The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 18, 1895, Page 4

4+ fHE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1895. SIN JOSE MYSTERY, An Inquest Held on the Body of Elezer Frost. NO TRACE OF POISON. Expert Chemists Will Make a More Searching Investi- gation. TRUST DEEDS. PLACED ON FILE. The Widow Given a Life Interest in Forty Acres of Valuable Land. SAN JOSE, Cir., July 17.—An_ autopsy was held on the body of rost, the pioneer who died Monday v Drs. Trueman and Burr last evenin This was done at the request.of Erwin Frost, who was not satisfied with the cause of his father’s death. Nothing was found in the stomach to indicate poison- This morning Coroner Secord summoned the fotlowing j uvest: J. S. | M. Ha {napp, C. Bern- t, F. B. Bowker, P. C. Dahoney and Lemoney. Mrs. Dora Frost and amined, but nothing and the ingquest 1til to-morrow, when the s will report upon the examination of the dead man’s stomach. liam B. Vinter this morning filed a number of trust deeds made by Frost. They are for portion a 378-acre ranch cattle road, near this place. This alone is worth $75,000. By the ed the widow isgiven a life inter- est in forty acres of land and the children are given like interests in divisions of from ten to twenty acres each, the title of these tracts to go to their children at the th of those who have life interests. LET THEIR CAPTIVE ESCAPE. A Alan Wanted for Grand Larceny Re- leased by Officers. JOSE, CAL., July 17.—Officer Prin- e last evening arrested T. M. War ion received from San F: he was wanted for stealing a nd two horses. Ward was arrested clipse stables, where he had just and when taken to the City rotested his innocence. He asked telephone message be sent to Mc- 's stable in Oakland, and word i that he had rented a rig there iry of both the Oakland rancisco police developed the ere was no warrant there and anted, and he was released. ancisco that Ward was wanted for y there and that a mistake e last night when word was lease him. Chief Kidward im- started out to find Ward, but he rly morning train, leaving Last night he tried to bor- row $25 on the team and wagon, and fin- agreed to take ALLEGED ARSONISTS IN JAIL. Chinamen Accused of Lcoting and Set- ting Fire to a Residence. SAN JOSE, CaL. worth of jewelry and then settin: the house to hide the theft, isin all efforts to locate the stolen jewels have futile. ing, & friend of Jim Chuen, has also been arrested as an accomplice. Ching Sing was in the Spencer residence on the night of the fire, and it is believed he knows something about the crime. The men will be held on a charge of burglary, pending an inv tion. Several search warrants were issued to- day, but none of the stolen property was discovered. A New Regime Takes Charge of the Order of Chosen Friends. SAN JOSE, Carn. July 17.— Deputy Grand Councilor A. E. Weber installed the following officers of Garden City Cou No. 62, Order of Chosen Friends, last even- ing: Councilor, Mrs. C. Harris; vice-coun- cilor, Mrs. H. Kell secretary, A. E. Weber; treasurer, E. Witkowsky: prelate, Mrs. A. C. Waldorf; marshal, J.J. Conm warden, J. Nugent; guard, Cal A fine musical programme was rendered after the installation, followed by a dance and banquet. Destroyed by a Blaze. JOSE, Cavn., July 17.—A frame ng at 10 Orchard street was gutted by fire about 3 o’clock this morning. The building is owned by J. Foster and the damage amounts to sbout $300. About $150 worth of furniture belonging to John Edson, stored in the place, was totally de- stroyed. The fire was evidently the work of an incendiary. There was no insur- ance on the place. SCHOOLS OPER MOKDAY. Entertainment at the Potrero School This Evening. New Revised List of Principals of the Varlous Schools—Few Trans- fers Made. The City schools will open on Monday. Most of the teachers have returned from their vacation visits and outings, and they and their young charges have gained a fund of strength for their respective duties tne coming year. There will be two new school build- ings ready for wuse, the Douglas and the Potrero: The James Lick and North Cosmopolitan buildings have been remodeled and generally improved, and it is possible all the rooms of the latter will not be ready for occu- pfmcfy by Monday. The Board of Educa- tion has provided for that contingency by renting Bersaglieri Hall, on Stockton street, near Union, to accommodate some of the pupils. _The number of teachers, including prin- cipals and substitutes, is 904, Itis prob- able that a few transfers may be made, which will necessitate a slight change in the assignment list, which, in the main, will remain intact. The principals who will be at the head of the various schools are as follows: South Cosmopolitan, Adolph Herbst; § End Priniayy, Miss 18 B, p(:oles;flsuo:)’fl?oglt: ¥rancisco Primary, William W. Stone; Spring afternoon, | g word was received from | Valley Grammar, Silas A. White; Stanford Prizoary, Miss Edith H. Crowley; Starr King Trimary, Miss Kate Conklin; Sutro Primary, Miss Mary Magner; Washington Grammar, Thomas H. McCarthy; Webster Primary, Miss Agnes M. Manning; West End, Miss Ella_Mc- Carthy: Whittier Primary, Miss Emma E, Stin- cen; Winfield Scott Primary, Mrs. 8. | Code; Business Evening, Elbett C. Hamilton ing, Edwin W. Bunnell; Horece Jaines R. Dwyer, acting princi- ning, Alexander H. McDonald; Andrew J. Freese: Wash: ington Evening, Miss Philomena M. Nolan; Miss Sarsh J, Jones; Bernai Miss Mary E. Keating; Lowell High, Frank Morton; Hroadway Gramma: Miss Jesn Parker; Buena Vista Primary, ) Amelin G. Catlin; Chinese Primary, Miss Rose | Th Clement Grammar, Miss Mary E. C i Cleveland Primary, Miss Annie Slavan; Cooper Primary, Mrs. Celine R. Pechin; Columbia Grammar, rs. Lizzie K. Burk: Crocker Grammar, William H { wards; Denman Grammar, Azro L. Douglass Primary, Miss Winifred L. Tarpe Edison Primary, A. B. Chalmer: E: Primary, Sara M. W t Grammar, Mrs. Frances A. Bannin, , Miss Clara M. Johns James G. Kenney; d. Miss Rose Goldsmith; Garfield Mary A. Scherer; Girls' High, Golden Gate Primary, Mrs. : Haight Primary, Mis Haswell; Hamilton Grammar, Will | ;' Harrison Primary, Mrs. M awthorne Primary, M Hearst Grammar, Mrs. Netti Durant Primary, ) Castel- B. ; Irving Primary, ) ow ; James Lick Gramma i ett Grammar, Albert Lyser; Jefferson Miss Mary M. Murphy; Lafayette Miss ¥ Fairchild; Le Conte Y, Miss _Margery C. 'Robertson; ina Honda Primal ss Katherine F. rcoln Grar James T. Hamilton; ow Primary, Miss jennie Smith; Madi- ss Llizabeth F. Bartlett; Mar- Junet R. Craven; Monroe Hagarty; Moulder Pri- Katherine E. Brogan: Normal Laura T. Fowler, acting principal; osmopolitan Grammar, Miss Margaret Ocean House Primary, Daniel J. fic-avenue Primary, M E. Heights Gramma; ; Peabody Primary ahalin; Polytechnic Hi 1sh; Potrero Primary, Richard D. Faulkner; ¢ Miss' Mary A. Deane; Rich- v, Mrs. Anna E. Tiernan; Rincon land; Sheri- ; Sherman B 1 nary, Miss Jennie M. A. Hurley. At noon to-day the Board of Education will meet for the purpose of receiving bids for school furniture, for moving the Sutro Primary School building from Nineteenth | avenue, near Point Lobos, to Twelith or | Thirteenth avenue, between California | and Clement streets, and for fifty platform | scale: ighing coal | there will be appropriate at the new Potrero ch members of the board opening exerc School, in wh will participate. FISHING One NEAR CAPITOLA. of the Records of son Made by A. Boomer Jr. S. W. Watrous writes to THE CALL re- garding the excellent sport with rod and reel which is being had at present near itola. A record in the line was made the H. Sea- { i A. H, Boomer and His Big Salmon. [From @ photograph.} vesterday when A. H. Boomer Jr., a youn; man of Capitola, captured a 26-pound sal. mon. This was the best item in a good day’s sport, The fish was caught off Cap- itola from Captain C. F. Ta About 1600 people are encamped near Cap- itola, all on pleasure bent, and the report is, “‘still they come.” THE POLICE CHANGES, No Action Taken as Yet—The Charges Against Sergeant Cooke Dis- missed. The Board of Police Commissioners met last night and listened for over three hours to the testimony in the charges against Sergeant Jesse B. Cooke of brutally treat- ing Chinese. The complaining witnesses were: Chung Quan, 811 Dupont street, who | charged the sergeant with striking him with a cane on April 18, and Gwan Loy, 35 Waverley place, who charged him with throwing him downstairs. The sergeant was on these occasions in charge of the Chinatown squad. The Commissioners dismissed the charges, believing in the case of Gwan Loy the testimony of the wit- nesses for the defense that he fell down- stairs. In the other case no evidence was shown that Chung Quan had been struck with the cane. Yesterday morning Gwan Loy swore out a warrant for Cooke’s arrest in Judge Campbell’s court on the charge of assault with means and force to produce great bod: injury. The warrant was served upon him and he was arrested. The Commissioners took no action last night in regard to the resignations of the eight officers, including Captains Douglass, Stone and Short. The petition signed by downtown merchants asking that Captain Douglass be retained was before them, but it will not be considered until after July 20, the date fixed for the resignations to be all sent in. Assoon as the Board of Super- visors pass the necessary appropriation for the additional seventy-five men, the re- organization of the districts and appoint- ments of captaing, lieutenants and ser- geants will be effected. —————— The claim of the eagle to the title of king of birds seems to be slightly clouded by an incident reported from Stafford County, Va. A gentleman down there was watcg— ing an unusually fine bald eagle grandly saihn§l around in the air a few days ago when he noticed a little bee martin rise in the air and make straight for the eagle. He wondered what the martin’s object could be, and was surprised teo. see it sail in beidly to tear the feathers out of the big eagle. But he wasamazed to see the eagle, after afew moments of effort at beating off the little bird, sail away in full flight, making every effort to escape from the martin. The martin followed up closely for a while, making a savage jab at the e“fl'e every few yards, but was finally left behind through the superior retreating vowers of the ig eagle, s , Mrs. Margaret H. Walker; Mis- | lor’s launch | THE BAY DISTRICT RACES, Chevalier’s Poor Riding Loses a Race for Sport McAllister. DON GARA WAS OVERLOOKED. The Pleasanton Stable’s Bernardo Wins a Handicap In Very Fast Time. Among the spectators at the track yesterday was William Pinkerton, a member of the noted Pinkerton Detective Ageney of Chicago, who is an admirer of the thoroughbred herse. Joe Narvaez made his reappearance in the saddle yesterday after his long term of enforced retirement, riding Rey del Bandidos at 112 pounds in the two-year-old race. Joe showed the effects of his long let-up, but no doubt will soon resume his old form. With two racetracks in operation the coming winter, there is apt to be a dearth of thorough- breds in the racing line, notwithstanding the Inrge number of Eastern owners that have signified their Intention of coming to Califor- nia this fall. So thought the California Jockey Club, for yesterday they remitted the §250 fine imposed on owner Boots of the Elmwood stock farm. A message to that effect was received from Thomas H. Williams Jr., now on his way East, by Louis Lissak, and everything is again running smoothly at the Bsy District. The public for some time has been fol- lowing Chevalier’s mounts at the track, but if he puts up a few more flowery rides such as he has ridden the last couple of days he will soon find himself riding en- tirely for “Riley.” His handling of Mnl- berry and Realization on Tuesday was bad enough, but his Sport McAllister ride ves- yesterday was worse. It is fortunate for the astute colored chap that he stands so high in the public’s estimation, as well as in the judges’ stand. Svort opened an 8 to 5 favorite for the fourth race, a five and a half furlong dash, and the condescending bookies eagerly grasped the coin, at the same time giving | the player a sort of scrutinizing look, as though in doubt as to his mental capacity. The odds later on drifted back to 11 to 5, Nervosa, Frondeur and Normandie carry- ing the bulk of the money bet. Getting away second with Sport when the flag fell, Chevalier at once began tak- ing him back, although his orders were to lie in second position to the stretch home. Nervosa and Frondeur headed the bunch into the stretch, with Chevalier beginning to move up from next to last position with his mount.. The two leaders indulged in a | drive for an eighth of a mile, Nervosa win- ning by a neck, with Sport McAllister a bang-up third, as iresh as though he had simply been warmed up a guarter. Cheva- lier siiould have been soundly censured for the ride, but it passed unnoticed by the judges. ‘The favorites received a brilliant coat of whitewash, not a solitary one scoring, out- siders and_second choices getting all the money. The attendance was light, and betting in the big ring was at low ebb. O’Bee was a 7 to 5 chance for the opening dash of five and a half furlongs, but did not get a number. In a hard drive Piggott on the 15 to 1 shot, Hanford, outrode Che- valier on the second choice, Little Bob, and won by a neck. Regal, a long-priced outsider, was third. It was a line run for the class of horses starting—1:07%. Bix cheap “dogs”’ that had failed to win a purse this year started in the second event at a mile, Auteunil being made a 2 to 1 favorite. Mero, Tuxedo and Leonatus received some support. Simmered down to a drive, Tuxedo, Auteuil and Leonatus induiged ina bead and head finish, the former getting the verdict with Auteuil in the place. The time was slow, 1:443{. The five-furlong handicap for two-year olds resulted in the complete downfall of the knowing ones. The Love stable’s pair, Rey del Bandidosand Edgemount, opened favorites at 8 to 5, but so much money poured into the books on Charlie Boots, who was baeked from 4 to1to 13 to$, that the stable went back in the betting. When the flag fell, Don Gara, apparently neglected in the ring with 8 to 1 against him, took the lead and was never headed, winning by two lengths from Veragua, another outsider. Edgemount finished third. Charlie Boots stumbled almost to his kneces at the first turn, ruining his chances. The all age handicap, another five and a helf furlong affair, the last event on the card, resulted in a victory for the Fleasanton stable’s gelding Bernardo, against which as good as 5 to 1 was at one time laid. B. C. Holly's May McCarthy ruled favorite at 2 to'1 throughout the { betting, Bernardo going to the post second choice with imp. Ivy next in demand. Hinrichs beat the flag a length with the ustralian mare heading the filly into the | stretch, the favorite second. Coady now made his run with Bernardo and hooking up with Ivy the two had_a hammer and tongs finish to the wire, Bernardo winning by a half length. the favorite a poor third. That the brown horss was in fine fettle was shown by the fast time, 1:! 714, MurHOLLAND, 1sco, July 17, 1893, ‘l 17 FIRST RACE Ive and a half fariongs: . selling: three-year-olds and upward; purse $300. Ind. Horse. weight, jockey. 8t. 15 Str. Fin 1162 Hanford, 90 (Pizgott) 5 1n (1183) Little Rob, 80 (Cheval 4 57 4 2 (1137) Regal, 99 (McIntyre) 1 315 8¢ 32 1169 Lodi, 101 (Hinrichs). 8.7 9 4 1169 O'Bee, 9 (E. Jones). 2 914 315 51, (1168)Rene, 99 (Coacy’ 7 6ih 84 67 ) (1127) Durango. 99 (Reidy). Good start. Won rlrirluf. Time, 1:0734. Win- ner. br. g., by imp. Kyrle Daly-Visalia. Betting: Hanford 15 to 1, Little Bob 13 to5, Regal 25 t0 1. Rero 8 to 1, O'Bee 7 to 5, Durango 12101, Lodi 15t0 1, 1179, SECOND, RACE—One mile; selling; - purse $250. Ind. Home, weleht, jocker. St 34 Str. Flo. 1168 Tnxedo, 98 (Piggott)........ 3 2h 24 1n 1138 Auteull, 100 (Coady). B B4 2 1117 Leonais, 96 (Chev et vt (1172)Mero, 106 (¥ 47 8 an 1151 Sheridan, 108 (C. 6 42 b} 1168 Swiftsure, 108 (F. Jackso 514 514 6 Good start. Won driviny. Time, 1:443;. Win- nerbr. §. by Regent-Rerly. Bezting: Tuxedo b to 1, Auteuil 2 to 1, Leonatus 7401, Sheridan 8 to 1, Mero 410 1, 'Switisure 20to 1. 118 THIRD RAC ive furlongs; handl- . cap; two-ves $300, Ind. Horse. welght, jockey. (1164)Dou Gara, 102 (Hinrichs) 1040 Veragus, 88 (Piggol) 1069 Edgemount, 100 (Martin).... 1164 Rey del Bandidos, 112 (. Narvaez) .5 6 53 4f 1154 Her Majesty, 107 (E. Jones).4 37 38 514 (1159)Charlie Boots, 01 (Chevalier).6 42 6 6 Good start. Won handl'y. Time, 1:0214. Win- ner, br. ¢., by Rathbone-Miss Melbourne. Betting: n Gara 8 (o 1, Veragua 11 to 1, Edgemount and Rey del Bandldos, coupled, 2to 1, Her Majesty 16 to 5, Charlie Boots 13 to 5. 1181 . FOURTH RACE—Five and a halt fur- « longs: selling; three-year-olds and up- ward; purse $300. Ind. Horse. weight, jocker. Str. Fin, 1128 Nervoso, 90 (k. Jones). In 7 Frondeur, 98 (Piggaty 2h (AT60)Eport McAliister, 105( alier) 3 42 33 1161 Norma 814 43 6" 51 W (1162)Greenback Jr.. 9’ }lcom 6 8 1081 Harry Lewis, 103(Hinsichs)5 8% 57 6 Good start.. Won driving. Time, 1:08. Winner, ch. g., by imp. Brutus-Nerva. 5 Betiing: Nervoso 7 to 2, Frondeur 4 to 1, Sport McAitister 11 1o b, Normandie b to 1, Greenback Jr. 8101, Harry Lewis 13 to 1. 1182 FIFTH RACE—Five and & half fur- «+ longs: handicap; three-year-olds and up- ward; purse $300. St }’ Str. Fin. 3 2r 1 Ind. Horse. weight. jockey. (1166)Bernardo, 104 (Coady). 1mp. Ivy, 102 (Hmrich 1166 in (1075)May McCarihy, 97 (Chev- lier) 4 214 815 37 1156 Banjo, 97 (Pigkott). 5 4lp 1136 Centurion, 90 (E. Jones] 8 42 5 art. Won ariving. Time, 1:07%4. Win- by ymp. Cheviot-Sweet Pegay. vy 16 to 5, May Banjo4tol. x: Bernardo 3 to 1, tmp. McCarthy 2 to 1, Centurion 7 w'x. - Following are to-day’s entries: First race, eloven-sixteenths of s mile, sell- 94, Ladameo 78, Cadean 83, Druscilla 83, Wild Rose 102, Auteutl 96. Seco a maiden two-year-olds—Walter J 105, Belle d 107, Gladette gelding 102, Pr. Hooker 107, !\r’dollle Bawn 102’.l iifog.- Saraphin 86, ce, 5 ral Jaoe, anotmile; selling.— : Runner 107, Ichi Ban 98. Fourth race, one mile, selling—Miss Buckley Fifth race, one mile and a half, steeple- chase—Dick 'O'Malley 137, Vulean 137, Joe dene 129. ESTEE LOSES HIS PARTNER. Firm of Estee & Miller. On August 1 the law firm of Estee & torney Miller will thereafter continue his practice in the Mills building. created considerable gossip in law circles, but no reasons are given for the dissolu- of the firm's members to separate. L Attorney Miller has a National practice art of his time to that branch of work. fr. Estee’s practice is much less exten- altogether different lines. From the latter reason there is no occasion for consultation really have no interests whatever in com- mon. Dramatic End of California’s Celebrated Scenic ing, non-winners—Gonzales’ Maid 88, Josie G nd race, nipe-sixteenths of mile, Bog 105, Miss Cunningham 107, Lady Leinster filly Claudius 110, Sympathetic’s t 1 88, Arnette 100, Commission 105, Carmel 104. Frank 131, Meadocino 187, 7 O C 122, Yange- J. H. Miller to Withdraw From the Miller will dissolve partnership, and At The announcement of this change has tion excepta mutual agreement on the part in patent law and will devote the greater sive than that of nis partner and in between them on their cases, and they Artist. He Had Just Completed a Huge Canvas When He Fell and Explred. “Your drop is finished, and it's a won- der,” were the last words of Forrest Sea- bury, the celebrated theatrical scenic artist, as he placed his brush in a potof water after completing the painting of a drop curtain in the painting gallery of Morosco's Opera-house at 4:35 P. M. yester- day. He took a few steps toward the washstand near by, staggered and fell, and within a few seconds breathed his last, His remark had been addressed to Tom Andrews, the stage manager of the theater. But a moment before Seabury’s elder son, Forrest, had accosted him from the stage floor below, asking him how he felt, and he had replied in a cheery manner. Young Forrest had not had time leave the stage when he was called back in an excited tone of voiee by Jack Snell, one of the stage at- taches, who shouted that his father had fainted and asked him to call a doctor. Ollie Morosco, & son of the proprietor of the opera-house, rushed to a telephone and summoned a physician, while young Seabury rushed up to his father, but too late to get even a parting glance from him, for he had e xpired almost instantly. Within two minutes Ir. K. Happers- berg appeared, but every effort to bring the unfortunate back to consciousness was futile. Death was afterward. during the autopsy by Dr. J. S. Barrett of the Coro- ner’s office, found to have been duetoa lt:_ean aff ection known as aortic regurgita- ion. Beabury had a reputation as a rapid and skillful scenic artist second to none in this country and his admirers claim that he ranked with any in Europe. His fame was acquired by work done in this City, and though he had been the recipient of . Forrest Seabury. [From a photograph.] many flattering offers from Eastern theat- rical managers, among others Augustin Daly, he could never ie tempted to leave California for any great length of time. He was about_45 years of age and was born at Beloit, Wis.” He leaves two sons— Forrest, aged 18, and Arthur, aged 17. The former is an attache of the Morosco Thea- ter, and the latter is attending college. He was separated from his first wife several vears ago, and his second wife took her ife on the 1st of May last by swallowing a dose of carbolic acid, owing to long eon- tinued illness. Seabury began his career as a scenic artist in this city twenty-three yearsago uncer William Porter at the California Theater, then under the management of John McCulléugh and Lawrence Barrett. He also worked with A. Voegtlin at this theater. In 1878 he went to the Bush- street Theater, then under Charles Locke’s management. When the Baldwin was oEened by Al Hayman in 1883 he went there and re- mained with Hayman until three years ago. Then he became the scenic artist for the Stockwell. He went to Los Angeles a little more than a year ago and returned here to enter the employ of Walter Mo- rosco last February. He was a man of most generous impulses and though for many years he had been enjoying an income varying from $4000 to $5000 a year it 1s believed he hassaved little or nothlug of it. Among the theatri- cal people of this City he was most highly esteemed, both for his merits as an artist and for his qualities as a man and friend. The plea of distress was never made to him in vain, The most notable work done by him was the scenery for the play of ‘‘Alabama’ staged at the Baldwin, and, and the pres- ent drop curtain of that theater, a scene of Stratford upon Avon, is his handiwork. His last cunvas, that finished but a mo- ment or two before his death, was a cam scene on the Potomac to be used nex week in the play ‘‘Captain Herne, U. 8. A.” This immense canvas, measuring 36 by 41 feet, was completed in eighteen hours. Another nmni:bly rapid piece of work was the drop curtain now in use at Morosco's, known as the "Fl-f Curtain,” which was executed specially for the Fourth of July performance, and was painted in seven hours, ‘‘His forte,”” said Al Bouvier of the Baldwin, who knew the deccased inti- mately for many years, ‘‘was in exteriors, his drawing, foreshortening and perspec- tive being his strongest points. He de- tested having to do interiors, but all his work was conscientiously performed.” Deceased had been under a physician’s care for about five months previous to his death, but had never had serious ill- ness or attack before, and his demise was a reat shock to his relatives and friends, he remains are now at the undertaking establishment of Porter Bros. on Eddy street. No arrangements have yet been made for the funeral. The grandfather of the dead artist was the first Episcopal Archbishop to come to e United States, and was the founder of old Trinity Church, New York City. SELLING POOLS OPENLY. Gamblers Who Claim to Have " Found a Way to Subvert the Law. THEY ARE “COMMISSION MEN.’ Stralght Bets and Combinations Sold to Thousands Outside the Racing Track. . There is a City ordinance that positively prohibits betting and selling pools on horseraces outside the limits of the race- track. A coincident circumstance is that pool- selling and betting on horseraces is at present carried on in a very open and notorious manner within a mile of the City Hall. The pool-sellers have discovered a way to carry on their business, which, they elaim, places them beyond the operation of the law. And now there are five big poolrooms in operation, where crowds of men and boys gather all afternoon and big type “CommissionOffice.” They pre- tend to charge a commission of 10 per cent for acting as carriers between their patrons and the racetrack. Their tickets read as follows: HARRY E. E 446, COMMISSION OFFICE, 80 ELLIS STREET. CORBETT & CO. NO BETTING DONE OR PERMITTED HERE. B July 17, 1895. Received dollars, to be sent on commis sion to ra k Bay Distriot and there placed on . 3 at track qu ed. be It is understood and agreed that the under- signed act in the premises as common CArTiers only for the purpose of transferring the money above mentioned to the place designated. CHARGE FOR COMMISSION, 10 CENTS. Notice—Amount of order returned, less com- mission, when a failure to execute is due to ac- cidental or other unavoidable delays in trans- mission. All the evasion there isin their opera- tions is contained in the printing and eir- culation of these tickets. The money taken in never leaves the poolroom till the day’s work is over and the cash is counted. S In no case isthe ten cents commission chargedl for transportation, and there is no pretense to that effect, aside from the printed words on the ticket. Recently a friend of Harry Corbett asked him what kind of a showing he would make in court in case his place was raided. “You could hardly pretend that the money you take in is actually trans- PISTRICT JULY 17 BRCia e » b gockey qam () . #ANDAN LEws HARTMAN i]f’ BuitNy ZeeRL [ eanTcinn MLt f‘"’":' w o e e f camene REGAL fon FishiA — * ORRE (7] van B — ReENG | Lanec — ™unNee 7 MARKING THE WINNERS FOR THE CROWD AT CORBETT'S POOL- ROOMS ON ELLIS STREET. gamble in sums ranging all the way from 25 cents to $200. The larger sums are infrequent. The habitues of the poolrooms are mostly young clerks, workingmen and the smaller fry of gamblers, But that the stakes are usually modest is no indication of the net profits of the business, These vary from $900 to $30 a day. A fair estimate is that these poolrooms consume daily $3000 of the hard earnings or scant savings of the class of men and boys that can least afford to | squander their money in this way. But the monetary loss is trivial com- pared to what the law calls the *‘debauch- ing influences” of the immoral and ‘‘dis- creditable occupation,’” which, says the law against the vice, “‘entices our yputh into habits that ultimately effect their ruin and degradatien.” The City ordinance against pool-selling except within a racetrack inclosure has been tested in the Bupreme Court and found valid. The specious method by whieh the law is now subverted hasnot been tested in the courts. The pool- rellers claim to have the advice of a well- known criminal lawyer, which is to the effect that a conviction of the pool-sellers cannot be had nnder the provisions of the existing law. But this is only the pool-sellers’ version of one legal opinion. The resorts have been running wide open for three months Theve Is More Money in Selling Pool- Tickets Than Drinks. and the police have made no attempt to close them. At best the present evasion of the law, if such it shall finally prove to be, is merely a technical evasion, and it is dif- ficult to understand how an untested tech- nicality, so far raised only by the gamblers themaelves, can operate to debar the police from making every possible effort to en- force the letter and spirit of a very strin- gent and plainly worded ordinance. Yet such seems to be the case. None of the five resorts have been molested. They are located as follows: HARRY E. CORBETIT & CO., 30 Ellis street. ENRY SCHWARTZ, Pauper alley. . L. KENNEDY, 103 Stockton street. LEVY & CO., 11 Ellis street. A. B. BROYER, Fourth and Mission strects. it These places are running wide open, and there is no pretense of secresy about their operations. Crowds are coming in and going out all afternoon, and from 3 o’clock till 7 each place is crowded with a most heterozeneous collection of gambling hu- manity almost to the point of suffocation. These pool-sellers claim to be commis- sion men. On their tickets they print in A ferred to the racetrack, for you keep on taking bets till the horses are at the post.” “0h, that's easy.” replied Corbett. *‘Joe is supposed to take $1000° with him every afternoon when he goesto tke track, and : out of that amount he plays what we tell him.” Of course this is a bald fiction and it would seem easy enough to alayman to prove to a reasonable court or jury that there is nat time enough between the clos- ing of bets and the end of the race for the man at the track to apportion several hun- dred dollars in quart ers and halves on half a dozen or more horses. And aside from this the .bets do not close on Ellis street until they are also closed at the track. Hence the fiction is impossible of being performed. Harry E. and Joe Corbett and Jim Dun- can carry on the largest poolroom in town in the place that was once known as Cor- bett's salcon. When they began to sell pools on the races the police took from them their license to sell liquor and now not even a glass of soda water can be pur- chased there. But their present business is far more lucrative than even the saloon business at best. The Corbetts’ net profits are now about $900 a day. The two large rooms on the ground floor are thronged all afternoon and stacks and stacks of small coins pass over the bar in the course of business hours. Corbett & Co. have a private telephone wire to the racetrack, and for this privi- lege they pay the Western Union Tele- graph Company $25 a day, exclusive 9f the cost of the wire. Joe Corbett remains at the track to send inthe results of the races. He rings one bell when the horses are at the post and three bells when they are off. Then, when the race is over, he calls off the result to Jim Duncan and he calls the Jucky names to the marker in the rear room. The bets are made according to the track quotations. Unless it is otherwise stipu- lated by the buyer his money is taken on closing quotations, whatever they may be. However, at the opening of bets on a cer- tain race the buyer may demand the open- ing odds, in which case they are accorded him., Henry Schwartz’ resort on Pauper alley is of next importance to Corbett's, At these poolrooms a good many of the mer- chants who are too busy to go to the track come in for a few moments to play a sure tip or two. But the merchants’ clerks and the unemployed workmen are the most nu- merous patrons by far. That fiction concerning the transfer of the money from the poolrooms to the rac- ing tracks is more palpably a fiction at Bchwartz’ place than elsewhere, for here all straight bets are paid off at the end of each race. Indeed, any one can stand at the bar or counter in any of the poolrooms in the City, bet his money, see it laid away m stacks or in the cash drawer, and see it stay there until the race is decided and the bets paid. At all the poolrooms except Schwartz’ no money is paid until 7 o’clock in the evening. At Broyer’s place, Fourth ana Mission, only a blank slip of paper, with the name of the horse written in indelible pencil and the date and number of the ticket, is handed the buyer, Of course, Broyer claims to be in on the commiseion fiction as well as all the others, but since he enjoys the protection 6f King McManus he does not think it necessary to go to the expense of having printed tickets. He pays his $25 a day to the ‘Western Union, and has no other expense beyond that of an extra bartender. His business is conducted openly and above board in his saloon, the ‘“‘Arcade.” He finds pool-selling not. injurious to his retail liquor trade, and for some reason or other—probably the pull of the “King”— is'permitted to sell pools and drinks over the same bar. : It was in March, 1891, in response to & strong public sentiment, that the Boflrd. of Supervisors passed the ordinance restrict- ing pool-selling and betting on horseraces to the track wherein the races are held. This law, tested and approved by the Su- preme Court, reads as follows: ORDER NO. 2361. PROHIBITING ALL PERSONS FROM ENGAGING IN SELLING POOLS, OR BOOKMAK] , OR MAKING BETS OR WAGERS ON HORSERACES WHEREIN MONEY OR OTHER ARTICLES OF VALUE ARE STAKED OR PLEDGED, EXCEPT IN CERTAIN PLACES. WHEREAS, It has become apoarent that the practice of gambling on horseraces has become aiarmingly prevalent, and is the cause of de- bauching meny of our boys and young men, rendering them unfit for the honorable occu- pations of life; end whereas, this discreditable occupation, with all its vicious results, is al- lowed in all its alluring features to occupy places in the business portions of our City, én- ticing pur youths into habits which ultimately effect their ruin and degradation; and where as, it is asserted that there is no legislation prohibitory of this nefarious and demoralizing pursuit being condncted and carried on, the present Legisiature having failed to pass any of the bills introduced for that purpose; now, therefore, THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO DO ORDAIN AS FOL- LOWs: POOL-SELLING PROHIBITED EXCEPT ON RACETRACK. Section 1. No person upon any trial or cons test of skill, speed or power of endurance be- tween horses, except within the inclosure of a racetrack where such trial or contest is to take place, shall— Bell any pool or pools or make up any book, list or memorandum for or on wkich money or other article of value shall be received or en- tered up, listed or written, or receive any money or other article of value as a stake or pledge upon the bappening or non-happening of any event; THE SALE OF POOL-TICKETS PROHIBITED. Sell, issue or dispose of any ticket, certificate or other evidence of payment, on wkich shall be inscribed, written or printed any number, name, word or mark, or anything to designate the choice selected, received or accepted by any other person to entitle or enable the said person holding the said ticket, certificate or other evidence of payment, to gainor lose an any contingent issue; STAKE HOLDING PROHIBITED. Receive any money, or anything represent- ing money, or any article of value, as a bet or hazard upon the eventin any contest or con- tingent issue, or as & stake or pledge between twoor more parties, and disburse the said money, or any portion of the said money or anything representing money or other article of valve, upon any representation or condition, or in conformity to or with any express or tacit understanding or agreement. PRESENCE OF MINORS WHERE POOLS ARE BEING SOLD PROHIBITED. Sec. 2. No person shall allow or permit any minor to participate or be interested in any book as aforesaid, or be present at any time or place where the sale of pools or the making 1p of any book is being carried on or conducted. BETTING PROHIBITED EXCEPT ON RACECOURSE. Sec. 3. No person upon any trial or contest of skill, speed or power of endurance between horses, except within the inclosure of & race- track where such trial or contest is to take place, shall purchase or acquire for money, or anything representing money, or any article of value or any other consideration, any inter- estin or upon the event of any such trial or contest or contingent issue, or place or deposit any stake, wager, hazard or pledge, between two or more parties of money or anything rep- resenting money or any article of value in or upon the happening or non-happening of any event or contingent issue. BETTING-ROOMS PROHIBITED. Sec. 4. No person, except within the places designated in section 1 of this order, shall knowingly lease or rent or allow to be occu- pied or used any building, structure, room, apartment, place or any premises whatever for the purposes as specified and recited in section 1 of this order. THE PENALTY. Sec. 5. Every person who shall violate any of the provisions of this order shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon & convic- tion thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than §500 or by imprisonment of not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprizonment. Bec. 6. This order shall take effect and be in force on and after its passage. San Francisco, March 23, 1891. Evidently if these five poolrooms may flourish unmolested a score of others and lesser or greater ones may also be oper- ated—or even a hundred or thousand of them. Why should there be a limit? And if 25-cent bets are taken why should not 10 cents or 5 cents be taken? As it is many messenger and news boys tind their way into the poolrooms when they have a quarter to gamble, It will not be long be- fore a room will be opened where their nickels and dimes will be accepted. Al- ready the evil has reached a dangerous growth, and unless some method is found to stop it the City may soon be honey- combed with poolrooms again. True, no one has yet discovered a way by which the bookmaker can evade the law, but if combipations and straight bets can be taken with immunity the book- makers can well afford to remain at the racing-tracks. An amendment to the law was suggested by an enthusiast who wanted the pool- rooms closed once and for all. But the present law has not been proved inefficient as yet. No effort has been made to close these places. When the old law has been proved a failure then it will be time to talk about new laws or new amendments. Action under the present law is the need of the hour. The questions naturally presented by this state of affairs are these: What are Chief Crowley and his officers doing to enforce the law? Has it come to such a pass that Tae CALL must be constantly pointing out their duty to them? Suit for Maintenance. 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