The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 4, 1897, Page 1

“IM NOT DONE, " Statutes of the United States these for the Northern District of California, or any public officer or custody of the aforesaid Frank Harwood, alias Lee Well VOLUME — 7 LXXXILSNy0. 125. . SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 4, 1897-THIRTY-TWO PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTS. AND THEY WILL 'NEVER These Were B LAND ME.” Butler's Last| Words to His Lawyer on the Mariposa. SAILING TO AUSTRALIAN JUSTICE| Butler Says a Fake Newspapzr Offered to}v Bribe - Him to Sign a Bogus ' Confession of Guilt. *“X am not done yet, and they will never land me."’ ing sentence, pregnant with was the iast declaration' of Butler, made to his attorney, 5 Black, just before. the Mariposa sailed for Australia last night. What he meant, and what success he may yet have in his effort to cheat the gallows, rem to be seen. - His career in San Francisco ended vesterday. . The processes of remedial justice moved murderer Butler ane step neirer to his doom yesterday. Obedient to the mandates of the United s national treaties, the man suspécted of many atrocious murders in Australia was piaced upon the Mariposa and sent to the Antipodes, where the work of dispatching murderers is done without delay or ap- pral to Supreme Courts. The.man egainst whom mountains of evidence have been secured spent an un- eventful day up to the appearance of the | United States Marshals, who took him to tha Mariposa and transferred him to the custody of Australian officers in the mid- dle of the afternaon. Butler declined to be interviewed by re- porters or others in his cell, spending me =t of his time wrapped in_ his blankets on the jail floor. : To those ‘who' bhave studied the mén . most closely during his incarceration in tsan Francisco there were many evidences that confinement has weakened him phy- sicelly and broken his spirit. He w pale when“the marshal led. him from his cell to the booking-roor: cf the jail, and there was an expeciant, hali-pleading and bunted look as he was led down the iron stairs to the hack that wus to convey him to tife wharf. Only once did Butler glance at any par- ticular person as he was being hurried to | the hack, that being when someone in the crowd said, I feel sorry for the poor devil, anyhow.” Quick asa flash the mur- derer’s the reniark, and there was somotbing kind in the glance. For a few minutes, if never again, the harsh lines made by heredity and environment were softened, and it there was not something genile in the murderer’s face it was a look €0 akin to gentleness as to deceive those who saw him at the momeat. Marshal Baldwin and Deputy Gallagher wvisited the jail at 3:10 p. M., by which time < jail 1o catch a glimpse of the murderer of the Blue Mountains. They crowded about the Marshal’s hack and were kept back by a number of police- men, but Butler viewed them with indif ference, as if he had become accustomed to the gaze of srow The marshal and his deputy did not re- main in-the jail to exceed five minutes. When they entered Butler was lying down, but rose at once, siipped on a coat and was bandcuffed and manacled without delay.. “How do you feel?”” he was asked by Marshal Baldwin. “Pretty good, thanks,” he replied in his politer: manner. He was then marched downstairs without delay and hurried to tes Court, and in conformity with inter- | es fell upon the man that made | the back, as hundreds of pecple jostlea | and crowded to see him for the last time. The prisoner would not see anybody at the jail yesterday morning, reclining for the most of the time and sullenly refusing | to answer questions or show his face to visitors. When the Marshal’s hack was driven away toward the whari the crowd fol- lowed for some distance, many taking cars and hastening to the steamer, hoping to catch a farewell glance there. ‘When the hack containing the prisoner reached the wharf where the Mariposa lay there were at leasta thousand people | sembled. tendance since 8 A. M. The police were in force, and when the hack appeared the crowd was driven back, afier which Butler | wasdriven to the steamer’s side and the gates o the whar! were closed. | “As Butler was driven iarough the | crowd sonie of the morbid curiosity-seek- ers raised their hats and a faint cheer went up. The Australian Jdetectives 100k it to themselves and one of them waved his disengaged hand through the window ‘of the carriage. As Butler was manacled | bana and foot he could not make any | acknowledgmet. | When the gangway of the ship was | reachied it did nottake long to get the pris- | oner outof the hack ana aboard the ship. 1 He was at once marched to the cell pre- pared for him, and when seated Detective Roche guve him & cigar, which he at once began to smoke with vigor. Betwe:n pulis he surveyed his quarters and seemed sat- isfied until he saw the staple and cbain in the floor. Tne staple goes throu h the wood and steel deck of the steamer and is fastenea by a bolt on the under side. It is strong enough 10 hoid an elephant. The chain is about a foot long and has a ring attheend. It looks like ihe anchor chain of a small schoouer. The whole appliance is at the foot of | Bu.ler's bed, and the louger he looked at it the more ed he got. Finally he tirned to Detective Roche and asked: “Whatis that for?” Thae officer did not reply, but went out ana got from Chief Ofticer Hart another pair of munacles, much heavier than the pair the prisoner was wearing. One of them was carried through the loop in the chain that is fast- ened to a siaple and in a few seconds the ‘‘bracelets’”’ were around the accused mur- derer's ankles. Then the small ones were | removed and Butier was as trmly an- | ctored as a ship with her best bowers out | in a good holding ground. For two bours Butler sat and smoked and endured the gaze of a constant stream | of people who nad a desire to see “‘the | man who had outrivaled Durrant,” as one woman put it. “Come in and see him,” stylishly dressed woman. *'Oh, V'm afraid,” answered back a frail young girl, who was her companion. “Come along, you stupid, don’t you see he’s chained up and can’t get out?” and she forced the maiden into the little cabin, which reeked with tobacco smoke. She was not without companions of her own sex, however, as others had gathered to see him. Next came a handsome young woman with two very prettiiy dressed children in said one | COMMITMENT OF SECRET;\RY OF STATE SHERMAN ORDERING THE EXTRADITION OF BUTLER. To all whom these presents shall come, Wheéreas, his Excellency, G. C. M. G., Embassador Extraordinas Majesty, accredited to this Government the provisions of existing treaty stipulatic and Great Britain for the mutual delivery certain cases for the delivery up of Frank the crime of murder, committed within the jurisdiction of the British and DEPARTMENT OF STATE. greeting : the Right Honorable Sir Julian Pauncefote, G. C. B., ry and Plenipotentiary of her Britannic , has made requisition in conformity with ons between the United States of America | of criminals and tugitives from justice in Harwood, alias Lee Weller, charged with Government, Whereas, the said Frank Harwood, alias Lee Weller, has been found within the jurisdiction of the United States and has by proper authority and due form of law been brought before E. H. Heacock, United States Commissioner for the Northern District of California, Whereas, dence for exami the said Commissioner produced against the said to the provisions of said treaty stipulation: Now, therefore, pursuant to the p nation on the said charge of murder; and has found and adjudged that the evi- Frank Harwood, "alias Lee Weller, - is sufficient in jaw to justify his commitment upon the said charge, and has, there- fore, ordered that the said Frank Harwood, alias Lee Weller, be committed pursuant s. rovisions of section 5272 of the Revised presents are to require the United States Marshal or person having charge ler, to surrender and de- liver him up to such person or persons as may be duly authorized by the Government of Great Britain to receive the said Frank the crime of which he is so accused. In testimony whereof I have hereunto the Department of State to be affixed. Harwood, alias Lee Weller, to be tried for signed my name and caused the seal of Done at the city of Washington this 8th day of March, A. D. 1897, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and twenty-first. e M Secretary of State, Some of them had been in at- to Land the Accused Man Alive in Sydney. BACKING OUT. The Oceanic Steamship Company’s Mariposa, With Murderer Butler on Board, Gathered - Sternway at 9:30 P. M. Yesterday, While the Swanhilda, That Brought Butler Here, Was Under Full Sail in the Offing at Daybreak. Extraordinary Precautions Have Been Taken tow. The little ones looked fresh and sweet. They wore gowns of Wwhite, over which were scariet jackets, and the curly heads were surmounted with dainty sailor caps. “Come in ana see the murderer,” said tbe mother to the children, and the little ones sobbed “No, no, no!” The muther tried to force them, but could not, so she had to be content with satisiying her own curiosity. Men and women of'all ages crowded one another 10 see the man accused of haif a dozen murders. A poilceman and two deputy marshals could notkeep them out, and finally Butler turnea to Marshal Bald- win and said: “For God’s sake, give me a little breathing space. I'm no saint, but I'm not on exhibition. You’re not giving me fair plav. if I bave to endure this, charge them a quarter a head, and I'll put up with it if you'll give me the money.” Then be fell to smoking his cigar again. In thirty seconds the room was cleared, and thirty seconds later the alleyway on the lower deck was crowded with people anxious to get a look at the man whose supposed crimes have convulised two con- tinents. Outside on the stringers of the wharf dozens of women were standine around and peering through the small porthole in a vain endeavor to get a glimpse of the prisoner. When darkness fell on the scene they gradually dispersed, but the privileged few hung around until the last minute. Butler talkea freely while awaiting the departure of the steamer. *“I have been all over Oceanica,” said he, “and have been in many tight places, but this is the tightest yet. 1 was once a sailor on the schooner Tubal Cain, trading from & New Zealaud port to Fiji, and we were wrecked on a coral reef. After the storm those of us that were left bad to stand up'to our waists in water before the natives came along and took mns off. 1 wasa prisoner of the natives of New Guinea, came within an ace of marrying a princess in Tonga- tabo, had to drink kava with Damaseese in Samoa uniil my lower limbs were par- alyzed; was again wrecked off the coast of New Zealand, and I then went back to Australia. There I started in as a pros- pe ctor, and the rest you know. Now Iam on my way back to Sydney, charged with every crime in the calend: I admit that I am afraid of the forgery charge that is pending against me and—" At this point Detective McHattie began paying particu'ar attention to the conver- sation and Butler shut up like a clam. Not a nother world could be got out of him, except that he wished the detectives would take the cuffs off his wrists, as the constrained position in which he was placed made his shoulders acne. The Australian detectives got a great . when the news was quietiy given them that opium had beeu smugg.ed | aboard for utler’s use in case of an emerpency. They atonce communicated | with Captain Lees, and Dotectives Egan and Silvey were soon at the scene. A quiet but systematic search of the vessel | was made and every cabin-boy’s effects were searched, The firemen, coal passers, | oilers and deckhands also had ther effec: looked over and all underwent a rigid ex- amination. No opium was found. | Noteven an innocen: cigar offered by a | reporter to the allowed to receive. During the entire voyage Butler will get bis cigars and tobsceo from Roche, and his meals will be taken 10 him from the same dishes that are furnisbed to the three detectives. One of them will be with him night ana day, and once in every twenty-four hours he wiil be given a breathing spell on deck with two officers aviendance. With all vhis care and ance the chances are altogether against Butler taking his own life let alone escaping at any of the way ports. Among those who went out on the | steamer. which, lett her.dock at 9:30 p. »,, with the detectives were United States District Attorney Foote and United States Marshal Baidwin. Off Meiggs wharf the prisoner was transierred to the Australian detectives, Marshal Baidwin and his frienas came ashore. Shiortly after the vessel left her moor- ings Detective Roche presented the com- mitment signed by Jonn Sherman, Sec- retary of State, 10 Marshal Baidwin. Marshal Baldwin. at oncein a tew for- mal words delivired his prisoner into the custody of Roche, and r-ceived from the latter a receipt for Butler. Both of these interesting aocuments appear in full in another column. The reason for prisoner was Butler not transierring the the vessel was on her way 1o sea was to tation of the murderer by means of a writ of habeas corpus. So long as the prisoner was in the custody of Marshal Baldwin no writ issued by a glue court would hoid, and no Federal court would, under the circumstances, cause such a writ to issue. A State-courtw rit would have been effec- tive against the Ausiraiian aetectives, so no chances were tagen, and the prisoner was transferred in midchannel and only | a bogus confession of guilt. prisoner to the Australian officers until | avoid any further delay in thie transpor= | when it was positively known that no per- son with a writ was concealed on board, It is only fair to state, bowever, that A. L. Black, one of the prisoner’s attorneys, | who was among the iaiit to leave the ves- sel at the dock, assured Marshal Baldwin no further ettempt would be made to delay Butler's departure, He added that such was Butler’s wish. Just before the vessel left port the prisoner’s attorney, A. L. Black, visited him to say good-by. Mr. Black was ac- companied by his wife. The last thing Butler said to his attorney was: *'I am not done yet, and they will never land me.” il FAKERS PURSUE BUTLER. He Says an Examiner Reporter Tried to Bribe Him. ‘According to a statement made by But- ler in the presence of Deputies Heacock and Baldwin, “Long Green” Lawrences faking Examiner offered him $100 to sign | In offering to THE CALL the following | statement, signed by Butler and witnessed by Heacock and Baldwin, Mr. Heacock spoke as follows: A reporter for the Examiner spent an hour or more with Butler prior to his ueparture from the City, and endeavored to get his name to a faked confession of guilt of crimes charged, to be published | after the departure of the ship. The re- porter offered as an inaucement the sum of $100. “The hundred was not forthcoming, so Butler cailed the deal off, turned his back | 1o the wall and declined to speak. The | reporter then tried to get his nametoa | staiement of Builer’s defense, which was | | also declined.” i Butler, thoroughly incensed now, enter- | | tained the suggestion that a statement of | | bis relations with the aminer be pre- i | pared by im (Butler)ana published in | 'fe CALL. The statement was made and | duiy prevented to THE CALL, with condi- tions. The documeunt ran about as fol- lows: pearing in the Examiner purporting to have come from my lips implicating me called Clare, otherwise called Lee Weller, erwise called S. Burgess, otherwise called DETECTIVE ROCHE’S RECEIPT FOR THE BODY OF BUTLER. 1, John Roche, senior first-class detective of the New South Wales police force, the person nominated and appointed as agent of Great Britain and of said British colony of New South Wales to receive the body and effects of Frank Harwood, other- wise called S. Burgess, otherwise called Butler, otherwise called Sampson, otherwise acknowledge that I have this day received from Barry Baldwin, United S ates Marshal for the Northern District of California, the person of Frank Harwood, oth- wise called Clare, otherwise called Les Weller, otherwise called John Newman, and the effects enumerated in the annexed list, said effects having been adjudged by Commissioner E. H. Heacock to be evidence of the criminality of said Frank Har- wood, alias Butler, etc., and the proceeds of his crime. Dated San Francisco,, the 3rd day of April. otherwise called John Newman, do hereby Butler, otherwise called Sampson, other- | are false, and I hereby brand them as | Fight of the Electrical Workers Against “Because of the many statements ap- | JOHN ROCHE. in certain crimes, any and all of which false. No confession was ever made by me to the Examiner, and should the Ex- aminer publish snything purporting to have been signed or confessed by me the same should be considered false. 1 never signed or authorizea the Examiner to make any such siatement whatever for FRANK BUTLER. BaLDW m o Witnessed: Heacock, CHICAGU'S MAYORALTY RACE. It Szems to Have Narrowed Dcwn Harlan and Harrison—The Election Tuesday. CHICAGO, IL., April 3.—One of the most exciting and remarkable municipal campaigns in Chicago's history closed practically to-night, election day being next Tuesday. Nathaniel C. to Sears, 3uperior Court Judge, is the regular Republican nom- inee; Carter H. Harrison, son of Chi- cago’s famous Mayor, is the Democratic nominee, and there are four independents in the field, besi the Socialist, Labor and Prohibition tickets. 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