The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 10, 1899, Page 1

\';) LUME LXXXVI—-NO. 132, SAN FRANCISCO. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1899. PRICE FIVE CENTS MARIN TOWNS MENACED ~ MYSTERIOUS WOMAN KNELT - BESIDE THE DEAD BURGLAR Strange Incident at the Alameda Morgue Following the Midnight Battle—Captured Man Makes Ad- missions—Good Service of Citizens. BY BLAZING FORESTS Many Cottages Destroyed and the Loss Will Reach at Least a Hali Million. | i | Mo (4444444444 444444+ ar tHt i rasnae MEDA, Oct. 9.—This city s still [In the chase. They were armed with | thelz premises, but falled to seratch him. ¥a e i = se wil o {tement over | every conceivable Wweapon from a coal | He finally made his way to a vacant lot, | NEW YORK, Oct. 10.—A¢t N RAFAEL, Oct. 10.— * a wild state of excitement over | every concelvable H n Way 0 , Oc ¥ y st t's battle with s a cannon. | corner of Central avenue and Walnut | 4 s + 1 + ratlway t night's battle with the trlo of| *’About 11:3 o'clack a roomer in the | strect, where he was lost sight of during , Tidnight the operator at * i 3 e L who attempted . Mathodist church block on Park street | the temporary shutting off of the electric Sandy Hook reported: “Calm; + Sl e of A. O. Gott on | was agtracted by a suspicious nolse com- The lot w. + g oS i i + * MANY HOMES AND Ithough the police now | ing from welry store of Gott on the | and every avenue of thick fog off shore. % + here was a third man In the | Eround floor below. FPeering out:ot Chief Conrad took c Y At 2 a. m. he reported: *+ 8 2 w. he noticed three men tr forces at this stage of th ey = 2 3 . he was seen by so many both be- | Foget an entrance through a rear ing sur 2 ¥ “Donse fop: 4.7 + -+ ¢ 1 al ez sure that his man w ng near the e fog; no wind. 3¢ VINEYARDS DESTROYED after the conflict (hr“ the citl- | gow ox::‘:\in?lun fo an \'}”fifi'“.fiy running | fence along Central avenue, Conrad, in a | + + e re that there is not |along the side of the Methodist church. | stooping posture, went along the line of | 4 4 4 4 4 + + + in their midst | The police were notified, and Officer Had- | pickets hoping 10 caich a glimpse in the ME e g R - |ley, who was ) e Central Sta- | darkness of the hunted burglar. £ e 5 £ I ‘f!f‘;’l'lf"g'sg_ tion, hastened to the place. He notified | followed by C. P. Magagnos. When o ] ‘Om‘, ?"' DI RS o - Oct A forest patrolle | Officer Jesse Rogers, Who was on the | posite a break in the fence, about fifty ant feeling of expectancy N ging the police, augmented by a large | Park-street beat, to guard the front of the yachtsmen to-night, \/I b urmed citizens, determined that | the store while he Went around to the | @640+ 06+o+@ they feel sure of a race 1V1 1 man of the trio shall not es- |alleyway in the rear. % morrow but that they know g i Hadley took a position on the vihurct; % will be a race day from now X <5 steps whére he could command a view of ik e £ 4 s g s ¢ Police Conrad and Officer Had- | {175 J00°"Ce "t fawelry store.. After | | e CAPTOR So BURSiAR out to the finish, with the exception of were wounded In last night's re not seriously hurt. POLICE OFFICER EDWARD HADLE ¥ WHERE THE DESPtRATE BURGLAR MET HIS DEATH. over the jugular vein, 1l only lose the ends of s right hand as a result of his e battle. incident, which may lead to cation of at least one of the occurred to-night. A mys- woman entered the Morgue, g to_the slab which bore thc the dead burglar, knelt down corpse. Pa ing on the dead the youn to uncontrol w 2 identif 1does, venward, and for sev- minutes seemed absorbed in silent The official report of the incident was as ; After all the officials but the night dep- s had left the Morgue a woman about 23 ars oil, who answers the description of e o#e who accompanied the dead burg- to this city Sunday night, visited the place and viewed the corpse. She was very much affected, and knelt beside the coffin and prayed fervently and tearfully. The night deputy did not notice her, and she went away without disclosing her identity. Constable Gray had his atten- tion called to her, and followed her down Park street as far as Armory Hall, where t track of her. The officer searched ked soon o the 1 n is prayed i Hihn Company s to fight 1z m I by back keep the fire in r v evaded him. She was dressed in black and is a demi-blonde. She reac lameda by an electric car, and it hought she returned to Oakland. There is no doubt bug that she knows the dead burglar. The captured man refuses to give his name and denies acquaintance with the hing the fire. | territory | s the | dead burglar. AIl efforts to identify either have failed. Detectives from both }\:‘;;3‘;::;_ les of the bay have visited the prison s were | and the Morgue to-day, but have been g the road | unable to recognize the criminals. All - “trees and is known concerning them is that ut leaped over| the dead man came from San Franecisco afternoon. who were moving the and that the trio had been in Alameda me had to leave off work and re. | several days preparing for the job which e to a cs om nelghbors “w resulted so disastrously to them. o) urn- were in perfl. F. R. Dann, whose u the chas; a swarm of B near Vine HIll 18 well known as the | (o ries wes beavseq o castern part of the city was aroused from its slumbers. o resort called Mountain Vi G i . h:hnfléif-tl;nn: 2 to wet dtetn'h | The popping nl‘plawls. the crack of rifles o > et ¥e and the bang of shotguns broke the still- 0 y t watching Dann ‘says | ness of the night. For over an hour there fro: superb, as| was a running fire between the fleeing til € s wo 5d glants | burglars and their pursuers. The police, appreciating that they had a desperate job on hand, called to their aid all the citizens they could hastily awaken, and others, attracted by the fusillade, jolned at their tops. ng cool, which ece The origin of the fire is unknown. Some incline to the belief th it was caused ky a spark from an engine of the moun- n The weather Continued on Second Page. or until after midnight, but she suc- | d | was | The bul- | he scaled a ten-foot fence dividing | i took the skin off | > | two fin- | for some moments without results Wednesday. The agreement of the re- gatta committee and the Shamrock and Columbla people has proved popular. It is a fair proposition and every one likes the manner in which it is met. This has been a foggy day down around the Horseshoe and everything has been | quiet with the fleet there, except on the decks waitin the | ¢ been cutting and r ng salls | This is taken in yachting circles to indi- cate nervousness. There is nothing to be CHEF OF PoLIcE JOoHrN CONRAD gained in trylng to put aside facts. Th. are worrying on the Columbia; they are calm and confident on the Shamrock. The reason for all this is that the English | boat has done the better work on the of the flukes. Look at it from ever standpoint you will these plain facts stare you in the face. On two at the moment the signal set the Shamrock was in the lead. On the third day she was no worse than on even terms. Indeed, the <& ht of opinion is that she was ahead, considering her position and the fact that she started some seconds behind the C lumbia. Add to this her time allowance of six seconds and the chances are still more in her favor. There is good reason for nervousne: among the Americans and nothing has occurred to-day to | minish it. It is an unpleasant truth, but | 1t is just as well to admit it. The weather is the important thing now. Three days of drifting have changed the | character of the speculation. It is now quite as much a question will there be a race as which will win. The weather man in Washington promises a southerly increasing breeze. If it comes it will be a welcome wind to thousands of yachts- ness the contest. | filled the racers will be sent over the line ! to windward dewn the. Jersey coast, the | course _the same as Satusday, but the order of sailifig is reversed, the first leg being to wind will be more s s sfactory, the weather berth at the start. The fog siren at Sandy Hook emitted its doleful warning all to-day through the layers of mist. Dreary ‘as the day was, it broke at least the rule of a good wind on off d and calms on racing days, and on all sides there was hope that the wind for once would be good and true on the day of d: The weather observers for once kept their hands for a time off the business of signaling. Both Mr Iselin and Sir Thomas Lipton appreciate v em, but > weather in on Sunday caused worr The hurricane turned out hof fog which settled down men on both s to be over the As soon as Ha s through with the alterations on the Co- yia's mainsail this morning the sail was hauled up from below, bent to the mast, boom and gaff hoisted After inspection by Managing LIKELY TO saflmakers got Owner D400 OO0 6060-0060400600600600000065000060404 040000404604 040+000¢ 9| . WHERE OFFICER SURPRISED THE BUR G EAR.SH R e S S S i | SHAMROCK STOCK ON THE RISE. However, the Columbia People Overlook No Poinis in Pre- paring for To-Day's Race. Barr, it was decided fit to do ba Iselin and Capt that the sail w to-morrow; so it was lowered and after some minor ations it wa hoisted | again at 3 p. m., when it set almost as flat as a board, except for a few wrinkles of the Columbia, where the crews | men who have come many miles to wit- | If this prediction is ful- | ard with a run home. This | it gives a | ! | have a good time reading them, for better chance for skill in maneuvering for | haVeé a sood ti & PROVOKE A CONFLICT BETWEEN RUSSIA AND ENGLAND ‘Ameer of Afghanistan Sanctions Brutal Executions and the Torturing of Officials Dailu. ONDON, Oct. 10.—The Daily ‘Telegraph’'s St. Petersburg correspondent says up near the beam u The new club to It w dier the gaff 1V bes ot boisted. or the air was Scotch T the r . Oliver. Iselin arrived from the city on tug J before noon. When seen on board the St. Mi oon after, he s: “We are all h a breeze to-mor- row, so that v at least o race. througin be- I should 1 Chrjstmas.” ay was satisfactory to him, he said leed, we are only too glad to ) race every day and finish up th care to make any further than newspaper criti- un- nbia’s r for alled were crew, f a good stead eeze,” sald every confidence in the of between [ tention if s of becoming foul, will t of the new arrangeme 3 it now sta feel that what ated can iling of the » vack Sir Thomas pton remained on board the Erin all d He did not deny him- self to Vi but gave a his usual courteous greeting when t me up the gangway. He was expecting to at- tend private dinner given in his honor to-night at one of the big hotels in tr city, but sent :legram to the gentle- as to be his host begging to after the rac had been as he was centering all his efforts e task before him, and did not want andy Hook until after to-mor- way man who W be excused u salled on t h race r Thomas has been the recipient of many hundreds cablegrams from triends on the other side of the water con- gratulating him on the fine showing the Shamrock has made in light weather, and every time a big batch of dispatche brought from shore those on the them are 3 morning the usual n ) far the most ng was one f land sayi bring back Sir Thomas inq and expressed satisfaction that the Sh: rock stock was going up. He did offer any but reiterated his fc ments that his boat would be in and 1id be no h ing er Ral up Columt tter boat shall w Sir Thomas will e on board t ing to-mor- < + '”,Iffl - an accounts represent Abdur Rahman Khan, Ameer of Afghanistan, o046+ 6 010 6006 0-6-60.4-0! m Insane and likely to provoke a conflict between Russia and England. Lpmesschamasade, © S These accounts say the Ameer is sanctioning brutal executions and the stote ya o0 foorh, tho) alley) ana ZEsten s | 1 door. “He. found it uniocked and started | to enter. The burglars, who were on the exodus torturing of officials daily, and that his actions are resulting in a general tion, where he died about an hour later. In' the meantime his companion had inside, made a dash for him as soon as he opened the door, and the first of the | series of desperate 'battles that followed His companion is a rough-looking fel- low. He is a rawboned six-footer, weigh- took place. Hadley jumped pack to the | been surrounded in the garden of J. P.|ing between 165 and 170 pounds. His hair side of the doorway as the trio advanced '\ e Ay R naan the | 15 “black, bushy and inclined to curl. He and opened fire with his pistol. Simulta- S | beach. He was hiding under a clump of | has blue, deep-set eyes and a dark com- neously two of the crooks began shooting | rose bushes and rendered at the officer, a oullet from one of their | | Bracnpton and Rogers and Citizen McRea Weapons tearing ¥ a_portion of the | ) | withont & struggle. His captors landed third and fourth fingers of Hadley’s right | = him at_the jail just as his partner ex hand. _Despite the pain from his wound | i pired. He was taken before the blood- the officer stood his ground bravely and sked by the chief of covered corpse and 40400 - O4-0—4 | tried to capture the men, but at the crit- | = cognized the dead man. He fell ical moment his revolver refused to work, = = B e e At f Tapes and he hastily retreated. In scaling the | | superhuman elort, he regained his com- high fence he fell and dislocated his left e And denied emphatically that he shoulder blade. The glar who wa | Boa ever seen the man. He gave the D an a2 1 llowed him. but refused to tell name of Jim Jones, d been attracted by | @—4-—4-6—4-4 4546+ >+ &+ | anything about himself or his movements. the shoot <(ood 1 the alvyway when | ® Apibireny | “'Burglar tools were found on both men, the crook shoved his head above the fence. | yards from the corner of Walnut street, | but the captured burglar in his flight had Hadley passed his revolver to a bystander, | Conrad was surprised by the flash of a | thrown away his revolver. The dead man who attempteu to use it on the burglar, but it only had the effect of prompting him to drop back into the yard, where he and his two companions began ‘a race for their lives over the fences and out to Alameda avenue. carried an imitation Smith & Wesson of 38 caliber with a six-inch barrel. Among his effects was a villainous weapon made from the single blade of a pair of scissors ground down to a point as sharp as a needle. A similar Instrument was picked pistol shot coming from the other side of | the fence and so close to his head that | the powder almost burned his flesh. The | officer’s revolver was strapped to his side | in a swivel holster, and without removing | it he turned it on he gure | From Alamedd avenue the men ran to | and began to pump lead nor fing DEUre | up, to-gay along the line of the chase. Oak street and thence to the southern | could work the trigger. Magagnos did| Since the escape of the third man the ay shore. On the way the missing burg- } i likewise. The last shot in Conrad's gun | police claim that there were but two men arated from ar s the other two and |struck the burglar in the thigh, and with | in the battle. but this is denied emphatic- disappeared. Officer Brown overtook the | o« gruntenot - a groan—he stumbied | ally by & host of witnesses who saw the fleeing pair as they were walking along | through the fence on to the sidewalk. | trio both before and after their attempt to the beach at the foot of Walnut street. | Conrad jumped behind a telegraph pole to | burglarize Gott's store. He commanded them to surrender, and | reload his pistol. The wounded man, with | The dead man was seen coming to the reply was a shot from the man who | coolness and déliberation that was re- | Alameda on Sunday night on the broad- was psequently killed, which just | markable, carefully ejected the empty | gauge train. He was accompanied by a grazed the officer’s ear. 'The burglars | shells from his revolver, inserted another | fashily dressed woman. who dlsappenred took to thelr heels, going in different | cartridge, and as the officer stepped from | shortly after they reached the Park- directions. Brown gave chase to the man | his sheiter he rested his weapon on his | street statlon. The crook who lost his who had shot at him, leaving the other | arm, and, taking careful aim at thi ief, | to an army of citizens who by that time | im at the chief, life was about 30 years of age, height 5 fired his last shot. The bullet took the 1 Adisn feet 6 inches, dark hair, with had reached the scene. | skin off Conrad’s neck just over the|tinge at roots, brown eyes, sallow com- Brown's man scaled fences and went jugular vein.. Conrad cried out that he | plexion, weight about 130 pounds. He is through back vards with the agility of a | was shot, but never faltering rushed | presumed to have been an opium flend. cat. 'The officer kept close in.'the rear. | toward the prostrate burglar, firlng as he For blocks it was a hurdle race between | went. One of his bullets took_effect in the two, Brown taking a shot at the flee- ; the back of the burglar's head, tearing ing man every'time he showed his head | away the skull and making a gaping and the burglar returning the fire with | wound from which the brain ‘ matter elarming regularity. Armed citizens took | oozed. a'pop at the burglar as he passed through | The man was carried to the police sta- He was stylishly dressed in a dark blue coat and vest, striped gray pants and wore a soft black hat. A yeturn ticket to San Francisco was found on him. His shirt bore the laundry mark “K. O. G.” He a scar over the right eye and his upper teeth are false. reddish | | Turnkey K. Jamieson of plexion. 'He is roughly dressed and has the appearance of having recengly made a long journey on a brakebeam. Ex- San Quentin took a ook at him to-day and expressed the opinfon that he had seen him at the prison ————— INDIANS MURDERED AT REBEL BARRACKS MERIDIA, Mex., Oct. 9.—Timeoto Her- rera, secretary of the Indian rebel chiet Yaqua, has fled to Belize. Two of his comrades and friends were assassinated at the barracks of the rebels before they could escape. They had all been suspect- ed of infidelity to the rebel ca Her- rera says the Indians are generally tired of malintaining a hostile front to Mexico, but that the old rebel leaders are trying a reign of terror to keep them in sub- fon. b S i RIOT AMONG SOLDIERS. Men of Company L of the Eighth Under Arrest. ST. PAUL, Oct. 9.—A riot prevailed in the barracks of Company L of the Eighth Infantry at Fort Snelling last evening. To-day, with only a dozen exceptions, the company is locked in the guardhouse. Two men are in the hospital with severe injuries and another, who is under arrest, in need of constant attention. The trouble arose over a charge of robbery referred by Corporal Fonner against rivates Stout, Kelly and Brazille. They had been in St. Paul on a spree.