The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 22, 1898, Page 1

Call 3 VOLUME LXXXITLANOL/53. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, JANUARY 22, 1898 PRICE FIVE CENT WAS CLARK IN LOVE WITH HIS BROTHER’S WIFE? The Widow of the Dead Man Advances a Possible Motive for the Murder. BACK AND SIDE VIEW OF THE CLARK HOUSE SHOWING THE STEPS LEADING TO THE POR MURDERER MADE HIS ESCAPE CH.DOWN WHICH THE VIEW OF THE KITCHEN THRROUGH THE DOCR WHICH W A CLARK OPENED WHEN SHOWMNG WHERE HIS PIPE FELL AND THE POOLOR BIROD WHERE WIS HEAD LAID. SHOT, ‘” WIDOW OF THE MURDERED NA& BITS FROM THE NAPA TRAGEDY. 8T. HEL A, Jan. 21.—The officers are gradually linking the chain of evi- dence that may convict George Willard Clark of urder of his brother, terday morning. The accused man is , and the officers k had been placed cers made a search of his among other things, iges of the same caliber stol found at the feet of the jered man on the morning ® as the zedy, with only five sh from the box. There v closed a sheet of paper, carefully fold- ed. The officers examined it and found it to be an all d statement from W. A. Clark to his famils he was about to commit suicide, that he s tired of life, and that a pack- age of strychnine would be back of the clock in the eitting room and a box of cartridges in the base- ment of his house. Written on the margin of the paper were the words: “George is innocent.” The officers took the statement and went to the dead man’s house, where they found the package as directed. They learned that George Clark had been in the house on Wednesday, and had been alone in that room for ten or fifteen minutes. A trip into the base- ment did not reveal anything except fresh shoe tracks in the dust, which correspond in size with the muddy shoes of the accused. A trip was made by the officers from Dr. Osborne’s gate up Kearney street to Madrone avenue, and thence to the home of the Clarks on Iroad avenue. Tracks were found in the mud, into which the shoes worn by George Clark were carefully placed. They fitted perfectly. The most telling evidence against the prisoner is a statement by the widow of his victim to the effect that he had on several occasions asked her if she | would marry him if her husband were | dead. Mrs. Clark says, also, that her brother-in-law made improper vances to her. George Clark was seen by The Call correspondent shortly after his arrest and made the fgllowing statement: “I am entirely inocent of any knowl- edge of the circumstances of my broth- er's death. On Wednesday morning until between 10 and 11 I spent the time about town. When going up Main street about 11 o'clock I met Dr. Os- borne, and he asked when I was go- ing to pile some wood for him. I said I would go up at once. This I did and worked on the wood until noon, when I went into my little cottage on the doc- tor's premises and prepared and ate my dinner. After that I went over to my brother's house and asked my sis- ter-in-law to let me take the little boy, George. to the doctor’s while I finished declaring that | found | ad- | the work. George accompanied me and | committed suicide, but can give no mo- 1 piled wood until about 8 o’clock, when I took the boy home again. I then spent the tfme about town until 5:30, when I got my supper. About 7:30 o’'clock I went to the Advent Church to attend prayer meeting. When it was over I went directly to my room and to bed and did not leave until awakened by the doctor and Marshal Johnson about 7 o’clock Thursday morning.” George has been very unfriendly with his brother for some time. He boarded with William most of the time of late years. Their father in the East, hear- of the family troubles, sent for rge, who went back and lived with his parents for a short time. He re- turned to St. Helena and again took up his residence with his brother, and remained there until a few weeks ago. About, this time Willlam Clark found | a very strong dose of strychnine in his | coffee—enough to kill several men. He | directed suspicion to his brother George and gave him strict orders to leave the premises and mnot returns George | begged to be permitted to remain, but was met with a firm refusal. He has | since been living on Dr. Osborne's | place. Mrs. Clark, the widow of the mur- ‘dered man, says George was always | cranky and disagreeable, and made | himself an enemy of his brother. He |'was a religious fanatic, having joined | the Methodists, the Salvation Army, | the Methodists again and then the Ad- | ventists. George says that his brother | | tive for the deed. Drs. Osborne and McCurdy held an autopsy on the body of William Clark and lo ed the bullet. It entered just over the left eye and went through the skull to the depth of three-quarters of an inch, and was badly flattened. The funeral will be held to-morrow at 1 o’clock from the family residence. It is expected that ms new and startling facts will be disclosed at the Coroner’s inquest, which will be held to-morrow. - CLARK GROWS NERVOUS. The Murder Suspect Passes a Sleepless Night in Napa's Jail. NAPA, Jan. 2l.—George Willard Clark, the suspected murderer of his brother, William Clark, ps >d a rest- less night in the County Jail. He tossed upon his bed and slept but little. With the passing of time the signs of guilt noticeable in his manner seem to in- crease. ‘This morning he was nervous and seemed to be in great distress of mind. He ate a light breakfast. Slowly but surely is the chain of evidence tightening about the man, and the opinion seems general that the hang- man at San Quentin will have another task to perform, with Clark as the sub- ject. o The reputation of George Clark will count .against him. He was not held high in public estimation even before Continued on Second Page. BEESEEEEEEE e R SHOT IN COLD BLOOD. Companion Atrocity to the Awful Crime Napa Which Has Given the State a Shock. YREKA, Jan. 21.—Morris Cronin, a mining man, shot and fa- tally wounded his brother this afternoon about four miles below The brothers had been on unfriendly terms for some time, having had trouble over a mining claim. About 3 o’clock this afternoon Morris Cronin met his brother Patrick on the trail between Sawyers Bar and the latter’s claim and shot him three times—through the groin, in the neck and in * A BROTHE = at ‘Sawyers Bar. the leg. bring the prisoner to Yreka. The doctor who was summoned has pronounced the wouhds fatal, and the brother who did the shooting gave himself up this evening. She{iff Hobbs has sent a deputy over the mountain to " EVEN DOLE [S TALKING OF FAILURE What Will Happen if Annexation Is Beaten. |He Thinks the Present Form of Government Will Be Continued. | Sentiment Is Strohgly Against | Extending the Franchise to Chinese and Japs. FACTS ALREADY KNOWN The President of the United States Prepares to Receive the Presi- dent of Hawail. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. 4444444444444 440 1 IR e e e e A R RS NEW YORK, Jan. 21.—A Her- ald special from Washington says: A new plan has been pro- posed for the prompt annexation of Hawali in the event of the failure of the annexation treaty in the Senate. It contemplates the incorporation of the Morgan bill, looking to annexation, into the consular and diplomatic appropriation bill. In this form consideration of the bill could not be prevented by Speaker Reed. Senator Davis, Senator Mor- gan and other advocates of sn- nexation still believe the treaty will be ratified, and that it will not be necessary to resort to annexation by legislation. R e R 24 @+ 4444444444444+ 0 WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.—The repre- | sentatives of the President and of the | | United States Government who will re- | cefve President Dole, Assistant Secre- | | tary Cridler, Major Helstand and Lieu- tenant-Commander Phelps, left Wash- ington at 7:45 o'slork this svening for Chicago. “They “vere abeompanied by Mr. Hatch, the Hawailan Minister. The details for the reception of Presi- dent Dole in Washington are under ar- rangement. It has been settled that | the dinner to be given by the Presideat | in honor of his visitor shall take place on Tuesday, February 1, which hap- pens to be the first open date of the President’s calendar after the arrival | of President Dole, next Wednesday. | SALT LAKE, Utah, Jan. 21.—A spe- cial to the Tribune from Rawiins, Wyo., says: President Sanford B. Dole, Pres- ident of the Hawalian republic, and his party passed through here this evening en route to Washington. | Mr. Dole was questioned concerning the purpose of his visit and the chances | for securing annexation. He said he preferred not to talk for publication on | annexation matters while the question was directly before Congress. He had been sent to the United States by the Council of State because it was the | general desire of influential men of Ha- | waii that he should come for the pur-| pose of conferring with the Hawaiian | delegation at Washington and with President McKinley and the officers of his administration. | If it was desired he was prepared to | give all the information on Hawalian | affairs at his command to these officers. Concerning the franchise in Hawail President Dole said the sentiment was strongly against extending it to Japa- nese and Chinese residents. In the event of failure to secure an- nexation, President Dole thought the present form of government would be centinued. The growth and the com- | | mercial importance of the islands would be greatly retarded If annexa- | tion should fail. Should the treaty be | ratified the close relations would aftord | | great opportunities for American capi- | | tal and labor on the islands, TROBBERY ENDS IN IS DEATH A Notorious Arizona Gambler Shot and Fatally Wounded by a Miner. | ‘The Shooter a Man Whom He Had “Held Up" and Robbed of His Earnings. Speclal Dispatch to The Call. WHITE HILLS, Ariz, Jan. 21.—A shooting affray occurred here last even- | ing which wiil probably result in the | death of William Neelan, a gambler, who | has been terrorizing the town for some | time. Last night he accosted John Brown, | & miner employed by the White Hills | Mining and Milling Company, as Brown | was coming from his cabin, and said: |‘ “Have you a gun?”’ { | Brown replied: ‘“No." Then Neelan ordered: ““Throw up your hands,” emphasizing it by pointing a re- volver at Brown. e latter immediately complied. Neelan then relieved Brown of about $20 and escaped. Brown borrowed a revolver and went up town, where he found Neelan at a faro table, and shot five times at him, one bul- let nr}kln him :l" the left breast, inflict- ing a fatal wound. l‘!rown ‘was arrested and taken to King- man. Guilty of Grand Larceny. SAN JOSE, Jan .2l—Isaac Irwin, who attempted to murder and rob Farmer E. A. Brownt of Hollister, to-day pleaded rge of larceny. B e sentoncas. on Taseday by Judge JToawean., L 900000090000000000600006'90;O@@009@@/0@@@0@@0000009@@90@0000@@ dH4 STRIKES THE LOOTERS OF LOS A SLEW HIM FOR THE GOLD HE WAS SAID TO HAVE HOARDED NGELES 1L W, PATI0 BRINGS SUIT FOR LIBEL Assault Upon the In- tegrity of The Call Correspondent. The Attack Promptly Re=~ sented by the Gentle- man Maligned. Will Make the Los Angeles Herald Prove Its Asser- tions in Court. THE COMPANY DESPERATE. Stops at Nothing Now to Punish the Men Who Exposed Its Nefa- rious Schemes. Specfal Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, Cal., Jan. 21.—Like a fabled monster in its death throes Body of an Aged and Wealthy Washington Farmer Found Half-Covered by Snow in His Hogpen. der came to County, this Dan Cailand, w s afterward thrown When the body was found to-day it| was covered by snow, there being every | indication that the crime had been com- | m SEATTLE, Jan. 21.—A horrible mur- light to-day in Whitman State. The victim was an aged bachelor farmer, He body pen. ho lived near Seltice Junction. as killed in his house and his into his hog itted several days ago, Two boys from Farmington went to Calland’s farm to-day to tradesleds with him and found the door of the house open and snow drifted in upon the floor. Calland’s dog seemed nearly starved. T he boys were frightened and re- | turned to Farmington, wher they told e—————————————————————— P09000000 090000009 00000® (22247 NEWS OF THE DAY. Weather forecast for San Fran- cisco: Cloudy on Saturday, with un- settled conditions Saturday night; southerly winds. Maximum temperature for the past twenty-four hours: San Franci Portland Los Angeles San Diego @ kS & @ ® @ L d 4 degrees FIRST PAGE. The Napa Tragedy. Even Dole Talks of Failure. Parricide for a Mining Claim. Los Angeles Water War. A Most Atrocious Murder. SECOND PAGE. Elmer Saved by the Police. Changes Made at Stanford. Why White Was Chosen. No Dog Safe at Fresno. THIRD PAGE. Judge McKenna Confirmed. Trouble Feared at Havana. Ohlo Bribery Scandal. A Bully's Last Robbery. California Democrats at Work. Berlous Trouble for France. Japan Prepared for War. FOURTH PAGE. Congress at Work. Hillman Case Bettled. Klondike Commission Arrives. FIFTH PAGE. Drilling for the Jubilee Parade. News Along the Water Front. Dynamite in Chinatown. SIXTH PAGE. Editorial. Take a Vote. The Postal Service. Lessons of the Los Angeles Fire. In the Near Future. Only Another Yellow Trick. A Populist Amendment. The Throne of Menelik. Storfes From the Corridors. Answers to Correspondents. SEVENTH PAGE. A New Water Tower. Medical Schools at War. Sheehan Says He Can Explain. Charges Against Recorder Glynn. Faith Cure and the Law. Thieves in a Vacant House. EIGHTH PAGE. Expose of the Examiner. NINTH PAGE. News of All Kinds of Sport. TENTH PAGE. The Commercial World. ELEVENTH PAGE. News From Across the Bay. TWELFTH PAGE. A New Trick of Footpads. Racing in Oakland. ¥ THIRTEENTH PAGE. Births, Marriages and Deaths. FOURTEENTH PAGE. ‘Burglars Secure Jewelry. Fitzgerald and His Cooltes. New Year's Day in Chinatown. PPV PPV 0000000022909 @ @ @ @ L4 ® 04 ® ® @ L4 & < -4 b4 © ® b4 B4 @ ® ° ® & @ P L d @ @ 0.4 @ ® @ @ ® @ ® b4 @ L d @ 4 0060090600060 0606006 6 . | their story. They got Ralph Dixon | and two others to return with them in | a sleigh to Calland’s farm. The place | was searched and the body found in the | hog pen. The hogs had plenty of wheat and had not touched the body. | Within the house was evidence that a terrible struggle had occurred. The walls were spattered with blood and a large pool of blood stood on the floor. The house had been thoroughly ran- sacked, showing robbery was the object of the crime. No examination of the body was made, and how he was killed is not krgwn. Constable Sparks of Tekoa was noti- fied and he notified the Coroner and Sheriff. Both will go to Whitman County to-morrow. Two neighbors of Calland’s have been ordered by the Cor- oner to take charge of the body. Calland lived alone in an isolated place, a half mile from the railroad and four miles from Tekoa. He was wealthy and had not sold his wheat for three vears. He had $2000 in the Bank of Farmington and was supposed to have money hoarded in his house. He was last seen alive in Tekoa on Tuesday. Calland had a sister in California and a niece, Mrs. H. Byrne, near Gartield, in Whitman County. The latter has been notified. MENOCAL MAY REMAIN THREE WEEKS LONGER. So the Work of the Nicaragua Canal Com- mission Will Not Be Retarded by the Engineer’'s Absence. Copyright, 1898, by James Gordon Bennett. PANAMA, Jan. 21.—The Herald's cor- respondent with the United States Nicar- aguan Canal Commission telegraphs from Rivas: The Chicago party, headed by Lyman Cooley, which has been going over and | | examining the line of the canal, will leave | | Rear Admiral Walker's party on Monday | to go to the east side of Nicaragua. | examination along the canal for several | days yet. NEW YORK, Jan. 21.—The Washington correspondent of the Herald Telegraphs: Secretary Long anounced to-day that in compliance with the request of the Nicar- aguan Canal Commission, Civil Engineer Menocal would be given reasonable time in which to close up his work in Nicar- agua preparatory to his return to the United States to undergo a court-martial trial. The commission pointed out that Mr. Menocal was needed to explain cer- tain important features of the route, and when this work was completed he could return to New York, as ordered by the Secretary. After consuiting with Assist- ant Secretary Roosevelt and Captain Crowinshield, I understand Secretary Long instructed that a message be sent to the commission announcing that Mr. Menocal might delay reporting for a pe- riod of three weeks. i NS HIS AIM WAS POOR AND HIS WIFE STILL LIVES. SAN JOSE, Jan. 2l.—Isaac Irwin, who borer, residing in the Lendrum tract, near town, was arrested to-day on a charge of attempting to murder his wife. 'Lhere has been a great deal of trouble in the Day household of late, and to-day there was a general row. Day knockea s wife down and beat her, and then threw her out of the house and shot at her. His aim was bad and he missed his mark. Mrs. Day rushed to town and swore out a warrant_for him. Day was arrested lg Deputy Sheriff Black in a barn in whi he was hiding, | The | | Government commission will continue its | ‘th(fl syndicated press, undoubtedly in- | stigated by the Los Angeles City Wa- | ter Company and its corporation al- lies, has been wildly and blindly striking out in every direction, hoping by some chance to inflict serious in- jury upon one or another of those who have been engaged in the battle against them and for the people. The culmination of the vicious, ma- lignant and cowardly assaults came | this morning. It was in the shape of y\fln editorial directed ostensibly at H. W. Patton, who was the Democratic | candidate for Congress from the | Sixth District during the last cam- | paign. Mr. Patton has held positions under the Federal Government, is one | of the trustees of the Highlands In- ‘sane Asylum, and only recently re- Jslgns’d his position as trustee of the | Whittier Reform School. He has been prominent politically for more than ten years, and neither his official rec- ord nor his private character has ever before been assailed in public or | private. | During all these years he has been engaged in newspaper work in Southern California, and has always been above reproach, whether acting | in the capacity of employe or pubt also lisher. These facts make the attack | printed in the Herald this morning the |more dastardly. While, as already | stated, the editorial was apparently | aimed at Mr. Patton in his public character, it was in reality designed to injure, discredit and disparage him in revenge for his supposed part in the exposures recently made in The Call in reference to the water com- s proposed steal. Mr. Patton, it may be stated. is The Call's regular resident correspondent in this city. The editorial in question is as follows: | For some months it has been an open | secret that H. W. Patton is booked for | the appnintment of State Bank Examin- er. to fill the next vacancy that oceurs. Mr. Patton himself has made this an onen secret by proclaiming on every con- venient ocasion that he has an {ron-bound | and brass-riveted pledea from Governor | Budd to that effect. Without presuming to question the authenticity of Mr. Pat- ton’s proclamation, and without anyv de- sire to butt its head against the inevit- able, the Herald wishes to observe that such an appointment, if made, would be en exceedingly bad one. It would be dis- creditable for the administration, disas- trous to the Democratic party in this end of the State, and an Injustice to the pub- le, in whose interests a bank examiner is supposed to be employed. A good and sufficient reason may be assigned for | each one of these objections. In the first place, Patton knows no more about the banking business that a Hottentot knows of heaven. He is not an accountant; he is not a man of business training; he is rot one whose judgment could be relied upon to decide involved and intricate mat- ters such as the bank examiners are fre- quently confronted with. Secondly, if a man is to be selected from the ranks of the Democratic party in Southern California for an office of honor and emolument, Patton is.not a creditable nor an acceptable representa- tive. It has been openly charged that | during the last campalgn in this district | Patton, having recelved the Democratie | nomination for Congressman, sold out his claim for coin and retired from the canvass. He negotiated with the Silver Republican Campaign Committee and transferred all of his right, title and in- terest to Barlow. There {s a man who | says he can show a check with Patton’s indorsement as evidence of this transac- tion. 1If this be true Patton was guilty of an act of treachery to his party which ought to forever bar him from partici- pation in its councils or a share in the honors which it has to bestow. If the story be not true Patton has had abun- dant opportunity to deny it In the col- umns if his own paper, for it was pub- lished more than a week ago. Instead of denying it in an open, manly and hon- est way, however, he met it like a buf- foon and tried to convert the whole mat- ter into a joke. The rank and file of the Democratic party in this end of the State are too much in earnest to have their at- tentfon diverted by any such procedure. They want to know whether Patton jug- gled and bartered away the high honor which they once conferred upon him. If Patton has any defense to make which L he cannot make in his own paper the