The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 22, 1899, Page 12

SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22. 1899 THE RACE TRACK CLAIMS A NEW BLOOD VICTIM Jockey Epperson Killed by a Horse-Rubber. | CRUSHED TO DEATH UNDER BUGEY WHEELS Isaac W. Jones Was the Victim. HE 2 s | CHADBOURNE WILL HAVE TO FIGHT FOR HIS BILLET Governor Gage Taught a Lesson in Practical Politics. ADVERTISEMENTS. [EW SILKS! SPRING, 1899. . An elegant and complete stock of NOVELTY SILKS at Remarkably Low Prices. JULES GAMAGE THE DRIVER IN HIS BUGGY WERE W. B. JEN- NINGS AND A. W. BROWN. THIRD TRAGEDY OF THE TRACK. The Aged Victim Was Attempting to Cross O’Farrell Street When He Was Knocked Down and Trampled Upon. OUTGENERALED BY DIEMOCRATSE BEST QUALITY PRINTED FOULARD SILKS, 24 Inches wide, in all the new colorings, including New Blue, Browns, Gris, Marine, Napoleon and Violet. Pice, $1.Q O Per Yard A most complete Iine of FANCY STRIPED TAFFETA SILKS, In all the very latest Spring colorings and styles, an The Murderer Escapes From Emeryville, but Is Cap- ' tured Here. Isaac W. Jones, an aged lottery dealer, was knocked down, run over and killed last evening at the junction of Market ind O'Farrell streets and Grant avenue by a buggy driven by Jules Gamage, president and manager of the Harding Collection Agency W. B. Jennings, the well known horse- man, and A. W. Brown, who resides at| the Palace Hotel, were with Gamage in | the buggy at the time the old man was | struck down. | Gamage and his companions had just | urned int6 O'Farrell street from Market, 1 when the buggy was between the Harbor Commissioners Upset His Plans by Appointing W. D. English Secretary. VICTIMS OF EMERYVILLE TRACK. DEPUTY CONSTABLE DENNY CRONIN, murdered March, 1897, by James Bryan, a racetrack loafer. - : - S JOHN H. RAESIDE, murdered and thrown on the railroad track @ | : INOCENT Governor Gage has one | cret caucus and decided upon W. D. Eng- | curbstone and a car that was at the ter- v —all pure silk. il O g Solitice—qnd | sh far the position s St cit & oross the street, | @ after being robbed. H extra heavy quality—all p coming ; to nglish - s I::’I“ :" He did not see the buggy before it was too | JOHN EPPERSON, a jockey, murdered March 21, 1899, by H most recent att in that < workingsl 1 e il e e i and knocked | @ 5,505 F Gilligan, a horse rubber. H dowr The horse grew frightened | @ 1t you could SeDE & not been so su = Free, SL.OO P Yard notice it at first £ B: nh | and pawing the old man under his hoofs | _noinp the same Emeryville saloon|and Epperson came to my place about would seem to be | t st | he dashed up O'Farrell street at the top | : - riff Denny | ©clock this evening and had drinks. Soon would seem t i | P where brave Deputy Sh ; & 1s the | boar | of his speed. The wheels of the buggy | i 3 “hilea by an | they began quarreling. Then they. went | " three members were present and|S¢ s TPERSS TS et Cthe prostrate| | Cronin was shot and KIRES, W oo |to a lot near by and Rad a scrap, Epper- | there was much priv conferring prior |} 2 ered him unconsciou ‘ opium fiend another foul m | 8on coming out ahead. They again stepped appened to the meeting, but finally President Col- committed last night. John Epperson, 2| into my saloon and drank together, and ent to the Receiving Hospital, ard of Harbor Commis: 5 called the members to order and Sec rs there saw at once that it | Jookey and partiowher. of Texarl : thing I knew both were on the when, by the elec f William D. - ry Keegan 1 !\‘\:yv‘\’ \“A\fi()::‘\ll:ti ble ife. ]“p e Lee, was beating James J. (,nu:‘ 7 {h:x-;;rs({,\,'hn:; v}..,_ Lwcm and sepa- 4 % secreta 6 board, one ¢ > [ or s | dly o ollar- | oo o Gllligan drew a pocket knife | fiieq them. 1 Bpperson told me that We have also opened up a splendid assortment of BLACK e T and joc ed if ther nd he had sustained severe | 525 1 5 Jugralar| Jusular jas cut I placed him in a x ny Commi Ilec < and plunge: e | aind Gilligan walked out. I did not : E A saphistcared Tos | P, 1o, DAt ISt Sl LRl v the gt pedeserian |V T S e of the | Mo piaclom A To% mirutes” afi: SHES In all-tre rew eates M el 7 10 publican executive “”“"I““‘(’Z“"“ ot e however. i sors trepld. | ABSaDletan: 1 run quite a distance ‘n;'. usual revolting incidents (h:\lt are ”'jfli{fivahfl(r'[“'|finfl Piatle was very seri- FETAS, FAILLES, GROS GRAINS, DUCHESSE, RHA« Paris Kilburn .. Colnon, HOWEVET, 11 BN ePC- Iifore 1 could be controlled. When he ) ence @ he saloons sur-| DS - e wound is only about an Pa bt ‘: . e ch action was | 5902 28 00 ping the’ apirited _,”"m‘fiv‘ nightly occurrence at the Monday | I¢hlone, but it did the work.” DAMES, BENGALINES, SURAHS, PEAU DE SOIE, i An’effort, it = tain the s appear: rounding the Emeryville track. night Epperson and Gilligan quarreled | over a game at cards. The men parted | in anger and nursed theif hatred of each states he | othor all to-day. This evening they were said, was e to ob- but no one and Epperson | His body was at once lorgue. | left his buggy in charge of Jen- | and impo; he nomina d. thre Brown returned to the mage claims not ss of the old and TRICOTINE, MERVEILLEUX and CRYSTAL BENGALINES, the production of the best foreign and domestic man- vice Ruc pired, Herold and s “conditic rwi the third member, | the appointmer nd would have sufrendered himself to the | SR (P men saloon, Tun by Ken- | Duick 4 (o who he theumare o ke ufacturers. e e i his long | e was driving | |04 "8 Duler, which is near the entrance | patrol wagon. “Some one had telephoned tensive pi . front. is the ce, he having held the | ¢ Seen last night | to the racetrack. Words passed bgtween tlh'f thel : man to be taken to the now giv v or twelve veard. | h attempt to deny | them and they went out. | Becelving Hospits said the sergeant, hed t he was the driver of the buggy. returned and renewed | (204 that his lant was being held. J. ed 'his b berths that sted. The persedo He ministered and the joke on Chad- Colonel Chadbourne was formerly a ! re and the Governor was completed. P e e S e A e e e s e e e aeanas ] D R e R L T R O R R o | WILLIAM D. ENGLISH. HE newly appointed Secretary of the Board of Harbor Commis- g Tsioners is one of the best-known Democratic politicians in the State. From 1880 to 1888 he was chairman of the State Central Committee, and under his guidance his party carried the State for Hancock in 1880, for Stoneman in 1882, and for Bartlett in 1886. In 1887 Mr. English was appointed president of the Board of Harbor Commissioners, filling that office for four years. In 1890 he was a candidate betfore tiie State convention at San Jose for the nomination for Governor, but was defeated by E. B. Pond. During Cleveland’s second administration Mr. English was appointed Sur- veyor of the Port, retiring from that position something more than a year ago. He is one of the old-line Democrats and is rated as one of the shrewdest politicians in the State. His present appointment is for a term of four years, the salary of the office being $3000 a year. e g g WOSOSOR ORUROROR T %N member. of the board, having been ap-| SERILEON: 2: ROBEISIOLLIR O ROLORILL &'CSSDSSQE When the board meets next Tuesday there is going to be an exhilarating time. Mr. Kilburn will take his seat without op- position. Chadbourne will also be on ernor Markham, March 1 Zour ed by Ge fiolnn Dy o 94, for a_ term of term of office would Savernor. Budd named Rudolp hand, but instead of Mr. Keegan giving oY uccessor during the session of the | him ‘the benefit of having his name_ in ago, and the ap-| to take effect the rollcall Mr. English will perform that service for Herold. “Chad’’ may claim the seat. He may be recognized by Presi- dent Kilburn, whe will undoubtedly re- fuse to recognize Herold; but Herold will Legislature two ye pointment was c upon the expiratior When the timge step down and/ med, Chadbourne’s term e for the colonel to formally presented | am he out Pie successor to the board in a long and | do the voting and ' President Kil- fhttering speech, as the minutes show, In | burn will be ~ powerless to prevent Which e bestowed every praise upon | him. This will give him the ad- Herold. It was on Chadbourne’s motion | vantage of appearing on the minutes as a sitting member of the board and force Chadbourne into the awkward posi- tion of being the contestant. This iIs bad enough at best, but there is the further embarrassing fact that after inducting Herold into office, paying him a flattering compliment apd moving that his bond and oath be accepted, Chadbourne is now try- ing to take the job away from him. And Governor Gage has had some more 9xpnr}€gce in politics. It's a great game, isn't it? h of office were | colonel grace- favor of the that Herold’s bond and accepted, after whict fully vacated his s Democrat Tt is right here that those Democrats get a horse on the Governor. The trouble with “Chad's” friends is that they talk too much. Their loud boast- | ing about the ousting of Herold and the seating of the colonel made the Democrat- ic members get together, d_the resuit Wil be that instead of Herold being com- in seat, Chad- s for not even of President i in { | i | Struck by a Car. While suffering from an overindulgence | in liquor Ellen Curry, aged 50 years, liv- Bourne the power and the Kilburn can save him Kilburn, of course, resident of the board w Hlewas expected to do s for some reason deferr: 4 Tuesday’s meeting. The term of offic Mr. Keegan, the retiring secretary, pired several months ago. but as he has made a most efficlent officer the board was in no hurry to name his’ succes althouzgh Keegan is a_Republican. W however, Governor Gage’ announced the appointment of Kilburn and Chadbourne the Democratic members concluded it was time there was “someémr'»!gtgo?{m' ld“vhri residing_and bo erold an g B e piniming a seat in the board | A Bids will be receved at the con- Secretary Keegan, in calling the roll, | tract office of the Postoffice Department could, by calling Chadbourne’s name, rec. | until 4 p. m. of April 15, 18%, for carry- ognize him as the de facto member and |ing the mails in the county of San Fran- force Herold into cnmesung for the seat. | cisco from July 1, 1899, to June 80, 1902. But Keegan wiil not call the roll. Specifications are’ in the ds of the Colnon, gsrney and Herold held a se- Postmaster. | electric car on Mission street, between | Fif¢h and Sixth, last evening, and was | knocked out. Fortunately, she escaped with a slight cut over the left eye, After | the wound was dressed in the Receiving * | Hospital, she was taken to the City | Prison, where she was booked for drun} | enness. Mail-Carrying Contract. ish was waliting in an inner of- | i Clunie g of his v alarmed wh: probably the interview dealer was still_alive. fter 11 o'clock, to the Morgue. resided at 513 Fifth street. . s not driving fast when my buggy struck the man, d Mr. Gamage when seen last night. Ve. were driving up from the Palace Hotel, where I had been attending to some business. My horse is a very spirited animal, but I had full con- trol of him up to the time the shaft struck the man who was attempting to cross_the street in front of us. “When I drove up to the junction of Market, Grant avenue and O Farrell street. I was compelied to slow up to pass the string of people who were walk- ing up and down Market street. It was only a few feet further up where I struck the man, so I could not under any cir- cumstances have been driving fast. My horse was walking up to the time the man tried to pass us. “1 sincerely hope that the old gentle- man’s injuries will not prove fatal. It was an unavoidable accident that I would not have happen again for all the world. I will thing in the morning.” He.| tim’s | Before long they 5 Gil Duier did not remember. The officer then | called Duier’s attention to the bad rep- | utation of the Office saloon, remarking person is much more and when they their quarrel. powerful than D to blows the jockey had no diffi- | that Cronin had also been murdered near | | culty whate in throwing the boy and xkhl"] ’pll-.u e. “I don't care if there is a man | Sl on top of him. He was fast sub-| Killed here every night,” replied Duier; | e Hhe | “it's none of my busin e e | duing Gllligan when the w his | saloon Wwas formerly rau by “Fac’ Ohee | knife and plunged it directly into Epper- | gins, who recently transferred his intes- | | con’s jugular. The wound was apparently | to’ Kennedy and Duier. The police | | made any attempt to detain him, and the i give myself up to the police the first | for a sta llatter he said, substantially: egard the joint | torious in Alamed s one of the most no- | Count so slight t n was not inclined to treat it seriously, but a few minutes ity qthe hangers-on at the €aloon showed | ater he w. | their contempt for the offic by velling | As soon a od that he had Killed | and cheering gleefully . when tney Save his foe young Gilligan went into a saloon | them leave without their man. During | and said he wished to give himself up. | the whole affair Town Marshal Cushing | failed to materialize. There appeared to be every reason for the police suspecting that an attempt was being made to de- v all over his clothes, disap- | lude them. lad, with blood il _An inquest will be held probably next Thursday night. An examination of the body revealed but one gash, the one sev- ering the jugular vein. This gash is clean cut and about half an Inch long. Some one had placed absorbing cotton over the | wound and tled a kerchief around the | neck. ! Epperson was a native of London, Can- | ada, aged 32 . From letters found on his ‘person it is judged that he had evi dently regarded Granite, Mont., his home. One of these letters e only laughed No one The loafers about the pli at him and told him to get out. peared from Emeryville and went straight to San Francisco. The hangers-on at the track and the dis- | reputable characters who infest the place | seemed to consider the whole affair in the light of a diversion, and instead of aiding in his arrest did everything possible to induce him to make his escape. H. J. Duier, the senior member of the saloon firm. was also reticent until forced atement by Sheriff Rogers. To the “Gilligan at Work in a Sewer Trench, Meets an | ing at 120 Sixth street, ran afoul of an | A Untimely End. Fatality Caused by Lack of Care. bris. for their fellow-workman. @ teen minutes of hasty digging the body of Keough was found, but life was :gdl 1&;‘; (‘3:‘:51{2 r&g‘%r‘oex:xlxvfhéhfinflf"leé extinct. surprised to find a_police officer waiting : It was the consensus of opinfon that had the workmen been more care- for me. I first tried to deny my jdentity, @ ful the accident would not have happened. They neglected to prop the sides but as he seemed convinced that I was of the trench up with planking, as was their usual custom, and the ground the right man I finally admitted the truth. caved in as a natural result. @ sister, Mrs. M. Randall, at 1222 Howard street. SCENE OF ACCIDENT AND VICTIM. HORTLY before 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon John Keough, an em- ploye of Flinn. & Treacy, contractors, was crushed to death by falling earth while working in a trench in Clinton Park, at the intersection of Dolores and Market streets. The deceased and a number of otier workmen were at work at the bottom of the trench preparing it for the reception of sewer pipe, when without warning the ground, softened by the heavy rain, caved in upon them. Keough was caught in the falling de- His companfons escaped without injury, and immediately began digging Their shouts attracted Contractor Buckman in the ‘“cyt,” immediately opposite, and a score rushed over with picks and shovels and alded In the attempted rescue. Keough’s body was sent to the Morgue. nal injuries. He was about 30 years of age and unmarried. He lived with his 90000000006006000000000000000000000000000000 man Jack Sherry of the Oakland force and relates to a racehorse, Texarkana, in which Sherry, George Bowley and de- ceased were interested. In a small note- | book was found jotted down the expenses | for keeping of the horses Texarkana and Bessie Lee, and these items were written beneath an apparent firm name of Sherry . antecedents of the deceased all kinds of rumors are heard. By some | Epperson was regarded a dangerous man. | Recently he was mixed up in a fight at the Ingleside track and came out with his right middle finger bitten off. Withal his reputation seems to have been unsavory. James Gilligan is said by some of the | officers at the track to be an inoffensive | fellow and one who never sought trouble. He is regarded by some as being simple- minded, and all agree that he was under Epperson when he made the fatal plunge, He has acted as valet to jockeys and as horse-rubber, and has hever been in trouble before. It is said that Epperson has a record of having taken two human lives during his career. The killing of Epperson is the third murder that has made the Emeryville track notorious. Two vears ago Deputy Constable Denny Cronin, a_man of fam- ily, was shot outside the Office saloon by James Bryan, a lad who is now in San Quentin. Some_time later J. H. Raeside, 2 mason, was discovered on the railroad track at Emeryville horribly mutilated. An_investigation showed that the man had been murdered before being placed on the track, but the murderer wa® never found. Gilligan, the slayer of Epperson, was ar- rested late last night at his home, 1413 Baker street. Policeman Aitken saw him emerging from_his home, and accosting him he asked him if his name was Gil i cclaimed Gilli- no,” smilingly gan. ame is Murphy Recognizing him from the description iven of him by the Oakland police, Ait- ken told him ~ that he was wanted at police headquarters. “1 gue: guess the jig Is up,” replied the mur- derer. “You've got the right man this time.” 5 After admitting that his name was Gil- ligan, the slayer of Epperson extended his hand as if antk‘lpflfln% that the officer was about to place the Irons on his wrist. He was then handcuffed and taken to the City Prison, where he was booked en route to Oakland. , ‘When asked for his version of the trag- edy Gilligan, who is only 23 years of age, Sala: “The cutting was the resuit of a row Epperson and I had last summer in Butte (‘Ry, Mont. He was beatine an innocent stable boy when-1I interfered. He then started to assault me and in the struggle that followed I nearly put him out. “When we met last evening I was with a stable boy named Tommy Brennan. I had Brennan by the arm, intending to take him to the train, as he was anxious to return to San Francisco to see some of his friends. As soon as Eppinger saw us he walked up to us and with an oath dragged Brennan away from me. 1 ex- ostulated with him, when he struck me, nocking me down. As I lay prostrate he repeatedly kicked me in the head and body. A prize fighter. who i known as Spike Sullivan, thinking he intended to kick me to death, took a hand at this juncture and dragged Epperson away from me. I walked into the rear room of the saloon to wash the blood off my face, when I heard Eppinger declare that I was no good and that he was going to lick me every time he met me. There was a small knife on the shelf in the room, and pick- ing it up I determined to defend myself. As 1 emerged from the room Epperson started after me, evidently intending to agaln asault me, when I raised the knife and stabbed him in_the neck. I then ran from .the place and took the first train for this city. Knowing that the police would be after me, I went to my home on Baker street to bid my mother good-by the men working for After fif- I am sorry for Epperson, but as he was determined to do me I had to protect m: self, and used the knife with fatal effect. 4 Gé]llgau will be taken back to Oakland 0-day. Anakesis cures Piles, nothin ple free. Address Anakesis, 15 Death was the result of inter- else. Sam- ew York. * ® ° ® @ . | strengtn to GO MBEDAT, FROM HIS HOLINESS POPE LEO Xill In Recognition of Benefits Received from SPECIAL OFFER—To all who write us mentioning this paper, we send a book containing portraits and endorsements of EMPERORS, EMPRESS, PRINCES, CARDINALS, ARCHBISHOPS and other distinguished personages. 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