The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 11, 1901, Page 14

12 THE: SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, AUGUST 11, LABOR COUNCIL DEMANDS REMOVAL OF POLICE COMMISSIONER STRIKERS SAY POLICE HAVE SHOWN BIAS Leaders Assert That Newhall Has Thrown His Influence Upon the Employers’ Side Organized Labor Demands His Official Head as Penalty for Alleged Antagonism HE executive committee of the San Francisco Labor Council drafted last night a letter to Mayor Phelan demanding the Te- moval of George A. Newhall from the ofice of Police Commissioner. The communication is as follows: onorable J. D. Phelan, Mayor of San Pencimo cxks Taeraing s papers we letter addressed to you and signed “George A. New X that letter it is stated thai the lives of the residents of this city are threstened; that the industries of this are in Ganger of destruction; that the com- merce of this city is hampered and that the constitutional rights end privileges of citizens are abridged. That letter calls upon you to demand that acts of intimidation and violence should cease; it demands thai you e the police force, and it suggests that you flood our Town with the soldiery of the State. It is with deep pain, as well as with deep in- template this letter of George A. L Newhall is a member of the Police Commission of this city. Ee hes been appointed by your Homor to that Tesponsible position. It is clear to every ome that the city government exists for every class, for every interest in the city. BEvery citizen pays taxes to support it. very citizen is equally entitied to its protection. In any dis- Pute between any classes in the community the city government is bound by decency, is bound by reason, is by honor, is bound by law to bold an equal and a just balance. The Police Commission is 4 most important Tt of the city government. George A New- Pail & & most important part of the Police Commission. Influence Against Workingman. In writing this letter George A. Newhall has, in & manner unparalleled for its indecency, = the impartiality demanded of a mem- - e city government, and has thrown his influence and the influence of his office &gainst the workingman in the present dispute Dow agitating the city. In ng this letter he has, with a disregard ‘acts extraordinary in a man chosen for portant a position as Police Commissioner, stated that this city is the prey of violence, & scene of riot where police and even soldiers It s untrue to- . It was untrue yesterday. It is untrue every day since the strike began. Never s =0 great a lockout and strike been main- vith so little disturbance. And the ue not to the employers, not to the mission, not to the police, but to n and to their unions. average number of daily assaults, af- quarrels, has been no greater -during ke than during any other equal period ast ar. Whatever exceptional vio- occurred has been initiated by and e laid at the door of the employers, they are using to hurt us and of the el The city is peaceful. The Mr. Newhall are a libel not only ingmen, but on all the citizens Violence Never Offered. of such = libel is not a fit or on to be & member of the govern- San Francisco. ngmen of this city have again and ed to your Honor against the as- they are the law breakers. tice and & maxim of law that no e a suspected criminal until me evidence against him. There has ly no evidence that the men now employment by the Employers breakers. Yet the police cur taxes as well as by the r class have been put on the emplovers to protect ence that was never offered < is unfair to us. It ad- ow citizens the accusation kers, who would destroy property if mot restrained by an how of force. It was a cun- e part of the employers to put We know now why such a Mr, George A. Newhall is Police- Commission, and Mr. s a leader of those who are to organize to protect our- Newhall therefore has used his official ainst the interests of the working- ewhall is therefore unfit to be a government that is bound to 4 capital with equal justice. Police Acting as Teamsters. We have protested again and again, in the first place, that the police are acting as team- sters for the employers, that they direct those men who have been imported to take our places and who are ‘amiliar with the city, and that they even help them in the management of the vehicles and the goods. We have protested, in the second place, that the police have shown blas d have used unnecessary violence in dealing with peaceable and orderly crowds of [8) _intimidation or violence. out delay. Attest: H. L. SMITH e A public statement to this effect from your Honor, coup'ed with an ap- peal to all persons to abstain from interiering in any manner whatsoever with the lawful pursuits or occupations of other men, will, it is believed, have a very salutary and beneficial effect in preserving the peace, and you are therefore earnestly requested to issue such a proclamation with- BOARD OF TRADE OF SAN FRANCISCO. , Secretary. San Francisco, August 10, 1901. A. A. WATKINS, President. HE communication addressed to Mayor Phelan Friday by the directors of the Chamber of Com- merce was followed by another yesterday from the Board of Trade urging upon the Mayor the issuance of a | proclamation declaring that peace must be preserved and personal property rights | respected. Mayor Phelan holds that such | 2 proclamation is unnecessary and would be gratuitous, and a possible cause of vio- lence rather than operating to allay it. The Mayor so replied to the Chamber of Commerce, and his position is not [ changed since the Board of Trade commu- nication was drafted. . “The strike has not developed violence demanding the sort of measures Suggest- ed by the Chamber of Commerce,” sald the Mayor last evening. “There have not | been riots or outbreaks that were not eas- ily suppressed by the police. Calling for | v n right merican citizens, who have as much rig £ Jine ‘the sidewalks on the ith of August as they have on the Fourth of July. We can now understand the zeal of the police. The police are men of our own class. Naturally their Srmpathies would be with us But they are Tuman. Their hopes of advancement, of re- ward, of promotion are in the Police Commis- slon. Mr. Newhall is no insignificant part of fhe Police Commission. The police know his ;' ‘More police, ave. < be zealous in guiding teamsters? Is it any wonder that their eyes Would be sharpened to detect the beginning of riot? Is it any won- der that their batons would fall a little heav- for on strikers' heads when they knew that George A Newnall was looking on with the colors_of the emplovers in his button-hole, With his eye eneanguined with prophecies of fre and riot, and with his august thumb Tirned down 'to decree no mercy to labor? | *iFhe poiice should, as the immediate repre- | sentatives of the law, be as impartial as the |law ftsel. The police cammot be impartial when the head of the commission, to which Thex look for orders and promotion. is rabidly | Shposed to one side of the community. Georse | & Newhall is a perpetual incentive to the | Police to break the peace. George A. Newhall | 5 unfit to be a Police Commissioner, Newhall’s Removal Demanded. { | | Honor to ask that you exercise the powers com- { mitted to you by the charter and remove George A. Newhall from the affice of Police Commis- | stoner. We demand this in the name of all the { fair-minded people of this city, who desire jus- | tice and peace. George A. Newhall has tam- pered with the even balance which the govern- ment should hold between all classes in this v. The claims of labor were in the the claims of the employers were in George A. Newhall came and threw | and, having found that even that was ineffect- ual to turn the balance against justice, he now | clamors to your Honor to cast in the soldier's | rigte. | _George A. Newhall is unfit for the position of | Police Commissioner in San Francisco, because | he has slandered this city and the people there- of. He is unfit because he is using the influence of the city government for one class against | another.” He'ls unfit because he is a veritable 7 The Owl is " Cutting Cut Rates \ W you pay more for your drugs, medicines and toilet articles than we charge ? These special Saturday night, August 17th, 4 #/ Why should No reason at all. f;, Witch Hazel pt. bot. 20c Regular price 25c. Rose Cold Cream 20c The regulas 25c jars. Phosphate of Soda Ib. tins 15¢ granular phosphate of sale everywhere for 25c. Jap Rose Soap 4 for 25¢ Reguiar price 1oc cake, 3\ Juvenile Soap 3 for 25¢ Cutter Whiskey 70c The regular goc botile. ) g Ot ol (e e o, L0 1128 Mornes Se. Brosdway & 1Oth 1. Osklond \ prices good until | Honey and Almond { Cream 30c Hinds, the good kind—regular soe. Renner’s Malt Extract 15¢ Carl Renner's German Malt, made in Munich—regularly 2sc—spécial price this week by the dozen $1.75 Rubifoam 15¢ The regalar 25c bottle. Lyon’s Tooth Powder 15¢ We generally charge 2oc. Other bl ol fa 45¢ Florida Water Murray & Lanman's regular soc Florida Water. o 5 % 1 T Drugq Sin Frnnciace % Therefore we come with confidence to your | | the policeman’s baton into the scale against us, | question. There has been no occasion whatever for calling out the National Guard. “‘Of course, we cannot furnish policemen to an unlimited number to protect indi- vidual workingmen. There cannot be a remedy for the situation in the augmenta- tion of the police force, for the tax levy kas been made providing only for the present numerical strength of the depart- ment. When merchants have applied to | have certain men appointed special of- ficers to guard their property or protect their employes the appointments have been made, and will continue to be made upon request. While I do not advise that | course, it is the only method of meeting the conditions that prevail. “So far employers and strikers are act- ing within their legal rights. The policy of the police is to prevent conflicts in or- der to avoid the necessity of makipg ar- rests or using repressive measures.” This plan averts trouble and keeps the hot- heads from assaulting teamsters. No man pursuing his legal rights will be exposed community. For these reasons, and for many others we respectfully request your Honor to use your undoubted right under the charter and remove George A. Newhall from the position of Police Commissioner of the city of San Fran- cisco. Respectfully yours, ED ROSENBERG, Secretary San Francisco Labor Council. | August 10, 1901 — MORE POLICEMEN FOR TRUCKS Commissioners Will Swear In Two | Hundred Specials Tuesday Night. The members of the Draymen’s Associa- tion received notification yesterday to the effect that on next Tuesday, because of the primary election, police protection will be withdrawn from the wagons and trucks. Policemen also will be withdrawn | from the danger district in the railroad ; yard around the teamsters’ headquarters | on Fourth street and from the water front. They will be needed to guard the polls. Be- cause of the withdrawal of the police the draymen have decided not to allow a single team to leave the stables on Tues- ]da,\-, The day, as far as draying is con- | cerned, will be a holiday. George Renner, manager of the Dray- men’s Association, stated yesterday that the Police Commissicners have promised (ROBBER OF SELBY VAULT TELLS, | e Continued From Page Thirteen. bullion was found. Then again Winters confessed, something which the profes- | sional defective views without respect. One of the keenest who has been at work on the case said yesterday: ‘‘Winters was an actor. It looks as if he played at rob- bery just to see what he could do and spend a nice portion of his life in stripes and behind the bars in realizing it.”” And so the greatest bullion robbery of all time has fizzled out after a beginning that was as fruitful of striking incident as the cream chapter in a saffron-hued novel. Its artistic simplicity in the first stages made the name of Winters, or Buck Taylor as he would always be known among professional cracksmen, one to be engraved on the book of big, featural crime. To-day there is not a criminal of reputation” who would give him a thought. The robbery was the work of a professional whose name would have been enrolled in the police records of every big cllf’ in the world. The after- math makes Winters the veriest of ama- teurs and without a tithe of right or title to the degrading distinction of even a noteworthy criminal. Confessed for IMoney. Chained to the floor and feeling the ut- ter uselessness of holding out against the hand of the law, Winters confessed Fri- day afternoon not only to his guilt, but to the hiding »lace of the gold. He con- fessed not because he was badgered and mentally torn asunder by the {‘sweat’” process. The evidence they piled up before him looked like the forbidding mountains. They even told him where the bullion was and that in a short time it would be re- covered and returned to its rightful own- ers. Then revengeful law was pictured with all the weary years of penitentiary suffering. This moved him = but_little. When Lees and Seymour had finished their churning Winters called for Super- intendent von der Ropp of the Selby works. Von der Ropp talked sympathet- ically to him, advising confession before it was too late. He spoke of possible le- niency on the part of numane Judges, of the injustice to fellow workmen under suspicion and, most of ail, of the strong chain of evidence coiled around the sus- ect. P Winters secmed a littie less obdurate, but still fought against self-incrimination. Then came Von der Ropp's final stroke. He promised money and reduction of pun- ishment for a confession. The visions of a lengthy, wearisome term in prison had passed before the suspect's mind and he seemed disheartened. Then came the con- trast—a few years and several thousands of dollars, maybe five, maybe ten, if he ‘would disclose where he had concealed the gold. Von der Ropp won out and the wit- ness bating was over. Then came the tug ride and the fishing up of the gold bricks, which is the final chapter. b Easy Task for Detectives. The detectives, and there were many of them, had an easy task to ferret out what developed into the most unique of all rob- beries. On Tuesday morning when the | theft had been discovered Pete Donaldson, the supposed accomplice of Winters, cama to Superintendent von der Ropp and told him that he had seen the robber hanging about the smelting works and acting sus- piciously. Winters was also discovered accidentally at 4:3) on the morning of the robbery leaving the shore for his cabin home on the hillside down the road. Others then remembered that he was seen underneath the wharf from which the tives worked on. The discovery of Win: ters was a foregone conclusion, Bungling immediately after the commis- sion of the robbery, Winters did all he firebrand threatening the safety of the whole PHELAN WILL NOT INCREASE POLICE NOR CALL ON THE GOVERNOR FOR AID Mayor Says Action Along Lines Suggested by Directors of the Chamber of Commerce Is Entirely Unnecessary. one knows that violence is no remedy un- der American institutions and with the American people, and the labor organiza- tions know it well, for they have advised their men not even to be provoked into acts of violence. It has been said that the police have served the employers. That is wrong. They have preserved the peace. In the same sense the police have served the unions, because the unions are co-operat- ing to prevent violence. Violence is fatal to the cause of labor. The man who com- mits an overt act condemns his cause. The killing of the soldiers and the en- gineer on the wrecked locomotive by a crazy fool broke the railroad strike in 1884, As soon as violence is resorted to it becomes a question of upholding the law, and the sympathy and support of the whole community is arrayed on the side of law. If industrial battles are to be fought, they must be by peaceful and legal weapons. So long as this condition freva.lls there is no necessity, so far as can see, for a proclamation. The least show of violente, however, will call forth State aid would be entirely out of the | to danger if the police can help it. Every | the sternest measures.” the association to swear in 200 special policemen at their meeting Tuesday night. These specials will be used to guard the number of additional wagons which the draymen intend to send out. At present all the trucks and wagons are out for which there is police protection. There is a report in circulation to the effect that a number of the striking steve- dores and longshoremen have put in ap- plication to be sworn in as special police- men. The members of the Draymen’s As- sociation do not relish the idea of having the strikers as Euards for the non-union teamsters and therefore each applicant will be required to show that he is not out on strike. —_— HOPES TO EFFECT PEACE. Municipal League Committee Formu- lates a Plan, The industrial conciliatory committee of the Municipal League held a meeting yes- terday in room 76 of the Flood building for the purpose of formulating some plan by which the strikers and their former emplovers might be induced to settle thelr differénces. The situation was thoroughly discussed and after the meeting the com- mittee issued the tollowlnF statement: “The committee has arrived at a line of policy which will be presented to both sides. Through this plan it is hoped to effect an honest settlement."” could subsequently to make detection ab- solutely certain. Seemingly without a thought of the destruction of material evidence he left his cabin Tuesday morn- ing post haste to San Rafael to the side of a young woman for whom he is sup- posed to have a fond affection. With the tracés of guilt left behind him he reall invited the sleuths to charge him wit the crime. And then circumstance after circumstance began to dovetail until he was_completely encased. The confession on Friday clinched it all and after an easy search the detectives will divide the éfiig reward offered and smile in the oing. No_detection ever seemed surer when the detectives reached the cabin. First there was the chalk corresponding to that found in the tunnel under the vault, then the gun filled with the same character of earth, the scoopings of the shovel, the shovel itself, the tacks and the cloth and the frame, the oak block, the burned clothes and the cap in the tunnel and the lamp. There was enough cumulative evi- dence to send a score of robbers to jail and this man took no precaution to de- stroy it. "It was genuine criminal negli~ gence,” one of the detectives said. ‘Winters Tells His Story. Compared with this amateur conduct in crime see how cleverly the robbery it- self was conducted. On Friday night, aboard the tug Sea Witch, Jack Winters told ‘the story of his $283,000 theft.. It reads as follows: “‘For six weeks I worked on the vault and the trick showed I did not work with- out results. I knew all about the interior of the vault and worked accordingly. The opening which I cut out in order to enter was made purposely oval in shape. If it had been circular it would have cut under- neath the tracks on which the car was run into the vault. “It was a tedious job, but at no time did I falter. You seém surprised to hear that T worked within ear shot of the men at the furnaces. Only once did they hear me, and that was when I forced the hole after the 136 borings. That was the ‘ghost or devill which ~ McGlynn mentioned. Why, while I was working night after night one of the men would come for air to a window not three feet distant from me. There I lay on the ground and there he was_looking out into the dark. Of course T escaped discovery. He couldn't see into the dark just after looking into a hot furnace. When he got cooled he would return to his work. Why He Left Two Behind. “T made fourteen trips altogether in packing the gold through the bridge. The two bars which I left on the rocks were | not left for sentimental or ingenious rea- sons. A Chinese coming along the road {isturbed me and I left the locallty in a hurry. “Oh, T had a scheme for disposing of ! the gold. I would have dug it up and every once in a while taken a couple of bars to Germany or other countries and sold it. After working as hard for it as 1 did T was going to make use of all that 1 got. The $150,000 left in the safe I wanted also. but did not have the time.” ‘When hs tale was done Winters lapsed into silence and fell into a speli of thought. Division of Reward. The $25,000 offered in reward for the capture of the thief and the recovery of the money will be productive of more than one wordy, flerce battle among the detectives. From_ present indlcations it seems as if the division would Captain Sevmour, Detective Savers of the FPinkerton force and Tom Gibson. Gibson did specially g0od work on the case and made the arrest through the letter found in Winters' cabin—the letter from Miss Ida Spencer of €an Rafael. Lees was em- ploved by the Selbys and received a big consideration for his work. When vou talk louder than the other fellow it's a sign that you're wrong and he's right. NEWHAL e BOARD OF TRADE MAKES REQUEST | THAT MAYOR ISSUE PROCLAMATION . JAMES D. PHELAN, Mayor, New City Hall, City—Dear Sir: The Board of Trade of San Francisco is convinced that the time has ar- rived for the Chief Executive to issue a proclamation that all citizens of the municipality will be fully protected in the fundamental rights guaran- teed them by ths laws of the land, and particularly the right of the enjoy- ment of their property and the operation of their business free from menace, include | 1901. CONTRACTORS MAKE A PLEA FOR PEACE PR TR Conference of Contracting Teamsters’Association With the Sand Teamsters’ Union Al MLt Strikers Urged to Resume Work and Prevent Further Injury to Building Trades —_— CONFERENCE. of the Contract- ing Teamsters’ Association and the Sand Teamsters’ Union was held at the rooms of the Bullder: Exchange on Bush street last night, during which the probability of ef- fecting peace between the warring inter- ests was discussed pro and con. F. L. Sheerin, vice president of the Contracting Teamsters’ Association, presided. About 100 persons were presant. J. W. McDonald of the City Street Im- rrovement Company made an address, in which -he said there was no valid reason why the sand teamsters should have walked out, thereby crippling the build- ing trades and causing distress to hun- dreds of deserving mechanics and their families. He thought that if the matter were left to a vote of the union instead of to the judgment of a handful of labor leaders the teamsters would go to work on Monday morning. He urged the strik- ers to recopsider their action and bring to a close what must prove to be a dis- astrous action for all concerned if unduly prolonged. Charles A. Warren said the sentiment of the members of the association was not one of opposition to the principles of unionism, but he believed the teamsters could subserve no purpose by continuing their strike. Representatives of the Sand Teamsters’ Union then spoke. All urged the mem- bers of the assoclation to do what they could to secure a recognition of the de- mands of the strikers by the Employers" Association. President Longshore of the Sand Team- sters’ Union said the matter of settlin the trouble would be carefully conslderefi at a meeting to be held this afternoon. Several speakers counseled wise action on both sides. —_— STREET-SWEEPERS AT WORK. Part of the Busiest Thoroughfares Are Cleaned. A portion of the refuse which had ac- cumulated on the streets of the city since the beginning of the sand teamsters' strike was removed yesterday. Gray Bros., the contractors who have the con- tract for street cleaning, in response to the demands of the Board of Public ‘Works, put about sixty men to work yes- terday morning. Although this force was but one-third of the former number that were engaged in street sweeping, they succeeded in rendering the streets in the business portion of the city fairly sani- tary. Eight wagons were pressed into service to carry off the sweepings. They were ail driven by owners and as yet no complaint has been lodged by the union with the Board of Public Works. The men did not require police protection. There was but one sprinkler at work and in some places the streets were sprinkled by hand. This mode of laying the dust will be used to a still greater extent to-morrow, if more sprinklers can be secured. The sweepers, sprinklers and wagons will be ket at work to-day and an at- tempt will be made to have the streets thoroughly sprinkled and swept to-mor- row morning before business hours. —— Ten Per Cent Increase in Wages. The employes of the manufacturing de- partment of the firm of A. Schilling & Co. were notified yesterday that their wages were increased 10 per cent, to take effect £0r 3 Tong time Deen given the Rrmmtias T given e advant; of the nine-hour day. e L i e e o 2 2 S B R S R R R A A AR A ° WINTERS AIDS IN RECOVERING GOLD Continued From Page Thirteen. e B e T When the Sea Witch pulled away the refinery wharf she went up‘cmurfx:; Straits =~ toward Martlnez and = then doubled back and anchored off the Selby Works until the coming of morn. Al lights on the tug were extinguished. When the darkness of night was dispelled by the coming of the morn the party of detec- tives on the tug awoke from a short sleep and all hands met on deck. The tug steAmed in_close to the whart that runs out from Vallelo Junction to the coal bunkers alongside the raflroad track. Winters was then brought up on deck and he gave iInstructions as to the spot where the tug should be placed. Winters Directs the Party. Superintendent Von der Ropp of t Selby Works stood alongside wpifum ul:s called him *Jack” whenever he had occa- slon to ask him for directions. Winters seemed to look upon Von der Ropp as his friend and addressed his remarks to him, While he scowled at the detectives when they broke in on the conversation. Under instructions from Winters, the tug drew up at a spot about 300 y: east of the railroad tunnel that is close to the smeiter. The wharf that runs from Val- lejo Junction to the coal bunkers lies out about twenty feet from the railroad track. When the tug was in a_correct position the detectives left the vessel and climbed on to the wharf. Winters joined them lv;l‘;hda}lflcruy :.nd all l:mndu eagerly fol- e m as he marched o !}.‘h’l m?cersfi along with one “This is whers you will % Winters in ‘his Shiil voice, [°% 1t satd n an instant commotion relgned amo: the party of gold seekers, 'he pr‘lfln‘e‘g was escorted back to the tug, accompanied by Sheriff Veale of Contra Costa County and Constable Molles of Crockett. The three men climbed over the side of the tug and entered a small boat that was in waiting. Moiles took_the oars and the Sheriff sat alongside Winters. The pris oner had a twelve-foot iron dredge and he let the annaratus down into the water about elght feet from the piling of the wharf. Detectives . Tom Gibson and Crockett had stripped off their sufts in the meantime and stood clad in their underwear, despite the cold atmosphere of the early morn. Fishing Out the Gold. The water was almost low tide and the two officers waded out from the rocks at the side of the railroad track and made their way toward the boat. Breast high the officers were when they reached the boat and while they held on with one hand they groped under water with the other. Slowly the boat moved, under the direc- tion of Winters, and in about five minutes after the search commenced a shout went ——————————————————————— Rheumatism What is the use of telling the rheumatic that he feels as if his joints were being dis- located ? He knows that his sufferings are very much like the tortures of the rack. What he wanls to know is what will per- manently cure his disease. That, according to thousands of gratetal testimonials, is Hood’s Sarsaparilla It promptly neutralizes the acid in the Piotas” shafanien . St sere e 3 st Dl satunfiite ot vy Tosn SECY 4 \ = ""!%_/ N o2 Hon. J. A. 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Mfi ‘Temple Los Angeles, Cal., writes: o (nlfy believe Peruna ;a\‘ed my life. ears ago after BroontAlnaka T was taken with catarch of the stomach, and in fact of the whu‘le system. My stomach failed me, as noth- ing I ate seemed to do me any good. but always gave me pains and beiching of s. My kidneys got sgre and weak, f°haa palpitation of the heart, my lungs were sore and it was difficult to draw 2 long breath. I also had fainting spells, and while walking was afraid I might fall to the sidewalk. 1 also had to et up at night and sit in a chair to keep from smothering. My street, were cold on the hottest day, my @i ho were up from those on the bank Wi ceedings. heavily weighted sack out of the l'a.lke"r, and with difficulty he was aided by his brother officers to land the burden in the Dot vas a sack containing four small bars It r olen gold. The tension of five Stlly(uh:v:.st brokex:. The police officers had in their custody the robber of a quarter of a million of dollars and the spot where the booty lay hidden from sight was known definitely. There was but little excitement u.t(endlnf the work of search- ing for the precious loot beneath the mud- dy waters of the bay. Winters Tries His Hand. rs, after the first sack had been dtsconered, 100K off his clothes and waded into the water to aid the officers in their search. He acted nervously, but a witnessing the early morning B woumid. mever have suspected that ‘Winters was the man guilty of a gigantic robbery, not in its cunning, but in the he loot. ":'\l"t‘:z o haes Sitpped along swittly as the detectives with Winters waded in the muddy water near the coal wharf and bunkers. Within an hour flve sacks had been recovered, containing twenty-one bars of gold, valued at $130,00. The in- coming of the tide prevented further work being done and it was decided to suspend operations. The detectives and Winters, who had spent an hour in the cold water, were assisted on the tug and shortly afterward they came out on the deck, looking none the worse for wear. The detectives refused to allow any newspaper men to speak to Winters when he left the tug for the second time and walked up and down the wharf. He was allowed to take sufficlent exercise to counteract his long immersion in the water and then was asked by Superin- tendent Von der Ropp to designate just where he stood when he threw the gold laden sacks into the water. Winters walked toward the coal bunk- ers and picked up some small pieces of coal and then returned to a spot on the whart about 130 yards from the junction. With a plece of a cracker box held down by a lump of coal he showed the officers the exact place where he stood when he heaved the sack containing the four heavy bars of fine gold. Coolly and deliberately Winters acted until 2 workman from the smelter walked up with a rope in his hand and greeting the prisoner, said: “Here is a rope, Jack.” The workman evidently thought that a rope_would be of some use in the search, but Winters placed a different conclusion on the proposition. “What do you know 2 said Winters excitedly. “What do you want? I never talked'to you before. You don’t know anything about me.” Turning to the officers, Winters request- ed that the workman be sent away and the look on the prisoner's face showed plainly that he thought the rope was in- tended for summary justice. Tells Where More Bullion Is. Superintendent Von der Ropp was at the side of Winters during the time he was engaged in showing just where the gold had been thrown from. Winters sug- gested that it might be good policy to | uild a cofferdam in order to recover the balance of the treasure. Taking a piece of ccal in his right hand Winters walked to a certain spot and droppicg the coal right down by the piling. said: “There is no need of going any closer to the wharf than this.” aking another glece of coal from his pocket Win‘ors urled it about eight feet out in the wa toward the railroad track, at the sam time saying: ‘““And you don't want to go a? further from the wharf than that.” hen he started to walk about thirty feet toward the junction and showed the officers where the end of a plank had been newly sawed off. Again he turned in the opposite direction, toward the coal bunk- ADVERTISEMENTS. 1| TEACHERS 2 COLLEGE MEN ‘Praise and Recommend Pe-ru-na. HonN J.A.SIMPSON. -BoARD-OF-EDUCATION San FrANCISCO returning | legs and arms; pained me most of the time, my teet | CAL piaet \J/ tongue was coated, | had chills from my head to my feet. |was weak and | had very littie life and everything | looked dark o me, and often | wished | for the end. “I took all kinds of medicine—do not | think there is a drug store in this city that I did not get some truck from. I also used vapor baths, dieted, drank all | the mineral waters, had many consulta- | tions with two of the best doctors of this | city, used their prescriptions, but all | seemed of no use. “After months of this kind of work | fully made up my mind to try Peruna, and thank God for it, as had not used over two bottles until | f3lt a change, = = 1and hava bsen getting better evar | since, and now | am well and strong. All my friends tell me how w3/l | look. Let me say to those who are sick, iry Paruna it you have-any of my symp- toms ; it wi/l cure you. Don’t expect to be cured by one bottle, but stick to it until cured.””—J. Edward Clark. If you do not derive prompt and satis- factory results from the use of Peruna. write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full statement of your case, and he will be pleased to givé you his valuable ad- vice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Colwnbus, Ohio. % G ? ers, and walked about sixty-five feet and showed another plank, the end of which had been recently severed. The two planks were the limits in which Winters sald the gold would be found in the water between the wharf and the rocks of the railroad track. The recovered gold bars were taken on board the tug and guarded by an officer. Then the entire party with Winters, ex- cepting Constable Moiles, Detective Silvey and Superintendent Von der Ropp, board= ed the tug and headed for San Francisco. Half of Stolen Goods Recovered. The superintendent proceeded to the Selby works to spread the good news among his associates, while Constabie Molles and Detective Silvey carefully guarded the location where more than half of Winters’ booty lay embedded in the mud. A curious throng congregated on the rocks near the place where a small for- tune was hidden, but no one was allowed to enter the water to search fog the trease ure. Shortly after the noon hour some Por- tuguese employes of the Selby Works were allowed to dive in the muddy water in the hope that they might bring up some of the gold bars.. After working about two hours one of the men caught hold of a sack and hauled it into shallow water. On being opened It was found to contain four small bars, valued at 311,000, ‘The bars were conveyed to the smelter works by a trusted employe of the Selbys and the “find” was credited to the ‘‘re- covery account,” which then totaled up to $141,000, or exactly half of the big sum stolen by’ Winters. A careful day and night watch will be maintained on the maritime “cache” of Winters, and the work of diving for the treasure’ will be resumed to-day. Steps were taken yesterday by the Selby man- agement to have a cofferdam built with. out delay, so that the balance of the gold bars can be recovered. The water whera Winters walked up and down the whar€ and played “chuck stone” with gold bare is very muddy. The silt is about four feet | presumably sunk into the slimy mass. Winters stated vesterday that he threw the four big gold bars into the wates | without any covering. while one sack of smaller bars burst open as he was just about to throw it into the water. ACCUSE WINTERS OF ROBBING ST. JOSEPH'S STOCKTON. Aug. .—Jack Winters, who has confessed to being the man who robbed the Selby Smelting Works of $280, - 000 worth of gold bars, has been recog- | nized by attaches of St. Joseph’s Home in this city as being the same man who robbed the institution of $400 in coin on the 29th of March last. Published pictures of Winters were im- mediately recognized as those of the man wha came to the institution and under the | guise of an electrician who had come to inspect the electrical wiring and lighting apparatus was allowed to go about the place unattended. While going from room to room, ostensibly to inspect the wiring, | the electrician found a bag of coin, with { which the head nurse of the hospital was mrhav:& paid the monthly expenses within a few days. eriff Sibley will leave for San % e AD AIB e AR 1 ey D T [ will be able to secure the money taken | from St. Josepl Home by Winters. i ——— Fears Discord May Follow. HAVANA, Aug. 10.—La Discusion says that the enrqllment of a Cuban artillery corps by only permitting whites to enlist will sow the germs of discord between whites and the blacks and establish & pre- uniuse cedent both dangerous and deep, and the heavy bars of goid hava e 4