The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 12, 1898, Page 12

12 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1898, ROBBED BY TW0 CLEVER BUNKO MEN Charles Becker Was an Easy Victim of Sharpers. Claimed That They Were Well-Known Lumber Merchants. Had Him Draw Five Hundred Dollars Out of the Bank. THE POLICE NOTIFIED. One of the Robbers Is Said to Be “Scarred Face” Rounds, a No- torious Thief. Chief Lees and his detectives are searching for two bunko men who clev- erly robbed Charles Becker, a young man, of his savings, amounting to $500. Last Sunday the men inserted an ad- vertisement in & morning paper, stat- ing that they were anxious to hire a young man as clerk, and that it would be necessary for him to furnish $500 as a guarantee that he would be faith- ful to his employers. The advertise- ment purported to have been inserted by Jackman & Matson, wholesale lum- ber dealers. After reading the adver- tisement Baker, anxious to secure work, went to the place designated by the men, and was met by an old man who represented that he was one of the members of the lumber company. He told the unsophisticated youth that to employ a clerk, but that it would be necessary » put up $500 as a guarantee aith. Just then the other nxiou pulated bun ntroduced as one of the firm of lumber merchants, proceeded to question whether or not he had The foolish young man ad $500 in bank, and of- nish that amount as .a| tee that he would be true to his to any mon told him ers told him to call on the when definite arrange- made to put him to | showed up at the ap- was met by one of The latter told him ar-— for him to fur- ntee before he could Becker, thinking that cure a good position, er to the bank, where deposited his money, and drew After the bank t of his friend, over to him. gomery street, was reached d he was anxious to see od Becker to wait until After waliting a long time man, realizing he had been ‘obbed, informed the first policeman he $500 gu work. out to > latter 1 Th juarters, w “aptain istening ives Ryan and O'Dea to find the bunko ook him to police head- he was turned over to ur. The latter, after story, detailed Detec- men. Last night the detectives, after a2 thorough investigation, concluded that one of the men is a well-known ronfidence operator named Rounds. He was arrested a short time ago for rob- bing an unsuspecting stranger, but es- | 'up?(ti being convicted in the Police | Court. Becker deseribes the older of the two s being about 50 years of age and has o deep scar on his left cheek. The sther is about 30 years of age and was fashionablv dressed. He believes he tan identify them, in case they are ar- rested. Patrick Kerrigan’s Death. The Coroner’s jury yesterday | Into the cause of the death of Patrick | Kerrigan, who was killed May 3 by fall- | Ing off and being run over by a flat car | used in hauling ties for the Park and | Ocean Railroad Company, returned the | following verdict: ‘‘We find the cause of | death to be accidental through negligence of the railroad company in not _taking proper precautions to prevent the tles | which fell on the deceased from fa.lllngi o c: | incutring | ADVERTISEMENTS. MOTHERS Read What CUTICURA REME- DIES Have Done for Skin- Tortured Babies. My little sister (Annie Matthews, La Plata, Charies County, Md.) had the cow-pox, when only seven years old. She suffered terribly, and everything we tried did no good. Every time her clothes were taken off, every bit of scab would come with thém; she was raw all over. One box of CUTICURA (ointment) and | & cake of CUTICURA SOAP, cured her in three weeks, Mrs. ELIZA ROYE, Feb. 23,'98. 1219 Fourth St.,N. W. Wash.D.C. My niece's little baby, two years old, wasso | badiy aflicted with Eczema that he needed | constantwatching. His face was always full | | | of large sores which he scratched constantly. Mornings, his clothes, face and hands were stained with blood. They had medical treat- | ment,and tried everything. She commenced CuTicura ReMEDIES. The sores left his face and he was entirely oxred. Mrs. L. J. ROOT, Feb. 16, 1898. New Scotland, N. X. Our little boy was four weeks old when he had Eczema, in the most horrible state. His face was full of scabs, and parts of the flesh were raw. We used CUTIOURA SOAP and one box of CUTICURA (ointment), and in one week this boy was as good as ever. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. FREESE, Feb. 15, 1898. 360 So. First St., Brooklyn. When my boy was three weeks old, I noticed avery red ronghness on his face. We bad several doctors, but they did no good. Iwas told to use CUTICURA REMEDIES, and after using one box and a half of CUTIOURA (oint- mentyand CUTIOURA SOAP, he is entirely cured. * Mrs. W.G.LOVE, Feb. 26, '68. 1913 Wilder St., Phila., Pa. ‘Babies on fire, bables burning up, babies in agony from tortaring and disfiguring, itching and burning, skin sad scalp disenses. None but mothers realize how for. To know that a warm bath with CuTicURA Boar, and s single ancinting with CUTICURA, purest of emol- Tient skin cures, wili afford Instant relief, permit rest and sleep. and point 0 a epeedy cure, and DOt to use them is 10 fail in your duty. Think of the years of suffering en- tailed by such peglect. Cures made in ehildhood are speedy, permanent, and economical. FOR BROMO-SELTZER. POISON THOMAS GRIFFIN Given a Dose of Morphine to Steady His Nerves. Thomas Griffin, a middle-aged man, who is employed as teamster by the Union Ice Company, walked into the Receiving Hospital yesterday morning and declared that he had been polsoned. As he showed symptoms of morphine poi- soning the, doctor in churge administered an antidoté. Griffin seemed to ETow worse, and for a time it was thought he would die. Last night he recovered sufficiently to tell his story. He claimed he entered a saloon at Geary and Lar- kin streets, and as he was feeling badly he asked the bartender to give him something to “brace him up,” as he expressed it. The bartender took a package out of his pocket, and, tossing it to Griffin, told him to help himself. “That will do you good,” he remarked, “but look out you do not take too much of it.” Grif- in thinking. that the package contained bromo-seltzer, poured the contents into a glass of whisky and swallowed it. The bartender was busy at the time, but when Griffin told him he had taken the entire dose he advised him to go to the hospital. 2 FYou have taken twenty-four grains of morphine,” he remarked: “that stuff I gave you was morphine. Griffin lost no time in visiting the hospital, where he was relieved of a por- tion of the poison. Last night he was in a precarious condition, and the doctors gave as their opinion that he could not possibly recover. After being informed of the cause of Griffin’s illness Captain Seymour or- dered Detective Ed Gibson to make a thorough investigation. He visited the sa- loon, and after obtaining the statement of Edward Pringle, the proprietor, took him to the Receiving Hospital for the purpose of having Griffin identify him. After scrutinizing him Griffin said he was not the man who gave him the poison. Pringle, howeyer, declared that he waited on Griffin. He claims that the latter Vvisited his saloon and called for a glass of whisky. After drinking it he went into a rear room, where he says he took the poison. Captain Seymour is making an investigation, and if Griffin's story is true he intends to arrest the bartender for supplying Griffin with morphine. DANCING MASTER IN TROUBLE. bout to begin. jance w 1 | | = | Colvan denies that he ever borrowed | George Colvan Arrested for Threats ., .\"from the woman, but claims that Against Life. | they “were friend! until he dis- | covered t e was a divorcee. He Professor George H. Colvan, who con-| then jilted and, according . to. kis story, she threatened to ruin him. After spending a couple of hours in the Seven- teenth-street station Colvan was released on his own recognizanc S CR I B L The Charter to Be Discussed. A discussion on the merits of the pro- posed charter will take place to-night at Maennerbund Hall, on Bryant avenue and Twenty-fourth street, at which both sides of the question will be presented. Able speakers have been invited to address the meeting. The invitation has been issued dle, so she repaired to Judge Low, and| by the Mission Improvement League of told him her troubles. The judge listened | Clubs, through its president, Thomas B. with kindly ear, and issued a warrant | Sievin. ducts a dancing school at Native Sons’ | Hall, on Seventeenth street, was arrested last night on complaint of Mrs. Alma Wallen, who charged him with threats | against life. | Mrs. Wallen alleges that she loaned | Professor Colvan $00 with which he started his dancing school. A short time ago she discovered that he was a mar- ried man and immediately demanded her money back. Colvan refused fo return it, she claims, and he threatened to Kill her. Mrs. Wallen was not prepared to ADVICE ON ECONOMIC MEASURES Uncle Collis’ Scheme of Universal Con- solidation. Would Like to See All Railroads Under One Management. The Magnate Criticizes the Late Senator Leland Stanford AS TO HIS POLITICAL ACTS Huntington Throws Some Light on the Manner in Which He Has ‘Won Riches. Collis P. Huntington experienced sev- eral short periods of great mental dis- comfort yesterday, but in the main he managed to dodge a majority of the ques- tions put to him by Attorney Hayne re- garding the cost, profits, expense of ope- rating and manner of conducting the af- fairs of the Southern Pacific Company. Between his evasions and equivocations he sandwiched in some good advice to young men who wish to become milllon- aires by their own exertions, as well as some caustic eriticisms of the acts of the men who were associated with him in the building of the Central Pacific Railroad. Of the late Senator Stanford he said: “He was as straight a man as there was in California in all matters with which he was connected, outside of politics.” * When asked what he meant by his ref- erence to the political acts of his former partner Huntington took refuge behind the statement that he had never been in politics, and was therefore unable judge the acts of those who were. Attorney Hayne, who conducted the ex- amination, recurred to the matter of the cost of operating the roads of the South- ern Pacific system. Huntington expressed a desire to comply with the request for information, but declared that he pos- sessed no further knowledge of the sub- ject than that set forth in the annual statements made for the benefit of stock- holders. “I made up my mind,” he sald, “a great many years ago that a man can do but | one thing and do it weil. I know a few things about the rough outside work of building rallroads, but I am ignorant of | The details the details of bookkeeping. of cost and expenditure are a matter of bookkeeping. gregates. Wil of you produce the books the company in court so that we can ascer- | tain the details for ourselves?” “As the president of the company should say that the books could not brought into court.' ““Will you then furnish us a statement taken from the books?" “If the court should order it I suppose we should have to try, but I don’t think we should comply with any more strin- gent request unless our legal advisers said it was the proper thing to do. We might give experts a chance to see the books, but I don’t think we would go any further.” Huntington gave it as his opinion that I be it all of the transportation companies of MASONS IN REVELRY FOR, CHARITY. *THE GOLDEN GATE COMMANDERY'S GYPSY BOOTH - been realized. ing has been prepared. HOSE who support the left the stage. the stately ~Minuet de Mozart” appeared wending their way to the stage. commenced. marched away. gave an exhibition. expectations of the management of the festival. pected. feature that few can afford to miss. Afternoon—Bennett's Band, George W. Ben- nett, director. Overture, “‘Poet and Peasant’ Mexican dance....... Collection of popular songs. 00000000000000000000 0 O Following is to-day’s programme: Evening—Bennett’s Band, George W. Ben- nett, director. Overture, ‘‘Fest'’ Intermezzo from utner “Cavallerta Rusticana’ : De Koven ’a”r' utthe world. PorrER DEUS AXD CuEx. ) Fei Baby s ikin, Bealp, and Hale " tres. A musical_strike. Gems from ‘‘Robin Hood' Scenes from - Maritana’ Grand chorus of 10) male volces under the di- Solo for cornet. rection ot D. P. Hughes, director of the Lor- Sketch, *‘On the ing Club of San Francisco and Club Gems from ‘£l of Oakland. d March, ‘‘Masonic ““Battle Cry of Freedom.'" Natlonal anthem, *‘America.” “The Artillerist's Oath.” cause of charity in San Francisco are numbered by the many thousands. gold this multitude gives with lavish hand is also measured in dollars by the thousand, and without doubt when the Masonic fete is closed an amount sufficient to build the home for the widows and orphans will have An exceptionally good programme was rendered last evening, and to-day one equally entertain- In the afternoon Bennett's band entertained the audience, but in the evening many other features were added. The dancing of prettily robed workers for a laudable cause was heartily cheered before and after each merry whirl. The pigeon dance, quite a departure from time-worn fancy dances, was very Interesting. The participants, the staff from the postoffice booth, robed in white, the ladies” heads bedecked with doves white as the driven snow, marched to the stage to a stirring tune and mingled in the mazes of the dance. A rolling, graceful motion of the bodies of the dancers, the formation of many figures, posing in striking attitudes, completedthe pigeon dance, and the participants The applause following the effort of the dancers had not died away when those who were to dance They were soon there, and the dance With graceful bows and steps each dancer amid a storm of applause made a farewell Prior to the dancing, which was the most interesting feature of the evening, the members of the Olympic Club Skillful fencers and clever wrestlers pitted against each other entertained the many guests of the Masons, and the victors and the vanquished were alike filled with pride at the ovation given them. The many fascinating booths still draw their crowds, and the money they make each night even surpasses the This afternoon and this evening a greater crowd than ever is ex- In the evening a chorus of 100 male voices will be the feature, and the management says that it will be a ‘A RIDE AROUND THE PAVILLION - The courtesy and o [} o o o o o ] o o o o o o o o o o o o o o Scenes from ‘‘Faust’ Tone pictures of the Nor Solo for cornet, Schubert's an “‘Serenade’ Miss Pearl Grand battle scene, rendered by members of the Natlonal o the State of Call- fornfa, with music accom t. Grand_anthem, » Chorus by 100' male voices and the audience. to am content with the ag- | 0000000000 o WEATHER REPORT. Fair Thursday. Fresh westerly wind. 00000000000000 0000000000000 00000000 to pay the middleman. ADVERTISEMENTS. We've gained a leadership in beddings—made a specialty of Sheets and Pillow Cases. pined order of our California stores on Beddings is probably bigger than any store west ;af Chicago. 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We don't do it—at least I have given pos- itive orders to our people not to do it. “I's this scheme of wholesale consolida- | tion one of the things that you are try- ing to bring about? ‘gll Was, i\xt I have given it up tem- porarily. I shall do nothing until the Dresent race of demagogues 13 dead. The xecution of such a scheme would be of great benefit to the lower classes. I have | Been a hard-working man all of my lifs and I have a great deal of sympathy for the workingman.’ N What apout the clause In the lease of the Central Pacific road to the Southern Pacific which says that one road may not be benefited at the expense of the other? “It means just what it says. It strikes me that it should be good law. I know that it is good morals. As to other com- | peting" roas £ on account of competition, we méney to one point we are forced to make | it up at other points where there is no | competition—legally, of course. I make | this assertion as a finnaclal man wh~ has | always paid his debts. It is the only way | fo do business unless you expect to g0 into bankruptcy.” “Has the Southern Pacific Company any pooling arrangement with any of the California steamship lines?” “I am not sure, but I think it has not. I think it would be well to have some such an arrangement. our people about it."” Huntington admitted that the Central Pacific Company had paid to its stock- holders dividends amounting to about $34, 000 000. Why did you not take this money and the debts owed by the road to the rnment?”’ was asked. We didn’t care so much about the Gov ernment. We preferred to invest the money here in_California. The Govern- ment has already been paid twice over by the advantages it derived from the build- fng of the road. : he witness stated thdt he thought it very unwise for Stanford to draw $2,000,- 000 out of the Contract and Finance Com- ;)nny to establish the Palo Alto stock ™. he t was not good business policy,” said. “At_that time I was living ve close. In New York I used to walk eve: cents for a ride on the omnibus that passed my office. When Stanford was fitting up his costly stock farm T was bullding a house that cost me $38.000. The week after It was completed 1 was offered $75,000 for it. Thatis the way 1 did business. I never put any money in where I was not sure that I could realize a profit on the investment at any time T wanted to sell.”” o’clock this afternoo: There are found in both books of the Bible 3,586,483 letters and 773,693 words. ADVERTISEMENTS. YOU NEED EXERCISE!! Bicycling is the best and most enjoyable. 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