The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 10, 1901, Page 1

VOLUME XC-—NO. 7 1. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1901. PRICE FIVE CENTS. AFTER HOURS OF GRILLING ON SPIT OF CROSS OUESTIONS WINTERS BREAKS DOWN AND GIVES | tirety. great bullion OLICE and detectives are gold will be discovered some time to-day and that the robbery will -be cleared - up in-its en- confident that the _stolen DERATION 10 SUPPORT JTEEL MEN Gompers Pledges Moral ' and Financial Assistance. Trust Creates Consternation by Deciding to Remove the Dewees Wood Plant , Aug. devel Dewees His writ Assoclation Associati et of the order came this an other its importance d the seric s con the gre g waged here. partment manager Steel Company, t in the fol- ncemer have orders from President McMur- of the American Sheet Steel Compa tear down the Dewees Wo0ds 4 remove the same at Mc o Kiskimin ceed Surprise at McKeesport. g the Ty order was a 4 McKeesport received Actual the day the mill and there is little that it will be torn dow: piece by plece. T he order in a spirit of de- said that it showed was convinced tha plant in the fi Amalgamated As here said that had been preparations for the dis leaders bluff that A representative of e owed District Manager ent to President Shaffc he declined to (alk T officials declined to give any | is openly stat- nced sympathy at McKees- responsible for t the plant of the “onneaut, Okin, ¢ . N nal ibe Company a improvements at McKee extensive nature, but t is now s hat owing to their disap- pointment at the hat their men have Con ed on Page Three. —There were pments in the | peremptory order | Wood ismantled and vents leading. up | nothing remains for r the cause of union- fully before and declined | B | INFORMATION WHICH WILL SO ALbo DIscovERED LVE THE ROBBERY -+ - 4 posited. LT cuTTERS 1~ CABINN CTING upon-a confession of facts, police, with Win- ters as guide, take a night trip on the tug Sea Witch for waters where the gold is supposed to have been de- | ! - wharf early last evening, and they were all eager, face-flushed men as the boat pulled out. They were anxious to reach their desti- nation. The chart the stolen money was on hoard, they felt, and he was a live chart at that—one that could and would speak. Thumb serews had been dug into his mind and at last they would get what they hoped and worked for so persistently every minute of the time since Tuesday, when the great bullion theft was discov- ered. Lees had been to Crockett the night be- fore and came back heavy with an addi- tion of material evidence. Then he went at Winters again with a bulldog in- sistence Winters’ red face grow almost pale and his small glittering eyes threw off sparks as the questions struck deeper and deep- er. Seymour and Ven der Ropp took a hand at it, and when the work was fin- ished they all feit their man and the un- dertaking were property with a title abso- lute and simple. So the night ride was taken. Muffled and cloaked in darkness, the detectives and their prey steamed up the bay to Sel- to by's. Here a stop was made. Then the tug went out into the bay and finally landed at Cr ett’s for the night. To- day at an early hour the start for d ery will be made. The police expect to brigg back prisoner, money and undying reputations. NERVE-RACKING WORK IN SEYMOUR'S OFFICE The air fairly sizzled in the police head- quarters at the Hall of Justice all vester- day afterncon. From 2 o'clock until after 5 Captain Seymour, ex-Chief Lees and Alfred von der Ropp. the superintendent cov- | | SCENES IN CONNECTION WITH INVESTIGATION OF THE CROCKETT BULLION ROBBERY. SERIOUS HITCH N AGREEMENT ~ AMONG POWERS Foreign Intervention in | China Now Seems Inevitable. Speclal Diepatch to The Call, CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.—Apparently there is a serious hitch in Peking in the signature of the Chinese protoecol which il terminate £ interventicn in Chira Sir Ernest Satow, the British Minister, | has objected to several clauses in the | protocol, and to the proposal that the 1ariff question be referred to a board of experts at Sl hai The facts in e session of Acting Sec- retary Adee regarding the latest phase of Peking trouble are thus set forth in an official statement made : i cable vateh receive Mr. Rockhill late yesterday reports that the | delay in the 1ing of the final . protocol of the agreement between the powers and China is due to objections raised by Great Britain against an international | commission for the revision of the tariff. The nature of the British objection is, not stated. It also appears that the British Government asks a reconsideration of some clauses, as to which no agreement GONGPIRATORS ARE PLOTTING FOR MONARCHY Government of Brazil Is in Danger of an Overthrow. Ral o i Special cable to The Call and New York Her- ald. Copyright, 1901, by the Herald Pub- lishing Company. RIO JANEIRO. Aug. 9.—Government newspapers assert that the authorities have discovered a new plot for the ove throw of the republic and re-establishment of the monarchy. The Gozernment is adopting measares to capture the conspirators and defeat the plot. Energetic action Is being taken, espec- fally in the States of Rio Grande do Su!, Parana and Santa Catharina, where (he conspirators have been principally work- ing. The Governmeént has granted a lease of the northern railways to a syndicate the Great Western Rail Congress is dissatisfied with known as opposition of several of the powers."” ) 74 understood that Rockhill has been impressed with the urgency of having the protocol signed as quickly as possible, He is using all his influence to remove the objections raised by Sir Ernest Sa- tow, and if it is possible to do o, will ar- had keretofore been reached, owing to the | range a compromise. RODNEY MUST PAY ALIMONY 10 Hl3 WIFE Ordered to Turn Over $45 a Month Pend- ing a Decision. Special Dispatch to The Call. CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, Aug: 9.-Paymaster Robert Burton Rodney, N., retired, must pay his wife, Marguerite E. Rodney, $45 per month pending a decision of: her suit for divorce. This order was made by Justice Clabaugh ‘of ‘the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia this afternoon, after listening to'the reading by Rodney’s attorney of a remarkable answer to his wife's petition which had been written by that officer. The reading ‘was enjoyed by -a large gathering in the courtroom, and the at- torney apologized for the language, say- ing he had endeavored unsuccessfully {o indtce his client to.modify,it. ‘In his an- swer Rodney characterized his wife's alle- gations as ‘“frivolous”and. hysterical, 1f not fraudulent,”* and says in conclusion: “And yet, after all. this. the defendant still loves his wife and is ready to forgive her. The spirit of the law, as well as the church, abhors divorce and would hayve unity and love. The defendant implores the honorable court « to duly consider these, his kindly views and propositions. 2 INDUSTRIAL COMMISaION AND TRUGTS Forthcoming Report Will Not Deal Gently With Combine. Special Dispatch to The Call. CALL BUREAV, 1406 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.—“There.is one subject the Industrial Commission proposes to handle withcut gloves in its forthcoming report . to said Representative Livingstone of Georgia to- day, in discussing the nearly completed work of the commission, “and that is the trust question and how it affects both capital and labor. “No one can now suggest what.the rec- ommendation will be, but I believe it will be independent of political blas and free ffom partisanship. Two great trusts that are 1n shape 'to hold up business or to control " business ‘to a large extent are combinations of manufacturers and labor. The masses of the people. who are direct sufferers by the manuevers of these com- binations will demand some permanent relief or a basis of settlement lodged in their hands and under direct control of the United States Government. This will be a great issue before the courftry event- ually, and it must be met. ““This state of affairs cannot go on much longer without serious consequences. Congress,” | | | | | HE. ELECTRIC BleycLs- LANTERN | % 5 | A MouNTED SLEUTH. LS - ACK WINTERS, allas Buck Tey- lor, received a scorching and scathing “sweat” treatmient yes- terday, and before the day was over confessed to facts which the police say will put an end to all the mystery involving the great Selby bul- lion robbery. By nightfall they confl- dently expect not only to have all the evidences of his guilt in their possession, but to recover the $253,000 in gold bullton. Winters could not stand the peppering fire to which he was mercilessly subject- ed - Hour after hour they battered away at_him" in Captain Seymour's office and hour after hour he became weaker and weaker. His nerves refused to withstand the. grinding put upon them, and late in the afternoon, worn out and exhausted, he told enough to-the police to satisty them that their work in regard to the recovery of the gold and the apprehension of the thief is practically over. When the detectives rose from their chairs in Seymour’s office they, too, felt worn out, but the time for rest had not vet come. It was a tug ride to' Crockett at night and preliminary searching for the gold that ended the day's labor. Ex- Chief Leés, Captain Seymour, Superin- tendent von der Ropp, the prisoner and several other. detectives were on the tug Sea Witch, which left the Vallejo-street of the Selby Smelting Works, were in se- cret consultation. Captain Seymour fret- ted, Lees stewed and steamed and Von der Ropp showed signs of the strained waiting. Winters, under guard, was In the next room, and several times during the long conference he was put upon the grill and “sweated” some more. Winfprs had no easy day of it. When Lees returned from Selby’s in the morn- ing he brought with him more material evidénce in the shape of a coal scuttle, bolt nippers, an iron rod, a bicycle lamp and a “salamander.” He was even mors confident of his quarry being the game sought than on the day the capture was made. Winters was cabjected to a scath- ing fire and he winced under it. His man- ner became more and more nervous as the day progressed. Occ:.sionally, in the com- pany of detectives, he would pass out of the hall and into the street. He was out of all composure and seemed ready to break down if the screws should be ap- plied. After the noon hour Win evidence of the great nervo strain un- der which he labored. His voice, natural- ly high-pitched. took on squeaky tones, and his plercing. gleaming eyes flashed uncertainly. He said that he did not care gave every Continued on Page Two.