The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 13, 1898, Page 1

The Call == VOLUME LXXXIIL—N 0. 75. SAN FRANCISCO, SU NDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1898—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTS. SAN JOSE COUNCILMAN IS ACCUSED BY A WOMAN OF ACCEPTING A BRIBE NN ERRRRARRRRURRBIRINBREIRREER MRS. SCULLY HAS | PUT JULI US KRIEG IN HOT WATER Makes Affidavit Him in Hard Her Husband on the Police Mr. Dittus Is Left in of It All, Like a Rat Scuttling Into a Sewer, Is the Sinister Shadow of the “Boss of the Push.” . the police force of S Besides 4 **boss puts the two re <Council, J. P. Fay an of what little ed to her order to y to buy hi on the local force, he had uall gerted her and left her and her four children on the verge of starvation. To the latter course, Mrs. Scully says, husbavc led by association with and through the influence of Councilman Krieg. It is in the hope that Krieg will be punished for his crime she has thrown fear and caution to the winds and made public all the details of the transaction. Officer Scully, in the presence of the | Chief of Police and The Call's special correspondent, this afternoon confessed that he and his wife had procured his i v the payment of money to as the agent or partner {rieg. Chief Kidward over the: disclosure in ded the Council ular meet- night. uncfiman Dit- ever received any v a position ieg admits he Scully to use brother to se- | e police force, twenty dollars ¥ a place on that wa the says he secured | | Jose. | this story of bribery, cruelty and cor- That She Paid Cash to Put Force. Bad Odor, and Back Scully’s star for him simply out of | friendship. | Whatever the Council may do in this | matter there is a certaintv that it will brought to the attention of the Grand Jury for immediate considera- | tion. It is very likely that the New | Charter Club will take the case in hand. | While Mrs. Scully was dictating her i affidavit to-day the tears which she vainly endeavored to restrain would now and again well over, and her | words would come in trembling, half- sobbing tones, as days of anguish and suffering were apparently recalled to her mind. She lays all the blame for the apparent alienation of her hus- band’s affection to the companionship of Councilman Krieg. Her most fer- | vent wish, she says, is that Krieg may | be put in the State’s prison, and that | men like him may never again be elected to hold office in the city of San | be SIBBBRR RN RN RR R R BRI ! BB A sad touch of romance runs through ruption. Mrs. Scully was a rich wid- ow, with four children, when she mar- ried John H. Scully about five years ago. Her first husband, Welsh, left her a fortune of about $50,000, nearly all in real estate, on El Dorado street, just north of the business center of San | Jose. She has the reputation of being extremely generous, and never in the days of her prosperity refused a re- quest from a friend for a loan. Be- tween her ill-advised Hiberality and the drains made on her by her youthful and good-looking husband, all her property is to-day mortgaged up to the full limit, and the rents are pledged to | pay the interest on these mortgages. | For this reason Mrs. Scully has of late | been dependent on what her husband could earn to provide food and cloth- ing for herself and children. Recently, she says, she has been getting little or nothing from Scully, whose salary as a police officer has been $75 a month. | Some days, she stated, she had no mon- | ey with which to provide her family with food. She charges that Krieg has been tak- ing her husband into disreputable JOHN H. SCULLY, the Policeman Whose Place Was Bought by i I | il | il His Wife. 0009000000000009000500’900@@00@@@0@@00@0099@09O PPPPPP9990966 ®00® ‘? as a policeman on January 1, 1897. gave you some money."” paid all the debts.” He then said: ly's name on the slate. pay a bill, and he said: force.” didn’t give it to me. SB e enen Rt esanenen It inanInenInenst e £ Krieg the $150. W. C. Krieg told m brother Julius. pay the balance. I should pay $150. manded $50. more. get all of this money. salary. got it all. [Seal] State of California, County of Santa Clara, ss. Mary A. Welsh Scully, being first duly sworn, that she is a resident of the city of San Jose, and has lived there con- tinuously for twenty-two years. She also further deposes and says: I am the wife of Police Officer John Scully. John Scully was appointed Councilman of the Fourth Ward of the city of San Jose. I have known him for more than six years. During the latter part of December, 1897, I sold some of my property to Mayor V. Koch for $6000, and while I was sick in bed W. C. Krieg called on me and said: I told him: brother Julius, he could get your husband on the police force.” I asked him how he could do it, and he said that Julius Krieg would give each of his men in the Council a piece of money. James W. Rea would get part of the money and they would put Scul- I told him I could not get the money, and he asked me to go to Mayor Koch and try to get the money. Mayor Koch and asked him for the money, and he wanted to know what I was going to do with the money. “No, you don’t; you want to get Scully on the I denied that I wanted the money for that purpose, and Koch I borrowed from C. J. Mensing, a dry goods clerk, $150 by paying $25 for getting the money and $5 a month Interest for a year. I got this money on the 1st day of December, 189, and on the 28th of Decem- ber, 1896, in my home, in the presence of my husband, I paid to W. C. On February 12, 1897, I saw Julius Krieg. I thanked Julius for getting my husband on and told him I was sorry I could not This balance was a note my husband and I signed at the time I paid W. C. Krieg $150. When they found out we were anxious, they de- Julius Krieg then sald: “T know you have done the best you could, and you can pay the note when you can.” He further said: “I did not I didn’t get half.” order for $13 a month on the treasurer, to be deducted from Scully’s This was repeated for three months, until the note was paid. W. C. Krieg told me, when he got the money, not to tell it, as it was a State's Prison offense; that it would be death to me if I told it. On last Friday I asked George Dittus, a Councilman, how much of this money he got, and he replied that he received none; that Krieg Afterward I saw Mrs. W. C. Krieg and she said Dittus got half of the money, but that he is afraid to acknowledge it. I make this affidavit of my own free will, and for the purpose of having these mien punished for their crimes. Weans, a Wbt d. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 12th day of February, 1898. Notary Public in and for Santa Clara Ceunty, Cal. BRLRENRRIBURRRRRIVRIIIRILINNIRILIINN deposes and says I am acquainted with Julius Krieg, “I hear Koch No, he didn't give me any; he “If you can get $150 to give my He said that Dittus and I sent for I told the Mayor I wanted to e he would give the money to his The original agreement was that W. C. Krieg then got an . A $3250m2882 52,02 %2 53 82 %2 23 52 %3 %2 20 %0 $5 23 20 03 08 20 28 28 08 28 28 2828 28 0308 28 28 0 2 2 28 8 2 28 08 2 288 08 28 200300 OR0 00NN RO NIN NN places and inducing him to spend his | money there. It is this action on the | part of Krieg and her husband that | induced her to make this sensational exposure. | Immediately after Mrs. Scully had: made her affidavit, a copy of it was | taken to the Chief of Police and read to him. He sent for Officer Scully. Scully at first denied all knowledge of money having been paid for his posi- tion, but after all the details of the transaction were related and he had been cautioned by Chief Kidward, he admitted that he had signed a note for $50, which was in part payment of the | 2200 that he and his wife had agreed to pay for his position. He denied, however, that he had seen his wife pay over the $150 in cash to W. C. Krieg. | His other answers were given in such a way as to indicate that he was far from telling “the truth, the whole truth | and nothing but the truth.” He could not recollect when or where the note was signed, whether or not his | wife had signed the note with him, or what had become of the note. When had destroyed the note, after he had paid it by giving four orders on the | pressed on the matter he said that ha! | City Treasurer for $13 35 each to W. C. | | speechless by the revelations to which Krieg. The last of these orders was | paid on January 21, of this year. He sald that he knew his wife had paid $150 to W. C. Krieg for his position, as | she had told him so, but he did not | know when or where this money was | paid. He also knew that she had bor- | | | rowed it. Scully made the following | further statement: “I had the first talk with W. C.| Krieg about securing a position on the | police force in November, 1896, just be- | fore the election. 1 afterward ap-| proached Councilman Krieg and said I would like to get a place on the police force. He said it depended on who got elected as members of the council. He | would then see how things stood. 11‘ next saw W. C. Krieg in his shop after election. He said there was a | pretty hard crowd elected and that it | would take money for a fellow to get | in. He said it would take about $150. He did not mention any names, but| said that parties up town would have | to have it. I was also present at my | house when W. C. Krieg spoke to my wife about this matter.” Chief Kidward was rendered almost he was a listener. When the interview | with Scully was over and the latterhad |- POOOPPOPPPOORPOO6S S NEWS OF THE DAY. Weather forecast for San Fran- cisco: Falr on Sunday; fresh north to west winds. Maximum temperature for the past twenty-four hourst Ban Francisco .. Portland . FIRST PAGE. Bribery Scandal at San Jose. The Contession of a Murderen SECOND PAGE. Money for the State Printer. Wine Men Want Better Prices. A Taccina Murder Mystery Murde: and Sulcide at Seattls. THIRD PAGE. Surveys for Nicaragua Caual. Peace Offer to Cuba. Great Britain in the Far Fast. FOURTH PAGE. Towne Speaks for Silver. Big Ocean Steamer Founders. Lincoln Day at the East. Germany’s Vigorous Foreign Policy. FIFTH PAGE. Zola a Lover of Notorlety. SIXTH PAGE. CIPPIPOPDE999090009909 00@ Editort Wipe Out the Scandal. The Beauty of a Figure. The Financial Issue. Business in Sacramento. 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Mines and Mining. ‘Whist. 0990009999 PPI9PPPPPPINVIVINIVVVIVIPPVPVIVPPPOPIIN9990 900 P00 oD 9990060000900 09090000P00PPPPPPVPPPPPPPIIIPPPPPIVPIVPIG VPO S OD OGP 0 CONFESSES TO SAVE A FRIEND FROM THE NOOSE g/ "y : \\\\\\\oumnulmmumo,,,//// ; Iy, 7. \ ///////onmumbnn\\\\\\\V‘\ ///////// 7 \‘\\\ C. M. RAYMOND, the Murderer Who Has Confessed. left the Chief's private office, Chief Kidward expressed himself as follows: “I didn’t know the first thing about this. It was a cloudburst to me. The only thing I knew was about the col- lecting of the money by W. C. Krieg. I thought he was simply collecting money for some work done for Scully. I col- lect the money for the whole depart- ment from the City Treasurer, and these orders are a check against the ‘men’s salary, which I generally pay. I remember the payment of two of these orders to W. C. Krieg. The first order was left with the City Treasurer, and I think when I called for the money | they gave me the order as part of Scully’s salary. The second order was presented to me by W. C. Krieg. He brought the order in here and I paid it to him and kept it out of Scully’s salary.” Chief Kidward then paid the fol- lowing tribute to Scully as an officer: “As far as Scully personally in con- cerned he has been a number 1 offi- cer. He has shown himself to be ex- ceedingly bright, and for a new man has done remarkably good work. I expected good work from him, but he far_exceeded _my expectations. He always proved himself faithful, willing and energetic.” At the close of the interview the Chiet gave the order for the immediate suspension of Officer Scully pending an investigation before the City Counecil. The Chief evidently regretted to take this course, but said he had to act promptly in order: to protect himself and the police force as a whole from unfavorable criticism. He added that he would lay the matter before the Council on Monday night. In the course of his interview Scully gald he could not. place his hands o any of the orders or the note given to W. C. Krieg, but the last order paid by Chief Kidward was secured. It reads as follows: San Jose, March 25, 1897. J. N. Ewing, Treasurer City of San Jose; Please pay to W. C. Krieg, on or- der, thirteen 35-100 dollars ($13.35) and de- duct the same from my salary for the month of July, 1897, and oblige. (Signed) JOHN SCULLY. This bears the “O. K.” of Scully and a penciled memorandum shows it 'was paid on January 21, 1898.. Across the face of it, at right angles to the writ- ing of the order, is written in large characters in what is evidently the handwriting of W. C. Krieg, the word “Paid.” Under this-is the signature of Krieg. W. C. Krieg denied that he had been a party in any way to securing a place for Scully on the police force by the | payment of money to his brother, the Councilman, or any other Councilman. | He denied that he had ever been paid | any money by Mrs. Scully for securing | a place for her husband. His explana- tion of the trapsaction he had had with the Scullys is as follows: “The note for $50 was for work I did in repairing their pump and for some borrowed money. They can say what they want, but let them prove it.” “Why should Mrs. Scully make these charges?” he was asked. | “I can’t say why. I had talked with | Scully, and had agreed to help him. | She agreed to give me $20 if I would | use my influence to get her husband on | the force, and I spoke to my brother | about him, but she never paid me the | $20. To show you the feeling that ex- | ists between Mrs. Scully and myself, I | must tell you of some of the business | transactions that took place between | us. Since the time she promised to pay | me that $20 I did some repairing on her steam pump, and bought some old win- | dows that she had. I wanted them to build a green house. When my wife asked her what the windows were worth, Mrs. Scully said let it go for the $20, as she wanted to pay her debts. Now she wants pay for the glass, and I will pay her whatever the glass is worth, if she will pay for the repair work on the pump. I can show that the note was given for work done, but it will mean considerable work over my books. “Mrs. Scully was the first to speak about getting her husband a position on the police force. This was a few months ' earlier than December, 1896. She said she thought Johnnie would make a good police officer. = After that we had frequent conversations about | it Councilmen Krieg and Dittus, who are boon companions and can always ‘be found together, when they are not attending to public or private business, were seen together at one of their fa- vorite haunts on Market street. They made “a joint denial of the charges gworn to by Mrs. Scully. Then Krieg Continued on Becond Page. SATS TARRY WINTERS IS INNOCENT |C. M. Raymond Tells of the Killing at Baden. Admits His Guilt and Ims plicates Ex-Convict Willetts. Himself the Man Who Fired the Shot That Slew Andrews. WANTS JUSTICE DONE. The One Whom He Exonerates Already Sentenced to Death on the Gallows. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. SACRAMENTO, Feb. 12.—C. M. Ray- mond, alias Moore, who is now in Fol- som prison, and who is to be hanged on the 8th day of April for the murder of Fred Andrews in a hotel at Baden, | San Mateo County, has made a full and complete confession. He exonerates Winters and implicates a man by the name of Willets. To-night's Bee has the following statement of the con- fession: “On laét Monday Moore sent for ‘Warden Aull, saying he was anxious to see him upon important business. It was a wet, dismal day, and this, per- haps, may have led him to think of his crime. When Warden Aull arrived at the cell Moore told the Warden that he wanted to confess to the murder, and asked the Warden to send for Brother Chisholm, the prison chaplain. Warden Aull told him that he would send for Brother Chisholm, but that the chaplain generally came over on Sat- urday. Moore said that he could not wait that long. Warden Aull then said he would see how soon he could get Brother Chisholm and telephoned to the chaplain, who answered he would try to get over from Auburn the next day. The warden was very busy, hav- ing other matters to attend to, and told the chaplain he could not see him on Tuesday. Warden Aull then went to Moore that same evening and told him that Chisholm would not be over until Sat~ urday. Moore still insisted that he could not wait that long. The condemned man said that he and Winters went to Baden one week prior to the shooting and examined the building. They then went back to San Francisco, where Moore procared a re- volver from Winters. Later, Moore said, he met Willets, who was an ex- convict, and together they returned to Baden. While there, Moore said, he met Winters in Holy Cross Cemetery and got another pistol from him. Wil- lets and Moore that night entered Fer- riter’s Hotel for the purpose of com- mitting the burglary. “Some one who was at the head of the stairs,” said Moore, “saw us and threw me down stairs. The noise at- tracted several other roomers, who ap- peared on the scene. At the foot of the stairs I looked up and saw several people struggling with Willets, when T shot four times.” ‘Warden Aull asked Moore what Win< ‘ters was doing in Baden at that time, THE ACCUSED COUNCILMEN.