The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 4, 1895, Page 1

VOLUME LXXVIIL—NO. 34. PRICE FIVE CENTS. HELD FOR THE CRIME Kovalev Must Answer for the Killing of the Webbers. A SENSATION IN COURT. Grief of the Victims’ Daughter When Details of the Crime Are Given. THE EXILE ON :THE STAND. Yells a- Rambling and. Discon- nected Story Which Does Not Strengthen His Case. SACRAY CAL Kovaley; the Russian ¢ t ¥ held to @nswer before the Superior Court | for "the murder of Mr. T Mrs. H. L. | ting ‘two | Webber; after a The exan witness _ex last days. Kovale hout New- Y e been in San theni ¢ Webers were is generally conceded that 2 of evidence has been fo , their bail being fixed at $500 each. re was ‘an. intensely- dramati oom’ this mor: ¢ took the st nfession made to His testimony was erést in the proceedi ted the last the mur- vely borne the eni compelled to tely, and throw- 2 sister of the t beside hile her | The shook panion obbed assemblage tk ence at the perpe: or of the bratal crime, it wonld have taken but.‘httle to- have| ended the Jife of ‘the 'Siberian exile then andthere. Th tively moved to_the protection of the. accused, and as| soon as District Attorney Ryan requested | an adjournmeént of court until 1:30 o'clock | tliey Tapidly histled their prisoner from tlie courtroom and down the back stair the’ jail -below; ‘while several .dey headed by Sheriff Johnson, beat back the | erowd that rushed into the corridor and endeavared to close on. the prisoner. Kovalevy was pale and exhausted wken lie ‘entered th to His blood- morning. t eyes-evinced that his rest had- been a troubled- one.” He took his seat beside the- ¢court -interpreter, and with folded i stolid expression paid abso- no--attention to the proceedings, re- s to.ask’ or ‘answer any questions, w Zackrewsky was: called to nd. Thenhé suddenly be- gns.of life and interest, Jeaning I gazing 4t the withess with an ¢ gradually -grew- murderous ony . proceéded; When the of the alleged confession, alev trembled in every limb. He| leanea so far forward - that he asstmed the de of one z-0n a victim. cer Cody, w s the first witness to occupy the stand this morning, identified the ‘pants and lers that have been identified as belon the ones the defenda the arrest. Mrs. Beasley, the d dered man, fully ide :d the clothing as portions of the dead rman's wardrobe. When the suspenders were handed to her, she said: . +‘These were made by me for my. father. 1 positively swear that they are the ones I niade, as the sewing on-the bs while not neat; was doubly strong to prevent break- age.”’ Mrs. Beasley enumerated the various ar- ticlées which were missing after tl:e murder | and identified tire watch_recovered in tt closet of “the.old: City Hall as her mother’s property. 2 i Joyst, the partner of the murdered nt, furnished another sensation. | Hesaid on the evenink previous to the| to- Mr. Webber as | t wore the night of | zhter of the mur- | murder he noticed a strange man standing | near the store.. The stranger’s peculiar actions attracted his attention and he took particular notice of him. #Is that man in the courtroom?” asked the District Attorney. “He is,”” was the emphaticreply. “‘Can you point him out?” “I.can; there he sits”—pointing directly to the prisoner.” “I have had that face in | my memory ever since the tragedy and have been looking for him all the time.” aptain Lees gave.a full summary of the case and Detective.Gibson told of going to San Jose.and exhuming the body of the | man known as Stcherbakov. Wiadflaw. Sakiewsky, who was next -Eworn, through the aid- of an interpreter, said Ire knew the defendant, Kovalev, hav- irig - first formed his acquaintance in a sajoon. E ““Asour intimacy increased,” said he, “wedrank heavily together, and when not under the-influénce "of "liquor Kovalev #eemed Jrightened and -ill at ease.” One ®ight during a'drinking ‘bout -in my quar- €15 he gave me the following story of the | suider:: - - ! ‘We—Stcherbakov and myself—entered e bac d of ‘the store just as soon.as the old man closed the doors. There 1 found’an ax;and leaving Stcherbakov in | #be.yard I'ran ‘up the back stairs and hid ®ehind. the .dvor, When the old man, sandle in hand, came out to close the déor 1 hit him with the ax square in the head, ON THIS GLORIOUS ALOFT THE INDEPENDENCE. [Reproduced from an Original Pen Sketch by J. Kahler.] NATAL DAY COLUMBIA GREETS HER SISTER REPUBLICS OF THE SOUTH AND HOLDS SHIELD COF AMERICAN and he fell, calling to his wife: “I am mur- that city the carpenter, who had an extra | | | dered! I am killed!” After finishing the old man we entered the house and found an old woman and killed her.” “Kovalev then said that they robbed the house, and enumerated the articles they had taken.” When the defendant was asked if he had any questions to ask the witness he threw out his hands with a, despairing gesture and answered : “What can I ask him? I know that he lies—lies like a dog. No, I have nothing to ask.” Photographer Stevens was then sworn and stated that he jokingly offered his watch for sale one evening for a quarter, and Kovalev said he had thrown away a | better watch than that. Kovalev then took the stand, and, after being fully instructed as to his rights by Judge Henry and informed that he was not required to make any statement that | might tend to criminate himself, said : “I want to say first of all that I came to San Francisco with nine other men. As | every one knows, we escaped from Siberia. .@{lcr being exhibited in a theater for some time the poss bought four of us suits of clothes exactly alike. When we left the theater I got acquainted with M. \\'njev_\'adn, a Russian, who keeps a sa- loon in San Francisco. He started a sub- scription for me, by which I obtained $95. This money 1 inclosed in a cloth belt and wore around my body. I kept the money for a purpose.” Kovalev then told a rambling, discon- nected story of his tramp life through vari- ous portions of the country. Names he was unable to give, as he stated he was not conversant with the English tongue. He said in the summertime he picked cherries and grapes. He told of the visit presum- ably to Loomis, but claimed he left his companions, Levine and Stcherbakov, at that place and returned to San Francisco. On the road he encountered a peddler, who persuaded him to purchase a suit of clothes for §11. He had to break into his $95 to do so, and then recklessly spent the remainder. . He left San Francisco after his arrest, penniless, with the carpenter, Zakrewskie. They walked to San Jose, and when near | suit of clothes ina bundle, hid itin the brush. _He pawned his tools in the city, | and when the proceeds were exhausted | they returned to the place where the car- | penter hid his clothing, and he took off the | good suit purchased from the peddler and donned the clothes from the bundle. | These were the clothes claimed to belong to Mr. Webber. Kovaley claimed that his arrest was the result of a scheme concocted by Levine and Pettellon and perfected by Stevens. ‘‘As to the pants Davis pointed out as mine,” said he, “‘after coming from Siberia and while in the theater the bossbought four of us similar suits. Those pants be- longed to one of the suits, but they were not mine. The black shirt that young Mr. Webber states might be his was given me by Davis and is marked.” At the conclusion of Kovaley’s evidence Justice Davis held the defendant without bail to answer before the Superior Court. LASHED HALF TO DEATH. Whitecaps Punish a Brutal Husband in an Effective Manner. ELGIN, IrL., July 3.—William Putbresch was taken from his home near Huntley last night by the voung business men of place and lashed balf to death with a whip because of alleged.brutality to his wife. The men who did the whipping were fif- teen in number and wore white caps with handkerchiefs over their faces. The peo- ple of the village are in sympathy with the whitecaps and the Justice of the Peace refused to issue any warrants. e Value of a Man’s Life. OMAHA, NgB., July 3.—Mrs. Anna Chapple, wife of the late M. Chapple, has begun suit against James C. Ish for $5000, the legal value of a man’s liferaccording to the Nebraska statutes. Ish 1s in jail for his murder, which occurred in May, as the result of an alleged intimacy between Ish and Mrs. Chapple. Sz Grant’s and Shermaw’s Headquarters. MEMPHIS, Texx., July 3.—The Gayoso Hotel went into the hands of a receiver to-day on obligations amounting to about $180,000. The property is worth $200,000. This hotel was Grant's and Sherman’s headquarters during the war. CALIFORNIANS ARE AHEAD, Strecker, Pape and Blodau Among the Winners of Medals. Many Reserving Their Strength for the Struggle at the Fest Honor- ary Target. NEW YORK, N. Y., July 3.—The Cali- fornia delegation, comprising 8. M. Wre- den, George Helm, Fred Schuster, L. Ben- del, William Ehzenpfort,-A. H. Pape, D. B. Faktor, George Alpers and M. Schwab of the San Francisco Schuetzen Verein, and F. 0. Young, A. Strecker and E. Blodau of the Columbia Rifle Club, is. fully watched by the Eastern shooters at the fest and will shortly be put on its mettle. Up to the present the men from the Golden State’ have occasion to be proud of their perfor- mance. Strecker heads the list on the man target with 97, which equals his win- ning score at Milwaukee on the same tar- get last month. He also has the top score | thus far of 73 on the ring target. * The youthful A. H. Pape, who is re- garded here as the coming man, is close up to Strecker with 95 points on the man target, leading Mike Dorrler, the Zettler Rifle Club crack, by 1 point. Pape has tied for second place on the standard so far, with 47 points, his rivals being such- fine shots as Wheeler of Baltimore and Ross of Brooklyn, while Strecker and Blodau are next on the list with H. M. Pope of Hart- ford, Conn., at 46 points each. Blodau won gold and silver medals to- day on the point target, and has made 58 on the honorary target. ‘‘Pop” Ehrenpfort won a silver medal to-day and is in great delight. His vivacity is something won- derful, and he isas frisky as a two-year- oid, to quote his own words, and ‘“makes centers all the time. George Helm and the rest of the Califor- nians are keeping quiet until the end of the week, only trying a few shots at the point targets, reserving themselves for the tussle with the Eastern cracks at the hon- orary targets. George says that the boys | are enjoying themselves immensely and wants the folks at home fo know that they are doing well and hope to do better, and that they bhave met with a great reception. Both Strecker and Pape have also won gold and silver medals on the point target. DUNRWES ACHTEATE In a Stiff Breeze Valkyrie Il Is No Match for the « Britannia. Even the Ailsa Leaves the New Cup-Challenger Far In the Rear. " HUNTERS QUAY, Scorrasp, July 3.— Lord Dunraven’s new cup -challenger, Valkyrie ITI, was fairly beaten to-day over the fifty-mile course of the Mudhook Yacht Club by the Prince of Wales’ cutter Brit- annia and A. Barclay Walker’s Ailsa. The Britannia averaged 11.12 knots per hour. There was no dead-to-windward work. The contest was limited to close and free reaching, and on these points of sailing the Britannia is incontestibly better than either the Ailsa or Valkyrie III in a fine whole sail breeze. It is probable that the colossal new cutter will not be able to dis- tance the Britannia in windward work, ex- cept in light breezes. Itis the opinion of many yachtsmen that she is too heavily sparred aqd overcanvased, and that to make a show against the American yacht that will defend the American cup she will have to be trimmed down a little. She was beaten by the Britannia 3 min. 8 sec., elapsed time, and 7 min. 10 sec., cor- rected time, the Valkyrie allowing the Britannia 4 min. 2 sec. The Ailsa was sec- ond best, getting in 1 min. 10 sec. astern of the Britannia and 1 min. 50 sec. ahead of Valkyrie I1I. Her alterations appear to have helped her in a stiff wind. The course of the big yachts was the same over which ank{ e{! was sunk in collision last year with the Satanita. WON' BY REDRGANIZERS, Closing of the Campaign of Contests for Whisky Trust Property. The Greenhut-Morris Interests Have Now Been Beaten at Every Turn. CHICAGO, ILx., July 3.—After long and arduous campaigns, each of which has been hotly contested, the reorganization com- mittee of the whisky trust this afternoon practically reached the end of its work and scored a final victory over the Greenhut- Morris interests, which have bitterly con- tested every step in its way. The consider- ation of the confirmatory order fora judi- cial sale, which has been in progress two days, was finished and all its points agreed upon, and Judge Showalter said he would permit the order to be filed assoon as a clean printed copy of it as amended was submitted to him. This will be probably done next Friday. The sale will be ordered to take place by auction in Cook County and the price of $9,800,000 offered by the reorganization committee will be considered an upset price. A deposit of $100,000 cash will be required, to be forfeited in case the com- mittee fails to run the distilleries or keep them In repair. As security the stock- holders and creditors will have a lien on the whole property and the court will be empowered besides to take back the prop- erty if it finds it is being wasted. 'he war between the two factions of the trust has been waging ever since January 28, when Greenhut was appointed receiver, only to be deposed a fe® days afterward by order of the court. The final battle to-day was a bitter one, the attorneys of Mr. Greenhut trying hard to be made parties of record so they will have the right of ap- peal. g e e ‘Campbell’s Widow Dead. PITTSBURG, Pa., July 3.—Mrs. Emily E. Campbell, widow of the late playwright, Bartley Campbell, di ay. CAUGHT A MURDERER, Clever Work of Two Keen Detectives at Newark. CAPTURE OF CARROZZI; The Italian Criminal Finally Landed Behind the Prison Bars. STABBING WAS HIS MANIA, Others Beside His Los Angeles Victim Suffered From Hlis Stiletto. NEWARK, N. J., July 3.—Juan'-or Giovanni Carrozzi, one of the most. des- perate Italian criminals in the country, was arrested in a vacant lot near Aqueduct and O’Connell streets at 6:15 o'clock this evening by Detectives Cosgrove and :Car- roll of police headquarters on a .charge of murdering Roy Benner, a colored black- smith, in Los Angeles on December 20, 1894. He was captured after clever work on the part of the Newark detectives, after the police of several cities and the Pinker- ton detectives had failed to catch him. After the murder in Los Angeles, which was done in cold blood, Carrozzi fled to the East, and has been living.in the boarding- house kept by Michael Zoillo, at 121 Sixth avenue. Carrozzi, before he left Newark, in. 1893, was wanted for stabbing Donato Scaapone at 11 South Canal street, this city. Sca- apone received five stab wounds, and his life was despaired of for a long time, Be- fore he came to this country he had served seven years in an Italian prison for murdering a man there. After Carrozzi had stabbed Scaapone and fled to Los Angeles he was located in that city by de- tectives Carroll and Cosgrove. . He showed his cunning there, for when. he mailed letters to his wife, who remained in tins city, he first sent them to a friend in Buenos Ayres, Argentine, who: remailed them, so that they bore the postmark of the latter place. Staapone, whom Carrozzi had stabbed, recovered eventually, and beyond keeping an eye on the man in Los Angeles nothing was done to bring him back to Newark. The Newark police were not very mueh surprised when, early in January of this vear, they received a circular from Chief of Police John Glass of Los Angeles asking that Giovanni Carrozzi be arrested for mur- der. The picture which was inclosed was at once identified by Chief of Police Hop- per as Carrozzi, and a watch was kept on the places where the man would be likely to go. Such information as could be got was sent to Los Angeles, and a week ago yes- terday Chiet Hopper received a telegram from that place telling him that Mrs. Car- rozzi, who had joined her husband last fall, had the night before left for the East, un- der the name of Mary Sumnio. Her ticket. had been sent from New York, and the ticket was purchased from Peter McDon- nell of 5 Broadway. She was to go to Gerard Marino of 35 Park street, New York. The Pinkerton Detective Agéncy took up the New York end and have been watching the house for several days, think- ing that Mrs. Carrozzi would be met at the house by her husband. Detectives Carroll and Cosgrove in the meantime redoubled their efforts to find the man in Newark. They had his de- scription and a photograph of him. They learned that he was working for the Con- solidated Traction Company, and taking a covered wagon they drove through all the gangs of workmen on the different roads. He was not to be seen. Being told that he was working for Shanley Bros. and for Thomas Nevins, on the big sewer in Or- ange, they drove through these gangs, using in the latter case a field-glass. They went along the sewer on Monday. Besides doing this kind of work each evening from 6 o'clock to 12 at midnight and each morning from 3 to 6:30 o'clock, they were watching the house in which Car- rozzi was supposed to be hiding. This morning they took up their post again. At5 o'clock a man walked down Sixth avenue and went into the house. Later he came out with Carrozzi. They sat on the stoop and talked in an animated manner, and then the man walked up to Aqueduct street and Carrozzi went into the house again. Officer Donovan; who was with the detectives this morning, was sent to Aqueduct street to watch - Carrozzi's com- panion, and a few minutes later Carrozzi himeelf came out of the house and started for Aqueduct street. Carroll and Cos- grove followed and they separated. Carrozzi's companion stood. in a vacant lot on Aqueduct street, near O’Connell. Carrozzi went up to him. The detectives had covered the men from the corners, and closed in on them while they were talking. They had been warned that Car- rozzi was a desperate man, and would fight, and precaution was taken accord- ingly. Neither of the Ftalians saw the de- tectives until they were almost on them, and it was then tqo late.. Carrozzi strug- gled with the police for a few minutes and then submitted. While he was having the scuffle his friend ran away. Carrozzi was handcuffed and then brought ta police headquarters and locked up. ‘This morn- ing he was taken out and photographed. He is 30 years old, 5 feet 8 inches in height, weighs about 145 or 150 pounds, and is somewhat stoop-shouldered. He has yery keen dark eyes and his face has & sinister expression. . A scar on his right cheek and a slightly flattened nose bear witness to his encounters in which he has been hurt, and these with jet black . hair and fierce mus- tache give him an appearance that is not altogether pleasant. 'He is very handy with a knife, and had one on him when searched this morning. Mrs. Carrozzi has not been-heard from yet. She should have been in New York three days ago. Italians Are Rioting. OWENSBORO, Ky., July 3.—It is re- ported here late to-night that a gang of Italians employed in building a'railroad near_Rockport are rioting. 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