October 7, 1909: Pedro Vasquez was arrested by Detective Talamantes for stealing two pairs of trousers. After the jurors convicted Vasquez,  they took up a collection so he could buy a shirt since he didn’t have one. 

Actress Nellie V. Montgomery wins a divorce from chauffeur C. Percival King …  A dispute between a woman and her uncle over some lace handkerchiefs ends in a brawl at his tailor shop … Charles F. Hockett enlisted in the Navy and when he was recently on leave in Los Angeles, told his wife he wasn’t coming back to her.

Readers of the 1947project will recall that on Aug. 23, 1907, Detective Felipe Talamantes helped arrest Ricardo Flores Magon, Librado Rivera, Antonio Villareal and L. Gutierrez De Lara on charges of trying to overthrow the Mexican government.