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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1895. MUST STAND TRIAL: Durrant Held Without Bail for Miss Wil- liams’ Murder. COMMENT OF THE COURT. The Crime Denounced as Worse Than Those of Jack the Ripper. MISS LAMONT'S CASE BEGUN. She and Durrant Seen Together by Four Witnesses on April 3. ite the frequency with which Theo- jore Durrant, charged with having mur- red Miss Minnie Williams and Miss anche Lamont, has been before the pub- of late, the interest taken in the case, owing to the shocking character of the crimes and the mystery that still so largely surrounds them, remains unabated. This tensified yesterday by the fact that as known that Judge Conlan was to render his decision in the matter of the preliminary examination of Durrant on the charge of having murdered Minnie ‘Williams and was also to take up the pre- liminary hearing in the Blanche Lamont ease. When the court opened the usual crowd of morbi ed people was present. The seat Judge Conlan re- to call the case of Theo- ged with the murder of He then rendered his crime, one of the most re- ders ever committed, was ht,a wave of horror swept J ity and the land. Never ) the knowledge of this court, a horror been uncovered. The pper crimes can hardly be vith these. Those eri had the respectable quarter of nity in a sacred edifice and the s a good and pure creature. T y find_that the murder has been ow as to the defendant’s h it, T shall take a very f the testimony.” % 1 he court said it appeared that Durrant o s vell acquainted with theunfortunate zirl, Minnie Williams. He was a member of the church of h she was alsoa mem- Their social acquaintance was com- The evidence showed that the nt had visited her at her home in and that he was seen in com- th her the day before her death. also shown that he was seen waiting at the ferry on the afternoon of the mur- der, apparently wai for her to come over to the ci A man answering the e prisoner was seen with a ring the description of Miss church on that fatal dentity of Durrant here is taken with the other is significant. hen recited the evidence that us had come to her death on of April 12, about 8 o’clock. the fact of the finding of the e in the possession of the defend- ind to all the other incidents in rela- the meeting of the Christian En- ociety, and the prisoner's conduct earance. The court_ then said: ete chain surrounds Durrant; that, but to cap the whole matter onal property of the dead girl was the pocket of the defendant’s There certainly is sufficient to 1 to a jury to determine his guilt ence. 1 will deny the motion to release him on bail.” Dickinson then renewed his to admit the defendant to bail. v of Judge Conlan was: ‘“Let the rder be that the defendant be held to an- er the charge of murder in the Superior t without bail.” sides announcing themselves as to go on with the preliminary ex- tion in the case of Blanche Lamont, Mrs. Charles G. Noble, the aunt of Blanche Lamont, was called to the stand. She re- {‘PMH! the testimony given at the inquest Wednesday, and identified the clothing worn by Miss Lamont on the 3d of April, and also went over the circumstances at- tending her_disappearance on that day. She repeated the statement that Durrant had come_to her house and offered to search for Blanche. He had said that he believed she was in some house, and that Clarence Wolfe knew lots of places the police did not know and would help him to find the girl. The witness .dentified the schoolbooks carried by Blanche and the strap used to tie them together. Mrs. Noble was asked to identify certain writing in the books, but said she wasa bad hand at judging writing. She thought, though, the writing had ieen done by Blanche. Other exhibits were shown, the object being to get an identification of Miss Lamont’s bandwriting. General Dickinson went deep into the question of handwriting and caused every- body in the court to wonder what use the defense hoped to make of the testimony. The only writing that has so far cut any figure in the case was that which appeared he margin of the newspaper sent to i\ohle inclosing the rings worn by che. The names of George R. King and Pro- fessor Schernstein were written on the pa- per, and it was conjectured that the de- fense wanted to show that Blanche Lamont had written them, the theory being that she had not been killed at all,’and that the body found in the steeple was that of somebody else. The witness said that Dr. Vogel accom- panied Durrant to her house on the occa- sion when the latter offered to search for Blanche. Durrant did all the talking. He * said that Blanche was such a good girl that she thought everybody was as good as she was and she might have been taken advantage of. Mrs. Noble’s husband had said that “it was no place for young men to go.” mean- ing the kind of houses Durrant had pro- posed to search. In the discussion as to what had become of Blanche Mrs. Noble said that some one had suggested that some of the young men belonging to the church had spirited her away, but that she rejected that idea. She never dreamed that any of the church members would do such a thing. “After the disappearance of Blanche who came to the house to inquire about er 7"’ e nd. irl’s pu: “Mrs. Corwin and Grace Corwin, Mrs. J. Cheney, Mrs. E. Worth, Miss Fall, Miss Da ‘Wolfe, Clarence Wolfe, Mrs. Taber, Mr. Gibson, Mrs. Underhill, Miss Kingsbury, teacher of the High School, “and alady who was a deaconess in the Methodist church, and Dr. Vogel and Mr. Durrant.” The witness was asked if she had em- filoy'Ed anybody to actas a detective for er in finding Blanche Lamont. Sbe said she had not. It had been suggested, but she enly called in the police. *Did you see Detective Anthony during this case?” asked Barnes. es, sir.”’ ‘Did he ever mention to you the subject of remuneration for his services and did you pay him anything?” “No, sir; he never mentioned it.” “Did anybody ever speak to you about paying him?” “Mrs. Davis asked me once who I had try to find the girl, and I told her De- tective Anthony. She said that that was good, as he was the best one. She said that he would do more for me if I paid him than if I didn’t.” Charles G. Noble, husband of the former witness, was next called. He testified that Blanche Lamont was dead. He had_seen the body at the Morgue and identified it as that of Blanche Lamont, his niece. The testimony of this witness was corrobora- tive of that of his wife. After he had con- cluded the noon recess was taken. J. P. West was the first witness called at the aiternoon session. He stated he resided at 13 Auburn street. He is employed on the Powell-street Railway, and on the 3d of April was employed on_that branch of the Market-street Railroad system. His car left the northern terminus of the route at 2:50 p.m. Durrant entered his car on Powell street, near Clay, very close to 3 o'clock, prior to that hour, say 2:59. He fixed the time by having looked at his watch, It takes about eight and a Lalf minutes to run from the northern terminus to Powell street, near Clay, he said. He left the terminus at 2:50. Was on time. Durrant was not accompanied by any one when he boarded the car. He went inside and sat in the second seat from the corner. A lady got on at Clay street, near where Durrant boarded it. She sat alongside of defendant and_they became engaged in conversation. He said he could recognize the hat perfectly well. The hat was then shown him. He took it into bis hand and, after very closely inspecting it and view- ing it from different points, said it was the one worn by the lady who sat with Dur- rant. He knew the hat by the fact that he looked closely at it at the time and could not make out what the ‘‘bristles” were, meaning the aigrettes. He w attracted particularly by the lady, as he overheard her say she had some iriends in Butte, Mont. He resided there and her mention of that place caused him to look at her to see if he knew her. Durrant and the lady rode to Market street, where they got off. Before they got off he gave two transfers to the lady. Durrant paid the fares for both, giving a dime in payment. On cross-examination by Attorney Deu- rey the following was elicited: He had een employed on the Powell-street line the exception of about three years. Thought the 3d of April fell on Wednes- day. Went to work in the morning and worked till 6 p. ». The number of his car on that day was 415. Did not know or notice any other of the passengers except the two he had mentioned. There were two men and two women on the left-hand side. Did not know how many were on the right-hand side when he reached Clay and Powell streets. The dummy was full on both sides. Could not tell how many men or women were on either side of it. The lady that wore the hat he identified got on the car at Clay street. He noticed when she wae sitting down that she had some books in her hands. Durrant got on | after the car started—while it was in mo- tion. Another young man with books in his hand got on and sat in a corner; next to him was Durrant and then the lady who wore the hat that he had identified. He was positive about this. West was then withdrawn to allow Miss Minnie Belle Edwards of San Mateo to take the stand. On the 3d of April, about 3 o’clock, she was on the corner of Clay and Powell streets with Blanche Lamont. Had known the latter only one day. They had both attended the Normal School that day. Saw Durrant at that time. Saw Dur- rant bow to Miss Lamont. Witness en- tered the car, and expected Miss Lamont and Durrant to follow; but when she seated herself she looked out and saw Miss samont and Durrant_seated on the east side of the dummy, Miss Lamont nearest the car. Rode with them to Market street. Did not notice them any further after she left the car at Market street. The cooking class let out at 5 minutes to 3, and witness immediately left the school with Miss Lamont. “Would you know the dress worn by nt at the time?”’ was asked by District Attorney Barnes. “Yes, sir,” answered the witness. A basque was shown her,” which she jdentified as that worn by Miss Lamont on the 3d of April. *“When Miss Lamont left the school,” continuned the witness, ‘‘she had some books in her hand. Did not know whether they were tied or loose.” On cross-examination by General Dick- inson on behalf of the defense she said she had met Miss Lamont on that day at a uarter to one at the Normal School on owell street, between Sacramento and Clay. Was introduced to Miss Lamont on that day by one ot the other pupils, named Miss Kennedy. Miss Lamont had no hat on when she came into the cooking-room to attend the lesson in cooking. Saw Miss Lamont the day before in the classroom. School closed five minutes to 3. Saw the time on the clock. Left the cooking-room at five minutes to 3. Went to the dressing- room before leaving the building. Took the car for the depot at Third and Town- send to take the train for San Mateo. Witness was then made to go over the testimony relating to the ride on_the Powell-street car from Clay street to Mar- ket. The circumstance of Miss Lamont and Durrant being together particularly attracted the witness’ attention, as it was against the rules of the school for young ladies to be accompanied to or from school by gentlemen. After she learned of Miss Lamont’s disappearance she told some of her fellow-pupils that she had seen Miss Lamont with a young gentleman, and that that might account for her being missing. Detective Anthony and Mr. Marshall, a reporter of the CALL, called at the school on the Monday after Easter and took her to Chief Crowley’s office to identify the man who was on the car with Miss La- mont on the 3d of April. When Durrant was brought in witness immediately recognized him as that man. Detective Bohen told her to say so if she recognized him, and if she did not recog- nize him to say nothing. After Durrant had been identified he was asked by the entleman at the desk what he had to say. ile answered, ““All I have to say is that I was not.”’ There were two other young ladies with the witness. They all recog- nized him, but did not answer till he was being taken out, as they had misunder- stood their instructions. Witness supposed they would brin Durrant before she saw him and identified him. She had heard of his arrest before she arrived at the City Prison. She said she did not remember that Durrant was asked ‘‘Were you there and what have you tosay?’ Was shown _no other person to identify at thattime. Was able to identify the dress of Miss Lamont by having taken notice of the fine quality of the goods and the rosettes on it. Conductor West was then recalled. In answer to a question by Judge Conlan he said he was certain the couple—Durrant and Lamont—went inside the car. Eugene Deuprey took up the cross-exami- nation. The witnesssaid he had made a mistake in his testimony before the Coro- ner when relating the ‘positions of Dur- rant and Miss Lamont in the car. Was sure his testimony as given earlier in the afternoon was correct. They were inside the car all the time from Clay to Market street. He did not remember any conversation of any of the other passengers except that between Miss Lamont and%)un-am, He could not tell how many passengers goton the car between Clay and Market, nor what any of the ladies wore, nor could he describe any of the clothes Miss Lamont had on, nor did he know whether or not she wore a coat. He did not notice. anything else on the hat except the *‘bristles.” Was attracted to Durrant and Miss Lamont by reason of the fact that he recognized the fact that Miss Lamont was a schoolgirl and he knew there was a rule against schoolgirls being accompanied by gentlemen to or from school. Heard = the conversation about Butte near Pine street. The witness became spmewhat confused in trying to relate all the conversation he had overheard between Miss Lamont and Durrant and admitted he could not remember any other conversations over- Miss Lam as conductor ever since it started, with | heard on thatday in the car. He would not have remembered the Lamont-Durrant conversation, he said, haa not Durrant looked very crossly at him. He first informed Detective Bee that he had knowledge of this matter in the Chief’s office four or five daysago. Had spoken to some person whose name he could not tell about it. He asked a policeman about two weeks ago to be allowed to see the hat found in the church as he thought he could recog- nize it. Had read in the papers that Dur- rant had got on the car at Clay and Powell streets and had since been identified by the girls. He could not remember when he read about the girls having identified Durrant. Spoke to some doctor about a week and half ago on the subject. Could not tell his name. The conversation was short. Told the doctor he thought the party who killed the girls was on his car. He asked the doctor’s advice as to whether or not he should tell the police of what he knew, and was advised to say nothing. Went to the Chief of Police’s office of his own accord last Saturday at 7 p. M., and met Detective Bee. Told him the in- formation he thought he had. Bee re- ferred him to Seymour. The latter heard what he had to sa{. Was taken down to see Durrant, April 18. Was taken in to see Durrant by Detective Seymour. Saw Dur- rant in jail before he had the conversation with Bee and Seymour. When he went to identify Durrant he was told where Dur- rant’s cell was. Durrant had his face against the grating talking to a lady and girl. He was about ten feet away. Wit- ness did not remain over a half minute. Next saw Durrant at the Coroner’s in- quest. Was in the same room with Dur- rant for several minutes before he was called as a witness before the Coroner. Deuprey charged the witness with as- suming not to see Durrant when first called on to identify him during the inquest, and witness admitted that he wanted to dramatic in making the identification. May Howard Lanigan of thiscity then took the stand. Miss Pleasant, on request of the defense, was asked to leave the room while witness was testifying. Witness knew Blanche Lamont. Saw her on the afternoon of April 3 at about 3:10 o’clock on a Powell-street car with Theodore Durrant. Miss Pleasant was with witness. The car was going toward Market street. Miss Lamont was seated on the corner of the dummy and Durrant next to her. He had an open book on his knee and she was looking at it and smiling. Got acquainted with Blanche Lamont only that afternoon. Miss Lamont was costumed in a black dress and a large g tness was shown a hat, the same shown West, and identified it as that worn by Miss Lamont on that afternoon. Also identified the skirt and basque that Miss Lamont wore on the 3d of April. She walked to California and Powell streets when she left school and there saw Durrant and Miss Lamont going by on the car. On cross-examination by General Dick- inson she said she first saw Miss Lamont at the school on the 3d, but did not then know her name was Miss Lamont. First knew it was Miss Lamont about three days after her disappearance. Knew it was Miss Lamont that was on the car, as she was the only strange girl in the school that day. Read that a strange young lady who had been to the Normal School on April 3 had disuy{{wared and identified her in her mind as Miss Lamont. The strange lady was dressed in black and wore a large hat. Noticed the dress because it was buttoned on the shoulder. Noticed this in the recitation-room. Noticed her particularly because she was a stranger. The color of the hat was gray. Did not notice the trimmings on the hat, nor whether or not her hands were gloved, or whether or not she had books in her hand. Never saw Miss Lamont since she saw her on the car, nor before she saw her in the school on the afternoon of the 3d of April. Left school with Miss Pleasant; went up Powell to California in a natural gait; car passed them when they reached the south- east cornerof California and Powell streets. The car slackened speed and they -con- tinued walking. Miss Lamont was sitting on the dummy and Durrant next to her with some books on his lap. One of the books was open. Noticed no one else on the car. Did not notice where the con- ductor was. Miss Pleasant called her at- tention to Durrant and Miss Lamont, and she faced the car to see them. Durrant had a soft Fedora hat on,ina natural position. His head was bent down and his eyes were cast down looking at the book. Saw his face from the eyes down. He had no overcoat on. Miss Lamont had a broad smile on her face, created appar- ently by some remark of Durrant. The car had crossed the California-street track. The young man was dressed in a dark suit. Could not describe his attire in de- tail. Also got a good side view of the young man. Noticed his hair was pecul- farly cut; it was long and stood out. At this point Durrant, who was present during the entire examination, in- stinctively put his hand to the back of his head. His act created laughter and his anxious-looking face took on the faint semblance of a smile. Witiess could not state positively how long the parties were within her view. She next saw Durrant in Chief Crowley’s office. Was brought there by Detective Anthony to identify the man who had been arrested —Theodore Durrant. Had heard the name of the man accused and saw a picture cf him in a paper. Had not read many pa- pers regarding the affair, not more than two or three.§Went to the Chief’s office about ten days aiter she had seen Durrant and Miss Lamont on the car. When Detective Anthony called at the school he asked if witness could identify the man who was_ with Miss Lamont on the car. She replied she could. Knew the name of the man in custody whom she was to identify was Durrant. Thought it was Durrant who was to be brought in to be identitied. While waiting for Durrant in the Chief’s office several men passed in and out and witness looked at every one, as she expected to see Durrant. The witness corroborated the incidents of the identification as related by Miss Edwards. Her identification of Durrant was positive. Thought it would be abso- lutely impossible to prove that Durrant was anywhere else at the time she saw him on the car on the 3d of April. Recognized Daurrant by his hair and his mouth in the Chief’s office. Has a very good memory for faces. On redirect examination by Djstrict At- torney Barnes she said she saw the body of Blanche Lamont at the Morgue after her death, and thought it was the body_ of the irl whom she had seen at the Normal “chool. General Dickinson took up the recross- examination of Miss Lanigan. She was shown the clothes of Miss Lamont at the Morgue, she said, and recognized the skirt and waist. The hat was not shown her. Alice Pleasant, who lives at 312 Twelfth street, was the next witness. Was a pupil at the Normal School. Knew Blanche La- mont by sight, but not to speak to her. Knows May Lanigan. On the 3d of April, about 3 r. M., was walking along Powell street, near the schoolhouse. Miss Lani- gan and witness went down Powell to Post, At California street saw Miss Lamont and Durrant seated on the dummy ot the car, on the east side. Called Miss Lanigan’sat- tention to Miss Lamont. Identified Dur- rant as being the man who was seated next to Miss Lamont on the car. They were looking at a book open in the lap of the gentleman. Miss Lamont had a dark black dress on. Could not remember the hat. A dress was shown her and identified as that of Miss Lamont. Saw the body of Miss Lamont at the Morgue and was able to recognize and identify it. Her cross-examination was conducted ;?'General Dickinson. She said she saw iss Lamont twice before she saw_her on the car. Learned her name was Lamont only after reading the accounts in the R:pers. Was in the cooking-class with iss Lamont on the 3d. Miss Lamont had no hat nor gloveson in the cooking- room. The class lasted from 1 to 3 o’clock. Left school as soon as the class was dis- missed. Was on the southeast corner of California and Powell streets when she saw Durrant and Miss Lamont on the car. He had a soft hat on, but no overcoat. He was on the right-hand side of the car. Shej could not describe the book nor tell how many other people were on the car. Some books were handed to her, but she said she had never seen any of them before to her knowledge. Saw Durrant’s face when it was bent down and also when he raised it. Saw the gentleman’s face for two or three minutes. A watch was handed to her to enable her to observe the duration of a minute. She was then again asked to state how long she had had aview of Durrant’s face. She stated two minutes. She said it took about four minutes for the car to run from Market street to the school. After being told that this distance was ten blocks she was asked to reconsider her statement, but still adhered to it. They were in sight, she added, for not more than a quarter of a block. ¥ She next saw Durrant in Chief Crow- ley’s office. First learned that it was Dur- rant whom she had seen on the car with Miss Lamont when she saw him in the Chief’s office. She repeated the cireum- stances of the identification in the Chief’s office by herself, Miss Edwards and Mizs Lanigan without material variation from the statements of her companions. She had spoken to her companions about the case and her testimony, but not to any great extent. ‘When she first saw Durrant on the car she could onéy see the chin. Afterward, when he raised his head, she saw his en- tire face. His appearance is now slightly different from what it was then. He was more ruddy looking and_was clean shaven except his mustache. She was not posi- tive as to his being clean shaven. She had a good look at his face. This concluded the session of the court, which adjourned until 10 A. ». tn-dafi. District Attorney Barnes stated he had six more witnesses to put on, and Judge Conlan replied he would have to finish tfie examination to-day. The Judge said he would sit all night if necessary to keep the hearing from continuing until Saturday. His anxiety to get through with the mat- ter is partly explained by the fact that he is going away to the sound country for a two weeks’ holiday as soon as possible, and expects to leave Saturday. ELASS [N HIS POTATOES, A Meal in a Cheap Restaurant Nearly Kills William Herzinger. Hls Throat Is Badly Cut and Grave Fears Are Entertained of His Recovery. For the first time in eight days William Herzinger, a young man living at 621 Bush street, slept yesterday. He had had a narrow escape from death and suffered in- tense agony, and all because he was indis- William Herzinger, the Man Who Ate Glass. [From a photograph.] creet enough to eat mashed potatoesina cheap restaurant on Ellis street. The mashed potatoes, however, contained some bits of glass. Young Herzinger ate his unlucky meal at noon on Wednesday a week ago. He attempted to swallow a mouthful of pota- toes without proper mastication and felt something stick in his throat. On the suggestion of a waiter who noticed the dis- tress this occasioned him, he swallowed some dry bread. The pain still continued, and he eventu- ally sought a doctor, who found that the throat had been badly cut by some foreign substance, presumably glass. He gre— scribed for tfic patient, who went to bed. The next day the throat was violently in- flamed. The patient was unable to swal- low, and, in spite of the efforts of two physicians, he grew worse. His mother and brother, who reside in Alturas, were sent for. When they arrived, recovery was despaired of. The unfortunate youth’s throat was enormonsly swollen. Saturday night it seemed to be wholly closed by the inflam- mation, and the doctors who were called late in the night thought they would have to cut the patient’s throat and insert a tube to enable him to breathe. A poultice of Colorado mud relieved the inflamma- tion slightly, and_finally two bags of pus that had formed in the throat broke, and the young man was relieved. For the eight days of the struggle against death, he had not slept. The only cessa- tion from pain was when he was put under the influence of opiates. He is now better, and may recover. e e WARNER IN COOURT. He Will Have to Answer a Charge of «“Doping’’ a Horse. The preliminary examination of the stable employe, Fred Warner, charged with a misdemeanor for having on April 25 attempted to ‘“‘dope” the filly Ledette at the Bay District Track, was begun in Police Judge Low’s court last evening at 8 o’clock. The Ledette filly was to engage in a match race on the date mentioned and Warne,’s crime consisted in Surchssing a bottle of some unknown drug and a syringe and, through promise of a money consigemtion, endeavoring to get a colored boy named Cuba in theemploy of the Elm- wood stock farm, to whom the filly be- longed, to dose her, making it a certainty for her opponent. 2 The greater portion of the evening was consumed in hearing the testimony of Thomas H. Williams JT., president of” the California Jockey Club, and of the colored boy Cuba. Mr. Williams’ testimony brought out a very peculiar incident in the case. It appeared that the bottle contain- ing the drug was taken by Detective Cof- fey to the drugstore from which it was supposed to have been purchased, for analysis, and on the witness-stand Mr. Williams stated that it was his opinion that the drug at present in the possession of the Jockey Ciub officials was not the original drug, but that it had been changed and another substituted. At10:30 o’clock Judge Low announced that as a number of witnesses were yet to 0 on the stand, and it would be impossi- gle to conclude the case that evening, court would adjourn until Monday even- ing at 7 o’clock. %amer is at present out on $1000 bail, ——— e The Walkerley Estate. The Supreme Court yesterday granted a re- hearing of the motion to dismiss the appeal pending in the matter of the Walketley estate to be heard with the appeal from the judgment on the next calendar. RATHER ROUGH ON FAY His Brother Summarily Dis- charged From His Place in the Mint. THE SENATOR'S IRE ROUSED. Representative Magulre and Other Democrats Full of Sympathy and Wrath. Once more has Superintendent Daggett aroused the ire of his enemies by a dismis- sal from the Mint in pursuance of a former threat. Thistime itis the brother of Sena- tor Fay who lost his head. As a conse- quence all the bitter feeling that for a time has been lying dormant is again aroused and more complaints will be sent to Wash- ington. Mr. Fay was given no previous notice by letter of the intention to remove him. He appeared on Wednesday morning ready for work and was told that his services were no longer required. He was the only one discharged. An attempt was made to find what gronnd Senator White took upon the mat- ter. The situation has been outlined to him in Los Angeles by Senators Fay and Whitehurst. He was informed of the dis- missal of Senator Fay’s brother and asked which of the factions he intended to side with and what he was going to do. Mr. White listened gravely. Then he turned in an interested way and said de- cidedly: “I don’t know a single thing about the Durrant case.’ ‘When urged to express himself in regard to the propriety of Mr. Daggett’s recent removals, he declared that he had nothing to say. “I'was telegraphed at Los Angeles at the time of the é:rst agitation,” he explained. “I refused to be interviewed then, and I will not express an opinion now.” Representative James G. Maguire was more outspoken. He stated that he had made up his mind to do nothinguntil a certain action had been taken. This action, it became apparent, was the re- moval of the brother of the Senator, who had incurred Mr. Daggett's wrath by cast- ing his complimentary vote for United States Senator for Mr. Maguire instead of for Mr. Daggett. “Now that this action has been taken,’” said Mr. Maguire, “I am not sure what I will do. The Director of the Mints at Washington has been written and wired. In none of this work have I taken any part. 1 will decide upon a course of action 1n the next few days. “The event of yesterday was not unex- pected. I was sure that Mr. Fay’s brother was to be discharged. But I expected the nVEoin!ees of Senators Biggy, Burke and Whitehurst to meet the same fate. At least, I was told they were to lose their places.” Superintendent Daggett, in speaking of his appointments a_few days ago, stated that Mr. Maguire had one place in-the Mint and that two men who were his iriends were drawing Federal salaries. Senator White, he said, had four places, and besides that his sister had been given a position in the Mint. These statements were made to show that these two gentle- men had not been overlooked. “If any of my friends have been aip- Koinu\d to places in the Mint,” said Mr. faguire in commenting upon this matter, “it was done before Mr. Daggett knew they were such. It is true that I have been offered two positions in the Mint. But this was not done till my return a short time ago. In fact,” he continued, “it was when Mr. Daggett had a talk with me after his dismissal of Senator Gesford’s sister and his taking the washing from Senator Biggy’s laundry had occasioned such a stir. We talked of Mint matters generally and incidentally the matter of patronage came up. “He told me I might haye too appoint- ments and named the positions. Later I looked these places up, and found they were at that time being filled by the brothers of Senators Fay and Biggy. “] suppose he didnot intend to insult me, but, of course, it would hardly be ex- pected that as aman of honor I would for a moment consider the proposition. It would be very odd if I should try to assist in punishing Senator Fay, whose only wrong was that he had cast his vote for me for United States Senator. No matter how badly I might wang to put a friendin a place, I would not do so at the expense of ir. Fay’s brother.”” Mr. Maguire said what surprised him most was that Mr. Biggy had not been discharged. This had been delayed, he thought, because Mr. Daggett feared he might lose the place if he should discharge Mr. Biggy before a second man had been recommended, since the place occupied by Mr. Bigey was subject to confirmation by A. T.Spotts, the "head coiner, who, he understood, was friendly to Mr. Biggy, and might refuse to accept another man as his successor. Senator Fay is outspoken in regard to the cause of Mr. Daggett’s various re- movals. He says that, in his brother’s case, he is satisfied it was not alone because he §Senalor ray) had voted for Mr. Maguire or United States Senator. He feels sure that his stand upog, railroad measures had as much, if not more, to do with it. “Why, just look at the record,” he said. ¢ voted and worked against Assembly bill 702 and other infamous Southern Pacific measures. Lhelped the cause of the Val- ]eydroad. So did Senators Biggy and Ges- ford. “Now we are punished, and Senator Arms, who fought all these measures and acted contrary to the best interests of his constituents and the Democracy, is re- warded by a place in the Mint. That’s not Democracy. No man who subscribes to the platform of a party and then falls down on it can claim to represent that party. Yet that is what John Daggett did as Lieutenant-Governor, and acts speak louder than words. +‘And yet he dares to criticize Dr. Maro Levingston. Every word he said about Dr. Levingston’s honesty may be true, but when it comes to Democracy, Mr. Leving- ston is as far above Mr. Daggett as anarch- angel is above a bedbug. Say what you wifi about Dr. Levingston's record, he never sold out his party.” Mr. Fay said that Mr. Daggett, in his appointments and his acts in influencing legislation, showed the power that had ob- tained for him his place. The Mint, Mr. Fay said, seemed to be considered by Mr. Daggett to have been established for his personal benefit. All his actions had shown that he was acting, not for the Democratic party, but for John Daggett, subject to the approval of Fourth an Townsend streets. “Mr. Daggett says he was the choice of the majority of the Democrats of the State for United States Senator and shows letters from various institutions to prove it,” Mr. Fay continued. ‘It seems to be the act of a political prig seeking to prove an alibi. Every one knows what the signatures to titions are worth and John Daggett E;ows how he stands in the Democracy as well as any man in the State. I will not say he is_prevaricating about the matter, but I will say that he can flirt with the truth more skillfully than any other man I know.” = Mr. Fay did not look for any assistance from Senator White. That gentlemen, he said, had given him little satisfaction in Los Angeles. Besides, his sister was now in the fiint. As a parting shot at Mr. Daggett Senator Fay said: 3 “1" don’t see how even the most pin- headed politician would dare to do what Mr. Daggett has done. I refer to his making war on a woman to get even with Senator Gesford. Why, even a Coman- che Indian wouldn’t do that.” Max Popper looked at the matter more dispassionately than did Senator Fay. NEW TO-DAY. CLOTHING DIRECT FROM Th Manufacturer to the Consumer In the Very Midst of the Retail District! SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 4th, We occupy the premises, 34, 36, 38 and 40 Kearny Street (for- merly occupied by the Chicago Clothing Company), and will sell —in conjunction with our present premises— CLOTHING DIRECT TO THE PUBLIC AT FACTORY PRICES. IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE TO US WHERE YOU BUY— HERE--25 and 7 Sansome Street, —oxr— THERE--34, 36, 38 and 40 Keamy St Our Prices Are Positively the Same as What We Would Charge the Retail Dealers. R T TR HYAMS, PAUSON & (0, 34, 36, 38 and 40 Kearny Street, —_— AND— 25 and 27 Sansome Street, Manufacturing Clothiers Selling Direct to the Public INSURANCE RATE WAR Patronize California’s Giant Native Son. The largest Insurance Company west of New York. Rates as low as any safe company. Over three million dollars in the State of California. The best policy for the property owner. THE FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE COMPANY. Mr. Daggett, he thought, had been influ- enced by the same feeling in removing Mr. Fay’sbrother that had prompted his action toward Gesford and Biggy. “But,” he said, ‘there is something more to it than a desire to get satisfaction for their not having voted for him for United States Senator. Every removal means an appointment. He has found he cannot in- fluence these men.- Those who succeed them will be able to assist him in an at- tempt to control the next State Conven- tion and from that the delegates to the National Convention of 1896. This, you will see, accounts for his recognition of Rainey in distributing patronage.” A LOT OF LITTLE NOTES The Pacific Bank Sues to Recover Upon Them. They Aggregate Figures Up a Neat Sum—Several of Them Are Old Timers. The Pacific Bank has evidently made a round-up of its delinquents upon small notes. The pigeon-hole provided for new suits in the Justices’ court was clogged yesterday with the papers in thirty-two suits begun against them to recover prin- cipal and interest. Some of the notes are old-timers. None of them reach above $300 in amount, that being the limit of the jurisdiction of the court. The sum of the notes figures $4489. Following is the list of defensants and amounts: John Boone, $250; Ph. Thorsch, $90: J. D. Prossar, $150; Sanford 8. Prossar, A. M. Prossar and J. D. Prossar, $300; George N. Fox, J. B. Wyman and N. Bingham, $100; E. V. Robbins, $200; F. S. Mitchell, $140; Thomas C. Howell, $145; John Brown, 250; William Porter Cresswell, $100; J. E. er, $300; 8. A. Coleman, $100; H.M. Covent, $100; A. T. Taylor and Lulu M. Taylor, $200; Thomas Archer, $50; A. O. McGrew and Martha M. McGrew, $235; Minnie Comyn, $100; Max Gutter, $100; Charles C. Fisher, $100; Joseph Fassler, $§170; Augustus E. Brederll, $200; W. E. Brederll and May Brederll, $50; Jennie Saxon and Eva 8. Morris (formerly Eva S. Frowlery), $70; C. 0. Ziegenfuss, $75; E. C. Wordman, $50; W. 8. Dreypolcher and George Heazelton, $200; G. W. Sullivan, §75; Arthur Sinclair, $114; Kate Edwards, 3206; Lottie Brown, $100; J. A. Campbell, $75; California Concrete Company, 51&). The Hastings Estate. Attorney Samuel M. Shortridge filed a de- murrer yesterday on behalf of Louise dela Montagne et al. to the will and codicil of 8. Clinton Hastings, and the contestant was given by Judge Coffey ten days in which to file an amended petition. ————— Russian lovers send a daily present to their fiancees. WHY BE SICK When a trifie will buy the greatest healing invention of the day? 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