The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 13, 1899, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1899 MEGEINSON WILL BE TRIED FOR PERJURY Tables Are Turned by J. F. Turner. STARTS FOR HIS PERSECUTOR‘ CIVIL SUITS AND CRIMINAL AC- TIONS UNDER WAY. The Former Affects the Title to $140,000 Worth of Property and the Latter the Defend- ant’s Liberty. Lawrence S accused of hav- note, now ag- rnest attention mon to- come. To-morrow will ‘be filed in the Superior some morning su Co of T J through va- to land in.prison, the ‘title. to ty, all .of obtained dition - to augment out rges .. but r it 1 ‘Dorad Jack mine, ave $5000 to nteed me t, and hem o _put I let them that was, I con- tim- a ng d pon | st | ving | ff in | fr his then allow re, so that ar’ ih_your the Sherift it over ‘to e a expf deed I.put the i have to de- s . (Megginson's) me. Megginson hethér ‘or not you can lar “or one hundred T, you.can- trust me same as you can for iid trust him for > .most implicit , but acer County against Meggin- | on is | been | / ITH solemn and impressive cere- mony the annual pledge of total abstinence was administered to the members of the League of the Cross in St. Mary's Cathedral yester- day afternoon by Archbishop Riordan. | & . * ° . IR | @+o00vos000000000 The total number of those who renewed their sacred vows to abstain from intox- fcating drink during the coming year was 2237, 650 of whom “were cadets. Those present who took the oath represented in the aggregate the entire strength of the League. They came from all parts of the city and from Alameda and Marin Coun- ties. The parishes as represented are as | follows: Peter's, Company 1, Junlor Branch: St. Senior Branch, Company K, Junior ; St. James', Company E, Junior St. John's, Company B, Junior Branch; Dolores, Junior Branch; Charle: Junior Branch; St. Joseph ; All Hallows', Junior Branc Company R, Junior Branch; St. jor Branch; St. Brendan's, Company Patrick’s, Junior Branch; Company M, Junior Junior Branch; St. ; Holy Cross, Company D, e S Junior Junior Sacred Heart, ' Mary's C St. Patric] Francis de Sales, Comp: N, h; Temescal, Junior Branch: San njor. Branch, Petaluma, Junior Promptly at 2 o'clock the services be- + Cadets of the Cross Continue Their Pledges for the Coming Year.] Impressive Ceremony. : | ) .+0-0-0+e+e—0—0+0+¢+. ® gan. From the pulpit Father O'Ryan of® the Cathedral parish opened the exercises of the day with the recital of a prayver, which was followed orally after his dic- tation by the members of the League. #: Immediately after the preliminary ¢ psalms and prayers. Father O'Ryan, who R % i £y B S R AR B e e e SO MDA S . acted as the superintendent of the entire “In taking this pl = service, delivered an eloquent address on cerity and fervency, efi% o ;gyv!v;‘rlehaks‘fi the purpose of the renewal of pledges, or forget that he has sworn to Almighty emphasizing the necessity of shunning the God to abstain from liquor, and let him habitual use of liquor in order to preserve abide by the vow. The boy that would the true manhood of the country. forget his pledge, if such a thing were day,” he sald, “we assemble here possible, or prostitute his faith gy not at and at the same time most es- keeping it, will never amount to anything. sentlal purpose. We come here to pledge If you take the pledge, treasure it; see ourselves to that great virtue of temper- that you do not play fast and 10086 With ance. We come to stand before God's J I altar and in fact before God himself t0 you veanm Earcons voul un ficers, but take with uplifted hand the vow of tem- perance. Immediately after the sermon the pledge ‘“‘As I look before me and view the hun- Was administered by the Archbishop, The dreds of young men and boys who have Substance and the various conditions in- come here to perpetuate their pledges of Volved in it are as follows: temperance it is with a_ feeling of the ut- “I declare before Almighty God, and most appreciation. ~Members of the you, Most Reverend Father, and in the league, you are now in that period of life presence of this congregation, that 1 where you are to form your patterns for hereby solemnly renew for the following 00d or evil. By drinking, that is. by ha- year the promise of temperance according bitual drinking, you sink below the level to the rules of that branch of the Leagus of true manhood, and you bring UPOn of the Cross of which T am a member yourselves eternal misery and punish- and may God give me the grace to keep ¥, which is next to God, this, my pledge, in the name of the ather and of the Son and of the Holy e men—true men. ' he continued, “it is Ghost. Amen.” that you “In this country, essential that we have true men. Man- ! . hood governs all things. By your own Just previous to the administration of efforts and the efforts of your. ohurch the pledge the Arichbishop delivered a short address appropriate to the occasion and In_encouragement of the principles which those who take the vow are sup- posed to adhere to and if possible further. Upon the conclusion of the remarks the services were concluded with solemn ben- ediction by the Archbishop, assisted by ather Mulligan as deacon, and Father and country it should be and is possible to attain the highest and truest ideal of manhood. The three great curses that have wrecked the brightest and noblest manhood in the past are dishonesty in private and public life, immoralt and ntemperance. This habit of Intemper- ance is undeniably and unquestionably a disease. Drink is a poison to the intel- nolly of St. Paul's church, as sub- lect and the ruination of the physical con. man. It is specially a poison to the _Before dispersing on the avenue imme- moral man. The fine edge of conscience diately after the ceremony the Cadets is ruined by drunkenness. The highest passed in review before Colonel P. Sulll- interests of State and church demand the abolition of this curse. van military evolutions. | - and got the Sheriffs’ deed of the property, instead of deeding it over the same | day to me, as he had so faithfully prom- | ised, he deeded it to his brother in Ohio, hose name was Willlam Megginson. I was at once advised of the deed going on record in the name of Willlam Meggin= | sor nd before 12 | o'clock that night ha h and employed lawyer: B 1) t the ald of the telegraph company, filed in EI Do- rado County an injunetion suit against | both Megginson and the Sheriff of that county. I afterward had to abandon suit and bring sult in the United Circuit Court against Willlam for he was a non-resident, son’s idea was to get the prop- into the hands of a so-called inno- purchaser and a third ty, also non-resident. “I. S. Megginson shortly after that time went on the stand in the city of San Fran- cisco and swore that he up in El Dorado County, and finding that there’| was a good mine with a judgment against it that could be bought for about $10,000 | he sent to.his brother and got the money e | and bought the mine. ‘“Megginson and one J. P. Frenna suc- | ceeded {n swearing me into jail, and while 1 was _theré the suit brought against Wil- | llam Megginson in the United States Cir- cuit Ci | the t timony of L. 8. Megginson, I lost | the case. I then appealed to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals, and there it was found that the case in the United States Circuit Court had not been prop- erly tried. The decision of the higher court gave me a part of the property, but value.” E: 8. Pillsbury will be looking for Meg- nson to serve papers he is going to have im arrested on four charges of per- ury, and then he will be where Mr. Pills- ury can reach him at any time. Lurline Salt Water Baths. Bush and Larkin sts. Swimming, Russian, hot and cold tup pans. Saltwater direct fromocean. —_— e————— Rev. William Rader on Kipling. Rev. William F esting lecture on_the life and literary merit_of Rudyard Kipling last evening at the Third Congregational Church Fif- | teenth, near Mission streets. The speaker upon the rare quality and s of the productions of Kipling’s pen. aid they went beneath the realistic and iearthed the idealistic, not only_expos- ing the thing that is, but clearly defining 1 hen the wait for six months com-| an al truth. Kipling he classed with Th months ran and | Shakespeare, excluding an atmosphere of another party up to| the predicter, but airing his works with the Sheriffs’ certificat: ADVERTISEMENTS. ONE NlHTTRIéATMENT FOR SORE HANDS Baths and soak the hands; on reti ring, in a strong, hot, creamy lather of Curicura Soar. Dry, and anoint freely with Coricura Ointment, the great skin cure and purest of emollients. 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Conr., Sole st Hands, e Court was tried, and there, through | by this time it had cost me more than its | Turner says that as he understands that | der delivered an inter- | B S e e e e e o «9*0~0@»vo¢0@0@064@0»0@0\9400. working at the Union street cable house on February 8. Bovett was nxing a pump on that date and a pinch bar he was using lipped and struck him in the stomach. The deceased leaves a widow. Died From His Injuries. | Edmund J. Bovett, 30 years of age, dled | at his home, 94 Union street, yesterday morning from injuries received while | EXTORTIONISTS CAUGHT. e R R R S e . o 2 ® * 5 + e 28 14 B Police Think They Have the Men Who Did the Schwarz Job. MHerry \LLiams, auac Gro.Pasort— B e T O R S e "} NLY two of the three men arrested by Detectives Edward Gibson, T. B. Gibson, Dinan and Wren, are suspected of having extorted $100 from Gus- tav Schwarz of the Old Louvre,at the ferry, on January 8. They are Harry Williams alias George Mason, alias Francis Jerningham and Clay Markell. J. C. Miller, the third man, is known as a bunko steerer and nothing else is known against him vet. He happened to be with Williams when he was arrested. The detectives are certain that Willlams and Markell are two of the blackmailers, and that “Kid” Young, a notorious pickpocket and flimflammer, was the third. Young was arrested on the -night of the election for*picking the pocket of P. J. Thomas, but he was discharged by Judge Conlan. The case was taken before the Grand Jury and Young, learning of the fact, left the city. It will be remembered that the safe at the Old Louvre was robbed of some valuable papers, including certificates for mining shares and a promissory note for $5000. A few days later Schwarz received a telephone message informing him that the papers would be returned on the payment of $500. He declined to give so much and finally $100 was agreed upon. An arrangement was made for Schwarz to meet the men at the ferry on the afternoon of January 8, for the exchange. Schwarz had notified the police when he got the first message, and he was to communicate with them when he arranged to meet the men. He did not do so, but went to the ferry alone. When he got there he was quietly ap- proached by the three men and one of them displayed a revolver. Schwarz handed over the $100 and got in return the stolen papers. He notified the police later and since then the detectives had been looking for the men. They ascertained that before Schwarz started for the ferry “Kid” Young was in the Old Louvre watching to see that he did not communicate with the police. .Young got on the same car with Schwarz and rode to the ferry, where he joined Williams and Markell. Williams was the one who flashed the revolver. Schwarz was out of the city yesterday and was unable to call at the prison to identify Williams and Markell, but he will be asked to do so this morning. Whether he will do so or not Is a question, as he was warned by the blackmailers that if they were arrested and he identified them, he would be killed. The police have, however, another man, who saw the whole transaction at thg ferry, and will be able to identify the men. ‘Willlams is considered by the police a desperate character. Under the name of George Mason he was sentenced on April 26, 1897, to six months in the House of Correction for petty larceny and three months for carrving a concealed weapon. December 23, the same year, as,Francis Jerningham, he was sen- tenced to one year for burglary and having burglars’ tools in his possession. Markell was an associate of “Kid” Young in his flimflamming operations. He was arrested twice, but managed to “beat” the cases. His wife has a lodging house at 112 Fourth street. ‘Williams has been living with a girl from Oakland, at Mason and O'Farrell streets. When the detectives searched his room they found a silver backcomb, two gold buckles and an umbrella, which he presented to the girl, and which were stolen from the room of Mrs. C. Hill, in the Palmerlee Hotel, Ellis street, on January 21. For this he will be charged with burglary, and Markell is suspected of having been with him in the job. They are also supposed to be the two men who broke into the house of Sam Bernard, 526 Oak street, early last Monday morning, and were fired at by two students who lived there and were awakened by the noise. Several burglaries in the Western Addition are also attributed to them, besides a number of those committed in Oakland recently. d staff and went through various | RENEW THEIR SACRED VOWS OF TEMPERANCE.|INTENDED T0 -~ PASS OPIUM T0 CONVIETS A Brace of Desperate Crooks Arrested. TAKEN WITHOUT A STRUGGLE ‘WOULD NOT SEE THEIR FRIENDS WANT FOR THE DRUG. The Opium Placed in Envelopes ‘Which Were to Be Taken to San Quentin—Clever Ruse of Criminals. Policemen McGrayan ard Tracey, of the Southern Station, made an important cap- ture early yesterday morning. They vis- ited a lodging house at 48 Fourth street, in search of a criminal, and on entering the room supposed to be occupied by him, they discovered two men in the act of | placing opium in numerous envelopes. The | officers at once recognized them as John | Grant and Charles Clam, ex-convicts and all-around crooks. 5 ‘When asked what they intended to do with the oplum the men said that they were to pass it to their friends in San Quentin. Each envelope contained about $1 worth of the drug, and was addressed to the convict for whom it was intended. They admitted that they were to go to San Quentin to-day and ‘plant” the opium. It was to be .ug up by one of the outside trusties who was friendly with the gang and by him carried into the pris- on. Their object in placing the drug in envelopes was to decelve the guards into belleving that the trusty had been given some letters to deliver in case their sus- piclons were aroused. Grant is a noted, bicycle thief. For a long time he ‘“‘worked’ "the southern por- | tion of the State, stealing valuable wheels | and selling them for whatever he could get. He was finally arrested in Los An- geles and sent to San Quentin for five years. He was released on January 19, after having served about four years. Clam {s known as a desperate burglar. He was caught breaking into a house in Napa and sent to San Quentin for ten years. He was discharged only a few days ago. Both men were warm friends while in the penitentiary. It i{s supposed that after their release they conceived the bold scheme of supplying the ends’ of | San Quentin with opium by placing the | drug in envelopes and then have them | carried into the prison. Grant and Clam were booked for va- | grancy, but it is likely that more serious | | charges will be placed against them to- | day, as it is believed that they are respon~ sible for several recent hold-ups. Printing, engraving, die-stamping, visit- | ing cards and invitations. Low prices at | fanborn & Vil s il R R | BREEZE DIED OUT. Second Regatta of Oakland Navy De- ADVERTISEMENTS. R ing its importations of bonnets. They show in great creations that will be t SAN FRA Our millinery department is now display- GEARY AND STOCKTON STS., early sea son pattern variety the exquisite he vogue this season. NCISCO. AMUSEMENTS. COLUMBIA +: SECOND AND LAST WEEK. The Great Triple Star Combination, LOUIS JAMES KATHRYN KIDDER FREDERICK WARDE TC-NIGHT and Saturday, JULIUS CAESAR. 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