The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 14, 1898, Page 12

1 2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1898 HYMEN STOPS THE MOUTH OF SCANDAL Stoddard and Miss Wilson Made One. IS APPARENT NO FORCE RAILWAY MATLCLERK REDEEMS HIS PROMISE. Eludes the Angry Father and His Gun and Goes to the Altar Vol- untarily—Judge Barry Performs Ceremony. “I pronounce you man and wife."” As the fateful words that made young Richard C. Stoddard and pretty 16-year- old Irma E. Wilson one fell from the lips of Justice of the Peace J. E. Barry yes- terday oon in his chambers the cur- tain fell on a little domestic drama that threatened to develop into a tragedy. The brief marriage ceremony was the finale to a series of exciting incidents in the lives of the two young people during the last in which the furlous father, threatening vengeance on the author of his daughter's supposed wrongs and a mother’s love for her offspring and her the honor of the youth e had known from childhood, mient figures. But now all is heartache of the mother has 5 th ng people are appa- > anger of the father, dissipated, will gradually becomes reconciled to having been totally al consummation of the entions of his daughter ing. but imprudent eady weeks J. P. Wilson, in Applegate, Placer County, aging around town like a mad ¥ aring that he would per- forate the dandy looking raflway mail | clerk unless the latter should forthwith | good his promise to marry Wilson's | ¥ the Applegate capitalist claimed he had ruined. Stoddard was | kept on the run, dodging the irate parent, | and the girl became so frightened at the urn affairs were taking that she tele- graphed for her mother, Mrs. Overly of | o, Nev. Mrs. Overly hastened to San | ancis riving here a week ago, and | with Stoddard, her resent. The young man time in w to put The mother accepted departed on his When the being B ath had left the bounds. But he do any damage until d return to the city, as the n of the ke the aid lined to do. Con- put his artillery in was due to arrive in San MR. AND MRS. RICHARD STODDARD (NEE WILSON). T former wife being on hand to:*‘welcome” | young - Stoddard, an_army of reporters ere gathered under the railway compa- | sheds to greet the smooth-faced youth whose name is carried on the pay- rolls_of Uncle Sam’s postal department, But The Call, with the story of what had been done and what was proposed, was ahead of them, and as the train pulled into the depot Stoddard slipped off on the other side of the cars and made his escape, while his fellow-clerks pulled tne | wool over the eyes of the reporters. As soon as Stoddard could make him- self presentable he hJs{t?nP}(\l{ to ‘hitlixlomtl onsult with his sweethear Eaherhaotn The result of the con- trip to the marriage license clerk at the City Hall and the | subsequent ceremony t put an end to | his troubles, including any danger of be- ing wiped off the face of the earth, tem- porarily at least. The bridal party con- sisted of the bride and groom, Mrs. Overly, the bride’s mother, and a fellow- clerk of Stoddard, who acted as best man. Stoddard certainly did not act llke a man who was taking upon himself the serious responsibilities that married life entails. He even neglected to kiss the bride when Judge Barry pronounced fhe final words that bound them together for better or for worse, and as soon as he could con- veniently do so he excused himself, prom- ising to rejoin his bride at the Ramona later in the evening. He hurried to a !v!eimph office and sent a message to his father at Reno, say- ing he had been compelled to marry the girl. Then he proceeded to celebrate the “joyful” event in a manner that proba- bly caused him to forget all about his engagement with his newly made wife, His friends say positively he will not live with his bride, and that he told her so at arting. ers.EO\'QrIy is greatly distressed over the publicity which has been given to the affair and the allegation that the mar- 24 and her mother, ference was the Iaray e SR e I T e e i T Francisco yesterday morning, and Mr. Wilson announced _that he would meet | him at the depot and force him to marry | his daughter at the point of the pistol. Mrs. Overly also announced that she | would be at the depot when the train came in for the purpose of preventing possible murder. | Up to this time the affair had been kept from the public, but the whole story was published exclusively in The Call yester- day morning, and its publication caused consternation among all parties con- cerned. Instead of Mr. Wilson and his | Royal Blue Sema- Porcelain, with Gold Dec- orations. Sugar Bowls, Tea Pot, Cream Pitcher, Pickle Dish Fruit Saucers, Bone Dishes Giwven away free with AMERICAN'S BEST TeEas, COFFEES, SPICES 661 Merket. 0. 40 sixth St, Polk St. 1819 Devisadero St. 2008 Fllimére St. 521 Moatdomery Av, yno Kentucky St. 85 Mission”St. T 52 Market St. OAKLA!D‘STDR!!: 3WashingtonSt. 131 San Pablo Ave. adway. 618 f ‘?wolm St. 1510 Seventh St. ALAMEDA—1883 Park St. SAN RAFAEIL—B St., ear Fourth, We also sell Cmma, CROCKERY, (FLA6SWARR Oheapest Price: in dmeriea Webo-or Outaloguss, SO i 3 e o @ @ | was something wrong in their relations, | such suspicion. riage was forced upon Stoddard. “It Is all Wilson's fault,” she said. “He has been going around town threatening Dick’s life and acting In such a manner as to create the impression that there when there was really no good ground for Matters finally reached such a stage that 1 came on here to see what I could do. I had a talk with Dick, and he told me frankly that he could not afford to marry just now and I agreed vith him. Dick and Irma have been en- aged for several months, but they did not intend to get married until Irma's seventeenth birthday, which will be on May 2, 1899. After Dick left for Ogden on his run last Friday, Wilson came tearing to me, swearing terribly and making all kinds of threats, until 1 was thoroughly frightened. He declared he would meet Dick at the train with a gun and force him to marry Irma. I determined to be there too and prevent trouble if possible, but I changed my mind. Dick is a noble young man and has acted throurhout in a most honorable manner. He came to me yesterday after he arrived in the city and asked what was to de done, now that the public had been made aware of what was going on through Wilson's actions. We talked it over and decided that they had better get married at once. There was no threats of force about it. It was a voluntary marriage, and I believe they will be happy together. Of course, as Dick is in debt, wney will not live to- fialher for the present. I shall take Irma ome to Reno with me to-morrow. and when Dick is in a position to provide for a wife they will make their home In this city. 1 wish you would say that there is not a_word of truth in the story that Irma had been wronged. That was only a suspicion caused by Wilson's reckless talk. Irma had been iiving with me until about a month ago, when I sent her to her father at hie urgent request. She has been stopping for several weeks with her father and sister, Myrtle, at the home of her aunt, Mrs. McDonald, at 610 Jones street. Mr. Stoddard has known her since childhood and he took her out a great deal. In going about together at night as much as they did they were un- doubtedly indiscreet, but there was noth- ing wrong and Wilson simply made a fool of himself.” Mr. Wilson has been apparently lost in the shuffle. He was not at the depot with his gun and he was not at the wedding | 532 Gough street. the hills of Placer county. At all events the work he cut out for himself has been accomplished without his aid, and he will have to content himself with that fact. Stoddard gave his age to the marriage license clerk as 22 years, and his residence He formerly resided at that address, but has not lived there for nearly three months. “I met her as I would have met any other woman,” was the only explanation the bridegroom gave. ‘‘She was a friend of Mrs. Coffin, and Mrs. Coffin was a schoolmate of mine. Last May I met Mrs. Coffin in this city and with her was a young woman. The young woman was Irma Wilson. I met her two or three times in the company of Mrs. Coffin and a man named Clancy, a jockey at the race track. I became friendly with her, and got to know her quite well. “I have never seen Mr. Wilson. I ex- pected to sece him in the crowd at the mole this morning, but as I did not know him I suppose I passed him bi’. “When 1 came off the train I knew the story_had got out. There was a big crowd waiting on our side of the train and I got out on the other, and I went right on to the boat. “When 1 had reported off at the office I went to my room, and after changing my clothes I walked ,[down to the Lang- ham Hotel. As I crossed the corner of Mason street I saw Miss Wilson and her mother at the windows of the Ramona on Ellis street. Miss Wilson beckoned me to come up. I had to meet them some time, so I went up and had a talk with the girl and her mother. “Mrs. Overly told me that the old man would surely kill me. She tcld me he had been carryving a revolver for me for a week and she said I had better fix things up, as he was laying for me and would make trouble if I did not make things right. - fiI had a long conference with Miss Wil- i son and her mother and finally T agreed to go to the County Clerk’s office and get out a license. I thought it was the best thing 1 could do under the circumstances. “I m et the girl as I would have met any | e on the street. 1 did not know her | I met her sjonally at Mrs. | rooms on O'Farrell street. One evening when I was there Clancy came in | and then he and Mrs. Coffin left and we (Miss Wilson and 1) were alone. “She was down here on a visit, T under- stood, and when I asked her how long she would stay she said as long as she want- ed. I went up to the Royal Kagle with her one night and there I registered as Rich- ard Stoddard and wife. “Last Thursday I saw Mrs. Overly. She said she would stand by me if I would do the right thing by the girl. I sald I would.” Friday morning she came to me and said the only thing I could do was to | marry her daughter. I was going out on the road Friday and so I asked her to t and 1 would tell her. Just before I ay 1 received a note signed J. P. “You had better not go see me.’ 1 went out without ng any o “On the w dgwn this morning T was | going to get off at Sixteenth street, Oak- | land, to avoid trouble, but then I decided | to go to the mole for I did not think there | would be anything out of the w: When | expres hailed us and yelled out ‘“There has been an expo and then I knew there was something the wind. side opposite to that on which the crowd | had gathered, and I got on the boat with- out any trouble. “‘So far as Irma Wilson is concerned T never knew her until I met her in this v. 1.did not think she was only 16 years old. I would not have had any- thing to do with her if I thought she was so young. She told me she was 18 and 1 believed her. I never promised to marry her. I had no thoughts of marying her until her mother met me yesterday and asked me to do so. I never saw the old man, Mr. Wilson, but Mrs. Overly told me he would surely kill me if I did not marry the girl. I was sick of the whole thing. I was not willing to raise a scan- dal and so—well, vou know how it is—I didn’t think I was to blame but there was only one way out of it—and—I mar- ried her.” Captain Charles Stoddard, the father of Richard C. Stoddard, is a respected citizen of Washoe County, Nevada. He was formerly assistanf ' Postmaster of Reno, On the breaking out of the war he wenf to Carson in command of Company C, First Nevada Volunteers, and remained in the Federal service unfil mustered out a short time ago. He was the Demo- cratic candidate for County Assessor at the last election, and was defeated. Cap- tain Stoddard resides in the outskirts of Reno, on the bank of the Truckee River, with his wife and two chfldren. Richard is_the oldest child. Mrs. Overly, then Mrs. Wilson, went to Reno two or three years ago with her daughter, Irma, and a year later mar- ried Chris Overly, vardmaster for the Southern Pacific at that place. Christmas Presents. Pretty boxes of fine stationery,.sterling | sliver desk ornaments, inkstands, gold | and fountain pens, silver and gold pen | and pencil holders, Bibles and prayer books for Christmas in stationery depart- ment. Reasonaole prices on everything. Sanborn, Vail & Co.. 741 Market st. * ——————————— An Uawitting Smuggler R. F. Gillette, a Chicago lawyer who ar- rived on the City of Peking, was obliged to may $175 duty on a lot of silk handker- chiefs and other articles found in his ef- fect! sterday. He said that he did not know that he had them, and that his mother, who packed the trunks, placed the goods there withou als anowledge. he was so determined to bring about. He may still be hunting for Stoddard and he may have betaken himself and his gun to Lovely 6c wines surprise crowds datly. not you? Mohns & Kaltenbach, 20 Marke Why t we got to the mole the boys on the Oregon | § ““When the train stopped I got off on the | G 500D RECORD MADE BY THE CUSTOM HOUSE Cargoes Rapidly Han- dled Here. WORK DONE DAY AND NIGHT BLUNDER MADE BY TWO DIS- GRUNTLED BROKERS. Outside Examinations Are Held for the Purpose of Expediting the Landing o! Holiday Goods. Two Custom-house brokers are com- plaining against what they term unneces- sary delays in getting imported merchan- dlse through the Appraiser's department. The allegation is made that the cargo, consisting of silks, of the British sl’:lp Shangtung, which vessel arrived on No- vember 14, was not taken out of the Ap- praiser’s store until a day or two ago.| They also affirm that the cargo of the Duchess Annie, which V! ¢l arrived Oc- tober 28, is still in the basement of the Appraiser's building. i Tehe fact that the Coptic arrived on No- | vember 21 and work was not begun on her before last Saturday has been set forth also as a cause of complaint by the dis- satisfied brokers. The manner in which the O}'erfl.nd sfer Company is carrying out its con- and the statement is made that the com-i pany makes the Custom-house hu‘n"lessl play second violin to its other business. In | other words, that it hauls goods to the Appraiser's store whenever there is nott ing else for it to do. As a result of this| discrimination it aid that there are big piles of merchand lying on the wharves awaiting the pleasure of the company to | be transported to the Appraiser’s build- | ing for examination and release. All these | incidents and conditions have worried the | and th are complaining | use of the delay Dare, the Appraise aen, and Mr. | of McGlade was neither that en made | that he had recentl he custom- | houses in New Y na Phila- | delphia and had car » mined their | workings. The resubt of that examination San were rushed v and ‘with less | s the case was his con mmodate the mer- ir. Shaen, “I have aising goods be- fore the ouse in or- | der to hurry stock. I have been doing t the past two | months. Of -course everybody wants the | holiday wares taken out at this time, and the importers are willing to wait for the other classcs of merchandise. We are working until late at night and even on Sunday to oblige importers.’” With reference to the complaint against the Duch . Mr. Stevens d that the rule ¥ m time immemorial | to wait unt ing vessel is finally dis- charged before her cargo is passed. She is loaded with rice, birds’ nests, Chinese gin and preserved ginger, not designed for | s holiday trade. Owing to | ppled state of the boilers only half the elevators in the Appraiser's building are running, and there is some delay on account of that fact. The boilers were shut down for repairs for ten days recently and that is why there. was some delay in passing upon the cargo of the Shangtung vessel. From other sources it was learned that the complaints originated with two bro- | kers, one of whom is known as a| grumbler. Barring the defective eleva- | tor service, with which Appraiser Dare | has nothing to do. the business of the Ap- praiser is in ship shape condition, and for correctne: and expedition rank | New York, Boston and Philadelphia. ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD. the Amateur Academic League Tie. At Recreation Park this afternoon the representative teams of Belmont and of Lowell High schools will test their re- spective ability in a gridiron battle to set- tle the championship of the Amateur Academic League. A week ago last Sat- urday the teams met for the same pur- pose, but so evenly did they play that the game resulted in a tle, the score read- ing 5 o 5. Since that time the Lowell eleven and the Belmonts have been grinding out the hours on the field trying to improve them- selves for the battle of to-day. Coaches from Berkeley and Palo Alto have been visiting both places and glving the youngsters the benefit of their teaching. Belmont's team will not appear on the ficld in the best physical condition. Some of its best material has suffered injuries of a weakening character, especially in the case of Roberts, whose skull was crushed in the last game. Lowell is in fine shape and ready to fight for the palms of champlonship glory. Percy Hall of Californla _and Chester Murphy, captain of Stanford’'s team, will referce and umpire the game. The lihe-up ollows: Belmont. Positions. Lowell. -Olwell Trving “Middleton Sherman & Story Kirkp Hough Reld In the Divorce Courts. Nellfe E. Helnsch was granted a divorce from Herman W. Heinsch yesterday on the ground of failure to provide. Jo- sephine Hackett has been granted a di- vorce from H. L. Hackett on the ground of infidelity. Margaret Johnson has been granted her application for a divorce from John F. Johnson on the ground of willful neglect. D. McClennan, whose action for divorce from his wife, Mrs. B. E. Mec- Clennan, was submitted to a referee, was granted a decree yesterday on the ground of intemperance and cruelty —_———— Warm Presents Are the Nags. This unprecedented spell of cold weather has turned the tide of Christ- mas gifts into a rather unexpected channel. Nathan. Dohrmann & Co. re- port quite a run on their oil heater— the “leader”—now selling at a reduced price of $5. It's a home manufacture— an economical and absolutelv -safe oil stove, that does not smoke or smell. —_———— Stolen Treasure Beca.vered. Postal Inspector M. H. Flint of Los angeles paid a visit to the San Francisco office yesterday and announced that he and Special Officer King had recovered the $2045 stolen by the robbers in the recent hold up at Oro Grande. The money had been taken from registered 1--ters and packages and —as buried in the desert with nothing to mark its location but a plece of white paper stick.ng out of the sand. —_————— Certificates for Immigrants. The Acting Commissoner of the immi- gration service at Washington has issued instructions that certificates be issued to all alien immigrants hereafter landing in the United States. _——— Your eczema, dandruff, itching scalp or any skin eruption cured with Smith's Dandruff Pomade when all other reme- dles fail. Price 50c, at all druggists. Sam- 5‘:1_“”' Address Smith Bros., Fl'e!x:fi. McGLADE IS INDICTED FOR RANK FORGERI Grand Jury Finds Two Charges. AMBROSE TELLS HIS STORY SCHOOL BOARD INVESTIGATION FINALLY DROPPED. Adjournment Will Probably Be Taken on Next Friday After- noon—Attorney Dunne Files His Report. Peter McGlade, defaulting deputy of the Street Department, the man who betrayed the implicit trust of his friend and employer, Superintendent of Streets Ambrose, and robbed the city of hundreds of dollars bv means of fraudulent and forged warrants, was last night indicted by the Grand Jury upon a charge of forgery. The indict- ment included two counts; one for forging the name of T. B. McGinnis, a deputy in the office of the clerk of the Board of Supervisors, the other for forging a warrant upon the City and County of San Francisco, After bring- ing the indictment the jury wound up its evening's session by deciding to meet on Friday afternoon for the pur- pose of requesting Judge Belcher to declare it adjourned. The jury’s investigation into the case a matter of difficulty nor of much time. Detective Thomas B. Gibson, who has had charge | of tfle case, had his testimony so ar- ranged and his witnesses so well rounded up that all the evidence to be taken was in hand within an hour, and half of the twenty-six witnesses who had turned up in answer to sub- penas were dismissed without being heard. Supervisors Haskins, Rivers and Rottanzi of the Finance Commit- tee were the first heard, but their evi- dence was of no importance. They were followed by Superintendent of Streets Ambrose. Mr. Ambrose made a frank, open statement of every phase of the case of which he was cognizant. It was the first time that he had consented to speak fully of what he knew of Mc- Glade and his transactions, and his plain statement convinced the-jury, were it not already convinced, that the Superintendent and his office is not in any way blamable, no matter what unwarranted insinuations have appear- ed to the contrary. Mr. Ambrose did not spare McGlade. He told the jury that the former deputy’s position in the office was not a political appointment, that he had always been one of his warmest friends and had always trusted him in the full- est and that the position had been given him on the basis of that friend- ship. He explained how it had been possible for McGlade to take blank warrants from the office, but he stated that he had never given him authority to use his name. Mr. Ambrose also exonerated any of the employes of his office from complicity in his deputy’s crimes, and with that statement he was dismissed. Auditor Broderick and Thomas B. McGinnis were also examined. as was xpert Kytka, who testified that all of the names, save those of McGlade and the members of the Finance Com- mittee of the Board of Supervisors had been forged. McGlade’s signature was genuine, and the bod - of the bogus warrants was written in his handwrit- ing. Kytka said he had discovered seventy-five forgeries in all, and that he deems McGlade guilty of them. The investigation into School Board crookedness has been finally dropped. The jury decided to have nothing more to do with it, upon the advice of Dis- trict Attorney Dunne, who reported that any indictment brought for an in- fringement against the one-twelfth act would be dropped through lack of both evidence and sufficient law. The jury will be probably finally adjourned on Friday afternoon. Prominent Evangelist Coming. George C. Needham, the Irish evangel- ist, who has been making a tour of the world, will arrive in this city by the next Australian steamer. He is accompanied by his wife, who has an enviable reputa- tion as a Bible lecturer. Mr. Needham will address a eeting for men at the Young Men’s Christian Association next Sunday afternoon_at 3 o’clock, and at the same hour Mrs. Needham will address a meeting for women in the lecture room of the First Congregational Church. This will be the first visit of these ‘renowned evangelists to San Francisco. —————— Brewer Wins the Prize. H. J. Brewer has won the prize of $100 offered by the Bohemian Club for the best picture in the exhibition of paintings. The award was made yesterday by a committee of four appointed by James A. Thompson, president of the ciub. The prize picture is a California landscape, and is numbered 19 on the catalogue. The El(‘ture was purchased several days ago y Fred K. Tillmann and now belongs to his private collection. Tn some respects the prize canvas resembles the eith style of landscape painting. The cloud effects suggest the approach of a storm. ———————— MONTEREY’S GRAND JURY. Investigation of the District Attor- ney’s Acts Recommended. SALINAS, Dec. 13—The Grand Jury this afternoon filed a partial report in which after reporting the engagement of an expert, recommended that the Board of Supervisors investigate the action of District_Attorney Zabala in having em- ployed M. R. Merritt, who is deputy County Assessor, and William Zabala, his brother, to expert certain books of the county ‘at a compensation of $10 a day, and determine the rights of all concerned. It also recommended the calling of an election upon the question of refunding county bonds, amounting with interest at 7 per cent to $§172.250, and the issue of new bonds of from $50 to $1000 each for $133,000 at 4 per cent, payable within twenty years. TRAIN ROBBER'S FATE. Clyde Bennington Sentenced to Life Imprisonment. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 13.—Clyde Ben- nington, one of the Oro Grande train-rob- bers, was sentenced in the United States Court to-day to life imprisonment in San Quentin prison. Bennington is 22 years of age. He turned State’'s evidence and United States Attorney Flint gave notice that he would recommend him to the clemency of the President. Bennington and Coll Jones were the two of the four men concerned in the robbery who were active in it. Jones was killed by the ex- press messenger. — e—— Fire Destroys a BSarn. CHICO, Dec. 13.—Fire destroyed a large barn containing fifty tons of hay on the farm of Charles Hintz, near Centerville, to-day. Several thousand feet of lumber piled near was burned. The loss is esti. mated at $2200, ADVERTISEMENTS. HOLIDAY GOODS! AN ELEGANT DISPLAY. All goods ordered for the HOLIDAY TRADE have arrived and are now ready for inspection. During this month (December) we will show a very choice assortment of NEW GOODS specially suited for CHRISTMAS GIFTS. LADIES’ SCALLOPED AND EMBROIDERED LINEN HANDKER- e $1.75 to $36 Dozen. LADIES’ AND GENTS’ INITIALED AND HEMSTITCHED LINEN CAMBRIC HANDKERCHIEFS, in great variety. LADIES’ AND GENTS’ PLAIN LINEN HEMSTITCHED HANDKER- CHIEFS, $1.20 to $9 Dozen. LADIES’ FEATHER COLLARETTES AND BOAS, 18 to 54 inches e $2.50 to $25 Each. LADIES’ FUR SCARFS, in Mink, Stone Marten, Electric Seal, Opossum and Black Marten, $1.75 to $17.50 Each. GENTS’ FANCY SILK NECKWEAR, latest shapes, 25¢, 50¢, 75¢ and $1 Each. LADIES’ AND GENTS’ MERINO, CASHMERE AND SCOTCH WOOL UNDERWEAR, $1.50 to $6 Suit. LADIES’ AND GENTS’ CASHMERE HOSE AND HALF HOSE, 25¢, 35¢, 30¢, 75¢ and $1 Pair. LADIES’ AND GENTS’ KID GLOVES, $1 to $2.50 Pair. LADIES’ AND GENTS’ SILK UMBRELLAS, $2 to $9 Each. An elegant line of LADIES’ NEW NECKWEAR, in Jabots, Stock Collars and Liverty Silk Ruffs, 75¢ to $4.50 Each. Crmois P “’?a:?’% 1, 13, 115, 107, 19, 121 POST STREET. ART CALENDARS, "~ LEATHER GOODS —_— JK.ND' OTHER -——— ~Ehristmas Bifts o OCKERS. 215-219 BUSH ST. 227229 POST ST. A MERCHANT WAS INVISIBLE 10 OFFICERS He Long Escaped De~ tection by Them. Henry A. Boyd, allas Henson Boyakin, allas Henderson A. Boyakin, as he is vari- ously mentioned in the court papers in the big Federal building, has earned the added title of ‘“‘the invisible Boyakin,” and his name was stricken from the criminal records ot the United States Dis- trict Court yesterday by a nolle pros. en- tered by United States Attorne- Foote. Mr. Foote stated that his action had been advised by the Commissloner of == students will find much that is of value as well as of interest in the suggestions offered by me, Cillian Dordica Pensi| d the cha inst th in the article mfi;ds;‘chddmb in a ensions, an charge against the in-| gino..t Life” whi contributes to visible defendant was accordingly dis- “Kn‘“ ¢ ; missed and his bail bond . of 0 ey | the 224 onerated. Boyakin's court history is an amusing fliustration of the manner in which & lucky man may evade the officers of the law,” simply by remaining at home and The Youth's (ompanion Free to every New Subscriber to the Volume for 899, which will be the best ever ufublish Ly The Compasion, Beautiful illustrated announcement of the principal articles and stories to be pub- fished during 1899 wiil be sent with sam- ple copies of the paper Free to any address, THE _COMPANION CALENDAR FOR 1899—tine most beautiful Holiday Giit ever preseiited to Companion Readers FREE TO NEW SUBSCRIBERS, carrylng on his business as usual. Boyakin was indicted by the United States Grand Jury on April 2, 1865, as Henry Boyd, alias Henson Boyakin, for procuring false aflidavits concerning his claim for a pension. A bench warrant was issued on the same dny; and it was laced in the hands of the United States arshal. He cpuld not find Boyd, and on January 7, 186, the warrant was re- turned as unserved. Late in September, 1897, his mother, who had been a witness before the Grand Jury in the case, called at the clerk’s office of the United States District Court for her fees, and in.answer to questions put by Deputy Clerk John Fouga replied that her son was keeping a coal yard at 3612 Nineteenth street. She was surprised to hear that he was wanted by the authorities and could not be foun., for his name was in the City Directory and his address was there aiso, he having kept a coal yard at that g}ace for seven years. The next morning Boyakin walked into t he h the clerk's office and sald that e hif to know something about it. He fur- learned through the issue of the day before that he had been Indicted E!D_lll One Who e tWwo or three years before, and he wanted $1.75, s“hsmm N“' ing ;fllfilnl ot and enclosing and mentioning thll'm.fie:ufl;l nished bonds and went home. recelve the .Enen ne'ecame fnvistle aain. 1t w2 | | Veek rom the e of *ubieription s ot until six months ary, . inclu the siraiined, ‘s from tnat e il v | | DS Bowbie Mol Kemrs a) e case sle ~ S e Com: the meantime the principal wiinesses for | } ing tha Fltablo and. o ar-mak. offuns dT;'(t; fiu“l.ubu and de‘;‘:;:‘“ PERRY MASON & C0., Boston, Masss th died, and the Govern- m:n fomsecm{gx; '{%?u no convlcuo& could be had, ordered tne dismissal of the pro- ceedings.