The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 15, 1900, Page 14

14 MRS. NETTIE R. CRAVEN, DESPERATELY ILL, ORDERED BY JUDGE COOK INTO COURT TO BE ARRAIGNED Physically Distressed and Mentally Shat- tered the Woman Is Carried Into the| Courtroom. Affidavits of Physi- cians and Pleadings of Attorneys Count for Nothing With the Court. TTIE R. CRAVEN s g a terrible penalty for battle ehe waged for some £ the ms of James G. Fair. By the order of Judge Carroll Cook she was forced to rige from a bed of dangeroys fliness and appear before the bar of the court. Part- ¥ paralyzed, wan from sickness, mental and physicel, emaciated to & shadow of what she was, weak beyond the power to etand, she was wheeled in a chair into crs. The woman presented a pitiable sight ns she was carried to the front of the court- room. Whatever she had been, whatever were the merits of her great contest, her almost utterly hopeless, ex- y even from her accusers, from the Falr attorneys who surrounded her from the private detectives who had followed her to the very doors of room. She was breathing and quickly and in too apparent She was mambling incoherently les in other courts. Now and her eyes would open heavily and the faces around her. s who remain nest objection of he was ordered to appear dge Cook and answer to the Judge Cook was as- e way that the vsically un- n asked e himself and is- her apart- was in dress o Plead Given Time t ra ly to the w aven wa the Old Fire. cour he indictment Her features be suppressed ex- ck glance leaned back her eyes to th Cook perempto of the accused to the middle rs. Craven half obeved The Steinway inway & So have beer; manufacturers solely nway piano is d is worthy of Pleased to show floor devoted to the Steinway pianos herman, Clay & Co., INWAY PIANO DEALERS. y and Sutter s B, ) and Broadway, Ouskland. and Morrison sts., Port- or. Seattle, Wash e presence of Judge Cook and her ac- | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, + 1% | | | | | | | | || 1 {1 | 1 i | R | | | DRAMATIC INCID WHICH MARKED THE PAINFUL JOUR- NEY OF MRS N FROM A BED OF DANGEROUS | ILLNE! TROOM JUDG: COOK, WHERE THE SICK | woaa> NED ON A CHARGE OF PERJURY. L o -+ { For an instant the old spirit that has car- “That Mrs. Craven is fll and in no | ried Mre. Craven through so many legal | physical condition to appear in court must battles flashed in her eyes be palpable to your Honor and to “That is not my true name,” she sald . a half smile on her lips. | me §s Nettie R. Craven-Fair. Clerk Tolle hesitated long enough to make the change, and then began the wearisome of the document. The reading oc- teen or twenty minutes. At es Mrs. Crave =ed her eyes and ed the document the clerk was read- v to close them again and support with her emaciated hands. The in the extreme, and whisper was heard R. Craven and had be- persecution Continuance Grudgingly Given. At the conclusion of the arraignment Mrs. Crave! nd looked appealingl n D. | Riordan. M. e and asked e court for a continuance until Tuesday, me he said Mrs. Craven wou which ti be re Judge Cook to & 1 contin curso 2 fon of the in sald Mr. Ri “l am of »pinion that it is demurrable. I wiil also be t I intend to challenge upon other grounds indictment. It is my opinion that before my client is called upon to plead these motions should be disposed of by the court “If the defendant pleads now.,” said Judge Cook, “it will save the | court.” | | | I will also make a motion to quash the | necessity | taken 1 labor of again bringing her back to | sought. I unsel,” said Mr. Riordan. *That it is a labor to bring her back to court is her misfortune and a misfortune which the court should duly consider. Your Honor can perceive that Mrs. Craven is in no physical or mental condition to be sub- ted to annoy The people of San F co are not going to suffer if we give this defendant an opportunity to re- cuperate; neither will the court suffer nor counsel, nor her accusers.” t this point Assistant District Attor- ney Deuprey arose and sald that he saw no reason why the continuance asked for should not be granted Judge Cook, however, stated he would not be in court on the day named by counsel and again requested that Mrs. Craven be instructed to plead to the indictment, reserving the right for her counsel to withdraw the same, however, if he saw the necessity | for so doing in the future. Mr. Riordan insisted upon a continuance, however, and finally it was granted, Saturday, Septem- ber 22, being set as the day upon which Mrs. Craven must plead. The continuance granting an adjourn- ment was ordered. Grave Doubts of Her Sanity. Court bailiffs immediately cleared the court, leaving Mrs. Craven, her lawyers and physician, Dr. Clinton, undisturbed. Mrs, Craven was carried Into Judge Cook’s chambers, for word had been re- ceived that she would not again be re- ceived at the hotel from which she was and new. apartments must be After being an hour in the cham- Craven was carried downstairs to her car- riage. Mrs. Craven had been ordered to appear day morning for arralgn- not present, but among those who anxfously awaited her coming were George W. Simpton, the Sausalito Justice of the Peace, and Adolph Bylva. Simpton and Sylva were soon disturbed from their meditation by the order of the court for thelr arraignment. The long indictments, charging Sylva with subor- nation of perjury and Simpton with per- jury, were read. At the suggestion of their counsel the defendants were given until the 17th inst. to plead. Judge Cook again called for Mrs. Craven. She was still absent and Dr. D. D. Lustig was called to the stand. Before Dr. Lustig was called upon to testify, however, Attorney Riordan, on behalf of Mrs. Craven, asked for a continuance. He presented three communications from Drs. Saloman, D'Evelyn and Howard. These physicians all agreed that Mrs. Craven was in no physical condition to go to court and all had grave doubts as to her sanity. Reports of the Physicians. “In his report, Dr. Max Saloman, city physiclan of the German General Benevo- lent Society, sald: “This is to certify that on the night of September 8 I was called to see Mrs. Net- tie Craven, in order to have her trans- ported to the German Hospital of this city. I found patlent lying on her bed suffering from a hemiplegia of left side. Left leg complete loss of motion and sen- sation. Pricking with sharp point of pin elicited no sound from patient, conse- quently did not produce sensation of pain. Left arm in simflar condition, with ex- ception of two fingers which could be slightly moved at will. Diagnosis: Hys- terical hemiplegia. Further examination proved patient to be mentally deranged. Her incoherent, disconnected conversa- tlon, accompanied by outbursts of temper, becoming, in fact, violent, necessitated my refusing to accept her as a patient at the German Hospital, since the rules of the institution prohibit the taking of pa- tients not of sound mind.” In a communication to the court, dated September 11, Dr. E. S. Howard, adjunct bers, apartments were located and Mrs. | to the chair of surgery and demonstrator WOMAN TAKES CARBOLIC ACI D WILL DI Jilted by Her Lover Gussie Goldberg Seeks an Early Grave. ——— When Jack Ullman, a traveling sales- { man, told pretty Gussie Goldberg to pack | up her belongings and get out, that he | dia hot want to set eyes on her again, he ! little realized the conmsequences of that sudden outburst of jealous passion. The | girl, driven to distraction, saw relief only | in death, and when she left Ullman at the | Lepalmer Hotel at half-past 11 o'clock | last evening it wes for no other purpose { than to end life in what seemed to her an ungrateful world. From the hotel she | went to a drugstore, purchased 50 cents’ worth of carbolie acid and drank a third of 1t cians say there is no hope for her recovery. r(?:-uyulng to Climan, he had known the dberg girl for about a year. He met | her at & cance, and after that they were | together a good deal when he was not out of the city on business. Her home is in this city, but she had not seen her parents for several months. ;She is about 23, a | pronounced blonde, with weli-molded fea- tures. Upon returning from Chicago about | & month ago Ullman took apartments at | the Lepalmer and the Goldberg giri was | a frequent visitor to his rooms. Last evening, shortly after 6 o'clock, Ullman saw the girl talking to a young n on Mason street, near the corner of liis. He did not create a scene then, but wien Miss Goldberg came to the hoiel a few minutes later he accused her of being unfaithful and ordered her to get out. She asked him for enough money to take her home, but he refused, stating after- ward that he feared she might purchase poison with the money, she havii fre- quently told him that if she ever a ralling out she would kill herself. From the hotel the girl went to the Langham Hotel, on Ellis street, and bor- rowed 5 cents from a woman whom she knew. Then she asked to be trusted for a drirk. From the hotel she went to An- drew Osen’s drug store, at the corner of Mason and Geary streets, and purchased 50 cents' worth of carholic acid. The clerk said,she was cool and collected and while he was preparing it she examined some articles on the showcase. Returning to the Langhanr Miss Gold- berg met several freinds, who invited her to join them in a drink. She accepted the invitation, but had not been seated long when she begged to be excused for a mo- ment She went direct to the lavatory and there swallowed an ounce and a half of the acid. She started to go out, but fell on the way and was picked up by one of the attendants in the hotel. Sev- eral of her friends worked over her for abcut five minutes before the ambulance was sent for. They wanted her taken home instead of to the hospital. At the hospital Dr. Bachigulp! worked over her for three hours, using an electric battery and other remedles to stay off_sleepiness, but she rallied very little and the doctor stated early this morning that he entertained little hope for her re- covery. Ullman_was placed under arrest. Fe says if he had known the girl had in- tended to try and kill herseif he would have followed her from the hotel. Miss Goldberg's parents corner of Seventh and Schrader streets. Her brother. who is an electric car con ductor, visited the hospital at midnight and identifled her. Pretty Effects. We are continually adding to our fram- ing department new and novel designs in framing materials, ‘superb patterns and shapes in ready-made frames and in manner of finishes. Dainty and delicate moldings a¢ the most reasonable prices. Sanborn, Vail & Co.. 741 Market street. * e Lecture on Language. Professor E. P. Cubberley of Stanford University delivered the second of his course of lectures on ‘““The Course of Study in the San Francisco Public Schools” yesterday in the Normal School building on Powell street. The attendance was large. being composed mostly. of teachers of the public and.private schools and those who expect to become teachers. Pl A i S S Ladles' tatior-made suits, siiR' skirts, fur capes; liberal credit. M. Rothschild, 526 Sutter. * —————— ] Struck a Special Officer. John F. Ryan, a saloon-keeper at Fifth and Market streets, was fined $5 by Judge Cabaniss yesterday for battery upon Spe- clal Officer J. J. McCabe of the Orpheuplen. Ryan was raising a disturbance outside the Orpheum Tuesday night, when Mec- Cabe asked him to be quiet. He refused and struck McCabe on the face, f There 1s not an ounce of headache in a bar- rel of 1t—Jesse Moore “AA". whiskey. live at the| MTTORNEY 4D * CLIENT DIDER HRE N COURT Hassett and Costello Are Accused by the Heirs of Barron. SHINTEL % BE0R Attorney M. C. Hassett and Willlam Costello narrowly escaped going to jail yesterday for contempt of court. They are accused of having entered into a con- epiracy to secure $14,000 belonging to the estate of George E. Barron and the In- quiry to determine whether they have or mot was in progress vesterday before Judge Troutt. George k. Barron, it will be remembered, was the son of Edward Barron, the millionaire. The son con- tested his father's will and gained a con- siderable sum of money by compromise. ‘With part of this money he paid his credi- tors, one of whom was Willlam Costello. Barron owed Costello $§700 and secured the debt by assigning to his creditor two life insurance policies amounting to $14,- The claim of Costello was settled, however, for but for some reason unexplained the policies were not re- turned to Barron. In negotiating _the settlement M. C. Hassett acted as Bar- ron’s attorney. ~When Barron dled Has- sett collected the $14.000 and paid it to Costello, not to the heirs of Barron. It is to determine the ownership of money that the present Inquiry was mad Costello was on the stand yesterday and was asked by Attorney Sullivan how much of the $14,000 he gave to Hassett. Hassett, who was acting as Costeilo’s attorney, vehemently objected to the wit- ress answering the question. The ecourt ordered Costello to answer. Hassett advised him to disobey the court and Sullivan asked Judge Troutt to send them both to jail for contempt. Judge Troutt threatened to do so an answer were not forthcoming and after a long wi le Costello admitted that Hassett received nearly $4000 of the $14,000 received on the policies. Ee—— Send your books to be bound to us. Mysell- Rolling, 22 Clay. Good work. 2 1900. Painful Journey From a Bed of Dangerous Iliness to the Tribu= nal in the City Hall. The Defendant, Al- most Unconscious, Faces Her Accusers as the Indictment Is Read. s of anatomy at the College of Physiclans | and Surgeons of San Francisco, said: “This is to certify that I have this day attended Mrs. Nettle R. Craven at St Luke's Hospital and find her suffering | with an apparent paralysis of both ex-} | tremities of the left side, involving mo- tion and sensation. She iIs constantly talking, and almost all she says is of a rambling nature. The mind is very weal(i and needs a good long rest. “In my judgment, she will not be able to attend court for some time.” | Dr. F. W. d’Evelyn, in a communica- tlon to the court, said: ‘At the request of Dr. C. A. Clinton of this city, I visited Mrs. Fair, now a pa- tient at St. Luke’s Hospital, and I hereby state that it would be requisite that pa- tient be confined to bed for some days to | come. Symptom most intensified being | loss of motion and sensation in left leg.” | Ordered Under Arrest. ’ After the communications had been | read, Attorney Riordan asked for a con- | tinuance. Judge Cook refused to enter- | tain the motion, however, and after in-| structing Drs. Lustig and Rethers !o‘l make a further examination of the pa- | tient, issued a bench warrant for her ar- | rest and production in court. The war- | rant was placed in the hands of Sheriff Lackmann and was served by Deputy | Sheriffs Willlam Dasha, Dan Farley and | John Waible. Drs. Rethers and Lustig called and examined Mrs. Craven at the | Palace Hotel. After they left the room the Sheriff prepared to take Mrs. Craven | to court. A hack was pressed into ser- vice and after much labor Mrs. Craven | was carried downstairs and the journey | to the City Hall began. Before Mrs. | Craven's arrival in court Judge Cook | called Dr. Lustig to the stand to testify as to her condition. Dr. Lustig said he had made a further examination of the | patient. “In my opinion,” he said, “Mrs. | Craven can be brought to court. There | is an apparent loss of mobility of her limbs, but I believe there is an effort on | her part to suppress action. I could find | no difference of temperature in her limbs | and at times I noticed a movement of the | same, which, in my opinion, prove her abllity to move the same if she so de- | sired. Judge Cook was about to make another order commanding the immediate produc- | tion of the accused In court, when she | entered, carried by four men. Men and | women turned and glanced into one an- | other’s faces. For the first time in their lives they had seen a defendant, ill be- | yond question and maybe unto death, car- ried into a court of justice that she might be arraigned and the prosecution’s clamor | for a hasty trial duly honored by the | court. Mrs. Craven Denies She Is Insane. “Although my left arm is paralyzed thank God I can still raise my right in | any court in the land and swear to the truth,” sald Mrs. Craven when seen at her rooms in the California Hotel last night. “I do not think that Judge Cook knew how ill I really was,” sald she, “when he sent the Sheriff after me this morning. It he could only have guessed how anxious I myself was to go before Judge and jury and clear my reputation! I value my rep- utation much more than any monetary consideration. Rather than not be cleared of this charge I would dle, but I tell you my death wouldn’t end the Fair case. Nervous prosiration is what I am suffer- ing from. That and partial paralysis of {the left side. I am not insane nor have ever even suffered delirium. I am per- fectly sane, as some pecple may learn to thelr cost before thelr case is done. I ex- pect to be quite well hefore my case ig called again and will clear myself and as- sert my claims in an Indisputable man- ner. TO-DAY We offer you your choice of any LA-| DIES’ COLORED SHIRT WAIST we have in the house at 25C each. Among these you’ll find Waists that have sold earlier in the season as high as §] 50 each. Early shopping is advisable, as thess waists will not last through the day. SILK WAIST SALE. 150 beautiful SILK WAISTS, all 85, $5 50 and $6 Waists, made of best Taffeta, trimmed with Cording, Tucking, Plaits and Hemstitching; to-day’s price $3 75 each HOSIERY. 2c LADIES, FRENCH RIBBED HOSE, on sale at 12%e¢ pair, LAD:! 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LADIES" med wi MUSLIN DRAWERS, tucked. ith wide embroidery or lace, . | LADIES’ MUSLIN SKIRTS, trimmed with | linen lace and insertion or wide embroidery | L,u';:g‘flf; l?-ul;mv'nmiiows wide embroldery 2 dozen LADIES RIBBED FLEECE-LINE! worth'50c. Sale price, Z8e. i trim- | A e unbleached sheets—made of good quality sheeting—fin- ished with two inch hems— 63xg0 inches, each 40c 81xgo inches, each. ...50¢C on the victories of the y ing. the efforts and results best of recent offerings. 2000 yards No. 40 all silk taffeta ribbons in scarlet, car- dinal, light and medium pink, light blue, mais, cream, white and turquoise—these ribbons tie up prettily for the neck—you can have them tied at the ribbon counter in any style bow you wish and free of charge—an excep- tional value—per yard..18¢C - Millinery. we direct your special at- tention to our trimmed hats. many are imported, others were made by our own peo- ple, who used Parisian crea- tions as models. we can satisfy the most fastidious and the most ultra. several entirely new models— chic, piguant, dashing— on view fo-day. two snappy domestic values. the spirit of progress is ever active in the domestic store— and the department grows nearer and nearer your ideal. worth your while to come every day. Japanese tinsel teen different colorings and as many odd and bea patterns—26 inches value 10¢ a yard—now.. TC crepes—fif- Wi another ribbon sale. the Hales’ ribbon sales are justly famed. we never rest terday. success is a spur to striv- of each greater or we are not satisfied. with exceptional chances just now. these two items are the to-morrow must be the department is thick 1100 yards fancy ribbons with heavy corded stripes— 3 I1-2 inches wide—entirely new color combinations—one of the prettiest ribbons we've shown wonder how so much ribbon beauty and goodness can be sold for the money—price, peeyard ............ 200 this season—you'll BURGLARS STEAL COSTLY JEWELRY AND CLOTHING Almost Wreck Mrs. Foster’s Residence on Jackson Street. —_— Captain Seymour and his men are look- ing for a brace of burglars who entered the residence of Mrs. Foster, 3716 Jackson street, about a week ago. The burglars carried off a large quantity of wearing apparel and jewelry, valued at several hundred dollars, and even took the lace curtains which adorned the front win- dows. Mrs. Foster and her family had gone to visit some relatives in the country. Yesterday morning they returned to this city and on entering their home they were surprised to find that it had been looted. The burglars gained an entrance by pr. ing open a rear window. They broke open closets and bureau drawers and even ripped up the carpets, so determined were they not to overlook anything of value. The woman who lives next door says that a short time before the burglary she saw two men drive up to the house in a Wagon. One of them remained on the sidewalk while the other rang the front door bell. Falling to get a response he went around to the rear. Thinking they were peddlers the woman paid no further attention to them. Captain Seymour has the name of a boy who saw the men leaving the house. They placed their booty in the wagon and hur- riedly drove away. The police are satisfled that the burglars are the same men who have been operat- ing with considerable success in the West- ern Addition for some time past. They operate under the guise of peddlers. SANG FOR BENEFIT OF LOWELL FOOTBALL TEAM High School Pupils Give a Clever Minstrel and Dramatic Per- formance. A successful entertainment was given last night at the Girls' High School A ditorfum for the benefit of the Lowel High School football team. The perform- ance began witih a minstrel first part, in which the pupils of the school, assisted by some excellent amateur talent, dis- tinguished themselves. The allusion by the end men to Professor Schmidt of the Lowell school and the injunction to the | School Board to “‘cease putting everything | away"” were well received. The performance concluded with Beta Sigma Dramatic Club in the “Thirty Minutes for Refreshments.’ —_— Great Celebration Illustrated. The Wasp has collected all the pictur- esque scenes of the semi-centennial cele- bration in one handsome number of thirty- six pages. It forms a most interesting album of the many notable events of the great fete. The enrfinlvln[s ‘with which the publication is filled are remarkably fine and give a realistic idea of the scenes which attracted the largest crowd of vis- itors that ever witnessed any demonstra- tion in San Francisco. the farce, —_———— Dr. C. C. O'Donnell, the independent candidate from the Fourth Congressional District, made one of the most powertul £peeches of his life lust evening to an im- mense and enthusfastic crowd; if ne had spoken similarly in_Congress it would have had a decisive effect on the Eastern members upon the Chinese and Japanes curse and trusts. He is the man. . 1212-1214 MARKET ST, Bet. Taylor and Jones, Manufacturers of Ladles’ and Children's Wear. it e S Insane Woman Locked Up. 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