The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 27, 1897, Page 5

- THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY. AUGUST 27, 1897. MISS CRAVEN | O THE STAND She First Saw the Disputed Wills While in New York, They Were Sent to Her by Her Mother for Safe- keeping, Baroness von Turkheim Lends Peace to the Session by Not Put- o ti ng In an Appearance, 1ld have thought that Attorney ever had an ounce of trouble in if his appearance and in the Fair case were to asis for the formation of an nas cin smiling and bowing cour- to his associates just as if the kheim never existed and tten his pallid che e ( 's proceedings promise to | n on the wit- ell the co w about the di 1cil” will and other erest to her mother. s ever in her mother’s quite naturally had 1, But even then the wit- notk ularly new, a simple evidence. ant state- ew York 1895 she mother in the informa- od to her a most she wished 10 laid_away very that Mrs. t Attorney Wheeler r that he was de- cil will. He said he ters written by Senator continent and ns of the t the will, and e had found counter- and scratch in the nt. that more than sle times.” re- Mr. Whee- over the will that s almost in ecstasies.” larly not that ink will. Mr. told me that the; vi'h the genul ts, but they ectly sat of the do s, Te will to the otier. it would be better not to let t the copy existed and ca ything ab : y were com- se toget er to examine as to tue information I id I must not tell anybody a living soul.” 0 the cccasion ef the move- probate the “t wil! ment, the wit- ugat the at- double “with her, W heeler in order to Mr. Wh ncil He toid her eputation at Stake nd his honor be- ter her interests o it that she was her rights. Wilson, continued aret, was another good friend, he put 1t in her naive w Mr. Wi n informed Mrs, Craven in 1ce that the contract by wh as to be pzid by the heirs for the ender of the lady’s claims hud a flaw 1 was not worth thie paper upon as written. ended to use his influaence with to have them do the reference to the contr d Mrs. Craven that sne would fina 1e end that he was the be:t friend she e actress was next guided to ge John R. Aitken’s deal- Craven. She said she re- inat he called at their home ently about the middle of lasg She heard him tell her motber that ted ber show bim toe dis- some time in January or 1895. He said he could not fix late, but was quite sure that he deeds during one of thoss two i.e recoll months. The witness contradicted Aitken’s story rezarding @ visit ne says she made fiice in company with Judge Den- Aitken said Miss Craven had the ed deeds with her on that occasion. aven now said she not only did not hem then, but never in her life haa 1e deeds in her possession. After a few questions bad been asked nd answered regarding Mrs. Craven's irip to New York, where she joined the the direct examination came to to his son. ross-examination of the fair wit- s was not the bitter gruelling that had cen .antcipated. There was a desire’ ong the attorneys for the plaintiffs to the buck” on this proposition. aamire and even like Miss Mar- rd none hungered for the unpieas- Mr. Mitchel final- Iy accepied the job with much reluctance, but when he got down to business it was y that he was not anxious to in- displeasure of the witness. About « did was to ask her to be a little more rding several of her state- then excused her. adjonrnment the attoraneys in e and Judge Slack had a talk as to what issues should be submitted eventually It was agreed that the fol- should be he di wing Were | the ideas conveyed: sputed deeds signed by Fair? lawiully acknowledged? Was irarcy between Mrs. Craven, and Notary Cooney 1o loot The vahidity of the *‘pencil’’ will is to be considered only as a collateral matter. The poorer and cheaper varieties of snuff are sometimes made from refuse stems and leaves, ater the packuze | | | | | Despite this, how. | 0'clock in the PRETTY MARGARET CRAVE NEGLECTEDBY THEIR PARENTS Ib a ir ) covered with vermin. The baby, Evaline, | 8 months old, was lying in what had once been a baby carriage. It was sucking A . e = its little thumb, and its face coula bardly | Four Little Children- Leftfis s irmpant tednee sonla herlvy ; ) black with dirt. The bea in the back | Alone in a F]lthy room, in which the children slept, an: its covers were ina similar filthy condi- tion. The floor was strewn with dirty Tenement- | raes, inhabited. s Luttle Ed ears old, was without ATy e pauts, or or stockings, and a‘ter 1 R R Mr. Holbrock had dressed him so that S - g e society cou'd look at him without teing tale Bread and Rough-on-Rats shocked the little fellow proceeded to Within Reach of All of Them. m Invasion of a Drunkard’'s Home Where ¥ front room, in a while the other lez wa Wills and Deeds. N Tells What She Knows About the Disputed v the fatber and mother in their drunken narre! They are Mr. Ye eatc T se er g but his hone, ana that of a bright hue ith an alcohol brush, 3r. Holbrook found the ¢ most fiith 0 | ih h a the baby carriage, which nost pathetic way, is little d d on the bab ead and stroking it lovingly. nd the fac: that he had only one shoe on bare di¢ not at all aar his likeness to a cherub. There were o flies on the baby now, and it seemed to be contented lying in the dirt and staring Misery, Hunger and Filth Abide. ¢ avely at the officers. The S8-year-old rl, Hazel, sat near the head of the bed, rying and frescoing her face with black and Mrs. Fred | Comr ton is a painter by trade, but | "#¢b. al months past has painted noth- | hildren in the | condition and | he did in a | went to work in the California Canning s establishment a1 $5 per week s the landiord had threatened to throw them out of ihe lyouse Mrs. Yeaton paid him §3 on Saturday night on account. ‘ Since they hat begun to wo k they had left the house at a quarter of 8 o’clock in the morning and did not return until after they got through at5 ¢'clock in the evening. During the whole of this time the children were left alone to amuse themselves as best they might. Secretary Holbrook, assisted by L. E. Moulton of the same society and” George Delmer, special officer of the Society for the Protection of Amimals, took charge of the littie ones, and the parents were sent for. fessed to be surprised that the house had not been cleaned up. It was a brilliant attempt at bluffing, but it te.l short, for the reason that hous cliuning was not wanted so badly as child- cleaning. The bu-band camge also and took matters very coolly, as he. smoked a cigarette. Both parents called attention to the fact that they had left bread and milk and 10 cents in coin for ihe chil- dren. They seemed to be obl.vious of the | filthy condition of the bedding and of the children. When Mr. Holbrook announced that he was going to take the children away the mother wept and screamed, but she and ber husband were placed under arrest,and | | | tary Hol- | A pitiable case of innocent little chil- dren neglected by drunken parents was earthed terday by brouk of the Fureka Society for the Pro- | tection of Children. He found four chil- | dren—the eldes' 8 years and the youngest | 8 months—left alone in a wretched hovel | from 8 o'clock in the morning until 5 | ag, with a half louf of stale bread, a little milk and drowned fl es, a box of rough on rats and a bottle of | chloroform tiniment on the bureau. | The children were found in two wretched | rooms, at 359 Dore street, between Ninth | and Tenih, Bryant and Brannap streets. Toe plaster had beer knocked from the walls in many places by missiles thrown a7 | | 7% IR/ i X {/ H & 1 Z k it [ b who could walk. The Four Children of Fred Yeaton | @ in tbe Den From Which They J » We ¢ Rescuzd. smudge made by had been crying, the combiration of nuckles and fears. Seven-vear-old Nel- e ~at near the foot of the bed. Ehe, 100, i and there were ile ves of mud all over ber features. The box of rough on rats stood on the ureau within reach of the three children Some of it had been sed, but not by the little ones, The rent of this wretched hovel was §6 er month, and up to last Saturday night ot a cent of it 1 ad bean paid for eleven I | | il \1‘\‘“‘. with the little ones were bundled into a police patrol-wagon and taken to the police station. The babies were taken to | the Youth’s Directory, where they will be | cared for and w1l await the action of the | Eureka Society ior the Protection of Chil- dren. Mrs. Connolly, a sister of Mrs. Yeaton, informed the officers that Yeaton was a drunkard and of no account ior himself or his family. Did Not Commence Suit, A warrant was secured vesterday in Judge sachimsen’s court for the arrest of H. S. Davies, an attorney in the Murphy building, ona chargeof misdemeanor embezzlemeut. The comp/aining witness is Mrs. Annie Bur- rowes, who alleges that she gave Davies $3 to commence suit in the Justice® Courtfor the recovery of some money due her and that he failed to do so. — e e New Car Company ¢ flicers, The boards of directors of the Market-street Reil Company and of the Gesry-sireet Railway Compnny held a reguiar meeting yes- terday for the first time since the death of the late Colonet Fred Crocker. They elected Will Crocker 10 the vacancy occasioued by his brother’s death, and H. E. Huntington™ was elected president of the Geary Street and Park | months, A week or 8o ago the parents | and Ocean Railway. When the mother airived she pro- | |A RESPITE I3 4D FOR HLL Judge De Haven Refuses to Grant a Writ of Habeas Corpus. The Execution Stayed by an Appeal to the United States Court. It Is Hoped That the Governor May Be Induced to Exercise Clemency. Evidently the Supreme Court of the United States is to become the receptacle for the criminal business of the California State courts, for again has that body been asked to interfere Lo prevent the hanging of amurderer. Yesterday afternoon, at 5:30, application was made to District Judge De Haven, in chanibers, for a writ of habeas corpus in the case of Benjamin L. Hill, the Oakland wife murderer who was to have been hanged this morning. The writ was asked for on the grounds that new and important evideace bad been found whereby it was hoped to prove that Hill was not only insane at the present time, but that he had killed his wife in the heat of passion over her actions. Judge De Haven deciined to issue the writon the eround that the petition itself showed that Hill was not entitled to it. Immediately following the denial of the writ Attorney Eugene Deuprey and M. C. Chapman, for the petitioner, filed 2 mo- tion for an apreal from the decision to the Supreme Court of the United States and the Judge gave the order allowing the appeal, ordering that the vetitioner give a bond in the sum of $500 for costs and damages. T.T. Dargie and H. H. Lynch qualified and entered upon the bond and the papers were duly filea before the clerk and the order granted. Dewitt Hill, brother of the condemned man, and Mr. Chapman took the gasoline isunch Augusta and carried the Deputy United States Marshal to San Quentin, where the papers were served upon War- den Hale at about 11 o’clock last night. When asked iast evening upou what crounds the appeal was based, Mr. Chayp- man said that additionai testimony had been discovered regarding Hill which he believed would induce the Governor to commute the sentence. He said that it could be proved that the prisoner was andoubtedly insane and thar there wasa hereditary taint of insan:ty in him. He also said that he believed it could be shown to the satisiaction of the Governor that Hill had killed his wife in the heat of passion over her avowal of infidelity. There was other testimony which wauld also have a bearing in influencing the Governor’s action. If the matier reached the Supreme Court of the United States, in the event of the Governor reiusing to grant the com- | mutation, it would be shown there that | the man had not_been properly tried and that the Police Court of Oakland was not a lezal body and consequently not entitled to file information with the Superior | Court. He asserted that three similar cases had been so decided by the State Supreme Court. and believed that the present case was even stronger than the others. - Jater Declined to Interfere. SAN QUENTIN, CAL., Aug. "nrd was received at the bpenitentiary’ this morning in ihe shape of a telegram from Lieutenant-Governor Jeter that he would take no action in regard to staying the ex- ecution of Benjamin Hill, sentenced to be hanged to-morrow. Captain Edgar and Chaplain Drahms conveyed this informa- tion to the condemned man, who is con- fined in the deuath ccll under the surveil- lance of the death watch, Guards John D. Jones and John Miiler. When Hill was told that Lieutenant. Governor Jeier had sent word tbat he would not commute his sentence Hill's only reply was, “‘Praise the Lord.” The man whose execution is set for to- morrow is passing his final hours without showing the slightest sizn ot fear. He has seen only the prison anthorities, and if ne is executed to-morrow no one will know what last word he may have wished to send to the outside world. No represen- tatives of newspapers have been allowed to sce the prisoner, and Warden Hale hasre- | fused any reporiers admittance to the! death chamber. Chapiain Drahms was | with the murderer for over an hour this aiternoon. Hill is spending most of | his tlme in reading his Bible, and does not | fear to go to the gallows to-morrow. Harvey Allender, who is also in the death chamber, is quite different. While ne spends a greater part of his time in religious devotion he is fearful of the day of execution, and some doubts are ex- pressed as to whether he will go to the zallows a brave man. Hill, whose execu- | tion will take place in the morning if nothing prevents, is guilty of a terrible murder, although those who profess to know about it say that he was driven to it. | His wife proved unfaithful and taunted | him with it. He stood this until it be- came unbearable, and then in a fit of tem- per he shot her. He was tried and con- victed and sentenced todeath. He was received at San Quentin June 9, 1897, and has been a model prisoner, and no com- plaint has been made against him. His brotber and sister-in-law have visited him frequently and their devotion to the doumed man has been marked. The Salvation Army people have also taken a great interest in his welfare. The latest word that has been received from the condemned man is that he is spen i- ing his last night with that same apathy that has marked his entire term within tne precincts of the big penitentiary. Cap- tain Edgar says that seldom has & pris- oner condemned to die showed the nerve and utter carelessness that has been ex- hibited by him. Tue man has an iron nerve and whether he dies to-morrow or not he will be known as one of the gritti- est men that has ever occupied the death chamber. Hill and Aliender are confined in the same ce!ll and the death watch is alert to their every move. They are in the same cell that Durrant was con- tined 1n. Deputy United States Marshal Monck- ton arrived at 11 o’clock on the tuz Au- gusta with the notice of the appeal to the Sunreme Court of tne United States. When the news was broken to Hill he and Allender were in the condemned cell reading the Bible together. Hili turned to Allender and said, *It will be your turn next.” Allender replied that he didn't care; that he would ‘‘as soon die first as last.” Abused a 1 oatb ack. Eugene Dugan, 526 Harrison street, was abusing Civinele Cavenele. a bootblack, at Third and Howard streets last night by strik- ing and teasing him, when he pulled out a | pocketkuite and sleshed Dugan on the left arm. Dugan was inken to the Reefivln? Hos- pital, aud the 100 black was arrested for as- sault with 2 deaulc weapon. The Rosy Freshness And a velvety softness of the skin is inva- riably obtained bg ho Complexion Powder. hi: NEW TO-DAY — CLOTHING. REI!)IP‘QL SALE _Now you wil/ have to hurry up. 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