The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 4, 1895, Page 22

2 2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SU.&DAY, AUGUST 4, 1 895 CHARLES LENAHAN'S STORY T0 THE POLICE Detectives Do Not Go Much on Durrant’s New Witness. THE DEFENSE IS SILENT, Mahoney’s Companion Tells How He Met Pawnbroker Oppenheim. SHADOWED BY MORSE'S MEN. Three Brawny Detectives Camped on His Trail and Made Him Very Nervous. THE DURRANT CASE A MINUTE—THE POLICE AND WITNESS LENAHAN. Witness Charles T. Lenahan has made a statement tosthe police bearing outt his inter- view in THE CALL that he tried to pawn & ring to Adolph Opvenheim on April 13, the day of the d v o1 Minnie Williams' body. The police on theirl side think they have demon- strated that Lemahan's testimony will be of | nttle velue to the defense. Durrant's counsel Tefuse to say anyihiug on the matter, beyond *“Wait and see. | In the matter of the order on Manager W. R. | Dailey and his players, to show cause why | they should not be punished for contenpt for | producing “The C: of the Century,” based | on the Emmanuel Church tragedies, Judge Murphy took finad action yesterday afternoon. He released the players on the ground that they had probably been compelled to do what they did through a desire to eat and live, pledging them in open court, however, not to take part in the play in this City during the pendency of the trisl. He sentenced Manager Dailey to three days in the County Jail, e: pressing the wish that his connsel would car; the matter to the Supreme Court and have it determined just how far a extend in such matters. Play- s case was not disposed of. Chardes T. Lenahan, the new witness for William Henry Theodore Durrant, has | crepancy in the stature of Durrant and | Lenahan, the defense has issued its sub- pena for the ?'onng man, and unless some- | thing entirely unexpected has happened | Lie will appear on the witness-stand for the defense. As to the witnesses Detective Teague claims he has located in Oakland Captain Lees says he has not the slightest informa- tion. LA DAILEY GOES TO JAIL. Judge Murphy Finds That He Was Guilty of Con- tempt. Judge Murphy has washed his hands of Manager Dailey of the Alcazar Theater and of the actors and actresses who formed the cast of “The Crime of the Century.” The case of R.C. White, the playwright, has been continued. After hearing arguments pro and con on the attempted and partial production of the play said to be based upon the inci- dents in the Durrant case his Honor con- signed Manager Dailey to three days in the County Jail, let the players off on their solemn promise—given in a chorus— that they would not appear in the play in this City during the pendeney of the Dur- rant trial. and now the matter will go to the Supreme Court on a writ of habeas corpus to be sued out Monday meorning, at which time Dailey’s sentence will begin. Department 3 was thronged with familiar faces when Judge Murphy entered and took his seat at 10 o’clock in the morning. His Honor had a judicially stern set to his features and lines of anxiety showed plainly and unmistakably in the make-up of the players before the bar. “Mr. Cook, are you ready to proceed ?”’ asked his Honor, and Mr. Cook signitied that he was by arising from his seat, a bun- dle of papers in his right hand. *‘As it ‘is required of us to make an- swer,” he said, ‘‘we have one which we de- sire to file now.”” And Mr. Cook proceeded to read the an- swer, sworn to by Mr. Dailey, in which the latter averred in particuler terms that in presenting the play, “The Crime of a Cen- tury,” he had had no intention of interfer- ing with the administration of justice, and less desire to fly in the face of the court. Attached to this answer was an exhibit, a copy of the first act and the first scene of the second act of “The Crime of the Cen- tury,” which Mr. Cook proceeded to read. “Say, split me in two and pickle me, see ?”” read Mr. Cook, mimicking the tones made a statement to the police confirming the interview had with him in yesterday’s CarL. He admits that he pawn a ring, which he thought was similar to Blanche Lamont’s, with Pawnbroker Opperheim, and fixes the time as between 1 and oclock in the aftermoon. He is certain that it was the aftermoon, because | he had gone dinnerless some time before | he succeeded in hypothecating the ring. On that date, he says in his statement to | the police, he was standing on the street in front of residence when he met young Henry Mehoney. They both wanted money, and concluded to pawn the ring of Mahoney’s sister, which was on one of | y's - fingers. They started on this | »n, Lenahan doing the negotiatin called at Oppenheim’s place of bus s, 405 Dupont street. There was a tall, dark woman in the store at the time, hat- Jess and in a white wrapper. Oppenheim examined the ring and made Lenahan an offer on it. “I do not know what he dffered,” says Lenahan, ‘‘but it was not satisfactory.” The young men then continued on their hunt for money, and Lenahan finally suc- ceeded in hypothecating the ring at Rafael’s North End Loan Office on Wash- ington street, below Montgomery, for §: Lenahan had first had his attention par- ticularly attracted to the Durrant case, he | i contintes, by seeing the picture and read- ing the testimony of Pawnbroker Oppen- | heim. He then remembered that he had | offered to pawn a ring similar in appear- ance to one of those of Blanche Lamont at Oppenheim’s place about the date of the | He | finding of the bodies in the church. jumped at once to the conclusion that Op- Penheim had mistaken him for Durrant, and in an effort to clear up what he thought was & case of mistaken identity he wrote a letter to Attorney Deuprey. “‘Last Saturday his statement, vent to the pawn office and asked the clerk there to look over his books for March, April and May and see if he didn’t have a ring belonging to Lene- han. He said it micht be over at the other store. He telephoned there and re- plied that it was and that ithad been pawned on the 13th of April.” After thus fixing the date positively the young man states that he was not in Op- Penheim’s pawnshop between the 4th and 10th, between which dates Oppenheim had testified Since wr ing the letter Lenahan that he has seen and talked to Detectives Morse and Callundan and three other de- tectives, and the next thing he knew he was served with a subpena upon which was indors: . T. Lenahan to appear in the Superior , Department 3, on the 1st day of August, 1895, 'at 10 A. M., 85 2 witness on_the partoi the defense. dated 23d of July, 1895; signed by P. H. Pendergast, Deputy County Clerk. One of the detectives he had seen, a big man whose name is Green, sepved that subpena-on him_ on July 26, and after that he was requésted to call upon Mr. Deuprey. He neglected to do so, but later his father, baving heard of the matter, called upon Mr. Deuprey, and then advised his son to do likewise. Last Saturday morning he called upon Mr. Deuprey at noon, and the latter tock him over to Morse’s Detective Agency. They questioned him . concern- ing the ring which he had pawned, and asked him 1f he could get it. He replied that he could on Monday. On Monday he met Detective Seymour from Captain Lees’ office and delivered the ring to him. Later on the same day, he says, Morse’s men visited him at his place of employ- ment, the American Press ciation, 510 Pine street, and constantly shadowed him throughout his ing hours. At lasta couple of them insisted that he should call at Morse’s office. When he had finished his day’s work he called at Morse’s and told Mr. Morse that he had given the ring to Detective Seymour. Morse said he was sorry for that. Then witness told Morse that he didn’t want to be brought into the case, as it would harm his reputation and damage his chance of securing employ- ment under the Health Board. “Then Morse told me that it wouldn’t,”’ continued Lenahan, ‘‘and that Deuprey could help get me into the Board of Health.” That is the storv young Lenahan gave to the police, corroborating, substantially, his interview in Tue CALL of yesterday. The police have also a statement by young Henry Makoney, which repeats the story of the pawning of his sister's ring, as it is told by Lenahan. It differs a little in the slight” particular that Mahoney says he, and not Lenahan, got the ring out of pawn, and that he gave it to the latter oi the representation that Deuprey wanted it and in the fear that, if it were not forth- coming, his comrade might be arrested. Concerning these statements, attorneys for the defense have practically nothing to say, particularly in regard to the value of young Lenahan’s testimony. “We can tell you more about it when the proper time comes,” “1 really cannot say anything now.” The police are jubilant at what they think is the putting of a large hole in the value of the young man’s testimony. The date given. April 13, is the day upon which Mrs. C. G. Noble, aunt of Blanche Lamont. received the rings of her mur- dered niece through the mails; and then again the ring which young Lerfahan tried to bypothecate to Oppenheim, and which is now in the possession ot Captain Lees, is totally unlike the ring of the mur- dered girl. But, no matter about this, nor the dis- attempted to | | | oy | H | bad { continues Lenahan _in | sitively he had seen Durrant. | and shooting out his under jaw in a por- { trayal of the characteristics of one of the star bod; chers in the piece. “Oh, w’at's de dif,” he continued, read- ing the reply of the dirf rincipal resurrectior gh, don’t we? And both bod ; “we cops de What's de dif, see?”” natchers made vicarious | bits with the andience tirough the elocu- y ability of Mr. C 8o it went to art of the piece where the beleaguered st their cues in the custody of the deputies. Mortimer Snow, who amed the role of Henri Du Bois, the alleged prototype of Durrant, was led to the stand to furnish proof of the th of the matters set forth in Mr. Dailey’s answer. Dailey then took the witness chairand was questioned regarding the pro- duction and the matters leading up to it. “There is an underlying principfia here,” said Judge Murph: hat, if this decision against you, will test the question as to vhether or not. the court has power at all to protect a person on trial as far as the law will permit it to be done, in having a iir and impartial trial. Inother words, whether or not the court should sit by and permit such conduct as would naturally and inevitably tend to disturb the calm and orderly proceedings of the court and a fect jurors or proposed jurors, perhaps to create such a prejudice and bias egainst the person on trial, as to render it almost ipossible to have a fair and impartial t: In other words, can the party on trial have the aid of the court to assist him in having his constitutional rights ac- corded him. “Now, should I determine this matter against vour client, personally it would be my desire to have the fullest expression of the Supreme Court in the matter if it has not already expressed it. I have my views of this matter and they are very decided. ‘They are matters of which I have thought for years, which I have taken occasion to vead up on_and which ideas are fortified { by the opinions of the courts of thisand many other countries which have the { common law doctrine.” Mr. Cook having made a counter plea Judge Murphy stated he would dismiss the contempt proceedings against the actors providing they would promise in open court that they would not participate in the production of the play until the rights of the various parties were determined. They all promised in a chorus and the court made an order for their release, stating that White and Dailey were still before him General Dickinson then put in his proof in support of the order to show cause, and {on his conclusion his Honor begawn ren- | deving his decision. It wasa lengthy and elaborate one, full of the wisdom of courts in which he held forth that a conrt had | the inherent power to exercise its powers for the maintenance of its dignity and the protection of the rights of persons on trial pefore it. “The court finds and holds,” he said in | conclusion, ‘““that the respondent, W. R. { Dailey, in producinz this play upon the | stage at the Aleazar Theater, which fact | the evidence shows he did, in direct dis- obedience of the order of court forbidding him so to do, has been guilty of contempt, anl as a_punishment therefor the court orcers and directs that he be imprisoned in the County Jail for the perind of three days.” 1ir. Cook asked that, as a convenience to his client, the court so make theorder that the sentence should run from Monday. It wass 80 ordered. Mr. Dailey was released on bonds and his counsel announced that they would prepare a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, to be presented to the Supreme Court on Monday, when he began serving his sentence, so "that the matter might be brought up on that, and so it stands. AN HOUR WITH BANDITS, How It Feels to Be Robbed by Modern Approved Methods. actors Sheriff Nelson Bennett, the Big Mine- Owner and Tunnel-Builder, Tells of His Experience. Nelson Bennett, proprietor of the Ta- coma Ledger, also of the famous Tacoma Hotel, builder of the great tunnel at Stam- pede Pass in the Cascade Moutains on the line of the Northern Pacific Railroad, and altogether the most persistently suc- cessful business man in the State of Wash- ington, is at the Palace Hotel. He will leave this afternoon for the north. The last time he went north he was on the train that was held up by dynamite experts just over the Oregon line. It scems to have been an experience fully worth the $7 50 that it cost him. One may gather some idea from Mr. Bennett’s ac- count of it of how it feels to meet a bandit and to be asked to “dig up.” “I was in the rear car,” said Mr. Bennett to a little party of friends at the Palace last night. *‘The train stood on the track an hour and a balf while those gentlemen were engaged with it. They began to work it from the forward coaches, and therefore we in the rear had plenty of time to enjoy aced pal of the | the sensation of waiting to be robbed. There was a panic in the car at first when it became known what was happening. “The women especially were terror- stricken, and one old gentleman and my- self were chiefly engaged for most of the time in trying to reassure and advise them what to do. 1 was sure that no well-bred bandit would rob a lady, and told them so, but it did not seem to relieve their anxiety. I carefully hid my watch and valuables and left just enough money in my pockets to make a reasonable showing 80 as not to invite a search. Tt was nigh as you knovw, and we were all in bed. The man in the berth opposite was a healthy looking young fellow who was, neverthe- less, terribly alarmed. I adyised him to follow my example in stowing away his valuables” and also, if possible, to have a reasonable amount to give up. “During the entire time I could see the man on guard outside and reported his movements to the others, as he ran along, occasionally flourishing his sticks of dyna- mite, threatening in a loud voice if there was any disposition to resist the robbers inside to throw a stick through the win- dow, and now and then_ exploding a small quantity, just as an evidence of their sin- cerity and ability. There was as frequent firing on the other side the train, and whether this man threw the explosives over or whether there was anotber man on that side seems to be in doubt. “Mine was the forward berth in our car, and I and the man opposite speculated as to which the robbers wounld give their at- tention first. Finally the door swung open and the men with the masks and ugly looking revolvers entered and turned to the min opposite me. He began to blub- ber and ery in abject fear, and handed out some papers. ¥ ‘What are these?’ asked the bandit. “ “They are my checks, sir,’ said the man, wnimperinfii % *“Your checks, are they? Well, I don’t want your checks. Come, dig up. I want your cash.’ k “The man handed out $2 50, saying, ‘So help me, God, sir, that is every cent I've ot. i “The bandit looked at it and threw it back on his bed, saying, ‘Well, you are a handsome specimen, you are.” “This was all so ridiculous that I eould not help laughing, and the bandit turned hie revolver upon me, saying: ‘Youarea fly one, are you? Well, suppose youdigup.’ “I was prepared, as [ said, and reaching for my trousers, I threw them out, saying, ‘Dig up yourself. “The long barrel of his revolver rested on his left forearm as he held out his hand and the trousers fell upon 1t. He tossed them back to me from the point saying: ‘Here now, you dig up.’ *“Oh, just as you say,’ said I, andI handed him $§7 50 from the pocket. “He snapped the coins together and looked at me. ‘You nave cashed most of yours it seems,’ he said. I looked at him and said nothing. “He paused just an instant as though in doubt and then said: ‘Weli, let’s move on, he’s one of ihose fly ones.” And they did move on. Of course nobody in the train slept any more that night. I gotupand dressed and made the tour of the train, learning the experiences of the individuals, and they were all sorts, some of them very amusing. An old Scotchman, for in- stance, who was evidently a cool hand, had one that leaned both ways. “‘I've had a terrible time,’ he told me, with a wide brogue. ‘I had §84—four $20 gold pieces and four silver dollars. When I heard the robbers were coming I separated them and put_the four twenties down in my shoe, as I thought, and the four dollars in my pocket. When the rob- ber demanded the money, I telt in my pocket and handed over the four pieces saying it was the last dollar I had. Imagine my horror when glancing at the coins as he took them upand I saw the four yellow gold pieces. I started and was on the point of telling him thatI had made a mistake.” Mr. Bennett 1s in the City looking after his mining interests. He Is. carrying on large and uniformly successful operations in three States—Northern California, Mon- tana and Washington. Speaking of Tacoma and Washington Mr. Bennett said: ‘‘Businessis revivin up north very materially. You people of San Francisco do not realize that 80 per cent of all the tea imported from the Orient passes through the city of Tacoma. The Northern Pacific line of ships, which numbered three a short time ago, is now six. Another regular line of ships carries our lumber to South Africa. Wheat elevators that extend along our water front have been found to be unequal to the trade, and others are now in_course of construction on the tide flats. The era of the hard times is past, and we expect | to see things moving at the rapid gait characteristic of the Northwest before very long now.” 5 HOTEL ARRIVALS. NEW WESTERN HOTEL. € G Cummings, Cal T J Richare, Cal Mrs L Johnson,Calistoga W McCole, Mo J Sullivan, Cal J Johnston, Stockton Miss A Parker. Ashland Mie & & , Visatia T, Los Gatos Boston LB J McNab, B 2, Boston Miss B Bruce, Chicago a5 ddice, Chicago V' B Booth, Chf 259 © 1 Smith, Velielo V C Jones, Valiej GRAND Stevens, Sonoma W Kelly & w, Omaha A Jackson, Cal E A Pribli, Eureka W E Wilson, Reno W_Alken, N Y CE Wren & 1, Cal ‘W P McFaul, Ukiah G M Babeock, Los Ang 'V Courtois. Santa Rosa C Jones, Napa ‘W V Stafford, Stockton G everidge, Fresno MrsM A Mannon,Ukiah H 8 Hunter, Vallejo R Boedetald, Coinsa J H Doyle, Vallejo Mrs Harper, Napa, HOTEL. W Johnston, Courtland Miss Kelly, Omaha T McKay, Benicla S Reno tal, Red Bluft rretson, lowa C R Goodbody, Tondon A Smith, Los Angeles J W Hilbert, Sacramento W J Hughes, Oakdale Miss Jones, Napa Mrs A X Rikert, Cal S Dosne, Red Biuit € M Brown, Antioch J A Gill, Sacramento O H Saleno, Cal R § Polastri &w, S Mateo Miss G Thompson, N: Miss L Pinkham, Napa Miss L Churchill, N W W Forbes, Sacto J N Dolan, Vacavil LICK HOUSE. W J Dex‘er,Madera R Stevonsen, Menlo Park G A Nourse' & w, Fresno E L Woodland & w,S Jose ¥ D Nicol, Stockton L L Wirt, Oakland NH Wulft & w, Napa A Markham, Santa Rosa A Shackleton &w,Cal W B Lardner, Auburn C M Fitzgerald & 1, Colo E C Harian, Sa T J Milliken, Sacto R Kendrick, San Jose J T Yark, Napa J Skinker, Lake Co E S Farrington & w, Nev J P Sargent &w, Mouterey D U Betts, Nev Emma R Gutteling Nev N S Kellogg, Oswego,Or W E Bains, Stella West s Bains, ~tella West I Cerrere, Halfmoon Bay T J Whité, Los Angeles BALDWIN HOTEL. John Davis, Oakland T A Stevens, S L Obispo P H McGrath, acto W R Stearns, Sacto W Newman, Onkland W H McKey & w, Valejo E G McPike, G Rapids T L Fredendall,Céhyenne C § Howland, Hanford Prot O R Gleason,Denver H N Leadbetter, N Y IS Daugh, Kern C F Giles, N H 8 T Badger, Chicago Alvan L Bonvinque, Chg J A Lynch, Cacamango W E Clarke, Sacto J J Martin & w,St Helena L T Roberts, Kansas Cty E F Howe & w, 8n Diego Henry Gray, N Y PALACE HOTEL. A E McKenzle, Denver J R Clark, Cincinnati 3V Prosser, lowa Mrs C W Leach, Towa J T€anderson & w, Towa E B Smith & w, Chicago C E Madsen& w,SaitLake G N Martin, Sfoux City I Faure, New York L L Arguello & w, Sac G M Holton, Los Angeles M Anstein, New ¥ ork 2irs R Jacobs, Orezon Miss H Jacks, Oregon Mrs R Coyne, England N Bennett, Tacoma AHNuityer&w,Riverside H Hinds. Mexico X P Price, Mexico G Evans, New Zealand. A M Greaves, England F Gotschaliz, England 1, Kahn, Oakdale Mrs & M Turner,Chicago Tu; cago R H Herron, New York New York A § Lewis. Belmont e R e Dedver J BSmaliwool & w,Baltl- Miss Worthington, Balti- ‘more more M Garvin, Baltimore RUSS HOUSE. T M Boyd, Watsonville W Egbért,Rlo Vista T _B_Burmingham, B C J Avery, Oakland I P Waugh, Visslia Warren Lewis, California BN Hewett & w,L Gatos G Taft, San Jose 37 Wightman, Ogden 3 P Hart, Chicago Miss Kelsh w, P Robles Mrs Castro, Petaluma Misy Baker, Kentucky rs Dale & d, New York Mrs O N Reynoids,P Alto Miss E Reynolds, P Alto S Jones, Onkland J Hart, San Jose Longmore, Santa Rosa € Wilson, French Gulch A Foy, Eureka Miss A Cabie,Sacramento E LGriswald, Nogales Mrs § E Mudge. Sacmto R 8 Bargent. Stockton ~ Mrs F Mack, Napa. H Pernhardt, Stockton Mrs Moaroe, San Jose 1, L Boone, Galt Mrs Malone, San Jose Miss L Wiiliams, Galt W Glover, Rutherford W Earle, Palo Alto_ W Chalmers, Chico W J Griswald, San Jose Miss Rollersion, England B Butts, Valley Ford R J Stark, Ohio Tawdry is derived from St. Audrey. In the early middle lges fairs were held in France and England on 8t. Audrey’s day, and these annual g-therings became noted {%rtltxhe gaudy and worthless jewelry sold al em. GAME COCK'S CRUISE, Famous Expedition to Hawaii by . Pioneer Pleasure-Seekers. SAM BRANNAN, LEADER. Unique Equipment of the Yacht—Types of the Voyagers. A CONFLICT WITH HAWAIIANS. Kamehameha IIl So Charmed With Tourists He Offered to Convey the Islands to Them. The spint of adventure that dominated many of the pioneers of California was not alone exemplified by perilous journey by land and sea to this region. The advance guard of this restless body of men was ever on the alert for new fields of exploration and conquest, for new enterprises, how- everill timed and futile they might seem to be. The “filibuster,”” as he has come to be known, whether best defined as a reckless marauder, coveting the domain of other people, or a being filled with Ameri- can enthusiasm which holds, as a para- phrase of the classic runs, No pent-up Utica contracts our powers; The wild and wooly West, by Jove! is ours; Found here an unlimited field for glorious achievement. The aspirations of many of these adven- turous spirits reached far beyond Mexico and Nicaragua and even encircled the Hawaiian group. As early as 1851 plans were laid by one of the boldest and most energetic men of that day to capture and add the Sandwich Islands as an American possession. James M. Estill, who was then, and during his whole life thereafter, a conspicuous figure in California, was the leader of this so-called enterprise. For a while the proposed expedition was the chief topic of excitement in San Francisco and at one time threatened to develop into an affair that might involve the United States in complications with other Gov- ernments. Fortunately nothing came of this scheme of conquest, but at that time there were other restless spirits in San Fran- cisco who, while not seeking new worlds to | conquer, were earnest in their desire to visit the Sandwich Islands on pleasure bent. The public, however, suspected the leasure-seekers of being connected with still’s expedition. The chief promoters of the picnic voyage to Honolulu were mainly of the very early comers to California, who had arrived here long before the discovery of gold, and who had acquired vast wealth. They proposed to travel on their own resources, at any cost. Soin October, 1851, it was publicly announced that an expedition was about to sail for Honoiulu on the famous clipger- ship Game Cock, then lying in the harbor. It was believed to be Estill's long-talked-of exnedition, in spite_of the emphatic dis- avowal and denial of its members. Not until it had returned again, after months of absence, and “the good time”’ tha: had been planned had been fully realized, was this generally popular misapprehension Tinily alleya: Sam Brannan, as he was then com- monly called, was ‘one of the most con- spicuous and influential men in S8an Fran- cisco. He was at that time undoubtedly the richest man in 8an Francisco. He had led a life of restless energy and adventure from his early manhood. He had reached California in the ship Brooklyn in July, 1846, at the head of a party of Mormons, and had been a pushing, energetic and successful business man during the years that he had spent here prior to the de- parture of this expedition. Always at the iront in every movement in which he en- aged, always a leader and never a fol- ower, it will occasion no surprise that he was the originator and leading spirit of what was long afterward known as the “Game Cock Expedition.” Calling around him a group of equally energetic and adventurous spirits, Bran- nan soon organized his “‘pleasure party” on o scale sufficiently generous and mag- nificent in its proportions to satisfy them all, and set the tongues of the community wagging with comment concerning the gorgeous scheme upon which the expedi- tion had been planned, as well as the sup- posed real intentions of those who were engaged in it. It was planned to be a yachting party upon a scale seldom if ever paralleled in so far as the great size and the sea-going qual- ities of the yacht were concerned. To fully appreciate this statement it is necessary for the reader to understand the nature of this class of yachts with which the waters of the bay of San Francisco were at that time crowded, and which then formed so conspicuous a feature of her maritime im- portance. The trade between California and the Atlantic seaboard growing out of the gold discoveries and the subsequent migration to and settlement here of a great popula- tion called for the establishment of means of rapid communication and transporta- tion by sea. It brought into existence a class of - clipper ships which in point of graceful construction, beauty of hull and rig and wonderful sailing qualities bad never been equaled asthey have mnever since been excelled. Built expressly for speed they faithfuily fulfilled their mission for many years. Among the fleet of clippers the shi Game Cock, of 1400 tons burthen, ranke with the foremost for qualities of speed i and luxury and beauty of her accommoda- tions. No yacht ever built sat more grace- fully upon the water or could outsail her in a long sea voyage through ail its vicis- situdes, from calm to tempest. She wasa ship to fill a seaman’s cye with admira. tion and a landsman’s heart with covetous desire to sail out into the boundless ocean, to whatever foreign shore her prow might be directed. Such a magnificent yacht as this Sam Brannan and his party chartered, and sailed out of the Golden Gate on Novem- ber 2,1851, on this early pleasure trip to the (r(g)icnl isles of Hawal In company with Brannan was A. A. Selover, who for many years thereafter was a prominent business man of San Francisco, and has been for many years since a prominent fig- ure on Wall street, New York. Seloveris the man who took Jay Gould by a hold on the trousers and threw him into the in- closure of an area wall. Another member of the expedition was familiarly known in the early days of San Francisco as Vi Turner. Although a crip- Ele, if ever a man lived who was utterly evoid of fear, Vi Turner was_certainly in that quality without a superior. He was the hero of many personal encounters, the stories of which might be extended with rare interest into more than one chapter. hose who have read the personal memoirs of Judge Field, which appear in the public journals with perennial regu- larity, will'find there recorded the story of the jundge’s encounter with Turner, which, whatever may have been the merits or demerits of the controversy, certainly never could be trathfully told if any reflec- tion was cast upon the personal courage of Turner. Captain William F. Swasey, author of the well-known book, “Early Days and Men of California,” and the oldest. con- tinuous pioneer citizen now living, went with the expedition. George Frank Lemon was another of the Game Cock party. He was one of the early orzan- izers of th:e Society of California Pioneers and was a familiar figure in the early da of this metropolis. %Vnen the War of the Rebellion came he was among the first to offer his services to his country. While leading his regiment at South Mountain his heart was pierced by a bullet. Major Edward 8. Riggs, another equally conspicuous figure in San Francisco at that time and always prominent in mili- tary matters, was another of the party. He was a brave and honorable man, who afterward gave his life in the service of the United States. - . There was no lack of another element in the expedition. Joe Ruddick, a well- known citizen of the time and afterward a member of Walker's expedition, went along. _ Chris Liliy, who had killed McCoy in a New York prize-fight and who was subsequently shot to death in the hold of a vessel while on the Walker raid, was of tLe party. Johnny Franklin, a noted sporting character of New Orleans; Harry de Brot, another of the same guild, and a number of other prominent fizures, mak- ing thirty in all, joined the expedition. The Game Cock had been fitted up upon a scale of luxury and convenience not ex- celled bg any modern methods. Her cab- ins had not only been reserved for the members of the expedition, but_‘’tweer decks” she was a veritable San Francisco street, with all the ‘“attractions” which the term at thatday implies. Faro, monte, rouge-et-noir, roulette and other like at- tractions were ranged conspicuously and ccnvenientlz upon tables extending the whole length of the midship section of the ship, with no lack of stacks of gold and silver coin on them, all awaiting attack and acquisition from such as desired an encounter witk these formidable “tigers.” Posserced ol an amplitude of coin the whole ship’s company found sufficient ex- citement and attraction in these and other amusements to enable them to “while away the time” and break the monotony of the sea voyage, which was throughout made in light, though not always fanning, breezes, until the ship dropped her anchor in the harbor of Honolulu after a passage of thirteen days from San Francisco. So far the expedition had been one of mild and unrestrained pleasure. Possibly there are those who would call it a pro- lonued saturnalia of dissipation. Be this as it may, it was characteristic of the time and the conditions of its environment, and must be accepted as having so far fairly filled the bilF in the estimation of those who participated in it, who were out for ‘‘a good time,” and in their own way were having it to their own satisfaction. With their arrival at Honolulu their troubes were about to begin and the “‘good time'’ which they were all seeking was about to be realized with variations. The report that a filibustering expedition was being fitted out in San Francisco under command of General Estill had preceded their arrival at Honolulu. Small wonder it is then that they were at once set down in the estimation of the authorities as the vanguard of this expedition and were im- mediatel eld under a surveillance espe- cially irritating in its character to men such as these were, and who had come solely for ‘‘a good time.” Such un- deserved espionage was likely at any moment to provoke serious and bloody hostilities. Our heroes, who were out for a picnic upon an extensive scale, were not seriously disturbed in mind at the aspect of affairs. They quartered themselves for the moment at the chief hotel of Hono- luly, and some made themselves as fres and comfortable as they had been upon their magnificent yacht. It was soon evi- dent, however, that the police surveillance under which they were placed was chafing and exasperating and might lead to con- tlict with the Hawaiian authorities. Both sides were, perhaps, blameless in what snbsequont]y oceurred, since both sides were clearly laboring under a misappre- hension of the real intentions of each other. The Hawaiians clearly had good cause to assume that the ‘Game Cocks’ were but the advance guard of an army of inva- sion and conquest. On the other hand, the free-hearted Californians that had come out solely for recreation and ‘a good time,” with neither sympathy for nor lot nor part in the reputed filibustering expe- dition, could see no just cause for being held and treated as suspects, and would not be unjustly restrained in their move- | ments and action. The first difficulty occurred the first day | after their arrival. Bwasey and Riggs started out for a horseback ride of explora- | tion and amusement. Others of the pm-:( | were of like -mind and soon followed. | Although simply walking_ their horses, | for they cou"d not well do other- wise owing to the crowd which al- most immediately surrounded them on all sides, they soon found themselves un- der arrest for *‘fast riding.”” Native police- men, armed with long bamboo poles with something between a knifeblade and bavo- net attached at the end, seized their bri- dles, while the crowd, each moment grow- ing more and more dense, gresfied_m upon them and were clamoring for their deten- tion and imprisonment. Such a state of affairs could not long be endured by such men as these. Swasey, dressed in full native Californian costume, with spurs as big as saucers at his heels, quickly took off one of them and handed it to fii:gs. who deft(liy fastened it to his heel. Looking around them, backward, | they espied Johnny Franklin, who had followed them, also on horseback, and who was likewise surrounded by policemen and a crowd of natives. ‘ ‘Are you fixed, Johnny?” said Swasey. “You bet,” replied Franklin ins the ver- nacular of San Francisco. “Then follow us, for we are goingto make a break.” Striking his_spur into the flanks of his Hawaiian steed with a vigor that could not have been excelled by the most daring vaquero of Ca.ifornia he sent the surprised, afirighted and pained animal with a wild | plunge forward through a tangled mass of | Hawaiian legs, arms and torsos in wild confusion mixeds Following close upon the heels of Swasey’s now wild and frantic steed came thundering along the rest of the cavalry represented by Riggs and Franklin, and some of the enemy was flying in all direc- tions, and the first battle of the Game Cock expedition was won, the victors re- turning in trinmph to their hotel in good condition, not having lost a man in the encounter. Some of the members had, however, not fared as well in their meanderings. Rud- dick and one other, who had started out on a like voyage of discovery and who had, revious to their departure from the hotel 1mbibed too freely at the ‘*American bar’’ o the hostelry, had been captured and taken to the pit, where they were being held as close prisoners under a charge of, disturb- ing the Hawaiian peace. Smartifig under the indignity which had been put upon Swasey, Riggs and Y¥ranklin the whole party now joined in common cause to rescue their comrades. Realizing that such action might be ac- cepted as open declaration of war and a justification for a resort to extreme meas- ures by the Hawaiian authorities, who re- garded the party as the vanguard of Estill’s expenditure, Brannan’s men were still determined to rescue their compan- ions. Forming,in columns of four abreast, with Brannan, Swasey, Turner and De Brot in front and armed with revolvers, the “Game Cocks” started out in light marching order, surrounded by a dense crowd of natives, for the. grison. Reaching the entrance to the fortification they were confronted by two armed senfinels on guard duty, who attempted to bar their entrance. With a sweep of his right hand, carrying his stx-shooter upward, Turner threw aside the ancient firelocks of the sentinels and sent these affrighted guards on a wild rush for self-preservation. The column entered the fort without further resistance, and immediately found them- selves practically in quiet and peaceable possession of the key to the Hawaiian sit- nation, litern]li for ‘the moment the con- querors of the kingdom. ‘ Fortunately the Marshal of Honolulu, who was also the comandante of the place, was an American, and matters were soon adjusted to the satisfaction of all con- cerned and a full and compiete under- standing was soon arrived at. Thecaptive *‘Game Cocks” were released and the party returned to their hotel, the authorities finally becoming fully satisfied that the in- tentions of the party were entireéy ace- ful and friendly. The entente cordiale was soon fully established. They were no longer persone non grata, but were soon placed on so friendly a footing that King Kamehameha become their most ardent and familiar friend. B And now “the good time coming,” which they had looked forward to with such eager desire, was about to be realized. Brannan, with his accustomed liberal methods, had previously bought the finest and most desfmble bungalow that could then be found in Honolulu, for which he had paid Theocore Shillaber $60,000, and here, for some weeks, the ““Game Coek” fel- lows held high carnival with a devoted band of Kanaka men and women ever ready to minister to their wants and add to the luxuries of the situation. Kamehameha IIT, at that time the ruler of the Hawaiian Kingdom, was soon a frequent guest at the bungalow, and was not Jong in becoming initiated in the mys- teries of monte and the intricacies of the urely American diversion of draw-poker. The Kanaka King unbended from his dig- nity as a sovereign and soon came to be rec- cgnized as “a jolly good fellow,” while his court hobnobbed with the boys with the freedom and non-reserve worthy of ten- year-old youngsters, who, on the shortest ossible acquaintance, became playmates ogether. t will be recalled as a historical fact that, a short time previous.to this, the French Government had taken temporar; possession of the Hawaiian Islands throug! some international complication that had occurred, altnough they had made early abandonment of their forcibly acquired possession. Prior to the time of this com- plication the Hawaiian Government bhad prepared and executed documents duly ceding the islands to the United States, with the intention of producing the same should it become necessary to do so as a means of thwarting the French in their efforts to acquire these island possessions. So completely captivated was Kame- hameha by the good fellowship into which he had thus been initiated that he then and there in all seriousness Emposed to sell out his kingdom' bag and baggage, by handing over these papers to Brannan and his associates for a guaranteed annual income of $25,000; and proposed, if this ex- tensive real estate transaction was closed, to sail away with his genial friends on their return to California to seek a ‘‘good time"’ for himself there, even as they had sought it in hisisland kingdom. Brannan stood ready then and_there to close a bar- gain with Kamebameha and pay him his first installment down and guarantee their future payments—whatever might have been the international effect of the transac- tion—had not circumstances intervened to prevent its consummation. The intim:cy thus established between the King and the Game Cock party aroused the jealousy of the dusky monarch’s min- isters Judd and Wiley, who saw in its con- tinuance their own downfall and depriva- tion of the fat pickings from Hawaiian abuandance which they had enjoyed so long. Accordingly one night Kamehameha was quietly smuggled away to Lahaina and was kept there during all the remainder of the time of the stay of the Game Cock company, while all means of conveyance between the islands were carefully taken away and further communication with the King thus effectually barred. Left to their own resources the party con- tinued seeking enjoyment through every medium in which they could find it until satiated with all the pleasures which Hon- olulu and its surroundings could afford, they embarked on their return trip to San Francisco, landing here on the first day of January, 1852. The “good time” had been fully real- ized. 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