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4 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1895. A SRR e T e e e e S B Sl e PR e e e e i e e e e S e e R ARLINGTON'S SCHEME Mrs. Addie Dowden of San Jose Tells How She Was Robbed. DECEIVED THE WOMAN. Drove His Victim Out of Town in a Buggy and Borrowed Her Money. THREATENED TO KILL HER. Proposed to Show an Improvement on the Durrant Style of Murder. SAN JOSE, CaL., Nov. 13.—The exami- nation of Arthur Arlington, on a charge of robbery, was postponed by Justice Gass this morning until Tuesday, November 19, owing to the absence of defendant’s attor- ney. Mrs. Addie Dowden, the complain- ing witness, was present and after the case was continued she told her story to Justice Gass. Mrs. Dowden said Arlington heard she was in search of employment and called upon her. She told him that she was a widow with a child, but that suited Arlington, who said he would pay her $25 per month as housekeeper and give her and her child a good home. Arlington at that time represented him- self as a wealthy widower and the father of several children. Arlington at once en- gaged Mrs. Dowden as his housekeeper and Jaterin the day called with a horse and buggy to take her out to his house. After driving about half wayto Santa Clara, in which direction Arlington claimed to live, he stopped and entered a saloon. In a few minutes he returned to the buggy and asked Mrs. Dowden to lend him $2 as he had no small change. The woman’s purse containing $45 was lying in herlap. He grabbed it, but she resisted, whereupon he promised to give her $60 for the $45 the next morning and she let him have the money. He at once turned around and drove her back home, telling he would call for her the next morning. This he failed to do, and it was not until three days later that Mrs. Dowden met Arlington. She finally ran across him at the broad-gauge depot. As soon as he saw her he ran into the back room of a saloon and Mrs. Dowden fol- lowed him. When Arlington saw he was cornered he turned upon Mrs. Dowden and said: “Do vou believe Durrant murdered those girls?” Mrs. Dowden replied that she did. “This is the way I would kill a girl,” said Arlington, catching the woman by the throat. This frightened Mrs. Dowden and she broke away from him. Sheat once went before Justice Gass and swore out a warrant charging Arlington with robbery, but he left town before the war- rant could be served. He was subsequently arrested at Suisun and brought back here. It is said Arling- ton swindled a woman in Oakland ont of $60 e CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR. Outlook for the Conventton to Be Held at San Jose in May Neaxt. SAN JOS. v. 13.—The Santa Clara County Christian Endeavor Union has already begun active preparations for the entertainment of the delegates to the State convention in this city next May. The newly elected officers of the nnion are: President, William G. Alexander; recording secretary, Lester L. Morse; cor- responding secretary, Miss Anna J. Reid; treasurer, W. K. Jenkins. At a recent meeting of the executive committee the plans of entertainment were fully discussed and the following chairmen of com mit tees appointed: Press, Francis W. Reid; entertainment, T. M. Wright; finance, W. K. Jenkins; recep- tion, L. L. Morse; hall. G. W. Campbell. It was decided to begin a systematic canvass among the business men to raise §1000 for the purpose of entertaini ng dele- gates. It was estimated that a coutribu- tion of 50 cents from each Endeavorer in the county would meet all the expenses. The proposition of the First Congre- gzuiona[1 Church orchestra of Oakland to give a concert in San Jose for the benefit of the convention was accepted and a com- mittee appointed to take full charge of the concert. During the convention excursions will be planned for the delegates to Mount Hamilton, Stanford University, Alum Rock and other points of interest. Hand- some souvenir badges will be presented to each delegate. The junior societies will have a special flower committee. it S < s CHARGED WITH EMBEZZLEMENT. Warrant Isswed at San Jose for the Arrest of Charles Bowden. SAN JOSE, CaL., Nov. 13.—A summons was issued in Justice Gass’court to-day for Charles D. Bowden on a complaint filed December 31, 1894, by the Pennsylva- nia [nsurance Company. in which Bowden is charged with embezzling $178 53. It is alleged in the complaint that Bow- den acted as agent for two years previous to the date of the complaint for the follow- ing companies, and collected the various amounts, which he devoted to his own use: Pennsylyania Fire Insurance Com- pany, $107 45; Greenwich Insurance Com- any, $1255; Insurance Company of the tate of Pennsylvania, $17 28; American Fire Insurance Company, $4125. The complaint is out of the usual run, as it asks that the defendant be imprisoned until the deficiency is paid. e e G FREIGHT AT ALVISO. Figures Representing a Big Rusiness During Sixz Months. SAN JOSE, Car., Nov. 1 Yor the six months ending October 31, 1895, 53,000 tons of freight were received and shipped at the wharf at Alviso. The receipts of lumber aggregated 8,750,000 feet, or about 17,500 tons; other freight, 25,000 tons; total receipts, 42,500 tons. The shipments amounted to 10,500 tons, of which about 8000 tons were hay and the balance miscellaneous goods. During the same period the number of craft that entered the harbor was 275. This does not include pleasure-boats, of which there were several hunared. il e L DAMAGE SUIT. 4 San Jose Woman Asks for Ten Thou- sand Dollars Damages. SAN JOSE, CaL, Nov. 13. — Cynthia Hoffman to-day began suit against Charles Wampach for $10,000 damages, alleged to have been sustained by the falling.of a porch while the plaintiff was a tenant in the dtefendunt’s'bufldinc at 446 South First street. The plaintiff alleges that the accident ‘was due to the neglect of the defendant to keep the porch in repair, and says she was { crushed and damaged by the falling tim- bers to the amount sued for. b Ay ws Board of Trustees Meet. SAN JOSE, Car., Nov. 13.—Frank H. Gould, the newly appointed trustee of the Agnews Insane Asylum, failed to putin an appearance at the meeting of the board of trustees to-day, and only routine busi- ness was transacted. The report of the medical director showed that there were 927 patients in the asylum, 571 of whom are males. After allowing the regular monthlv bills the board adjourned until the regular meeting time in December, when the reorganization of the board will take place. CUT HIS THROAT WITH A RAZOR. Private Rucker of the Fourteenth Infantry, Washington, Was Despondent and Wanted to Die, VANCOUVER, Wasu., Nov. 13.—Private ker, Company 43, Fourteenth Infantry, A., attempted suicide last night by cuiting his throat with a razor. Rucker was a prisoner in the guard-housein the barracks for absence without leave, and according to his own statement had com- mitted his rash act fully thirty minutes before medica! assistance was called. When a sergeant entered the room, Rucker asked for a drink of water, and the guard asked if he could not get it him- self. Rucker replied in the negative. The guard complied with the request, and then discovered that the prisoner’s clothing and the bunk on which he lay were covered with blood. Rucker was in full possession of his mental faculties, and showed the sergeant the razor, which wascovered with blood. A large portion of the edge was broken away, which Rucker explained oc- curred by siriking a bone in his neck upon his second unsucoessful attempt to severe the jugular vein. . Nothing definite concerning the probable cause of the act_could- be learned, except that Rucker had secemed despondent over something not connected with his army career ever since his enlistment, about four months ago. He had been a book- keeper for several years somewhere in Montana. TRAGEDY AT MARYSVILLE, An Insane Patient at the County Hospital Murdered by a Cellmate. Weak-Minded George .Thresher Ends the Life of S. Deyoe, an Aged Man. MARYSVILLE, Car., Nov. 13.—When Steward Lewis of the County Hospital un- locked and opened the doorof a room used for weakminded patients early this morn- ing a ghastly sight met his gaze. Pros- trate on the floor near his bed, stripped of clothing, and his body, head and limbs badly bruised, lay S. Deyoe, an aged man who has been in the County Hospital for two or three months. He had been mur- dered by George Thresher, a demented | wretch who has been an inmate of the hos- pital for about the same period, and had been locked up in the *‘calaboose,” asitis called, with Deyoe. That the murderer was insane at the time of the deed is not doubted by any one acquainted with all of the facts in the case. Thresher admits the crime, but tries to deny that he used very much violence. An sutopsy has been performed, and it was found that there were contusions on the head, arms and legs. On the rightarm was a discoloration caused probably by a bruise. On the flesh just over the windpipe was a discoloration caused by a bruise and in the throat were the marks of finger-nails. That there must have been consi force used appears from the condi the ribs, -breastbone and heart of the deaa man. _The second rib on the right side and four ribs on_the Jeft side are fractureH. These four ribs being right over the heart, that organ was ruptured. The breastbone i8 fractured crosswise and split along the lower half. The attendants heard loud talking and disturbance in the *‘calaboose” last nights They found on investigation that Deyoe was out of bed and standing in the middle of the floor, They put him back to bed at 1 o'clock in the morning, and when they retired all was quiet in the strong- room. Thresher tells a story to the effect that he was disturbed during the might by Deyoe walking around the floor and throw- ing bottles apbout. He got up and tried to push Deyoe back into his bed, but failing | in that, he caught him about the throat and threw him on the floor. Thresher says he is too weak a man to have killed Deyoe. He is a weak man, bat the physicians who know him aver that he would in an insane frenzy be possessed of terrible strength. Over six weeks ago Thresher told the physicians here that he had been an inmate of the Stockton, Ukiah, Ag- news and Napa insane asylums. He was not looked upon as dangerous. BLY AR - Gl TRIAL OF MENDOCINO'S TREASURER William Ford and His Bondsmen Asked by Legal Process to Reimburse the County. TUKIAH, CaL., Nov. 13.—The trial of the case of Mendocino County vs. William Ford, County Treasurer, and forty-seven other defendants, was begun to-day in the Superior Court, A jury was secured, and the issues upon which the jury is to find were framed. G. A. Sturtevant, District Attorney, rep- resents plaintiff (the county) and is as- sisted by ex-Judge Thomas Rutledge of Sonoma County and United States Com- missioner T. L. Carothers of this place. J. A. Cooper and White & Thomas ap- peared for aefendants—Ford and his bonds- men. The action is brought againstthe de- fendants to recover the amount of $3000, being an alleged shorfage in the amount on hand in the county treasury, and for which Ford as County Treasureris claimed to be responsible. Deputy Auditor J. R. Thomas testified to-day on behalf of plaintiff, and at the hour of adjournment defendant Ford was on the stand testifying as a witness for the plaintiff as to certain amounts received by bim as Treasurer. His examination will be resumed to-morrow morning. =l BURREL ESTATE CON NTROVERSY. The Petitioner Defaulted in Appearance at Court at ¥Visalia. VISALIA, Can, Nov. 13.—This morn- ing was the time set hy Judge Cross for the hearing of the petition of Edwara Bur- rel of San Jose to have the will of the late Cuthbert Burrel admitted to probate. S. F. Lieb of San Jose and E. 0. Larkins of this city, attorneys for the contestants, were present when the case was called, but neither the petitioner nor his attorney ap- peared. The proponents gave up the fight assoon a8 it was proven that Burrel had made a subsequent will in 1891 revoking the will sought to be probated. This ends the fight so far as the will of 1887 is concerned and leaves the widow still in charge of the estate. Al S An Old Prospector Missing. NEVADA, CaL., Nov. 13.—Thomas Cor- vell, an old prospector living on Poormans Creek, about twenty miles back in the mountains, has been missing several weeks. He is thought to have been mur- dered, as he was supposed to have money. MUCK GRIDIRON TALK Camp Lectured to the Foot- ball Players of Stan- ford University. EVILS OF OVERTRAINING Present Tendency Toward Less Preparatory Work on the Campus. ASSOCIATED STUDENTS MEET. President Sheldon, Dr. Jordan and Others Encourage the Students to Play Ball. STANFORD UNIVERSITY. CaL., Nov. 13.—Camp’s lecture last evening was at- tended by euch a crowd of stadents as only the ‘“‘father of football” could call out. The chapel was crowded with students and faculty members. Not less than 700 listened with closest attention to Camp’s discourse. ‘rhe subject treated by the coach was “College Athletics,” but he devoted himself almost exclusively to his favorite subject—iootball. He was introduced by President Jordan in a neat speech, and Camp’s appearance was greeted ‘with the Yale yell. In re- sponse 1o Dr. Jordan’s final, “This is Mr. Camp’s night,” the coach instantly re- plied, “And I hope Thanksgiving will be your day.” The lecturer explained the new rules and the reason why public opinion demanded them. He asserted, however, that foot- ball must be played in the proper spirit or rules could accomplish little, no matter how ironclad they might be or how zeal- ously they were enforced. He explained the evils of overtraining and suggested that possibly public opinion was right in decrying so much preliminary training for college games. The present tendency, he said, is toward a less rigid, less extended training. Camp always enlivens his lec- tures with witty anecdotes and last even- ing a good share of his remarks were de- voted to amusing tales by way of illustra- tion. In conclusion Camp emphasized the fact that the true sportsman is not the one who always wins, but he who can bear his share of the defeats in a cheerful manner, remembering that he has received infinite good in the training received, and that | loss is te be expected as often as victory, | or sport loses its interest. Immediately after Camp's lecture, Presi- dent Sheldon of the Associated Students called the mass-meeting to order. In a short but stirring address, he set forth the reason of the meeting, that it was to arouse college enthusiasm and plans to be per- fected for outdoing Berkeley on Thanks- giving. He remarked Stanford’s prestige in foot- ball and exhorted all students to throw themselves heart and goul into encourag- | ing student enterprise and especially the varsity eleven. Dr. Jordan was then intro- duced as ‘‘the man who is most interested in the big game,” In response Dr. Jordan said: ~Ibegan to think it was the other fellow’s time to win; that we had won every other time, aud as this was the winter of our discon- tent, we could afford to let the other tellows defeat us. But Professor Camp is with us again and the banner he carries has never vet been trailed in the dust. It would not be a good thing for him to carry a defeat back to Yale with him. So out of consideration for him I have begtin to feel differently. Then there are some new men who have never played in the team before and who have never won & game. It would not be fair for these men to lose their first game. Then, too, there are also some old players whohave never Iost a game, and of course they do not want their records broken. We have another duty. Itisone of the func- tions o1 this university to keep the University of California in theline of its highest ideal. It would not be just for the University of Cali- | fornia to win until it has an ideal team. It is | therefore for their own good, &s well as for the good of the great State of California, to hold back the victory from them again. Captain Cochran made a few happy re- marks, and Professor Ross was presented to the students as the most enthusiastic advocate of football on the campus. Prefessor Ross indorsed Dr. Jordan’s position, saying : T decided thet we ought to let the University of California win this time, but I have changed my mind. Next year will be soon enough, and when that time comes round I shall still be of my¥present mind. President Shelden, desiring that the students should acquire all information possible on the subject, invited Mr. Camp to address the mass-meeting. Mr. Camp, after apologizing for again appearing before the students, saig 1 shall be only too happy to state just what the members of the team need from this studenfbody. They need all the cheering you can give them on the field and all the con- versation you can give them off the field, Every encouragement should be given to bring out a good second eleven. The prime necessity for football is plenty of material to draw from. It means not the victory for one year, but for many years. At the conclusion of these remarks the following-named °students made short comments: Miller ’99, Irwin '98, Palmer ’97, Brown '96, Walton ex-'96, Anfenzer '96, J. Reynolds, ’80, Frankenheimer 96, Col- ton 98, Fickert '97, Williams "97. LOS ANGELES MURDER STORY. Remeins of the Dead Man Thought to Be the Comrade of Barnes, the Ontario Bank-Robber. LOS ANGELES, Caw., Nov. 13.—The au- thorities are investigating the supposed murder which has just come to light in the finding of the body on Monday near Rincon. From some of the evidence in possession of the officers it is believed that the victim is the partner of B. B. Barnes, the Ontario bank-robber, who is now in the penitentiary. The remains of the murdered man were found 1n the hilis just south of the River- side County line. There was no doubt that the man was shot ana that robbery was the motive. The lower part of the jaw had been torn away by the bullet. eath occurred many months ago, and as the remains were found on the route taken by Barnes and his companion after they' robbed the Ontario bank, it was presumed that Barnes may have kil'ed his compan- ion and taken all the money. At the time of the robbery it was said and believed by many that Barnes killed is partner in crime and robbed him of his share of the $4300 taken from the bank. i Porterville Orange Shipment. PORTERVILLE, CAL, Nov. ‘13.—The | first car of Porterville oranges for this season were shipped East from here to-day. The car was made up of seedlingsand navels and shipped by George T. Frost, consigned to Westfall & Co., New York. —_———— NEW ELECTRIC ROAD. Work Commences To-Day Between Los Angeles and Santa Monica. LOS ANGELES, CarL., Nov. 13.—Work will be commenced to-morrow by the Pasadena and Pacific Company from the Santa Monica end of the contemplated electric road between that town and Los Angeles, and will be rapidly pushed to completion. It is believed that cars will be running within two months of the commencement of operations. The electric company, owing to the growing favor of trolley par- ties, has decided to havea car spscially constructed for them, which will be a double-decker with spaces arranged for a small orchestra. —_—— KILLED AT MENLO PARK, James O’Brien Thrown From a Horse and Killed. MENLO PARK, CaL., Nov. 13.—James O'Hearn, a coachman in the employ of John T. Doyle the well-known lawyer and capitalist of this place, died this morning from injuries received late yesterday afternoon. He was thrown from a horss, sustaining a fracture of the skull, and was uncon- scious when picked up. He died without regaining consciousness. Deceased was an old resident of this place and was a pioneer member of the Grand Army of the Republic. He left two sons and two daughters. LOOKS BAD FOR KOVALE. New Evidence Against the Man on Trial for the Weber Murders. Arnold Levine Tells a Tale That Unless Disproved Will Convict the Russian. SACRAMENTO, Car., Nov. 13.—Unless the attorneys for the defense can prove that the testimony of Arnold Levine, the Russian locksmith who traveled in the company of Ivan Kovalev and Matthuski Stcherbakov some time vrevious to the murder of W. H. L. Webber and wife, is totally unworthy of belief, uniess in fact they can absolutely prove that it is the rankest kind of perjury, then Ivan Kova- ley’s days are numbered and the defense is a hopeless one, This testimony of Levine's was not in- troduced during the preliminary examina- tion, and fell like a thunderbolt from a clear sky upon the attorneys for the de- fense, absolutely closing every possible loophole for their client’s escape from the gallows. When Levine took the stand to-day he related the story of his wandering through the country in company with Kovalev and Stcherbakov, how they had gone from 0 to Stockton on_the boat, Sacramento, their night's rest at a Front-street hotel. The following morning, he said, he traded coats and vests with Stcherbakoy, as the latter’'s were far more respectable than those he was wearing, and, taking his kit of locksmiths’ tools, he went around the ci&y in search of employment. He managed to pick up a small sum of money at his trade, and the following day they all decided to leave Sacramento and started on foct toward Rockiin. He re- lated his former story of the garroting of a woman near Loomis and of his flight from his companions and return to Sacra- mento. He told of meeting Kovalev some time afterward in this city and of accompany- ing him toa railroad car on the north levee, where he found- Stcherbakov, who de- manded the return of his coat and vest, and they again exchanged garments. They gave him some money and requested him to get some whisky. He told of his subsequent flight from them because he suspected that they were plotting some crime. In this his testimony was similar to that given at the preliminary examina- tion. At the conclusion of his testimony the District Attorney questioned him as to his familiarity with the garments worn by Kovaley and Stcherbakov during his travels with them. Levine said that he could identify them at any time. The blood-soaked clothing discovered in a bar- rel in the rear of the Webber residence the day following the murder was then shown to the witness, and he positively identified the three pairs of pantsas having belonged to Kovalev, and the coat as being the same one which he had returned to Stcherbakov during his last interview with him in the boxcar. This is conceded by all to be overwhelm- ing evidence against the accused. He also produced the latter’s vest, which he had retained, and on comparing it with the coat the cloth was found to be identi- cal. To those wi® are conversant with the entire history of the case it seems evi- dent that Levine is far more conversant with all the details of the atrocious crime than he is willing to admit. — FELL FROM A TRAPEZE. Madame de Armo Badly Injured at a Sacramento Showhouse. SACRAMENTO, Car.,, Nov. 13.— Ma- dame de Armo, a professional acrobat, fell from a trapeze this evening during an entertainment given at Fifteenth and M streets in this city and is seriously in- jured. She was engaged in a double act with a new man, and in one of the changes he failed to catch her foot. Mme. de Armo struck on her head and shoulders and was carried out insensible. The physician in charge says he is urable to state at present how serious the woman’s injuries are, but as her lower limbs seem ‘to be paralyzed it is feared that a serious injury has occurred to the spine, mesigut LIGHT FOR REDWOOD CITY. Incandescent Plant to Be Erected in That Town by the Aid of Private Capital. REDWOOD CITY, Car., Nov. 13.—Pri- vate parties announce that an incandescent electric-light system will be established at once at Redwood City, at a cost of from $25,000 to $30,000. It is not intended to ask for subscriptions or wait to sell stock, but it will be started as a private enterprise. Negotiations are now pending for the purchase of a lot on A street, near Ger- mania Hall, which will be a good place for the power-plant, as it _is central and hasa rear frontage on the Redwood Creek bulkhead, thus mnking it convenient to unload coal or other fuel from the bay schooners. The plan is to immediately commence wiring_and to also connect Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Woodside and Belmont and furnish these near-by towns with light. Mr. Gardiner, who will put in the plant, has just finished a system of electric light- ing at Chico, and he isthe largest owner of the plant at Berkeley. Redwood City already has an electric system of street lighting, which is owned by the town and operated at a nominal cost in connection with the town water works pumping station. The incandes- cent system will supply the demand for better lights in stores and dwelolix:lga. All new buildings, notably Redwi City’s cozy lttle theater, the Alhambra—now nearing cumi)letion—-nre being wired for incandescent lights. BRADY 15 HOPEFUL, Testimony in the Wheatland Train Murder Case Closed. ONE JUROR SUSPICIOUS. He'Wanted to Know If the Wit- ness Prather Had Heard Other Evidence, WILL ARGUE FOR FOUR DAYS. Brady Thinks It Has Been Proven That He Could Not Have Been at the Robbery, MARYSVILLE, Car., Nov. 13.—The evi- dence in the Brady trial is all in and the arguments will begin to-morrow. But few witnesses testified for the defense. Deputy County Clerk Eastman testified that he had measured the height of de- fendant and gave it as 5 feet 93{ inches. Cyrus N. Reeves, a Salvation Army man, who worked at the Mechanics’ house when the robbery occurred, testified that he was sure defendant had left on Thurs- day. It wasl o'cleck in the aiternoon. Defendant had occupied room 12 Tuesday and Wednesday. On cross-examination witness said he was at the Salvation Army meetings be- tween 7 and 9 o’clock at night. He would not swear that defendant did not occupy room 12 Thursday night, for he did not assign all the guests to rooms. He said the rent for a room was paid to the man who let the room. T. H. Prather followed Reeves. Prather was a guest at the Mechanics’ House the week of the robbery. He testified that defendant left the hotel Thursday at 3 o’clock in the afternoon. Witness knew it was 3 o'clock because he looked at the clock at the time that defendant left. His reason for looking at the clock was that defendant had said to him: ‘I have to get to Sacramento by dark.”’ On cross-examination the witness did not change his story, but could not under- stand the questions put to him by Mr. McDaniels. After the cross-examination had closed Juror Sawtell wanted to ask a question or two and a sensation was sprung. “Have you not been in the courtroom most of the time during this trial, Mr. Prather?” asked the juror. The specta- tors were excited. Mr. Prather said he had been in the courtroom during the jury-getting, but bhan not been during the taking of testi- mony, except for a minute during the time the previous witness was on the stand,- and then ke heard none of the testimony, for the Sheriff ordered him out immediately. Then District Attorney McDaniels put the question and met with the same reply. Attorney Cartin stated that he did not want the thing to rest where it was, for if there was any doubt in the juror’s mind he wanted it straightened out. The court said he knew witness and said that his attention had been attracted to the man during the jury getting because of his gum-chewing habit mentioned by the juror and because of his appearance. The court did not think the juror had been in the room since the jury had been secured. The attorney for the prosecution agreed with the defense and the juror said he was perhaps mistaken and the matter was dismissed. P. J. Flannery, a shoe man, was called to testify as to the size of Mr. Carlin’s shoe, a witness having said that Mr. Car- lin’s shoe was about the width of the shoes that made the tracks on the railroad. ‘Witness said Carlin wore an eight, and the width was average. Then the Under-Sheriff was called to the stand and testified that in a conversa- tion between defendant and Mr. Seiver in the jail Brady had claimed emphatically that he stayed at the Mechanics’ House only one night ana ieft Thursday. J. B. Barrie was then called to testify as to whether defendant was right or left handed. Witness said Brady was right- handed. The overalls which were found in the bundle which defendant carried at the time of his arrest were then introduced and marked as an exhibit. In the afternoon the defense closed by calling Dr. Danforth, a local physician, to prove that after death a man always be- came longer, even if rigor mortis had set in. The case then closed for both sides and an adjournment was taken until to-morrow morning when the argument will be com- menced. > It is expected that the argument will consume four days. Attorney Hitchcock of Red Bluff will open for the prosecution. Brady is hopeful of an acquittal. He thinks it has been proven that he could not have been at the robbery. SUICIDE OF FRED LARSEN Lost His Money in the World’s Christian Co-operative Society. The President of the Institution Charges the Secretary With Dishonesty. Fred Larsen, who committed suicide by cutting his throat with a razor Tuesday in his room at 279 Jessie street, was driven to the fatal act in desperation over the loss of his money. Larsen was a member of an institution called the World's Christian Co-operative Society, the president of which is G. W. Wilderman. Its object is to carry on a restaurant, laundry and bakery at 917 Mission street. The fee for membership is $100 paid into the institution, and the depositor draws out a pro rata of the earnings of the busi- ness. It was incorporated August 16 with by-laws and the following board of di- rectors: G. W. Wilderman, president; D. McRae, secretary; T.J. Weaver, treasurer; J. K. Rnudson, L. W. Spencer, N.C. Anderson, Mrs. A. Anderson, Rosalind Kincaid, H. D. Derbaum, T. L. Price, L.C. Rasmussen. Larsen paid in his $100 and was so en- thusiastic that he advanced $100 more for J. K. Knudson's membership, $100 for L. ‘W. Spencer and $50 on a 'halpmembeflhip for somebody else. “Then he went to work in the Oo-opera- tive Restaurant as dishwasher. Instead of tendering the money to the president and directors and receiving receipts from them, as in accordance with the by-laws, he gave the $350 to Secretary McRae, who is a second-hand dealer at 837 Mission streef. his friend Knudson, whom he installed as manager, ran things to suit himself, draw- ing down the earnings of the establish- ment and making returns when it suited his convenience. He controlled majority of the so-called board of directors and defied the cther 116 stockholders or members to remove him. Larsen, noticing the bickering between the officers, became frightened for the fate of the $350 he had, in the excess of his en- thusiasm, advanced for himself and the other three memberships, and tried to get the amount back. He swore cut an attachment on the property of the World’s Christian Co- operation, two wagons, a horse and §12 in the First National Bank. promised with him for $19650 and he withdrew the suit. But it was only promised, and that by McRae only, the agreement not having the sanction of the other directors. Con- seqnently, these matters did not heip Larsen, and being a somewhat weak- minded fellow he took the affair soc much to heart that he committed suicide. “That man McRae,” said President G. W. Wilderman last night, *‘is the cause of the whole trouble. e carried things with & high hand. He had no regard for the by-laws of the corporation and he ruled the board of directors, ““The restaurant paid $30 per day and he got the money, making returns when it | suited him. He deliberately worked poor Larsen out of his money and defied us, | though we tried to get him out of the sec- | retaryship repeatedly. | “I think Larsen committed suicide be- | canse he thought his $330 was gone.” | Wilderman’s contribution to the fund of | the co-operation is 26,664 acres of land in | Lower California, which he deeded to the | institution. | ————— Custom-House Promotions. | Collector Wise made several promotions in | the Custom-hottse yesterday. W. A. Limbaugh | was promoted from a $1600 position as liqui- | dating clerk to an $1800 position to fill the | vacancy caused by George Barrington's death. Chatles R. Beal, assistant siorekeeper, was | given Limbaugh’s $1600 position and Joseph | W. Stapleton succeeded Bea!. | | LOS ANGELES, CaL., Nov. 13.—Colonel | H. G. Otis, editor of the Los Angeles | Times, has received from Senator Sherman the following letter, in response to a con- | gratulatory note on the Senator’s decision to lead the party forces in favor of Gov- | ernor McKinley’s nomination for the Pres- idency: “The recent elections have cleared the | political sky, and I belicve have fairly | opened thé way for the nomination of | Major McKinley. He will be heartily sup- | ported from Ohio, and, I trust, will be | nominated and elected.” | —— Beeleepers Meet at Visalia. VISALIA, Cain, Nev. 13.—The bee- keepers of Tulare Courty met at Visalia to-day in regular sessiop. The attendance ‘was small, but the inter:st was good. McRae seemed to be the ruling spirit of | the co-operative establishment and with | McRae com- | UNSETTLED ESTATES, Action Brought in San Diego to Quiet Title to Large Interests. |JOHN BENSLEY’S WEALTH | Possessed of Much Land He Died Without Making a Last Testament. E]&IYTHZICAL TARENTI FAMILY. | | Present Suit by Heirs-at-Law of the Decedent to Recover His Property. SAN DIEGO, Cir, Nov. 13.—An im- portant case was instituted in the Superior | Court to-day, under the title of Julia Ball et al. vs. John Lloyd, assignee of the estate of John Bensley, deceased. The action is brought to quiet title to property at La Paya, Old Town, and in Middletown, an addition to this city. John Bensley was formerly a member of the firm of Linforth, Kellogg & Co., San Franeisco, the members of which were Joseph Linfortn, John Bensley and L. B. Benchley. He owned a great- amtount of real estate in San Diego, his holdings in Middletown alone constituting one-tenth of that extensive addition to the city. He died on June 14, 1889, but before his death his firm became bankrupt, and it was not then known to his intimate acquaintances in San Francisco that he possessed any property in San Diego. He left no will. About a year axo judgment was ren- dered in the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco in a suit wherein John Lloyd, assignee of the firm of Lin- forth, Kellogg & Co., was plaintiff, and John C. Pennie, administrator of the estate of Marion Louise Jeanefte Mc- Donald Bensley, deceased, et al., were de- fendants. This judgment set aside as fraudulent certain deeds made by John Bensley 1n his lifetime in favor of Marion L. J. M. Bensley, his wife, and others, and in: effect found that one James L. de Tarenti and Marion L. de Tarenti, his wife, were myths. Plaintiffs in the suit filed to-day claim to be the heirs-at-law of John Bensley, and in suing to quiet title to the property to reopen the case and unsettle the title to a vast amount of real estate in this city. 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