The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 8, 1900, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SLAYS HIS WIFE ON A ROAD AT NIGHT Terrible Crime of Amos K..Ziegler at His Ranch Home Near Judge Hart’s Views on| Santa Cruz. the Question of | Prerogatives. WOMAN'S BODY ADRIFT NEAR WALDO POIN Remains in Richard- son’s Bay May Be Miss Warren’s. ——— WEDNESDAY, AUGUST .8, 1900. COVERNOR CACE CANNOT BE POOH-BAN LRSS LANES NOME ~ |PLAN HIMES’ DEATH MINES RUN TO GET HIS TEAM [ Youthful Accomplices of the Boy BY__RE_C EWER Poisoner of Fresno Make Con- fession of a Plot, Result of a Suif in the Federal District Court. Then He Attempts to Commit Suicide by Cutting His Threoat, but Fails to Kill Himself and Confesses His Crime. They Tell in Detail of the Deliberate Attempts to End| the Life of the Senior Himes by Baneful | Weeds and Drugs. ! INTERESTING COLLOQUY SR | State’s Executive Had No| ibh Right to Cox}duc.t Plague o Bais D SRS s e Aday G L e Say Original Locators of the Fresno boy, Frederich Himes, who poisoned his father because, but Will Make Another Invesf:gauon. of his home, when she attempted to leave the house because of a quar- Are Not Citi as he alleged, the latter mistreat:d him, is augmented by the confessions e T PO L rel. He stabbed ner with a butcher knife, and when she fell he cut her re NNOv Ullizens. of the boy’s accomplices—his younger brother Frankie and his 10-year- 1‘ ttempt o-Day INVOLVES LINDERBORG EFFORTS AT RECOVERY Special Dispatch to The Call. Special Dispatch to The Call. Amos K. Ziegler, a rancher, living in Doyles Gulch, seven miles Waterhouse and Melsing The shoeking story of moral depravity revealed by the contession | Searchers Are Unsuccessful old cousin, Elmer Martin. They yesterday told a Deputy Sheriff how the plot had been laid to poison the senior Himes, not because he ill-treated Fred, but because they wanted to secure his wagon and horses and go e throst, to “put her out of her misery,” as he confessed yesterday. He coolly admitted that he had made preparations to kill her because she did not love him and they were always quarreling. h to The Call. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. Spectal The Call. —Superior Judge After killing her Pas: J 16 > a sengers from | 2 - SAN R. body of & ) o the Bee 4| ye attempted to commit suicide by cutting his throat, but his nerve | ; - | into the teaming business. They told also of the heartless manner in - i at newspaper | failed him. | report t e furllhe posé, which they planned the father’s removal. The story is almost without d with Mr. h"{- - n of th test discovered ground | 3 3 seen in Richard- - = Jat district has been revived by a| Parallel in criminal history. from the nar- ; beer. After Mr. Sharp went to bed my g\lln - !!u)- Vrrl‘“')«’i S':ue; District | = ove Waldo < int fr Toom and “ourt, and tk he s e cf - : 2 s run= plag od. Decking et g’h‘,“;:mcl?:fi | :Imdsnm ‘-‘x“‘ uTHK‘l'-:\'N lx‘y'fen :pl' % ;,«;(d e RESNO, Aug. 7.—If there was any |to desperation by the parent’s ill-treat- was run I going to leave my ho She walked | J s s 4 % f Y doubt about the deliberate nature | ment of him. slowed up ng 3 S udge Noyes. A temporary receiver has gt B of the room. I tried to head her off |} . named for seve the woikin of the crime committed by 13-year- | Elmer Martin declares that he ol i oe nd Dleaded mitn her 0 Bk hmisite oW ned by Charl ine and a cJ: Fred f;'mw and dhlsh !;Ou;h:;:l | knew of the plot from the first. He was soinz . e EIRAE T AT Bt b aha whn t: | sociates, and by Jafet Linderborg an abettor, who pofsoned their fath- tossed by and was | She sald it 1 did not stop she Would ot | partners, comprising the Weaithiest and | er, it was removed to-day by two confes- and Fred Himes wanted to get the ... " ., Traino 9 hard blow in the face with her hand. most extensive miuing operators in the | gine one by Frankle Himes, the 9-year- | latter's father out of the way so that could be 3 | distriet “I then told her I would pay her!| The contest, which it was sought to = bring into court last vear, arises over the back for the treatment she had given d by Lane, | they could go into partnership with | the wagon and horses as capital. Martin was to pay Fred $75 for a half- old brother of the poisoner, and the other by Elmer Martin, his 10-year-old cousin. Both the boys were fully cognizant of mid- un- curred at outcome of an infelicity was the alle invalidity of tities h 1 y b r s. | Linc )TE, et a the: ire 3 L of it me during the past ten month {'l »-10:‘1”. thr r acquired | the plot for several days preceding its|interest on the outfit and had $65 ready to s H ng of | Do ers, the oriz execution, and their storfes of the awful | turn over when Himes dled. Fred St Gul Ban - f Y1‘rp at Cape Nome. crime show that Fred Himes, who was | live with Martin and his parents, and as the hi:_- x « s puted by Jonn Waterhiouse and a man | supposed to have made a full confession, | COTPe tion for his board was to bring | ¢, morrow, when a m re 1 could | Hamed Alelsing, acting, It 1s sald, {or & told the officers cunning lles in order to e aeas L XveY [wi Ve This afternoon o €5 | “Waterhouse and Melsing relocated the shield himself. T westerly wind was blowing leaned ang | Propert the customary manner, The statements of the boys were ob- t and second | (07, Vo ditnenit x o 1o Hbo it at | provi the_regulations of dis- | tained by Deputy District Attorney peison administered. e then | *T5o" currents of th L j e, claiming that the Laplanders had | Church to-day after Deputy Sheriff John | B0t Scare AN sfie WEVME NN B0t | pesnlis snis. R ! no title, 2s they were not citizens of the | vy Riteeed e 4 or | 1o glve his father any more of the stuff, | Brates Sf 1 T Unted ‘States. District Judge Johnson, | white had arrested Blmer Martin for|ho ran away. The boy corroborated Ay B 3 : when at Nome last year, retused to en- | COmplicity in the plot. rankie HImes | prankie regarding Himes' treatment of | onisthat set ved her, but she o to | tertain the complaint. Alexander McKenzie, formerly of New York City, was placed in charge of the temporary receiver, 3 wal t for the hearing of Work will pe kept up on all ns der McKenzie's direction e employes will be pald from the th \ance being held by the 1 sition of his eldest son, cruel. When Fred was first arrested and made his confession a good many pitied him. supposing that his storfes of inhuman treatment at the hands of his father were true and that he administered the poison in a fit of desperation. The two confes- slons received to-day throw a different on the crime imes will probabl He sank rapidly t heavily. only a que which he sald was not olic ul ec them T d directions is with eral In small bo: but the officers wanted them both before | they took a statement from either. Frankie was the first examined. He satd he knew of the plot for about four days before the fatal attempt was made. His brother first tried to kill the senior Himes by giving him a potion made by boiling weeds which he had heard were poisonous. “It never phased him,” was the way the tot explained the effect of the drug on his father. P co for t First News of the Crime. th | had been in fail for two or three days, | I we were happy except with a black n’t do a good job. The or it hurt too bad. I v, thinking it might - nerve, but it didn't afect Relates His Deed to the Coroner. this afternoon at the Coroner's in- psgain told of his crime iIn » manner. After nar- the story he had all's correspondent, g the final dis | the matter. | "The claims involved include nearly all district that are big pay- The action against Lane | ssess_him_of Nos. 10 and 11 1 on Dry Creek; | D! ry, on Anvil, an luable mines in other sec- Nos. 10, 11, 7 and 2 dle before morning. ay and is breathiag COLMA MEN FORMALLY CHARGED WITH MURDER Dr;hrrfl‘and;::‘r:":a_\‘s his death isi e \m Mateo’s District Attorney Files an Information in the Su- perior Court. e Call. he Governor has the conduct of all s and that of those i e public Redwood’s Era of Improvement. REDWOOD CITY, Aug. 7.—The Board of Trustees of this place are planning ex- tensive improvements between now and the rainy season. About $5000 will be told earlier to T nued: owed my wife out into the road. k me I got angry. I throat. She threw up herself as I struck g T " This attempt proving unsuccessful, the 9. E W Trs older brother thought of the “Rough on The brothers stole bottles and and sold them until they had ac- cumujated a fund to purchase the poison. n he is author- :de the Attorney T e inst Linderborg are sim- 3 ct : v s . ent in purchasing and laying new wa- v Di r moved after fa fell in the road and I |llar to the suits, save that it is ' On the morning following the first dose, | £P 3 4 8 . morning by Dist f g O e 3 Bhort | clalmed_he not a citizen of the | while the father was writhing in agony, e mains and many of the streets will be | o/ " pranic Lema hes the sight o or Bcres Uaited States at the time he located his | Fred prepared a cup of pepper tea for | macadamized. Cement sidewalks will be y . Ge: heard her scream. S = 2 PePy lered umb. f the in thor- | and Albert ¢ s e T ot her out of her | mines. These involye two or three Anvi: | the sick man and added a_teaspoonful of | OO B s b nain - | he masrder . e e o Dt e her throat, | claims and two on Snow Guich. The ap- | the ratsbane in the presence of his oughfares. The board heid a meeting to- | 9 THET e T went to the house and tried to kill | plication for and appointment of a re- | brother, night at which the various improvements Fie e tu¢ e gt g celver was mads a day or two subsequent 7 5 ,» | to be made were discussed. In the mac- he three men : s at Ziegler had | to the departure of Lane for the States. If the other dose'did not fix him,” | adamizing of the streets it Is the de- | their attorney r e e e L e — sald he, as he emptied the powder |ire of the board fo have the propesty | nd were arralined £ s a at @ » | holders do the wi v arily, without A Monc T She had had no affection DEVASTATIUN BY FIRE into the pot, “by , this will.” | the necessity of resorting to the Vrooman for the defendants to plead The information charges about the 4th day of July endants did “kill and m M act. Already a large proportion of the et pad been | owners of property on a number of the Tother never | sireets have signified a willingness to do Frankie denfed that his father had been crue question_as to the | ngement Ziegler bhad IN YELLOWSTONE PARK ;‘ . um}i{l after h; | the work. betk ell 2 ad ac - n. He wanted | —_—— man beings.” Worst Conflagration Ever Known in his fat! team and thought poison was Fire in Stent s probable that exeeption i jon Is Sweeping the only way of getting it. The little fe e « | taken to the information th | That Region Is eeping e fdvised his brother not to do| JAMESTOWN, Aug. 7.—Fire in Stent|that two offenses are Timber Belt. ., but that the latter wouldn’'t listen to | this morning destroyed three cottages and | this being contrary to the cial Dispatch to The Call kim. Hl:: story is a point-blank contradic- | damaged two other: e los s are: | nal pleading. fal_Disps A Deputy United | 1108 of Fred's. The latter tried to make | A. A. Jacobs. 31000, Insurance $%0; G, W.| The three men have been very c > guarral botween [ BUTTE, M0k A | it appear that he gave his father the | Langford, $1000, insurance $00; A. Man- | mouthed of late and have refused to be States Marshal Sam Jackson, just in from | pofson only once, and that he was driven | gini, $800, insurance $400. Mammoth Hot Springs, reports a destruc- | | tive forest fire that is sweeping the tim- | Lerad area between the Upper Geyser Ba- sin and the lake in the Yellowstone Na- | Park. The fire started Friday and s soon beyond the control of the sol- diers and road crews, all of whom were hurried to the scene The buildings at the Upper ( r Basin are in danger. | The line of fire is ten miles long ana is spreading rapidly. It is not known how | the fire started, but it is presumed to have i been the work of some careless camper. | packed her basket and left, but she "1;\“‘-‘"“‘;““11( "":amn e EM\ 3 t woul take & A N fought like a wildeat. I have done | wyoming to put out the fire. When I laft it the deed and have the same knife to | was sald that the fire extended 5 = miles ana was und v “Spreadinz. cut my jugular vein. | timber in that regio ense and the trees Ziegler form have adjusted the interviewed. retired for the night. Mrs. Ziegler cam some clothing and After he had been time Mrs. Armstrong d told him that some- | happening down the | ores Lost Vigor legler, who came in pant- him,’ “Where is Cad?" age Sent by Mail ho Write. Ziegler replied: “Down the road. She is 0. K. She she was sent to San i for nervous trou- has not treated me as if she hated m We quarre 1 2 most remar = | are of pretty good size. It is un y dry | lived at Challls, 1daho: | ana the wind falrly sweeps the flames through gt A e the tops of the big pines. The timber on the His wife was .on| | continental divide is heavier than in most sec- frail A in {ll he tions of the park, and the fear is expressed that arried six years. the fire will sweep through a great portion of it The bulldings at the Upper Geyser Basin | were in danger from the fire. If the fire is not “hecked before it reaches the timber surround- ing the basin the buildings will surely be e ned. The big hotel, near Old Faithful Gey- Was burned several years ago, but thers t tell ng led on to MAINES TELLS on every dollar you spend That is the object of our remodeling sale. 120, between 8 and 9 o'clock, when the le walked into his store on Spring treet together and Slovinsk! said that he | By : }\:1“1 come to b e !hd‘(hlun]vlr M;}iulnfld. are a number of bulldings there ‘stlll. - Dense . b 1 Mz ol 0 tha s wi vas | clouds of smol 2 ver that [ : Mainex 1old: the two that s witecwas| dtass nl gia bl e tiat gt o e ] saving you money you buy more and keep us busy. his home on th Broadway. On en- en'are powerless before such a fire | elk_were running out of the threatened districts. No one knows the ex- | tent of the fire, but it is the worst one ever known in this region, the house Maines went to the win- dow to raise a curtain, leaving Slovinski and his wife s! i A fol, doors. We trust that this saving will so engage your atten- tion that you will not mind the noise and incon- THE STORY OF inm g s K Gt o, stTAvEd Trom . the i hich i P e BLM: M hiessed. everything Fountafn - totel one’ week from " today: venience, which is a result of the men at work who Camg mined to kill you.” hauriot been found. A number of sol- s 5 s ‘ : ed to Klll you ¢ s0. T was atraid | e had béen_searching. for -him. but | are making our extensive alterations. reme thing might go off unintention- | When the fire broke out between the lake | rrite s - it s ast but 1 toid him that | and, the TPPet HeIMn and sent to. that | carety) How He Came to Give Notes | 15w t om Trere was ons one reios: As you see, we have made reductions in every department. request | place. that I had to make, and that was for him | to go to the telephone and call up my | w t I ma goodb; | for Large Sums to the INTERESTS THE COAST. Slovinskis. ] - 0. ou dome catch me dumswwn,\ isv»rm Dispatch to The Call. i oared * Slovinski,” continued Maines, | WASHINGTON, Aug. 7.—The following d M d S H ’ H i “and then he begain stamping on the AQOF. | pos(ofces have been established: Calitor- | eady-Made Suits oys’ Middy Suits Sir g g itasiu gl e st dow) | nta—Kendon, Shasta County, Horace W. 3 S 3 Sketches in Detail the Sensational|or wiil kill sou swhere sou siand: oo™ | Brooks. Postmaster. ' Ghegotsiol e ot weight, for- Saits of bjom Clisvin; s 3 ke o P sald that he thought that it wa ‘Washington—Home alley, Skamania merly $10.00, are now reduced to to 8 years. We have sold them it down and did so, and ‘then Mrs. | (‘n\m(&(‘(order of June 20 discontinuing P A h $ or six months at $2.25, but now t Wi i ) ees this e rescinded). Slovinski fell upon her knees s 0of (‘a]!tur‘]a,_ His Home at Los begging | o issioned: | Yt Yo Contees, saying thet hev Hasbs Postmasters commissioned: 5 25 | Angeles. ‘ Toula ML b 3T Do Aid ne She emid | Stephen Tarter, French; Kate F. Salnave, . they go at AT E I that he must not think that she had any- | Hooker. thing to do with this, as her hus Fourth-class postmasters appointed: band had | E b ~ made her do it. Slovinski, Maines s ! California—Chowchilia, Mariposa County, 5 5 5 $lo45 | Spectal Dispetch to The Call MEn! o aicasing hindtnd ha ha’};"‘n:gl‘ I Hall, x;x‘c:"gésg. (l_’:’\‘}‘Tter. n;;.'t‘g;:f‘?; O:ther Cheviots in very desir- o ey — SLES, Aug. 7—The prelimi-| {opliets o (e o EPOSe JouR Wife has | 150d) vice W. P Cathey,’ resigned; able patterns, which were $12.50, - 1o f John Slovinski and fes DR. PIERCE’S * Guarantred n of John Slovins sion I made. Slovinski quieted down after | Trask, Sacramento County, . J. Van Lo- are now cn sale for Hats ELECTRIC ¢ to be the rge of attempting to }evY | this somewhat, remarking: ‘Now, there js | ben Sels, vice A. M. Turner, resigned. BEST 2l on Capitalist A. R.!just this much about it. You must giva | Oregon—Acme, Lane County, J. 3 > same &s Others gy i - $00%0 in cash or vour life.’ Thinking to| & e Ot Sorauch i > 3 o pal witness, was ed travagant? Won't the deed to the hotel | Campbell, $i2. Inc ohn Craven, manner; worth in exclusive hat " PIERCE ELECTRIC CO., experfence with the jealous | 20 last. iat he first met Mrs. Slo- | she was stopping at the Gar- about the middie of last He saw her but a stel this year. be enough? But he again became vio- lent and the talk continued.” Maines continued his testimony up to the point where he gave the two notes for %) and $5000 respectively, and then he withdrawn to _give Professor “olton and Mrs. Thompson of the same of 4 San Francisco, $8. ! "Washington: Original—David U. Leake, | Mount Vernon, $; James Dwyer, Spo- kane, $8. Patents were granted to-day as follows: California—Jacob Aegerter, San Fran- cisco, pick point; Arthur F. L. Bell, Car- Fancy Cheviots and black Clay Worsteds, worth $15.00, for they once sold for that, price now stores $2.00; our price $1.30 | ignor to Alcatraz C g e s il few times, as the hotel closed soon after | place a chance to tell about a quarrel be- | Rinteria, assign ompany, $8 45 . e . this and ail the gucsts left. He next saw | tween the Slgviiskls mql“fl;ulmahun the | §;3 f;gff;;“’g,3{:2?&:‘“&53&55"Xfi‘s'{?fi B Neckties : —————— |her and m husband for the first Dight of July 11, when Slovinski beat his | efini terfal; n | s th{,n:e At ih Beach Hotel ;:Y: "ntali::' Sk make her confess to relations with | T, DAy k’?“&‘m”fi“gf“c. %fi;‘v;do‘xf.“‘s":. Pt E P VIM, VIGOR, VITALITY for MEN | 1007 0° 510 was at the island on a busi- | he ease was then continued until to.|lena. hop bleaching and drying 'kiln; | Made-to-Order Suits Tecks, Four-in-Hands, Puffs, MORMON EISHOP'S PILLS | pess trip and saw Mrs. Slovinski on the | morrow morning, when the defense say | George H. Evans, Oroville, assignor to Imperials and Band Bows, all bave been use over fitty | Do T OO et i Into the | they will bring ot some startling develop, | Risdon Iron Locomotive Works, San Fan 2 ¥ . ; y the leaders of the | Dlazzl. Hle BA0 A et B ey 1o | ments cn cross-examination 26 develop- | prancisco, hyaraullc elovator: William Suits which sold a short time pure silk, latest creations in com- otel and there Mrs. Slovinski hat e X ! : lma, grain P a# | troduced him to her husband. There was B e s o ago for $13.50 and $15.00 are binations of desirable colors in va- worst cases in oid and young arising from effects of self- ssipation, excesses or moking. Cures Lost k, Evil Desires, Lame Back, Headache, Unfitness to Mar- despondent; a cure Is at oped organs. ! : S & | i Maines said that he denied the charge, | been about five feet ten inches tall and on—John A. Brown, Portla 3 Francisco, | when Slovinski produced a letter and | would welgh between 160 and 180 pounds. agrgom-em; William C. Churcnl:,' o::— Hy 40 Third st | asked him why, if he had not been friend- The remains were clad in a blue flannei | land, and J. B. Mahana, Silver ' DR. CROSSMAN’S $PECIFIC MIXTURE For the Cure of Gomorrhoea, Gleets, Strictures and snalogous complaints of the Oreans of Generation. Price §1 bottle. For sale by druggists. Maines | reason it was a copy of the original. which he | jntended to have lithographed and sent broadcast over the country, to his wife's relatives and those of Maines. po¢ some general conversation for five or ten | minutes and he had left. Later Mrs. Slo- vinski had met him near the bathhouses her a telling hi to her, as her hus oadway. Here Slovinski said to Maines: “You have ruined my life and disgraced my child. I've left my wife penniless on | the island and will never go back to her | or see her again.” Wwith his wife, he had written it. said that he did not take the let- | nor pay any attention to it. for the tgl( Siovinski had told him that | Iy ter time he saw the Slovinskis, The next aines said, was on the morning of July Monterey Bay’s Unknown Dead. SALINAS, Aug. 7.—Monterey Bay has again given up the body of an unknown man and there is much conjecture here to-night as to whether the man was murdered, committed suicide or was ac- | kad made threats to sidentally drowned. | cisco, axle lubricator; James N. Salmor rvous | " The next time he saw the couple was | © £ T | Lathrol ate: Heinrich Saxl, = assignor cre immediate 2e 3 when they called at his home o The body, badly decomposed, was throp, gate; F signor CENTS Ciency to every | B adsay, Here Slovins e 91 | washed upon the beach near Moss hand. | (ne-half to A Adler, San Francisco, mak- ing, a few miles from here, to-day, It was found by fishermen. The head was badly mutilated, while both hands and forearms were gone. The man must have shirt, brogans and home-knit gray socks, An inquest was held and the verdict of the Coroner’s lj‘ury was to the effect that “a person unknown came to his death from unknown causes.” Are You Registered? It not go at once to City Hail. Office open §:30 a. m. to 10 p. m. continuously. * W. Chisholm, San Francisco, multiplex telephone; Ethelbert M. Fraser, San Franelsco, assignor by mesne assi; ente, Otis Elevator Company, New Jer sey, motor starter; same, controller; Hi- {ram A. Knight, Alameda, bottle faucet attachment; Jacob E. Ludwig, San Fran- | ing superphosphates; Robert Schorr, San | Francisco, furnace; Frank N. Spear, Los Angeles, fuel feeder for furnaces; Wil- | ilam H_ Talbot, San Francisco, lock mech- | anism for reversible windows. Lal serving apparatus: Mark M. o Wash.. . Con- dron, Marshfield, cow milking machine. ‘Washington—Dewilton R. French, West- port, steam excavator: Edgar F. Lafay- ette, Sedro, ide and support for dra; saws; Otto man, assignor one-hal; to C. W. Gefb, ‘mhne. device for*fas- T o Snepait 15 5 B Wore: e, assignor one-] o J. B. Wash- burn, Baker City, Ore., concentrator. now made in the same manner for $10.00 riety enough to suit everybedy, 28¢ DOD §(0- 718 Market Sti-cct. e 350