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16 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11, 189S. PROBLEM OF NATIONAL MOMENT INVOLVED IN THE BOTKIN CASE State Supreme Court Receives Har- per’s Petition Prohi for a Writ of bition. The Issues Now Raised in the Great Case Discussed by Attorney General Fi tzgerald and Judge Carroll Cook. The effort made by W. L.: Harper to | secure from the Supreme Court of this State a decision that will determine whether or not Mrs. Cordelia Botkin can be tried in California for the crime | of which she has been accused has ex- | cited general public inter The ques- tions that have been raised by Harper's | petition to the State appellate court | are of more than local or State inter- e They possess a national impor- tance, { In brief Harper has asked the Su-| preme Court of thi State to decide | whether or not a person can, under cer- | tain conditions, commit any crime and | be free from punishment under the laws of the United States. In the mo- | mentous questions raised by Harper the personality of Mrs. Botkin plays | no part. The fate of the woman and | ven the horrifying crime of which she | accused are matters of comparatively f egmall concern. If the woman, under the laws of this Btate and of the United States, is to| escape an actual trial the people, not| of California, but of the nation, | iterested to know the fact. le for an assassin to oper- | ate under cover of State and national laws Harper and the public-spirited citizens who are supporting him wish | to know the situation, in order that | they may, through legislative action, | seek a remedy. This purpose is, in brief, the mean- | ing of Harper's petition to the Supreme | Court. There is, as a matter of course, | another incidental interest in the ac tion. The alleged trial of Mrs. Botkin will cost the people of this State many thousands of dollars. It is certainly a matter of unwise civic policy to expend | this money uselessly, and Harper, sup- | ported by I J. Truman, Treasurer- | elect; Asa R. Wells, Auditor-elect, and | 1any members of the Merchants’ As- | sociation, seeks to have the Supreme | Court of the State decide whether or | not Mrs. Botkin is being prosecuted un- | der a legal indictment. ‘While this point is not as important | as that which questions the adequacy of American laws to punish any one| for a grievous offense it is still of great | moment. Both these questions ha\*e‘ called forth @ general expression of ublic interest and concern. Harper's peti ion did not receive a | hearing yesterday, for the simple rea- | son that a quorum of the Supreme | Court was not present to consider it. | The application for a writ of prohibi- tion w duly presented to the appel- late court, and was read by Justices | Con- Beatty, Van Fleet and Harri sideration of the matter was necess postponed, as the full court was not in | attendance. " The trial of Mrs. Botkin before Su- | perior Judge Cook and a jury will | therefore proceed to-morrow morning. | It is likely to be suspended, however, | at any time during the day. As al- ready indicated, the problems raised by | Harper’s petition have called forth the | serious discussion, not only of lawyers.; but of laymen. This discussion, which | may result in the modification of State and Federal laws, is of exceptional in- terest. The first contention that was made yesterday was that since the in- dictment against Mrs. Botkin accused | her of having committed murder in this city, the courts of this county neces- sarily have jurisdiction. The petition of Harper meets this contention with the assertion that no true indictment mn. ADVERTISEMENTS. }\\:\3‘3 1\ AWFU SKIN HUMOR CUTICURA A MOTHER'S SWORN STATEMENT My little daughter May’s head and face ‘dbroke out in one solid mass of bleeding sores, and one of her ears was so affected, that the doctor thought that it would 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- Dies. Iadministered CUTICURA’ RESOLVENT inwardly, 1 bathed her with CUTIOURA SoAp andused CUTICURA (ointment)freely. Kefore the first week I noticed that the little sufferer was beginning to get relief. In less than twco wmonths my little darling was entirely cured andwell, she got as fat as a little pig, and no marks whateverare to be seenfrom the effe Mrs.JAS. MELTON, 5 Hayden St.,Atlanta,(a. Oct. 20, 1897. Witnes: : | by the manifest exigencies of the case has been found, the allegation being made that nothing has been advanced | to show that Mrs. Botkin actually com- mitted a crime in this city or State. This position is met by perhaps the most important assertion of those who are concerned in trying Mrs. Botkin for murder. The laws of this State pro- vide that a person may be tried here for an offense part of which was committed in California. This is the entire basis of the assumption that Mrs. Botkin's trial is real. The point, however, in the opinion of prominent lawyers and busi- ness men should be judicially deter- mined. Attorney General Fitzgerald of this State believes that Mrs. Botkin is legal- 1y on trial, yet he also believes that the issues raised by her trial should, in the interests of public justice, be deter- mined without delay. Judge Cook, the defendant in Harper's petition, con- siders that he has a right to proceed. Attorneys are divded in opinion, but all concede that the question is one of the greatest moment to the State and to the nation. Louis P. Boardman, who has insti- tuted the proceedings before the Su- preme Court on behalf of Harper. out- lined yesterday what he believed to be every issue raised by his client’s peti- tion. Mr. Boardman said “The questions that are presented to the Supreme Court in the petition | I filed this afternoon were discussed by me with several prominent citizens, and the matter of the advisability and aparent necessity of raising the aues- tion of jurisdiction of the Superior Court w well considered before any action was taken. “I have not been over-zealous in the matter. I was prompted, I may say, to a certain extent in what I have done. | as expressed by these gentlemen. I did| not file the petition for the purpose of gaining notoriety—I care nothing for that. I am solely interested in the im- portant principles that are involved in | the determination of the questions that | arise in this case. “It has come to my knowledge that certain assertions have been made that there has been collusion between my- self, the persons I représent and the at- torneys for Mrs. Cordelia Botkin. “I suppose this has been prompted by the indifferent manner in which Mrs. Botkin’s attorneys have conducted her defense, which has led the public to be- | lieve that there is some ‘star’ play to be made somewhere in the trial of the case that will demonstrate the ridicu- lous position of the Superior Court and the authorities in their endeavors to convict Mrs. Botkin of a murder said to have been committed in this State. There is absolutely no foundation for any statement that there has been any | collusion or association between my- t self and the attorneys for the prisoner. “I can state positively that they pos- sessed no Kknowledge either by sug- gestion or insinuation that any such proceeding had been contemvlatéd. The proceeding that was commenced yester- day has been made public and every element in its character is shown by the paper itself.” “’A friend of mine this afternoon ap- proached me in slight consternation, saying that he had heard that con- tempt proceedings might be instituted | in the Superior Court to punish me for a manifest attempt to trifle or meddle unwarrantably with its exclusive juris- diction. I cannot believe that these statements are anything but idle ru- mors. The question of being in con- tempt of the Superior Court for filing in the Supreme Court a document to contest legally the jurisdiction of a lower court is simply preposterous. ““The questions that are presented in this application for a writ of prohibi- tion may be stated to be as follows: ‘“The first question that is presented for consideration is the right of a citi- zen and taxpayer to question the juris- diction of a court in a public criminal prosecution where the people at large are plaintiffs and which will involve the expenditure of a large sum of pub- lic money. The proceeding by prohibi- tion is as old as the common law, and the weight of judicial opinion is that where there is a semous question of Jjurisdiction the question of jurisdiction may be raised even by a stranger to the litigation sought to be restrained. “The next question presented is as to the remedy of prohibition being a proper one. It has been held by the Supreme Court of this State that pro- hibition is the proper remedv to arrest the trial of a criminal action, where the indictment for any reason does not sustain the jurisdiction. “With these preliminary propositions disposed of, we come then to the main proposition involved herein. and that is, the question of the place of the legal and actual commission of the alleged crime of ‘murder and the place of ju- risdictior for trial. The question of whether or not the State of Delaware or the State of California has jurisdic- tion to try this case has never yet been considered or determined. “The extradition proceeding which was taken and decided in the Superior Court previous *- the filing of this in- dictment determined only one legal pro- position and that was; that the au- thorities of both States having con- ceded that the crime was committed 1n the State of Delaware, and the accused person having been in the State of Cali- fornia at the time of the commission of the alleged murder; whether this condi- tion of conceded facts was sufficient under the constitution and laws of the United States to sustain the interstate rendition of the accused person as a (utz_li_t):ve from justice. “The one point decided by Judge Carroll Cook and his fellow-Judges sigt- ting in bank was that the strict and inflexible provisions of the constitution and laws of the United States could not be construed to include such a case. In this decision the Superior Court fol- lowed the decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States. “The ultimate relief sought by this proceeding of prohibition is to.deter- mine the actual jurisdiction of the Su- perior Court to try this case. The juris- e Edgur 1. Orr. Justics ‘an. 4, J G- ‘who, being duly sworn, e owicdge and bellet, irue m every Oetals o0 . true 3 beat knowledge an every detail, o Sworn to and subscribed beforeme, this Oct. 2ith, 1897 Evoan H. Onx. B0id thronghout the world. Porrer DRUG AND CHEM, “ rops.. Boston., o o to Cure Skt Tortured Bubles,” free. diction of trial is either in the State of California or in the State of Dele.waroe. This point and question has not been decided or determined by any court. 1 This proceeding simply seeks to have that matter settled and determined. “In the points and authorities filed with the petition I have shown legal authority for the position sought to be maintained. It is plain to my mind there is ample authority in the books of text and judicial decision to sustain the intervention of the Supreme Court to determine at once this most impor- tant question. “There is no reason why any one moved by his sense of public interest should be censured in any quarter for undertaking a proceeding which has for its object the subserving of the public good.” 2 Judge Carroll Cook, who is trying the case of Mrs. Botkin on the murder charge, when seen last night at his home, was disinclined to talk about the petition made to stop the trial, as the matter had not yet come to him offi- cially, and would not until the Supbreme Court had passed upon it. From his remarks. however, it was gathered that he has no doubt of the jurisdiction of the Superior Court in the case, and that the higher court would so rule. “The question of the jurisdiction of the State courts,” said Judge Cook, “was practically settled at the time when Mrs. Botkin was before me on a writ of habeas corpus during the extra- dition proceedings. It will be remem- bered that Assistant District Attorney Hosmer went to Los Angeles while the Supreme Court was sitting in bank. He went before that body and set forth every. question which could be raised as to the jurisdiction of the courts here. He applied for a writ of habeas cor- pus also, but did not claim_that the courts had no jurisdiction. He simply stated the facts of the case, that Gov- ernor Budd had issued a warrant for Mrs. Botkin, who was held by the au- thorities on the charge of murder. He set forth in full the circumstances that part of the deed was committed here and part in Delaware. The declara- tion of the facts would have deter- mined jurisdiction in advance of any: trial. At 2 o’clock that afternoon the Supreme Court denied the writ. This was an i that the Superior Court has jurisdiction, “I am inclined to think that the peti- tion to stop the trial will not be granted by the Supreme Court. That body would not issue a writ of prohibition in any case unless application was first made to the court which the applicant seeks to prohibit. The question of juris- diction has not been raised on the in- dictment, and I do not see why it was brought up at this stage of the proceed- ings unless delay is the prime object. ‘‘Section 27 of the Penal Code pro- vides expressly for the case in point and reads: ‘The following persons are liable to punishment under the laws of this State: All persons who commit in whole or in part any crime within this State.’ “The petition will not stop proceed- ings at all, and the case will go on until such a time as the Supreme Court is- sues a writ of prohibition, if it does so at all. ‘As far as punishing the authors of the petition or rebuking them in any | way, I do not think that I will follow such a course. The whole matter will be settled by the Supreme Court, which will decide the question of jurisdic- tion.” Charles Heggerty, one of the attor- neys for Mrs. Botkin, discussed the ap- plication for a writ of prohibition at some length. “I feel morally certain,” he said, “that the Supreme Court will inform Attorney Boardman that there is nothing in the application whatever. I consider it a direct interference with the trial. It is a reflection on the trial Judge, the District Attorney, the Chief of Police and the attorneys for the de- fendant, and practically charges that they are by collusion taking part in a murder trial which is practically a farce. I believe it is trifling with the courts. “The charge, expressed or implied, that the attorneys for the defense are in league with the applicants for the writ is preposterous. Nobody connect- ed with the defense would ever be a party to such a proceeding. It is sin- gular that the application was not made before Chief Lees spent the $3800 to bring the witnesses all the way from Delaware. The defense could not raise the question of jurisdiction unless evi- dence is put in to show that the women were never murdered in San Francisco but that the deed was committed in Delaware. “If this application to stop the trial be granted by the Supreme Court, it will amount to a practical acquittal for Mrs. Botkin. You may be sure that had we, her attorneys, thought for a mo- ment that there was anything in such a petition we would have made it long ago. Section 27 covers the point, and there is no possible ground to object to the trial of the case unless, as I say, the evidence shows conclusively that the crime was committed in Delaware and not in San- Francisco, as the in- dictment states. To say that we were allowing the trial to proceed with the intention at the last moment of ques- tioning the jurisdiction of the court would be unfair'to our client, whom we have promised to serve to the best of our ability. It must be remembered that she is kept confined in jail, and the ethics of our profession would re- quire ug to raise the point if there were anything in it at the very com- mencement of the proceedings, but this we positively cannot do. We are perfectly satisfied that the Superior Court has jurisdiction.” Attorney General Fitzgerald has fol- lowed the case closely, but has not given it sufficient thought to be pre- pared to make a statement. He con- sented, however, to give a purely in- formal interview, but says it might be somewhat different should he make a careful study of the laws in the prem- ises. His opinions are as follows: “The Superior Court refused to issue the papers which would give Detective McVey the privilege of taking Mrs. Botkin back to Delaware and one of the Judges who sat in the council which made this decision has consented to try the case. So far as I can see the Su- perior Court of this State has a.right to try this. case after the indictment by the Grand Jury. “The law provides that a person may be tried in this State for a crime any part of which is committed in this State. According to the evidence sub- mitted two persons died in Delaware from poison, bought in this State, con- cealed in a package ~¢ candies in this State and mailed from this city. This is the case presented. So far no one has attempted to disprove this much of it and a layman can readily see that a portion of the alleged crime was committed in this State and the Su- perior Court accordingly has jurisdic- tion to try the case. “Of course later develonments may put everything in a different aspect. but so far there is apparentlv nothing which will prevent the Superior Court of this State from trying and passing judgment on the case. “As far as the Federal laws are con- cerned, I will state positively that they offer no remedy, should the defense prove that this case is beyond the juris- diction of the State courts. It is evi- dently something which has been for- gotten and each State has been left practically to make its own laws for the punishment of criminals. of course, should murder he committed in the District of Columbia or on any of the United States reservations, such as the Presidio here, for instance, the case ‘would be tried in the Federal courts. “As the laws are now, however, should I be standing just across the State line and should a man in the op- posite State shoot and kill me, there is a possibility that he would escape punishment, even if the crime were wit- nessed by a dozen persons. On ‘the other hand, our law of ‘any part of the crime’ might cover it, but the United Séates laws offer absolutely no rem- edy.” t CAN HE DO IT? Attempt to Dive Into a Net From an Altitude of 300 Feet. The principal attraction at Glen Park, Mission Zoo to-day Wwill' be the dash. ing, ‘daring and thrilling feat of Pro- fessor Willis in a dive from an altitude of 300 feet into a net. The highest dive of a similar character ever accom- plished is for a distance of 150 feet, which is held by Professor Belden. An exceptionally fine vaudeville per- formance in the free amphitheater will be given, the principal number of which will be the feats of strength by the Morris Brothers. ' The Schaldelles will give a performance of stilt tumb- ling. Barney Reynolds has been en- gaged for a comedy sketch and Baby Troy will give female impersonations. There will be a balloon race at Glen Park, a week from to-day between Con- lon, the well-known aeronaut, and Burns, the Australian. — G —— FELL FORTY FEET. T. W. Anderson Plunged Down an Elevator Shaft, but Still Lives. T. W. Anderson, residing at 314% Clem- entina street and employed as a laborer in the Gibraltar Warehouse, corner of Sansome and Filbert streets,, fell forty feet down an elevator shaft at the ware- house last evening and sustained severe internal injuries, which were treated at the Harbor Hospital by Drs. Fitzgibbon and Scannel. There_are three elevators in the build- ing, and Anderson went to the third floor on one of them late in the evening. It was dark, and after attending to the er- rand which took him to the third floor he lost his way and plunged down one of the open shafts. He was picked up from the bottom of the shaft in an unconscious condition and removed to the hospital. His escape from instant death is con- sidered miraculous. Despite the internal injuries, the doctors in attendance think the man will recover. ———————— NOT ENOUGH MONEY. Pacific Paving ‘Gox;p:ny Seeks a Re- lease From the Post-Street Contract. The shortage of funds to the credit of the Street Department has led the Pacific Paving Company -to! petition the Board Sf Supervisors for a release from its contract to pave Post street, between Leavenworth and Hyde., The original resolution to pave the street was vetoed by Mayor Phelan upon its passage, but at a subsequent mee&lng of the board the veto was over- ruled. ‘The paving company in its petition states that when the contract was award- ed a bond of $2000 for fulfillment was de- manded and contends that on this account the contract is void, as the Vrooman act, under which it was let, gives no power to the board to exact such guarantee. —_—————— Seek a New Trial. Judge O. P. Evans appeared as coun- sel for Elsie Williams and Myron Azh- derian, convicted of having _extorted money’ from Captain Nevills, when their cases were called yesterday morning. Judge Evans occupied the entire morning session arguing a motion for a new trial. His argument was made on technical points, and- at the conclusion the case went over till next Saturday. — e From Chicago, New York, Boston, we deliver to all points Cresta Blanca wines. Order Xmas presents now. Wetmore- Bowen Co., 410 Post st., 8. F. & —— i Divorce Suits Filed. Sulgs for divorce on the ground of fail- ure_to provide have been filed by Hattie E. Empey against Willlam C. Empey and May Lothers agaigst John E. Lo!h%; on the ground of elty by Ethel Hicks against Thomas J'Hicks and Alice E. von Brohmnstead inst John W. von Brohmnstead. OAKLAND GOLFERS ARE NOW “TWO:UP” FIRST MATCH BETWEEN TEAMS OF LOCAL PLAYERS. Next Saturday the Game Will Be Finished on the Links of the San Francisco Club. After an exceedingly closeand interesting contest on the Oakland links yesterday afternoon the first team competition be- tween the Oakland and San Francisco Golf clubs ended in a victory for Oakland with “two up.”” Each club sent eight rep- resentatives, and when the returns for both rounds from seven pairs of the play- ers were in, the San Francisco team led by three points, or, in golf language, was “three up.” When C. P. Wingate's re- turns for both rounds were handed in it was found that he had beaten his oppo- nent at two holes in the first round, and at three holes in the second round; he was thus “five up” and the Oakland team “two up.” The aprran ements for the match were made by . Thomas on behalf of the San Francisco Golf Club, and by P. E. Bowles of the Oakland team. The match consisted of two rounds, eighteen holes. The scores of the teams are given below: g[E 5|8 7 ositana. |2 |2 || san Franciseo. |22 g5 HE = 5 Al G.D. Greenwood| 1 | 0 || Dr. Hitbbettarri| 0| 3 F. S. Stratton...[1|*|J. W. yrne. Jofe ‘W. P. Johnson..| 0 | * 'H. D. Pillsbury..| 1| ® A. Folger. 0|0 [IC. Page... 3|3 3 412 Jofo 0o 11 0l2 J1/0 2 | 00 [ D * denotes a tie. Taking the results of the two rounds tufether, Dr. Hibbetts was 2 up, H. D. Pillsbury 1 up, C. Page 6 up, and E. J. McCutchen 2 up, total, 11 for the San Francisco team; while for the Oakland team F. 8. Stratton was 1 up, J. McKee 6 up, E. R. Folger 1 up, and C. P. Win- iale 5 up; total 13. Oakland thus won by u p. The Oakland links afford excellent op- portunities for play. Owing to the lack of rain and the drying northerly wind they are in a somewhat dry and hard con- dition, but the course is rolling and af- fords several good natural hazards. The approach to the eighth hole is a difficult one. It is down a steep hill, over a board fence, across a road and up a slope on to the putting green, while beyond and to one side of the green are the marshy shores of Lake Merritt. In approaching this hole on the first round A. Folger overplayed and lost his ball, thus giving the hole to his opponent, whose ball had struck the fence, but had luckily bounded through an opening in it. Inasmuch as no two links anywhere in the world are alike, and golfers playing on their own links have an advantage over visitors, it is intended to reckon the game played vesterday as a half game, the second half of which will be played on Saturday, December 17, on the Presidlo links. The scores of both games will be added_together, and the two days’ play be reckoned as one game. The afternoon yesterday was lovely; the light good, without glare, and an abso- lutely calm atmosphere. Several members of the Oakland Golf Club visited the links, and among them were a number of ladies. —_—————— An Absolute Specific For dandruff, itching scalp and falling hair is Smith’s Dandruff Pomade. Sam- plvl free. Address Smith Bros., Fres!:o, Cal. —_———— Killed an Innocent Man. 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