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Editorials NewsBusiness Society The Drama Southeru California Interests lit ik A at i 1 irvnf Tf i minvT I ft tha Flrrftl SATURDAY MORNING. MARCH 27. 1920. PART II: lb City DlraMtary yoL. xxxix.

t. Loses Desperate Fight zvith Slayer, PICTURE DOCTOR IND WOMAN STRANGLED WITH HER OWN CHEMISE. AS A CAVE MAN. FLOWERS JURY CANNOT AGREE. Seven to Five for Conviction After Five Hours.

CHARGES THEFT IN BURGE RAID. Jtuser Says He Lost Gems, Liquor and Clothing. Osteopath Choked His Wife, Her Witnesses Slate. Methodist Choir Singers in Panel Discharged and Case will be lie-tried. Contested Divorce Case.

Husband Denies Charges of 'Dugout" Fditor Assailed by State as Menace. Brutality and Sulking. It may have been temperament or it may have been an exemplification of the old axiom that no love Commissioner Says He Knows Nothing About Them. ill Tale His Case to Grand Jury, He Declares. IVed Buser, one of tin men arrested lii llm historic nUil by Police Commissioner Burge on the premise Mt 51" West Third street an part of Mr.

Burse's drive against the "renal and corrupt police deportment," reported to the pollre yesterday that In the course of the raid he was nAbed of gcnis. liquor and clothing valued at several hundred dollars, Hnx-r's report tinted the following articles stolen- One while sapphire weighing about 1 carats, net In platinum. This udh Jerked from the platinum chain, which was left. After five mid a half hours of deliberation the Jury trying Sydney It. Flowers, editor nf the Dugout, on the charge of criminal syndicalism, disagreed uud was.

discharged lV Judee Houser. last night. stood even to five for conviction. Tho will be retried at a date yet to Victim of Lover's Jealousy Lies Dead in Her Room Three Days Before Discovery; Horticulturist Held. George Fredericks, chauffeur, 41 yeais old, one the two other men sought by the police in connection with the strangling of Mis.

Ruby Reed, was arrested at his apartment, 728 West Seventh street, St 1 a.m. today by Detective Sergeants O'Brien and Winn. He is held in the City Jail on suspicion of murder, as also is Spencer Poynter, arrested earlier. Strangled with 1kt own chemise. Ruby Reed, a divorcee, o7 vears of age.

w.is found murderr in her room in the Bonnie Hrae Apartments, 681 South Bonnie Brae street, last night, by her girl chum, Miss Myra Feet of the sair.r address. The murder occurred late Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning, according to the police. The slaving Is believed by the detectives to have been the fruit of JealiniNv on the rt of an unknown lover. tpen-er I'oynter. amount tree mirgcoii.

wlM live at 72 South Main atreet. arrested fin eiipM lon of murder after he had told th detetlvc Unit he had vllti-d Mr, lleed In hbr apartnwnt on Tuewlay nlRht. leavlntt aliout 1 1 o'elia-L after a late eup-ncr with her. The detective alo are eeklnt another man. I'oynter was aiwtetl under MKnlticunt clminwuiMi.

He calli-d tip the woman' apartment, after the pollne arrlvitl then lt night and In-n Hired how fche wa. He wan Informed by the landlady that he was very III nnd wished to nee him. He arrived a few later und wnc take Into entdv. He told the police he year old and was a wi I lor on the t'nlted State submarine at San IVdro durlna the war. receiving i.i- Mv 7 lata.

He detiariHl he nutliiiii; of the killing. il true without aud making un, but In Jhe case of attractive Anna Catherine Gustason, she tired of the reputed cave-man methods of her husband. Dr. David George Gustason, an osteopath, and yesterday sought a divorce in Judge frail's 'J" i o. I A 1 1 1 i' 4 tin Denutv District Attorney Stafford closed his argument for the prosecution at p.m..

and after the court's Instructions, the Jury retired. Six ballots wese taken, the t.rst bring to four for conviction and the second mid rest seven court. She gave a long recital of her the hands of her woes, ineludinc two Instances of D'liot cKa firl tirtlfal tralltntnnt Ml to live. No names of mose vmhhk. IOW'1 thn nf her husliand.

One in-1 fur acquittal were disclosed. crs. represented 'y Aiiunuw One white sapphire weighing about i Beardsley. assigned to the case A. Meservo, president of the Lou S-H of a carat, wliich was rlcd from a ring; Uie rtne mk taken.

Angelen linr Association, did not Two pnlni silk socks. No. 9, new. take rhc st.tnd. Witnesses in behalf dei Uuod that ho expeetea id accomplish the overthrow or wie government in favor of the worhers by peaceful means tuivliiR he left the winnan when alio told him she exiNNliil nmrther caller.

The prosecution. on inc chief, covered with blisul ami thrust The isillce have the name. uddre hand, showed by witnesses that iron and description of another man nlium they esit to arrest lit a feu hour. They ure also a unions to locate Mrs. Heed's former husband, from whom she wan divorced In San I'raiH'lsco nlxnit sit months ngo.

He 1 In I Anrcles. according to cl ient occurred in the First -Met h-j oULst Church, where Dr. Gustason and his wife were members of the choir, and another In Wcstlake Ptirk. In both instances, wl-nesses testified, they discovered the doctor choking his 'tractive wife. Mrs.

Gustason declared her hn.s-bund virtually kept her a prisoner in a hotel room during the evening-. His argument was that she roiild rest up for work in the morning. She Ir employed as a stenogmpher by a well-known wealthy man. She said her husband would not allow her to have friends. During her married life she had been allowtd to go to only one motion-picture show.

Kho related. He compelled her to est at cheap cafes, she complained, and used her money to pay the. MM, and whenever she crossed him he would pout. Other witnesses testified that he sulked. STRUGGLE IN CHURCH.

Cr.rl Uronson, choir leader and teacher, testified that he heard an uproar during choir rehearsal and discovered Dr. Gustason and Mrs. far down the throat. Her neck wa hrol.cn mid lirc still the hliie-black minis of the slayer's tlngers. The Vletrola top waa still up and a record on the The detec lives believe that the Instrument mav have been playing while ths dentil struCKle wax going on.

Reeordl from the cabinet were strewn about the floor. fin the bureau top was a note from a taxi-driver which had had a money Inclose of $15. The note had been opened and the money taken out. friends of Mrs. Herd, ami may know something of her associates.

Mrs. Ifuby Reed. yr. l'lowersa own statements anu public addresses he favored force, If necessary, to accomplish the soviet movement Mr. Stafford declared in his argument that the people of this country are entitled to protection against internal and external abuse and that while Flowers served as a soldier, hi Mews after he returned from war and his alleged expressions to citizens stamped him in favor of the movement fathered by Lenine in Russia.

After the jury bad retired. It sent for the cartoon published in the September nutflher of the Dugout showing a dog, three fleas, one marked capitalistic, and a sea, styled revo A possible motive for the crime was (iiscovereu unmi, shortly before midnight When they I. fill per pair, black, taken from trunk. Twelve pints of Melrose bonded whisky, taken "from under lock and key." Three canary birds, all In one cage. One revolver, BVRGE PrTlPRlSDD.

Mr. Burge was surprised to learn of the charges made by Buser regarding his valuables. "I don't see how that could have happened. There, were eight officers In the house with me. and after Sergt.

Glfford and his police officers arrived, and helped in the search, 1 suggested that a man be left to guard the place." Qifford, now a lieutenant, and the men with him set Up an alibi on the ubject of the canaries and the bonded whisky They declared that they did not arrive at tire house until the afternoon, while the commissioner and his men were in possession of the niace as early as 10 o'clock that morning TO THE GRAND JURT. "Von are reported saying that you will not disclose your evidence to th Mayor or the commission, but will take It to the grand Jury, is that correct. Mr. Burge?" he was asked. plwed together nits in paper, uimn.

In a vase in the room, to reninstmit u.ner aimed bv Mrs. Reed, ad CHINESE UNDER ARREST. Supposed Author of Police I fold-up Plot Taken; New Confession Secured. dressed to "Bobble," and containing endearing terms. The imllw theory Mrs.

Anna Gustason. lution, and the copies or tne uugoui offered dining the trial. Gustason in a struggle in the nase-ment of the church. He said he forced Dr. Gustason away from tho CHRISTIAN GUILTY.

with Little tiirl's Story of Trip Convicts Him. la that the murderer enteren tne apartment, saw the letter and became enraged Uion tlie realliatUm that another man shared tho woman's love. The murder was discovered nv Mis Peet, when, not having heard from Mrs. lteed for several days, she went to her cITGm's apartments with her friend. Clarence A.

Austin of the Aiislln-Muruhy Company, building contractors of Pasadena Finding the door locked, they summoned Mrs. Anna Toucclnne, the tanrfiariv- who onened the door. In declare, however, that both Mrs. Elliott and tli" Hiowu woman assisted in planning the rubbery and were In a second automobile with Patrolman O'Uara and intended to decoy Patrolman Torres, the ottlcer on the beat, from the vicinity of the house that wss entered. CHINAMAN HUNTED.

While Police lietectives Cllne, The Jurors were James m. ira-hani, Howard Hill. Henry F. King, Mrs. Murv K.

Hlythe. Mrs. Frances S. Meudell, J. J.

Ciirruthers. Walter Peverentix, Thotnns VV. Newman, Damuel 11. Hall. Mjr- Helen P.

Rush, K. Vance Hill. -Mrs. Frances W. Johnson.

CARSON HEIRESS TO Lee llins. a Chinebe drus peddler believed by the police to be the uu thor of the Chinatown robbery plot for which two police officers, another man and two women ate now confined in the City Jail, was captured late last night by Tollce Lieutenant Mcintosh and officers of the Chinatown squad. Borne hours earlier wife. Another witness testified she saw a couple struggling in the park and when she remonstrated, calling the man a brute, he replied. "Why, this is mv wife." She said the two were Dr.

Gustason and Mrs. Gustason. Dr. Gustason wrote his wife in one letter in evidence; "I wonder why there Is anything but happiness in thU world. To err i- in forsrive la divine, an The police learned from C.

Hausman, who occupies the apartment directly beneath Mrs. Reed's, that he had heard sounds of scuf- fling In the murdered woman" apartments, shortly after midnight on Tuesday. Nn one visited the apartment on Wednesday or Thursday, the landlady said, and although Miss Peet tried to call her friend en the telephone pn those days, she fulled to elicit response. Yes terday afternoon the landlady brought some people to Mrs. Reed's apartment on the third floor to show them the rooms with s.

view to renting them, as Mrs. Reed had said that she might vacate her apart ment soon. They looked In the parlor of the apartment, which con- sists of a parlor, bedroom, and I kitchenette and hath, but found everything In confusion and retired without looking into the bedroom. Detective Sergeant James Cllne of the police identification bureau made tlnger-prlnts from the Vletrola records and the murdered woman's wearing apparel, in the hope that a clew to the murderer's Identity lay there. The main apartment was minutely examined for some article Hlckok, Whin, O'Hrlen and others were searching the city for Earl White and his wife, both of whom WED RAIL-MAN'S SON.

the bedroom they found Mrs. Reed's Telling of a trip she made to Imperial Vaey with J. T. Christian, on trial in Judge Craig's court on a statutory charge, Jennie Gross, aged 13, yesterday testified against the man she said she loved. The offense is alleged to hsve been committed on July 1.

11. The caw. was argued by Deputy District Attorney Unnilull and M. G. Phillips and John 8.

Cooper, defense counsel. The jury was out twenty-six minute, and returned a verdict of guiliy against Christian. the police say took an active part in body. WW Ralph K. Chllds.

one or tne quintette previously arrested for the rob-hery. at the Chinese residence at fifl North Los Angeles street, broke you forgive and forget, even if the pathway Is unpleasant at times. IHIUI ua. tho holdup. Police Lieutenant Mc Vm, why shouldn't "Can you state when you will take your evidence to the grnnd Jury?" "No, but nut (is soon as we piece It all together, why, we found some stock certificates, that had been torn tip and thrown on a nearby roof.

We piecing them together now. Oth-er evidence is cominc in and only today Commissioner Wilson told me (Continued on Twelfth Page.) door and summoned the police, nFTTtOTII.M, OF MISS GRACE Ti Ititnah 1,, I'lL-ircA of Ihf. I'blnittown Read Kipling n. ana down and confesiied after he had hat we are all human, it is c.i.DWi:ix axi thomas been questioned sit hours by I. nici 1'tMJl'I'll KNOWN.

i you to be true ann anecuoiimr. hope we may share these blessings. of Police Home. In his statement. Chllds implicated Patrolmen Mor Mav we?" The betrothal of Miss Grace "ald- timer and O'Uara.

now under arre.t, and Mrs. Jessie Klllott and Madge "HAPPY WITHOUT TOL." In reply Mrs. Gustason wrote her well arid Thomas Cooper, Botn oi Hiliiad, was hunting for Hlng, be-1 DESPERATE btki i.ui-i.. CHII.HO of information furnished the when the police arrived, they police bysjhe Chinese victims of the folin(a the apartment In wild con-pnlit omen-bandit gang. He was sur- uOB indicating that Mrs.

Reed prised in his room. He hail been I A Waged a silent death struggle known in Chinatown as a dangerous w((n nawiiii before site vie gunman. His room was located on and garmtcd. Tlie Rose street, near First street. When Mn on the floor besltk the officers smashed their way Into 'bedroom, clad In i- his room.

Lee Hlng was found d- which had been torn. Around mg behind a door. He was under was twlste.1 a silk the Influence of drugs and an auto- Vn l.Tinoiith was man's handker- At Brown, who had been taken into custody following the first confes hit city, was mado known yester. husbands I tinve lone since forgotten you. mv IvtiKB Paldwell is trie Haiign- sion made by Mortimer.

ter of Mrs. Virclnia la. Caldwell and and I hope you have done likewise. Althouah Childs told tbe police of grand-dnuchter of the ial You and I are strangers, ana i the ride to the Chinese house and the manner in which the offlrers pained Ictoria 1). de Carson, who died in going to tell you right nere ami (Continued on Seventh Page.) 917.

leaving a large estate. admission to the place, he denied he ow that never warn i IWEWliniifliiiiiiii Miss Caldwell is a don or tne Central Station. Lieut. Mclntosn analn. I'm getting along morn nai- took a part In the actual holdup and hletoric Dominiums family wnicn until the found several bundles of cocaine stated that Ji inougni ow owiim he lomingue jiancno.

Thursday hidden In his clothes. He was booked time of arrest early pilv without you. uoni nic any more letters, for 1 don want to read them." Dr. Gustason, who was called to the stand near the close of court, morning that the whole affair was a regular police raid. These parts of They are descendants of one of the notable PnanlKh families which da'es hack to the days before the Armada ESTABt JSH E01880 Childs's statements, declares Chief enled hla wire's iw on a charge of highway robbery.

Hlng is charged with first laying tho plot to rob the Chinese. He had been ejected from tho North Los Angeles street house, and to avenge the Insult, It Is charged, he went to Mrs. Jespie Elliott and laid hla scheme before her. explaining that a raid on the place would net $30,000. will resume ln evinence fternoon.

He Is represent uj Frank J. Hart in Spain. Cristobal Uomingnes, a of noble lineage, received a Rtant of f.2,000 acres, includiiifi the present California from the King of Spain ns reward for valor ta battle. He sent his son. Attorney McLaughlin.

Mrs. otiata- A Pleasant Dining-Room Lends Flavor to the Meal Home, are not true, as tlie man was Identified by nine of the Chinese victims as one of the bandits who entered the house. Aftef Chllds had made his statement. Mrs. Jessie Elliott was questioned by Chief Home, but she refused to say anything.

The police OVTHEmiTALlFOIlKIA son's attornevg are Konen. uutu awiu Georgia P. Bullock. (Continued on Sevejnth PagA.) RETAILERS SIGHTSEEING. Manuel Domlngues.

to manure nif estate for him In 1820 and Manuel built the original home of the family here. Some 39,000 acres of the grant yet remain. 334 SQUTa BRQADYWI. Auti.z,o. tern.

RAINFALL NEARING NORMAL Research Association Convention la thish tn rin-eii is a cousin or in Session Here. mm mm Henry Hanrahan. who, until ner marriage In the autumn, was Mis" Valeria Carson, and of Miss tJladys Following Is the precipitation up Visiting members of tlie Retail cirinn. Hh is a eraduate of Marl to 5 o'clock p.m. yesteroay; bornnah Hchool and bas oeen on Research Aaaoclatlon now In convention here with their wive toured the 34 bra, Brawin.

11.43 of the most popular girig in in' laV.t v-ar. 12. IS 'II the natural water channel that traverses the northern part of the city, ran bankftil this morning and there was threatened danger of a flood for a time with breaking of the banks. Later In the day the peak of the flood passed and the danger of flooding the northern part of the cltv waa averted, unless more rain 17.71 Mr. Cooner Is a real estate op.

cities and beachea around La An- s.w .1.1 .17 .11 eratur. the son of Mr. H. II. Cooper of the pouthern Pacific Railroad and a brother of John C.

Cooper. He Anstlea raftjdma Sat, rtrotade RaildtKlO vunhatun HarmuN. TSTUM 13 SrftlDO Suits Monies Venice galea yesterday and visited several motion-Picture studios in the after-Thev were the guests of Mr rraduate of tne cniversiry Did you ever consider how much your surroundings, when eating, influence the value of your food? A dull, cheerless dining-room will often mar an otherwise perfect meal. May we help you to have a dining-rdom in perfect harmony? TERMS TO SUIT INDIVIDUAL REQUIREMENTS Complete Home Furnishers vr n. Rullock at a noon California and Is prominent in sn-claty and In bimlneas circles.

luncheon given ai Hotel. s.ot Ana No date has been aet tor me Elu ih, nortv will uri.v s.vo, V.M 10.03 7.M 12. ta II. S.1'4 II. US vi 11.411 comes.

Dits to the storms of ths past few days, ths creeks and Irrigation ditches are carrying all ths water thny can hold. TLHlNORPl FILLING, frxcuisrns dispatch.) RIVKRSIDI5. March tS-A short MM lll.M in.si lu.r.s ID. 40 P.4-J 11 tal 10 Ml ess 21.41 11.4a 0 -21 1.0l 1 7 in 7 Ml IS 77 14. IS 7.W1 ri to the orange country.

Kuita Butwa OlMKlaW benf HtHi Mrtr ding. Just berore tnat aay Hanrahan will give a large tea for her cousin. ThPir tour will Include tna ramea an wnn Ktnvaom BakrnfltU lnndidn they will be guests of Mr. Mr NO FEAR' OF CHARGES. IV but smart hailstorm occuired hers Ran Rrrnselino Why Not Get That Victrola Today? Start in right now to enjoy the world's best music.

With a Victrola you can hear at will the kind of music you like best you can have dance music whenever you want to dance; you can have the most famous bands entertain you with their stirring music; you can hear anv music you want to hear. morning. Lake Klslnore ta fill Bullock at tne Inn. Rlnnrntat Omftrd .44 7 .7 nwi.lmr un rapidly, receiving about 3000 tu RncS I IW. State Highway Board fndtsturlied by 1 vl, miner's Inches from the flow of the 1 111 KadUM Kan Otto tlon Includes reprewni.no San Jacinto River.

The Hanta Ana, nvajnaia Former Secretary's Accusations. Ooncerning charges of maladmin ntTerUnS Duo which Invariably gives trouble during periods of freshets, has behaved well this season owing to the gentle goods and department ators of the country. Most of th delegates to the convention are stay-Ins; at the and ths Huntington Catalan .1 CaJon yimvf Pw WarttA- tnia istration made against the California 14lvhm-HV Cnmmimlon bv William hotels In fasaacn. ness of the showers. The Lake Hemet water level has reached nlnetr-elcht feet Hemet ranchers v.

lis. until recently secretarv oi HodlM (ilta FlHMta 19.73 lh c-nmrniiulnn. N. P. Darlington WHOSE OIL WELLS? state that they will not hare to re varieties chairman, said yesterday that the Marked by many board had nothing to fear from any rilactnaurea that Mr.

Ellis mav make; JuriMtlct ion titer Mineral Wealth of weather, the storm which visited all districts of Southern California strewed a goodly quantity of rain end snow over valley and mountain. nJ37 741S0UTP HILL Iwrka la In Question. that the policies and construction procedure of the board havo been nubllclr announced. sort to irrigation before June 1. SNOW IN NORTH.

(KT a. F. DAT FAN FRANCISCO. March Corning as a part of a great storm which swspt Washington. Oregon and California and practically all of the vast plateau region, a snow The ftbard of Tublic Works yes- iinifflminminM Mr.

Rills made the charges In a letter to Oot. Hteohena, In hich he tendered his resignation, and said punctuating Its vibiuj in naiji-" with hall and wind. The rainfall for this cltv during the storm was .42 of an Inch, bringing the predplustlon iha aaunn ud to 11.42 Inches, terdar sent a formal request to City lUjimuuiiiuUllliUUilIliiiiiiiniittu Attorney Burnell for an opinion as ik.i. nrenared for a Mem wnn fall visited many sectlomrof Central the commission. Mr.

Ellis made tns to whether the city or the Park De against .23 Inches for the same date ani 2jorthem California yesterday last year. The normal rainfall for. Rn(1 ltUt depoalUng thirteen rar.l rham or wronl aaminia- ration of the State's highway af this date Is 11. 7. Tne lorecasi is Inches at 6ummlt and coming as partment has the rigni xo oevwup oil wells on park property.

tm HtKit follows the development for fair weather today. faire without giving epecinc aeutiw. r.u Rtenhena arrived In I-os An close to the coast as ML Tamalpals and the Kama Cru Mountains. San Many districts In Southern Califor geles last night and may confer with Mr. uarnngion xoaay on Franciscans awoke today to fin a white mantis on Tamalpals.

while from ban Jose could be seen snow of the plan started by Commissioner Treat when he made an examination of sections of Elyslan Tark and came to tha conclusion that St least forty mr in this nubile domain are nia, are already from nve to nice Inches ahead of last year a record, and some have esceeded the normal FOR SAMUEL SOTIIERN. supply for the whole season, mm flurries far below tns soo-rooc line Prices $25.00 $35.00 $75.00 $125.00 $150.00 $225.00 $275.00 $350.00 Ey Term aArranged We Sell b) Mall Write Toiay Kka.iv la nrnve oll-hearlng lands. Bernardino nam nan im hi tns nius near ma iiwn, i which is almost four Inches more the lower reaches melted a than last year's rainfall for the smeifew hours after It bad fallen. Then followed an Inspection all nf the board accompanied Funeral Services Monday for Brother date. Pomona cimi i incw gierras the snow fairly of Noted Actor.

nif.n IS aV iiiuiw ass.i hr City Engineer Grifltn. and their conclusion. If there are no legal dif-flenltiea In the way. to secure the The funeral of Samuel Solhern, and sending drifts and flurries onintnn nf an oil expert and under tor tns n-, h.i- the BOOO-foot mark, where it k'Sa; i ii irA jr tLi ivi rif I a tk the aeveiopmeni oi wu uiu er two oiawr, nr.lntta- whose death occirred at Beverly Hills last BundajC will be held at the chapel of Oeorge A. Fitch Monday at o'clock p.m., Dean MacCormaek reeord.

may furnish street improrsmsm ma so far has been slight Itlon this season. teriaL meat ef tbe rain soaking deep into! weather Bureau reports said ths tha earth. There has been lltue de- ln0w was packing unususllr well fr OX WORK FOR DEAF. officiating. riinwtr.ar the services.

Frank Col- st ruction ef property by flood wtsrfhlJ particular period, although the tin deaf children ara taught to fa friarM of the family, will ac 11 this season, mm niu" ceptri or the pacs is uiue mora toain wk was axDlainad yesterday after- sredlcU mors showers) daring the half cf normal. company the body to New York City. further services will bs held. ii IA in HUD1 I Ul ini X-BC7II1U Coast school of tip Reading by Miss a1 otxt tea day. FlaOOD AVERTED.

a at ailwafa avntal1 aaT fW Ths rain which preceded ths snsw m-aa haartest from Frssne to Baksrs- itinnstt. who for twenty-Ore years h. adV wIM take erd tha tnroctlon deat'm-brothe, of gTSt aUaJ feld snd Ugbtsst In aWerthsrn Call faOCOrsnw PlaTATCn 1 FRZaCfO. lalarch Ivr-Prr Crssk. fornia.

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