The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 12, 1895, Page 1

VOLUME LXXVIL_NO. 92, SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 12, 1895 PRICE FIVE CENTS. PACIFIC COAST NEWS, | A Cowardly Murder Is Committed in the ‘ Cajon Pass. RANCHER SHOT TO DEATH James P. Medlin’s Demise Due | to a Loss of Blood From | His Wounded Arm. { THE ASSASSIN IS AT LARGE. “ His Father Is in the Pursuing Posse ' and Says His Son Must Suffer | the Penalty. Sax BeErNARDINO, March 11.—Cajon Pass, in the San Bernardino Mountains twenty s north of this ci was the scene of a der yesterday noon. 5 1. at the Medlin ws while Tabor is a married man There w a little social gathering at Medlin’ attended by a dozen neighbors abor and bis wife, the latter doing the honors as hostess. Toward evening the party went to another neighbor's for a friendly call James h aged 32, ebout half as old. man tells several stories of the affray. One s that on returning home that night, his wife fired two shots at him from a pistol, and in self-defense he caught up the only missive at hand, the lighted lamp, and threw it at her to disconcert her aim. He claims to have acted without thought of the possibility of any fatal results. Onthe other hand, the woman, who is still alive, says that her husband came home intoxi- cated and began abusing her. She endeay- ored to quiet him, and he drew a pistol from his pocket and fired two shots at her. As neither took effect, he threw the lamp. Immediately after committing the act the negro went to a livery fast saddle-horse with the intention of escap He said it was wanted by a local ysician, but the hostler, knowing that the physiciau never rode horseback, re- fused him the animal, and a few minutes later he was captured by the Sheriff and lodged in jail. The couple have not been married over a month. SR gt SAN JOSE SHARPERS FLEE. They Succeed in Fleecing Several Con- * fiding Victims. Sax Jose, March 11.—Two sleek oper- ators, going under the name of Morgan and Miller, were complained against here to-day for sharp practices by a number of victims. They were in San Jose only a week. During that time they had big signs painted on their off al of §500,000. loan agency with a cash A young man named T. faithful services firm. He but found the > door locked and his employers gone. William Gessfeld, a tailor, was swindled out of a $75 suit of clothes, and a number of others were vic- timized in lesser amounts. The sharpers v stable and ordered a | ‘e windows to the | effect that the firm was a real estate and | . Hutchinson | paid the swindlers §100 as security for | in collecting rents for the | n work this morning, | arranged contrivance situated just a little forward of the compartments that are in- tended for his feet, and consists of a lever and grip similar to that used on the cable-cars which connects with the rudder by a line. Taking the craft all in all sheis a queer looking object for a person to go to sea in and she causes a great deal of speculation by persons who have seen her asto her chances of reaching her destination safely. The captain will be clad in oiiskin clothes and prepared for all kinds of weather. He will also be lashed securely to his boat, so that if she does capsize, which he expects she frequently will, he eannot be lost be- fore she rights herself, which she will do by aid of the centerboard and by letting the mast and rigging loose, which can be done instantly by an automatic arrange- ment. Bromar will take provisions to last 40 days. He expects to make from four to six knots per hour, and that amount will be suffi- | cient to last until he reaches San Fran- cisco. Ifsatisfactory arrangements can be made with the railroad company, on arrival in San Francisco he will place machinery. in the vessel, put her on wheels and by the aid of electricity or naphtha he will run her to New York by rail. He will then make immediate arrangements to cross the Atlantic to Europe. Captain Broman is a Russian by birth and is 45 or 50 years old. The weight of the vessel when complete will be about two ton: - LEAVES MARSHFIELD. But Captain Broman’s Little Boat Had to Return. NOW LOOKING FOR A TOW | In His Gustaf Adolph Il He Is Determined to Cross the Atlantic. FIRST COMING DOWN HERE. Description of the Smallest Craft Ever Bullt for Such a Long Voyage. M zsuer=cn, Or., Marsh' 11— Captain Broman did not get to sea in his diminu- tive ship yesterday. He boarded his boat and was towed down within two miles of the bar, where he cut loose and tried his | boat under canvas. She was very cranky | UMATILLA and would hardly stand with the sparin her, and while there was scarcely any | INDIANS JUBILANT. Getting Drunk and Preparing for a Big s Powworw. | wind and the bay was as smooth as a mill- | Pexpurrox, Or., March 11.—A peculiar pond Captain Broman had to keep shifting | condition of affairs prevails on the Uma- himself to keep her on an even keel. When | tilla reservation. The United States In- he had proceeded a short distance the boat | dian agent finds himself with absolutely "AMES G. FAIR JR" Mystery Surrounds the Whereabouts of the Youth. LIGHT ON THE SKELETON. Relations of the Late Million- aire With Miss Stevens, the Dressmaker. PROVISIONS FOR THE BOY. Several Statements That May Be Brought Forward as Evidence to Back up the Claim. Repwoop Crry. Cal.,, March 11.—James Showers, at present a resident of Santa Clara County, knows more about the whereabouts of the son of James G. Fair, born out of wedlock, than any other per- son outside of the mother and James G. Fair Jr. For the time being Showers is hauling lumber from Mountain View sta- tion for a building for Frank Stone on the hillside beyond the county road. In the early days Showers was employed by the smelting firm of Buhling & Me- struck a whirlpool, caused by the rapid | no authority. So far as an outbreak is| Coolough, and during that time he be- cate the child and to produce it at a time | when its appearance meant money for | some one. He had even gone so faras to | state to intimate friends that the boy | would be forthcoming, but when ques-! tioned regarding the location of the chuld | he said: “Before God, I do not know.” SIXTY WERE N LINE, Assembly Vote on the Valley Railroad Ter- minal Bill. A REDDING GIRL’S DEATH. Drowned in Clear Creck by Falling From a Plank. ReppING, March 11.-Yesterday after- | noon a party of half-grown children from | Igo went over to Clear Creek to visit the place where a bridge is being constructed. | Supervisor Harvey was on the hill, a short distance away, wh lank across the P SMOTMicn A DAl aeros = The Rallroad Lobby Was onin stream gave way and Mr. Harvey’s | daughter Jennie and his young son, who | Strong Force Against the Measure. ONLY NINE VOTED NAY. were crossing thereon, feil into the deep and rapid current. The boy swam ashore, but the girl was drowned. A young man who was present jumped in and tried to save the young woman but without suc- cess, almost losing his own life. At last | accounts the body had not been recovered. | m g CONVICTED AT SAN BERNARDINO. | ALL THEIR TACTICS IN VAIN. Devine Assists Them by Moving for Reconsideration—It Will Surely Pass the Senate. Emilio Garcia Will Hang for Murder- ing Joseph Guillminot. | 8aN BerNaRDINO, March 11.—Emilio Gar- | cia was convicted to-day of murder in the | first degree, without recommendation, for | SacrAMENTO, March 11.—All California killing Joseph Guillminot near Colton on | will rejoice in the action of the Assembly October 30. Garcia will hang. His victim | to-day. One more step has been taken was an aged rancher bachelor, who lived | toward making a certainty of the building alone in a cabin, and was supposed to have | of the competing railroad. The bill au- much hoarded gold in his cabin. Juan | thorizing the Harbor Commissioners to Ferra, whq was Garcia’s accomplice, testi- | lease a part of the mud flats off South San fied that they went to the cabin about | Francisco to the San Joaquin Valley Com- dark and demanded the hidden gold. The | pany for their depot and other terminal old man on his knees swore that he had | facilities was passed by a vote of 60 to 9. none. Garcia for an answer stabbed him | As was anticipated, a strenuous effort in the throat. The old man begged piteous- | was made to delay the passage of the bill ly for his life, and with the blood flowing | by the men who have been recognized as Senator George Perkins said yesterday that in supporting the Lieu Land Law he did the best in his powe: the people of California. r for Assemblyman J. M. Bassford has been congratulated on having * procured the enactment of a Fish and Gams Law in the interest of the people.” Assemblyman Powers of San Francisco, who made a good fight in the Legis- lature yesterday for the People’s Competing Railroad. Charles years. Frederick Worth, famous costumer of the time, died in Paris yesterday at the age of 71 He was anative of England. Gustaf Broman, at Marshfield, Or., has made a twelve-foot boat in which he is about to sail down the coast and across the Atlantic. John L. Davie, who, as the regular Nominee of the People’s Party, was probably elected Mayor of the city of Oakland yesterday. and were returning just before dark when Tabor shot Medlin in the arm, severing an y. 'Despite the service of his triends lin died a few hours later from loss of d. Just before the shot was fired the men were heard talking in loud tones, and it is supposed that they had renewed a quarrel of long standi concerni water rights for their respective ranches. Tabor made his escape to mountains with a Sheriff’s posse i Tabor isa tine intsman, and has for determination. Sheriff he will not surrender Juded in the pursuing rer, himself a deputy red when he started out st stand the consequence shot and experic a reputation H thinks ht. omb A f she who decl that his s of his crin n HURDERED AT MENDOCINO. \RGED WITH WIL- THE JAlL GUAR THE Accu Ly~ D TOo PREVENT BeINnG Mexpocixo, March 11.—Yesterday morn- clock William McLean, a work- Albion woods, was found mur- ont of Gus Semmler’s saloon in His person bore-the marks of cuts, a small one on his left ep gash a few inches from the another two inches behind the and inquest was held by a Coroner’s jury, 1 lasted from 10 A. M. until 4 p. M. The decision handed in by the jury was that William McLean met his death early Bunday morning from the effects of a knife wound two inches back of the ear; that Joseph Haqquist was the murderer. Haq- quist was immediately arrested and landed in jail. Every precaution was taken last night for fear of a party breaking into the jail and hanging the suspected man. Every- thing points to the fact that Haqquist is the murderer. He is of a quarrelsome dis- position when drunk, and Saturday even- ing while intoxicated had some trouble with McLean, and swore that he would kill him before morning. On nspecting Hagquist’s house a great quantity of blood was found on the floor and also on his clothes. By many it is thought that he induced McLean to come into his house, and after getting him in committed the foul deed and then dragged his body out in front of Semmler’s saloon, which is a short distance from his house. Haqquist explains that the blood came on the floor from a slight wound which he re- ceived whilein a fight Saturday evening. hardly consistent in proportion to the amount of blood found, and does not account for the blood found on his drawers, which were discovered in a wash- tub since. The wound is under the left eye. Hagqquist will have his hearing to- mMOIrow. e BUERNED HIS WIFE TO DEATH. Crime of a Placerville Colored Boot- black. SacrameExTo, March 11.—Lone Starr, a colored bootblack residing in the town of Placerville, threw a lighted Jamp at his wife Saturday night. The lamp exploded and set fire to the woman’s clothing. She was burned in a shocking manner and will die. The flesh of her breast and arms part ] from the bones and is literally baping in shreds. It is stated that the left San Jose last Saturday night for parts unknown. | DISCOVERED IN SAN JOSE. | WILLIAM BROWN AND MIss NOR- | MA BOGGS SAY THEY DID { NoT ELOPE. He Founp HER ON THE STEAMER | WHEN LEAVING PORTLAND, | OREGON. | Sax Josg, March 11.—William Brown, aged 19 years, and Miss Norma Boggs, aged 18, who were reported in dispatches from San Francisco as having eloped together from Albina, Or., are at the home of C. J. Brown, the father of the boy,on Alum Rock avenue in this y. The Brown family resided here forabout eight months, having come from Albina. r anumber | of weeks the boy has been visiting his rela- tives and friends in Oregon, and he went on the steamer to go home he found the girl aboard. She had threatened to leave home and go to California to visit her old friends, the Brown family. The girl had often before been willful and gone on long trips to the home of her grandmother and other relatives in Ore- | gon. This is the explanation of the disap- | ebb tide, and turned over on her side, but the. navigator crawled around on her, got hold of the rigging and got her back on an even keel. The life-saving crew was on hand to wit- ness the performance and went to Broman to help him. He asked to be towed to sea, but Captain Wilcox would not do that and persuaded Broman to give himaline. The life-saving crew could not stem the tide with the boat in tow, so they pulled her ashore where a strong ebb tide soon left her high and dry on the sand. Captain Broman tried, but could not get any assistance to se He sailed his boat back to Empire City to-day and came up | to Marshfield to get the Arcata to tow him out, but Captain Cousins said he would be convicted of manslaughter if he did so. To-morrow Captain Broman will go on | board the Arcata and the boat will be | taken in tow. When outside she will slow up and let Broman try his boat for a time. If she cannot live in the sea Captain Bro- man will be taken on board again and left at Port Orford. The captain says that if he experi- ences southeast weather that is too severe he will change his course and sail north to Portland, but thinks he can suc- cessfully beat down against any south- easter. He intends to keep reasonably close in shore, so that in case anything happens to his compass he can readily make a port for repairs. The Gustaf Adolph IT is built out of a — —_ CAPTAIN GUSTAF BROMAN’S TWELVE-FOOT BOAT, HEWN OUT OF A CEDAR LOG, IN WHICH HE IS ABOUT TO ATTEMPT LONG OCEAN VOYAGES. [Drawn from a photograph taken expressly for the “Call.”] peatance together on the steamer Colum- | bia. They deny that they asked the r‘,ap-‘ tain of the ship or any one else on board | to marry them. They did not see the cap- tain to know him, having come in the steerage. The story of the young people is | corroborated by a party of three other pas- sengers, with whom they came from Ore- gon. At San Francisco the boy heard before landing of the story that had been tele- graphed from Portland of his elopement with the girl, and he decided not to allow her to come on to San Jose with him. He | put her in charge of the officers, and they | promised to take hor home on the return | trip. When the boy arrived in San Jose, however, his father said he would go to | San Francisco to get the girl and bring her | to 8an Jose. She will visit the family here a few weeks and then return to her home in Oregon. Mr. Brown recently fell heir to a portion of an estate valued at $5000, not $60,000, as reported, and the story about Miss Boggs having left for the East with an aged lover is entirely without foundation. All the parties to the affair are said to be respect- able people, white cedar log and has a 12 foot keel, 3 foot beam and 2 foot depth of hold, and is 13 feet 6 inches over ail. The boat is pro- vided with four compartments and with hatches forward and aft, which were dug out of the solid hull. These will be util- ed for holding provisions and water. She will have one mast when she sails from here and will be sloop rigged. Upon her arrival in San Francisco she will be refitted with three masts as a full- rigged ship. The little vessel has a steel centerboard which measures about two feet deep by three long, and weighs 110 pounds. Broman says he can take provis- ions enough to last several months, though a part of the water, when on an extended trip, would have to be towed behind. There are two compartments amidship sixteen inches deep in which to place his féet and legs and a sitting position will be the only one he will be able to maintain while at sea. There are no bulwarks on the vessel or anything else to protect the captain from the full force of the wind and sea. The compartments mentioned are lined with rubber cloth or sheeting. Her steering apparatus is a very neatly concerned no one among the agency con- | tingent fears or helieves taeb s -thing will take place, but it is matural that amidst the excitement attending the arrival of United States troops that some remarks of a ferocious nature should be attributed to the Indians. They are elated over the fact that they have been declared citizens and can now buy liberal quantities of whisky. Six more were brought before the Recorder in Pendleton to-day for drunkenness, and a report went out that they all are_preparing for a erand pow- wow and spree. Slight disturbances oc- cur but nothing serious has yet happened. “0ld Wolf,” the dignified jailer at the jail, walks through vacant cells he clangs his bunch of keys. Not a solitary Indian is under his care and not one is likely to be for many weeks. Like- ise, the Indian policemen ride about the zency for hours and sit in their saddles looking at the soldiers. COLUSA BROTHERS IN COURT P. D. HANNUM CHARGES B. B. HANNUM WITH THREATEN- ING HIS LIFE. THE LATTER May BE CONNECTED WITH A RAILROAD RoB- BERY. Corusa, Cal.,, March 11.—There was an exciting trial to-day in the Justice court. The parties were B. B. and P. D. Hannum of Sulphur Creek, in Colusa County, one appearing as principal and the other as vrosecuting witness. P. D. Hannum, on March 2, had his brother, B. B., arrested and lodged in jail as Colusa, and to-day testified that his life was in danger, his brother having threatened to kill him. He asked his brother to cut some wood, where- came quite intimate with the deceased millionaire and took quite an interest in his sub-rosa affairs. While acting as the friend of Mr. Fair, he became acquainted with Miss Stevens, who, by the way, was known as Ellen and not as Annie. He was also instrumental in the settlement before John Mackay, and made the final arrange- ments. Through this position he came in pos- session of the original document whereby some $1500 was settled upon Miss Stevens and her son by Fair. He was also cogni- zant of the fact that Mackay paid the girl $20,000 on behalf of Fair to settle the case, the papers signed by Fair and dratwn up in his handwriting being for a time in Show- ers’ possession. He received several let- ters from the woman with whom Fair had been intimate after sne had taken up her residence in Chicago. All these letters re- ceived from Miss Stevens, as she was still known, were destroyed in the fire which brought such havoc to Virginia City. The documents signed by Miss Stevens re- leasing Fair from all future claims, both those presented by Gerhardt and Mackay, were turned over to the custody of Ger- hardt and Derby. Those papersare still in Virginia City and are liable to be produced at the call of the attorneys backing the case of “James G. Fair Jr.” It has been several years since Mr. Showers received a letter from Miss Stevens, the former mistress of the dead millionaire. He says, however, that the last letter which he received stated that the deceased had called upon her during a visit to the Eastern States ostensibly for from the wound accompanied Garcia about the house while the latter searched. In his rage over his disappointmentat finding | nothing, Garcia again stabbed his vic- tim in the breast and throat, and then went through the house again, still further finding nothing. He returned to his vic- tim, who cried out a heart-rending appeal to be spared, and cut his throat from ear to ear. Witness stood guard atthe door of the cabin while this butchery was go- ing on. THE L0S ANGELES POISONING MRS. O'HARA ACCUSED OF HAVING | DROWNED HER OWN SON IN THE EAST. Now AWAITING TRAIL ON A CHARGE OF MURDERING JOHN HENDERSON. Los ANGELES, Cal., March 11.—The Cor- oner’s jury sitting in inquest on the body of Johnny Henderson this morning brought in a verdict that deceased came to his death by poisoning. Johnny Hender- son and a companion named Eddie Strange went te the house of Mrs. Elizabeth O’Hara to play, and ate poisoned cakes given them by the old lady. Mrs. O’Hara claimed that she did not know there was poison in the cakes, but appearances are against her. At the in- upon B. B. refused, and using violent lan- guage went to the house, the witness thought, to get a pistol. P. D. followed closely and caught him as he wastrying to get something from under the bed cloth- ing, forcing him to leave the room. Witness further testified that his brother had been sneaking about the house at night in his stocking feet or with his shoes muffled. His brother also threatened to beat him with a club that was exhibited. It was twenty inches long, small at one end and provided with a wrist string. This was hanging at the head of the bed occu- pied by B. B. Hannum. J. D. Dyke testified that B. B. Hannum had threatened the life of his brother, and that he had seen and heard him slipping stealthily about at night and had told him that if he did not quit prying about his window he would take a shot at him. District Attorney Weyand is prosecuting and Hon. Edwin Swinford is defending. Attorney Swinford asked this afternoon foria dismissal without introducing evi- dence in behalf of defendant. This was refused. Judge Leining said he would deny it until evidence in the behalf of de- fendant is produced. The witnesses con- tradicted each other in several statements. ‘What adds interest to the case is that it is thought the charge is a trumped up charge to hold defendant until more evidence can be gotten to prove that B. B. Hannum is connected with the railroad hold-up and robbery below Sacramento last October. AR Will Sell Horses at Santa Anita. Los A~ceies, March 11. —Frank W. Corey, superintendent of the Stanford stock farm, arrived from the north yester- day. Corey will conduct the sale of a number of Palo Alto horses at Santa Anita, “Lucky’’ Baldwin’s country seat. i COMING OUT OF HIS SHELL. his health; that he then told her that no provision would be made in his will for young Jimmie. The mother of the boy took this to heart and decided to preserve all the records of the case and if oppor- tunity presented would offer them in sub- stantiation of the boy’s claim for a share of the estate. The statement that she has married and is living in Sacramento as the wife of a prominent citizen Mr. Showers emphatically denies. Gerhardt was aware that Showers knew the circumstances of the first settlement which he made with the girl. According to Gerhardt's statement he received $1500 the day following the payment of the $40 from the ex-United States Senator. Showers says the $1500 was not paid by Gerhardt but was paid by bimself. While he does not admit that there w.. ever any ill-feeling between himseif, Gerhardt and Fair, he says he kept track of the illegiti- mate offspring in order to be prepared for anything which might eventually come up. P}Iis plans have gone somewhat amiss, for during the past two years he has lived under the vain hope of being able to relo- quest Eddie Strange testified that he told Mrs. O’Hara after eating the cakes that they were bitter, and that the old lady re- plied: *“Well, don’t eat any more; they are stale, and may be they are poisoned.” Mrs. Matfield, another witness, told a startling tale. She said that three years ago, while visiting at Mrs. O’Hara’s house, | she heard the daughter of the latter, who now resides at Oakland, accuse her mother of having drowned her little son while they were living in the East. Mrs. Mat- tield did not pretend to vouch for the truth of the story, but merely recited it as a sus- picious circumstance pointing toward the evil character of Mrs. O’Hara. The old lady is under bonds now awaiting exami- nation on a charge of murder, which will be t,a‘ken up to-morrow in the township court. S Appointments by the Governor. SAcraAMENTO, March 11.—The Governor to-day appointed Mrs. Adina Mitchell of Los Angeles a trustee of the Whittier School, vice Francis L. Haines, whose term expired ; also Amun Sevorb, Pilot Commis- sioner for San Diego, vice 8. W. Hackett; also C. H. Davis, Port Warden at San Diego, vice John Dillingham. the pliant tools of the Southerr Pacific of Kentucky. Into the ranks of the objectors came one or two men whose defection was not a source of surprise. There were a few others whose action was evidently prompted by a superfluity of caution. It was said at first that the Southern Pacific was not going to oppose the demands of the new road. No sooner was it learned what the valley road wanted than the whole force of the railroad’s lobby was turned loose. For thirty-six hours the susceptible Assemblymen have endured a state of siege. It is remarkable, tnerefore, that the vote for the bill should be so large. Ex-Attorn ters, Major G General Hart, Byron Wa- lis and others have been | in close conference with many of the As- semblymen and the Senators. The corri- dors have been filled with whispering, nodding groups. But the cause of the people trinmphed. This was not because the legislators loved the Southern Pacific less. It was rather because the members would not have dared to return to their constituents confessing that they had, without a just excuse, opposed a measure that promised them a relief so sorely needed. Even the most shameless advocates of Southern Pacific interests had a pretense of an excuse to present. Among the other interested strangers who invaded the Capi- tol yesterday were Harbor Commissioner F. S. Chadbourne, who owes his place to railroad interests, and E. C. Holmes, the chief engineer of the Harbor Commis- sioners. Mr. Holmes was at one time in the em- ploy of the Southern Pacific. These men yesterday were in long and earnest con- sultation with Reid of Trinity, who was formerly violently anti-railroad. They assisted that gentleman to draw up an amendment to the Gleaves bill that kindly gave the new railroad a piece of land it did not want,-and made other changes that would have been serious blows to the new corporation. Of course these changes were for the good of the people. They were ar- ranged by men who had grown old with a Southern Pacific collar on their necks, and that company would not instigate them to do anything for its interests which would hurt the people. Byron Waters came up from San Fran- cisco last night. On the trip he enlight- ened several legislators by informing them that the bill which the new company urged was unconstitutional. This was because the constitutian forbids the Harbor Com- missioners to ‘“grant or sell” the State water-front property. He argued that “grant” really meant “lease.” This soon became noised around, and when an amendment pretending to be aimed at this alleged flaw in the bill was presented by McKelvey of Orange it occasioned no sur- | prise and was promptly voted down. The surprise of the afternoon was occa- sioned by Mark Devine (D.) of San Fran- cisco. Devine had voted with the friends of the San Joaquin Valley road from the beginning. His vote helped make up the big total of 60 out of 69 favoring the rival to the Southern Pacific. Devine had made no speeches and expressed no particular interest in the bill. He had voted regu- larly, but always for the bill. It was passed by a hopelessly large majority. The only result of an attempt at reconsidera- tion would be delay as it would be impos- sible to get the vote changed. Knowing this, Devine gave notice of his intention to move for a reconsideration to-morrow. The bill, which had been ordered to the Senate, was recalled, but it will be safe to say that it will be before that body before 10 o’¢lock to-morrow morning. As soon as the bill was reached this afternoon Reid of Trinity announced that he had an amendment which he wished leave to offer. He ex- plained that he thought the promotors of ¢