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10 TWO PARTS
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M'MIIKK ma i IvlvjJU. I\J \_/Jlil>lO 1-Elt MONTH
OSWALD DETAILS
LAST EFFORT TO
REOPEN DISTRICT
SAYS FELLOW CONSPIRATORS
LOST COURAGE
CROSS-EXAMINATION OF FORMER
REDLIGHT KING BEGUN
Relates with Bitterness Eagerness of
Secret Associates to Secure Money,
Though They Are Unable to
Give Protection
VERY tamely, after the tensity and
struggle of the past threo days In
the bribery trial of Thomas 11.
Kroadhead, the cross-examination of
Nicholas Oswald, former chief of the
redlight district, was begun at 4 o'clock
yesterday afternoon.
With the Closing question in the dl
irct examination, "And all these things
you have testified to happened In the
city and county of Los Angeles?" ev
eryone in the court room seemed to
relax a little, with the. exception of the
witness, and after the answer hail been
Kiven there was quiet in the room for
wore than a minute before Attorney
Horace Appel arose to begin the cross
examination.
For nearly three full days the direct
examination had been carried on, In
the face of a running fire of objections
Jind Interference, to the end fought for
by the prosecution, the complete un
folding of the story, In chronological
order, of the protected redlight districts
of LOS Angeles from the beginning of
Mayor Harper's administration up to
the, last attempt to reopen the district
Just before the recall petition, which
ended the administration, was present
ed to the people.
Defense Wins Point
(niiy once was Joseph Ford, deputy
district attorney, compelled to depart
In any marked degree from his definite
plan of examination, and that was at
the morning session yesterday, when
Judge Davis sustained a lengthy ob
jection made by the defense to the In
troduction of testimony regarding pay
ments of money to Chief of Police Ed
Kern after the payment of the $1000 to
Thonurs Broadhead, acting chief. In
May and June, 1908, thp art which Is
made the basis of the Indictment.
By other questions, calculated to lay
ii foundation for such testimony, by
testimony that the redlight district had
remained open after that time with the
full cognisance of police officers re-
Kponsihln to Captain Broadhead for
their acts, the way was opened tor car
rying on the narrative to Its logical
More than two hours were expended
In this surmounting of the final barrier
irated hy the defense, and then Mr.
Ford once more asked the question
Which before had been objected to:
"Did you pay any money to Harper
or Kern after the payment of the $1000
to ltroadhead in May and June?"
Oswald Answers Question
The question was Objected to as
RtreilUOUSly as before, hut this time
without avail, ami Oswald went on to
tf-il of the payment of $500 to Kern Im
nifdiatelf,- after the latter's return from
the police chiefs' convention In the
e«st. A vet v interesting fide light on
the ways of the alleged conspirators
was revealed in this bit of testimony.
•I told Kern the $, r>oo was Harper's
share, ami asked him to give. It to the
mayor. He said he would. A few (lass
later I met Harper on the street and
Baked him if he got the money. Ik
told me no. that Kern had given him
only $250 of it. I told him I had told
Kern to give it all to him.
"Karly in August 1 had a conversa
tion with Harper, and told him of a
t;.IK I'd had with Kern, when Kern
told me to find out when Woilwlne was
lomhiK back. I said thai didn't look
good to me. and that I thought Kern
wan getting soared. Harper told inn
rot to worry about that, and that ev
erything would he all right, and the
newspaper talk didn't amount to any
thing 1 paid liitii W»00 in gold."
The next meeting of which Oswald
t< stilled was with Harper. Kern and
Broadhead. September 1. "Harper told
me 1 would have to keep closed while
the grand |ury was In session, but by
and by. when things had quieted down.
1 could open, up again. I told them T
was willing to leave the crib houses
closed but I wanted to open up the
cottages I told thorn it was very hard
to prove that a cottage, with just one
or two women in it was a house of ill
fame. Korn told me to go ahead."
Plotters Break Faith
Bven this expedient failed, it seemed,
as the darkening clouds of the gather
ing political storm which was to end
the Harper administration frightened
the plotters Into breaking faith with
the redlight chief.
"V ,th some bitterness the witness,
who in general had been quite dispas
sionate In his manner as he answered
the questions put to him, apoko of the
constant eagerness of his secret associ
ates in crime to get money from him
for protection of his redlight district,
while allowing It t\ bo closed up at
the slightest alarm.
The witness told at length of his
last partially successful effort to gain
the protection he declares he paid for.
This was at a meeting beld in Feb
ruary 1909, in a private box on the
second floor of levy's cafe.
"I explained to the mayor and Rroad
head, who were present, that I was In
bad financial shape through the
trouble I'd had. 1 told Broadhead I
thought 1 ought not to be closed up the
way 1 was without notice, after all I'd
done, and that some of his officers had
broken into the cottages and mutilated
them. T said it wasn't right, and that
I ought to have a fair ehnnce to run
the district, and make a little money
to g. i along on. Harper said, 'Well,
Tom, T guess we can let him open up
and run a little on the quiet. 1 Broad
head said. 'All right.' I opened up
four or five of the cottages, and kept
fern open five or six days in March.
1909. Then X got a message that had
irni left for me at Qreenwald'i cigar
at nd, tellins; me to call up the chiefs
office. Broadhead was chief then. I
rang up, and asked Broadhead If he
wanted to see me. He said no, that
could say what he had to over the
phone. Then he told me that the man
on the hill had sen,t word that the dis
trict would have to be closed, and that
was ail there was to it.
Oswald Loses $7500
"Once after that, in March, I talked
with Harper asking him If there was
any chance for me to open up. He
Bald he was afraid not, with the recall
(Continued on l'u> l'lireej 1
LOS ANGELES HERALD
SAN PEDRO HARBOR-X
A Complete Terminal Railroad System Con
necting All Parts of the Harbor and Streets
for Use of Auto-Vehicles Must Be Provided
by the City.
OXE prime essential in improving San Pedro harbor will be the freedom of ap
proach to all wharf and dock frontages by vehicles of land transportation.
In order to insure this there should be a terminal system of railroad lines
aligning dock and wharf frontages and connecting all parts of the harbor.
This system should be accessible by a properly constructed line or lines through streets
of the city so that the cars of all railroad companies can reach every part of both San
Pedro and Wilmington harbors, or the outer and inner harbor.
For illustration, a Southern Pacific, Sait Lake or Santa Fe car should be able to
reach, for the purpose of unloading or loading, a ship anchored upon any part of the pub
-1 lie frontage.
Access should also be provided to this terminal system for other lines of railroads
that may want to use it. The Santa Fe now has a system penetrating almost all im
portant parts of Arizona and New Mexico, with a connecting line to Goklfield, Nev. This
line, by the way, from Greater Los Angeles, is 437 mile's as against 518 miles by rail
from San Francisco to Goldfield, thus giving Greater Los Angeles an advantage by rail
fi alone for the principal commerce of Nevada of nearly 100 miles or more, as compared
with San Francisco.
Of course, the Santa Fe must have an entrance to San Pedro harbor and it will
facilitate the use of that harbor and increase its commerce immensely, if the city of Los
Angeles will provide a terminal system of its own over which the Santa Fe cars can
enter.
Five years' more growth of the city of Los Angeles will make it so important on the
Pacific coast that the Western Pacific, the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul and the Rock
Island must all have terminals here. When these roads seek entrance they should find
a municipal terminal system ready for their use and the fact that this terminal system
is ready will be, beyond any question, a great attraction in inducing them to come to
our city.
Therefore, in planning for the improvement of the harbor of Greater Los Angeles and
deciding upon the bond issue necessary to secure funds for it, the cost of a complete sys
tem of terminal railroad lines aligning all public harbor frontage and extending out
q from the water front at one or more points sufficiently for it to furnish convenient con
nections for the Santa Fe and other lines must be considered.
Proper provision must also be made for the free approach to the publicly owned
wharf and dock frontages of auto-vehicles. The amount of transportation being done by
vehicles of this character is constantly increasing.
With the fine highways in France and Germany, the auto-vehicle is considered a
competitor of the steam railroad in distances of 100 miles or over. In France there are
now being operated on public highways lines of eight and ten freight coaches hauled by
auto engines.
Some two years ago, and shortly after the highway commission began its making
plans for a system of highways in this county, the writer had an interview with the com
mission and suggested the planning by the commission of a highway of heavy construc
tion extending from the city of Los Angeles to the harbor of San Pedro for the use of
auto-freight vehicles. Upon investigation, the highway commission decided that this
would be advisable and they did include in their plans, for which bonds were issued, a
highway of very heavy construction over the lowest attainable grades between Los An
& gelcs and the harbor front.
Steps should be taken by our public officials to extend this highway system so that
main trunk highway! of the Los Angeles county system can be connected with like high
ways of other counties in Southern California, so that freights, and especially citrus and
\ igetable freights, can be handled from points as far south as Redlands and Highland.
With a highway system of this kind, centering at the harbor, citrus fruit and vegeta
ble producers of Southern California will be practically independent of the railroads and
can prevent any effort on the part of the railroads to recoup' for their losses on trans
continental freight by charging excessive rates between points in Southern California and
vessels in San Pedro harbor.
Plans for all these improvements should be carefully worked out and the improve
ments should be completed and ready for use by the time, the Panama canal is complet
ed. There is ample time to accomplish all this if we get about it at once, but no time
is to be lost if we are to prepare our harbor to compete with other harbors on the coast
for the great commerce that is coming.
THE RESULT OF THE WILMINGTON ELECTION HAS SETTLED THE
MATTER OF GREATER LOS ANGELES AND ITS HARBOR. THE CITY OF
SAN PEDRO WILL, OF COURSE, COME IN AUGUST 12. SHOULD IT NOT DO
SO, THE HARBOR OF GREATER LOS ANGELES IS STILL A CERTAINTY,
BUT THE CITY NEEDS THE FRONTAGE CONTROLLED BY SAN PEDRO,
WHERE THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC WHARVES ARE NOW FRONTING THAT
TOWN AND ALSO ON THE OUTER HARBOR. THIS LATTER IS NEEDED
ESPECIALLY SO THAT EARLY ARRANGEMENTS CAN BE MADE FOR THE
ACCOMMODATION OF DEEP DRAFT VESSELS, AND IT WILL ALWAYS BE
MOST USEFUL AS A LANDING PLACE FOR VESSELS ENGAGED IN EURO
PEAN AND OTHER COMMERCE MAKING SHORT CALLS AT OUR HARBOR.
The ease of access for vessels of this character makes
it a most valuable portion of the harbor, and its improve
ment should be entered upon as soon as it is possible to
arrange for the funds to pay for the work.
ALSO A PLAN SHOULD BE SPEEDILY MADE AND CARRIED OUT FOR
THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PORTION OF THE MUNICIPAL TERMINAL
RAILWAY SYSTEM ALIGNING THIS PART OF THE HARBOR AND EX
TENDING OUT TO SOME POINT WHERE CONNECTION CAN BE MADE
WITH THE SANTA FE AND OTHER LINES OF RAILROADS THAT MAY DE
SIRE TO USE IT.
In the scries of articles, of which this is the last, The Herald has endeavored to
point out to our citizens the tremendous importance of the public control and proper de
velopment of "San Pedro harbor.
It is the most important matter in the future development of the city — more im
portant even than the Owens river water proposition. As vital as that is, the city could
have secured water from other sources, although, of course, not in the quantity and so
cheaply as from the Owens river, but the proper control and improvement of San Pedro
harbor represents absolutely the only possibility of our city ever becoming a great com
mercial center of national and international maritime commerce.
Whatever the city may spend in the improvement of the harbor will be returned to
it and to Southern California a hundred-fold in the enhancement of values and increased
growth of the city and surroundiutr country.
SUMMARY OF THE DAY'S NEWS
LOCAL
Former Mayor William H. Workman re
ceives second letter from blackmailers, threat
ening "death. ' '
Nick Oswald testifies about breaking up of
conspiracy to protect redllght district.
Albert Ryan displays cold-blooded Indiffer
ence toward fate of two men he killed.
Western Federation miners on aqueduct strike
over reduced pay.
Two men Injured In auto accident rest com
fortably at hospital.
Consolldatlonlsts train guns on San Pedro.
Chauffeur I charged with killing woman
bound over to superior court.
Judge D. K. Trash; tells members of Jeffer
son club present system of taxation Is not
equitable.
Harry Q. Parker, assistant city engineer,
drowned at mouth of outfall sewer.
SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 7, l!) 00.
FORECAST
For Los Angeles and vicinity: F?ir
Saturday; light north wind, changing
to south. Maximum temperature yes.
terday, 81 degrees; minimum, 59
degrees.
COAST
Board of Inquiry investigates charges against
repair department at Mare Island navy yard.
KASTEKN
Commercial organization at Ogden, Utah,
flies petition with Interstate commerce com
mission Bilking for low rate (or Inttr-Mountajln
Fair association. - . ■-
Champ' Clark, leader of minority in house
■... -. . :
T. E. GIBBON
of representatives at Washington, declares
Democrats were more united on conference
report of tariff than the Republicans.
Struggle of Hairy Thaw to regain his free
dom will end today, but there is no Indication
how contest will result.
lawyers engaged In second Inquiry into Lieu
tenant Button's death become Involved in
hcatod controversy.
President Taft arranges his Itinerary for his
trip of 13,000 miles over the United States.
Chicago carmen vote In favor of strike, and
general tleup seems Imminent.
FOIIEIGX
Japan notifies powers that she will begin
repair work on Autung-Mukden railway at
once without China's consent.
Strikers In Stockholm relax their position
and many return to work.
WEALTHY WIFE OF
ST. LOUIS PLUNGER
NOW UNDER ARREST
■SB>. tJ' ,4
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ST. LOUIS, Aug. 6.—Marion Dwight !
Fortner, who made a rapid rise j
in this city from key clerk in a j
hotel to son-in-law of a multi-million- j
aire and then got into trouble through j
real estate operations of the frenzied I
type, is on his way here from Cher
bourg, France, in charge of Detective j
McMullen to answer to an alleged $12,
--000 forgery.
Fortner came here a few years ago
from Memphis and became clerk in
the Hotel Jefferson, where he met and
married Miss Katheryn Handle, daugh
ter of a wealthy manufacturer, over
the protests of her family. He quit
the hotel and went into the real es
tate business, operating on a big scale.
He left suddenly and his affairs were
found to be in a tangled condition. He
was located in Europe and a detective
sent after him.
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RENEW CONTEST
FOR FREE PORT
CONSOLIDATIONISTS TURN TO
SAN PEDRO
Committees Continue Campaign to Se.
cure Third City to Form Greater
Los Angeles—Final Rally
Planned
The splendid success attained by the
consolidation lories in the Wilmington
election has made friends of the great
free harbor and Greater Los Angeles
confident that Kan Pedro will vote
overwhelmingly in favor of consolida
tion at the election Thursday.
But the campaign is being carried on
with characteristic energy on the part
of the consolidation committees of Los
Angeles and San Pedro, and oven
though flushed with victory achii ved
in the first battle, no spirit of overcon
fidence is'being shown anywhere in the
rank's of the friends of the measure.
In the San Pedro fight consolidatlon
ists realize they will have determined
opposition on the part of the corpora
tions through agents in the harbor city
to contend against, and every move of
the opposition will be watched. At
headquarters in the Chamber of Com
merce building the report was received
yesterday from San Pedro that op
ponents of the measure were urging
voters in the harbor city, to vote
against consolidation, on the ground
that it would be wise to wait for two
years and see if Los Angeles kept the
promises made to Wilmington, and also
to see if consolidation proved a real
benefit to Wilmington.
Suicide to Wait
This advice was not received with
favor by the thinking classes of San
Pedro, who could soe readily that if
San Pedro waited two years to <ome
into Los Angeles. Wilmington by that
time would he the seaport, with a deep
harbor and commerce that could never
be taken from it; that factories and
industries located at the head of the
inner harbor would be located perma
nently there, and that portion of the
consolidated city known as Wilmington
would be so far in advance of San Pe
dro that the latter could never regain
its prestige and would be completely
sidetracked in the march of progress.
"Why, it would be absolutely sui
cidal for San Pedro to refuse to come
in now," said a large property holder
of San Pedro yesterday. This man, by
the way, had anti-consolidation lean
ings hefore the Wilmington election
"San Pedro would be completely off
the commercial map if it failed to avail
itself of the benefits of consolidation
since Wilmington has joined with Los j
Angeles. The Inner harbor could be
developed in a few years, and all the
shipping would go to that place, which
would moan that all of the business
would be centered there. San Pedro
would be left In the clutches of the cor
porations, but Mith no .business and
absolutely no commerce of importance.
The town would he simply a whistling
post for the steamers passing up to the
real harbor. Wilmington has forty-two
streets extending to the bay, and now
that the town has voted to consolidate
with Los Angeles, there is no danger
of power ever being given to corpora
tions to bottle up the harbor at that
place."
To Hold Final Rally
The sentiments of the speaker are
shared today by scores of men in San
Pedro who formerly thought that San
Pedro would refuse to consolidate with
Los Angeles. But the map of the bay
already has been changed, and the Im
provements that will be made in the
inner harbor is quickly as possible will
make a port at Wilmington that the
world soon will know.
Arrangements are being perfected
for the grand mass meeting and rally
at San Pedro next Tuesday night, when
the consolidation forces will close their
campaign. This meeting will be the
largest of the entire campaign, and will
be attended, by hundreds of voters in
San Pedro and many friends of con
solidation In this city.
ciMff I'" 1 rOPiil.V. DAILY, 2ej suxday, so
OilMj»-L<lli \s\Jtr JLUiS. ON trains, 0 ce^ts
BLACK HAND MAKES
SECOND THREAT IN
PLOT TO BLACKMAIL
Former Mayor Workman Warned
of Certain Death by Conspirators
for Notifying the Police of At
tempt to Extort Money
CHIEF DISHMAN'S MEN, HEAVILY
ARMED, STAND GUARD AT HOUSE
Detectives Baffled by Mysterious Missives Thought
to Have Been Sent by Members of Notorious
New York Band Operating in Los Angeles.
Believed Others Are Victims
FOLLOWING previously delivered threatening letters with one
still more menacing than before, the mysterious blackmailer
whose attempts to extort money from former Mayor William
H. Workman, 357 South Boyle avenue; E. W. Barrett, capitalist,
543 South Boyle avenue, and Warren Wilson, owner of the Los
Angeles Journal, 517 South Boyle avenue, as was yesterday related
exclusively in The Herald, delivered another threatening notice at
the home of W. 11. Workman, in which the most horrible penalties
are promised on account of the revelation of the blackmailer's letters.
The letter left yesterday threatened the immediate destruction
of Mr. Workman and contained enraged references to the criminal
designs of the writer. Murder and arson were the least of the out
rages promised and demands for money were reiterated. Following
the last message Chief of Police Dishman detailed special detectives
of known courage and ability to watch the Workman home, and lynx
eyed men from the central station, with others specially hired, lurk in
the wooded property near the former mayor's residence and scan care
fully all who. approach the vicinity. Trained mantrackers are pitting
their cunning against the craftiness of the daring criminal, who, in
the face of watching and exposure, was able to leave a message at the
Workman home and all the arts known and used in the hounding of
society's outlaws are being brought into play in an effort to put an
end to the reign of terror in Boyle avenue.
ASSISTANT CITY
ENGINEER KILLED
SWEPT INTO SEA THROUGH
MOUTH OF SEWER
Henry G. Parker, Bridge Expert of
Municipality, Falls in Outfall
Chamber and Is Carried
Out to His Death
Henry G. Parker, 40 years old, as
sistant city engineer, of 3U25 Foster
street, fell into one of tile large cham
bers at the Los Angeles outfall Bi wer
at Hyperion station, near Playa del
Key. late yesterday afternoon and was
drowned. The body was swept out into
the ocean and was recovered shortly
afterward by two fishermen from
Ocean P.irk.
Just how the accident occurred ie not |
known. Parker, who lias been an as- i
si.stant engineer tor the city of I.oa
Angeles for the last live years, in the
charge of the bridge department, went
to Hyperion yesterday to supervise
the construction of gates at the outer
chamber of the sewer.
He had discussed details of the work
with Inspector Charles F. Derby, who
is in charge of the work there, and
later entered one of the chambers for
the purpose of attending to the plac
ing of one of the gates being con
structed to keep in the sewage.
There were eight or ten workmen em
ployed there at the time, but none
seems to have noticed Parker when he
went into the outer end of the sewer.
It is believed, he missed his footing and
fell into the rushing waters.
Two fishermen who were a short dis
tance, down the boach noticed the body
as it rose and fell mi the waves, and,
obtaining a boat, they put out to sea
and towed It back to shore.
The sewer workmen notified the
coroner at Los Angeles and the body
was ordered taken to the undertaking
establishment of O. A. Kirkelle at
Ocean Park, where an inquest will be
held at 10:30 o'clock this morning.
The accident was reported to City
Engineer Hamlin after the coroner had
been notified and he will make an In
vestigation as to the manner in Which
Parker was drowned.
"Mr. Parker was a valuable and con
scientious man," said Engineer Hamlin,
"and his death is a great loss."
Henry G. Parker was born in Minne
sota and came to California when he
was 7 years old with his parents, his
father being a clergyman. The family
settled at Santa Ana, where Parker
was graduated from the Santa Ana
high school. From the high school
he entered the University of California
at Berkeley and was graduated with
third highest honors, in a large class
in 1890.
After leaving college Parker became
bridge engineer for the Denver & Rio
Grande railroad, resigning a position
with that railroad to become assistant
city engineer for Los Angeles.
During the last three years Parker
had been in the charge of the bridge |
department for the city. He designed
the bridges which are being built over
the river at Macy street, the large
bridge at Seventh street and drew the
plans for the Buena Vista street bridge.
When the outfall sewer was wrecked
by a blowout some time ago Parker
took charge of its reconstruction.
George B. Robinson, a civil engineer
in the city engineer's office, wl
classmate at Berkeley with Parker and
will assist City Engineer Hamlin in
investigating the accident.
"Mr. Parker was one of the best en
gineers on the Pacific const." said Rob
inson, "and his untimely deatli is a sad
blow to us."
The dead man leaves a wife and two
small children.
The funeral arrangements will not
be made until after the inquest.
*^ CENTS
Neither Chief Dishman nor any
member of the police department would
give out any statement yesterday in
regard to the blackmailing operations
on the east side and regret was ex
pressed that the affair had managed to
leak out because of the possible chance
of catching the writer of the threaten
ing letters. However, several seasoned
detectives hinted that it was a good
thing that publicity had been given the
matter, as it would put all in the
neighborhood on the watch for sus
picious characters and might lead to
the disclosure of some important clew
which would result in the immediate
arrest of the person sought.
"Uncle Billy" Workman expressed
surprise that the attempt made to in
timidate him had become public and
refused to give out any statement in
regard to the new letter received otlrcr
than intimating that a new opportunity
to catch the sender of the letters would
shortly occur.
Whether the fiend who threatens the
lives of three of the most prominent
citizens of I."- Angeles In an attempt
to extort money is desperate enough to
attempt to carry his threats into exe
cution remains to be seen, but if he
should, his intended victims are in no
danger, for every member of the fam
ilies concerned is carefully shadowed
by protectors who are apt to shoot first
I and inquire later.
Letters Are Genuine
That the letters are no hoax or work
of a feeble mind is evidenced by the
elaborate precautions taken to protect
the lives of those threatened, and men
detailed to guard duty remember that
several recent Black Hand murders In
New York were prefaced with just
such warnings which when not heeded
resulted in death by assassination even
when the recipient of the threatening
letters was carefully ' watched and
guarded.
With the advent of the noiseless re
volver and rifle through the use and
sale of the Maxim silencer, assassina
tion from a long distance in a place
where the murderer might gain a point
of vantage and tire when undetected Is
much more feasible than ever before.
The tact that also there Is a more wide
spread knowledge of the use of terrible
explosives and deadly poisons makes
the work of watching for murderous
attempts harder than ever before. For
these reasons unusual precautions are
being observed for fear that the writer
of the letters represents some desperate
and powerful branch of the Black Hand
societies and may feel that he. has
nothing to lose because there already
is a price upon his head.
It is the theory of the detectives that
the blackmailer is no one acquainted
with the life and habits of those who
are threatened with destruction if they
fail to pay over a fortune for black
mail, and he is thought to be in no
way familiar with the households to
which the letters were addressed. The
reason for this theory is primarily that
a letter was sent t > Warren Wilson,
who is now traveling with his family
in Europe, and it may be the foreign
malefactor who has recently arrived in
the community searched for three pros
perous appearing families in the Boyle
avenue community and chose the lo
cation on account of the nature of the
surrounding country.
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BREAKS JAIL TO BRING
WIFE TO LIVE NEAR CELL
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Convict Makes Sure His Spouse Is
Close to Prison, Then Gives
Himself Up
MAUYSVILLK. Cal., Aug. 6.—Fear-
Ing that his wife might forget him
should she live in another town during
his incarceration, J. Edwards, a pris
oner In the Butte county jail, broke
out of prison today, hastened to this
city and took his wife with him to
Butte. where he surrendered to the
sheriff and returned to his cell.
He told the sheriff he was willing to
serve additional time if necessary now
that he felt more certain his wlfo
would be waiting for him when he got
qpt.

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