The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 15, 1896, Page 8

8 FOR MURDERING HER OWN INFANT, Mrs. M. Zeiger Accused of Strangling a New- Born Baby. IS NOW UNDER ARREST. The Detectives Are Hunting for Her Male Accom- plice. HER HUSBAND THE ACCUSER. He Says Henry Sutter Disposed of the Body After the Mother Killed Her Child." Confined in the City Prison is a young woman, Mrs. Martha Zeiger by name, whom the police arrested on Friday night for murdering her baby scarce three days old. According to their inforruation she strangled the infant to death on last De- cember 7or 8. The horrible crime is said to have been committed in room 25 of a house at 32 Fourth street. The woman will no doubt be charged with murder as soon as the detectives can arrest Henry Sutter, who is said to be an accomplice, inasmuch as he disposed of tne tittle dead body after the inhuman mother had accomplished the fiendish deed. Sutter keeps a milk and butter store at 1030 Howard street, but since the arrest of the woman the police havenot been able to find him at his place of business. Mrs. Zeiger was found on Friday even- ing by Detective Dillon and Officer Ryan in the Thalia concert-hall, an underground melodian on Market and Turk streets. She was quietly removed to the City Prison and placed in one of the “tanks,” where she could not communicate with the outside world and warn her consort bkt the crime had been discovered. That he did receive a warning of some kind is apparent from the fact that his where- abouts could not be ascertained by the police and detectives, who are only too anxious to place him also behind the bars of the City Prison. That the crime was committed by a woman who long since lost all compre- hension of morality does not rob it of its hideousness. Who was the father of the little strangled baby does not appear in he evidence in the possession of the po- lice. Mrs. Zeiger is the wife of Henry Zeiger, a cook in the Berliner Koscher Kitchen al 334 Bush street, but according to the husband’s story she has for several years past been very careless in her association with strange men. It was at the husband’s instigation that the woman was arrested. He said that she had confessed to him that she had choked the baby to death and afterwards offered him $50 to keep the crime from being made public. In the husband’s mind revenge formed no small factor in the part he played in informing the police of the infanticide. Last night he told to a CALL reporter the story of his married life and of the woman’s crime. His voice was harsh with bitterness as he said: “My wife will be charged with murder in a day or two. She admitted to me that she strangied to dearth her new-born baby on December 7,1895, in a house at 82 Fourth street. I want to see the woman punished for her crime and don’t care for how long a term ste will be sent to prison.” The thought that the gallows would be her fate if convicted of child murder did not seem to trouhle the husband in the least; she deserved it he said. The story of their married life and of the crime Zeiger told in a disconnected manner, but in substance as follows: I married my wife in Leipsig, Germany, 892, and for a while we lived happily together. About a year later we came to this country, when I at first made a living as a baker. Later on we moved to Nevada City, where 1 found a profitable position in a mine. Tt was there that my wife be- came acquainted with a wealthy Chinese, and in June, 1895, she left me suddenly to go with her new love. ““After a while I discovered that she had gone to'San Francisco, so I came here, too, and met her at the Hackmeyer Hotel on FEddy street. Ihad to pay her board biil in this hotel, which'amounted to $17. “As I bad to settle some business in Nevada City I went back there, but re- turned to San Francisco on July 17. 1 for- gave my wife for her folly and we went to live at the Yosemite House on Market street and I went to work in Schwamm'’s butcher-shop on Sixth street. “For a time all went well, but by and by my wife became dissatisfied with the liv- ing I was making for her and she left me again and went to live at 11 Taylor street. ‘While there she was arrested for being on the streets too late at night, and for some reason she caused my arrest for vagrancy, claiming that she was supporting me. I was sentenced to six months’ imprison- ment upon her testimony and I was re- leased on March 15. *‘One day soon after I met her and asked her what had become of the baby, and she told me that it had never lived. Idid not believe her. About three weeks ago I met a cousin of mine and also this man Sutter. They told me that the child was born on December 7. Sutter told me that my wife had kept the infant for three days, and afterward removed it from the house. “Whnen I confronted my wife with these facts a few days later she admitted their truth, and finally confessed that she had strangled it tc death upon the instigation of this man Sutter. She said that Sutter removed the body on the same day of the murder, but she did not know where he had put it. 41 informed the police, and the arrest of my wife followed. Only a few days ago she offered me $30 if I would keep the matter quiet. At the time of her arrest the offered money to ths detectives if they would let her go. “My wife is only 31 years old. Her mother lives in Germany. Yes, I want to see my wife punished for her crime.” Zeiger stated that his wife bad been keeping company -with another man who works in one of the sugar refineries. Meanwhile the detectives are hunting in all directions for the man Sutter, and when he is caught both will, without doubt, be charged with murder. Robbed Their Companion. George Hastings, a carriage-trimmer, snd 1 street, this afternoon, at 1:30 o'cl Fred Butterfield, a_carpenter, were booked at | the Central station last night on a charge of robbery. The complaining witness is William Herbert. The three men had been together all afternoon drinking steam beer and en- joying themselves in other ways. Herbert dis- Dlayed considerable money, which seemed to | excite the envy of his companions. They | parted company about 6 o’clock, Herbert go- ing out Natoma street. At the corner of | Eighth street Hastings and Butterfield caught | up with himn and without any warning at- tacked him savagely. They secured but 25 cents, however, as Herbert kept a tight gripon the pocket containing the money which he had so unwisely displayed. A gathering crowd caused the men to leave their vietim earlier than they hoped. They ran up Eighth street to Market and down that thoroughfare to_Jones. Just as they reached the corner Officers Brophy and Harien chanced to be e ing, going in the direction of the City Hall. A boy who had followed the men told the officers of the robbery and they at once placed them under arrest. e —————— TRIED T0 HANG HIMSELF. Attempted Suicide of a Patient in the Receiving Hospital. Currie Aitken, who lives at 33 Canada street, was taken from the Harbor Police Station to the Receiving Hospital yester- day morning suffering from delirium tre- mens and placed in a padded cell. About an bour later Dr.Weil while pass- ing the cell happened to look through the small hole in the door and saw Ajtken nearly strangled to death. Aitken had tied a handkerchief tightly round his neck and then tied the ends to a hole in the leather padding about as high as he could reach. He bore the whole of his weight upon the handkerchief and was turning black 1n the face when the doctor discov- ered him. The doctor quickly opened the cell door and cut Aitken down. The straps were then put upon Aitken so that he could not make another attempt. A STRIKE WAS AVERTED. Modern Methods Nearly Cause a Walk-Out in the Columbian Woolen-Mills. S. N. Wood & Co. Discharge Eight Employes and the Rest Are Still at Work. The 200 employes of S. N. Wood & Co., proprietors of the Columbian Woolen-mills on Market street, threatened to strike a day or two ago, and the difficuity has just been settled. Mr. Wood returned a short time ago from an eight months’ business trip to| New York, where the company has estab- lished a large branch house, and the whole | difficulty seems to have ansen from the | desire of the firm to iniroduce modern methods of supervision among its em- | ployes. Mr. Wood explained the difficulty yes- terday afternoon, as follows: ‘‘Among the Eastern clothing manufacturers they have a superintendent, whereas here we have had the work looked after by a foreman, who also did some manual labor. We de- sired to try the plan here, andbur old foreman, Mr. Locks, was made superin- tendent, and another employe, a faithiul cripple, was advanced to the vacancy. We have always given the foreman considera- ble power, supposing that things would run along more smoothly. “The change was not popular among the help,” continued Mr. Wood, “for some reason, and we reclived a petition from | the employes stating that they preferred to have Foreman Locks back in his old po- sition, and that they thought they could get along better under him. 1f he was not put_back in his old position thev threat- ened to strike. This was last Tuesday, | and they gave us till Wednesday noon to | decide. “I learned,” continued Mr. Wood, “who got up the petition. It wasa girl named Maggie Simon. She and seven or eight others were immediately discharged, with | instructions never to readmit them to our MARKSMEN AND THEIR RECORDS, The Day’s Shooting on the Shell Mound Rifle Range. COLUMBIA’S TOP SCORES. An Animated Contest Between S. Jacobson and Smith Carr. A HOT MATCH FOR A DINNER. Company C’s Picked Team Wins the Fifty.Shot Match—Pistol Shoot- ers Increasing. Several years ago an oid mountaineer, who had killea all kinds of game with his heavy-barrel Kentucky pea-shooter, was critically examining a new magazine rifle, Mason 65, Dr. Robertson 106, O. A. Bremer 113, A. H. Hesse 141, W. Unfred 169. Pistol, Blanding meédai, open_to all competi- tors, three shots—C. M. Daiss 8—12, J. E. Gor- man 10—11, F. 0. Young 16—18, Dr. L. O. Rodgers 14—-16. The members of Troop A of the cavalry have recently awakened to the fact that there is considerable sport in pistol prac- tice. Besides their regulations compel them to do a certain amount of target shooting. These boys, however, use the Colt’s 45 army revolver and they shoot on the old Blount target. In practice yester- day the following scores were made out of a possible 50 Bennett 20, Jenks 39, Clark 34, Pierre 35, Hahn 31, De ‘Graaff 29, McDermott 32, Bayes 25, Elfendahl 36, Heanan 33, Baker 2, Moore { 11, Barnett 22, Rummell 18, Rennemann 33, Robinson 35, Reno 15, Armstrong 31, Sparr 29, Morelli 30, Gottschalk 22. A large number of military marksmen were out and the most interesting feature in this line was a 50-shot match between two teams of eight men each from com- panies Cand G of the Nationals, the los- ing team to pay for a dinner. The con- test was spirited, but G’s men will have to pay for the dinner, as seen by the annexed scores: Company C: 43 41 44 42 42-212 41 45 44 41 46217 39 43 43 41 42208 45 41 45 47 44—225 43 42 42 41 43—-210 40 45 42 44 44-215 45 40 41 42 40208 42 45 45 47 47226 Al edy. Captain J. W.” Dumbrell. C. F. Waltham. Grand total .89 40 44 41 39-203 40 59 40 43 40—202 44 43 44 41 43-215 40 48 42 41— 3 Captain E. C. Sutliffe. 2 41 42 41 41207 C. E. Thompson. 41 44 42 40 42—209 Grand total. il R0, Following are the scores made by the military marksmen on their monthly medal and practice shoots: A. B. Dorrell of the Columbia Pistol and Rifle Club, Who Recently Bunched Ten Shots in a Three-Inch Circle at Fifty Yards With a Pistol. [From a photograph.] employ. Three of our best men—Mr. Fine, a baster, Mr. Gradman, an operator, and Mr. Sommer, a baster—were among those released. 'We found that we could get plenty of help to take the places of all those let out. While the others had signed the petition, it was subsequently noticed that, though little Maggie Simon had drawn it up, for the reason that she was best qualified to do 80, sne had not signed it, and though she was at first discharged we have taken her back. No change has been made as was demanded by the petition, and the only ones who are not still in our employ are the seven or eight men. Some of the employes, perhaps, had an idea that we could not get along without them,"” con- cluded Mr. Wood. RIFLED A TOOLHOUSE Two Men Arrested Early Yester- day Morning on Masonic Avenue. They Had a Wegon-Load of Tools Piled Up Outside When Caught by the Police. An important capture was made by Policeman J. Durkin and Special Officer J. C. Moriarity about 3 o’clock yesterday morning on Masonic avenue, between Haight and Waller streets. They arrested two men, George H. Callinan, a teamster, and Daniel Mattocks, a machinist, on the charge of burglary. There is a toolbouse at the place men- tioned owned by Cranston & Keenan, builders, 1550 Page street. 1t was filled with tools belonging to their men. < About 3 o’clock yesteraay morning Moriarity saw two men at the toolhouse, and as complaints had Been frequently made to the police of tools and other arti- cles being stolen from outhouses and toolhouses in that locality, he decided that the men were there for no good purpose. When questioned, thev said they were looking for a place to sleep in. Moriarity marched them to Haight street and whistled for Durkin, He told Durkin he had found the two men at the toolhouse, but he did not think they had taken anvthing. Dur- kin asked him if he had searched them, and Moriarity said he had not. Durkin then searched Callinan and found a re- volver in his hip-pocket, so an additiopal charge of carrying e concealed weapon was made against him. Daurkin rang for the patrol wagon and the two men were sent to the City Prison. Then Durkin with Moriarity went back to the toolhouse and they found thata wagon- load of tools had been piled up outside, ready to be carted away. Among the toois were 17 saws, 8 spirit-levels, 11 planes, 4 sets of bits, 6 hatchets, 7 hammers, 6 squares, 4 drawing-knives, 8 screwdrivers, b braces, 8 compasseg, 10 chisels and a number of others. An examination showed that two of the boards had been forced open from one of the sides of the house, through which one of the men had crawled and handed the tools to his confederate, who stood outside and piled them together. The police will inquire into the records ot the two iuen. At present nothing is known about them. . — At St. Patrick’s School. Closing exercises at 8t. Patrick’s School will be held at St. Vincent’s School ql'clhl, Mission from which fifteen shots could be fired in half a minute. At last he handed it back with the remark: *“As a lead-pump I guess this here machine is all right, but if a feller gets in one good killin’ shot yer don’t need the other fourteen. If hedon’t, its 10 ter 1 yer game gets away.” There are many who profess to scorn the single-shot rifle for general use, claiming that it is not serviceable for anything but target use. Its admirers, however, like the old hunter, keep banging away in order to get in that one shot just where they want it and whenever they want it. This requires patience and study. Judg- ing from the large number of rifilemen at the Shell Mound rifle-range yesterday one would think that a large portion of the population is given to this study. n some respects the day was good for the sport; in others it was bad. At times the light was excellent, but at other times it was bad. Nearly all noticed an oppres- siveness that neither came from light nor heat. It simply existed. For all this a number of excellent scores were made with rifle and pistol. The Columbia Pistol and Rifle Club’s members turned out in goodly numbers, several attending from Mt. Eden. On the rifle range a number of fine scores were made, particularly in the three-shot Unfred diamond medal match. Bur- feind’s best score (Columbia target) was 2,4,2—8. He was tied by McLaughlin with 5, 1, 3—8. On the military medal match (Columbia target, Creedmore count) F. 0. Young carried off the honors with 45 out of 50. Young was also high on the ten-shot record medal match on 51. The rifle scores were as follows: Target rifle, Unfred medal, three shots—D* . Mclaughlin 8, il. i Hurteind 8, F. 0. Young 13, Dr. L. O. Rodgers 14, Military rifle, Glindermann medal, ten shots —F. 0. Young 45, J. P. Bean 40, J. Meyer 38, Rifle record, ten shots—F. E. Mason 84, F. 0, Young 51. Champion class, for members only—D. W. McLaughlin 56, F. O. Young 69, Dr. L. R, Rodgers 70, A. H. Burfeind 82, P, Bohr 117, First class—0. A. Bremer 77, A. B. Dorrell 85, H. B‘J.quune 86, ¥.E. Mason 91, F. Baumgart- ner 99. Sccond class—J. E. Gorman 96, F. Dennis 119, A, H. Hesse 144, W. F. Unfred 185. One of the most enthusiastic 22-caliber rifle shots is K. Jacobson, and he becanie so proficient with the little rifle at fifty yards that he was anxious for a match, Smith Carr preferred. He wanted to meet the latter because Carrisin the frontranks in this style of shooting. The two met on the range yesterday, and in a short time they arranged a smail purse on a 50-shot contest. lThere was great interest mani- fested in the event. For a time it looked as though Carr was going to win, but Jacobson on his last string succeeded in hitting the inch center five out of ten times and pulled out 12 points ahead, as seen by the annexed scores: E. Jacobson......c00eeee© 223222323 27 816224222228 43331218356~ 27 183343213326 114114122320 126 2221821148~ 21 3542242634~ 34 255282212125 1261542212~ 26 8635121542~ 32 138 The markers on the 50-yard pistol range were kept busy all day, for beside the reg- ular record contests there were a number of new membersat practice. Even intheir brief experience the new additions to tne club give promige of becoming fine shots who will worry the older men. The pistol records were as follows: Champion class, ten shots—E. Gorman 42, C. M. Daiss 60, F. 0. Young 64. Firstclass, ten shots—Dr. L. 0. Rodgers 54, F. Baumgartner 62, M. J. White 67, F. Dennis 79, A. B. Dorrell 81, D. W. McLauzhlin 105. Second class, ten shots—E. Jacobson 59, F. E. Companies C and G—Howe 28, R. Dunbar37, C. W. Miller 29, D. A. Conroy 29, W. Menzel 35, A. Martin 17, J. Gillis 42, A. B. Nelson 26, Hol- comb 41, F. McGilvery 33, Butler 28, Petty 29, J. N. Ross 30, P. J. Newman 87, A. R. Vaughn 40, H. R. Hicks 43, J. A. Christie 35, V. F. Nor- throp 41, W. Shaw 15, G. T. Phelps 33, E. P, Phillips 20, W. G. Lane 39, H. W. Quitzow 19, W. Williams 31, P, Hirst 32, A. W. Ray 19, 8. L. Holt 83, J. . Switzer 32, H. G. Eddy 32, J. H. Mc- Kuight 39, H.J. Musgrave 38, T. F. Carson 40, [ R.J. Dowdall 88, W. M. Brown 40, J. Norton 89, F. Lamcke 21, P. Bohr 39, H. A.'Moenning 26, P. D. Butts 41, W. F. Unfred 41, W.N. Swasey 31, E. E. Palmley 42, A. H. Jaques 34, . P. M. Diers 43, W.'L. Fenn 43, W. B. ins 42, Chris Meyer 47, A. E. Anderson 44, J. Smithson 41, F. J. Povey 39, C. E. Goodell 44. Independent Rifles—Corporal J. J. Staude 40, H. Staude 41, J. H. Kahlke 35, Tonnemacher 34, Schlichtmann 31, Surgeon F. T. Bond 27, Licutenant E. Moenning 23, Corporal C. Schneider 22, J. Faltinger 22, H. Frederickson 19, P. D. Butt 12, A, Beckmann 11, M. J. Schwab?7, C. L. Woest 7, Hilsz 4, Bramsteadt 3. Company A—Tait 42, Magell 42, Captain Poulter 42, Ernest 40, Little 41, Patrey 27, McCormick 42, A, Jahuigen 34, Perry 23, Juniper 22, Company M, practice—Lieutenant Hogan 39, Corporal Olmstead 25, Sergeant Kihn 17, Coffey 35, G. Buhlinger 35, W. F. Buhlinger 36, Kelly 26, Lyons 29, Adams 21, Jordan 32, Nutter 28, Bell 30, Childs 13. Company F, practice—Sergeant C. C. Covalt 44, Sergeant H. E. Harvey 42, Sergeant J. D. Kennedy 40, Lieutenant Wenk 40, P. F. John- son 39, J. Maginnis 39, Captain Wethern 38, L. E. Darlin; . C. Hanson 36, E. P. Welle 35, J. Barker 85, W. E. Blakely 20, J.:H. Bar- ker 23, Whaite 25, Morse 36, H. Parsons 34, C. R. Griffin 27, A. N, Brewis 15, E. A, Wil® liams 15, Schulize 33, Corporal Stuft 26, Cor- poral A. W, Blakeley 20, R. Smudge 33, J. J. Swanson 34, C. W. Scott 10, Harford 31, R. Hanson 28, I1. H. Clarke 19, C. A. Clough 39, 8. A Blnkelc?;l . Miller 37, P. H. Bray 36, W. W. Rowe 34, V. R. Carter7, H. M. Terrill 12! The prize shoot of the Norddeutscher Schuetzen Club, three shots to a score, on the German 25-ring target, resulted in the following marksmen winning prizes, scores attached : First prize, F. Rust 68 points; second, W. Glinderman 65; third, F. B. Schuster 62; fourth, L. N. Ritzau 62; fiith, J Lankendu 59; #ixth, J, Peters58; seventn, J. H. Schroder 58 eignth, J. D. Heise 57; ninth, H. Thode 56; tenth, H. Helberg 56; eleventh, George Pein 54: iwelith, J. Geffin 54; thirteenth, H, Heeth 54; fourteenth, Alf Meyer 54; fifteenth, L. Brune 53; sixteenth, H, Huber 53; seven- teonth, H. ftelling 52} eighteenth, H. Bur- feind 52; nineteenth, 0. Lemcke 50; twen- tieth, D. von der Mehden 50. Annexed are the winners in the Ger- mania Schuetzen Club's monthly medal shoot, German 25-ring target : Champion el Dr. L. Rodgers 429 rings; first class, G. Alpers 418; third class, H. Bur- feind 420: first best shot, C. Thierbach 24; last best ghot, A. Jungblutt 25. OARLYLE ON BEGGARS. Chariyy Devoted in 'That Direction Was to His Idea a Waste. Bir Henry Parkes and Thomas Carlyle, asis well known, were intimate friends and correspondents, In one of a series of letters published in the Sydney Morning Herald is the following passage: “One Sunday afternoon I was walking witn Thomas Carlyle from Chelsea to Grosvenor Square, when I was accosted by a begging cbild. T gave the child a sixpence, which called forth a rebuke from the stern phil- osopher at my side. ‘*The other day,’ said Carlyle, ‘1 was asked for alms by a poor little weeping girl. Ihad a profound conviction that no gift from me could benefit her; but I never- theless gave her some loose peuce. After walking a_short distance I turned to see what she did with herself, when I saw an- other bigger girl take the pence from her, and beating her to make her cry for more. It is of no use—it is worse—it is support- :‘ng their tyrants to give to these chil- ren. ——————— _The Greenlana whale is said to some- times reach the age of 400 years. —————— BORROW on sealskins, silks and jewels at Uncle Harris', 15 Grant avenue, ACME RIDERS MAKE FAST TIME Speedy Road Race Over the Fruitvale - Hay- wards Course. WON BY G. WESTPHAL. Olympic and Reliance Wheel- men’s Joint Run to Wood- side. TOURING IN MARIN COUNTY. A Large Party of Ladies Wheel to Camp Taylor on the Camera Club Cyclists’ Run. The Acme Club Wheelmen held a 10-mile road race from Fruitvale to Haywards yesterday morning, and considering the poor condition of the course the riders made very fast time, the slowest man cov- ering the entire distance at a three-minute gait, and most of them doingz it in from 27 to 28 minutes. The race started promptly at 11 o’clock and the riders had very little wind to favor them at that hour. In many places the roadbed had been cut up, freshly graveled or was inches deep in dust, and the ride was therefore not a very pleasant one for the contestants. The race was won by G. Westphal, who had 3 minutes’ handicap. T. A. Schleuter, with 2 minutes’ allowances, made the fastest time—27 minutes and 32 seconds. P. M. Lefevre, who rode from scratch, had a splendid chance of winning both time and place prizes, but his_rear tire went flat about a mile from Hay- war ds, and he finished next to last with Rose, another scratch man, who also had a punctured tire. The following table sho ws the positions at finish, handicaps’and netriding time: Net CONTESTANTS. Riding G. Westphal Kz:gtam-aco-nb:ta-] nopsoq scraten| The Olympic Club Wheelmen of this City and the Reliance Club Wheelmen of Oakland had a big joint run to Woodside, San Mateo County, yesterday. They left here at 9 A. M., arriving at Woodside about 1 o'clock, where a splendid lunch was served. The return trip was made by train from Redwood City. The largest party of ladies that ever made the trip to Camp Taylor awheel was that of the Camera Ciub Cyclists, who journeyed to that point yesterday. There were fully forty ladies and gentlemen on the run. They took the 8 o’clock Sausalito boat and train to San Anselmo, and rode from there to Camp Taylor, where a tempting Junch which had been prepared in advance by the ladies was spread under the shade of the redwoods by the Lagu- nitas creek. The return was made late in the afternoon. The entire distance traveled was fully twenty-five miles, which included the climbup and down White’s Hill twice—a hill that has often bothered many a strong rider, Some of the ladies and gentlemen who made the trip were: Mr., and Mrs. Charles Albert Adams, Mr, and Mrs. Vie- tor D. Duboce, Mr. and Mrs. A. G. McFar- land, Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Cantwell, Mr. and Mrs. Kinney, Miss May F. Netterville, Miss Dunne, Mrs. Webster and J. J. B, Argenti, W. N. Brunt, H.C. Owens, F. W. Zeile, C. Goodrun, George Burdick and H. W. Spalding. A number of the members of the Alpha (ladies) Cycling Club, accompanied by some of the gentlemen from the Califor- nias, also made the trip to Camp Taylor and return, and Captain Beattie led a large party of the Liberty Club to the same place. Altogether, the Marin County roads were well covered by the wheelmen yesterday. The Idea Bicycle Club had a run to the ark yesterday, in charge of Captain L. arks and Lieutenant E. J. Killilea. The San Krancisco Road Club members went to Napa by boat Saturday night and toured in that vicinity yesterday, return- ing by train last evening. The outing proved very enjoyable. Entries for the Imperial Cycling Clnb’s road race next Sunday close at the club- house to-night. Extensive alterations are being made in the clubhouse of the Bay City Wheelmen on Golden Gate avenue at present, and when finished the club will have as fine quarters for astrictly eycling organization as any west of Chicago. President Kerrigan leaves in a few days for a month’s vaca- tion, and will tour through the State in the interests of the League of American ‘Wheelmen, of which heis the chief consul. Byron D. Bent of the Bay City Wheel- men will wheel to Los Angeles next week, vieiting Santa Monica, Catalina Island and other interesting points in that vi- cinity. COURSING AT TWO PARKS, California Violet Won the Stake at Ocean View From Nellie C. Spinaway Beat Kitty Scott, a Little " sister, in the Final at Ingleside. A large crowd of coursing enthusiasts of the speculative type saw two excellent stakes run at Ocean View Park yesterday, the regular stake being followed by a con- solation in which the beaten dogs were given a chance to retrieve their lost honors. The regular stake went to Californa Vio- let, the dog making a splendid showing against the good hounds that ran against him. The hares were, in the main,a game lot and gave general satisfaction, as did also the judging andfslipping. Follow- ing is the result of the run down: M, Cmr}fi': Violet beat J. Segerson’s Gold Hill, D. Chilla’s Happy Day beat J. Sexsmith's Mission Boy, Villa Kennel's Bonnie Lass beat W. D. Murphy’s Dashaway, T. Walton's Bobo- link beat J. Donnelly’s Defender, J. Baxter's Yankee Doodle beat Hayes Valley Kennel's Sharkey, D. Toland’s Twilight beat J. T. non’s Marguerite, J. Segerson’s White Chief beat W. Murphy’s White Cloud, J. T. Hannon's Snowbird beat S. Lehman’s ’l‘ommy Hall, P. Emr’. Abbey Lass beat P. Purrell;: Jesse oore. 8. Lehmsn’s Nellie C. beat J. McCork- ell's Blue Jacket, J. Murphy’s Red ht beat E. Campbell’s Cocktaili, i McDonald’s Sea Spray beat D. Toland’s Lorine. [First ties—California Violet beat Happy Day, Bonnie Lass beat Bobolink, Twilight beat Yankee Doodle, White Chief beat Snowbird, Nellie C beat Abbey Lass, Redlight beat Ses Spray. Recond. ties—Caltfornia Violet beat Bonnie Lass, Twilight beat White Chief, Nellie C beat Redlight. Third ties—California Violet beat Twilight, Nellie C a bye. Final—California Violet bea* Nellie C. Prizes—California Violet $20, Nellie C $14, Twilight $10. Judge, Ed Canovan; slipper, John Cranston. The consolation was taken up at once, the rundown resulting as follows: Tommy Hall beat Yankee Doodle, Jack beat Lady William, Bngpy Jack beat Bonnie Lass, Mission Boy beat Snowbird, Marguerite beat Blue Jacket. First ties—Hominy Hall beat Jack, Happy Day beat Mission Boy, Marguerite a bye. Second ties—Marguerite beat Tommy Hell, Happy Day & bye. Final—Marguerite beat Happy Day. On Sunday next a 32-dog stake at $1 per dog, with $20 added by the management, will be run. The drawing will take place at 915 Market street on Thursday evening next. A good crowd attended the Ingleside Park yesterday to witness the 32-dog stake drawn for that resort and saw Spin- away go through the card and win out from his sister, Kitty Scott, with compara- tive ease. The day was one of surprises, some of the short ends winning at 5to 10. Follow- ing is the result of the rundown: J. Hurley’s Jimmie Rix beat R. Mansfield’s Jimmie Hope, J. Wood’s Mohawk beat M. Tray- nor’'s Whip Jr., R. Burfeind’s Trix beat J. Shea’s Fearless, J. Bradshaw’s Famous be::t Portal & Haggerty’s Laurel Leai, J. Larkey's Spinaway beat J. Cohen’s Captain Jim, G. Buehn’s Belle Roche beat P. Ryan's Magpie, J. Bradshaw’s May Belle beat R. Mansfield’s Ben, F. Brown’s Kilmore beat J. Dougleny'l White Briar, Dillon & Riley’s Queen B beat A. Mer- rill's Handspring, J. Larkey’s True Blue bel‘l J. Shea’s Active, T. Neenan’s Regent beat F. C, Mack’s Ingleside, J. H. Rosseter’s Kitty Scott beat J. H. Perigo’s Wee Lassie, J. H. Rosseter’s Alameda beat E. H. Mullaster’s Lass-0'-Gowrle, Cronin & McDonald’s Reliance beat J. Moran's Uncle Sam, Cronin & McDonald’s Rosa B beat J. E. Cohen’s lein%fl Yet, A. Merrill’s Ben Brush beat Cronin & McDonald’s Billy B. First ties—Mohawk beat Johnnie Rix, Fa- mous beat Trix, Spinaway beat Belle Roche, Killmore beat May Belle, Queen B beat True Blue, Kitty Scott beat Regent, Reliance beat Alameda, Ben Brush beat Rosa B. Second ties—Mobawk beat Famous, Spina- way beat Killmore, Kitty Scott beat Queen B, Reliance beat Ben Brush. Third ties—Spinaway beat Mohawk, Kitty Scott beat Reliance. Final—Spinaway beat Kitty Scott. Judge, John Grace; slipper, James Grace. CRICKET ACROSS THE BAY The Pacifics Have Added One More to Their List of Victories. Poor Fielding the Main Feature of the Match—A Practice Game at Golden Gate. The Pacific Cricket Club, which in the Harrison cup contest of the season is bracketed first with Alameda, scored an- other point at Alameda yesterday by de- feating the California team by seventeen runs on the first innings. Going first to bat, the Pacifics compiled the comfortable total of 138 runs. John Theobald, with a well-earned 44, Cassidy and Wise were the main contributors to the score. Guild bowled very efficiently for the out team, getting 6 wickets for 45, but the fielding on the whole was loose. A like criticism applies to the Pacifies when their pluce at the wicketS was taken by their opponents. Indeed, when Hear- field and Gellatly went in first and began to put up runs in lively succession the re- sult of the match was a matter of wild speculation. The former’s innings of 53 was quite the feature of the match. But in the end the bowling of Pocock, Casidy and Harbour prevailed, with the result above stated. To play out time the Pacifics went in again and compiled a merry 95, for a loss | of 5 wickets. The score: PACIFICS—FIRST INNINGS. G. B. Wise c. Townsley b. Guild. Theobald c. Gellatly b. Guild. Pocock b. Bauner. . A. Mutch c. Sollum b. Guild G. Wiseman c. Croll b Guild I G ANALYSIS. BOWLI Balls. Runs. Maldens. Wickets. 00 45 3 6 34 0 3 84 0 0 9 0 1 14 0 1 CALIFORNIAS. D. Harfield c. Hill b. Casidy. P. Gelletly run out.... J. B. Brooks c. G. Theotald b. Hil W. Guild b. Pocock. G. Croll c. Bill b. Hi C. Townsley c. Wise b Ci 0. Thomas b. Hariur. R. S Robinson b. Pocock. V. Sollum not out... R. B. Jones b. Pocock. © Bonner b. Pocock. Extras. PACIFICS—SECOND INNINGS. Casidy Dot OU...... .. il ¢. sub b. Towns| Tiedemaun b. Gelletly . Harbour st. Crowl b. Gelletly. Wise c. sub b. Sollum. roll b. Sollum s - al The Golden Gate ground was to a practice game, chiefly participated in yen over by members of the Bohemian Club. Some big scoring was done by Martin Cookson and othars. “Flufing.” “Fluffing” is the slang, or shall werather say technical term (it sounds so much bet- ter), for a well-known effect on the me- chanical influence which very long runs sometimes have on actors and actresses in the repetition night after night of their ru?leill glurn are two amusing examples of e kind : ‘When Miss Fanny Coleman was exciting Londoners to mirth by her excellent com- edy acting as the Duchess of Berwick in “Lady Windermere’'s Fan” she one night added unwittingly to the humor of her performance by the following transposi- tion of words: In the first act the Duchess, who is about to confide to Lady Windermere's married son a piece of scandal in which her daughter is too young to participate, ought to say, ‘‘Agatha, darling, go and st on the balcony and look at the sunset; the dear child is so fond of sunsets!” ‘Whereas Miss Coleman, with unctuous gravity, rolled out the words, “Agatha, darling, go and sit on the sunset and look at the balcony. The dear child is so fond of—!"" Of what, indeed? but as con- sciousness of the situation dawned upon the actress's face, the audience broke into a tumult of good-humored applause. On another occasion, when Miss Marion Terry was giving an orderto a. stage foot- man, she gently but firmly commanaed )t::‘)gli to tzaha \ntt:nse I usement of every- on the stage, to “carry the i the buns!”—The Gennemr:'u. Hihanto ————— Soochow was founded in 484 by Hotu- wang. The literary designation of Soo- chow is Kusu, from the immense tower of Kusutai, built by Holuwang. Soochow was formerly estimated to be one of the largest cities in the world. In Waldeck there isa law that no license to marry will be granted to any individual Who bas the habit of over-drinking, and, once identified with the habit, an_inebri- ate must produce sufficient proof of ref- ormation to warrant his receiving the license at any future time. HELD UP IN THE EARLY MORNING Fred Marlow Robbed of Forty-Five Dollars by Two Men. WAS SEVERELY BEATEN Richard Murphy, Brother of Neely Murphy, and Thomas Barnes Arrested. ARE POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED. Clever Work of Officers O'Brien and Peters—Murphy Re'eased on Bail. . Richard Murphy, a brother' of Neely Murphy, the well-known politician, and Thomas Barnes, a blacksmith, were booked at the Central Station yesterday morning, charged with robbing Fred Marlow, a rancher from Fruitvale, of $45. Murphy is a letter-carrier, and has hitherto borne an excellent reputation. Yesterday morning about 5 o’clock Mar- low started for the home of his former landlady on Leavenworth street, below Broadway, intending to pay her a small balance due on rent. The reason for the early call was that he desired to catch the first boat to Fruitvale. Marlow walked rapidly out Leavenworth and as ke reached Broadway two men stepped from behind the corner. Murpny asked him for two bits, but before Marlow had time to make reply Barnes struck him a terrible blow in the mouth. The rancher fell to the ground as though struck with a club. The two men then proceeded to beat him about the face and body in a most terrible manner, ending up by robbing him of $45. How long Marlow remained down he does not know, as he thinks the first blow in the mouth knocked him insensible. In any event when he recovered conscious- ness the two men were nowhere to be seer His first thought was to let the matte drop, as he was anxious to getto Fru vale, but when he discovered the loss of his coin all ideg of allowing the matter to rest vanished. The robbery was reported at the North Ena station and Officers J. F. O'Brien and P. C. Peters detailed 10 work up the case. An hour later Barnes was captured ina restaurant on Larkin street. Only §1 was found on him. At 9o’clock Murphy was arrested at his home, corner of Larkin and Broadway. If he had retained any por- tion of the money taken from the rancher it was not to be found on his person. 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