The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 21, 1900, Page 1

<4 CUDAHY PAVS BIG RANSOM FOR RELEASE is Paper not . taken from ibrary.**** T VELUME LXXXIX—NO. 21. SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, OF HIS KIDNAPED SON‘ onaire Pgcker hreats to Blind of $28,000 im f LETTER CONTAINING THREAT TO BLIND THE KIDNAPED BOY OMAHA, Dec. 20.—Following is a copy of the second letter sent by the kidnapers to Mr. Codahy: OMAHA. Neb.. Dee. 19.—Mr. “We have kidnap: Sve the child will be returned as 3 refase we tmmediately kidnap anc ted and demand £100.000, a ion of your child and realize and will not be monkeyed with or eaptured. et the momey all in gold., five, ten and twenty doliar pleces: put #1 in a white whent sack, get In your bugzy alome om the night of Dec ber 19th at 7 o'clock p. m. and drive south from your house Center street. them west om Center and drive back to Rumer's Park sand follow the paved road towards Fremont. When ¥ ome to a lantern that Is lighted by the side of the rond place the money by the lantern and immediately turn your hors d retarn home. our lanters, tied Zxy where a any y and § up th the ng te reuaded old bim tate to and represent us, and ney Cudahy, GIVE UP THE you dom’t mive mp. COIN. Do the right ednesday, December 18th. Follow these instructions and ne Stc"y o! the lidnaped Boy. 1@ the fe lowing story he was In front of Gegperal use just acro on his way e street from back from the evening, when One o sidence, Tuesday sroached him him and said Sarpy County and arrest McGee, who escaped from rm school.” f thers thical Eddie McGee, but he would have to be identifiec placed him in a buggy and drove to -sixth street and nwor As they approached street. cavenworth street a motor car passed The lad recugnized the conductor ¢ said to his captors: “There is a man knows me; he can identify me:” But captors immediately blindfoided him néd whipped up the horse. The lad thinks they r-ruud Leavenworth street and ed of a broken heart, ‘We are of the Boy and Gives the to Cudaby: child and demand S25.000 thousand dollars) for his safe return. fe as when you last saw him. but if will put acid in hix eyes and blind him. her millionaire’s child that we have spot- we will »n the handle t ean be plainly r and every part of it tempt at captare will be the saddest thing you mber some twenty years ago Charlie Ross was kid- 000 ransom asked. Old man Ross money, man net to give up the money, as- thieves would be captured. ctter must not be seen by any or some stranger kmew its contents although against your wish, or some one might use a thus the this wou'ld be as fatal to you as Iif you refused to give So you see the danger if you let this letter be seen, you are up against it and there is only one way Momey we want and money we will get. the nexst manm will, can business and you can lead your boy around blind for the rest our life and all you will have is the thing by us and we will do the same by you. refuse you will noon see the saddest This night or never. ed thdt he was not the | his captors | | Be became bolder. thence south to | Omaha Yields to the Bold Abductors.| (twenty- If you give the money then we will for he will see the con- we mean business t it that he faet 1"t two ribbons, You must place a red lantern seen so we will know you for will have must be returmed With the but Burns, the great detective, sorry that he allowed the detec- one but you. they might If the po- attempt to wrong party securing the N o e A e Y ) ’00"0000'0’0090099”0‘09‘900000000000#0000000‘00000000000’0OQQO"000000000‘0Q‘Q‘OQQQQ"""VQ‘00000’0000"00‘0‘000000000000005000000000000QQ'Q for he will see that we copper sym- sight yom ever seen. harm will befall you or s ofe oo clefolenfeobefobetedeted the and chained there all night His hands were tfeq ! - 1 his feet prevented him from getting a good view of his surround- ings even after the biindfoid had been re- owever, that he was the blinds on He gat there were six in the gang men came fro, One of and Mexico rece De: late] er ve 2 expert in er the my reached hrough th eventh and Leaven where he was leave arriage. From there he walke. home. arriving there shortly after clock in the morning. The bandits made explanation to him why they gave him | his freedom Guard Grows Garrulous. | Speaking o ower larkness to Thirty worth reets, his experience while in the kidnapers young Cudahy by the way the men's foot- jed throughout house acant and stripped of furni- | ed also that they struck no suld have been comscious of a | had they made one, for the | uld not have exciuded all its e men stiil moved about In absd- e. exchanging no word. One of an old rickety chair some- 1 pushed me down on it. Then the cords from around my tituted for them a pair of | ith chains attached, and made | latter fast to the rungs of the chair. f leg-irons were clapped upon and the chains of these were | about the legs of the chair. comfortable position I spent e twenty-four hours of my in n, though at one time, for a pe- about five hours, I should judge, the chains from my wrists were removed and I was permitted to lie down on the the ar also locked “In th carcera riod of fioor. One of my captors provided an | overcoat, which served as a pillow. 1! tried to sleep. but my nerves were too| badly shattered to permit it. Juring all of this time I partook of no nourishment but once, although the man who was with me often asked me if I wanted anything. Once I said I did, and he went and got me a cup of coffee and some crackers “The man who kept watch over me was drinking keavily all the time. At first he did not talk at all, but after we had been alone together for six or seven hor began to get garrulous. He talked about all soris of things and ais talk rambled throughout, whether from drick or design I could not say. Finally Two or three times he touched upon the subiect of my abduc- tion and I gathered from his remarks that there were six men In the gang of which he was a member. He sald one thing which was very much to the point and which startled me. The boy to-night Is apparently none the worse for his experience. Late to-night Mr. Cudahy announced he would pay $25.000 reward for the appre- hension of the abductsrs of his son, $5000 for one and §15,000 for two of them. NEW TREATY 15 ADOPTED BY S[NAT[ His Guard of Armed Ruffia Ratification of the Hay-Pauncefote Convention. Defeat of Amendments Ex- | cept Those of Foreign Re- lations Committee, .o0000000¢00$0000000 $ NEW TREATY AS AMENDED WASHINGTON, Dec. #.—The text of the Hayv-Puuncefote treaty as amended follows: f America and her of the United King- and jreiand and India, being desirous to fa- of a ship canal to and Pacific oceans, d to remove any objection arise out of the convention commonly called the eaty, to the construc- al under the auspices the United States gensral prinetp article § of that-con- t purpose appointed as The President ates, John Hay, Secre- ¢ the Tnited States . rica; and her Maj . the Right Hon B, &C X G, bassador Extraordinary and to the United States; mmunicated to each other powers, which were found to due form. have agreed upon the wing articies It is agreed that the camal under the auspices of tates, either directly at fts or by gift or loan of momey ividuals or corporations or through subseription to or purchase of stoek or shares, and that, subject to the provi- sions of the present conv he Gov- ernment shail all the rights ineident construction. regulation and management the canal Ar cle 2 The high contracting par- ties, desiring to preserve and maintain the general principle of meutralization established in article § of the Clayton- Bulwer convent! bere superseded. adopt as the basis of such neutralization the following rules, which convention is substantially as embodied in the con- vention between Great Britain and cer- tain other powers, signed at Constanti- nople Octoder 2 he free mavi- ne canal, that peace, to rerce and of war of way be exercised be committed it 3. Vessels of war of a belligerent nor take any stores =0 far as may ctua embark or dis- oms of war or anal except in irance of tran- transit shall possible dispatch this article shall troops, mun e matertals case the be resumed with ail of war of a belligerent in In such waters longer ours at any one time, In such case depart as =000 as possible. A ves- sel of war of one belligerent shall not depamt within twen: ur hours of a departure of another belligerent. It Is that none of the im- Z conditions and stipu- ‘tions numbered one, two of this articie shanl e United o take for wn forces, the defense States and the mainte- order. The plant, estimates, buildings and all works necessary to the construetion and operation of the canal shall be emed to be part thereof for the pur- pose of this convention, and in time of war as in time of peace shall enjoy complete immunfty from attack or fn- jury by belligerents and from acts eal- culated to impalr their usefulness as part of the canal. No fortifications commanding the can jacent. The United States, however, shall be at liberty to maintain such military police along the canal as may be necessary to protect it against law- lessness and disorder. Article 1 The present convention shall be ratified by the President of the United States, by and with the ad- vice and consent of the Senate thereof, and by her Britannic Majesty, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Washington or at London within six months from the date hereof, or earlier if possible. in faith whereof the respective pleni- potentiaries have signed this conven- tion and thereunto affixed their seals Done in duplicate at Washington the 4_ffth fay of February, in the year of # our Lord one thousand nine hundred. JOHN HAY, PAUNCEFOTE. shall be erected 1 or the waters ad- ‘+ee @+++ 4444444444440 44040 ASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—After spending the greater part of the past week in considering the Hay-Pauncefote treaty for the modification of the Clayton-Bulwer convention of 180, the Senate to-day consumed only one hour and ten minutes in amending it ard rati- fying it s 2mended. During the time there were several rojl calls and viva voce votes. The first five of the roll calls were Continued on Fifth Page. 1900. PRICE FIVE-CENTS. BARON VON SCHROEDER ADMITS THE TRUTH OF STORIES OF STRANGE SCENES AT HOTEL RAFAEL, BUT SEEKS TO EXPLAIN AND RESTS CASE ns, Prowling in Court, Disarmed by Order of Judge Angellotti—Offer of Attorneys for The Call to Submit the Issue Without Argument Is Declined. mitted his last word of testimon and Introduced no important evi- dence except his own and that of his brother, Baron Alexander von Schroeder. Not a single witness was placed upon the stand to speak a word in behalf of the Hotel Rafael during the reign of the Von Schroeders. No guest of the hotel, mo citizen of the town was called upon to swear that the hotel was of fair repute while the Von Schroeders reveled and caroused and debauched. An effort was made to impeach the tes- timony and character of only cne of the many witnesses placed upon the stand by The Call and the endeavor falled. To the surprise of listeners the Barons admittec under oath that the facts of the incidents related against them were true, but tha: they were not immeral. To give climax to a day of sensational interest severa armed private detectives, paid ruffians. who were ready to be assassins, and whe as a bodyguard to Baron von Schroede: had assembied and were on guard im the courtroom, were ordered out by the Sheritr and disarmed. And then both sides closed the case. The attorneys for The.Call de clared their readiness to submit the case without argument, but the plaintiff woulc not consent and te-day the closing argu- ments will be mad: and the case gives to the jury. The first surprise of the session yester- day was the effort of Von Schroeder’s at- torneys to prove that Willlam H. Jewell, who testified to the shocking character ol the drurken ride and debauch of V3n Schroeder and Bis friends, to. ;mm had a deep prejudice against ihe. and had applied to him a vilé epithet. ‘hu result of that effort was Jewell's asser- tion that he applled a vile epithet to Von Schroeder, and had declared thit ever, man in San Rafael who has a family and ares for it should tell ail he knew of th. immoralities of the Earon In order tha: ke might be driven from the community i San Rafael were not the last sink hole in creation, the witness declared, such be- ings as Baron von Schroeder would be tarred and feathered and ridden on a rai: out of town. This was the testimons which opened Baron voa Schroeder’s plea for damages to his reputation. Then he attempted to show that Jewell's reputation for integrity and honesty i- J. J. Murray, father and son, took the stand and declared that they would not believe Jewell under oath. It was shown then that they are stablemen and liver) keepers who have been patronized by Von Schroeder for years and are now enjoying his bounty. Two other witnesses, both of standing, swore that Jewell's reputation | is of the best and that they have known oim for years. The plaintiff took amnother tack. He made sbeciutely no effort to impeach the character of any other withess who had testified againgt Rim, who had pictured him as a moral pariah, a drunken reveler, utterly unscrupulous in his relations with women, whose reputations he aked against his sensuality. The character of these men Baron von Schroeder did not attack. He introduced two witnesses, two men who were members of a night cara party in which there was a solitary mar- ried woman, to swear that this woman who had - imbited several intoxfeating drinks, was not drunk. The engineer of the Hotel Rafael g the distance between the clubhouse ant the rhain hotel and showed that it is small. The juby was taken to Inspect the grounds, and witk the. exception of his own testimony and that of his brother Baron von Schroeder iiad closed his case. While the jury was making its inspec- jon excitement reigned In the courtraom and in the Courthouse. Durinug the prog- ress of this trial Baron ven Schroeder has had in his employ a band of armel men recruited trem various places and mar- <haled by a notorious ruffian. These men have prowled around the grounds of the Hotel Rafael at nignt, have skulked on the streats of the town when the trial was not in progress and when court was in session have distributed themseives in various positions of advantage in the court. They were secured by Baron von O“QQQ‘OOQ‘QQQ‘OO00‘00“00000000‘9000&000‘000500000‘00000000000006000QOQQ“"QQO‘OQQ‘OQQ*OOO‘0000‘000000000000000'0000'0000000'00000000000000 05000‘0. Schroeder and his attorney to soften the fears of the Baron that the men relatives of women whose names Were mingled .with his would take summary vengeance upon him.. The Baron feared that if the names of women who had shared his de- baucheries were given in court he would be killed by men whose homes he had polluted. The Call. however, announeced that it would permit the name of no wo- man to be used in the presentation of the not good. Two witnesses, M. Murray and | ? | ARON J. H. VON SCHROEDER | has closed his case for libe! against The Call. He has sub NG NEvam NEvER MO ¢ quent in in those previcus days The Baron 1 hosteiry and wa ing party through the gl His body g rels of the doors cwo beetie- browed ex-pugilists sat in rocking-chairs on the front porch. ¢ n was in sight and one only was a Samn Franeisco r was thers ready to go = afterncen and swear that lady whe took part in the poker game with the Baron, the “young Baron himself and two other men was not 'HAS OPINION OF THE BARON Witness Who Thinks Von Schroeder and Cronies De- serve Tar and Feathers. At the beginning of the mornin ston of the court Judge Angeilotti stated that he desired to modify his previous ruling regarding the admission of certain testim by the defendant. Mr. Spreck els’ evidence concernng a previous oe- urrence, the publication of which had n suppressed. was not admi: the previous ruiing the opinion that testimon structions defendant .ad given concerning | that proposed pubiication would be per- | missible as showing the absence of malice. This imstruction, but aothing In referenca to the subject matter of the pubiication which had been proposed was, the Judge decided, admissible. Mr.. Preston said that not in court at that mo: but would arrive later In the day, and it was stipu- | lated that he should then be permitted to | take the stand. but t as defendant ent was BARON VON SCHROEDER TELLS TOM WHICH HE INTRODUCED ! DRINKING WOMEN FRIENDE OF THE HOTEL Mr. Preston explained that the “passes™ | referred to by witnesses of tMe previeus | day were not free passes, but were ral- | road transportation “urnished on acecount | and pald for by The Call. He desired OF THE SMASHING GERMAN CUS- AS A COMPLIMENT TO HIS WINE- RAFAEL. T “hat they knew absolutely nothing about he affalr, but Attorney Maguire for Von 3chroeder made the startling announce- aent that he had employed armed men to | ict as a bodyguard. Judge Angellotti immediately ordered the Sheriff to disarm ail men whom he might suspect. He called seven of the Baron's ruffians from the courtroom and ‘orced them to give up their pistols. The sommand was obeyed, but for the’rest of | he day the gang of gunsters hung about he courtroom. Baron von Schroeder then began the presentation of the few remaining facts »f his remarkable plea by placing his brother, Baron Alexander von Schroeder, on the witness stand. This young man. a very fiercely mustached, nervous person, who is not on particularly intimate terms of acquaintance with English, scowled, twisted, turned, snapped and admitted practically what had been sworn to against him. He denied that either he or the Baron, his brother, or any of their women friends had ever been drunk. He admitted that in the clubhouse parties, in which the brother Barons and women had taken part, wine glasses had been smashed. But he explained that the smashing of glasses is a peculiar custom of German gentlemen when they wish to pay partic- | ularly a compliment to a lady: no one can irink- again from the same glass. It is _perhaps fortunate for the Hotel Rafael that this interesting ceremony of gal- antry, imported by the Baron, does not also include the furniture. Baron Alexander also admitted that on one occasion he had crawled out of the window to the roof of the clubhouse, | but he did so only for a joke to frighten the ladies; his stomach was behaving well. and his women friends had drunk cham- pagne out of beer glasses, but he most ‘ndignantly declined to belteve that he had done so. He acknowledged that a woman had once been completely overcome at the clubhouse, but from illness. not intoxi- cation. Dr. Howitt of San Rafael had been called then to attend her, but he was not called yesterday to be asked about it. Flercely Baron Alexander admitted that He could not remember that he| 1 emphatically that any one had ever see he be allowed to prove { | ienfh-r that the fact be admitted or that | him drunk in San Rafael or in the com Maguire said he had no objection *o de- | pany of drunken women. He explained | fandant being allowed to prove theefact the episode of smashing wine glasses as | W. S. Leake, manager of The Call, was his brother had done, but adorned by an- | cailed to the stand and he testified thac alogy to another entertaining custom in- | the transportation was furnished on ac- duiged by Scotchmen, in which a vic torious hunter signalizes his triumph by drinking with his feet on the table. TI | of course, presupposes the condition tha the hunter is not yet under the table. | Baron Jghn Henry denfed that he ever | had his arm around a woman on the ho | tel grounds or had any of his lady friends | o N LT aper lon his lap. He denied that he had beer } <os - | on the hiliside. but admitted that Baron Needed Tar and Feathers. | Alexander had jumped out of the window | Willlam H. Jewell was recalied and Ma- count for advertising. He said 'We have advertising contracts with ail the raflroad and steamship companies We can make requisitions at any time and receive transportation, it being charged against us in each case. The C | ¢ ‘ved no free passes from a and then “looked in with his face and | guire asked him if he had ever expressed made much merriment.” With that merry | any il will toward plaintif. Witness ad- thought the essential features of his tes | mitted that he had and said platnti® | timony.closed and.the attorneys for 'rne} owed him a bill. He was asked i hal said to F. G. Wright that the Baren had Call found nothing worthy in their opin- | | ton for cross-examination. | | refused to pay him some things commect- Mgy | ed with the paper chase and that 2e | would get even with him. |JURORS VISIT | H | “I did not say it in those words, HOTEL GROUNDS but T admit having called him the name mentioned. He owes me a bill for which I have judgment, and it is pending on appeal now in this court. I would like to explain why he re- | fused to pay me.” Plaintiff’s counsei would not let him ex- plain, but om- cross-examination Preston | asked witness to state what he had said. “T said that I thoughf it was the ‘dutyu(n'rymnnmnglh-u_v in this town to come out and testify against these “If San Rafael was not a sinkhole of ‘reation they would be tarred and feath- :red and ridden out of town on a rafl.” | Maguire offered a photograph In evi- | denece to show the relation of the ciub- i It was admit Heap of Bomes on Back Porch of Clubhouse Are Mute ; Witnesses. | - | | “Before taking further testimon¥. plain- | tiff's counsel insisted that the jury should be taken to view the hotel prem- ises in order to fix the location of the va- rious buildings in relation to each ot¥er. | Défendant’'s counsel demurred, on the | ground that it was a useless expenditure | | of time. The court ruled that if the piain- | tift insisted he would issue the order, and | such order was issued. It was agreed that Sherif Taylor should point out the following places te the jurofs: The hotel, the clubhouse, the tower, the barroom, billiard room, lunch room and card rooms of clubhouse, the foof of the bgwling ailey, the front, side and back entrances of the hotel, the grot- to in the grounds, the stables, the june- tion of Bell and Watt avenues, and Pa- checo’s corner. A recess until 1:3 o'clock was taken. ‘The jurors were taken in a large "bus —— | house to the hotel proper. ted without objection. Ernest A. Langford was called as the first witness for plaintiff in rebuttal. He testified as to the identity of the bufld- ings shown in the photograph. Witness is engineer at the Hotel Ra- fael. He made measurements the previous day and he testified that the distance from the main entrance of the hotel to he nearest entrance of the clubhouse is by Sheriff Taylor to the hotel grounds. | !#0% feet. From the walll of the hetel ‘members of counsel for each side follow- | (0 the nearest point of the clubhouse i3 ing in other conyeyances. The places | 10% feet. The billiard room is 27 by & agreed upon were visited, the jurors ang | feet in size. The barroom is 3% feet long. their official guide passing from ome to | The iunchroom is 13 feet wide and 3 another of the scenes of the escapades | feet iong. The cardroom adjoining the which have formed the subject matter of | lunchroom in the rear is I by 12 feet. The the testimony of the witnesses for the de. | rnof of the bowling ailey Is somewhat fense. The barroom. billiard reem, lunch | lower than the botiom of the window of and card rooms were inspected in turn | the cardroom, the roof sloping toward and their relative location noted. On s | the clubhouse and joining its wall. This back porch, by the side of 2 door leading | latter testimony was brought owt by into one of the card or _wine | counsel to be used in connection with ar- rooms, lay a pile of champagne | gument on evidence of witnesses for de-