The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 24, 1901, Page 12

12 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24. 1901. SETTLE CLAM OF MAS. KLUGE Sutro’s Heirs Give His Alleged Widow $100,000. Prepare, However, to Contest Payment of Special Bequests. The litigation following the filing of the will of the late Adolph Sutro is ai(e‘r; | ¢ years in a falr way of being ami- | ; settled. Plans are now perfecting | the claim of Mrs. Clara Kluge, 1f to have been the con- the deceased millionaire, the basis of wite of compromised on $100,000, to be paid to her in full of all tract will be the estate. | nled a contest of Sutro's ter that document was pre- | €. She alleged that she unaer a civil contract and ather of her children. laim was made that Sutro acknowledged the children all the expenses of their death. Mrs. Kluge says ro promised to maxe pro- f and-children .in his will, to do. Hence her con- | of this contest by Mrs. Rose | 2 Sutro Engli and Edgar . all of t discrimination. were begun the court has de- the trust created under Su- and the residuary estate will irs-at-law without dis- ng ¢ TTIRST REEVES. ATKINSON. SWEARS SHE SAW PATIENTS BEATEN BY ATTENDANTS OF A SANITARIUM Mrs. Alma E. Keith Gives Sensational Testimony Before Judge Fritz During the Trial of Mrs. Reeves-Atkinson, Accused of Maintaining a House That Is a Nuisance was the next witness. She testified that her house overlooked the sanitarium; that she had heard most unearthly noises and yells; that neither herself nor hus- band were able to sleep, and that she became so nervous she was obliged to leave home. She had seen poor, inof- fensive people beaten. “By whom?” asked Monteith. “By that woman,” cried the witness as she dramatically pointed to Mrs. Atkin- WPIKE SC0RES THE WITNESSES LAW ON PERCENTAGE POKER IS TO BE AGAIN TESTED Managers of the Cafe Royal and Baldwin Annex Games to Be Arrested. Chief Wittman has deterthined to stop the poker gameés at the Cafe Royal and pute. What the heirs are at present figh son. 5 Baldwin Annex if the law gives him that ing is the proposition of paying several She told of seeing an old woman in the | power. For the last week he has had a special bequests amounting to about $375 yard unable to move because of the | watching the of Mrs. Kiuge was di- against these bequest: a widow's share In the residu- e was also demanded. ime to time reports of the settle- of Mrs. Kluge's claim have been lated, but the first definite’informa- tion 10 that efiect was vouchsafed in | i Judge Coffey’s court yesterday, when the straltgcker she was compelled to wear. Mrs. Hendy said the woman sat there for hours and suffered terribly from wind and sun and no one paid any attention to her. Mrs. Mitchell, who resides at 1825 Sut- ter street, testified to the nolses, and Mr. Scheidt of 1927A Sutter street said she owned property In the vicinity and her tenants were threatening to move if the noises and scenes in the neighborhood Attorney Says Knowl- ton’s Accusers Are All Biased. policeman and a sergeant games and taking part in them so as to secure evidence against the managers, and yesterday, in acordance with his in- structions, Policeman Grancourt swore | out warrants for the arrest of the man- ag T rrests are made under order 1396 of the Board of Supervisors, which makes it contest was called for trial.’ Attorne Interest in the Knowlton inquiry was | 8 “d J o rogdl e Qoo by oo B Z Paterson, representing Mrs. did not discontinue. She stated she had y o oy b W EY. SR, PVe Ry - Kiuge, announced that the claim of his seen people beaten and had suffered trom | 252in at its height yesterday when At- | where a percentage or contribution is had been settled and that she was to dismiss her contest. v hen this statement was made Charles S. Wheeler, atiorney for the heirs-at-law, said he did not know of any settlement, at so far as his clients were con- the compromise with Mrs. Kluge unauthorized. They were therefore Getermined to press thelr contest to the end. On this statement the court set the Morbio contest for hearing on January 16. hstanding this action the claim is still_made that the compromise with Mrs. Kluge will not be affected by the Morbio contest and that this contest will also be dismissed in time. It is hinted | that the papers compromising Mrs. Kiuge's claim will be presented in court next month, the odors. Miss Clara Guckenheim proved a strong witness for the prosecution. She lives next door to the sanitarfum. The young lady told of the scenes she had witnessed and her statements were very positive. She said a man once escaped from the institution and rushed into their house and ‘grabbed her grandmother; that her relative was so scared that she became ill. Miss Guckenheim said she was made so nervous by the screams that she was unable to stay home; that she lived with friends for more than a year. She told of the patrol wagons and hacks that would come to the place at all hours in + | the morning, and how the people hrought there were dragged in or enticed by liquor. ~She admitted having seen people brutally beaten. torney H. C. McPike, on behalf of Knowl- ton, made an autopsical speech cutting into every fiber and nerve of the evidence | given before the Beard of Education by Accuser Lyser and his chief witnesses, Morton and Clark. McPike placed the testimony of the gentlemen named on the slab for dissection, and performed the op- | eration without regard to the sensitive- ness of those present or absent. He | pointed out the parte which he considered weak, ‘and one of these was the fact that | no less than nine teachers had in the short space of five months preceded Pro- | fessor Knowlton, and Knowlton himself had held office in Lyser's company for th= brief period of only two months. Ergzo, | sold ever: charged or taken, whether in mo victuals, cigars, liguor or any other & modity. In the Cafe Royal and Bal¥in Annex two chips of the value of 5 cents each are taken from each player now and then and the player receives a blue check calling for a l0-cent drink or cigar at the bar. The manugers claim that is not a percentage, as the player gets full value for his mone, A new deck of cards is few minutes for 30 cents. The matter has been threshed out in the Po- lice Courts before and the gambling peo- pie have won. Adolph Franzini, manager of the game at the Cafe Royal, was arrested and re- leased on cash bail. ———— Flood’s Generous Donations. PAL WITNESS Sl : “T have seen Mary Smith. their servant, THE INCIDENTS DESCRIBED. beaten, and when she screamed Mrs. At- ! | kinson' velled. ' will put a hvperdermic lin ’helr that ):’;'i“ lay her low if she does “He dragged me up the stairs and then | "0f, StoP making notse. cuf | threw me on the floor and held a pillow | 5 "G Prosecution then closed its case head to stifie my screaming. He |2ud the trial was continued until Janu- choked me. He iy | 2R cian and never wi was there not something radically wrong | Following his usual custom, J. L. Flood, when teachers were changed about and | the multi-millionaire, yesterday made his sent right-about In such quick order? | @annual Christmas donations. The follow- The Board of Education, declared Mc: ng institutions were benefited by his gen- Pike, deserved congratulation for the ju- | TOSI'V: dicial lines it had followed during the in. Prot nt Orphan Asylum, vestigation of his client. Evidence of an | Catholic Orphan Asylu illegal character had been eliminated and | PreW Orphan Asylur Stories by world-famed authors like Robert Barr_and John Strange JVinter in the Christ- mas Wasp . ——————— DRUGGISTS MUST TAKE i OUT LIQUOR LICENSES Sixteen of Them Reprimanded by e $1000; Roman , $1000; Pacific He- $1000; San Rafael Or- = = -elim 1| phan Asyium for Boys, $1000: Magdalen Asy- the Board of Police Com- [ by the papers that e e ety for T ek | ioat tae tact Thit e aTaanis: thaa | e, fon Girls' Ald_ Soclety, §250 d of 3 apers apphire corsets, $2.50; Royal Worcester acean ” e Josepr lum for the Deaf, Dumib and missioners. for the church people. My husband wa 13 1 Ithes . A _ | had been demanded for four or five days | Biind, $250; Armitage Orphanage, $230; Hos- | ea T B Toe v corset. black, $1.25 quality. 65c. All cor-| when accuser and witnesses called to | pital for n and Training School for Sixteen druggists appeared before the Inplicity. of Br. Hinmeishuch Sng th; | sets fitted. ~Chester F. Wright, 6 Geary | back up and support a charge had proved | t. Trancls’ Technical School Police Com: ioners last night to show A cn woman. They got him fo put | St €OF- Kearny, first floor upstairs. ¢ | their utter inability to do so. Lyser had | the Holy Family, $250; totai, cause why they should not pay a retail license for selling liquors in small quanti- made the charges, however, and McPike the sanitarium and they kept me —_————— “Mammy” Did Not Appear. there. agreed tha the board had the right on ties. As they maintained that they did At this juncture Attorney William J.| The petition of “Mammy’ Pleasant for |its side to call upon him to substantiate | o Mg~z i Herrin, who represents Mrs. Atkinson, < them, ADVERTISEMENTS. not know that it was necessary to take | could niot restrain himselt. “So vour duti. | the remewal of George R. Eaton as as- | “43"t; any charge of incompetency he | o 1 t a liguor license they were let off with Paver signee of her estate was not heard by a reprimand. S odge Troutt yesterday beesuse o¢ toy, |submitted that that was not a matter for which his client could be tried. If he was Phone Howard 1021 “Don’t you cast reflections on my hus- | ful husband stood it all.” he said. | A chazge of improper conduct against band, sir. T won’t have my husband in- | falure of the old colored woman to ap- | a teacher it was v E 5 e » . sir. v hus - i presumed that he was Ewiits Dilloe Mbbart Laan Wits Ssminpsd | sulted by any man. Look here, Judge, [ Pear in court fThe case will come up|competent. He had received the license by the boar that man is insulting me,” Mrs. Keith | 382in this morning, when an effort will | o¢ 5 competent teacher, but the language a er Barney Harter, one of the most popular members of the department, was restored to his former rank of sergeant. 3 some years ago was a regular ser- but was disrated without the fer- of a trial. He appealed to the courts and a decision was rendered in his be made to have the Bell court. caid angrily. servitor in | _As a parting bit of testimony Mrs. Keith stated that Dr. Himmelsbach told Mrs. | | Atkinson to kee{)d the Ttalilan woman as i : of Lyser's charge was ‘‘incompetency” and “unfitness.” If a teacher were guilty of intemperance or the use of profane language that would establish an *“‘unfit- ness,” which the board would quickly deal with. McPike showed that so long ago —— e Grand Jury Completed. The new Grand Jury was completed yes- terday by the selection of Willlam Lewls long as she could, because even if they did not get money the house would be | furnished with fresh vegetables. 119 TAYLOR STREET. fa When the writ of mandate is- of 24 California street as the nineteenth | 23 cleven vears Knowlton taught with the suel by Judge Heobbard was recelved by | Accuses Mrs. Atkinson. juryman. Charles Sonntag was. elected | micness Morton, whose testimony, he sub- | Cheer their hearts. Bring the name of the Commissioners last night, on motion Mrs. George Hendy of 1710’ Post street | foreman. : iq any poor family to Faber’s to-day and we competent surely he would have been found out long before this—yes, his in- ’ ccmpetency would have been discovered | 2 " g s g in less than a year. The board would have found out any shortcoming in him in short order, indeed. will send Santa Claus with a basket of groceries for Xmas. STUFFED DATES, PKG. 10e¢. IMPORTED CHAMPAGNE 5:2 of Mahoney, it was unanimously agreed to abide by it. Harter was then formally re- stored to his former rank of sergeant. A number of saloon-keepers appeared fore the board in response to a citation - 5 1o show cause why their licenses should . o TED GRAMEAGNE ocs 8 ot be revoked for maintaining nickel-in- B g » e Sgortnae B ey oo ESTIMONY of a sensational char- | der oath stated that one man was beaten Clark Couldn’t Produce Reederer. Clark testified that Knowlton's “meth- ods of teaching were not to his liking,” a conclusion arrived at also many years ago. Still, all that could be deduced from such evidence was that it was only announced that the City and unty Attorney had mot vet rendered an | opinion as to whether or not Chief Witt- man had the power to destroy the ma- | } s which were confiscated by his men, Commissioner Wallace moved that the nes be returned to their owners on n that they do not use them in the e. Commissioner Newhall thought the board should hear .rom the City acter was adduced in Judge Fritz's court yesterday during the hear- ing of the case of the people | against Mrs. Reeves-Atkinson. | e a sanite- e When court convened in the afternoon rium at 1815 Sutter street, and her neigh- | ./ ; Mrs. Keith, accompanied by her friend bors are striving to have her seek qQUar- | anq’jegal adviser, Akt Black or: San ters elsewhere, as they claim her place is | jose, entered the ‘courtroom. There was to death by the keepers and was. after- | { ward removed by the Morgue wagon. She | also ccused Dr. William Himmelsbach of 1815 Scott street of many indiscretions. Mrs. Keith Testifies. 20c JAR MARMALADE, 10e. MONOPOLE CHAMPAGHE £5-.- 33¢c - Doz. $3.90 Very old; properly made; extra dry. For an opinion as to a method of teaching. | dinner, eggnog and punches. Clark had not been able to give a singie | illustration to prove that Knowlton had not pursued a proper, course. McPike then alluded to a history of the SMYRNA FIGS, PKG. Se. NONE SUCH MINCE MEAT, PKG. Se. EBG Cal. ranch; dozen 300 All guaranteed. Reg. ttorney before taking final actios a nuisance. |a ning of necks, as it was knownlthat United States written by Clark, and 4 I e i S P eotion the Tatier went mu on | & e Alma E. Kelth, the milliner, was | she would give testimony of a sensational raised a good deal of mirth by declaring BEST WALNUTS, POUND 10e. E ek . a witness for the prosecution. She had | hature. She was becomingly attired in that in his work he even failed to mention HUNT;R RY WHISKY $L. 95 oliceman Larry Dunn was dismissed | been an Inmate of the institution and, el R LR T where the United States was nor did he L quart bottle ....... c the force for drunkenness. x | according to her testimony, suffered un- She swore that she had been In answer to questions asked by Attor- state the square miles. Thereupon Chair- | e WHISKY, $1.25 4 Casserly_int ted the belle R ney George W. Monteith, she testified that man Casserly interjected the bellet that | GRESCENT RYE quart botfle. 95¢ 1 For making an unwarranted arrest Spe- cial Officer Willlam Thompson was de- prived of his star. told misery. | cruelly beaten by the defendant and un- 1 In making a Christmas present of a piano you want a first class, thoroughly reliable instrument purchased from a house whose guarantee can be relied upon. Quality is Sherman, Clay & Co.’s watchword, It is considered above cverything else, as is apparent to anybody familiar with the high grade instruments carried by this firm. pleasure and profit. Among the many other well known Ciay & Co. are Angelus Piano Players, Disc Talking Machines, struments from reputable makers. An inspection of their seven floors, includin interesting and of value to you, should you wish to purchase anything in Open this evening. Sherman, Clay & Co. Sleinway Piano Dealers the musical line for Christmas. Sherman, Clay & Co. carry the largest stock of pianos this side of Chicago, affording you a choice of many reliable makes from the Peer- less Steinway down to most reasonably priced piano. The terms of sale are so reasonable that any one possessed of a moderate income may comfortably indulge in a piano for the family's instruments Regina : Stewart & Bauer Banjos, Mandolins and Guitars, as well as Harps, Band Instruments, Zithers and other small in- Corner Kearny and Butter Sts., Corner 13th and Broad 711 Second Avenue, Seattle. sold by Sherman, Music Boxes, Victor the annex, will prove F. ay, Oakland. a victim of the house conducted by Mrs. Ackinson. She said she had been taken to the sanitarium for treatment. She denied that she was insane or ever had been so. She was simply taken there for rest and qulet, and failed to get either. | She admitted she Was hysterical and was taken there to be cured Mrs. Keith stated that she had been an inmate of the hospital from July to Oc- tober, 1900; that during her stay she heard the most outlandish noises during the day and night. The cries were those of peo- ple being beaten and were “help!"” “mur- der!” and agonizing shrieks. She said she also did a great deal of the yelling in order to let the neighbors know she was there. “They beat me innumerable times,” she testified. ‘Who beat you?” asked M. Monteith. o Mrs. Atkinson, Mrs. Wadsworth and ng. How dld they strike you?” ““They used their fists, broom handles and with the heel of my own slipper.” Further testifying, she stated that she had seen and heard the keepers beating and abusing their patients. “*One night I heard the man in the room next to mine yell in agony: ‘Take her off! She's killing me!" There was a crash of crockery and all was still. The next day the Morgue wagon came and took his body away.” Tells of Suffering. Mrs. Keith stated that the condition of the bedding was terrible. She sald it was taken into the yard to air and was cov- ered with blood and_ filth and the odor was very offensive. She sald the patients were stripped of their clothes and most of them were punished. She said Mr. Ewing, an attendant, was in the habit of going through the halls in a nude condi- tion. “Mrs. Francis Thauson, whom I after- ward succeeded in having taken from the place, was brutally beaten for scream- ing,” said Mrs. Keith. ““We were choked and compelled to wear armulets, strait- jackets and anklets. Even dogs were turned on us.” Mrs. Keith said she was not forced to enter the institution. She was led in by Dr. Himmelsbach. When she got in she declined to go upstairs, and the attend- ants, assisted by Dr. Himmelsbach, drag- ged her. Bhe said they caught her by the hair and she screamed from pain. She was often sent out into the yard in a wrapper and frequentlé/ was struck by attendants, she continued. The witness under cross-examination told how Mrs. Atkinson beat her servant, Miss Smith. The proprietress abused peo- ple for the pleasure of doing so, she said, “Why did she beat her servant?”’ asked the presecuting attorney. “‘Because she failed to feed fifty people on_five potatoes.” The witness said that a man named Pat Nado was cruelly beaten. She sald she looked through the crack in the partition end saw him suffering. She denied that for four months she was violently insane.{* She denied that she ever requested to go back to the institution, but admitted hav- ing paid a visit there for the purpose of securing evidence in order to have Mrs. Thausen taken to the Masonic Home at Decoto. Dr. Himmelsbach’s Conduct. In speaking of Dr. Himmelsbach she said: FOI' tl]e Lady who does not get one of our our whishes are for as one will have who doe day, if you say so. Only one one day to make others happy. Over a hundred pair of willing hands here to help you to get FOR HER - Cushion Tabouret that liat Rack Piano Rag s Chiffonier Gilt Chair lietle Book Case Parlor Desk and Office Chair Music Cabinet please sm"ng Stand Budoir . Table much Leather Cotich 0 233-235-237 Post Street Many styles and prices. Things . “Tue Crepir Houss.”” Six Stories High. bandsome dressing tables merry a Christmas as the s. She can have one to- More day till Christmas, but much can be done in FOR HIM - Fur Rug Telephone Private Exchange 37 | States was _situated. | auestioned as to his knowledge of Greece. | Bancroft had been guilty of a similar neg- ligence. McPike quickly retorted that if Bancroft did not do so he was grievously wrong, and with his example any man who wrote a history and did not impart the situation of the country was doubly wrong. Any stranger reading Mr. Clark’s history would wonder where the United Turning back to Morton, McPike charged that the witness | had rankling in his heart some misunder- | anding between himself and Knowlton long as _ten years ago. The attorney reviewed Morton's answers to the board during his examination, and criticized in severe terms his negative replies when | Under those circumstances the attorn. contended that Morton was eminently un- fit to criticize Knowlton, who had shown and proved his ability and knowledge. The whole sum and substance was that | Morton and Clark disliked Knowlton, and | years ago Morton wanted Clark to file re- ports against Knowlton. Adverse wit- nesses, however, had eulogized Knowlton. His reputation began at the portals of Harvard, and he had conducted 101 in- stitutes. McPike then denounced his client’s accusers, and said he would like to know which of the two could even speak and read the better, Knowlton or Lyser. Then, in contrasting the two men, he spoke of the ready answers of his client and ‘“the halty and mushy expres- sions of Lyser as he sat there trying to blast Knowlton's reputation for life.” McPike Attacks Morton. Returning again to Morton, Attorney McPike declared that “his evidence was absolutely unworthy of credence,” and likened him to Majocci, who was called by Lord Brougham ‘the non mi recordo witness,” through the fact that when called upon to back up charges made against Queen Caroline he simply knew nothing against her. McPike then touched upon Lyser's statement that “the class went to pieces when Knowlton came and behaved like a pack of demons.” i “Miss Hobe,” said McPike, “had given the lie to the statement of Mr. Lyser. I do not like to use strong epithets, but I cannot characterize his statement in lan- guage less strong.” Pupils’ statements favoring Knowlton were reviewed, and the kindly spirit which he always exhibited in conjunction with his methods of teaching was dwelt upon by the attorney. Over thirty years of hard work in schools here had not hardened him. McPike then spoke of the strain that be- sets both teachers and pupils. “Four hun- dred boys were huddled together, like sol- diers in constraint, and it is a wonder to me that they left a bit of wainscoting in the schoolroom,” said McPike. “The spirit of the child cannot be subdued—it cannot be held in iron bands. Knowlton may not have been the strictest disciplinarian, neither was the great General Grant, but that did not prevent glorious results. “‘Some teachers impart knowledge with the harshness of a martinet, while other teachers are softer and kinder. 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