Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-12
VICTIM WANTS
His MONEY BACK
-
PROMOTER OF BOGUS RACE
GIVES BAIL
MAY BE MEMBER OF NOTORIOUS
sWlNDLING GANG
Believed to Have Confederates in Los
Angeles with Plenty of Money
as 100000 Was Dis
played

James D. Ward, alias Dad Girls
void, the man who successfully In
duced w. G. Mitchell, wealthy ranch
er of Sprague, Wash, to bet and lose
s10,240 on "phony" horse race, was
Narraigned before Police Justice Fred
erickson yesterday afternoon on nom
inal charge of vagrancy and was held
under $1,000 bail to await trial at 10
o'clock this morning. The proceedings
were quickly over and the arrange
ment for the trial this morning was
made by Wards attorneys, Schenck &
Pierson.
When Ward was brought into the
courtroom the first person he saw was
his alleged victim, Mr.. Mitchell.
Mitchell, who could not be located
Wednesday night, was about the city
Jail all day yesterday. AS he sat in
the courtroom with his eyes fixed in
tently on his former confidential
{ end he looked the part of sQdder
and wiser man.
Ward appeared unconcerned as ne
sat in the dock waiting for his case to
come up, but as the Noel forgery case
was occupying the court the arrange
ment for trial this morning was quick
ly made by Wards attorneys, and he
was led back to his cell.
Mr.. Mitchell was reticent in talking
of the case His whole concern at
present is to recover his lost money,
which, he stated, is all he has in the
world and the result of hard work of
many years.
The police are investigating Wards
case and believe he is a member Of an
organized band of swindlers whose op-
erations extend over a large territory.
A number of men were arrested re-
H. ri L.
ing a game similar to the one charged
against Ward, and it is probable, ac-
cording to the police, that Ward may
be one of the same gang.
Detectives Chapman and Home are
working on the case. They claim Ward
has confederates in Los Angeles whom
they hope to arrest The fact that
$50, 900 in real money was shown to
Mitchell before he became vic
tim leads the police to believe the gang
has good financial backing and must
have made many successful haulS
similar to Mitchell's.
bud" Clayborne, negro who has
been employed at the Rosemead ranch,
was arrested yesterday, as it is alleged
that he can furnish information about
the fake horse race.
Ward Gives Bail
Paul W. Schenck, brother of Samuel
Schenck, former notorious police COM
missioner and appointee of Mayor A.
C. Harper, appeared at the central po-
lice station shortly after midnight and
deposited $1,000 in cash as bail for the
release of ]. ID. Ward, alias Dad Girls
void, who was arrested Wednesday by
detectives on a charge of swindling w.
G. Mitchell, a general storekeeper and
cattleman of Sprague, Wash, out of
$4,000 through the medium of fake
horse race.
BY the release of Ward on bail-the
money, it is thought, being that OBJ
tanned from Mitchell-the ends of JUS
tice undoubtedly will be defeated, as it
is believed the alleged all-around
swindler will leave this section of the
country at once and never appear in
court to face the charge against him.
The police justice fixed his bail at $500,
but later this amount was considered
too small, and the amount was raised
to $1,000.
The police anticipated that Wards
partners in crime would appear at the
station to bail out their unfortunate
companion and were eagerly awaiting
the arrival of any person to bail out
the accused. They were greatly sur
prised when Attorney Paul w. Schenck
called at the station and inquired of
the desk sergeant on duty the amount
of bail necessary to secure the release
of the alleged crook
The police are confident that Ward
will never appear in court to face the
charges against him.