The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 20, 1898, Page 12

12 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1898. BRANDES AS A “BACHELOR 9 AND HIS OWN BROTHER iss Emma Oliver Springs a Sensation in the Berkeley Murder Trial. Jekyll and Hyde May Supply a Existence Which Motive for the Accusations Against Lillian. R R e S R SRS S ey ™) =< P 34 R4 4040 4040404+ injected into the 1 yester- | ene of v who will pal wit- erior Court. nd for some | time previo’ 4 making love to Miss Oliver a tually as- her that he was a single man with | He frequently told | the bad Berkeley ier and that he was for a good wife. | have killed me, too,” e Brandes 8 & good man Ic nd he &a M r, when she learned the extent of her false lover’s perfidy. The | remark story ht by the| young 1 s on ngest chap- ters that ever fc a tragedy. It shows clearly Brandes was one of the most perfect of plotte [ designs were in regard to does not care to contem- probable that if the death llian had not resulted in the ar ier father and stepmother Bra ld yet be paying his attentions to young lady who Is only too thankful | t she discovered the truth in time. | nony of Miss Oliver knocks | rops from under the de- | He was forced to_ac- © to his wife, and as on another than the Lillian of steal- | y to make love to be the head of a vy and to be an land, and Lillian was »f. Whether she took money or not, she certainly did not Il that was missing from E vet she was beaten cru it, and from these blow hild now lies in her gr cease paying his e, aling old tentions 1 while his only daugh- br and battered, lay cold in . for twelve hours after the girl had been found hung to her bedpost, Brandes w making a call and with his icy cold was telling in pitiful tones of the th of his “brother’s child” to the girl to whom he again proclaimed himself a single man. Oliver is 20 years old, and in figure | very much resembles Lillian. She is pe- tite, with a very refined manner, has | a round girlish face and impresses one as being an’ impulsive, conscientious girl. She has told her story to her friends and | last evening she repeated it in detall to a Call reporter. She is at present employed ADVERTISEMENTS. FATHER AND THREE SONS CURED OF ITCHING RASH 1 take pleasure in letting you know how much CUTICURA REMEDIES have done for me, my father and two brothers. In the fall of *95, 1 began tobeafflicted with an itching rash under my chin. It kept spreading until it was all over my body. I could not sleep but was compelled to lie awake and scratch all the time. My father and two brothers were afflicted with thesame thing, at the same time. ‘We all suffered terribly fora yearand a half, trying in the meantime all the remedies we could find, but received no benefit. I hap- pened to see CUTICURA REMEDIES advertised and how they had cured others from itching skin diseases, and we thought we would try them. I bought three cakes of CUTICURA Soapand three boxes of CUTICURA (ointment) and they cured the four of us completely. Any person doubting the truthof this state- ment can write me. RICHARD ANDERSON, Feb. 22,98, Geneva, Box Elder Co., Utah. ECZEMA FOR YEARS CURED BY CUTICURA 1 had an attack of Eczema several years ago and found myself in the clutches of a monster ‘whose business it was to torture me and make life miserable. CUTICURA REMEDIES were recommended to me by my druggist, Mr. T. P. Van Winkle of Hartford City, Ind. I used altogether three bottles of CUTICURA REsoL- VENT, with frequent baths with CUTICURA B80AP, and theuse of the CUTICURA (ointment), and in four months found myself cured. Feb.23,1898. DAVID COLE, Roll, Ind. SPEEDY CURR TREATMENT FOR TORTURING, Ditric- gaixa Houons.—Wemn baths with Coricuia Sour, . CTICUKA (ointment), pures Smollient skin Cures, and. mild doses of CUTicoRR Re- SOLVEXT, greatest of blood purifiers and humor cures. Bold throughoutthe world. Porrez DRUG AXD CuEM. nr., Sole Props., s Howto ¥ Bi'»mnum..w-—.'m BRANDES WRITES 544 e ¢ : 'O MISS OLIVER : 2 : + + Brandes' letter to me, written since he was in the County Jail, he & $ ‘I am sorry to say I shall not be able to meet you for some 4 >4 ime, as I have to go My brother, of whom I spoke to you so. ® 5 often, has got into ve erious trouble and I have to go t to get ¥ ® help him out. If you want to get married while 1 am away I § + ) object Do not, however, marry a Spaniard or a waiter, because g ¢ not the kind of husband you want. I shall be gone some months, 4 b g vou will not miss me. You are a good girl and deserve a good © ; @ nd T hope you will get one.” He signed the letter, ‘Yours truly, 4 2 i alph.’ " —Extract from a statement made by Miss Emma Oliver, © + towhom Brandes was making love, and on whom he called on the evening + 4 after the murder of his daughter. o as a nurse girl in one of the wealthiest | families in North Oakland. 1 wa introduced to ndes some months ago by a friend, d Miss Oli- ver. “He made himself v agreeable and evidently strove to make a good im- pression on 'me. When he dresses well he is not a badly appearing man, and my friend fully believed that he was an un- married man. D444+ 404040+ M | deserved a good man. He signed the let- ter, ‘Yours truly, William Ralph.’ “He did not propose marriage to me, because T did not encourage him, but he was always lmFressmg on_me the fact that he was single, and I suppose he would have talked of marriage in time. When I learned the truth 1 could not help saying to myself, ‘perhaps he might have killed me, t00. * 1 4o fot want to hear any more 'of him, and am very glad {pat our acquaintance got no further than PRSI MRS. BRANDES CHEERFUL. Accused Murderess Blossoms Out in New Attire and Her Demeanor Changed. OAKLAND, Dec. 19.—Recent miscar- riages of justice, with an attending hope of eventual freedom, have apparently had {a decided cheerful effect upon Mrs. | Etta Brandes, who, together with her | alleged husband, is charged with murder- | ing their 13-year-old daughter Lillian. Mrs. Brandes' preliminary hearing was to have commenced in Justice Clift's court at 2 o'clock this afternoon, but Dep- } owing to the protracted iliness of uty District Attorney Harry Melvin, who will have charge of the prosccution, the mm‘t\er went over until Tuesday of next week. The accused woman, who has hereto- fore appeared in deep mourning and most sorrowful countenance, has suddenly ap- peared in an_ entirely new outfit and cheerfulness. To-day she was gowned in | & neat-fitting dress of the latest winter | pattern, a light Melton jacket and a white fedora hat. As Jaller Lane released Mrs. | Brandes from_ the prison_corridor to the outer room, Constable Weldler was en= gaged for a few moments in the main office, and the prisoner ‘vaited impatient- ly. Finally when Weidler took charge of her she remarked most jocularly, ‘Pshaw, I thought you were going to let me walk to_the courtroom all alone.” In the courtroom she smiled, even laughed audibly, chatting merrily with a woman companion, and her entire de- meanor has changed most remarkably. | | B S Christmas Presents. | Sanborn, Vail & Co. make a special holiday display this week of articles suft- able for Christmas presenis—toilet sets, | toilet arti fine leather goods, pictures, | | frames, s onery _noveltf Bohemian | | gla ave crest ware, small stat- uary, etc. ¥ the most attractive display of mode priced goods ever! made in San Francisco. | orations “alone : | well worth | like them in th eriment of introducing Mongo- nts into this State has proved | cess that the Fish and Game Commissioners have decided to enlarge upon the work undertaken and to this t to F. H. Haskell, the com- gent at Shanghai, China, for a The first lot of forty arrived on the steamer Gael The | 1 be placed in the San Joa- the other stranger: W quin Valley and Humboldt and Sonoma | counties. ‘he commission believes that where those from Oregon have done so well in these localities the new arrivals will also thrive there. ———— Police Pension Decisiom. Joseph e was a policeman, and | he administrator of his | state brought suit against the old Police | Life and Health Insurance Board for | $1000 claimed to be due the estate. The lower court decided against the estate and the case was appealed to the Su-| The Supreme Court af- firmed the decision of the lower court, holding that Maguire was appointed to the force before the passage of the act of 1889 creating the Police Relief, Health Insurance and Pension Board. In ac- | cepting his position he did so with the full understanding that the Legislature had full power to amend the law regula- ting his compensation. This means that Maguire was appointed while the old | preme Court. | | MISS EMMA OLIVER, the Young Woman to ‘Whom Brandes Paid Attention sented Himself as a Bachelor. and to Whom He Repre- ‘“He told me his name was Ralph, and one day I noticed on his star the name ‘W. A. Brandes.' I asked him who that was and he said it was the other Brandes. I was not satisfled and told my mother of my suspicions, and she sald that it would perbaps be as well if 1 had nothing more | to do with him. I again asked him if he were not married and he said no, and swore positively that he was single. “‘On one occasion when he was taking something out of his pocket an envelope fell to the ground. icked it up and saw on it these words, ‘Have gone to call on Mrs. —, your wifi I told him that I considered that proof that he was not telling me the truth, but he told me the envelope belonged to his brother and that it was his wife who had written on it. I allowed myself to be convinced and con- tinued our friendship. My uncle is Town Marshal of Pleasanton, and he said he had heard some very unpleasant thi about Brandes of Berkeley. but whe told Ralph about it he said it was not but his married brother. Brandes aia not always ilke to come to the house when 1 was at home, so he would stay outside and whistle In a peculiar manner. “On the Saturday on which Lillian Brandes died he came outside our house in the evening and I heard his peculiar whistle. I went out to him and saw at once that he was greatly excited. He was trembling from head to foot. When he shook hands I drew back with a start. He asked me why I did so. I did not reply for a minute. 1 had grasped a hand of ice. It was cold as death, and clammy. I asked him what aifled him, and he began to cry like a child and sald there had been a death in his brother’s family. Then he became 80 in- tensely dramatic that I was forced' to laugh at him. “But even after his arrest he attempted to keep up his deception and to lead me to belleve that he was a single man. He wrote me a letter intended to throw me off the right track. He said that he could not call on me for some time, as he had found it necessary to go East. His brother, he said, had gotten into very serious trouble and he was going East t0 raise money to help him out. He said he would be gone some months. He also fave me some advice about marrying. e told me not to marry a Spaniard or a waiter, as they for me. ‘were not good enough He advised me to marry some one with a good steady position, for Ij board was in force, and it was that board the administrator sued. The act creatin, the new board also authorized the ol board to turn its funds over to the more recent board. Hence there were no funds | at the disposal of the old board, and while it Is not said in so many words the infer- ence is that a sult should have been bxrought agalnst the more recent organiza- on. Baldwin Fire. The stock of watches and jewelry saved from the Baldwin fire by the Kimberly Gem and Watch House must be closed out this week, regardless of value. 123 Kearny street. . —————— THE YOUTHS’ DIRECTORY. | Issue of the Qu;nt:rrwaeport for the Period Ending December 1, 1848. I-‘ro;n the report of the Youths' Direc~ tory for the quarter ending December 1, 1898, just issued, it will be: scen that 1;1 hoys were received from all sources into that excellent institution. There were disposed of 82, Ieavln; in the directory 49 boys. Seventy-two found homes in dif- ferent orphan ssglums, nine in families, one was enlisted by Director D. O. Crow- lfis"\»f?’ an apprentice in the United States The report deals with the condition of the directory and the suc. cess with which it has been managed. A good class of boys has come to its s el- ter, and all of the little fellows disposed of have found excellent homes. flourishing The institution recefves no aid from either the State or the cit: - R e city and is self- ————— Senator Jones ..ere. I,'lnngd States Senator Jones of Nevada arrived in the city yesterday mornin; and is at the Pacific Union Club. He'spengt the greater part of the day in the lobby of the Palace with friends. Senator Jones is in the city on private business and will be here about a week. He says that when Congress convenes after the the holidays the ratification of the treaty of peace will be the first question considered, and that after that is dis- posed of he is of the opinfon that the question of the annexation of the Philip- pines will be next considered. HERRIN ISSUES PASSES AT BURNS' REQUEST Assemblyman A. H. Merrill of San Francisco Was the Man Who Received Them. The Legisator Confesses to Having Tied Up” His Vote for Senator by Reason of the Favors He Received in the Way of Transportation. If there is a man in the State of Call- | fornia who still doubts that C()lonell Dan Burns is a candidate for United | States Senator and that his candidacy | is receiving the active support of the Southern Pacific Company's political agents, let him read the story that fol- lows and be convinced. In the reading of it the doubter may gain an insight into the character of at least one of the men who will represent San Francisco in the Assembly at the coming session of the Legislature, as well as to the | means that are being used by W. F. | Herrin and Colonel Burns to secure the votes of leglslators. The story itself needs no preface. It is a simple tale of official debauchery, the details of which have been brought to light through the clever work of a | newspaper reporter. | On the evening of December 11 Frank | A. Turner, a plumber, and his wife left this city as passengers of the Southern Pacific overland train. Their destination was New York City. Their | tickets called for transportation from San Francisco to New Orleans over the Southern Pacific Company’s lines and from there to New York over the lines of the Piedmont system. These tickets were issued to Tur- | ner and hisx wife nt the request of | W. F. Herrin. The only considera- tion received by the railroad com- pany in return for the tickets was the nssurance that one San Fran- cisco Assemblyman would vote for D. M. Burns for United States Sena- tor. The bargain for the vote was made by D. M. Burns and the Assem- blyman in question, as will be | shown as the story progresses. The payment of the consideration was made by W. F. Herrin nt the expense of the Southern Pacific Company. | | { Frank A. Turner and his wife came to this city from New York about six months ago. He engaged in the busi- ness of journeyman plumber and for a time was employed by William F. Wilson & Co. He lived at 242 Post street. During the last two or three months of his stsy here.he was unable to secure steady employment, and as he had no resources, he declar- ed his determination to return to his former home in New York. As he had no money with which to purchase tick- éts for himself and wife he was forced to have recourse to methods with which he had become familiar in the East, where he served one term as Assemblyman from Erie County. During the recent campaign Turner became acquainted with A. H. Merrill, an insurance solicitor, who was a can- didate for Assemblyman on the Repub. lican ticket from the Thirty-sixth As- sembly . district. The acquaintance ripened into intimacy, and when the contest at the. polls resulted in Mer- rill's election Turner celebrated the event in becoming fashion. Shortly before Turner’s departure for the Bast he formed the acquaintance of a member of the Chronicle’s repor- torial staff who, for purposes that will become apparent, . concealed his real identity under the assumed name of James Goff. The supposed Goff posed as a young Philadelphian who was homesick and without funds. He be- came so friendly with Turner that he accompanied that gentleman as far as Port Costa when Turfler and his wife started on their trip to New York. All that passed between the supposed Goft and ‘Turner during their last inter- view was witnessed by another report- er, whose presence was unsuspected by the communicative Turner. The reporter, who shall be known in this tale as Mr. Goff, expressed a desire to.go home to Philadelphia, but con- fessed to a lack of funds with which to purchase railroad tickets. “You can get around that easily enough,” sald Turner. “Look at my wife and myself. We had just $14 be- tween us and not another cent in the world. But just the same we have two through tickets to New York.” In proof of his assertion Tugper dis- played the tickets. They were regular in form and were signed “G. W. Fletch- er, per A. H. A" After having shown the evidences of his own good fortune Turner became confidential. “I will tell you how I did it and you can go and do the same thing,” he said. “I went to Assemblyman A. H. Merrill and told him what I wanted and he took me down to see Dan Burns. Merrill told Burns what he wanted and Burns sent us over to see Bert Worth- ington, who is a confidential clerk in the employ of the Southern Pacific Company. Worthineton sent us to see H. E. Huntington. “It began to look as If we were go- ing to be kissed off all around, for Huntington mumbled something about not wanting the political department of the railroad mixed up in his end of‘ the business. He finally told us to go‘w back to Burns and get him to give us a note to Herrin. “We went back to see Burns again and he pulled Merrill off to one side and they had a little private conversation D R e THE L yesterday, is one of the most popula G lieve he has earned the honor and his himself with credit in his new position. parents removed to Stanislaus County on a ranch. In 1880 he was graduated ing and Loan Commission. E. D. McCABE IS Governor Budd Appoints His Former Private Secretary a Building and Loan Commissioner. OVERNOR BUDD'S appointment of his former secretary, E. D. McCabe, as a member of the Building and Loan Commission, which was announced that is certain to give general satisfaction in his own party as well as among the many friends of Mr. McCabe of other political faiths. Mr. McCabe was born in Tuolumne County, April 18, 1859, South San Francisco, and in the following year was appointed Under Sheriff of Stanislaus County, which position he held for several years. money he had saved while in the Sheriff’s office he came to San Francisco and entered Hastings Law College, from which institution he was graduated in 1884 Returning home he was soon after elected clerk and served one term. He refused to seek a renominatios ward removed to Merced, where he formed a law partnership with Hon. F. . Gould, ex-Speaker of the Assembly and at present a member -of the Build. This partnership continued until he was made executive secretary of Governor Budd in 1895. Upon the retirement of . Colnon, the Governor's private secretary, Mr. sition, which he held until he was appointed St position he was deposed by the Republican trustees a few month: that time Mr. McCabe has ‘been practicing law In Sacramento. Bullding and Loan Commissioner will expire in four years. FHEEEEPEI I EE44444440 UCKY MAN r acts of his administration and one They be- friends are confident he will acquit In 1867 his and young McCabe spent his boyhood from University Mound College, in With the of Stanislaus County m and shortly after- L. McCabe succeeded to the po- ate Librarian, from which s ago. Since His term as J. | N. F AAAAS AN SSESLASSE S S I POUPUITEITETIEURUC TR UUUUUUUUIUTUITUUUUNUTUUUY that T could not hear. Affer they had fixed it up Merrill and I went to see Herrin. When Herrin got the mes- sage that Merrill gave him he told us to sit down and wait a few minutes. We did so and pretty soon a clerk came in and handed Herrin an envelope, which he handed to Merrill. When we got outside” Merrill’ gave me the en- velope and in it were the tickets to New York for myself and wife. I felt pretty good about it and told Merrill S0. “He told me not to mention it, as he had the Southern Pacific Com- pany where he wanted it. I asked him what he gave in exchange for the tickets, and he said that that was a matter between himself and his maker. I asked him which maker, and he said he guessed it wras his political maker.” Just before the train bearing Goff and Turner reached Port Costa Turner gave Goff the following note addressed to Merrill: A. H. Merrill, Esq.—Dear Friend: This will introduce Mr. J. Goff, a friend of mine from Philadelphia. If you can fix him with a pass do so. Here is an- other chanee for you to show your fighting qualities. Yours, F. A. TURNER. Two days later this letter of introduc- tion and recommendation was present- ed to Mr. Merrill in person by Mr. Goff, After reading it Merrill said: “Turner is a good fellow, but I am afraid I have done all I can. I had a hard pull to get tickets for him and I don't want to go at them again so soon. I can’t go direct to the railroad. I tried it last time and got turned down. Huntington fired me back on Burns. “You see,” continued Merrill, “Burns is doing all of the political end of the free pass business now. I think it will be hard for me to get more passes now. You see, I tied up my vote for Senator on the first proposition, and they don’t need to £0 out of their way to favor me again just now.” Merrill then asked if Goff knew any of the “boys” in the Thirty-sixth dis- trict. Upon receiving an affirmative re- ply he said: “Get them to go to Senator Burnett; he can help you out in a minute. Men- tion my name. Tell him it is dead easy and if he wants to know how to work it tell him to telephone me and I wil put him on. All you've got to do is to be a good fellow to Burns. “Hold on a minute, though. Perhaps it will be better if you do not mention my name. You can say a Republican Assemblyman told you about it. Oh, well; T don’t know; mention my name anyway; if Burnett don’t feel right about it any other Assemblyman or Senator can work it for you. You see, it is probable that several of them have not worked the pass business yet. They can get in in a minute if they feel like going up against it. ““You tell them that there is one thing sure and that is that it is Burns they will have to go to first or the Southern Pacific people won’t listen.” Later in the day Goff went back to Merrill and told him that the “boys"” said he (Merrill) could get more trans- portation if he cared to ask for it. Merrill, however, refused to “go up against it,” as he expressed it and there the conversation ended. TO BRING ROSSER BACK. The Grand Jury Will Examine Into the Shooting at Young Walsh. The Grand Jury will be asked to in- quire into the shooting at Willle Walsh by the “dazed” and <.runken Walter Ros- ser, who was recently acquitted of tne murder of Henry Hildebrand in the Spreckels Market. At the time that Ros- ser shot and killed Hildebrand he fired a | shot at young Walsh. It is for this of- fense that the Grand Jury will try to in- dict him. 5 -T Should he be indicted a requisition will be asked for his return to this city to stand trial. A conviction on the charge of shooting with integt to commit mur- der is punishable witM\twenty years in State prison. Chief of Police Lees will collect all the evidence at his disposal and submit it to the jury as soon as possible, in order that the young man with a predilection for drugs may be brought back to this city and made to pay at least part of tne Price of his bloodshed. The police author- | ties say that had they thought for one moment that the District Attorney’s of- fice would have made sucha weak prosecution of the murder, a sec- ond ~charge of assault to murder would have been lodged against Rosser. That precaution was not taken for tne reason that it was never dreamed by the police that an acquittal would result on the more serious charge. —————— A Woman’s Christmas Gift. A gift intended for a lady is often very puzzling for a woman and always to a man. To a woman’s fancy nothing could more sweetly express the senti- ment of Christmas giving than the ex- quisite little boudoir clocks at Nathan, Dohrmann & Co.’s. They are very dainty and ornamental, as well as use- ful, in bronze and gilt, and are marked at prices from $2 to $10. —————— A Miners’ Committee. President Neff of the California Min- ers’ Association yesterday appointed the following gentlemen to act on a commit- tee for the conservation of waters: Hon. M. Gleaves, chairman; Hon. 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