The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 20, 1899, Page 10

10 HE SHOT TO THE HORSES BUT KILLED THE BOY | been serving until the selection is made. Deputy Sheriff Desirello’s Tale of the Colma Tragedy. | Young Johnson’s Slayer Expresses Re-| morse for His Fatal Act—His Story | Fiatly Contradicted. , the Deputy Sher- | who killed young Colma Saturday dee re- juence of his act, that he did not in does not ex- am and con- r compan that the h neither were being drive that t ary who for months t the * and nals were could not sufficient m the gon and itened to shoot Vac- nd Ida Reun, sisters ard Desirello utter the d young Vaccari to the threat | Desirello ill in any | ven accepting was a dangerous | a pistol, and | ing of such | of course i which | | f's office in | sterday and . He had sleepless night, and | 1 of what he had done rest- s wife, who is se of her hus- | ess, was with him all the She was In a grocery store at fatal bullet penetrated | d when she rushed out | d happened she vainly | ed to stanch blood. -She ced her hands over the wound effort, as no power o could have saved the boy. Desirello was asked why he shot at the boys, and he horses ht be trotting in n t Redwood ( n of the tra ant to hurt any of rses were running t at them. I hardly knew who is dead, and had no follows: | I went to Ul yursing Park in the afte -3 repared for any | serious t might arise I put my pistol in carry a weap ser s Deputy She ca > a g I am not a gun- fighter and ot ring went “When the dog T W to Colma and about 7 o'clock I was stand- ing near the White House, waiting for a | car to go to Bad wife store purchasin Murph with m down the road at o Billy rema The next in nd I | wagon | The an in the same an. ‘After I fired ard young Johnson da him pulled my ‘was then u team did not stop airection, shoc the third b say, ‘I'm W, jump from the w think a bullet had struc t sank to the side- walk In frc Selli’s store. I ran over o 1§ and lifted him up and_tried to stop the flow of blood. He died in_a moment or | iwo, and I went to Constable Nevill and ave myself up, asking him to take me to Redwood. I told him what had happened &nd he hitched up and brought me here. T When 1 began shooting 1 did not know who were In the wagon. It was dark and 7 could not see the boys. They were yell- ing like Indfans and I thought they were drunken milkmen.” This statement, except as to the shoot- ing and the resuit, is contradicted by the boys on the wagon and by Willlam Mur- who declares he was not near Desi- PRI AT S P D D S D S DD SN hy, Pells when he fired at the team. When “Jack’’ Vaccari was going from the ranch of J. Baumana, where he works, to Colma he was accompanied by James Johnson and H y Furger, who Wished to catch an electric car. They stopped at the switch, about thirfy yards from where Desirello was standing, and Furger alighted and boarded a car. Wulie the horses were standing young Jensen got into the wagon and 8tood behind the | 4 rted for Belli's stors, and : a man ran out into the road, ran back agaln and be- | gan shooting at them. The remainder of | their story was told exclusively in yester- @ay’s Call, and they have not changed a single detail and there are no contradic- tions in their tales. William Murphy, who owns a kennel ds from the scene of the rd the shots fired and rushed y to the place where the crowd was collecting. - “I was in my kennels,” he sald yester- day, “wh rd three shots fired in At once I left my work over to the crowd. That is all murder.” ers also ran to Belli’s store shots, they 1 Vaccari to “shut up, when the had killed h 1lo or he would put a bullet | boy asked the murderer wl.)‘“}?\.: am esirello’s remorse and his stat that he used his pistol recklessly mm;f:; an imaginary runaway does not assuage the grief of the heartbroken relatives of the dead boy. He was an only son and his aged father and mother aré inconsol- @ble. Thelr grief is pitiful and no kindly intended ministrations will dry their tears or reliev their heartache. Mrs. Johnson did not learn of her boy's death until late Saturd night, and she could not get a car through to Colma. She rode as far as Ocean View and walked from there to her daughter’s home, where her son was cold in death. The father arrived half an hour later. The bereft parents sat all night beside the body and were dedf to all entreaty to leave the room. A more pitiable case cannot be imagined. The father's only words were: “My poor boy, my poor boy! one to help me any more.” The mother's woe overcame her, and ghe could only express her grief in sobs to the friends who remained in the deso- late home. I have no STOP | in the expec the remalns and the inquest was set for 10 a. m. Wedn t Colma. District Attorney J. J. Bullock was also in Colma eeking all _informa- bearing on the crime. tion which has a ung Johnson will be The funeral of R O s SaCEY SCY o FReD. DesiRELLO. * & o o e . . < > * > L .. L O o held Tuesday mor: St. Ann’s Church, ma. Father Cooper visited the family vesterday and offered .Timum consolation to the weeping rela- tives of the dead boy. Cc F WHISKY fs The famous old recommended by for family and medicinal use because it is pure. — e ——— TARTHUR RODGERS RETURNS.” Will Submit Names to the University Regents for President. Arthur Rodgers, who £ an extended Eas is family and engaged it the Occidental. When he w. ative he said: you want to see me in re- gard to the selection of a new president for the university, but it will be impossi ble for me to say anything definite on the subject. I went East with the intention of instituting inquirfes as to what educa- | tors were available for the position. investigated the qualifications of eight or ten gentlemen e of the Rockies and 1 will submit the result of my investig tions to the com e and finally to tt regents. It wo indelicate in me to announce thes es before the regents 006 i@-‘-@—o«g.w—o—wcw ULIUS KAHN, the newly elected Con- gressman from the Fourth District, and Miss Florence Prag, the well known educator, were united in mat- rimony at noon yesterday. The ceremony was celebrated at .the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. Mary Prag, 1308 Scott street, and was éxtremely private, only Coroner Crowe went to Colma yesterday | the immediate relatives of the contract- forenoon and an autopsy was performed. The following were impaneled as jurors: flvgh C. Rodgers, Thomas L. Kennedy, L. Millett, Joseph Selicani, James Kodg- T8, mchaexni;n n, Fred Selicani, Fred rce 454 3, Calloa, ing parties being present. A delightful simplicity marked the details of the wed- ding. No mald of honor nor best man lent the happy couple their support as they The jury ¥iewed | stood before the Rev. Dr. Voorsanger and ing at 10 o'clock from | R SRCE SR have had an opportunity to be informed ' afraid of. CONGRESSMAN KAHN IS NOW | e S SR SO SO e Ot SCEe aiChe cicd of them. While I do not deny that I have my individual preference, it is not for me but for the regents to decide. We do not desire to extend the presidency to any one who might refuse it, an¥ you can rest assured that when the man is selected it will be one who will accept the igh office with its great responsibiliiies.” The question of the election of a presi- dent for the university will come up at | the April meeting of the board of regents, and it is expected that a successor to Professor Martin Kellogg will be chosen. Professor Kellogg’s resignation took ef- fect on the first of this month, but he has ————— KIDNAPED MARIE MANCO. 0. C. Saake of Los Angeles called dquarters yesterday morning n of getting possession of her five-year-old daughter, Mare fanco, who was kidnaped over two years ago, but she was disappointed. Miss Cunningham, one of the lady man- agers of the Maria Kip Orphanage, where the little girl has been living, and Officer Mrs. at police he | McMurray of the Soclety for the Protec- | tion of Children, | child’s whereabouts, who discovered the were walting. for had' a long conference, and it ed that {if Mrs. Whittier alleged kidnaped the child and ced her in the orphanage, does not ap- r and make any claim for her, she vill be given into the custody of Mrs. Saake to-morrow. As M ‘Whittier placed the child in the rphanage the managers do not care to nd her over to_another person until thoroughly isfied of that person’s legal right. Mr ake could only refer them to Chief Glass of Los Angeles, and Miss Cunningham will place no obstacle in her Vi if Mrs. Whittler fails to-make her her. The; @400 0040004600009 4 © e ie e FRANCISCO CALL, ONDAY, MARCH 20, 1899 PUBLIC OPINION 15 OPPOSED T0 POOL-SELLING Ministers Again Take Up the Subject. IS THE LAW A VALID ONE? THE GAMBLERS WILL NOT BE RELEASED ON BONDS. The Work of the Police Department, the Supervisors and The Call Commended From the Pulpit. Public sentiment still continues strong against racetrack gambling. Since the recent expose of its manifold evlls the evil his been considered in its true light and is now generally condemned. Now that Ingleside is closed to bettors the pub- lic has taken an active interest in fur- thering the good work accomplished. Every effort is being exerted to prevent the reopening of the track, and success now seems almost assured. The Board of Supervisors refuses to re- consider its action. and fits decision has now become a law. Those who have been arrested for a violation of the or- dinance can expect nothing but the most rigid prosecution. The Police Department is universally commended for its prompt action in enforcing the ordinance against the gamblers, who have attempted to test its validity by violating it and bringing it before the courts. L ancan o o o A o 2 away Horses. B o o s Murder Results From an Officer’s Peculiar Method of Stopping Run- lic denunciations that were made against the continuance of the pool gambling was from the ministers of the gospel, who made a vigorous crusade against it a week ago. The subject was again taken up last evening in many of the churches throughout the city, and the good work will probably continue until the curse is entirely stamped out and the validity of the law proven. Among_those who denounced it from the pulpit last evening was the Rev. W. E. Dugan of the Stewart Memorial U. P. Church. His address in part.was as fol- lows: Racetrack pool gambling received a death- blow on Monday night at the meeting of our city fathers. For this our hearts rejoice and we want to commend those Supervisors who voted us the victory over vice. The Call of our city deserves special commendation for the noble fight it de against the racecourse evils. It is not aiways that a daily will make 5o bitter a fight against so vicious an evil as this pool gambling had come to be in San Francisco. I have not the least doubt that the Board of Supervisors was influenced by the way The Call showed up the awful evils of the track. The way this paper brought before the public the scathing condemnation by the pulpits of our city of this nefarious business surely had a great effect. Puipit and people ought to stand by any paper that will thus fight evil. It did us good to hear that our city fathers had decided to stop this pool gambling and it made our hearts leap w the commendable manner in which C Lees and his worthy men carried out the order. ‘We have in this an illustration of the fact that the world is getting better. One by one the cities of the East have been driving out these gambling parasités of society, and San Fran- cisco had become the dumping ground of the United States for such characters and busin But now that our city.has said to the maggot: “You must go,”’ 1 see grand evidence of the fact that the world Is growing better. Thugs, gamblers and their cousins will soc ground in the United State: d or some of the young cities across the bay will give these nefarious _characters a warm place in their hearts. But I am sure that The Call, local clergy and all decent citizens will make it interesting for these blood-suckers across the bay. In all this I see the hand of God. He permits | an evil to come up in our midst, to flourish until our hearts have been made sick of the gigantic monster of evil, and then His great hand, working through human instrumentality —through the press and pulpit—wipes the blighting curse from the face of the earth. God uses many instrumentalities for carrying for- ward His work. The press is the mightiest agency in this or the coming century. It is the agency which will in all future time largely be used to fight evil and suppress vice. Already the Almighty has been largely using the relig- jous press for His work, but the daily and secular press has not been generally counted as a very great moral agency. But in The Call's commendable attack of this pool gam- bling, and in various other instances, We see that God’s arm is the power behind the daily ress. PCivilization has taken another great step for- ward; heaven and_earth have been brought closer together and human nature has been B S SCH +os>eo>+@ appearance. Officer McMurray has so_far been un- able to obtain any clew to Mrs. Whittier, he expects the publication of the ory in the press will brmg word from her if she has nothing to conceal or be The clerks in the courts in which these | cases are pending have been forbidden to | issue bonds for the release of any and all gamblers who are arrested for a viola- | tion of the gambling ordinance. ' Probably one of the most scathing pub- A HAF se@ & JULIUS K@AHN. B e R o e o repeated the solemn words that made them one. The bride’s gown was of pure white mousseline and was destitute of any orna- ment. The fleecy folds of the bridal veil completely enveloped the graceful figure. A wreath of natural orange blossoms fast- ened the vell to the coiffure. The only departure from the extreme simplicity that characterized the entire affair was in the matter of floral embel- lishments. Mr. and Mrs. Henderson of Santa Clara, uncle and aunt of the bride, sent up a carload of choicest blossoms, PY BENEDICT which the decorator utilized with most artistic effect. The drawing-room in which the ceremony was performed was converted into a veritable sweet-scented bower, in which lilacs and roses and fruit blossoms vied with one another to grace | | the occasion. In one corner of the apart- ment a canopy of almond and peach blos- soms was erected, and there the newly married couple stood to receive the many salutations of their assembled guests. Following the ceremony a bridal break- fast was served for forty. After a short ; e o Lo e e e e R R o O i e o s Miss Florence Prag. OO0 bridal trip Mr. and Mrs. Kahn will settle down in town until the o&enlng of Con- gfllc. ‘when they will go ‘Washington, | elevated and mankind has glorifled itself once more. Let the press in its good work contintie until all evil 1 cease and the kingdom of universal peace has been ushered in. — e ——— HARRY MINER IS HERE. Well-Enown Theatrical Man Dis- cusses Greater New York. Harry Miner, the prominent theatrical manager and proprietor, who represented the Ninth District in the Fifty-fourth Congress, has come to this coast on a bustness and pleasure trip combined and is registered at the Palace. Mr. Miner enjoys the unique distinction of having been the only Democrat elected in New York in 1884, when David B. Hill and nineteen others were defeated. As Mr. Miner puts it “that was the year Tam- | many was sunk.” There were but three | other Democratic Congressmen from the | State, and they were Amos Cummings, George B. McClellan and William Sultz- ner. Mr. Miner is the proprietor of five theaters in New York City, the Fifth- avenue, People’s, Eighth-avenue, Bowery and Miner's New York. He has six shows on the road and in all employs 1500 people. He has been actively engaged in the theatrical business for twenty-seven years, and he will shortly retire and leave his interests in the hands of trust- ed lieutenants. He is a great admirer of Richard Croker, whom he considers the greatest organizer of the day and a man vhose word is his law. When inter- d yesterday Mr. Miner had this to v st X “The municipal government under the able leadership of Mayor Robert Van Wyck is successful from every point of view, notwithstanding that failure was predicted for it. Improvements of great magnitude are now being contemplated, and under the guidance of Van Wyck, who is a liberal and progressive man, the improvements will be carried out. Five new bridges will_be built across East River from New York to Brooklyn, to Queens and to Williamsburg in the east- ern district. This is becoming a neces- sity by reason of the immense traffic be- tween the points named. A system of underground railways will be running from the Battery to Harlem to relieve travel on the elevated roads. We have now an underground electric street rafl- way system throughout New York City, and one can ride eleven miles in any direction for a single fare of 5 cents. We intend to make New York the grandest city in the world. “When I was in Congress I was greatly interested in the international copyright law, introduced by Amos Cummings. Al- though we experienced almost insur- mountable obstacles we finally succeeded in having the bill passed, and it has proved a great boon to struggling au- thors and theatrical managers. It has prevented the taking down of plays in shorthand and selling the pirated copies. The offense is a misdemeanor and the perpetrator is severely punished.” — ———— Anakesis cure# Piles, nothing else. Sam- ple free. Address Anakesis, New York. * — c———— Golden Links Entertainment. 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