The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 17, 1901, Page 1

OLUME LX SAN of the mysterious dis- >. 3. Wal , has been Experts investigat- books ving finished wort? nitentiary and Embezzlement. e that Clerk Wa ASSOCIATE P FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, | ’ROOF POSITIVE THAT MISSING WALDEN 1901. PRICE FIVE CENTS. IS AN EMBEZZLER OF STATE PROPERTY Experts Discover That Ex-Convict Clerk of San Quentin Jute Mill Shipped Thousands of Dollars’ rest if he felt so inclined. bome outside the g his wife and two d that he was | e interior of the State | two weeks' sec s 1 the farmers for| sacks on behalf of the prison board. These w nfl stories came to the ears f e and aroused thelr sus- | r wer gaged from this s w s gone over. ints in such a manner | tll ye day that it sy at he had ab d the con- | It wa und that nstructed the men pping department to S isco. Th marked with a stencil with | the same valden and the bags were drays were walit exe- | landed In g on the whart stolen property, and de- | now doing their best to find | v were consigned. Walden | such a manner that the | the only way that| detect any embezzlement to ascertain if all the buyers | sacks had received their | ller & Lux and the| Company, two of the| were asked 1f they shipment of 25000 sacks he r1~' few months. Both firms When d a [ received any hipment. Walden’s Ingrflfltude. Prison Directors feel very bitter den, who they declare hase with the basest of ingrati- other professor from Columbia College. | expected to-morrow. There is | n that the vacancies will be quickly filled and that no standard of the various de- ected will result. The in- y there be, will be altogether | direction. 1 partment of of the instruct- history, created something of a stir this morning by a somewhat ing address to her stu-| She expressed sympathy for Pro- Howard and declared that 1If it her cl and the interests tudents she also would resiga. bly certain that she will be | the university authori- lation of discipline. I reii et o Supporters. Whatever may be said of the merits of ch has sent five pro- into other flelds In- one fact—the gentle- red do not seem to hav sympathy or the support of tha | and conservative members of The men who have contrib- | of the g~ 2t ed- ution, who have clothed it | acter and have given to it tically a unit in sup- sident Jordan and his action. perhaps, oniy two members of of Stanford University who | in accord with Dr. Jordan and against Professor Howard and the friends gone with him into voluntary of these men who expresses | Professor Howard and crit- | x of President Jordan ejoy, assoclate professor | Professor Lovejoy has | c comment, but has com- fmself with some rather caustic | narks privately to {rlends. The atmos- | > of gossip s electric, however, and high authorities of the university | t for vi the controversy w fessors of Stanford develops » have re st to the succea ch are prac culty ave r O of philosophy. . | Joaquin Warehouse Company. | oner sttt -H—H—H-!—h'l-H-H' o3 3 | + Walden s a native of Germany and in 1880 he was sent to San Quentin to serve a term of twenty years’ for cmbezzling the funds of the San established himself favorably moment he entered the prison and be- cause of superfor education was given realization of this fact. his agreeable manner and his | he The students are not losing their heads. nation, I do not believe that the question of free speich is involved in this instance. utterances in reference to the dismissal of Professor Ross in deference to the wishes of Mrs. Stan- ford, while natural, were impulsive and untimely. loyalty they reflected upon the integrity of the university authorities. My faith in the executive strength of Dr. Jordan is again vindicated. Mrs. Stanford and yet against his own personal fecling—as the delay indicated—he _has followed the only course open to him unless a retraction were forthcoming. As a business proposition it would be absurd for President Jordan to retain a professor who has placed himself on record as bitterly opposed to the policy of the university. k) C. J. WALDEN, EMBEZZLING CLERK OF JUTE MILL. consideration. At the time the jute mul had just been established, and Walden | terprise. He proved himself so valuable that imprisonment | proved himself invaluable in this new en- He was an expert accountant, a The pris- | clever draughtsman and a great system- the | izer. + a salary of $140 a month. The moment the man was pardoned he appeared to take a deeper interest than ever in his work. His services were thought to be invaluable. He had complete charge of the mill, kept the books and superintend- at the end of seven years' imprisonment | ed all shipments. was pardoned. He was then ap- of the university is to continue the machinery must run smoothly. unusual | pointed clerk of the jute mill and patd B B i e ww a a B e S o o e e S o o e H%P%%+H—H—PH—H=€-H-&H~H+J+H—%H%MHJ ROFESSOR SPENCER FOLLOWS THE LEAD DRS. ROSS AND HOWARD AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY <! 'though they deeply regret-Dr; Howard's resig- At a crisis which demanded the most sturdy CECIL M. MARRACK, President Associated Students. Soon after Walden’s release he decided to marry and his home was blessed with Dr. Howard's Without consulting If the success Dr. Jordan has acted on his e | have heard what Professor Lovejoy has sald. They are satisfied to let the incl- dent rest where it 15, particularly as Love- joy has expressed his purpose not to re- sign. Bolton Coit Brown, vrofessor of draw- ing and painting, also has expressed his disapproval of the policy of President Jor- | aan, but has given no publicity to his ut- ‘What he has sald is known to | terances. the aythorities, but he is identically in the position of Lovejoy and says he will not | resign. In nelther case is there an indica- tion that the incident will go further. Mrs. Stanford’s Dislike. In an interview to-night one of the highest authorities of the university, who would not, however, permit his name to be used, said that the faculty was hear- tily in accord with its president. This authority declared ihat Professor Ross left the university, not because there was the remotest thought of abridging frec- dom of thought or of speech or of de- stroying academlic freedom, but because Mrs. Stanford took an aversion o th» personality of Professcr Ross. As fo! the Howard incident it is claimed that ! possesses absolutely o more significance than a determination on the part of Dr. Jordan to enforce ciiscipline. Professor Howard, it is asserted, was grossly dere- lict in criticizing beforz his class the pol- | ley of President Jordan. By permitting such an incident to pass without protes: and correction President Jordan would have struck a fatal blow at the disciplin> which is so essentlal to the well belng of | | every offictal family, particularly to an institution such as Stanford. “No falser conception could go to the world,” said this professor to-night, “than that which pictures the faculty of this university as in sympathy with the men who have left us. We have the high- est regard for their ability. We admire | she did it then because Professor Ross ——— their sincerity and fidelity of friendship which have prompted them to retire with | Professor Howard, but we feel that Pro- | fessor Howard and they were wrong. hey have done an irreparable injury to his institution, but the public should not | belleve that at Stanford we are deprived of freedom of thought or crippled in our academic independence. Academic inde- pendence has never been at stake In this whole unfortunate affair. “Only once did Mrs. Stanford insist upon her legal right of direction, and that was last spring, when she refused to audit the salary of Professor Ross, and had made himself personally obnoxious to her. His personal views, his theories of finance or of social culture had abso- lutely nothing to do with the case.” Students to Meet. The students will meet to-morrow aft- B i o T B e ernoon to discuss the situation. The ses- two children. For the past thirteen years to all outward appearances the man led a | model lifé. He never asked for a holiday, was never known to drink, had no vices, and his only recreation when away from | the mill was to occasionally visit Schuet- zen Park and particifpte in the shooting matches. Tt is now thought that the man that the amount of his embezzlement will never be known. a system of his own, and it is now thought that he was so confident he would not be discovered in his crime that he shipped sacks to the city when and to whom he pleased. The experts claim that they have already found several instances where Walden forced a balance. Director Wilkins’ Statement. Prison Director J. M. Wilkins was Inter- to Walden's cent embezzlement. He was reti- about the matter at first and stated it, as he thought publication of | the facts developed up to date might frustrate the plans for the recovery of the stolen sacks. When told, however, that The Call had full information of Walden's crime he made the following statement: ““When Walden asked for a week’s holl- day he was granted a vacation willingly, but when we heard of his two conflicting stories about the nature of his trip we became suspiclous. We found that he shipped over fifty thousand sacks to the city to a confederate and same to Miller & Lux and the Southern Milling Company, our two biggest cus tomers. These sacks are worth $2800, but 1 suppose that Walden or his confederate sold them to some party or partfes in San | slon promises to be stormy, as the stu- dents are divided in a measure against themselves. A proposition is on foot to memorialize Mrs. Stanford and beg her to reinstate Professor Howard. In this proposition the students appear to hav missed the very point of the entire affair. Rumors have been circulated that ia this serious emergency in the life of Stanford University President Jordan has shirked | his duty and has gone into hiding. Noth- truth. Those who represent Pfesident not only accepts sole responsibility everything which has been done, but he insists that his policy, which he belleves to be the best for the university, shall be | followed. Dr. Jordan has been under a severe stress since his return from Japan. His domestic bereavement, the Ross Inci- dent and the Howard affair have contrib. uted to disturb him serfously few days he has been taking a needed rest at San Luls Obispo. He will return, charge of university affairs. It is the opinfon here to-night that the excitement resulting from the whole af- fair will subside at once. ATTACKS THE REGISTRAR. a Furor. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Jan. 16.— College circles were aroused by the stu- dent criticism of a member of the fac- Chaparral,” a comic magazine published by an association of Stanford students. that some sort of criticism was to ap- pear In to-day's issue of the magazine, but it was not believed that the context would be so harsh nor the reproof so smirching. The person at whom the brunt of the THREE MEN ACCUSED OF MURDERING JENNIE BOSSCHIETER DENY ALL CRIMINAL ACTS AND POSE AS THE GIRL’'S FRIENDS ATERSON, N, J., Jan. for the defense in the murder closed W. A. Death, Wal-- ster and Andrew « trial for the thelr ts of the night Jennie Boss- chieter met her death ) They told ally and their testimon e as to details. The coun for the three defend- = general and specific denial of tions made against the men and Campbell were each Thelr testimony was on the were acting on a generous they took the girl out of hack. They claim that 3 runk” for a time in the of Saal's saloon; said she was g a + she became “‘dopy” after taking the end then became dead drunk. ought a drive in the fresh air 4 do her good and had taken her ross the river out into the country. ault was denfed Other Victims in View. The hack, it would appear from the 5 a 16.— | statements made by | not intended fc r the first drink; | The | the prisoners, was the party at first, but for McAlister, Kerr and two young wo- | men whose names McAlister refused to di- | vulge on the ground that thelr names had | not been mentioned before and he did not want to cause them annoyance. The story as told by each defendant appeared | plausible, explanatory and reasonable, but conflicted with the testimony of the | hackman and the alleged confessions of | Death and Campbell as introduced by the | State and admitted as evidence. The | State, which was beaten yesterday in the effort to introduce the confession said to have been made by Campbell, succeeded in getting it all in In even more detalled nner than would have been possible | yesterday. To-morrow the summing up will occur and probably the case will be left with the jury about sundown, although it may be that Judge Dixon will defer the charge to the jury untfl Friday. When Judge Dixon opened court coun- sel for the accused asked that Schul- thorpe, the hack driver, be recalled so that he might be confronted with the rec- tord of his conviction of a crime of which | he had previously been found gullty. | Judge Dixon denied the request on the ground that the point sought to be made against Schulthorpe wes immaterial. ‘WALTER MEALLISTER Michael Dunn then dellvered his ad- dress, opening the case for the defense. Counsel promised to prove that the death of Jennie Bosschieter was not caused by the commission of a criminal assault, and also that the charge of wiliful murder |since been in jail. could not stand against the defendants, McAlister on the Stand. Walter C. McAlister was called to tha — GIRL VICTIM AND MEN ACCUSED OF HER MURDER. ber 18 he saw Jennie Bosschieter with Death and Campbell; had known Camp- bell about a year and Death about six stand. He was arrested on the Monday | months; had known Jennie Bosschieter evening following October 18 and had |about two and a half years; had taken The evening of Octo- her riding when he first became acquaint- ed with her, but had never been to any soclal affairs with her. He dld not speak to her on the evening of the 1Sth when he first saw her, because he did not think she bad seen him. The witness said he and Kerr walked | to Saal's saloon. Death came out of the back room and ordered drinks. McAlister asked Death whether he might join the party in the back room and Death replied that he would ask the girl, Jennie Boss- chieter. Afterward he called to McAlister to come in. dered a bottle of champagne. The girl drank two glasses of wine and then ap- peared to be “pretty full.” There was a hack outside of the saloon and it was thought that a drive would revive her. Kerr and Campbell went out and started down the street. The witness and Death got in the hack with the girl and overtook Kerr and Campbell and at the witness’ invitation they entered the hack. They all then drove up to the Goffle road, in- tending to stop at Lee's place, but when they reached there it was closed. Then they turned around to drive home, and | had entered the rock road when the girl complained of feeling 11l and asked to be taken out of the carriage. Placing the hackman's blanket on the ground, they laid the girl upon it and tried to revive her, but without avall. Placing the girl was not as innocent as he appeared, and | His books were kept by | viewed yesterday at San Rafael in regard | that he would prefer not to talk about | charged the | 3 ing, it appears, could be further from the | Jordan here give every assurance that he | for | . and for a | however, to-morrow and assume personal | Article in a Student Magazine Creates | ulty which appeared this morning in “The | It has been well known for several days | Subsequently the witness or- | Worth of Sacks to Confederates in This City—Detectives Searchmg for Conspirators. Francisco for half that amount. I base my opinion that they were sold for half [wmt they were really worth from the | tact that whoever bought them must have | been a partner in the crime. Trying to Find Accomplices. “Whether Walden was known to be a | | criminal and was tempted is also another T think acco | thing which needs considerat that Walde n thought that o the death of Chief Clerk Ellis he could | steal anvthing in reason and never ba | detected in his robbery. Walden v handled any of the money, but it is fm- possiple to tell how often he shipped sacks to the city in the same manner in which he has been detected on these two occasions. “I consider that Wal y with Ingratitude and no stone will be left unturned to bring him to justice. TUp to the present time we have no trace of his whereabouts. He might have been swal- lowed up by the earth, so cleverly has | he hidden his tracks. We hope to be able to trace the drays and teamsters | who hauled the loads away from the 'Jack:on-street wharf, and you can rest | assured that when we find who bought the sacks we will give the people a sen- ’s:uinn I am under the opinion now that this thing has been going on for | some time and my brother Prison Direc- tors and myself will probe It to the bot- | tom. | “If Walden is caught he will be severely dealt with. I am sorry that the matter has | become public, as we hoped to keep the whole thing a secret until we had located the parties who bought the sacks, but | that 1s a minor matter. They can be eas- found.” den has treated Lty e e ) | attack was almed is Dr. O. L. Elllott, acting registrar of the university. An article written by Dr. Elliott and printed |in the December number of the college literary magazine, “The Sequofa,” was the cause of the criticism in “The Chap- larral" The student who is responsible | for the articles is Bristow Adams, editor of the “Chaparral.” So justifiable doew he consider the articles that he has | shouldered the responsibility and seems ready to take any consequences that may | follow. Dr. Ellfott's article which caused the criticilsm is referred to as “a recent out- | burst” by Adams. It was entitled. “How Can Alma Mater Wean Her Babies?” In |it Dr. Elliott handled both alumni and \umlergraduatas without gloves. | Adams in his reply takes the side of | the students and his thrusts are as sharp s those feom the registrar. The larger part of the current edition Is given up to the task of chastisement. First he treats of the article in his editorial col- | umns; next the biting sarcasm of “Mr | Tooley”” is brought to bear: lastly and | at more length he takes up the originai | article point by point and makes vigorous comment. Replying to the question, Stanford Wean Her Babies “How Can the article We would suggest that she treat them a tle less as if they were in a kindergarten more as If they were men and wome: great university. Let Alma Mater's have a few grown-up privileges a It will not be more satisfactory obtained from putting a puerile protest paper. Both faculty and students are taking sides, and “Chaparrals” are above par jon the market. It remains to be seen whether or not Editor Adams will be taken to task for his criticism of a pub- lished article from a member of the face ulty. on in the hack, they drove to a brook in the vicinity, where they took her out of the hack again and bathed her face. They put her back into the hack and drove to Dr. ‘Wiley’s office, and as he was not at home they hurried to Dr. Townsend's house. Disposing of the Body. Continuing, MecAlister sald: “It was our intention to act on the sus- gestion of the hackman at first and drive to the girl's home. We purposed to leave the dead body on the front stoop of tho Bosschieter home, but there were so many passing in the neighborhood that we decided to turn back and finally left the body where it would be easily found near Alea’s icehouse.” Under Cross Fire. This concluded McAlister's direct testi- mony and he settled back i{n his chalr and seemed to prepare for an ordeal ghen Prosecutor Emley began the cross-exam- Ination. “You had been leading & sporty lifs for some time?" said the prosecutor. This was promptiy objected to by the defense and the objection was sustained. In reply to another question McAlister said. that he did not make any effort (o go with Jennie Bosschieter for two years, it T S S S S i (Continued on Third Page)