The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 30, 1902, Page 1

VOLUME XCL—NO 61. SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1902. PRICE FIVE CENTS. BANKER MELDRUM TESTIFIES THAT RICE’S SIGNATURES ON TWO CHECKS ARE FORGERIES Captain James A. Baker Also Gives Evidence Concerning His Re- lations With Albert T. Patrick, the Lawyer on Trial for Alleged Murder of Millionaire- -Defendant’s Efforts to Prevent Litigation relative to litigation he was involyed in. The prosecution has been endeavoring to prove that Patrick and Rice never met. When Assistant District Attorney Osborn, for the people, offered the 189 will evi- the genuineness of the sig dence as t ture Attor Moore, for the d - of the mitted that had ex-| jecied,.declaring that the ruling 3 as to the neness | €ourt of ‘Appeals in the Molineux c < sigr of variou rs bear- | was pertine: After listening to Moore, g Rice m he now calls | who argued that the document was im- geries, unti ained the opin- | proper and irrelevant as evidence, Re- £ riting experis. He further- | corder Goff sustained the objection. R ted that Patrick before his ar- | - On cross-examination Captain ~Baker x desired a full inves- | said he was almost sure Patrick was not tig s ons with the aged | present at hearings in the matter.of the T lined t itigation over Rice’s will that were held Rice’s apartme during ‘three da Attor then d s | of the hearings in P: ok up the re ick's case oore before DECLARES UNCLE SAM WILL SELL - THE PHILIPPINES GERMANY MAY GIVE | CATHOLIC PRIVILEGES| | Imperial Secretary Announces That | Uniformity of Law Is to 1 Be Desired. 11 | | BERLIN, Jan. 20.—In the Reichstag to- B2l éay the Imperial Secretary of -State for | | IENNA, Jan. 20.—The | Count von Posadowsky-Weh- | | ! | Neues Weiner Tage- blatt has discovered that the sale of the e abse Count vor of -the latter that of the Imp Bulow riai Chan- ounced in while the im- | . { Philippine Islands to Ger- Dol Govermmmant ke s o . || Fhilippine lalends 4o fer- tervene in favor of the constitutional| | “US¥ ¥ Soo BT of the Roman Catholics in the| | Propable. DEDSE SRyS A1 Féius gotiations to this end have been proceeding for some time. It adds that the visit of Prince | Henry to the United States is preliminary to the announce- ment that the islands have been sold. The paper adds that the transference will be partly compensated for in | money and partly in political and commercial concessions. Other powers are fully cogni- zant of the negotiations. Re- sentment from Russia and Great Britain is expected. tes, it was desirable to secure y of law on this subject therefore, was nego. th the different Federal govern- of removing the ex- Catholic subjects ancellor, mer ith the v of Duchy of Brunswick had already agreed | | granting Catholics liberty thip. gt L DEFENDS EMPLOYER'S MONEY WITH HIS LIFE “Young Horace Schroeder Slain Robbers in a Chicago Grocery Store. 25.—Mystery surrounds -old Horace Schroe- found dead face downward, | ole in his heart early 10-| pigioyle of a Wife Causes Denelo oy | | do—— P | HEREDITARY PRINCE WOUNDED BY HIS BROTHER on the fioor of D. Burns' grocery | store, Bacramento nue and Lexington Alexander of Montenegro to street the body was found a | Fight a Duel. bag of coins and bills, the change used | LONDON, Jan. 29.—Special dispatches in the grocery. Near by lay a revolver, | received here from Vienna report that in four chambers of which had recently | 5 duel fought at Cattaro, Dalmatia, Aus- been empticd . The Boy workel for Burns, abll tt svas ] ;r:;i“:f;‘:);“e:l:?"l)emr ::"d':“' his duty to open the place of business | . Denelo Alexander, every morning. Two bullet holes through | and his brother, Prince Mirko, on account the window of the store and a number of | °f the latter having ridiculed the wife of holes in the Woodwork and showcases in. | I8 Prother, Princess Jutta, the Duchess dicated that the boy had defended the |©f Mecklenburg, Prince Denelo was slight- 1y wounded, but has since gone with his property of his employer from robbers with his life. wife to visit the Itallan court.. i =, < JUDGE BEFORE WHOM LAWYER PATRICK IS BEING TRIED, AND SOME IMPORTANT WITNESSES. | | a magistrate and before Justice Jerome. | The witness did not remember that he tes- tified at | effect that | three, four rick had offered to" give | gation. He thought he had not testified that Patrick offered him a large remuner- | atlon to permit the admis | win. At the first interview hetween the wit- ness and Patrick the defendant said the | Fredrick, whom the Mayor appointed as | che. bearing Rice's name had been | his successor, the keys and vnmhinmlnn} given in settlement of Rice's will. Baker of the safe. An examination of the con- | said ‘Patrick toid him- that an agreéement | tents of the safe showed that there was | existed whereby Ric 1900 will was to be disbursed in charity, | made up of fees due upon cases on ap Patrick also said it made mo pecuniary | peal to the Superior Court. The charge difference to him which will was pm.[ for an appeal is §7, of which $ is sent to { bated—that he wanted the witness to | the County Clerk when the cases “g9 make a éomplete investigation of the | and §1 is retained as fees for the whole matter, and that he had deposited | the check for $135.000 on the Fifth Avenue | | Trust Company, which had been cerfified | *Williams made 1o objection to turning “1;1(;”11» await the result of the investiga- | gver to me the combination of the safe = 1 ys to the shbox,”” said Acting | Norman Meldrum, a Nor Slas | or the keys ¥ P that the ‘signatures on the 365,000 ang Ixrzlfd Cleck * Rrddelek sy -7 epomte | 000 checks were forgeries. g O e S | FIFTH OF A FAMILY Well-Known Resident of Saratoge, { New York, Adds to Tragic { Rccord. SARATOGA, N. Y., Jan. 2).—Caleb W. | Mitchell, who has been a prominent figure | here for more than thirty years, shot and | killed himself at the door of the office of State ‘Senator Brackett to-day., Mitchell wus formerly village president of Sara- toga, but was legislated out of office sev- eral years ago. Until within the last year Mitchell had a saloon and clubhouse here, which was recognized as a sporting head- quarters, but it was closed by the village authorit Afterward Mitchell tried to bring about the closing of the Saratoga Club, but was unsuccessful, At one time he conducted restaurants in New York City and Washington. He was the fifth member of his family to commit suicide, and he is belfeved to have been mentally | unbalanced for an extended period. IN FIGHT WITH OFFICERS | | Attempt to Steal 7From a Wealthy Woman Results in Two Deaths. GALLIPOLIS, Ohio, Jan. 29.—Two no- torious burglars and cracksmen are dead, Deputy Sheriff W. S. Mannering Is se.. verely wounded and Marshal Peter Fitz- enwarld is mortally wounded as the re- sult of an attempt to rob Mrs. Mary this city, to-night. The plans of the robbers had been re- vealed to the Athens officers, who came here to-day and with the local = officers secreted themselves in the house. Upon the appearance of the robbers a battle ensued and both were killed and the of- ficers named wounded. The dead robbers were known as Harvey Willlams and John Lyle. They had been leaders of a gang which had committed many . bur- glaries in this section, either of these hearings to the | - five millions of dollars to the W. M. Rice Institute to stave oft liti- on of the 1910 estate under the e @ | ;, TO COMMIT SUICIDE | Priest, an aged and wealthy widow of WILLIANS ADTTS IS 0SITION Puts Resimation [nto Hands ofylgyor. Gives No Reason for His Unexpected Action. 1:Expefl; R&)&ifih&t Books | Only Show Clerical Discrepancies. ! Mr. Williams, the clerk of | the Justices of the Peace | | whom I suspended some days | | | ago, this morning pressnted 1 to me his resignation as clerk, which of course disposes of the proceedings brought in | Judge Cook’s court to restrain me from proceeding to remove him, and which is a direct’ concession of my power to re- move public officers under such circumstances as were charged against Mr. Will- iams.—Excerpt from state- ment madeby Mayor Schtnitz. * DWARD W. WILLIAMS, clerk of the Justices' Courts, yester- | day placed his resignation in the hands of Muyor Schmitz, Wil- liams was suspended some days ago by the Mayor, who charged him with having neglected his duties and, in the company of several of his deputies fre- quented the racetrack, to the neglect of the business of the city. { Mayor Schmitz placed Cyril Willilams, the city's expert, at work on Willlams' books, and the following day Harry F. Morris, a trusted employe of the Rauer Collection Company, confessed to having withheld $12¢ in fees, which hg had marked paid upon the books of the de- posed clerk. Morris mdde a tender of this amount to the Mayor and it was later conditionally accepted and is now in the | Mayor's safe. [ While the expert was examining the books Willlams surrendered to Powel $530 therein, which Williams said was support of the Justices' Courts and is later deposited in the city treasury. | the money in the city treas iry as a spe- | | clal deposit. In some of these cases time | i for appeal is limited to five days and in | | others to thirty d Williams said that included in the §530 was some money put up as bonds. Personally I do not know of any defalcation.” > Trifling Errors in Books. Expert Cyril Williams concluded his ex- amination of Clerk Williams' books last night and will make his report to the Mayor to-day. He said: With the money found in the safe, and the $124 turned in by Morris, Willlams’ books bal- ance. 1 found a few trifiing clerical errors, but these were casily explained and the differ- ences, If any, are Very slight. 1 examined the books for the last six months, but may bs ordered by the Mayor to o over them for a longer period. ‘There was nothing of a start- ling nature diséovered during my examination. Early yesterday morning Clerk Wil- | Jjams sent to Mayor Schmitz the follow- | ing letter of resignation: Hon., B. B, Schmitz, Mayor of the City and County of San Framcisco: The undersigned hereby presents his resignation as chief clerk of the Justices of the Peace of the city and county of San Francisco, to take effect imme- diately. E. W. WILLLIS. Mayor Schmitz Wwas absent fronmi the city during the day, and late last night jssued the following statement regarding the matter: Mr, Willlams, the clerk of the Justices of the Peace, whom 1 suspended some days ago, this morning ‘presented to me his resignation as clerk, which, of course, disposes of the pro- ceedings brought in Judge Cook's court to re- strain me from proceeding to remove him, and which is a direct concession of my power to remove public officers under such clrcum- ances as were charged against Mr. Williams. ‘The presentation of the resignation 1s not a. final vacating of the: office, because I do not propose to accept the resignation until such time as I shall be absolutely certain as to who has the unquestioned right of appointing to fill the vacancy when it shall arise. It will not do to complicate the proceedings of the Justices' Court by having two appointe clalming equal Tight to administer the duties POLICE MAKE INQUIRY AMONG PHYSICIANS FOR SOME TRACE OF OTHER WOUNDED FOOTPAD Entire Department Pressed Into Service in Desp:rae Effor: to Hunt Down ‘‘Brownie,”” Who Is Believed to Be Hidden Awayv Zdh by His Friends in a Cheap Lodging-House on thz Tenderloin FRN ONE OF POLICEMAN ROBINSON'S MURDERERS AND A BOLD CROOK WHOM SHERIFF DURBIN OF MA- RION COUNTY, OREGON, BELIEVES TO BE “BROWNIE.” BOTH CRIMINALS SERVED SENTENCES OF FIVE MONTHS IN THE SALEM JAIL ON CHARGES OF LARCENY. | = T -+ HE polide are now working on the theory that Frank Brown, alias “Brownle,” allas “St.. Louis Frank,” was shot twice by Po- liceman Robinson the morning the organized band of thugs murdered that brave officer, and that he is still se- creted in one of the cheap lodging-houses in the tenderloin. As soon as the police recelved the information that *Brownie” was wounded twice in the terrible early morning battle with Policeman Robinson Chief Wittman notified the street officers to visit every physician on their beats and ascertain if at any time after the morn- ing Robinson was murdered he had treated any person for gun shot wounds. This inquiry was diugently pressed ves- terday, but whether or not the police dis- covered anything . that would strengthen their belief that “Brownie” was so badly wounded that he needed medical atten- tion is not known. On this point both Chief Wittman and Captain Seymour are non-committal. The detailed story of the robbers’ opera- tions on the night of Robinson's murder, together with the announcement of the facts that “Brownie” fired the first shot at Robinson and was subsequently hit twice by bullets from the dying officer’s revolver and that there were six men in the desperate gang instead of three, all of which was exclusively published in yesterday's issue of The Call, created a sensation in the city. Searching for “Brownie.” The detectives are ransacking the ten- derloin *rooming-houses .in their diligent search for some trace of “Brownle,” or Minnie Randolph, who is believed to be with him. It developed yesterday that ‘‘Brownie’ dld not return to the Turk-street house after the murder in the Mission. The man who left the Turk-street den on of the clerk’s office, and inasmuch as my ap- -_ Continued-on-Page Two. - e Wednesday with “Kid" Goucher was “Slippery Sam,” the mulatto, who was one of the bmd._ *‘Slippery. sm"j..na | house | Goucher were seen leaving the about noontime Wednesday by one of the women who lived upstairs. Chief Wittman received two pen and | ink sketches of “‘Kid” Goucher and one of a thief named R. D. Spencer yester- day morning from Sheriff Durbin of Ma- | rion County, Oregon, which were made | while the men were serving a five months’ sentence in the jail at Salem on charges of larceny. There is little doubt as to the ldentity of Goucher, as several people who know him recognized the picture sent by Sherift Durbin. As far as Spencer is concerned, however, there is a grave doubt that he was ‘one of the men who had a hand in Robinson's murder. Sheriff Durbin, in his letter to Chief Wittman, stated that he believed Spencer to be “Brownie,” the much-wanted murderer. Investigation disproves this theory. Spencer does not resemble Brownle in any particular. A Faulty Description. The description of Spencer which ae- | companied the sketches does not agree with “Brownie’s” description. Shenft Durbin describes Spencer as being about 26 or 27 years of age, rather dark, height five feet six inches, weight 150 pounds, complexion light, burn scar on right wrist, stooped shoulders, addicted to the use of opium or morphine. This description does not fit “Brownie,” who is a rugged, lusty fellow with a big mustache which has been recently dyed. “Brownie” is about the same weight and height as Sheriff Durbin’s suspect Spencer. Sherifft Durbin sent a description of “Kid" Goucher which is very good except as to his weight. Durbin guesses his weight at 160 pounds, but those who know Goucher intimately say that he does not ‘weigh more than 135 or 140 pounds at the outside. Sheriff Durbin's description of the suspect is as follows: Age 21, height five feet eight or ten inches, weight 160 pounds, dark complexion, small mole on siGe of cheek, smooth face. y ~ A search among- the denizens of thg half-world revealed the fact that Spen- cer, whose father is a prominent lawyer in Kansas, Is still in the city, or at least he was up to several days ago. He did not, so these who know say, run around with the thugs who murdered Robinson. The police are satisfled that they will have the murderers in the toils before the week is out. Senator Goucher Grief-Stricken. Ex-Senator Goucher, father of Allan Goucher, is still in the city, and he in- tends to remain here until the police in- vestigation into his son’s alleged comglic- ity with Jack Wade, alias Daly, and the rest of the band is finally ended. Sen- ator Goucher is grief-stricken over the terrible shame that his wayward son has brought to the family. Senator Goucher firmly believes in his son’s innocence, and he intends to do all in his power to ald the police to locate him. Mrs. Goucher is almost heart-broken over the disgrace, but she cannot believe that her som Is guilty of murder. Senator Goucher called on Captain Seymour last night and had | quite a Iéngthy consuitation with him. Captain Seymour feels tenderly" for Goucher in his present troubles, and he therefore made as little reference as pos- sibfe to young Goucher’'s part in the crime. Rt P Albrecht Knocked Down. A. Albrecht, a waiter living at 1915 Stockton street, reported to the police yesterday that while on his way home be- tween 1 and 2 o'clock Sunday mor&ing he was struck on the forehead by a man at Stockton and Filbert streets and knocked down. L. F. Reubold of 1035 Union street ran to Albrecht’s assistance and took him to his home. No money was taken from Albrecht. —_——— Mission Burglar Held. Edmund Edminster's preliminary ex- amination on seven charges of burglary in the Mission district was held before Judge Mogan yesterday. The Judge held him to answer on the seven charges in $2000 bonds on each charge, making $i4,- 000 altogether. He has made as much restitution as possible to the people heq Tobbed, - et