The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 14, 1899, Page 4

4 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 1899. McKENZIE HELD | FOR COMPLICITY IN COOK’S MURDER !4060004006¢0¢0QON.MDQOQWVO*WO*OOWWW#OWM§WGQN0¢! Q 8 VERDICTS OF THE JURY. $ ‘2 We, the jury, find the deceased was named Alfred M In addition to the facts found in the annexed 2 2 Cook, was a native of England, aged about 38 years, verdict, we, the undersigned members oF the 'Coro- © that he came to his death on the 5th day of January, ner’s jury, do hereby find that George S. McKenzle $ 1589, from gunshot wounds inflicted by & revolver in § 2ided and abetted in the murder of theijsald s tred g the hands of one Jesse Walters, and we charge the & ~ g ® Hillman, J. F. Wilson, E. W. Hottel, C. M. bl aforésaid Jesse Walters with the murder of the said Garwood, M. GubH, P, Lennon. ? § Alfred Cook. In the within entitled matter, in addition to the S T. Hayman, foreman; H. F. Hillman, H. C. annexed verdict, we, the undersigned members of the ? 4+ Horstmeyer, C. M. Garwood, P. Lennon, J. Maxwell, @ Coroner’s jury, do hereby find that George S. Mc- g E. W. Hotte], M. Guhn, J. F. Wilson. %‘ Kenzie was an accessory after the fact in the murder g Approved, R. M. Kyser, Coroner of Napa County, of the said Alfred Cook. Q@ california. B L T. Heyman, H. C. Horstmeyer, J. Maxwell % [+ HICHO404040 4 04040404 040404040040+ 0+ 01040404 040404 0040404040+ OHOIOI0+ OO0 //' By C-J -BEErsTecHER ATTY. For PEFENSE = ’ APA, Jan. 13.—Ex-Sheriff George | 8. McKenzie is to-night a pris- oner in the County Jail, of which for ten consecutive years he was the chief custodian, and d with the most heinous crime known to the law. y's developments in the Cook- rs-McKenzie tragedy were nu- merous endbugh and sensational enough to satis even the most morbid- | minded. There were several hours of exciting examination before the Cor- oner's jury, during which testimony was extracted by w but effective grilling of ex-Sheriff McKenzie, going to show | that for at least, several weeks the witn nd Jesse Waliters had beeg on a still man hunt after Alfred Cook, the suspected lover of Mrs. Walters. For nearly two hours the Coroner's jury de- liberated over the testimony which had been submitted to it, and then brought in what might be called a triple-bar- reled verdict. Iirst Jesse Walters was charged with the murder of Alfred Cook. Next six of the jurors signed a | verdiet finding that ex-Sheriff McKen- zie aided and abetted the murder of Cook, and the last three of the jurors - found that McKenzie was an accessory after the fact. Scarcely had the verdict been read when the Sheriff was away from the -Courthouse and shortly afterward returned with his predecessor in office in a hack. Most of the large audiences that had attended the inquest had - waited for the prisoner in front of and in the corridor of the Courthouse, and in passing inte the jail at the rear of the building, Sheriff Dunlap and Mc- Kenzie had to force their way through the crowd. McKenzie was not manacled and sheok many extended hands as he passed from the atmosphere of freedom into the solemn gloom of the prison. The arrest was made at the home ot MecKenzie, who left a sick wife in bed and three children, the oldest aged 13 £ }l_sfi:cw/-\*r‘?y Heo. Pl - years. The other two are girls, aged 1espectively 8 and 11 years. Mrs. Mc- Kenzie had an intimation that would soon be deprived of her husband by the hand of the law, but when the blow fell there was a tearful scene. The wife moaned and wept in her help- lessness and the younger children clung to their father and cried pite- ously. In the midst of it all McKenzie tore himself away, almost glad of the relief from this affecting situation that a prison cell would provide. There is probably no parallel in the criminal history of the State to the tale temporarily rounded out to-day by the arrest of ex-Sheriff McKenzie. This is the story that the prosecution claims it will make good by convincing and convicting evidence: About two years ago Alfred Cook was discharged from the employ of Jesse Walters of Oak- ville, this county, with whom he was employed as a barkeeper. The cause of Cook’s dismissal was the suspicion on the part of Walters that his employe had been unduly intimate with Mrs. ‘Walters. Early in December Walters became suspicious that his wife and Cook were in communication with one another and were even meeting clandestinely in San | Francisco. Acting on this idea and en- listing the services of George S. Mc- Kenzie, then and for ten years past Sheriff of Napa County, a private but persistent investigation was com- menced to locate Cook .and ascertain if the ex-barkeeper and Mrs. Walters maintained closer relations than the law permitted. In this alleged conspir- acy of private revenge, the prosecution claims it will show McKenzie, the high- est peace officer in the county, used thyn prestige and power of his nublic office, He sought to obtain prohibited infor- mation from the local postal authori- ties, but without success, and also en- deavored to secure the aid of the San Francisco Police Department in the search for' Cook. They will show also that having at last located Cook, the intended victim to a husband’s vengeance was induced by a letter from Mrs. Walters to seek and obtain employment in the stable of McKenzie in this city. she | ‘Whether Mrs. Walters was conscious or unconscioys of the conspiracy the authorities are nut prepared to say, but are strongly inclined to the belief | that she was either deceived or coerced into asking McKenzie to give employ- men to her cousin, Doorman *“Cook.” | and informing Cook that a place was | open for him at McKenzie's. It is asserted that they will prove it was prearranged between Walters and McKenzie to haye Cook In the box stall where he would be done to death on the pretext that Walters was forced to kill him in self-defense. This may be said to be the intended line of the prosecution in the approaching trials. Every available space in the large | courtroom where the inquest was re- sumed this morning was fllled by spec- tators, interest having been intensified | by the probability that McKenzie would be implicated and arrested. Mc- Kenzie was the first witness, and the sensational character of the informa- tion ground out from him word by word by District Attorney Bell kept nerves in the courtroom on edge. ‘While the details were remarkable in themselves his testimony as a whole showed that he had radically changed his attitude in the case. two days become transformed from the chief witness in favor of Walters to one utterly worthless to the defendant. He had lost his solicitude for Walters and had evidently in mind the welfare of McKenzie only. But his chameleon act resulted disastrously. It worked no injury to Walters and only rerved the jury to finding the witness to be an accessory to the murder. In his testimony to-day McKenzie contradicted or utterly failed to re- member nearly every fact in favor of | Walters to which he had previously testified. Walters is thus left without a single human witness to bear out his story of self-defense. In the early part of the examination of McKenzie District Attorney Bell showed that in his original statement McKenzie had said that he first met Doorman or Cook in the office of the stable on the day Cook arrived in Napa, He had within | and that afterward witness had testi- fied that he first met Cook at the depot. McKenzie attributed this inconsistency to a bad memory. Some more of Mc- Kenzie’s contradictions or faults of memory were that once he stated he met Cook in the office of the:'stable and afterward that he met him in front of the stable door; that he had never heard the name of Doorman until the day Doorman arrived here, and that he afterward testified he had heard it from Mrs.. Walters as the name of her al- leged cousin, for whom she sought em- ployment. He also failed to recall whether or not he had told District At- torney Bell and others that words had passed between Walters and Cook pre- vious to ‘the shooting, and failed to re- member where Walters was standing when the shooting began. McKenzie was also forced to admit that from the position he occupied he could not tell as a fact about how the shooting actually began or anything about it, as he ran with alil of his speed out of the stable as soon as he heard the report of the first shot. Then came the fresh sensation. McKenzie testified that during the first part of December he went to San Francisco with Walters by appointment on their man hunt. The purpose of their visit to this city was to locate Cook and to verify Walters’ suspicion that Mrs. Walters was meet- ing Cook in San Francisco. Walters claimed to have received an anonymous letter threatening his life and it was their purpose to discover the author of that letter. Walters' suspicions rested upon Cook and it was his intention to proceed against Cook for this and also for being intimate with Mrs. Walters, if these matters could be laid against him. McKenzie claimed that he went with Walters to introduce him to an officer in the San Francisco Police De- partment, but admitted that this intro- duction was never made. He also stated that the photograph of Cook was obtained from the St. Helena photo- grapher to aid the San Francisco police in finding Cook, but was forced to tes- tify that the photograph was not sent to San Francisco, so far as he knew. He was unable to remember the name of the officer to whom he intended to introduce Walters. “What was Walters going to do when he located Cook?” asked District At- torney Bell. T don't know what he was going to do,” replied McKenzie. “Had you any idea what he was go- ing to do?” ““He simply wanted to see if there was anything between Cook and Mrs. Wal- ters. He said to me that there might be a job to put him (Jesse Walters) out of the way.” “Whom did he suspect?” “Cook.” “Whom else?” “He did not v anybody else.” After much evasion by the witness he was induced to testify that he went to the postoffice in this city. and using his official authority, sought to' ascer- tain if letters were received here ad- sed to Mrs. Field, and from where came. He learned that letters came to Mrs. Field, but failed to find out where they were mailed. He did this at the request of Walters, who suspected that Mrs. Walte under the name of Mrs, Field, v receivi g iled to estab livered to Mrs. ors. The trip_of witness and Walters was made to San Franc 0 before Mrs. Walte had asked. for employment for her alleged cousin. ‘Witness declared that he never s pected that Doorman might be Cook, and denied that Walters had ever in- formed him that Cook had been lo- cated. There was more sparring and eva- sion by the ex-Sheriff, and then came a of how he and Walters had gone isco at one time and visjt- ed a Mrs. who lived in_the 400 block on Vay Ness avenue, and who is a’ niece of Walters. hey went to learn if Mrs. Walters, when in San Francisco, stopped at Mrs. Ray’s house. They found that she did. He could not remembér whether er not Mrs. Ray was asked to watch Mrs. ‘Walters, and did not know whether or not Walters discussed with Mrs. Ray the suspected relations between Cook and Mrs. Walters. & Witness was handed a photograph of Cook, a print from the same nega- tive from which the photograph wa printed that McKenzie obtained from St. Helena from Walters, and admitted it bore considerable resemblance to Doorman, and that it would aid him in identifying Doorman. He never saw a pistol In the possession of Doorman, either on his person or in his room in the stable. When asked in conclusion if he had any statement to make, he said: “1 have only got to say that I am in- nocent in the matter and am willing to answer any question and will hold nothing back.” Then, turning to the jury, he re- marked, “Have any of the jurymen any questions to ask of me?” None had, and his grieving was over. Other witnesses testified to matters connected with the tragedy, the arrest of Walters, etc., which have been pub- lished, and when all the witnesses were examined the District Attorney read to the jury section 31 of the Penal Code, which provides who are principals in the commission of crimes. The case went to the jury at 2:50 p. m., and at 4:45 they announced that they were ready to render their ver- dict. Few of the spectators had de- parted, and the decisions of the nine jurors were received with apparent un- animous approval. Half an hour later McK nzie was taken to the county jail In the custody of Sheriff Dunlap, Under Sheriff Daly and Constable Secord. He was allowed to select his cell and chose one imme- diately back of and adjoining that of 5- Walters. In the jail, while waiting for his cell to be prepared for him, he said: “What I did in that case I did as a matter of law. These proceedings have all been one-sided, and only one side of the matter has been told. I tried to keep nothing back. The verdict was, in large part, due to the enmity of Dis- triet Attorney Bell, with whom I have not been on good terms for some time. During the latter part of my term of office I spoke to him only when com- pelled to do so, by business.” McKenzie will be defended by At- torneys C. J. Beerstecher and H. M. Barstow. Mrs. Walters visited her husband in the jail this morning and brought him a pair of crutches and a | change of underwear. He is suffering continuous pain from the wound in his knee, but is progressing toward re- covery. The bullet has been located by means of the X ray, but it is im- practicable to extract it at this time. The complaint charging McKenzie with murder was sworn to by Frank Weston, who was the complainant against Walter: - Mrs. Ray Refuses to Talk. | Van Ness avenue, refused to make any statement. e virtually admitted that she knew Walters, Mrs. Walters and also Cook, but would not venture into the slightest detail relative to the vis- its of either to her house or to the city, labering evidently under the belief that under the circumstances silence was a policy not to be despised, and also was her sense of discretion. An Earthquake Shock . NAPA, Jan. 13.—An earthquake shock was felt here at 1:20 p. m. No damage was done. SUISUN, Jan. 13.—An earthquake was felt here about 1;20 this afterncon. The felt. Charged With Embezzlement. SANTA CRUZ, Jan. 13.—M. M. Grover was arrested to-day on an indictment in Marin County, where he is charged with Mrs. Ray, who lives in a flat at 405 | a plan of action appealing strongest to | shock was a severe one and generally | en%benlemenl. Grover is a carpenter and hay e::floyment at Boulder Creek when “arrests % r | SAGEBRUSH FIGHT FOR SENATORSHIP Newlands and Stewart Both Hopeful. EACH GETS BREATHING SPELL HIM OUT OF THE RACE. Stewart’s Newspaper Organ Charges Newlands With Being a Traitor to the Party and to the Silver Cause. Speclal Dispatch to The Call. CARSON, Nev., Jan. 13.—After the preliminary skirmish in_the Committee yesterday both sides in the Senatorial fight are restine on their oars awaiting the result of the post- poned meeting next Thursday. The action of the Central Committee in refusing to depose Sharon as chair- man gaye the Stewart men a temporary setback, but they claim that the breathing spell gained by the Newlands men will postpone the time of execu- tion, and they argue that the deposing of the chairman by votes instructed from all over the State will make the defeat more crushing. The Newlands side claims that when | the committee meets 1t will sustain Chairman Sharon. The Appeal this morning contained a communication from C. N. Sain giving Newlands notice of a resolution he will introduce at the next meeting of the committee. It de- nounces Newlands as a traitor to the party and the cause of silver and scor him inunmeasured terms. The Newlan men are at a disadvantage with the war made in the Central Committee and also in the Legislature. The Stew art men so far are on the aggressive | and claim that they had the votes to | have carried any point they wanted to | make and on Thursday next will make | Sharon's expulsion almost unanimous. | A. C. Cleveland is still sick at the Arlington, with no improvement in his condition. It is generally understood that his sickness puts him out of the fight and that his votes will go to New- lands on the second ballot. Most of the members were on the ground to-day. and the hotels are rapidly filling up. The Appeal, Stewart’s organ, has been enlarged and is daily publishing car- | toons on Newlands. The Newlands’ or; that Colonel Chinn ng under | false colors in the fight and is not the | agent of the Democratic National Com- mittee. | Colonel Chinn in an interview this evening, says: “I never claimed to have been sent here by the National Committee, as the committee has not | met for months. I came here at the | suggestion of leading silver men, and it is not costing Stewart a dollar to have me here fighting in the interest | of free silver. If you want to learn anything about me write to Blackburn, charging | | CLEVELAND’S SICKNESS PUTS| | | i | | | | Central | BERRY OF KENTUCKY DROPS INTO POETRY So One More Genius Appears to Embellish the Pages of the Congressional Record. WASHNGTON, Jan. 13 sideration of the naval personnel bill. sition than was anticipated and the indicatio re that it will Have.a large majority when it is placed upoh its passage to-morrow. The fast vestige of opposition to the measure from the line officers of the aavy was removed to-day when an amendment was adopted designed to 'pro- hibit staff officers, upon whom the bill confers positive rank, from exer- cising command save in their own corps. The committee also as- serted their purpose to offer an amendr to-morrow to repeal the law giving prize money to the navy, b nE R et Phe b e warm -approval. The speeches on the : were filled with glowing allusions to the glories of our naval victories in the late war and —The House to-day entered upon the con- It developed much less opposi- a 2 P4 S g £ & + b 4 B * Mr. Berry of Kentucky created a great deal of enthusiasm by his eulogy of Schley as the hero of Santiago. : “There was some conflict,” Mr. Berry sald, “among the officers in 1test battle of modern of the men and vesséls the mind of the Amer= But there are the navy. in the greatest battle in the war, the times, because it demonstrated the characte that were engaged in it, and there is no doubt i jcan people Who is entitled to.the credit of that victory. people who are trying to steal away from S ; the ‘credtt’ Jofthe glorious triumph he won on the 3d of July, 1898.” Then Mr. Berry read the following poem amid a whirlwind of laughter and applause: When the Spanish fleet with full headway Dashed out of Santiago Bay, Taking the chances of death and wreck, Who stood on the Yankee quarterdeck And marked the game with eagle eye? Say; was it Sampson or was it Schley? . 200200 e eI e 3 Who was it when shot and screaming shell Turned Sabbath calm into echoing hell, Steamed into the thickest of the fray, His good ship leading all the way, While the roar of his guns shook earth and sky— Say; was it Sampson or was it Schley? 2B RN RNIRIOIRNIRIRIN I NI R ReRoReNeNIReNINeN e RN+ RN e ReReR+H In American hearts who holds first place, 0f those who claim part in that glorious cha:P Whose name stood out on that proud day, As the hero of Santiago Bay? In letters of gold, write that name on high— Shall we write it Sampson, or write it Schley? - * bd * Fd s b Mr. Berry, then, dropping into prose, said it should be written Schley, according to his views, and the committee rose without completing con- sideration of the bill. SR e R 2+ 5w +23e% 2R e R RNe NN became very weak. He ay. Of the other adults, ymptoms and are in n, Anzini notably so. Daniels or McMillan, and you W out all about me and my political re- cord.” TRICHINA SPIRALIS { INFESTED THE PIG it ill find | muscles. He als | died last Wedn 1y dreaded trict pork. infesting the TOMALES, Jan. 1 Tt Collapse of a School House. Conti, {flfl""““[ 5 “v; e e | SACRAMENTO, Jan —During the this township, killed a pig for famil i | gale on Wednesday mo bout a score -ompriséd his wife, his nephew, named ndi, and a hired man \amed Anzini, all young persons. Some r partaking of .the meat Contl | complaining of fever, with e traordinary stiffness and .pains in his His of pupils went to the Arcade schoolhouse on Rancho del Paso and waited in the building until the usual hour for opening, but as the 5 llie Mackey, did not shc arted for their home ive mi fter they { had left the building it collapsed. falling s afte minut flat to the ground Had th acher gone to pneumonia. quietly without consciousness being regained. family were at his bedside. At 4:2 House and the Senate. Nelson Dingley was born at Durham, Androscoggin County, Me., February 15, 1832. He was graduated at Dartmouth Colle and was admitted to the bar, but left the profession to become proprietor and edi- forwpt the Lewiston (Maine) Journal in 1856, and maintained that connection. waga metmber of the State House of Representatives in 1862, 1863, 1864, 1863, 189 | State House of Representatives in 1863 and 1864; recelved the degree of LL.D. from Bates College | in 1574 and from Dartmouth in 1804, He was a delegate to the National Republican Convention in 1876; was elected to the Forty-seventh Congress as a Republican at a special election on September 12, 1881, to. fill the vacancy caused:by tha election of Hon. William P. Frye to the United States Senate; was re-elected a Ifirze to the Forty-eighth Congress; was elected to the Tor- fty-first, Fifty-second, Fifty-third and Fifty-fourth Con. gressee and re-clected to the Fifty-fifth Congress. He was the leader rfor his party on the floor and the chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, which and 1873; he was Speaker of the was Governor of Maine in 1874-75; Representative at ty-ninth, Fiftleth, | drafted the present tariff law. NELSON DINGLEY, HOUSE LEADER, DIES ‘ FROM PNEUMONIA THE LATE NELSON DINGLEY JR. WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.—Hon. Nelson Dingley of Maine, leader of the Republican side on the floor of the House of Representatives, died here to- night at half-past 10 o'clock of heart failure, resulting from weakness due He was unconscious during most of the day, and death came The funéral will be conducted in the House of Representatives on Mon- 4 day next. The body will be taken to the House at 10 o’clock, and there lie | in state until noon, when services will be conducted in the presence of the leave for Lewiston, Maine, arriving there at 2 o'clock Tuesday Further services will be held at the family residence in Lewiston on Wed- | nesday afternoon. 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