The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 17, 1898, Page 16

16 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1898 CORBETT KILLS HIS WIFE AND THEN HIMSELF hand had committed. The Coroner was where father got that pistol,” said ods when her intellect became over- clouded and she was seized with the desire to do violent acts. Those best acquainted with the Cor- betts say that a more affectionate fam- ily would be hard to find. The sons consist of Harry, Frank, James, Joseph and Joha, and the daughters of Esther, Theresa, Mamie - nd Kate. Esther and fect that P. J. Corbett had killed him- self while temporarily insane and that Mrs. Corbett had come to her death at the hands of her husband. Arrange- ments for the funeral have not yet been made, but it is expected that the inter- ment will take place in Holy Cross Cemetery. e - ADVERTISEMENTS. e Sy Kate are still single. It is generally The Pugilist Grief-Stricken. | Frank Corbett. “He always had a hor- conceded that the mother's favorite | ror of fireartas of all kinds and never A Terrible Tragedy BLACK GOODS notified and Deputy Hallet responded, but he permitted the bodies to remain Ends Two Happy Lives. t WAS THE CAUSE JEALOUSY f: JIM, THE PUGILIST, FAINTED WHEN TOLD THE NEWS. 1 w S| Whe Old Pioneer Used a Revolver With Shocking and Fatal Effect in His Hayes Valley Home. s a b w h a produced by the hallucina- aisordered mind, caused Pat- | d many = Corbett was not in his right mind at | her daughter, Esther, went to Bartlet! Spring: his wife, who had passed her | 1ady of tion became at the house with the family. Within the past week or ten days things have happened to con- ince the friends and family that Mr. | imes. A month ago Mrs. Corbett and as has been the custom of the | Two weeks ago | amily for years. Esther returned and Kate took her out- ing. joined his relatives at the springs and | he had not been there more than a day Last Wednesday Mr. Corbett efore it was apparent that his mind | s not as it should be. As an in-| tance, he became Intensely jealous of xt) econd year and whose weight had | bout reached the 300-pound mark. To | 10re than one he accused the fine old | winking at other men,” and | ‘hen these thoughts were uppermost in | is mind he would wander away for | o with any of his family. His condi- | 0 bad that Mrs. Corbett | back , to nmrl ecided to take him | so serfous as to do such a thing. to my knowledge has he owned or had such a weapon around the house. This is a brand new revolver and he must have purchased it yesterday. While 1 knew that he was acting a little queer 1 had no idea that he would ever g!e( n fact we all thought that the trip to the springs would do him good, but I fear that the heat there was too much for his head and brought on a condition | that completely upset his mind.” That the thought of self-destruction was in old man Corbett’s mind is ap- parent from the fact that on Monday he attempted to purchase some arsenic in a neighboring drugstore, but the | clerk refused to sell him any, because his reasons for asking for the poison were not sufficient. He said that he wished to kill some rats and that the ordinary rat poison was of no account. When evening approached Mr. Corbett evidently changed his mind about end- hours and refuse to have anything to | ing his life, for he called at the precinct registration place around the corner and had his name recorded among the voters of Hayes valley, a thing that he was Jim. and even his entrance into the prize ring did not make any difference in the matter of her love for him, nor of his love for her. Whenever he would come home from any of his trips abroad he took particular delight in having his mother give a reception to her friends. On those occasions he would have her sing some of the sim- ple Irish ballads so dear to those who come from the old country. It has long been the wish of the parents to have Jim retire from the ring and he prom- ised to do so. The aged lady was look- ing forward to the time when her son would enter into some mercantile pur- i\‘xlt. for which his education had fitted P. J. Corbett was born in County Mayo, Ireland, sixty-six years ago, and he came to this country when a young man. He first went to the Southern States, but not finding such an oppor- tunity as he wanted he and his wife came to California. Many years agu he followed the milk business and had a ranch near Twin Peaks, but he gaye this up and in time drove a hack. NEW YORK. Aug. 16.—James J. Cor- bett was much shocked when he learned of the death of his parents. At first he refused to believe it, but when the news was confirmed he broke down and wept like a child. His train- ers, McVey and White, tried to console him, but to no purpose. Corbett said that his father must have become in- sane or he would not have committed such a terrible deed. He could not ac- count for it in any other way. Both his father and mother, he said, took a deep interest in his affairs and keenly felt his defeat by Fitzsimmons at Car- son. They both wanted him to retire from the ring after that. Corbett said that until he had re- | ceived more definite information from | California he could pot say what his future plans would Le. He will stop training for the present. and the fight with McCoy at Buffalo on September 10 may be postponed. Corbett, after a consultation with his friends, said that he received letters on Saturday informing him that his Corbett, the Hayes Valley live: per father of Jim Cor- t, the prize ter, to send two re- s into the brain of his wife, and then turn the weapon | f. Death tantly | ble ke and came lly to the two old people ed in happi for near | le tra, rred a few before o'clock erday at their home, at 513 Hayes It was & terrible shock to a 1 daughter: 1d woman hood, s of friends sympathies for the sons, at e to his brothe s now in w | his coming contest | 2 been 1 in the Bast fainted | of the shocking tragedy | 1e, and for an hour sy answering 1 all happened. man was out of his tted the act. He med to, putting on zle of a re- | his sleeping | trigger and a bul- | sent into her brain. A second | o her fa below the so found lodgment Once more the savage d he, too, fell| who in her bed. our w found fourth shot |- know, for | d a move the revolver When the to were heard | o house. Charles | ished into the 5 happened, floor and Corbett, When of medi- | o for life in | edy had fled. | § the old lady | & sleep who did it it is to another, hi safe to sa nor_that he prehended what _his | ADVERTISEMENTS. B The Deadly Revolver Deprives Jim | the stable in a frier s mi Jer clearea | De 1 s mind never cleared | 18 1¢ft, the O1C X pockets, althou tion existing, saying he had no use for | went changed at once, and he appeared as | . il e N { \ gscAmwns(onsf:r'r. P J, CORBETT. ‘C?erett of Both‘ Parents. Sunday | appeared to | le’ around the noticed that he | ome and the; vening. On e much improved on better in my life v troubled with sickne . ‘evening Dr. Robert 1 H n till & J street called into )'Connell of y way, and before wan offered to give him | safe and in his | zh there was no obliga- eft the old m bett nner C« = minutes later Mr. where his A few upstairs, t rational as ev For a time he sat and read the papers and then went to bed, accompanied by h ife. Chafles | | A. King and his wife occupied the old | couple’s bedroom, the latter for the | time being occupying a room in the | : | rear of the dining-room. A little after | | 4 o’clock in the morning Mrs. Corbett | entered the apartments of the 3 couple, for she heard her grand four-months-old King, crying, finding nothing very serious she w baclk to bed and all went to sleep again. | Less than an hour later the tragedy | was enacted. “The strange part of the tragedy is | | This unhappy | to have come to him through his fam has not mt. ears. In this act th was a little | incident of more th: ng note. Jim Silvey the clerk who registered Mr. Corbett, "had rformed a similar ervice for the father of John L. Sul- | livan, the pu , many 3 ago. On that occasion the elder Sullivan's name was the last to be placed on the register. and in this instance the name of the father of the man who van- quished the then champion was the last to go upon the r er of Precinct 6 of the Thirty-seventh District. | Silvey and Corbett spent some time dats ing the merits of the two fa- mous pugilists and the probable Tesult of the coming contest of Jim with Kid | McCoy. The old man had apparently no doubt as to the ability of his boy Jim to whip anv man in the ring, in- cluding Fitzsimmons. At the conclu- sion of the conversation Corbett re- turned to his stable and after the de- parture of Dr. O'Connell he remarked to one of his emplo that he had just registered and that it was the last time he would ever register. Even | then in his demented condition he must | ve contemplated some violent act. | reak of insanity seems | = Margaret for one of his sisters, unfortunate woman a =3 | tive aking b and afterward went into the liv stable business in Hayes valley, where he bought property and made his home. Several years ago he met with some reverses, but when his son Jim came into fame as a pugilist and made some money he helped the old man out of his difficulties and since then the elder Corbett has been doing osperous business. The family a that nothing in the shape of bu could have worried him as he had more than recovered from the losses of former years. Mrs. Corbett was always recognized as the soul of humam sympathy and good humor, She was particularly ac- in church work and not a fair was held but found Mrs. Corbett among the first to give liberally of her time and money. With the little ones was well Joved, for it was her ure to gather a lot of tots and fill them with candy and ice cream, some- times to the horror of nervous mam- mas born in Dublin. She comes from a fam- ily well known in the old country. The unfortunate couple would have heen married forty vears next November. An inquest was beld late vesterday afternoon, but the testimony presented before the Coroner’s jury threw no light upon the terrible double traged The jury returned a verdict to the ef- RASH HEAT RASH Sunburn, bites and stings of insects, inflammations, irrita- tions, chafings, undue or offen- _sive perspiration and other| sanative uses, nothing so sooth- ing, cooling, purifying and re-| freshing as a bath, either hot | or cold, with uticury i SOAP « The most effective skin purify- ing and beautifying soap in the world, as well as purest and sweetest for toilet, bath and nursery. 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The letter referred to wa mala to a firm in exlst there it is anything but of his communication the writer s A LAND WHERE MURDER IS SUPREME The Dagger and the Pistol the Chief Factors of Practical Politics in Guatemala. “On the might poor Mr. Meyer, the diamond merchant, was so cruelly slain there were five other murders in th So you can obtain a slight conception of what kind of law and order prevails here, and what securiity there is for human life.’’—Ezrtract from a letter from Guatemala. censorship very little is known of affairs politi- cal and criminal in Guatemala, but through private correspondence some start- reaches given In the foregoing occasionally this city. a ter one, assault to promote the interests of the opposing leaders. When the campalgn opens up in earnest the rival contestants for power col- the thing after the fashion of the famous “lodging-house district” These aborigines are in a constant state of in- toxication, owing to the generous supply of native firewater, and are ready for onize the city with White Devil” in Ss any deed of violen If some political worker becomes too prominent, and one of the leaders fears his influence, he is marked for extermination, and the knife or biudgeon of an the ignorant and vicious Indians from an Francisco. ce or bloodshed. Indian does the job. For this reason men of any prominence even in business or professional life fear to be on the streets after nightfall. However, this does them from assassination. The writer of the letter glves an instance illustrating this fact. n German dlamond merchant, who ooccupied sive gentleman, who » took no Interest in political affairs, and attended strictly to his personal busi- Hesa. Speaking of this man‘s tragic and dreadful fate the correspondent says: “I must tell you about my poor friend Meyer, the dlamond merchant, who was butchered here a few evenings m. 1 stepped into the billiard hall adjoining the hotel and found Meyer playing They were having a nt contest, and after watching the game awhile I retired to my sleeping- 1 remained awake for some time, and just as I was about going to sleep .1 heard a blood-curdling scream that I will never forget. located poor Meyer was found lying in his room with his throat cut from ear included some valuable friend, a wealthy and well kno billlar pleas room. to ear, and despof gems. the fellow's hands merchant. Jewels. his slayer. diamonds missing. the property, but the Chief of Police Consul. ders in this city. come hardened to s with a well-dre after a struggle he was taken. As financial conditions are evils the times may lead to. apartments at a hotel of that city. Hewas a quiet, inoffe; nee forpurposes of robbery. sed, gentlemanly looking native. fled of his personal jewelry, which “While the excitement was at its height the man with whom the merchant had been playing billiards walked coolly along the corridor and down the stairs. Some one on the upper floor called to the crowd below to stop the man, and ‘When'his cloak was removed it was found that the murdered diamond Tt was afterward learned that the assassin and two others had in- veigled Meyer to his rooms on the pretext that they desired to purchase some The moment the door of his room was closed on him his sealed; but he succeeded in crying out, and thus bringing about the capture of were bathed in the fresh blood of “As an {llustration of what ‘police protection’ means here, I will state that the authorities immediately took charge of the dead man and his property, and that when the German Consul investigated the case he found that aside from what the murderers had taken there was a tray containin The police disclaimed all knowledge of tfie Frotest to the President brought forth an order to the valuables were not returned within two hours his official head would drop. The property was promptly handed over to the a_strong that if al “On the same night that poor Meyer was slain, there were five other mur- Assassination is so common that people it. here that crimes against person or property are seldom punished. result is most shocking lawlessness. revalent written by a prominent business man of Guate- From his description of the social conditions that comfortable place to reside in. s that these are campaign times, and that and murder being common methods adopted When its source was The trouble is that there is so much corruption in office Extreme hard times have made the thieves and cut-throats more desperate than usual, and dayllfht Tobberies of pedes- trians and places of business are alarmingly n the center of the city. not improving, it is Impossible to tell what further the outside In the course interior, some- of the “Blind not always save He had a About 8 o'clock p. doom was $20,000 worth of ‘Whereabouts of seem to have be- The natural She was 62 years of age and was | ‘| resigned his office. ed doing for the past thirty | Later he was a part owner in an under- | fathers’ mind had become unbalanced, and he therefore thought that while suffering mentally his father commit- ted the double crime. Corbett said he had telegraphed to San Francizco and that he would leave for the coast this evening if the bodies are held until he can arrive. At present he could not say what would be done about his fight with Mc- Coy. He declared that if it was neces- sary he would forfeit the $2500 he had | up. |TWO CLAIMANTS To KLONDIKE NUGGETS. CHARLES HOGUE LOST A SACK i ON THE STEAMER. He Accuses Mrs. Zorn, a Lady Pas- | senger, of Finding the Stuff and “Holding It Out.” to decide the ownership of some gold dust and nuggets brought from the Klondike | valued at $389. Mrs. Zorn arrived in the | city a few da ago with her three chil- { dren from Dawson City. She left her hus- | band there and is on her way to Los An- | geles to visit friends. Charles Hogue, at | present stopping at the Golden West Ho- | tel, was a passenger on the same steamer | from Dawson City. Hogue had been working a mine with some others and sold his share, receiving $389 In gold dust and nuggets, which he brought with him in a sack. He lost th 8ack on the steamer and for some unex: plained reason suspected Mrs. Zorn of aving found it. Mrs. Zorn sterday took some gold dust and nuggets to the mint to get it ex- changed for coin, and Hogue, who was also there, asserted that he recognized one of the nuggets as his property, which Mrs. Zorn Indignantly denied. Policeman Menihan was summoned and | | “ It is possible tuat the courts may have | police headquarters, accompanied by Hogue. The lady declared that the gold dust and nuggets were given her by her husband béfore leaving Dawson City, and Hogue as stoutly asserted that one of the nuggets was in the sack which he lost. Detective Dillon, who took charge of the case, advised Hogue to swear to a com- plaint for Mrs. Zorn's arrest, but he de- clined to go so far. Mrs. Zorn was al- lowed to go, but if Hogue should change his mind this morning she, she says, can easily be found. —_————— BLACK RESIGNS OFFICE. Judge Daly Succeeds Him as Assist- ant District Attorney. Alfred P. Black, Assistant District At- torney and prosecutor in Judge Wallace's department of the Superior Court, has His resignation was handed in to John A. Hosmer, who, dur- ing the absence of William S. Barnes, who Is stationed with his regiment at Camp Barrett, Oakland, is Acting Dis- trict Attorney. It was accepted and Mr. Black's connection with the office was at an end. Walter S. Hinkle has been ap- ointed to take Black’s place, and Joseph . Dunne will take the place vacated by Mr. Hinkle in Department 11 of the Su- perior Court. No reason for the resigna- tion of Mr. Black is given, but it is sald that he is seeking nomination on the Re- publican ticket for Superior Judge. Mr. Black has proved one of the most owerful prosecutors in the District At- orney’s office.. His resignation will doubtless prove a joy to the criminal class, which he so mercilessly prosecuted during his term of office. —————————— To 'fest an Ola Fee Bill. . Charles B. Trower, as assignee of the executors of some 08 estates, filed suit yesterday to recover §5400 from the city and county. The sum sued for is the ag- regate of amounts paid to the County flerk by the executors of the varlous estates pursuant to the provisions of “an act to establish the fees of county, township and other officers and of jurors and witnesses in this State.” It is al- jeged that the act is unconstitutional and suit is brought to recover the fees. Ho for Manila. Collector Jackson received a dispatch from Washington yesterday as follows: “Vessels may clear for Manila.” ——— CASTORIA For Infants and Children, Mrs. Zorn and her children were taken to | DEPARTMENT! 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'D. 187, and for the year ending on that day, as made to the Insurance Commissioner of the State of Call- fornia, pursuant to the provisions of sections 610 and 611 of the Political Code, condensed as per blank furnished by the Commissioner. ASSETS. Real estate owned by company. Cash market value of all stocks an bonds owned by company. Cash in company’s offic Cash in banks .. Interest due and accrued stocks and loans.. 3 . Premiums in due course of collection Bills recelvable, not matured, taken for fire and marine risks. Due from other companies for rein- surance on losses already paid. 6,543 33 4,672 30- Total assets .. LIABILITIES. Losses adjusted and unpafd.......... $5.977 00 Losses In process of adjustment or z in suspense . 41,829 94 Losses resisted, including expenses 8,466 00 Gross premfums on fire risks rur ning one year or less, $326,609 i7: reinsurance 50 per cent. 163 304 63 Gross premiums on fire risks ning more than one year, $321,378 refnsurance pro rata. ... 161,635 €2 Gross premiums on Heks, relneurance 50 per cent... 23m All other demands against the com- . 34,297 15 pany Total liabilitles ... §415,817 57 INCOME. Net cash actually received for fire $423,193 44 rine premiums 7.801 72 Received for inte: on bonds, stocks, loans and from all other 'sources. 25,082 & Recelved for rents. 50 Recelved from all other source: 387 50 Total Income .. .. $436,515 66 EXPENDITURES. Net amount pald for fire losses. $216,056 00 Net amount pald for marine loss 10,064 24 Pald or allowed for commission 90,459 2¢ 33,321 95 12,042 8¢ 51,832 24 Total expenditures 413,776 31 Losses Incutred during the vea ifl%,!l 6 Risks and Premiums. |[Fire Risks. [Premiut Net amount of risks| ‘written during the vear| $45,400,435) $548,661 15 Net amount of risks ex- pired durhlf the year..| 388,204,945 484,157 12 Net amount in force 2 cember 31, 1897... 52,124,012 648,007 45 Marine Risks and Premijums. Risks. |Premiums. Net amount of risks| NETItien during the vear| $L1G206S| §I1.199 90 et amount of ks ex- pired during the vear.. 1,183,997} 11,697 12 Net amount in force De-| cember 31, 1897. . I‘ifil\ !.i{fl kd THEODORE W. LETTON, Manager. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 22d day of January, 189. SIMEON W. KING, Commissioner for Californfa in Chicago. W. LOAIZA & COMPANY, Managers, 216 SANSOME STREET, SAN FRANCISCO. Telephone 1597. J. A. PRINSEN, Special Agent. NEW WESTERN HOTEL, JCBARNY, AND WASHINGTON SI8.-RB. modeled and renovated. KING, WARD & €O. European plan. Rooms 6c to §1 5 day, 5 to §8 week, $8 to $30 month. baths; hot ; fire in e o e T $800 00 | STATEMENT —OF THE—— CONDITION AND AFFAIRS —OF THE— NIAGARA FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY F_NEW YORK, IN THE STATE OF New York, on 'the 3ist day of Decem- ber, A. D. 1597, and for the year ending on that day, as made to the Insurance Commis- stoner of the State of California, ‘pursuant to the provisions of sectfons 610 and 611 of the Political Code, condensed as per blank fur- nished by the Commissioner. CAPITAL. Amount qf capital stock, paid up in cash .... - $500,000 00 ABSETS. Real estate owned by company......§1,000,000 60 Loans on bonds and mortgae: . 302,700 00 Cash market value of all stocks and bonds owned by company-. 1,074,955 00 Cash in company’s oifice n banks ... e T Interest due and accrued on ail stocks and loans.... 4,202 31 Interest due and accrued on bonds and mortgages .... 3,284 16 Premiums in due course of collection 254,382 33 Bills receiveble, not matured, taken for fire and marine risks 333 3¢ Rents due and accrued. 4,204 98 Due from other companies for surance on losses already paid Total assets ... LIABILITIES. Losses adjusted and unpaid, losses in process of adjustment or in su pense, losses resisted, including e penses 3 Gross premiums on fire ning one vear or less, Sl reinsurance 50 per cent. Gross premiums on fire ning more than one vear, 435 fl: reinsurance pro rata. All other demands against the pany Total Habilitfes .. INCOME. received for fire $133,062 67 562,892 T4 734,731 713 Net cash actually premiums -.$1,623,595 00 Recelved fo! d mortgages . ,097 00 Recelved for on bonds, stocks, loans and from all other ‘sources 44,442 58 Received for rents. 1328 00 --$1,702,462 58 Total Income EXPENDITURES. Net amount paid for fire losses. Net amount paid for marine lo: Dividends to stockholders Paid or allowed for com brokerage Pald for sal : charges for officers, clerks, etc Paid for State, national and local taxes ... .. 40,594 51 All other payments and expenditures 130,704 31 Total expenditures .... LA o ire. Losses incurred during the vear. 726,585 67 Risks and Premiums. |Fire Risks.|Premiums. Net amount of risks| written during the year| $212,275,658(32,133,205 22 Net amount of risks ex-| pired during the year..| 204,272,501| 2,031,882 Net amount in force De-| cember 31, 1897. .| 269,276,475| 2,501,220 GEO. C. HOWE, Vice-President. GEO. W.' DEWEY, Secretary. 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