The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 1, 1898, Page 12

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER vl. 1898. SEEKING FOR EVIDENCE IN SAN FRANCISCO Detectives Striving to Trace Here the Death Gift to Mrs. Dunning. The Prosecution Will Use the Grand Jury as an Instrument With Which to Obtain Necessary Testimony. ds the mur- 1g and Mrs. Deane has ed, although the police s clty ¢ Dover have ks. | at work upe a thoroug in dif- Police Cor- ap- | will fef o at M say no more than th t facts was intim That she denies. That the ten to Mrs. Dun- death place Mrs. Botkin | sition every one admits. | police have nothing ex- | Dunning = that - the | were written by Mrs. | that ended in the death of the condition of affairs erday when the au- one of the anony ¥ ic T letters received by Mrs. Dunning, 1 Detec McVey declared that the woman had unhesitatingly’| nymous letters had Botkin. These ad- . startling fact that nd of | surposes. | arted from | \formation as ng's expressed | Botkin had written the | to wife and had on the death-laden d the continent ware belteved | d traced the | chaser. It | t clerk of store had positively identified > woman who bought at the postal amps could remem- establish her identity Botkin. The Eastern ent that the mur- , but they did not | of this city had with which to connect Mrs. purch: of n . traced ice do not who ®old it it. They Know | ¢ .o i and the) Al station it was fact was demon ALY ats had > had with box of poisoned candy and pho- hs of the box and its wrapper. The quest was unsuccessful. No one could tell wh the box had been Id. Later in the day the Chief of Police, several detectives and Postal tor.lrwin visited fer t im the tograph timeé when the box had been malled. journey was also without purpo utterly at a loss to trace th ) discover its purchaser. They | ved yesterday by the assertion | attrell that the box he sold wi | n had no silk ribbon 50X that carried death g and Mrs. Deane was wo dainty silken bows. This has added a new lelment of estigation has been unable tion that the authori- | the application for from Delaw Chief legraphed to the tern au- it the strongest possi n- | Mrs. Botkin. This in i with a series of ex- been carried , and € ary delay alt. Chief of Police Lees | to try the woman in this | al, the evidence with and he seems un- He is now moved by a he discovered that an der by the local -Grand ake he decided of inquisi- inwilling wi s to talk. | al people, men and women, have »fore the Chief and reiterated assurance that they knew nothing | might shed light upon the murder. ible to ide tn would be the offi > force u obtain it. W to The Chief of Police does not believe them. ind he-will ask the Grand Jury to assist him where he has falled. He does not | an indictn for murder, but he on foot a judicial inquiry simply rn_what e-'ln!\munvd witnesses have o tell. The G iry investigation has set for to-da if an indictment S e found the poiice will ask ‘that Mrs. Botkin be charged simply with a misdemeanor for having sent poisoned sandy through the m 1f such an In- ADVERTISEM™NTS. FUL SKIN HUMOR CURED BY CUTICURA A MOTHER'S SWORN STATEMENT My little daughter May's head and face broke out in one solid mass of bleeding sores, and one of her ears was 8o affected, that the doctor thought that itwould slough off. Her suffering was intense, getting no rest at all, unless under the influence of opiates. The physician tried every known remedy, but in- stead of getting better, they seemed to get worse all the time. Distracted with her con- dition, I'was advised to try CUTICURA REME- pres. [ administered CUTICURA RESOLVENT inwardly, I bathed her with CUTIOURA SOAP andused CUTICURA (ointment){reely. fefore. the first week I noticed that the littie sufferer was beginning to get relicf. 1n less than tico months my little darling was entirely cured and well, she got 28 fat as a little pig, and no marks whateverare to be seen from the effects. Mrs.JAS. MELTON, 0 Hayden St.,Atlanta,Ga. Oct. 20, 1897. Witness, J. G. AHERN, AW oxos, FULTON COTNTY. O parasn sppearsd before m e, Eduar 5. Orr, 8 Justlc of the Peace {n and for the 1026 District, G. M., State and County aforesaid, J. G. Aunrx, who, being duly sworn, deposeth and salih, that the above testimonial ls, o s ef. L best kuowledge an vy detall, e this Oct. 20th. | Bworn to and subscribed before me, this el. 3l 1807 o « world. Porrss Dav Axp Owmx, ' Tow fo Giire EXin. Tartured Bables,” free. Bold Cor., - clares d formed part of the dreadful |y | as | @lctment should be found it would inter- fere in no way with the extradition of Mrs. Botkin. i1ne more serious allega- tion of murder would take precedence. In this way Chief Lees hopes to assist the authorities of Dover. already indicated the only material evidence in the case is that supplied by John P. Dunning, the husband of one of the murdered women. Duanning de- his belief that the anonymous let- ters were written by Mrs. Botkin. Of the address on the box of polsoned candy and the note in:the box he ventures no opinion. There is very little doubt that Dun- ning’s testimony will be shaken by his admission that he. deserted id child for the com- ¢ and_daily association of drunken women. The defense will not forget that Dunning squandered the money stolen from employers upon women who maxl the rape courses thelr headquarters and the “tenderloin” their home. When the ssband appears on the stand as an ac- ¢ Mrs. Botkin or of any one elsa find that he is called upon to defend_himsslf quite as much as to ae- cuse. Yet his testimony is the only vital element of fact that has vet entered Into the case. The prosecution views this sit- uation with sincer energy are being devoted to gather dence independent of what the husband may say or do. The quest will be continued as long and s persistently as possible. This city as well as others in the Btate are being ran- sacked for clews. Every witness will be closely questioned and when Mr.. Botkin is placed on trial for her life all that may be done will have bel ccomplished. gl s e et DUNNING SAID MRS. BOTKIN WAS GUILTY With the consent of Chief Lees, Detec- tive McVey talked of the Dunning case yesterday. The Delaware officer gave the @etalls of a conversation he had with J. egret, and effort and as he had received 200 or 300 letters from her. Dunning then examined the note, ‘With love to vourself and baby. Mrs. C.,’ and also declared it was written by Mrs. Botkin. 1 then asked Dunning whe he thought sent the polsoned candy to his wife, and he replied, ‘I am convinced that Mrs. Bot- kin did it.’ McVey refused to disclose the amount or character of the evidence the Dela- ware authorities had secured against Mrs. Botkin. He referred all the news- paper men to Chief Lees. He would not say whether or not any evidence had been withheld. All that could be got out of the visiting officer was: ‘‘Personal I would have no hesitation in giving everything we have to the pub- lic, but Chief Lees holds a different opin- fon. The case Is cntirely in the hands of the local Chief of Police, and it would be discourteous in me to act contrary to his wishes. The Delaware authorities de- pend on the San Francisco Police Depart- ment to ferret out the criminal, and I shall be guided by Chief Lees' wishes in the matter of Interviews. “In the East we have a dfferent mthod. There evervthing the police secure in a criminal case is given to the newspapers. “The system of putting a prisoner in jali and not disclosing a particle of evi- the trial begins has been abolished. Some time ago I read in a New York paper a statement by the District Attorney of that city that the old secret system had been done away with and that the public would be informed from day to day in regard to criminal cases. “'This is only falr to the accused per- son, and the public is entitled to know what Its servants are doing,” concluded Detective McV Shatght ik COMING TO EXAMINE THE CANDY BOX STOCKTON, Aug. 31.—Chief Gall this morning received the following telegram from Chief Lees of San Francisco: “Send dence against the suspected person until | COLE IS N AND SPOTTS GOES OUT Many Changes at the Mint. DAN WILL NOW MAKE MONEY TWENTY GIRLS REMOVED WITH A SWOOP. The August Coinage Breaks All the Mint Records ef the United States in Turning Out Money. A revolution In the Mint of the United States at San Francisco began vesterday, | and to-day a new order of things will be established. For one thing; that old and short Dem- | ocratic warhorse, A. T. Spotts, dropped gl 3L Fac-Simile of One of the Anonymous Letters That Dunning Says Was Written by Mrs. Botkin. P. Dunning just before he left for San Francisco. McVey says that Dunning positively and unhesitatingly declared that the anonymous letters recelved by his wife were written by Mrs. Botkin and that the | note Inclosed within the candy box was | written by the same hand. | Immedlately after Dunning’s return to | Dover from Porto Rico Detective McVey went to him with two of the anorymous letters. Dunning examined them closely for several minutes and then said, with an intonation of surprise: ““Where did you get those letters?"” “Your wife received them from Ban Francisco.” “Dunning®then told me,” said McVey, “that he had been led to believe that ters. He said his wife had sent a similar letter to him whie he was in Salt Lake, and that he had sent it to Mrs. Botkin in San Francisco. According to Dunning, Mrs. Botkin wrote to him saying that Mrs. Seeley had written the letter. “The letter Dunning received from his wife was only a copy. She kept the origi- nal and it never left her possession. He was startled when handed the original. I asked him if he recognized the handwrit-1 ing and he replied that it was Mrs. Bot- Ts. | Loulse Seeley was the author of the fet- | kin's. He was very positive, and said he was thoroughly familiar with her writing, Gattrel land Miller with evidence.” Chief Gall had tried to arrange matters so that the box brought from Delaware by Detective McVey might be brought to this city, but he was unable to do so. For comparison the clerks took with them some candies, such as Gattrell put into the box for a woman whom he and Miller supposed to be Mrs. Botkin. The boys left on the evening boat and will mest Chief Lees at his office to-morrow morning. COMING FROM MANILA. | Dr. Rethers of the First California ‘Will Be Here Soon. A cablegram - was received yesterday from Dr. Rethers, one of the surgeons of the First California Regiment at Manlla, stating that he would leave for this city on a transport sailing yesterday on the re- turn voyage from Manlla. Dr. Rethers was a partner of the late Dr. Morse and & cablegram was sent notifving him of the doctor's death and urging him to return. He must have ap- plied to the War Department for leave of absence and procured it as shown by his cablegram received yesterday. He will be here in about three weeks. He held the rank of captain along with Dr. O’'Brien, the ex-Health Officer, Dr. Mc- Carthy being the surgeon major. . C00000000C00000000C00VWO000000000000 DUNNING SAYS MRS. BOTKIN WROTE THE ANONYMOUS LETTERS DOVER, Del., Aug. Botkin.”” Dunning sald, “but, wrapper, nor the ‘Mrs. C. before I could see it. tify as Mrs. Botkin's. it among that of many persons.” CCO00000000C000000000000 Y00000000000000000000000000000000 .—Dunning late to-night was shown a telegram from San Francisco stating that Detective McVey had made public cer- tain anonymous letters written to M and the Mrs. C. note were in Mrs.Botkin's handwriting. “I identified the handwriting In the anonymous letters as tha+ of Mrs. mind you, not note. Of these I cannot talk to-night, be- cause Detective McVey himself had forwarded the wrapper to Chief Lees On the note I shall talk later. for me to tell that I made an affidavit for Magistrate Cooper yesterday accusing Mre. Botkin, but not on thestrength of the. ‘Mrs. C.’ note. About one year ago my wife recelved two anonymous letters, which ought not to be made public, and which I will not make public in deference to Attorney General White's wishes. I am reasonably familiar with it, and can identify . Dunning and declared that they that* on .the ca.dy-box I think it no harm the contents' of The handwriting I iden- ©0000000000000000000000000 s 8 ’ \5“. nABSLE ? oA a, .fl'f@"‘r;’n\'* ~ ™~ ~ Uncle Sam’s dfes as colner of the na- tion’s greatest mint, and this morning that old and tall Republican warhorse Dan T. Cole will spit on his hands, pick up the dies ‘and go to hammering out the golden millions that bear:the eagle. Yesterday ended = Coiner Spotts’ four years of office, and to-day begins Dan Cole’s career as chief money-maker for | Uncle Sam.. The event brings a-certain degree of sadnéss to all political circle: In the Republican camp it will be : re- gretted that this valiant old: stager’s po- litical activity will ‘possibly be circum- scribed by his new and very important job. However, the course of business af- fairs at the mint promises that after to- day Dan Cole will be doing more to up- hold the gold standard than anybody else in the nation. It is interesting to observe that the retiring coiner, Mr. Spotts, has during his term broken the United States record of coinage efficiency In more than ons par- ticular, and his record is that of the effi- clency of the San Franclsco Mint. The laws and regulations governing the mint allow a certain small percentage of cost due to unavoidable wastage, excess - of operating expenses, overcharges, and. so on. During his term Mr. Spotts has made a record for the San Francisco Mint of the lowest cost on this basis of all the mints in the country. The supe- rior efficlency of the San Francisco L&l has also been shown during his adminis- tration by the greater relative output of coin compared with wages paid and oth- er expenses. s not generally realized that San Francisco Mint puts into clr(‘nlat}(‘}fe‘l in this country more money than all the other mints of the nation combined. Mr. Spotts” four years' record as a money- maker is practically that of one admin- istration. The records show that during the four years g¢nding yesterday the San Francisco Mint cofned $163,697,83 worth. of money, of which over $125,000,000 was of gold of Paclific Coast production and go;xn-d into the natior’s business chan- els. About 50 per cent of the refined bull which reaches the. colner is delivered ’g'; him in the form of money, the rest bein| cuttings which back for remelting an. return. Hence Mr. Spotts and his 120 or 80 emg‘;ooyes have in four years handled over $300,000,000 worth of bulllon. During his term. Mr. Spotts has coined -about pieces of money, and each piece of whatever denomination is handled' 160 times in the = colners’ -department. As the work ‘of ‘the mint s expanding so rapidly Mr. Cole has probably a still big- ger- four years' job ahead of him. Each morning the coiner at the mint turns over to the superintendent :the coined money on hand. - The star day's record of the last four. years is $620,000, -which is-a pretty good: day’s work on $20 pleces. - Yesterday the money and bullion in the colner's possession was ex- actly reckoned, and Superintendent F. A: Leach gave Mr. Spotts receipts which ended the responsibility of himself ‘and bondsmen. The vaults’ were sealed . and this morning Mr. Cole, who was present yesterday, will himself break:the’ vault ;1enls and then his responsibility ‘will be- n. The retiring coiner to-day steps Into a new position and into ex-Mayor Ellert's recently vacated shoes as manager for the Californta Title Insurance and Trust Company, a position offered to him be- cause of his familiarity with rcal estateo matter gained as Recorder of San Fran- clsco and elsewhere and because of his wide experfence with banking and finan- clal matters, ey The transfer of office yesterday neces- sitated an early suspension of . coinage operations. It came about 1 p..m.; when Dan Cole was around and the genial new Colner asked the available Mint forces to. g0 out and have a drink. The new Coiner headed the procession from. the Coiner's department, and -began the march:with silent concern for the small army -of girl adjusters .left behind. Chief Clerk: Day and a lot of other recruits. were quickly | mustered, ‘and at 1:09 p. m. a:jolly squad of forty-elght left the bullding. - No gen: eral orders as to destination were {ssued, | but the handy Tesort of Phil Crimmins, at Fifth .and Market, was naturally in- Mr:" Cole’s -mind. But the Colner’s force is mainly composed of Democrats, who froze fast to their jobs under Cleveland's | civil service administration, and near the head of the procession was “Bull’” Col- lins, late Democratic pillar of the Thirty- sixth District, and .more of ‘‘the boys.” “Buck"” Geggus, recently of the Mint, is Just ogenlng a saloon on Stockton street, and the procession was skillfully -and. easily guided there. Mr. Geggus' free lunch was quickly destroyed and the new Cofner received a vote of thanks. Dan Cole has a presidential appoint- ment and a very nice job, but he will have his troubles from his first day of luty. B T{enty rls were discharged from the new colored dress goods. glace .In a hard-finished 500 poplin. cord surface ' in changeable colorings—an ' entirely new fabric - for - the--fall, 38 inches wide. Scotch A fine of - preity plaids. plaid mixtures, all 50(5 wool, extra' ‘heavy, specially adapted for separate skirts; 36 inches wide. plaids. shaggy bar ef-5oc fect of black-mohair woven - Yard over a plain surface of blue, emerald and other latest “colors, 37 inches wide, all wool, very dressy: cordette. fall new crea- 75(3 tions—a heavy cord with:a = Yard dainty figure nterwoven- in highly contrastig colors, 42 inches wide, in all-latest shades. zapeline Astrange, heavy, faney Another of the dress We don't often speak of linings. these, so many of our cus- tomers sort of take the. lining counter as part of .the purchase when buying dress goods. We show all- linings necessary - for . dresses, wraps, both plain and fancy. - Soft-finished cam- brics, silesias, percalines, taffetas, - sa- teens, nearsilks, ribbon cloth and so on to:moreens, drillings and ducks: 500 yards white apron lawn, 40 inches wide, 9:inch fancy worked border, value 15¢. 10c 4c iic Each 5¢ 3. bales muslin, 36.inches : wide, unbleached, fine:quality.........Yard Turkish towels; unbleached; size 22x40.inches, good-heavy: quality, usually 15¢. 3000 yards twill.drapery, 26 inches wide, small figures, used for com- forter coverings and draperies. Cresco corsets don't break ! ‘good goods.” strong attractions for the first new fall colored dress goods—continuation of the great sale of the Cook crockery stock—muslin at 4c, lawn at 10c, furkish towels at 11¢ each, draperies at 5¢c a yard, crash suits reduced to a dollar. introduce these prices to your pocketbook——'twvill Celebrated English Boo-- | poreelain tles semi-porcelain ware -—plates. in “the 4 following sizes; 8-inch 7c, 7- C inch 6c; 6-inch 5¢, 5-inch .. .. Each fruit Serni - porcelain, -under- | saucers. stand, not white stone china—good goods, 250 not:in any way damaged. . :Dozen hotel - :Ofgenuine Haviland china- | platters ware, suitable for - hotels and restaurants, in following sizes: 5:inch: 6-inch . 7-inch 8-inch 5¢ 8c 10c - 15¢ each decorated: china fruit plates. .. .10¢ glass truit dishes, with stand. ... . 15¢ glass syrup cup, nickel top. ... .10¢ glass water goblet. .. ... . 5¢ glass. butter dishes, with covers..10¢ | | This crockery stock of over $14,000 was bought at 45c on the dollar— cheap enough to: sell at these low prices. Un- packing these goods right now. - New attractions put on day by day till the nine se¢lected Yud | $1.75, sizes 1810 30, stock is closed out. items ’way, ’way do Ladies’ Warner's corset, 4+ 34,00 | hook, - lang’: waist and - short | length, covered: with fine black ‘sateen and boned : with -.coraline, 12 side- steels, sitk- embroidéred - top, ‘silk. stitched - 'top and bottom, sizes 18 to 30, usually $1,50. Ladies” Warner's ad]ustable $1.25 | hip corset, 5 hooks, short over hip and laced with rubber. lacing, covered with finé black sateen, boned with coral- ine, ..corded ‘top and.- bottom, regularly if you live out of town send your name for our handsome fall cataiog. 037-939-941-043-945-9047 Market St to 40 (others, better of course, plaid crash suits, eton effect, sizes 34 to 40, cut from $51t0 $2.75. separate In mixtures of skirts. and- brown, percatine and - bound with We've cut them from $2:50 to $1.79 to close them out. skirts, - figured, - percaline of sweep, well finished and cut. 3 Best English nOtlons' hair.pins, large 6c porters, pink, red, blue, black’. . .. elastic pray! reductions in crash suits. Ladies’ mixed crash .00 suits, -fly front, nicely $1 o made, seams in jacket made extra strong, just the thing for the country, skirts all lengths, with -good deep- hem, sizes 34 reduced to $2). In: “addition to -above, 14 ladies’ green,: -bhie $1._7—9 lined : throughout with velvet. Ladies" black “alpaca $2.00 ined throughout, velvet bound, plenty Ladies’ satin gored ‘belt hose sup- Lindsay - buttons, 25c Ladies’ fancy: round garter, frilled ribbon, *:bow . ‘and pretty - buckle, colors: blue, 1OC pink, ted, lavender, black, . Pair wn in price! Ladies natural gray cotton knit under- wear, ‘heavy fall: weight, fleeced jersey ribbed, high neck; long: sleeves, crochet neck. and front, drawers to- match, 23 PEF GAIMENE... e svirisierrins AOC Better grade in gray wool mixed under- wear, fall weight, jersey ribbed, 50¢ shirts - high' ‘neck; long. sieeves, Each crochet neck-and . frorit, drawers to match...... Gents' flannelette night shirts, fuli- cut,; 54'inches: long, in ‘light and dark -Colors..iuewiiines oo shenenene 5oc Rapid hook and eye » suits. dressmakers. 3 The. twenty discharged are “adjusters,” who - weigh and .count: ‘the new . money, and-they. were added to the force of :ndjusters. three months ago, dun- ing the coinage rush and under the. ur- gency' clause of . the civil "service: law; which permits temporary : ‘appointments. for three months or until a civil service 1ist is established: A civil service ‘exam- ination. for Mint adjusters ‘was held here in. May, and these twenty were among the many who: took the examination. The papers went on_to Washington, of course, where the “eligihfe’’ list of adjusters for the San- Francisco Mint was made aut. It reached Superintendent Leach a few days ago. On the list were but three of the twenty temporary appointees. = Mr. Leach was forced to make up a list of permanent “appointments -from "the . €ligi- bles” whose names were _furnished - him from Washington. . The walting ‘and hop. ing girls at work knew nothing. Yester- day each one of the twenty giris got & let- ter as follows: SAN FRANCISCO, - August 29,1898, Dear Madame—Having to replace the tempor= ary force of adjusters with those from the civil gervice list.as supplied by the commfs- sion, you are hereby notified that your em- ployent will cewse with this month. ' Very re- specttully, FRANK A. LEACH, Supérintendent. Twenty heavy ‘hearted girls left the Mint building yesterday _afternoon - and some will call to'see Mr. Cole ahout it fo- day. Twenty other-girls will:be on hand én serve the new coiner and: earn-$250. a ay. ’lyhe colnage record of the San Francisco Mint for August was closed yestérday and it is & phenomenal one, breaking. all the mint records of the United States. During -August ‘the .coindge amounted to $8,160,000. +This -is at the rate of nearly $100,000,000 a year. ‘The increase IS duc to the great receipts of gold, the normal Pu- cific Coast recelpts hpv!nf been so largely increased by receipts of gold from ‘the Yukon and from -Australia anu Japan. The recelpts for September may be still larger. The Klondike gold will still ‘pour in, and one steamer now on its. way from Australia bears $3,000,000 worth of British sovereigns: Our Pacific . Coast export trade still - keeps: up the flow of British 1d to this port. Bvery ‘ounce of. it is Egre turned into American money, and our troops. are being.pald -in gold -which thrst:!e mon!hsta 0 lor Aess portrayed the 0od Queen of Kngland, B oPhe biggest previous monthly record in the history of the San Francisco- Mint was that of February, 1878, when the coin- age was $7.085,000, consisting -of 35,560,000 in gold and $1,325,000 in silver.. The sig- hificance of the August record is in- creased by the extraordinary. coinage of small gold and silver. It requires about as much time and labor to coin a five- dollar gold ‘plece or a dime as it does a double eagle. When the war broke out business- had created a great demand for small coin, and then: the needs of army aymasters came with a sudden flood of Semands for change, especially for-small gold.. The August colnage IS thus rela- tively still greater, considering the num- ber of pieces coined. : The ~month’s coinage was: as. follows: Double- - eagles, .§5,135.000;: eagles, = $1.- 163.‘.}:00:6 half = eagles, §1,764,500: half - dol- lars, - $30.000; - quarter dollars, ,000; dimes, -$41,000. -The total number of jeces was 1,303,300. The coinage of dol- ars was suspended during -the month. Another change in the Mint takes ~lace to-day. suece{eds J. W. Pack,.who has been for some years the assayer at the Mint. The assayer is also one. of the four Mint of gcms appointed_ directly. by the Presi- ent. 2 ———————————— The famous. old JESSE MOORE WHISKY s ‘fecommended ' by. physiclans. for ‘family and medicinal use becaue it is pure. BOLD ATTEMPTED ROBBERY. " ‘Frank Kelly, aged 19, and Joseph Mc- | Mahon, aged 22, knocked.down and at- tempted to rob John Juiius, a keeper of a ed- by Officers T. P.. Riordan and J. J. McEnteeé, and charged at the City Prison with an assault to ¢commit robbery. Julius was In: the act of giving a'lady. customer some change when the. attack was made, Failing in their attempt the robbers ran across the street and took refuge in a sa- Colner's ds nrtmame-tatdsy and twen- | ty new ones are lered to report for loon, where they were apprehended by the police. AT A R T | | Edward Elias of Butte County|. fruit store, last riight. They were arrest- | -to murder her ‘and says she will spend | dress is 350 Hayes street. - DANNY NEEDHAM'S WIFE SHOT AT Three Bullets Whiz Through a Window. VICTIM OF A JEALOUS SUITOR SHE HAS LONG LIVED IN FEAR OF HER LIFE. ‘The Pugilist’s Better Half Knows Her Assailant, But at Present Refuses Postively to Name Him. OAKLAND, Cal., Aug. 31.—Mrs. . Danny Needham ‘was shot at late to-night, and three shots whizzed past her as she was preparing to retire. She was standing.in a.room .in the rear of her home at 671 Tenth stregt shortly before midnight when severadl bullets were fired through | the window at her shadow on the window shade. - Two of them went close by her arm and’ were buried in the mirror, and a third was imbedded in the table on the other side of the intended victim. The. murderous ‘attacn Wwas - not .alto- gether a surprise to the wife of the ex- pugilist, for ever since her husband went to the Kiondike some months ago she has been.in fear of her:life. On some occa- | sions. she has bee¢n threatened by letter and at other times on the street by an in- fatuated . lover named Louis Gillmeyer, whose advances she has persistently re- pulsed. Some months ago Mrs. Needham reported to the pdlice that she was being pursued by Gilimeyer, but she did not caré to:have the notoriéty that must fol- low- having her tormentor arrested. This evening she was.about to retire Aand was in the dining room in the. rear of the house on the lower floor.: The window was ‘closed and the . shade was down, ‘showing. her shadow upon it. The would- be. murderer aimed ‘at. the shadow, and but for the fact that the lamp threw her shadow at an angle Mrs, Needham would ‘now _bein-the Morgue. The bullets went all around heér but did not touch her, al- though - one. grazed -her: dress about the arm. The -shooting -was heard. all ' over the neighborhood, and Officer Hines was soon at the house, but as there is a vacant lot. in the rear of the.little yard, it was. very evident. that:the: assassin had. every: op- | rtunity to make a quick escape: Officer ines.went {iito the house, and found the three -bullets, which are now:in the pog- .session- of the-police, and will-be held as evidence. ‘They are badly “flattened, and «éither one, had the shadow 1iot been:at an angle, :would have caused murder.. Mrs. Needham first told of her: fears to Officer Stahl three months ago-and he ad- vised her to swear out.a warrant; but she ‘hesitated. . She sald. to-night ‘that ‘she is confident: she knows- theé man: who. tried ‘her last eent to bring him.to justice.” She declares . there is only one ‘man .who s likely to have done such a deed. and al- though she will not positively. mention his niame, she says she has no -doubt in her’ own mind. ' : Louts ‘Gilimeyer {s about 25 “years of. age and is the brother of a saloonkeeper. ' ARTISTIC MILLINERY. . ' Ladies will be pleased to learn that this is' the opening day of Madame Adele, the. Parisian Milliner,. whose ad- 2 . 3-DAY SPECIALS! Why not trade with us ? Our prices are the lowest, our goods the choicest. OYSTERS, IIb cans, 2 for......25 ““Idéal”. brand—large 2:1b can 26c Eastern oysters—fitie’ flavor. Regular price loc and 2 COFFEE, IXL Blend, Ib. .. ......2%c This 15 an’ exceptional bargain— roasted or ground. Regular price 30c. PORT WINE, bot. 35c, 3 bots. . . . §1.68 Gallon $1.25 A 10-year-old native Port. Regular price 50c. and $2. LARD. .. 35 tin- S-lb tin, 50¢c. Silver Leaf Brand, a pure Eastern Lard. ‘Regular price: 35¢, 55 and $1. SARDINES - . .. { tins 20c, 4 tins 25¢ Bezler's Boneless. Regular price. 26c-and: 3oc. WHISKEY (McBrayor’s), bot.. Bottled in-bond, which Insures absolute purity. Regular price $1 21 STOCKTON ST., | 3253 FILLMORE ST., Near Market. | Corner Lombard. Telophone Main 5522. | Telophono West 152. 10-1b. tin 90c. Catalogue free. Particular attention given to Country- Orders. Freight paid 100 miles. | o o o i o B B nl e CASH OR LITTLE-AT-A-TIME. THREE THINGS Qualy, Assortment larg act 1t good, than anything else. e - s W risbt. the quality assortment complete, buying is.easy. That is what ’ makes furniture buying easy at my B store. I've got the stock, the pr the ‘quality, and can suit the waufs o all in furniture. 0n Special Sale This Week : A GOUCH, 47 ‘Worth Double. . - Complete House-Furnisher, 1017 to 1023 MISSION: ST., = © Above Sixth. oa " Evenings. THAN PILLS,