The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 21, 1895, Page 4

KERN COUNTY SUITS The First Case Against Public Officials Is Begun. MOORE ON THE STAND. Conflicting Testimony Given by the Expert Who Examined the Accounts. LIKELY T0O END IN ACQUITTAL. It Is Believed the Prosecution Has Failed to Establish Its Case. BAKERSFIELD, Car., Nov. 30.-No trouble was had in securing a jury to try ex-County Treasurer and Tax Collector T. A. DBaker, indicted by the recent Grand Jury for the alleged embezzlement of money belonging to the county, the de- fense raising no objection to the first twelve men called. Expert Ed Moore, on whose evidence the indictments were found, was the only witness for the prosecution. He alleged that Baker had embezzled $425 collected for liquor licenses and which he had not turngd o to the county as he should; but on cross-examination Moore admitted that he was the charges. 1n two cases the meney had been mistaken in three of paia over and in one case the license was | 1893 aud not 1894, He finally blame for the mistake had assisted Pottinger. t in some ollection issued in threw the whole upon one of the clerks whno him in the investigation—T. 1 1t was next brought out tl cases the expert had taken the book of license stubbs as correct, but in others he had rejected it. Then the Treasurer's books were sent for and to the surprise of all it was shown upon Moore's own figures quoted from the books that Baker had actus paid into the treasury the money for 292 licenses, while even the expert had only cb ed him with 244, Tnstead of being behind he was actually forty-eight abead. Moore was at once called for the defense and reiterated the statements brought out on the mination. Baker then went upon the stand and made an expla- nation of the matter, showing that he had accounted for every license and every dol- Ex-County Auditor Howell corrobo- 1 him. The case was then closed. awyers will ue the matter in the and the case will then go to the jury is the popular belief here that the jury will acquit in a few minutes, and on Expert Moore's own testimony. sl i, or ruBLIC cross-e lar. PERVERSION LANDS. Text of the Charges Made by the Kerm County Grand Ju BAKERSFIELD, Car ov. 20.—In Tur Catn of the 2d inst. there fas pub- lished an extended notice of the report of the Solano County Grand Jury, wherein it scems that a amount of cor- ruption, v in the conduct of the Boara of Supervisors, had been found. In an editorial of the 3d inst., under the heading “A Common Suspicion,’ it said: | “Popular cynicism regarding official in- tegrity has been expressed with refreshing candor by the Grand Jury of Solano County. That body has overhauled the work of the Board of Supervisors and has found it in a vart rotten.” All of which applies to Kern County very forci- bly, as will be seen from the report recently submitted by the Grand Ju ainst the official: , as to its of Kern many of them from remote parts of the county and none with any sympathy with the political rings and combinations,” there is every appearance that no convictions will be made, for with the many and varied intiu- ences brought to bear by the members of the ring and their friends, whose toes are being trod upon, the Grand Jury is being assailed as a body that has been per cuting the innocent rd-worked (?) o cials, these office-holders having hardly | carried out a single provision of the law relating to their offices except to dr: their salary. The reportof the Grand ) say The jury entered into t! in good faith, selecting ack to the year 1883, question of ng & expert was surrounded wich diffi- select a oitizen of Kern County in public opinion would dogged with Pa morits of several men E gelos was selectad or many promingnt pubdlic that place. On the 17th 1 , Mr. Moore was sw upon the du devolving 1t soon became evident that t would be estruc! chers the € the first sessi s were made Tegar oting which we: of the jury. As a result yure found upon that ¢ the charge of buying ve the most glaring irauds w the ballot-box inghe of Bakerstield. The votos was so sdro: there could be found « one individual trax having numbers w didates was introduee nesses were found who sai ey to vote nv It was the d wo and one upo s ovident th Phatic on class of crimi feat the will © Various ot owing to th then Distriet was very much Regarding the acts of the Board of Su- pervisors, the Grand Jury In making th pers and Acco extending ov January 1, 18 ing is made wh disereditadly MABY LTADSAC tex , of its me becn poorly and e are of no value, the records unreliable and Papers and vouckers not o prisidy Throughout saotions of and almosy o X Members af the board and prosented clnims ¢ emplove, the elaims board, the Awd Treastirer payed the same when indorsed o DLy the member of the board. All of which contrary to law. lad the experts properly inve: affairs and WOrkings of the board < five vYears the wrongdoor would h boen called to aecount, the wrongs ri the board educated and the people bene! but, owing to the incompetency or to neglect of the experts who have exa and recerds of the county offielals duar riod, & system of s and A Jaw ol w akes Bave . untl the pablie fairs of the people have become & private busi npess of individusls, A4 just and meyited re | different of JISCO. CALL, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1895 buke should rest upon all who have thus be- 1 their trust, and the courts and the law 1 with those who bave misappropriated unds and falsified public records. publ The mannet in which bond money lins been more public expended eriticism than any of und care has been particuln ner of expending this mone The first ftem of expense in laying out and construeting new roads is for the surveys. In this particular it is found that many of the bills keem to be nnreasonably lurge A decided laxity prevails in the conduet of the bustness affairs of the county, particularly in distribnting the roand funds, and st lenst “ono_set of bills, wmounting to about #G00, lius been paid twice, Notwithstanding this loss the same meehod of presenting anc allowing bills for rond work is still practiced. After citing the law regarding members of the Board of Supervisors being inter- ested in proverty purchased for the nse of the county, the report continnes: { hing, v glven the man- on the roads. 1t Is found in the records that E. M. Roberts was paid #1178 90 out of the county fund for work done on the Sumner streets while he was # member of the Board of Supervisors, The claim for work 1 was presented to the board by J. F. an employe of . M. Roberts; was allowed by the board, wndited by the Auditor to the order of J. F. Brady and paid by the Tremsurer with the nn E. M. Roberts only indorsed thereon. The manuer in which the business was trans- acted suggests that it was manipulated by 1. M. Robarts for the purpose of evading the Iaw prohibiting him s Supervisor from doing the Work or drawing the money in his name. E. A. McGee. who audited the claim, the Board of Superyisors, the Auditor and ‘freas- urer, all shonld be publicly censured for pass- ing upon and puying any claim of this char- weter. Also the illegal claim of $302 for wood %0ld o the county while he was Supetvisor, all of which !5 contrary to the law and the statutes It nlso appears that there are ten clai aggregating #9738 GO, presented in the name o J. Rinedoliar, for meat furnished thecounty by liriggs & Jastro. 1L A. Jastro, being a member of the board, was prohibted from selling meat or presenting a elaim to the county and, to evade the law, used Rinedollar billheads, and the claim was audited and paid o the order of J. Rinedollur, but_the firm of Briggs & Jasiro drew the money through the instrumentality their clerks, J. Rinedollar never having | 1d any ment to the county nor had he ever ions, to say {ous and reflect upoi the honor of all concerned. Reathing comments are made against H. Packard, as deputy clerk and clerk to the rd of Superyisors, for putting in false claims in addition to his salary in contra- vention of section 216, county government act, which read The saluries and fees provided in this act shall be in full compensation for sll services of every kind and_description rendered by the officers’ herein named, either as officers or ex- officio officers, their deputies and assistants, Other illegal acts of members of the Board of Supervisors are mentioned : A large number of claims have been sented to the board, allowed and paid, when | they should have been rejected and returned | ction, not having complied with the being properly itemized. Section 41 of the county government act of 1891 is very explicitand requires the board to be very par- ticular, yet over ¥S000 has been paid upon | claims not itemized or neglecting to make an | ance for the same ou the minutes. locting to sign the ordinance and fran- | books nntil mandamused by the court to | show cause why. glecting to pass proper ordinance upon 1se and polltux. sing for blds for the purchase of railway franchise aud demanding a the ge, board presenting large the same notitemized as | mbers of wims for mile the law require Holding e tive sessions contrary to law, | which says: “All meetings of the board must | J ublic.” Peculiat proceedings in the matter of re- moving obstructions in Kern River. Neglect- | ing to obtain any data asto the number of yards removed aud paying the claim as pre- Sented, without any knowledge as to its cor- ness. Jo minutes show peculiar proceedings in the matter of securinga right of way for a levee o protect the town of Bakersfield from f 1s in the year 1890 and paying the exor- bitant price of #4500 for the same. In reviewing the expenses it 1s noticed that the books snd stationery purchased for the s cost the county large sums of i no steps are taken by the board to his expense, From 25 per cent to 50 | P ut more Is paid by the careless orderin; that has prevailed than the same materia would cost if competition was invited. The amounts paid during the past five years are as follows: money, curtai ..§3,083 LA 1e books now in use by various offices, and | especially those of the Auditor and Treasurer, | do not comply with the law. They are com- piled without any regard to & system, improp- erly ruled, and do not earry all the &ecounts | running from one office to_another, and hence are not & cheek one upon the other. In some offices no feebook has been carried. or's cashbook was not such as he he present Auditor is not satisfied with the manner of keeping been adopted. We would recommend to the Board of Supervisors that they adopt a system of keeping public accounts and abolish the style of bookkeeping which is now carried on Dy the different offices. The carelessness on the part of the board in reference to the coyote-scalp bounties is severely commented upon. In the matter of awarding cont pplies the Grand Jury’s report sa an investigation reveals some very pecu- liar and questionable methods of proce- dure. The contracts enumerate about twenty upon which the bid is based. And some of these les are given in duplicate, 1. e., tea is q t two prices, coffee at two prices. The de- | mands reveal ‘the fact that these articles are paid for at the high ice named and no | mention made of the qual accounts that has cts for | juries. quatity, It appears also that about eighty articles are required at the hospital,and for those not tisted a good round retail price is charged and | the uninformed taxpayer is at the mercy of | he merciless merchant, who is furnishing the | indigents with sardines, cove oysters, salmon, lobsters jellies, curty, figs, starc chewing all of which are notin the contract. The same system is carried on in the contract for drugs. The list of necessary articles bid upon is inadequate tothe requirements, and some not much used are out of proportion in ntity. This method is reprehensible and | ould be abolished, for under its workir the few are favored and the public treasury plundered The oftice of the Clerk and Recorder is as follows : stanchs Mr. Packard has openl, svpropriaied fees to his own use, relying upon « complajsance of the taxpayer, wito sho accept his interpretation of the law withou question. In other cases, so numerous as to te & system, he has fatlea to enter on the book and to turn iu to the County Treasurer fees to which he had no claim nor could he possibly assert any claim 1o the same. | With what might be called a system of neg- | ligence in keeping proper feebooks or entries | , and & con anisinterpretation of e % & period, the work of | tement of short- | d nents has | am, ete, con- 211 of the county goverument | .drawn from the treasury (through % from the court and Board of er amendment of March 14, h was declared uncounstitutional | case) in excess of salaries | | Balance deposits, probate his ha 8 Foes omicted. probate business. . T's fees collected on not entered on Reco foes, marks and foes. marriage i s tinal proofs on public land Sh0wn by bewspaper files hoi COUMted O, ... coiiiianiinian . 1nes and peaaliies Dot accounted for Hrrors in ad ons, Reconder's feebook. Balance of Recorder’s feebook not paid Lreasarer ... 2 Reconter's fees on land safts. A #7408 63 Clerk’s fee- 1210 t paid into tre: unts of suits, Runing PR $16.09° soffice the report he records found on flle in this office are | in escaping the easterly wheel by the narrow | line between this City and Los Augeles fncomplete in many respects. A receiving register shonid be kept, in which should be re- ported all ‘arrests, giving the name of the ar- resting officer, date, ete. But instead was found & few sheets of legal cap, which wers changed each month, The entries are not re- linble, and in many instances transfersto the juil record are not made afler commitment. This is an oversight almost unperdonal or ¢ contemplates a complete record of ) commitment. No feebook was kept, ex- combined with the register of actions. wiiich fafled to meet the requirements of the law. Considerable falsification was found in the department of the School Superin- tendent: The examination of the books of School Superintendent A. Harrell discloses a remark- able condition s to falsification of records and embezzlement ot public funds. The embezziements have been accomplished | by drawing money from different school funds of the various school districts in the county. without an order from the School Trustees, and & very ingentous method of false entri lins been Tesorted to to conceal these shortages, We present herewith an itemized statement of the defalcations discovered, on some of which we have presented indictments, The books and accounts of the County Treasurer show that he was careful in the disbursement of the public funds. *‘But,” says the report: In Leeping the books and transacting the Dbusiness of his office as required by law, we find that same disregard of law, carelessness and negligence, characteristic of the offices re- ported upon. The Tax Collector is severely taken to task for various misdemeanors, ‘I'he Audi- tor, too, is charged with not keeping the accounts as they should be kept, and with drawing from the treasury the s of $14,046 98 as court reporter on criminal work, contrary to section 4071, Political Code. The Assessor’s office appears to the Grand Jury to have been mismanaged, many pieces of property being incorrectly as- sessed and valued at too low a figure In discharging the Grand Jury, Conklin said, in part: 1t your work bears no other results, it will act ay o cheek to officers in_ the fature. It will carry couviction 1o their minds that there is only one way to conduet_the public busines and that is o do right. It will also show thein that there is o great over-supervising power which is authorized to investigate them, and will hold them responsible. * * % 1.do not feel that it is necessary to make &ny further comment upon this extraordinarydocu- ment, being contented to permit it to remain as part of the records of the jury and open to the public. That there have been other disclosures in regard to the transactions in the jury-room there can be no doubt from the reports upon the streets. In fact it has been creditably stated that parties were weil aware that they were being investigated. and that they would be indicted, and had taken the precaution to bave their bonds prepared for approval. These things were wrong and the members who made such disclosures violated —their onths, and, if that is a_crime, they will stand convicted before the public at large of the vio- lation. That mistakes have been made is but nat- ural, for he who did not err would be infalli- ble, wnich is not to be expected, even in grand But these mistakes have not been made as a body, hut by individual members. The error which we have referred to we are charitable enough to believe was more through an ignorance of the responsibility of a juryman than any intended violation of the law. Comment has been made upon the fact that scarcely any of the County pa- pers have made any considerabile reference to the work of the Grand Jury and its re- port. udge PRACTICE. AT STANFORD Reliance Boys Held Down to an Even Score by the Col- lege Team. More Than a Match for the Visitors, They Prove Themselves Good Players. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Car., Nov. 20.—In the second hard practice game here this evening Stanford held the Re- liance down to an even score, after an hour's hard play, ot 8§ to 8. Stanford scored once in each half, Reliance scoring both her touchdowns in the first half of the came. The play much more spirited than on previous evenings, and the college men played better ball. The Stanford team lacked some of her *varsity players, though she changed her players during the game. Reliance was unable to use her interference to such ad- age to-day as she did last evening. The Stanford players effectively broke it up, asa rule. Several long runs were made by Walton and Frick, bowever, through the aid of interference. In the mass pla; the college men were more than a match for the visitors. The wedges of the forme ‘k‘m]ml\' made long gains, but those tried by Re but few exceptions, In punting Weldon was not equal to the work done by Walton, though he bucked | the line hard ‘and made some fine tackles. The Stanford line had hard work holding MeMillan down; he was often through & runner before the latter got started. The work of Jack Reynoldsin end-running and bucking was of high merit to-day. Dole, who played the first half of the game, proved a fine tackler, and as a halfbac! made some beautiful gains. TFish distinguished himself as a plunging line. smasher. sher played the best game on the field and Jeffs carried off the honors as end Cotton aid fine work, but Thomas '97, at tackle, probably made the best show of any man during the me. through repeatedly, ng the runner m yards behind the line. He was als given the ball for runs and never failed to make respectable gai —_— Japanese Diplomacy. VANCOUVER, B. C, Nov apanese Consui at Vancouver, M 3 has, in recognition of his distinguished service in Kores, received the insignia of er of the Sacred Mirror, a high nese distinction, which carries a life ion with it. On the reception osse held a reception n of the Mikado, Mr. i ¥, on whic intention to relax no effor moting further trade and good feelin | tween Canada and Japan. Injured by a Streetcar. An 0ld gentleman named Charl who dwells at 1413 Dupount street, wss by & Kearny-street electric-car yesterdsy. AT was moving at & rapid rate, and at the corner of Bush street he signaled ctor and immediately jumped of, 10 his presence of mind commenced v from the wheels, and succeeded est margin, having had both' of hily contused. oot SRR SR Faster Traius Are Run. A new time sehedule on the Southern Pacific went time his limbs into effect yesterday. It will reduce the two ho The train that this City 8t 5:30 r.x. left yesterd: lock. It was seheduied to arrive at Los Angeles at 10 A. X, four hours earlier than the former trains. The overland frain from Ogden arrived two !(n'ul’s eariier than usual aiter a very sncoess- ul run. % ——— Both Legs Broken. Hugh MecDonogh, 13 years of age, was { knocked down and run over by a wsgon be- 00 | longing tothe Sperry Flour Mills at Langton and Harrison streets last evening. The wheels passed over his legs, breaking the bones near the ankles. The boy was taken to the Receive ine Hospital, where he was attended to by Dr. Bunnell. He lives with his parents en Langton street. e Young Men’s Institute. Rev. P. C. Yorke, chancellor of the arch. diccese, will lecture this evening before the Young Men's Institute in the Aleazar building. The lecture will be one of a series under the auspices of Ignatian Couneil No. 35, and & general invitation has been issued to all oficers and members of the order to be,in attendance. ance were stopped up short, with | He broke | o of the | and in celebration of the birfhday | cceasion he declared | THE TILLOTSON FIRE: Testimony of the Santa Clara Sheriff Cut Qut. A PARTIAL CONFESSION. Witness Dunlap Gives Damaging Testimony Against the Defendant. VERY BADLY TANGLED UP. He Is Not So Sure in the Cross- Examination as in the Direct. SAN JOSE, Car., Nov. 20.—At the open- ing of the trial of ex-Supervisor .H. Tillot- son this morning on a charge of arson, Judge Lorigan granted the motion of the defense to strike out certain testimony given by Sheriff Lyndon as toa partial confession made by the defendant while in jail. The Sheriff’s testimony was that Tillotson had told him of a ploton the part of himself and one Dunlapto burn the house. The defenaant claimed that Dun- iap had proposed and suggested the plan to him for burning the house, saying that the insurance was more money than the property would bring if sold. This was after the defendant was arrested and while he was in jail. Detective Frost had told the defendant that it woula be best for Lim to tell the truth. In granting the motion to strike out Judge Lorigan quoted a ruling of the Su- preme Court which provides that a con- fession made after an oflicer had told the defendant it would be best for him o confess cannot be admitted against him. Sheriff Lyndon was recalled and asked about an alleged fee of $600 which De- tective Frost was said to have been prom- ised in case of the conviction of the de- fendant. The Sheriff denied that any such promise had been made. 1. H. Dunlap was the next witness. He said that about ten days after the fire Til- lotson came to his house and told him that he was in trouble, and that he wanted to make a confession. Ile said that he had burned his house, and that at the first at- tempt the fire had failed to go, but the second attempt was a success. The wit- ness said he had no other knowledge about the fire and never talked to the defendant about it save the one time. When the witness was given this confidence he ex- claimed: “My God, Tillotson! don’t you know they will send you up?” The witness was then turned over to the defense. He became budly confused and contradicted himseli repeatedly. He de- nied that he set fire to the house or that he threw a rock against it to arouse Tillotson. Witness denied that he hunted up Detective Frost to give Tillotson away, and said he met the officer by chance. He confessed that the property on which he resided was con- veyed to him by Tillotson and said he had had some conversation with defendant about his finaneial troubles and possibly consulted a Jawyer with him about them. He had been a friend of ‘defendant until this confession, and after defendant had carried off some spoons, a box of tea and other things, when he got angry at him. He could not bear any other man's crime, he said, and weuld have felt guilty had he not informed on him. The witness became | completely tangled .up and the defense ex- cured him. The defense opened its case this after- noon. Justice of the Peace J. 8. Yachame, Town Marshal C. W. Bridgewater, H. C. Peckham, I. M. Nistetter and Peter Law- | rentzen, all of Watsonville, testified that Dunlap did not have a8 very good char- | acter when he lived in that place. Thomas | Sinnott, Thomas Harrison, William Erk- son and others gave Mr. Tillotson an ex- cellent reputation for honesty and in- tegrity. The case was continued until to-morrow, at which time it is expected Mr. Tillotson will take the stand. bR oS SRy KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. Active Preparations for Their Entertain- ment at the Rose Carnival Next May. SAN JOSE, Cir., Nov. 20.—The Knights of Pythias Lodges, the Uniform Rank and lathbone Sisters are making active prepa- rations for the entertainment of ing knights and sisters during the Carnival of Roses next May. A joint committee has been appointed o make all the necessary arrangements. A grand ball and barbecue will be given n honor of the Knights during carnival week. The Knights will bave several mag- nificent floats in the parade, and a com- mittee has been appointed to see that there | will be suflicient flowers of the varieties to | represent the colors of the Knizhts—blue, yellow and red—and the colors of the Rl‘thbone Sisters—white, blue, vellow and red. ‘The major of the rank and his staff will | be here from San Francisco. and the San Jose Division, Liberty Division of Oak- Jand. San Lucas Division and San Ardo Division will take part in the parade. T TRAIN. ing in Death, Near San Jose. SAN JOSE, CaL., Nov. 20.—Albert Har- | mon, a 15-year-dld boy, whose parents re- ! side at 181 Harriet street, San Francisco, | was killed near Coyote station at an early | hour this morning while stealing a ride on { a freight train. Harmon and a boy companion named Charles Hanley left San Francisco last Sunday, intending to go to Los Angeles. They got as far as Castroville, and then decided to return to their homes. The boarded the north-bound freignt last | ng and secreted themselves on a flat- | car loaded with b As the train neared | the bridge crossing the Coyote, about twelve miles from this city, Harmon, who was lying down on top of the hay, started to arise. The next moment his head crashed into a timber of the bridge, dash- m;{him from the train. B Hanley was too frightened to move after witnessing the accident, and the trainmen knew nothing of the alfair until this city was reached. Hanley told them the story, and the blood and brains scattered on top of the haycar on which the boys had been Tiding bore mute evidence to the truth of his statements. Coroner Secord went to Coyote this afternoon and the body will be brought 10 this city. An inguest will be held to-mor- TOW morning, &udey is being held at the police station until after the Inquest. ; Albert Harmon's Head Crushed, Result- | | | o 2w TR, Boronda's Direrce. 8, JOSE, Car., Nov. 20.—Court Com- missioner Montgomery to-day filed his I { and report of the testimony taken in the case of Narciso Boronda against Belle Boronda for- divorce. ‘The couple were married some six years ago. At the time of her marriage to plaintiff Mrs. Boronda was a widow with several children. The parties lived happily together for several years, but Mrs. Boronda finally tired of her hus- band. There are no children, and no com- munity property to wrangle over. ool b Antonio Wants the Child. 5 SAN JOSE, Car., Nov. 20.—The report in the suit of Antonio Oblizaldo against Clara Oblizaldo for divorce on the ground of desertion was filed to-day. The parties were married in Austria in 1883. There are three children, and the plaintiff asks for the custody of the two older ones. There is no community property. IN CHRIS EVANS’ CELL. Clark E. Wood Held at Fresno in Default of Three Thousand Dollar Bonds. FRESNO, Car., Nov. 20.—Clark E. Wood, the defaulting ex-Deputy County Clerk and ex-member of Fresno's police force, is now quartered at the County Jailn the Evans cell, so called because it is the one in which Chris Evans was confined while here. It seems that Wood has taken a different view of matters since the Grand Jury in- dicted him on a charge of perjury. He had expected that only embezzlement would be charged against him. Before the Grand Jury returned the indictment Wood said that he was willing to take whatever punishment should be meted out to him, and returned from flight for that purpose. Now he has retained Attorney Mark Walser to defend him and will nake a fight to clear himself. He thinks a long term in the penitentiary 1s not desirable. His bail is fixed at $3000, which he says he can easily furnish. ‘Wood said that many of his friends had called at the jail and offered to go on his bond, but for the present at least he thought it would be better to remain where he is. Before his downfall Wood was a very popular young man. For the Valley Road Depot. FRESNO, CaL., Nov. 20.—The commit- tee of ten, which has the local end of the Valley Railroad matters in charge, is act- ively engaged in purchasing property for a depot site on Q street. Several pieces of property have been bought and paid for. DEATH FOR KOVALEY, Continued from First Page. In the latter part of the month Zakrewski got Kovalev drunk, and while intoxicated Kovalev told the story of the murders, He described how he and a companion had watched the Weber place for three days; how they had gone to the house at 10 o’clock the fatal night; how one of them had hid behind a door on the porch while the other waited in the yard; how old man Weber had come out with a candle, and how he had been struck on the Fkead with an ax. Zakrewski gave all the de- tails of the crime as told to him by Ko- valev. Captain Lees went to work on the infor- mation obtained from Zakrewski, and shortly afterward found one George Peti- tion, who had also known Kovalev or Durbroff, for the real name of the murderer had not yet been learned. Petition and Kovaley were arrested last New Years for being drunk, and Kovalsv preferred a charge of grand larceny against his com- panions, which was dismissed the next day. The night they spent in jail Petition saw a watch in Kovalev's possession with Mrs. Weber's iaitials on it, but the next day the watch was gone, ana it was sub- sequently found among some refuse by an attache of the jail. This led to the arrest of **Shy Red,"” and when he was discharged the police were confident the murderer of the Webers haa been in jail. It was through this incident the police secured Petition as a witness and eot the informa- tion he possessed. He told,of reading the papers to Kovalev, when the latter would ask eagerly to have the Sacramento news read. Patition identified the watch in the pos- session of the police as the one Kovalev had worn, and all he knew pointed to Ko- valey as the murderer. Finally a shoe- maker named Davis on Third street was found for whom Kovalev had worked pre- vious to the murder. The three suits of clothes found in the shed the morning after the murder were brought to San Franciscoand shown to Davis. He identi- fied a pair of trousers as having been worn by Kovalev, and the police then believed they had suflicient evidence to warrant an arrest. The murderer was arrested on the mght of June 21 at 715 Howard street, this City, by Captain Lees and Detective Cody. He was in bed and with him arnold Levin, who was also placea under arrest. Levin was not suspected of being connected with the murder, but was suspected of being in possession of valuable information. He was subsequently discharged from cus- tody. In the meantime a man named Dowdi- | gan had been stopped by footpads at San Jose. He used his knife on one of them and the next morning the corpse of the highwayman was found in a vacant lot. Tne murdsred man was known as Mathewski, but subsequent events proved he was Mathewski Stcherbakov that Kovalev had been his accomplice, It was also believed Dowdi- gan’s knife-thrust had not killed Stcher- bakov, and that fearing he would reveal his knowledge of the Weber murder Ko- valev had finished him, as three knife- wounds were found in the body, and Dow- digan insisted be only inflicted one of them. After the arrest of Kovalev the body ot Stcherbakov was exhumed at Sen Jose, and the coat and vest found on it were identified as having come from the Weber home. The evidence gathered by the detectives of this city was so strong against Kovalev that he would doubtless have been con- victed had he not made the confession he did. SHOT HIMSELF TO DEATH. Suicide of August Schlotter in the Ahlborn House. A rather old man named Aungust Schlot- ter, comparatively unknown, committed suicide in room 57, at the Ahlborn Hause, early yesterday morning, by shooting him- self with a bulldog pistol through the head. To make his aim sure he useda looxing-glass. z He took 2 room during the night at the Ahlborn. Nothing peculiar in bis manner Was then observed. He was a single man, a native of Germany, about 55 years of -n: and a miller by occupation. It was learned later that be formerly lived at 36 Hubbard street, leading the life of a her- mit, almost, and in destitute circum- stances. About the same time he was discovered another man was m the same botel. His name was Edward Quillinan. For some time he had been sick with pneu- monia, and it is supposed his death was due t:‘xha :lndu-n. E';:us married, 5 years . A member of the Uni Workmen and Odd Feliows orders. e - ALASKAN BOUNDARY. Letter From Juneau Tells of the Feeling of the Americans. AN AIR OF ASSURANCE. British Surveyors Assume That They Have Gained Their Point. MAKE A GUERRILLA FIGHT. England Will Have a Hard Battle to Take Possession of the Land. PORTLAND, Ox., Nov. 20.—The follow- ing excerpt from a private letter received in this city from Juneau, Alaska, may be taken as a fair criterion of the general feel- ing among the Americans of that country over the boundary question: “The surveying parties of both countries have stopped here on their way down. I members of each. The British, while non- committal, carried with them an air of as surance which plainly said: *We have gained our point. This country is ours.’ They moved taster than our Government surveyors, and seemed to think because they had gone over the ground ahead of the Americans that by right of priority the boundary should be changed to the line they have run, as though this question could be settled on the same basis as a mining location dispute. / *‘Our own men contend that instead of the line being moved toward the coast, as a matter of fact England is now occupying her, and that the line should go east almost half a mile. “What has worked the people of this section up to fightimg pitch is the bare vossibility of England ever occupying contention is agreed to Douglass Island and the big Treadwell mine will go to them, through the Alaskan archipelago in ward. But depend upon it, such will never transpire. England would have to overrun this country with troops. and fill the channels with men-of-war to hold it. “With the men we now have, by making a guetrilla fight, as the Cubans are doing, and enlisting the Siwashes, we could hold off an army for a year without any great assistance from the outside. We are thor- oughly organized and hold regular - meet- ings, at which plans of defense have been discussed, and I assure you the first de- tion.” NEW TO-DAY. THE WEAK SPOT, | Three-fourths of the ailmenfs afflicting | mankind are of the nervous system and can be traced to their foundation at the small of the back. Here are the centers of the most important nerves, end the sup- gans, such as the Liver, Stomach and Kidneys and Sexusal this general founda- tion. 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