The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 24, 1900, Page 9

THE SAN FBANCISC6 CALL, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1900. STRANGE NEGRO + HAUNTS PRESIDO | | | | | Danger Now Lurks in thefSlar’ Witness, Wife of a Sea Captain, Is Forced to Confess to Leading a Double Life. Shady Paths of the Reservation. 'mpts at Robbery Are Re- end Military Authorities are Trying to Capture the Offender. e the Pres gh this dark spot 1ps have caused through the s0ds with a feeling very akin to walking a few nig s cigar. Mrs - 3 when & of her husband was a stranger, who emerged the stranger was v of the Quarter STATISTICS ON PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN CALIFORNIA State School Superintendent Presents Copy of His Nineteenth Biennial Report to Webster. A POSTUM CEREAL. SENSIBLE TEMPERANCE. A Word to Temperance Ladies. happiness. effort t pea ® 1 and happi- ness, not onlj ut of Lhe and ble habits TR temperance wor & slave berself to the cc vour thought among your sick nervous, irriiable, broken dow: whose homes are anything b homes because of the irritation brought about by their physi- condition. In ninety-five ses out of & hundred, the nervousness. dvspepsia, kidney tropble, fe- bles, and various diseases whica le are subject to, come directly down and mental true and prove the same to wil s to make it. a few friends who are e miserable by whisky, but you have s of friends whose lives are made ble, as well as the lives of their use of coffee. Hard to Manv of the most pro accepted by human- ght to humanity's at- are ths, nevertheless. ourself. reader. Leave off r and start in with Postum | which can be obtalned at grocery store. You will days an improvement in { happiness for yourself out you. Life will | t: strength, vigor and to come back for your things that veu have unequal to. You can ac- something in this world, and uietly and without ostentation | ass S can ¢ re beer Msk: can g me & most efficient worker In secur- ' manity that pesce, content and | bat we age all seeking. i SPIES FROM THE BARBARY COAST TESTIFY AGAINST MRS W. C. LUND HE hearing of evidence on the criminal charge brought against Mrs. William C. Lund, the young wife of the aged capitalist, as counter to her suit for divorce o: the ground of cruelty, began yesterda: before Police Judge Cabaniss. The ex- of witnesses did not proceed amination very far, but it went far enough to show each side has been liberal in employ- | vate detectives to gather evidence ging to the ot side Luna’s ve be re the hearing i at 2 o'clock n public having a home in Berkeléy, where her son and daughter, the former 1§ years old, lived C) refused to say whether her new these facts or not. rsen is a woman of middle age, quite stout, and of florid compiexion. She y wore a black silk dress, black gloves and a picture hat that added a foot and a half to her short stature. She used her words with studied accuracy, and showed ¥ £ fous repeatedly when r sant disclosures by Roth- schild’s_questions Mrs, Martinez was different. She was frank and nfessedly from the Bar- bary ¢ she looked the part. She was nc hly dressed as Mrs. Petarsen, PTRS JENNET PETERSON A"TORMER FRIEND OF MRS.LUND MARCUERITE MARTINEZ WHO WAS ENGACED BY LUND TO SHADOW HIS WIFE MRS.LUND \WEPT wHEN MRS PETER3ON TESTIFIED ENDANT IN THE CASE OF THE PEOPLE VS. LUND AND THE TWO WITNESSES WHO TESTI- ) YE RDAY TO HAVING SPIED UPON HER THROUGH THE KEYHOLE OF HER BEDROOM AT E FRANKLIN HOTEL. picture hat had posed and had |t s > testim ed accordingly, and His the at- ed during ever. to wat g at the Lund's bedroom in the ished the sensation Bhe began her testimony rtue offended, but told of watching at the keyhole s room. With a litfle urg- ning she gave her testi- with t h e air of a felt outraged by she had at periods when he had worked Lee as barma st n she had kept Coast, though | Frankli n or and an- ong squabble as to at could ; to prove ope between 3 middie-aged and » owl-like stupid- long vigils at he name began by Roach, and 4, upstairs in rooms 18 and 19, Witness had seen Herz with defendant and on various occasions kad seen him g0 h her to her rooms. ad supposed H and t was her husband at his name Jerome. They wenl to the rooms to midnight on the night of sda ovember 14, and witness saw Herz et xt morning abc 6 o'clock. He had been in the rooms sev eral times when Herz was there, oncs ce-water and he weut tion witness sald ne s time” last Saturday rds with his employer. Ha t Herz did not live In the hotel t other guests lived there. | was called to the stand had met defendant | bout five years & t Guaymas, Mexico, | while defendant was still Miss Forman, housekeeper for Lund. whom s} She told of zoing to on the evening of Wednesday, ver 14, to rooms 26 and 27, taken by Mrs. Martinez. She and Mrs, Martinez | knew when deferdant and Herz came in, | at nearly mi gether in M ness drew herself scious virtue. i watching at the ki et | | n » | g ] yhole and reard Herz | say something about sending a cape back. Mrs. Lund had replied. “Oh, we maks | the old fool pay for it.” 'Then she told | | home, e etty and Herz had | and beautiful.’ That same incldent was described later in broken English by Mrs. Martinez. Ac- | tract w or h fendant said, “Ain't 1 e d ¥2" and Herz's re you air."* Petersen said that she ahd Mr: artinez had remained ‘up_ il 3 or ®o'clock and were sure Herz did not leav: | Thursday | 11 and 12 cents per pound. ng on the | Which the lower price of § cents was quo- Mrs. Lund | ted to Registrar Walsh was on the sub- the rooms during that time. evening she had seen Herz I in Mrs. Lund’s room, but was not in at the time. she had seen them come or 3 o'clock, but Herz I would come back if he * man."” Rothschild began the cross-examination | order was filled. and started in at once to ret 2 acter of the witnes one to sea yesterday. She was known 1 an Francisco sometimes as Mrs. Mahe as her first husband's name was Fernando | Mabher. 433 Pacific street, which they Afterward she had tended bar for Pet Anderson at Pacific eet and Montgom ery avenue, w vomen were ployed on percentage. she worked as other girls did, as a wai ress. She had been a waitre: saloon at 518 Pacific stre for a mai named Lindbom. She was .nown as Jes- | sie Lee, and in the good n the saloon was called the atical fashio; ‘Jessie Lee.” These later experiences were after her marriage to Petersen, but she declined t say whether he knew of them. She admi: ted having had a room at 518 Pacific street for nine years past, but would how often she had occupied It nied that she had lives Italian named Pete Parini. This long recital with its thrust an parry between counsel and witness tol on Mrs. Lund's nerves, when the witness was worst tortured b Rothschild the defendant hid her face gn sobbed not sa She dc there with a Mrs. Petersen denfed that she had been offered reward by Lund if she should se- | cure evidence for him. She sald she had one to the hotel as Mrs. Lund's friend. her oping ;o induce her to_return to tl but that what she saw that first night. She cou! not explain why she had stayed at th hotel till Sundas morning, after M: Lund’s arrest, because, as Sbe said, am on oath and I cannot tell positivel 1f 1 am_telling the truth.” Mrs. Martinez told briefly of takin residence on Webster stree turns at the kevhole with Mrs. Petersen. | She was very frankly a Barbary Coast giving evidence that sl had ployed to get and to gi mit. ing will be continued. 3 ply was, “¥es, my | purch: , saying he ild not see tha: and had | our us They had conducted ‘a saloon at | sold in 1890, em- Then for a timw also at the | and at the time e had turned against her after been em and what she | saw was told with as much directness as | her poor command of English would per- sdler cross-examination went over until Monday at 2 p. m.. when the hear- BIG PROFI I BALLOT PAPER Interesting Facts Develop in the Investigation of Vetoed Demand. { ey g If the Secretary of State Had In- vited Bids the Price Charged Would Have Been Much Lower. o A | Two interesting matters developed at | the investigation yesterday by the Super- | visors' Judiciary Committee of the May {ors veto of the demand for %25 flled | | by the Secretary of State for bal- | lot paper used mn the last election. The | first admission made by several paper | dealers was that an unusual profit was | made on a special order for ballot paper. This was also borne out by the testimony | of Registrar Walsh, who stated that A. | Zelierbach, who had charged 123 cents { per pound for the paper, had later offered | | the same to Walsh for 10 cents per pound. Agaln, Walsh testified that Blake, Mof- fitt & Towne had told him that it was ut- | | terly useless to enter into competition In | | Sacramento to supply the ballot paper, as | their gamples had often been returned un- | opened. In other words, so strong was | the influence of other firms that it would | not go to the trouble to submit competi- | tive bids, knowing that it stood no chance | | to_obtain the contract. There were present at the meeting Su- pervisors Brandenstein, Comte and Tobin | i of the committee. Assistant Secretary Hoesch explained how the paper had been bought and appeared mueh hurt that the | demand was not paid immediately and without an investigation of {ts exorbitant figure. He was asked pointed questions as to why no competitive bids had been invited and whether he did not think that lower price could have been secured in mpetition. “The only mistake I made,” sald Hoesch, “‘was not to have exacted pay- ment for the paper in advance, but thought the city of San Franciseo was | ble to pay its bills. In 1888 the city pald in 1538 $1096, and in 1900 $725 f 'or the ot paper. The price has ranged from $220 a ream to 33% In yvears past, while we have charged you only §23 a ream.” “Don’t you think you should only charge the actual market value of the paper?” asked Comte. “‘Because you paid e as much as the paper is alleged to worth is no reason why the city should b h | ve to stand the difference. The law is very clear that the market value only | | should obtain in a matter of this kind. | | Hoesch thereupon was sworn and testi- | | fied that he purchased the paper for $230 | | la ream. || ."Did you advertise for bids?’ asked | Comte. | { | “No,” replied Hoesch, “we bought it| m A. Zellerbach troi with whom we | y of State negotiats | her firms for tha purchase of asked Brandenstein. | E replied Hoesch. t it customary | “Isn to advertise for | bias?” | said Hoesch, ‘it Is not customary. | v is required would i o | The fact that secrec prevent that.” Brandenstein wanted to know what pro- | | tection the county had against exorbitant | | charges that might be made by the Sec- | retary. | “We appear to be at the mercy of the etary of State,” said Brandenstein. | | “Well,” said Hoesch, “you would have | | to depend on the honesty of the Secre- ey i I. Zellerbach, who made the sale of the "darling; you are fair | bailot paper fo the Secretary of State, | testified as follows: “The price charged at the time the con- as entered into was a fair market The restriction thrown around the ase of the ballot paper, such as - 'crev_v. water mark and the opaque char- value. acter required, necessitated great care and | 1| caused trouble. The paper was sold by | the ream, which would make it between The way in | mission of a small sample without the water mark. No one can place a value on | paper in that way and come within 5 or 6 cents a pound of the actual vaje. The market was unsettled at the time the The profit on the order 25 per cent greater than 1al profit. n| Tobin asked Zellerbach what his usual | profit was, but he refused to tell in detail | “Sometimes we only make 2 per cent.” sald Zellerbach, who seemed anxious to | dismiss the subject. C. L. Bonesteil, who quoted 5 cents per | pound on the same paper for which Zell- | erbach charged 12% cents. testified that his quotations had no bearing on what the | | price_might have been when Zellerbach sold the paper. “There were great difficuities in filling orders when the ballot paper was sojd | { last January,” said Bonestell. “My price | { would make the cost about $125 per ream. | | There is no market value in a special con- | tract of that kind. Different firms have | different ideas of placing valuations on | | the cost of the product.” | ¥ | "“If there was competition,” said Comte, | “the price would be less, would it not?" A | “Yes, it certainly would,” said Bone- stell. a f John Curtis, paper expert of Payot. Up- d | ham & Co., thought that the price of $250 | | per ream was reasonable, considering the Y | circumstances surrounding the purchase | of ‘the paper. but Curtis acknowledged | | that he did not know the value of paper| last January. | James Taylor, an agent of a paper com- | pany which made some of the paper for | Zellerbach, testified that no paper mill | cares to make ballot paper with all the | exactions required, as it entailed consid- | 4 | erable trouble. & | “I would not consider the propesition at ® 110 cents a pound.” said Taylor. | ;| Registrar Walsh took exception to a| [ | statement made by Hoesch that the paper | ¥ | had been hawked about. | |, “T did not take a smal plece of paper | for a sample, as has beea alleged.” sald 5 | n- I n n o t- t. | Walsh, “but a whole ballot blank, with the water mark. This T did ten days after election day, so that the secrecy required by law was not violated. I learned that the city was being charged at the rate of one-half a cent a ballot, and I thought it expensive, and T have been borne out | by the letters of Blake, Moffitt & Towne | and C. L. Bonestell, who quoted the lower ATTORNEYS IN THE JESSE SHELDON POTTER TRIAL ARE FIGHTING AND MAKING ALL SORTS OF CHARGES Accusations of Conspiracy and Biackmail in Open Court and Revelations of the From the wild oats he sowed Jesse Shel-, don Potter reaped death, and while wit- nesses are telling of his last months on earth, and of therelations existing between him and Mrs. Annie J. Pronk, to a jury in Judge Daingerfield’s court, the attorneys are hurling fierce invective, criminations | and recriminations at one another and are flinging back and forth charges of con- | spiracy, subornation of perjury, unprofes- | sional conduct and blackmail. If the story of the last days on earth of a *‘good fel- low,” the way he worshiped at the shrine of Bacchus and clung to the association of women other than his wife, may be considered sensational then the trial be- fore Judge Daingerfield is such. When the case opened yesterday morn- ing a morbid crowd of men sat in anxious | expectancy. The opening of the case—J. C. Campbell's statement on behalf of the plaintiff to the jury—was disappointing to the audience, but as the case grew they were satisfied. After informing the jury that he would prove that the deceaded sent for Mrs. Pronk and directed her to care for him until death or health re- Heved him, Mr. Campbell touched upon the dead millionaire's family affairs. ey Campbell, “why thos v :n’& dear to him d’ld not go to hfS bed- | side. Instead of going to him they waited | until he was dead and then crowded around his body anxious to secure his be- | jongings. We will also show that those who are contesting this action came to| ! that there is subornation of perjury in Late Millionaire’s Escapades. this plaintiff and asked her to swear to a fal promising if she did so to her what was due her on the following We will also show that the ‘ormed by Mrs. Pronk were hon: done and hence we expect a verdict at your hands.' | Dr. J. A. Noble was the first witness called. He testified that he attended Pot- | ter during his last illness apd said that the deceased introduced the claimant, Mrs. Pronk, to him as his nurse. “He would not haye another,” said Dr. Noble, “‘and she gave him all the attention he received during his last fiiness.” In answer to a question Dr. Noble sald that he knew Charles C. Boynton, who | was associated with the defense; that Boynton had come to him and presented a statement for his signature. At this| int attorneys for the defense ohjected to Dr. Noble further testifying. which caused Campbell to open his attack. i ““We will prove,” he sald, “that this man presented a document to Dr. Noble, as he did to Mrs. Pronk, reflecting on this plain- tiff's claim, and told him that if he would sign the same his clalm against the estate for $2000, for medical services rendered the deceased, would be pald. We will show this case.” ico’s, was called and testified as to Potter ““Tht a plain charge of conspiracy,” | and . Pronk occupying a suite at-his angrily answered Mr. Peck, attorney for | place. Mrs. Pronk, he sald. was in con- the defense, “and I object to it. “And there is a conspiracy, Campbell. “Th played by the defense in this case—— ‘e say you are prosecuting a black- answered re is more rascality dis- mailing scheme,” shouted Peck. “‘8it down and remain seated until per- mission is glven you to rise,” commanded <’g~\ned Daingerfield, and the order was! obeyed. Boynton was then called to the stand. | The document to which it is alleged he endeavored to secure Mrs. Pronk's signa- ture, it being similar to that presented to Noble, was produced and read to the ‘was a detalled statement of Potter’ T Jury. It last whirl around the tenderloin. forth that Potter first met not in was exhibiting his chair. It told of how tained by the how the wine while going the pace that kills. Boynton told of more alleged “times” enjoyed by Potter and the claimant, but he evidently failed to enjoy the searehin cross-examination to which Campbel subjected him. swer. Joseph Malfonte, stant attendance uj to administer to all of his wants. It set 1 Mrs. Pronk at the Ellis-street house kept by Olga Evans: that he remained there five days and when night clothes from the easy depths of a rocking otter was enter- rls of the resort- and of owed: in fact, was a de- tailed chapter in thé career of Potter He wavered at times and was at a loss several times to find an an- roprietor of Delmon- n Potter and seemed Mal- fonte’s testimony closed the day's pro- ceedings and an adjournment until M rdered. on- day was ol figure. T have no prejudice in this matter, but I deemed it my duty to make an in- | vestigation. I informed Mr. Zellerbach that I thought the price was exorbitant. “““Weil, you'll have to pay it,’ said Zell- | erbach. ‘Even If the Seeretary of Srate would charge you 2 ecents, you would | have to pay it. ‘T will sell you the paper | now for 10 eents a pound.’ ““This rate was 2 per cent less than that charged by the Secretary of Stue. [ thought there must be ‘a big profit in paper. Blake, Moffitt & Towue in- formed me that there was no use to enter into competition at Sacra- mento with other firms who appeared to have the inside track. as its samples had often been returned unopened. he firm also informed me that the paper was made of wood pulp and was only common newspaper that m.;' been sized. If it was given time it would quete 43 cents to fill the arder in carload lots.” At this point the investigation was.past- poned to obtain more evidence as to what was the actual market price of the paper at the time it was purchased. To-Day’s News Letter. There are many Interesting special fea- tures in the News Letter of to-day. Mar- tha Shainwald Myers has an article that will be read eagerly by all of the women and many of the men. It is entitled “Woman's Franchise in New Zealand and How I Cast My First Vote.” Horace Eg- bert, the turf writer, has Plum Puddin’ Tommy on “The Women Wha Go to the Racetrack.” Reginald Schuyler, the club- man, writes another of his original papers on the style of clothes worn by the men at the opera. “Lady Algy” has a column and more of exclusive gossip from the inner circles of society, and the editorials and regular departments are up to their usual strength. But the many specfal articles are the features this week. e James Whitcomb Riley has written for The Call a splendid Thanksgiving poem. It will be published to-morrow. | ideal | Boe Toieton ot action: mot of profession. I ADVERTISEMENTS. PERIODS OF PAIN, How Three Women Found Relief. ‘While no woman is entirely free from periodical suffering, it does not seem to have been the E. 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This wicked world of ours is not wicked: it is far advanced In its desire to be good and moral, but don't you see that as we near our the ideal rece: 1 think if the Creator could look down on this world to-day and see it as it is, he would feel that ne had fot | created this world in vain. Man was created and exists on this earth for human love. You notice I don’t say charity. If there were no human love in this world 1 would say it is indeed a wicked world. But look around and you will see that man has grown to love man. What matter if the power to do wrong is gone if the wish remain? It is the spirit we must look to. we shall have a religion of reason, st of its mystery. When has religion begun to grow weak in men’s minds? When they cemsed to be interested. when they lose faith, when | they begin to be hypoeritical This is the condition of things that we are sliding into to-day. If men are not true to themselves they car be crue to nothing on God’s earth. Then when this shall have come to pass we shall have no reason to say how wicked we are. We will stand forth for ourselves and speak out the spirit in our hearts. At the Temple Emanu-el Rabbi Voor- sanger lectured on ‘The Social Code.” He condemned Iynch law and ecited (Lo e of the negro, Porler, as being an il- lustration of the suspension of the social contract. He continued in part as foi- lows: It is unfortunate that such a thing should have occurred. It is stHl more unfortunate that such temporary suspensions of justics should occur. When we live in a community it is understood that we are “to be protected [ e s s s sssssssasasasaad J i In the Divorce Court. The action :nstituted by Maod M. Nolan for a divorca from Joseph F. Nolan was on Judge Banrs’ calendar yesterday. J. €. Campkbell, who represeats Mrs. Nolan, testified on her behalf and :ne case was submitted for decision. Kate Schetzel has been nted Schetzel on the ground of desertion. Sul for divorce have been filed by Viela A. McFadden against Johr E. McFadden for failure to provide, and Jobn A. W. Cari- against Marie V. Carlson for deser- For a Cold in the Head. Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablets. s s Foiv s Pioneers’ Daughters Organize, Daughters of the Ploneers met and or- ganized in Ploneer building vesterday fternoon. -Ladies to the number of fort, 544 signea the roll and the meeting ad. till next week, wi officers will be clected, I look forward to the day when | ipped | What is needed is truth. | We want | a divorce from August | y few people assassination or THANKSGIVING That is what the people are who have bought those lovel ler & Chase Pianos are ing us for having brought so happiness i their homes different styles-to select from method of selling beats them all; | |is the easiest and cheapest. | Jsole agents for KNABE ! doing v Koh- n much Eight Our it We are & FISCHER pianos. KOHLER & CHASE, 26-30 O’Farrell St., SAN FRANCISCO. or tetter, or if one application fails to stop the itching. sts. or_sent post Price %5 cents. o L R, U . ' . | At o