The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 22, 1901, Page 11

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, b DITOR jcfais, which will nece: them before they are t present the bonds n LU URT APPUINTS 4 HEW CURRDIAN l | | | { George T. Wright to Handle the Property of Lady Yarde-Buller. " RNEY PSSR Oskland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Jan. 21 th settied the long wra operty of Lady Yarde-Bu uncing that he wc George T. Wright her ds fixed at n of the j dicti; da County court i petition fllegal, Alameda d be in- represept- B. Green- d the attempt of her lady- and that they EN NEW COMMANDER H. Ellis Will Direct nies of Uncle Sam’s “Rookies.” being the = the ut cond Batta- for false en- val of his enlist- ho dled of at the reached yes- | to that effect. TATEUR BOXEBS'AB.E | COMING TO THIS CITY n the Eastern Tournament Box st the Olympic Club in February. president of & received a J. E. Sullivan, sporting author- the to go to | ratifying a s g in the latter part as Scholes, fought be- vear, will again vis means that the ama- box in the club tourna- v Inaugurated on the will try harder for give them a chance to hiwelght, cent, and he feels 1 retrieve the defeat hands of Scholes, e e | SHAW HAS MORE CHARGES PREFERRED AGAINST HIM | Recognized in Court as Man Accused | of Passing Numerous Ficti- | tious Checks. { | a John Shuler, allas before Judge charge of pass- 8% on J. Swain, 895, He was a 3. Gibson and at case was continued till | k for | y 22, 1 | i Egan happened to be in court | ed Bhaw as a man he had for. Three of his alleged Pragge, saloon-keeper, 7 A. Benson, saloon-keeper, etreet, and C. Renner, 1305 | street—called later at the Cicy nd identified him and he was | three other charges. Egan are other ———————— WILLIAM H. McMANUS SUCCUMBS TO PNEUMONIA ther of the Late “King of the| Potrero” Dies After a Short Sickness. | McManus died at 717 Folsom v night of pneumonia after a ok Henry eet; C. H (308800 therwise known as the “King of v He was a well-known char- nd the Hall of Justice, having or of & saloon in the neigh- old City Hall. was about 40 years. of . ed by a wife and one child, ~ at "James McManus, an under- wler in Oakland. The remains will be from the undertaking parlors in ad to-morrow. % buri e They are made payable to the as the law requires they should be | | lege. ONDS OF MANY CITY OFFICIALS ARE DECLARED WO sinterpretation of the Charter Blamed for Mistake Which ¥ May Cost-Much Time and Trouble. WELLS has discovered a serious error in king out of the bonds of man RTHLESS BY terpretation of the that the bond mus of the city and ssitate the renewal rendered legal. As are not worth the crawn wili have to is not thought that ¢ missioner M. H. Hecht, Fire Commissioner John Grad ught to have arisen through a misin- and re Commissioner James C. McKinstry. r TYLER CHOKES WRONG WOMAN Mistakes Miss Hinchman for His Wife and Nearly Strangles Her, ALAMEDA, Jan. 2L.—“My God, what have I done?” were the words uttered by George N. Tyler of 1716 Everett street when he found that he had choked & ng lady whom he mistook for his wife t Saturday evening. Then he dropped almost senseless form of his victim, Miss Gertrude Hinchman of 1566 Everett street, and ran for his home and bolted the doors. Several neighbors hearing of the deed were prepared to do Tyler bodily harm, but they could not gain an entrance into his house. Tyler, who runs a nursery, has been having bitter quarrels with his wife late- ly. He has several times threatened to take her life and last Tuesday his threats became so realistic that Mrs. Tyler fled to the house of Mrs. Harry Lippman, cor- ner of Lincoln avenue and E\‘Prelllllreel. Tyler watched the house every day\in the hope that he might get an interview with her. Saturday afterncon -he forced his way into the Iiippman residence and slashed some of his wife's clothing with 2 knife. It was some time before the women in the house succeeded in pacify- ing the infuriated man. He insisted that his wife go with him, but she afterward succeeded In making her escape. A Hinchman, whose home 1is just across the street from that of the Lipp- manns, prepared to go to San Francisco to visit friends Saturday. As she was crossing the street to take the 7 o'clock train at Park street she was suddenly at- | tacked by a man, who jumped out of the gloom that pervades the neighborhood. he grabbed her by the throat and choked her with all his strength, his grasp tight- ening with every struggle of the young woman to release herself. Now I've got you; now I've got you,” he kept cryin While they were fl!rugihng Miss Hinch- man’s face was thrown backward so that the light from an electric lamp on the corner shone full upon it. Tyler at once nd fled. better run, you coward, as he made off in the darkness. Miss Hinchman then made her way te e and told the story of the attack sther and brothers. She was ned and her narrative was J but she succeeded in telling them that she recognized the man who attacked her as George N. Tyler. The brothers went to the Tyler residence, after getting others to assist them, for the purpose of chastising him, but there Was no respo: at the doc Yesterday, however, accosted Ty on the street and ve him a tongue lashing. According to gflss Hinchman his only excuse is that he had been sick and did not know what he was dotng rent, they the fright even now,” sald Miss Hinch- man’ other to-night, “‘and she is almost Tt' was a good thing e light was thrown on her might have been choked r had been looking for his wife for several days and there is no tell- ing what he might have done. Of course, he said it was a mistake and all that, but I don't see what difference that makes. -» man has no right to attack his wife any way. There is nothing we can do to punish him. but 1 wish we could.” Neither Tyler nor Mrs. Tyler could be seen to-day. Tyler kept out of sight and Mre. Tyler remained in seclusion at the home of Mrs. Lippman. B4 +4 4444444444444+ + THE DAY’S DEAD. % Do+ 44+4444444444444440 ELISHA GRAY IS DEAD. Famous Electrician and Inventor Passes Away Suddenly. NEWTON, Mase., Jan. 2L--Professor Elisha Gray of Chicago, who was asso- ciated with Arthur J. Mundy in the per- fection of a system for submarine sig- naling, died suddenly at Newtonville last fessor Ggay was assoclated with Professor Alexander Graham Bell in the perfection of the telephone, and had been Bast about a year and a haif in connec- tion with the invention of submarine sig- naling. He was stricken while on the street. He wi picked up in an uncon- scious condition and carried into a neigh- boring house, where he died. Professor Gray had been visiting Ar- thur J. Mundy and his brother in New- tonville, and had nfade arrangements to g0 to Maine to-day. During- the after- noon yesterday Mr. Gray complained of feeling 111, and consulted Dr. Talbott, who told him he had a -ufm acldity of the stomach. Neuralgia of the heart is as- i as the cause of death. inventors of the day. He was born in Ohio in 1835 and learneg blacksmithing, carpentering and boat- building. then pursued _special studies in physical science at Oberlin Col- In 1570 he began his series of inventions with a seif-adjusting telegraph relay, and two years later he established a manufac- tory of electrical apparatus at Cleveland. He perfected the typewriting telegraph, the telegraph repeater, the telegraphic switch eand _annunclator, and other de- vices. In 1572 he organized the Western Electric Manufacturing. Company. He invented his speaking telephone in 1876 and the telautograph in 1893, His name came very prominently before the public §n conection with the great suit over telephone patents. He organized th Congress of Electricians in connectiof with the World's Columbian Exposition in 1882 and was its chairman. e was the author of several works on the sub- ject of telegraphy and telephony. oom Peter S. Chalmers, WOODLAND, Jan. 2L—Peter Stuart Chalmers, a native of Scotland 89 years of age, died Sunday morning. He will be buried at Elk Grove, Sacramento County. Deceased was on the site of Chicago when it contained but one log cabin. Sty et Colonel C. H. Hilder. WASHINGTON, Jan. 2L.—Colonel C. H. Hilder_ chief clerk of the Bureau of Eth- nolgy of the Smithsonian Institution died to-day, aged 70 years. He was well known as a magazine writer and lecturer. pectr - St Rev. Charles E. Conrad. QUINCY§ 1L, Jan, 2L—Rev. Charles B. Conrad, M. D., a noted missionary, died to-day, agéd 51. He was in Calcutta dur- ing the Sepoy outbreak. e g ‘Warren Leland Jr. NEW YORK, Jan. 2L.—Warren Leland Jr. died fo-day at the Hotel Gre le, of which he was the proptietor, of t's disease. w and made payable to the State. for this provision. Every one of the bonds thus improperly The officials whom this affects are the president of the Board of School Directors, Mrs. Mary Kincald: e had got hold of the wrong | d Miss Hinchman after the man | to the knocks and rings | daughter has not recovéred from | il deieieiei--@ THE AUDITOR Political Code. The charter provides t be executed to the city and county The code is the precedent be renewed to render it valid, but it thfs will necessitate much trouble. Fire Com- LAGOON CHARLIE 15 MURDERED —— One of the Best Known In- dians on the Coast Meets Violent Death, Special Dispatch to The Call TRINIDAD, Jan. 21.—Word reached here to-day of the murder of “Lagoon Charlle,” one of the best-known Indians on the | coast. His supposed slayer is Albert | Blaukschain, a white man, who lives with the Indians. Charlie’s body was found | | near Trinidad yesterday by Tom Snow and Supervisor McLeod. It lay in a ditch near the roadside. The fingers of the right hand clutched an open pocket Knife, | There were four stab wounds, all on the | | left side of the bodi‘. | The testimony before the Coroner’s jury | showed that Charlié had been decoyed to | | his death by a messenger who came Sat- | | urday evening to the Indian, stating that Charlie's daughtes was ‘dying and wished to see him. The Indians declared | this man was Blaukschain. He was seen with Charlie that evening near the scene | of the murder. ‘When Blaukschain appeared before the | Coroner’s jury he was covered with blood | and could not prove a satisfactory alibi. | | The verdict of the Coroner's jury charges Blaukschain with murder. The only mo- | tive that can be assigned for the crime is | | that Blaukschain was avenging a wrong to his squaw, whose son was killed years ago by Lagoon Charlie’s son. 1 Lagoon Charlle was a friend of the! whites from the earliest days of Hum- | boldt pioneer life. He was sober and in- | dustrious and had much weight with his people. \ FATHER OF THE POISONED | FAMILY SUCCUMSBS | Manuel Morris Passes Away From! the Effect of Eating What He | Thought Were Mushrooms. SAN RAFAEL, Jan. 2.—Death last| night” claimed Manuel Morris, the father | of the family that was polsoned last Sat- | urday by eating what they thought to be | mushrooms. Yesterday Morris’ Iittle girl Ida died from the effects of the poison. | Physiclans have done everything possi- ble to save the family. All day yesterday | they labored to save Morris, but the poi- | son took too deadly a hold of Its vie- tim. The other members of the family | are now reported as being out of danger. Dr. H. O. Howitt, one, of the attend- ing physicians, when seen to-night sald that as soon as the other children recov- ered they would be sent out to get anoth- er mess of mushrooms. In this way the | doctor hopes to be able to-ascertain the | exact variety of the fungi that poisoned the family. The Morris family has been in consid- erable trouble in this city in years past. One of the little boys has occupled much newspaper space as a boy burglar. In| | some quarters it was thought that the | polsoning of the family might have been occasioned by other means than mush- rooms. When asked concerning this, Dr. | Howitt said that he did not believe it to | be the case, as the symptoms manifested | !in these cases differed, from those of any | other known poison. | The whole Morris family of seven was | poisoned. Mrs. Morris hardly tasted | | them, as she aid not like the dish. Con- v she escaped lighter than the | | R S | DESPERATE BANDITS | TRY TO ROB A TRAIN | Place Obstructions on the Track, but | Are Discovered and One ! Man Caught. CHEYENNE, Wyo., Jan. 21.—Informa- tion was received here to-day to the ef- fect that a desperate attempt was made | | last night by a gang of train robbers to | {hold up_the overland express near | Kearny, Neb. The bandits placed a large | pile of rock on the track in order to wreck | ihe train, which is said to have carried a large amount of money. The robbers secreted themselves behind a hill near the railroad. A pedestrian traveling along the track came upon the obstruc- tions, was pounced upon, severely beaten | and robbed of all his money, amounting | to $150. He got away from them and ran to Kearney, where he gave the alarm, and e posse was organized and orders given to hold the train. The posse came upon the bandits and captured one, the others escaping. The officers are still in pursuit. - REV. MR. DAVIS FORSAKES PULPIT FOR THE STAGE Former Well Xnown Oakland Preacher Will Strive for Fame as an Actor. COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa, Jan, 22— “From the Pulpit to the Stage” forms an interesting chapter in the carcer of the Rev. Edwards Davis, who, after preach- ing the gospel for five years, forsook the ministry to become an actor, and last night joined Robert Downing's company in _this_city. The Rev. Edwards Davis was formerl pastor of the Central Temple in Oakland, Cal., one of the largest congregations in that city. His theatrical style of preach- ing _attracted consicerable attention and he became well known throughout Cali- fornia. BCAND N OF INTEREST TO THE COAST. Postoffice Changes and Pensions Re- ported From Washington. WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.—Postoffice es- tablished: Oregon—Landing, Union Coun- ty; Eli F. Ballard, postmaster. scontinued: January 31, California— Star, Tuolume County; malil to Columbia; Watukena, Tulare County; mail to Tulare, Postmasters commissioned: California— May L. Thamas, Cherokee; June' C. Tay- ir; Albert Murbach, | | | o o eank g Eh BY ashington—Fran _ ' Pin Lake: Charies H. MeKinney, lng;yheuh‘; Albert F. Fouts, Wilcox. App : California—E. F. Neale, Clairville, Plumas County, vice A. G. Neale, deceased; Lizzie MocGann, Rich- mond, Contra Costa County, vice L. H. Naugee, removed. Washington—C. L. Walla Walla Count; i B R, Philh ps, Lincoln, Cochrane, Dixi vice W. He' Johnmr’.' Lincoln, Douglay re- moved; R. Moran, County, vice ust, resigned; H. J. Knox, Tampico, Yakimaa County, vice Doy Bayioiph sl elivery has at Gresham, Nullngmah Cw:t?(‘)b"'h“ Pensions issued to-day: otnlrl:-Or nal, Willlam H. 7 ernar- no, $7; Eleasear Rol bl:: Los v les, 36; John W. Osborn, Ukiah, $6. Additional, ‘Aneov% hviv“aigu;mai 8. 1 , New. lon ms, S Angeles, $8; Bos Angeles, $10; oxfiflm. J:m :’- A.llag May Sanders, Portola, fel Jackson, Portola, 31 —Orls‘nal, ‘Willlam L. rin, . minors of Dan. 2. ar h n Montgomery, Flo- Oregon—Original, Sam reane: gg’-fi‘ o8 “B:Llel ltr}l&luer‘s'hh;-' ‘Washington — , . Sam Laughlin: Castle Hosh 36 Guore 2 ler, Bast Sound, $8. B | mill more than a few months when I dis- | | cavered that the State was being robbed. | piled up and complaint was made to Wa MORE EVIDENCE AGHINST WALDEH Commenced to Systematical- ly Rob the State While a Prisoner. et Former Bookkeeper at San Quentin Penitentiary Tells How the Ab- sconding Clerk Carried On His Thieving Work. St e While the experts who are at work on the books and records of the San Quen- tin prison have only gone back as far as 1897 and have nothing to report other than the Levy transaction, The Call is in a position to inform the public that as early as 1855 Walden, the absconding clerk, although then wearing the garb of a convict, was, with the assistance of a clique outside the prison walls, engaged in a profitable scheme of robbery. That he was able to carry on his crooked work without detection is proof positive that there was a laxity of supervision in the management of the affairs of that State penal institution. Not only were bales of bags stolen and sold to confederates in this city, but the waste jute material was used as a source of profit to those who were on the inside of the robbery me. In 1885, the late Paul Shirley was Warden. Joseph Ellis, who recently died, was clerk of the Board of Prison Directors and also confidential clerk of the Warden. Cap- tain Charles Aull had charge of the prison yard, but over them all, if rumor is true, Walden was master. He secured their confidence and as clerk in the ‘Warden's office took charge of the gen- eral management of the business relating to_the jute mill. i While in the penitentiafy he by modest | | demeanor gnd attention to the clerical duties required of him won the confldence of the officers and his word was law. If an order came tor a shipment of bags the | Warden turned it over to him to attend | to. If any material was needed for the | mills he was intrusted with the business. | In this way he became thoroughly fam- iliar with the management of arfairs. So great was the trust placed in him that not & paper or document passed through the rison office without going through his Knndi. It was through the influence 91 the officlals whose confidence he was be: traying that in 187 he was pardoned. ke was then placed on the payroll of the | husband. Simultaneously | business and went to Winnipeg, Manitoba. 1901. 11 LIQUOR DEALER ELOPES FROM CANADA WITH THE WIFE OF HIS BEST FRIEND Charles M. Reade and Mrs. William Allen Are the Runaways, and the Husband Finds Them in Oakland. AKLAND, Jan. 21.—The treach- ery of a friend, the faithlessness of a young wife and the stern pursuit of an embittered husband were: revealed to-day with the arrest of Charles M. Reade, a wholesale liquor merchant of Granfell, Northwest Territory, who eloped three weeks ago with Mrs. Willlam Allen, wife of an in- surance man of that town, who located the guilty couple here this morning through the efforts of Detectives Kyte and Hamerton. It was the old story of a confiding hus- band and the blind infatuation of an er- ring wife, who boldly declared her love for the man who invaded the little home and stole away his friend’s spouse. “I am your wife in the sight of man, but I am Charlle’s in the sight of God,” was the runaway wife's declaration when her husband and the detectives confronted her at the rooms, corner of Tenth and Jefferson streets, and took Reade into custody upon an accusation of adultery sworn to by Allen, “Good-by, dearest,” was Reade's salute as he was marched away between the po- licemen. “I could have killed that man on the t,” exclaimed the betrayed husband, ‘but the presence of the detectives saved him. I have traveled thousands of miles and have spent hundreds of dollars to find this couple, for I belleve this wretch should suffer punishment. For my wife, well, unless she will go home to her aged parents she will have their lives on her soul, for this has nearly killed them.”” Young Allen and Mrs. Alien, then Lugc McGara, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. | McGara' of Regina, Assinibola, N. W. T., were married two and a half years ago. Allen took his wife to Granfell, a_few milés west on the Canadian Pacific Rail- road, and there bullt and furnished a pretty home. A year ago he became ac- quainted with Reade, who was conduct- ing a prosperous business. Reade was shortly introduced into the home. Allen's businéss took him away from the town and Reade became a frequent caller dur- ing the young man’s absence. month ago Mrs. Allen started for a holiday visit with her parents at Regina. At least that was the story she told her eade sold his prison at a monthly salary of $100, and at the time of his flight was enjoying a sal- | ary of $140'a month. He was 8o suave 1 manner that during successive adminis- | trations he was able Lo retain his place. | At one time an attempt was made to have him removed, but it failed because | of the backing of the directors and prison | ofticials, who believed that he was hon. est and stralghtforward. When the ob- H {ecllun was made that the crime which | brought him behind the penitentiary wall showed that he was a man uttefly un. worthy of confidence or trust, the officials | who had been blinded by his oily ways | answered that notwithstanding the fact he had greatly erred they believed him sincere in his protestations of penitence | for his crime. Enjoying the confidence of | the officials above him, it was’ an easy | matter for him to rob the penitentiary | and the State. A former bookkeeper who was employed in the jute mill-in San Quentin in 158 ex- | pressed himself yesterday as being greatly | surprised that Walden should have been | able to carry on_ his peculations for over | fifteen vears and then escape before his | crooked work was discovered. { “But, come to think of it,”" sald he, “no | one who Is acquainted with the way in which the business of the jute mill was conducted when 1 was there need be sur- prised. I was in the jute mill for seven years. My duties consisted of seeing that the convicts who are assigned for work there reported every morning. 1f any of them falled to show up 1 notified the ‘Warden’s office and the reasons for their absenice were given. One of them might be sick, another might have been excused to meet some visitor or friend, or another st have beam. assienad by i Warden for some other duty. In addition to keep- | ing a roll call I had nothing else to do but make reports to Walden. If an order came from the interior to the Warden for a certain number of bags Walden always was directed to see that the order was filled. It was generally supposed that all orders were filled from the warehouse, but such. was not the case. The public | may be surprised that it was possible for | Walden to ship 50,000 sacks to Levy and to receive the money for the same and not be detected. It is not surprising to me, however, for i had not been in the juté “Will you explain how it was possible | to steal and ship these bales without tne | robbery being detected?”’ N “I will,” said the ex-bookkeeper. “It was a rule, but a rule that was not ob- served, that at the close of each day's| work the bags manufactured should be sent to the warehouse. Sometimes they would not be removed from the mill for two or three days. There was always some excuse for the delay. The convicts whose duty it was te remove them were off on some other work, or the warehouse clerk was away from his post. If the hai’ den he would shrug his shoulders and say: ‘We will get them out after a while. It was in one way through this failure to dally remove the bags that Walden was able to carry on his crooked work. That was the foundation stone of the robbery. To understand the second step 1t will be | necessary for me to tell you how the warehouse was managed. As I said be- fore, it was belleved that the bags were daily removed from the jutemill, but they were not. Then they had a peculfar sys- tem of checking in the warehouse, to say the least of it. At the end of the year there were always quite a number of | bales of bags left over and unsold. These left-over bags were the capital of Walden | and his accomplices. With the beginnin; of the year the warehouse clerk woul commence anew to number the bales as he recelved them from the jutemill, Haa the clerk of the warehouse been atfentive he must have necessarily found out that he was not receiving the proper amount of manufactured goods when there would, as sometimes, be a lapse of two or threa days between receipts from the jutemill, ‘Walden generally managed to keep in the jutemill a sufficient number of bales to correspond with the hold-over stock from the rel:'l&ul year. R “To better exempl is crooked 4 ness way, I will give a supposltl?lneus ::;:s | We will say that at the‘end of the year there were fifty bales left over. A week | later 250 bales had been manufactured and numbered. That would leave 300 bales in the warehouse. The clerk of the ware- house dally made report as to the num- ber of bales he had received and marked during that perlod. You now see that if any question was ever made about the stock on hand. the new markin, be 250 bales and fifty left over. The manufactured h e warehouse were in the jute mill. Walden had there hi stock, for the books in the Y‘SVur;efx"‘uv ‘ctn?! fice would only show the number of bales the warehouse clerk had received and marked. When an order came in from one of his confederates Walden, instead of xo|n§ to the warehouse and having the order filled from there, would come 19 me and say: ‘We are in a hurry to get“his uff off 'and. we cannot walt for the clerk at the warehouse. Throw ten or twenty bales on the trucks and send them down to_the landing. “Of these goods no record can ever be found in the prison books, for the very simple reason that the records are made up from the reports of the warehouse clerk. He could not report goods on hand he did not receive. If any one ques.- tioned the correctness of the numben of bales in the warehouse thfi would simply find that according to the books there should be 300 . They were in the warehouse. The fifty left over from the year before and the 20 manufactured ac- cording to this supposititious case.” . “Did 'yw receive any remuneration for your giience?" “Well, nothing worth talking about. bacco 0ods 'fiurlns this lapse het‘ween Waiden'gave me a few dotlars for % tobages money. was not any of my business, and ly was pretty well nthfledy to be left I was. ":“'vzemn; :}':a“b,“{v:l‘lh;\r?‘““mu of rev- “Yes,'' was answered. ‘‘He made con- siderable money out of the waste jute. He introduced citizens of San they wanted to buy up en:"‘l..’.‘.‘.?’ f h:" “Whenever they call for any waste ‘ma: terlal, b ‘Walden, what m-fi‘-fldth ttn::eu.'z i illness. | stood then what was ex] me to several prominent | fj A few days later Allen's eyes were opened. s discoveries led him at once to go to the Regina home:. From there he went immediately to Winnipeg. The police authorities were notified, and it wgs a matter of only a few days before the missing wife and Reade were traced. They had purchased tickets for this city and the police here were notified. Allen came post haste. Two days ago the pair were discovered, but their place of resi- ence was not uncovered until this morn- "l&‘ They_had been occupying rooms as “Mr and Mrs. Reade.” Allen is 28 years of age and his wife is our years younger. She is not at all pre- ossessing, and according to her husbana gnd only recently recovered from a severe Reade 18 32 years old. single extenuating cir- “There is not a cumstance,” safd Allen when he consented to talk about the affair, My wife’s broth- er, P. McGara Jr., who {8 a prominent man of Regina, is using every effort to induce Lucy to'so back home. I do not care what becomes of myself. AllI ask of her is that she return to her broken- hearted mother and father. I tried to turn her mind to them, but it seems as if — this man had hypnotized the girl. Her only grief is over the fact that he was taken away from her. Our home life was of the happlest until I took Reade to my house. “From the start he tried to galn my wife’'s affections. and I know now that he lied about me and made all sorts of state- ments to her. All the time he was invit- ing me to his store, was dolnf business with me and pretended closest friendship. “At‘Christmas time, when Lucy said she wanted to go home for the holidays, I was only too happy to assist her. o arted that morning in the jolliest of spir- ts. She kissed me ood-by and was laughing and joking with me as if she was a8 merry as a meadowlark. All this time, I have since learned, she had made her plans to meet Reade in Winnipeg and run away with him. “Why, Reade sold out his business in Granfell in order to elope with my wife. She left Granfell on December 6 and went to Regina, but left there and went on to Winnipeg.” They left Winnipeg December 29 and came directly to Oakland, Reade has $5000 in a Winnipeg bank, some of the proceeds from the sale of his business. THE ELOPERS FROM CANADA AND THE HUSBAND WHO FOLLOWED THE WOMAN ACROSS THE CONTINENT AND FOUND HER LIVING WITH THE MAN SHE LOVED AS HIS WIFE. “No, I bave no desire to press a orim- inal prosecution against my wife. As for a divorce—well, she will have to wait for that. She told me I could get one as soon as 1 pleased—that as soon as she was free she would marry Reade. I shall have something to say about that. “She had the hardihood to beg me to withdraw the charge against Reade. She pleaded with me to go to the police and say that T had made a mistake. " s afternoon Mrs. Allen had an Inter- view with Chief of Police Hodgkins, but it was unproductive of any change in he; attitude. Afterward she said to her hus- band: “I am dead to you now, and that is all that can be sald about it. You have done your worst and I care nothing more.” Reade had $230 with him when he was arrested. As soon as he had been taken to the police station he sent for utomszn. “T haven't a word to say about this charge, and I don’t care what =y one else may say aoout it. I'm a Cornishmen, ou can’t make me explain any- g,” was the accused prisoner’s state- He will be arraigned in the Police Court to-morrow morning. @ -ttt ettt 4 SHARP KTACK ON BOSS CAOKER Wheeler Peckham Defies Him toProve He Ever Madean Honest Dollar, ———ione NEW YORK, Jan. 2L.—The City Vigi- lance League held a mass meeting in the interests of a better city government to- night in the Metropolitan Temple. Dr. Parkhurst is_the honorary prestdent the league. The meeting was the begin- ning of a series for the same purpose to be neld in churches, synagogues, schools, soclety rooms, etc. The idea is to arouse the religlous population for the next Mayoralty campaign. Wheeler H. Peck- ham, who was the principal speaker of the evening, sald in part: “‘What has happened in this city to make men think? We have a great city. "hrough it runs the proud Fifth avénue, fined on either side with palaces and splendor. _ And, if from that point one will stretch out one’s hand on either side, only at arm’s length almost, it would rest upon' the most horrible and degrading human misery. This is due to a great extent to bad city government for years P4fust think of it! At-the head of the party and at present having the city’s destiny in his hands is a man who never did anything to bring public notice to himself, but got tried once for murder. “Croker defies us to show that he ever made a dishonest dollar. I say that if a lawyer of average ability could put | Croker under cross-examination he .would be forced to answer. I defy Croker to ghow when he ever made an honest dol- lar.” Mr. Peckham sald there were many of the wealthiest and strongest men march- ing colimns strong to pay tribute to power, either to those t possession of thil to which they have no right or else to escape blackmall from under- lings. He sald it was an easy matter for great corporated interests ~to pay 1arge"lums to the “‘boss’ in order to get permission to extort far larger sums from the public. He said rellef never need be expected so long as these corporations are allowed to CAarry on their business as they please, Olympia. The bill at the Oiympla this ;veel‘(-’ 1s uerita Vincent is still the favorite, E?xed'nnqthe other members on the bill were well received last night. : L e e by don’t be too — particular about udn‘ that your reports show exact weight. little less won't be any harm.’ I under- 015 T oia them: 20000 ed accordingly. 80| lem .’unda. 1 would only charge them with aving received 15,000 pounds. I generally gave them about 35 per, cent more than they were charged with.' S “ihat was this jute worth?' “‘Prices varhdd m one-half cent to a und.*” OmDia" these prominent citizens of San Francisco, as you style them, divide any of the profits of #his stealing with you?” “They occasionally gav 8 a cigar; once in a while they gave me a dollar or two.” “Do you think there were any other rothly schemés carried on by Walden and his assoclates?” “T do,” was the reply. “I am satisfied that Walden forged the names of the wardens to checks sent them by bona fide purchasers of bags from the interior of the State. Every order that came to the prison was tu over to Walden. The wardens kept no track of these or- ders, so complete was their confidence An Walden. The goods were shipped and the return letters containing checks in yment for them aiso fell into his rludn He is an expert penman and can easily forge any signature. I belleve that many shipments of goods were made from San Quentin to people who bought the goods honestly, but no records of the sale of the goods will be found in the books. Walden had charge of the books, and if he made any entrles concerning these es and aff received the checks and for indorsements to them, 1 think that the likelthood of the falsi- tions made “him ever being discov- a clever book- much if there in the State wrong with e& is very hn.l'L He is keeper, and T dount Bt at Alsgover amyhing his accounts.” | should take. WANTS HER DAUGHTER ARRESTED FOR BIGAMY Mrs. Firslow Consults the District Attorney as to What Action to Take. Mrs. V. D. Firslow, 1707 Virginia street, Berkeley, whose daughter Alice had to seek shelter n the city prison Saturday | night, called at the prison yesterday. She wants to punish her daughter for marry- ing Frank Huntsman, the soldier, before she obtained a divorce from her husband in North Dakota, and consulted the Dis- trict Attorney as to what action she She said she would rather see her daughter in jail than living with the soldler. Mrs. Huntsman, as she desires to be called, also visited the city prison yester- | day morning, as she wanted to take away the bundle she had with her when she ° got temporary gings Saturday night. Matron Wright advised her leave it till she got employment, which she is seeking. She claimed that her grandfather, who was an officer in the nish army, had to flee from Denmark to this country, as he fought a duel with another officer, who had insulted the Crown Prince. LITTLE CHINESE GIRL RESCUED BY OFFICER Lillie Toy Taken to the Presbyterian Chinese Mission to Prevent Her Sale. Lillie Toy, a pretty litffe 12-year-old Chinese girl who is well known among the Celestials of this city, was taken from her home yesterday despite the protest of her mother, and {s now safely quartered in the Presbyterian Chinese Mission. Lillie resided at 1114 Stockton street, but according to the statement of Miss Cameron of the mission, the little one | was about to be sold to a syndicate of Chinamen and placed in mm house. £ Lillie's mother and a man who claims to be her father, according to Mjss Came: to | BEADY TO LOWER - THE ON SHLODKS ' Supervisors Propose Change | Affecting City and Town Dealers. | Oaklana Office San Francisco Call. | 1118 Broadway, Jan. 2L | To fix a county liquor license tax of $30 |a year upen all dealers in incorporated cities and towns Is the purpose of au or | ¢inance introduced bv Surervisor W. H. Clurch to-day before 'he Bcard of Su- pervisors. The new crdinance leaves the | general outside county license of 330 a quarter unchanged. <The amended ordi- | nance was referred to the Ordinance and iJud:chry Committes (r motion of Super- visor Riwe. | "Under a recent decision by District At- | torney Allen, the present ordinance would force the Supervisors to collect the quar- | terly license of $30 from all retail liquor | dealers in the county, including those | within incorporated cities and towns who | have heretofore been free from the county tax. If the amended ordinance carries the license imposed will be $100 a year less. This tax is in addition to the city or town licemses which are exacted saloon-keepers. | County Tax Collector Barber, in accord- | ance with District Attorney Allen's de- | ciston, has notified all of the saloon- |ers In citles and towns that they must pay the county license tax. He has shown | that these dealers must apply for licenses through the Board of 'Supervisors. The tinle given for making application will ex- pire to-morrow. Further extension will ‘probub? be made, because of the new | phase developed by the proposed amend- | ments. trom on, had taken the little girl to' the dlflek;\lvfi.fflflf Charles F. Horner was ab- ent clubs and exhibited her in an effos to realize a good sum for her, and finally made arrangements to transfer her n:éid!then return to China with the pro- ceeds. The Chinese claim that the officer kid- naped Lillle and acted without warrant. They Intend to fight the matter in court. —_——— SLASHES HIS RIVAL OVER A POOL GAME “Long-Shot” Conley, the Colored Jockey, Cuts Shan- non With a Knife. Jesse Conley, better known as “Long- Shot Conley,” the colored -jockey, last night slashed Henry Shannon, also col- ored, across the face with a knife, inflict- ing a wound that will mark him for life. e two men were playing pool in a Kearny street saloon when a dispute arose as to the payment for the drinks. Conley claims that Shannon started to as- sault him, when in self-defense he drew the knife and slashed him. Shannon was taken to the Receivin, Hospital, where the wound was stitched. Conley was locked up in the City Prison and charged with an assauit with a dead- picapon. He was at once released on —_——— “Billy” Maxwell Assaulted. “Billy" Maxwell, former clerk of the Fire Commissioners, and “Lou” Wohrs, who is well known In political circles, quarreled over the Daingerfleld-Graham recount in a Powell-street saloon last night, with the result that the former was taken to the Recei Hospital to have an ugly cut over his left eye The men were e in a heat - ment when suddenly Wohrs picked up a bottle containing catsup from the lunch counter and struck Maxwel] over the eya. He then left the saloon and up to an early hour this morning had not been arrested. e Ly Mayor Vetoes Ordinance. Mayor Phelan yesterday returned with- out his approval the bill passed by the Board of Supervisors givi certain wers to the Board of %ub wro‘ardl the opening and "fic oy ut_urlnc up of e says in his vet The bill. by granting the privil of open- ing streets to corporations omn:'e'd for pur- poses other than the supplying of water and Mght, defeats the charter provision which re- quires the Board of Public Works-5 open and restore the streets for all purposes. The Ma) ru‘:::mmvmtmthhmh el 1o ¢ feaites ey water and light compantes. \ sent from the board meeting to- use of iliness, w! day be- hich also kept him away last Monday. Samuel B. Vandervoort has been gointed deputy by Game ‘Warden A. cDougall. Max Neckhaus was granted a license to conduct beer gardens on Hopkins street, Fruitvale. Supervisor Talcott was empowered to make immediate repairs to San Leandro bridge, pending settiement of legal mat- ters over the award of the contract for a new concrete structure to E. n re: District At~ torne board sh call Supervisor Talcott declared that the bridge was in a dangerous condition and required repairs at once. May Wilton Acquitted. May Wilton was tried before a fury in Judge Cook's court yesterday on the charge of assault to murder for stabbing Alexander Smdmonhproprlutor of a lodging-house at 117 ylor street,. with a pair of scissors in November last, Af- ter hearing the evidence for the prosecu- | tion the jury retired without calling upon | the defense and in two minutes returned with a verdict of acquittal. Gold! Gold! Gold! The latest El Dorado s reported to be om Ncme City Beach, Alaska. Thousands of people are hastening there, many of whom return broken in health. Of what avall is 8cld when health is go®? 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