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WANTS TO FIGHT WIFE'S ATTORNEY WALTER E. SANDHAM IN A STORMY SCENE Defendant In Contempt Proceedings Argues With Lawyer Clalborne In Court House Corridor, Friends Preventing Clash Following a stormy argument beforfi Judge Trask of the superior court yesterday afternoon, Walter E. Sand ham, charged with contempt of court in that he refused to allow his divorced wife to see her bab/ boy, renewed the argument with Attorney Claiborno representing tho wom.m in the corri dor of the court house and a flstlc encounter was prevented only by the interference of Sandham's relatives, who hurried from the building. The Randham troubles have been In court many times. Several months ago Mrs. Annie S. Sandham filed suit for divorce. Before the case was hpnrd, Sandham filed a. cross-complaint charg ing his wlfo with misconduct. He was granted the divorce and the custody of his son. Edtnond. The custody of tho little girl and $10 a month alimony was allowed the woman. There was a clause In the decree permitting the woman to visit her son and the father to visit the little girl. Mrs. Sandham went to the home of Mrs. J. H. Doty, at Pasadena, and de manded to see her child. Mrs. Doty, wife of thf» Pasadena carriage manu facturer and sister of Randham. allow ed Mrs. Sandham to see the boy, but Inter Is alleged to have refused to al low the woman to enter her home. Charges Vulgar Actions According to Sandham'fl attorney, the language used by Mrs. Sandham was the cause of the trouble at the Doty home. Tt was alleged by the attorney that Mrs. Randham's language and ac tions while at the fashionable Doty res- Idencft wer«» so vulgar t.hat. Mrs. Doty was compelled to take to her bed and Inter to the mountains and another membpr of the family was so shocked that she was compelled to go to the mud baths for treatment. Mrs. Sandham filed a complaint charging her husband with refusal to comply with the order of the court and he was cited for contempt, the case being heard In Judge Trask's chambers. AftPr extender! hrgument Judge Trask ordered that the father bring the boy to some place In Los Angeles once every two weeks so the mother might, see the child. "How long can she keep the boy?" asked the father. "For an hour or more," answered the judge, "and she will be allowed to tal<p the youngster for a walk." "Won't you rule that she mustn't buy the boy any candy Or soda water while on th» walk, so that his little Ftnmnrh will not suffer?" pleaded the nnxious father. Sandham then asks.i what arrange ments were to be made regarding his visits to his baby girl. "Visit your baby at its mother's home," said the judge. "It Is not a fit place for me and I cannot go there," remarked tho father. Rebukes Father "Mr. Sandham," replied the court, "you have made such a remark several times, now, and I can tell you it Is not helping your case any. A father with love for his baby will visit it no matter where it is." As a last resort, the attorney for Sandham pleaded that Mrs. Sandham was not a fit. person to visit Mrs. Doty's home or see the little boy. "That woman has a niece in a house of 111-fame and speaks to her," said tlie attorney. "There is no ruling, lepral or moral, that can censure one member of a fam ily for speaking with another member of the same family, no matter how low they have fallen," responded the judge. "ThPre is $20 due Mrs. Sandham as alimony," continued Judge Trask, and he ordered Sandham to pay up. Sandham took the twenty-dollar gold piece from his purse and placing it on the table, skated It gingerly over to his wife. As the parties left the courtroom, At torney Claiborno made some trivial re mark to Sandham's father and the younger man immediately became en raced and trouble began. Sandham started toward the attor ney, but friends intervened and Attor ney Claiborne remarked, "I will see you later" and left the court house. At the same time, Sandham was try ing to ppt away from his sister, who was holding him, and as Clalborne left the building 1 , Sandham said, "I'll get a gun and go after that fellow." HAVE NO CLEW TO BENTLEY Police Unable to Locate Missing Offl. clal Who Is Under Charges of Embezzlement "We have no clew to Bentley's where abouts," said Detective Talamantes yesterday afternoon. "I don't believe he is In or about Los Angeles. He has had ample time to get far away, nnd I think that Is what he has done. He could have gone In any number of different directions In this time. Still, we may get him." Despite the dlfilculty of locating' Bentley, the police are following every trace that may lead to his capture and do not despair of apprehending him. CONSUMPTION Hope, fresh air, rest and Scott's Emulsion are the greatest remedies for con- sumption. Scott's Emulsion will always bring comfort and relief — often cure. Scott's Emulsion does for the con- sumptive what medicine alone cannot do. It's the nourish- ment in it that takes the pa- tient in long strides toward ' SCOTT tt BOWNE, 409 P»»rl Swert, New Vctk. PROMISE THRILLING THRILLS Gayly Bedecked Bovlnes and Daredevil Banderllleros Will Fight a Return Match Another thrilling thrill In the linn of bullfighting In disguise will be pulled off at Southern Pacific ljaseball park at Santa Monica tomorrow afternoon. Four wild. Inflamed and ferocious bulls, recruited from the ranks of the deadly bovlnes at Maler's packing house, will pursue four daredevil ban derllleros, and It is confidently pre dicted that the fellow who stands in enraptured pose upon the lid of an empty soap box nnd calmly defies his bullshlp will actually be removed from hln proud pedestal by the horns of the bull unless the horn of the dilemma shall have warned him aforehand of his peril. As Is the custom at these gorelews affairs at the seaside, the bulls will be attired In the latest designs from Paris, Including a necklace of elaborate design and a gridiron boa creation of stunning and original construction, not to men tion the gaudy ribbons fetchingly ar ranged to properly Illuminate the sub lime symmetry of the bull-neck of which one reads so much In the sport columns after a fight a la Queensberry. It Is emblazoned upon the flaming posters which announce the all-absorb ing proclamation of the coming event that If the perilous feats do not, for strenuousness, make a Rugby game look like a game of dominoes In an old ladies' home the admission money will be cheerfully refunded to all applicants after the fiesta el toros. LOTS OF TROUBLE FOR SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT THIRTEEN CHARGES AGAINST N. C. DOUGHERTY Ten Indictments for Embezzlement and Three for Forgery Against Peoria Man — Total Accusations Will Be More Than Two Hundred By Associated Press PEORIA, 111., Oct. 6.— A total of thirteen Indictments have thus far been returned against Newton C. Dougherty, city superintendent of schools and. pres ident of the Peorla National bank. Ten of them are for embezzlement and three for forgery. Forty more are being drawn by the state attorney's office. It was announced from that office today that the total would reach more than 200. Tho ball required for those thus far returned is $12,700. Mr. Dougherty Is in receipt of mes sages from all over the country, ex pressing sympathy and belief in his Innocence. According to a statement made by a member of the grand Jury today, hundreds of pieces of school script, which, it is alleged, has been changed after being signed by the pres ident of the school board, are missing. A committee appointed by the school board to continue the investigation after the grand jury gets through announced through its chairman, J. S. Stevens, today that they would go back over the books of the board for twenty years. In some cases both stubs and vouchers are missing, representing, according to the cash books, large amounts. Edward J. Schnebly, discount and ex change clerk at the Peorla National bank, the man who first discovered ir regularities In Mr. Doughterty's method of handling school funds, made a state ment today. He said: "I took charge of the individual books at the bank seven years ago and shortly thereafter I began to notice the queer methods Mr. Doughterty had of hand ling the funds of the Peorla school board. He would make checks payable to various local firms and give his per sonal check for a smaller amount. I called the attention of the bank of ficials to this state of affairs and was in formed that it was none of my busi ness. I was then transferred to the discount and change department. Mr. Doughterty's dealings were carried on as follows: "He would bring checks for large amounts, payable In most Instances to a school furniture firm in Chicago or a plumbing firm in St. Louts. With these checks he would purchase New York, Chicago or St. Louis exchange, made payable to his own order. Upon exam ination of the indorsements on the drafts I found that in many instances they had been used in his private busi ness affairs. In some cases ho would indorse the names of local firms on tin draft, putting his own initials under the signature. I laid the matter before Mr. Cook, the national bank examiner for this district. Upon his advice I laid tho matter before the attorney general at Springfield. He advised me to take it to the state's attorney of Peorla county, which I did. I also laid the matter before S. F. C. Spring, cashier of the bank. Transactions of. that kind then ceased. In explaining that to me Mr. Dougherty said that he kept three sets of funds in New York, Chicago and St. Louis. "When I was called before the grand jury there were exhibited many changed checks. In one Instance ;i check which was charged to the school fund had been raised from $24 to $2453. The stub showed $24. "Another was drawn for $2750. The stub which had originally read $27 had been raised to $2750. The last two figures on the stub were in green ink, the first two in black. "I was discharged from the bank only last Saturday." FRANCIS MURPHY'S BOY "Bob," Son of the Apostle of Temper. ance, May Be Pennsylvania's Governor Special to Tho Herald. riTTSBUKG, Oct. s.— The Cambria county Republican convention hns in dorsed "Bob" Murphy's candidacy for governor of Pennsylvania. A writer In the Dispatch says: "If there was ever an Ideal candi date for tho hlßh and honorable office of chief executive of this prand and glorious state 'Bob' Murphy is 'It.' Ho Is 11 good lawyer, a splendid orator, a polished gentleman and, above every thing else, an honorable man. After years of contact with public men I can sny without fear of contradiction that there Is no citizen In the state who better combines not only all the neces sary but nil the. Ideal qualifications for this office than Mr. Murphy. 'Bob 1 Is a son of Francis Murphy and the boy has Inherited fill those excellent qual ities which made his father famous years ago when (he world's greatest temperance advocate held forth to the largest audiences addressed from any platform between Maine and Califor nia. If the Republican party In Penn sylvania desires lo nominate a man for governor whoso record is unim peachable and whose administration would be on a par with his record, It need go no further. A big, broad and brainy man In that office would be a departure of pleasant contemplation to the people of this state." '"^ v ' J",OS ANGELES HERALD: SATURDAY MORNING. OCTOBER ?, 1905. THEATERS MUST OBEY FIRE LAW WARRANTS ISSUED FOR SIX MANAGERS Violators of Protective Ordinance Will Be Arrested and Fined Until Pre. scribed Appliances Are Installed Six theaters have fallen under the shadow of Building Superintendent Backus' frown and ho has given orders to begin legal proceedings against them on the grounds of violating sections of the theater ordinance. The six thea t( rs are the Casino, Broadway, Chutes, Star, Cineograph and Lyric. Warrants against the managers of these theaters were Issued yesterday and they will bo haled Into court aB soon as possible. Failure to provide fire proof curtains and equip the thea tfrs with fire fighting devices Is re sponsible for the proceedings. The larger theaters have compiled with all the demands of the law and provided necessary fire protection. An amendment to the ordinance was pass ed two weeks ago, requiring theaters to be equipped with a system of per forated water pipes for the protection of wings and files. Ah soon as this ordinance was passed the Belasco, Or pheum and Mason theaters Immediate ly had the work done and the Burbank and Grand theaters let contracts for the necessary construction. The pipe system in the Grand was completed last night. It is outside the province of the build ing superintendent to close up the play houses that violate the ordinance but he can see that they are brought Into court whenever he chooses and fines Imposed until they comply with every provision of the law. This Is the first, definite step from the building superintendent's office looking to a more thorough enforce ment of the building laws, but others are expected to follow soon. The next move that Mr. Backus will make Is to see that proper and suffi cient flre escapes arc provided on apart ment houses. KIDNAPED CHILD IS PUZZLE TO POLICE NO CLEW TO IDENTITY OF THE ABDUCTORS Youngster Can Give No Further De. scrlptlon of His Captivity Than a Mass of Confusing Contradictions. Abandoned by His Captors By Associated Press. NEW YORK, Oct. 6.— The abandon ment of Tony Mariendlno by the per sons who had kidnaped and held him for ransom and the return of the little Italian boy to his parents, which oc curred last night, has given the police no clew to the kidnapers. So Impressed with fear of the persons who had stolen him was the little fellow that he either could or would give no other descrip tion of his captivity than a mass of confusing: contradictions out of which the police could extract nothing that would point to the identity of his cap tors. He had even been so schooled by them that he called them "papa and mamma," but declared upon closer questioning that they were not his real parents. The boy, who is 6 years old, was found on a Third avenue trolley car last evening, where he had been aban doned by two men. He was turned over to the police, who recognized him as the son of an Italian contractor in Brooklyn. He had been missing twelve days, and in the meantime his captors had endeavored to extort $500 and then $5000 in ransom from his parents. In response to the questioning of the police, the boy said he was taken from his home by two men "who shoveled dirt for my father." They took him, ho said, to his cousin's house in New York, where he had a good time. Although the child told the pollcs many things of seeming Importance, he would contradict them in the next sentence. The police are mystified by the conduct of the child's parents. In reply to one question by the police, the child said that he had been at his father's home yesterday, but when his father, who was present, spoke to him angrily he contradicted himself. Tho police believe that the manner in which he was abandoned indicates that th«s men who held him for ransom also had something to do with the abduction of Tony Mannino more than a year ago. The Manlno boy was abandoned on a ferry and could give the authorities no clew to his abductors. WOMEN FIGHT WOLVES Story of Adventure In Illinois That Reads Like a Traveler's Tale Special to The Herald. ALTON, ! 111., Oct. s.— Miss Sister Copplnger and Mrs. A. C. Barr were chased more than a mile by two gray wolves last night on the road from Godfrey, 111. The animals raced along side the buggy and made repeated ef forts to leap Into the vehicle, but were beaten back with a buggy whip and a stick. The animals then attacked the horse and drew blood repeatedly, but when the buggy came Into the out skirts of the city tho wolves lied. Mrs. Barr drove the horse and han dled the whip, while Miss Copplnger used the stick. The wolves deployed on either Hide and snupped at the horse. The first wolf then tried to leap into the buggy, struck a wheel and was thrown brick on the road. The other wolf snapped at the horse's fiank and drew blood. Tho whip drove It back. Its companion joined it and both tried to climb Into the buggy. The frightened horse plunged forward Into a run and both wolves were tossed to the ground, but the horse did not stop. Mrs. Barr and Miss Oopplnger sny this running fight kept up for morn than a mile. ■••■ ..' ; ■ Nearly a dozen armed men, accom panied by dogs, have set out In the woods along the Godfrey road. It !s Intended to keep up the hunt until the wolves are killed. Can Afford It "Can a man have a billion dollars and be honest?" "I should think bo". He can cer tainly"— "Well?" "Afford to be."— Philadelphia Bulletin. Naples Has Inaugurated an Era of Unexampled Activity for Jilamitos Bay Watch the gigantic combinations of capital now forming for the expenditure of millions at the Beautiful Bay- of cAlamitos. Doesn't it interest YOU? H. E. HUNTINGTON Says That NAPLES Is the Place to Invest *|\^\ Does THAT Interest You? He Knows Why-He Is Now the Great* Directing Power of Naples E^ilis*. El is***}* Ckm Wras. E.v^'a P9SH — .^* nffiOk Tfo^iri f>nff> T^OKfirf ■rS&EmL vm jSMn ■wag WrM Eflflß Urrel f\ WraCTk. X\ t o«jlCXfc?f cl^cr J^cjt/i f. ffiffl i^9 wfrora HMfia l^MTOar of % the Pacific Coast frW^ Here Is a Prediction NAPLES Is soon to be the center of the greatest construction, building and realty move- ment yet experienced by* any seaside resort. Reflect! DO IT NOW! A. M. ®> A. C. Parsons • j o i c Jf gents • 701 H. W. Hellman Building Home 862; Sunset M. 1858 CHILD IS CAUSE OF SEPARATION PARENTS DIFFER REGARDING . REPRIMANDS Henry Melvln and Wife Quarrel as to Who Should Correct Baby and Husband Secures a Divorce On evidence of a letter written to him by his wife four days after she de serted him, Henry Melvln, a Los An geles merchant, was granted a decree of divorce from Mrs. Minnie Melvln by Judge Waldo York yesterday. The couple were married at Albion, Neb., August 1, 1894. They came to Los Angeles shortly after the birth of their little girl, six years ago, and Melvln engaged in the mercantile busi ness. The baby, once the pride and joy of the home, caused disturbance In tho family whenever either parent attempt ed to reprimand or chastise It. Finally, after a number of petty dif ferences, Mrs. Melvin told her husband she was going back to her old home on a visit and took the baby with her to Columbus, Neb., June 1, 1904. Melvin was at Long Beach at the time and two weeks after his wife's departure, he received tho letter which formed the basis of his petition yester day. Model Document Following is a copy of the letter which is regarded by Los Angeleß di vorce attorneys as a model document of evidence: "Dear Henry: Well, my dear, I wonder if you don't begin to think that I am not coming back. I did think for a while that I would come back, but I cant now. You know I wasn't happy with you. Now, my dear, do not ask me to come back for I never will again and if this decision causes you grief or pain, I beg that you will try to forgive me. I had to have money for our baby's sake, but I will never ask you for a cent again. Henry, I have done the best thing for the baby that I could possibly do. She had got to be such an awfully spoilt child. I put her in the St. Francis academy here and she thinks the place is fine. Now, my dear Henry, you have my best wishes for your future happiness. Let me advise you to find a good wife, one that is more suited to you than I was. It will only be a short time till you can get a divorce from me for de sertion. You can have everything that belongs to me but I would like for you to send me my wheel. Sond it c. o. d. as I don't want to put you to any ex pense. Now, dear, don't let my de sertion cause you to go to drinking or to spoil your life in any way. I think I would like, for you to write me just once more to see what you have to say in the letter. For your own good, "MINNIE." GETS INTERLOCUTORY DECREE On an allegation of cruelty, Mrs. Ida Coleman was granted an interlocutory decree of divorce from Jacob J. Ooleman by Judge York in department 3 of the superior court yesterday. The couple were married in New York, and accord ing to the statements of the woman her husband has treated her cruelly for the past two years. Autoist Arrested Speeding south on Grand n venue, H. P. Chrlstopherson was arrested by Patrolman Graham last evening on a charge of operating an auto without displaying a license number. Chrlsto pherson was running his motor at a mnd pace when the policeman noticed him. Graham rushed to the side street and waved his arms, f'hrlstopherson brought his machine to a stop and was arrested. Says Wife Deserted Him Fiank A. Elder was granted an Inter locutory decree of divorce by Judge Monroe yesterday from Anna O. Elder. The cause alleged was desertion. START WORK ON NEW COAST LINE BEGINS TROLLEY SYSTEM TO SAN FRANCISCO Construction of New Electric Road From Santa Monica to Santa Bar bara Is Assured — Sleeping Cars a Feature Construction of a new electric rail way line which will eventually connect Los Angeles with San Francisco by an extensive trolley system was begun at Santa Monica yesterday. The new system will be known as the Hueneme, Mallbu & Port Los Angeles railway. The company is Incorporated for $1,000,000 and is headed by Mrs. May Rlndge, who is president of the road. H. W. Lemcke is general manager of the new system, and he has estab lished headquarters at Santa Monica. The new electric line follows the coast from Santa Monica north, and In Ven tura county it will connect with the Burson road to Ventura, thence to Santa Barbara and San Francisco. The rolling stock has already been ordered. Most of the cars are being constructed In the east. The cross ties have been contracted for by a lumber company with extensive facilities in the north. Several hundred yards of track have already been laid and a force of 200 men will be put to work in a few days. Sleeping Cars a Feature Engineers are preparing for the work of surveying the line from Santa Monica to Los Angeles. An interesting feature of the new sys tem will be the establishment of a sleeping car system, the first of the kind in the west. Elaborate plans for this feature have been worked out and eastern car companies will be asked to bid on construction of these cars. It is intended to establish a coast line of trolley cars that will make good time between important points and will fur nish comfortable and safe transporta tion for passengers who wish to travel in the night when It is cool and where a night's sleep can be had in the sooth ing breezes from the sea. 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