The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 11, 1898, Page 12

12 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1898. SCHOOL DIRECTOR WALLER INDICTED BY THE GRAND JURY Formally Accused of Asking a Bribe From EIli T. Sheppard for Placing His Daughter on the Substitute List. His Bonds Fixed at $5000, Which Will Be Furnished by Thomas A. Burns of the School Board and Joseph Naphtaly—Some of the Supervisors on the Rack. ‘An indictment charging School Direc- tor Samuel L. Waller with asking a bribe from Eli T. Sheppard was filed by the Grand Jury yesterday afternoon. The filing of the indictment was pre- dicted several days ago, but since then there occurred a hitch, and yesterday, for legality’s sake, the proceedings were practically gone over again. It was found that A. W. Spear, who listened to the testimony and assisted in all former proceedings, was not a taxpayer, and £0 when the matter came up yesterday, he was sent out of the room and the vote on the indictment went on with- out him. Seventeen votes were cast, and of these twelve were for indict- ment. Waller was up before the jury and- what he had to say was heard. Then the vote was taken. It was a few minutes after 3 o’clock when the jury sent in word to Judge Belcher that if he was willing it would like to make a report. He was willing and stopped the Harbor Commissioners’ case long enough to receive the jurors and listen to the business they had to transact. When the roll had been called the District Attorney handed to the Judge ta foldéd paper and said that was all the jury had to offer. It was an in- dictment, and Mr. Barnes announced that while the accused was not at that time under arrest, it was not necessary to put the document on the secret file would be no attempt at evad- e. Judge Belcher read the indictment over and handed it to the clerk, who placed the file mark upon it, and under instructions from the court entered the bail at $5000. No name had been mentioned, but there were few in the courtroom who had not guessed the subject of the accusation. Waller had followed the jurors into the court and he sat in one of the rear seats while the indictment was being filed. Then the proceedings in court being over, he disappeared for a while and then returned with School Director Thomas A. Burns and Joseph F. Naph- taly, the attorney, and an uncle of the accused, each of whom qualified as a bondsman in the sum of $5000; but there was then no court open and no Judge available to accept the bond, and s0 the c was left until this morn- ing when the nch warrant issued on the indictment will be served. The bond will be ready then and the arrest and the release can be made practic- ally at the same time. The indictment against Waller re- - that on May 10, 1897, he at the time in office i asked of Eli T. S sideration being that he should get for Evelyn Louise Sheppard a place in the School Department as a substitute teacher. The witnesses upon whose testimony the indictment was found were Laura ¥. Fowler, principal of the Normal Bchool; R. H. Webster, Superintendent of Schools; Eli T. Sheppard and the de- fendant. Miss Fowler and Mr. Web- ster were not examined directly upon the charge brought, their testimony be- ing as to the general workings of the hool Department. Their evidence was given some time ago. It was thought, however, that to insure the validity of the indictment all witnesses examined by the jury upon the school matter should be included. There was quite a gathering of well known people in the anteroo:a of the ¢ chamber. Supervisor Delany rmed himself before the fire with a ery much at home” expression on his Supervisor Haskins was also ent. Judge Low came early and was. rewarded with a prompt release. Jim Groom and his partner in the Na- tional Athletic Club, J. D. Gibbs, were on hand with no complaint except at the delay in their summons to the se- cret chamber, and Auditor Broderick and Treasurer Widber made up the Itst of notables. Next in importance to the school matter was the investigation into the charges against the Health and Police Committee of the Supervisors. The members of that committee had asked for an early hearing—before “the jury became prejudiced.” They were called vesterday afternoon and they told their stories and denied all that had been published against them. Supervisor Delany was given first chance, and Su- or Haskins, and then Supervisor y came after. A number of the jurymen had expressed themselves in such a way, however, that it seems likely more indictments, with Supervis- ors as subjects, may be found. Mr. Groom was called and was asked all manner of questions regarding the ossibility of him having a “cinch” on all fight permits given by the board. He was also asked if his club had any such dealings with the Supervisors as Young Mitchell claimed to have had, but to all these questions he answered no or its equivalent. His partner, Gibbs, was not called. Auditor Broderick's business with the jury was in regard to the method of the payment of court stenographers’ fees, which is done by order of court and not through the regular channel of the Auditor’s office. It was the fees of the Police Court stenographers that was under discussion, and that accounted for the presence of Judge Low. Under the present method all that is necessary is an order of court for the amount, and this is payable on pres- entation to the Treasurer. The Au- ditor has no chance to investigate any of these orders of court and as a con- sequence large sums of money are paid out without any proper check being kept upon the payments. The Auditor advised that these payments be made through his office, as in that case he could compel each stenographer to show that he had done the work be- fore he could be paid for it. The Auditor and the Treasurer were examined at length in the fury room upon _the subject. J. W. Bonney, a grocer, against whom there is a complaint of obtain- ing money by threats and extortion, also spent a few minutes in the com- pany of the jury. He said he was sure he could produce a witness on Monday next who he was sure could clear him, and so his case was allowed to go over to that time. e DEFENDED HIS POSITION. Auditor Broderick Appears Be- fore the Teachers’ Annuity Association. The Teachers’ Annuity and Retire- ment Fund Association met yesterday | at the rooms of the Board of Education to hear from Superintendent of Schools ‘Webster and Auditor Broderick regard- ing the controversy between the two officials over payment of the warrants | drawn on the fund. Auditor Broderick claims that he has | refused to sign the warrants drawn by | the Commissicners because the man- ner of handling the funds is not ac- | cording to law. He explained his position to the teachers, assured them of his friend- ship and was given an ovation when he said he would do everything in his | power to assist them when the fund | was in legal shape. He attacked Mayor Phelan and his | attorney for unwisely advising the | teachers to employ special counsel to test his action, and advised them to| wait until they could secure the serv- | ices of the District Attorney. | Chairman O’Connor appointed thefol- | lowing executive committee: A. L. | Mann, vice chairman; Miss Mary E. Donnelly, Miss Mary A. Dean, Mr: Mary A. Prag, Miss C. Hunt, Miss Em- | the incen, Thomas H. McCarthy, Miss | about the time he ma | Peter G. Camarinos, | and a special room were engaged for SUSPICIOUS MARKS ON THE BODY OF CAMARINOS Strange Discoloration and Rapid Decom- Pposition. Relatives of the Deceased Not Satisfied With the Officials’ Report. John W. Lynn, the Oakland Homicide, Said to Have Caused His Death. DOCTORS MAKE A DENIAL. | The Officers of the Agnews Institution Declare Camarinos Received Only Humane Treatment. The relatives and friends of the late | the Hawaiian planter who died on December 8§ at the Agnews Asylum for the Insane, are not satisfied with the report of the physi- cians of the Institution attributing the cause of death to paresis and to gen- eral paralysis, They are inclined to be | lleve the story of Griffiths, a discharged patient of the institution, who says he saw the special attendant of the un- | fortunate man kick and maltreat him | only a few hours before death occurred. That ‘special attendant was John | Lynn, who, on the morning of February 1, attempted to take the life of his wife by sending several bullets into her body in Oakland. Lynn is now in the Ala- | meda County Jail, either insane or feigning insanity. When Camarinos was sent to the| asylum in May of last year the rela- tives of the demented man engaged Lynn to take care of him. Lynn was reconmmended as a careful nurse by Dr. | Sponagle, the superintending physician | of the Agnews Asylum. A private ward his attendant, and taken there a patient and Jennie Smith, Mrs. Ella Morton, MissS | man named John R. Griffiths was ad- Van Vleck, James H. Simmons. T i Will Not Give Up. E. C. Kilpatrick, who was suspended as principal of the Business Evening School by the Board of Education, pending charges against him, has re- | fused to vacate his position. He wrote the secretary of the board vesterday, in answer to a notification of his suspension, stating that his at- torney had advised him that the board had not acted legally and that he would report for duty at the school as | usual. C. L Barrington, president of the | mitted to the institution. } Griffiths had a mild form of dementia, | and he was given special liberties about the place for the services he returned to the physicians and attendants. Grif- fiths says he became well acquainted with Lynn, and.a few days before Ga- marinos died he declares he saw Lynn | cruelly and most shamefully abuse his | patient. He says he heard Camarinos com- plain about the way his breakfast was | prepared, and then he says Lynn struck | him. Camarinos, who was a powerful man and violent at times in his insanity, knocked Lynn down, and was punish- | Board of Education, has declared the | Ing his nurse severely when two other action taken by the Committee on | &ttendants “ Rules and by the full Board of Educa- | Griffiths says he saw the tion against Principal Kilpatrick and | throw Camarines to to his assistance. two men floor, and carme the School Teacher Stanton as void and in- | While they held him down on his back valid. He claims that the action of the | Lynn jumped on him, landing on his | 6 are of a violent type and those in FROM TELEPHONE TO TITLE. board was not in conformity with the | rules governing the procedure. He cites the following rules as necessary in an action taken against a teacher or a principal: Section 177—All complaints or charges against_any teacher or principal of the School Department shall be made in writ- ing, addressed to the president of the Board of Education, properly verified be- | fore the secretary of the board and filed | with this officer. | The secretary shall at once notify the | president of the board, and the latter | shall call a meeting of the proper com- mittee within three days. MAKING READY TO FIX WATER RATES Supply of Wat Last 1000 D er Sufficent to ays Without - Any More Rain. Vast Sums Have Been Paid by Consumers to Repair and Extend the Present Spring Vall ey System. The Supervisors will meet at 11 a. m. to-day as a committee of the whole to consider the subject of fixing water rates for the next year. The constitu- tion requires rates to be fixed in Feb- ruary of each year. Last year so much time was lost in useless discussion that the rates were not established during that month. As a result of the negli- gence the whole board was removed from office, at the instance of George K. Fitch in proceedings taken in Judge ‘Wallace’s court. The Supreme Court in its wisdom or indulgent mercy prac- tically reinstated the ousted Super- visors. In the light of past events it can be safely predicted that the board will establish annual rates this month. Representatives of the Spring Valley | ‘Water Works have been invited to at- tend the session to-day. The company has already made application, through its president, Charles Webb Howard, for a restoration of the rates estab- lished in 1895, or, in effect, an increase of rates. According to figures supplied by the corporation the rate payers of San Francisco paid in 1896 the sum of $1,- 563,152 59. The city paid $213,917 70 and from other sources the sum of $21,619 84 was collected. The aggregate amount received by the company for that year was $1,788,690 16. For the year 1897 the company collected $1,775,129. The re- port for 1896 shows that the disburse- ment for operating expenses amounted to $394,012 08; for taxes, $127,289 49; for interest, $540,261 68; for dividends, $679,- 602 50. According to the report the amount expended for construction was $432,378 20. According to the figures of Solon Pat- dends. mating $7,000,000 have been paid. Accepting as correct the corporation’s own figures as returned to the Board of Supervisors, the company has dis- bursed on construction account since 1880 the sum of $11,000,000. When the lected from the water consumers, the | people of the city were assured that the | managers of Spring Valley were pro- viding an adequate supply of water to tide over three dry seasons, but now at | the apprehended approach of one year of scant supply the president of the company asks that rates may be in- creased. Last February Chief Engineer Schuss- | ler entertained the board with a glow- ing sketch of the immense water re- sources immediately available. He de- ervoir, with its immense capacity of nineteen thousand million gallons and pointed out other available sources owned by the company, which, added to Crystal Springs, would insure a sup- ply for 1000 days without the addition of a single drop of rain during that period of time. Last year Mr. Schuss- ler told the Supervisors that the waters of Lake Merced would be fit for use in the fall of 1898. Alameda Creek was then furnishing 6,000,000 gallons a day. The Partola dam was cited as capable of supplying 5,000,000 gallons a day. All these out- slde sources were referred to as con- venient when the water in Crystal Springs “bloomed.” Every assurance was given that a large and never-failing supply had been secured by the vast outlay of money. - As some mention has been made of the cost of pumping water, it is in order to refer to what Mr. Schuss- ler told the Board of Supervisors one year ago. Then he said: “We are now using the water that comes from the tee, in 1886, the water company, up to that time, had paid $11,000,000 in divi- Calaveras Valley to the Alameda pipe line, taking it out near Niles amgol;. Since then dividends approxi-’ | company was spending this money, col- | scribed the great Crystal Springs res- | running it to Belmont and there pump- ing it, because it is much cheaper, at present at least, than to build a very large, expensive dam at Calaveras and a very expensive tunnel and pipe line. The interest on the cost of that plant would be a great deal more than what it costs to run the water across this way and pump it.” | _Accepting the former statements of | Spring Valley representatives as cor- | rect, the conclusion must be reached that the time has now arrived for a substantial reduction in water rates. Since 1880 the people have paid as much to repair and extend the Spring Valley system as it would cost to bring [ PETER G. CAMARINOS, stomach with both feet. Several times | it is claimed Lynn repeated his assault, and when they picked the prostrate man up from the floor-he had fainted. W. D. Vanvales, a nephew of the de- ceased, took a deep interest in his un- cle’'s welfare, and he frequently visit- ed the asylum. He called on Camari- nos only a few days before his death, and he says the demented man was in good physical health then. Late in the forenoon of December 8 he received a telegram from Dr. Sponagle, telling him that Camarinos was. very . ill Shortly after noon of the same day an- other dispatch was received announc- ing his death. Vanvales wired back to have the body sent to San Francisco as soon as possible, and early the next morning it arrived. It was taken at once to the undertaking parlors of Halsted & Co., and when the coffin was opened, less than twenty-four hours after death had been announced to have taken, place, the body was found to be in an ad- vanced stage of decomposition. Several of the friends of the relatives of the dead man saw the. body at the time they remarked upan the condition the body was in and also discussed the presence of a marked dis- coloration about the body in the region of the stomach and breast. They could not tell, however, whether the marks | were from bruises or from natural de- composition. The undertaker was of the opinion that Camarinos had been dead at least | | two and possibly three days when he received the body, and the relatives of the dead man were of the belief that death had possibly occurred before De- cember 8, and that the body was kept a day or two at the asylum until de- composition had effaced the marks of the bruises before the relatives were notified of the sudden collapse and death of the demented man. . The officials and attaches of the asy- lum discredit the story told by Grif- fith. They say even if the scuffle al- leged te have taken place between Camarinos and Lynn had for Griffith to have witnessed it, for he was confined in ward 2 and Camarinos | was a patient in ward 6, and the two wards are on different floors. The con- necting doors are kept securely locked and the patients of the two wards are not allowed to mingle, as those in ward from the mountains a supply sufficient for a city of a half million inhabitants. | A YOUTHFUL LOTTERY AGENT. | Ah Tang, 10 Years of Age, Arrested by Sergeant Shea and Posse. A Chinese lad, 10 years of age, named Ah Tang, was arrested Wednesday even- | ing by Sergeant Shea and posse on Ross | | alley, and charged at the California-street | police station with aiding and abetting Chinese lottery. It is claimed by the of- ficers that the Chinese merchants have the children throughout Chinatown carry the tickets from place to place to avold arrest of the merchants, as it was pre- sumed by them that the children would | not be noticed by the officers on duty in that district. They did not appreciate the efforts of the arresting officers, and it Is said they have made a record there which will be hard to surpass. The boy was released from cus- tody by Ly Pong, who put up $100 as ball | for the boy’s appearance in court. The | lottery tickets were held as evidence. —_————— | Orders are roiling in at Room 1208, Claus | Spreckels building, headquarters for THE CALL Scribner’s United States History Club. Our readers apppreclate THE CALL’S splendid offer of this work at nearly half the regular selling price, swhich has been made possible by ar- rangement with Charles Scribner’s Soris | of New York. This great reduction must end February 18. After that date the next club will be opened at an advanced price. THE CALL trusts all its readers will take advantage of this offer. You are cordially invited to examine this ex- cellent work. Do not miss it. You need it. Your family needs it. We will send sets free of expense to out-of-town read- ers. '(rl:(i)s mear‘m :r&at l&dokes not cost you a cent to examine it. it Sou will want 1t. o o If You see —_————— BURGLARS IN A FURSTORE. Eight Shoulder-Capes Stolen From Adolph Morse, Market Street. The furstore of Adolph Morse, 963 Mar- ket street, was entered by burglars early yesterday morning, and eight valuable sealskin and Astrakhan shoulder-capes were stolen. Detectives Ryan and O'Dea were detailed on the case, and Morse re- ported to them that after making a care- ful examination of the stock he found the eight capes missing. The only thing that protected the door was a thin staple. Which was easily forced out with & “Simmy." —_—— Coughs and colds cured, Low': - hound Cough Syrup; 10c. 417 Bl::onl;?::' 1 Sadie Holmes, “Hello Girl,” Now Lady Bretherton. From the humble position of telephone operator in California to wealth, rank and title in England is something of a transition, and a stroke of fortune so great that it seldom takes place. Yet it sometimes does occur, as is seen in the case of the pretty operator at the branch office of the telephone company in the Palace Hotel, who was yesterday Sadie Holmes, the “hello girl,” and who to-day is Lady Bretherton, mistress of a manor in Wales. Frederick Holmes, the wild young scion of an old Welsh family, after knock- ing about the world for many vears, finally settled down in Panama, where he married the daughter of a prominent Spanish family. A daughter, the present helress, now 21 years old, was born to the couple, who shortly after moved up to this city, where the father entered the Battery street. Custom House brokerage business on As the years rolled on the little child grew into a beautiful woman, and, as times were hard, applied for and obtained a place in the employ of the Pacific Bell Telephone Company. There she remained, hearing from her father's lips ' the story of her family and their importance in the English world, but never dreaming of being anything else than a Cinderella in the circle. But the years had wrought changes in Wales as well as in California, and the older branches of the family tree had dropped off one by Holmes, Lady Jane Bretherton, was left. one until only an elderly aunt of Mr. A short time ago she also died, and by the laws of England Mr. Holmes comes in for all of the property, which is valued at over £200,000, except the lands title of Lady Bretherton, g0 to his eldest daughter, Sadie. in Wales, which, together with the * and | actually | occurred it would have been impossible | ward 2 are considered to be of & milder disposition. The statement that the scuffle never took place is assisted by the testimony of the regular,attendants—Dowd, Wil- son and McCabe—and that of the two physicians in charge of the asylum patients—Drs. Chrystal and Stocking. Dr. Sponagle said the first he had heard of the affair was when he read it in the paper, and said that if it happened at a:‘l he most certainly would have heard of it Camarinos was committed to the asy- lum in May last, and was suffering from paresis in an advanced stage at that time. He had been under medical care for three years previcus, and was subject to periodical paralytic strokes which would leave him in a very weak- ened state. He would rally from these attacks, however, and would again be- come physically strong and at the same | time vicious, and would strike, kick | and bite his nurse, and it sometimes be- came necessary to call in the assist-| ance of one or two other attendants to | quiet him. [ The officers of the asylum say Lynn made an excellent nurse. He was em- ployed by the relatives of Camarinos | to attend him. Lynn has two diplomas as a trained nurse for the insane, and had been employed in the Utica Asy- lum and other institutions. He ap- peared particularly interested in keep- ing Camarinos alive, as he was in re- ceipt of $45 a month and bcard and lodging in return for his services, and was heard to remark on many occa- sions, when Camarinos seemed about to succumb to the attacks, “I hope this man will not die, for T would be out of a job.” The officlals say that the life of Camarinos was prolonged by reason of the excellent care and atten- tion given him by Lynn. The decomposition setting in within | twenty-four hours after Camarinos’| | death, the asylum doctors say, was not | unusual, as he was also afflicted with | bed scres, and decomposition would | | quickly follow death under those condi- | | tions. . ! The officials are emphatic in their de- | | nial of such an occurrence as related by | | Griffith. A number of the patients | speak well of Lynn, aid on the other | | hand they doubt strongly Griffith’s ve- | | racity. | ¥ W T DEY How It Will Be Observed in This| City and in Other Places. | Young Men’s Institute day will be ob- served on the 22d inst. by a grand patri- | otic literary and musical entertainment | in the afternoon and a grand ball in the | evening, to be given under the auspices of the San Francisco councils of the Insti- tute. John T. Gravey will be the president of | the day, and at the afternoon exercises | —to cornmence at 2 o’clock in the Metro- | | politan Temple—the oration will be de- livered by Rev. M. 8. Levy of the Congre- gation Beth-Israel. There will be a fine | | programme of vocal and instrumental music, 4 n the evening the ball will be in Native | Sons’ Hall, and F. J. Driscoll will be the | floor manager. The committee of arrange. ments having the matter in charge will | ve e details co: e y | | of mext week. mpleted by the first e day will be generally observed by | the order throughout the State wherewey | there 1s a council, and there will be spe- al celebrations in Sacramento, Stoc | Marysville, Santa Cruz and \'allejt?.gkmn“ —_——— Black Prince in Prison. | Albert Watson, familiarly known as the “Black Prince,” and who Is one ot tne | cleverest pickpockets In the city, was ar. | rested vesterday by Detectives Graham and Sullivan " and locked up in -ihe | tanks.” He is accused of stealing a din. | | mond pin worth $5) and $10 in goid fram | | the pocket of L. Rogers, a member of thy Reconda Club, 11 Stockton street, while | Rogers was asleep on a lounge 'in. the | club early Wednesday morning. Dismissed the Charge. The Police Commissioners met C last | n;gh; and dismissed the charge of neglect | | §Epduty | preferred against Patrolman | John McCormick. * i | it to the secretary. | der an invalid act of the Health Board,” | sald Mr. Broderick, ONLY A LITTLE SACK OF GOLD Story of a Special Deposit Made in the City Treasury Vaults. [ Auditor Broderick Says That I Should Be Given Back to the Plumbers. A little sack containing $500, more or less, that rests on a shelf in the massive vaults of the Treasurer’s office is causing no ena of turmoil in the minds of certain officials of the City Hall. The money rests there in the name of Secretary Ed- | mund Godchaux of the Board of Health, but it does not belong to him, and as a matter of fact it is a much mooted ques- tion in some minds whether or not he has the right to hold it at all. The sack represents the amount of fees that were collected from plumbers before it was found that the plumbing regula- tlons formulated by the Board of Health ‘were not tenable. The board adopted certain rules regard- Ing the plumbing of buildings and also required that all plumbers should regis- ter with the department and also pay a license fee of $150 for the privilege. Later it was demonstrated that the Health Board had no right to pass or try to en- force such an order, and that it was getting into a conflict with tne powers of thue Board of Supervisors. An at- tempt was then made to induce the Su- pervisors to adopt an order covering the ground desired by the Health Depart- ment, but thus far the attempt has been unsuccessful. In the meantime the col- lection of fees went on until several hun- dred dollars were In the hands of Secre- tary Godchaux. This was deposited in the secretary’s rame and was never turn- ed into the public treasury. Auditor Broderick says that the board has no right to keep the money and that it should be returned to those who paid ‘It was collected un- “and should have been returned when the Board of Super- visors refused to act in the matter. If Secretary Godchaux should die to-mor- row that money could be claimed by his heirs and the plumbers would not be able to recover a cent.” —_—————— SIXTH SYMPHONY AT THE TIVOLIL The Largest Audience of the Season and a Well Made Programme Well Played. The programme of yesterday’s sym- phony concert at the Tivoli—the sixth of the series—was made up and played with tact and good sense and listened to by the largest audience of the season. It was a conspicuously fine programme and one that did not bore the music lovers of the audlience by including any of the usual “joyful relief” pieces. Beethoven's “Heroic” symphony, a | work that Scheel has given here before with splendid effect, was the speclal event and was played Wwith beauur:l sonority and analysis. Perhaps the faneral march was played with slightly less nobility and perfection of detail than at the earlier performance, but on the whole the interpretation and execution were admirable. The scherzo especially was a remarkable achievement, even sur- passing the previous performance in the unanimous delicacy of the strings. In the Liszt symphonic poem, “Les Pre- ludes,” a composition of remarkable su- perficial brilliancies if not of very deep emotional character, the band displayed excellent variety and discipline. 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