The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 31, 1900, Page 12

12 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1900. PHELAN PLOTS FOR THE MAN WITH AN ALIAS HE DECLARES WAR ON COMMISSIONER BIGGY Says He Will Oust Him Before Next Monday. : Excited Session of the Board, at Which Thomas Tries to Have the Present Acting Chief Removed From Office. AYOR PHELAN 4 that Bigey from t olice Commissioners. As at direction ep in t atton as acting Chief hinese =la ‘RECEIPT o ¥ beer Kpow ev of the ¢ tiv s ively that w ever Mr. Biggy % 4 e turn of af- he said in answer to s what the commission had v through Commissioner w be ousted as Com- er before Monday; and, on his be- Mr. Tho! »ffered a resolution re- It Acting Chief of Poll of Phelan and the Es was shown in all its ug tie City Hall Czar would, if he ie with & rod of iron. He ha will a prominent lawyer nr prominent docior. He has 2 aver Commissioners Newhall . n desperation and in the « he incarnate wretches sold his little political arther. He will be true ment and, undoubtedly, take steps to oust Mr. befc Blagy Wher his ann Mond he does he will be dragged into why, under a charter removais of appoir.ted cause, he should smm- to remove a Police Com- hout cause. He will be forced and with him the men with ed to betray the city, and the fouln: ey seek to conceal un- der the cloak of the charter will be ex- the whiskers of a czar will he soul of a puny imitator storm ahead. —_—— - DIVES WILL BE CLOSED. Police Commissioners Take Action Against Cheap Music Halls—Other Business Transscted. At their meeting last night the Police Commissioners decided to close up the dives on Grant avenue, between Market and Sutter streets. opinion of the members of the board that the cheap varlety theaters on that thor- oughfare decreased tho property values end had a tendency of keeping the re- spoctatle element off the street. This de- sision was reached when applications were raceived from a number of dive-keepers, It was the unanimous | R_FARE; PAID. {2 > a| JOSEPH BRITTON COMMENDS BIGGY In view of the expressed deter- mination of Mayor Phelan to re- move Willlam J. Biggy from the Police Commission in order that the way might be cleared for the election of Lieutenant Esola as Chief of Police, The Call sought an interview last night with Mr. Joseph Britton, one of Mr. Phe- lan's stanchest supporters at the polls, to gain his views with regard to the acting Chief. He said: Do I believe that Mr. Biggy has pursued the proper course with regard to Lieutenant EsolaP Certainly. I do not see how he could have done other- wise. I wish to be understood as backing up Mr. Biggy's ac- tion in every respect since he has been a Commissioner of Police. He has been true to his manhood, to his honesty and to the trust which the public places in him on account of his former record as a fearless offi- cial and man of integrity and honesty generally. In the matter of Lieutenant Esola, Mr. Biggy could not have taken any other course than the one he pursued, not only on account of the evi- dence against Esola at the in- vestigation held by the com- mission, but on account of the EIE Pt bbbttt bttt 4444444444040 44 4414444444040 4 44444440 who applied for licenses to sell liquor. One of the applications was denied out- 1d action on the other was post- week until an investigation into | cter of the place can be made. The case of Otto Heynemann, the sten- ographer to the Chief of Police charged with having divulged upper office secrets, tponed a week so that the District -ould be instructed to draw up | ¢ complaint and verify it. | Heynemann was represented before ners by William §. Wood of | Jloyd & Wood, and his broth v Alexander Heynemann. The | was prepared to go on with the ng and had a number of witnesses t ke the stand. | Wood raised a technical ob- the outset, however, by read- Mr. ing a se >tion of the charter which was in effect that an officer charged with an man’s own testimony. I re- /fense was entitled to a knowledge of gard Esola’s own testimony as the most damaging to himself of any heard at that investi- gation. the off nse he i accused of and the name the person making the charges. At- rney Hevnemann stated that he was jous to proceed as he was desirous emovipng the stigma hanging over his brothe He asked that the name of the 3 man to wh ret was revealed be In view of this testimony given to him, and also wanted to kuP-)w :t furnished by Esola and his he was present to give testimony. resi- denial under oath of the meet- dent Newha ned to Acting Chief Bige: and ashed him it e ‘\\'as“realdy to ing in reference to his candi- A the trial and the atter - by saying that he had dacy for Chief of Police at which the Police Commission- ers themselves were present, I say again that I do not see matter in the hands of The latter cleared : that he had not been ase would be heard last s, therefore, postponed how Mr. Biggy could have of applications for permits to pursued any other course wrts with back rooms : . 5 s cemnitstonerk. S & without violating every pri ition that ciple of honesty and fair play. th_the provi- Officer T. J rter from the D444+ 4444444444444 4444444444404 440044 4444444444444 444444400 @rett+Ettttr et r ettt GOEBEL ASSISSAKTED HND LATER DECLARE GOVERNOR OF KENTULKY Continued From First Page. FA T have been sleeping in the upper part of the State House. It is not known, however, : "of these men did the work or ; had any knowledge of the pre- meditated There has not, so far, been disco; i the slightest direct evi- to any man, and it Is not pointin, now that any will ever be found. man who fired the shots took the ation to conce location by using cless powder ¢ dges. A score of people where they had a full view of the side of the building from which the firing was done and all of them declare slgn of smoke was visible. Both Lillard are men of experience rs in which powder smoke is a prominent feature and both | d that while they could tell the gen- | eral direction from which the bullets came, they could not guess the spot from which they were fired “I tried hard to get a sight of the fel- low,” said Lillard. “H bt pouring the lead down a and I'll swear there was not a sign anything to indicate from where he was shooting. As many shots as The Republican State officials and mem- bers of the Legislature, without exception, RECEIFT & M, 14.4 8 b cxiped seed Gety samin wmit NOT COOD Fix PASSACE. SILENT EVIDENCE THAT REFUTES JACOBS’ CHARGES. Isidore Jacobs, innocent or otherwise, author of charges that William J. Big- &¥ while Senator at Sacramento in 1895 traveled on Southern Pacific passes while investigating State institutions in the southern part of the State and afterward charged mileage, fails totally to support his statement. On the comirary, Mr. Biggy denies it and produces documentary evidedlce in conclusive proof that Mr. Jacobs is mistaken. The above fac similes are South- ern Pacific receipts for railroad fares paid from Sacramento to Los Angeles and return on that occaslon. They speak for themselves. he will earn $30 more for recapturing him. The Shanahan Flerist Company sent a communication to the Commissioners pro- testing against the fiower vendors who take up their stand at the corner of Geary and Market streets, on the ground that they injured the business of retail flower dealers’ The communication was placed on file. Charles Nelson was appointed a special officer and will take up his sta- | tion in the Western Addition. Another_application for the position of Chief of Police was received and placed on file. The latest applicant for the po- sition is Edward Gambier Wade, an ex- newspaper man, whose age would put him on the retired list. Mr. Wade thinks him- self qualified for the position and stated that Senators, Assflth)'mnn, professional men and business men would vouch for him. When Secretary Beatty read the communication Commissioner Thomas moved that he be appointed, and amid the laughter was heard Chief Biggy's voice, asking that a vote be immediately | President Newhall sald he | taken on it. | declined to vote and Dr. McNutt aroused himself out of his sleep long enough to | ask that the application be placed on file. The charges against Officer B. J. Rooker were dismissed. The trial of Officer Conley, accused of being inebriated while on duty, was put | over one week. Mock Woh, who applied for/a permit to act as a Chinese guide, was turned down. Chief Biggy asserted that he was strongly opposed to the Chinese acting as guides as they were unreliable. After transacting a large amount of minor business the board went into execu- tive session and when it adjourned Com- missioner Newhall stated that another at- tempt to elect a chief had signally falled. ‘Wedding invitations, visiting cards, fine writing papers, tablets and papeteries at reasonable prices in our statione: de- partment. . vail & Co., 1 Mar- et street. % | denounce the shooting in the most un- measured terms. Governor Taylor imme- diately caused a small address to be issued, in which he declared the affair 10 be a disgrace and an cutrage and call- ing for the most sober condemnation. ke gent orders at once to Adjutant General Collfer, directing him to take steps for the preservation of order. General Col- ller is a Republican and Is opposed to Goebel. declared the shooting to be ¢ affair and one that upon ation was to be regretted. no time in making speeches, how- ever. Before Goebel had been lifted from the ground to be carried to the hotel, Gen- eral Collier had telephoned to the armory, a half-mile distant, directng the local in- fantry company which was stationed there under command of Captain Walcott to proceed at once to the Capitol grounds, take possession of them and the ap- proaches, allowing nobody to enter the gates. Twenty minutes after the shootin Eptatn. Whlcotr and his men marched across the front of the Capitol building and halted at the foot of the steps. Or- ders were issued to outside companies throughout the State to make ready at | once to come to Frankfort, the entire State Guard being called into service. It was feared that the news of the shooting | would so inflame the Democrats that they would come to Frankfort in swarms, while the mountaineers would lose no time in coming to the capitol for the purpose of upholding their party principles. “It makes no difference to me," said General Colller, *“who- starts onything; we will preserve order on both sides.” | _The excitement among the follawers of | Goebel was great, and for a short time | immediately following the shooting of | their leader there was more than the pos- sibility that some of the hotheads would seek vengeance upon their political ene- mies. Threats were made against Repub- licans and attorneys during the excite- | ment, but the leading members of the | Legislature soon brought them to calmer talk. As the news spread through the streets that Goe'el had been shot men he fired would make considerable powder smoke if ordinary cartridges were ne r a sl »f smoke could 1 see. looked around a mighty brief spell said Cclonel Chinn, “‘but there was noth- ing for me to look at, so I paid attention to Goebel The fellow used smokeless powder all right, and I gu: he was pret- | ty wise to do it Somebody might have got him if they had known Wwhere to look for him.” GROUNDLESS OF ISl CHARGES DORE JACOBS Another Plot of Esola's Backers Falls Through. William J. Biggy Produces Documentary Evi-| dence to Destroy a Malicious Attack on His Integrity. T has been charged by an afternoon | newspaper, which s given away with | the drinks, that Acting Chief of Po-| lice and Commissioner Willlam J. Biggy, after having ridden on a| Southern Pacific pass on State| business, while Senator from San Fran- | cisco, afterward collected mileage for the | journey. The charge was based on an | interview with Isidore Jacobs of the Cali-| fornia Canneries' Company, during the! course of which he is quoted as saying | that some time during the legislative ses- | sion of 18%, at a French' restaurant a | Sacramento, Biggy told Jacobs that he| had ridden on a Southern Pacific pass as | a member of the Senate Sub-Committes on Public Buildings on a visit of inspec. tion from Sacramento to the Whittier Re- form School. Supplemental to this interview was quoted that paragraph of the constitution of the State, which frowns on and pro-| vides penalties for any such proceeding. Following, too, was an interview headed “Blggy Is Evasive,” in which the ac- cused, questioned as to the truth of Mr. | Jacobs’ charges, replied that “the re-| ceipts would speak for themselves.” To | a reporter for The Call, on the evening of the publication, Mr. Biggy denied the charges absolutely, remarking that he did not care to notice the paper making them. The kind-hearted Examiner, which does not like Biggy any more since he refused to be made a catspaw to serve the ambl- | tions of the absent-minded Frederick Esola, alias Harrington, saw yesterday morning, or pretended to s something s made by the even- serious in the charg ing paper against Commissioner Biggy. It suddenly discovered that the evening paper, which it has more than once ac- cused of venality, had suddenly become the recording angel of righteousness. In big, black type it rehashed the charges, while in very small type it printed, “The | Examiner has no knowledge of the truth of this particular charge.” Incidentally, and in the full face of this innocent ac- knowledgment, it worked off a three-col- | umn cartoon, representing Biggy making ready to stick a knife into the back of Mayor Phelan, labeling it, “Whose Hired Stabber 1s This?"" It became evident to the friends of Com- missioner Biggy that a well-lald plan was in full swing against him. More than one surmised that the attack had originated with the backers of Esola and, for pur- poses which are apparent, was first de- livered through the afternoon paper that is given away with the drinks, so that the immaculate Examiner could not be | accused of having made it for the purpose | of getting back at Biggy by reason of his | opposition to its perjured candidate for Chief of Police. It was a boldly cénceived and well con- sidered scheme, especially the certoon afterthought. Biggy's triends, sure of the | honesty of the man whom the Examiner | has lain awake nights to exclaim is hon- est, liked it, only they could not help re- marking that it would have been truer to life had the figures been reversed. Some of them went further, and stated plainly that the truth was that the pure Mayor Phelan was preparing to knife Biggy and that the attacks on the Commissioner's honesty were made solely and only to give Political Purity Phelan a chance to oust Biggy from oftice and put in some servile tool to deliver the goods the little Mayor of this big city had sold prior to election. In this connection, The Call does not mean to charge that Isidore Jacobs is a party to the plot. It would rather believe otherwise and—in the face of absolute proofs in its possession that Commissioner Biggy is innocent of the charges in the interview—this paper will take the char- itable view that Mr. Jacobs is simply mis- taken. However that may be, il seems that Mr. Jacobs is taking a very lively in- terest against Mr. Biggy, coming out yes- terday afternoon in the paper that is given away with the drinks, to back his assertions with living witnesses. He is quoted as saying: *To substantiate my statement, 1 am compelled to mention the name of ‘Hon-st' John Fay, who was at that time a ator from this city. Sen- ator Fay was present at that dinner when Mr. Biggy made the confession.” Senator Fay was seen immediately af- terward at his residence, 2114 Powell by a reporter of the same evening nd asked whether he remembered /'s alleged confession to Jacobs. His answer was: “Well, such a thing may have occurred, but I cannot recall it at this time.” In spite of other questions the reporter could get nothing further from ‘‘Honest” John Fay. So much for the proof of Mr. Jacobs' statement. i Now for the refutation. Commissioner Biggy denies it in toto. He says, to begin with, that he never dined with Jacobs and never confessed to him or anybody else in a French restaurant at Sacramento or anywhere else that he had ridden on a Southern Pacific pass. He admits, as the records of the State Senate show, that he did travel from Sacramento to Los Angeles and from there to other points included in the investigation, for which the Senate Journal shows he was allowed mileage. He offers also—what the lovely Examiner oftered against him—the Senate journal record of the junket of the sub- committee. It reads: SENATE CHAMBER, Sacramento, Feb- ruary 7, 188. Mr. President: The Special Sub-committee of the Committee on Public L e o e . ] began to pour toward the Capitol on all sides, one throng being led by two fire- men, one of whom carried a Winchester rifle, which the other finally prevalled upon him to lay aside. A shooting a occurred In a saloon about this time, Craig Ireland, a sporting man, fatally wounding lke Willlams, a egro. The men were in an altercation hen Williams struck Ireland, who promtly sent a bullet through the negro's stomach. lreland was locked up. This second shooting caused great excitement for a time, and it was thought the long threatened political shooting in general all along the line had been inaugurated. This affair had nothing to do with the political situation. Senator-elect Blackburn, who was in ‘Washington, was informed of the shoot- ing through the long-distance telephone, and sent back a message urging the Democrats to remain quiet and take no rash action of any sort. It was reported throcugh the city this afternoon that it was the intention of Lieutenant Governor John Marshall to re- &ign his position because of the shooting of Goebel. Marshall left for his home in Louisyille this afternoon. S, Sl COLUMBUS, Ohlo, Jan. 30.—The Ohio House of Representatives passed a reso- lution of sympathy with the State of Ken- Buildings Other Than Prison Bufldings, which was appointed to visit the State Nor- mal Schools at San Diego, the Insane Asy- lum at Highlands and the proposed sites for & normal school in San Diego County, hav- ing performed that duty and reported back the result of their investigations to the Sen- ate, now present this, their account for mileage, as follows: Senator Androus, 1190 miles, $119; Senator Biggy, 1248 miles, $128 40; Senator Gesford, 1240 miles, $124; J. F. Carrere, clerk, 1240 miles, $i24. Total, $495 40, Therefore, resolved, That the Controller be and is hereby directed to draw his war- rant in favor of S. N. Androus, chairman of said sub-committee, for the sum of $435 40, as per above statement, sald warrant to be #0 drawn upon the fund for the contingent expenses of the Senate, and the Treasurer s directed to pay the same. S. N. ANDROUS, Chairman Sub-Committee. In addition Mr. Biggy offers two recelpts from the Southern Pacilic Rallroad Company's agents show- ing that for his trip from Sac- ramento to Los Angeles he pald $15 fare, and for his trip from Los Angeles to Sac- ramento, on the return, he paid $15. The Call reproduces with this article fac sim- iles of the two receipts, together with the Southern Pacific agent’s stamp on the back, showing that the return ticket was purchased at Los Angeles February 5, 159. This date fits perfectly the date, Febru- ary 7, 1895, of the report of Chairman Androus on the return to Sacramento uf the sub-committee. No further evidence would be necessary in a court of law to run out of court such preposterous charges as are sought to be backed up, for whatever reason, by Mr. Isidore Jacobs, His memory is not corroh- orated by that of Senator Fay, whom he cites as a witness, and it is absolntely contradicted by the evidence of the Semu- ate journal and the receipts held by Mr. Biggy for fares paid on the trip in ques- tion. In would the face of think that this proof no ome Mayor Phelan, unblushing breaker of ante-election promises as he is, will dare to bury his official knife in the back of Biggy. In the face of such proof Esola, alias Har- rington, and his backers will again have to hunt the holes into which they were driven by the absent-minded lieutenant's testimony on the witness stand before the Police Commissioners. In the face of such proof Commissioner Biggy comes forth ra- diant, an honest man, that had foresight enough to pay his fare and get receipts and keep them to refute just such charges. Commissioner Biggy's attitude through- out this trying ordeal has been consist- ently that of the honest man.the Exam- iner professed at one time to think him. He did not rush into print to deny the charges. He would only say, “The re- ceipts will show. ADVERTISEMENTS. BLANKETS, BEDSPREADS, COMFORTERS. SIX SPECIALS. Fine SILKOLINE BED COMFORTERS, pure snowflake filling, full size and handsome ABSIDNS s s i antee onivacnssnssvraass §1.50 $2.50 S50 $2.50 $3.50 FRENCH PRINTED SATEEN BED COMFORTERS, three-quarter bed size, snowflake filling and closely quilted.......coeevn- WHITE CALIFORNIA BLANKETS; full size and extra Welght. .. ccccicccecsncecrocvase Extra Quality WHITE WOOL BLANKETS (pure Australian wool), handsome borders....... 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