The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 6, 1901, Page 12

12 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1901. GLUB GOLLECTOR WITHHOLDS MONEY Emil H Hartman Nar- rowly Escapes Being | Prosecuted. When Exposed He Is Forced | to Resign Position of Trust. | Emil H. Hartman, a collector for the | San Francisco Club, who lives at 1634 | Howard street, violated his trust and was ! forced to resign his position 2 few days ago. He was short a few hundred dollars in his accounts, and but for the kindness | of friends who reimbursed the club Hart- Hartman had been employed as collector for a yecar and each month handled many | Market street, MAKES PRISON OF HI5 PARLOR C. A. Worth Uses Dras- tic Measures on an Embezzler. Imprisons George Robinson to Compel Him to Dis- gorge Money. — George Robinson. a_dapper young man | of 18 years, who hails from the sunny | Scuth, trotted a merry heat over the primrose path Wednesday evening, but | the brakes .were put on him out at Su-| tro baths while he was relting tales of the South to two young ladies. C. A..Worth, a boss drayman at 313/ appeared upon the scene | with his two sons and brought Robinson up with a sharp turn. They ruthlessly FIRST CASE AGAINST DIMMICK TO END WITH NEXT HEARING Cashier’s Clerk Frank B. Washington Takes the Stand in the Examination Before United States Commissioner Heacock, but Throws Little Light on the Defendant’s Money Transactions = e from month to month was touched on. Here again Washington was unable to shed much light. He knew it was done but could not say how frequently. When it was done, he said, authorization reach- ed the cashier’s office through Dimmick. Special counsel for the prosecution, S. C. Denson, dropped in during the exami- nation but took no part in the proceed- ings. The cross-examination of the wit- ness by United States Attorney Marshall B. Woodworth was brief and brought out nothing of importance. Attorney Colling asked for an adjourn- ment until he could secure the attendance of Cashier Cole, from whom he wanted a few rays of light. As far as the de- fendant was concerned, he said, the next hearing would finish the case. Cashier Cole would have been on hand. he said, but it would be irregular for both Cole AUDITOR ANGERS GITY TREASURER Brooks Claims Right to Recognize All Court Orders. Says Wells Is Ignorant of the Amendment Passed by Legislature. R City and County Treasurer Brooks is up in arms against Auditor Wells because the latter official stated yesterday that he would hold the former personally respon- sible for paying two court orders which did not bear the Auditor's signature. Brooks asserts that he has acted within the law, and incidentally Wells is ignorant of an amendment adopt- ed at the last session of the Legislature which empowers the Treasurer to pay remarks that | BUYING TITLES la EXPENGIVE Attorney Short Throws Some Hot Shots at Railroad. QOil Case Is Now Under Ad- visement by Commis- sioners. A i Attorney Short, representing the ofl peo- ple of Bakersfleld, closed his case yes- terday before the Railroad Co ers. At the end of the attorne: Commissioner Edson said that as thers was considerable evidence to go over, a decizsion would not be reached until the next meeting of the Railroad Commis- sioners on October 8. To those who are opposed to corpora- tions and railroad combines the closing hundreds of dollars. It was his duty to '{1\{88_5901 him from the young ladies, and < | orders for repairs or improvements to|argument of Attorney Short would have visit the places of business of the mem- >mfll‘>;;|zl:§n "’;",'5.“.‘1{ mén with having ! courtrooms which have been certified by | been a real treat. He scored the South- };ere a_r_lya;! collect lhflrhdues.‘ lf;a(‘n‘!m»ph(; B < e ;'O”ha:,'-‘,k‘e“”‘ 5 Miathls s Superior Judges without the signature of | ern Pacific in broad terms and said that me Ecfl;évdmm {3\3;{\ g-z ::g,:;;g(\;::;';<;le‘e ploy for but one day, admitted his guilt any other officlal. the company had in the past, and would club. The latter would then credit the &0d accompanied the drayman and his The controversy between the two of-|in the future, charge the people of Cali- Tembers in his booke, This plan has been | SOIS 10 their residence at 119 Golden Gate | | | ficlals named originated over the payment | fornia, as long as they could, all they followed evi e organization of e S e s for S ; of two demands of the Golden Gate Elec- | thought they would pay without rebel- ::fm’é;: a FIw ;":’ I‘ex;]r;g mIEhE, He was Promised FrocAom. asori: trical Company for electrical work in the | ling. : it was discovered that the collector was |iN& to his story, if he would return the | chambers of Judges Lawlor and Cook. He fired a parting shot at the Hunting{ withholding sums of m. for his own | MoOney or induce his friends to make good ! | Brooks believed that he had the right to | tons which caused a hearty laugh. He R | { Py ;;ing;fl;z?d:“;geggs;flt%tgolr;“u;d;r replied to Attorney Norton's remark that = = 4 o Hart- | Sbent most o | z ‘foun Jleaded for mercy. He promised to re- | 1€ sent a telegram to his father, who is! | S Code, which reads as follows: way! Y, whic Y P 0 He pi A € . = RN tained from the public by imposing un- pay the taken, and on this ‘Jslness )rr‘mn ugustine, Pg? 3 Cl!fllulla:lehm;:\l gar h«;l?ll’nglt:e Sugerl?; just rates. . 1 s h i s explaining his 5 2 ‘ourts and t! ambers of e sa! % . s B that hic serviees as collector | held him prisoner in the parlor of their | | AN | Supervisors thereof, together with the attend- | said Short. m hyh ey bu ‘magn cent Jonger needed, and then he | residence. The sons alternated as his! LAY | ants, furniture, fuel, iights and stationery | residences which they never live in, and lon, e n 3 be | Suard durinig the Tong night CLERE \\\ RO | sufficient for the transaction of business, the | then, when their daughters and nleces RS R TR o P \'es(crag) nifl-flflg liaigiaen $ SRR courts or the Judge or Judges thereof may | marry European princes it costs them have been discovered had not a member | felt hunger gnawing at his vitais and aft- | | EXApamfiNG ;f.é{,“;', i, Tt o R wd A or Short appeared to take a Pome peraonally 1o the ecretary ana paid | er locking the door repaired to the dining. THE i hoiuel, lights and | _Attorney ppeared his September dues. He was then in- |room. Robinson, who had been feigning | | FIGURED e T e o I R | mumnee St Sl Nerkim, he formed that Lis August dues were still |Sicep, took advantage of the opportunity | | e chasge agattist the county treasury and must | [opresented the Sants Fe Company. Nor unpald, and was greatly surprised. He | offered for escape. He raised a window. | | be pald out of the gemeral fund thereof. e e e fo prove his assertion. | The Worths were not slow to learn of S o ey qy e they were | Jegal profession. Secretary Marliave replied that there | his escape and went in pursuit of the Tot Dresented. nhought 1t dest to refer| Attormey Shart {eM the Rafivead Com- must be some mistake, as his books did | YOUNng embezzler, shouting “Stop thief!” | o | e e e e bk, Sunervisors. | missioners: thist’ the e e e not show that the August dues had been | Their cries attracted the attention of two | | Aston the gemands Dad Desn Defare sev| sway- frofn (e INVGRIgUINE. 49 he oo paid. The member, to prove his assertion, | policemen, ~who captured the fleeing dati ated th | sidered that their presence would have went to his office and foun ipt. | South c | mendation rejected them, as it had not or- | no effect eitber way. He referred to the ent to his office and found the receipt outherner and led him to the Central dered the work. The demands w the: which was turned over to the secretary. | Station, where he was later in the day turned to Judges Lawl @ Cook, wha] B UG B N e ias Hartman's § s called to the | booked for felony embezzlement returned to Judges Lawlor and Cook, Who | said was absurdly small in comparison omission and he_ ‘ried to explain | _Sportive women and an appetite for | [t 1t e AcHueE: toat oelw‘dtéintg the | With the present off rate charges from the matter. An investigation into his ac- | Wine caused Robinson's downfall, but the | Work. Hewitt scaled the bills down to $302 | Baxersfield to this cit counts proved him to be a defaulter and | strangest part of the whole story is the | and they were forwarded by Judge Law: Pt g gt he was thre a(»guen wit! i‘mprisonme;n. | lflgczf&hal Drn)’n:a;\ ‘Worth would entrust lor to Brooks, with a personal communi- | EXTRA SWEET WINE 1d the secretary it was not his | his funds to a perfect gtra: r. H vant- ity 3 embezzie the money e ol o e pie e e i B R GAUGERS APPOINTED used it to a who is guerding one of his drays recom demands, as he had a perfect right to do | s s re pressed for coln. | mended Robinson. The young fellow start- under the amendment just quoted. The | Internal Revenue Collector Lyneh re- F of withholding the | ed out Wednesday in his patent leather : statutes provide that the Treasurer has | celved yesterday from the Commissioner money mple one. Whenever he | shoes, adorned with startling red laces. power to pay court orders without neces- | of Internal Revenue at Washington a dis- ollecte nstead of ¢ | to_collect Worth's bills. He made a few sitating the Auditor’s signature thereto, | patch cing that the ten men at the ‘r?;":\”v‘; '\h;;;;gnijg;t;n:aie;r;lam ‘?X_;\err; ! i;?lle;;mx:":;m turned the money over to | n:?gp};i!:é{lego&u}rl\n: to do so when they i Eead oafnznhnem«zn":lgser\"ice :l;;:ble liscahav-. he called | This fact insured Worth's confidence, so S L) R e Y N Hartman when seen at his home last | he gave Robinson another batch of bills z F TR s heading Hie Tt s S8 N night denled that he had embezzled. He | to collect. When he failed to return that Free Day at Art Institute. iowas Bichard ¥ Cusith; Virgl ¥ Faitah referred b viewer to Secrefary Mar. | atternoon Worth divined " that” something The Mark Hopkins Institute of Art will | Ulysses §. Parsons, Hobert E. O Neill, ! I how . tha e had | was wrong, so is s ay = i | o (2 b . Pteaet 1 fon s coliector of the | teetives :f]d ?vrise(,r?"kee:ersm\si\pgnaik(lg :1_:_‘ ! be o;;en tos the public free of charge to- | Michael Mec George L. Emerson, St t R & b i day from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m., and in the | James A. Dougl Joseph P. McQu [otmiaged o C e e evening from 7:30 to 10 o'clock. | Frea D. Ritchie and Henry J. McMahon Excursion to Lake Tahoe. iy s;’xlza'gr';edxhg.’;ays he” was never in | | o i | trouble before and cannot explain why Pacific will sell tickets Seo- | hc"wys Yempicd fo appropriate s em. | g ADVERTISEMENTS. 7 an good on any train, re- | ployer's funds. The solution apparently CA&HIERS CLERA | B i pame s e s - ; September 0. to Lake | rests in his Infatuation for Louise Haves, | | Y FRANK B.~ ¢ for 0.80. Oop at any |a voung woman residin; at a Market- 3 ' - e fishing, boating, moun- | street rooming h?use.g For hedr he ASHINGTON Best time to|says he spent most of the money, and for folder 613|also declares he gave her $2 to keep for . | him. The woman, who appeared at po- | e B —— lice headquarters last_night shrouded in Th usterer from which a brave | a Raglan coat, denies his assertlons. The | | men will take 2 blow is the wind. | Worths refuse to discuss the case. | 2% e | An Important Event! | | K| : 1 SpPECIAL Manufacturer of Fur Garments. . Couri3EL ! Remodeling at Moderate Prices | q For. THE ur | PresscuTron 2 o 2 Special To=Day, Friday. | s F 1 | i = 411 all Milliner Y | The following Paragraphs and Prices are for Big Business to-day. | Will they get your trade? ! ° | & | o P Depariment : Opening. hi TTORNEY COLLINS, counsel for (T].’[er Floor). { Walter N. Dimmick, the ex- | Prices that show economy. chief clerk of the Mint, now un- - | der examination before United The balance of the week—This Day (Friday) | States Commissioner Heacock on | and Saturday—will be devoted to r 3 | —! eception and show = o nt, y con- | . Pyt < o8 |k pess Shet cut com | & chargs af embesslament yesterdsycon, [ Fria o Fuihioads st i Millimery o Hhe G duc [ PZUlclob on Object Lesson | the methods of Aoing business which have | | tumn and fall in the spacious millinery department of ! | in Ecientific Shopping | prevailed at (xhe M\{\t during Superinten- | R. D. Davis & Co. Every woman in San Francisco \ i i i | each’'s incumbency. p" . P s irresistible Items to chain | e Tleric Trank B. Washington should be interested in this, for no article of woman’s every Woman’s attention, | was the ‘onl,\' wl:im;_ss (;:‘(an\;nfd.d "f v;r:li dress is more important than the hat, and this sea- | put on the stan or the defendant, 3 g : Fpeost STDEN . B0 | did not throw much light on the situation. ! son ushers in some vto_nderfully ’beauniul modes— We have had ipstanta- | His examination was “omparati\'e]%’l brief effects grand and exquisite. They're all here—both neous response to our an- ‘M}_?eh‘vfagml?kifilr:\‘vg:“{'h"c n:w‘r::v‘ Ahortery ; tl:Ae imported a}xl'nd the groducn_ons from our own nouncements. We make | ground of the hlslorylol‘;‘;q ed Statfis | workrooms — omclg:mus quite the equal of the - | exhibit A; the voucher for $493 37, upon the | . models. An unusually wide range. of origi i shopping profitable to you. manipulation of which the present charge | & 54 mi};line eleg original ideas | The new store i th | against Dimmick is based. He testified | representing trud Ty gance and sensible < . | fo this voucher having been counted as 11 price economy. You are cordially invited to come. liveliest establishment in cash during the month of April, 1900. He | : . § - > t Electri 3 | told of Dimmick's taking it up. He knew E— view this array of correctness and exclusiveness the | Sowm. ectric Specials | the transaction’ was irregular, but did not equal of which will not be seen elsewhere in our city. thriil business to the core | Detastipier Hoy L e SOME LIFE STUDIES OF THE LAST WITNESS CALLED IN THE DIM- 5 | ledge_or whelhe! 3 A ot 5 = and overshadow all con- | Cole nad_ ever spoken to him about it. MICK: BXAMINATION AND THE-MAN WEHO HAS BENN, FNCGAGED e —— | temporary sales, | “He told of that depositary for every- TO AID THE PROSECUTION. y el - Read | thing miscellancous, the safe in the cash- on r *s office, and called attention to envel- SRR Judge for ‘yourseif. ‘{:bre receptacles f(:_lr uffi(gsl kvourchersma,nr} et . e 4 e T S = = g e TR 3 N | private memorandum books for official He did as he was told. e made entries an ashington to be ‘absent from the ;° electrify t".‘""e' to-day the following offerings eclipse our | | fecords. from slips of paper, but could not, of his Mint at the same time. DURL punk o [ “In"his capacity as clerk, Washington own knowledge, explain more about them The continuation of ' the heating was . . : mitatio n carfs, i —to-d | as not informed as to e sources o than that they had to be made. en adjourned until next Tuesday at 10 Rock Mu?’len arfs cluster of tails, reg. $ g’.?g to-day. 52|'75 Sous transactions and orders, he sald. The question of carrying over accounts o'clock. S . P e i w TR U B0 | | @ ettt et oot oo e B TUSIR0 S St | Black Marten " “ “ “ O St 2 Mink L e G D Gustoms Official Complimented. = | MORONEY-THOMAS WEDDING Loyal Legion Reception. : Mink o . o 1260— * | 7.50 Raynor Sharp, who has been detailed as AT ST. MARY’'S CATHEDRATL | The California Commandery of the Loy- Mink “ “ . “ 1450— . . 850 chief examiner of customs at Honolulu, Ay al Legion will hold a reception and ban- ' . Genuine Stone Marten * “ “ 15.00. S o was presented yesterday by his fellow ex- | Young Couple Are Married by Arch- | quet on Wednesday evening, the 1ith .00— 10.00 aminers with a gold watch, appropriately bishop Riordan and Will Visit lfiitj,‘;raé tne olccéaemi} %"'%} in_honor of 4 eneral Samuel B. M. > £nimel Boas, Brown Sable Dyed Fox, reg. $20 00—to-day...$12.50 | |lnscribed: a= @ testmopial of thes oo Southern California. 8K T Blue Dyed Fox “ . 95.00—- * " 716,50 Say for his new station. The wedding of Mrs. Margaret Moroney | S —————— A Pointed Fox tity and quality. And a grzat many other genuine Remember your doilar goes further hzre—it buys most in quan- | I Get’ 30.00— ... 20.00 bargains in neckwear. Q> T L 219 Grant Avenue. | NEW SUIT BRADFORD | QUICKSILVER MINE| SAN BENITO C9. To raise money to build a Jarge furnace on this mine we will sell treasury stock for 50c per share until further notice. Eilver Creek Quicksilver Mining Co. stock is all sold and issued, and we are now producing quicksilver. Investigate this offer. H. R. BRADFORD, Genera! Manager, 7 North Market st. San Jose Prospectus and exhibits at branch office, 413 Kearny st, San Francisco. F. DE FREITAS, Agent. w. T. HESS, FOTARY PUBLI0 AND ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. MEN WANTED. that aill give you perfect satisfaction from the hour you put it on until it is worn out. These suits we make to order are “built on hon- ! or”; they have dash, are | the right cut and never lose shape. Terms One Dollar - - a Week oL . Smiln Hunters Point Drydock. ASTHM - CATARRH Oppression, Suffocation, Neuralgla, etc,, cured by | ESHI:IB'S CIGARETTES, or POWDER 9. ESPIC; New York, E. FOUGERA SOLD BY Aumummx non HAY FEVER oo Senth Floor. Room i0i5. Claus Spreckels Bids. e n 983 Residence. 821 California st.. below Powell. dence Telephone James 1501 : Overcoats and valises checked free, 128-132 Ellis St. Saf: and Edward B. Thomas yesterday at St. Mary’s Cathedral was witnessed by a large number of their friends. The cere- mony was perfcrmed by his Grace Arch- bishop Riordan. The bride is immensely popular in this city and has entertained quite extensively at her-home, 2018 Van Ness avenue, Mr. Thomas holds a responsible position in the Hibernia Bank and has been an ac- tive member of the Young Men’s Institute for many years. He was formerly em- ployed in the Auditor’s office under the | administration of William Broderick. The happy couple left for an extend- ed tour of Southern California. They ex- pect to be gone several weeks. —_—e——— Republican Conferences. The Forty-second district delegates to the Republican municipal convention met last night and organizedi by the election of W. H. R. McMartin, chairman, and Walter 8. Brann secretary. The de|e§m tion endorsed Thomas D. Riordan for chairman of the convention. There will be n general conference of independent and_anti-boss_delegates this evening at Native Sons' Hall, on Sevententh street, near Valencia. —_— e In the Divorce Court. Decrees of divorce were granted yes- terday to Daisy 8. Bruid from Walter F. Bruid for desertion, Lillian G. Daven- port from William T. Davenport for cru- elty, and Mary G. Gathie from John W. Gathie for fallure to provide. Suits for divorce have been filed by John Throp against Eleanor Throp for cruelty, Matil- da L. Stanton against Edward J. Stan- ton for cruelty, and Alice Valiant against Frank P. Valiant for failure to provide. | [ R RO SRR SRR RIS CR RS ORSCISCOROR MR R SO ] ] KEITH'S MILLINERY OPENING, Fall and Winter Season, T0-DAY & TO-MORROW, Septomber 6 and Th, OQur French pattern Hats and Bonnets, also elegant creations from our workroom, are ready for your inspection. All invited; no one expected to purchase. KEITH’'S, 808 Market St., PHELAN BUILDING. R e s aaaa i a d a2 ] BP9E00000I0DOD 90V OOOVOPOVVCOOOVIIOOD HIEDSPOTOOOP DIRECTORY OF RESPONSIBLE HOUSES. Catalogues and Pries Lists Malled on Applieation. Pleasant Hours Swiftly Flying— Those spent on the California Limited BILLIARDS, POOL AND BAR FIXTURES, St. n Billlard Co., late Jacob Strahls & Co. (est’'d. 1852), 409 Market st.; uvon in- stallment or rented; also beer apparatus. COAL, COKE AND PIG IRON. 1 CWILSON & €., -2 2% Telephone Main FRESH AND SALT MEATS, JAS- BOYES & CO. Shiving Buhers, OILS. LUBRICATING OILS. LEONARD & ELLIS, 418 Front st., S. F. Phone Main 1719. LUBRICATING OILS. 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