The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 6, 1900, Page 14

14 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1900. PLUNGES INTO BREAKERS AND SAVES LITTLE CHILD @+ s et et et s e e R R — CAMPAIGN WORK S PROPOSEDBY PARTY LEADERS Republican State Executive Congressman Returns Home| Committee Will Or- ganize Clubs. Hotel, of te Georg were B iam J. Brady, J. Dutton, Thomas veland, W. Frank g discussion of detalls con- | g committee was appoint- Wakefield Ba- | Parker | clubs in the First sional d. ic J. « to, D. E. McKinley of | nd Majc ction. committee tt ast night de- | nd McKinley = advised ions to lican or Congress eid will be the Third | ourth districts. i other dis- the delegates to the State conven- 1 themselves into Congres- | S to represent their re- ventic | ats of San Frane co ure: extensive preparations for the : . which will Te Governo: ral, ¥ . Hi w eve Judge Alforc ckey and ¥ will address the —y up’ ket. committee of the Dem- at James | ic, bonfires for the na- met ¥ to draft | 1 n in the various | districts of this city. George vray, Thomas E. Curran and | ; B. Leland were appointed ae - 10 prepare the necessary plan: The subcommittee of the Republican | Committee, which was appot er the protests from Republicans | riy-third Assembly District met ernoon at the office of 1. J After listening 1o a_long v _the subcom- subject under | d | Bouvier, Thomas A. Wilson and 1. J. Truman the session. Fell From a Trolley Car. Henry Boy, a sailor with a land jag, riding on_a Mission-street trolley afternoon lost his equilib- rium when rounding the bend at West Mission street. The man of the sea fell on his head and was stunned. He was conveyed to the Railroad Hospital at Fourteenth street, where a slight gash on his forehcad was closed with stitches. fter his treatment he left the hospital termined to walk to his ship, having re confidence in go-carts without PSR X SO Services at St. Brendan’s. triduum in honor of “Our Lady of 1 Help” opened last evening in £t. Brendan’s Church. Rev., Father Hes- lin of Bt, Paul's Church preached a beau- tiful sermon on the “Intercessory Power of the Virgin Mary.” This ev Rev. Father MezcCorry, the brilliant Paullst priest, deliver a special sermwe= »sed club organiza- | 3 rected immediately | e THRILLING RESCUE OF A LITT v e e e his drow mornir ed a ] at risk from girl ¥ strong undertow hero, and says any s he did. s and rtifl- About s E: and a « upon the beach close dag breakers. The mother down in 1 and began reading Presently she heard the child, which was but five years old, scream, and looking saw that it had toddled d had been caught and breaker. FUGENE F, LOUD SAYS MERCHANTS WANT MckINLEY ed down b and Talks of Politics in the East. Congressman Eugene F. Loud arri from Boston last t. A large of friends met t ongressman at the depot and escorted him to his home on Octavia street. An interesting feature of the arrival was the presentation of a | large floral piece, the gift of Harry Wat- chief clerk at large of the railway and an old friend of Con- Loud. Bryan is a brilllant man, the first time i hear him. The second time you think | you've heard all that beforz. T time you know you hav-. He is n netic 1o a certain class of excitable pe ple. He is essen of the deeper qualifi in a great stat 1y up al. None a¥lons which find : man’s makeup are was the Congressman’s opinion of Bryan. When questioned as the litical feeling in B: | Loud said e Boston, in | common i to all inten‘s lican. The Congressm s not believe Bryan will g s in this campaign as When 1 spoke with several prominent busi 1 was in New York,” he all have made up their mind$ to cast their men, all good Democrats, but they votes for McKinley. The reason is that they are afraid of Bryan. Busin good now throughout the entire Eas no one who has interests at stake wish to stop the wheels of will state to | change the gear, perhaps only to find that they revolve slower after all. No, Bryan is a good fellow, but I don’t think it's he this tme” " ongressman Loud expressed belng delighted ot being Rome once more He will remain here until after the No- vember election. BRYAN CLUB FORMED. Enthusiastic Meeting in Thirty- Ninth District. Democrats in the Thirty-ninth Assem- bly District are active. Last night nearly 300 members of the party assembled in aratoga Hall. They held an enthusias- tic meeting and formed a *'Bryan” club. The mere mention of the Democratic standard bearer's name aroused enthusi- sm. His nomination at Kansas City was atified and speeches euloglstic of the Ne- braska statesman were delivered with all the fire of eloguent speakers, llmm(-dlalcly o upon the meeting being order, the idea of forming a presented and carried through with decision. Archie Campbell, the well- known lawyer, nominated lt;l)r president. o The nominee was elected 2 unanimous vote. Jesse Galland was made secretary and John Shinkwin ser- | geant at arms. Chairman Ford then ap- | pointed the following committee on manent organization: M. Schwartz, Hallowell, loye and John Shinkwin. He also named Clitus Barbour, Willlam Farren, Archie per- am Campbell, C. Nagie and Sol Magner as a | committee on constitution and by-laws. The club decided to participaie in ihe big ratification meeting to be held in Met- ropolitan Temple to-morrow night. committee composed of Henry Bienfield, John Shinkwin, Sam Hallowell, Edward | Fogarty and M. Schwartz was appointed | to prepare transparencies, torches and music. The members of the club will meet at Turk and Larkin streets at 7:30 5t mecting. Speeches were delivered during the ;Xemn by Frank Malloye, Clitus Bar- ur, Theodore Roach and Samuel R Thihadiured ta niserqn hall next Thursday evening. English, the same ames F. Ford | Theodore Roach, Frank Mal- | Al m. and march in a body to the place | orris Schwartz, Archie Campbell, | FEEE P I PP TP bbb 44 o 2= LE CHILD AT OCEAN BEACH. siei e e eoetere® s heard the scream of the mother A S e o e B B e R S S ST SRS SRS S DA WP SPUD SPUD WP WA’ UPUY SO, S SOy S S 1 saw the child being carried out by | the breakers. He plunged in to rescus the little girl. By desperate efforts he reached her just as the fourth breaker | was swirling over her. In a moment more she would have been caught by the um- | dertow and carried out beyond the pos- sibility of rescue. The water was up to Gregg's arm-pits and it was all he could | do to keep his feet. The rescuer succeeded in reaching the dry beach with the half drowned child. It was easily resuscitated, and after get- ting some dry wraps for it at the Seal Rock House the mother left with it. She took Gregg's name and address, 1110 Stan- van street, but did not leave her own. FATEOF M oy | ANDHISVICTIM YET UNCERTAIN Hospital Physicians Will Not Prophesy Recovery for Mrs. Roylance. It is the till_a question whether or not | derous intentions of Al Moody, | m { who shot Mrs. Maud Roylance Wednes- will be carried out. She is In the | | Recetving Hospital, neither better nor | worse than when she w and the doctors ail it is too soon to make any prediction as to her chances. | | As for Moody himself, he seems to have a b er chance than she. There is but little to add to the story of the shooting as it was published yes terday. Moody had been paying the wo- man attentions for the past four months. He met her first when he took a room in the house of her mother at 423 Eddy < brought there, | street. Mrs. Roylance and Moody were | very friendly and Moody believed she | loved him until he heard that she was ng to be reconciled with her husband, from whom she had been separated for six months Moody said vesterday that he had no in- tention to shoot the woman when he start- ed out Wednesday morning. He says he took the pistol to have “some fun’’ with it on the Fourth, but he could not ex- plain how it was that the pistol was | loaded with ball cartridges. He says he | had an appointment with the woman for Wednesday morning, and that be went | to keep it. He saw her come out of the Winchester Hotel with a man, Adams, ne cupposed was her husband and he just fired away until he thought he had killed er. Roylance says Moody had been up to see him at the hotel at least twice, the ast time on Weuanesday morning, when he inquired for Roylance and was told he was out. Roylance says his wife told him all about the affair with Moody. She said that after the separation she wished to forget Roylance altogether and so ac- cepted the attentions of Moody until he went too far. Then she appealed to her husband to protect her. There is a peculiar complication over the ase of Mrs. Roylance at the hospital. She is being treated by a homeopathic physi- ian and the allopathic hospital surgeons cannot, and would not if they could, con- | sult with him. Dr. Martin is her physi- | clan and while he is allowed all the ap- | pliances, the services of all the attend- | ants and the assistance of the doctors, | too, if he should ask it, still they will not consult with him. Dr. Bunnell, the po- lice surgeon, keeps watch on the case as a matter of duty, and he says that his sicians must assist Dr. Martin in any he should ‘desire, but in the mean- time and until he asks for it, they will have no advice or assistance to offer, Detectives Ryan and O'Dea searched Moody’s room at 1416 Howard street y terday, but found nothing with any bear- ing on' the case, except a photograph or Mrs. Roylance and several envelopes with the word Maud upon them, as if the writer had started to address them and had then thrown them aside. Moody worked in a_cannery in San Jose, the pro- | prietor of which, "Peter Quinn, speaks well of him. There has been shooting among the Roy- | lances before. In February of 1898 Roy- lance took several shots at F. J. Dyer, who had been his friend, and it was only after six weeks of suffering that Dyer escaped with his life. There never was a prosecution, and the matter was dropped 2o0n afier tie shooting comiried. it-wes said at the time that Roylance objected to the attentions Dyer was Ruylng to his- wife and he {ook that method of signi- fying his disapproval Royiance will not say yet whether or not, in the event of his wife's recovery, he will live with her afinln. He says he has a statement to make that will clear her in the eves of the world, and as soon {8 he can prepare It he will make It pud- * lie. MITCHELL’S WIFE AND SON WERE D BY AN UNKNOWN ASSASSIN KILLE Shooting at Colma Is Another Chapter in the Vendetta That Has Been Waging Between Hog Men. Further Violence Not Unlikely to Follow theBloody Tragedu. Shots Fired From Imsand House. S B bbbt s wwuwg EKNOW why my po’ wife is lying there a corpse and my dear son David, who never did any harm to any- one is a dead man beside her,” said William Mitchell, the survivor of the shooting affray near Cclma on the evening of July 4. “It is be- cause my skin is black; be- cause I am a ‘nigger.’ Be- cause I have brains enough to make a living beside them they want to drive me out of business. They are using the gun to do this, and those two dead bodies show that they are determined to succeed. I sup- pose they will get me next. Why, these neighbors of mine will not even allow my dogs to live.” 3 R S T PP UTDVSTO TP PUETTETI + | @+ 44444444444 404440 The aged colored man to whose home | the in's bullet brought double death, | was quite self-possessed vesterday, not- withstanding the trying ordeal he was suffering under. At the same time he was emphatic as to the direction from which the bullets came, and his statements re- garding the brutal killing of his people, backed by a strong chain of circum- stances, constitute a remarkable case of circumstantial evidence that will make it difficult for three or more men to prove that they were not connected with the slaughter. In short Colma has developed a genuine vendetta, the end of which is apparently not near. Sheriff Joe Mansfield began his In- vestigation at the scene of the shooting at 2 o'clock yesterday morning and con- tinued it uninterruptedly throughout the day, the result being the arrest of Frank Lemoscher, Caesar Ehlers and Albert Gayer, all of whom are engaged in the hog-raising business on ranches adjoining Mitchell's place. They were taken to the jail in Redwood City at a late hour last evening and will be held on suspicion until complaints can be filed by the parties most concerned. They took their arrest very quietly and did not appear to be at all surprised, each professing to be able to prove an alibi, with the exception of Le- moscher. He was called out of bed at 2 o'clock in the morning and after sharp questioning acknowledged that he was in the Imsand house at the time of the shooting, and it is from the window of this domicile that the shots were fired, ac- cording to the statement of Mitchell. Wha, in his belief, sighted the gun and pulled the fatal trigger, the aged colored man has not yet declared. The statement made by Mitchell to the Sheriff was stralghtforward and well supported by obvious facts. He did not contradict himself in any particular. 1 was sitting on my steps,” said Mitchell, “and my son was workin’ around the hog pen. I heard a sound like a fire-cracker and then a shot and Dave screamed in pain. I rushed out and saw him lying on the ground. I called my wife and ran to my son’s assistance. While I was dragging him behind the pig- pen my wife was standing watching me and moaning. Then th was another shot and she fell. 1 dragged her behind the pen and another shot came from the same direction which nearly got me. 1 then ran to the house to get my gun and another shot was sent which missed me but hit my hunting dog, which was sitting on the hillside. “Those shots were fired at about 6 o’clock, in broad daylight, and thoy came from the kitchen window of the imsand house. I saw a man in the window while the shooting was going on. This business was all planned by these neighbors of mine so that nobody could be called as witnesses. 1 know they were after me, for this man Ehlers was wandering around my place with a gun and before the killing there were two shots fired from the hill above my place. These shots I think were fired to draw me out So they could get a chance to pot me. Later I saw this man Ehlers come down from that hill carrying a gun. 1 have been here on this land for twenty-two years and have been successful and that and be- cause I am black is why they are murder- ing my people. They got ready and sent all the women and children away so there would be no witnesses and those two dead folks there are the result. These neigh- bors of mine have tried to kill me before, but I can get no justice from any of the law officers. I'm only a nigger, and that settles it.” Later in the day Mitchell, after witness- ing the autopsy, became excited and charged Sheriff Manstield in the presence of witnesses with being largely responsi- ble for the crime of Wednesday night by alleged protection of Mitchell's enemies. The autopsy showed that the assassin was a crack shot, for his work was that of an expert. The bullet that closed the career of David Mitchell cut out the len‘ | and OO nipple and plerced the top of the heart; and the woman's death was caused by a shot which took effect in about the same The angle on which the bullets through the bodies bears out the allegation of Mitchell that they came from down the hill and h ertions are further supported by the ‘‘pot-shot” bul- let which p: d through the pig on an_angle which indicates that it could have been fired from the - tioned. There was another which passed through fenc and pent itself on a stone retaini This hot is alleged to have been 8 Mitchell when he was running house for his gun. After the 'autopsy had been completed the bodies had been placed on His | bed, Mitchell gave way to his emot and’ bemoaned the fate of loved ones. However, there were no threats of retall ation, and when the three sons and a daughter arrived on the scene they were quiet and had nothing to say as to who had done the Kkilling. ““This man Ehlers,” said young William | Mitchell, “made thr against peo- ple not later than last Saturday and said | that when he took up the matter he wouid | y indow m shot hoard g-wall fired o t s | ‘do it up shortly.” What he nt by | this I am, of course, not the one to say, for I don’t know, but you see what h.\a‘ happened. Lemoscher has most certainly placed | himself in an awkward position b statements made to Sheriff Mar the early morning hours asserted that he had not heard any gun shots in the evening and that there had not been a rifle in the house for ele months. ever, brought to light two of which had been recently other was located in the ashes of the stove In the Kitchen, from which Mitchell says the deadly shots came. No rifle could be found on the place. Neither Lemoscher nor the deaf and decrepit old hired man could be induced to state who was pres- ent at the house in the evening. ; Imsand left the place with her ¢ on the morning of the shooting an not return until late yesterday afternoon. | She denied any knowledge as to who might have been at her place at the fatal hour. Ehlers’ arrest was evidently not a sur- prise to him, for he had taken the pre caution, for the first time, to have a e ae o a R S el e s e e e e aad 3 + * © . > b & 4 ME [MSAND House. S @ MARKS Winoow FRom * WHICH SHOTS ARESAID 1 To mave seen Fired . o R4 >0 5 i R ] SCENES AND CHARACTERS IN COLMA’S DOUBLE TRAGEDY. O B A A A e B e e e SR = S SOSpaRr Se ] L e e S ] | friend accompany him on his swill wagon, s at the time of asked where he w the killing his reply wa 5 inot tell, but I can prove where I - not talk until the time come then departed with the Dep- § n ¢ a jovial mood. Le- her was two hours late in reachi ome and when arrested became sulk and refused to make any statement w! ever as to his whereabouis at the time of with the eagle cye and a flery temper and is He is a German an shooting. at all inclined to control the latter. said that he is a partner of Mrs. Ims having bought his interest after t der of the woman’s husband last August. The officers believe they have a strong circumstantial case and hope to strength- en_ it before uest which is to b beld on the . in Colma. The au topsy w @ by Dr. J. L. R of dw b to make, except They aliber bull :ly throt victim. t the caliber of nd rifle was has not been stated, but neighborhood seems to have been tect the wc the n lar gely engaged in target shooting with dent that th bloody _trage < of an “I-toid-y s0"" situg n - body particularly anxious to discy L subject freely. Those supposed to ba ed to judge seem to feel con the end of this deadly feud 1 that more violence may be ex Coroner he knotty M. LE BLANCHE IS AGAIN RELEASED ON BONDS Private Detect_i\'rre C‘ur:m Appears in Court and His Case Is Con- tinued for a Week. P. J. Curtin, the private detective, charged with assault to commit murder by holding Mrs. Catherine Le Blanche while her husbard shot her, appeared be- | fore Judge Fritz yesterday morning. He was represented by Z. U. Dodge, attorney for the husband of the injured woman. The case was by consent continued tll July 13. Le Blanche, who was ordered into cus- | tody Tuesday by Judge Conlan without bail, was reieased on $3000 bonds_yester- | day’ afternoon by Judge Fritz. Mrs. Le | Blanche_continues to improve at the Re- ceiving Hospital and unless some unfore- seen complication sets in she will soon re- cover. She said yesterday that she was | more than ever convinced that Curtin was the man who held her while her hus- band shot her. F—————— Cottage Burned at Ingleside. The cottage owned and occupied by George Ecker at the rear of the Ingle- side racecourse was destroyed by fire yes- terday morning at 8 o'clock. The cauge of the fire remains a mystery. Every- thing In the house was destroye at- tempt was made to call out the Fire De- partment. There are no hydrants within miles of the location and the engines could have done nothing. The damage amounted to about $600, with no insur- ance. e Boy With a Cannon. George Schwart, a boy, fired two shots from a toy carnon through the door of a Chinese wash-house at 306 Jessie street Wednesday and was arrested for mali- clous mischief. The case was called in Judge Conlan's court yesterday and the gerol?rletor of the building, Paul Manceit, 'ourth street, said he did not want to punish the boy if he or his parents would pay the damage to the door. The case was continued to enable him to do so. OF HEART AFFECTION Famous Mining Man Passes Away Suddenly in New York City. Hamilton Smith, who had an interna- tional reputation as a mining man, died the day before yesterday in New York City of heart failure. When he loft this ity for the East three weeks ago he oyed ro ¥ st health, and hi ected as it was, will come a shock all who knew him in this te. Hamilton Smith was the original owner of the famous “Bloomfiela” gravel mine, one of the richest in the State. When he evered his connection with the Bloomfield. Mr. m'th went to London. whers he or- ganized the London Exploration Cempa From there he revisited San Franc leaving for New York a short time | | Flately and Wright Rearrested. Andrew Flately and John Wright were rearrested by the police vesterday and booked on char; of robbery and assault to murder. The cases against them were dismissed by Judge Fritz a few days ago because the complaining witness, J. C. 8 had disappeared. Nolan was found vesterday morning and locked up in prison on a charge of contempt of court. —_———————— Poolse..ers in Court. The cases of Harry Corbett, D. J. Crow- ley, Henry Schwartz and John Riley charged with violating the poolselling or- dinance, were called in Judge Conlan’s court yesterday to be tried by a jury. A continuance was asked pending the dis- osition of the writ of prohibition in the upreme Court, and the cases were set for the 9th inst. — e Judge Beatty Will Preside. United States District Judge James FH. Beatty of Idaho will preside in the United States Circuit Court in this city during the July term, beginning next Monday. e e Two Insolvents. Henry H. Gorter of San Francisco filed | ASTS SALE EXTRAORDINARY To-morrow commences a sale ex- traordinary indeed. We are to sell this season’s goods, broken lines, however, at more than ONE-THIRD LESS than MARKET ST. ACTUAL value. Satu announce the F Perhaps there’s a pair rday papers will rst lot we have to offer. that will just suit you—if so you are ‘“‘shoes money” in pocket. windows—they alway story. Call at any rate and see our s tell a value death, un- | a petition in the United States Dist: Court yesterday. His lia- 3508 28 and he has no asset >n was filed by Rauer’s Law and Collection Agency, George W. Tinc | Company and other creditors of the Brooklyn Hotel Company to have that | concern declared an involuntary insolvent. NOVELTIES IN Silk Waists This Week at Prices Greatly Reduced. : I. MAGNIN & CO 840 Market Street. BELMONT HOME For Sale at aBargain Elegant house of § rooms, bath and base- ment, bot and cold water throughout. Southern exposure. Seven minutes from station; elevated site overlooking the town. Six acres, 3 in ture, 2 in orchard, 1 abou® house: barn anda houses; all fenced. Excellent water | Cost owner $10.000. But compellsd t5 remrics | East, Pence will sell at sacrifice, Tnvestigaty make offer. Apply to owner, J. D. ALLAN, (o | and RESCRIPTION FOR WEAK WOMEN. W. T. HESS, NOTARY PUSLIC AND ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. 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