The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 14, 1897, Page 4

THE SAN FRA CO CALL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 1897. SCHORTEL] DIED EARLY AT NIGHT His Body Was Already Rigid When Seen by Menke. VIEWED THE CORPSE AT DAYLIGHT. Testimony Contradicting the' Widow as to the Time of the Tragedy. SHERIFF LYNDON's VISIT TO WATSONVILLE. Learns That the Woman’s First Husband Could Not Have Com- mitted the Murder. N JOSE, CAL., Aug. 13.--Sheriif Lyn- don returned to-day from a three days’ trip to Santa Cruz County, whither he| went to ascertain, if possi whe i Rancher Schofield had gone and what he | did on the occasion of his journey to Wat- sonville and other pol y s in the county. | Dan Dutcher went with him to Watson- ville, but daring most of the time spent there was not in his emplover’s company. The Sheriif ascertained that Schofield made the rounds of tke saloons, drank heavily, went to bed iate at night, but| had no difficulty with anybody. The | main objectof his trip, judging from the | remarks he let drop at intervals along the | cocktail route, was to find and chastise | Charles Johnson, his son-in-law. 1n or-| der to protect himself from an assault by | Johnson, he carried a rifle. Not finding | Johnson, and his spare cash having van- | ished, Schofield concluded to return | home. The Sheriff also spent considerable time in making inquiries as to the whereabouts of Albert Mann, Mrs. Schofield’s first | hushand. It had been reported that Mann | was in Watsonville on the day on which | Schofield arrived in that town, and if such | i | were the case it was among the probabili- ties that Schofield had met and insulted him and that threats of been mede by Mann. Interviews were had with friends and acquaintances of Mann in Watsonville, Santa Cruz, Soquel, | Boulder Creek and Corralites, and the in- i formation was gleaned that Mrs. Scho- | field’s first husband had not been in Santa | Cruz County for several years. ! Oue other thing concerning Mann was | learned. He had lost one of his hands | while worhing in a mill a short time be- | fore his depariure from the county. The | most convineing proof of Mann's absence | came from the Marshal ot Watsonville, who for some time has held a warrant for his arrest on the charge of leaving the | county for the purpose of defrauding his | craditors. At tee time of Mann’s trial for kiliing an Italiaa in Santa Cruz County he was defendea by Judgze Smith, now occupying the bench of the Superior Court. The Judge’s fes was never paid, and the warrant was issued when the re- port was current that Mann intended to shake the dust of Santa Cruz County irom his feet. Dr. J. I. Higgins’ testimony regarding | the condition of Schofield’s body three hours a:ter the tima fixed by Mrs. Scho- field, Dan Dutcher and Irving Mann as | that of the murder, receives something stronger than corroboration at the hands of Mr. Menke, a teamster. He was haui- ing wood on the morning of the tragedy and stopped at the Schofield ranch at 6:30 o’clock. The murder is alleged to have | 5 0’clock. When | Menke viewed the body 1t was cold and | This, in the opinion of medical ex- seems to point conclusively to the hat the killing was done on the aft- vengeance had n or evening of ¥riday. Good rifle shots scout the idea that Schofield was killed by a rifle bullet fired irom within the woodshed. ‘ihey say thai the force of 4 Winchester cartridge woull drive a bail through a man’s head and a four-inch plavk in addition; that if a rifle bullet accomplished the deadly work it must have been fired at a consid- erable distance—further than from the | house, even. As yet there is no positive ! proot, outside of the statements of Mrs, | Schofield, her son and Dan Duicher, tnat | a ritls was used. The bullet extracted | trom Schofield’s skull was so battered and disfigured thatitis well-nigh impossible to | say whether it came from a 44-caliber rife | or a 4l-caliber pistol. If the murderer | waited yithin the shed for his victim and | used a pistol instead of a rifle when Scho- | field’s form came into view, then the ball might have failed to pass through the | head. Sher ff and his deputies have been 4 employed for days in working up clews and gathering evidence for the ex- | amination which will take place to-mor- | row at 1 r. M. before Justice Pinard at | Madroune. Mrs. Schotield had visitors all this after- | 100 Two sisters—Mrs. Wright of Wat- sonville and Mrs. ack of Los Gatos— cume to see her shortiy after luncueon, and they were fol'owed by the prisoner’s two brothers, T. W. Himes of Soguel and J. R. Himes of San Francisco. “I nave been advised to say nothing atout the trageuay,” said Mrs. Schotieid to The CALL representative this “When I take the stund to-morrow I am #willing to tell all I know.” “You won’t refuse to state what you know about Mr. Schofield’s movements | on the Friday before hisdeath?’ “Noj; he was in the house most of the time. He was not feeling well and kept to the lounge a greatdeal.” *Do you know why vour late husband d siiked Porfirio Patton?” “He had no good reason to dislike him. Portirio always acted like a perfect gentle- man when he calied at the house or was ! about the place. He had a great respect | for children. Why, he couid have shot| my husband the time of the difficulty, but | ne would not do it. He said 10 me that | Lie could not sboota man down with his | children around.” “In what other ways did Porfirio show his good will toward your family 2’ “When our stock would get away he would come and tell us aboutit. He was very kind to us that way,” “‘Are you sure you never saw anybody who looked like Mr. Schofield’s mur- derer?” *‘He did not look like Porfirio Patron. I can tell you that much. He wasa much larger man than Porfirio; broader and darker and taller. But he might have been ‘Black Jack’ thouzh. ‘Black Jack’ was broad d stocky, and he had just such an evil face as the murcerer had. Tuis man wore a beard, thouzb, and ‘Black Jack’ did not. But then two vears evening. | “Why don’t the officers try to find ‘Black Jack’? Why are they always looking for some one else? He was just the sort of man to shoot from ambush. “There’s another thing I want to sav,” she continued, *‘and it’s about those cats. One paper said that I locked up all the cats on the place the night before the murder. It's not so, and I can prove it by balf a dozen people. The cats were caught and locked up the next morning after the murder so they could not get at tne body.” ; After the interview with Mrs. Schofield the Sheriff was asked if he made any search for *‘Black Jack.” “We are not hupting ghosts,’ was the reply. **‘Biack Jalk’ died eight months ago.” | REACHES STUCKTON PENNILESS. Gray-Haired Woman Deprived of the Wages Earned by Fourteen Years of Toail. STOCKTON, CaL., Aug.13.—A lifetime that approaches near the allotted span of threescore and ten, spent in honest servi- tude; and now, asthe curtain hidingthe unknown is about to be lifted, in the shadow of the County Almshouse! Such, in brief, is the history of Barbara Barkett, a white-haired German woman of 64 years, who was founa by the police about 10 o’clock this morning wandering aimlessly about the lower warehouses on the water front. She had come from San Fran- cisco on a river steamship this morning in quest of work, and, becoming confused, strayed away from the business portion of the city. Work had been promised her by a Stockton woman whom she met in San Francisco. The latter'saddressshe had mispiaced, and she gotlostin trying to find it. For fourteen and a half years Mrs. Bar- kettiapored and toiled forone family, that ot Louis T. Teiwert, near Clements.” Her wages, she claims, are still unpaid. She had faith in her employer’s ability to pay, and thought ber wages would be safer in his hands than on devosit at scme bank that was liable to fail.. But Teiwert died insolvent. Mortgares for money borrowed consumed every piece of property he owned, and Barbara, at the age of was again penniless, with no chance of recovering a cent of the money due for her long years of faithful servi- | tude. She was to-day sent to the County Hos- pital to await the coming of her daughter from San Francisco. Wakefield Landing Open to All. STOCKTON, CaL, Aug. 13.—Jjudge Budd this forenoon rendered a decision in the long-arawn-out litigation between the Califurnia Navigation and Improvement Company and the Union Transportation Company in reference to Wakefield Land- ing on the San Joaquin River. The old company claimed the exclusive rizht of landing under a deed tor the land on which the landing is located. The court held that the banks of navigable streams are for publiz use, and that a contract for an exclusive right to uve a landing was against public policy and void. The de- murrer 10 the complaint was sustained. B BERRY HANGED AT FOLSOH. The Colored Murderer MKounts the Gallows With a Smile Upon His Lips. SACRAMENTO, CaL., Aug. 13.—James -1y, a negro, who murdered his wife at Modesto on May 19, walkea from his celi in Folsom State prison this morning, mouuted the gallows with a smile on his face, and plunged through the trap, dying “dend game.” Berry evidently welcomed death, and up to the time when he swung at the end of the rope he evinced the preatest delight at the near approach of death. This morning the corridors ot the great stone building re-echoed with his merry laugh, and he cracked jokes with the meh keeping tie deathwatch. When Warden Aull entered his cell to read the death warrant Berry luughed and declined to hear it. Berry was a cold-blooded murderer, and never -xpressed the slightest contrition for takin. the life of his wife, of whom be was extremely jealous, but, it is claimed, without the slightest grounds. Af.er the shooting he gave himself up to the anthor- | ities and said he was only too willing to suffer the extreme penalty of the law. P el FRACAS IN A (AKSON COUKT. Woman Calls Hie Honor Names and Fights All the Officers. CARSON, NEV., Aug. 13.—There was an exciting scene in the Justice courtroom this afternoon. John Anderson was being tried for assault and battery on Mrs. Dan- iels. He claimed that she had robbed him of his watch and that he recovered it by force. When Attorney Bannion asked her if her house was not oune of iil-repute she threw an inkstand at him and began heaping abuse upon him. The court or- dered her to stop and she called the Jus- tice a “'dirty cur.”’ He ordered her taken to jail for contempt. Officer Brown attempted to arrest her, but she fought like a wild animal. The cxy of *“Murder,’’ raised by tne daughter, brought al! the county officers and they ali took a hand in subduine the woman. She hit County Clerk Tyrrell in the face, kicked Recorger Ellis tn the stomach and | fought the Deputy Sheriff and the District Attorney to a standstill. It required six men to get her out of the courtroom and into a cell in the County Jail. Theexcite- ment brought nundreas of people to the spot. R il Al GUARDING AGAINST SUICIDE. Embezzier Buja’s Gward Fear That He Wilt End His Life. SANTA BARBARA, Can, Aug. 13.— Detective Gibson of San Francisco ar- i rived here 10-night to take charge of Nicholas Buja, the embezzling cashier of L. Bcatena & Co. He will leave on ithe morning train with his prisoner. Buja refuses to make any statement. His guard last ni:ht tried 10 draw him into | conversution, but without success. So feariul are the authorities that Buja may take his life that they give him only tin articles to eat out of. He reccived a mes- sage to-dey irom his mother, who told him to keep up his courage, as they were doing everything in his behalf. ja has made every effort to induce the Sheriff to return (0 him the woman's picture taken from him, going so far as to cftera $250 diamond pin for it. ST Camp Santa Monica’s Last Day. BANTA MONICA, Car., Aug. 18.—This was the last day of Camp Sania Monica, and the National Guardsmen have aiready begun to scatter, though ‘“‘general’” wiil not be sounded until atter breakfast to- morrow. In the opinion of all who should know most about it the camp has been successful in many ways, and not only demonstrated the aptitude of the various companies of the First Brigade, but taught many valuable lessons. Target- shooting was kept up most of to-day, but the results are not yet given out officiaily. Company M ot Riverside distinguished itself for the marksmanship of its mem- bers. BT P Placer Nativex Will Celebrate. AUBURN, CaL., Aug. 13.—The several Native Son paclors of Placer County will jointly celebrate Admission diy on Sep- tember 9 at Forest Hall, the largest of this county’s mining camps. Big prepara- | tions are being mude, and it is alreaay evident that the celebration will be the have elapsed since the man threatenei to kill my husband, and he might have grown a beard in that time.” Tnen Mrs. Schofieid indignantly asked: e largest ever held in the foothills. In the vote for Queen California, tie result thus far places Miss Minnie Hez 1n the lead, with Miss Ellen Keenan a close second. TNG STREAN OF VIRGIN GOLD Greatest Lost Mine in the Worlds of Fact and Fiction. An Old Arizona Prospector’s Remarkable Feat of Imagination. Unspesakab'e Wealth That Pours Down the Sides of a Crater In the Coapah Mountains. PH@ENIX, Ariz, Aug. 13, —Leonard J. Court, one of the oldest and best-known prospectors and mining men on the fron- tier, is in this city arranging for what he declares will be the most stupendous gold expedition ever known since the Spanish conquestadors invaded the treasures o the Incas. Court is the owner of several promising claims in this Territory and the discov- erer and developer of any number of prop- erties in Arizona and the Mexican State of Sonora. H-: has been somewhat guarded in disclosing his present hLoves and plans and is a man of retiring and reticent disposition. He consented to be interviewed by THE CArn correspondent to-day, however, and his most remarkable story is given in his own words. “It may seem a lLittle boastful in me to say it,”" began Court, “but I have every reason to believe that the expedition Tam now arranging for will return to Phenix within six months laden with more pounds of virgin gold than will ever be taken out of the Klondike in the lifetime of the young member of this genera- tion. *“This is really a lost mine story and I must go back to the year 1874 to give you a comprehensive history of it. Those were the days of silver, you know, and I had outfitted for a prospectiug trip in the Cocopah range in Western Sonora. On the old Eltar and Yuma trail, about where the Mexican line crosses or perhaps a little south of it, I was set upon ana robbed of my entire outfit by a band ot Sonora brigands—we call them ‘rustlers’ now. I wasin great luck to escape alive, for I had been foolish enough to show fight against about a dozen Mexicans, I plunged head forward into a cactus thicket and was safe. I knew something of the country and after hours spent in extract- ing cacius spines I began to wander off to- ward the foothillsin search of water. I found water, but was for nearly four days without a morsel to eat On the evening of the fourtnh day I reached an Indian set- tlement in a littie green canyon half way up the mountains and about one-third of the distance between the Eltar and the Colorado rivers. They proved.to be peace- able, kindly disposad natives and I was given the freedom of the rancherie with regulur meals and nothing to do but roam around among the hills as I pleased. After a week or so of resting I began to take my bearings and look about -me for signs of outcroppings. “One day [ wandered to the summit of the range, where I obtained a magnificent view ot the Sonora desert on the east and the Guif oi California westward, I stood there admiring the strange, beautiful scene, made weird and awful by the rough, barren nature of mountainsand the immensity of sea on one hand and desert on the other. As my eves wan- dered to the different pointsof the ccm- pass finally in a southeasterly direction they saw what appeared to be an immense crater on the side of a distant peak. I started along the summit, impelied merely by curiosity, to visit the queer-looking bole. Wken Ireac ed it I found it had a depth of about 2000 feet, with almost sheer walls of smooth lava and minerals that had run molten at no very distant date. The crater was oval in shape, per- haps half a mile in length and about half that distance in wiath., The sun, ghsten- ing upon the many-colored minerals and lava streaks, made a wonderful chro- matic effect. But 1 had seen other spots like thig— they were common enough in ths Soth- west—and I was retracing my steps, in- tending to return early to camp, when my atiention was attracted by a something that seemed to b2 moving down the side of the centerin one oi the big fissures or cracks in the otherwise smooth walls. It was long and siender, and appeared to be moving rapldly. I could not sce it all, for 2t places it fell bevond mv range of vision in the fissure. The thing glowed. I could have sworn that it moved. I could see it in big spots from perhaps half way up the wall clear to the botiom, and all these spots corresponded in color and glow and motion. 1 believed them to be all parts of one continuous object that moved. “It was getting late now, and I could not £top to investigate. I asked the In- Gia"8 about 1t, and they ai once held up thei” hands in terror and declared that I had Seen the great vevoia of the Coco- pahs, They warned me never, never to get within sight of it again, and declared me to be the most fortunate of mortals, having seen the vevoia and being yet alive. “ said nothing further, but the rattle- snake theory did not satisfy me, and curi- osity drew me ‘o the spot early again the next day. I got as close toitasI could from the rim of the crater. Itdid look a preat deal !ike a big golden and black rat- tlesnake. I have seen them of exactly that color—but the size of it! Can you imagine a rattler 1000 feet long? I could not. Idecided to geta nesrer view, and after some difficulty found a smaller fis- sure that ran slantingly toward the fissure in which the serpent, or whatever it was, moved. Many times in the descent I lost sight of the object, butat I s, turning abruptly, the thing was fairly upon me, I shuddered, but curiosity got the better of fear. I was bound to know what it was. Besides, T had noticea that it kept moving always in the same direction and always in the same spots in the same fissure. I argued that it would not be likeiy for such a large monster tochangeits steady course of travel for such an insignificant thing as a man not =ix teetlong. I approached it cautiously, but could not have kept away from it had I tried, for the thing had an awful fascination for me. “Atlast it was within a foot of me. It moved onward and downward as ever, ob- livious totally, of my presence. I stood watching the strange, awesome thing. I admired it. It was beautiful to look unon. At last, marveling somewhat at my own aaring, but seemingly led on by a power stronger than my inclination, I stooped and put my hand upon its pretty back. Eeing so enormously long it could not suddenly entwine itself about me. I vr- gued. Then my hand touched—what—? “I jumved back in a hurry. It was cold and clammy, like the scales of a serpent, but there was no hardness, no resistance. The moving mass was soft. My hand sunk intoit. Itparted and poured over my hand. Strange to say I was not horri- tied, as I expected to be, only fascinated the more. “] s100d looking at the moving thing and wondering what it could be. ‘Impos- sible!" I said to myself, as a thought came into my head, ‘but I'll try it.” “I stooped again, bending my palm nd fingers into a scoop—and—yes, it is solemn truthl—I raised a part of that woving thing in my hand and my eyes. “It was fine shot gold—virgin gold. I had intercepted a stream of pure gold running out from the bowels of the earth 1000 feet and then disappearing from view at the bottom of the crater. *I was astonished! 1 was dazed! was—but pshaw! 1 have never yet found the words that would express the smaliest part of my amazement, my more than delight, my almost superstitious dread, at this wonderful discovery. *But 1 didn’s hesitate long. 1 pulled off my socks, placed one carefully inside theother, and held this hastily arranged bag under the glowing golden stream. It was filled in an instant, and then I took the hem from the bottom of my overalls to tie1t securely. I placed my bandanna handkerchief in the crown of my som- brero and filled it with the precious stuff. The hatband was strong enough, when torn off, to bind this packace. Then I filled my pockets from the living yellow stream. *‘Laden in this way it took me several hours to crawl back to the summit. Another hour or two saw the product of the crater serpent sajely cached on the west- ern side of the mountains. Then I went back to camp and tried to imagine my- zelf nothing more than a poor, lost pros- pector, but at night 1 dreamed of golden visions. “‘Well, T stayed on at the rancheria for a coupie of days to disarm suspicion, and theu early one morning set out for Guay- mas. It was a long journey, heavily laden as I was with treasure. I traveled only at night to avoid the brigands and at last I reached Guaymas in safety. ‘There I sold enough of my treasure to pay for a passage to Mazatlan. At Mazatlan Isold more of the dust to pay my expenses across Mexico to Galv ston, where I took the first steamer I co.ld get to New York. **At the metropol where I converted the remainder of the gold into a bank ac- count, I found that, deducting a certain percentage for loss in handling and pack- ing the dust, [ must have lugged off about 100 pounds of it. Anyway, L cleaned,up $200,000, and in tho-e days that was a for- tune. I thought I was rich for all time, and I started in to have a good time and see the sights. *'Oh, no; that’s not the end of the story. Yes, it is true that we are now going down into Sonora to relocate that living stream of virgin metal, and this will make my third sight of it. I will tell you very briefly about the second time: “You see it costs money to see things and be a good fellow in New York City. 1 took a run across to London, Paris, Rome, Venice, Monte Carlo—but that was ex- pensive, too, and i dida’t like those places as well as I dit New York, nor New York as well as I did the plains, the desert and the mountains. *I was nearing the end of my pile’ and panting for the old trontier life again, when I ran across Pete Kitchen in New York. Hewas the tirst man I took into my confidence, You have heard of Pete Kitehen, the old-time plains teamster ? *'We'll organize a comgany, stock it for a couple of hundred thousand, get a ship and go down there and bring back a thousand millions of it,’ said Pete, when I had convinced him that my story was true. *‘We did organize a company, and I put $50,000 cash into it—about all I nad left. On 'the 17th of July, 1876, the oid whaling bark Narraganset sailed out of San Fran- cisco harbor with a crew of fourteen men all told, bound for the vearl fisheries in the Gu!f of California. You can find the entry on the books at the Custom-house. We cleared for Guaymas, where we were to take on the pearl divers. “Of course, Guaymas harbor never saw the Narraganset, unless she had been there previously. We kept ont in the gulf until opposite where I reckoned the crater with its siream of living gold to be; then at low tide we beached her. Vithout much difficulty I led the way over the sumruit to the crater. For three months, then, the crew of the Narraganset worked manfully at the aifficult task of loading. We carried the stuif out of the crater in small leather sacks that held about twenty-five pounds each. We had thousands of these sacks made expressly for the purpose, and we filled every one of tnem before we thought of leaving. And then, before we did leave, we filled every poasible cask or kegor box on board. We were loaded to the gunwales when we finally turned her prow southward and sailed carefully to the mouth of the gulf. We were loaded too heavily, in fact—that's always been my opinion, though I'm a poor seaman at best—for the gale that struck us off San Lucas drove us onto the rocks. Nota man but myself was saved, for the small boats were swamped by the maelstrom that raged as the Narraganset keeled over and went down on her side. I clung 10 a spar and on the following day was picked off, nearly unconscious, by some native fishermen and taken to San Lucnas. “Now, if any man knows of a greater lost mine than the one I know of, I am willing to vlace him at the head of this expedition I am oufitting and have him lead the way,”’ said Mr. Court, and then he added, “We are going overland this trip. No more sea voyages for me.”” CONFLAGRATION AT MODESTO, held it to - Business Building Covering a Half- Elock Destroyed With 1heir Contents. MODESTO, CarL., Aug. 13.—A fire broke out in the rear of Miss Brock’s millinery store, near the corner of Tenth and I streets, last night, and the flames were not subdued until a half block of business houses, with almost all their contents, were consumed. Quite a strong wind from the northwest prevailed and wafted the 1ntense heat, breaking windows in substantial brick builiings on the corner of Tenth and I streets. For more than two hours the Fire Department worked vigorously to prevent a spread of the flames among adjacent frame buildings which could not have been saved had not the wind favored them. The buildings destroyed were occupied by Tucker & Perleys, abstract and insur- ance business; Miss Springsteen. dress- making; Miss Brocks, millinery; M .nnear & Young, cyciery; Charles’ Minnear, barber suop; H. W. Short, cigar stand and news depot; G. W. Elsey & Co., fur- niture <tore. The total loss is estimated at $15,000, and the insurance at $6000. The origin of fire is unknown. g sl Burglars Crack a Mesa Safe. MESA, Ariz., Aug. 13.—The safe of Vernon & Spragu» was opened by expert cracksioen last nivhi and several thou- sand dollars’ worth of valuable papers, mainly promissory notes, were taken. The safe had to be blown open this morn- ing, as the comb natiop had been changed by rhe burglars, who seem to have had no difficulty in striking the old combination. A man sleeping within twenty feet, with only a thin partition between, was nqt disturbed by the report. The first thing seen by Sprague on entering the office this morning was the emply cash-drawer lying by the closed safe. No money was lost, as the firm’s funds had been placed in the bank the night before. The police believe the burglare to be experts from large cities. PIs B Back in Modesto's Jail. MODESTO, OCan, Aug. 13—J. N. Phillips, the horsethief who sawed his way out of jail here last Saturday night and who was captured by Sheriff Purvis on Monday and lodged in Stockton jail awaiting the compleiion of repairs to the jail here, was brought back to-day and securely ironed to prevent any future out- break. e bl Zo Meet St. Helena Farmers, ST. HELENA, Carn, Aug, 13.—The date when the lecturers from the Agri- cultural Departmen: of the University of California shall meet the farmers of this vicinity for the discussion of borf cultural and viticoltural topics has been set for October 13 and 14. | | | | Joe Harvey. FARD AND GRAP GANES RAIDED Officers Swoop Down Upon Sausalito’s Gamblers. Outifits Seizad and Nearly a Score of Men Placed Under Arrest. Neat Executlon of a Coup Carefully P.anned With the Ald of Detectlves. BAN RAFAEL, Can, Aug. 13.—The farc, roulette and crap games that have been running in J. E. Slinkey's El Monte Hotel in Sausalito for the past month were to-day raided by offiders under Con- stable Sutton of Novato and Captain J. J. Callundan of Morse’s Detective Aczency, acting under instructions from District Attorney E. B. Martinelli. The dealers, players and outfits were all captured. The raid was carefully planned and executed with considerable skill. For over a month the knowledge that a faro game was in operation in Sausalito has been common gossip. The town authorities reiused to take any action be- yond instructing Prosecuting Attorney Adolph Sylva to notify the county officials that such a game was running. This he did, and Shen{f Henry Harrison went 10 Sausalito and visited EI Monte. His search was fruitless, and then Distrlct At- torney E. B. Martinelli took the matter in hand and called in the aid of the Morse agency, which sent detectives to Sausalito. These men spent a number of days in the town, mingled with the gamblers and scon fourd that the faro game and other aevices were in full opera- tion. Then it was resolved to raid the place, and accordingly Martinelli planned with the detectives to seize tke outfit this afternoon, Twelve good men were selected and sworn in as deputies by Constable Sutton. This party left San Francisco on the 11:30 o’clock boat this morning and arrived at Sausalito at noon. Half of them visited the gambling hall, spotted the players and mingled with the crowd. Everything was in operatior. The faro table was being heavily blayea ana the roulette wheel and crap game were in full blast. At 1:50 o'clock, by a prearranged plan, the signal was given by the captain in charge oi the officers to close the doors. Immediately the officers rushed to their places, while those on the outside guarded the windows and doors. So quietly was the raid accomplished that for twenty minutes the peopie on the outside were not aware that it had been made. Within the gambling ball all was excitement. The doors were barred and the sixty odd vlayers were trapped. There was no avenue of escape, and the officers ordered the men to drop everything and stand where they were. One or two who disregarded these instructions were tapped Wwith the clubs in the hands of the officers. Backs were produced and all the casb and chips in sight were scooped into the bags. The outfits were seized and the men were kept prisoners until the Chief's arrival. The raid had been planned so as to take place just as the Sausalito boat came into the slip. On the boat were Captain- Cal- lundan, Constabie Sutton and District At- torney E. B. Martinelli, who then took charge and directed further operations. The gamblers wera lined up, and those whom the detectives had seen playing or dealing were held, while the balance were allowed to depart.- The money captured was counted. At the roulette game there was $266, at the faro game §458 and at the crap game $261 75—a total of $985 75, The men, officers and money were ihen hustled into three buses, and the pariy left for San Rafael. Sixteen men were taken un- der arrest, and when they arrived at San Rafaei they were bundled into the courtroom of the Superior Court, where they were placed under guards. The excitement in Sausalito was intense when the buses with their loads of pris- oners started for San Rafael. The streets were full of gamblers, but not a hand was raised to release tue men. Warrants for the arrest of the guilty persous were sworn out before Justices Rodden and Gardner. Most of the men gave fictitious names. The establishmont was conducted by Among the players arrested were Georee l,-wison, A. Smith, George Marks, Harry Unler and other sports. This evening the cases were called be- fore Justices Gardner and Rodden. He burn Wilkins appeared as attorney for « arrested gamblers. The men in each case were released on cash bail, supplied by William Dormer. Dormer isa weli-known sport. This aiternoon, after the raid was made and the men arrested, he sent a dis- patch to the City and a messenger came over with a sack of gold and greenbacas. This was the money used to bail the men out. The cases were set for Tuesday at 10:30 o'clock. Tue names given by the men were as foliows: *'Jucs” Morse, E. Brooks, Tom Brady, W. Harrison, George Marks, O. P. Jackson, Jumes Jones, J. Nicholas, R. Davenport, O. P. Marun, C. Rotang, 8. Billings, James Lewis, A. Meyers, Emil Kiser, E. Retters and Harry Unba. AT CsmP SA¥iA KONICA. The Browns and the Blues Engage in a tham Battle, With Victory for the Former. LOS ANGELES, Can, Aug. 13 —Yes- terday was an eventful day at Camp Santa Monica, for the expected s:am battle was iought out on a line that did not take ali summer. The officers will not admit that it was a sham battie, but say it was a real exhibition of feld evoiutions in minor tactics, but the spectators in civilian clothes preferred to call the event by the shorter title. At 8 A, M. two mimic armies left the camp by different routes to maneuver over the hills and me.:t at some point to be determined later and fight a decisive battle with blank cart- ridges. One of these armies, designated as “The Browns,” under commaund of Colouel Schieber, commanding two bat- talions of infantry, a piatoon of light ar- | tillery (with flags insteal of cannon), and a troop of cavalry, marched to the Sol- diers’ Home, and thence started out on a tour of reconnoissance. The enemy, de«ig- nated as ‘“Ihe Blues,” wasin command of Major Prescott, and consisted of one bat- talion of infantry, oune rlatoon oi the ml\ms kind of artillery and & troop of ecav- alry. Ti:e Blues went first toward Santa Mon- ica Canyon, thence took a stand on a plain, where they waiied for something to turn up. The Browns finally appeared in full strength and gave battle, ‘oih sides displaying much strategy. Volleys of musketry were kept up for some time, and the umpires decided that the Blues were vanquished when the contending armies returned to camp. No accident occurred daring the day. On the polo grounds near the camp there were competitive company drills this afternoon, Companies H of Ventura, L of Banta Ana, M of Riverside and I of Pasadena contesting. No decision was given out, but the contest lies between Ventura and Pasadena. Target practice is being kept up regularly and some good scores are being made. a2 There is a good-natured rivalry be- tween the infantry and cavalry. This is the first time there has besn a cavalry troop in a National Guard camp in South- ern California, and the foot-soldiers have fancied that the horsemen feel superior to them. Nothing but gocd nature has yet marked the mtercourse of the two branches of the service, and the rivalry is more ap- parent than real. & A series of comnetitive drills yesterday gave much instruction 1o the guardsmen and entertaiument for the visitors. The morning was devoted largely to driliing by the troopers on the cavalry street. Target-shooting is kept up regularly and is developing some good scores. - Thus far Private Huddleson has done the best, making a score of 61 out of a possible 71 points. As the medal must be won three times by a competitor before it becomes his property permanently, and twelve men are competing, there are small chances of a private ownership of the guerdon. Companies B, F, H, L and M have concluded their shoot, Company M being ahead with 257 hits and 900 points. The officers in charge of the target prac- tice say this beats the State record. ol n YOUNG KAPUS CASE, Cause of the Delay in Bringing Crim-= inal setion Against Him. LOS ANGELES, CAL., Aug. 13.—The only explanation given for the delayin bringing a criminal prosecution acainst Johin W. Kapus, the youn: financier who disposed of so many claim vouchers of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company, which were denounced by the company as for- geries, is that the holders of tue worthlcss | paper still have hopes oi getting their mouney back. Just before the scheme of Kapus was made public the young financier sought to pacify some of the most importunate of his investors by drawing checks in their favor for amountsdue. Unfortunately for all concerned Kapus had no money in bank and these checks were as worthless as the vouchers. In drawing these checks on banks where he knew he had no de- posit young Kapus made himself doubly liable to criminal prosecution, and that fact will be turned to advantage by hold- ers of his worthless paper, who have said in a way that cannot be mi<understood that he must seitle or go to jail To-day Kapus has been making an effort to induce his friends to indorse his | paper to the extent of about $35,000. As | security for the repayment of this he | promises to bring suit against the Pacific | Coast Steamsnip Company for the total | amount of the outstanding claim vouch- ers, in face of the fact that they huve been declared fraudulent by Goodall, Perkins & Co. This latest financial move of young Mr. Kapus has not yet been attended with success. In the meantime a detective is his constant shudow. e DOINGS OF THE BUTCHERS. Business ciation Sessions of the A Hav: Been Fintshed. LOS ANGELES, Car, Aug. 13.—The Butchers’ Association has wound up its business sessions, which were all held be- bind closed doors, and given out the re- sult of its deliberations as follows: Communications were received from Portland, Seattls, San Francisco and Marysville asking for charters, which were granted. Grand Treasurer Asselin of San Jose | tendered his annual report, showing cash on hand $25681 90; expensss during the year, $6422 50; baiauce on hand, $19,- 359 40; membership in good standing, | 1164, The election of officers resulted as follows: Past erand president, Wil- liam Rettig -of Oakland; grand pre dent, Albert Winter, Tos Angele: grand vice-president, . M. Asselin, San Jose; grand treasurer, Joseph Lyons, San Francisco; grand marshal, W. J. Stokes, Sacramento; grand guard, Nick Lirasco- vich, Stockton; grand trustees—Wi Hoefer, Ban Mateo; Gus Roemer, Oak- lany; Charles Reusinger, San Francisco; grana secreiary, Ben Davis, San Fran- cisco, —_— I OFFICIALS IN A QUANDARE. Feeblc- Minded Angelonos May B Turned Out of the Home. LOS ANGELES, CaL, Aug, 13.—The District Attorney ana the Board of Supervisors are 1n a quandary as to what shall be done in regard to the inmates of the Home for Feeble-minded People who ‘were sent there from this county. The last Legislature passed alaw to the effect that each county shall pay $10 per month toward the support of each person it sends to the home. Before tnis charge can be made, however, the Superior Court must recommit the patients who are now there. This the courts of Los Angeles have refused to do, on the grouna that the home is out of their jurisdiction. The authorities here have recently re- ceived word that unless the monthly al- Jowance is forthcoming the twenty-iwo Jpatients from this county will be tarned out. The six Superior Judges are now | away on their vacarions and nothing can b: done. The District Attorney has written to the home officials asking for a little more vime, until tke courts can be convened again and more definite action taken, RUNS AWAY /FKuUM HOME. Driven to Desperation by Her Mother’s Intemperance, LOS ANGELES, Can, Aue. 13 —Isa- bella Chevanton, a giri of 15 years, ran away from home because her mother, Mrs. Biauche Chevanton, was habituaily intemperate and persisted in sending her child for beer. The girl’s nature revolted at her surroundings and she ran away irom home, The humane officer took her in charge, and now the mother is seeking to regain possession of her by babeas- corpus proceedings. The court to-day gave | the girl into the temporary charge of Rey. | C. 8. Billings of the Third Congregational | Church. The girl begged to be a/lowed to stay in charge of the humane officer a: the city jail, as she said sue feared her mother would kill ner. ! — TWENTY YEAk: 45 FOLsOM, Sentence of Williams, the Gallant Los Angeles Highwayman. LOS ANGELES, CaL.,, Aug. 13.—Quick justice has been dealt to one of thg two highway robbers caught last week as a re- sult of the gallantry of one of the pair, who, in politely tipping his hat to an | actress, permitted n mask to fall over his! face. George Williams, the man who had | no police history thatcould be dug up, was convicted on two charges o1 hig wa_;' robbery and was given a total of twenty years in Folsom. His partner, George Bassett, who is a paroled prisoner of Sar Quentin, will be tried next, and his pre. vious bad record will have something to do with the length of his next term in prison. 4 Bountiful Fruit Crop. SAN DIESO, Can, Augz. 12.—Horti. cuitural Commissioner Cnester Gunn has just retarned from a tour of his distriet in nmi c:‘:mty. He estimates the apple crop o e Julian apple belt al 100,000 boxes, the rnlsisgrop of l‘:locn:j x.nl Vulley at 130 carloxds, and says there wil} be 150 toas of dried peaches e. his distriet. xported from ever known, The crop is by far the largest ARMY REGULARS AT GAMP BUDD Rough Riders From the Presidio Arrive at Santa Cruz. Will Share the Outing of the Third Brigade of State Militia. Presence of the Cavalry WIill Add to the Interest in the Coming Encampment. SANTA CRUZ, CAL., Aug. 13.—Prepara- ticns are complete for the encamnment of the Third Brigade, National Guard of California, to begin here on Sunday moru- ing and continue for ten days. During the past week the advance guards of the Second and Sixth regiments, composing the brigade, have been busy arranging the camp grounds and erecting tents and stabies. To-day the Dolphin athletic grounds have the appearance of a real soldiers’ camp, for the arrival at noon of the Fourth Cavalry, United Staies army, from the Presidio at San Francisco put life into Camp Budd and made the begin- ning of what wiil be an event for the ¢m- tertainment of residents and visitors. Tne presence of the United Siates cavalry will add interest to the camp and be an object lesson in insiruction for the Salinas cav- alry, National Guard of California, which wiil be here to-morrow. The regular army cavalry left the Presidio on August 10, in command of Captain Lockett. The Third Brigade Infantry companies, sixteen in number and ag-regating 1X men and officers und-r command of Brig- adier-General Miller, will arrive on Sun- day morning at 6 o'clock and go at once inio camp, The following are the brigade officers: Brigadier-General M. W. Muller commanding, Third Brigrde, Fresno; Lieutenant-Colonel T. J. Hay, assistant adjutant-general, Third Brigade, }fremo; Colonel F. A. J. Pedlar, surgeon, Fresno; Major F. S. Rice, inspector, Bakersfield; Major Joseph E. Terry, quartermaster, Sacramento; Major von Peterdorff, com- missary, Bakersiield; Major T. E. Lune, inspector of rifle practice, Stockton ; Major W. W. Donglass, signal Sacra- mento. The regimental officers of the Second Infantry are: Colonel J. W. Guthrie, commanding, Sacramento; Lieutenant- Colonel E. A. Forbes, Marysville; Major W. H. Curson, First Battalion, Woodland; Major Marion Pirkey, Second Battalion, Wiliows; Major F. L. Atkinson, surzeon, Sacramento; Captain W. W. Greer, adju- tant, Sacramento; Captain L. P. Tooley, assistant surgeon, Willows; Captain Hanna, assistant surgeon, Sacramento; First Lieutenant J. A. Robie, battalion adjutant, Sacramento; First Lieutenant J. G. Lee, battalion adjutant, Woodiand; First Lieutenant A. Plant, quarter- master, Davisyille; st Leeutenant Si- monds, commissary, Nevada City; First Lieutenant L. ¥. Pirkey, inspector of rifle practice, Coiuse. The regimental officers of the Sixth In- officer, fantry are: (olone: S. 8. Wright, com- manding, Fresno; IL-eutenant-Colonel C. Chisholm, Fresng; Major G. G. Grant, Stockton; Major R. J. Whitmore, Mo- desto; or P. N. Russell, surgeon, Fresno; Captain O. Scribner, adjutant, K¥resno; Captwin F., P. Clark, assistant surgeon, Stockton; Captain W. H. Briggs, chaplain, Stockton; First Lieutenant A. W. Johns, battalion adjutant, Modesto. There.is a large number of visitors in town from the various places represented by the National Guard, especially from Sacramento and Fresno. SACRAMENTO, Cin, Aug. 13.—Troop B, cavalry, of the Th rd Brigade, left by special train to-night for the encampment at Santa Cruz. They wer: accompanied by their mounts and carried full equip- ments. To-morrow evening the Sacra- mento infantry companies will join the companies jrm Nevada City, Marys- ville, Chico, Colusa and Woodland, which will come from their respective localities during the day. Duing of Hunysr in New York City. NEW YORK, N. Y., Ang. 13.—Eight starving persons have been reported here in the last ten Adavs. Two of them, too proud to beg, have died of hunger and others have been taken to the hospitals, e ] D] ¢ — OU REALIZE THAT YOU ARE DAILY getting to that point where “Manliness” will be gone forever? 1f you don't, it is about time that vou woke up from sleep, which will €OSt yOU YOur Very existence some day. —YOU— Yes, you think that all other men ara mortal but'yourseif. Make no such mistake as that. You arz mortal, too! Why do you go on with tlioseshaking nd trembling hand-, when they might be steady and firm as a rock? —KNOW— One thing more. Sleeplessness is weakening and were you asked to tell the trath you woul have to admit that you don’t sleep well. 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