Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-24
CRAzED BROKER
WANTS TO KILL
0. H. BURBRIDGE BRANDISHES
HIS REVOLVER
HoLLENBEcK BARBER SHOP IN
A PANIC
Police Held at Bay by Man Accused
of Attempting to Shoot Brother
of Attorney Edward
MeserVe

After creating a disturbance in the
Hollenbeck hotel barber shop and
threatening to kill "a certain blonde
woman who had stolen several thou
sand dollars from him." holding at
bay two plain clothes patrolmen and
otherwise creating a disturbance, o.
H. Burbridge, who gained considerable
notoriety a short time ago when he
was arrested and arraigned in town
ship court on a charge of attempting
to shoot Harry Meserve, brother OF
Attorney Edward Meserve, and a chick
en- rancher at Inglewood, was arrested
by Patrolmen Bowe and Windsor and
locked up in the city Jail on a charge
of suspicion.
According to the police, Burbridge,
who is said to be a former wealthy
broker of Chicago and who operated
three bucket shops in this city until
he was closed out by the police, has
been drinking heavily for three days
and was intoxicated when he appeared
at the Hollenbeck hotel barber shop,
flourlshed a revolver and announced
he was looking for a certain blonde
woman who had defrauded him out Of
threeN or four thousand dollars. He
created such a disturbance that the
BARRIERS became frightened and ap-
pealed to the chief of police for as
sistance.
Pulls Gun on Officers
Chief Dishman referred the matter
tozCaptain Charles e. Dixon, who de-
tailed Bowe and Windsor to investi-
gate. Captain Dixon instructed the
men to use the utmost caution and
approach the man without Aetting the
latter know that they were officers.
Bowe and Windsor, obeying instruc-
tions, approached Burbridge and asked
him TO come with them. Burbridge
looked at them and not recognizing
them jerked out revolver and COM
manded them to back off"
The officers obeyed with alacrity and
stayed not on the order of going, but
"beat it, out of the barber shop as
fast as two of them could get through
one narrow doorway Outside they
took the matter under advisement and
decided to wait out on the street un-
til Burbridge appeared and then grab
him unawares.
After waiting several minutes Bur-
bridge appeared and promptly was
overpowered by the sleuths. They
quickly searched him for a weapon,
but were unable to find the formidable
revolver which he had pointed at them
short time before.
Threatens to Kill
The trip to the central police station
was uneventful, but for the continual
declarations of the prisoner that d
blonde woman had taken considerable
money from him and he wanted to Kill
her.
After being locked in the city jail
Burbridge asked that Thomas Lee
Woolwine, former city prosecutor, who
has represented the prisoner in several
civil matters, be sent for. Woolwine
appeared within short time and after
a short conference with Burbridge,
during which the latter threw his arms
around the neck of the attorney and
begged him not to leave, left the jail
and later announced that the prisoner
seemed to be suffering from intoXica-
ton and that he evidently is deranged
mentally.
Just what steps will be taken in the
matter is not known, but 1t is prob
able that after an investigation Bur-
bridge will be examined as to his san
ity and placed in a sanitarium II the
circumstances warrant.