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CITY NEWS
4 INDEX OF LOCAL EVENTS ♦
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4 Chronicled on pages 5, 7 and 8. ♦
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4 Forecast: Fair; northerly winds. 4
4 The Rivera rape fiend captured and ♦
4 lodged ln jail; he coolly confesses his 4
4 brutal crime. +
4 Two games of baseball with divided 4
4 results. 4
4 Abstracts of sermons nt the ♦
4 churches. ♦
4 Almost a panic caused In the Or- ♦
4 pheum by a fool's yelling "tire." ♦
4 Results of the coursing at Agrlcul- 4
-f turn! park; two valuable dogs pol- 4
<4> soned. *
4 Pete and Mary Garcia held for the 4
4 murder of Charles Collins; the coro- ♦
4 ner's Inquest. +.
' 4 Tho remains of Father Meyer lying -f
♦ In state at St. Vincent's; funeral ar- 4
♦ rangements. +
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4 EVENTS OF TODAY ♦
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4 Burbank—"The Lost Paradise." ♦
♦ Ohpheum—Vuudevlllo. 4
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4 City council meets—lo a. m. 4
♦ Chalk talk and Illustrated lecture, ■♦•
4 T. M. C. A. auditorium—B p. m. ♦
4 Board of education, regular meet- 4
4 Ing—7:3o p. m. 4
4 Social. Hebrew Ladles' Benevolent ♦
4 society, Turnvereln hall—B p. m. 4
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THE WEATHER
TEMPERATURE—Report of observations
taken at Los Angeles, Feb. 13th. The
barometer Is reduced to sea level.
Time
M
27
W
Maximum temperature, 80.
Minimum temperature, 40.
Forecast for Southern California for
Monday: Fair: northerly winds.
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF
C. D. Howry, undertaker. Fifth and
Uroadway. Lowest prices In the city.
Call Tel. Main 243 for ambulance.
Kregelo ,t Bresee, Sixth and Broadway.
Robert Sharp & Co., funeral directors,
751 and 753 S. Spring St. Tel. Main 1029.
Watches cleaned, 75 cents; main
springs, CO cents; crystals. 10 cents.
Patton, 214 South Broadway.
Tickets for Gen. Booth's meeting now
for sale at Montgomery Bros., 122 North
Spring, and Owl Drug store, 320 South
Spring street. Secure them at once.
Adams Bros., dentists, South
Spring street. Plates from $4. Pain
less extracting. 50 cents. Filling a spe-,
clalty. Hours, Bto 5; Sunday, 10 to 12.
At the V- M. C. A. this evening at the
entertainment In the regular course W.
E. Chapin. Illustrator of the Times, will
give a chalk talk on "How to Draw."
Dr. Rebecca Lee Dorsey, Stimson
block, first floor, rooms 133,134,135. Spe
cial attention given to obstetrical case*
and all diseases of women and children.
Electricity scientifically used. Consul
tation hours. 1 to 6. Tel. 1227.
Annual clearance sale at Llehten
berger's, 202 South Spring street. The
following discounts are offered: On pic
ture easels, 50 per cent; on frames, 33 1-3
per cent; oh pictures, 25 per cent. Lib
eral discounts on all goods; rare oppor
tunity to save money.
Yeast Los Angeles
? That Is a rising part of town and we otter
a pretty fair four-room cottage with small
lot (street work done) near Truman and
Downey for $450, at $55 down and balance
$S.OO per month. What do you think of
that for a poor man's snap? Langworthy
Co.. K6 South Spring street.
BOTH HELD
Pete Garcia and His Mis
tress For Murder
CHARLES COLLINS' SLAYERS
DELIBERATE VERDICT AT THE
CORONER'S INQUEST
The Santa Monica Fisherman Denies
the Crime —Several Incriminat
ing Circumstances
i
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4 4
4 We, the Jury, find that Charles Col- 4
4 Una came to his death from a blow 4
4 on the back of the head with on ax 4
4 wielded by Pete Garcia, alias Indian 4
4 Peie, who we think is guilty of will- 4
4 ful murder, and we further find that 4
4 he was assisted In the commission ot 4
4 the crime by Mary Garcia, his alleged 4
4 wife. 4
That was the verdict rendered yes
terday by the coroner's jury after the In
quest at Santa Monica on the remains
of the old man whose dead body was
found by two women on the beach. The
evidence adduced at the inquest which
led to that verdict will, it Is believed,
be almost sufficient to place the hang
man's noose about the neck of the Ignor
ant half-breed who, with his mistress,
Is believed to have slain Collins In cold
blood, without provocation and for no
other purpose than to rob him of $80,
which he was known to have had on his
person a few hours before he was killed.
"I regard this as one of the strongest
cases of cold blooded and premeditated
murder that has ever been brought to
my notice," said Coroner Cumpbell last
night after his return from the inquest.
"If Indian Pete does not go to the gal
lows for this crime I will be greatly sur
prised,- for I believe the woman will con
fess."
The Inquest was held at the scene of
the murder and, not being satisfied to
select a Jury from among the Mexicans
who are numerous about that place, the
coroner selected six well-known citizens
of South Santa Monica. Garcia did not
evince much interest in the matter and
"as kept outside the place while other
witnesses were being examined.
The particulars of the finding of the
body were related by the two women
who had discovered it, and then the Jury
was shown the remains. The head was
a mass of clotted blood and on the hack
of the head appeared a gaping wound,
along the edge fff which were pieces of
the skull. The brain could be seen and
the portion of the skull that had been
mashed into the brain was fully an inch
below the level of the other parts of the
head. The wound had evidently been
dealt from behind, and with such force
as to make It certain that the murderer
had used both hands ln a full arm swing
with an ax. The ax with which the mur
der had been committed -a as found and
exhibited to the Jury. An attempt had
been made to wash the blood and hair
from It, but It had not been done well
enough for the purpose Intended and the
coroner found stickin? to the pole of the
ax a number of hairs -Which, when placed
among the dead man's hair were found
to be the same.
CUPID—
I've a bag of valentines,
Of "truly thees" and "truly thlne's."
Which of them can I give thee?
Speak your dearest wish tojme.
*3UPID—
Take thee, maid, this little one,
Brought by earliest morning sun!
Cupid comes to you with this, ,
Sealed with many a tender klMfa .
LOS ANGELES HERALD: MONDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 14, i&9&
Oarcia's mlstress.who goes by his nnnu
and is as rough a looking woman as could
be found ln that locality, was called a?
a witness. She declared thait she knew
nothing whatever of the killing. Cor
oner Campbell let her talk for a time
and then asked her to let him see the $2'J
which she had. She at once produced
the money and said that Collins had
paid it to her as a part of a debt of $5C
which he had borrowed from her six
months ago. One of the woman's old
skirts was found by the coroner, cov
ered with blood, and she could not ex
plain how the blood got there. Garcia
was then brought In and the woman
was taken out. He was asked about the
alleged debt of $50 which Cot'inn owed
his mistress, and in regard to It he con
tradicted almost all her statements.
He said that the amount of the debi
was $5, not $50, and he knew nothing of
how the woman had secured $20. While
he was testifying the coroner discovered
that the man's coat was covered with
blood. It was a black garment and the
blood on It had not been noticed before.
Pete could not tell how the blood had
come there, and could not give satis
factory answers to any of the ques'iona
as to his whereabouts on the night of the
murder. Other witnesses were examined
who had seen the victim of the murder
enter Pete's shack. The case wa3 given
to the jury and the verdict riven in the
foregoing was rendered as soon as it
could be written. The coroner then
ordered Pete and the woman returned to
the county jail.
When Indian Pete was brought In he
was asked to give some particulars ol
the alleged murder. He immediately re
plied In Spanish to his Interlocutor,
whom he has known for a great many
years: "Why, hombre, I know naught
of It. On yesterday I was drunk in the
pueblito —the village. I came homf
afterward and went to sleep. I was ir
the house and so was Mary, I presume,
when this thing was done, but, quler
gabe? I am innocent of this murdei
charged to me.
"Have they arrested Mary, too? Well
now, I want to know who is going tc
look after our things at the cabin in the
meanwhile? We have some chickens
there and other valuables. What barbari
ans these Gringoes are! Would you be
lieve it, they have kept me going frorr
post to pillar all day, and have given me
nothing to eat!"
STILL AT IT
Burglary Added to Highway Bobber;
as a Local Pastime in Crime
Not satisfied with highway robbery
the criminals who seem to be infestin*
the city in greater numbers than foi
several months, have turned their at
tention to burglary. The robberlei
have not ceased at all, but the bur
glaries have simply been added to them
There were two of each Saturday night
and as usual the police are making a:
much a secret of the cases as the crim
inals would desire their victims to make
One of the hold-ups was near th<
Santa Fe depot, and the amount se
cured by the highwaymen was only 41
cents. The other robbery was near thi
corner of Eighth and Spring streets, bw
the amount secured there was not stated
These two robberies and two smal
burglaries were reported to the. police
full particulars being given them, bu
for some reason which they could no
explain the matter was kept form thi
public.
Hit the Pipe
George Emery was arrested last nigh
by Patrolmen Hubbard and Sheets on i
charge of frequenting an opium joint
He was In a Chinese den near Alamed;
street, and at the approach of the off!
cers his companions, a number of Celes
tials, escaped. The place has beer
watched by the officers for several days
CUPID'S VALENTINE
HONORING THE DEAD
I
REMAINS OF FATHER MEYER
LYING IN STATE
Impressive Ceremony Escorting the
Body to St. Vincent's Church.
"Tomorrow's Funeral
Arrangements for the funeral of the
Very Rev. A. J. Meyer are about com
pleted. It will take place at St. Vin
cent's church, corner of Grand avenue
and Washington street,tomorrow morn
ing at 9 oclock. Solemn requiem mass
will be said by Bishop Montgomery,
who will also pronounce the final abso
lution. Priests from all parts of the
diocese will be ln attendance.
The pallbearers, both active and hon
orary, will assemble In the parlor of the
college adjoining the church at 8:45
Tuesday morning. The active pallbear
ers are selected from among the alumni
of the college, and following are their
names: Isidore B. Dockweiler, Claire W.
Murphy, Wm. M. Humphreys, James
Kenealy, W. H. Workman, jr., Richard
J. Dillon, H. L. Dunnlgan, M. J. McGar
ry, T. D. Mott, Jr., Mr. Reardon, J. de
Barth Shorb, Frank J. Palomares.
The honorary pallbearers are as fol
lows: Hon. W. C. Patterson, Herman W.
Hellman, Hon. Charles Forman, Judge
Thos. L. Winder, Hon. W. H. Workman,
John F. Francis, representing the ca
thedral parish; John F. Foster, repre
senting Our Lady of Angels' parish; Jo
seph Mesmer.representing Sacred Heart
parish; John O'Sullivan, representing
St. Mary's parish; Adam P. D. Meyer,
representing St. Joseph's parish, and the
following from Father Meyer's parish—
St. Vincent's: John Alton, James C.
Kays, Andrew Mullen, Jno. J. Bergin,
Gen. A. A. McDonnell, John Hanlon, J.
F. Conroy, J. A. Forthman, Wm. R.
Burke, W. J. Brodrlck, Victor Ponet, M.
T. Ryan, Frank Sablchl, Patrick Sheedy,
N. Lindenfeld. Edward Ryan, Maj. Pat
rick Fitzwilllam, Edward Chambers.
All clergymen of other denominations
and educators are specially invited to
be present at the services. Seats have
been reserved for them. They will kl nd
ly report to Mr. P. M. Maroney, head
usher, who will assign them seats.
Prof. Rubo and Mr. Jos. Nuelle are ar
ranging a musical program in keeping
with the solemnity ot the occasion.
LYING IN STATE
Sunday afternoon at 4 oclock the Cath
olic Knights of America, of which so
ciety Father Meyer was spiritual di
rector and an honored member, delegat
ed a committee from among their mem
bers to act as an escort to accompany
the remains from the Sisters' hospital
to St. Vincent's church, where they ar
rived with the body at about 5 oclock.
Here the remains will He in state until
Tuesday morning, when the funeral ob
sequies will take place. The Catholic
Knights of America were assisted in the
escort from Pico and Grand avenue by
the Sodality boys and students of St.
Vincent's college, about 2<M being in line.
As the funeral procession approached
the church, to those of the parishioners
who were there to the number of more
than 1000, to witness the ceremony of re
ceiving the remains, it presented a very
imposing appearance..
Montgomery council, Y. M. 1., of East
Los Angeles held a special meeting last
evening to arrange for participating ln
the funeral obsequies of Father Meyer.
The ball, which was announced for this
evening, has been postponed ' for one
MAIDEN —
Leave me, then, oh Cupid mine,
The dearest, sweetest valentine;
Give me one with kisses on it.
And within a loving sonnet.
MAIDEN—
Saint Valentine to others brings
Bonbons, toys and costly things;
But to me he brings a letter
With the love that I like better.
week, out of respect to the memory of
the deceased. A full membership will
attend the funeral, and Anthony
Schwamm, P. Salz and J. W. Sharp were
appointed as a committee to arrange
details. \
CRIMINAL JOKE
An Idiotic Knave Nearly Causes a
Stampede at the Orpheum
Yesterday afternoon at the Orpheum
matinee there occurred an incipient
stampede which might have been
fraught with the most regrettable re
sults had it not been for the presence of
mind of the performers on the stage at
the time. The musical hussars were do
ing their turn upon the many Instru
ments which are their specialty when
a couple of small boys In the gallery en
gaged In a fisticuff. This of Itself caused
quite a commotion among the gods, but
when some Idiot or knave halloed out
fire. It threw consternation and panic
fear among the many ladles and small
children In the auditorium.
A rush which could only have ended
in a catastrophe would surely have fol
lowed, all the people having risen ready
to fly to the doors, had they not been
reassured almost Immediately by the Im
perturbability with which the Instru
mentalists kept on blowing in their braes
instruments. Manager Bray, too, imme
diately made his appearance and as
sured those present that there was no
fire and no cause for any anxiety.
It was unfortunate that no officer was
present to place under arrest the scoun
drel who, for the sake of a despicable
Joke, would not have hesitated to be the
cause of the death or maiming of a num
ber of innocent little children and per
haps also of grown persons.
nnrn/i run a t a ott a
GOING TO ALASKA
Walter McStay and Two Others Will
Travel a New Route
Walter McStay, formerly secretary of
the Los Angeles Athletic club, P. W.
McStay, his father, and Horace Dibble
leave the city Wednesday for Alaska to
remain two years. They will go to Sar
Francisco on a steamer from San Pedro
and from there they will go at once to
Victoria, where they will purchase their
outfits. Instead of taking the beaten
track into the gold country via Dyea or
Skaguay they will go east from Vlctoriu
over the Canadian Pacific railroad to
Edmonton. From there they will take
the inland trail to the Peace river coun
try. All other Los Angeles gold seekers
have entered Alaska by other routes.
The route this trio will take is a new one
of which but little Is known.
California at the Capital
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11.—Controller
of the Currency Dawes has approved the
application of E. J. Vawter, R. R. Har
ris, J. H. Claudlns, E. J. Vawter, Jr., and
Frank A. Gibson to organize the Com
mercial National bank of Santa Monica,
Cal., with a capital of $50,000.
The postofflce department has ordered
sub-station No. 5 of the Lob Angeles
postofflce discontinued February 28th- ,
California pensions have been granted
as follows:
Original—Ami L. Wllley of Golden
Gate, $6; Richard Butler of Vallejo, $8;
Edwin Cotton ot Clements, $6; Patrick
Carroll of San Francisco, $8; George C.
Moore of Soldiers' home, $6; Charles Ot
tlng of Yerka, $8.
Daniel J. Devine, the substitute clerk
ln the postofflce at Sacramento, has been
removed.
The postofflce department has made an
allowance of $326 for rent, fuel and light
for the postofflce at Yreka for one year
from January Ist, and $418 for similar
use at Hartford, to date from February
lst.
California postmasters have been ap
pointed as follows:
La Canada, Los Angeles county—
Jesse H. Petit, vice Ada M. Burgess, re
signed.
Winchester, Riverside county—Sadie
M. Case, vice A. J. Osborne, resigned.
Yerba, Orange county—Estevan R.
Peralta, vice D. J. Yerba, resigned.
A statement given out at the postofflce
department today shows that the postal
receipts at San Francisco for the month
of January amounted to $80,176, as com
pared with $71,116 for the corresponding
period of last year. This Is an Increase
of $9060, or 12-7 per cent. At Los Angeles
the receipts were $20,710 and $17,060 re
spectively, an Increase of $3650, or 21.3
per cent.
Senator Perkins today secured the pas
sage of a bill granting American register
to the steamer Leelanaw.
MINNEAPOLIS EXCURSION
Twenty-Four Hours Behind Schedule
Time
The special train containing the Min
neapolis Journal excursionists, sched
uled to arrive here at 6:30 oclock this
morning over the Southern Pacific, has
been delayed twenty-four hours for the
purpose of sight-seeing ln old Mexico.
They are scheduled to leave Tucson
at 11 oclock this morning. The time of
arrival in Los Angeles Is uncertain, but
the excursion will probably pull in late
Tuesday afternoon or evening.
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PERSONAL
C. W. Gates of Los Angeles registered
at the Murray Hill hotel, New York, Fri
day.
Among the Angelenos at San Fran
cisco hotels Saturdey were E. H. Brandt,
C. Bailey, J. Marshall and Mrs. V.
Knight.
Mrs. Sylvester Storm left Los Angeles
on Saturdey to meet her husband at
Seattle, Intending to push toward Klon
dike.
A Spring Street Fit
Oliver Olsen, a tamale dealer, was
seized with an epileptic fit in front of
the Nadeau hotel last night, and for a
time It was thought he was dead. He
was carried into a neighboring building
and the patrol wagon was summoned.
Before It arrived, however, he had par
tially recovered and insisted upon being
taken home instead of to the receiving
hospital. The incident caused consid
erable excitement.
Directory of Benevolent Institutions
The Associated Charities Is preparing
a comprehensive report, to be Issued In
pamphlet form, for general distribution.
It is desired to Include ln this publica
tion a complete directory of all the be
nevolent institutions and charitable or
ganizations in the city. The request Is
made that those officially connected
with each institution of such character
see that the proper title and address
of the same Is reported at the office of
the Associated Charities, in the court
house, by or before Wednesday, Febru
ary 16th.
Undelivered Telegrams
There are undelivered telegrams at
Western Union telegraph office for Mar
no, J.McAullffe, Wm. Millard, Arthur
R. Price and John and Ethel Carter.
At the Westminster
William McDonald, San Francisco; H.
G. Slckel and wife. Fort Grant, Ariz.; J
P. Evans, Denver; 8. M. Rosenbaum, male
and two children, Miss A. Lewis, Sar
Francisco; C. D. W. Pogue, wife and child
Denver; Mrs. Frank S. Lang. Helena
Mont.; Burnes McDonald, San Francisco
J. E. Ruggs and wife. Boise, Idaho; Mr
and Mrs. T. S. Manning, D. M. Ellis, Sierra
Madre: H. B. Fischer, New York: William
S. Acuff, Amber, Pa.; W. D. Bethell, Den
ver, Col.; Charles A. Russell, Kansas City;
Mrs. Barclay, Miss Barclay, Lethrldge
Canada; C. Dyer, Los Alamltos; Mr. and
Mrs. W. G. Press, Chicago; Mr. and Mrs
W. A. Rankin, Illinois; Ernest C. Bliss
New York; Mrs. S. C. Sairdge, G. P.
Salrdge, Spring Lake, Mich.; C. M. Bige
low and wife, St. Paul; L. W. Sinclair and
wife, Mrs. Lillian Sinclair, Salem, Ind.;
Mrs. Charlotte H. Walker, Rollln H.
Walker, New Jersey: Mrs. S. F. Griggs
Mrs. L. B. Smith, Milwaukee, Wis.; Mr
and. Mrs. S. H. Woruro, Chicago; George
C. Dawe, New York; J. I. Blackwllder,
Chicago; A. Lawrle Young, San Francisco;
C. M. Louth, New York; Thomas K. Chaf
fee, Mrs. C. C. Chaffee, Faribault, Minn.;
F. R. Brien, St. Louis; Charles Wernei
and wife, Adeline L. Werner, Ottawa, 111.;
J. P. Hodgson, Plattsburgh, N. J.; Conrac
Earle, Worcester, Mass.; William Ollvei
and wife, Duquesne, Pa.; Charles Wltte
Chicago; W. B. Hampton, and Mrs.
W. E. Dennison, A. J. Gldllngs, San Fran
cisco; W. A. Menler, Berkeley; Robert M
Chamberlain, Detroit, Mich.; Henry B
Burr, Milwaukee, Wis.; J. Slesfeld and
wife, New York; G. H. Irwin, San Fran
cisco; 10. H. Alns and wife, Salt Lake City;
L. F. Llebhardt. Laura L. Llebhardt, Den
ver; A. G. Winters, Riverside; Pete Vail
ton, Montana; C. J. Miller, Oakfleld.
All prices of wall paper greatly reduced.
A. A. Eckstrom, 324 South Spring street
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