The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 4, 1895, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1895. CLARENCE WHITES X The Slayer of “Wylackie| John” Gives the Lie to George E. White. WAS ASKED TO MURDER.| The “King " Made Several Propo- | sitions to Him to Take Human Life | Wathen tell White that he wanted two DAVE WOODMAN'S SETTLEMENT. | | ment of the estate. at Is Driving Men atry for H vt CousTy, Nov. 3.— of TEe Cart found his home here to-day m with rezard to the George E. White White) touching kie John and the' | perhaps it would not have been left for the POSE OF DARK DEEDS, White himself. I arrested Vinton once | myself when I was Deputy Sheriff on a | charge of killing some hogs belonging to a poor widow. He has been in continual | trouble. I saw him attempt to shoot Lit- | flfneld. Joe Gregzory, who was then friendly with Littlefield, caught him, or | officers of the law. with some other assas- sins, to be now charged with his murder. I have noticed one thing, that George | White has never denied the charge that he | ‘pushed the queer.’ There is another matter that might be worth looking into. That is the matter of the estate of Chris Sorenson—aiter he was murdered. T remember quite well hearing checks to produce in court; that he would not have to pay them, as they would be re- turned to him. This was in the settle- | Sorenson had several | hundred “dollars deposited in Henley’s | store in Covelo and White and Wathen | owed him about $900 for work. Sorenson’s ’ murder occurred in Trinity County. : “WrLite says he never was before a crim- inal jury on his own account but once. | This may be true, for when he wanted me | to do some killing for himI asked him | why he did not do it himself, and he said | that if he killed & man it would cost him | $100,000 to get out of it, but that if he got . some one else to do it he could get the per- | son clear for a trifle. | “To show you what a reputation this; man has,” continued young White, ‘it is | R JOHN E. | murder, unti! it is no wonder that he is | contemplated the night after the murder ing on White, but it did bring about a settlement with Woodman subsequently. “It is very true, as THE CALL says, the people who have in any way incurred the enmity of White live in a state of terror. Ves Palmer, whom I met a few days ago in Ukiah, was telling me how he came within an ace of killing a good friend of his because of this state of affairs. He was riding along & mountain trail one morning when some one hailed and told him to ‘hold on there.” Palmer whipped out his revolver like a flash, turned and was about to fire—with that unquestioning way they have, and must have up there— but, with his fingeron the trigger, checked himself. * ‘Good God, man; don’t you know bet- ter than that?’ he said when he saw who it was. ‘Don’t ever do that again. He says he was as weak as a child for an hour afterward at the thought of the narrow escape he made of Kkilling his friend. Palmer is a brave man. Nobody can say otherwise. It was he who married Wy- lackie John's widow and prevented George E. White from confiscating his estate. “‘He has been persecuted in the courtson all sorts of charges, until he confesses that he is practically ruined, and, besides, he is threatened constantly with ambush and ready to get out of the country. There is no doubt that his murder was planned and of Littlefield, his head vaquero. He lives in a constant state of apprehension. ‘*Some people knocked at his door that night, but he refused to open it. Unless the assassins are driven out of the country by the activity that has followed Governor Budd’s offer of a reward for the conviction of the murderers of Littlefield I would not give much for Palmer’s life. Yes; you may use my name. I donot want George E. White’s statement to stand uncontra- dicted.” THE DAY N SAN- JOSE Annual Chrysanthemum Fair to Begin Under Favorable Auspices. Dried-Fruit Shipments, Business Im. provements and Other News Items. SAN JOSE, CarL., Nov. 3.—The annual chrysanthemum fair under the auspices | of the directors of the Pratt Home and the | Catholic Ladies’ Aid Society opens at Turn | Verein Hall to-morrow night. The hall | has been handsomely decorated with flow- | d large displays of | chrysanthemums have been promised by | Mesdames R. B. Dunlop, S. A. Barker, | Parsons, S. W. Boring, Schlaudt, Wilkes | and Mr. E. T. Sawyer. In the evening there will be a grand romenade concert, after which there will be dancing in an adjoining hall. The fair | will continue during the week. i s o ity DRIED FiEUIT BRISK. Good Priccs and Ample Market for San \ WHITE. [From a recent photograph.] George E. White v with Histor Whi history f evil, with J. te, Mrs, ¥ ried to enter the roo re the inquiry i by s. on of the killin Clarence White and interview re- that the head was ih notwithstanc at W 3 a distant relative estioned regarding His answers were very knows that to be a lie, e was no such testimony e can see who takes the examine it. If there had been ppose the jury would have re- n minutes with a ver- s any rlackie was not his super- ut that?"’ “Simply that that too is a !i an Indian on the reservat vs White never made a move without \ting Wylackie. Kendri who was his superintendent, was merely a boss on the home ranch, Wy- lackie superintended all of the vast do- main. It is true that Wylackie had a house some twenty-five miles away, ona tract in which White and he were inter- ested—a sheep ranch—but he was very seldom there. Wylackie left his family there much of the time while he was away carrying out some of his schemes of mur- der or arson, driving honest settlers out of the country—murdering those who would ot go. If you believe White’s own state- woods. “ I might call to his mind a certain time when he offered great inducements money. I have pen and ink here, and I | D. T. Woodman so that he | expect you to sign them right now, as of | to me to (White) ¢ other certai 1 take his stock. Also an- time “when he offered me $1000 if I would kill Ben Arthur. Another | and the pen with one hand while he held | when he proposed to me to kill | the revolver steady with the other. White | 2d another when he wanted | signed the notes without a word. Wood- | time Georg kill Tom Hayden. aps he may call to mind also,” ecntinued young White, “‘that he offered Palmer $1000 to kil me. He also Beggs, to George Anthony and to Charles Wathen.” With regara declaration that to George E. White's Vinton’s character is above reproach Clarence said: “Vinton is | man was acquitted. The jury thought it | as bard a man as any that Round Valley has known for years, except George E. the testimony of wit- | coutd not have seen his ade the same proposition to Alexander | r at Round Valley, out of | only necessary to refer to the case of Dave | and a few exportations have been made to Woodman, whom he charzed with high- way robbery, or something of the kind. This is the same Dave Woodman whom he wanted me to xill. That was a trick he had when he got into a man’s debt. He and Woodman were interested in a ranch »gether, and White got much the best of s he always did. Woodman could not e, and the business ran years, until White owed him several thousand dollars. Woodman kept clam- oring for a settlement until White wanted to get somebody to kill him. ‘But Woodman turned the tables in some degree. One evening White was riding to his home, just out of Covelo. There is a depression in the road where a creek crosses it, and as White rode into this Woodman rose up before him with a pistol sticking out in front, saying: . here, George, I have some little business with you.” ““White was very docile. He knew that | | | Clarence White. LErom a recent photograph.] | Woodman meant business. and asked what was wanted. ‘I have been looking for you for a long time, George,’ said Woodman, very | quietly. ‘I have been to your house, and | they tell me you are in the City or up in | the mountamns. If I go up in the mount- ains they tell me you are down here, | When I do chance to see you and ask for a settlement you never have time. Now I | bave got tired of it. You owe me $9000, and, as I didn’t suppose you would have He stopped its he is one of the lost babes of the | that much about you. I made out these | | notes, bearing dates of maturity that will give you ample opportunity to get the | course you know the amount is due me.’ “Woodman handed White the notes | man thanked him and bade him good night; himseif sitting still, however, un- | til White had ridden a safe distance and | then he rode into Covelo. *‘White had him arrested next day of course. Instead of being sent to San Quentin for life, however, as. would have | happened if he had perpetrated such a | | hold-up on any other millionaire, Wood- was a pretty good joke on White. Of course the notes were not held to be bind- Jose Shippers. SAN JOSE, Carn.,, Nov. 3.—The move- ment of dried fruit is brisk, and the year’s crop is rapidly going into consumptive channels. Almost all the fruit from the County Exchange is going forward in | fancy 25-pound boxes, and a large force of | girls'is employed in packing it. | The East Side Fruit Union has sent twenty carloads East, and the stock is weil cleared out. The local price of dried prunes has advanced a quarter of a cent lately. This makes the price of forties 514 cents per pound and fifties 43{ cents. The demand in the East has greatly increased, England, France and Germany. There are about 300 or 400 tons yet throughout the valley that will probably be brought to the County Exchange warehouse. 55 Hae T SAN JOSE FIEM INCORPORATED. Mangrum & Otter Extend Their Business Affairs. | SAN JOSE, CaL., Nov. 3.—Articles were filed with the County Clerk yesterday incorporating the firm of Mangrum & Otter. The capital stock is placed at $50,- 000, divided into 5000 shares. | The objects of the incorporation is to | deal in land, bonds, franchises and ma- chinery, and to conduct a general hard- ware and plumbing business in San Jose, | The directors named are A. §. Mangrum, H. W. Otter, F. S. Campbell, W. D, | Winslow and N. B. Herndon. i e | Confiscated Veal. | SAN JOSE, Car, Nov. 3.—Dr. H. A. | Spencer, City and County Veterinary In- | spector, made a tour of the various butcher-shops and slaughter-houses yves- terday and confiscated two veals which | had been killed under the prescribed age. Two Chinese hogpens were also ordered abated. Next week the inspector will begin making tests of the milk furnished by the various dairies. D TO THE VALLEY ROAD, Rain in the San Joaquin Loosens the Earth, Making Easier Grading. Will Also Facilitate the Work of the Tracklayers, Unless It In. creases. STOCKTON, CAL., Nov. 3.- Considerable apprehension has been felt here to-day lest the rain which has been falling would interfere with work on the Valley Rail- road. The fear is unfounded. The railroad people say that an all-night’s rain in the valley will in reality aid them in the work. The graders expect to find it much easier to bandle the dirt, as the rain will loosen it up after the long dry spell. The rain will also settle the grade and | facilitate the work of the tracklayers. Unless there is a downpour to-morrow, | which is not probable, the work will go on with the usual acti sl oo Aeccidentally Shot at Stockton. STOCKTON, Cair., Nov. 3.—Tom Ben- nington, an electric-car motorman, was accidentally shot in the leg this afternoon. The limb will probably have to be ampu- tated. He was bringing his car in from | Goodwater Grove at the time of the octur- rence. A passenger named George Hansel | was returning from a hunting trip and was examining his shotgun, wieu 1t was discharged, with the effect mentioned. It is surprising that some of the passengers were not injured. S Big Scheme at Angels, AYV\'GELS CAMP. CaL., Nov. 3—G. W. Lichnr, the “Wheat King,” left here this morning, after consummating arrange- ments for establishing a gigantic electric | plant on the Stanislaus River, and furnish- ing motive power for his own mine and | others in this vicinity. Henry L. Smith, formerly with the Market-street Railroad, 8an Francisco, will have charge of the en- gineering work, which will commence im- mediately. SEIZE STRATEGIC POINTS, Canadian Forces Are Erecting Barracks on the Alaska Boundary. ACTIVITY OF THE PATROLS. Breastworks and Forts Constructed and Equipped in the Disputed Territory. TACOMA, Wasn..Nov. 3.—A large party | of miners who have just arrived from | Alaska on the schoomer Mary Buhne, which sailed from Unalaska on the 20th, | give reliable and sensational accounts of the maneuvering of the Canadian forcesin | that country. The country along the line | of the supposed houndary is well known to these parties and they report that the Canadian Government has constructed, | and is constructing and equipping breast- | works and barracks on all the command- ing bluffs. Every strategic point of van- | tage has been secured along the disputed | boundary line. and vparticularly in and around the vicinity of the placer mines, which are filling up with Canadian pros- pectors. The Americans in Alaska do not seem to realize or worry over the anxiety and | eagerness of the British to seize such | strategic points. The mounted police in | the employ of the Canadian Government | are very kind and have helped the Ameri- | | state. | they could, and the death and suffering in cans in a number of cases. In fact, they have done more for them than they have for some of their own people. The rivers along the boundary line are very narrow. At the loop of Forty-mile Creek and at several points along the boundary near the creek small detach- ments of supposed Canadian militia in citizens’ clothes have been reconnoitering the surrounding country for some time. The detachments are all well pro- visioned, well housed and have large pack- trains. Surveying parties have been in the field for the Canadian Government for some time, and have been doing hard work. The party reports the condition of the miners at present in Alaska in adeplorable Those on the Upper Yukon have suffered greatly; provisions are scarce-and prices high. A great many predict that scurvy will break out among the miners this winter, and great suffering will re- sult. Five deaths from scurvy had oc- curred when the ship sailed. There are hundreds of men who would come away if the mining region this winter will be terrible. ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC SUIT. United States Trust Company Seeking Pos- session of the Property. ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., Nov. 3.—The suit of the United States Trust Company to foreclose the first mortgage on the At~ lantic and Pacific Railroad will be argued in the United States Court at this place next Tuesday with some of the ablest lawyers of the county on each side. The Trust Company holds, as trustees, sixteen and a half millions of the first mortgage bonds and hopes to become the owner of the road in case the property issold. This action grows out of the de- cision of the court about two monthsago refusing to grant the motion for separate | receivers for the Atlantic and Pacific. SACRAMENTO CANDIDATES Busy Day Among the Big Four ‘Who Desire Municipal Burdens. WRATH OF THE DEMOCRACY. Citizens Claim Great Strength, but the ! Republican Standard-Bearer | Still Confident. SACRAMENTO, CaL., Nov. 3.—All day long the emissaries of the four candidates who are ready and willing to bear upon their shoulders the cares and burdens of the municipal office of this city have been hurrying to and fro, endeavoring to whip inio line the faltering and weak-hearted of | their constituency, who, swayed by various | street rumors, seem ready to bolt in vari- | ous directions like a flock of stampeded sheep. All day long the corral of J. W. Wilson, | Republican candidate, has seemingly been | the fold to which the majority have fled. | Republican ~ leaders claim that Stein- man’s strength is going to pieces like a ship on the rocks, beaten by the waves. Hubbard's reported gain in | strength will drive a part of the Steinman | vote to Wilson, and, should it become | painfully apparent that his chances of | election are null and void, a large portion | of his following will flock to Hubbard. | The Democrats are wrathful beyond | | coming down the stretch in a drive. | and denies the N:IP measure, and, it is claimed, with reason. At the meeting of the Democratic Central committee held this evening a resolution was introduced roundly condemning the San Francisco Examiner, which had been recognized as a Democratic organ, in the strongest terms for the stand it had taken in forwarding the political interest of B. U. | Steinman at the expense of W. D. Lawton, the regular Democratic Mayor. A rumor is prevalent this evening that the Citizens are claiming greater strength for Hubbard than tbey can deliver. but there seems to be little doubt that Hub- bard is a dangerous opponent and is Still, it is conceded to-night in all quarters that Wilson leads, and old politicians claim that he will be a winner by 400 or 500 ma- jority. candidate for YOLO AREIVED AT TACOMA, Some Fear Expressed as to the Safety of the Edinburghshire. TACOMA, Wasu., Nov. 3.—The British ship Yolo has arrived, 171 days out from | London, with 13,000 barrels of cement consigned to the Northern Pacific Rail- road and local dealers. Some fear had been entertained for her, as she had been spoken but once during the passage. Uneasiness is felt in shipping circles for the British bark Edinburghshire, 215 days | out from London for this port, with a cargo of cement. e Daly Still in Control. 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