The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 16, 1898, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESD:Y, MARCH 16, 1898. CONFESSHO WHILE YOU ARE WAITING How Yellow Journal- ists Harrow the Soul of Guilt. Ten Thousand Dollars Offered Hoff to Declare Himselfa Murderer. Told He Might Have a Lawyer With a Pull and Wit~ nesses to Suit. LAWYERS IN ODD ROLES. Trying to Sell a Statement Condemn- ing the Man They Are Paid for Defending. The business of wresting confessions from the unwilling bosoms in which they lie only awaiting a hypnotic touch to spring out as declarations dripping with gore received an airing last night. It is a queer business, anyhow, had ex- cited a measure of interest, and the public was glad to learn the particu- lars. The modern style of yellow jour- nal keeps an expert who devotes him- mainly to the harrowing up the souls of accused people, inducing them | to expose the lves to contumely and | the bodies whe: they are tenants, | to such ex as hanging. | In the investigation of Attorney Ben- jamin W. McIntosh before Superior | Cook upon the charge of an at- bt to sell an alleged confession of nt—for short, Albert Hoff, the ence adduced tended to show that | , like Hamlet's mother, had been lled upon to confess himself to heav- en, and to “repent what's past, avoid to come. .y W. H. Schooler, the leading in the defense of Hoff against rge of the murder of Mrs. Mary d with whom McIntosh was | d in the ca in connection | with Attorney J. Hill, appeared as counsel for McIntosh in the investiga- In his ¢ as given last v that he d had with Hoff, in which the pris- r described to him a certain visit it had been paid him by John F.Con- | , confession editor of the Exam- he said, had offered the er the magnificent sum of $10,000 nbacks to make to him an up- sational confession for the wha Atto vidence This had been previously denied by Connors when he was upon the stand, nd also in a degr by W. Britt, | r in the confession line, who t he was present during the part of the interview between nors and Hoff. This interview was 1 in the City Jail. "he investigation was begun prompt- 0 o'clock, with District Attor- | rnes for the prosecution. Hoff, > eged murderer, was in the cour lent but interested spectator of the dings. Attorney McIntosh en- 1 the court about five minutes after it had been called to order. He took | | Baldwin Actress Who Kisses Divinely. Mile. Anna Held, who bathes in milk and kisses divinely, is on her way here to open at the Baldwin Theater at the con- clusion of the present engagement of Joseph Holland. : That Miss Held should be on her way here is nothing very remarkable nor is the fact that she is going to play at the a subject of comment. There have been.other theatrical stars of more or less magnitude who have been on their way to this city before now and who have not only d divinely, but who have bathed & mpagne as well as milk. Consequently it is not that Miss Held is coming that excites interest, but the man- ner of her coming. She will arrive here in a style never before indulged in by even the greatest of her profession, and when her attendants as well as her sur- roundings are considered it is a safe bet that nothing will follow that will equal her until circus season again approaches. Miss Held travels in a private car of passing magnificence and her companions are a parrot, that swears with fluency in geveral modern and one or two ancient languages; a pair of monkeys of the long- tailed and bewhiskered variety; two cats and a small dog, who serve to make things interesting when the fair Held is suffering from ennui produced by long vistas of sage brush and alkali. The car in which Miss Held not only travels but in which she lives is proba- bly the most elegant of its kind on wheels. It was originally built by the Harlan & Hollingsworth Company of o i | : JLLEANNA[ELD'S PRIVATE PALACE CAR | MULE ANA HELD'S ZRIATE PALACE CAR SHE BATHES IN MILK. Wilmington, Del., on an order from Lil- lian Langtry and cost $37,000. It was se- cured by s Held from the Jersey Lilly’s representatives for the modest sum of $22,000. The interior of the car resembles a lux- uriously furnished flat more than any- thing else, in which is a sumptuously fur- nished reception room, a cozy dining- room, sleeping apartments and buffet. The furnishings and upholstery of the en- tire car are on le of magnificence Dbordering on the extravagant and not one detail of comfort is lacking. Adjoining the reception room is the pri- vate apartment of Miss Held herself. It is upholstered in silk and stored beneath the bed is the bath tub, in which each a s morning this venus of the stage arises from her sea of milk. The washstand is of solid silver and the supports of the mirror are of the same costly metal. Brussels carpets cover the floors of all the rooms and silk portieres abound at <es, statuary and rare bits of art fill up odd corners, while a piano is to be found at one end of the reception room. Altogether it is a veritable fairy palace on wheels and one that the cost of main- taining would provide with the necessities of life many a poor family who never dream of the luxury contained in the car that goes whizzing past their humble hovels near the railroad tracks on the outskirts of the big Eastern cities. nors that $100 was in it for him 1f the | deal could be consummated. The affidavit furthr set forth with great nicety of detail the numerou meetings between Haymond and N Intosh and the Examiner represen tives for the purpose of selling the confession, but the attorney hung to the $2000 mark with the tenacity of a Wall-street broker, and there was | where the rub came in, for in the judg- | ment of the confession editor, there had been a slump in the confession market. That class of stock being off several points he and the Examiner could not see it at $2000. There was yet another obstacle blocking the bargain. The Examiner wanted to be sure that the confession was genuine. It could not Thomas Garrett, a large man, under- | stood to be the city editor of the Ex- aminer, followed next and told the court of Haymond's visit to his office in his efforts to sell the confession. Af- ter learning the nature of the confes- sion he had said to Haymond that it was not worth the price; that it was not as interesting as some other con- fesstons that he had previously pub- lished. Finally, upon being pushed by Haymonad for some definite answer, he had told him that he must wait twen- | | duced and described a diagram of the | | house where the murder was commit- | ty-four hours for his decision, as he desired time to think. That was the shortest space of tijne, as a well-bal- anced and rational city editor, in which | he could hope to arrive at any conclu- | sions from his thinker. Attorney Schooler after being sworn stated that McIntosh had been asso- ciated in the defense of Hoff with him- | self ever since the preliminary exami- | nation. He had been told by McIntosh | that Hoff had something of importance to tell him, and that he had gone to see his client. Hoff told him of the visit | that he had received from Connors and of the offer of $10,000 that had been made for a confession. When he went to see his client Hoff said to him: “Mr. Schooler, we will have plenty of money now. Connors has been here and offered me $10,000 to confess.” had said to him: you as_your friend. you. Now, you are guilty; everybody knows it and believes it, and I want you \to confess it all to me. your comforter. 1 will get you a law- yer who has a pull and I will furnish you with witnesses who will have influ- ence-with the jury. Do not refuse my offer.” ““On this side” (and the confession editor pointed to the outside of the prison walls) “lies freedom, while there” (and he motioned in an ominous way to the dreaded San Quentin) “is the gallows and death.” Then Ho™ says the magnanimous confession editor pulled from his coat- pocket. a much-bethumbed Bible, one he said had been given to him by some criminal woman, who had made an ex- clusive confession to him, and placing the holy book upon his knee told Hoff to place his hand upon it. Hoff laid his right hand upon the Bible. and Connors said to him, “No, put your left hand on the book, for it is nearer your heart and gives better results in confessions; now swear by Almighty God in heaven that you killed Mrs. Mary Clute.” Hoff then told Schooler that Connors | “I have come to see | I want to help | | stand. He identified a photograph of his wife, and then took a seat among the spectators. Mrs. Mary Usehold, of 230 Page street, testified that on the day of the murder Mrs. Clute called at her home and remained there until about 4 o'clock, and then leit to go to the house in which she met her death. Shortly after she had gone the de- fendant prisoner called and inquired for her. Policeman George W. Russell, when Mrs. Usehold left the chair, pro- ted. Stewart Merrill and L. F. Turkle- son, photographers, next identified several pictures taken of Mrs. Clute’'s | house, and one of the hand of the ac- | cused carpet-layer, on which an ugly | wound showed. George W. Legg was the last witness examined. He lives in the flat below the one in which Mrs. Clute was murdered. He testifled that he heard the fall of Mrs. Clute's body, and afterward saw a man | leaving the house carrying a carpet bag. He did not see the man's face, but he identified the carpet bag owned by the defendant as the one he saw in the possession of the man who left the house shortly after Mrs. Clute had been killed. WHhen Legg left the stand Judge Cook admonished the jury, and the case was continued until this morn- ing. BABCOCK IS AFTER WEBSTER Funds of the Teachers’ Insti- tute Are Under Inves- tigation. I will be | The Ex-Superintendent Claims That His Successor Has Been Derelict. The old score between Superintendent of Schools Reginald Webster and ex-Su- perintendent' of Schools Madison Bab- cock will probably come to the front within the next few days as a result of the recent investigations. When Superinten. nt Webster was de- cided by the courts to be entitled to his dered woman, was next cafled to the | SAN FRANCISCO'S CHARTER FINISHED The Freeholders Have Finally Concluded Their Labors. Hasu'e!t's Scheme to Invest the Mayor With Appointment of Commis- sioners Frustrated. The fifteen Freeholders wound up their labors yesterday and turned the work over to the pruning committee. This body will meet to-day and continue the work of revising the charter until it is com- plete, when it will be filed with the Re- corder and Mayor. ‘Yesterday's work was devoted to fixing salaries and putting odds and ends to- gether.© At the afternoon session M. C. Hassett appeared with a,trick card up his sleeve by which Mayor Phelan’s suc- cessor would have the appointment of all the commissioners ecnumerated in the charter. If Mr. Hassett’s scheme had carried the commissioners would all take office on the first Monday in July, 1899, or six months before the provisions of the charter would go into effect as regards the officers elected under it. Freeholder Taylor saw through Mr. Hassett's game and was not shy to char- acterize-it as being a bald-headed politi- cal job. He spoke his mind fully and freely on the absurdity of the scheme, and as a result the motion was with- drawn by Mr. Thompson, who had intro- duced it. The subjoined is a partial schedule of the salaries fixed on some of the principal offices: The Police and Fire Commissioners re- ceive $100 a month each. The Chief Engineer of the Fire Depart- ment and the Chief of Police get $4000 each;_first and second engineers of the Fire Department, §1800. each; °battalion capfiains of the same department, $1800 each. Four Police Judges, who will be elected for four years, at $3600 each; City Attor- elected for two years, at a salar of $5000, with four assistants, one at $3600, one at $3000; one at §2400 and one at $1800 per year. The District Attorney, elected for two vears, at $:000, ' with seven assistants, three of whom will have $3600 each and the other four at $2400 each. Those will have charge of the police courts. The County Clerk to be elected and hold for two years at a salary of $4000. His deputies, which will be provided for by the Civil Service Commissioners, except two, are rated as follows: Chief clerk at $2400, cashier $2100, twelve courtroom p) at $1800, five register clerks at , twelve assistant register clerks at 31500, sixteen copyists at $900 and four clerks for Police Courts at $1500. The Sheriff to be elected for two years and have a salary of $6000. His assist- ants are graded thus: One Under Sheriff $2400, one attorney $1800, one chief book- keeper $1800, two tant bookkeepers $1500, 1Xen office deputies $1500, sixteen bail- p No. 1 $1800, ten jailers at Branch Jail No. 1 $1200, one superintendent for Branch Ji . 2 and 3 $1800, sixteen guards at 200, one chief jailer at Branch Jail | Branch Jail No. 2 $600, one matron at Branch Jail No. 3 $0, six guards at Branch Jail No. 3 $600, ohe commissary to act for all jails $1500, one uriver of van . one janitor $700. Clerk of Justices’ Court at $2100, with five deputies at $100 a month. Freeholder Gutte made a strong fight to have the Fire Marshal placed on the clty’s payroll, but ex-Mayor Ellert op- posed him and won out. Consequently he remains an attache of the insurance com- panies. The bonds of the more important offi- cers of the city have been fixed on the following scale: Mayor, $25,000; Auditor, $59,000; Treasurer, $200,000; Tax Coliector, §100,000; Assessor, $50,000;° County Clerk, $40,000;” Recorder, $20,000; Sheriff, $0,000; Coroner, $10,000; " City Attorney, $10.000; District ‘Attorney, §10,00; Public Adminis- trator, $50,000; Superintendent of Public Schools, $000: each Commissioner of Pub- lic Works, $25,000; Clerk of the Supervis- ors, $10,000; each 'Supervisor, $10,000; each | School Director, : each Fire Commis- | sioner, $10,000; each Police Commissioner, | $6000; each Election Commissioner, p Property Clerk of Police Department, $10,- —_— A HARD LUCK STORY. Hundreds of Peop!;E Skaguay Are in Need of Food. The following extracts are from a: in- teresting letter received by Captain John Silovich of the tug Vigilant: “i caguay is all a fraud. When we were up there the | people were dying at the rate of from twenty to twenty-five a week, on an av- erage. We had enc-gh men asking per- mission to work their way back to load the ship. Everything looks awfully blue up there. I saw a woman on the dock eating a moldy loaf of bread. She and her | husband had just enough money to pay their way back to Seattle, and you should | have neard what tney had to say about the Klondike. “And yet every steamer that arrives here is crowded with passengers. While we were lying at Skaguay the steamer City of Seattle came in with 600 passen- gers and 180 of them never left the ship, | ‘but paid their return fare and went back home again. I guess you think I am stretching it, but, instead of doing that, I couldn't begin to tell you of the misery and destitution there are to be seen on every hand up here. “We had trouble with the stevedores in Skaguay. They used to get 50 cents an hour, but they formed a union and ralsed the price to 75 cents an hour. We had to give It, but as stevedores they are about as much good as a fifth wheel is | fo & coach. Just imagine if you can. It | took them sixteen hours to put out -10.001)[ feet of lumber. “T met poor Tom (Captain Tom Tock- yer) on Douglas Island on the Whitelaw. He had a fearful time coming up. He was without a chart and his pilot was no good. He took the outside passage once or twice, but it was so rough the pas- sengers made him come inside again. In fact the passengers practically took com- mand of the ship. Tom was foolish in the first place to leave without a chart, as it is a hard road to travel at the best of times. Tom told me that he struck once or twice—while through ‘Wrangel Narrows. “The steamer Corona was got off the | rocks at Lewis Island and the tug Maud | towed her to a dock at Irving Point in | the Skeena River. We spoke the steamer Pasadena and the captain told us the Corona was saved and for us to tele- raph for a tug to go from Seattle to grlng her down to Victoria, B. C. He also told us about the Whitelaw being burned to the water's edge at Skaguay. Poor Tom.” passing A HORSE KILLED BY A LIVE WIRE The Storm Set a Death-Trap at California Street and Cen=- tral Avenue. A Broken Telephone Line Connected With a Trolley Wire and Dan- gled Across the Street. A horse driven by G. B. Molinar, & scavenger living at 216 Laurel street, was | killed yester€ay morning by a live wire at California street and Central avenue. It was scarcely daylight when Molinar | drove along Central avenue with his team | on' his daily rounds, when | horses ran into a wire that was dangling one of his from a network of wires overhead. The animal reared, then fell dead almost in- stantly. The thin _wire, scarcely dis- cernible in the dim light,’ lay across the carcass of the dead horse, and where it touched it burned and sizzled Into the esh. A telephone wire had been Snapped dur- ing one of the squalls that swept over the Western Addition the night before, and in falling it had dropped across the trolley wire of the Sutro electric road. ‘There it dangled across the roadway waiting for a victim. —_———— FENDERS ON CARS. The Case of H. E. Huntington Con- tinued for a week. The case of H. E. Huntington, president of the Market-street Railway Company, charged on a.complaint of A. M. Law- rence with violating order 2566 of the Board of Supervisors in not having fend- ers on electric cars, was called in Judge Conlan's court yesterday morning. The defendant was present with his attorneys, General Hart and Frank E. Kelly, Law- rence was not in court, but he was repre- sented by Attorney Eugene Bert. General Hart announced that they were ready to proceed, but Bert demurred and asked for a contlnuance until the after- noon, to enable him to get his witnesses. This was objected to by the defense as Huntington had arranged to leave for New Orleans in the afternoon. Finally it was decided to continue the case tiil next Tuesday, and if Huntington was not back by that time the case would go on without him, as there were only points of law involved. —_— e———— In the Divorce Courts. Andrew J. Reed was granted a divorce from Annie R. Reed yesterday on the ground of willful desertion. Mabel Green- wald was granted a divorce from Lois Greenwald on statutory grounds. Clara B. Love was granted her anplication for a divorce from Edmund M. Love on the ground of extreme crueity. The plaintiff Was allowed to resume heér maiden name, Hudson. Maria Ostrom was granted a divorce from C. O. Ostrom on the ground of failure to provide. Roderick W. Mc- Gawie was the last on the Hist to be freed from the obligations of matrimony. Ha was granted a divorce from Ella L. Mcs Gawie on the ground of desertion. N AN S SS b4 wearing. AN Compound.! Such using L Backache is one of the most common of woman’s troubles and one of the most It is not an acute pain, but a most dis- tressing, wearying sensation, making work almost impossible and indicating disease of the feminine organs. A common mistake is to treat backache in women with local external applica- tions, calling it “a little spinal irritation ” or a “touch of rheumatism.” Do not be deceived ; means serious trouble for you unless the cause of it is removed. All uterine and ovarian diffi- culties are relieved by Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable relief progresses in almost every case to a complete cure. With relief of these troubles backache' disappears. Mrs. M. E. MULLER, 16 Franklin St., Providence, R.I., writes: Dear Mgs. Prxgmam: —I have been dia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com- ADVERTISEMENTS. your backache [ >SN BACKACHE. Mrs. Pinkham speaks earnestly to women suf- fering from this discouraging complaint. dread- am all n was somethin seat he made severe strictures on his 5 k straight. Now predecessor in office, who had contested | pound for backache. The Quick and sharp, with no hesitancy, | ful; at times I could not wal Hoff swore, but his words sew.t the cold | THE CONFESSION EDITOR AND HIS METHODS. a seat by Hoff, near Attorneys Schooler and Hill, and the quartet engaged in much whispered conversation. with its well known reputation afford to publish an untruth even for the sake of sensation. Thus the confession edi- tor and the attorney had bickered un- chills down the co fession editor’'sback, for upon his ears fell the statement, “I swear before uod that I did not kill Mrs. Clute:.” This ended the taking of testimony last night. It will be resumed this af- ternoon at 3:30 o’clock, when it is the intention of the court to have Hay- mond present if he can be found. Hoff his right to hold the superintendency. Since that time Mr. Babcock has kept | a wary eye on Mr. Webster, and now thinks that he has found a flaw in the latter's career. He has been looking into the records to ascertain how the funds of | the San Francisco Teachers' Institute | | have been expended. He claims that $300 | was expended during the session of the | State Institute that was properly charge- | able to that institution, but rightand enjoy good health. I feel like a new woman. Jknaw how thankful I am that I have got my health back, and I have yon to thank for it. Your medicine is the best that I have ever used. ladies to try it, and I am sure it will give unbounded I will recommend it toevery friend I have. You do not satisfaction. Iiss LIZZIE KOELLA, 529 Tecumseh St., The contempt of court proceedings ! aptin: weildh MicIntosh had been sum- | til both got angry. was not allowed to go upon the stand. | 51§ |9 & 'city Institute. EDatiwgs | Ay T = > moned cited at some dength that he had District Attorney Barnes first placed ¢ Mr. Babcock is also investigating other | ‘oledo, Ohio, writes : falled to maintain the respect due the court, and that he had failed to main- tain inviolate its confidence and secrets and that he had told Connors that Hoff d confessed his guilt, and offered for upon the stand Thomas B. Sullivan of the Examiner, who told of the negotia- tions between his paper and Attorneys Haymond and McIntosh so far as he was acquainted with them. He was followed by Connors. The confession THE ACCUSED IS NERVOUS Becomes Greatly Excited When a Witness Adds a Link to bills which he claims will show that Su- | perintendent Webster has not paid proper | attention to the handling of Teachers’ In- | stitute funds. . { | Not a Stool Pigeon. | { DeAR Mes. PrxgmAy:—I cannot praise your Vege- h. For about a year I was e. I could not work, could table Compound enou, sick with the back not sleep at night, and did not care to 1i two months ago I saw your advertise: I advise all ive. About ment in a a consideration. of money o isell it | Tollowed (Y COEERGT the Chain Against Him. s = D & gnified, calm and Charles Wingus, the hackman who r, and thought I would our Compound. S ési“’j"ufgzofit positive manner, s became one of bis| Amert Frederlck George Verenesen- arove the parties who Kidnaped the Chi. | /0\ Berday I feel e ot new persontr? Tie justpe‘:dor ; & officials had been unable to find him. ;Z:‘]f;‘:é;’,‘img?s 'llel)p"‘l'les. ere Was w20 | eckockockhoff, whom it is alleged 32fj:n8‘;“1n“§; e that poemen fiels ing health ; never felt so good in my life. I have recommended your Vegetable Componnd to many W e tempt of “eourt proceedings | HesianCy o ade was deliberate, and | stained his hands with the blogd of | teered information to them in regard to of my friends, who are now using it, and thinl it is just splendid. 20 against him set forth with much legal v jage that he was guilty of inter- ference with the proceedings of the court, calculated to prevent the secur- ing of a jury to try the cause, and to improperly influence those that had al- reacdy been sworn. Mcintosh presented an affidavit which was read by his counsel, it being his answer to the court to the charges as set forth in the affidavit of Connors. In it he denied in general and particu- the charges embodied in Connors’ he had met McIntosh on March 13, and that he had had an interview with him he did not look like a man who had shattered records for_getting confes- sions on short notice. Yet it was known ttat criminals of wary shade suffered terribly until they hadpoured their woes into his willing ear. He told of his in- terview with Flaymond and McIntosh, and also of the one that he had with Hoff. He denfed that he offered him a cent for a confession.. He admitted, how- ever, that he had upon one occasion of- fered him some of his Perfecto Regalia cigars, and that he had given him some nors confession would have to be properly Mrs. Mary Clute, is a bundle of nerves, jand each mnerve is completely un- strung. Yesterday, during the progress of his case, he could scarcely contain himself, and when a witness would add a link to the fihain of evidence against him he would spring from his chair and advise his attorneys as to how to proceed in his behalf. When the case | closed for the evening he appeared im- mensely relieved, but he must face many similar scenes before his fate is | determined by the twelve men that he gave at the preliminary examina- the matter. He asserts that he is no stool pigeon and can't see where the po- lice got the story given out unless they dreamed it. Wingus claims that the only thing he told the policeman at the sta- tion was that the white man had sald he was a deputy sheriff from San Jose | and had the Chinese under arrest. This ' | information he gave upon being asked by the officer, who thought the actions of the people suspicious. | ———————— | Love, Courtship and Marriage. At the First Presbyterian Church last evening Dr. E. R. Dille delivered the | riage when brought about by honorable conditions were gone into, and the N A woman of experience in these matters understands women, and Mrs. Pinkham of Lynn, Mass., has a wider experience than any physi- cian, male or female. She offers you her counsel free of charge, and it is a friendly, sympathetic counsel. No man sees your letter or its answer at any time, and to secure the best advice it is necessary that you should be perfectly frank, this you can be to one of your own sex, A Woman’s Remedy for Woman's lils. idavit. ey to purchase oil, so that he might | hold his life in their hands. f a course of lect: 2 ¥ ‘l'unnors‘ n the adavit he fled with | Ty 10 P Qe Jamp. Relative | L W. Decker was the first witness SO e ik M. Seottian S ave | ia E. Pinkha ’s Vegetable C d e Sok, stated In substance’that | o {he purchase of the confession Con- | called by the prosecution. His testl- | Courtship and Marrlage, In the usual | y 1a E. Fin ms ege anie ompoull . stated that he had said that the imony was practically the same as that | strain of eloquence the benefits of mar- | the presence of Edgar B. Haymond, | attested. He admitted that the price | ticn; that on December 16 last he met e e e rered to sell Hoff's con- | desired by Haymond had been more | the defendant at Gertte's saloon and speaker often referred 10 1o Bappines ZUN fession to the Examiner for $2000. Hay- | than he sh;ugkl;:tdtha co!;f%u:lo% was adl‘;med him to give himself up to the | conditions. The Pf(t:"hwzlz"bm Drnll wed | 3 %o q e L0 L0 L0 L0 L0 L20 L0 20 tin McIntosh’s rth, and he had attempted to have a | police, on the evening of rel y Dr. E. 8. Y B E‘L dollars knocked off. E. R. Clute, the husband of the mur- | Chaptan onng'.l‘ha Stones Crying Out.” | fa CASCANG 9 OSSOSO GO SO NCA NN egent, and he had intimated to Con-