The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 21, 1897, Page 3

. : {en penciled ballot THE SAN FRANCISCO CALIL, SUNDAY, F EBRUARY 21, 1897. NEW JOURNALISM GIVEN THE LI Latest “Triumph” of the “ . 9 o Examiner” is Duly Exploited. Falsehoods Concerning Alleged Shortages in the State Printing Office. Ail Supplies for Johnston Purchesed According to the Contr.cts i Only. SACRAMENTO, Cir, new journalism scored an to-day in the columns of the Feb. 20. her t Examiner, when it announced t s an ap- parent short; in 8 Printer John- ston’s accounts amounting to $119,000. This was followed by an additional atement: State Printer has paid » much in excess of has lost an- e | i are to be found in Sacra- » declare that a quarter of & mil- the loss caused by the ihe impr Johnson has h the icles m D complained of. The | all these supplies were bought n. pursuance of cor s let to the lowest Board of E > bills were passed rd of Examiners and the amin 1 upon by the State Uontroller, So that the State Printer neither pur- nor paia for the articles. All his e tiled with the State Board who also pass upon the pplies to the Folsom prison, e well aware of the difference aminer’s lie No 2 is the statement th e is an apparent shortage of $119,000. There is no shortage whatever, apparent or real. The Examiner published on the day be- sterday a -certificate from State I r Coigan in which he declared in ihe plainest and most positive terms that there ‘was no discrepancy whatever be- tween his books and the accounts of the State Printer, and that there was no shortags whatever in the office of the State Princer. This certificate was pub- lis, T in THE CALL on the same morning. e Controller and the State Board of Ex- niners are the only authority on the subject, and they have given the ‘new irnalism” the lie ——e CALIFORNIA’S FAIR NAME. Gorernor Budd Asks the Legislature to See That It Is Untarnished, SACRAMENTO, CaL., Feb. 20.—Gov- ernor Budd this morning presented the owing special message to the Senate and Assembi nd Assembly—GENTLEM: Trade by its properly s waited upon m of the characi tion schemes proje ate, and of the injury s bave sustained abroad srepresentations of private to trade upon the reputation it of California. d fact with which you miliar that while the Siate n of opportunity for honest and estment, and offers an almost ess variety of opportunities for the poor althy home-seeker to satisfactorily estab- lish_hims&1f, gre stice is done and much hardship inflicted upon a lar cons annualiy who ¥ dishonest brome and sub- parties seck and acknovle 1t is an ack number of per- re lured within our State or specuiators who are for barren, arid, or ana v earned a reputation riess soil and cli- rn, as it is our #iTeputation untarnished ss und an object of pride. ewith the communication he Ewate Board of Trade, natory. If you deem it e restriction or regulation schemes, or if you desire to whicn shall pass b, “or integrity by will be protected, I rate with you, nop- ng serious evils No additional ex- however, be incurred for a r the purpose outlined in < we already have in the lture & body peculiarly of their calling and general ughout the State for this purp 1 submit this matter to your careful consid- eration. JaxEs H. BUupp, Governor. , - x KELSEY GEIS THE SEAT, Victory for the Republican Comtestant From Santa Clara. SACRAMENTO, Cay, Feb. 20.—The Assembly Committee on Contested Elec- | dered woman, had bad in his employ for | during the day he visited a fellow wood- CRUEL "EXAMINER™ FAKE EXPOSED, Pete Olsen Yet Lives, and the Killing of Millie Lyons Has Not Been Avenged. “New Journalism’s” to Escape. The Examiner devoted an entire page of its last Sunday’s *‘magazine” to the telling of an outrageous fabrication, in which it uses the names of well-known people of Napa County, whom it charges with having killed a man. the highest degree. The story was & fake from beginning to end, the persons given as authority for it denying both the fact of the interview and the truth of the statements made. The finding of & sknll in the brush some miles from the scene of the murder is taken as sufficient excuse for declaring that Olsen, for whose body there is an offer of $2000, named but their friends and the community of Napa are incensed t that the man said to bave been killed nine years ago is still living. The story relates to the murder in 1837 of Mrs. Millie Lyons by Peter Olsen. was killed within a few hours after the murder. Frank Grigsby is said to have done the killing and Bush Oliver is said to have been with him at the time and is given as authority for the story at this time. Both of them deny it, and Oliver is indignant at having been given as the mouthpiece for He says he lived miles away from the scene at the time and did not know Grigsby until five years after- The following statement of the facts of the case comes from a CALL the fabrication. ward. “‘Monarch of Fakers” correspondent at Napa: is the E aminer, indeed. NAPA, Car, Feb. 20.—Millie Lyons was most atrociously murdered on the after- noon of February 17, 1 Pete Olsen was her murderer. He is still alive and free and has not received the punishment, “‘to be hanged by the neck until he is dead,” that such crimes merit. His deed was wanton the feelings of the Napa people were highly wrought up. A pleasant home had been invaded and the young and happy wife had been stricken down. Herman Lyons, husband of the deceased, was seen by 8 CALL representative to-day and the story of the crime was graphically recited: Herman Lyons, the husband of the mur- bloodthirsty, and five months & Swede, who was known by the name of *Pete.” He had been hired to chop wood under certein agreements, which he had failed to fulfill. Mr. Lyons refused to pay the man until the contract was carried out, which made the feliow He was of a morose disposition, ving anything to say to any one. n on F-bruary 17, 18! th his wife and eleven-months’ child, and wanted Pete to come also, as he did not wish to bave any more trouble with him. Pete refused, however, and re- mained at the farm. Two or three times rarely Mr. Lyons came to to chopper. and sat and smoked, but said littie. On one of these occasions the man, Louis Basar, told Pete that he ought to pile his wood straight and settle with the boss, to which Pete responded that “it was none of his (Basar’s) business.” Mr. Lyons and family returned to their home from Napa at about 4 o’clock. After stopping just long enough to allow his wife to alight and carry the merchandise that had been bought to the door, he started his team to A. F. Grigsby’s place, to return the wagon he had borrowed. Upon arriving, he unhitched and started back home. On the way he saw Pete on the niliside below the road, bolding a repeating rifle in both hands, as though watching for game. As they came oppo- site each other, Pete suddenly turned, and leveling the rifls at Lyons’ head, ex- claimed: “I will shoot you.” Lyons an- swered that he nesd not do that, but to come to the house and he would settle up, tions will report next Tuesday declaring seat of Assemblyman McLauren vacant and that J. D. Kelser is entitled to sresent the Fity-fifth District, Santa Clara_County. McLauren is a fusionist, wnd Kelsey is a Republican. The latter bad a seat in the Assembly at the last session. The commitee on recounting the ballots threw out several Kelsey votes on the around that a cross had been made with a “ pencil before the election stamp had been applied on top of itin thesqusre opposite Kelsey’s name. Then they came to four- for McLauren, ard nder the rule they were thrown out. This ave tue election to Kelsey by eleven otes. . 1t is a signal victory for Kelsey, because * in the campaign tie had to go up against a fution majority of 676 in his district. . Rireyside Polo Game Postponed. RIVERSIDE, CaL, Feb. 20. — The Riverside polo game was postponed fron. -Monday to a later date on account of the storm, FRANK GRIGSBY, Who Denies Having Avenged the Death of Mrs. Lyons by Killing Pete Olsen, as Falsely Charged by the “Examiner.” Bush Oliver Corroborates the Statement Made by Grigsby. Weird - Romance Woven Out of the Finding of a Skull May Aid a Murderer MRS, MILLIE LYONS, the Woman Murdered by Pete Olsen. Not only the persons The story is so far from being true as he had the money with which to do so. Pete then dropved the rifle from his shoulder and took several steps down the hill, when he turned again and exclaimed with an_oath, “Well, I'll shoot you, any- | how!” Lyons then started the horses on a trot | and managed to keep them between him and Pete until the latter ran to the upper | side of the road and fired. Lyons then | left the team and started for a field where tempt of Comrade Backus to divert attention | P CONTROL OF THe VETERANS' HOME Grand Army Men Now Want the Assembly Bill Amended. Z N. Goldsby Offers Some In- teresting Information to the Legislature. Care Must Be Taken in Order Not to Jeopardiz: the Federal Appropriation. SACRAMENTO, Carn., Feb. 20.—Ener- getic efforts are being made by those members of the G. A. R. whoarein favor of making the Veterans’ Home of California a strictly and unconditional State institu- tion to bring that object about at this session of the Legislature. Considerable differences have arisen among the mem- bers of the G, A. R. as to how this is to be best accomplished, and the friction at- tendant therzon resulted in the calling of a mass meeting at Oakland a week ago and the appointment of a committee to represent the cause of the contingent op- posed to the retention of the old method of management to the members of the Legislature. Z. N. Goldsby of that com- mittee is now here and among other things will offer the following open letter for the consideration of the members: OAKLAND, Feb. 18, 1897. Referring to the bill transferring the Vet- erans’ Home at Yountyille to the State, I wish to say as chairman of the mass-meeting held in Oakland Sunday, the 14th inst., in reply to an open letter of ex-Postmaster Hackus, that the thought of personality was eliminated from our deliberations in that meeting. The unconstitutionelity of the bill was all that r ceived our consideration. Our petitions as ing foran amended bill are signed by membe: of evers post in San Franciscoand Alamede. counties, and no faction whtever exists. We are not finding fault with the manage- of the home, but with the framing of the hich has been pronounced illegal by ut counsel, and we object to the at- ne t from its weakness by the cry of factionalism. We care not who the directors may be, if only they are iegally chosen from among ex-Union soldiers and sailors. The Dibble bill was not approved by the Veterans'’ Home tAssociation in its present form, as Comrade” Backus asserts, but insteaa it was agreed to transfer the Veterans' Home to the State unconditionally. Regarding Assemblyman Marcus D. Hyde's communication we have to say that 1t is'to be regretted that Mr. Hyde was not in a condition to be able to see whether there were sixty (60) veterans at the meeting, &s he states, or two hundred (200) us there really were, called together at & few hours’ notice. By 'a unanimous standing vote & committee was appointed o goto Sacramento to urge the amending of the original bill, and Mr. Hyde contributed money toward defraying tne expense. The attendance was non-political, tiona! and many posts were represented. we could have given a day’s notice of the mat- ter there would have been a much larger a tendance and remox e. It is also to be thatMr. H d attempt to pose er of the G. A. R., because he never had a legal standing in that body, although he did gain admission for a time through misrep- resentation. The] record of every soldier isopen for in- spection to any interested person, aud Mr. Hyde's record shows that lie Was not sp- pointed to service in United States Army until November 25, 1863, while the Civil War in April 1865. Assemblyman Dibble expresses surprise that 1no opposition was shown 1o the original bill | until after it had passed the Assembly, and I reason for this'is that e bill came from the printer February 3, e up in the House on the 5th, was made u and 1n five duys was passed, | sufficien: time for the soldiers to ob- | copies of the bill and become acquainted with its contents, and the Assembly passed it thinking it was simply something to benefit the 0ld soldiers. Mr. Dibble appears to be under the impres- sion that the opposition does not approve the passage of the bill, but such is not the case. We do want it to become a law,but inan amended form, to make it a leghl transier, and in the interest of old soldiers all over the State. JosePH H. DORETY. Chairman of Mass-mecting. This bill is now in the hards of the Sen- ate, where it was referred to the Judiciary Commiitee and amended somewhat from the form in which it passed the Assembiy. As originally introduced the bill named the present directors of tho home as those 10 manage ii under State supervision, and there was a clause providing that the State should forever maintain the institution for the purposes to which it is now de- voted. There are also minor provisions in the nature of conditions that would ent the institution from being abso- Iutely under State control, which is the real object sought to be accomplished, as otherwise there might arise legal compli- g in his father-in-law, Keilis Grigsby, and son and nephew were at work, calling for help | at the same time. Sam Grigsby Jr. went | to the house for a rifle, while the other | two started for Lyons’ assistance. He re- | quested that some one go to the house, as | he feared that harm had been done Millie, his wife. Sam brought him a rifle about this time and he started for the Napa road in hopes of meeting the man. He failed to find bim on that road, however, so came down to the house. Upon arriving there he learned for the first time that his wife had been mur- dered in a most atrocious manner. He had feared that such was the case, for he had seen blood on Olsen’s hands. The woman had been killed in an inhu. man manner. There was a cut on each cheek which extended from near the point of the chin nearly to the ears, and which penetrated into the mouth in each case. Another cut commenced at the median line of the back of the neck, on the left side, and extended within an inch orso of the starting point on the right side, severing both jugulars and the prin- cipal arteries. Other cuts about the chin and face were noticeable but were nof so bad as those mentioned. A portion of the end of the little finger of the left hand was evidently bitten off, taking a portion of the nail. Teeth marks were noticeable on the arms also. Pete Olsen still lives and is unpunished. Much comment was caused by the account in the Examiner of the death of Pete Olsen. Kellis Grigsby, father of Mrs. Mil- lie Lyons; Frank Grigsby, the one ac- cused of having killed Pete Olsen; Bush Oliver and Herman Lyons, husband of the deceased, made emphatic statements to a CaLy representative that Frank Grigs- by did not kill Pete Olsen, and that he never confessed to having done so. In referring to the marter, Kellis Grigs- by sald: “The story about the killing of Pete Olsen isa fabrication, and there is no truth in itatall. It is a great injus- tice to make such a statement and throw every one off the track. Frank was not with Bush Oliver and Capell during the hunting.” Frank Grigsby said: My name is Frank Grigsby. I was not outside of Wooden Valley on the night of February 17, 1887. I did not fire any sixteen shots, and I most positively state that I did not cations that would prevent the enjoyment by the institution of the Federal appro- priation of $100 per capita of the inmates. As the number of veterans now in the Yountyille Home exceeds 600 the revenue that might thus be jeopardized wouid ag- gregate more than $60,000. Among oiher things it is desired by tho-e whom Mr.Goldsby represents to have the Governor appoint tne trustees or di- rectors, the same as is done in connection with all other State institutions. It is also pointed out by Mr. Goldsby that the provision for perpetuating the institution in 1ts present character as provided by the bill, is an impossibility, as_the necessity for 'it will cease to exist with the genera- tions that gave their services to the coun- try during the Mexican and Civil Wars, il is desired to have the bill 80 amended that the State will be able to devote it to any use it may see fit after it ceases t be a place of refuge for the country’s de- fenders. The bill as originally introduced was prepared under the direction of the pres- ent board of director: of the home, and the members of the G. A. R. throuzhout the State were not generally aware of its provisions, it is claimed, until aiter it had passed the Assembly. Steps will now be taken to have the bill amended on the lines indicated. FOE PURE NEWSPAPERS, Mothers Will Keep Bad Literature Out of Their Homes. WASHINGTON, D. 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