The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 27, 1895, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 1895. 5 WOLFE 1S QUESTIONED He Wore Garments Like Those Worn by The- odore Durrant. HIS HAT WAS SIMILAR., George R. King Tells What He | Knows About the Death of Miss Williams. THE PRISONER GROWS ANGRY. He Issues Orders to His Keepers, and Will Lose His Privileges in Consequence. rts and slouch layed another it hearing Dark coats with long « hats, the fashion of the da important part in the vesterday. noticed by ators th to the witne e observers among er Wolfi h now | e articles which the people'’s ABOUT THE MURDER, ceed in getting the desired book, and took the .\]lission-street car a few minutes before 7 o’clock. “How long did you remain at your rooms?” asked Mr. Deuprey. “About five minutes.” “What course did you take from the cor- ner of Mission and Twenty-third streets to your rooms?” I walked up Twenty-third street.” “Where did you go to when you left your rooms ?” . I came out of the house about 7:30 with my cousin, Walter Wooden.” “Where did you go?’ “Up to the corner_of Twenty-third and Valencia streets. We separated at the cor- ner « Twenty-second and Valencia streets. “Where did you go then?” “Down Twenty-second almost to Folsom street.” “Where did you stop?” Jatrick's, 411 Twenty-second | Jiver a note which I had | ) the house.” “Whom was the note for?” “I think it was for one of the girls.” “From there where did you go?”’ “To Miss Lord’s house on Capp_street, and from there we went to Dr. Vogel's house.” at clothes did you wear at Dr. s house that night?” he same that I had bought downtown fternoon.’ “Yes, sir. 5 “Would you have any objection to tak- ing off that overcoat for a minute?” at the coin- comparison the two garments. He avowed that in ame tea in the e by side. m or zhout | 1 aced sic les of the e ons or their | ered one from | { ed that much of | differs stories told by the | newspaper repre- est. For par- ood that Dr. at his much excited and had the stand Dr. was ov eated and veled, but not a er oath conce: d the problematic S0 tes d under cross- t Durrant acted perfectly he church gathering that r statement was cor- 1 the other witnesses who the house the same evening. A. Wolfe was the first witness to nd. your occupation?”’ asked Mr. Do you know dore Durrant?”’ you know Dr. Vogel?" es, sir.”’ “Did’ you attend the Young People's meeting I's on Friday evening, tDr. V 0 with?” . Durrant there that | vou got there?” | : after the business | g, at about st 9 o'cloc “What time « leave Dr. Vogel’s that night?” ““About half-past 11 «Did you leave there alone?” “No, sir; there were Miss:Fales, Miss Lord, Miss Stevens and Dr. Voge “Did you see Durrant ater you le ft the 1 100 feet as faras and then joined us abc he nything when he le something about going to o the next day, and that he arly.”’ Where did you go after you left Miss at her house?” X | went up Twenty-third street to our | »f Te: and changed my clothes, | then went to my brother’s stable, at | of Twenty-fifth streetand Orange horse. When I got there ered that I had left my horse at s stable, and there I went ou?” | ace Baptist it \ere on your way home?’ s I neared the corner of Bart- nty-fourth streets I saw a man near the corner.” ccognize him as Durrant?” man dressed ?” dark overcoat and been in attendance at the °’s meeting before?”’ 1ination then followed. % s your place of residence in the "Emmanuel Baptist C ked Deuprey. About a block, perhaps.” Witness then described his movements on the afternoon of Friday, April 12, prior to the Young People’s gathering at Dr. ogel’s, mcluding his visit to a barber- shop on Valencia street and a stroll about town with his brother. He ate supper at ght have | r, I would object.” ¢ particular reason for “Will you let me look at that hat?” Witness handed over his hat and Mr. | Deupre ompared it with that worn by the | defendant on the fatal Friday night. The | hats were almost identical | _After handing back | Deuprey asked if the court would order wit- | ness to remove his overcoat for a moment. | Judge Conlan said he did not know whether he had any authority to compel | witness to remove his coat, but he could no reason why the witness should not h to oblige counsel for the defense in so small a matter. Then Mr. Wolfe took off his coat, the gum which he had been chew- during the examination suffering an \Cessant mastication as the jaws of wit- ness received a nervous impuise in their action. The coat was held up beside that of the prisoner, and the lengthsand general style were found to be the same. There was a | slight difference in the color, Durrant's oat being a darker blue, though at night the difference could nhot possibly noticed. Coming around by a tortnous_interroga- tory route to the meeting at Dr. Vogel’s “*Deuprey asked: Do you know the exact time that Dur- ant arrived at the Young People’s meet- ing?” “About half-past 9.” *Could not Durrant have been in the | house some time before you knew of his | | ‘[ don’t think so. Iheard the bell ring 1 in_a minute Dr. Vogel said, ‘Here's L “Where did you go after leaving Miss | Lord?” | [ went north on Capp street to Twenty- | and along Twenty-third to my | er arriving at your house how lon, rou to change your clothes?” w minutes.’” at time did you leave your room ?” About 5 minutes after 12 o'clock.” Then followed a series of questions rela- to the witness’ movements from the me he changed his clothes, went to his | er’s stable at the corner of Twenty- | h street and Orange alley, and from there to the corner of Twenty-fourth and | Howard streets, where he took the car to | the junction of Twenty-fourth street and | Potrero avenue. When he got at the | stable where he had left his horse he found | two men there—William Potter and Rob- ! ert Buchanan. | “What did you do when you got your | | horse?”’ was next asked, “I saddled him and rode to our ra in | | S8an Mateo County,a distance of tive or ix miles.” *Did you come into town the next day?” | | “No, sir.’ “When did you next come into the; it Ci n Sunday morning.” “What i ur height?” “I don’t know."” “*About what height?” *“‘About 5 feet and 8 inches.” What is your age?”’ Twenty “Do yvou know what your weight is?” “No." About 160 or thereabouts.” Wolfe soon after dismissed with the request that he remain in the courtroom, as the counsel for the defense thought he t be needed again. orge R. King of 521 Capp street, the organist at the Emmanuel Baptist Church, | was then called. “How long have you been the organist | at the church?”’ asked Mr. Barnes. “About two years.” “Have you lh:ul anything to do with the hool 77 ; I nave been the secretary and r the library and books.” “Do vou know Durrant?” “Yes, sir.” “Did he hold any office in schoo! [ | the Sunday- 1s the assistant superintendent.” /e you a key to the church, Mr. 0, Sir. “Did Mr. Durrant have a key to the| church ?”” “I think he did.” ‘Did Ve sy ou have a key to the library?” B d Durrant also have a key 7’ es, sir.” )o vou know who put the new lock on library door?” ”\ es, sir; Theodore Durrant and my- self.” Witness was shown the broken lock and identified the same. “Do you regnember when you and Dur- rant put that lock on the library door?”’ in think it was the last Saturday March.” General Dickinson broke in with the question as to how witness could identify the lock. 3y the nicks and the way in which it is cut,” responded the witness, rehandling the brass mechanism and pointing out the features of identification. “What was the object in putting that lock on?” asked Mr. Barnes. *The old lock was so simple that it was easily picked.” “You kept the Sunday-school books in that room ?”’ ‘“Yes, sir. “Who had keys besides yourself and Durrant?”* *No one.” ‘“Were you in the church on the night of Frid‘;lxy April ’12, between the hours of 7 ock ?" o o, sir. “Were you in the church at any time that day?” “Yes, sir; I was there in the morning to Sy 2 “Did you notice anything wrong with the lock that morning ?”’ “No, sir.” “You had to pass the door in going to the organ loft?” “Yes, sir.” “How did you go into the church that day 7 “Through the front door.” “Did Durrant ever say there wasany- the Creameric between 5 and 6 o'clock and then went to look for a book which he de- sired to get for bis sister. He did not suc- thing peculiar about the key he had to the lock on the library door?” ~ “Yes, sir; 1 believe he did. He said | e i tel something about the way he had t8 handle the key in making it work.” “What did you do with the key you had to the door?’” “1 gave it to Sergeant Burke of the police force.” *“Is this the key 2" handing witnessa key. 1 think it is, though of course I cannot positively identify it, as there are no particular marks on it.” The lock was then handed witness, and, on slipping the key into the ward, it shot the bolt. . Cross-examination—General Dickinson handed witness two keys, one “People’s Exhibit J" and the other “People’s Ex- hibit W.” and the latter announced that theyv were identical and both operated the 1 o No further questions were asked by the defense. On the redirect witness answered that by the lock in question the door to the library could not be fastened from the inside. “Do you know what tools you used in fixing the lock on the door?” *“We used one of those combination handle and tool attachments.” “One of those where several small toois come in the handle?” 2 Ay “Do you know whether there are any tools kept in the church?”’ “Yes, sir; Dr. Gibson had two, a ham- mer and chisel. T have used the chisel.” At 12:05 o'clock a recess was taken till 2P M The afternoon session was opened with the calling of Officer Riel, but as there was no response Dennis Welsh, a police officer of Alameda, residing at 2076 San Jose ave- nue, took the stand. *Did you know Minnie Williams?"’ “Yes, sir; about two years.”” “‘Did you know Theodore Durrant?” “By sight, yes, sir.” “Did yon ever see them together?” “Yes, sir.” “What was the last time, as near as you can remember, when you saw them to- gether?” *‘About the 30th or 31st of March.” “Where was that?”’ “On Park street and Encinal avenue.”’ “When did you last see Durrant in Ala- meda?”’ “On the 8th of April.” “Did you talk with him then?"”’ “No, sir.” “When did you see him last to talk with him?” he night of the 25th of February.” “What oecurred then?” “I was on watch at the police station and Durrant came in and said he could not get any place to sleep in the Park Hnlr‘Y; that he had missed the last boat and wanted some place to stay. He la; on a settee in the station until about d; light.” Fross-examination—“How long have you been a police officer?” “About eight years.” “In Alameda all that time?"’ “Yes, sir.” “How did you come to be a witness in this case?” over here to the Coroner’s in- quest to see the body of Minnie Williams.” “Why did you want to see the body?’’ Well, because I was curious to seé what d of a butchering job had been done.’’ “What day was that?” “I think it was Tuesday.” *Well, what did you do at the Morgue?”’ «I went to a fellow at the Morgue and asked to see the body, but I did not seeit.” “Who was the fellow in the Morgue you saw ?” I don’t know.” Was that fellow in the Morgue dead or ki , of course.” “How did you come to be a witness in this case?” “Well, I told Officer Gibson that I knew the girl, and that I had seen her with Dur- rant in Alameda, and I asked him if Dur- rant was the fellow that did the killing.” “‘How long did you know Minnie Wil- ams?” “About two years.” *Do you remember where you first met li 0; I cannot tell just where I first met her. “When did you see her Jast to speak with er?" It was last October.” “How did it come about?" It was one night on the street, and she asked me if I would walk home with her, that it was dark and she was afraid.” *“How far a did she live from where you met “About three blocks; and as it was on my beat [ walked home with her.” ‘Can_you name any man, woman or (\"\hnld who ever spoke to you about Minnie Vil ms?"’ That would be a hard matter for me to “Then, how did you know who she was and where she lived?"” “Well, it is our business to find out the f people on our beats and where e names ¢ they “Where was she stopping at that time?”” “With a daughter of Mr. Nolan’s.” “How do you know 2" “The same way that we know anything, by inquiring.” “Did any one ever tell you that she lived with Mr. Nolan’s daugater?” “That would be a hard thinitu say.” “Was this daughter of Mr. Nolan “single or married ?” “That I cannot say."”’ “Did you ever see Mr. Nolan's daughter with any children on the street?”’ “‘Not that I know of.” “Do you think she was married ?"” “I think she was, though.” “Do you know the name of her husband or what his business is?” “I cannot tell.” “How often did you see Minnie Williams at Mr. Nolan’s daughter's?”’ ““Oh, Ican’t tell.” “Was it once, twice, three or four times?” “Yes, I suppose so; and many more times, probably.” ““Well, your memory seems to be much clearer as to the times you have seen Dur- rant and Minnie Williams than on other subjects?”’ “Oh, Idon’t know. We brother officers have talked the matter over, but never as to what should be testified.” “How long has Mr. Nolan’s daughter lived on your beat?” “Oh, about a year and a half.” “Have you seen Minnie Williams there any time lately ?”’ “Oh, I can’t tell. year ago.” “‘How do you fix that time?” No, I can’t tell. I don’t keep dates.” “Did you use to see her going in and out as though she was going back and forth to the city ?”’ “I may. I don’t know whether she was working there or living there®’ “You knew her well, did you?” “Yes, tolerably. She was short and had dark brown hair.” “What was the last time you saw her?” *‘I think it was the last of March or first part of April.”’ *‘How do you fix the time?”” “Well, because I was on duty then.” *I thought you were on duty all the times?” ““But we change our watches from day to night.” “You haven’t refreshed your memory lntel)', have you?”’ “No, sir. Isaid the officers sometimes talked the matter over when the papers came.” “When did you first meet Durrant ?” “Oh, I think it was some time last sum- mer. I used to see him get off the train at Chestnut street, and then I have seen him and Minnie Williams get on the train?” “How long did you remain in conversa- tion with Durrant the night last October when you saw Durrant at the Chestnut- street station?” ' “Oh, I can’t just tell; a few minutes.” “When did you speak to him next?” “In the latter part of December at the same station. He took the twenty min- utes to 12 train. 1 think he usually took that train.” x “How did you know the last time you met him was on Sunday niihfl” “Because it was private business of my own which made me remember it.” “Well, tell us your reason.”” Witness hesitated, and the defense asked the court to compel an answer. The court instructed witness to answer if he could, and witness said; I think it was about a 1 “Well, I'll tell you. I was up to the Catholic church, and had to run to get back on my beat when I heard the train coming.” “What officers came in the police station at the time Durrant asked to stay all night?” +Officers Chano and Delaney.” “How do you know that was on the 25th of February ?” “Because an engine on the narrow-gauge broke down on that night.” *Did Officers Chano and Delaney speak with Durrant at that time?” “Oh, I suppose $o. I think it natural they should.” “You_haven't thought about what you were going to testify to or refreshed your memory by consulting the records in the police station since this hearing was set?”’ “No, sir.” After some further questioning witness was dismigsed, and Dr. J. S. Barrett was called. Prosecuting Attorney Wakeman sug- gested that as the testimony of the next witness would be of a delicate nature it would be well for the ladies to leave the courtroom. Judge Conlan took the same view of the matter, and a_general hegira of the femi- nine portion of the spectators followed. Dr. Barrett took the stand and sat ner- vously stroking the down on his adoles- cent upper lip, evidently nursing a vain regret that the gaudily attired female con- tingent had seen fit to leave the courtroom while waiting for the lawyers to have their tx_'mliitional fling at the ~Esculapian dis- ciple. ut the lawyers only consulted. As the medical witness sat nervously and ex- pectantly in his seat he might have been mistaken for a younlg dry goods clerk or a member of the Burlingame Country Club waiting for a lesson in drag-driving from Captain Wainright, or a leader of the Cotillon Club resting after the social triumpk of an_evening of unusual eclat— anything, in fact, but a regularly gradu- ated physician about to give evidence of a grave and important character at a trial when life and death were the stake. He was dressed with the exquisite grace and neatness of a dancing master and his hair, if laid under surgeon’s silk plaster, could not be smoother or more glossy. His eye and lips smiled sweetly on counsel and court, and it was a bitter disappointment to him when the smooth voice of Deuprey was raised in preferring a request to the ntil court that an adjournment be ta Tuesday morning of next week. prey thought it would be imposs finish with the young medico before ad- journment or midnignt, and the court, glancing at the witness-stand, thought so, too, and an adjournment was ordered. The police have not relaxed their vigi- Jance and wariness as to female visitors to the Caty Prison, who desire to gee Durrant and afterward testify in ‘his behalf. Though Mrs. Williamson was the only one who gained access to the courtroom, there have been several others who desired to inform the court that the accused was the wrong man. Four of them were at the prison yesterday and day before, two of them claiming to be the vicegerents of Jesus Christ wanted to bear witness to the prisoner’s innocence. One of them said she knew by the glance of his mild eye that he was as guiltless as the babe un- born, and still another thought the size and shape of his neck precit led all poss bility of his being capable of even ente taining such indescribable and incompre- hensible motives toward any human being, man or woman. The arrest of Durrant seems to have brought to the surface all the spiritualistic cranks in the community, and some new advocate of his innocence appears on the scene daily. Most of them never had an acquaintance with the prisoner and merely judge him by means of some esoteric or hypno-psychic system of their own. It is expected all the testimony for the prosecution will be in Tuesday, and from what the defense hasallowed to be inferred, but little time will be consumed by that side before the case is submitted fo the court. Accordingly a decision may be expected from the court next Wednesday. ken u: M IN BAD TEMPER. Durrant Becomes Very Insolent to the Ser- geant in Charge of the Prison. Durrant is chafing under constant con- finement and has given several exhibitions of an ugly temper. Last evening he was as autocratic as a Czar, and gave orders to Sergeant Shields as if he were not a pris- oner charged with murder. Durrant’s mother called on him early in the evening and was with him for some hours. When his mother arrived Durrant asked that his cell be cleaned and a water- bucket e removed. Sergeant Shields or- dered a “‘trusty” to see that Durrant’s de- sires were carried out. Durrant then said, in a most haughty tone: *“I want you to see that you keep this place clean. ~ It is what you are paid money for, and you will have to attend to your duty better in the future.” This caused some lively words between the sergeant of police and the arrogant alleged murderer, and Durrant flew into a passion which took his mother some time to overcome. It was notexactly the action of an insane man, so the outbreak on Dur- rant’s part was attributed more to his ugly temper than to an attempt to prepare the way for an_insanity dodge. In the future, however, Durrant will not be granted special privileges, and he will be treated just like an ordinary prisoner. He was never any to popular and his outbreak on Fcrseam. Shields, who is a most accom- modating officer, has done him no good. Proof against misrepreséfiion always —Dr. Price’s Baking Powder. The people know and like it. STRIKE OF THE SAILORS. Another Vessel Leav for the Sound With a Non-Union Crew. A number of vessels are lying at anchor off Meiggs wharf waiting for crews, the owners of which have declared their inten- tion of keeping them there all summer until they are filled with non-union men. The bark General Fairchild got to sea yes- terday with a crew of non-union men. The cresw was furnished by John Cane, the new assistant shipping master of the Ship- owners’ Association. Cane got the men together on Thursday afternoon and kept them hidden until the early hours of yes- terday morning, wken he slipped them aboard while the vessel was out in the stream. About noon yesterday word was received at the office of the Sailors’ Union that two men had been shanfihuwd and were bein, kept on the Fairchild against their will. Secretary Furuseth immediately went to the harbor police and reported the occur- rence. Sergeant Mahqne! was on duty at the time, and he advised the secretary to go to Meiggs wharf and report the matter to Sergeant Bunner. Furuseth started for the wharf and the sergeant_telephoned to the police station. He received an answer to the effect that Oftficer Ferguson had boarded the Fairchild and mustered the crew, and that all of the men had declared themselves satisfied with their berths. Before Secretary Furuseth reached Meiggs wharf the Fairchild had gene to sea. Among the vessels lying off Meiggs wharf is the bark Arcturus, Her destina- tion is Birds Inlet, where she is to take on a cargo of lumber for Santa Rosalia. The schooner Azelea is waiting for a crew to take her to Grays Harbor, and the schooner General Banning will load for Seattle as soon as she can get a crew to man her. Among the vessels lying) in other parts of the stream are the schooner Orient and the barks Sonoma and Chehalis. The Orient is destined for Grays Harbor. The Sonoma_is bound for the Sound, from where she will proceed to Unalaska, and the Chehalis has a cargo on board for Siberia. The Chehalis has all her crew in but two men. 3 It was rumored yesterday that Mr. Mighell, who recently threw all his vessels into the Ship-owners’ Association, would remove several of his vessels from the coast. It is understood that the ship Elw;ll has been chartered to go to Aus- ROGUES HAVE GONE EAST. Sudden Departure of the Man- agers of the Royal Secur- ity Exchange. FOREIGN BOND SWINDLERS. Hundreds Mourn the Loss of Securities Which They Had Purchased. The Royal Security Exchange, conducted by Morris Hirsch and Louis Waschmann | in room 92, Donohoe building, appears to be a thing of the past, and hundreds of people who have had business relations with that concern are wondering where thei* money has gone. To the few who have made inquiries the answer was plain, that it went with the principals on the 7 o’clock overland train for the Kast Thurs- day morning. The circumstances surrounding the dis- appearance of Messrs. Hirsch and Wasch- mann, who operated the exchange, indi- cate that they left the city in order to es- cape the delivery to several hundreds of their customers of foreign bonds and other securities which were purchased on the in- stallment plan. Many of these contracts were about to mature, and, foreseeing Morris Hirsch. [From a photograph by D. Sewell.] trouble in the event of non-delivery of the goods, the firm closed its doors and went eastward, ostensibly to ‘“‘open branch offices in New York and St. Paul.” The office of the Royal Security Ex- change was open for business until Tues- | day, when a card was placed on the door announcing that the firm had removed to | room 13, 550 California street. This notice | was visible for two_days, when it disap- peared, and those who called yesterday on finding the office vacant indignantly de- nounced Hirsch and Waschman as thieves. Threats were made_to inform the police and attempt, if possible, to secure the ar- rest of the fugitives. In settling up their affairs here Hiresh and Waschman employed E. J. Quillinan as their agent in the collection of various | | | | payments still due on contracts for bonds. | This gentleman was seen yesterday and | took occasion to deny that Hirsch and Waschman had been engaged in shady business transactions or that they had fled from the City. “The office of Hirsch & Waschmann,” said he, “will hereafter be at 667 Broadway, New York. It will be in charge of Mr. Hirsch, while Mr. Waschmann will estah- lish a branch at St. Paul. I have their power of attorney to receipt for collections still due and act as their agent in this city. I must admit they left no bonds with me. All persons who are entitled to them will receive them from New York on the ex- piration of their installment period.”” Mr. Quillinan could not give any definite | information concerning the movements of the absent brokers, but it was his opinion that they would return in several months. He was not aware that Mr. Hirsch had on ‘Wednesday evening made appointments with several of his customers to meet them at noon on the following day, when at that moment he knew that he would leave by the early morning train. . Neither did Mr. Quillinan know that both Hirsch and ‘Waschmann had announced to their friends that they did not expect to leave the city before May 1. A peculiar circumstance in connection with the closing of the doors of the Royal Security Exchange was the fact that Mr. Hirsch had a number of circulars printed announcing the approaching departure for the purpose *‘of establishing branch offices in Kastern cities,”” Although these circu- lars were printed three weeks ago, he gave them in charge of a boy with instructions to mail them on April 26, They were mailed yesterday, thirty-six hours after the departure of the members of the firm for New York. Morris Hirsch, the senior member of the firm, has been engaged in the bond brok- erage business here for two years. He was formerly agent for a mnotorious bond- swindler in New York, and while in his employment gained an intimate knowledge of t‘le usiness, which he put to practical use here. Although hearrived here almost !)ennile s, it is said that he cleared up not ess than $12,000 in the two years he was working the field. The business of the Royal Security Ex- change was to sell foreign bonds, ranging in value from §12 to $130, on monthly pay- ments. The time limit on the purchase of these bonds was twenty-six months. They included the Royal Italian Red Cross bond of 1885, Hungarian Jo Szio of 1888, Holland White Cross of 1888, Royal Servian Gov- ernment of 1888. These bonds are legiti- mate and are good security to investors, provided the purchaser on the installment plan receives them at the expiration of the twenty-six months. Hundreds of persons have been Ea)‘ix\g from $1 to $10 monthly for these bondsto Hirsch & Waschmann, but as they have not the genuine bonds to deliver, it follows that all who have paid them money in the past will be minus both their money and bonds. The firm has been the subject of fre- uent complaint to the police, put the evi- gence against it was of such a character that no conviction could be secured. They were arrested eight months azo on com- plaint of Miss L. Moore of 2295 Sacramento street, who charged them with obtaining money by false pretenses. Miss Moore testified that she was induced by Mr. Hirsch to exchange a foreign bond of $100, which had been in her possession five years, for a certificate of $300. Subsequently she found that the Royal Security BEx- change certificate was valueless, and. she demanded the return of her bond. The failure of Mr, Hirsch to comply with the request led to his arrest. No conviction ¢ould be secured in the Police Court, and Miss Moore brought a civil action, which has been set for trial on Tuesday next. Miss Moore charges fraud in the complaint _and prays the court that the defendants, Hirsch and Waschmann, be adjudged Iguxlty thereof, and be incar- cerated in jail. 9 J Since the disclosures made in the trial of the Moore case the local business of the firm has suffered considerably. Agents were sent to the country, however, and for the past three months business was very lively. | | | ha without intending to furnish purchasers with the goods after they were paid for. They would sell a $100 bond for $50 in order to get business, for the reason that every dollar they received in this way was ters from their victims in the country, and my office at times has been besieged by peo- ple from this city, who have been vic- timized by them. ~The technicalities of the law, however, protected them, because they claimed that their contracts had not expired. They are about to expire now, and in order to escape delivery of the bonds they have concluded to quit the town. Their victims are numercus, no doubt, but the individual losses are slight, ranging from $10 to $100 in each case. For this reason it will be difficult to get a sin- gle person to commence criminal proceed- ings, as the expenses necessarily will be heavy.” The statement that Hirsch will open an office at 667 Broadway, New York, is looked upon as a joke. This is the office of Bishop & Co., the well-known bankers and brokers. Some years ago Hirsch had his mail sent to that address, and since quarters in Gotham. Mr. Quillinan is beginning to realize that he has a task on his hands in accepting the agency for Hirsch & Waschmann. Many persons have already called upon him for news concerning those gentlemen, but the only result of the interviews was a warm display of feeling on the part of the visi- tors, who declared that they had been robbed. It is quite likely that these will pool their issues shortly, with a view of evising ways and means for the recovery of their hard-earned money. How the Boats Are Steered in Murky Weather Across the Bgy. Dangerous Rocks That Are In Mld- Channel Which Must Be Avoided. The summer has a drawback to the men of the pilot-house who handle the spokes and steer the good boat clear of all obsta- cles. It is the fogs, and those murky clouds which are manufactured outside the Golden Gate are now beginning to make their annual visits to the harbor. Oakland pilots have not so many diffi- the Sausalito line, though at times even they have been compelled to suspend traffic, so dense and dangerous was the fog. Captain J. T. McKenzie, a veteran on the Marin County line, explains how the ship may be securely steered in the thickest sort of weather. The course differs several points with the boat. The San Rafael hauling out of her slip at Sausalito on a foggy morning will laid, steering by the port compass, on a southeast course. Now eleven minutes are allowed the boat to make Arch Rock, keep- ing that dangerous spot well on the port- hand side, and therefore passing it to the westward. Here the steamer’s course is changed to east-southeast, which will keep her pointing to the end of the Lombard- stree wharf. When this is made, she is brought to the southeast, and this course fetches her abreast of her slip. Returning in fozgy weather on a flood tide the course is northwest oy west, then from Lombard street northwest by west half west, and passing Alcatraz well to the northward and eastward, then west by [ north for five minutes, and lastly west, | which will make the Sausalito slip. Dur- ing these trips two men are kept on the | lookout forward, the bearing of shipping | anchored in unusual places is taken, an the tides and currents closely calculated. |~ The pilots are bitter in their complaints of that indifference of the Government which permits two_such dangerons points as Arch Rock and Shag Rock to remain in the harbor. The former has been the cause of numerous marine casualties. The in afog and sank. The steamer Oregon, with 600 passengers on board, has scraped against it, and the schooner Orient ran up on it last year. Those Sausalito pilots are hard worked, their watch_ being from 6 A. M. to 6 P. M. every second day, and the tension in handling those boats when the safety of so many passengers is concerned is not easy on the nerv The Government vessels Gedney and McArthur are now making a survey of the harbor, and their report will probably urge the removal of these rock: nita rock, off the Presidio wharf, and Mile rock, outside the Gate, should be included. Although Blossom Rock is buoyed, there are 27 feet of water at the lowest spring tide over the small pinnacle which was not destroyed in the blasting. e The majority of mortals others’ thoughts and ideas. Dr. Price’s Pure Cream Baking Powder is the univer- ?al vicar of household economy and com- ort. A COMEDY OF ERRORS. The Man Will Not Be Likely to Be Led Away Again by a Tea Gown. Mrs. B. was summoned to the door one morning by an old-clothes man, but she resolutely told him that she had nothing for him, until he took out an cld chamois- skin purse, and opening said: “Look, lady, I gif you gold for any old ting what you got to sell.” This was too much temptation, and soon she had the contents of her wardrobe spread out for his inspection. Her heart misgave her, though, for her husband had positively forbidden her ever to sell any of her old clothes. She only hoped he would never find out, and with the money she could buy such fine new ones. here was one gown that she did not hesitate to part with. It wasa flowered tea gown, with a big bow on the side, and long sash ends of gorgeous ribbon, and Mr. B. particularly liked that dress because she served afternoon tea in it for him often during their engagement. However, the man offered a good price for it and it went with the rest. : ‘When Mr. B. came home in the evening his wife had a guilty look as if something lay on her consciénce. But she aseribed it to a headache, and the old clothes deal re- mained a profound secret. A week or two later Mrs. B. asked her husband to do the marketing. She usually attended to this herself, but was going to have company and could not spare the time. Mr. B. accordingly took the market-bas- ket on his arm and went from stall to stall purchasing_supplies, when he suddenly saw his wife standing near him haggling over some vegetables. “‘Great Scott!"” he said under his breath, “and in that tea gown, too. I wonder what next!” He stepped up to her and gave her a vig- orous rap on the back. The next moment he saw moons and stars. Whack, whack, whack, came the blows from a castiron fist, and a shrill voice screamed in his ear: “You impudent wretch, I'll teach you to know a lady when you see one. Take that, and that, and that.” He escaped with his life and hurried home for repairs. The cat was outof the bag, and it had scratched him severely, but never, never again will Mrs. B. sell any of her old clothes.—Detroit Free Press. —————— The Turkish Government is the least enterprising of any in the matter of elec- tricity. Enormous sumsof money have been offered for electric lighting and tele- phfonedpnvueges, but they haveall been refused. —————— Ir does not appear that any baking pow- der, when presented in competition with *I'expected this,” said M. Solomon, the broker at 821 Market street. ‘‘The swin- dling methods adopted by Hirsch and ‘Waschmann were bound to be exposed some time. They advertised the sale of ‘bonds and received money in that way / the Royal, either at the Gavernment tests or before world’s fair juries, has_ever re- ce:ied favor c;r 1:wvnrd over the Royal or made an equal showing in purity, stren, or wholesomeness, R e clear gain. I have received numerous let- | that time he has claimed it as his head- | FOGS AND THE FERRIES, The | culties to encounter as their brethren of | ship Flying Dragon struck on Snag Rock | rely upon | HORSES WILL BE HUNGRY. The City and County Treasury Empty and Supplies Exhausted. | | CONTRACTORS CALL A HALT. | A Grave Situatlon—Salaries of Em= ployes to Be Withheld for the Purchase of Food. | The theory that the treasury of this City | and County would become exhausted in the course of so many days or weeks as 2 result of reckless draits upon it for election and other expenses has given way to a con- dition. The treasury is exhausted and trades- | people refuse to honor the requisitions of | the Supervisors. Superintendent Weaver of the Almshouse says his cattle are hungry, and within a few days, unless re- | lief is given, the 900 inmates will be crying | for bread. Fire Commissioner Bohen says there is no food for the horses of the department hnd no coal for the engines, and none can be had until there is money to pay for it. The gravity of the situation was made | known at a meeting of the Finance Com- | mittee of the Board of Supervisors yester- day afternoon, at which both the Mayor and the City and County Attorney were present. Chairman Taylor announced that what they all knew would take place about this time had taken place. contractors | were refusing to deliver supplies with the | knowledge that the treasury would be | empty for some two months until the rev- | enues from the new tax levy begin to come in; that it was absolutely necessary | to devise some means for tiding over the | interval; that he had conferred with the | City and County Attorney and ex-Judges | McKinstry and Rhodes with the hope of | discovering some way out of the difficulty | through the law, but without making any | headway. | Under the law the claims of every fiscal year must be paid out of the funds of that ar, and the only way of making an extra tax levy to meet a contingency such as this is to get the sanction of the people by | a special election—so it is held. That takes time and is expensive, and some | sanction of the law for other methods is | desirable, and to that end it was hoped that some method of getting before the Supreme Court in quest of a iavorable de- | cision could be desired. Just how to get | there and what to do in case they did was | not clear. In the meantime the situation | is strained. | Mayor Sutro said something must be | done and at. once. Ile presented the fol- | lowing letter which he had received from | Superintendent Weaver of the Almshouse, and who was present at the meeting: Crry COUNTY ALMSHOUSE, 72 Superintendent, San Francisco, April 26,1895, *S | Mavor Surro—Dear 1 sent this day a | requisition duly signed by Jos. King, chairman | of the Hospital Committee, to Scott & MeCord | for a load of hay,and they refused to deliver | it on the ground of no morey in the City treas- | ury to pay the bill. | _Our caitle and horses are hungry and we have no feed. We have three days' stock of flour on nand and no more will be delivered on your contract when that is gone, and 900 peo- | Ple erying for bread. 1 ask you, with all others in authority, what Ishalldoin this emergency? Yours respects fully, P. L. WEAVER, Superintendent City and County Almshouse. Fire Commissioner Bohen, who was | present, stated that the Fire Department | horses were in need of feed, coal was run- | ning_short, and the contractors had re- fused to supply any more. “We must provide for these things,” said | the Mayor. *For these and for the people in the jails and hospitals; that is first con- sideration. After that we can consider other things. But we must pay our debts, all of them.” Clerk John A. Russell explained the sit- uation at length. He said 1t did not grow out of a shortage in the levy of last year as made to_cover current expenses or those that could be foreseen, but from expenses that had arisen since and were in large measures beyond the influencz of the Su- peryisors, such as the election expenses, which had gone far beyond the limit placed upon them. s for the expenditures of the several funds for the operation of the machinery of the government they were well within the estimates, but there was no money, be- cause it had been eaten up in other ways. He thought it well to go into conrt with an agreed case and simply tell the truth about | it. It being shown that these expendi- | tures were for the running of the govern- | ment and bevond the discretion of the | Supervisors the law would be found suffi- ciently elastic to permit of assuring the supply contractors that they could be paid So assured, with the funds of the future. they would continue to kee; public institutions full. ever, it is almost a sign of insanity t | expect it of them,with the City owing them $210,000, and when they ask for it being met with the declaration that their claims are illegal. City and County Attorney Creswell went | all_over the ground from a legal stand- | point. He could see no way of getting be~ | fore the Supreme Court without a case to go with. He suggested as a means of tid- ing over the immediate difficulty that the clerks and other employes of the City and County be called upon to withhold their | wiztaulaallths ey o b tho ot Ao AR low the money to be used in the meantime for the purchase of supplies. This was greeted asa practical sugges- tion, although Mr. Russell stated as a mat- ter of his knowledge that the salary of | many of the employeswas already pledged | to_brokers. However, it was decided to call a meet- | ing of the heads of departments to be held in Mr. Creswell’s office this moraing at 10 o’clock, when the plan will be discussed. The Sac and Fox Indians are said to be the purest-blooded red men in America. They neither marry nor give in marriage outside their own tribe, We hold over =000 letters from Eminent Doctors PROVING THE IDEAL TONIC Body Brain To Fortify Mailed Free. Descriptive Book with Testimony and Portraits H OF NOTED CELEBRITIES. Beneficial d Agreeable. tEav,e‘ry Test Proves Reputation. | Avold Substitutions. Ask for ¢Vin Mariani.* Aol e aekists nd Fancy Grocers. MARIANI & CO., ok L D D 62 W. 15tk 8., New Tork, NSY PILLS! o o