The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 18, 1899, Page 14

14 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1899. BUNCHES OF TAKERS FOR EVERY POSITION Ex-Registrar Biggy Wants to Be Chief of Police. Police Commissioner Alvord Mentioned for Park Commissioner-—Educators to Compose School Board. t session of one of the expend!- his he campaign %y > SHORTER LINE for” District | at * 09 . & > r e & B S S S S S @ v o - | ¢ oL e BeELELeET e RANCISCO TOPETI, a “fake” doc- tor, is now in the City Prison ow- ing to the detective ability dis- played by Judge Treadwell, who Is one of his victims. Topeti will have two charges of grand larceny reg- ttending the and succeeded in the Judg idence. The Ju: opet! Wednesday and they In doing so Topet!'s cuft w sed, and there was something familiar the Judge in the ¢ button. 1ge hur- s dia- and gold watch were tified the police of his suspicion ADDICTED TO MORPHINE. Dr. George Stockwell Charged With Stealing Instruments to Sat- isfy His Craving. Dr. George Stockwell, a tall, powerfull booked at the City Pri: g by Detectives Harper charges of petty lar- ceny, the complaining witness being Dr. A Ridley. Parrott buflding. Stockwell was employved by Dr. Ridley as assistant, and is alleged that he late for Super- | pawned several of his instruments and utilized the proceeds to satisfy his crav- 74 Montgomery street, | | ing for morphine, as he is addicted to the | arrested him “FAKE” DOCTOR WHO ROBBED HIS PATIENTS [ B S S S A s, | was also a patfent of Topet!, and she B T R R L S PPN S P had reported to the police that within the past three weeks some one had stolen from plano, where she had hunting-case gold watch, neck chain her them hidden, a and locket, a dlamond pin, a ring set with rubles and diamonds, four palrs of silver bracelets’and a gold brooch set with gar- nets. Detectives Wren and McMahon had been detailed on the case, and they con- cluded that Topet! was the thief. T yesterday afternoon, when se: hey and arched at the City Prison pawn tickets for the articles stolen from Mrs. Coughlin we trace has diamond cuff buttons and gold watch. Topet! has a record. A 7 was sentenced in half years in San Que bigamy, and was rele: » found in his pockets. habit. He had been detained in “the tanks" | night, and as he knew he could not | morphine in the prisc he tmplored »t been found of the Judge 97, lan Diego to two and a all get De- tective Sullivan to get him a package of cigarettes, as they effect upon h ner e Information wanted of runaway might have a soothing boy from Gilroy, 14 years old, about 5 feet 2 inches, dark complexion, black halr, bl eyes, ‘eyebrows heavy: wears a d brown suit, light-blue woolen shirt light felt hat. on left wrist. Dark mark of an anc ack ark and hor His name, Jean Edwarda. * T0 SACRANENTD Survey of the New Road Completed. orns theast Engineer | the work, p will £ ] b4 THE OREGOMN f HERO BLONDEL GETS THE HA, HA, | FROM THE GIRL HE LEFT BEHIND W BLONDEL PERFORATED | g\ FILIPINOS THAT HE MIGHT BEcomE A HERO CLOUDS ARE DRIFTING. The Weather Reports Foretell a Con- siderable Pericd of Sunshine. Snowst d in the moun- from all year has been most & in different parts of ) seven times the illen in the rancisco - were bright and f,lhlr, !n.kn-n: Pn Do b e AY COLE, a blonds young ofa ther. The woman with high cheek bones, ren co will answer very was in the Police Court yester- th gt y morning to admit that she . . had broken the heart of a hero. His s before name Is Willlam Blondel and he is out now somewhere on the boundingbosom of the broad Pacific greasing the ma- chin of the transport nator, plowing 118 way to the Philippines. Miss Cole turns absolutely cerise in el el SMUGGLED SILKS. A Large Quantity Seized on Board the Whaler Belvedere. A large quantity of silk goods from the face when she speaks of him and n was. seized yesterday by customs proclaims loudly that she don't care hers on board the whaler Belvedere, if he never comes back! hi Just r whaling William Blondel was not a hero in the Arct her came the he first met Miss Cole. He was apan. an ofler on the battleship Oregon urveyor before the pride of San Francisco made her famous run around the Horn to administer the coup to Cer- vera's fleet. He was not a hero, but he had the makings of one in him, as subsequent events showed. He had a big heart in him, however, and iy went out to Miss Cole, who, fresh from Santa Rosa, had the bloom of a peach on her cheeks. Blondel had small time for court- ship, for the very next day after he had met his ideal orders came for the Oregon to sail. To another man in love this would have been a grievous blow, but, belng a follower of the sea, his ardor was of the rapld-fire order and Miss Cole capitulated— that is, she admitted that he was 80 distinctly the whole thing with her that she would consent to draw and use on herself half of his salary dur- ing his absence. Blondel wrote her out an order to that effect and, with onfirmed, toms searchers is halers looking for | —_——— Admirers of Dewey | of our other heroes on Jand and sea will | 2-cent stamps to Malt- | + Anheuser-Busch Brewing Ass'n., | B. A, for a pack of their new pluying cards. ~ Dewey, King of Schiey, King of Diamonds, ‘etc. | e 1 Candidates’ Expenses. J Sworn statements of the expenditures | of candidates prior to the last election, as | required by the purity of election laws, are beginning to flow In to the County sl‘i-rk s office. Four were flled yesterday. ver Everett, candidate for Public Ar O e e e e R e e e e e e e e e e R R e e A e A A A A AR e AR A S A S ad ] ’ a heart torn by the cruel fate that separated him from his dearie, he took up his station In the Oregon's engine-room as she headed out the Gate. The pangs of parting were soon succeeded by anticipations of the oodles of letters he was to receive from Miss Cole at varfous Atlantic ports. The records at the Navy Pay Office in this city show that Miss Cole re- liglously drew down six monthly shares of Blondel's salary while ne was ofling the wheels of war around the Horn and into the thick of the battle off Santlago. The records of the Postoffice do not show that the girl he left behind him wrote more than one of the vodie of letters she had promised. After the cruel war was over the Impassioned olier wrote & letter to his San Francisco girl chid- ing her on the sudden development of pen paralysis. Whether she answered that letter or not Blondel received no reply, as the Oregon was almost im- mediately ordered to Manila. At that port, his time having expired, the ofler was honorably discharged and pald off, minus the half of his sal- ary drawn by Miss Cole. Still his heart was true to May and he took the first ship home after a short shopping tour at Hongkong, whers be purchased some beautiful china and two gorgeous silk-bordercd ban- ners for the girl he loved. Blondel had not been in San Fran- clsco two hours when he discovered that his heart’s delight was and had been for a long time spoons on an- M e e e e e o S SPPSIED S S S NP other fellow. Miss Cole tried to “give im work,” as they say, and get him to play second fddle, but he could not see It that way. He wanted to be the only cherub and so told her, intimating that he would store the presents he had Intended for her until such time as she came to her senses. He took a room In the same Ninth street lodging-house and stored the love tokens therein. Dur- ing his absence Miss Cole informed the landlord that Blondel had made her presents of the goods and she was allowed to remove them. When Blon- del discovered their loss he made a protest and sought to iInduce the Young woman to return them. She refused, telling him he was a cheap man, unworthy of her love. Biondel consulted an attorney and got out a search warrant. The china sets were taken to the police prop- erty-room, but Miss Cole refused to give up the tickets for the banners she had pawned and was haled into court. Then came delays and Blon- del's heart, already sickened by the blow administered by the girl, broke. He could not face the ordeal of prose- cuting her. He secured a place as oller on the Senator and sailed on her to Manila. When the case came up yesterday before Judge Treadwell his Honor, In the absence of a prosecut- ing witness, adjudged the gifts to Miss Cole on the ground that, hav- ing loved the oller sufficlently to draw and spend half his pay, she had loved him sufficiently to entitle her to the balance of the plunder. B e e S SRR ShL ShUile Sl S S S SRR o ] e b ® | of Oakland was aiso | 18 the least n on a charge of | d in August last. PLUNDERED THE DEAD AT THE PUBLIC MORGUE Scandals About the| Coroner. EVIDENCE IS ACCUMULATING | e | ELECTRIC COMPANY EMPLOYES TELL WHAT THEY KNOW. S State That a Watch Was Stolen From Rody of L. C. Starr While Re- mains Were in Coroner’s Charge. e Storm clouds and scandals are gather- ing with unusual rapidity around Coroner Hill and his office. The notorious lack of respect shown by the Coroner to the un- | fortunate dead who fall into his clutches | of the offenses that are charged against him. Storles reflecting on his management of the public charnel house are accumulating daily, and e succeeding tale adds force to the impres slon of the community that the conduct | of the Morgue was never before so dis- | graceful and disgusting. It would appear that a human vulture had fattened and thrived by plundering the bodies of the | unfortunates whose remains found a rest- ing place on the Morgue slabs. Empioyes of the General Electric Com- | pany are the latest to contribute their testmony against the Coroner, and they boldly and bravely stand ready to sub- stantiate all that they charge. In a busi- ness of the kind In which these men are ged there Is more than tie averuge tunities of ployea by Cor ti 3 indignation arises fro mysterious manner in which the bodies of a number of their fellow workmen who met violent deaths have been plundered while the were in charge of the Coroner. Watches, jewelry, money and even clothing have | been taken from the dead, according to the statements of the electrical company’s employes. One cuse in particular In which the workmen are extremely bitter is that of L. C. Starr, who was electr the accident that of his companions y. He produced gant gold watch and chain, which tracted attention at the time on ace met with his death one him the time of day at- of its beauty, and was commented upon by those who saw it. Whi s body was lying in the store of Cluff sthers awalt- ing the arrival of the Morgue wagon five | of his fe! | again and rem | with positivene en noticed the about it. t it w T ked s th | 'oroner took pos; ! of the hat is the last f the dead | man’s friends or relatives have seen of it. The day following the ccident they | went to the Morgue to ange for the funeral and take possession of the man's | property. The watch was gone, and not | & trinket of value remained on the bo They made inquiries and were refer to a burly deputy, who cut their conver- sation short by the statement that there as no watch on the remains at that | time, and wanted to know what the | friends of Starr proposed to do about it. | Many other c: 1 ure | have been reported and equally | revolting. It is predicted that if Coroner Hill keeps up his record until the end of he will go out of office the most d and most disgraceful man that r ned at the public expense on he San Francisco Morgue, A committee of the Grand Jury, consist- ing of John P. Wolf and Plerre Drydenf, visited the Morgue yesterday to Investi- gate the Coroner's office. The jurors e: amined the books of the Institution and found them to be kept as they have been by former Coroners. Juror Drydeni said that he had not been ordered to make an investigation. He said he was chalrman of the committee that looked after the Morgue, and as n number of complaints had been made h. wanted to know the condition of affairs as they existed. He expects the Grand Jury to make a demand on him for a re- Qf'rl on the matter. The jurors left tha Morgue without seeing Coroner Hill or | Dr. Zabala. The complaints of the under- | takers will be taken up by the and Jury in a body | EXCURSIONS TO WASHINGTON. Instructive, Entertaining, Refined, Comfortable and Not Expensive. Sunset personally conducted excur- sions take you East by South three times a week, leaving San Francisco Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, Los Angeles Tuesdays, Thurs. .ys and Saturdays. If you have not been through the South in autumn you have a world yet to see, painted In many colors, different from the North, different from the East and wonderfully interesting. The equipment consists of the new “‘ordinary” sixteen-section sleepers, broad vestibule, upholstered high-back seats, rosewood finish, Pintsch gas, broad windows, with roller curtains, six-wheel trucks with steel tired paper wheels. Charge for accommodations is the same as in the old-style slecpers— that Is, $7 for double berth to Washing- ton or $14 for a section. These excursions are personally con- | ducted by experienced men who have | made the trip scores of times and know | every point of interest, every connec- | tion and every station, and whose en- | tire duty is to look after the welfare of the passengers, especlally ladies and children traveling without escort, and make the journey comfortable, Lowest priced tickets are accepted as well as others, and stopovers are allowed on any of these to Washington for a perfod of ten days or less. In planning your trip East remember that this is the only excursion operating sleepers into the national capital. Ar- riving in Washington in the evening, no extra charge is made for remaining | in car over night, and the next day or longer if desired may be profitably used in viewing the sights of the city, and the journey concluded at convenience to destination beyond. | For further information write or call upon J. M. Beall, Pacific Coast Passen- ger Agent Piedmont Air Line, 621 Mar- ket street, San Francisco, or A. M. Bar. num, Wilcox building, Los Angeles, or any Agent Southern Pacific Company. —_———— “TOUGHS” ROUNDED UP. The Hold-Up on Valencia Street Has | Aroused Activity in Police Circles. As instructed by Chief Lees, Detectives Ryan and O'Dea rounded up seven sus- piclous characters Thursday night in the Mission and southern districts, as it was suspected they might have been con- cerned In the hold-up of Willilam Rusk and John Morrissey of the Alhambra | Theater on Valencia street early Wednes. | day morning. Rusk and Morrissey had a look at them in the City Prison yesterday morning, but were satisfled none of them had anything to do with the robbery. Chief Hodgking notified, as it was suspected they might have had somethin, 10 40 with' the hold-ups there, but had to come to the same conclusion as Rusk and | M, X 0O em were released from priso eaterda¥ afternoon, but the aesenn: harlie Thurston. a_prize-fighter, was de. | tained, as Ryan and O'Dea found a large number of articles in his room which they belleve have been stolen, and they will en. deavor to find the owne —_———— You can buy Jesse Moore “AA" whiskey for almost the price paid for ordinary whiskey. | caused Hale’s. Hale’s. store open to-night until ten o’clock. burnt-leather lessons given thinking of suggests the dinner service, and we're ready for that— we’ve a fine line of semi- porcelain made by Clement- son Bros., England, decor- ated in pink, brown and blue spray of flowers; to- day and until thanksgiving, 25 per cent less than marked prices : decorated sets 8-in. dinner plates. .$1 40 dozen 7-in. breakfast plate: 7-in. soup plate 6-in. pie plat sauce plates butter pads 14-in. platters 12-in. platters. 10-in. platter: 8-in. pl: bakers covered dis casseroles . pickles .. Jugs gravy bo bowls cups and sauce . 120 dozen . 36c dozen . 65c each . 12¢ each .$1 40 dozen belts and buckles 150 jetted elastic belts, assorted lengths; good elastic and good ity bead; a stylish and servic belt for.. black imitation 1%-in. wide; studded with heads; stitche steel nail d leather buckles 75 steel belt buckles in 5 different patterns, 2 to 4 in. long.....50c each 935, 937, 939, 941, 943, 100 dozen | 50c dozen | write Santa Claus for his book thanksgiving l cloak dcpartr;ic nt 50 children’s melton cloth double-breasted 6-button front; with cape; braid-trimn ors brown, blue and red; years 10 dozen black with deep full flounc ruffle at bottom; with outing flanne lengths sreebacnans 31 ladies’ fine tai | hair suits in brown ton double-breasted throughout; new s lined and corduroy strapped and trimme 50 Dobbins narrow black trimmed wit 1 20 dozen | lambsk ambro) and quirked . green, brown, r | gray, green, veilings black tuxedo chenillg dots. 25 black brussels black s and ru 235¢ black chantilly wide; with and spots.... black tuxedo | with chenille d 945, 947 Market S UNDER ARREST FOR PARRICIDE Son of Rev. Jesse Moore in Custody. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. DEXTER, Mo., Nov. 17.—Much mystery surrounds the death of Rev. Jesse Moore, the Methodist minister who was assas- sinated yesterday at his home near Pyle, six miles from Dexter. So far as known be had no enemies Although three sons slept in the same room with their father, ali the members of the family declare they heard no shot. A shotgun was found in a rack on th porch with one barrel empty ng that it recently b Before the Coroner, Elijah, the oldest son, testified that last week his father loaned the gun to a neighbor who the son di¢ not know. Elijah this unknown neig! turned with the gun placed the w s he believes tt last t night re- s father and The jury rend t that the minister me to his death at the hands of some unknown a: n. Prosecuting Attorney Farris and Sherift E , however, decided to arrest Elijah and he i3 now in jail at Bloomfield man vigorot young innocence. DORA HAWLEY MADE G0OD HER THREAT COMMITTED SUICIDE CARBOLIC ACID. ¢ protests his WITH Her Mother Ceased Corresponding With Her and Dora, Yearning for Maternal Sympathy, Killed Herself. When Frederick Rippon called at Dora Hawley's room early yesterday morning he received no response to his repeated knocks, and the door being forced open the dead body of the woman was found lying upon the floor. Her burned lips and chin were evidence chat her life had been taken with corrosive poi- and bottle which had contained carbolic 1 lying beside the body t mutely, but no less tragically, the story of suicide. The woman and Rippon had been living in the France House, at 149 Third street, She was about 40 years old and had been divorced from her husba Bad health had brought her to the City and County Hospital a year ago, and despondency by Ker illness and remorse pe- cause of her mode of life prompted her about five months ago to swallow car- a | bolic acid. At the city Receiving Hospital on that occasion restoratives were applied and her life was saved. She denled having wiil- fully swallowed the corrosive, and gave the explanation that she had mistaken the bottle of carbolic acid for a bottle con- | taining medicine. Letters found In her room yesterday show that she was depressed because her mother, Mrs. E. A. Eldridge of Philadel- hia, had ceased corresponding with ner. he following letter, in the handwriting of the deceased, is pathetic in its yearning for motherly sympathy: SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Oct. 2, 1899, Dear Mother: 1 will wrife this, my last letter, to tell you that I have not forgot- ten you, if you have me. Little did I think that you would go with the rest, so be it. Henceforth 1 am alone, no relatives. Do not fear that any of the family will ever hear from me personally or other- wise in the future. You may read of my death at any time, but nothing further. 1 am not well, and never shall be. I will most likely be in the hospital again, and if 50 1 hope and know that [ will never leave it. I bear no one on earth (Il will). Hope that you may all be haopy and prosper One little line from you would have made a little sunshine in my -cloudy life, but that was even denied me: so be it. I presume it is right. Well, mother dear, may God bless you, is the prayer of your unhappy daugh- ter. With love to mother, DORA HAWLEY. I wrote two letters to you, but no answer. Good-by, ood-by On two separate slips of paper were | written the following notes: Do what you wish with my remains. I d, of this life am tired, so tired, of this lite, (o o Good-by, Fred dear. Think as kindly of me as you can. Life holds nothing for me Dut " trouble. Good-by, my life, my all Yours even in death. L L wrey. ollowing, in the handwriting of F‘rl:-':\i:rl'rllt Rippon, was found among- the woman's effects: 15, 159 d Dora: You told me in confidence. Al,l‘r:::hl. Will never forget. Respectfully, N. 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