The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 24, 1897, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 1897. 5 ACH POINTS / TOELAWS I FIELS THLE Continved from First Page listenea at the place where Witness Thomas Lad said he heard the shots while the experiment of firing was tried in the oftice under like conditions to those of the night of the tragedy and they had failed to hear them. There was no blood on the pistol when he examined it, he ssid, and he had re- marked that aithou:h it had been shown that the weapon had passed from hand to hand and pocket to poczet, he had re- marked that Chief Lees was too good a detective to allow any biood that might have keen on it to be wiped off. Hisin- terest in this matter was awakened by the statemen: that Hoffman’s hands were covered with biood when found. Chief Lees, he said, insisted that certain dark spots in the crevices of the handle were blocd. Witness thought they were rust. The diagram of the blood on the carpet he took exception to. He said there was N0 blood trail on it, and the diagram had been made without the advatage of day- light. Tne carpet had been taken from the floor and roiled up. Chief Lees had offered Lo unroll it for his inspection, but be had said, ‘‘No; keep it as it is as evi- dence, as the blood if aried might resolve itself into dust ana blow away if much exposed.”” The Chief had promised him that he would not unroll it at any time uniess he (Ach) was present. Notwith- standing this he had done so; the repori- ers had been shown the carpet. “Have you submitted the $9500 receipt 1o any one other than Mr. Ames to pass upon 1ts genuineness?” asked the Coro- ner. —to Mr. Hickox, Mr. Schmitts, Mr. Kytka, Harry Williams of Williams, Brown & Co. and others familiar with Mr. Hoffman’s bandwriting. They all pro- nounce it a forgery—all except one, who said he thought it looked like & tracing. 1 asked Chief Lees if he had submitted it 10 any one, and he said he had not."” ‘Did you offer it to him for the pur- ] 1 told him that everything we hac was | at bis service. We have oiten remarked about it as being strange that he did not ask for it.”" The Chief suggested to the Coroner the question: “Have you not been very act- ive in this matter yourselt?’ *‘Asactive as I knew how,” was Ach’s enswer. “*I never went to the Chief about any- thing in this case that he did not send for Figel for an explanation, The news- papers say that the answer was always salisfactory to the Chief; he never told me. This closed Ach’s testimony, and M. Weiner, of Weiner, Pursca & Mandel, was called and testified that he saw I Hoff- man in Sacramento on the eveninz of May 17 and the morning of the 18th. He had tulked about having an engagement on the siternoon of the 18tn. L. Josepnh was the next witness, and an- otber very important one. His testimony caused quite asmuch of a sensation as had the evidence of Figel's peculiar book- keeping presented by Ach. Mr. Josephs is a money-broker and has o desk in the Hoffman-Rothchild store. He lives at 2323 Sutter street. “Prior to March 1st,”’” he said, "I had some business transactions with Theodore Figel. On February 20 I gave Figel a check for $1000.”” Do you remember the conversation in- cident to that transaction ?” Ob, he occasionaily, not often, asked me for money for a few days, saying it was for his futher ot some one else. The $1000 borrowed on March 1 he said was for Mr. Atkinson. Oc- tober 15, 1896, was the first fime Mr. Atkin- son figured in these transactions, He bor- rowed $850 on a note signed by Atkinson at that time. He returned that. He paid the $1000 on April 7. He took my bankbook and deposited the amount in & check which he had received for $3500 from Los Angeles. The nexiday I gave him a check for $2500, the d fieren The next transaction was on April 24. 1 gave him $1000, and on May 13 $500. A let- ter had come from Atkinson asking him to pay that amount e8 his father might need it. He showed me the letter, in which the writer snid that he need Dot be afraid. as he had se- curities enough to realize $4000. They were wheat warehouse receipts. He returned that money on June 1. I never charged him inter- est on short loans, but he put §15 in the bank this time, saying he could stand it. 1 nev had a note of Atkinson’s but once. 1 did not want them, as I learned-that he had failea. “Figel visited you on June 3, did he not?” “Yes; he came to my house on Thurs- dry. I was in bed. They said some one from the office and I told them to send him ap. Figel cameinto the room and asked me if I bad thrown off on him; if I suspected bim. I said no. I rose and dressed and went downtown with him. He said be was going 10 Ach’s office. On tue way he said how lucky it was that he had 1aken a receipt from Mr. Hoffman for the §9500. Ileft him to go to the store. He ook his buncn of keys from his pocket and singling oat one said: ‘Give them to M. Gellert and say that that oune is for the Bush-street door.” *Did you ask Figel what he bad done with that $9500?"" “He told me that he had charged it to the bank account ot Mr. Hoffman. He toid me he was sorry he bad not had it written by Mr. Gellert. “‘He toid me it was May received the receipt from mau.’’ “Did Figel visit you afterward?’ 18 that he Jir. Hoft- “Yes; he came to the house Thursday night and paid me a balance due on the $1500. We took a walk together in a smali park near the house, during which he said he wanted me to do him a favor He wanted me to say that I had seen the 3500 check signed by Mr. Hoffman. 1 told him I could wot do that 1 saw the drift of his remarks and 1 turned abrub'ly toward home. Fige! asked me why I turnad away so, but I made no reply. When we reached home, 1 may say, that he gave himself aw'y He asked me again if T would not say I had seen Hoffman sign the check. He said it was given to him as a present. Iasked him why not tell the truth if that was so. He said he had no witness and could not substantiate it. He then wanted me to say that i had let Mr, Hoffman have ths $3500. 1 was very angry, but did not let it ap- pear, for I saw what I had before me. I asked him why ho did not say he let him have it himself, us he had plenty of greenbacks, as I had seen them. We entered the house and sat in the din- ing-room. and he was looking at a book. After a while he asked me again to say that I had seen the 83500 check | signed, When I said no, he stepved back from the table and said: ‘Well, then I will have to take the conse- Then 1said: “Well, I will say that”” 1did so t0 end the matter and get rid of him. +Did you ever say that you were afraid of Figel?” “Well, I did not feel any too comfort- able. ” «How old are you, Mr. Josephs?” 'Seventy rs of age. 1 wish to say that this was not in my, original state- ment.”” Dr. Morgan was recalled and said he bad made a chemical analysis of the stomach of the deceased and had found no tiace of poison. Juror Geiman asked the witness if the shot through the nead could have been fired by Hoffman, and he snswered that it could Alfred L ‘Meystein, 2 brother-in-law of Edward 8. Rothebild, was called, and said that he had made a written siatement Lo Chief Lees, and being requested by the Coroner read it. Itis as follow: 8AN FrANCISCO, Cal, Jan. 3, 1897, About three months 8go I was advised under it was | bond of secrecy by an intimate associate that Mr. Figel, head bookkeeper of Messrs. Hofl- man, Rothehild & Co., wes gambling 1o a very Arge cxtent on horseraces, aud that he in- duiged in this pastime to such an extent as to necessitate the continual use of an associate or hireiing to negotinte bis wagers for him. My informant 10id me that it was his system 10 every morning take o list of the horses he desired to back, and 1o give bis betting man & list and the moley Necessary o negotiate the wagers al the racetrack. Inasmuch as 1 learned that his bets at timesran into the thousands per day 1 felt it incumbent upou myself, inssmuch as 1 am a brother-in-iaw of Mr. Rothichild, the junior member of tne firm, to iutorm’ the bLeads of the estab- | shment —with respect to this inform: tion, and i prompily advised Mr. Isuuc Hoffman with reference to the fadts | which 1 have related above. To my surprise | be met the information caimly, stating that "Im Wwas cognizant of the entire matu for months past, aud that whereas it was possibie for this bookkeeper to make these wagers out of his own moncy, still it was dargerous to bave a bookkeeper who followed such tactics. Atthe time, however, he advised me that he did not disturb himselt with reference to pos- sible financial loss, for if npon in vestigation & shortage in Mr. Figel's accounts were proven be felt confident tant the same could be recovered irom Mr. Figel's father, the latter being a very wealthy man. Al the same time he told me that in ihe very near future he in- tended to have his books cxperted and satisly himself if the internal movements of his office, from the cashier’s end, were being con- ducted us they shou!d be. Mr. Isaac Hoffman evidenuy imparted the above information to Mr. Rothelild, as the latter made mention of the tact & few days later 10 e, in a miscei- lancous conversation, during which he re- marked that he felt dissatisfled with respect to Figel's behavior, particularly so on account of Figel's continual absence from the store in business hours. Before Mr. Rothchild de- arted for the East, he expressed uneasiness at eaving Figel in charge of the office, and told me iie would confer with Mr. Hoffmau as (o the advisability of removing him, and experi- ing afterward, but the above plsns, however, must have béen dropped, for Mr. Rothchild departed for his Eastern trip with Mr. Figel in charge of the office, and withou! having entered any course of experting. ubsequestly Mr. Hoffman and myself in- terchanged views on business frequently on | various occasions fu the ast two mouths. He | had often made reference 10 his proposea | perting of his books, saying “he was teartully worried at Mr. Figel” by reason of his knowl- edge of Figel's gambling provensities. I baa & coaversation with Mr. Hoffman at 3 P. M. oa | Tuesday, June 1. He was in_buoyant spirits, | expressing great satisfaction over the year's | business, inasmuch as he had just completed swck-taking and incidentally stated 10 me that his house sold more merchandise and made more money than in any former yea | business. That was the last conversation I | had with lsaac Hoffman, now deceased. | ALBERT L. MEYERSTEIN. ‘Witness further testified that Hoftman never, to his knowledge, carried a re- volver. From what he knew of him he thought it would scare him to death to handic a revolver. Edward S. Rothchild was recalled and testified that he left San Francisco Marcn 9; that Hoffman bad the right to draw upon the firm for whatever he wanted. I never knew anything about Figel's playing the races until my brother-in-law advised me. 1 then spoke to Figel about it, and he said that he had done that for a friend of his; that he did aot play the races himself.” | Betore leaving for New York, witness stated, he usked Figel to send him state- ments of the business status and trans- | actions of the firm, but he did not do so. | He wrote 10 him time &nd again to have | him do so, but no attention “was paid_to | his request. Finally nhe wrote | Hoffman to require Figel to send a state- | ment, and after that he receivea one state- | ment, but that was all. The statement | | agreed with the books, but not with the actual transactions as since developed. “When we had deposits to make either Mr. Hoffman or_myseli would sign the checks and Mr. Figel would carry them to the bank and place them toour credit. This was always his business,” said the witness. “He had no right to sign checks.” *Did you know that Figel was in the nabit of keeping out certain checks for his own ben fit?’’ “1 certainly did not.” “Did you ever know Mr. Hoffman to carry hrearms? *“Never in his life. a horror of them.”” ‘Was he left or right handed ? He was right-handed. | I know that he had Witness said that Hoffman advised him by letter that he inten’ed to goto Sacra- mento about May 18. A juror asked if he | was aware that Hoffman was paying Figel $50 a month out of his private fands. | _ “Iwas not and I do not believe it. If | Mr. Hoffman had advised me that Figel | was worth $200 a month to us I would not | bave objected toan increase ir his sal- | { ary.” The Coroner asked the jury if they de- sirea to have a iook at the carpet and fur- niture which the Chief had in his charge atthe City Hall, but they declined and {an adjournment was taken until this | morning at 9 o’clock. e Sl b EXPLAINS FOR FIGEL. | iAnorney L'oyd Says that the Date 1 of the Receipt Has No Signlfi- cance. Theodore Figel was seen yesterday short- | ly after the inquest had adjourned, and | when asked to make a stalement in regard to the testimony given by Messrs. Ach | and Joseph deciined to do so, contenting | bimself by referring to his testimony given by him the day previous. Attorney Lloyd when questioned about the telegram from the Go!den Eagle Hotel in Sacramento, stating that Isaac Hoffman was in Sacramento May 17 and 18, sawad: “I do mot see that this has any import- ant bearing on the case. Mr. Figel's tes- timony as to that date was made purely on his recollection. The books were closed on May 18, and the $9500 entry was made on that date. Even if my client had pro- cured that receipt a day, two days or a week subsequent to the entry, is it not possible that to make the receipt corre- spond with the entry on the books he would have made the dates correspond? 1f Mr. Figel had stated positively that on the 18th day of May Isaac Hoffman had signed that reczipt I would look upon this | telegram in a different light. Asitis I deem it of little importance.” 'IN HONGR OF THE QUEEN Sons of St George Wind Up | With a Grand Ban- quet. The Sons of St. George worthily ended up the local celebration of the jubilee of her Majesty Queen Victoria last night by one of the most enjoyable banquets that has deen given for a similar occasion. It was enjovable because it was informal; there were 1o set speeches; there was no set programnie—everything was spon- taneous. The tables were arranged in the form of a letter E, from the center of which Chair- man Watson, after a bountiful repast had been served, presided over a most inter- esting programme. Opposite to him sat Miss B. Rumsay, who has devoted her whole time and attention to making the ceiebration a success. To the left were seated H. W. Hutton, Mrs. Emma En- dres (correspondent of the London Times), and Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Sedewick, On the right of the chairman was Mr. and Mrs. C.W. Pope, W. H. Holt and wife, Miss Holt and Oyril Holt. Above the head of the table were inscribed the words taken from the report furnished THE CALL by its London correspondent in the dispatches yesterday: | | From my heart I thank my be- © loved peopie. God bless them. Vicroria. ! S v Ry REMEMBER the lime, 8:30 o’clock sharp, on Sundey morning, the low-rate excursion to Ukiah, Two dollars for the round trip. A through train, with four hours of enjoyment in Ukiah and vicinity, . w0 Mr | AT LAST THE CRASH COMES Mrs. Craven Collapses Under the Long Strain. Ordered to Bed by Her Physician and the Great Trial Has to Stop An Effort Will B: Made, However, to R:sume Tc-Day With Other Wit. nesses if She Continues IIL The tremendous strain that Mrs. Craven has been undergoing on the witness-stand during the past fortnight has at last proved itself 100 much for her shattered physical condition and has overpowered her. She succeeded in staying through two more hours of the ordeal yesterday and then collapsed. As the result there was an early adjonrnment and the ex- pression of a grave doubt as to whetheror not to-day would find the lady in fit con- dition to resume the stand. Mrs. Craven's friends have all along marveled that a woman in her present feeble condition could bold up under such enormous nervous pressure as long as she has, and attribute the test alone to her wonderful will power. They are congrat- ulating themselves and her, bowever, on | the fact that she did not succumb while she was undergoing the grilling fire of the attorneys for the Fair heirs, for then, they say, it might have been said by ber en emies that she only sought her bed to escape the torture-rack and feared the o utcome of the baiting. True, there were | times during that ordeal when she seemed to be sinkin g and that a collapse was im- minent, but, by what was obviously a su- vreme effort, she would pull herself to- gether and bravely stick it out. It was at the opening of the afternoon session yesterday that Mrs. Craven’s ill- ness was announced. She did not pat in an appearance when court convened, and | there wasa wait. Then anote was handed to Mr. Deimas, the lady's leadin g counsel, which he, a'ter reading, passed to the at- torneys for the heirs and then to the court. The missive was as follow Sax FRANCISCO, June 23, 1897. | Hon. C. W. Slack—DEAR SIk: Mrs. Craven has | been seized with a sudden iiiness during the | noon recess to-day, aud will be utterly unable | to attend court this afternoon. I am in at- | tendance on_her aud have caused her to be | sent home. Respectiully yours . A. ROTTANZ, I don’t suppose there is anvthing to be done but to adjourn,’” said Mr. Mitchell of the Fair side. “Nor I, either,” rejoined Mr. Delmas. Judge Slack asked the counsel ior the beirs if they bad another witness whom they could place on the stand, but they replied that they were unprepared to do this. “Well, I will say now, then,” said his | Honor, “that if Mrs. Craven 1s not able | to be here to-morrow this case will have to go on anyhow—that is, with some other witness.” “We will have other witnesses here, your Honor,” said Mr. Mitchell. *“Very well, then,” said Judge Slack, “we will take an adjournment.” And such was the order. The examination of Mrs. Craven during the morning session was directed to the line heretofore pursued by Mr. Delmas, namely, the bringing out of tue details of the conversations she had with the attor- neys for the heirs when they were negoti- ating so zealously with her for the pur- chase of ner deeds. Mr. Wheeler made one of his usual long speeches in the hope of coaxing Judge Slack into putting the brakes on Mr. Del- may’ cross-examination, when the latter asked the lady if she had a conversation 1th Messrs. Wheeler and Lloyd on the Sunday after her return from the East re- garding deeds. The cour: said it was proper, though, and Mrs. Craven said that the fact that Sepator Fair had “provided” for her was discussed, bu: she did not think the ex- act word ‘‘deeds” Was used. By “pro- viding,” however, reference was being made to no other documents than the deeds. Mr. Delmas now produced a scrapbook containine newsvaper clippings. and as | be walkeo toward the witness slowly he turned over the \xages in search for some particular page. When he had found it he had reached Mrs. Craven’sside. He placed the book in her hand and then proceeded | to frame a question. During the pantomimic part of this little occurrence Attorney Wheeler’s anx- iety was comical to behold. He did not want Mrs. Craven to see the book vefore being asked a question regarding its contents for fear her m-mory would be thereby refreshed, and he squirmed and bobbed up and down in his seat like a boy who was suffering from an overdose of green apples in his efforts to attract the court’s attention, “Ishow you some newspaper articles,”’ said Mr. Deimas, ‘“and ask you if you— “'I object! Iobject! Iobject!” shouted Mr. Wneeler. *The witness has got the book in her hand and is reading it. She's reading before I can gel a ruling on my sction. Iobject! Iobject!” Judze Slack, in his wonted calm ana deliberate manner, was proceeding to give a ruling, but was far 00 slow to suit Mr. Wheeler. Wy, look, your Honor,” he wailed, *she’s still reading that book—reading it this very minute, That's the very thing I'm objecting to.” Mr. Delmax, who was enjoying Wheel- er's discomfiture immensely, finally re- lieved that gentleman’s mind of its tor- | ture by smiingly directing Mrs, Craven | not to look lurther at the scrapbook. Tae court ruled that Mrs. Craven would be permitted to identify clippings of such articles printed in the local papers in 1895 as had had a teadency to influence her 10| keep the fact of the exi<tence of her deeds variially a secret. These articles con- tained interviews with Attorneys Lloyd and Knight and others, in which all of these gentlemen declared themselves s being in favor of probating the pencil wiil. Dropping the subject of clippings Mr. Delmas asked Mis. Craven to tell what her first source of iniormation was regarding the existence of a proposition to com pro- mise with hex for $500,000. Of course this was objected to—and so is everything else these days—but the court ruled the question proper. “The first I ever learned of the existence of the contract, she replied, ‘“‘was when my agent, Stepben Roberts, told me about i.” “When was that?” ‘Tle very day that I got back from the ast.” Continuing, the lady said that she sim- ply ascertaited from Mr. Roberis, her agent, the fact that there was such a con- tract, but she did not learn everything re- gar ing 1ts exact provisions until she sub- sequently interviewed Russell J. Wilson. - ACROBATIC MARVELS. How the Attorneys for the Heirs “Flopped” Regarding the P:ncil wilL, The newspaper clippings shown to Mrs. Craven by Mr. Delmas during yesterday morning’s session of the trial and identi- fied by the lady as matiers which, among others, prompted her to withhold hrl | ter, the same _appearing in the issue of | the late | boundary of | sireets as you may deem necessary and proper, deeas from the gaze of the attorneys for the Fair heirs, makes rather interesting reading nowadays in view of the present atiitude of tho-e lawyers as compared with that which they occupied early in 1895 as regards the so-called *‘pencil” will. One of these, for instance, taken from the Examiner of March 18 of tnat year, | contains an interview with Reuben H. Lioyd, one of the attorneys for the Fair virls, as follows: In this matter, shortly after the death of Senator Fair, reports reached the cars of his | children that their father had made & holo- graphic will. These reports were followed up, ana, in several instances. found to come from | Senator Fair himself. It was Jearned that he | ola differcut persons that he had made a | will. He to.d them that he had writteu the will bimse!f and also hos he had disposed ot | nis property. Seaich was made for this will, but just where it bad been depositea it was | 1mpossible to discover, uniii an accidental re- | mark reveaied the fact 10 the heirs that it had | been left in the poss:ssion of a lady, who, I will say, is weil, Widelv and most favorably known in this City. This lady was reluciant 1o have her name dragged into the case on ac- countof the notoriety, and naturaliy shrank from heving her name known, but, finally, and on the advice of her couusel thatit was her duiy to give this will to the children of Senator Fair, she gave 1t up. Immediately afier Senaior’s Fair’s death, in fact, the very next day, & will was filed which this lady presumed was the last will and tes- tament of Senator Fair, and she paid no more attention to the will in her possession until the will fiied here was stolen from the office of the County Clerk. Then, when the papers were fuil of that sensational event, she looked & the wi.lic her possession, aud, to her sur- prise, found that it was dated three days after the one thet had been Stolen. On the im. puise of the moment she sent the will out of the jurisdiction of this court, and it was only | ter we discoverea thatshe had it, and after | sbe had been advised by her counsel that it | was her duty lo present it 1o this court, that she sent for itand handed it to the heirs, and | I will present 1t to the court this morning. | The will was written_with a soft pencil on two sheets of paper. .. 3 This, I wili ndd, is a holographic will, exe- cuted In tne presence of two witnesses, who will be brought into court at the proper time. On the following day there appeared in the same journal snother interview with Mr. Lioyd, worded as follows : The three chilaren have joined in a petition | for the probate of this will and they area unitin their judgment that it is genuine. The girls recoguize the Dandwriting and the sig. | neture. and have no hesitancy in declaring it genuine. Fair wrote frequently with pencil., We have compared will with noend of | 1is bandwritiig end the resemblance 1s good throughout. The will bears inberent evi- dence of its genuineness, even if the proof of its execution and signing were not so over- whelming. We have folt right along that a later will, written by the Seuator himself, was in exist. ence, but we did not kuow in whose custody it had been left. . Actached to the above article was a statement emanating from one of Charles L. Fair's attorneys. It reads: Mrs. Crav n was up 1o Sacramento in the in- terest of the teachers pension bill, and she dropped the remark aboui the legicy to the pension func. Isent for her, and after a littie she toid me the whole story. 1 then sent her to Mr. Lioyd, and that is all there is to it, Mrs. Craven was a great {riend of Senator Fair, lived ior years at the same notel with him, and he wasa [requent visitor to her home. He | there wrote the wiil and gave it 10 her to Keep. She realized the fmportance of the matter but dreaded the notoriety that would neces. serily ensue. Hence sie hesitated to speak of the matter and 1o deliver ihe document into nds. Soe came by it houesily, and we persunded ner to turn it over to us, which sne did on Saturday last, in time for us to present it in court this morning. In Tue Cary of March 19 there appeared an interview with George A. Koight, rep- resenting Charles Fair, in which he said: | The accusation that the will is a forgery is absurd. lis history is a little peculiar, but no | one slould think jor & moment that reputabie attorneys would introduce it into court until | they had become thoroughly convinced that | it was genuine. The names of the attorneys | g the will ought to have cons:.derabia ght. Garber, Boalt & Bishop, Lioyd & Wood, Wilson & Wilson, and my partner, Mr. Heg ¥, and wmyseli would never sanction a | will. We invesig re we became satisf and we feel confident it is. In Tue CavLyof March 20 the same attor- | ney adued this positive statement to what he had breviously said: | The will is all right. The late Senator Fair | has been telling all over town that he had | made such & wiil. | In the same j urnal and on the same date Charles L. Fair himself affirmed the genuineness of tue *“pencil” will in this language: 1 think I cught to know my fatber's hand- | writing, and this talk about the will being a | forgery is absurd. Richard V. Dev, the trostee of the Fair | children under .their mother's will, made the following statement to a CALL repor- | d it thoroughly that it was genuine, tuat paper of March The handwriting of the will Is most assuredly that.of the late Mr. Fair, and 1 dow’t hesitate to pronounce the wiil geuuine in every | respect. 1 snould be familiar with Senator Fair'y handwriting, if anybody is. I was his secretary {rom—let me sce—anyway it was in the '60’s uutil 1884. 1 undersiood him thor- | oughly. We consuited together, dined to- gether, traveiea together. There is no doubt in my mind but that the | new document expresses the manner in which Senator wished to dispose of his estate. It was just like him to write this new | will. It was his way of doing things. MHe allowed these executors of the first document filed to thiuk that they had everything their own way, and then he went off and upset the whole matter by writing another will. Noth- ing could be more characteristic of the man. SOUTHERN PACIFIC WIRES. The Company Outlines Its Policy Re- garding the Underground Condauits Asked by the Supervisors. In response to the request of the Board of Supervisors that the various cownpanies using electric power to operate their cars send in suggestions recarding under- ground conduits the Sounthern Pacific Company has submitted the following: Gentiemen: In accordance with the request of | the bourd we beg leave to state that tue Ceu- tral Pecific Railroad Company msintains the telegraph poies and wices necessary for the operation of 118 various lines of raiiroad along Brannan street, from Ninth o Twenty-second, and from the corner of Second and King g Second to Market. That the Southern Pac.fic Company main- taios teiegraph poles and wires aiong Town- send street, Harrison street and the sailroad | right of way lands owned by the company | from the corner of Third and Townsend streets 10 the San Mateo County line, In ct to the conduit system in that portion of the City south of Market street we would respectfully suggest that the southerly such “sysiem be made the live of Howard street, and the westerly limit thereof be made the easterly iine of Eleventh street. In this connection we would require such righis to construci, operate and maintain a conduit system between Hownrd and Markes outherly and could substitute such conduit system for our present polls and wires within six months from tuis da e. .. ADVANCES made on furniture and pianos, with or without removal. J. Noonsn, 1017-1023 Mission bbb et The investigations of Weber have shown that the curiiness of hair varies with 1ts flatness. The flatter it is the more it curls. Curling-irons flatten the bair, AN AMERICAN GIRL OLD TO SLAVERY Laura Lee’s Narrow Es- cape From Living With Chinese. | A White Mother and Asiatic Father Traific in Their Own Flesh. Failing to Secure a Good Price in Chicago They Come With Her to This City. A most shocking case of depravity, the enslaving of a free born American girl, has been called to the attention of the Eureka Society for the Protection of Chil- dren and the ladies of the Methodist Chi- | nese Mission. The person in question is a girl 17 years of age, the daughter of an | American woman and a Chinaman. Her full name, Chinese and Christian com- bined, 13 Yee Gim Laura Lee, but she usuaily goes by the name of Laura Lee. Her father’s name is Ye Yot Lee and her mother's maiden name was plain Martha Bryant. The story of the young girl’s trials and tribulations is indeed pathetic and inter- esting. Back in Chicago nearly twenty years ago the strange union of the Chris- tian American white woman and_the hes- then Chinese laundryman took place, and little Laura was ine first issue of this | 1 strange mesalliance. In time three boys | and anot'er girl of mixed biood came into the family, but Laura was the principal one of the brood, for she helped her pa- NEW TO-PAY—DRY GOODS THE CLOSING DAYS SO ET THE NAZE § CLOSING OUT SALE Only a short time now and all the croakers and I told «* you so’s will be disappointed. The Maze will close its %2 doors in a very few days and forever. To-day we offer you what you’ll never buy again for the price. | The Flower Carnival. Sprays of Flowers and Foilage at less Cloaks and Suits. $20 Tailor-niade Suits.. Tailor-made Suits. money than you can buy them in their $10 Talior-made Suits. ural state. Come and see the dis $12 Long Coats. ....... 10 Old-style Suiis... . and Foilage............8¢ a bunch $25 and $30 Imported Capes 25¢ bunches of Apple Biossoms......10¢ SJc bunches of Bluets. es of Marguerites % unches of Purple Motning Glo- ries c a Rose, 50¢ two Velv all colors X 35¢ buncnes of Silk Poppies 50¢ burches of Silk Clov:r 50c Sprays of Pinks And many otaer ki - 19¢ Downstairs A few steps—soon they’ll be closed to forever. Traverse them as often as 20¢ Turkish Towels for o 0:-Turkish Towels for 4. 15c¢ Linen Huck Towels for 1 Damask Towels for . 30c Hemmed Huck Towe 25x44.. . k. Table Linens 1 % 61 c Flannelettes for. Z Ok; Stc Wash Dimities for... Bud and Leaves g et Roses and two Buds, you PS you ever went up or 3 19¢ ds at like prices. Dress Goods. These we offe: at a price that if yon rents in their labors of washing, ironing and delivering the linen of the people of | Chicago. Even at the early age of 10 yearsshe | kept the accounts in the strange charac- | ters of her sire’s language, but old Lee bad ‘‘cousins’ who became interested in | the girl as she approached womankood, | | and they began to lay plans as to how she | could be turned to the most immediate | profit, in & monetary sense. | They followed the teachings of their race and decided that she must be sold, | or they more politely pat it, be married | off to the best advantage. Thanks to the efforts of Laura’s Chris- | tian friends the father was unable to de- | liver the goods, for everywhere the girl | went she was accompanied by halfa doz- | en white friendsof the church. It was | told to the girl that she had been sold for | a handsome price, something be- tween $2000 ani $8000, and that her| father had received all, or nearly all, of | the purchase money. There must have | been some truth in this story for an at- tempt was made to kidnap her .one da; while she was walkinzz the streets of Chi- caro. The matter was investipated by the | police, bu the difficulty was settled out of court. About two months ago the mother| brought the family to this City, the| father having preceded the others by sev- eral weeks. Ou the advice of Miss L. A. Hill, the deaconess of the Chicago church, Mis{ Laura put her church card into the Powell-street church in this City. Iu tuis way she came 10 know Miss M. Lake of the Methodist Chinese Mission, to whom she told the story of her ironbles. Miss Lake thought she saw trouble ahead for the girl, as the little deaconess | bas had much experience among the Chinese of this City. The first signs of trouble made their appearance several weeks ago, when the mother compelied the girl to attire herselt in gaudy Chinese garments and have her picture taken therein—a sure sign that another attempt would be made to “marry’’ her to some man of money. The picture of the bride is always sent to the groom, but the grooms’ photo is never sent to the bride. The next move on the part of the parents wss to take Laura into the presence of tie secretary of the Sam Yup Company, and from the conversation between that per- son and her mother the girl learned that she was once miore on the auction block, a numan slave in a free country. | There is still one very aark chapter in | this story, and that the defenseless young | girl escaped uninjured is ineed remarks- | ble. A few nights ago the mother made | her child again dress in Chinese attire | and go to a place on Jackson street, but | for what purpose is not fully understood | by the ladies of the mission. Other Chi- | nese women were there, but no men. The impression seems to be that the place is | intended for the subduing ol refractory | women and girls, who are made to under- | stand that they must consent to become the “'wives' of whoever their owners and parents choose or expect something worse. Laura realized the situation and deter- mined to assert her rights as & free-born American citizen. She protested so vig- orously and demanded with so much force ! that her American garments be restored to | her that the keeper of the place thought | it best to send for the giri’s mother. Her | own clethes were given to her and she | lett the place. Miss Lake was infomed | | of what had taken place and decided that it was time to act. She sent for Secretary F. A, Holbrook of the Eureka society, who, accompanied ! by Officer Moulton of the Police Depart. | ment, went to_the residence of the Leoe family, at 14 Prospect place, near Ciay street, and took the girl away. She wus only 'too glad to g0 with ner friends. | They went to the City Hall, where Mns‘ Lake applied for letters of guardianship over the girl. The mother did not yield up her daughter without a strugsle, for she made a vizorous protest against giving up her child. The latter showed her American spirtt by plainly telling her parent muny facts that must have been vary unpleasan to hear. and the most direct was that she Kaew the life that her parents intended that she shouid lead. The apvlication will be consiiered later. Laura went back to the mission, where she is likely to remain for some time to | come. She is a bright, pleasani-faced | voung woman, but she bears the Asiatic featnres of her father. When seen st the mission yesterday, she siated that in ali of the transactions looking to her enslave- ment, her father s:emed to be aimost wholly advised and directed by his many “cousins,” and that her mother seemed more desirous of facilitating than prevent- ing their operations. 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TELEPHONE JESS1E 1695. | wreen Telephoas Churen” 16, 10c Lace Effect Wash Lawns. .. would buy a dress under any cireum- ok; 10c30-inch Sheer Printed Wash Fab. | Stances will tempt you In the histiry o 4 rics.. . 3 5 3 5¢ | Of Dress Goods no Such ruinous prices &4 100V, fek. 11 Gize | have never been kuown. 12550 52-inen Striped Figured Lawie + | 20¢ College Checks, Plaids ana Fancy R g b2 55 Goods 50¢ Novelty Dress Goods. .. gc | $1.50 Novelty Crepons > renadine Suiting, 50 inch $1.50 Flake Crepons............. “5e and 85¢ Changeable Taffeias. 15¢ Printed and Lace Effects in Wash GOOdS....... 35¢ Linen Wash Lace Openwork 4 45¢ Imporied Organdies. ... [/ 0c Fine Tissue Wash Effects Oc Crown Lace Wash Effects. . flects 1n Guipure 90-inch Chenille Coveriugs, formeriy H s 5010 &8 B1, 10-08Y.-.. o ~50¢ The White Fair. Ladies’ Muslin Underwear aad Corsets for less than the cost embroidery. enals 1 the muslin and These prices are phenom- Kid Gloves. $1.50 La Mazeno Suedes............ 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