The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 11, 1899, Page 14

14 FRANC CO CALL WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1899, CONRAD'S VICTIM KILLED AS HE WAS PLEADING FOR MERCY Burglar Slain in the Midnight Battle With Police and Citizens of Alameda Identified as Bert Willmore, Companion of the Majors Boys. e e e IS et Attempted to Reform, but Was Led Astray by an Ex-Convict Whose Ac- quaintance He Made in Folsom. e D s S L e e I e . ] A o e o o o e o red away, y who was ng a part of was given Bert Willmc s boys, th for participation brother his life, only one of the to reform— eda branch cowardice of of ef he lad pe from the arm g him, no one will at crushed Willmore's is life’s romance the boy te helpless on the & in pain from the wounds d, his revolver empty and It was then that the epped from cover and 1d bravery and sent through the skull of e. e police were In ignorance of the iden- and his that covered that of a f the sleuths of the Alameda zed the rematr he of his unfor- on in crime and cleared t surrounded the whoie ngly placed the respon- ym he had led into i been deprived by of defending him- ame of the distressing af- nt among sin- whom he lured nts. ding the ) Willmore’s determination mpa. the mist He unfe: crape and who of the chance £ from the Sull d honc 1 him a helping hand m himself, and their ed until_the nion at Fol- larkened his s had warned him beamed from the | €, and he promised s he would a pesti- to make good would not be the boy, he v, end when he his control he ded In young warranted Killing. iter than Sullivan’s own the boy in his fatal a link to the chain under influence rasp, A woman add that dragged the youth to his death. The eister-in-law_ of evil 1fus was forced into his life by the designing Sul- livan, Love was made to play a part in | the de e game. and when Willmore | met his death at the merciless hand of | Alameda’s Chief of Pol he was the affianc: d husband of the woman. She is Mrs. Thomas, the divorced wife of Sullivan's brother. Bhe it was who in esponse to a telegram from the “brave’ ruardian of the law of the cing the deatn of her lover visited the pranch morgue across the bay, and kneel- ng_beside the bler of Willmore gave vent to her feelings in agonizing sobs and at- tested her affection in fervent, earnest prayer. Willmore and Sullivan left the State rison at Folsom December 24, 1838, the rmer on parole, the latter pardoned. captured | nsented to | robbery res on the I t of the night, while atrolled wn in front of the doors, not a | The pris- | murderer, | Folsom | of him in the most flz the foreman at the elec- > he was engaged shed ed of his' fate. All | + ® D e e e L e e L IR R SCR SCE SR S, s | Ex-Adjutant General A. W. Barrett, who through the tearful pleadings of ~Will- | move’s little sister took ar erest in | boy secured him a p n tral Light and Power Compa rked steadil and faithfull ived Information th sociating with a su: ct. The gen , appreciating t es’over the brother effective than his, and inforr the boy’s danger. Only when Willmore called upo and promised faithfully to It 1 b hard thing fo was Willmore's statement. me like a father while we we som, and now I hardly have the « him off. He will not leave m pleads for assistance, and I am not in a bosition to give it to him. I know that I t leave him alone, for something tells me that association with him will result in no good to me."” And yet, with this presentiment of dan- . | ger and the warning of his friends, W more did not have the will power to re st the entreaties of the Evil One. They but not in the oy mits that their me were in dark a s and in out-of: laces where théy would be un And it was thus that the Al ntinued to meet llivan himself a n, way served. burglary was planned. suilivan sa ‘Willmore, condition, relfef. panion not to stray from the nar out when argument and pleading we no avall he determined to stand by boy in case anything should happe; him; and that, he says, is how he cs be in Alameda on the night of the burg- iscouraged at his determined upon robbery He poses as the saint by n to Villmore cannot tell his story. That he was digcouraged or had any reason to be is denied by his employers. were on the Increase. so satisfactory that ised a raise of $10 every other month until his salary reached $70. His home | life was happy. He lived for his mother nd the little sister Ina whose pleadings had secured him clemency from the bard of State Pri e intercession of General Barrett. His ary was not large, but still, with the earnings of Ina with her needle, it enabled the mother and daughter and son to live | comfortably and happi Their home is at 823 M fon street. A pathetic incident in the sad case was the His work had hee he had been prom- persistent refusal of Mrs. Willmore and Ina, yesterday afternoon, to beliey boy had been slain.’ So positive were they that he was still alive | and ‘well that they laughed at the sug- :stion that any harm had come to him. They even asserted that he had not left | home until Monday morning, and conse- | quently could not have been killed in Ala- | meda the night before. The mother re- members Sullivan. He called at her home on one occasion and inquired for Bert. His features were so_ repulsive that she | ordered him away and cautioned him not to assoclate with her boy. And now to the scene of death and the | alleged_bravery of the two Alameda po- | lice, who have posed as heroes of the bloody affair. Officer Hadley, who first | encountered Sullivan and Wilimore in the | store of Gott, the jeweler, did not fire a hot. He fled from the scene as soon Willmore fired at him and broke his shoulder in his haste to fall out of danger | over a high board fence. His story that his revolver refused to work after he had fired the first shot is not correct. Fright | had complete possession of him and his palsied hand could not pull the trigger | even had he waited to use his weapon. | His heroism consists of losing a plece of cuticle from the tip end of his little finger, which he thoughtlessly placed in | front 'of one of the flying bullets. Conrad’s bravery was on a parallel with that of the patrolman. When Willmore shot at him from behind the picket fence | on Central avenue the Chief, according [ to the testimony of reputable eye-wit- s, scurried out of danger behind a protecting telegraph pole. Willmore was | then riddled with buckshot and a_bullet | had shattered his thigh bone. He fell forward through the fence, face down on the sidewalk and with uplifted hand fired into the air the last shot in his revolver. ration he continued to work the trigger of the weapon and its repeated click, click, click, told that the pistol was In despair he threw it from him. was then that the hero, Conrad, stepped from his place of shelter and walking up to the prostrate form sped the bullet that shot away the back of the boy's head. Citizens who live acros the street from the scene of carnage as sert that they heard Willmore pleading pitifully for mercy before the last shot, which was followed by the order to carry the man away on a stretcher. Conrad was not hit by any fiying bul- ne to | His wages | on Directors through | 1s he asserted when he was laying foundation for a claim of heroism. h on his neck was not the re- y whizzing leaden missfle, E. to testify that the dainty ¢ = by a rosebush or pos- bly the “brave” Chief's finger nail. VERDICT REACHED BY THE CORONER'S JURY ALAMED , find that Wilbe, from a gunshot wound in the head ictad by the Chief of Police of this city of | Alameda, e said decPased was resisting nd we further exonerate ice from all blame in the Cal., W that vea being your cession of urther find that the act of sald Chief of i tifiable homicide. Oscar 8. Meysel, Alexander In- metz, Louls Koenig, Charles T. Morris, George D. Gray and | confessed cluded s beries. el rge | o k. Lubboc | At the inquest held this evening by Dr. C. H. Mehrmann, Coroner of Alameda County, over the body of the burglar who was killed while trying to escape, by Chief Conrad, the above verdict was ren- dered. Among the witnesses called by | the Coroner to testify at the inquest were | Ina Willmore, a sister of the dead man; | H. O. Tenny of 1361 Park street, who | warned the police; Chiet of Police John | Conrad, who fired’ the fatal shot; C. P. Magagnos, a dealer in photograpk plies a Central avenue, with the Chief when the shooting oc- curred; George H. Brown, a policeman who aided in the capture of Sullivan; Dr. Tisdale, autopsy physician, and Dr. . M. Young, who pa ated in _the chase and afferward attended the dead man at the police station shortly before he expired. =No testimony was elicited that has not already been published in The Call, After the Inquest Miss Willmore stated of Abe Ma entering o e boy in Folsom. des dered e sup- who was when Abe Archie joi: gether. rele doned by excellent the penite Pansies E-o—@»—o-o—@—w@a-oa-@-o—@—*- | She stated she wanted it to keep In re- membrance of him. WILLMORE’S CAREER ‘ OF CRIME IN OAKLAND OAKLAND, Oct. 10.—The story of the Majors and Willmore boys is without ‘ allel in the | — The Majors been so clo sisters, the connecting link between them | In the summer of 189, after a long suc- two of these lads were caught returning from a nig te-blowing, burglaries and rob- At the time of their arrest they were living mostly at the home of Mrs. Will- to make her valuable presents, Oakland at the time of the burglaries, and after his brother’s sentence showed a re to lead an hono: away from some time sed from Folsom, having been par- heard of the boy in Oakland since leaving ELLEN WILLMORE, B O R +] R R O O e SROSS SROSS S > ARCH I R O O SO 2 e e O e e S e Y - The Dead Burglar and Those Who Influenced His Life. r- criminal annals of Californi ‘Willmore families have allied for the past four they have been as brothers and ng In ., now about 17 years old. burglaries had been committed, ht of robbery in Alameda. They all their misdeeds, which in- First Presbyterian Church. then 14, was the sweetheart Jor ind one of his excuses for | n a life of crime was his desire | were sentenced to ten years Archie Majors was away from ble life. He wan- | Oakland and put in a cowboy in Texas, but Maji was released on parole ned him and they went off to- Nothing was heard of them for some months until they were met by a | Sheriff’s posse in Utah. | ove Bert Willmors was | Governor Budd because of his | behavior. Nothing has been | ntia and husks—Thought and work | that she ed her brother s le 0 4 | Commit_ crime ‘because he. was - aiscour. | Produce _wondrous results. Atchison | aged. She sald he recelved but $35 g |(ans) people take notice. “Keith's month, out of which he supported her | Window, 8 mother and_herself and had no money to clothe and buy himself the comforts of life; that he was a good brother and a good son and anything said to the con- trary was untrue. Miss Willmore tried to secure the Smith { & Wesson her brother used in his effort to Kill his pursuers, but was unsuccessful. R B o S o +-O+O0+0 40+ 40+ STEAMER ABERD e improved watches cons to be attached to the ring in the watch | stem, with an eyelet formed in the rear | wall of the pocket for the insertion of the bar at the end of the chain. | | ; )8 Market st., Phelan building. * | | safety guard for} sts of an auxiliary chain | | off the | its fall it knocked Stone | h TROUBLE CAUSED OR SEAMEN BY A NORTHWESTER Aberdeen Lost Partof Her Deckload. THE PORT PATRICK DRIFTED —_—— The Storm Blew Down a Door on the Mail Dock Which Knocked Stone Overboard—The Austra- lia in Port. e Captains of vessels in port have hleel: preparing for a storm during the las twenty-four hours. A low barometer gave them warning Monday night and yester- day afternoon the weather bureau d(:r- dered the northwest storm signals s‘; played. On the vessels at the north en: of the water front extra mooring lines were got out, while in many instances straw fenders were put between the ves- sels and the wharves to keep them from chafing. Out in the stream extra an- chors were let go, but the British ship Port Patrick was caught X)mpp!ng.d She -gan to drag and before the second an- Eltfvr could be dropped she had drifted | down on the Postal Telegraph Company's cable. U4 Week ago the big pile raft broke the cable as it was towed up the bay. A gang of men was set to work and the tugs Alert and Transit employed and by Sunday morning the cable was repaired and in working order again. Now it is again broken and it will be several days | before another one can be laid. The tug Relief was sent out to move the Port Patrick, but she was too late to prevent the damage. A very heavy storm has been raging coast 1 evety vessel making port has had a hard time of it. Captain Houdlette of the mail streamer Australia ays it blew very hard from the north- st during the last part of the voyage, w | and Captain Smith of the City of Peking and Captain Saunders of the Newport had experienc All of them agree ng that the storm was accompa- a heavy westerly ell. mer Aberdeen ught it"” off Point Reyes. The northwest rm was accompanied by mountainous s one of which broke aboard. The deck lashings were broken and part of the deckload was washed away. Some of the lumber caught in the rigging and pulled the mainmast out of the vessel. The engine room and cabin were flooded time it looked as though the fires under the boilers would be put out. Captain Pedersen got his vessel before the gale and kept her there until repairs were made, after which he came on to San Francisco. The Aberdeen was docked at Lombard street wharf, and following examination of her damages she was towed to Oakland Creek to discharge. The Aberdeen was from Portland with 600,000 feet of lumber. Customs Inspector J. T. Stone had a narrow escape on the Mail dock. The wind blew one of the doors down and in into_the water and then fell on top of him. Luckily he was under water when the door struck the surface and so escaped injury. Be- ing a good swimmer he was rescued by some of the wharf hands who threw him a line. The transport Newport docked at the Government wharf y rday afternoon. Captain Saunders is a very sick man, and he sver since the vessel left Ma- nila e chances are that he will not go out on. the steamer next trip. The New- port had a hard time of it in the storm off the Japan coast that delayed the So- lace, Tartar, Pennsylvania and_City of Peking. During the first ten days out she only made a thousand miles, while under ordinary circumstances she would have made 3. One of the port lifeboats was smashed into kindling wood and some of the dead lights were stove in. The s Giers aboard got a great scare, as made sure the vessel would ne port again. The Australia, from Honolulu, brought up forty-three cabin and forty steerage passengers. There was a coal famine in the islan had enough fuel in her bunk her to San Francisco, of heavy weather she might have run ghort, so after considerable pressure the agents of the vessel got the 240 tons from the Government. The cabin passengers of the Australia were: A. W. Anderson, S. C. Allen and adshaw, E. B. Barthorp, " C. E. Camp, F. Cross C. W. wife, Mrs. Colonel George de la Vergne and ‘maid, Mrs. Hendricks, F. Hustace, wife and rs to bring child, T. W. Hobron, W. G. Hyman, Captain C. W. Hay, Mrs. G. F. Kim- Miss auffman, ball_and daughter, L. K. Kentwell, Miss L. Leslie, Miss Lynwood, G.'A. Loring, Miss B. A. eyer, Mrs. W. G. Morrison, Mrs. P. Peck and the Misses Peck, H. C. Peck, Sam Peck, Miss H. S. Smith, F. A, Smith, Captain Taylor, C. D. Vincent and Miss K. Ward. Mrs, Hendricks is the widow of Profes- sor Hendricks. Soon after she left for Hawail her husband died and the news was forwarded to her by the transport Sherman. She at once came back homse on_the Australia. Captain Hall of the steamer Alice Blanchard has been_appointed master of the steamer South Portland. It has not been decided whether the South Portland will run to Coos Bay or Puget Sound. Two coal mine owners want her, and tha one offering the most charter money wili get er. Captain A. J. Storrs of the steamer Leelanaw has been exonerated from all blame in connection with the vessel going on the beach during a dense fog at Mon- tara Point by the Inspectors of Hulls and Boilers. The schooner W. G. Phelps made port just in time yesterday morning. During the run from San Salvador she was caught In two storms which drove her out of her course. The voyage was in consequence very much protracted, and when the Phelps Teached port all the pro- (@000 900000004000 009 09000004000 +0e0+D 00400040+ e>e0606+Q B B o e T SRCEY SRCES SRORS SCES SRR SRCER SRS SC SeCES S SRCSSY EEN IN THE NORTHWESTER. and for a | an | and the mail boat had to get | 240 tons of coal from the Government. She | but in the event | o = ADVERTISEMENTS. NEW GOODS. different departments. SILKS, NEW DRESS G NEW VELVETS, NEW MINGS, NEW RIBBON SKIRTS, NEW GLOVE LINENS, HOSIERY. Australian wool (@1l s manufacture. 1000 dozen GENTS' FINE L | | NEW CURTAINS We invite the public to inspect our Mag- nificent Stock of NEW GOODS in all our During the past week we have received elegant lines of NEW 00DS; NEW CREPONS, CLOTHS, NEW TRIM- S, NEW LACES, NEW S, NEW TIDIES, NEW and NEW TWO SPECIALS. 750 pairs GOLDEN FLEECE WHITE BLANKETS; pure 1zes), made expressly for 0'Connor, Moffatt & Co., at less than present cost to INEN CAMBRIC HANDKER~ CHIEFS (Irish manufacture) at lower prices than similar goods have ever been sold by us. 1892 u, 13, 15, 1T, 19, %- 121 POST STREET. visions left was a small barrel of pork and a little tlour and only eight gallons of water. HITE ADMIRED HER. Agreed With His Friend That Lucy ‘Was Good Looking. The trial of the divorce case of Hite vs. Hite was resumed yesterday morning before Judge J. P. Jones of Contra Costa County, who is holding court in this city. | The morning session was taken up en- tirely by the reading of depositions of several witnesses. In the afternoon Thomas Gibbs, a half-breed son of the laintiff, was called to testify to the al- eged signatures of John R. Hite, the de- | fendant, on the register of El Capitan | Hotel in Mariposa, but his evidence was | not admitted. Later plaintiff’s counsel of- | fered in evidence a grocery bill made in the name of John R. Hite for Lucy Hite, and claimed that it was one of many ren- | dered to Mr. Hite headed in the same | way. Defendant’s counsel objected to the | bill being offered in evidence, and after a long argument Judge Jones sustained | the objection. i Charles H. Swain was called as a wit- | ness for plaintiff and testified that in | 1881, while at Hite's mine as an expert | examining the mine, he first saw Lucy | Hite. It was while sitting in the gro- | cery store with John R. Hite and a man | | named Ferris that Lucy entered and | bowed to Hite. Ferris spoke up and sald: | “Hite, that's a good looking squaw,” and | Hite replied: “Yes, I think so; that's my | wife.” = Witness further stated that| “every one far and wide spoke of Lucy | as Hite's wife.” On c examination | by Attorney Foote witness stated that he | had been superintendent of many mines | on this coast, but not of any dividend | paying ones. | In her deposition Mrs. Grove, defend- | ant's sister, deposed that while visiting | her brother ‘at Hites Cove she had looked upon Lucy as a good and faithful serv- ant and had never regarded Lucy as John’s wife. Lucy had never sat at the table with her and Mr. Hite. The trial wil to-day. ———————— ‘WIFE AGAINST HUSBAND. Mrs. Johanna Coughlin Wants Her Spouse Arrested for Felony Embezzlement. Mrs. Johanra Coughlin, 39 Clara street, swore to a complaint in Judge Treadwell’s | court yesterday for the arrest of her hus- band, Cornelius, on the charge of felony embezzlement. She accuses him of em- bezzling between $1600 and #1700 which he drew from the Hibernia Bant and intend- ed to use in deserting her and their two children. Mrs. Coughlin stated that she and her husband had saved the oney during their seventeen years of married life. It was deposited in the bank in their joint names. Some time ago she drew out §4U0 to enable her husband to go East on a | trip, but after his return she had occa- sion to get an injunction from the courts | to prevent him from drawing any money | without their joint consent. The bank did | not recognize the injunction and allowed her husband to draw out the balance of the money, and she had reason to believe that he intended to leave the city. ————e———————— POISONED HERSELF. Mrs. Halman Swallowed Carbolic Acid in Presence of Her Husband and Threw the Bottle at Him. Mrs. Fannie Halman, wife of James F. Halman, a barkeeper residing at 436A Jessle street, committed S\;lc‘dls;l early yesterday morning by swallowing the con- tents of a bottle of carbolic acid. The woman quarreled with her husband when he came home from his saloon at 3 a. m. She took from the bureau a hottle con- taining the corrosive poison and swal- lowed it before her husband Sould set near ough to preven: er. She oW e vial ae his head and feli to the floor screaming. Her hushand at once notified the police and the woman was taken in the ambu- lance to the City Receiving Hospit: where she was attended b Dr. stephe s, fed at 4 o'clock and was removed DR e o 6. The, deceased. left . yen by & former husband. She was a native o Germany, 38 years old. sl S AT A Money back 1t Baldwin's Celery Soda falls to cure headache, nervousness, seasickness, 10c, A Murderous Cowboy. Santiago Ortez, a cowboy, was arrested peared before Judge Treadwell and the case was continued till Friday. He wa: employed with other cowboys in break ing mules in Horn's stockyards, Tentlt and Bryant streets, and shortly after mid night went to the barn, and because h thought he had been locked out he at tacked A. M. Coleman while asleep witt a knife and cut him severely on the heat twice. He then got his revolver and wa. ed to shoot ‘“Broncho Joe,” another cow: boy, but both he and Coleman made thei1 escape. Coleman was taken to the Re ceiving Hospital, where his wounds wers stitched and dressed. — e ADVERTISEMENTS. 1900's - - $40 ARRIVE ROY. 15t AGENTS WANTED. 1899 Rander BICYCLES $35 WHILE THEY LAST. THOS. H. B. VARNEY, Market and 10th Sts., S.F. OPEN EVENINGS. 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