The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 23, 1897, Page 1

VOLUME LXXXL-—NO. PRICE FIVE CENTS. circulars giving a description of the mur- derer had been sent out and the detective | was unaware of the fact that he had peen traveling with the murderer till he saw the circnlar with his piciure a week or two | afterward ai the police station at Fort | Worth, He immediately notified Cap- ees of the fact. next beard of Blanther was when nicle received a letter from him d Atlants, Ga., purportiag to en on the train, and giv- on that he was 1o embark ng vessel for Cubs. The letter | by Bianther to Atlanta to & e posted, and it is supposed the was Addie Walker, alias Addie Addie Hertel or Anna Forbes, who_bad been consorting with Blanther. | This was the positive information | hesrd of Blanther, although there were a | number of false alarms till Monday, | March 15, when Captain Lees received a dispatch riff Boyd of Meridian | that A bes, a scuool-teacher at | g Kopy Texas, was under arrest in Me- | TELLING COMPARISON OF | ridian jail on suspicion of being Blanther. | WRITINGS. | What led to the suspicion of the officials | at Meridian was & copy of the last circu- | 1ar sent out by Captain Lees, which was | publisied in full on the first page of this | | month’s issue of The Detective, or No Longer Any Doubt That tbe | monthiy poiice paver, published in Chi-| Texas Prisoner Is the A | 980 and which is sent to every police de- | | partment in the United States. Along | sassin Wanted. the ¢ r, which gave a full de- | RECOVERING FROM THE POISON TAKEN SUNDAY. BLANTH AND FORB THE SAM triend Harper identity of Mrs. Langfeldt’s Murderer Is Clearly Established. | scription of Blanther, was a picture of him, taken from s photograph vy Brund, Chi- | cago, February 11, 1891, while Blanther was | in the Windy City. The circu- | | lar refecred io the fact that while in Texas | | or Chicago Blanther consorted with Addie [ | Walker, who had lived at Atlanta, Ga., | | and was 1 heard from at Kunoxville, | Captain Lees Teli's How the Mur- ! ‘Tenn., former home being with her | grandmother, Mrs. E. E. Stewart, Texar- derer Was Tracked to the | kana, Tex., and that she migut join Blan- Loae Star‘State. | ther in b L Blanther and Addie Walker, who passed as Mrs. Forbes, first appeared in Kopperl 1 July or August last, and he secufed the | position of teacher in the school. They | s flig! If any doubt existed in the mind of | Captain Lees that Arthur Forbes, the | lived quietly and unostentatiously tlil her at Koope Xas, NOW in | Decembper, when the woman left Kopperl, i Meridian, Texas, was Josef E.|i(olling her friends there that she was her, the cold-blooded murderer of | ,oing to pay a visit to her grandmother Philopena Langfeldt. it was entirely Hiatwas the tant lsestor | She had told these friends that her en name was Addie Walker. When the police paper reached Merid- " |ian the sirong resemblance of Arthur Forbes on February 1 with the | Forbes, the Kopper! teacher, 1o the photo- showing the captain the hand- | graph in the circular, and the fact that g of the suspect. The note reads as | the maiden name of his wife was Addie | Walker, led to the arrest. | The dispatches .to Captam Lees men- ot by | tioned all these facts, and aithough he | 1g the favor | felt almost certain there could be no mis- | take he intended not to make ‘the arrest lic till Detective Gipson and George | Dodge nad an opportanity of identiiying Blanther. | It took the captain over five months’ | hard work to get the Brund photo and a | | month longer to get positive information | {as to Addie Walker's relations with | Blanther, but with these in his possession 4 - and the complete description of the mur- r written by B;""‘;’ j8 the ’*7"’;"f'dem and bupplst 1566 né4eft suse That 17 . R T the | alive he wouid be captured in time. peculiarity of putting a dot and dash at | S lnsisiad AILES UMY wik 1 the SHIF ot & sitehics: dud the SSibral captain yesterday, “‘that Blanther never $ = RO | left the State of Texas, anc I wasin con- character of the letter led irresistibly 10 | y,ny communication with the officials tn | thie soanlusion shul, Arthur NosheeWas |p .- atmrent onitied ib Fhey fa ‘alincy | Blanther. There isa marked resemblance | also1n the n. e “Forbes,” as written on [eonkons o the ticket purchased by Blanther for El | , .. W3 the Brund photoand the woman Paco and in the note t P. B. Greer re. | Addie Walker that led to the capture, but n S | I had months of hard work before obtain- ferred to. |i ossession of thess t: Bianther's attempt = staetanae B ant = n Texarkan o re- | per . Boyd, Bheriff | 5, er for me at to send me the money by ex- your kindness, yours, ArTHUR FORBE: [he captain, on looking at the hand- ting, was atonce convinced thst the riter was Blanther. There were the same cteristics as in the writings of Blan- to end his life by l - CONGRESSMAN NELSON DINGLEY JR, of Maine, Chief' Champion of the New Tariff Bill of morpbine in the morning was not yesterday morn- eceived the following dispatch, which he first off 3 = | e L & ;“fmis I expect to hear from Detective Gibson | | at any moment, and as soon as Blantner | | is identifiea Gibson will go to Dallas to get | the extradition papers signed by Governor | Culberson and then will return t DIAN, TEx, March 22, — Blanther, | 4140 and bring the murderer bac | s Forbes, took morphine 1 4. M., 21st, but | Captain Lees remained in his office late | : was t recalled on reading the report of that at- temoted suicide in Texas his career in tuis city. He was wanted in San Fran- cisco on the charge of murdering Mrs. Meri- | Philopena- Langfeldt, an aged widow. trian army, and had a varied career. DISAST Blanther was a lieutenant in the Aus- He -t P oy e Pty B D Lo ait 2o Lonne, )22 el Extract From Letter Written by Blanther to the “Chronicle” in May Last. DUE TO A oYL Children in an Academy | last night in vatch from De uot materialize. Now that Captain Lees is sat Forbes Blanther he feels inclined to sk of the incidents thatled up to his | est. fter Blanther left El Paso during his flizht from this City he was recognized by a detective at Fort Worth, who traveled | {0 Fice to Canada. with him for two or three hours over the | CHICAGO, Iry., March 22.—Many Chi- Texas and Pacific road. At that time no | cago people who knew Josef E. Blanther D, She Heand Dodge were ex. probable they have been deiayed. - | BLANTRER'S CHICAGO CAREER. | | One Crooked Tramsaction Ca the hope of receiving a dis- | worked for Rand, McNally & Co. of this cclive Gibson, but it did | city for two years as a draughtsman, and | : | drossed elegantly and seemed to have pected in Meridian last night, but 1t is | plenty of money to spend, though his sal- | | ary was §18 a week. to be an Austrian Count. 2 Him | house on West Monroe street. had been Working for the firm some time Meet a Fearful Fate, He claimed at times MANGLED TO DEATH IN THE RUINS. He and his wife lived in a boarding- When he Continued on Second Page. With Little Warning the Cloud A Phoant o ntillos. - (P f P Bl Jloshe i il e Pl i o B ey hins, & matom cprcsnit £ /{fim"«/nfié e ./,u‘oéq {ug Serprnsoeol - Ferm. /»{M‘; eiilE /hf frB atot Ok, i 7&/%.25/,/“« el s il oy Sowere : vl ke T m/fffim“ %MMO nmarm){gw” /67 Heor &% frtee of an Gasacim cspBlnci a1k cucliall oty B pcihle st cormesy ol - Z/‘z/‘a LA Loy of He foloncat . Blanther’s Writing in San Francisco on “Cuba, the Pearl of the Antilles” Twists a Big Structure to Splinters. | INNJURED INSTRUCTORS WORK NOBLY . AT RESCUE. Near!y One Hundred Among the Dead, Dying ang Maimed Taken From ‘the. Building. “ATLANTA, GA., March 22.—A special to the Constitution from Arlington, Ga., says: A cyclone struck this town to-day and left benind it ‘& trail of death and disaster. The Académy building was | blown’ to pieces, and from the wreck nearly a hundred dead, dying and injured people’ have already been taken. Among the dead are: . Ollie Parramore, schoolgirl. Claude Roberts, schoolboy. Alice Putnam, schoolgirl. Albert Butler, schoolboy. ‘Willie McMurra, schoolboy. Kenneth Boynton, schoolboy. Maud Johnson, schoolgirl, Mary Wellons, schoolgirl. Injurea—Professor Covington, school- teacher; Professor Walker, teacher. At least ten others will die, according to the hasty reports of the corpsof emo: gency physicians now caring for the in- jured. Professor Walker probably cannot live and Professor Covington is badly in- jured, Not & single soul in the big build- ing escaped injury. There was a lull + | which had prevailed, of a clear day. Prol in the high winds .| trained eye at once told him there was ing_out to look around, beheld a dark cloud well fringed with electricity moving rapidly in the direction of the school. His danger. Hurrying the children into the building for safety, the roaring of the com- ing cyclone was upon them before they bad time to think. The storm gained in strengih and velocity, and the building began to shake and careen as if rocked in the arms of a mighty force. The building was wrenched into fragments so that the pleces fell- inward, and among the first struck was Claude Roberts and Alice Pat- nam, who were knocked into insensibility of death at thio first blow. Little Willie McMurra had been caught under the heavy timber ana the life was crushed out of ‘him. Kenneth Boynton was the next who was seen vainly endeav- oring to escape from the’ death trap, but | too late, for the fatal blow had been struck. Professors Covington and Walker both | worked hard to rescue the little ones, notwithstanding their serious injuries, The scene was soon surrounded by the purents of the children. The sight’ of eight little ones aiready dead and of ten others crusted and bruised and bleeding in all the phases of torture was enough to wring the stoutest heart. Among those wounded quite & number are not expected t0 live, and it is more than likely that the list of dead will be doubled. This is the most shocking disaster which has ever occurred in this section. Blakeley, Ga., was struck by’ a severe storm this morning that did enormous damage and cost several lives. The chaos caused by the storm still exists, and dur- ing the confusion nothing can be de- finitely learned as to the amount of dam- sge dome. It is known, however, that several are killed And many more severely jured and will probably die. A Lo EIGBT CHILDEEN FOUND DEAD. SAVANNAH, Ga., March 22.—A special to the Morning News from Arlington, Ga., says: A terrible cyclone struck here this morning about 8:30 o'clock. It passed through the south of the town and totally wrecked the Academy and partially de- molished several other houses. Attne Academy a number of children were assembled for school. The building was completely demolished, and on the removal of the aebris eight were found dead and - fifteen injured. Five escaped with slight bruises and scratches. The dead are: Claude Roberts, gled. : ged 14, terribly man- :Continued on Third Page. DINGLEY' LLING MRGUMENT Champions the New Tariff Bill Now Before Congress. REVENUES THAT MUST BE INCREASED. Confidence to Capital and Due Protection to Industries Demanded. DEMOCRATS AND SILVERITES NOT IN ACCORD. But the Republican Members of the House Are Determined to Restore Prosperity. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 22.—Tariff debates are not the attraction they once were in the halls of Congress. When Speaker Reed called the House of Repre- | sentatives to order to-dsy much less than half the members were in their seats, and only a sprinkling of visitors was seen in the galleries. The Speaker said: “Pure | suant to the order adopted, the House will now resolve itself into committee of the whole for consideration of tariff bill | No. 379, and the chair will appoint the gentleman from New York, Sherman, chairman of the committee.” Sherman tcok the chair and directed the clerk to read the bill in extenso, which occupted two hours, reducing by that much the period for the debate. The reading of the bill closed at 12:20 o’clock, and then Dingley of Maine, chair- man of the Committee on Ways and Means, proceeded to address the House in Support of the measure. He spoke as fol« lows: Congress has been convened in extraordi- nary session by the President for the purpose of providing adequate revenue for carrying onihs Government. The exigency which has brought us here is so clearly stated in the message of the Presidentand is so fully recited in the report of the Committee on Ways and Means submitting the pending revision of | tariff for the consideration of the House that I need not detain you repeating the story so | completely within your own knowledge. The salient facts are these: 1. In the four fiscal years commencing July 1, 1893, and closivg on June 30 next, the reve- nue of the Government has been insufficient 10 meet the expenditures to the extent of more than $200,000,000, or on an average of $30,- 000,000 per annum. 2. The Iate Secretary of the Treasury, ia his 1ate annual report, estimates that under exis| ing conditions this deficiency will continue and will reach $45,000,000 more the next fiscal year. 3. This deficiency of $200,000,000 up to the close of the present fiscal year has been met by borrowiug. That is, of th 93,500,000 realized from the sale of 262,333,000 dollars’ ‘worth of bonds sold in the last adminisiration, over $200,000,000 has been used 0 pay cur- rent expenditures in excess of revenue. 4. This chronic deficiency of revenue and the use of thé borrowed reserve or (what is the same thing) the United States demend notes Signatute of Blanther on El Paso Ticket. : redeemed with the gold obtained by borrow- ing, has promoted distrust, intensified and prolonged the run on the (reasur stroyed business confidence. 5. Tnis acficiency of ravenue has nearly alirisen from a falling off of revenue from various imports, and not from a decline of revenue from internal taxes. Since the result of the National elections in November, 1892, first forecasting and subsequentiy partislly accomplishing a revolutionary change of tarift policy began to arrest industries. In the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1892, the revenue d rived from the duties on imports was $20: .000—an increase of $26,000,000 over t previous year—and up to November, 1892, it was the confident expectation of the then Secs retary of the Treasury that the revenue in the /D " Mt fiéfi 2B Al Z&»& % gppeeer