The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 8, 1900, Page 2

o THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 1900 ALAMEDA GRAND URY HAS INDICTED ASSESSOR DALTON From Page One. . ° 3 s A @ P pe . . . - ‘ - . 4 M & i . . o4 . * . : g , . . 2 P 1 P DALTON'S STATEMENT. Charges That the Grend Jury Action Inspired by Politics. Grand ever nothing but ot of fell or Congress done to merely g to fight from Met- » put it job on me of the is rsonal ~ spites It is an out- | see the finish of nnected with this. c Ir‘» elected, and this e books that 1 am acci oying are only some me th are not part of the county records. They are only so much scrap paper and are always hrown in the waste basket when worked N ater in the day Mr. Dalton issued the following official statement of his posi- | tion What 1 am charged with destroving was materdal which has always been destroyed. So tar as 1 know, all County Assessors have | Aestroyed these memorandum books as soon | ¢ they got through USIng them. There were | o such books preserved in the office when | T took charge of it at the beginning of my | firet term. 1 have every reason to believe | That the small memorandum books used by | | ihe Assessor were never preserved and were treated as if they had been mere ecraps of paper used to figure on. | T never heard any suggestion made that | the books should be preserved. It seemed 1o be taken for granted that they mere merely material used in the making of an assessment which became valueless as soon gs it was made and were thrown y as matter of course. © {have mo fear of the results of & trial. | 1 am confdest it will be shown that I have done NOthing Wrong. for County Assessor Dalton to-night made | that 1 supplemental signed statement as fol- ows: All I ask of the people of Alameda County, | The Enquirer Says That He Adviszd n | of ‘the ‘report to. the public was aeiayed BURTON HARRISON WEDS MARY CROCKER, WHILE SOCIETY SMILES APPROVAL Bridal Pa Fortunate Were Bidden. ful and fashionable wed- has taken place at Tux- | s Mary ghter of the late and Francls Burton | wedding ceremony was | after noon to-day in ch by the Rev. Dr. W. F. | Baltimore, greatuncle of the ssisted by the Rev. George tt, rector of the church. | nto the keeping of D. O. Mills. < from which e church spring masses of white peo- | arches were outlined with from forest ted arch over the f woodlawn greens and iere was suspended an 11 of white roses. ned large bunches of | ngs tha edo Park was that of M Crocker, “harles a Crocker, F. rom the high-po dropped festoons from nte immense wedding b each pew was f he ce white roses ith Igng white stream- white = t h 1gng ream- | The bridal party included Misses Susan Alexander, Caroline Taylor, Mary Scott F d the little Misses Jen- Alexander were Frank L. er and Har ker's attendants. nie Croc Miss present, n b am Crocker, Miss Miss Caroline Taylor, Miss Oelrichs and fr. and M Hearst Costumes of Guests. delightful and mild showing of smart he men, taking country wedding, in arted from the conven- nd silk hat. Mrs. Alex- aunt, wore an elegant e crepe and cluny lace, with | 10 COrres: and some stor wh white hat searls. Mrs R | grandmother, who is flls, was in sif gray covered with black thread la a close-fitting bonnet to corr gown of arrison’s gown was of trimmed with wide She wore a smail combination. Mrs, | n of the bride, wore | cluny lace over white | \d a_bonnet of yellow straw, aitiful pearls. Mrs, Heber in black jetted crepe de gauze, with a small bonnet of materials Harrison's gown opliqued with blacl and whit black ar Mrs. Arthur M irrespective of pa or political prefer ences, is that they consider the facts as to de by the Grand Jury, and the political intrigues 1 have every faith ness. of ¢ gentlemen who_do not ical aspirations, but the politi ring that bas taken this indecent and just method-of fighting me I have nothi | but am charged dest ccords, but there n bhas b c record of any kind stroye office, which the result of the m w pending in court will beyond all a doing their P. ATTACKS JUDGE GREENE. DALTON. the Indictment of Dalton. One of the important features of the | situation is a statement made in the En- | quirer this evening which involves Judge | Greene, who received the report. The En- | quirer is the organ of County Assessor Dalton, and it makes the direct and spe- cific charge that Judge Greene was re- | sponsible for the indictment of the Asses- sor. This is likely {0 be a serious matter, | for Judge Greene does not allow such im- | putations to stand against him, and the cases will come to trial in Judge Greene's | department of the Superior Court. This is the statement from the Enquirer: in the courtroom immediately after the report of the jury was known, one of the deputies of the District Attorney said to Mr ton: ‘I am sorry- for this. The District Attorney’s office has advised the jury that there was nothing in the chaige and has counseled it against bringing In an indictment.”” On the other hand, it is understood that Judge Greene, when conferring with the Grand Jury, as he did by their request, advised them that they ought to find the indictment. . Judge Greene was shown the Enquirer Statement in regard to his alleged re- sponsibility for the indictment, and when asked to make a statement said: “I only advised the Grand Jury upon matters of law, and never upon the mat- ter of whether they should indict or not. That is an act that the Grand Jury alone can perfofm. “As to the inslnuation that the givi ny special reason, I have only to say e law requires that when an in- llcguent mlts lm‘lgd f""zhfr the elg‘k e COo nor & grand jurors nor e Judge shall divulge the name or docu- erman, ceri | Mrs. Pierre Lorillard Jr.’s toilet was of white crepe de chine, with white pic- ture hat and pearl ornamen Mrs. Rich- On |y | gold and | lous,” | only one member of the Grand Jury and | son why | personal friends of Mr. Dalton, and most Brilliant and Costly Cosf ‘ tumes Worn bg the rty and the Few Who CRocxeR. TARER .. PHoTO 'k lace over cerise silk: Mrs, Russenl . black gauze, with insertion of black over white silk: Miss Foley, 1 over pale blue silk; Mrs. Paul Tuck- and white figured foulard. ard Mortimer, pearl gray crepe, with hat to correspond; Miss Maria de Baril, cadet blue taffeta, covered with black lace; Mrs. D. Juiliard, ecru batiste and guipure with small capots of pale green, ors naments of Mrs. Herbert Pell, white taffet h E to correspond; J ams, mauve and whité s. Theodore Frelinghuysen, emt red white crepe: Mgs. E. Henry Harriman, blue and white fnulxre, with black hat: Mrs. Timothy ruff white gauze_appliqued with black M : Floyd Bryce, black lace and pink’ flow -red organdie over white taffeta, with black lace bonnet; Miss Clare Bryce; White lace and gauze; Miss Trevor White crepe trimmed with broad bands of gold lace; Mrs S. Wetherbee, silver gray crepe elaborately embroidered, — with sleeves of white lace embroidered in gold pail s: Mrs. Louls Fitzgerald, black over wh blac rite taffeta; Mrs. gau lace jetted net over James Brown Lord white taffeta. The Wedding Breakfast. Immediately after the wedding cere- mony the bridal party and wedding guests were driven to the handsome residence of Charles B. Alexander, which s situated on the side of the hill just yverlooking the piet jue lake of Tuxe- do. This is a spacious house with rooms dimensions and has attractive Mr. and Mr: The bridal pair, with their attendants and members of the two families, took heir places In what i3 known a the liv- ing-room, a beautiful room in hite and hung with Gobelin tapestries, ts windows overlooking the lake. After brief and formal mgratulations the wedding breakfas as served, tables be- andas and all over the house. Huge clusters of v lower part of th pink and white peas decorated each table. The bridal party was seated at able in what Is known as the library In the center of this table a mound of orchids and one of its ornaments was an artistic loving cup, an heirloom of the Cary family of Virginia, w ne i of which the bridegroom’s mother is a member. This cup, of colo times, fol- lowing the conventional design of straw- is inscribed with the Cary coat of Since that date 1t weddings and chris- scendants of the Carys. 1th of this young couple | no wonder this heiress to a fortune lmmediatelg After the Ceremony the Party Adjourns to the Alex- ander Home for the Wedding Breakfast. PLLACLLTY 00 o, 5 FrRANCGS BURTON JHARRI SON was drunk from the cup. The wedding breakfast was served by Sherry and the menu was as follows: Hors d'Oeuvre. Oeufs drouillet aux truffles. Sauman frold, sauce ravigote. Filet de boeuf aux champignons. verts. Poissons grilles. Pointes d'Asperges a l'huile. Glace. Turbau, aux fraises, cardenal. Petits fours. Marons glaces. Bonbons. cerises fondantes. Fraises fondantes. 3 Cafe. Champaigne, Apollinaris. band played numerous selections. Gown of the Bride. Miss Crocker's wedding gown was a dream in point lace, satin and mousseline de soie. A whisper has gone forth that the exquisite point lace used in the mak- ing of it alone cost $20,000. Miss Crocker would be the last to mention the price of anything she wore, but it would be ju like her to order a gown never before equaled. Brought up by a grandmother of the old-fashioned kind in the strictest econ- omy; allowed pin money of only $0 a month until two years ago; forced to buy her bicycle on the installment plan, it i $4,000,000 has been lavish in expenditu since the money was placed in her cs on September 7, when she became of age. The gown is rich white satin, but the bodice looks as if it were entirely of point lace, and the skirt is combined with filmy mousseline de soie. The skirt is made with a front breadth of white satin, with inserted accordion pleatings of white mousseline de soie at each side. These pleatings are very nar- row at the waist line, but broaden out gracefully as they near the hem. They are trimmed with a soft jabot of point lace, mingled with a vine of orange blos- soms. The trailing orange blossoms reach from the waist line quite to the hem of the skirt. - The long white satin train is untrimmed. At the waist the satin is arranged in Zraceful corrugations, which unfold grad- ually. The bodice is made with voke entirely of the very e e transparent aluable point jace. The lace is also draped over the white satin corsage in graceful berth. The sleeves are one of the unusual feat- 0000 S0 ) Oo0ossa00000 ) During the breakfast the Hungaflanl Miss AR CROCKETT ures of the costly wedding gown. They are made entirely of point lace and are close fitting, made very long, reaching nearly to the finger tips. Miss Crocker wore no gloves. Her veil point lace and even more costly than Miss Clark’'s, which was valued at | $4000. “The veil fell well over the long train and was caught with orange blos- soms where it was draped on the head. So exquisitely fine is the lace that it looks as if it_were made by fairies instead of al fingers. is lace-trimmed robe of Miss Crocker was of Th will set an entirely new fashion in wed- ding gowns. Mi. Crocker’s going away gown is dark repe de chine. It is trimmed with s of satin in a lighter shade of biue. One of her house gowns looks like a cloud of lace. It is all a mass of real lace in narrow insertions and tiny frills, and the lining is white chiffon and white lib- erty satin. OF INTEREST TO THE PEOPLE OF PACIFIC COAST Special Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, D. C., June 7.—The fol- | lowing pensions have been granted: | california: Original-Willlam E. Ha; ris, Soldiers’ Home, Los Angeles, $3 Asahel K. Waters, Los Angeles, $; Loulg R. Kelley, Clay Station, $8; John H. Moore, East Los Angeles, $10. Addi- tional—Darwin E. Boyce, Pasadena, 3S; Joseph Basel, Los Angeles, $5. Renewal— Joseph C. Ballinger, Bakersfield, $6. In- crease—Carlos Laufer, Quincy, $8; Albert 0. Collins, Big Pine, $15; James Mitchell, Veterans’ Home, pa, $8. Original— | David 8. Keener, Chico,” $; August M. | Schutt, Oakland, Henry Miller, San | Miguel, . Increase—Thomas Morris, Plymouth, $10; L. n Hotaling, Redding, 12. Original widows, etc.—Anna M. Deitz- 0. * fer. Berkeley, $0. Origi %. Washington nal—Jeremiah Wha- en, Florence, Increase—Joshua 8. _yons, La Centre. $12. Original widows, Annie B. Fleming, Spokane, ,$8. nal—James W. Jones (dead), $8. Additional—Richard C. Cus- Orting, $12. Increase—Spencer W. North_Yakima, $5. Original widows, ete.—Restoration and reissue, Louise Crawford, Kettle Falls, $12. A postoffice_has been established at Amago, San Diego County, with Pio B. Amago’ Postmasger. Mary A, Chidsey has been commissioned Postmaster at Prairie City, Or. The followi! Postmasters have been appointed: ifornia—Buena Park, Or- ange County, James H. Whittaker, vice George H. Warren, removed; Gare Santa Barbara County, Thomas J. Tul nell, vice Eliza ‘B. Ruiz, removed. Oregon—Redland, -kamas _ County, Ruth Hickman, vice James M. Behymer, resigned. 1 1 ete. Origir | Falls, ard Vestal ments until the party accused is under ar- rest. Under the law no other procedure of these statements are merely made to create sympathy, and are with- out_foundation in fact. “I notice also that the Enquirer attacks the grand jurors and the finds as the re- sult of political bias. That attack is un- ust and ur r, and I believe that the Grand Jury acted with great earnestness and intelligence in the performance of their duty.” —_———— BAREKER DENIES BIAS. T. L. Barker, the foreman of the Grand Jury that found the indictments, was in- when he, heard of the charges ¥ County Assessor Dalton. Dalton’s statement that I was ac- tuated by blas in this matter Is ridicu- said Mr. Barker. ‘“‘Besides I was there were eighteen others, and it is un- fair to those other gentlemen to say that 1 influenced the Grand Jury against him. I only did my duty, and there is no rea- a Grand Jury should not find &n indictment, if they deem the matter worthy of indictment, against one county officlal as against another. Mr. Dalton has been violating the law, and he will admit to any one that he has been so doing. We could do nothing else under the circumstances but act as we did, for this violation was deliberate and with his | full knowledge. “It is unfair and unjust to that Grand Jury to charge it with political bias. I know that many of the members were of them were, I think, his political friends. 1 know that one gentleman on the jury, who is his warm friend, said to me: ° will regret all the days of my life that 1 was on this Grand Jury and that I will be comgelled to take this step, but I can do nothing else under my oath as a grard juror.’ I think that every mem-y ber of the Grand Jury felt that way, and 1 know that I di MAY BE TRANSFERRED. What will be done with the cases is a question. The accusation will have to be answered on June 19 in Judge Greene's depaftment of the Superior Court. It is generally believed that the cases will be transferred to another county, for it would be extremely difficult to get a jury In’this county, o partisan Ia the: popuiation of the county. There is y a man in the county who is gllg‘blmup serve on the jury that will L’ - case | or who wants to serve on the jury. KILLED HIS “WIFE, SON AND INFANT GRANDCHILD Zacariah Zumwalt Commits Three Murders and Stands Off Officers With Loaded LACERVILLE, June 7.—News has been received here of a quadruple tragedy at Diamond Springs. Zac- ariah Zumwalt, while apparently in- sane, visited the home of his son George and shot him through the chest, killing him instantly. The report of the rifie attracted the at- tention of Zumwalt's wife and daughter- in-law, who rushed to the scene, the latter with a baby in her arms. The frenzied man fired two more shots. The first bullet struck his wife in the head, killing her instantly. e’second passed through the head of the baby and into the body of its mother, who sank unconscious to the floor, with the lifeless body of her offspring clasped tightly in hc~ ~rms. A constable visi‘ . (/= scene to arrest the triple murderc:. Z:.nwalt stationed himself at the door h the loaded rifle and revolver and warned the officer not to approach, / heriff Bosquet was notified, and imme- diately organized a posse to capture Zum- walt dead or alive. Before he reached the scene of the tragedy, however, Zumwalt had surrendered at the solicitation of his other son, Thomas, who had been sum- moned from the Larkin mine, where he is emvlored‘ Little or nothing is known here of cause of the tragedy. Zumwalt and wife have been at outs for some time, and A few days ago she filed a suit for divorce nd took up her residence with her son, George, near Diamond Springs. This af- ‘ternoon.Mrs. ¥ ' e S T e Mg AR, . in the house but a short time when Zum- walt arrived with a rifle. There was a momentary parley, the sharp report of a rifle and George Zumwalt fell dead, killed by his own father. Wife and daughter-in-law and infant grandehild next fell victims to the deadly rifle. The suit for divorce was probably at the bottom of the tragedy. It is generally believed that Zumwalt brooded over this and other troubles until his mind was affected and with his brain afire he start- ed out on his mission of death. By the time his other son arrived, however, he had cogled down and meckly submitted to arrest. Deputy Sheriff Houks took him into custody and he is now confined in the local jail. MURDER ATTEMPTED BY AN AGED HERMIT Fired Several Shots at a Neighbor During a Dispute Over the Ownership of a Dog. Special Dispatch to The Call, LAYTONVILLE, June 7.—Cherles Fos- ter, an old and eccentric hermit, living about ten miles from here in the hills, was arrested to-day for an assault to commit murder on the person of George Reed. Reed, who lives in the vielnity of Foster's cabin, was riding down the high- way and in passing Foster's recognized a dog In the inclosure that resembled one he had lost some time ago, and when he at- tempted to enter the yard to more closely examine the animal Foster appeared at the door of the cabin and threatened to shoot him should he trespass further. This defiant stand taken by Foster as- sured Reed that the dog was his and he proceeded to enter the yard on horseback, when Foster immediately opened fire, shooting three times and killing the val- uable horse Reed was mounted on, but missing its rider. After quickly disen- tangling himself from the body of the dy- ing horse Reed wrestled with the old man for possession of the gun, which he suc- ceeded In getting and started on foot to Laytonville for an officer. He had not proceeded far when the aged hermit more shots, which fortunately missed the retreating man. Foster is-an aged recluse, about 75 years of age and lives a solitary life. He has been living here for about twelve years and is a man of polished address. Noth- ing can be learned from him of his ante- cedents. He has always sufficlent funds to meet his living expenses without per- forming labor. He is now in custody here. ] Rice Held for Trial. Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN RAFAEL, June 7.— Rice, who stabbed John Norby at Tiburon last month, was to-day held over to the Su- perior Court in $1000 bonds by Justice Rod- den. The charge was reduced to assault with a deadly weapon. Rice's attorney to-day claimed that Norby has since his recove! endeavored to extort money from Rice and offered to drop the j)rule-'l cution if he secu Kettle | secured another gun and fired several | MURDERER WILCOX THROWS OFF MASK OF INSANITY Being Warned by His Brother tne Prisoner Quickly Resumes Hig Former Attitude. SANTA ROSA, June 7.—A most remars able scene was witnessed in Judge Bew- nett's court to-day immediately after the close of the trial of Wife-murderer George F. Wilgox. Scageely had the last juror passed through the door into the jury-room when Wilcox threw off the mask of insanity he has worn ever since wis arrest. Throughout the long trial Wilcox with bowed head, trembling and shif! hands and feet, his glance bent on shoe tips or a dirty piec nately folded and unfolded, a perfect ture of a nervous wreck. This demeanor lasted until the case went to the jury, but the metamorphosis came wl the last juryman had passed into the jury-room. As the lock clicked, and while the people in the courtroom had their eyes turned tull upon him, Wilcox suddenly straight- ened up, raised his head, and, o & a deputy Sheriff to him, asked for a chew of tobacco. “Sit down here,” he said, and then began talking freely, rationally and with garrulousness. He talked of his trial, of the witnesses, and was rattling away in perfectly conn s when Harry Wilcox, his strolling up to the group. He listened a moment, then said excitedly: “For God's sake, . get on to your- self; you may have another trial.” Ofte of Wilcox's attorneys also appeared on the scene about this time and whis- pered a warning to the prisoner. Instantly his manner changed, his voice was stilled and he was a dejected, quiv- ering human wreck. 1 B fate, unconscious of I After being out thirty t was at a late hour to-night taker the courthouse to a hotel, wh were allowed to retir was left to guard the were taken from the cou asked to be discharged. : stated that an agreement seemed impossi- ble. Judge Bennett, however, sald that inasmuch as the trial had sat his of shirt he alter- been a great expense to the county he was desirous of securing a verdict, and would, therefos give them further time to consider the case. Rumor has it that the jury is unani- mous for conviction, but that three jurors are standing out for life imprisonment t stead of the death penalty. MAY BE ABLE TO TALK ACROSS THE CONTINENT Electrician Announces a Plan Where- by Transcontinental Telephons Is Possible. Special Dispatch to The Call NEW YORK, June 7.—Dr. Michael I Pupin of Columbia University has aroused much interest among electricians by the announcement of experiments the suc cess of which has made him confident being able to construct a transcontinental telephone, or loi land line telephone cir a each other Dr. Pupin first made known the resul San Fra with per: of his experiments paper which h read recently at the an Institute of Electrical Engineers in Philadelphia. The title of his paper was ‘““Telephoning ov cable and long distance air lines,” a math ematical abstract of which has been pub. lished in recent numbers of the Electrica Review. 3 Dr. Pupin asserted that he had devised a cable for telephoning, taking an ordi nary ocean cable for experimental pur- | poses. For land lines he proposes to use induction coils at various and frequent points of the line - Earthquakes at Santa Ana. 7—Two slight here to-day. e other noon vibra- west and were rumbling noise. tions were from ar accompanied by a low —— Fire at Nadeau Hotel. LOS ANGELES, June 7.—The Nadeau Hotel was damaged to the amount of $2000 to-night by a fire which started in the hotel cafe. The pripcfpal damage was er. from wa ADVERTISEMENTS. SHOES —AT— MONEY-SAVING PRICES.: FOR THIS WEEK. | LADIES’ KID BUTTON SHOES, | turns and welts.......... LADIES’ TAN AND BLACK BICVYCLE OXFORD TIES.. .$1.i5 MEN’S TAN SHOES........$1.50 CHILDREN'S Patent Leather and Kid Shoes. cese.40c BROKEN -LOTS. «.ALL EXCELLENT SHOES FOR VACATION. SEE PRICES IN WINDOWS AND BARGAIN COUNTER. MAIL ORDER: PROMF 830-832-834 MARKET STREET, SAN FRANCISCO. wisir DR. JORDAN’STal.i 1061 MAEET I7. dot. 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