 1 don't mean that dear; you
have always been awfully good to
me and l know you will always be-
You just won't be coward l know.
You must write more often, please.
and, dear. when you read my letters,
If you think / am unreasonable,
please do not mind 1t, but do think
am about crazy with grief and that
don't know just what to do"
a1 Have Trusted You"
In her next letter she told of re-
ceiving letter from a girl friend.
"This girl wrote me-" she said, that
you seemed to be having an awfully
good time, and she guessed that my
coming home had done you good as
you had not seemed so cheerful in
weeks. / should have known
Chester, that you did not care for
me. But somehow l have trusted
you more than anyone else. Per-
haps you don't think or you cant
help making me grieve, but / wish
things We're different. You may say
you do too, but you can't possibly
wish SO more than /. / have been
very brave since / came home but
tonight l am very discouraged Ches-
ter, If l could only die. I know how
you feel about this affair and / wish
for your sake you need not be
troubled. If / die | hope you can
then be happy"
He Was Brutal.
The GOODNESS of Gillette's replies
to the girls fervent pleadings caus-
ed her to say in her next letter: 81
was glad to hear from you and sur
prised as well. l thought you would
rather have my letters affectionate,
but yours was SO business-like that
have come to the conclusion that you
wish mine to be that way. | may
tell you though, that I am not
business woman and so presume that
these letters will not satisfy you any
more than the others did. | think,
pardon me, that | understand my po-
sition and that it is rather unneces-
sary for you to be so frightfully
The daily sentinel., 1908-03-30

1 to Big Moose, was particularly path
etic. Il have been bidding goodbye
to some places today" she wrote.
There are SO many hooks, dear. and
all of them so dear to me. i have
lived her nearly all my life. First,
l said goodbye to the spring house
| with it's great masses of green moss;
then the apple tree where We had
our playhouse; then the Beehive a
a cute little house in the orchard,
and of course all the neighbors that
have mended my dresses from a lit
tie tot up, to save me a thrashing
| really deserved"
Gillette Was n Rover.
Gillette had been more or less of
a rover up to the time he became
foreman in his uncle's shirt manu-
i factory in Cortland, N. Y. He had
led a somewhat gay life but was
given to understand upon his arrival
in Cortland that he must conduct
himself so that his wealthy relatives
| might at least recognize him. He
soon became interested in church
work, made many friends and ap-
parently conducted himself with pro-
priety
She Was a Farmers Daughter.
Grace Brown was farmers S
daughter from South Otselic who
Iworked In the same factory with
Gillette. Although he did not pay
her unusual attention her compan-
ions were not long in recognizing
that she was somewhat of favorite
with the young foreman. He began
to call on her at the home of her
married sister, who lived in the city,
and soon won her trust and affec-
tion. The girls confidence in Gil
lette and his promise of marriage
eventually led to her undoing and in
the summer of 1906 she went home
to prepare for her wedding which
she felt could not long be postponed.
1t was during her stay at her home
in South Otselic that she wrote him
the remarkable series of letters
which were found among Gillette's
effects after his arrest.
Her Sorrow Was Deep.
In these outpourings of her soul
she breathed the poignancy of her
sorrow, and her sweetness of girlish
youth, faith and self-sacrifice were
ever apparent In her misery she
pleaded with her lover to come to
her saying that she had been brave
but was beginning to feel discourag-
ed In spite of her suffering she
thought first of all of him, and how
she might lessen any burden that he
was destined to bear.
I'm Lonesome For You.'
81 am lonesome for you as-Oh,
as / thought I'd be. I don't believe
you've even missed me-" she wrote
soon after her arrival home. 81 did
not think all the home folks would
De so glad to see me. They ate me
The daily sentinel., 1908-03-30
(By Associated Press.)

Denver, Mar. 30.-Unless it is of
ficially announced today that union
labor will be recognized in the shops
of the Denver & Rio Grande railroad
the strike of the machinists, boiler
makers and blacksmitns, which has
been in force since March IA, will
spread to the shops of all other lines
of the Gould system west of the
Missouri river, according to state
ment made today by j. J. Mockler,
second vice president of the Inter
national Brotherhood of Black
smiths.
Mockler said that a strike vote
had been taken in the shops of the
Missouri Pacific, the st. Louis, Iron
Mountain & Southern and the Wa
bash railroads west of the Missouri
river and the Texas & Pacific before
the shopmen on the Rio Grande had
iwaVyed out, and that 1t was only by
IthI bntinuous efforts of the union
|lomcers that the men had been re-
strained until now from going out
lon a strike.
4 The engineers. firemen and train
men of the Denver & Rio Grande