The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 13, 1898, Page 16

16 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1898. CAPT, PALMER WORKS HIS OWN DESTRUCTION Commits the Presidio. CONSCIENTIOUS MORBIDLY LOST HIS MIND BROODING OVER MILITARY DETAILS. The Unfortunate Officer Was in Com- mand of the Alger Battery, Wyoming Volunteer Light Artillery. Palmer, command- r Light Alger” e R as the the Presidio o’clock by h with an el was nd next left on the Suicide at] removed to the Morgue of the post hos- pital. There is no doubt but that Captain Palmer was insane, and that he wrought his own destruction, although to all ap- iem‘aflces he was sane on nearly all sub- 08 T8 8 g8 e 08 s s s Lt s s s s NN RN NRRRNRNBNN lects. Captain Palmer arrived here with is battery from Cheyenne on June 28, and went into camp at Camp Merritt. From the first he seemed utterly unable to master the detail work attendant on the command of the battery, and this began to prey on his mind until it was apparent that he was mentally unbal- anced. He was given a sick leave by General Miller and went into the moun- talns in hoves of recuperating his health. When he rcturned he showed no benefit from his trip, and _finally a board was ordered to pass on him. This seemed to have a very depressing | effect on Captair Palmer. One of the de | lusions under which he seemed to labor was the fact that he was indebted to the | Government for many thousand dollars | of supplies and only & few days ago he | asked Lieutenant Lockwood if he would be brought to trial, and if he was, if he | would be sent to Manila or tried here. | While the captain was known to be men- tally unbalanced no attention was paid | to this remark, as it was thought that his ailment was only temporary and that | as soon as he was out of the army he would recover. | “On another occasion Captain Palmer | said to Lieutenant Lockwood that he | would not have any use for his “plunder’” |in a short while, referring to his cam | outfit. Not long ago the unfortunate of- | ficer called on General Merriam and told | him that he could not master the detail | of his work, and the department com- mander informed him that if such was | the case it was better for him to resign | than to make himself fIl by fretting over | the matfer. | Captain Palmer was last seen alive on | Thursday night, when he went to dinner | at the officers’ s in the Presidio Club. | As has been stated he did not get up on Friday, but remained in his room. When he was_found by Lieutenant Lockwood Major Moseley, the post surgeon, was summoned and he declared that the offi- cer had been dead about two hours, so he must have committed the deed about 4 o'clo When found Captain Palmer had on only his underclothes. On a table beside his bed was a copy of the army drill for light artillery. The book was open, showing that the unforutnate man, in his last moments of life, was endeavor- | i 00K. | his board e office: to comm: to W this fact mind and rd of office 3 ptain Palmer room but remained in thought of this as he mentally unbalanceq About § o'clock in the 1oon L t Lockwood went to his room and cked on the door. Re- g no e entered the room, > he Captain Palmer's body Iying across his bed. In his right hand he held the revolver, while the biood on the floor and bed told of the awful means he had sought to end his trouble. Lieu- tenant Lockwood at once reported the matter to Colonel Wagner, commanding the post, and the body of the officer w ADVERTISEMINTS. Whole Family Cured of SKIN HUMORS My wife had on her limbs five small pimples that began to enlarge, developing into eating ulcers, which, despite efforts to cure them, grew worse, eating to the bone. With two bottles of CUTICURA RESOLVENT, one box of CUTICURA (ointment), and one cake of CuTI- CURA S0AP, she was cured in two months. I was afflicted with papular rash, from which I could not rest day or night. My skin became in a very bad fix. CUTICURA REME- DIES cured me in one month. My baby girl was afflicted with Eczema, her 1imbs from her knees down were one solid sore from which she suffered greatly. With CUTICURA REMEDIES there was a complete cure. A.A.MCLARTY, J. P., Winn, Ga. CUTICURA WORKS WONDERS The cures daily effected by the CUTICURA REMEDIES of torturing, disfiguring, and humil- 1ating skin, scalp, and blood bumors, with loss of halr, are_so wonderful as to seem almost incredible. Yet every word is true. They are beyond all doubt the greatest skin cures, blood purifiers, and humor remedies of modern times. SrxEpY CurE TREA® EveryKixpor BLoon AxD Sxix HUMOR. — Warm baths with CuTiCURA Soar, entle anointings with CuTicUEA [ointment], and miid of CUTIOURA REsOLYE: greatest of humor cures. €014 throughout the world. ForzEe DEUG AND CuE. Coxr., Sole Props . Boston. s How 10 Cure Every 8kin and Blood Humor,” free. o master the details of the compli- t of war to which he had sacri- | mind and life. ain Palme wa out years cf 1ves a widow and two children, in Cheyenne, which was the who live home of the officer. They were at once otifled of his death. Yeste v the body ge by u kers, whd will embalm it and forward it to his i “heyenne. | e i Don’t Forget Them. | The boys who have so bravely upheld | our flag at Manfla. You can’t do a kinder | 1 to send them a box of choice s In time for Christmas. he leading groc T Levin | s, pack and ship | . 1324-132%6 Market street, | enth. No branch stores. * ATTEMPTED 10 MURDER HER LOVER Winkleman'’s Rash Act. Clara | When Seized by Two Policemen She Vigorously Resists Their Efforts to Disarm Her. Thinking he intended to desert her, and determined that he should not live with another woman, Mrs. Clara Winkleman, a prepossessing %brunette, yesterday af- ternoon attempted to murder Fred Hus- ted, her lover. That she did not succeed was due to Husted’s alacrity in getting out of the way. For some time past Husted and Mrs. Winkleman have been living together in & lodging house at 131 Taylor street. Evi- dently tiring of her Husted yesterday told her he intended to_leave ‘the city and would not return. The woman declared she would kill him if he left her. Thinking she was only “fooling,” as he expressed it, Husted proceeded to pack his trunk, preparatory to taking farewell of his mistress. Soon after 5 o'clock yes- | terday afternoon he left his room, and when he returned he caught sight of Mrs, Winkleman standing against the railing of the stairway. “So you are going to leave me,” she nervously inquired. “I think you had bet- ter stay here, don't you?” Before Husted could reply the infuri- ated woman drew a revolver and fired. Husted was standing below her and as she pointed the pistol at him, he jumped backward and rolled down thé stairs, Policeman McLean was standing a short distance away when the shot was fired, and rushing into the house he saw Mrs. Winkleman standing at the head of the stairs with the smoking revolver in her hand. The officer attempted to dis- arm her but she vigorously resisted his efforts. At this juncture Detective Tom Gibson appeared on the scene, and assisted by McLean, he took the revolver from the woman. While they were struggling to get possession of the weapon the woman begged for another chance to kill Husted. Tle woman was at once removed to the A | ana | that fought for every moment of a hard | vears, | mersmith. | Sheehy tried at him, an RRIRRVEUVURYRRRI(W88 T General Merriam on Friday. The last report received here off from a sanitary point of view, said: than were expected and cannot be sanitary. the regiment.” General Merriam said that no entirely a sanitary one. just as soon as they arrive. U8 suuus FIRST NEW YORK REGIMENT RECALLED HE First Regiment of New York Volunteer Infantry, now doing duty at Honolulu, has been ordered home by the War Department. Major General Merriam, commander of this department, yester- day received a dispatch from the ‘War Department instructing him to recall the First New York Regiment immediately. tachment of the Empire State boys will arrive here on December 6 and will be furnished transportation to New York at once. mainder of the regiment will arrive on the 12th and will also proceed to their native State without delay. ed recall of the New York Regiment from Honolulu is the result of the recommendation made to the War Department for the same by from Brigadier General King showed that the regiment was badly fever, and the dread disease seemed to be on the increase. Merriam, when seen yesterday afternoon by a Call “The recall of the New York Regiment is a compliance on the part of the War Department with a recommendation made by me. the regiment went to Honolulu we were careful in selecting the site for a camp, but it appears that the malarious influences are greater ber of daily increasing fever cases has caused much alarm for the safety of the regiment, and has demonstrated that the camps are un- On the next steamer I shall send my order for the recall of assigned to replace the New York boys. The New York soldiers will be sent home mwasmsmsawsmmfisg The first de- The re- This sudden and most unexpect- by the department commander as many of the men were ill with General representative, ‘When successfully combated. The num- regiment for the present would be The reason of the recall is KRB RSRBRRSABSSSISIBBRRLISIILIRLRIRIRRS RRRRLEU{URIRLINURN fused to make a statement, except to say that Husted had ill-treated her and that she determined to kill him. Her intended victim refused to assign any reason for the woman’s attempt to mur- ‘der him, but intimated that jealousy | prompted her. |~ Mrs. Winkleman is the wife of Charles ‘Winkleman, a gambler. She left him ’some time ago to live with Husted. RATTLING FOOTBALL RESULTS IN A TIE Olympia and California Battle for Suprem- acy and Each Side Scores a Touchdown. California 5, Olympic 5. PERFECT Western autumnal day, grand stand and bleachers studded with an enthusiastic throng all color noise and two football teams and severe struggle was what the spec- | tator got for his admission price at the Olympic-California gridiron duel yester- day afternoon at Recreation Park. It was the most interesting game of several and the football enthusiast was not backward in recognizing it. Long before the appointed hour the bleachers were packed with the college men, who came to shout, sing and use their leathern-throated voices in rhyme and without reason. The clubmen had a following also, for the red and white were picked by some as the probable winners. On the side lines were the pride of other days—Billy Kennedy and Johnny Ham- stand and Dr. Bryant found himself on the field when the Olymplcs scored their touchdown. Other Olympians of lesser fame vociferated themselves into hoarse- ness and some few ladies in the grand stand with long streamers of red and white cheered lustily for the club athletes whenever a bit of ground was gained by the winged O. Altogether it was very much lke a ocket edition of a championship game. n fact, it was so regarded by the two teams which furnished all the amusement and whose clashing was the cause of many a husky voice. All the elements of good and bad foot- ball tore up the dust of the Recreation gridiron yes y, and this it was that made the full of genuine excite- ment. Hall, as usual, was the star. In the prettiest and most brilliant run ever seen on this coast he caught the ball on the California thirty-five-yard line and ran through a scattered field, shaking off Y | some of his assailants and giving others round-measurer. so did Erskine, but their efforts were futile. The first thirty vards he ran alone, and then with interference. Down the field he went as a rider of the wind, to be toppled over only seven yards from the Olymplc goal line. More, the freshman fullback, tried to emulate Hall, and nearly succeeded. He ran a good fifty yards at one time, and recelved a like setback closé to the goal line of thé enemy. For a diversion, a right arm that was a USE ST. SHAKE-UPs OIL FOR, CUTSBRUISES,¥e. upP Code. attemflted a quarterback kick, which ~ MclLaine skillfully caught, g?lnlng twenty yards thereby, and Percy orse broke out of the pack, when f{t looked as if all were lost for the Olym- pics, covering twenty yards before he was rubbed in the dirt. Then the fumbles at critical moments and the uncertaint of decisions on the part of the officials all combined to produce what the pigskin devotee calls a great day. Three several times the blue and gold had the dpl skin within reach of touch- down and three times were they balked. The Olympic line that %flve WIK to the college men when the red and white goal was not in serlous danger stiffened and became likeadamant on thelrown five yard line. The college men quivered and drew breath for each successive try to find an City Prison, where she was charged with an assault to commit murder. gshe Te- | opening in the Olympic line, but they Ed Lewlis strayed out of the’| SOME OF THOSE WHO WERE LA\D could not force the ball over. It was fine defensive play on the part of the clubmen. They saved the game again and again vy their splendid stands when the smell of uie lime on the goal line filled the California nostril. California lacked judgment in the selection of plays at the critical moment in the first half, and the Olympics profit- ed by fit. At'the end of the first half neither team had scored. The game had been played in the Olymplc territory, and the indica- tions pointed to a California victory. The second half had progressed evenly for both sides, when Morse punted to More, who was ornamenting the California twenty-yard line. Then something hap- pened which brought joy to Pete Smith and curses to Cochran’s lips, both of whom were on the side lines. More in his nervousness fumbled the ball and a red- shirted Olympian assimilated it The Olympics tried to buck the California line, but no gain attended their efforts. Code then signaled for Percy Morse and the latter was there. He got the pigskin and around the right end of California’s line he sailed to the two-yard line. Every | muscle set and every mnerve on tension, | the Olympics lined up for the cruclal test. | Wilson was sent against the blue and gold phalanx. The pressure -was too great. It gave way the first touch- down of the game was scored amid the wildest yells and applause from the Olym- plans on the stands. California looked anything but happy, but there was still time enough for even a cataclysmic surprise. After several in- terchanges of punts that kept the crowd guessing, the ball alighted in Hall's arms on the California forty-yard line. Hall separated himself from’ the spot on which he was standing about thirty-five yards, when his fleeting career was ar- rested. The California team lined up In one, two, three fashion. Hall ran around th Ollz'n\mc left again for fifteen yards. en Thane was {gh‘en a try and he made ten yards, the ball now being distant from the Olympic goal line but seven yards. It was now or nevermore for the collegians, so they worked one of their trick plays that Cochran has taught them. The Olymplic eleven took the balt, their defense on tackle and end, and Hall shot over the line for a touchdown. Smith failed to kick a goal and the score read 5—5, with no changes to the end. California, with a comparatively light line, played an offensive and defensive game against the heavier Olympians that was no_less than surgrls(n& Again and again the Olympic athletes banged away at the blue and gold line and they rarely made the distance without the full num- ber of tries, and more often they were forced to kick. California’s playing, omitting the fumbles, was generally good, both on offense and defense. The Olym- ples played hard ball and they all worked as they had not done before. Code sur- rised "all yesterday by his very costly 'umbles. Four times he dropped ‘the ball when attempting to catch punts, the enemy securing it. Sheehy, who was the keystone of the Olympic team in former FOR RE- PAIRS WERE ABLE TO. 'BE PRESENT. games, was not the Finnl in yesterday's match. California’s line was far stronger than anything he has met this year, but he nevertheless played very good ball. The officlals were: William Erb, referee; Charles Fickert, umpire; Code and Sher- man, linesmen. The teams lined up as follows: Olympies. Position, California. Hamilton R. E. L C Sheehy. Sexton. Band. e Haptoot ane or Hopper SAYS HE DID NOT APPROVE -~ OF THE LIBEL Hearst in the Claus Spreckels Case. DECLARES HIS INNOCENCE MANAGING EDITOR LAWRENCE WOULD NOT RETRACT. Grove L. Johnson Wanted to Show That Lawrence in the Conduct of the Examiner Was Incompe- tent and Unskillful. The preliminary examination of W. R. Hearst, proprietor of the Examiner, charged with libel by Claus Spreckels, was held before Ju(zige Mogan yesterday morning. The defendant was represented by Garret McEnerney, and Grove L. John- son assisted Prosecuting Attorney Spin- etti. The prosecution put in. evidence a copy of the Examiner of June 7, 1897, contain- ing the libel complained of, and on the admission of the defendant that he was the proprietor of the paper, rested. The defendant took the stand and testi- fied that on June 7, 1897, he was in New York and had not been here since, until within the past month. A. M. Lawrence was the managing editor of the paper in June, 1897, and since that time. Defend- ant did not order the publication of the item complained of and first heard of its publication when he received information that a suit for damages had been brought against him by Mr. Spreckels for $1,000,000. Cross-examined by Attorney -Johnson, defendant said that Lawrence had entire control of lhed})aper as far as a manag- ing editor could during the absence of the proprietor. Defendant reserved to him- gelf the policy of the paper on national issues only. He had given Lawrence no instruction as to a policy regarding the Spreckels family. Lawrence made reports to him from time to time. ‘When his attention was brought to the item he disapproved of it. He had a talk over the wire with Lawrence about it. He did not know if he asked Lawrence to make a retraction and could only re- fresh his recollection by asking Lawrence. He did not send Lawrence a retraction. He paid but little attention to the mat- ter. He considered Lawrence was a skill- ful and comg\:lent man for the position of managing editor. B “Do’you remember Lawrence having a coliision with the State Senate?” asked Johnson. McEnerney objected to the question. “] want to show,” said Johnson, “‘that Lawrence is incompetent and unskillful, that he was in collision with the State Senate, that he has abused and vilified nearly everybody in the community, and by his, conduct has brought a crop of libel suits upon-Mr. Hearst.” The Judge sustained the objection and the defendant stated that he had still faith in Lawrence. Continuing, he sald that he recelved reports from Lawrence about once a month. He did not think he gave Lawrence written instructions as to his policy with regard to the paper or his duties. He also received reports as to the financial condition of the paper. He claimed to be a resident of this State and was merely absent in New York on busi- ness. A. M. Lawrence testified that he became managing editor of the Examiner in June, 1896. e first knew of the article com- lained of when the papers in the $1,000,- Ell) suit were filed. He notified Mr. Hearst when the papers were served. Cross-examined, he said he communi- cated with Mr. Hearst by wire and Hearst wired that he disapproved of quarrels with people with whom they had no quarrels. He consuited McEnerney. and it was decided that the item was of such a character that it was difficult to know just what to do as to making a re- traction. Hearst did not instruct him to make a retraction. He would only con- sult Hearst in extraordinary affairs. “Did you consult McEnerney as to a retraction?” “Yes."” “Was it not the other way—McEnerney called upon you and advised you to make a Te!l’fl'(:[h)“?" In answer to McEnerney Lawrence said that if he had seen the item before it was wublished he would not have published it. here was no occasion for Hearst giving ADVERTISEMENTS. NOVELTY SILKS . AND... DRESS FABRICS. NEW GOODS. NEW FANCY SILKS, for Waists, in Stripes and Dots, all the latest shades, $1.00 Yard. NEW BLACK AND WHITE SILKS, in Figured, Plaids and Stripes, an elegant assortment, $1.00, $1.25 and $1.50 Yard. NEW ENGLISH TAILOR SUITINGS, 46 Inches wlde, both Granites and Meltons, Greens and Tans, In Grays, Browns, Blues, $1.25 Yard. NEW FRENCH PIREOLAS, assorted styles, full 46 inches wide, in Red and Black, Olive and Black, Blue and Black, and Green and Black, $1.75 Yard. NOTE. We have also received this week a full assortment of NEW FUR TRIMMINGS, in Beaver, Mink, Otter, Opossum, Chinchilla, Astrakhan and Persian Lamb. ° > =% m, U3, 1S, 1T, 19, 121 POST STREET. that a retraction was never asked, which s usual. 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