Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-06
FIGHTS OFFICERS
TO AVOID ARREST
Woman Rooming House Keeper
Battles Like TigreSs When
Caught in a Raid
A PARROT SCREAMS MURDER
Daughters Attempt to Rescue
Mother from Custody.
Capture 3 Inmates
A PARROT SCREAMS MURDER

Screaming at the top of her voice
and fighting like a tigress, Mrs. w. H.
Cornell, proprietor of rooming house
at 315A South Main street, dehed
Patrolmen Weiss, Miller and Robinson
of the metropolitan squad to search
her place last night, and not until she
was overpowered and handcufted were
the officers able to enter the rooms.
In the place were found Lena Ban
chard. Mrs. Myrtle Del Vale and VIII
liam Beach. The trio were arrested on
technical charges of vagrancy, while
Mrs Cornell, who is middle-aged
woman, was taken into custody on
charges of conducting a disorderly
house and of violating the liquor Or
dinance.
When the officers entered the place
at o'clock last night Mrs. Cornell met
them at the entrance. A search. war
rant was produced and after 1t was
read to the irate woman she refused
to allow them to search the house.
Patrolman Miller led her aside and
the other two officers entered rooms
and found Mrs. Del Vale and Miss
Blanchard While the latter We're pre-
pairing for the street the three officers
started a search OF the house for
liquor.
Mrs. Cornell then began to scream
and declared that the liquor in the ice
box was her personal property, and
attacked the officers. She pulled the
hair of Patrolman Miller, then de-
voted her time to scratching his face.
At this time Gertie, the 14-year-old
daughter of Mrs. Cornell, rushed to
the aid of her mother and struck the
officer. She was led away after a
short but sharp struggle and detained
in a room. BY this time Mrs. Cornell
had worked herself into rage and it
was necessary to place handouts on
her wrists and lock her in a room.
BABY SCREAMS FOR MOTHER
The disturbance brought out two
other daughters-Madge 10, and Maud,
20 years old. They became hysterical
and attempted to block the efforts of
the patrolmen in searching the place.
The youngest daughter Kitty, aged 4,
toddled out of the living room, and be-
coming frightened at the strange turn
of affairs, added to tie commotion by
screaming for her mother. parrot
that was doing on its perch in the
kitchen awakened, and hearing the
noise began to scream shrilly, Help!
Murder! Policei" This was too much
for the raiding party and one seized
the unlucky bird and thrust 1t into a
nearby clothes closet.
Finally, when the racket had sub
sided so that the officers could address
each other without shouting, careful
search was made of the kitchen and a
large quantity Of bottled beer, wines
and whisky was seized.
When the accused were In readiness
to be taken to the police station Mrs.
Cornell refused to leave the house and
battled with the officer despite the
fact that her hands were manacled.
So fiercely did she struggle that 1t
was necessary for two patrolmen to
carry her from the room. This was
the occasion for another attack by the
daughters, who rushed to the aid of
their mother and attempted to prevent
the officers removing her from the
house
In the meantime a call had been
sent in for the patrol wagon. It's
arrival and the screams of the hys-
terical woman attracted a large crowd
and Sergeant Dave Adams and squad
of patrolmen had considerable diff
Guilty in clearing the sidewalks and
streets.
ARREST INMATT's HUSBAND
According to the police Mrs. Cornell
has been renting her rooms to women
of the underworld and serving drinks
to them and their male companioss.
When the accused were taken to the
central police station Mrs. Del Vale
wept bitterly and told the officers that
she was married more than year ago
to e. C. Del Vale, waiter, employed
at the Spanish Kitchen in North
Broadway. The woman stated that
she had been employed as waitress
b in a North Spring street restaurant
but quit nearly year ago. The Of
ficers arrested Del Vale and locked
him up in the city Jail without bail,
after hearing charges made against
him by Mrs. Del V&lle.
William Beach and Lena Blanchard
are said by the police to have served
terms in the state school at Whittier.
Neither is more than 20 years of age.
Beach was locked up without bail.
Mrs. Cornell refused to take advan-
tage of bail and declared she. would
remain in Jail until the case was
brought to trial. After the Jail door
changed shut on her, however, she
changed her mind and allowed her
weeping daughter to deposit $110 bail
for the appearance of the accused in
court this 1orning.
Owing to the fact that Mrs. Cornell
is charged with keeping a disorderly
house and that she allowed her minor
children to live at the house, it is
, thought the matter will be taken into
juvenile court.