The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 25, 1900, Page 10

10 " THE SAN FRANCISOO CALL, MONDAY, 5, 1900, NURSE TIED TO BED WITH A SLEEPING CHILD AND THE DWELLING SET ON FIRE L R B e e e A E AR e ae aa e o o R e e a e s e Mystery Sur- rounds Fearful Crime That! Failed of Exe- cution. Mrs. Lillian Ross Says That She Was Attacked by a Robber. g woman, tled se- pes, a helpless babe, om, redolent with f kerosene, and a rifled gog last night. the young woman months she has se in the famlily of who lives in the 33 Twenty-fourth 1. 'elock last night and flames issuing dows of the upper flat ce they found a 0 e Yo left arm was tied g of the bed by an end of he bed with a plece of cheap The young woman's right ers entered the place i, unharmed. d home soon en extinguished, he gold and his wite's m a drawer in n set on fire, remained in the a ng box Hit Her On the Head. faced, middle- and she supposes ire. Here is her rberg left the house nd church at the h on Jessie street to bed with the leep, but suddenly a middle-aged, smooth- 1 did not hear 2d was very much ' he sald. ‘I have hen he hit me at he dragged me me on the floor, It was all like a er »om, leaving the n & little wa Pretty soon 1 ke. The rope choked me so 1 ream very loud, but with my beat on the floor as hard as E t some one down v came and i see the man 1 see him at all droom. 1 was so choked my head ached so that much that was going on, an before, but I would I saw him. He was a man. That is all 1 ssersby. Twenty-fourth ame _structure, her. There is a as @ rear entrance h has five rooms. cupied by W. D. who first heard who were passing derbergs occupy the The room in which by were found is in t occupled by Mrs, nurse, and the baby, while s been sleeping in the rear ich was found in flames. ms are separated by a d as a dining room. The extra bedroom are in the . Discovered by Pa b ADVERTISEMENTS. VACATION SHOES —AT— MONEY-SAVING PRICES...... OR THIS WEEK. IES"” TAMPICO GOAT BUTTON SHOES, Welts % 85 F "RENCH KID (Herber LEATHER and ORDERS FILLED. ge Or return money on 830-832-834 MARKET ST, S, F. Glassware At Greatly Reduced Prices. 'CQMO Just to See. Great American [mporting Tea Co. MONEY-SAVING STORES. 2105 and Bos e Bt. 1 Montgomery Ave. Devisadero St. Bt 24tn " OAKL&ND_mm 3 127 Broadway. Ave. s in a mystery | and his wife | ine was tied about | Both feet were tied to an- | she was screaming for | §' TAN OXFORDS, LXV heel 05 HAND WELT LACE 2 narrow widths: > $1.00 | BUTTON and CONGRESS. small sizes, narrow <75 | | & . ® | Y R W 1 F [ tie bbb | | | | bere devedesebe bede | PPN Y I e | e (] | + - > . Proeo e b e b e es e ey MRS. LILLIAN ROSS. O RS N X second street and Corbett road, was the first to discover the fire. He was pass- ing the house at the time. Joe Corrigan and his sister were also close by and the whole three rushed to ti#e door to notify the people of their danger. Mrs. White- head and her next door neighbor, Mrs. G. H. Bartlett, were chatting in the front room of the lower flat and they became very much excited. Bartlett, attracted by the commotion, arrived on the scene in time to join Good and Corrigan, who had »assed through the lower flat and up the ack stairs. The three men broke in the back door of the Cederberg domicile and found the place full of smoke. | Found Tied to the Bed. The cries of Mrs. Ross nerved them to | press ahead into the front room. There they found her tied to the bedstead. “The rope,” said Good, “as nearly as B O o R SCas S S S I could see In the half light, was tight | enough around her neck to choke her, | and her left arm was quite securely tied annot say how this all happened,” leg of the bed. The other leg of | he said calmly. “We went to church at 1 was between her ankles, which | 7:30 o'clock, and the nursegirl and baby were rather loosely tied with a plece of | stood at the window to wave us good-by. ila rope. | Mrs. Ross has lived with us four months, struck me most forcibly wasand has always behaved herself very that there was no evidence of s well. She had no gentlemen callers, and le. Her n | was’ devoted to our baby. I paid hér $ er ankles, per week. To-morrow she was to have bears a good in the com- munity. reputation 2 = g quite smoothlv. There can be no doubt that the loop around her | received the usual amount, and was look- neck was tight, for her cries were in- | Ing forward to getting it so that she articulate. The fact of the matter is, |could go home and spend the day with though, that we did not stop to study | her own bables, for she has two of them.” the knots, but cut the ropes as quickiy | as possible and curried her downstairs. | She was quite stiff, particularly in the | lower limbs, and was hysterical.’” Afterward the m turned their atten- | tion to the fire, which was so closely con- | fined that it did not show at first. The door and windows of the room were closed, and that alone prevented a bad Cederberg Is Mystified. “I alone knew about the money. Not even my wife knew how much I had or where I kept it. Yet it seems strange that it is gone, for whoever took it must have | known exactly where .to get it. I cannot | offer any explanation to-nfght; none what- | ever.” fire. As it was, the bed clothing was | Patrolmen Plerec of the Seventeenth- charred and the walls scorched. There | gireet police station was the first officer was a pungent odor of coal ofl over the He notified Lieu- > | to arrive on the scene. whole place. It was evident that nearly | tenant Anderson and the latter at once the whole can had been emptied on the | detailed detectives to Investigate the case. floor and bed. A few buckets of water | Fire Marshal Towe was soon on the were sufficient to quench the blaze, and by | scene and conducted an investigation af- the time the Fire Department arrived the | ter his own peculiar fashion. He arrived fire was all out v at the conclusion early in- the evening Claims He Was Robbed. that the house had not been burglarize in the usual way and was rather Inclined Cederberg and his wife arrived home | to cast strong suspicions upon Mrs. Ross. about 9:30 o'clock after the fire was out. “No burglar yet in my experience,” he Going directly to the rear bedroom Ceder. | said, “has tried to conceal his work by berg pulled open a bureau drawer and |setting fire to the house he has robbed. took out a handful of siiver. He de- | There are strange features in this case. clared that he had been robbed of $120 in gold and that his wife’s watch. valued |ed closely at her neck and found no at $35, was also missing. Cederberg is a | scratch there. Fifteen minutes later T bricklaying _ contractor, a native of |looked again agd found the gkin scratch- ed, as if by a finger nall. was struck on the head and stunned. I could find on lump or bruise on her head, Sweden, and has lived in this city about five years and In the house at 9 | Twenty-fourth street for about a vear. WHERE THE NURSE WAS FOUND TIED TO THE BED POSTS BY HER RESCUERS. Dttt e +D O When I first examined this woman I look- | She says she | R e & B R B R R R AR to remember distinetly left partially | sailant, and yet seems | and she She says the door ajar by her supposed as the three men who first entered the room afterward found it closed. If she had her right hand free she could have loosened | the ropes, but there is no evidence that she tried.” Finally, she has only pretend- | ed to be hysterical. for she has been thor- oughly alive to everything that has been sald within her hearing with regard to the | case.” | | Believes Woman'’s Story. | | George H. Bartlett, who was one of the | |.trlo of men who released Mrs. Ross, was | 1"too excited to remember much as to how she was tled. He firmly believed' her story, however. Mrs. Whitehead, who lives in the lower flat, says that she heard some one knock- ing on the wall for several minutes before | she was warned that the building was on | fire, but paid no attention to it, because | she’ thopght It was her next door neigh- | bor. When Mrs. Ross was carried down- | stalrs she was crying according to Mrs | “Oh, my head! My | Mrs. Whitehead says she did not | hear any one enter the door leading to | the upper flat. The Pear stairway could be reached from | five diffefent directions through adjoining lots. Any one might have gone up that way without attracting the attention of | the people in the lower flat, and might | have forced the rear entrance without | awakening any one up stairs or down. Mrs. Ross Is 22 years old and is the daughter of Frank Lopaz of 817 Vallejo | street. She has been a widow for elght months and has two young children, who | live with her parents. | Chief of Police Sullivan has detalled de- | tectives on the case to aid the Fire Mar- | shal in his investigations. NATIVE SONS! TRIBUTE T0 THE DEPARTED ONE Impressive Ceremonies Held Over the Remains of a Dead Brother. —_—— and impressivé were the ceremonies held over the re- late James 1. Jamison, of California Par~ Solemn funeral | mains of | the | under the auspices for, N. 8. G. | street yesterday afternoon. Several hun- | dred members of the order gathered to | pay the last tribute to one who in life was a zealous worker in Its behalf, and | the hall was filled with many other triends of the deceased bent on the same sorrowful errand. The ceremonies were | conducted entirely by the officers of Cal- ifornia Parlor, who were seated in their | respective chairs of honor. Louis Lacaze, president of California Parlor, read the regular funeral ritual of the order, assisted by W. D. Hobro, first vice president; J. F. Lenihan, second vice president; W. E. Rowlands, third . vice | president, and Remberg Jansen,past pres- | 1dent. After the singing of “One by One” | by the Knickerbocker Quartet the sor- | rowing widow and other relatives took | seats nmear the bier and the invocation was read by Ar. Lacaze, with responses the officers. The quartet sang ‘‘Rock ‘r\‘% Ages” and “Abide With Me.q which | singing was followed by a beautiful | enlogy delivered with deep feeling by E. | M Wolf. gathered here,” said Mr. Wolf, the sentiments we feel on this r. No one who has ever sworn al- | legiance to the order of Native Sons was more warmly enshrined in the hearts of its members than he who lies here before vou and for whom we sincerely mourn. | He was for twenty years a_valued mem- !ber of the organization. He was past president of California Parior, president | of the California Camp of the Argonauts and at the time of his death assistant | grand secretary. The best efforts of his | short Jite were given to the upbullding of | an organization which we so deeply cher- ish. We feel the loss of a wise counselor | who has gone to meet his reward for a | life well spent. He dles, but his memor: | still lives and his legion of friends will ever bear testimony to the sterling worth and character ?t’.umeu J. Jamison, whose 0od deeds will live.” ©Phe quartet sang “Nearer, My God, to Thee,” ‘and the exhortation was delivered by Remberg Jansen. The members of California _Parlor took a last look at the remains of their departed comrade and the casket was then borne to the hearse by Pallbearers John McDougall, John Grady, Henry Lunstedt, James O'Dwyer, Charles H. Smith, 1. Gurman: d . H. Staniels, Mose %hr-hn and B. 'W. Decker. Headed members of California Parlor the funeral cortege up Post street to Hyde, where pe W., at the hall on Mason | the escort opened order and, breaking | A. Musantl, G. Giultano and N. Della ranks, went to Laurel Hill Cemetery by | Maggiora. car. ‘Arrived at the family tomb, brief | Permanent officers were elected as fol- lows: President, G. Fontana; vice presi- dent, V. Pironi; secretary, John L. Polito; treagurer, M. Babbins; board of directors, services were read by the officers and the casket was consigned to its resting place. | The floral pieces comprised a beautiful cross sent by a number of the dead man’s | R. Munetti, S. Della_Maggiora, D. Del intimate friends: an easel upon_ which | Carlo, J. Bennetti, F. Dominichint. was inseribed ‘“There Is Sweet Rest In Heaven,” and below this “Uncle Jim,” a Promenade Concert and Ball. The band of the Leagueé\of the Cross Cadets will give a second promenade con- cert and ball in Hoover Hall, 1327 Market street, to-morrow evening. These con- certs have proven to be of high order and are greatly enjoyed. The band has been augmented and under an efficient | tribute 'from his nephews and ' nieces. | “Gates * with _ “Rest, Dear Hus- band,” was the last offering of the widow. A pillow from California Parlor and nu- | merous” smaller pieces surrounded the casket. Among the members of the order pres- | ent were C. A. Boldeman, Grand Second | Vice President L. F. ‘Bylnélun. Grand | n, Treasurer Henry S. Martin, Grand Trus- | leader has improved remarkably in its tees J. L. Gallagher and Percy Long, Plaving. The members of the regiment Grand Marshal “Steve Costello, Harry | Bill be present in large numbers and in Mulcrevy, John Finn, _Merton Allen, | thelr natty uniform. The ball will be in Charles ¥. Boxton and James P. Dock- | th@mature of a military assembly. ery. e | Rt ST Will Stimulate Patriotism. | Ledies tailor-made suits, silk skirts, fur A grand patriotic mass meeting under the auspices of the American Young Peo- ple’s Christian Temperance Union will be ! given to-night at the Young Men's Chris- | tian _Assocfation Hall, corner of Mason { and Ellis streets. An address will be de- | livered by the Rev. John A. B. Wilson | capes; liberal credit. M. Rot! | ———————— H Fruit Dealers Organize. A number of local retall fruit dealers | held a meeting yesterday afternoon and child, 626 Sutter.® | organized the ‘“‘Retail Frult Dealers’ As- soclation of San Francisco.” The follow- ing firms were represented at the meet- ing: A. Romain & Co.. Polito & Babbins, | i Del Carlo & Co. | A. Fontara, L. Raffo, Dominichini & C Della Maggiora Bros., L. Longo, G. Pu liasi, Puglianelll Bros., William Paxnnlnl‘l | Charles Labane, D. Del Cario, A. Galetta, | triots.” Patriotic, songs _are to be sun by the audience. H. H. Bell, president o the American Young People’s Christian Temperance Union, will preside. Trapper's Ofl cures rheumatism and neuralgia. Druggists, 60c flask. Richards & Co., 408 Clay. SWEENEY BENEFIT TQ BE A DRAMATIC TREAT [ ©O you want to see a great show? If so secure your tickets at once for the Dbig benefit performance in aid of the widow and children of the brave Fireman John Edward Sweeney. The event will be one of the greatest theatrical treats ever produced in this city, the seats only cost a dollar, you will have a most enjoyable time and you wili be doing an act of charity by attendirg the big show in the Grand Opera House next Friday afternoon. The stage managers of the benefit are George Lask, Harry Orndorff, H. A. Cripps, John Morrisey and Phil Hastings. They meet to-morrow afternoon tg make arrange- ments for the programme, but they have aiready given out a line on the treat they have in store for those who will attend. In the first place, it is more than possible that the first part of the perform- ance will be a minstrel show. *“Teddy” Hartman, Mathews and Bulger, Gilbert and Goldle will be the funny end men and Edwin Stevens will be the interlocutor. | During this act Maude Courtney will sing some of those patriotic songs that she . has made such a hit in, and pretty Annie Lichter will also grace the stage. The | Columbia Theater will send a Tepresentative, and though Henry Miller has not | heen seen as yet by the managers of the benefit, it is certain that he will consent | to give a little sketch. Florence Roberts and White, Whittlesey will present & | scene from “Romeo and Juliet,” and hosts of good people will appear to make the | programme one of the strongest that has ever been given in California. The | Theatrical Employes’ Protective Union met yesterday and to show that they were right In line, communicated with the management of the benefit and offered their services for the afternoon free. They recognized the brave act of hero ' I Sweeney and want in some way to pay their respects to his unselfish bravery. The box office of the Grand Opera House will open at 9 a. m. Tuesday and | those who have purchased tickets will be able to exchange them for reserved seats. The line should extend way up to Market street. The donations to the fund yesterday were very small, but then Sunday is a | day when people don’t come downtown. The small sum of $24 50 has been re- ! celved since Saturday night, making the grand total to date $4045 30. Mrs. Bweeney wants.to get a small home for herself and her four young fa- therless children and the above amount won’t go far toward getting it. So give your mite to the good cause, and if you think that you would like to see a show Friday afternoon puy & few tickets and come down and see “tho greatest show pn ARy Frhi s : il o e e . i R | on the “Present Duty of American Pa- | POLICE BATTLE FIERCELY WITH DESPERATE MAK Suspected Burglar Makes an Attempt to Escape From Officers. Two policemen, David V. Sullivan and James Cavanaugh, had a desperate en- counter last evening with Joseph Santry, an_ex-convict, who was wanted on sus- picion of having committed two early | mc.ning burglaries in the commercial dis- trict. The prisoner at first assaulted one of his captors and broke away. He was pursued several blocks before being cap- tured and at Sacramento and Montgomery streets a fight for life commenced, but the criminal was at length supdued by a blow from~ Sulllvan which brought him to the ground and he was placed behind the bars, his name having been registered on the detinue book. Early yesterday morning two bold burg- laries were cammitted in the commercial | section. The saloon of Gus Wiloh at Com- | mercial and Davis streets was broken into and about the same time the door of an- other saloon at Drumm and Commercial streets was forced and the place entered The crooks who committed the joh se cured but little in-either place and the total loss will only reach $50. The police were immediately informed and the work of locating the perpetrators of the crimes commenced. Suspicion was directed to Joseph Santry, who has served time in the State Prison for numerous of- fenses, and later in the day the officers obtained positive evidence that he was the guilty party. Last night about 9 o'clock Santry was arrested by Sergeant of Police James Donovan and Otficer James Cavanaugh on Kearny street. cer Cavanaugh at once started the risoner for the California-street Police tation. Santry became abusive on the | way and gave the officer a great deal of trouble. e did not, however, make any attempt to escape until the door of the station was reached, when he dealt Cav- | anaugh a severe blow which almost | stunned him for a second. Then the crook | made a break for liberty. Officer Sullivan, who is considered one of the best uthletes in the department, led the race after the fugitive. Cav- anaugh followed closely and the trio rush- ed over several streets, finally returning to the corner of Montgomery and Sacra- mento. There Sullivan caught the man and attempted to stop his flight. The ex- convict at once turned on his captor and gave battle. Sullivan had no club_and was obliged to fight with his bare fists. 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D. 139, and for year nding on that day, as made io the Tue | surance Commissioner of the State of Califor nla, &unulnt to the provisions of sections 61 and 611 of the Political Code, condensed as per blank furnished by the Commissioners ASSETS. Real estate owned by company. | Loans on bonds and mortgages.. 10,000 Cash market value of all stocks and bonds owned by company 07,500 0 Cash In banks .. x . W 0 Interest due and a ks = ... 1780 o on. 35,36 1 Bills receivable, not matured, taken for fire and marine risks. s 2 a Rents due and accrued.... & 0 Total assets LIABILITIES. Losses adjusted and unpaid Losses in process of adjust suspense 2 Gross premiums on fire one year or less, §14 ance, 50 per cent ross premiums on fire Ti: more than one year, $91 surance pro rata All other demands Total labilities INCOME. | Net cash actually received for fh | “premiums ......... ...-§163,663 57 Received for interest an on bonds, stocks, other sources . Received for rents loans, Total Inccme EXPENDITURES, Net amount paid for fire losses (In- cluding $4010 &, losses of previous P aees - 50,960 54 tees, “and Paid Charges for officers, clerks, etc. Patd for State, natfonal and taxes salaries. other for 2 R A AIl other payments and expenditures 18 Total expenditures .................. 312208 % Lossen Incurred during the vear. fire..§ ® = Fire | Prem- Risks and Premium: tums. J‘ Risks. Net amount of risks writ| ten during the vear.... Net amount of risks ex pired during the year... Net amount In force De-| cember 31, 1899, ] | | 317,436,208 s215, 821 81 17.074,955) 213,29 ™ 17,821,254 234,481 53 Subscribed and sworn to befors me 1! ay of January, 1900, F. FISHBFCK. G. F. MULLINS - - Manager, E. T. NIEBLING, Assistant Manager, 416-418 CALIFORNIA ST., AAN FRANCISCQ