The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 18, 1900, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1900. 'ATTORNEYS OF MRS. ELLA F. MURRAY PRODUCE IN COURT A DOCUMENT CLAIMED TO BE A FORGED WILL OF MRS. TOWNSEND The Alleged Testament Purports to Have Been Written Two Days Before the Aged Woman’s Death. 'S MRS ELLAF. MURRAY AR CARMA shsBHebEDIL S LRI S .2 CYRU LISTENING To TESTiMoNy OF THE SAVINGSxLOAN NY'S S'W CARMANY SOcIETY - MRS . ELILA FMURRMY THE BATTLE FOR MRS ALMIRA S. TOWNSEND'S ESTATE ON THE WITNESS STAND * i f»o—b—r-?" R e U S S n- | rived at the house we advised her not to | to Mrs s application for letters open the inner inclosure. We carried the | Of administration, in which it was alleged ‘ru- ument fo the office of the Chief of that as a non-resident and as such Police and requested him to open it, as . cd to administer decedent’s we suspected some trick. In the presence e it in Detec John Seymour irray’s petition for letters was f s istant District Attorney Greany Hassett insisted that the livan opened the doc nt and by the Public Adminis- He and Mr, T He led to their in s on every page of the Matt Sullivan ment a pes for purpc | consel arrangement. Hassett of identification and delivered the papers | S00n 'd again demanded a Dol 45 contint Again it was denied, and h will and had plac This document purports to be the last ) present his case, called eptacle, which M Smith rial part in grity-of the bar of this city. nd to the stand. in will of the deceased. It leaves the bulk G a8 {0 THATHM . E o estate to her daughter, Mrs. Mur- 4 tt then introduce b <vlf [ R Seacch sun 11t is evident to me that the pur- pplication for letters in evidence, g p o will might e dropped in the | POS¢ for Which this instrument was pre- ' the stand. festinal: that Hede. X 4 pared was to tempt M ugray to at- | te was worth at least $307,000, s ¢ Srray el b mpt to probate it. In th t fx ‘m the | apnq _announced that his case s closed . Since Mciccay and el at irators would “origwed Uil a0 e1r nak: s ur evidence,” said Matt el s by coming forward with another | Sullivan, I feel it my duty to inform you s Parpese § = . more neatly and cleverly forged, and | that you have failed to prove three es- b he' contr an attempt to prove the same to be | sential facts: the death of Mrs. Town- Vo he testament > last testament of the deceased. That | scnd, her residence and that she died in- . few the trument is a forgery is plain. It/ testate. These facts merely prove juris- repudiat gotten up by an unlearned woman | diction, and to save you trouble we will husb: d cuts Coidy other 'Mri sisted 1t dvice, and in addi-| admit them.” might appea he appearance = lal scheme to o - BNEEE MpEEAs et ot taihelng, o ¢ v gy octi \‘ '.r,‘.\,‘.;\vf:jfzrm Mrs. Townsend Said She Would Make No Will. | inte i Sullivan Charges a Crime. | Boland’s Plea Was Brief. aRetth s Dt Mre: 4 an 3 22 2 . Mu application was ordered heard. “T : vr“\v\ti ‘:- lr«f‘ .'!:;; M.},’f;.‘i» f‘( l‘-h'l‘ “A short time :n:a“.\‘l “1Ex(lxg’ »urf\-' John T. Harms, of the firm of Madls;:xr& ~ S eecdioes. Judge Dutne. who, | celved o letter from 1;1‘1\1‘1«;'» o ot by | Burke, was her first witne He testi- S eI AT s Smith, addressed to 1416 Clay s ek fied that he had managed Mrs. Town- e ab e of Judg outt, sam g address to which this forgeéd | send’s business, and that the income from the bench in department 10, called | oy wog sent. I do not at this time ac- | her realty was $700 2 month. In 180¢ Mg matter of the estate of the late cuse Mrs. Smith of having committed this | Townsend introduced him to Mrs, Mur- ra S. Townsend for hearing, and At- me, but 1 belleve the circumstances are | ray, Later she informed him that Mrs, rné G. Gunzendorfer, repres ch as to warrant her examination In| Murray was her daughter, but asked him Townse: former husband of | ;o court. I tried to subpena her, but say nothing of 1ct until occasion ed, immediately moved for a|yhen my clerk reached her door, after | offered. On one occasion when M et R Sullivan, of | y.ine jnformed downstairs that she was | Murray was ill, Mrs. Townsend told the A m of § illivan & Sullivan, represent- | o nome, he was informed that she had | witness that she hoped her daughter he 1 Murray, rose to oppose the mo-| g,ne jnto the country for a few weeks. | would not di If she does I have noth- b -~ n and incident. to shower dive: Mr. Sullivan concluded his statement, | ing to live for,” s said. Last July Mr. ses am counsel and audience “Townsend is trifiilng with this sald Mr. Sullivan. “If he Two days | and cument was dated [ court,” entitied to soon as the huzz of the whi Harms a will. would advised Mrs, Townsend to execute She sald at that time that she not make a will, | pered conversation of the surprised gath- | . | ering had ceased Attorney M. C. Hassett, | but instructed ’ tters he should have applied for the | o, pohalf of the Public Administrator, | him that if death should come to her im- he Will Denounced as a Forgery. | long ago. This man has been twice [ ;noceq for a continuance. He said he | mediately to wire Mrs. Murray, if she T -“ | divorced and thrice remarried since Mrs. | winted to secure the testimony of per-| Was away from the city. Mrs. Townsend's ess Townsend secured her decree. 1 have|gons in N ‘husetts, by which he ex- | superstition, he coneluded, . in his | every reason to believe that a conspiracy | perted to prove that Mrs. Murray is not | opinion, responsible for the fact that she exists to loot this estate. Last Tuesday | a Jegal resident of this State and had no | died intestate. ear, -1 of s Beipiess feeling sposed persons, & & case and estat y *71f 1 should 2 ciaim desire Fra «stribu will be tness my hand this mineteenth day of the month of July, Nineteen hundred year, City of San Francisco, State of California, um b itnesses with Codicll ) y-one Cal o,- State of Call ziven the good people of San Francisco any trouble or cause to comment upon my actlons of lite. ess and sympathy for my beloved daughter, whom I trust will take up my ing my last bequests in the care of my old friend is I have known the fate of le and disputes of wills and false heirs. I give all such posthumous Fran as ber Individual belongings Miss Nellie Rattigan, tt ompanion and {ntention of becoming such. Judge Dunne Mi: Rattigan followed Mr. Harms to testa- rest friend of Mrs. Townsend, received | overruled all motions and ordered the | the stand. She sald that for six years #s mys- | through the malls a letter addressed to | hearing to continue. Sullivan & Sullivan, | she had been Mrs. Townsend's constant > been | her at her home. It contained a sealed Mon behalf of Mrs. Murray, filed a contest | companion. She had lived with the de- 1- | envelope with inscription in tremblirg | 1o the Public Administrator's petition for | ces ed all of that time, she said, and so 3. | hand declaring its contents to be the last | letters cf administration, In which they | far as she knew Mrs. Townsend never e | will and testament of the deceased. | set ferth that Mrs. Murray alone was|made a will he T'pon the receipt of this document | entitled to letters, being the daughter and | Cyrus W. Carmany, cashier of the Sav- 1 or | Miss Rattigan immediate sent for | sole heir of the deceased. Hassett them |ings and Loan Society. proved an inter- tance, | my brother and my f. When we ar-' augmented the record by fling a contest | esting wit He was confident that 5 5 2 Mrs. Townsend never made a will. “If | > it il sl sl il il iniielnle deiellebelelo bbb @ | make a will,” she told him, “I am wtrald | that I will die the next day.” ‘“‘And she Tow xty-niz i void send, resident of San Francisco, State of year of 2ge, written on Jul in m hatically a empl It has ever been my aim to give aid to the 1 work I request that the judge of the Probate flairs speedily that my beloved dauther Mrs. Ella F. Murra; awa if¢ to aid th e will settle my aie while she from Clay st. (1416) San Francisco, shall commu rs and belongings excepting this my will, which I will leave In charge of an old trus je Ratigan, by her given to my daughter, not later’that thirty day: I crave thelr ftornia. people. ! My reason for ie his City. gation due to the wra »stumous claims *‘an e the Court and my daughter an opportunity e. ntric heirs, but my only belov ughter, Mre, v estate and my person: use’ e b Judge of the Probate Cc re, re Department rellef fun relief and ald Socle Alms House and Hospital 2 $an Fra nsand dollars ($1000) dollars) ars (31000 dollars) lars ($1000 ‘0! lars) (31000 dollarg) A ne ” dollars.) nd doll , ome Thous 1l Rati: usand dollars (85000 doliars) Fourteen hundred and sixteen Cl pital of th lfornia Womans care and treatm young women free paticnts ($200) man, wom: Jd other than herein mamed, contest this my dollars each (530 doliars) providing they shall not law ga Mrs Ella . Murray at present in the Palace Ho with the residue of my estate, of every description, in e of California—My personal effects of all nature, excepi if they do, rancise: ding twelve hund ing one token, to . after public benefit, herein described are first settled, my da if in the event of my daughtere death, occurring The her in m tion of benefi buted to the Charitaple institutions in San Francisco. et ¥ Miss Nellie Ratigan (in the event of my daughter death before mine.) STRANGE WILL THRUST BY UNKNOWN HANDS INTO THE TOWNSEND CASE California, residence twelve hundred {neteenth, 19th day of month, one Thousand nine ¢ undue Influence, I solemnly make the following bequests and requests: the sole owner of my estate and belongings and that I alone have the right to dispose sick and wounded, the poor and the sat 1 must pass over the river, I will endeavor to leave to charity, and charatable Court, who shall have the settlement y will not be put to any trouble or My Faithful Friend and companion Miss Nellle Ratigan, Fourteen hundred and ate with my daughter, Mre. Ella F. Murray and my said daughter will ind my keys ted friend to be given to my friend after my death, giving my daughter time to reach the 1 love this dear wills and heirs to know that the end that my will is E Ella F. Murray, no other children—only those named in this t g0 to my daughter, excepting some token of my personal effects—Miss Nellje who shall have the settlement of my affairs (Five Thousand dollars ($5000. Thousand dollars ($1000 dollars) ) $1000 dollars) fourteen hundred twenty six Market jum Spreckels building San Franclsco one Thousand dollars ($1000 dollars) lay street San Francisco. ramento and Lyon street San Francisco Two Thousand dollars for separate depart- will or lays claim to any of my estate of effects, they they will recelve nothing. I now be- o, she to have, to hold and to keep and dred and twenty one California St. San Miss Nellie Ratigan. ughter to act as my Executrix, without bonds, Judge of Probate Court to act as Executor without bonds, in the set- ughter is to have exclusive control over before mine, my estate by this will, entioned Institutions, and to the Golden and the pandle fmprovement Fund all in equal shares, to be distributed by the Probate Judge, then in power this will Sizned ALMIRA S. TOWNSEND, my consent: MRS. M. BELL. "1 Almira 8 Jla . Murray have this ducument copied befors two witnesses and recorded and the Orig- nve::o‘ Jui::':{.t;r«v:g"l}::::. m‘;m recorded copy to be placed by her in a place of safety, known to herself, the original be published in the daily papers, and paid for from the portion of estate left to her. 1 desire my remains to ley in Sen Francisco, subject to the selection of my daughter. ALMIRA 8. TOWNSEND. | | never made a will for this reason I fully bel! said Mr. Carmany. Continuing, Mr. Carmany testifled that another reason that might have prompted Mrs. Townsend to defer making a will was the fact that she never knew how much she was worth until after the witness prepared a state- ment of her assets and told her the amount of her annual income. This the witness did shortly before Mrs. Town- send’s death. “‘Mrs. Townsend was astounded when 1 toid her the exact value of her holdings and income,” said the witness, “I am pocitive that she told me all of her busi- ness, and by this I was enabled to make a positive estimate. Her personal prop- erty at the time I made the statement’ was worth $275,000 and the realty $307,000. Since that time the value of the estate has increased from $12,000 to $15,000 a year, and her {ncome was $2000 a month, an amount much in excess of her expendi- tures. 4 “I knew Mrs. Townsend since 1865, She | followed my advice at all times as to in- | vestments ard buginess matters. Her pri- | vate effects, such®as deeds, abstracts, | bonds and other securities, have been in | the bark for about eighteen years, and | vring that time she has always counseled with me. so 1 am confident she did not [ moke a will. | Mrs. Murray the Object of Her Mother’s Bounty. “We had several conversations regarding will. These conversations began two vears ago, and the last we held a short ime before her death—I believe the last ing about three months ago. I met Murray on several occasions, Mrs, ‘ownsend introducing me to her, and I always belleted thém to be sisters. I as- | sumed this from various conversations re- | ga1ding money which T was to send East | to Mrs. Murray, and also because she re- ferred to her grandchild as her niece.” At this point the witness was handed over to Mr. Hassett for cross-examination, He started out to investigate the relations that once existed between the deceased and the late J. C. Wilmerding, but as the court failed to see the relevancy of this line of questioning Hassett pursued an- other line of examination. In answer to his interrogatories Mr. Carmany sald “1 sent considerable money to Mrs. Mur- ray when she was in the East, and finally, better to enable her to draw money on D o B O B T B B e e e e e e e L o B e A e S e S | | | t | @ el fefmod oilole Her Daughter Re- pudiates the In= strument as a Clumsy Fraud. Battle for the Estate Has Commenced. Remarkable Let- ters Introduced to Prove a Residence., fons without awaiting its I forwarded her, at Mrs. struction, eral bank ng the deposit in the bank of about $7 These books, I believe, were used by Mrs. Murray. I was never in my life led to understand by Mrs, Jownsend that Mrs. Murray was her daughter, though [ was alw informed when she was in the city. Mrs. Town- send told me of the arrival of her daugh- ter on the last occasion and told me that she was rooming at the Sutherland. She did not tell me that she found Mrs. Mur- 1ay in her California-street home on her return from a visit downtown.” Mr. Hassett then made an effort to prove a strange condition of affairs in Murray had the keys Townsend's safe de) t vaults, dmission of Mr. Sullivan that ad the keys since her mother’s death, as she had a right to the same, deprived Mr. Hassett of an oppor- tunity to prove the fact. Samuel M. Shortridge and Colonel George H. Pippy, who represent the ab- sent heirs, made a few inquiries about the value of the estate and Mr. Carmany retired. Neither Van R. Paterson nor Hugo Asher, who represent the Coburns, collateral heirs of the deceased, sought additional information. Mrs. Murray was then called to testify In support of her petition for letters. Mrs. Murray Weeps on the Stand. Her testimony was dramatic in the ex- treme. At times she was in tears, hardly able to control her convulsive emotion as she told of the death of her daughter and of the sadne: life only a few montt end of her mother's life. Again she w snappingly deflant as she ins had come to this city to reside perma- nently, to be as best she could a comfort to her mother in her last years. She ana her mother were alone in the world, she said, and she determined to come here. The question of residence was the vital point and upon that Mrs. Murray never the fact that Mrs. to Mrs. wavered. There were no t no hesita tion, no doubts: she was a ggressively em- phatic, needl s0 it seemed, he declared that on July § las rived in this city here to remain for the remainder of her life. On the witness stand she was theatrically deliberate and when her direct examination was con- cluded she arose and in her own behalf addressed the court, asking it to hasten the determination of the matter as she he had ar- was il"and under a great nervous strain. | Mr: urray declared that she was born in Lowell, Mass., on October 4, 1349, the daughter and only child of Thomas T. Townsend and Almira Townsend. Sne outlined the various phases of her edu- | cation and said she was married in Dor- chester, in 1871, to John S. Murray. In the following y her daughter Mabel was born and lived until April of this year. As she told of the,girl's death she hes- itated, burst into te nd was unabie to speak except sobbingly. Then followed a long examination to determine when she had been here and under what condition: She came here in 1592 and in 1884, and on both occasions, she claimed, e Was favorably received by her mother, obtain- ing from the elder woman gifts of money, clothing and various entertalnment. Mother and Daughter United Sorrow. Under no circumstances was she per- mitted to address her mother as such. Mrs. Townsend would never permit it to be known that she was the mother of Mrs. Murray, even when the latter was only 10 years of age. In all their relation- ships therefore this tie was knowledged. Through all her life, Mrs. Murray swore, she had written to Mrs. Townsend _addressing her as mother. ways assisted her, and when her great affliction came in the death of her daugh- ter the bond between the two women, in which had come into her | before the tragic | sted that she | never ac- | “Dear | Mrs. Townsend had in many | © il ffenfenfee o frfonio e . Judge Dunne to-morrow morning l the question in regard to the alleged . with which Judge Sullivan startl Knowledge of what attention by ment at the implied she had been p almly to discue: “Practicaliy ally charged with matter with the Mrs mith, the oo oo e id were in the California her home up by to the Rattigan ‘phone in answer to my nswers to my questions. She told me that she did not know where M when Miss Rattigan would be home. to her at the Rattigan home tion was I really do not remember. treet home do not remember where never answered that letter. ““At the same time that I wrote to eraphs—that they might wish to keep one but to them. My interest in the explained Mrs. Smith. grandmother was a Wilmerding." satd “The boy who was to serve it,” while I was out. to testify brought me in court the thing had did not go.” wished to get the notoriety served I chould T have an attorney?" to tell, and I don't need an attorne foofoofrefosforfoflofordeode Q whick had never been very strong. strengthened in a common SOTTOW. To prove this fact and to demonstrate to that Mrs. Murray came to this city make it her home through a distinet w derstanding with her mother a series of letters and telegrams was introduced. These documents were of exceptional in- terest. Most of them were written in May of this year, when Mrs. Murray wrote | that her child and last living close rela- | tive was dead. She asked for sympathy | and assistance, and received both. Mrs. Townsend wrote in her letters that s | was tired of San Francisco and e body in it. Her husband was annoying her; there were countless demands upon her she was in ill health and she was deter- mined to leave the city as soon as she could settle her affairs. Later she wrote to Mrs. Murray saying that she would leave to her whether she should come to this city or Mrs. Townsend should go to the East. Mrs. Murray chose, she said, to come here. She placed her property for sale in the East and arrived here on | July 9 to stay for the rest of her days. Came Here to Remain for Life. | “I had lost my daughte she said, d 1 was alone in the world. My mother was alone and along in years, and | 1 determined to come to her to remain | with her or near her, as she determined, | and to comfort her as best I could for the | rest of my life. I was not shouting my | purpose from the housetops: my private busine was not the concern of other | people.” In one of the letters Mrs. Murray r | ferred to her father as “an old rascal.” | a characterization which did not seem to | please Mr. Townsend yesterday as he sat | in the courtroom. In conclusion, Mrs. Murray recited the events which followed her mother's death. She had searched everywhere in the house, but no will could be found. She had made the search faithfully and honorably, and she gave the court every assurance that had she found a will she certainly would have delievered it to the court whether it had been for or against her. She will be cross-examined Monday morning at 10 o’clock. | APPEAL TO GRAND JURY. —_— | | Mrs. Murray’s Attorneys Ask That i g Body to Investigate. Sullivan & Sullivan, the attorneys for | Mrs. Ella F. Murray, do not intend to let the production of the mysterious will rest | with their sensational course of action in court yester They insist that the al- leged will forgery, made by conspirators to injure Mrs. Murray and | trifie with the court. They declare that | | a felony has been committed, and they call upon the Grand Jury to make a thor- ough investigation of the entire affair. The following letter was sent yesterday by the | lawyers to the Grand Jury: SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 17, 130. To the Honorable the Grand Jury of the M Ay. a clumsy DECLARES SHE NEVER WROTE THE DOCUMENT NEVER wrote that will, nor did T know anything about it. and anxious to answer any and all questions he may wish to put to me.” Those are the words with which Mrs. Bessie Smith last evening met had passed in the courtre means of the evening papers harge of the attorney that the enormity of the offense ‘Judge Sullivan declares that I am guilty such a thing? of forgery. Such thing not only ridiculous as well. Wh: ould T do have in doing such a thin: And what n wishing to fasten such hing on m “I wrote tor Miss Rattigan,” continued Mrs. Smith, “to ask her to return to me pictures of myself and son that had belonged to Mrs. Townsend and Before I wrote to Miss Ratt telephone and inquired for her. Ratti would reach her. However, the address out of one of the two telephone books in my mother’s room I posted that letter. I brought it to the postbox at the corner near the Bella Vi have dropped it in the box in the Bella Vista Neither did she return t “I wrote to the Wilmerdings in New York. was dead and there were many photographs in the house—Wilmerding photo- “My father was first cousin to J. C. Wilmerding.* My Mrs. Smith admits that she did know a subpena had been issued for her Mother, however, was in, and he showed the paper to her, explaining at the same time its purpose. Mrs. Smith, however, is going to court this morning. without even an attorney to assist and, If need be, protect her. Mrs. Smith asked. for that.” | have held three vears prior feffefefets 1 shall go to at 10 o’clock and tell him I am ready forged will of M Almira 8. Towns- Judge Dunne’'s court yesterday. m was brought to Mrs. Smith's So great was the lady’'s astonish- 1 ervie ot dawn upon her until she began er. utterly false, but preposterous and What interest should I puzzle What is their me most n I called Whoever it was that came all was extremely guarded in her Mi: ellie Rattigan was not at home, and that was not sure 1 asked if a letter addressed What the answer to that ques- I wrote the letter and Finally 1 I am under the impression that a, although T hall Miss Rattigan me my photograph Miss Rattigan,” continued Mrs. Smith, I told them that Mrs. Townsend and whict Wilmer were of no value to any ngs is that of a relativs the lady, lled at the Bella Vista When I heard of it I thought they as to that secret panel. [ was tired of upon me and as I had never been She will go alone, “But why “I have only got the truth T B e B S S B i S i e B ] ] City and 14th inst United Miss lie Rattigan, 1418 Clay street, Sam Franeisco, Cal." The postal mark on the back of the envelope noted that said envelope was deposited in e 14th inst. On the as the following Sta. A, Aug. M4, 8:20 of sald envelope was another one cos ing the following superscription w and last document to be given to Mrs. Ella F. Murray through kindness of Miss Nellie Ratigan and Mrs mira Townsend This envelope. which was sealed. contained a document which on its face purports to be olographic will of Almira S. Townsend, ceased. Said document is forged and rlous. and it Is our belief that the same concocted by certain parties inimical to Mr la F. Murray. the only child and sole h sald Almira S. Townsend, deceased. A felony has been committed by some person or persons and the offender or offenders should be promptly prosecuted and punished for the crime. We are willing to submit at any time to your honorable body all proofs in our possession showing the commission of the ecrime and showing or tending to show the parties guilty M Bell, by request of Al- thereof. Please notify us at your earliest conventen: when you are ready to consider and oblige, yours very respectfully SULLIV. LLIVAN. SOLDIERS GUARD BODY OF COLONEL DUBOCE Prayers Were Offered at the Family Home Before Removal to the Armory. The body of Colonel Victor D. Duboce now lles In state in the armory of the First Infantry, N. G. C., attended by a guard of honor, and it will so remain un- til to-morrow morning. Prior to the re- moval yesterday from the family home Baker street Rev, George C. Adams, pa tor of the First Congregational Church, conducted brief services, consisting of the reading of Scripture selections and praver. Only relatives and a few intimate friends were present, Up to 10 o’clock this evening the remains may be viewed by the publie. The casket will not be opened at the M chanics’ Pavilion. to which place 1 be taken Sunday morning with m and Masonic escort at_19 o'clock The services in the Mechanics’ Pavilfon will vegin at 11 o’clock. They will be con- ducted by California Lodge 1, F. and A. M., of which Colonel Duboce was a member. General W. H. L. Barnes has been requested to pronounce the eulogy. —_—— Pensions for Disabled Firemen. City Attorney Lane sent an opinion to the Fire Commissioners yesterday in which he advises that under the charter a physically disabled fireman may be re- tired from the department upon an annual pension equal to one-half the amount of salary attached to the rank whijch he may the date ot such retirement. NEW SANTA FE FERRY STEAMER ~ IS READY FOR LAUNCHING HE Santa Fe people will celebrate an important event this afternoon. The occasion will be the launching of the new ferry steamer San Pablo, which has been constructed for service between this city and Point Richmond. The tide serving, the vessel will be dipfed into the bdriny at 5:34 o'clock at the Unton Iron Works. THE SAN PABLO, WHICH WILL RUN BETWEEN THIS CITY AND POI RICHMOND. Every railroad man in the city has been invited, and there is no doubt that there will be a large attendance at the func- tion. For the benefit of officials and em- ployes generally of the Santa Fe, Captain Willlam Leale of the steamer Caroline has tendered the use of his steamer, which will start from the foot of Jack- son street at 4 o'clock this afternoon. | Pe P eI FrVe b eees @ *E et e R Rt ] Captain Leale proposes to give his guests a spin around the bay before the launch- ing takes place. Fne San’ Pablo will be christened by Miss Christine Payson, daughter of Cap- tain A. H. Payson, vice president of- the San Franciseo and San Joaguin Vfilfl‘y‘ Railway. e vessel eet long, feet beam, and has 2000 horsepower and a speed of 15 knots. She will be the swell- est craft in her line on the bay.