The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 17, 1899, Page 12

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FTRIDAY, MARCH 17, 1899. MRS, ADAMS T0 FACE ACCUSERS HIS MORNING The Inquest Will Be Held To-Day. DETECTIVES ARE CONFIDENT EVIDENCE AGAINST THE WOMAN IS STRONG. BAY Alleged Murderess Breaks Down and ‘Weeps, but Steadfastly Declares Her Innocence of Her Child’s Death. uest to determine the death of 1 that the pretty, innocent litile baby boy was the vietim of an un- natural mother wno sought to rid herself ) incumbrance and at the same time venge herself on the father of the child, who abandone for several years. At firs ce the officers appear to have built up a strong case against woman. They will ) for morality w beyond the pale of decency. £ to show s such as to place her They will P R R R e e s ] RO O RCR SRCER -5 FRANK PENE-HARDT. A o e S S S o @ P s SO ES @ . | AAINNIE ADAMS B e S e O 3 S WEEPING RCELL L R e o oL SR S Rl B s S that she was at daggers’ points with Wilson Gray, the father of the child, and will depend on this man to prove that she had threatened to make away with the fruit of their unlawful relations. They will introduce evidence to show that it would have been next to impossible for the child to have voluntarily swallowed the quantity of the caustic fluid which the autopsy disclosed to have been taken into its stomach. They will try to ke capital out of the discrepancies in the statements of the accused woman and her 10-year-old brother, Harrison Tyrrell, in regard to the finding of the flask contain- ing the poison in the vacant lot in the rear of the humble home on Parker ave- nue and of its being carelessly thrown into the back yard where it is alleged to have been picked up by the baby. They will also Introduce evidence in support of their contention that Mrs. Adams took the child into the outhouse and forced the burning poison down its throat. This evidence will consist of the testimony of Chemist Green of the Board of Health, who will go on the stand and swear that the boards torn from the floor in the outhouse by the detectives and submitted to him for analysis were sat- urated with carbolic acid. But the last and most important evi- dence against the woman will be the tes- timony of Officer John P. Herlihy, who will swear that he saw Mrs. Adams come out of Loehr’s drug store, at the corner of Devisadero and Geary streets, at §: Sunday night, tear the label from a b tle and board a car going in the dire tion of her home. The officer’s testimony will be corroborated, in so far as it relates to the purchase of poison by a woman at the hour mentioned, by Drug Clerk George Purlenk This is the case of the detect while it appears convinelng it has wealk points. Herlihy and the clerk both ay the woman who purchased the acid at Loehr's on Sunday night and whose peculiar actions while stapding on the corner waiting for a car attracted the at- fentlon of the officer wore a black cape of some woolly material fur. Mrs. Kelly, the mother of Mrs.\Ad ams, had not owned a cape for at least vears. Moreover the ker avenue say they never saw Mrs, Adams wear a cape of any description. No one in the vicinity of the Tyrrell Noow Mrs. Adams _going or réturning on Sunday night. Her father and rown brothers say she was in the house all the evening, or at least until they retired, about 9 o'clock, although she was not in the same room with them and might thsily have left the house for a short time without their being aware of the 1!12;;@ trip from the Tyrrell house to Loebr's drugstore can be made in seven iutes if there is no delay in waiting for a car. Allowing seven minutes for the re turn trip and five minutes for completing the nurchase of the acid Mrs. Adams ves, and nve ar-old John | who d frightful e effects of carbolic acid | will be held at 10 ive George Graham Duke will be on hand to | nce gathered by them her after living with her | its | trimmed with | said yesterday that her daughter | neighbors of 117 ouse | re- | turned home again in twenty minutes. But Officer Herlihy says the woman he | saw walted on the corner several min- utes before a car came along, so if Mrs. Adams is that woman she must have been away from the house fully twenty-five minutes, which is possible, but if her father and brother speak the truth, hard- 1y_probable. The Tyrrell hou could have secured the poison and ¢ was again searched from garret to cellar by the detectives ‘terday for the cape Mrs. Adams must worn Sunday night if Officer Herll- identification is to be clinched. They also raked over the refuse in the yard and finder the house for the three-ounce bo tle supposed to have contained_the poi son purchased of Drug Clerk Purlenk: They worked industriously, but found nothing. The only evidence sccured by the detec- i yesterday in addition to the report Toe of C by Mrs. Sophia Trumpower, Mrs. Adams’ sister, to the effect that the accused wom- an purchased three ounces of _carbolic acid, to be used as a douche by M Trumpower, about a year ago. This Is d to prove that Mrs. Adams lied ) she told the officers she used or purchased carbolic time. The detectives are somewhat disap- pointed over the disappearance of | scraps of the “‘polson’” label picked out of the gutter by Officer Herlihy and handed to Purlenk The latter placed | them on a shelf b ome bottles In drug store and Danehardt, the store boy, saw he was sweeping out, ané they were of no value ihrew { them into the refuse heap. Danehardt | remembers the circumstance distinctly, | but the little bits of paper are gone be- | yond recovery. While the officers of the law are ch- ing high and low for evidence to convict | the woman they firmly believe to bs gullty of a I alleged murderess of the final tion. Mrs some he | litt! Adams is certainly a peculiar respects a remarkable woman, guilty of the crime of murdering more than a de for while she L W lacking in the characteristics o evil mind, and not such 4 face as a physiognomist would expect to find pc :d by one who could deliberately destroy her own offspring. | But she appears to be dull of comprehen- the in t sion, and yesterday, for first time since the ~ trage appeared to awaken to a T of the serious- ness of her position, She spent the greater portion of the day in te She wept co- piously and continuously in strang trast io her former indifferent demeanc But she still professed her confidence in er early release from custod They cannot keep me her s she dried her te: hief. *“They cannot prove that 1 poisoned should I wish to kill him so much 1 do liceman, Herlihy, can come out of the drug not_there. 1 nday nd besic a cape fo woman he saw con- she said with a_handker- SR ; ind any my him when ot £ it out wii the not night, not even to the front nor the I have not owned So you > been ugstore is, place on the ca . but 1 was never t policeman is very see | hav | or when out for a_ws Th: there in m: { much mistaken or he is lying. | "Mrs. Adams has a big red mark on her neck caused by the acid coming in con- | tact with her skin when she caught her @ s i g E—_— child up in her arms when she found him at the foot of the steps in the | r se, so she says. All evi- | dence i : on the subject goes to how the accused woman dearly loved the child she is accused of poisoning, and the le motive for the crime is that advanced by her accuser, V ay, the child’s father. Gray's testimony, un- | less substantiated by other evidence, will | ght with a Jjury. The woman is bad, and disgusting in her man- | ner of life, but it remains to be proved | that she 1S any worse than her accuser | and former companion. In the meantime | she is entitled to the benefit of any doubt as to her guilt that may exist. Attorney James Sweeney will represent Mrs. Adams at the inquest to-day. and acting under his Instructions she will mot testify. FEBRUARY BIRTH RATE A HEALTH OFFICER'S REMARK- > ABLE REQUEST. Where the Contagious Diseases Flourished During the Past Month—Warning Cards | Issued. The Board of Health held its regular monthly meeting at the City Hall Wednes- day, during which the health report for February was submitted. There were | 237 ‘marriages, 334 births and 63 deaths. Ten deaths were due to diphtheria, 16 to measles, 5 to scarlet fever, 22 to typhoid fever and § to whooping cough, making a | total of 61 fataiities from contagious dis- {mscs. The most of the contagious cases, | of which there -were 144 reported, occur- red-in four distinct localities—in the vi- cinity of Twenty-third and Florida treets, Eighth and Harrison streets, the neighborhood of Kearny and Union | streets. The fourth locality is that of the | Prestdlo Reservation. However, the 13 cases at that place extended over several month: Dr. liamson called attention to the fact that the death rate was much great- er than that of the births, and stated { that the latter number was certainly too low. There was no doubt, he held, that a large number of births each month had not been reported. The Health Officer and Secretary of the Board were request- ed to bring to the attention of all phy- siclans, nurses, etc., the legal obligation of reporting such events. It was announced to the board that scarlet fever and diphtherla were preva- lent in the Latin quarter of the city and that the people of that locality, through carelessnes or ignorance, made no effort ‘hemist Green was a statement signed | next morning | ; Gran PEPSRD PGP I S S S SO SR S A A e e $obo otetetitotdd R e S SO S S SN SR SR SO0 S8 XS S S AN McCARTY'S “old white hat’ D ing the thirty odd y place of Lonor in his tent. made into a pin, which was some reason or other Colonel last steamer. st.” t train got to catch the 1 esented When Newman 4 cent liquid. McCarty and his ‘“old white hat” +odobad reminded them And it th become immortalized. B4 040040444 & +0+0+0+0+04 OFIHEHOH04O+ O +040+0+04040+ M B404+040+04+0404 04040440404 PHO4OHO4O404 S D asasasasasas | DAN McCARTY’S OLD WHITE HAT Colonel Colton, Who Took It to Manila, Returns the Fuzzy Skypiece. gifted owner. Dan’s fuzzy tile of snow white has been tossed about the world everywhere from jail to the battle ground in Manila, and it still retains its shape, color and place in the affections of the eccentric Dan. In fact, Dan thinks more now of his ancient “roof’” than he ever did dur- rs that it has protected the machinery which enables him to make sharp deals in horseflesh. Ever since last July Dan’s “‘old white hat” has been in Manila. When the First Nebraska Regiment left this city Colonel Cglton borrowed Dan’s tile for good luck. Tt is needless to say that the colonel gave the famous hat the He went further than that, for on the night of the sol- first battle with the insurgents the colonel loar diers named Murray, who wore it during the midnight skirmish. battle Colonel Colton picked up a Spanish bullet and had it pol s then attached to the side of the hat. Dan never ex pected to get his headgear back until the Nebraska regiment returned, but for Colton sent the ancient mansard bac The soldier to whom the task of returning the hat was entrusted walked into Charlie Newman’'s saloon the other day and, addressing Charlie i1 a garrulous manner. ay, old man, Colonel Colton told me to leave Dan MecCarty's skypiece with you. I'd like to have time to hunt ‘White Hat' up myself to tell him all the fun we had with ‘White Hat' from the battle ground of Manila bystanders heard Dan murmur something about a “small bot,” but they neglected to mention whether heard the proverbial pop which usually follows the mention of the efferves- When the California boys come back they will all speak reverently of Dan harply of *‘dear old Frisco.” It was the only object that they laid eyes upon in far away Manila which ¢ the memory of Dan McCarty's “old white hat” has § O R aca 28 SCR 2ch S 8 28 SR ol ot once more adorns the cranium of its | TOR 208 208 SOR SRCR 208 208 d the hat to one of hi: on the but I'e ) hat,’ is ‘old white with his decorated headgear fresh or mot they B S Sy % S R S SR S + pS to check the spread of disease. It was ordered that placards in the Italian lan-| guage be posted in the warning the residents that of the health laws will be puni; A request from Health Offic of Alameda County was T the bodies of persons d dise: be brought to this city there being mno matory County. be place coffins. any hed. er T ing of ¢ in Alameda A in hermetically sealed metallic 'he Secretary of the Board was hotified to inform Health Officer Brown | that no bodies of persons dying with con- tagious disea can be county to another within death: A writer signing his communication «Theater Goer’ complained that the d Opera-house was as draughty as a a year after SEARCHMING FOR THE BOTTLE, D B B O o O e T e R SO e = = S o et ] sieve; that the cold March wind blew through the place at will and a fresh | crop of consumption would be the result | of the advent of the opera season. The matter was referred to the Health Offi- The nuisance in the shape of a big cesspool near the Afflliated Colleges was ordered abated. Sunday, but No Pools Will Be Sold. A surprisingly large gathering of leash- men and patrons of coursing was present last evening at Pythian Castle to hear the ultimatum of the Ingleside Coursing Club, which was to the effect that a meeting—probably the last—would Dbe held at the Ingleside Park on Sunday. Furthermore, that in accordance with an ordinance recently passed by the Super- visors in reference to horse racing and coursing, no pool selling of any descrip- tion will be permitted by the club on the grounds during the meeting. Mr. Shannon, the president of the club, stated that the organization did not pro- pose to violate the law in any shape or form, but owing to the face that a num- ber of dog owners had trained their charges with the object of running them on Sunday, the directors decided to hold one more meeting in the old park; but that in future coursing cannot take plac owners sufficient financial inducements to meet the expenses incurred b; men in training and keeping condition for the chase. unds in 11 o'clock and the drawing for it is as foi~ lows: T. J. Cronin’s Rose of Tralee vs. T. J. M Inerney’'s Tommy Rex; H. A. DecKelman’ Rocket vs. Handy & Smith’s Victor Quee: T. J. McInerney’s Regina vs. Hurley & Rellly’s Speculation; T. J. Mclnerney's Johnny R v H. A. Deckelman's Prince George; J. Dean's Moondyne vs. Kay Trant’s Trix; James Byrne's Seminole vs. J. O'Donnell’'s Las Palmas; Captain Clarkson's Conqueror vs. T. 's Miss Grizzle; Handy & Smith's Vietor . M. Kellogg’'s Lady Gilmore; John gan's Mayflower vs. J. O'Dowd's Clifton Lass; W. Halpin nominates Whisk Broom vs. J. Charlton’s Dolly Varden; Hurley & Reilly's Ri ond Queen vs. H. A. Deckelman's Fly- vay; James Byrne's Mohawk vs. J. Thrift's St. Micheal; H. Lynch’s Mystic Maid vs. Hur- ley & Reilly's Master Mat; J. I O'Brien's Statesman vs. Handy & Smith’s Ben Bolt; Thrift’s Brutus vs. T. J. Melnerney’s Nor D, Healy's Matchless vs. P, J. Rellly’s Nonpa- reil; Bros.’ Mac's Melody vs. Russell American Eagle vs. Vierdler & Rengback's Sil- uane’s Marietta vs. H. Lynch's hannon’s Soubrette vs. J. Dean's ; James Byrpe's Nelly B vs. T. J. Cronin’s Thorphill; T. Sullivan’s Maid of Hili vs. Bartels Bros.’ Rest Assured. else. Bam- Anakesis cures Piles, nothi, ew York. ple free. Address Anakesis, infected section | breach | Brown | 1 asking that | tagious | in that county be permitted to | for incineration, | He stated that the bodies would | removed from one | e THE LAW WILL BE OBSERVED. | = | Ingleside Coursing Club Will Run on as the club cannot afford to offer the dog | ‘o!he dog | The coursing on Sunday will start at | & Wilson's Lady Emma; A. Van den Bergifs | PATROLMAN | BLACKMAR | I INDICTED Grand Jury Takes Summary Action. | enough carriages to cause half a block- A BENCH WARRANT ISSUED | INVESTIGATING PURCHASES OF | CITY SUPPLIES. ‘ | Excessive Prices Are Being Paid, It‘ Is Alleged, for Material Used on Public Buildings and Apparatus. The Grand Jury indicted Patrolman sius M. Blackman at its meeting yes- rday afternoon. The inquisitorial body has taken action in a number of minor cases, but up to the present time has not attacked large game, although the mem- bers are not slow to say there is much in the affairs of the city that needs prob- ing. Blackman, who was a policeman on duty in the Mission, is accused of the robbing of a miner named Cornelius | Cronin from Nevada. Testimony in the case was taken last week, when a number of witnesses were heard. The Police Department is anxious to apprehend Blackman and have him punished, as his conduct was a reflection | on_the reputable men of the force. The indictment was placed on the secret file in Judge Daingerfield’s court and a bench warrant issued Immediately H. M. Black, acting_chairman of the | Committee on Mayor, City Hall Com sioners and Board of Supervisors, s in- stituted an inquiry into the supplying of material to the various departments of the city. It has been found that the mu-| nicipality is paying about one-third more for its material than would a private in-| dividual. Again certain favored firms are | permitted to supply the city with articles which they do not ordinarily handle. Thus | a hardware firm supplies plumbing ma- terfals which it does not keep in stock but which it must.go outside and pur- (‘hli\se and for which it charges an extra price. An effort will also be made by the com- mittee to fix the responsibillity for the present condition of the City Hall. The City Hall Commissioners have turned the big building over to the Supervisors, the funds_in their charge being exhausted. | The Supervisors decline to receive the | bullding on the ground that the board has no money to spend. Between the two the | building, it Is declared, is being neglected | and needed repairs arg left undone. Chair- man_Black has expressed himself strongly in_the matter, and with the aid of his colleagues expects to work a reform in the matter. ‘When the jury met yesterday a resolu- tion of confidence in Assistant District Attorney Black was passed by unanimous vote. This was brought out by a story rinted in a local paper last Saturday, n which Attorney Black was charged with having given misleading information to the jurymen regarding its powers in probing into the affairs of the School De- partment. The resolution reads: The Grand Jury desires to express its deep regret at the attack on Assistant Dis- trict Attorney Black In a late newspaper report of the Grand Jury proceedings. It disowns any responsibility for the reflec- tlon on him, which it considers unjust. It desires to express its complete confidence in his integrity and worth as a public officlal. ‘v —*The American Porter'’—has been demanded for years, but never before successfully at- tained. It is a perfected brew of the Anheuser- Busch Brewing Assoclation. —_————— ‘Williams Escapes Punishment. After coqueting with the ponderous and unwieldy machinery of the law for more than two years, Richard S. Willllams, twice convicted of fraud in the Chinesq bureau, has escaped punishment. His case was called Wednesday morning in the United States District Court for its third trial, and Assistant United | | States Attorney Banning announced that | Chin Deuck, an indispensable witness for the Government, had disappeared and that without his testimony a conviction would be impossible. Mr. Banning ex- pressed the belief that Deuck had gone to China, and if that were true it would be useless to ask for a postponement. He therefore moved, on the written request of United States Attorney Foote, that a nolle prosequi be entered and the prisoner discharged. . Judge de Haven granted the motion, and Dick Williams walked out of court a free man. — e The Books Proved Expensive. Bert Roberts, a clerk, who was caught stealing two yellow-covered novels, “Mr, Barnes of New York” and “Mr. Potter of Texas,” from Cooper’s bookstore on Mar- ket street, was yesterday sentenced b Judge Conlan to pay a fine of $100, thK }hz‘:l alternative of 100 days in the County ail. —_——————— The story of James R. Keene's | difficult | Gadski and Ceppi. lucky coup of $6,000,000 in six | weeks will be in next Sunday’s Call. OFF NIGHT BUT SPLENDID "AIDA" PRESENTATION Two Valuable Stars Make Their Debut. GADSKI AND ANTONIO CEPPI A LIGHT ATTENDANCE BUT HEAVY APPLAUSE. One of the Best All Round Perform- ances of Verdi’'s Work Ever Given in San Francisco. Ey Ashton Stevens. or some silly reason or another | every other night seems to be an off | night at the opera. Not as regards the performance, but the attendance. Two stars, Gadski and Ceppi, made their debut last night in “Aida”; each scored suce the entire production was sumptuous, delightful; but the lmnlcnscl crowd that listened to ‘“Bcheme” the night before and to “Faust” at the opening was only partially present. EX- cept for the “palco” boxes, which are all sold for the season, the dress circle was practically empty, and there was vacant upholstery to burn downstairs. The carriage system was in perfect working order, because there were not ade. Tt was, as they call one of these off occasions in New York, “poor rela- tions’ night.” | This sort of thing is very discredit- | able to the town. What if we doaverage | up handsomely on the whole season— Jw are we going to reconcile our long- vaunted love of opera to the fact that we turn out in thousands only when Melba is in the ca Melba is a great artist, | the greatest coloratura singer in the | world to-day, and a surpassing Mimi and dittg Marguerite. But Melba can- not do it all. There are dozens of operas whose soprano roles are not adapted to her voice; and big, noble operas at that. This notion of bunch- ng the attendance solely on Melba nights is absurd. Already we have heard three other prima donnas of the Ellis company whose work in différent specialties was in each case excellent; the general company is the same night in and night out; the New York sym- phony orchestra the same. This mode of opera-going is very stupid, | very provincial. It retards civilization. Those who were in the Grand Overa | House last night wi >d a fine, com- | plete performance of a beautiful and | opera. It is doubtful if we ever have had a better all-round pro- duction of “Aida In points of or- chestra, ensemble and mise-en-scene it was in every respect satisfying. And prodigious personal hits were made by Even without the knowledge of her name and reputation you would at once spot Gadski for a Wagner singer. Her voice is large, round and sonorous. and she uses it with the easy Wagnerian sweep. Her presence Is Intense; ges ture, fitting; and she can hold a pose with dignity and effect. Except for a couple of top notes that were slightly “pinched,” her Aida of last night was tonally perfect. It was splendid in its | dramatic conception, too, rich with pa sion and poetry and barbaric splendor. Ceppi divulged a big bouncing tenor of almost Tamagnoesque dimensions. H voice has the real robust quality right up to the toppest notes. It is nothing like as wonderful as Tamagno's in the upper register, but t; ken all together it of a more even development, and it is as clear as a horn,and Ceppi manages it artfully and without a struggle. He gave a virile, soldieriy identity to the part of Radames, and besides singing the fiercer episodes with copious power he invested the love scenes with a de- gree of tenderness unusual in a voice of this character. Gadski and Ceppi made unmistakably strong impres- receiving, numerous recalls and | many_bravos. De Vries was still under the climate and Bensuade was the Amonasro. But for the trusty Bensuade the barytone end of the season would be in a sorry plight. He has sung every night so | far and each time with success. His | Amonasro, while a bit feather was still an earnest, consistent character and another excellent tribute to the singer’s versatility and endurance. Olitzka had her first big chance of | the engagement as Amneris and made the most of it, except for the old con- tralto banality of slurring and “moo- ing” some of the lower passages. Bou- douresque was _the entirely ad- mirable High Priest and Steh- man contributed a telling King of the Egyptians. The pomp and pageant of the second act were magnificently managed, and the great choruses were given with smaShing vigor. The orchestra distinguished it- self as usual under Seppilli who was again led blushing to the stage by his fellow-artists. —— - A FEASIBLE HACK SYSTEM. Police Sergeant 7Gorm£n’s Scheme Is Capped With Success. Sergeant Gorman succeeded last night in convincing the patrons of the grand opera that his suggestion for the hand- ling of hacks was the true Key to the so- lution of what has proved a ‘“‘poser” for | the past three nights. For the first three nights of the grand opera season the sergeant vainly ar- tempted to Inaugurate his system, but| encountered _vigorous opposition both | from the hackmen and the public. Wed-| nesday night's confusion, however, chillea the opposition, and yesterday it w. agreed to test Gorman's scheme. Last night the hacks owned by the T S. Carriage Company, Kelly's Carriage Company and Tompkinson’s Hack Com-| pany drove in from Third street and| stopped at an awning to the left of the main entrance. The carriages belonging to Conlon, Nolan, Mighelson and Harris drove down Fourth and stopped at point to the right of the main entrance. Private carriages and hacks of other in- dividuals stopped at the main entrance. | After disposing of their occupants the private carriages rested on the south side of Mission street; those of the first-named companies lined up on Third street and the others along Mission and Fourth. After the opera patrons of the first three stepped to the left and took the hacks as they came regardless of the ones they came in. Patrons of the other companies pursued the same course. 1t was an “off night” and an excellent opportunity was given to test the sys- tem. It proved adequate for the patron- age last night and all parties concerned are hopeful that it will meet demands for a large attendance. There were but 150 hacks in use last evening, while on the | ol MRS. FOWLER TO GET > HER WIDOW’S THIRD Legatees of a Dead Capitalist's Estate Are Willing to Compromise. Owing to This an Interesting Family Skeleton Will Not Be Unveiled to the Public. The anticipated unveiling of the Fowler family skeleton will not come to pa The grievances of the late D. D. Fowler that caused him to disinherit his widow, if any grievance caused this act, will re- main the secret of the favored few who now hold it, for the case will be settled out of court. A compromise is under way, i, in fact, it has not already been ef- fected, and by its terms Mrs. Ella Fowler, decedent’s widow, will come into posses- sion of about one-third of the entire estate now in litigation, which is valued in the neighborhood of $200,000. The application of D. Farren, testa- mentary executor, for special letfers of administration upon Fowler's estate, was taken up yesterday by Judge Coffey, and, contrary to expectations, the application was granted. Mrs. Fowler’ attorneys made no objection. In fact, Attorney rel with a man wh =«le jdentity the man refuses to reveal. About 8 o’clock L night Der companied by two friends, pre self at the Harbor Hospi bleeding profuse a ki extending from his left ear nose to the right ear. While was being dressed by Dr. Deas, was asked as to the m n w eived the cut He curtly info the De would be better to give the name of assailant in order that he might & hended and punished. Denn that all he desired was to juries attended to and he wol the guilty party was punishe From the positive manner i spoke and the decisive manner i he predicted that the knife-wiel receive his just serts th came to the conclusion there wi @O0+ OO0 P A s g s anCan SO & + L 4 . - -0 @ -0 - ‘-0—@+@\— T it Sl OB Sicee e el & G e Beatty stated that he was willing that letter: hould be granted the ecutor. Judge Coffey made the order, fixing the Sspecial administrator’s bond at $20.000, and the incident was closed. It was a quiet cnlmination to what was thought would be a bitter contest. 3 The application of Farren for special letters of the court v g Dby Farren. On the 10th i Vefore Judge Coffey and asked th “ted the privilege of administer te of the deceased capitalist. “rounds upon which he based his appll- Sation he referred to the will of the de- ceased, in which he was named as contor. This will was drawn by Fowler, ot rather by others and signed by him, four days prior to his death, which oc- Surred on March 9, and was presented for probate the day following the old man's Reath. It disposed of the estate as fol- Jows: To Lizzle Fowler, a daughter, | 3600 to another daughter, whose name was not _mentioned, $2500; to two sons, F. D. iministration considered by -sterday was the second made t. he appeared he be at o and D. D. Fowler, $5500 each. and to Mirs, William D. Farren, §2500. The re: due of the estate was left to decedent children, share and hare alf! The testator's widow was cut off without a 1 cent. The widow prepared to contest the on the ground that the document was ex ecuted under duress and the undue i aflu ence of Mr. and Mrs. Farren. It wa: also | averred that Fowler was insane for some fime prior to his death and consequently unable to make a legal will; that while in this condition he was influenced to make the document, and for these rea- Sons the dead man’s widow concluded to %o into court and battle for a portion of the wealth which her husband denied her. Fowler w an old_man, having passe his seventieth year. For some time before his death he was broken in health and it is said even unable to transact business of the most simple character. As an in- stance of this disability it is stated tha a few days before dissolution he was asked to indorse two checks, but the pen fell from his nerveless fingers. This fact was also seized upon by Mr: Fowler to prove that her husband was no condition to make his last testament At the time he did. According to the story of several interested parties the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Fowler took place at San Rafael about sixteen months ago and the estate is separate property. It sald | that in the latter part of last year the Wite caused her husband to be arrested on a charge of insanity and had him | taken before the Commissioners of Lu- nacy, who, upon examination, declared him perfectly sane and ordered his imme- diate release. He was then taken by his friends to St. Luke's Hospital, sinc which time he has lived apart from his w fe. ‘A short time before this date Mrs. Fow- ler sued for support, and three days be- fore his death she caused the Sheriff to forcibly break in the door of the room vhere he was living at the house of Mr. Farren and had him served with the sum- mons and complaint in suit. The family difficulties appear to have been due to money matters entirely. With the threat of a contest, however, peace has come. After Farren had been granted letters yesterday Mr. Beatty Stated that the executor and special ad- ministrator had taken the matter of a compromise in hand and its consumma tion was only a matter of a short time. Under the law Mrs. Fowler s entitled to one-third of the estate, and as she was not mentioned in the will it is obvious that she had good ground for contest. Perhaps those who stood in the position of proponents of the document saw this and a _peaceful compromise is the fruit of their foresight and discretion. HAD HIS FACE SLASHED. Frank Dennaro Is Wounded but Would Not Tell Who Did It. 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