The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 19, 1900, Page 10

ISCO CALL, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19 1900 CRLING - ,gflgg?ii@;vsfifi Home CIREY STARS “"'“’““‘"‘ T ottt comien e £ MRS, CRANEN S = Ny CHALYS Fair Representatives Hint at | Her Arrest on Charges } of Perjury. 1 SHE INVITES SUCH ACTION ~— Case Will Be Resumed To-Day Be-| fore Judge Troutt and Sensa- tional Disclosures Are Expected. Savings and Loan Society . ges or trust dee n 101 Montgome —_——— Died at the Hospital. private of (3] he Company M, t the general vesterday. Pri- California and ith Dakota vol- national cem- Transvaal. president of the 4 ia, Memories of at 8 o'clock t. Mem ories of the yn Dr. Geogr cerning Latter's Wife. oL In the Excitement that Followed the Affray the Assailant Made His Escape, but Was Arrested Late Last Night at San Jose. e e e o e e & e e Dre e 000060006 000000000000000 006060000 06600000e00000060bebde Scene of the Shooting and Sketches of the Principals. KEPN ber shop at E . proprietor of a bar- | 44 O'Farrell street, | shot and probably fatally ed yesterday afternoon by bert Adams, one of his em- ployes. Although the shooting occurred in broad daylight, at the barber shop, In | one of the busiest sections of the city, jams managed to make his escape and t caught until late last evening, was arrested at San Jose was h There are two versions as to the cause of the trouble. One Is that Adams sought revenge for having been discharg lier in the and the other is t assailant’s undue attentions to Kepner's | wife led to the discussion that culminated in bloodshed. From the evidence at hand it is more than likely that Kepner discharged Ad- ams because he had learned that the lat- ter had made proposals to Mrs. Kepner which might have resulted in the break- ing up of the Kepner household. Kepner s friends, however, assert that Adams had been endeavoring to injure his employer's business with the intention of getting him to sell it out at a figure far beneath its real valye. Both men were at work as usual yester- day, and there was apparently no friction until after the noon hour, when the por- ter, John Patterson, complained to Kep- ner of something Adams had done. Kep- ner at once told Adams that he had had enough of him and that he could pack his things and go. One word led to another. and the two men grappled. As they struggled around the shop they fell over one of the chairs and rolled on the floor. ADVERTISEMENTS. BRI AR ARARY WILDWITHECZEMA | One of Pittsburg’s Most Estimable Business Men Certifies to the Wonderful Efficacy of Cuticura. I was & sufferer for elght years from that most distressing of all diseases, Lczems. 1 tried some of the best physicians in the country, but they did me little good. The palms of my hands were cov- ered, and both my S and after CUTICURA plete External and | consisting of CUTICURA SOAP (25c.), the thickened eut! tion, and soothe and heal, and CUTICU BAD COMPLEXIONS, pimples, blotches, blackbeads, red, rough, ofly skin, red, rough bande with shapelcss nalle, dry, thiz, aud faiilog bair, with itching, scaly, '5) irritated scalps, prevented by CUTicURA MEDICINAL AND TorLer Boar, the most \ = effective skin purifyiog and beautifyiug scap in the world, as well as purest and swoctest for toilet, bath, and nursery. T'wosoaps combined 1n one at one price, 356, -y blisters at first would appear, then they would peel off, leaving a red, smooth surface which would burn like fire, and itch; well, there is no name for it. On the inside of the upper part of hives, would appear, and as soon as I became warm, the burning and itching would begin. Night after night I would lie awake all night and #77 scratch and glmost go wild. I got a box of CrTicURA Ointment, a bottle of CuTICURA RESOLVENT, and gave them a thorough trial, ness and inflammation disappear; before I had used one box there was not a sign of Eczema left. I can truthfully assert that $2.00 worth of CUTICURA REMEDIES cured me. J. D. PORTE, 428 4th Ave., Pittsburg, P: THE SET $1.25 nternal T ), to cleanse the & e, CUTICURA Olntment (30c.), to ail A RESOLVENT (50c.), to cool and cleanse the blood. A single st is often suflicient to cure the most torturing, disfiguring ekin and. scalp hu- mors, rashes, itchings, and iryitations, with 1oes of halr, especially of infants and children, when the best physicians and all other remedies fall. Sold tiroughout the world. POTTER DruG AXD CHEM. CORP., Sole Props., Boston. *Ilow to Cure Every Humor,” free. would become inflamed ; little white limbs, great red blotches, not unlike a few applications I noticed the red- tment for lvnz Humor, in of cruets and scalés and soften ay itching, rritation, and inflamma- e reluctance that Adams had been dis- charged for attempting to ruin Kep- ner’s business, an that a row im- medlately ued, during which Adams drew his olver and shot his for- | mer boss. He also intimated that tue men had indulged in words over L e e e e e S S - Adams was the under man. As they lay | there in each other's embrace Kepner hissed between his teeth that Adams had attempted to break up his home and that he was glad to get rid of him. Adams struggled to get his revolver from his hip pocket and finally succeeded in drawing the weapon. As soon as Kepner saw the | gun he jumped away from his ex-employe, | shouting to the porter to take the pistoi | away from him. Patterson made an at- tempt to do so, but was brushed aside by Adams, who renewed the assault. The two men grappled again, and what immediately followed is not quite clear. | e shooting w | witnessed by a man | who was standing in the doorway of the shop, when his atten- tion was attracted by loud talking inside. As he entered he saw Kepner and Adams | He noticed that Adams had a struggling. revolver In his hand and attempted to take it from hi Adams turned on s and threatened to “fill him full of Brook 1 if he did not mind his own busines: oks made a rush for the door, and ran he heard a pistol shot and turn- | he ing saw Kepner fall to the floor. Adams, | minus his hat, hurried from the shop in the excitement and disappeared up Stock- ton street before any one thought to de- tain him. He went direct to the home of Kepner, Geary street, where he hag been r ing. He passed Mrs. Kepner as | he entered the house, but did not Intimate | to her what had hapoened. After chang- ing his clothing and drinking the contents a of whisky he departed. Mrs. Kepner s that as soon as she | saw Adams enter the house withou( his | hat she had a presentiment that some- thing had happened to her husband. Ad- ams got a hat and left the house, but after walking about half a block returned and changed his clothes. She asked him what had happened, but he evaded her question and hurried away. As soon as he left she went to his room in search of nis revolver. “When 1 saw that it was said, "I knew at once that Gil had shot my husband.” "hile admitting that her husband was very jéalous of her, she as- serted that nothing had occurred between her and Adams to justify Kepner's sus- picions. Kepner's porter admitted with much one,” she Adams’ attentions to Kepner's wife, the latter accusing his ex-employe of having attempted to break up his home. When the detectives pressed the wound- ed man for a statement at the Recelving Hospital he replied that his wife knew all about it and could explain the affair if she saw fit to do so. She was pres- ent, but refused to make a statement and lv;'nulr! not allow her husband to open his ps. Kepner was shot through the left lung, just above the heart, and the attending physicians say that his chances of recov- ery are but one in a thousand. The po- lice believed that Adams would make his way to San Jose, where he has relatives, and notified the 'authorities of that city AR e e e e A e e e | train_that had just arrived from San | Francisco. He was placed in jail here, | and to-night appears in good spirits. The | pected to be fired at once, but Kepner said | walked home togetner last nig.t, as I * & ¢ @t PO Ot PO P IOt Ot PtPtO 0D ¢ VIOt +0 040400040000 000+0900000600000 4000004 to keep a sharg He | is a man about % vears of age, of slight uild, and has a siight blonde mustache. — ADAMS FLED HASTILY TOWARD SANTA CLARA The following details regarding the flight of Adams after the tragedy, and his account of the shooting, were recelved last evening In a dispatch from San Jose: | ilbert Adams was arrested at Santa | Clara at 7 o'clock this evening by Deputy | Sheriff Louls Dosse as he was leaving the | lookout for him. following 1s his account of the shooting: “The death of Kepner was an accident, | as 1 had no intentlon of killing him. The | whole trouble was caused by the porter, v\i'ho has been lying about me for some time. “'A short time ago the shop was reduced | from a l5-cent to a l0-cent place, and it | seems that the porter had been trying to ‘knock’ me by telling the proprietor that I had been injuring the shop by such practices as using dirty towels and a cheap quality of perfume. Last Friday I had some trouble with the porter, and ex- nothing to me until to-day at noon. We boarded with him, but he said nothin then. To-day at noon he told me I ha better look for another job. I sald all right, and went for the valise in which I kept my tools. In_this valise was a 32-caliber revolver, and I took it out and put it in my pocket. Then I went to Harry Knowles' cigar stand, near the shop, and left a couple of coats there and went back to the shop to talk the affair over with Kepner. 1 told him the storles about my running the shop down were not 80, and Kepner said he belleved them be- cause he had been told so by two custom- ers. We got into a heated argument over the tales, and I finally told him they were | a Pack of lies. “Kepner advanced toward me In a threatening manner and sald: ‘Don’t you dare to call me a d—d llar, G—d d—d you!" I pulled out the revolver to run a bluff on him and told him to keep away from me. He told me I couldn’t run any bluff on him, and kept advancing. I retreated and fell backward on account of getting my feet caught in a stool. As I fell he jumped on me and the revolver went off while he was striking at me, killing him. When the shooting occurred two or three per- sons rushed in and Harry Knowles took the revolver. "1 was bareheaded and went to Kep- ner's house to get my hat. At first I in- tended to give myself up to the police, but finally concluded to go to Santa Clara to see my brother George. I walked to Valen- cia street and found there was no car there. Then I walked to Millbrae and caught a car. I was arrested as I was leaving the train.” While Dosse was taking Adams to his brother's house the horse became fright- ened and ran away, throwing both men from the buggy and bruising them both slightly. Adams received several super- ficial wounds on the scalp, and now claims that they were inflicted by Kepner In their struggle before the revolver was dls- charged. LAST RITES OVER THE BODY OF A. P. HOTALING g R Ol Masons Escort It to the Masonic Cemetery and Place It in a Vault, Where It Now Awaits Cremation. The funeral services over the body of the late A. P. Hotaling were held at 10 o'clock yesterday morning in the Ma- sonic Temple on Post street. The large hall of the Masons was crowded to the doors, not only by the relatives and asso- clates of the dead man, but by innumer- able poor people, who testified by thelr presence to the grief they felt in the loss of one who had always proved himself a warm-hearted friend, whose ear was ever open to the tales of distress which his purse was ever ready to relieve. The hsequies were taken charge of by California Lodge, of which branch of the Masonlc fraternity Mr. Hotaling had, in | life, been a prominent member Worshipful Master Umbsen officiated and, during the conduct of the solemn rites, he pald a glowing tribute to the | memory of his Masonic brother, to the | excellence of the character that had passed away, to the work that had been accomplished and the reputation that had been left behind by the man over whose body it became his sad fraternal duty ] to perform the last offices demanded by respect and dictated by affection. t the conclusion of the ceremonies those present passed slowly around the casket and looked for the last time on the features they knew so well. Followed b{ an immense éortege of mourners the body was taken to the Ma- sonic Cemetery, where it was placed in a vault to remain until some day dur- ing the latter part of this week, when it will be taken to the crematory and incinerated in' compliance with the oft repeated {nstructions of the deceased. The pall bearers who officlated yester- day were Willlam Alvord, the banker; L. Wadham, who had been an intimate friend of the deceased, and four em- gln)'es chosen from among those who had een longest with the house of Hotaling, —————— Address to Social Democrats. The Social Democrats who gatherad in the Turk-street Temple last evening Iis- tened to an interesting address from Dr. Underwood entitled “Co-operation.” The talk was of a sociological character and was a resume of the existing conditions between capital and labor and a plea for co-operation and united effort toward the betterment of the status of the working classes. At the conclusion of the address the usual questions were answered and the usual general discussion indulged in. ———— Ofl cures rheumatism and neuralgia. 80c-flask. - Richards & Co., 406 Clay. Traj Dru, Well-Known Turf Followers Do Battle in an Ellis- Street Saloon. e R (UARREL BEGAN OVER A BET Srihr Principals and Friends Vainly En- deavor to Keep the Affair From Knowledge of the Police. e During a row In Pein Bros.’ saloon at Ellis and Powell streets Saturday night “Jim"” Quinn, the well-known horseman was stabbed in the back and leg by “E Carey, also a horseman. The weapon used was a two-pronged fork, which Carey picked off the lunch counter. For somo reason the proprietors of the saloon did all in their power to keep the news of the cutting from the police. The Peins, as well as the bartenders, professed ignorance of the affair, even de- nying that Quinn had been in the saloon. From an eye-witness, however, the police learned that Quinn and Willie Shields, the Jockey, were in the saloon when Carey en- tered. Quinn immediately started a row with Carey, declaring that Carey had given kim the “double cross” on a certain race, and, losing his temper, Quinn picked up a bottle of whisky that was standing on the counter and brought it down on Carey's head. Although_stunned from the effects of the blow, Catey grabbed his assaflant and forced him over to the lunch counter. Picking up the fork, he jabbed Quinn in the leg and also in the back. The wounded man at once released his hold on Carey and fell into the arms of one of his friends. Several bystanders then interfered, and after disarming Carey led him from the saloon. Quinn was im- mediately hustled into a hack and driven to his home. Several hours after the cut- ting Police Officer Keyes found him in his room, attended by a physician. Quinn admitted that he had been stabbed, but refused to give the name of his assailant. He clalmed he did not know the man, and informed the officer that he would not prosecute the stabber, even if the police succeeded in establishing his identity. Carey was on the streets as usual yes- terday, but refused to discuss the affair. He, however, confided to a friend that he was forced to stab Quinn, as he feared that the latter was about to kill him. Just what the trouble was that precipi- tated the row is not known except by the two men. A frier.d of Carey’'s says that Quinn was angered at the'fork wielder on account of some bet ‘which he influenced | Quinn to make, and threatened to get even | with him. To-day an effort will be made by the police to induce Quinn to swear to a complaint against Care; | VERY, VERY FUNNY. “WHO IS WHO” A DELIGHTFUL COMEDY The California Theater had two of their ‘old-time” houses yesterday. were turned from the doors at both the matinee and nlg‘ht performances, and the audiences laughed themselves hoarse at the funny situations. The specialtles are particularly good. Now that regular East- ern attractions will ain appear at this popular house big business will doubtles: prevail. —_——————————— HER MIND UNBALANCED. Helen Henderson, a Young Girl Be- trayed Under Promise of Mar- riage, Wants to Die. Helen Henderson, a pretty girl living at 407 Taylor street, is being detained in the insane ward in the Receiving Hospital, as she has threatened to commit suicide and her brother and sister fear that she will carry her threat into execution. She will soon become a mother and the shame has unbalanced her mind. Samuel Treadwell, a young man em- ployed as a carpet layer by Ackerman & Kohn, Geary street, was arrested Satur- day night by Officer McMurray of the So- | or the Suppression of Vice on a warrant charging him with betrayal under promise of marriage. The warrant was obtained by the girl's sister, Agnes. Treadwell was released on $2000 bonds. —_————————— Flynn Used a Beer Glass. The usual conventionalities which result in a barroom dispute occurred at Mike Mulrooney’s saloon at 1415 San Bruno ave- nue yesterday morning at 1 o'clock. In clety the saloon at the time were a number of | Hams—O0Ild Dominion late arrivals, who were indulging in sev- eral drinks of amber steam. A dispute Hundreds | | | arose between a man named Fred Flynn and Martin Vanderow over the Boer war. Flynn's sympathies were with the farm- ers, while Vanderow’s were with the Eng- lish, and as a cousequence there was a fight in_which Flynn used a beer glass | with such good effect as to send Vanderow to the City and County Hospital, where Dr. McCoy found it necessary to take thirty stitches in Vanderow’s scalp. De- tectives Fitzgerald and Graham, who were watching for some chicken thieves in the neighborhood, heard of the trouble and proceeded to the scene in time to take Flynn into cu!(od‘. He was transferred to the Seventeenth-street station, where he was charged with an assault with a deadly weapon. Vanderow was taken to his home at Twenty-fourth and Alabama streets. Washington Eulogized. Taking his text from Acts, vii:35, “The same did God send to be a ruler and de- liverer,” Rev. Dr. E. A. Woods preached | an eloquent sermon last evening at the First Baptist Church on “A Tributa to the Character of Washington.” He stated | that the great American lald the founda- tion of our national distinction and that in his addresses are to be found the erms of our institutions. In regard to ashington’s military prowess, Dr. Woods declared that Frederick the Great showed his acumen when he asserted that one of the American general’'s campaigns was the most brilliant of the century. “‘His dignity and courtesy were shown, sald the preacher, “‘when on receiving a letter from Sir Henry Clinton addressed to Mr. Washington he remarked that Mr. ‘Washington meant a Virginia planter and that the letter should be given him after the war. Bowing the knee to no mar, he was a devout Christian and always knelt reverently In the house of God. Ve can- not revere the memory of such a man too strongly.” Charged With Larceny. M. Weinberg was arrested last evening by Detectives Ryan and O'Dea on com- plafnt of a,saloon-keeper named William Friedman. He was locked in_ the City Prison on a charge of grand larceny. Friedman recently came to this city from the East and opened a saloon at I Fol- som street. He hired Weinberg, who was formerly a peddler, as barkeeper. To-day Friedman missed $163 in coin which he had hidden In a rear room of the saloon. He had his barkeeper arrested because he clalms Weinberg was the only person hesides himself who knew where the money was concealed. e e Ladles' kid shoes, In lace or button, for §1, worth $3. Shoe sale, 717 Market st. * ———— Crushed to Death by a Wagon. Manuel Miguel, an employe of the Spring Valley Water Works, fell from his wagon and was run over at San Mateo Friday afternoon, receiving injuries from which he dled a few hours later at St. Mary's Hospital in this city. Deceased was Bt\'an(ecnfienrn of age and a native of Portugal. e body was removed to the Morgu Dr. Parker's Cough Cure. One dose will stop cough. Never falls. Try it. AUl druggists. DIMITIES. SPRING 1900. Our importations of FRENCH PRINTED CHALYS for Spring are now readu for in- spection, having received during the past week a large shipment come in Handsome Stripes, Dots and Figu of these goods. They Floral Designs, Silk res; also Plain Colors. We will also show this week 15 Cases New SCOTCH and IRISH PRINTED DIMITIES, in Stripes, Floral Designs and Small and Medium Figures. The colorings of these Dimities are New Blues, Greens, Pinks and Lavender. SPECIAL! 25,000 pleces New FRENCH VALENCIENNES LACES (EDGINGS and INSERTINGS.) 20c to $1.00 piece. SEE WINDOW DISPLAY. oy, 189, i, 13, us, uv, us, %- 121 POST STREET. 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