Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-02
ARRESTS FOLLOW
DISPUTE IN CAFE
HEATED ARGUMENT ENDS IN
MELEE IN SIDEWALK
THREE GENERATIONS APPEAR AT
POLICE HEADQUARTERS
Mrs. Ella Warner, CIinging to Aged
Mother and with Child Tug
ging at Her Skirts, Is
Locked Up

A squabble, which had its inception
in the Imperial cafe and was contin-
ued before a large crowd of passersby
at the corner of First street and
Broadway yesterday afternoon, result
ed In these arrests: Charles Kimbai,
Emma Kimbal, Mrs. Ella Warner, all
charged with disturbing the peace, and
w. A. Sanders, charged with drunk
enness.
An aged woman, who gave her name
as Mrs. Minnie Warner and said she
was the mother of Ella Warner, and
a baby boy, 5-year-old son of Ella War
ner, also figured In the melee, but
were not detained at police headquar-
ters.
According to Patrolman Richards,
who made the arrests, the people, all
of whom except the boy were more or
less under the influence of liquor, had
been drinking in the Imperial cafe,
where it Is said an argument arose be-
tween Kimbal and the woman who
claimed that she was his wife, and
after Wordy warfare the party left the
cafe and proceeded toward First street,
and at the corner the battle was waged
in earnest.
According to Patrolman Richards,
when he was attracted by the scuf-
fie Ella Warner was doing her ut
most to land knockout blow on
Sanders.
Kimbal then took a hand in the
scrap and his wife, who is stout
woman and weighs, apparently, over
200 pounds, also became involved and
general melee was In progress be-
fore Patrolman Richards got in his
handiwork.
Sanders was rescued from the hands
of the irate women and turned over
to the care of a bystander, and then
Kimbal was rescued from his predica-
ment and hostilities ceased. The four
were taken to police headquarters, fol-
lowed by the aged Mrs. Warner and the
little boy.
At the station Kimbal explained
that the trouble was caused by Mrs.
Kimbal saying she was not his wife.
and he told the officers that he could
produce his marriage license If given
an opportunity. He was not.
Baby Clngs to Mother
The pathetic part of the affair came
when Mrs. Warner the younger, was
being led to the jail door. She chung
to her aged mother and the baby boy
hung fast to his mothers dress, crying
piteously that he wanted to go with
his mother. In the excitement the
mother succeeded in getting the baby
by the Jail door, while the elder Mrs.
Warner told in no uncertain tones
what she thought of the officers of
Los Angeles, and said:
ut is a perfect shame that respec-
table women cannot take few glasses
of beer without being arrested"
The boy was finally quoted and
given in charge of his grandmother,
and the others were led away to the
drunk tanks.
Mrs. Kimbal took her arrest coolly,
and stated that she would have a few
things to say when brought to trial
cautions to keep Kimbal and Mrs. Kim
bal respectable distance apart.
The elder Mrs. Warner explained
that she and her daughter and grand
child live on a ranch near Santa
Monica and that they drove to Los
Angeles. arriving early yesterday
morning.
After shopping, feeling tired, they
were looking for place to sit down.
when they met Mrs Kimbal, who they
claim never to have known before, and
she invited them into the Imperial
where they had several glasses of beer
According to Mrs. Warner, the man
who said he was Kimbal spoke In
sultingly to the stout woman, and the
trouble began.
Mrs. Warner said they had no inter
est In the affair other than to hell
Mrs. Kimbal, who had befriendeC
them and paid for the beers.
After staying about the jail for ar
hour the elder Mrs. Warner was noti-
fled to leave and care for the baby Oh
she would be locked up, and she tool
the advice and departed, the boy al
the time crying for his mamma.
Mrs. Warner was released on bail
furnished by her mother, at o'clock