The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 6, 1897, Page 10

10 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, IPTEMBER 6, 1897. THE GOULD LLIONS [N DANGER An Oakland Lady Says the New York Heirs Are Tllegitimate. OF A MIEMGHT TRAIN. STORY The Magnate Said to Have Ac- knowledged His Early Marriage, 600D FORTUNE OF A TRAMP BY. Saved by a Philanthropic Lady and Afterward Married the Puta- tive Heiress. OARLAND OFFrce SAN FRANCISCO CALL) 908 Broadway, Sept. 5. | Jay Gould’s millions are not yet safe to hie children, and if a considerable share sbould yet go to his daughter, Mrs. Jo .n Pierce, it w be largely due to rhe testi- mony of Mrs. Busan J. Fillmore, wife of Luther Fillmore, of this c Mrs. Fillmore said to-day that her sworn ctatement, on record in New York, is true in every particular and can be easil proved. She also says positively that the statement of Mrs, Angell that she (Angeli) was not the wife of Gould many years ago is the utterance of a woman who is evidently crazy. Mrs. Fillmore was shown a story sent out from New York in which Mrs. Angell is said to have denied thut she ever mar- ried Jay Gould. The case is still pending in the N York courts, and the testi- mony taken Canada and in the West made things look particularly bright fur the claim s to the Gouid estate. Among the depositions none were so strong as that of M more, who swears that sbe knew Jav Gould had a daughter, and that Gould told her so, many years ago. Mrs. Fi rore is rather indignant that an attempt should be made to cast doubts on her sworn statement. She has a very good recollection and is prepared with in facts and data to substantiale ail that she has said. The story sent from New York 1s very lavored and has evidently been written for the purpos= of prejudicin : the case of Mrs. John Pierce. whom Mrs. Fillmore swears s the daughter of Jay Gould. Mrs. Fillmore says she is fully conv it with the | facts and tbat the ern storv is a ro- ance from beginning to end. There are just a few facts in it, visionary, whereas Mrs. Fillmore is abso- lutely -unprejuciced, is & great friend of the Gould fami and has been for forty years and only give the testimony in her deposition with great reluctan ce. Mrs. Angell, the mother of Mrs. Pierce, is reported to have said in “I never was married to Jay Gouldl. No, I married a man named Derusse in Champlain in 1853, and a fine bit o a man he was, too. He cam he came near having $5,000, Mrs, Plerce is my own ch Derusse. She is my danghter. Mrs. Walker, could not say she was present when Mary Jane was born, for mother sent all the children out of the house, away, until it was all over. My sister is only six or seven years older than my daughter. No, Derusse was not home when the child was born; he came home 1wo or three days a.terward. Then, if I bad been married to Jay Gould, bow could I havte married John Augell whle he lived? What kind of a wowan do they take me for auyway ? “Yes, I think I saw Gould once or twice when I was a young girl and he was looking around the<- parts. Well, how about my daugiter? Just this way. I never had any education and I made up my mind she <hould bave learning and be brought up a lady. After her father died 1 gave her toa family by the name of NEW TO-DAY. Improved store- keeping and facil- ities. Larger stock. More light to show goods by —and see by, this 1s to what we Invite you now. Fall 1897 Brokaw Bros’ clothing Rogers Peet & Co’s clothing overcoats suits trousers full dress suits Tuxedo suits Inverness overcoats ulsters bicycle and golf suits dress suit cases grips satchels steamer rugs traveling shawis livery for groom and butler morning gowns house coats office coats bar and waiter coats uen’s all wool suits, all sizes, perfect Aiting, extra well made, gooad value, $10.00. Boys’ long pants suits, single and dou- | ble breasted sacks, in mixed and plain colors, good value, $7.50. Boys' reefer suits, latest styles, very jaunty, §3.50- HATS HABERDASHERY latest styles of course. ROOS BROS. 27-37 Kearny, corner Post. ., bat much thatis | an interview: | Fillmores and Who Married edged Was His Daughter. JOHN FIERCE, the Tremp-Boy, Who Was Pefriended by the the Girl Jay Gould Acknowl- Morton, living in Rid geway, Canada, and | they brought her u T- as Mary Jane M { ton, and she is married to a very good man and well-to-do, living out in Wvom- |in | F‘How did Iever come to hear of the ulas? Well, this wav; some twenty vears ago | heard that a very dear rela- tive of mine was in trouble, and I went out to Caldwell., Mo., where she was, to see her. 1 fountshe had been betrayed, under promise of marrizge, and that the father of the child was a near relative of the Goulds. Then when they came to me to prove myself Jay Gould’s wife I Gould, never said that I had, but I felt that T had a right to some of that mon and if George Gounid would only come 1o see me—he should come—I would explain itall, and this thing would die cut. You see, to suve the other party they put it ail on my shoulders.” “If Mrs. Angell said that,” said Mrs, { Fillmore to-night, “she is crazy. She is even childish. I know that woman is his daughter. when en route to New York to attend the wedding of my gra gher. We had stopped at Rock Springs, W Filluiore sent for me 10 come into the dining-room. of our special car at the time. When I went in there sat a woman with Mr. Fill- | more. He sai ‘Did you ever sce this woman before |~ Never, I reniied. “Well look ¢ 0-e and see if you know | her,’ he insisted. | “‘Well I never saw her’ I replied. ‘Why don’t you introduce me? Don’t act s0. looks like’ he said, and they both |lavghed. With that I turned and looked foll'in ber face for the first time. ‘Take vour bat, please? I asked, and she o. Isaid, ‘Why, thatis a Gowd! I I saw any one ook so like Jay G in my life. There were the cowlic | her torehead, the coarse hair, and even | Gould’s nose. 1 then learned from John | Pierce that he did no: know who his wife was when he married her. They haa been marriea six years. I was in Lara- mie, Wyo., about that time when my son- in-law, Mr. Dawson, was drowned. John | camein 10 see me. We bud not s for nine years, and he told me of | riage. A bout a year after she toid him all about it. She was then about 40 years of age. | “AsT stated in my deposition, the posi- tion of yohn Pierce is a remarkable one. Fitteen years ago a cold, hunery lad came to our home in Laramie from Council Bluffs, from which place he had run away. He told us he was iramping to California, bri-htalad as L ever met. He lived with us for nine years and then went back to his oild hom:. When I next heard of him Miss Angell, as she was then known. “John P.erce is now in charge of the Rock Springs Coal Companv’s works at that place at a salary of $175 per month. He has olten said to me: ‘What would I have been on the gallows.’” I brought him up as a Christian and he has honored me in his life. He never would do anything that was not perfectly square. “l have known Mr. Gould intimately since 1857. It wasthen that he told me that he was married to a woman in North- ern New York and that he had adaughter. We were riding together in a caboose on one of Mr. Fillmore’s trains when I was introduced to him. Itwas a cold night and we were sitting around a roaring firc in the caboose wuen the conversation turned upon my family. He remarked that I was 100 young to have a family. 1 asked if he had any and he said, ‘Oh, yes; Ihavea wife and child in Northern v York.’ T joked him about his wife know- inz of him keeping compuny with anotner woman, but he did not answer. 1 bave seen him often since and know every fe ture and peculiar.ty about him. In 1862 lsaw the announcement of his wedding to Helen Mller in New York, where he had gone and encaged in the siock bu ness. Iasked Luther when his wife nad died and he said he did not know. Whea 1tirst met Plerce after his marriage was when my son-in-law, Mr. Dawson, was drowned six yearsago. Then he showed me his wife's picture, which had been taken when she was a girl. 1 paid no at- tention to her any more than to make something over it for John’s sake. Now Mrs. ell says Mary Jane Pierce was a daughter of hers by a man named Derusse, to whom she was married before she married Angell, and that the girl was alopted by the Mortons. Weil, she 1s par.dy rigni. Mary was taken and euucated by a family of Mortous, who piomised that when she was 18 she should come home. At that time ske di g0 to her foiks. John and she were mar- ricd later and came out to Rock Springs, where they still live. ‘“‘Pierce once 100k his wife down to the train when Gould a:d Sidney Dillon were passing through Kock Springs over the Union Pacific. He iound Mr. Gould and sa:d to hum, ‘This is your daughter, Mr. Gould.” Gould issa:d to have given the woman onelook and said, ‘Yes, yes, I see, Lsee,’ and hurried into his car, with in- structions to the trainm n to leave town atonce. That is the only time any of the family were ever known to bother the Gouids. “If any doubt exists as to whether Mrs. Pierce is the aaughier of Jay Gould, she bas only to be looked at by those who knew Mr. Gould and they would at once see wbose child she was. Certainly no one else was her father. Neither can any story told by a woman evidently crazy make me bejieve that Mr, Gould was teil- inz 2 dehberate untruth that cold nicht in 1857 when he admitied 10 me that he bad a wi‘e and child.” Mrs. Flimore is a great friend of the "never swore that I nad ever married Jason | I met her iast three years ago | o., when Mr. | I was n the sitting-room | {'‘Look at her closely and see who she | but, although only 15 years old, he was ss | he was married to Jay Gould’s daughter, | have been had itnot been for you? Iwould | when 2 years old and cared for, clothed | | Gould family. They have been intimate | for a generation, and Mrs, Fillmore is not | at ail anxious to talk about matters that | are very unpleasant to the present family of Goulds. Siie gave her sworn testimony | from a sense of duty to the Pierces. | Should her story be accepted as truth, it will make all the cniliren of Jay Gould illegitimate and will cause his miilions to | revert to Mrs. Pierce and her mother. CAST UP BY THE SEA Body of Mate August Johnson | Found on Oakland’s ‘ Beach. Probably Met His Death by Drowning, | as There Are No Marks of | Violence. | | son, mate of the barkentine Irmgard, who lost his life ina mysterious manner while retarning to his ve accompanied by a sailor known as ‘‘Three-finzered Jack' | Benjamin on the night of August 22, has | been cast up by the sea. the beach yesterday morning, near the Oakland stockyard, Wiiliam Davis and | Morris Brazel, two boys not over 14 years old, recovered the body. It was removed to the Morgue and the clothing carefully searched. In his pockets were found pieces of paper with the name of the ship Irmgard, San Francisco; August Johnson, seaman; Schmidt, captain. Tue tace of the dead man was badly decomposed, which rendered it unrecog- nizable, The description of the body, however, tallies with that in the posses- sion ol the police, and there is no doubt but it is that of the Irmgard’s mate. A thorough examination of the body was nade at the Morgue, but no marks of vio- lence were found. All the bones and the <kull were intact, and it is the opinion of | all who examined th~ body that death re- sultea from diowning. The night the mate met his death a The decomposed body of Auzust John- | Waile playingon | [ | some Phelan fountain to the City and the | BEAUTIFIL bFTT0 THE CITY Phelan Fountain Presented | With Unostentatious Ceremonies. A MAGNIFICENT PIECE OF ART. The Event Was Marked by Its! Simplicity and Quiet= ness. N0 ORATORICAL DEMONSTRATION. The Work of the Deaf and Dumb | Sculptor Was Admired by Thousands. | The ceremony of presenting the hand- Native Sons of the Golden West took | place yesterday morning at 11 o’clock at the junction of Market, Mason and Turk streets, and it was the most simple that has ever occurred in this City. There had been arranged by the Native Sons a procession of the several local par- lors and music, but when Mayor Phelan, the donor of the fountain, became aware DOUGLAS TILDEN, / 3 ‘< TAE SCULPTOR, Unveiling the Striking Fhelan Foun‘ain (n Market St S'reet Gore. beautiful gift, and thauk you in the City’s behalf for the same.”” Thereupon Grand President George D. Clark vulied the rope that lifted the coverins off the tall shait, and there was exposed to the view of about 1500 people the graceful shaft sur- mounted by the statue of Victory, and having on the Market street front the figure of a Native Son carrying the Stars and Stripes over one shoulder and having over the other a pick. Both figures are the work of Douglass Tilden, the deaf and dumb artist. Afier the people had got a view of the splendid gitt threa cheers were given tor the donor, and in a few minutes after that the sculptor was introduced to the assamblage by Grand President Clark. The sculptor acknuwledged thanks that were given for bim by a gracefu: nod of the head. One of the interested spectators was Irving M. Scot!, who, when he saw the two figures, viewed them with the eve of a criuc, and declared that each is a mas- terpiece of the sculptor’s art. Those who were most interested in the | simple ceremony then wandered away, and an hour later met at the Delmonico, where the donor of the fountain, which is typical of the Native Sons of the Golden State, was tendered s bauquet by the com- mittee that had arranged for the proces- sion. Tuis commirtee consisied of Lot F. Byington, J. K. Hawkins, G. H. Dryden, W. D. Sheaand W. J. Pheips. Those who occupied seats at the table were: the guest of homor Mayor J. D. Pholan, Lrving M. Scott, Supervisor A. T. Rottarzi, Douglass Tilden, Colonel J. F. Burgin, George D, Clark, grand president; Henry C. Gesford, junior pust president ot the Native Sons; Past Grand Presidents John T. Greany, Robert M. Fiizgeraid, W. H. Miller, Frank D. Ryen, Joseph K. Hawkins, F. A. Cutler and Louis F. Bying- ton: Grand Trusiees Judge R. C. Rust of Amador, grand oraior; C. O. Dunbar, grand marshal of the Santa Rosa proces- sion on Admission day; W. H. Hazell, chairman of the joint 9:h of Sepiember celebration; Lyman T. Fenn, treasurer of the same bodv; W. J. Phelps, Willis 5. | Polk, G. H. 8. Dryden, A. Eberhart, Bruce Porter, Colonel William P. Suilivan, W. J. Phelps. W. D. Shea, Neil C. Whyte and Louis de Rome. The menu that was presented was en- tirely Californian, including the cigars which were of leaf grown in this State. It was an_excellent menu, and after it had been discussed there were no set toasts, but short addresses were made by nearly all present in response to sentiments that suggested themselves. Like the ceremony of presentation, it was a simple and unos- tentatious affair. 70 LABOR DAY CELEBRATION, The Socialists Unite With the Labor Council at Metropolitan Temple To-Night. Labor day will be celebrated to-night by the Labor Council by a meeting at Metro- politan Temple. The Socialists of the City had intended to hold 2 mass-meeting at the Mint, but abandoned this plan when thay were NFW TO-DAY—DRY <GOODS. B S French [adies’ Cloths or Fall Wear. We have just opened our NEW IMPORTATION of FRENCH AMAZON CLOTHS in all the choice shades for present season. These cloths are full 52 inches in width, and will be sold at Per Yatrd. SAMPLES SENT FREE TO ANY ADDRESS. Clrnos; RPORAy, @1892. < Q 111, 113, 115, 117, 119, 121 POST STHEA‘i’; reet at the Mason and Turk number of men from the Irmgard were | arinking in the Castle saloon, which is | just opposite the Folsom-street steps lead- {ing down to the float. Mate Johnson | quarreled with the vessel’s watchman, and when thelatter got impertinent John- Ison siapped him in the face. Between | 8:30 and 9 o’clock P. M. Jobnsor: and Ben- jamin got into the snip’s yawl and started for the Irmgurd. Eye-witnasses state that the sailor was rowing, and the mate was sitting in the stern, About 9 r. M the cockswain on the | montior Comanche heard cries for hein |and then all was stil. Nothing was | heard from the missing men until Benja- | min returned to the Irmgard alone the followinz'night. On thai uizht the sailor rode alongside the vessel in the yawl and after making her fast went to his bunk in tbe forecastlg and- 3lept until morning. He was arresfed the next iay and locked | up in the Cify Prison peading an investi- gation. He §s still in jail and may yet be placed on tifpi for the murder of his com- panion. ———— . Itis caia fhat the flesh on the forequar- ters of a be§ver resembles that of land animals, wifle that on the hindquarters | has a fisuy wite. of that he expressed a desire that there | should not be any display, and the order that had baen given for the assemblage of the parlors was countermanded. At the hour named a number of the members of the order of the Native Sons assembled at Native Sons' Hail and marched to the fountain, at the head of Mason street, where, within the roped in- ciozure, there stood the Mayor, Super- visor Rotianzi and George D. Clark grand president of the Grand Parlor of the Native Sons. The tall granite shaft, at the base of which is the fountain, was enveloped in white cloth, to which was fastened the American flag and the bear flag. Without any ceremony the Mayor ap- vroached Supervisor Rottanzi and in a low voice said: “‘Supervisor Rotisnzi, to you, as the representative of the citizens of 8an Francisco, I present to the City o San Francisco thisfountain.”” The Super- VviSOr in a tone not louder than tnat of the donor replied: ‘Mr. Mayor, on behalf of the citizens of San Fraucisco I accept this given two speakers on the prozramme of the Labor Council meeting. Rev. W. D. Bliss of Boston and Rev. J. E. Scott are the sprakers for to-night. The American branch of the Socialistic Labor party held a meeting at Washing- ton Hall last evening and listened to a lecture by John H. Marble on “Govern= ment by Injunction.” Next Sunday eveuing Mre. J. D. Hoss- further wiil speak on the subject, ““Facts and Fallacies of Our Times.” W. J. Martin spoke to the Columbian branch la<t night at the Pythian Castle on “*Contrasted Ideals.” Tne subject for next Sunday night is “Social Diseases and _‘lVorse Remedies,” by A. F. Straun- Ham- ilton. CASTORIA For Infants and Children. The fa- : sinile tn o every 3 e WIappeh. DLOBERR OWE & CO. There’s great responsibility selling groceries. Life and healith depend on good nutritious food. That’s the kind we sell. 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