The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 16, 1900, Page 14

14 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 1900. COUCHER'S G0OD AIGHT FLOORED | BAD BURGLAR Eenator From Fresno Proved | His Valor and Muscle l Successfully. l SRt SR ight Prowler, Who Tried Doors With Skeleton Keys, Was Foiled | by the Doughty Lawmaker | the Raisin Belt. I \ i mpted to 0 Eddy was thoroughly He d a ot th to se &s long &3 threw the od a man weighing | judge. He ache and e, 2 and there sto asked. i attend to that iswer and hand swing and he went r be rolled over | his hip pocket that he seem- andlord came | ARG 2ndn n b e B o e e o e e e T been punished dlord led him away 1 am sc him to find out rglar’s tools about be detained here | t is why I did not | spoke good Eng- | | essed me. He ter I had hit him t from me. | in the hands anted to go | HOUSE VISITED FOUR | TIMES BY BURGLARS | One Tenant Is a Victim of Thieves Twice Within Two v Months. and burglaries | v The latest | butlding on | dway and Val property was mposed of four ttraction for | s ago one of victim hieves and valuables to [ | 1518 Mason 1 flat at It is A o o g uring the absence t 1516 Mason | keys and admit- front door. door was The officers | t some one well | es is responsible who occupled the same | as robbed of nearly | twWo years ago. | o dbidunt diniag ON THOSE KEPT TAB WHO RODE IN CARS|; Market-Street Company Preparing to Fight the Proposed Maguire Fare-Cutting Ordinance. t Rallway Company is for a big fight nance to reduce | ged in the work, Montgomery at each of Market ister and Suit to Recover Taxes Paid. 1 ton Crocker and Jennie thelr guardians, “harles E. Green, t the city and heretofore paid TO-DAY and TO-MORROW 12 Greatfl TSpeciaIs MARKS BROS LADIES LINEN OVERSKIRTS, Se. , trimmed; $1 50, 1 sizes, 25e. HOSE, double 25¢; regular trimmed; UNDERS wide, 45, . latest KIRTS, e styles, | thing for the co; OVERSKIRTS, v, 60¢; regular | N'S POKE BO; TS, 15¢; regular ALL-OVER ETS, EMBRO! Y= 3 IDERED INFANTS CASHMERE Se; regular price, 50c. < NEN LACE, 4 inches wide: sale price, Be S WHITE PIQUE SKIRTS, very wide, 1 with wide embroidery and insertion, R1.98; regular value, $3.00 Y TA ALL-SILK RIBBON, 2 inches wide, yard: regular price, 15c. WRAPPER COUNTER AND SEE | 3IG VALUES OFFERED. LADIES' WRAPPERS, waist and sleeves ed, bretelles nicely trimmed, 98e. JIES” WRAPPERS, walst and sleeves lined, trimmed with linen laces, $1.23. 1212-1214 MARKET ST., Bet. Taylor and Jones. Investigation by Judge Cook | | brings upon her, is nevertheless getting | | Judge's description of the man he saw, | M APPEA §She Is Mrs. G. W. Thomp- | son, Who Has Been| Pointed Out as the Woman Under Sentence. | s cXad | Leaves the Case Where It Was Beiore Any| Inquiry Was Decided| Upon. AR TS ‘/-Q S queer a quandary as could be | //\\ imagined has arisen from the tan- | [~—\ gle of statements In the latest [ \phase of the Botkin case. Did ige Cook see Mrs. Botkin on a Guerrero street car? And if he did how is that the superinténdent and the guards and the matrons and all at the branch jail are willing to swear that on DUPSP AP PSP D S S S S @O0 00904590995+ 00 - D ereDeoe %1 * Deietedeiededeie@ the day Judge Cook says he saw her Mrs. | n never left her room. And if he 't, how iIs it that every time the pos- | ¥ of a doubt is suggested the Judge | is head and declares he ought to | e woman he sentenced to prison | her the Judge is mistaken | and the jaflers are right or the Judge is correct and the jailers are wrong, and it | seems to be an even thing between them. double has appeared on the who can be described as resem- | & Mrs. Botkin; and the hundreds who have been gazing at pretty Mrs. Georgina Thompson in the belief that she was Mrs. | have had their morbid pleasure pains and their testimony of the | wanderings has gone for Mrs. Thompson is the mother of | Ana er's pris naught Mrs. Murphy, the ughter-in-law of Judge Murphy. She is a plump, round-,| faced, joliy little woman, who, while not pleased at the notoriety the resemblance considerable enjoyment out of the humor | of the situation. Can it be that Judge | « | Cook took & good look at Mrs. Thompson | when he thought he saw Mrs. Botkin? | | That is another question in the case that has claimed attention. The fo: at Branch Jail No. 2 was un- | rutiny of the Judge vesterday Under the invitation of the Sheriff he was allowed to cali whomsoever he pleased and | 10 question and examine in any way he | saw fit. The examination was held in the | rlor of the jail. Ranged around on the | upholstered chairs were the was allowed the plac Judge, who | of honor next the | table; Sheriff Lackmann, who chose the soft end of a sofa; Under Sherift George Hare; 1. P. Kincaid, the superintendent; Mra. Kincaid, his wife; the head matron, Mrs. Conion; the second matron, and a bevy of reporters and artists, who heara and saw and looked wise. The first man called was Willlam R. | Nixon, the guard who was on inside guard duty all the Sunday of April 22 last. He was tall and spare, with sharp features and a sandy mustache. The Juage looked at him carefully and then said he resem- bled the man he saw on the cars with the woman, but he was too tall to be the same. A light broke over the face of Mr. Kin- cald. “He is the smallest man we have working out here,” he said, with an ac- cent that dehoted real regrét that Nixon was no smaller. “Yes, he looks like the man I saw,” repeated the Judge thought- fully, “but the man I saw in the car had to reach up for the strap. Now you wouldn’t have to reach up for the strap. would you?” asked the Judge, and Nixon confessed that he would not—that is, not very high. “The man I saw had on a light suilt,” continued the Judge. I wear a light coat and vest when I am dressed up,” Nixon admitted, but he add- ed that his trousers under the same cir- cumstances were generally dark. Kincaid then explained that Nixon on April 22 was inside guard; that he had to remain in the office of the jail and recetve visitors, for Sunday is visiting day, and | see that nothing contraband was taken | in to the prisoners. “I can swear,” said Kincald, *“that Nixon was not out of the | jail on that day.” and the Judge was si- | lent; but later on, when Kincai the same statement and courted a repl by adding, “and you must believe me, the Judge smiled blandly and said, “Wh of course, that is a matter of opinion, a statement 80 obvious that it was ac- cepted without comment. Nixon remained upon the rack for a while, repeating his statements over and over, and then he gave p) to the second ;:x_);l}:d. Jlndhn GIHeT fe. . e Judge wouldn't have Gillespi all. “He’s not the man,” de pehfi Honor; and beyond telling what hours he kept Gillesple did but little ta.lklnf. There was a third guard, Peter Devalll, but he is gray and m;‘ middle life and round ot a form and Y. L ‘his was out_ of all parison with the com); and so the look the party took at Devalli as he ushered the visifors through the flx::e was taken as sufficient to exonerate It was not Kincald himself the Judge saw. That was certain, for the Judge has known Kineald for some time. It was not Nixon, for the Judge sald o, for his helght was against him and he ecould not pass muster. It was not Gillesple, nor | no one can ¢ | ish, pot-s RS. BOTKIN'S DOUBLE RS ON THE SCENE @+ e oo 1'% i Mrs. Botkin Appears Devalll, and that ended the list of em- rs. Kin; ployes, unless the two matrons, caid and Mrs. Conlon, were considered eligible. And a careful inquiry by Judge, Sheriff and reporters showed only that the guards of the other jail were never allowed to visit the women's jail unléss they had business to transact. Kincaid then spoke up once more and described the precautions taken to pre- vent escapes and violations of the rules. The only keys to the dormitories, where the womer confined, are in the hands of Mrs. Conlon and Mrs. Kincald. There besides these two sets and me or go through the single door to each dormitory except either one of the women Lurows the bolt. Then, too, are no othe: | Kincaid said he or one of the guards was on duty in the main corridor and alwa no ore could r out without being seen, and n buld pass in or out without _p: through the main cor- ridor. The Judge then repeated his story of the woman and the man he had seen, and the superintendent declared once more that no one could leave the jail without his knowledge and he knew Mrs. Botkin had never strayed away. This brought matters to a long silence, until | it was suggested that the Judge take a look at Mrs. Botkin, who was in her room at the end of one of the gormitories. This | was agreed to and the wiole crowd went down below and laid siege to Mrs. Bot- kin's apartment. Mrs. Botkin is confined in an old drug room, at the end of the dormitory, not in the matron’s room, at the end of the upper hall. It Is a plain apartment with big windows, through which the afternoon sun streams with a warmth and gener- osity even the iron bars across the panes cannot hold back. And on the bed lay a baby, clean and pink and peaceful as though no shadow of a lock or bar ever | fell upon it. It was the child of one of the prisoners, and while Mrs. Botkin walts and_watches for the word from the Supreme Court she washes and sews and sings for the babe and takes priue in the fact that it doesn’'t look a bit like a prison child Mrs. Botkin herself was strangely gowned and_ the strangest part of her clothes was her hat. It was an outland- haped bonnet of the style of a score of years ago, and it gave her a most fantastic air, as she waited In dignified silence for the squad of visitors to tell what they were about. Nixon pushed into the room and stood beside her. ““They want to see how you looked that day you were out,” he sald, for it had been suggested that if the guards and the prisoner were seen together it might have a good effect. It threw no light on the Judge's frame of mind, however, and then Gillespie took his place beside the pris- oner. But that brought no result, so Mrs. Botkin bowed the party out and the par- lor was filled again. Then they all fell to discussing the time Mrs. Botkin was allowed out to see her dentist. On an order from Judge Bahrs, signed April 17, Kincald took the prisoner downtown, on April 18, to Dr. Graham's on Sutter street. On the way there she asked if she could be allowed to see her attorneys, Knight & Heggerty, in the Parrott building, and Kincaid took her there. “Did she see her attorneys?” de- manded Cook. Yes," sald Kincald, “she saw them In my presence.” “Let them both be brought into court,” was the Judge's order, and the two attor- neys will be haled before the Judge to answer whether or no they had a call from Mrs. Botkin at any other time since she was sentenced. Then a brilliant suggestion that Mrs. Botkin, rigged in the dress she wore when she went to the dentist, be brought before the group, was acted upon and the pris- oner was walked to the center of the par- lor in street costume. Bhe was dressed in black, plain skirt and waist, and on her head was a spreading black hat. Her face was Kflly concealed by a black veil. ;h; hat ought new conviction to the udge. “l‘waun't sure when I saw her down- stairs,” he ventured, “but now that I have seen her in that hat I am more than ever convinced that she was the woman 1 saw om the car. It was then Kincaid received the suggestion as to what was a matter of opinion. Mrs. Botkin swept out of the room and the Investigation, having completed a circle, found itself just where it had started. Then everyone fell to discussing the af- fair and various ideas were advanced. Kincald and the two matrons scouted the idea that the prisoner could have got out any way but through the main corridor, and that she could have passed through that without being seen. Also that sne could have been taken out by any back A e e e e e e ] AN 72217/ e S O R B e e in Street Dress. L R e e e e way. Then some one suggested that dou- ble, and as that was a matter that could | not be settled in the jail, the inguisitors | Teft the jail.and came ‘into the city. | The idea of a double had thrown new | light on the matter, for it was plain that | if the double and not Mrs. Botkin had | crossed the Judge's path_ the mystery | could be cleared at once. But it is not so certain that it was the double that Cook The double, Mrs. Thompson, was nurs- ing her daughter, who is suffering from the after effects of a smash-up on_ the Hyde street line. She was at Judge Mur- phy's residence, 120 Liberty street, and was quite prepared for the statement that ;k'le might have been taken for Mrs. Bot- ek A have often been taken for Mrs. Bot- kin,'" she =aid, “particularly during the tridl. I used to hear people around me saying, ‘There's Mrs. Botkin' and then they would point me out. | ever, that I am not the one Judge Cook saw ‘on the cars. I know Judge Cook by | sight and T am sure I would remember it I had seen him on that day. I ride on the Guerrero_street cars but very seldom and 1 know I was not riaing. on them that | Sunday.” | ~The possibilities of a double in the case may lead to all sorts of complications. If it can be shown tnat Mrs. Thompson bought candy at Haas' store and that she traded at the various places where Mrs. Botkin was supposed to trade, it might not be hard for the prisoner’s attorneys to bring the matter before the court in such a_fashion as to throw doubt on all the identifications. 1In that case the result would be hard to predict. But in the meantime the question of 1ib- erty remains unsetiled. Judge Cook | lleves his eves. The Sheriff belleves his ears and what his men swear to, and the | jaflers repeat as often as asked that, whether or not, the Judge to the contrary, except when buggy to have her teeth fixed. BOY DIES FROM EFFECTS OF A GUNSHOT WOUND OAKLAND, May 15—While hunting in the hills near Dublin, this afternoon, Wil- liam Cronin, 13 years old, accidentally dis- charged his shotgun, recelving injurles from which he died to-night. The charge tore away the boy's right arm and he gled to death before assistance could be —_———————— Mrs. Braslan Gets Alimony. Judge Troutt made an order yesterday directing, Charles P. Braslan to pay his wife, Mrs. Georgina M. Braslan, $60 a month alimony until the further order of court. Mr. Braslan was called to the stand and made a detalled statement of his expenses in an effort to prove his as- sertlon that his wife's extravagance caused his financlal ruin. Several depo- sitions made by Mrs. Braslan's friends were read, and in each Instance the de- onent asserted that Brasian did not ob- ct to his wife going East at the time he alleges she deserted him. They also said that at all times Mrs. Braslan had treat- ed her husband in a kind and loving man- ner. At the conclusion of the reading of the depositions Judge Troutt made the order as stated. Knocked Down by a Wagon. George Damenstein, a boy 8 years of age, residing at 262 Eighth street, with his father, Rabbl Frank Damenstein, while on his way to the Stanford Primary Schodl yesterday morning, was knocked down by a wagon. He was taken to the that he was suffering from internal in- jurles, contusion of the knee and shock. The driver whipped up his horse and drove rapldly away without taking the trouble to ascertain the extent of the boy'!h lmjurles. The police are trying to im. Accuses Housekeeper of Theft. E. T. Hauffe, saloonkeeper, 945 Bryant street, swore to a complaint yesterday in Judge Cabaniss’ court for the arrest of Jda Baxter, his housekeeper, on a charge of grand larceny. He engaged her a few days ago, and vesterday morning, he al- leges, she stole §75 which he had concealed under the mattress in his bed. She was arrested yesterday afternoon. resumed practice 111§ Dr. W. H. Sutter. cor. Larkin; res., Hotel Granada.* I am sure, how- | | | Mrs. Botkin never stepped from the prison Kincaid took her In his | Recelving Hospital, where it was found | SITE 1S BOUGHT OR SAN MATED ROAD'S STATION New Headquarters for the Electric Line Located Near Ocean View. —_——— Spacious and Modern Buildings for the Accommodation of the En- larged System to Be Erected at Once. g e The San Francisco and fan Mateo Elec- tric Rallway Company has made an im- portant move in the development of bet- ter traffic facilitles and conveniences for both the traveling public and Its em- ployes. Thers was ccmpleted yesterday the purchase by the company of the block of land krown as “Mammy” Pleasant's homestead, on San Jose avenue, near Ocean View, to be the site for the new car houses, sub-station and operating headquarters of the system. The loca- tion is about midway on the road's line to San Mateo, the latter place being the present objective point of the system's extension. The property acquired is a block of land, 450 feet by 450 feet, fronting on San Jose avenue and on the maln line of the company's tracks, The site i{s about a mile south of Sunnyside, where the pres- ent powerhouse is located. In addition to this purchase the company has bonded, through G, H. Umbsen & Co., its agents, adjacent blocks, which will probably be acquired in a short time. Negotiations have been In progress for several weeks with relation to the prop- erty. After the site was flxed upon by the company's directors as meeting ail requirements of the new conditions of the road the preliminaries were closed up as rapidly as possible, as it {8 the company's desire to push as speedllg" as possible the many improvements which have been planned for the service. Ever since the rejuvenation of the system there has naen such a marked effort to increase the ac- commodations for patrons that there is a manifest interest in every forward step taken. The selection of the new site will be followed by the construction of buildings rovided with all the modern equipment 'or handling the company’s rolling stock and operating appliances. The ?Ia.ns or the structure comprehend space for 125 cars. There will also be the sub-station for the handling of the elec- tric current, which will be supplied from the Independent Electric Company’s plant in South San Francisco. The power for the entire road will be furnished from that source. sary to handle the current will be install- ed at the new station. It is expected that from 400 to 500 employes of the road will be centered abgut the new headquar- ters. One of the chief considerations which led to the selection of the site was the fact that it is half way between the ter- minals now projected. At present there are a few cottages and a vegetable garden | on the property. LOS ANGELES GRANTS TERMINAL FRANCHISE May Be for Use of the Denver and Rio Grande, Which Intends Building to California. The story published by The Call last Sunday to the effect that the Denver and Rio Grande Rallroad had decided to ex- tend its line from Grand Junction, Cclo., to the southern part of the State receives confirmation from the granting of a fran- chise in Los Angeles Monday, which is supposed to be for the use of 4 new trans- continental line. This franchise was obtained by the Los Angeles Terminal Railway after much op- position by the Southern Pacific, a dis- patch from the southern city says. The statement is made that it is thousht the terminal franchise is to be used by some road building via Salt Lake. ————————— Daughters of St. George. Britannia Lodge No. 7, Daughters of St. George, gave an orange party in Pythian Castle last evening which was attended by as many people as the hall could hold. The decorations were orange and each guest was presented with imitation or- anges, whic they were reques to | throw at one another. They were made of light tissue paper filled with little seraps of paper after the manner of cas- carones. It was not long before each in- dividual was literally covered with scraps. In the early part of the evening there was a programme of music contributed by Seorge D. Evans. Miss Florence Buford, Mrs. W. Clack, Willlam Nelson, Alf Lut. tinger and Roy Kay: fancy dancing by three little girls, and then dancing for the members and guests. —_—— Kospital for.Sick Chinese. Over $20000 has been subscribed to the Chinese - Hospital on Sacramento street, otherwise known as the Orlental dispen- sary. This sum represents the subscrip- tions of the Chinese commercial bodies only. It will be greatly enhanced when the donations from American merchants and from Chinese at interior points in the State begin to come in. The object of the | hospital will be to afford succor to Chi- nese throughout California as well as in San Francisco. Will Sue for Damages. Mrs. F. Wolf, 707 Tehama street, who was serfously injured at Ninth and Mar- ket streets Monday morning through the carelessness of the conductor of Valen- cla street car No. 8, instructed her attor- ney yvesterday to enter suit against the Market-street Rallroad Company for damages. She is still at the Recelving | Hospital. An effort was made yesterda to have her sent to the railroad hosynaf: but she declined. i et $3 ladies’ French kid shoes for $2 a pair | ¥ at the Bee Hive Shoe Co., 717 Market st.* | . —————— Edward Hogan’s Body Found. | The body of Edward Hogan, who fell | overboard from the bark Primrose Hill on the night of May 3. was found floating | in the bay yesterday near Lombard | street wharf. Hogan was a member of the crew of the Government transport Lo- gan. Such apparatus as It neces-, | | | of despondency wi | thing MUSLIN! ADVERTISEMENTS. GURTAIN DRAPERY A SPECIAL PURCHASE. We beg toan full 36 inches in show windows. nounce the arrival of @ SPECIAL PURCHASE of 5000 pards Curtain Draperg Muslin. Price, 1. Yard. These draperies are in 20 dif- ferent styles, such as large, medium and small dots, medium and small figures, revered and plain stripes, are all pure white and measure width. See display of above goods in our 1, u3, 1s, U, 19, Clormois %- 121 POST STREET. BENNETT MAKES BIG BLUFE AT TAKING POISOR The Love-Lorn Dairyman Fools Park Policeman Ball. Joseph Bennett, the young milkman who disappeared last Saturday after writing a letter to his employer stating that he was going to commit suicide because his lady love was not true, has turned out to be what erratic. n 909 Bryant street, where he was employed,. since he left his unique note ¢ farewell. The young man, however, is not dead and has no idea of dying if he can help himself. He has depot at desires his friends anc believe that he will not be happy until he takes his own life. He made a big bluff yesterday to create the impression that fewas sincere. He emerged from his hiding place and strolled out to the park. He took a look th him and did every- ossible to_attract the attention of Policeman Ball. The officer spotted Bennett as a prospective sulcide and fof- lowed him. W hen the milkman thought he had wrought the copper up to the right pitch he dashed into a clump of un- derbrush, pretended to swallow the con- tents of an_empty bottle, fell to the Park the sand and his hands Into the fleshy covering of his stomach. Bell rushed up to him and without stop- ping to make an investigation dragged the man to the driveway and sent him ost haste in the patrol wagon to the Re- celving Hospital. The business end of a stomach pump was jammed down his | throat, but when the doctors began work- ing the machine it failed to draw up any polson or even half-digested food. Ben- nett stayed with his play until the pump made him feel uncomfortable, when he threw up his hands and made signs that he had had enough. He admitted when the tube was with- drawn from his internal regions that he was “‘only joking, anyway. 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