Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-07
BRIDE OF WEEK GETS
HUSBAND FROM JAIL
COUPLE AT HOLTVlLLE LOSES
HONEYMOON
Man Arrested on Charge of Larceny
Declares 1t Is Result of
Joke-Other Valley
News

HOLTVILLE, April 6.-Mrs. Maude
Gray Hollybe, a bride OF a week, IN
that short space of time has seen her
husband arrested and thrown into jail,
has got him out on his own recognize
ance and already has secured long
list of signers to petition to the gov
ernor of California, asking him to de-
ny extradition when officers from Texas
appear requesting it.
Mrs. Hollybe is the daughter of Newt
Gray, a wealthy stock man and ranch
err, near Holtville, and proprietor of a
livery stable here. She is we'll known
all over the western end of Imperial
valley and the ranchers and town folks
are coming to her assistance readily.
The cause of young Hollybe's arrest
is shrouded in a sort of mystery. He
has been here about ten months. and in
that time has earned the respect OF
all with whom he has come in con-
tact. The day after his marriage,
week ago. warrant arrived from
Quahna, Hardman county, Tex, ask
ing Marshal Pinney to arrest Hollybe
and hold him on charge of robbery.
Hollybe was as surprised as anyone
when the warrant arrived, but sub
mitted meekly to arrest. He was placed
in Jail less than forty-eight hours after
his marriage.
Mrs Hollybe is not the sort to waste
time in useless lamentation. She sought
out Marshal Pinney and Constable M.
p. Harris, took them to Mayor Ed
Boyd's office, gathered number of in
fiuentlal citizens of Hollybe there and
laid the case before them all. She con-
vinced them her husband is not desir-
Gus of escaping and finally secured his
release, pending the arrival of the Of
ficers from Texas.
Taking time by the forelock she drew
70 hn a n o.
that Hollybe be not extradited, but be
allowed a preliminary examination
here. This petition was signed by al
most everybody in Holtville and vi
entity In the first hour and half
Mrs. Hollybe had secured lightweight
names. The petition has been for
warded. Hollybe and his wife already
have placed the case in the hands of
City Attorney Griffen here and re-
tanned him to act for them. They are
confident they can secure Hollybe's re-
lease at once if they can have a hear
ing here. This would save them the
heavy expense of going to Texas.
Hollybes only recollection of the af-
fair charged in the warrant-robbery-
is he and two other boys went to a
Chinese laundry to get a package be-
longing to one of them, and in little
harmless horse-play refused to pay
and started to walk out. Hollybe says
that the Chinaman started a fight and
called for help, and when the officers
arrived, claimed he had been attacked
by the boys and robbed of So in silver.
The trio denied this forcibly and two
of them, being sons of well-to-do mer-
chants, were released. He himself was
taken to Jail. but the door was left
open.
He says that he stayed there two
days and then the sheriff came in and
said in substance, "I've left the door
open two days now and you are still
hanging around here I'm going away
today to be gone until night and If
come back and find you here you're
going to get hurt"
With that he turned and went away.
Hollybe says he walked out and went
to a neighboring town, where he
worked for several weeks before COM
ing here. He has been Industrious and
respected here and the local authorities
are inclined to credit his story.
Meantime, however, his plucky lit
tie wife is taking no chances on his
friends here helping him out and has
gone about, in a practical way, to Sc
cure his release on the charge. They
were married a week ago Sunday by
the Rev. Charles Seymour, pastor of
the Holtville Methodist church. Mr..
Seymour is we'll known in Los An
geles.