The New York Herald Newspaper, September 5, 1873, Page 3

THE KELSEY MYSTERY. The Theory About Floating Re- mains Settled. : Stronger Belief in the Identity of the Corpse ‘with Kelsey. Important Evidence ot A. T. Hurd. HE SAW THE OUTRAGE COMMITTED. Samples of the Kelsey Poetry and Letters. VIEWS OF AN ANTI-TAR MAN. Opinions of a Presbvterian Clergyman. OysTer Bay, L, 1, Sept. 4, 1873, ‘To-morrow the remains of Kelsey will be buried from the Second Presbyterian church of Hunting- ton. It will be a large and significant funeral. Within the last two days the belie/ bas dtepenea that the remains found in Oyster Bay are those of the missing man, but there is a suficiently numer- ous class left who still doubt and cling to the opinion that Kelsey is alive somewhere on this planet. A simple experiment was Overlooked after the Coroner’s inquest was cated, and the doctors came on the stand to theorize on the question whether the legs of a man were capable of foating in water. This was to put the remains in water in the presence of the Jury and settle the matter at once. That test was tried to-day, and the remains floated in the man- mer described by the fishermen who discovered them. No more need of theories on that head. A STATEMENT CORRECTED. Tgave the statement the other day on the au- thority of a prominent citizen of Huntington that acolored man named Abraham Stevens had de- clared he heard Chariot! Kelsey, sister of Charles, say “It took two hours for me ana Bill to scrape the tar off Charley.” This, if true, would certainly be a powerful argument against the theory of murder, mutilation or sul- cide. If the tar were scraped off why should so much be found on the remains claimed to be his? If he were mutilated, the tar would have been his winding sheet and neither sister nor brother would have been called upon to deliver him from it. Had, he determined ‘on suicide 1t would be a matter of little moment to him, whether he went down to a watery grave with a clean cuticle or not. The colored man, Abraham Stevens, denies ever having heard any such expression as the one here given and credited to Miss Charlotte Kelsey. : AN ANTI-TAR MAN ON THE QUESTION. , “Strange,” Iremarked toa man who belongs to the antitar party, “that nobody in Huntington knows who tarred and feathered Kelsey,” ‘Well,’ he replied, “them fellows that did it hang together like a bunch of shingles. You see, they all com- mune together, belong to the one Church and Sun- @ay school, never get drunk nor tase a drop of any- thing stronger than green tea. You see, if they took a@littie gin and opened their insides they might show us how the whole thing was done. They don’t do nothin’ of this kind. They call us gin suckers and pretend to think we're nobodies. ‘Then they put on high tone, talk religion and turn the whites of their eyes up in holy horror at the idea of tarring and feathering Kelsey. Oh! yes. ‘None of ’em had nothin’ to do withit. They was Jest alookin’ on and some darned cusses from thé country come along ana did the job. They all hap- pened there by accident.” “But see here,” said I, “you don’t suppose that men of such respectability, who, as you say, com- mune or go to the communion table together, who are so meek and guileless and pure of heart, could, Jor one moment, meditate anything like murder {”” “Weil, I know nothin’ about that, but there is no tellin’ what folks may do when their blood’s up. You can't tar and featner a man without malice. ‘There must be a spice of the devil in people who go in for that kind of game. Perhaps you never saw ‘and Injun war dance. Itis as quiet as a Quaker meetin’ in the start, but when the sport’s up and the hollerin’ begins and the tommyhawks git a ourishin’, you may jest look out for some lame Injuns thereabouts, These boys who dia the tarring and feathering got worked up like the In- , funs, and if somebody was jest to cry out, ‘Cut off his nose’ or ‘cut off his ears,’ or anything you like, ‘why somebody else was jest aready to whip out bie knife and do the thing right om That's the ‘Way the Injuns do, : nd we're ail human nature.” The ‘anti-tar” Led are fairly represented by this individual. They have settled down to the belief that Kelsey was made away with, and all the protestations of innocence on the part of those charged with complicity in tue tarring and feather- count for nothing. ster Bay was THE FOOUS OF INTEREST to-day, on account of the character of those who Were subpwnaed to appear before the Coroner. Dr. Bankes and Royal Sammss were left out of the list, as they are under indictment for riot and assault; but John McKay, A. 1. Hurd and Deacon Wo Rohe summoned, and made their appearance, I A TALK WITH HURD, who is the only one I have met who candidly avers that he was present when the tyrring and feather: dug wasdone. He hasabumane face and voice, and is certainly unlike a man who would practice Or enjoy cruelty. He said :— “I was there when they tarred Kelsey at the rear of Mrs. Oakley’s house. There were some six or seven men engaged in the work. They were Masked, and it seemed to me the stuff they jut «on = Kelsey was not tar, but paint, ‘ney had no more than about a quart measure, and just one common paint brus! When the painting was done they shook jall bag of feathers over his head and then ‘Tapped a white cloth around him from the waist @ownwards. it was in this condition he was ex- hibited to the ladies. He made lite or no resist- ance, and when they gave hint his clothes he started of in the difection of his home. It he was mutilated it must have been alter this, for he made Do outcry; vut the men who painted him dit when the work,was over; they hooted and shouted and called to the ladies to louk at him; I took no part ia the transaction.” Deacon Wood has already told iis story, and Mr, Joyn McKay complaining that he still: suifers from iiness, declines tu say more than that he came on tie scene when the vig was accomplished. Agaip, may I ask, Who did the tarring and feather- ing? That nigat there was A POLITICAL MEETING, at which a great many of the citizens were pres- ent, Those who are charged with the oftence ‘under consideration were absent, though in the Batural line of occurrence they were morally cer- tain to attend. If somebody with a preternatar- ally sharp memory could only remember ail who Were abvsent—for everybody in a village is supposed to go to a meeting of this kind—ve might be able to make a rough guess at the persons most likely to have been actively concerned in the transaction of the 4th of November. it must all come out some day, and if murder were committed justice, ‘Which is ‘eternai, will, sou; mdi: wed. 1 ner or later, be vindi THE KELSEY CORRESPONDENCE. Having heard irom many respectable people Much about the obscenity of Kelsey's letters to Miss Smith I determined to see the letters, and also the cartes de visite said to have been sent het. Alter quite @ search, appiying to this one and that, who were reputed to be in possession of the correspondence, said to number o great many letters, 1 have at last found the offending few. I have examined those which are unfit jor blication—unfit for circulation in a brothel--with ¢ ones which will bear reading by decent people. On be! of Kelsey it is put forward that he never ‘was the author of these obscene letters, tha’ an body counterfeited tis handwriting a oon: cocted the vile compositions for the ure Poet of injuring his prospects with its mith, After looking carefully through them i am of opinion that the one hand traced all the letters. It is hardly possible to reach any other conclusion. Some of the verses and some of the prose propositions are infamous enough to call for any ponisoment. I find, however, no date nor mame except the signature ‘“Carthalo.” The en- lope in which several of these letters and ie 8 of verges are enci is stamped “New York.” Kelsey was a poet;” and as » sample of bis in- ‘NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1873.—TRIPLE SHEET. pocnene ir ialye: the Seoving verses, TO LILLY. bk lighs i Its bright, celestiat beams Like star light from the Like ap angel fair thou amid gewearo and rainiow hes, 08 morn is guidi Day to shades that twilight ‘sirows. Frésher than inorning’s May jpy beauty ever ee Load ng a8 the tower: With petals a path for these wigs Shining like the stars With beauty's sacred glows With a constant heart to love thee, Mayest thou onward go. CARTHALO, oe the other side of the sheet was the folldw- Julia, dear, you are @ beautiful girl and I wish the whole world sitould Know It Cling ime any Tovey and Your name und memory will yet be admired. | Don't fear act, darling, You will triumph at last if you do not lose heart. Be @ heroine, Julia, confide’ in me and all will be well. Goodby, darli CARTHALO, So tar I apprehend few will accuse Kelsey of ex- ceeding the bounds ofdecency, however infatuated the expression of an amorous fancy, It seems hardly credibie that the enraptured lover, seeking marriage with the girl whom he addresses, could descend in the very next letter to such a depth of filthy desire. Here is the longest of his letters, to which no ex- ception can be taken. In truta, it might be written by the most modest lover in his moments of in- Jatuation, Why it should be retained among the correspondence deemed obscene is not quite clear, and Oi the really-lewd letters I find but two, but they are bad enougi to damn all the res Dean Jutia—Don't let any one seo this lettes will you, @arling? Julia, my dear girl, if you are willing to be my wile, it does not matter how it is b 4s long ‘as the world knows not of it. You will find in the capacity of wile the swectest of existence. The joy and delight of realized love will repay you for all you have endured to gait . If you will consent to be married 1 will do all 1 promised you. The volume of ‘ou will have a nice jousé built for you. We wiil take a trip to Kurope and isit England aid France. You will then, deary, be the first young lady in, Huntington who has gone t0 Europe and won through her love and heroism a volume of posms which may yet give her a tile to remeinhrance, jut if you wish ‘to wim all this, you must be bold and fearless, throwing aside all tear and shame, and resolutely facing ‘the issue, determined that will suc- ceed. Thi the only way, only hope of gaining el trust, eh gare, seeking. It you are willing in the face with your swect, loving eyes you ought not to be ashamed to come to my arms when a good opportunity presents itself. You will never regret it. Don’t you taink you had better let me see you on some Sunday ‘evening aiter your company has gone. I will meet you in the basement of your house. No-one need Kuow anything about it Tshall never say a word of it You will pe sale, deary. There is no cause for either fear or shame. are doing pertectly right im encouraging one who hasdoue so much for you. and ‘see that your folks do not defeat you and spoil your plans. Should f not see you L will write as usual, and you can Keep company the same asever. You must be shrewd and cover your purposes well if you wish to succeed. Let us see if we cannot get along without any more trouble. I wish to make everything a8 Pleasant to you ast possibly can. I earnesily hope, larling, your dreams of life may be fully realised. i think, shy dear if trust and confidence are placed: in your dream will be realised, ARTHALO. Ifit were possible to convey an idea of the gross character o1 the compositions here suppressed, it would be the universal verdict that Kelsey fully deserved to be tarred and feathered, and there the demands of justice should cease and be satisfied. TALK WITH REV. MR. KNOX, To-morrow being the day set apart for the funeral, aud some uoubt prevailing as to the course the trustees the Second Presbyterian church at Huntington intended to pursue— whether to allow services for the remains to be celebrated in the edifice or not Icalled on Rev. Mr. Knox, the pastor, a youthful looking guide to salvation, hardly more than twen- ty-five years, but no doubt as safe and intelligent a pilot among the rocks and quicksands of religious Jaith as those who claim @ monopoly of wisdom nd experience by reason of gray hair. I firat m- quired 1 the Kelsey family were members of his church, and he replied that they were. ‘Do you intend,” I inquired, ‘to officiate and preach at the funeral services to-morrow 1” “Well,” he answered, “the doubts are not yet settled m my mind as to whether the remains are those of Kelsey or not. Of that I would like to be sure. Here I told Mr. Knox that one theory advanced to prove that the remains could not be Keisey’s been upset by evidence based on occu- lar demonstration. 1t was said a pair of legs could not float in water, They were placed in water and “4 did float, Mr. Knox continued and said:—*I am glad that point has been settled, tor if the test had not been, as you say, incidentally made to-day, the contro- versy on the question would have gone on inter- minably. 1 was anxious beiore these remains were buried that the verdict of the Coroner’s jury should be rendered. Should they fina that the: Mr. Keisey’s all my misgivings would be ended, and Ishould certainly proceed to celebrate the usual services in such cases.’ “Do you intend to speak on the matter which causes the present agitation ¥” “I was about to say that the trustees of the church will meet at four o’clock, aud decide whether the church will be given for services over the remams. The Kelsey family have not applied for this; but, berg members of the congregation in good standing, and a ieeling ot sympathy being general on their behalf, we shall consider the mat- ter of our own Volition, and I have no doubt the trustees will aliow the church to beso used. I shall hear the evidence taken to-day at the in- quest; and, having satisfied myself that the re- mains are those oi Charles G, Kelsey, I shall officiate and speak something appropriate to the occasion,’’ vou will dwell upon the outrage and denounce “Well, I have always spoken in this community, where I have only resided ee Gg in condemna- tion of this tarring and feathering. It was a very bad business. Butin speaking of the matter be- lore a public congregation it 18 proper that I should not place myselfin the attitude of a prosecuting officer without lights or facts to guide. The citizens are already quite sufficiently agitated over this matter, and it would be neither judicious nor Christiau-lke to say anything calculated to inflame one part against the other. 1 have reat faith in Dr. Banks, and nothing can make me lieve that he was guilty of the charges made against him. He is one of the kindest-hearted and m upright men in the town.” What was your opinion of Kelsey 9’ “Well, 1 knew of nothing wrong against him. He was one of the negative members of the church, neither conspicuously good nor bad. I heard, in common with many other citizens, of the annoy- ance he gave Miss Smith. To put the idea of Kelsey in @ nutstell, he was a nuisance, and you know what that means in a small community.” ‘Did he deserve to be dd and feathered ?” io; I don’t care how lawless a man is, there is sufficient law left to reach him. I condemn this tarring and feathering, because it was out of law, pees will be published for you. vi ‘ou ! summer here. beth peel to established order and authority, aud, if made a precedent, would turn us over to mobs and chaos.” “How does your congregation stand in the matter 1” “They have had nothing to do with it. The members of the First Presbyterian church are those who are chiefly concerned. They move in their own circle and we in ours. We all regret and censure the occurrence.” aking to Mr. Henry Kelsey at the inquest he ‘said had he never seen the watch chain he should have come to the conclusion that the remains were those of his brother. Mr. Keisey is an amiable, simple minded man, and utterly incapable, 1 should presume, o! fixing upa deception, such as this is called by some. MRS. BRUSH’S STORY REMODELLED. Mrs. Brush, of the First Presbyterian church, who stated positively some weeks ago that she saw Kelsey, now says she is not sure o: his identity. The rollowing statement she made to-night :— 1 was getting into the cars at Poughkeepsie with my mother, who is an invalid. As I went in lsaw @ man whose figure was familiar tome. He hadon alarge slouched hat which was drawn over his eyes so that it was impossible to recognize his face. He had long black hair and whiskers, 1 no- tuced him as he went into the car, and when | was seated I looked around at him. By that time he had turned around and was leaving the car. I did not see hts face, his back being towards me. He was about the same size as Kelsey. I cannot wecognize him positively, 1 think Kelsey is paid to stay away. THE INQUEST. Owing toa severe rain storm, which prevailed here all the morning, the attendance at the inquest Was not as large a8 at either of the previous hear- ings, and the assembly was slightly diferent. The Jact of the papers having paid particular attention to the case has awakened an intgrest in it among the city folks who are spending the Many jancy-dressed young men irom town Were present this morning, but the sul- focating atmosphere of-the room was too much for tiem, and they left before any evidence was taken. ‘The inquest was called for nine o’cloca, but it was twelve before the jury were all assembled. Wm. Ludiam, the oysterman, who found the body, was the first witness called to the stand. The testimony of the doctors who brought the body out ot the bay is important and interesting, as it settles the ‘y about legs floating. Mr. Hurd, also, tells an interesting story about the tarring and feathering operation, but it has no weignt, as he knows none of the parties concerned. WILLIAM LUDLAM recalied—-I was with the vody when Franklin went for the Coroner; no one touched the body; I let it swing {rom the boat; it floated all that time; it was then taken on shore; Mr. Fleming, the Coro- ner and myself took it; the pants, when I got the legs, Were,buttoned up tight down the front; the Coroner opened the pants xd found a comb and chain; he unbuttoned the pants ali the way down; 1 was stand over the body apd saw ali the riormance; When the pants were opened the iret thing { saw was feathers; I also saw the chain; I cannot say which side the chain wis; it lay just about the place where the it cket W: was not laid out in # straight line, Pere straight and the other part was collea; ‘also saw the Coroner take the chain down to the water and wash it, but lam not certain as to whether it was him or ene of the jurors that took it from the boay; when the Coroner took the pants down I noticed that some shay parts were miss- ing; | don’t see how the fishes could have gotten pd the pants; the pants were whole around the aris, ‘To Captain Clark, juror—There were drawers on the body; I think that the Coroner used a knile in gavuae the pants. but 1 am not positive about the } To the Coroner—Wnen you openea tne pants and tried to take the drawers off they were rather rotten, and wouid tear before you could free them from the skin; I then saw the chain on the body in ite natural place, and it was not free from the skin; I saw sea spiders on the hip bones, on the ankle bones and on the pants, To Mr. Platt—I been working around the where the body was found all the morning with three other men; if oy dredge had caught on anything while I was dredging I would have no- Soest but it did not, or at least 1 did not Here the jars all of whom are sea captains or oystermen, began along and tedious inquest into he tide, wind, eddies and current, which could Not be traced to any connection with the witness or the importance of his evidence. The questions were asked merely to satisfy their minds on some technical point. HENRY ©. VAN ZANDT. This ig the doctor who testified before on the first day of the inquest. He said:—Dr, Overton and myself went over to see the body this evening; we found the femoral vein disorganized, empty and collapsed; I cannot tell what nas cat it; 1 merely give it to strengthen the impression I gave the other day that the pants were removed before death; if I nad found the vein with blood in it it would have strengthened an opposite belief; the Mesh in the pelvis was not disturbed, and no fish cousd have got in to destroy the parts mn that way; the pants were so arranged when the body was found as to prevent fish from [be in in that way; all this strengthens the elief that the body was mutilated before death; the gases generated are lighter than a body, and sequently, une the, BS RTS a from escaping, theiboty Must rive ju) . DR, WILLIAM P, OVERTON, Who accompanied the preceding witness to view the body, next came on tne stand, He said:—I was in hopes that the body was in @ condition to be subjected to a certain test as to the mutilation; it it were not so far gone we could have made & actentific test; the scientific test would have been to examine the femoral vein; if we found coagu- lated blood at the head of this vein he would have been positive that it had been cut before death, but the parts were so much dissolved that this test could not be applied successiully ; I am of the belief ‘that the cutting was done before di , for the reason that Dr. Van Zandt has given; there is no reagon to suppose that these parts dissolve, they last as’ long as any other part of the body, asa general thing, When in the water; when the femoral vein is cut the patient dies, although there @re exceptional cases where the person operated lived, but these are in the books as won- @ers; the 1emoral vein in this case was empty, a conaition we dia not expect to find; the genital organs being gone in this case, there was an outlet for the blood, Baie but the back wall of the scrotam being leit; I don’t think the body would divide in that way, uniess some force had been used; the other part of the body would have floated, unless it was kept down by weights; the ligaments of the lumbar vertebra were very strong and could never have been broken without force. REOESS. At this juncture the Coroner ordered an adjourn- ment until two o’clock. During the recess the doctors went down to the beach and brought out the body in the bay to see would it float. Their evidence will be iound in the following :— DR. CORY’S TESTIMONY. Dr. Cory was recalled and said he had gone with Dr. Overton to Sammis’ Dock to view the remains again; we procured a boat and brought the body out a little way in the bay to see if it would float and thus put an end to the controversy about the floating; when tne y was in the water I made an examination of the femoral vein on the opposite to the one made this morning; 1 found a littie blood in the artery, but it was a very small juantity ; after the experiment was made we put e body into the water and subjected it to the test Of floating; | tied a small string to the legs and they were thrown over; they floated very jigntly, and would have, in my idea, supported tour or five pounds ; don’t think the operatidn wasscientifically done, but am of the opinion that it was done before death; I cannot say whether tie ankle was broken off or not before death. : DR, VAN ZANDT was recalled. He said all he could do wa’ to cor- roborate the statements of Dr, Gory. He did not ‘wish to correct or improve it. DB, OVERTON was also recalled, bat he merely corroborated , what his colleagues said. “ALL I KNOW ABOUT 17.” Mr. William J. Wood, the man who is said to have said he would tell ali he knew about the case was next called, When he took the stand all was attention to hear all-he had to say, a3 many are of the impression that he knows a great deal about the case. He said:—I live in Huntin; my im- mediate neighbors Mrs. Oakley and Dr, Banks; was in Huntington on the night of November 4; Dr. Banks came into my house and said be had caught sey © T asked who had caught him; he said he did not know; | asked what they were going to do with him; he did not know, he said; he supposed they meant to punish him and wished me to Mrs. cee with him; at the time 1 declined to go; he leit the house and said he would return again; this was about nine o’clock; he returned in about half an hour and urged me to foe jain, he fearing Py: would do Kelsey ly harm; I said wouldn’t inter- left the house ; five or went Oakley's house; there I saw Sammis. making two masks in the house, and myself; we—Mr. Scinmis, Miss Smith, Mrs. Oakley, Mrs. McKay, Mr. McKay, Dr. Banks and my wife—went out of Mrs. Oakley's front gate, and I went,home, and I supposed vr. Banks went into his house; when Banks came into my nouse he was very nervous and seemed to an- ticipate great danger to Kelsey; | neard some one say when Kelsey had gone out of the back gate, “Bring him back;” this was done, and he was compelled to stand upon the back stoop ior two or three minut when Kelsey advanced to the house Dr. Banks came up the yard; his light was Out and he told me tnat Kelsey had broken it; I did not see the boot; the boot broke the lantern and grazed Dr. Banks’ shoulder; Kelsey was brought down the yard again; I never heard of tarring and feathering Kelsey until I saw him that night, and then I couldn’t tell whether he was tarred and feathered. KELSEY’S REPUTATION WAS NOT VERY GOOD IN HUNTINGTON ; all that I know about him in this regard was from hearsay; | had dealings with Kelsey in.business, and found him to be an honorable and upright man, and one who could be relied upon; 1 could have given an alarm, but I did not do it, because I did not see fit; I heard Royal Sammis say that he would have Kelsey punished if he had to stay from New York a week todo it; { don’t know whether Dr. Banks found he had on a mask or not that night; 1 heard alter the occurrence that there had been masked men around before that night; when Banks came in first he said they were going to punish him, and the second time he said they had done it; I told Banks I thought I was in bad company;: Royal Sammis was in the yard at the time; I did not invite the ladies to go to the back stoop to see the man who was tarred and feathered; Kelsey had some thing around his loins; I heard the ladies say that they would not have gone out had they known what was to be seen; when | saw Kelsey I thought he had been too se- verely dealt with—in fact, too much for human nature to endure—but I did not hear him cry or make any noise; I do not think he was gagged; 4 did not see any gag in his mouth; the masked men had, I think, handkerchiets around their heads, with holes cut in s0 as to see; when I went out I had a conversation with my wife; [ told her I would not in the position of Kelsey tor the whole town of Huntington. + Coroner Baylis—How much wouid you have taken to be in the place ofone of the murked men who done the tarring and feathering ? Mr. Wood—I never figured that thing down full enough to give an answer; I told many people in the town that I had seen Kelsey in the condition spoken ol before t gave my evidence under oath; | do not choose to give my opinions as to whether he is alive or not; I object to giving it. Coroner Baylis—You have read the papers and ra considerable of the body that has been ‘ound ¢ Some of the questions that were put by the jury to the witness (Mr. Wood) would have been ruled out of any well regulated court, as they displayed distinctly the Jeaning of sentiment among the members. Their ailusion to the enjoymeutol Mrs. Wood and the other ladies at seeing the wretcned condition of Kelsey were ungentiemanly and un- called for. The examination of Mr. Wood must have taken up a good half hour, the jury plying him most assiduously with questions of no importance. ARTHUR T. HURD'S TESTIMONY. Mr. Hurd, the gentleman who saw the whole affair irom the bush, was next cailed. When he took the stand he was quite nervous, his hand trembling violently when he twirled tis mustache. Mr. Tramor, the constable, gave him a glass of water, he having calied for it before he answered any of the questions put to him. He was very hoarse, but alter a time he became quiet and tok | the following story :— WHAT WAS SEEN FROM THE BUSH. Whs in Huntington on the night of November 4; at about nme o'clock i passed tne neighborhood of Mrs. Oakiey’s; | was attracted by a man coming out of the tront door with a lantern; he came out in an excited manner; knowing the trouble the family had, | crossed over and entered the gate and on on the west side of the house to a clump ot ushes; in the rear of the house | found a number of men; I don’t know who the men were; they were masked; one of them came towards me, looked at me, but said nothing; I then got close to them, and saw who they were raisin ground; as near as could see fe was sitting down; after they lifted him they began to take off ail his clothes; I was about fi- teen feet trom them when this was being done; [ saw them strip him; when this was done one man came up with & small tin pail; know it was tin by light shining on it; the man who had the pail then took out what looked like a brush and painted bim on the back, breast and arms; it; seemed to me that they did it in stripes; another came with a basket and emptied the ieatners con- tained in the basket over his head; then covered him = with jack or jacket, from his waist downward; they tied a string around his waist to hold whatever they around him; they then tied him to @ tree, with his ‘hands behind him; they then went away and leit him a few minutes, then came back and untied him; then I heard @ noise of hooting; the deed was d thirty feet south of the house, and of the lot; when the noise was made eome parties came out of the house and stood on the back stoop; the noise was evidently a signal for the people to come out and see the man; some peopie came from the east side of the house; I recognized Mr. Wood on the stoop, for I Knew him well; the ladies Tdid not know or recognize; when she men came up from = the them surrounding a man / back to loosen Kelsey, one of tnem came pear to me, and I said to the masked man, “Let bit off; he paid no attention, and walked off; after th noticed some of tue people going, $01 started to 89, to. the District Attorney—My opinion was, when I saw the tarring was being done, that they wanted to get just enough on him to make the feathers stick ; I did not recognize any of the masked men at that time; I think it was impossible for anybody to do it; the men may have given Kel- sey a few daubs on the legs with the tar, but there ‘Was very little but of feathers put on him below the waist, To the Coroner—I know that for the two pre- vious Sundays parties watched and waited to catch Kelsey, ior we wanted him to be arrested; KELSEY HAD NO HAIR ON HIS HEAD AND NO WHIS- KERS on when I saw him; I think they were taken off when he was on the ground; I saw no other opera- tion performed ; Mr. MeKuy was in the party that stayed up to catch Kelsey the night before (Sun- day). Toa Juror—1 heard a lantern break or a pane of , don’t know which, just as 1 was going to the front gate to go home; I heard no order to stop from the masked parties; 1t was a pretty cold night; I could not have called any one in time to have done anything; my object in waiting for Kel- sey was to protect the peaceable residents of Huntington; did not care to protect Kelscy when he was being tarred and feathered. To Coroner—When the masked man came up to me he grunted in my face (“I suppose he saw you were of the right stripe,” said the Coroner) ; I don’t Know whether his whiskers were cut off by scissors or shaved with a razor, but the jagged @ppearance gave the idea of the snpiic tion of seissors; I have seen the remains and haye secn the chain, but do not recognize them ; I don’t think they are the remains of Charles Kelsey; never sa the chain before; the description of the position he was found in led me to believe that it was impossible for him to have been tarred aiter I leit; when Kelsey walked around the yard the masked men were near him; when he left they followed mim and hooted him; they {ol- lowed him to the street; I have had several opinions on this matter; first, I thought they were @ party of boys from the village; then I afterwards thought they were people irom outside the village ; L don’t know whether there was one or two lanterns broken; iu fact, I do not know whether it was a lantern or a window that was broken; I was at times closer to Mr. Kelsey than fifteen feet; I put up my hands several times to save Kelsey from failing on me; I suppose it was from weakness, ‘This concluded the evidence for to-day, and an adjournment was ordered ror Tuesday next,-when that so “mysterious” nigger witness will be called on the stand, During the afternoon Mr. Downing, the District - Attorney, came in, and Messrs. Platt and Young withdrew. The following are their reasons for withdrawing. 1 learned them trom Mr. Platt :— INTERVIRW WITH MR. H.C, PLATT. REPORTER—What is the reason of your with- drawal from participation in the proceedings be- fore the jury as counsel for the people and the Coroner? ANSWER—Mr, Young and myself acted for the People, and as counsel to the Coroner at his re- gues upon this inquest, the District Attorney of jueens County not being present. At noon to-lay ‘nursday) District Attorney Downing arrived. He is one of the counsel for Dr. Banks and Royal Sammis, who are now under indictment tor having committed a riotous assault and battery on the 41h of November last, the night of his disappearance, upon Charles G. Kelsey, over whose body this in- quest is now being held. Mr. Downing declines to THE ELECTION IN CALIFORNIA, Fight of Stanford and the Central Pacific Railroad. —_—. AN ADMINISTRATION DEFEAT. Governor Booth Pronounces the Repub- lican Party Moribund and Teaves It. “BILLY” CARR AS A POLITICIAN, Casserly, Bodth, Wallace and Gorfiam, state that he has retired from such defence, and appears here on this inquest on the other side as counsel for the people and as the Coroner's legal adviser, by virtue of his official position as District Attorney of Queens county. Mr, Stanbrough, who is asssociated with Mr. Downing 1n the de- fence of Banks and Sammis, is also present to pro- tect their mterests on this inquest, as he Stated to the Coroner, We heretofore have acted @nd still act as vou! for the people, at the re- est of the District Attorney of Suffolk cae these circumstances we have declined, sithougiey juested by Coroner Bay- lis to continue to ite with Mr. Downing on this inquest, in view of his relations to these in- dicted parties, unless he would state that he had withdrawn ‘rom their detence, which he bas de- clined to do. . How to E the Minds of the Party in Huntington. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— ‘The men who inflicted the outrage on Kelsey, in | Huntington, Long Island, assert positively that their poor victim is still alive, having been seen by @ lady (one of the witnesses on the Coroner's jury) on @ railroad car only a month ago. If this lady's statement is true, then no murder has been com- mitted and the remains are an imposture, and amount, of course, to nothing. Now, in order to ‘Vest this thing and fully exculpate the tar party by Kelsey’s reappearance, let them offer in the New York papers @ reward of, say $5,000, and the poor exile trom home will cease his wan- derings and return instantly for the money. If he will not come home walling let the money be offered to any persons who will bring bim home vi earmis. if he is not forvucoming within a rea- sonable time, then he must be incoutinently. dead, and the remains jound in the bay are his beyond a doubt, The tar party are all: moneyed men, and can easily alford the reward. JERSEY, THE LIBERAL REPUBLICANS. Meeting of the City General Committee No Definite Policy To Be Adopted Till Next Week. Pursuant to an advertised call the General Com- mittee of the liberal republican party of this city was to hold its regular monthly meeting at head- quarters, No, 453 Fourth avenue, at eight o'clock last evening. At that hour the sole occupant of the hall was @ reporter, Soon after General John Cochrane appeared, with a second reporter. In the next filteen minutes the reportorial stat was swelled to half a dozen, and perhaps a score of the representatives of republican liberalism as organ- ized a year ago by the Cincinnati Convention, At half-past eight General Palmer, one of the Vice Presidents, took the chair. Minutes of the last previous meeting having been read, reports of committees were called for. Mr. SAMUEL T, GLAsseY, chairman of the Com- mittee on Resolutions, explained why that com- mittee had remained silent during several months past. He declared it had been his opinion and that of his colleagues !n the committee that im the CRITICAL CONDITION OF POLITICS and parties it had been most prudent to await the development of events, and now he judged it fitting that mo decisive line of action should be taken by the city organization till atter the meeting of the State Com- mittee, to be held at the St. Nicholas Hotel next Thursday, Mt, Glassey criticised and denounced the composition and policy of the sel1- styled republican party, which he declared had nothing which belonged to the great party bearing the name fiiteen years ago except the title, Itis but the skeleton of a party whose honest rank and file having accomplished the purpose of its organi. zation, have retired trom partisanship, leaving the machinery and spoils in the hands of corrupt sut- Jers, contractors and camp followers, who operate it for the perpetuation of power in the hands of qu where the indictment. found, in all the criminal 4 eedings which fee taken resulting in Tar one man for the exclusive benefit of a mere clique of men even smaller than tueir chief, He stated the terms and objects of the last year’s union of the democratic and liberal republican parties, Each section of the united opposition to the continuance in power of the dominant party made certain pledges. Lib- eral repuoiicans kept the pond, to a man, while eight hundred thousand democrats, unable to ior- get past diferences on dead issues, sullenly stayed away irom the polls, and by their apathy and bad faith allowed the Cincinnati nominee, one of the purest and best men in the nation, to die, a de- jeated Und broken-hearted man. Mr, Glassey ad- vised that the liberal republicans should alike stund aloof from the venal party now in power = irom the ghost of a party calling itself demo- cratic. NO DEFINITE JINE OF POLICY. Mr. FITHIAN offered a resolution drawn by Gen- eral Cochrane, stating that the committee deem it best to adopt no definite line of policy for the oonduct of the opening campaign till alter the action of the State Committee. Ina wordy speech he cxonerated the bulk of the democratic party trom failure to carry out in good faith the compact of last fall, and tmtimated that if the democrats make a platiorm and nominations which sult him he may vote for them to beat the corrupt party how in power, General COvARANE alluded to the recent action of the Democratic State Committee, which has in effect rejected the overtures of the libera: republi- cuns to complete the fusion of opposition to the administration, by uniting in a common call, which should admit all who seek its overthrow. He thought it strange that the Democratic Committee should hope to win success by dividing those who hold sentiments and poutical principles in common, and declared his _convic- tion the action of that that gyre 4 committee will be overruled by the actual local unison Oo! those Who coalesced last year and worked together in good Iaith for victory. They WILL WORK TOGETHER AGAIN on all local nominations. He bade his associates be of good cheer. Their rural triends were stanch for the cause of pure government. Even if they were no more than the five who might have a Sodom, these liberal republicans will yet ransom this nation, ised w large party vote in the Righcouth Aasbnsoly pond, Eighteenth Assembly After the unanimous adoption of the resolution to defer action Jor the present, t Wanen present, the committee ad- Eugene Casserly Ahead for Re-elec- tion to the Senate. SPLITS IN BOTH PARTIES. Know Nothingism Raising Its Head in the Golden State. SAN PRANCISCO, Sept. 4, 1873. The count of the vote in this city cannot be com- Pleted belore Friday night or Saturday morning. Enough is known to assure a complete victory for the people’s anti-Central Pacific Ratirvad monopoly ticket for members of both branches of the Legis- lature, and also on most of their municipal candi- dates. For Mayor and Chief of Police the contest ts very close, but the railroad issue did not enter into that part of the canvass, The democrats claim to have chosen both these oficers. The result, how- ever, ig in doubt, The total vote is found to be 26,210, much larger than was anticipated, Yesterday afternoon Carr, the manager of the campaign on behalf of the railroad ticket, issued orders to his cohorts to abandon the republican legislative ticket and goina body for the demo- cratic. His followera did so, but without avail. Returns from the interior of the State come in very slowly, and it is impossible to make correct estimates of results as yet. In Sacramento City, where the railroad shops are located, 4,000 votes were cast. The railroad leaders claim a majority of 300 or 400. ‘This, the independents say, will be largely overcome in the county, and so ensure a decided victory over the railroad. In nearly every town heard irom thus far the independent anti- railroad ticket is ahead. Uunly 5,000 votes of this city were counted up to noon, and the anti-monopoly ticket was ahead of both the others, A despatch from Governor Booth at Sacramento gives 1,000 majority against the railroad ticket in the city—the stronghold of the company, which has ; over one thousand employés there. Alameda has gone auti-railroad, Stockton gives 600 independ- ent majority. Yolo county and the city of Benecia have gone independent. ‘The indications are certaim of @ grand victory throughout the State over the railroad ticket. ‘Twenty-four counties The Contest for United States Senator Between | thus far heard from give anti-railroad majorities and four republican, Full returns from Marysville City give a republi- can majority of 170 over the independent ticket. ‘Total vote of the city, 857. It is impossible to form any estimate of the ma- jority of the anti-monopoly ticket in this city. Tne friends of Chief of Police Crowley believe he is defeated, An Exciting Campaig: State. . The election in Calliornia being the first election this fall an unusual amount of interest has natu- Tally attached to the result. The* State was for many years democratic, but during the war and up to 1867 it continued republican, when in that year the democracy elected H. H. Haight Governor, and in 1868 Eugene Casserly was chosen United States Senator. California went for Grant last year, but many occurrences that took place, both Of @ loca! and national character, since then helped to create strong hopes among the democracy that they would carry their candidates this time into | omice. , An entire Assembly and half the members of the Senate were elected yesterday, and as a suc- cessor to Mr. Uasserly, whose term expires in 1875, is to be chosen next December, and as there are many candidates, including Mr. Casserly himself, for the popition, political feeling has run bigh dur- ing the past few months in the Golden State. But the feeling relative to Sen- atorial mafters was trifing im comparison to the excitement aroused by the active interference of ex-Governor Leland Staniord, representing the Central Pacific Railroad, in the proceedings of the several conventions of both parties, which, it was charged, he mawipulated en- tirely in the interest of the powertul organization he controis. The result was, in San Francisco, that the democratic and repubiican conventions split in two, and there were two sets of candidates for | legislative oflices presented by each party—four in all. In other counties similar divisions took place. DBFEAT OF THE ADMINISTRATION, The despatches which we publish show that the administration party bas been badly defeated in San Francisco, which contains avout one third of the population of California, The result in the interior 18 still in doubt. The legislative candi- dates elected were nemimated in direct opposition to those put forward vy the regular republican Convention, and were opposed by Senator Sargent and the incumbents of the federal offices. San Francisco returns twelve members of Assembly and four Senators, but two of the latter hold over. The successful ticket on Tuesday is com- posed ot partly democrats and partly republicans. ‘Yen of the fourteen chosea are kuown to be in javor of the re-election oi Mr. Casserly. The in- terest of the election concentrated in the forinid- able efforts of the Central Pacitic Railroad to ootain control of the Legisiature and to elect a United States Senator in tts own interests. H. Hill has designs on Goat Isiand and other valuable prop- | erty, and utterly deuies any right of the Stave to interiere in its business. THE CENTRAL PACIFIC MONOPOLY. To understand the teeling of the peopie it is only necessary to state What pretensions they contend agamst. In fact, the Central Pacific Railroad holds control over the political and business interests of Caltiornia, After the road was completed the company, With the aid of its surpius tuads, began @ system Ot absorption, taking into its ample em- brace ali the smaiier roads iu tue State, until now farmers, merchants and travellers and all who de- pend on railroad facilities are completely at ite mercy. Its patronage is extensive, and it can either flatter or threaten, as its interests dictate, More than tis, it bas lately piaced itself beyond the jurisdiction of the State authorities, ir, in the Golden indeed, it did not control them, for it has utterly refused to pay taxes that have been levied; and it is very doubtful if Hanford would recognize the authority of the judi- clary. Hanford deci that the State has no riglt to control a company chartered by Congress, holding its franchises from the general govern- ment. The Central Pacific road passes over the public hignway to convey United states mails and to transport men tn the service of the government, and is above all State authorities. THE SECRETARY OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE IN THE FIELD, Stanford had as lieutenants George C. Gorham, Sectetary of the United States Senate, and one “Billy” Carr, a famous political worker. Gorham is @ candidate to fill a seat on the floor of the chamber in which he is now secretary in succession to Cas- serly, and “Billy” Carr was well provided with the neediul. The Sau Francisco conventions met early in August, and it was noticed that Mr. Carr ‘had been particularly busy in find ing out the right kind of men to act as delegates. His attentions continued while they were in session, when it became evident that he had captured both bodies, so that, no matter which Rav. succeeded at the polls, the Central Pacitic iiroad was on the safe side, Me: p sraniory Gorham and Carr being republicans there could | not be much objection to their exhibiting an active interest in the Republican Convention, but when the; t the Democratic Convention under their contr there was real alarm in the community. The Braminer, the democratic organ, was com- 3 vention of tne aanger of yielding to corruption. The Examiner said :. ’ We have no nal animosity against be ° 0%. S. Barr, or any aiber of tne Cental Pontao We have no quarrel with railroad companies, and logive thems no harm in the legitimate exercise of their franchises and business; but we are opposed to their encroachments on popular rights We are i imical to their assumptions and usurpations ion of the sovereignty of the people. We are determined that they shall not control the voice or impede the march o/ the democratic party in this locality if our pro- tests avail anything. We have no wish whatever that 4u atom of injury be done the railroad comp ay, but we insist upon it that they shall not be placed in a position where they will be able todo further injustice wo the people of San Francisco and the State of California. BOLT OF THE REPUBLICAN PRBS! The preceding was mild language, pared with the denunciations of the republican papers—the Alfa, the Bulletin and the Morning Cail—and the Sacramento Union, Gov- ernor Booth, elected by the republicans, seeing that the organization had fallen completely under the control of Stanford, Sargent (who takes his seat in the United States Senate at its next meeting), Gorham and “Billy” Garr, deserted the party and rouounced it, ata public meeting, to be “mori- und.’ The pavers mentioned, judging of Sar- gent’s course in the House of Representatives in refereuce to the Goat Isiand — “job,"? called upon Him, and continue to call upon him to resign. Stanford, they charged, had obtained from the general governinent, from’ the State of Caltfornia and jrom the city of San Francisco un- told miliions for the Central Pacific road, and ne Was not yet sauistied. ‘The clique, of which he 1s the head and front, owned the city ratiroads, the gas and water companies, large tracts of sub- merged lands, which they were e avoring to get Congress to grant 1.oney to drat he water front of Oakland (a city bearing about the same relation to San Francisco as Brooklyn does to New York), and it was also potential in the Bank of California, Stantord owned franchises by the dozen. The clique Was now striving to absorb all the property around San Francisco and the bay, Indifferent about political principles or the good of the people, it was charged they liad bought up the Democratic Convention, so as to have the clique’s tools in the Legisiature and a fitting associate for Sargent in the United States Senate in any event. All this necessitated large outlays of money, But it was spent in vain, The railroad interest was badly overthrown in San Francisco, where it made its most determined fight, It being understood the champion of Chinese emigration, Gorham—a piece oft very small timper—was to be elected United States Senator instead of the able lawyer and statesman Casserly if the administration party suc- ceeded, the repubiican press, including tie Sacra- mento Union, mercilessly denounced the abettors of the scheme, including ‘Billy’ C “BILLY”? CARR TEMPORARILY SUCCESSFUL, The Republican Convention made its nomina- tions, e Morning Call (republican) stated that each candidate was pledged to the support of Stan- iord, that he had through “Billy”? Carr compiete control of the Convention; that no one was nom- inated without their consent, and that, if the can- didates were successful, Stanford could dictate who was to be next United States Senator. ‘The Chronicle, which fought with the greatest zeal and, it must be said, with ability ior Staniord, though detracted irom by personalities and un- Sparing abuse of his opponents, had the lollowing in reference to the ticket :— he railroad influence that at one time was supposod nount in the Convention disappeared under th ressure of public opinion, and the Conven- tion has nominated a ticket which trom first to last must commend ityelt to the good sense and endorsement of the copie. An investigation showed that many of the can- didates were contractors under the federal govern ment, and belonging to the regular organization would act with republican representatives elected in the interior counties where George C. Gorham had been hard at work manipulating the Conven- tions. ‘The upshot of the matter was that a second legislative ticket was placed in the fleid, which was elected on Tuesday in San Francisco, With the exception of tie Chronicle all the San Fran- cisco republican papers supported it. The plat- form opposed the Goat Island grant and ali further subsidies, joane, granting of credit by cities or towns..or cession of lands to the Central Pacific Railroad. SPLIT IN THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION, ‘the Democratic Conventions was in continua hot water. Clouds hovered over {it from the beginning. The fight here was more in reference to the Senatorship than the railroud, but the latter was against Senator Casserly’s re-election, The democrats received the co-operation of the liberal reiormers, Who number‘in their ranks some of the ablest men that once spelen ged to the republican party. They both required all candidates for elec- tion to the Senate and Assembly to pledge them- selves “to vote for a bill regulating fares and freights on railroads to the end that all may be equal and just; that ‘will vote for no man tor United States Senator who 1s not opposed to subsidies and all concessions to railroads, and who is not in favor of using. ali hon- orable means to prevent Chinese immigration.’? A ticket was nominated and a meeting to ratity the nominations was called. The name of Mr. Casserly was announced among the list of speakers; but that gentleman did not attend, nor id he send any communication to account for his absence, This showed that the candidates were to some extentin the Central Pacitic Ratlroad in- terest, and it was not long before the Democratic Convention, elected to nominate candidates for municipal offices, presented a second tuil iegisla- tive ticket in the interest of Senator Casserly. This could not be, as ali knew, successful, and the anti- monopoly candidates were put in the field, ten of whom are iavorable to Casserly, and, as stated, elected. THE UNITED STATES SENATORSHIP, The contest in the democratic camp as to the Senatorship is betwi Mr. Casserly and Judge Wallace, of the Supreme Court. ‘The former is recognized by all parties as having discharged his duty well, aud he has, besides, the bulk of the rank and file of the party devoted to him, The Aorning Call, a political opponent, says :— Last year Senator Casserly worked manfully to save this city from a calamity in the Goat Istand controyersy. in and out of season he was at his place in the Senate and. before committees, working for his constituents, There was no betrayal or equivotation with Lim; hence he made himself obnoxious to Stuiltord & Co., and for this the Democratic Conyention was manipulated by d, com- ‘ANCISCO Billy Carr & Co. in favor of a railroad candidate. Does any one doubt that Mr. Casserly could have had the support of his own purty had he kept out ) the Goat Island controversy? Had he turned traitor to tis constittents and permitted Staniord & Co. to obtain property which was worth millions, the very men who are now working tor his de- feat would have been active: In trying to secu-e his re- election. Ifthere be a moral in this itis that unless the people appreciate such service as Mr. Casserly hag ren- dered, soon there will be nobody found to work for San Francisco. Is it not deplorable that the Democratic Nominating Convention should be used by Staniord & Co. to send men to the Legislature who will discard @ man who has done so much for the people ? The other democratic candidates named are Joseph P. Hoge, S. M. Wilson, N. G. Curtis and J. Rose, but the contest would lie between Cusserly and ‘Wallace. THE DEMOCRACY UNITED OUTSIDE THE CITY, The democratic party remained united outside of San Francisco, and ‘must have returned a con- siderable number of members to the Legisiature,. But the republicans were divided tn the interior. Sargent and Gorham endeavored to secure ad- ministration successes in many or nearly all coun-- ties. In Nevada—Sargent’s place of residence— | the Republican Convention denounced bis ratiroad attiliations, nis advocacy of Goat Island cession and his participation in the back pay grab, and nominated candidates favorable to Booth for Senator. CHARGE OF CORRUPTION. The proprietors of the Bvening Bulletin are the proprietors of the Morning Call, They are both Le papers. The jatter, in a late issue, re- marks :— “rhe public must be aware that the Central Pacific Railroad 1s bitterly opposed to Mr. Casserly. He stood as firm as a rock against the encroach- ments of Stanford & Co, in the Goat Isian¢ contro- versy, hence his re-election will not answer, With a view to his defeat and the election of a United States Senator in the interests of the monopoly, the Democratic Legislative Convention was pur- chased. Reports go so far as to point out the man Whe carried $30,000 corruption fund to the Conven- tion, ‘There 1s no doubt that Mr, Casserly would beat any railroad candidate im his own party ten toone coud he have @ tair chance before the peopie.”” THE FULL RETURNS. It will take @ day or two yet to learn fully the re suit of the elections, The democracy and the best citizens of the State, of other parties, favor Cas- serly. Governor Booth, it is said, has an under- stunding with Casserly, and as it is not likely tue deiegation from San Francisco would be admitted into a republican caucus, if one be held in Decem- ber, when the Legislature meets, each member Will vote in Open session, according to his individ- ual preference. Gorham, on account of his insignifi- cance and association with the Pacific Central aua advocacy of Chinese immigration has no chance. Notwithstanding the support of the aduministra- tion, the Staniord representatives are evidently ina minority. Casserly and Booth have the game in their own hands. The triumph of Stanford would ensure the elec- uon of George C. Gorham. Gornam ran for Gov- ernor in 1867, and was badly beaten by Haigit. advocated the importation of Chinese, and he could not to-day be elected by popular vote to the most insignificant ofice in Caliiornia. THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION. Most of the candidates nominated by the Tax- Payers’ Convention for municipal offices were elected, The only noticeable jeature in the con- test was the effort of the Crescents, @ secret so- ciety, to defeat certain candidates of Irish descent. The chief opposition was directed towards Crow- ley, candidate jor Chief of Police, who Was en- dorsed by all parties except the democratic. Crowley, @ most respectable citizen, Is A native of New York and @ Catholic, He has been eight years in office and has proved himself @ most fi tufal and useful public servant. Th The result appears to candidate for cessiul be doubtial, The Jounty Clerk, Harney, is @ native of Ire- tana, out professes to be @ Protestant: the ccessiul candidate for Treasurer, Austin, 18 & Scotchman; and the successful candidate for Ke- corder, Hermann, is # native ef Lout a and a Catholle. The Crescents, mataly composed, it is stated, Irish Protestants, offered no opposition to these men, but went for Crowley. The same secret organization two years ago made the samo ouslaught on John A. McGlynn, a brother of Rev, Dr. Mculyan, of this , Whe was a candidate on the republican ticket for @ State office. kvery man on the ticket was elected except Mr. McGiynu. The candidates for the ofices in Sa! Francisco were adopted by parties. The re~ publicans nominated as & whole the tax payers’ candidates, The cangida’ for Mayor are:—Tax payers’, James Otis, Of the firm of Macondray & Vo.; democratic, $M. McDonald, a straight. 4 pelled to warn the San Fraucisco Democratic Con- J out member of that par He .