The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 23, 1902, Page 1

the This Paper not to be taken from | Library,oo¢¢ VOLUME XCL-—NO 5 4. SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1902. PRICE FIVE CENT DEPOSED CLERK EDWARD NOTWITHSTANDING JUDGE W. WILLIAMS IS EJECTED FROM OFFIC BY A SQUAD OF DETERMINED POLICEMEIN, COOK’S SWEEPING WRIT OF REVIEW INSURG ENTS PREPARE FOR * NEW KTTACK Government Forces at Colon Again on the Defensive. If the City Is Retaken It Will Remain in the Hands of the Rebels. Tnited States Is Getting Ready to Protect Interests in Colombia and Keep Transit Open on the e Iowa. An Attack Is Expected. and Chiquito, Isthmus. to The Call G STREET, 22.—Colon 1s s of Colombia. N. General Alban, d be extremely cabled egarding rgents upor the to the Carib- Secretary E the e Marietta will to Colon shou! to Panama. Navy in, part o Callao. reg he will be she wili ude of the | of | not between advices to he death Dr. Arjona | e official period | during mast ad sta- b Sve ro, which was engagement on Monday Valparaiso, Chile, °k by the gunboats Liberals upon the Co- teamers Lautaro arbor of Panama last Monday General Carlos Alban, the former Governor of that district, who was killed in the en- gagement, was standing on the deck of the Lautaro t engineer of that v h mediately. This on the ground it w to induce the chief el to put to sea im- er declined to do Ve imprudent, with only himself, a blacksmith and three fire- men in his dep: this point the tionary gunboat The Padilla was steaning due wes direetly astern of owing barbor of Panama. Padilla t. While discussing shot from the revolu- Padilla struck the Lau- t her. d see clearly ahead of the ves- with the sun's rays Her crew and of- to the su dazzling she was ly the m Padilla a stampede General Al- re, made the take charge of 1 on that 1ing himself bullet that 22.—The Vapores of for the loss v the late Co- 1, and sunk i during the { last Monday in the the | that | anxious | ceed to Colon | ia will be ama and trans- | Ameri- place require De- with will sail of this | and if which will time the | prepared to en- nce of treaty rights, and Panama | n, as was done 7, commanding | mption of | ted white. She was | herself was not Lautaro until first | 1 | Wil it / G SCENE IN THE JUSTICES’ OFFICE WHEN WILLIAMS AND HIS DEPUTIES WERE EJECTED 1 — BY THE POLICE. Force mployed| | in’ Justices’ | Office. \ HE suspension of E. W. Wil | | liams as clerk of the Justices’ | Court, the appointment of Pow- | el Fredrick as his successor and the refusal of the latter to recognize a writ of certiorari issued by Judge Cook in Willlams’ behal?, | the presentation of which resulted in Wil- | liams® forcible ejectment from his former | office, contributed to making the day oflei of unusual interest to the officials at the | City Hall yesterday. The excitement was not altogether con- | fined to the proceedings at the new City | Hall. At noon, when it was plain that Fredrick would not yield possession of | | the office to which he was appointed by | Mayor Schmitz, Willlams' attorneys | caused g citation to be issued to appear | before ?udge Cook and show cause why | be should not be punished for contempt | in refusing to obey the order of the court. | The citation was made returnable before | Judge Cook at 4 o’clock, when the regu- larity of the proceedings were argued pro | and con by Attorney Abe Ruef for Fred- | rick, and a reply made thereto by Attor- | ey Riordan for Williams. No conclu- was reached before adjournment and | matter went over for decision this | afternoon. Williams Forcibly Ejected. Notwithstanding his suspension by the | Mayor, Williams went to the office of the | Justices” Clerk early yestergay morning | h a writ of review in his pocket. Soon | after his arrival Fredrick appeared, and | at his elbow was Captain of Police John | Spillane with a squad of police with in- | structions to maintain Fredrick in posses- sion at every hazard. Williams was ac- | companied by Attorney Riordan and both | insisted upon Williams' right to hold the | office. Fredrick ignored his predecessor | and turned to Captain Spillane, who a| moment later ordered Williams to leave the office. This the latter declined to @, | whereupon the officer deliberately forced bim out of the place. Eight officers were | sent for. and on their arrival the remain- ing clerks, Messrs. McComb, Prendergast and Wardell, were ejected summarily. The clerks made no spirited resistance, the advice of Attorney Riordan being to | Continued on Page Two. the | George Sharp and Justus Wardell, it be- - | | * Newly Appointed Justice‘s’ Clerk Powel Fredrick sumes Office With the Aid OWEL FREDRICK, who was appointed clerk of the Justices’ courts by Mayor Schmitz on Tuesday to succeed Edward W. Willlams, suspended, was obliged to use force yesterday morning by ejecting his predecessor in order to assume the duties of his office. At about 8 o'clock Mayor Schmitz, Sec- retary George B. Keane and Justices’ Clerk Fredrick entered the office of the Justices” Clerk and found former Clerk Willlams on guard with his deputies, George Mec- Comb, Robert Dennis, Pat Prendergast, ing the first appearance of the last-named three at the office in some time. Fredrick immediately made a demand for the office, stating at the same time that he had been appointed to the position of Justices’ Clerk and that he was pre- pared to show his .credentials. Mayor Schmitz corroborated Fredrick’s state- ment and informed Williams that he was under suspension on charges of neglect of duty. . Williams vacate on the ground that a writ of review had been iesued by the Superior Court which sus- pended action until final disposition was made of the case. At the same time the writ. being the one issued by Judge Car- roll Cook at his residence at midnight on Tuesday, was served on Mayor Schmitz and Clerk Fredrick. The writ command- ed both of the offi~ials named to desist in any further proceedings against Williams and suspended the appointment of Powel Fredrick pending the hearing. It was L refused to made returnable before Judge Cook on next Saturday. Mayor Seeks Legal Advice. Mayor Schmitz waved the writ aside when he had jglanced over its contents and said that’it did not concern him as he had already taken action. The Mayor Tetired with his secretary to obtaln legal advice. Captain Spillane and two police officers were in the office, but ook no part in the proceedings, as there was no need at the time for their services. In about an hour the Mayor’s secretary ap- peared and Informed Williams that if he did not vacate he would be ejected by force. Attorney Riordan, who had spent a strenuous night, darted in. from the rec- ord-room and said: “I suppose you know that the Superior Court has issued an iInjunction in this matter?” “We do not care for that,” replied Keane. Then turning to Captain Spillane, who by that time had been reinforced by eight police officers, Keane said: “Captain, I am directed by the Mayor to instruct you to remove forcibly Mr. Williams and his clerks unless they go peaceably. Powel Fredrick is in charge of this office and only. those whom he designates will be permitted to remafn.” “Captain,” said the irrepressible Rior- dan, “the Superior Court has restrained the Mayor from interfering with Clerk Williams and whoever @isobeys that writ is liable for contempt of court.” Without paying any ‘ttention to Rior- dan's remark Captain Spillane and his | % = MAYOR PUTS POLICE OFFICER ON GUARD. AYOR SCH MITZ late last night took all necessary precautions to prevent any | possible attempt on on the part of Edward W. Williams, formerclerk of the Justices’ Court, to take forcible possession of the office from which he was summarily re- moved. When Acting Clerk Aubertine, who was in charge of the office while his superior, Powel Fredrick, was before Judge Carroll Cook on contempt charges, locked up the office at the close of business hours a police officer was left on guard in the corridor. This action was taken under instructions froth Mayor Schmitz, and the guard will be maintained until the office is opened this morning. | 2 As-= of Police. squad marched behind the counter. ‘“Move out, Mr. Willlams,” said the po- lice captain in an undertone. ““Mdke him use force,” shouted Riordan. Williams. deemed discretion the better part of valor and retired with his assist- ants to a position outside of the counter. Robert Dennis was the only one of the old force that remained and Williams ordered him to close the safe in which fees are de- posited. Dennis did as he was told and was about to walk out with his associates, but Willlams asked him to remain to pro- stect his interests since he (Dennis) had been reappointed by Fredrick on account of his intimate knowledge of the affairs of the office and the further fact that Dennis had always attended to his duties. Clerk Fredrick, who was now in absolute pos- session of his office, announced as his as- sistants: Robert W. Dennis, George F. Aubertine, James H. Roxburgh and E. P. Byers. Very little business was transacted, as the attorneys conducting cases in the Jus- tices’ courts were in doubt as to whether Fredrick or Williams was the clerk. Wil- liams’ name still continued to appear on some of the unimportant documents, Den- nis remaining true to his former superior. Clerk Fredrick and Secretary Keane noti- fied Dannis to sign the name of Powel Fredrick as Justices’ Clerk to all Instru- ments, which was done. Willlams re- mained outside of the counter and once in a while would issue an order to Dennis, :yhlch wn:h immediately wumnm Several attorneys interested in Justices’ Continued on Page Two. Fredrick Denies Contempt of Court. HE case of Powel Fredrick, the newly appointed Clerk of the Justices’ Coeurt, who was or- dered to show cause why he should not be punished for con- tempt in disobeying a writ of review commanding him to refrain from interfering with Edward W. Willlams in the discharge of his dutles as Justices’ Clerk, was called promptly at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon in Presiding Judge | Carroll Cook’s court. Fredrick was ac- companied by Attorney Ruef, who was fortified with a score of volumes of Su- preme Court decisions bearing on the case. | ‘Willlams was represented by Attorneys Riordan, Snook and Lande. Attorngy Ruef opened proceedings by declaring that no copy of the affidavit on which the write of certiorari had been is- sued by Judge Cook had been served on his client. ‘““We are not cognizant of the purpose of the affidavit,” said Ruef, “and have not been advised as to the alleged contempt, but we are willing to waive that techni- cality.” Riordan thereupon read the writ of re- | view which ordered Fredrick to suspend | his powers conferred by his appointment as Justices’ Clerk by Mayor Schmitz. ‘Willlams® affidavit was also read, in which he declares that he is the duly appointed clerk and had been unlawfully removed from his office. Riordan stated that it was proposed to show that the restraining order issued by Judge Cook Tuesday night had been disobeyed and the order to show cause was issued on that plea. “In the issuance of the writ of cer- tiorari,” said Ruef, “we question the juris- diction of this court. We claim there is no proceedings before it on the ground that predicated was absolutely of no validity.” Casey Tells of Midnight Ride. Ruef then placed Deputy County Clerk ! Casey on the stand to show that the peti- tion for a writ had not been filed in the County Clerk's office as required by law. Casey then recounted how he had person- ally received the affidavit in the office of Attorney Riordan at 12 o'clock at night, had then ridden posthaste to Judge Continued on Page Two. + | the paper on which the writ was | > g ! b | FIND3 REST [N WATERS OF A LAKE |Novel, Palmist and a Love Affair Lead to Suicide. Los Angeles Telephone Girl A Victim of Occult Research. Takes Her Inspiration From Work of Fiction and a Prophecy That She Is Soon to Die. R Special Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, Jan. —A book, & | palmist and a mysterious young man are three links in the chain of events that culminated in the death of X | Cleghorn, a young telephone operator, at East Lake Park last evening. The ver- dict of the Coroner’s jury, that death was due to suicide by d vning while the girl was mentally unbalanced, covers the case as far as the law is concerned, but be- hind the conditions thus anmounced lics a train of circumstances full of psycho- logical interest and romance. s Cleghorn was of an extremely sitive nature, high ideals and unimpe able character. Her mind was of a sci- entific turn and she fead much, both of fictfon and of fact, to satisfy her crav- ings for the cecult. Some time ago, it is said, she received attentions from a young man whose identity her friends refuse to reveal. This suitor, her friends say, pos- sessed many fine qualities, but there wers some drawbacks that caused the parents | of Miss Cleghorn to request her to dis- continue further association with him. | The daughter obeyed them and broke with her admirer, but, according to her | friends, grieved secretiy over the affair. Finds His Double in a Novel Soon after this occurrence Miss Clez- horn found the novel which is supposed to have formed the second chapter in the tragic story of her’life. This book she read and reread with absorbing interest, sometimes deriving comfort and some- time bitter pain from its perusal. The book, which is entitled “His Other Wife,” treats of the love of a young girl for a man whose better nature is dominated now and then by a hereditary grossness, and in whom Miss Cleghorn, it is belleved, saw the counterpart of the admirer whose | attentions she had been forced to forego. On a page which seems to have most often engaged the reader's thought ap- | pears the following marked paragraph: “To her own shallow soul there seemed nothing wider or deeper than existed in the domain of her sensuous and emotional ! life, and she eould not for a moment comprehend how the mortal and immor- tal part of a man might be at direet ariance—how the flesh and spirit might | cast 1otd for the prize of a man’s honor.” | The third, and probably the most dl- otent factor leading to the young sisit to a palmist. This it is d her that the tion of her life line indicated great danger in the near future and prophesied her death during the month of January, 1902. There is little cause to doubt that | this prophecy pr d upon the mind of the unfortunate girl, and was at least a contributory cause to her self-destruc- tion. Gives No Hint of Purpose. Yesterday morning Miss Cleghorn seemed in better. spirits than usual | and remained on duty from 7:30 o'clock until noon, when she returned to her home. She left again at 4 o'clock to go on her “evening trick,” which lasted from 4:30 to 8:30 o'clock. When 10 o’clock arrived without her re-s turn her mother became alarmed and telephoned to the exchange from a neigh- boring house, believing that the girl might be working overtime, Upon being informed that she had departed, pre- sumably for home, at the usual hour, Mrs. Cleghorn waited a little longer and then went to the exchange in person, to | find that no one could give her informa- | tion as to her daughter’s whereabouts. It | was not long after this that the discov- | ery of the body in the lake at East Lake Park ended her suspense with the tragic | news of Miss Cleghorn's death. | Miss Cleghorn was 21 years of age, at- tractive and possessed of a good edues | tion. s Kate inform YOUNG WOMEN TAKE POISON. Oregon Telephone Girl and a Friend Die Together. McMINNVILLE, Or., Jan. 2-Twé | young women, Miss Nannie Ungerman |and Mrs. Ollic Gaunt. are dead at the | home of the latter here from arsenie poi- | soning, administered by their own hands, Miss Ungerman was employed at the central telephone office last night and her | triend, Mrs. Gaunt, was staying with her. At 9:30 o’clock Miss Ungerman telephoned | to a doctor that Miss Gaunt was sick. ‘When the doctor came, they admitted hav- ing taken polson. Restoratives were ad- ministered, but it was teo late. Miss Un- german died at 2 o'elock this afterncon and Mrs. Gaunt at 5 o'clock. Both women had good homes and their families are prominent here. Mrs. Gaun: had been separated from her husband for aavaral moatbs l