The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 16, 1901, Page 12

12 TAK sAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1901. POISON FOUND IN THE STOMACH OF PUBLISHER H. B. VANDERHOQF Mysterious Disappearance of the Bottle Which Contained the Car- bolic Acid Causes Some Commmt. P SRR ITY CHEMIST GREENE reported to the Coroner yesterday morning that iie had found carboliz acid in the stomach of Hervey B. Van- derhoof, president of the Syndi- autopsy surgeon mentioning the handker- % T By toseivel oy g Spoils Grows Bitter and — 2 Bacigalupi when he had almost completed the autopsy, and after he had decided to Personal. send the stomach to the chemist because ——— saturated with carbolic acld. This fact he carefully suppressed in his written rc. port on file at the Coroner’s office, which stated that death was due probanly 1o heart disease, but he left a note for the he had found evidences of corrosive pol- son. Coroner Leland is very much annoyed over the incident, as he seemingly has no redress for mistakes made through tne carelessness or: stué)ldlty of his deputies, ‘who were appointed by Gavin McNab and Charley Fay. Miss Hess, who gave her name to the | open convention. UGLY QUARREL IN B035 GAMP Plot to Detach Crimmins From Kelly to Help Out Herrin. —_— Fight Over Division of the The fight in the camp of the Republican Losses over the division of spoils s be- coming ugly. Boss Martin Kelly is ap- prised of secret plotting to undermine Lim. The story comes to The Call that Herrin bas placed himself at the head of culated that H. E. Huntington is to be restored to power in the Southern Pacific ard that under the re-established order of affairs Herrin will be permitted to do poli- tics at the old stand. Phil Crimmins is € Bass | urged to desert his old pal, Martin Kelly, 353:;75“- - THE | and join Herrin's forces. Last night the oL e’ (i THE SSiLyER assailants of Kelly in the camp of cor- VN TED HARNESS wWAS ruption were asserting that Crimmins had ‘been detached from Kelly and would henceforth train with the new crowd of manipulators, Disinterested spectators of the disgraceful controversy predict that Kelly will bring Crimmins under his per- sonal lash and put a stop to Herrin's in- terference. Kelly has a way of dealing with his underlings that proves quite ef- fective. Once before when Crimmins tried to break away Kelly read the riot act and read it with such vehemence and so dis- tinctly addressed it to his partner in per- son that the latter concluded that he ‘would rather stay where he was than go to the hospital. When all other means fail Kelly resorts to force. The fight may become o hot that the bosses, losing cau- tion in anger, may expose one another in ALLEGES THAT MISS THOMPSON TRIED TO STEAL HIS THUNDER Bothwell Brown, a Teacher of “Grace Culture,” at War With the Authoress of “Silver Mounted Harness.” T™Mi3S THoMPSON Ha BR®BED THE MiIsSs NG the movement to wrest from Kelly the AuDiENCE fruits of the boss triumph at the polls T last Tuesday. The rumor is adroitly ecir- ORIGINAL | is not conceivable that Crimmins | TonO i would think of deserting Kelly and going HER 3HS to Herrin unless some great political or WA ~o pecuniary advantage was expected. The Loy, contemplated change of companionship oy cannot be accounted for on moral BoTHWELL | grounds. : | Herrin and Kelly were once strained. The It is known that the relations between estrangement grew out of the allotment of boodle to influence Supervisors in the fix- ing of water rates. A manipulator other than Kelly was selected to handle_the boodle. Kelly fancied thereafter that Her- rin had violated the principles of cour- BRrowr s, | tesy which should be maintained by traf- | fic men. When Boss Kelly made his roar in the B'nai B'rith Hall convention and p . CHARLOTTE THomPSonN cate Publishing Company, who was found dead in bed at €17 Powell street last Wednesday morning shortly after mid- night There are many suspiclous circum- stances in connection with the case. Van- derhoof had been living with a middle aged woman named Clara Hess, who passed s his wife. On Tuesday afternoon Vanderhoof left the house to take the 1 oat for Sa Rosa. Miss Hess also left r apart ts presumably for the pur- : of rem: g with relatives until his return. Something occurred which pre- vented his departure and he returned to 7 o'clock in the his room at half-past 7 evening. At ight or a little later Miss Hess came to the house with two young men with whom she had been drinking around town. 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Opposite Union Square. ! the tunes were played for the gallery. frightened his underlings into complete subserviency for the rest of the session the railroad organ assailed him in the most intemperate terms. The organ played “Kick Kelly Out,” ‘Kelly i{s an Impostor” and “Kelly is a Rascal,” but Kelly stayed . selected the Republican County Committee, which the State or- ganization indorsed, and to show the push that he could do something more rounded up the San Francisco delegation to the Legislature and ordered the indorsement of *“Corney” Pendleton for Speaker. Martin Kelly having won the Republi- can convention at the primary election ex- pects to sell the nominations to the high- est bidders. The people were apprised of 's intention in this regard, but they stayed away from the polls and permitted the boss to win. One Ray of Hope. SUPPOSED VICTIM OF SUICIDE AND THE WOMAN WHO HAD BEEN HIS COMPANION, | | 11 i ® ACTRESS LOSES BOK OF JEWELS Valuables Mysteriously | Disappear at a Late ‘ Supper. Miss Ethel Hornick, one of the leading members of the Empire Company now playing at the Columbia Theater, is| mourning the loss of a box of valuable |Jewelry that disappeared on Tuesday | | evening from her supper table at the Cafe Zinkand. | Miss Hornick went to supper after the | performance on the evening mentioned | with Miss Mary Van Buren, T. Danie! | Frawley and Mr. Kinmond, manager for ‘nMr. Frawley. The actress carried with her into the restaurant a little box con- taining her purse and jewels. This box | she placed on the table beside her. When | the members of the party left the restau- rant the precious parcel was overlooked. | Miss Hornick had not gone far, however, | before she discovered that she had forgot- | | ten her jewel box and with her escort re- | turned fo the cafe to get it. But it was too late. Although scarcely more than five minutes had elapsed since she had | | left the restaurant no trace of the box | could be found. | Yesterday Miss Hornick placed the mat- | ter in the hands of the police and the de- | tectives spent a busy day looking for the | Jewel box. Miss Hornick, when seen at | the theater last evening, sald: | ““T went to the Zinkand as the guest of | Miss Mary Van Buren. In the party were | | Mr. Frawley and his manager. I carried | | with me a box contalning some jewels | and my purse, which contained $25. The | box was done up in tissue paper and reai- 1y looked like a box of candy. I imagine that some one took the box believing it | contained bonbons and that when it was opened and its valuable contents dis- |closed was afrald to return it. All | the valuables in the box were. the gifts of | dear friends and their value is really more one of a personal association than a mon- etary one. I have offered a reward of $75 for its return and promise that no ques- tions will be asked.” i . Supposed Leper at Large. The officials of the Health Department were notified yesterday morning that a half nude man, apparently insane, ap- peared on the Presidio hills and when the sentry started after him he took to his heels, never stopping until he had landed somewhere in the Richmond district. The health officials surmise that the man may be a l?er who escaped from the hospital some time ago. The police were notified | and a special watch will be kept until the | man is put in some safe place. | |* Did it ever strike you tha: you can buy Jesse Moore Whiskey for the same price that is paid for just ordinary . | derhoof left a uote, which is_also missing. SULLIVAN JURY | Lawlor’s court yesterday afternoon. X3 Coroner as Mrs. Vanderhoof, will be rig- idly examined at the inquest to-day. She will be asked to explain why the bottle containing the carbolic acid has disap- | peared. It was also reported that Van Captain of Defectives Seymour an- notunced last night that after investiga- tion he was satisfied Vanderhoff commit- | ted suicide. L e e R e ] CONVIGTS HIM Forgery Charge Sus- tained After Brief Deliberation. The trial of Danfel J. Sullivan on the | charge of forging Judge Cabaniss’ name to an order on the City Treasurer for the return of $1640 bail money on March 15| last was concluded before a jury In Judge The case was given to the jury shortly after | 5 o’clock, and in less than an hour a ver- | dict of guilty was returned. Judge Cabaniss and John O. Reis, chief | deputy in the Treasurer's office, were re- called for further cross-examination and the prosecution rested. Rels testifled that | the signatures of the Police Court clerks | were not essential on the bail orders. The defendant was called to the stand and frankly admitted signing Judge Ca- baniss’ name to the order and drawing the money, but it was done without any intent to defraud any one, he sald. He jokingly remarked to Reis when drawing the money, he said, that it was for a Chi- nese client. He was working ary in the warrant and bond clerk’s office | and got what he could pick up in the | shape of commission. Judges Signed Afterward. ‘When the new charter came into effect everything was mixed up clerk’'s oftice, the defendant said, and there was a supposed shortage of $400. ‘Warrant Clerk Peery employed him to straighten out the accounts and he did so. Then Peery asked him to remain and look after the books. Sometimes he was in the habit when Judges happened to be away of taking unsigned bail orders to the Cily Treasurer’s oflice and drawing the money, getting the signature of the Judges after- ward. In the case of Wong Yow, the Chinese wanted the money and oifered him $250 to get it for him. He could not get Judge Cabaniss, so he signed the Judge’s name to the order, drew the money and handed it to the Chinese, get- ting his $250, but not before a bond had been substituted for the cash bail. Glerk Peery wrote on the back of _the order after he returned from the Treasurer’s office, “Bond substituted for cash.” He had handled about $300,000 while in the warrant clerk’s office and no bond had been required of him. Jury Not Out Long. Yow testified to the defendant giving him the $1640 and getting the $z 50 commission. Attorney Joseph Coffey had been called as a witness for the defense in the morn- ing, but questions asked him were ob- jected to and sustained. It was later ad- mitted that he would testify to having seen the defendant and- Wong Yow to- gether in the warrant clerk’s office, and that a bond had been substituted for the cash bail. This closed the case for the defense. After arguments of counsel the Judge delivered his charge to the jury and that body retired shortly_after 5 o'clock to consider its verdict. It returned in forty- five minutes with a verdict of guilty. At- torney Lennon will take the case to the Supreme Court on the points raised by him Wednesday as to errors in the in- formation. ‘When Judge Lawlor finished charging the jurors he instructed them that if they found the prisoner guilty they must return a verdict against him for forging Judge Cabaniss’ name, and also for utter- Wong | vention and may be able to defeat the {forward for chairman of the convention. | used to elect himself as a delegate to the without sal- | in the warrant | Good citizens have one ray of hope. The prize won by the bosses is so fat that the winners are falling out over the divi- sion of the plunder. Kelly, becoming ugly and aggressive, may get up in open convention and speak the plain truth about Herrin. The railroad organ, speak- ing for Herrin, may specify in detail its reason for supporting Kelly before the election and kicking him out afterward. ‘While Kelly’s work is raw, Herrin's is deucedly_clumsy. Neither one is smooth. Johnny Mackenzie of San Jose, whose smoothness exceeds that of salad oil, has been imported to manipulate the conven- tion. The advent of Jim Rea to help Kelly nd Sam Rainey would not surprise poli- ticians. The local bosses deeply deplore the defeat of Max Goldberg. The grief in the Primary League over Abe Ruef's defeat is nothing compared with the dis- tress in the boss camp over the finish of Goldberg’'s political career. The Primary League elected 130 delegates to the con- scheme of allied bosses to sell the nomina- tions. There is talk of putting T. D. fliordan His candidacy was announced yesterday. Outside of boss circles there-is agitation in favor of nominating Judge Slack for Mayor. He is regarded as the ablest man mentioned so far. Ned Lannigan is roundly abused and vilified by the Republican bosses. It is said that the fifteen Democratic votes McNab-Phelan convention would have saved the day in the Forty-first District for the allied bosses if the Lannigan Dem- ocrats had voted the Republican ticket. CRUEL TREATMENT DRIVESI CRIPPLED YOUTH INSANE Forced From Home He Subsists by Begging Crusts of Bread. Some days ago residents of the Rich- mond district notified the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children of a strange, deformed youth who wandered from door to door begging crusts of bread, and who when night overtook him sought shelter in barns and underneath houses. Secretary White of the society visited the locality last night and arrested the youth. At the Central police station the boy told a pathetic tale of cruelty and suffering. He said his name was Bernard Tirat, age 19 years and that his father, who is in good circumstances, resides at 616% Filbert street. Since birth the boy has been a_cripple, though his reason did not show signs of weakening until he had reached his sixteenth year. But since he was able to remember things, he says, he has been treated cruelly. Most of his life was spent in a dark cellar chained to a post, “like an animal,” he averred, and | beaten whenever the mood seized his | guardians. By reason of this treatment, the boy says. his health became impaired, his in- firmities more pronounced and his mental- ity weakened. A week ago he was turned into the street. He roamed about in the city and finally went out to the Richmond district, where he was arrested. The case will be investigated. — re—— ROBBER OF SELBY BULLION TAKEN BACK TO CROCKETT Winters Charged With Grand Lar- ceny and Burglary and Bail Fixed at $20,000. John Winters, alias “Buck Taylor,” who looted the vault of the Selby Smelt- ing Company at Vallejo Junction on the morning of August 6, was taken to Crockett yesterday by Sherift Veale of Centra. Costa County and Detective Tom Gibson. Winters was arraigned immediately on his arrival at Crockett before Justice Pratt on two ‘John Doe” warrants charging grand larceny and burglary. Bail was fixed in each case at $10,000. ‘Winters was unable to furnish bail, but expressed _confidence that Superintendent von der Ropp of the Selby works would come to his aid. He was taken to Mar- tinez and locked up_in the county jail. The examination of Winters before Jus- tice Pratt will be held to-morrow. He said he did not want a lawyer, as he would handle his own case. Divers recovered a bar of gold yester- day from the water where Winters dumped_his golden loot. The bar is val- ued at $3100. Two. bars are still to be lo- cated, and the divers will resume work this morning. L i e e e ] ing the forged document. They returned a general verdict of guilty and were sent back to prepare one as instructed, which they did in a few minutes. —_—————————— Wanted, 100 additional honorably dis- charged U. 8. soldiers. Apply at once, room 10, 325 Montgomery street. Bring dis- charge papers. . ey KNocwED "waTsonN - INTe —HE HANDS OF THOSE BEHIND THE SCENES. ‘CoppED" A BuMcH oF MR. BROWN'S THUNDER. HE edifying spectacle of an au- thoress and a dancing master engaged in a dispute was hidden to patrons of the Alcazar Theater last night. Miss Charlotte Thomp- son, author of “Silver Mounted Harness,"” “got on her high horse,” as an actor put it, and tried to ride over Bothwell Brown, dancing master. The dancing master proved a high hurdle, however, Miss Thompson's flery, untamed steed hesita- ted and the fair rider was lost. It may be reinarked that neither Miss Thompson nor Mr. Brown speak now as they pass by. Neither do they shower praise on each other's work as in the past. Metaphorically speaking, their daggers are drawn. This sad state of things is due to a number of exciting incidents that happened behind the scenes on Monday night. Miss Thompson lost her temper and said unkind things about the dancing master, and Mr. Brown retal- jated by saying “she was no lady.” For a short time these incidents came very near marring the opening perform- ance. Miss Florence Roberts saved the night by presence of mind and Mr. Brown by playing “‘thunder.” Brown Shines Out in the Dance. It appears that Miss Thompson origi- nated something startiing in the way of a dance, which is introduced in the third- act of her production. It is entitled “A Flower Cotillon,” and the figures sym- bolize the brief, joyous life of the flowers in the summer sunshine, until shattered and destroyed by storm. To develop this idea she called in Bothwell Brown, a young man who teaches ‘‘grace culture’ and other fads. Mr. Brown went into raptures over the idea and set about to put it into execution. He taught the mem- bers of the company a few new wrinkles in delsarte and pirouetting and then put them through the mazes of this dance, which an imaginative press agent says Is “life’s allegory told in color and rhythm and time and tune.” So well did he suc- ceed that the dance in a measure over- | shadowed the play. Miss Thompson, ap- | preciating this, regretted that she had | ever seen Mr. Brown. Miss Thompson, it is alleged by Brown, at the eleventh hour tried fo cut out the dance, and, being foiled, tried to mar it. First she visited the back of the stage before the play opened and cut down the three yards of tin that is used in making | thunder. Next she removed the silk that is bound around a churn that is util- iZed when the_sound of gentle zephyrs toying with a Populist’s chin curtains is needed. Then she bribed the man who handles the cymbals, bass drum, kettle drums and other “noises” in the storm scene. Georgie Cooper Lands a Solar Plexus. When Mr. Bothwell Brown discovered that the authoress was stealing his thunder, enough lightning flashed from his orbs to illuminate the entire stage. ~ oottt @ BELIEVE WITTY WAS MURDERED Captain Seymour Asked to Investigate His Death. e The friends of George W. Witty, whose lifeless body was found in a 1ddging house on Mission street Wednesday evening, do! not believe he committed suicide, but | think he was murdered and robbed. Last night several of them, among whom was ex-Insurance Commissioner Ed McCabe, visited police headquarters and asked Captain of Detectives Seymour to make a thorough investigation. Seymour at once detailed two of his best men on tbe case with instructions to spare no_effort in | definitely determining whether Witty died | by his own hand or was the victim of an assassin. In speaking about the tragic ending of the man who was instrumental in ter- | mirating the earthly career of Sontag | and landing Evans, his companion in crime, in_the penitentiary for the rest of his_life, McCabe said: “I am satisfied that Witty, with whom 1 was well acquainted, did not commit suicide. He was of a very sunny disposi- tion and looked with scorn on anybody who even hinted at the thought of sui- cide. Shortly before he entered the Mis- | sion-street house he met several friends, all of whom claim that he was unusually happy. After entering the place he asked for Josie Escott, a young woman whom; he had known for several years. On| being told that she was out, it is claimed | by the inmates of the house, he immedi- | ately walked into one of the rooms and | shot himself. “I am not at all satisfied with this state- | ment and am satisfied that they Kknow | more than they have told. My reason for thinking that Witty was murdered and robbed is that only $3 was found on his body by the Coroner. Last Saturday he had about $200, which he gave to a Mar- ket-street saloon-keeper for safe-keeping. The tcllowing day he drew the money and made a few small purchases. As he was not a man to,squander money, I am sat- isfled Witty had the amount with him when he was put out of the way and that | it was stolen by the murderer. In con- junction with other friends of the dead | man I intend to do all in my power to | definitely ascertain whether or mnot he| died from an assassin’s bullet.” Mrs. Escott claims that she and Witty had some words a few hours before the lhootlni‘. and fearing that he intended to injure her she secretly left the house. ‘When she returned in the evening she was horrified to learn his body was at the Morgue. Witty was employed by Curtin's Detec- tive Agency in protecting non-union men from violence while en route to this city. He was deemed a fearless fellow and a handy man with a Eun. His mother, who is said to be wealthy, lives in Stanislaus Count; The !;'nquest will be held to-day. | partment dismissing the appeal of Choy oAFE ROGBER'S RICH HARVEST Loots Gas Consumers’ Association’s Treas-- ure Box. The police were notifled last night of a particularly daring safe robbery perpe- trated in the office of the Gas Consumers’ | Association, 34 Post street, some time | between the close of business on Wednes- | day and yesterday morning. A sum of | money,in the neighborhood of $2000, was | stolen. The thief had opened the safe in the regular way. Detectives Dinan and Wren were detailed by Captain Seymour | to investigate the burglary. | The thief gained an entrance to the of- | fice through a small door on Powell street. From his manner of working he evi- dently famillar with the place and in pos- session of the combination of the safe. In addition to the association’s money the thief got away with a_considerable sum belonging to employes of the concern, who preferred leaving their savings with the cashier to depositing them in a bank. Dr. M. E. Kibbe of 1023 Sutter street, who is at present managing the associa- tlon’s affairs, was notified as soon as the theft was discovered. He worked all day on the case and did not notify the police until he had formed a pretty good idea as to the identity of the burglar. While as yet the police are in posses- sion of no absolute proof strons suspicion is directed toward a former employe. He was dismissed but a short time ago. He probably had in his possession a key to the side door and it is known that he had knowledge of the combination of the safe and of the fact that the safe was used as a depository for moneys belonging to employes. The detectives expect to make an arrest to-day. I FATHER OF CHILDREN NOT A MINOR CHILD Treasury Decision in the Case of a Chinese Immigrant Who Asks Admission. An opinion was received yesterday by Customs Collector Stratton from Assist- ant Secretary Taylor of the Treasury De- Sing, who arrived on the Doric last June, ana whose application to be admitted as the minor child of a merchant was de- nied by the Collector. Secretary Taylor says: “From the examina{™g of the applicant it appears that he is himself a married man and the father of two children. Un- der these circumstances it is hardly nec- eseary to consider the status of his al- leged father or the question of relation- ship, since the applicant is clearly of an age 'to engage in work on his own ac-| count independently as a laborer.” B — The first automobile in the Philippines Verus cures piles or $50 reward. All up- | to-date druggists sell and guarantee It. * Is an_electric machine imported for the use of the signal corps. LEADING FIGURES IN A COMEDY DRAMA THAT WAS PLAYED BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE ALCAZAR THEATER ON MONDAY EVENING LAST, WHEN SOME REALISTIC ACTING WAS HIDDEN FROM THE VIEW OF THE LARGE AUDIENCE. 5 — What he sald would not look well print, but he said it just the same. How to foil the authoress was Brown's one thought. He discovered a bass drum upon which he pounded to make thunder and hissed at Miss Thompson with all his might to Imitate the sound of zephyrs, being ably aided and abetted by the prop- erty man. Miss Thompson struck a tragic pose and yelled, “Foiled again, but I will yet have r-r-r-r-revenge.” At the conclusion of the dance it is Ben S. Deane’s cue to enter and announce the death of his master, but while the dance was In progress Miss Thompson ordered and then shoved him on to the stage. It was in semi-darkness and he collided with Georgie Cooper, wha landed on his solar plexus and passed him on to Agnes Rankin and Stella Ra- zetto, who played ‘“rough-house” with him Miss Roberts next flew at him, and with a muscular shove sent the much- abused actor into the wings. Miss Thompson's trump card failed and Mr. Brown rode on top of the storm. The dance was a success. The play contfn- ued, and now the authoress and the teacher of delsarte do not speak as they meet on the Rialto. in ADVERTISEMENTS. He Is 70 Years “Young.” When an old man of 70 tells you something has made him feel like 38 or 40, don't you think you would like to try it, too? Mr. A. Crawford Pokegama, Or., says he is seventy years “young” since he has been using my electric belt, that while seven. ty years have passed over his head still he has regained the firm step and vigos of 35. 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