The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 25, 1895, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1895. 9 met them on the street and forced them to take the goods. They did not know the goods were stolen, so they took them } 10 please this mysterious stranger. “Well, who was this stranger, this ac- commodating gentleman who gave presents of other people’s property ? 2 they never can y conld only answer that qu might prove their innocence. zlected to ask the name of their s & If they could only discover him _“Gentlemen of the jury, v 1!1‘:\‘ San Quentin is full of who ght not be there if the; nd this pnocence of thi 1ce that my who came up i Grant avenue search at_the fer- If Durrant ho gave him he stranger. to him at Post s and told him to go ries for Blanche could on t cl o ““Some one tappe 1 on the shoulder; gave him a clew d with joy and he hurri 1y one else about And he never i s clew eart glad. That night he gel’s and saw all Sy amont gathered of the tapping valuable clew there. W that stranger? But he did_re- But ace, ac- d the tapping was treet and Grant avenue. t night, in the morning, king and sleeping a : can 1 who has the ear for it there irown it. eon he did go to the ferry. v upaclew? He did not Dodge it w. Why? Be- not uppermost in his mind, Yet both Dukes and Dodge t the first words they said to Well, Durrant, have you found ant’s errand at the fer- s waiting and_watching for or whom? The evidence go so far. That is not a part of But a few minutes lster Mr. saw him with a young lady at the of the Howard-street car. That e t pursued. Again, he was seen ) board a car with a girl. Again, he was g 2 ride with a girl. So far as this e goes we may not know who this girl was. Oppenheimer's character remains unimpeached. “Then there is the event of the ring. Durrant tried to pawn the ring of the iden he had slain in the belfry. Where he impeachment of Mr. Oppenheimer was promised? It has not come. It not be produced. Mr. Oppenheimer the truth. Tt is part of bis business Every ) expert at_his own imer was trained to remember his il upon him fre- He must be be his visitors. He was able be Durrant, and not only tha 2 » describe the other by the defense. ony, I say, stands 1t alone, but corroborated. ted by the witness Phillips. ment of Phil- on this stand, hat of the defense? Itis dictory testimony. It estimony. It 1s Du i. He alon y that Durra to have oth ipon the ve students t gave to Dur: at he could establish an ion, the speaker Tev he entire case, fin hat not upon the Tes NO SURCEA e SE OF DURRANT. M innie Williams’ Case to Be Tried as Soon as the Lamont Trlal Ends. Dt nt will be called to account for the death of Minnie Wil most as soon as a verdict in the Lam e is reached. That ion has been arrived at by the does not matter amont case may se will be called in s court. ant be acquitted he will ve to be tried for the murder of Williams. Should he be con- urt, there to remain per- Balf or two years before jed down; and should e-ment of the jury the se will still go on. s has several very eing that it would next to impossible to Francisco. The court ruled in the impaneling of the present one that persons were not eligible to sit who had read the newspaper ac- counts of the case. The test:mony has all been published and most people have read it, and in view of this fact a jury could hardly be secured competent to try the case. The only rest therefore the public may expect from the reading of Durrant and his troubles will be a breathing spell of erhaps a month. A delay of at least that ength will be necessary, as Judge Murphy is to try the case, it having been assigned to his department along with the Lamont trial, and as _he has had no vacation he feels the need of a rest after the long strain. The District Attorney and his assistant also feel they should take a rest, and will require some time to prepare their case. CLEANING BUTCHERTOWN. The Board of Health Has Begun a Vigor- ous Crusade. Health Inspector Kinne, under orders from the Board of Health, has issued the following notice en the wholesale butchers of Butchertown: You are hereby notified that the practice of keeping hogs beneath the floors of slaughter- houses or rooms where meat is dressed and prepared for market has been condemned by {he Board of Health aa prejudicial to public ealth. Your sattention is also called to section 1 of order 1587, general orders of the Board of Su- pervisors, ‘which probibits the dumping of sutchers” offal, garbage, manure, etc., on the water front, or irom any wharf or bulkhead, and section’ 2 of order 1587, which prohibits the feeding of swill, refuse, garbage, butchers’ offal or any putrid or stinking animal or vege- table matter to animals In the City and Coun- tv of San Francisco. On and after the 25th day of November, 1895, any person or persons found keeping hogs beneath the floors of slaughter-houses or rooms where meat is dressed and prepared for market, or any per- s01 or persons found violating sections 1 and 2 of order 1587, will be promptly arrested. This is the beginning of the movement toclean up Butchertown. The dead-horse and fertilizing factories have been ordered condemned and removed., LADY SHOLTO IS FICKLE, MANY THEATRICAL MANAGERS CLAIM HER SERVICES AT THE SAME TIME. SHE GOES WITH FRAWLEY. GEORGE L. CLAYTON OF THE PEO- PLE'S THEATER TO ENJOIN HEer FrROM PLAYING. Lady Sholto Douglas evidently believes in having more than one string to her bow. ifferent managers claim that has engaged her name and her talents to | offer. Levy wired and wrote nis principal, | who demanded better terms. An immedi- | ate accevtacce of her proposition was tele- | graphed her and a signed contract for a | two weeks’ engagement forwarded by mail. | Then an account of the transaction was vrinted in TuE CALL, as the contract was | considered to have been definitely closed. | _ The next day the story appeared in the | Los Angeles papers. That was where the | trouble began. T. Daniel Frawley was | showing in_ the southern city with his | company. He called upon Lady Douglas | and found, as he had expected, that she | had not yet signed the contract with the | People’s Theater. Mr. Frawley offered her twice the amount Mr. Levy had con- | tracted with Mr, Clayton for, and Lady | Dougla 1d her noble husband succumbed to the superior pile of ducats. | _ Lady Sholto has never done anything | but songs and dances, but her stage ex- perience has been limited and her musical | education of the most superficial character. She has never essayed anything in the line | of the legitimate drama, which she will Jave an opportunity to do in Mr. Fraw- ley’s company. The story of Mr. Frawley’s coup was telegraphed to San Francisco at once. Neither Mr. Clayton nor Mr. Levy could | believe it. They at once telegraphed the H [From a photograph LADY SHOLTO DOUGLAS? LATEST PICTURE. by the Elite gallery.] them. T. Danicl Frawley has the young woman in his company now, though, and ateniug 1 all sorts of pedients to win the peeress CLivi i injunctions e costly lej o their resp George L. ( ter is the loc: L holto had powered A ie Levy, the amusement nt, to boo er bere and for a route to the East. She wrote her agent a personal letter, whi Wwas repro- in which e to s asked for by | wre | another jury to try the Lamont case in San | gl i ses had to layton recognized her ladyshin’s value as a drawing card and accepted Levy's ious young peeress that they would r to her contract. She sent butone n. This was to Mr. Levy, and read : Everything off. Have & 3 LADY SHOLTO DOUGLAS. en then they could not believe that ung lady had deliberately sold them Tt wired her an offer of more n ren they wanted just one week. Still no answer came. In the meanwhile progiammes, dodgers, lithographs and all the advertising matter eing held back till it was learned ether Lady Sholto Douclas was to be billed or not. Then Lord Sholto himself took a hand, and as manager of his wife wrote the following letter, which settled | matters definitel P1co HEIGHTS, bo: ANGE 8, CAL., Oct. 22 er People’s Theater, received your telegram this morn- x 36, 1t L The Man Hotel Nadeau EURGPEAN PLan ROOUS > & W. CHASE & CO- Proprietord FAC.SIMILE OF THE LETTER DOUGLAS AS MANAGER [Photographed from the origi al.] $1.00 per Day and Upwards Lk /i o <N'e « Fer gl @atol0Tl22. 0y 8 nM .e-u.m W 4’%6%4 ym Pt S e i ke WRITTEN BY LORD S8HOLTO FOR HIS PRETTY WIFE. an Francisco— | ing, but as we had just answered Mr. Levy’s telegram an hour before I thought it unneces- sary to answer yours. My wife, Lady Douglas, has already signed a contract at a salary of $300 & week, engaging herself to the Frawley Company. Yours truly, SHOLTO DOUGLAS. “I consider that Lady Sholto is under contract appear at my theater next Monday,” said Mr. Clayton yesterday. “I engaged her through her authorized agent and refused engagements to other people on that account. I shall certainly hold her to a strict legal accountability.’” *“What steps will you take?’ was asked. I will first have an injunction issued to stop her from playing with Frawley next week. After that I will bring suit for dam- ages for breach of contract.” Clayton is not the only one mourning the fickleness of the pretty Lady Sholto. The dispatches state that on October 7 last | she signed a three months’{contract with | George C. Thompson and Edward Shea of Boston. This contract does not expire till December 14. Thompson and Shea | threaten suit, but Mr. Frawley says their contract contains a defect that renders it worthless. ’ Her ladyship evidently thinks as Fraw- ley does. ~ At any rate all her pregaraficns are being made to_accompany that man- ager’'s com Her last niove was to hany. send to a fi{ al gallery in this City for a hundred of her latest pictures. They are being printed as fast as the recent cloudy weather will permit and will be sent on to Tady Shol ho will probably not be seen in thi till she comes with the Frawley Company. YOUNG WILL NG TO-DAY, THE MURDERER OF PETER LATES- TRE TO SUFFER THE DEATH PENALTY. He Is CoMPOSED AND Has PRo- FESSED RELIGION — HISTORY OF THE CRIME. William Young will suffer the extreme penalty of the law in the prison death chamber this afternoon at 2 o’clock. Final arrangements for the execution have been completed and the double gallows from which the Hesper murderers were dropped last week will be used without alteration. Young will stand on the trap occupied by St. Clair just seven daysago. The mur- derer is a German, 23 years old. He is short and stout and has regular features and soft brown hair and mustache, and but for his eyes would present an attrac- tive appearance. His visual organs, how- ever, though of a baby blue tint, are small and shitty. Young is the only doomed man now confined in the cages, and as this is the first time since the prison became the official place of execution that upon the eve of a hanging only one man has occu- pied the condemned cells, his waiting for death is particularly lonely. The death watch sits beyond the wooden bars playing seven-up or yawning over books, but they are performing only uninteresting auty, and in the absence of the company whicn misery craves Young falls back upon him- self alone for co! Any. Since being placed in the condemned | cell last Tuesday Young has done little | but sway back and forth in his squeaky | rocking-chair or pace the floor of his cage, | He does this, however, only for the sake of doing s mething, for he has not vet shown the slightest trace of nervousness or fear, | and be will probably go the gallows with | unfailing composure. He speaks, how- | ever, freely and unreservedly of his crime | and 'laughs silly embarrassed giggles at the appearance of visitors peering at him through the bars. “I killed him all right enough,” he said this afternoon. “But I never meant to { kill him. I would not shapt anybody for | all the money in the world. The gun went off accidentally and he fell. Then I got afraid and I thought I had better take his money and go away. But they caught me and I'must die. ButI don't “care, I feel all right. It was an accident, but I could | not speak to explain it just right and I ! told them to hang me. 1'm glad it will be over to-morrow.” Young has been receiv- ing spiritual consolation from Prison Chaplain Drahms and from members of the Salvation Army. Staff Captain Mclntyre of San Francisco was oyer to see him to-day and Young pro- fessed conversion. He believes his sins have all been forgiven. The condemned man was born in Berlin in 1872, the youngest of six children, His mother, brothers and sisters still live in the old country and are, so far as he knows, unaware of his impending fate. He says, Lowever, that they may have learned it, as Young is his true name. The crime for which Young will hang was the murder of his employer, Peter Latestre, near San Ardo, Monterey County, in the spring of last year. The motive of the crime was robbery and the killing was done in cold blood. Latestre had received 370 a few days before the murder. Young determined to secure it and asked his em- ployer to accompany him to town to meet @ mythical sister, who he said was coming from San Francisco. While the old man was hitching up the horses Young poured the contents of both barrels of a shotgun into his breast. He then took the money and fled, but was captured three days later at Kings Cit ASSOCIATED CLUBS. Committees Appointed by President White for the Ensuing Year. President Harlow H. White of the Cali- fornia Associated Cycling Clubs has an- nounced the following committee appoint- ments for his term of office: Membership &nd interclub relations—W. O. Johnson, chairman, California Cycling Club; H. W. Spalding, CALL Bicycle Club; C. J. Leighton, Olympic Club Wheelmen, Rules and regulations—George Humphreys, chairman, Acme Club Wheelmen; W. D. Shea, Olympic 'Club Wheelmen; W. E.” Bouton, Liberty Cycling Club. Political action—Sanford Plummer, chair- man, Bay City Wheelmen; W. W. Earle, Im- perial Cycling Club; H. H. Price, Crescent Ath- etic Club, Berkeley. Championships Garden City Cyclers sco Road Ciub; J. 8. Club. Road racing and records—George H. Stratton, chrirman, Clympic Club Wheelmen; H. F. Wynne, California Cycling Club; J. 8. Egan, Imperial Cycling Club. There will be a meeting of the San Fran- cisco Bicycle Track Assoclation next Tues- day evening at 8 o’clock, at the rooms of the Bay City Wheelmen, 441 Golden Gate avenue, and President Kerrigan is desirous of a full attendance of the delegates, as the important topic of a_bicycle track for this City will be discussed. e L SNEAKTHIEF ARRESTED. A Window-Washer Who Operated in the Western Addition. The police have been for some weeks re- ceiving complaints from residents in the ‘Western Addition about the operations of some sneakthief. Detectives Bee and Harper were detailed on the case, and after an investigation their suspicions fell upon Lewis Kitdentoft, who was employed in that locality as a window-washer. They found that ke had been disposing of the stolen property in Oakland and succeeded in tracing 1t to him. He was arrested yesterday and three charges of petty larceny were made against him. On July 13 he stole a valuable pair of field-glasses from the house of 8. H, Greenburg, 2410 Pacificuvenne; on October 1 two_fine overcoats from the house of Leopold Loupe, 1720 Sacramento street, and on October 16 & banjo from the house of Mrs. P. Peck, 2522 Pine street. Abouta dozen other charges could be made against him if necessary. > A. Alexander, chairman, illiams, San Fran’ ell, Waverly Bicycle WHEELS IN HER - HEAD, THAT IS WHAT MRS. GARCELON | SAID HER BUZZING BRAIN SEEMED LIKE. SAUSALITO'S MANY COMMODORES THE CAPTAIN DRANK WHISKY, BUT “HENRY” Was a TEE- TOTALER. 1 The twelfth day of the Garcelon trial in | the Circuit Court passed yesterday and | there was no indication of where the old | rit, ‘Well, 1 suppose, you boys will get‘ “One day she excused herself for mking this house, and he said, ‘No, captain, we | wine, saying, ‘I have to take it to keep up.’ have we’ll have to fight forat.”” *‘Who paid your expenses to come down here to this trial ?”’ asked Rodgers. ‘‘Some one did; [ didn’t pay my way, and I didn’t come down here for nothing, that’s sure.” The defense received permission to in- troduce a witness who had been unable to attend earlier in the trial, and Mrs. S. C. ‘Wyand, Mrs. Garcelon’s dressmaker, was put on the stand. ‘‘She told me,” said this woman who had lived in bepes of a comfortable com- petence, repesiedly referred to by Mrs. Garcelon, mention of, “that she was ‘saving a nest egg’ for me, as she termed it. She told me that she would pay off the $600 mortgage on my house, and after that she said Stephen objected that she was spending too much money, and added, ‘but I'll pay it just as soon as I can.’ ©0; the money was never paid.” Wi ry confidential with me. “‘Once she said, ‘I have a great responsi bility with this property and can’t sigep nights, If the doctor had onl got il we can get; if we get any more | but which the will made no | sed to see her a great deal and she let fme | She told me she always used stimulants and drank sherrf especially, because Dr, Agard wouldn’t let her take strong opiates for the pain in her head. “She used to complain about that pain and said, ‘There’s a roaring in my head, and I sometimes feel like running away from myself, the pain is so great.’ “She said the roaring in her head seemed like great wheels going round.’ R. G. Brown, an old acquaintance of the Merritts, occupied the chair for a few mo- ments, and then the defense assured Judge Hawley that they had no more witnesses to introduce. Editor Bartlett, the man who resembles the late Frank M. Pixley, laid aside his editorial cares for another day and came into court again to tell of Mrs. Garcelon’s agerial ability in domestic matters. Liss McClellan had an imperious tem- per,” said the witness, “and would have controlled the house if it had not been for Garcelon. e was a very politic old lady and would often shift responsibility on to Pur- rington. But she was always the control- ling mind.” “Why do they call you ‘Dr.’ Bartlett?' 1ady’s money would eventually go, except | know what he wanted done with the | asked Philbrook, recalling his feet that he F. ;_. W SEARING. WITNESSES IN THE GARCELON WILL CASE. such inferences as might be drawn from the imposing array of legal talent actively engaged in the contest A sea captain, specially imported from the Alaska fisheries, was probably the most interesting of the six witnesses put on _the stand by the complainants. The defense succeeded in introducing the dressmaker who made Mrs. Gareelon’s dresses and to whom the cld lady spoke confidentially and promised a “nest egg” for a rainy day. Much of the evidence concerned Mrs. Garcelon’s mental capacity as estimated by those with whom she had come in frequent contact in business relations, and all of it went to show that the aged sister of Dr. Merritt was considered a very sprightly woman for her age. P. D. Brown, the Oakland notary, before | whom the trust papers were acknowledged, | identified the originals when they were | shown him by Judge Hayne. ““Where were these papers edged ?” Arthur Rogers asked. “In a small room in_the center of the Merritt house. Stephen Purrington, Judge Stanly and Mrs. Garcelon were present,”’ replied Brown. “I remember at another time when I at- tested the sale of the yacht Casco Mrs. Garcelon said, ‘I’'m selling it for a song,but it is better so than to have it rot down | there in the estuary.’ ” | A. A. Pennoyer. junior member of the | dry-goods firm of Taft & Pennoyer, de- | nied emphatically that his firm had ever | overcharged the wealthy and aged widow for any one of her numerous purchases. “She used to pay the bills herself in cash, either to Mr. Taft or myself, and sometimes she would go to the cashier’s desk,” he said. F. Sinclair of the Oakland Fruit and Produce Company said that the coachman used to make prices proportionate to Mrs. Garcelon’s purse, which explained the ap- parent overcharge. “I never charged her more than any one else, not for the same class of goods. We | knew what she wanted and used to get it | for her. She wouldn’t have anything that | wasn't first class.” | A little bald-headed man who used to be captain of the Casco took the stand. He said his name was Mclntyre, and he gave his answers so rapidly and with so peculiar an enunciation that the stenog- ravher repeatedly interrupted him with a “Hold on, how’s that ?"” “Now,” resumed the youthful little Judge who traces his origin to the South Carolina Haynes, *‘Captain McIntyre, did vou know Captain Stephen Puriington? No, it was Frang Purinton that was the captain.” “Don’t captain everybody,” interrupted Roggers. ““All right, Mr. Rodgers, I apologize if vou feel a little jealous on the subject.” And then the iittle old man of the sea was allowed to go on with his story of ex- periences while in the employ of Dr. Mer- ritt and Mrs. Garcelon. “How did I get Dr. Merritt over from Sausalito to Oakland that time he was taken sick? I brought him over in Com- modore Hirst’s steam launch.” Rodgers—Commodore? Commodore ot what? ; Hayes—Oh, Sausalito is full of commo- ores. And then the bailiff rapped for order in court. “Mrs. Garcelon was a very strong- minded woman,”’ continued the witness. “After her death I met Captain Purinton on California streget one day and I said, ‘Well, Frank, is there goinz to bea con- test?” And he But his hands behind his back and said, ‘On, I don’t know; Idon’t care,’ and he kind of talked as though he would be on the side with the most money. *No, sir, Henry, the coachman, didn’t drink; he was a teetotaler.”” “Captain,” began R.odgers‘ taking the witness, ‘‘what is your drink?” ““On, once in a while 1 take whisky, but I'm no drunkard. Sometimes I have wine on my table.” “Did you tell the coachman that Mrs. Garcelon was ‘off’ 2" “No, sir; never. Itold him several times I thought it was wonderful the way she managed things so well, ‘“After Mrs, Garcelon’s death Captain Purinton said to Captain Knowles, ‘Haven't you something you could give “Mc” here to do; he’s a licensed man. and could take cnar%e of one of your steamers.’ And after that Captain Knowles said, ‘How'd yonu like to go up to Alaska? And I went up there and took charge of one acknowl- | of the fish cannery steamers for $75 a month. & “One day in June, '91, I was painting round the house, and Ijlsaid .to Fred Mer- mon the advice of those who know more than I do about such matters. I should like to have full charge of my money while I live and then let the rightful heirs have it when Iam dead. “T hope,’ she said, ‘they won’t take ad- | vantage of an old, Weak woman.’ Then she told me that they said she knew more than many that were admitted to the bar. | had thoughtlessly allowed to get up near the top of a vacant chair. “O b, that's just a complimentary title, Doctor of laws, I gue: “*There is such a thing, Mr. Philbrook,” ventured the courteous Hayne, “buv per- haps vou didn’t know.” Three of the men with whom Mrs. Gar- celon was in the habit of trading were the last witnesses of the day. Frank W. Sear- ing, a fruit and produce dealer, told of the old lady’s frequent complaints of high prices and of her driving off, saying she would see_ if she couldn’t do better else: where. J. B. te Mogue said that once she | bought twenty sacks of potatoes at one I have to be guided as it is by | time, but that that was not unusual for a person of her means. Several times she was about to pay twice for goods, but she never once repeated an order. | James Cahill had sold Mrs. Garcelon paints and fixtures for the house, but de- nied that he had ever taken advantage of her wealth, nor could he remember that she was forgetful. The trial goes on again this morning. NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. EXTRAORDINARY VALUES GANT OUTER GARMENTS | It will pay intending Cloak buyers to visit our great Cloak Department to-day, for it is universally conceded by all who have seen them that the garments comprising our MAMMOTH NEW FALL AND WINTER STOCK combine in the highest degree STYLISHNESS OF CUT, ELEGANCE OF FiNISH and RICHNESS OF MATERIAL, and every garment is charace terized and made still further attractive by AN EXTREME LOWNESS OF PRICE that is illustrated in the following offering of SPECIALS FOR TO-DAY! LADIES’ CLOTH AND PLUSH CAPES. At $5.00. LADIES' DOUBLE CAPES, of black and navy Melton, trimmed all round with satin band, with rows of silk stitching, rolling collar of velvet, worth $750, will be offered at$5 each. At $7.50. LADIES’ FULL CIRCULAR DOUBLE CAPES, of black and navy Roanoke beaver, trimmed allround with several rows of worsted braid, worth $12 50, will be offered at $7 50 each. At 87.50. LADIES’ FINE PLUSH CAPES, mewest styles, trimmed with Baltic seal, worth $10 50, will be offered at §7 50 each. At 812.50. LADIES' PLUSH CAPES, double and single; Double Capes, prettily trimmed with fur; Single Capes, handsomely trimmed with jet; worth $17 50, wiil be ,offered at $12 50 each. At 815.00. LADIES' PLUSH CAPES, full ripple, prettily embroidered with braid and jet and trim- med with thibet; worth 2250, will be offered at $15 each. At S20.00. LADIES’ FULL-RIPPLE CAPES, of fine plush, jetted all over, worth $30, will be offered at $20 each. LADIES’ FALL JACKETS. At $7.850. LADIES’ DOUBLE-BREASTED JACKETS, of black and navy Berlin twill, coat backs, notched collar, tailor pockets, bone but- tons, worth $10, will be offered at $7 50 each. At $10.00. LADIES’ DOUBLE-BREASTED JACKETS, of black and navy Boucle cloth, lined through- out with twilled silk, mandolin sleeves, ripple skirts, bone buttons, worth §15, will be offered at $10 each. At $12.50. LADIES" DOUBLE-BREASTED JACKETS, of black boucle cloth, lined throughout with silk suran, full mandolin sleeves, notched collar, ripple skirts, worth $17 50, will be offered at $12 50 each. At $15.00. LADIES' DOUBLE-BREASTED JACKETS, of black and navy boucle eloth, half lined with silk, velvet notched collars, ripple skirts, mandolin sleeves, triple-stitched seams, worth $22 50, will be offered at $15 each. CHILDREN’S JACKETS. At $4.50 and $85.00. CHILDREMN'S DOUBLE-BREASTED JACKETS, varying in size from 4 to 14 years, made of faney brown mixed cloaking, square revers, velvet collar, bone buttons, very full sleeves, worth $6 and $7, will be offered at $4 50 and $5 each. MURPHY BUILDING, Market Sooel, coraer of Jongg, SAN FRANOISOO.