The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 31, 1902, Page 1

VOLUME XCL-NO 62, SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 1902. 3 OHN COURTNEY, alias ]im{nie Rile: ’ " was lodged in the Stockton jail last night, where he will remain wuntil Detectives Wren and Dinan bring him to this city. connection with the case was first mentioned in the exclusive story of the gang's operations on the night of the murder, which was published in Wednesday's Call. He was one of the six men who tried to blow open the safe at the Cypress Lawn Cemetery and who on their return to towwn murdered Robinson. “Leaduville Jimmy's’ ) alias “Leaduville Jimmy, 2 who was one of the six men who murdered Policeman Robinson, was captured yesterday at Tracy by Constable Geizicke. The thug PRICE FIVE CENTS. o POLICEMAN ROBINSON IS CAUGHT AT REPEAL OF THE WAR TAXES | IS DECIDED UPON OWING TO 'JHSTIE[S AHE ] gk THE COUNTRY’S PROSPERITY : | Removal of the Increased Revenue on A1l Artic'es Excepr Mixad W”H MAY[IH} i H Flour Is Agreed to by the Ways and Means Committee and : s —e t ill Wil P in C With Li No O iti i the Bill Wiil Pass in Congr:ss With Lit:le or No Opposition|power of the Exacutive N ’ S | e T i to Appoint Clerk Is Denied. | ‘Windrow Will Open an Office, | Although His Bond Is Not Approved. | | Members of Court Issue Address to | Attorneys to Do Business Only | With Man of Their Se- | ! | lection. | fiote— | { | || MAYOR SCHMITZ || | | ||| SHARPLY SCORES || | { CITY HALL PUSH | | | DETERMINED this | { morning te neccopt Mr. | [ 1 Williams® resignation, ] and have appointed | 1 Powel Fredrick chief | | clerk of the Justices of | | || the Peace for Williams® nn- | | expired term. I have heard | | of the attempted action of ! | | the Justices to forestall this | appointment. Thix act ix | | apt to he the last straw to break the camel's back. It 1o || may prove to be ¢he hesin- 17 i o the ent of tic. vpush?” ! || 1m the City Hati. | 11 The situation of affairs is | 1 shameful. No other word ‘ properly expresses condi- i | tions. In an endecavor to | save one of the members of - ; e the crowd and threatened, 3 t l disclosures, the County Clerk J h C CHAIRMAN 'AND TWO OTHER | (| and his deputy make mid- onn Our ney S ! PROMINENT MEMBERS OF THE | | night “filings” of formal H s WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE. | complatits and orders in the n tOC kton | office of private attorneys. | = > ‘When the accased official | P . | | articles affec: B i | | publicly acknowledges the rison. | | artictes aftected by the repeal of the war B el ‘of thie eharges brought | | tax and showing the amount of revenue | againat him by tendering me 1 they have produced under the increased | | pi pesigmation, the Justices EADVILLE JIMMY." the des-| | rate: | | of the Peace, whom it has | perate crook whose name was first | The tax on beer is placed at $1 per bar- | heretofore been almost im- Hd: S1ER the mutded of Betlde: | | rel, a reduction of 60 cents; beer has pro- possible to ":" "b'""“ ":f“‘ | man Robinson in the exclusive | " 2 I & i e courts or chambers after | f & 3 i d:—c;d e m_'?' o0 of war revenues. | | ‘e moon hour, are hurriedly t story . published in . Wednesdas | e tax on tobacco is placed at 6 cents Ntk togatner by sons nc. 1 I ‘morning’s Call,.was captured yes- | | per pound, a reduction of 3 6-10 cents; to. | | @retE 1t THEET G Gl TP ighe | | terday by .Constable Geizicke at Tracy. | }bsvco has produced over $54,000,000 of war | meeting, said to have been Chief of Police Wittman received infor- revenues. | held at a private hotel, and mation early 'yesterday morning that { | The repeal of schedule A of the law in-| | mot et their court room, and “Leadville Jimmy,” who Is also known as . | cludes the tax on bonds, debentures, etc., | now finding for the first time John Courtney and as Jamés Riley, was in certificates of stock, sales or agreements, | after several years that Tracy. A man who passed through Tracy | them before the repeal takes effect. The | stock transactions, inland bills of ex- | A “‘::ed_’f‘ 1‘.?..:“.::.; Sty e (e ToAT SfATIE Re Ahe | | only exception in the sweep of the war | change, bills of lading, indemnifying e S botnt’ 14| his depot evidently walting to catch a frelght | | taxes proposed is the tax on mixed flour. | bonds, certificates of profit, brokers' con- place Joseph Windrow, one train. Upon arriving in this city the man -— — ————— | This last vear only amounted to 36605, | tracts, custom-house entries, warehouse of the old Crimmins guard, who saw Courtney called upon Chief Witt- but the committee decided to keep the| entries and steamboat passage tickets: a colleague of Williams, man and told his story. tax on. The bill ‘will pass both branches | these articles have produced about $120,- | who, I am informed, has The Chief wired Constable Geizicke im- of Congress with little or no opposition. | 000,000 of war revenues. || been in every municipal of- { mediately, giving him a full description of S Banie tax on | Newlands of Nevada and Metcalf of | The repeal under schedule B includes a fiee . aadey, push. control, /3¢ | the man, and requesting the Constable 3 = | clittors ; O ;i . 4 : | is announced by the Justices 3 2 imously | California took active parts during the | tax of 1 cent per pint bottle on. wine and | ¢ he is m deputy sheri; | | At the same time to take Courtney into vs and Means | committee’s deliberations. | 2 cents 1;|n bottles Im‘er a pint, and legacy | :,‘:" wak Aast year, but this : uus(od:’ if h: su;'ct:eded in Iucal‘;fls h;'m- e | taxes; these articles have produced over | 7 tmosphere is still Courtney has but one eye, and as he is and a N § | over year the a D! thorizing Chalr- BEATEMENT OF PATNE | $15,000,000 of war revenues. more congenial in the Coun- partly paralyzed on one side, it was an bill. The Re-| Chairman Payne made the following| The gpecjal taxes wiped out by the re- | ty Clerk's office and he is easy matter for the Constable to pick him ee by taking the | Statement on the proposed repeal: | peal are those on bankers and brokers, | now on the County Clerk’s up. Constable Geizicke searched the town the e that| ~The treasury now has an avallable|geslers in grain securlties, etc., pawn.| | "o .| for “Leadville Jimmy” and finally suc- cash balance of something over $174.00.000. | prokers, custom-hduse brokers, proprie. | LURSIL a0} xecomiac e ceeded in locating him in one of the sa- It is not likely that this will be increased | tors of theaters, circuses, exhibtions. | | Srrei thes nave no bl loons. Approaching him, the Constable materially during the present fiscal year. | howling alleys and billiard-rooms, and | :c:,f:;, anybody. That power grabbed him by the hand and said, “Hello, It will be seen that we have kept far | 25 th€ treasury is buying bonds at a rate | dealers {n and manufacturers of tobacco | | - is vested solely in the Mayor. Cpurtuey," The fad looked . suypsised ahead of our promises in repealing that will use up the surplus to accumulate | and cigars; these have produced about | In the next place, under the for a moment and then answering, asked war taxes. We promised wh between this and the end of the fiscal | £20,000,000 of war revenues. law, a vacancy can be filled in surprised tones, “How did you know my as ¢t vear, June 30 next. The Secretary of the o o oniy by the Mayor's appoint- e was pas at the taxes eee———1 y b¥ nam: v pealed as soon as the war and the ex. LTC@SUry’s report estimated a surplus for | FREIGHT TRAINS COLLIDE it g h':“: ‘;“’:"" to at- The Constable took the telegram from ses growin t o % | this year of $100,000,000, and subsequent re- ‘tend to without being em- ut of his pocket and ey- PERSeS growing Out of the war should 4 " ™ ON RIO GRANDE WESTERN broiled in these complica- e L i 2 o cease. While a portion of the expense | SUltS Seem to confirm this estimate. The — Aot g oy sy ing Courtney carefully, noted that his 15 going o + because of the wonderfy) COMmMittee, therefore, thought it was en- | Conductor, Engineer and Brakeman :',:::' _‘., as well -p:ael-: general appearance tallied éxactly with prosperity of the country and the great | LiFelY safe to repeal the remainder of the Are Killed in a Disaster in stand now as any time that the description sent by the Chief: increase in revenue from other sources | WAT Fevenue taxes, amounting to 368,000,- Colorado. they have a difierent kind Without any. further parleying, the Con- we are able to wipe out the entire war |0 2nd the tax on tea, amounting to $.-| GRAND ' JUNCTION, Colo., Jan, 3 || ©f mam to deal with this stable took Courtney Into custody. He Dyl 000,000, 1n the aggregatg $77,000.000, at this | tyree men were killod in o head.on wo | | TERE Aty telegraphed Chief Wittman that he had = B2 ¢ timé. This will still leave a surplus esti- : : % i 1 am almost inelined to lay rehended the much-wanted murderer Betore the final vote on the main prop- | '™ s 4 " | lision between two freight trains on the every other duty aside tem- b ified" the Chief that it would osition was taken in the " mated upon this year’s receipts and ex- | Ri; Grande Western Oise and also notifie e e al woul osition was en in the committee the v S near Cisco, fifty-six porarily and proceed to heé pr to Stock. Der ts proposed and voted for | PePSes of $22000,000 or $22,000,000 for the | miles west of Grand Junction, this morn- make an effort to clean out be necessary to take the prisoner to Stock- ents excepting from the repeal | Y®3T, While we will start upon the next|ing. The dead: the City Hall of its entire ton because there was no jail in Tr: roducts of the Standard Oil and su. | 15cal year with $174,000,000 available cash | WILL1AM WEBSTER, conductor. corrupting “push.” I think sufficiently strong to place such a precious , repealing the customs duties balance in the treasury. The committee | WILLIAM TUSKEY, engineer. I could render the city no prisoner as ‘‘Leadville Jimmy” in. o goods and providing for a | 4€ems it Wise to have the repeal of the | DANIEL BUCKLEY, brakeman, better service. .As to the TAKEN .TO STOCKTON. enth of 1 per cent on the | 2% ON tea take effect on the 1st of Janu-| The trains in collision were the first Justices of the Fedce, I hope Courtney was hustleg aboard a train g ol i hose | &TY Text, in order to enable those, espe- | section of westbound frelght No. 17, leay. iy A i B i d taken to Stockton, where he arrived f all porations whose | * 3 2 WY h = ’ show clearly to the people A 2 eipts exceed $10,000,000. cially retailers and small dealers, who | ing here at 2;5 a. m., and eastbound what influences control at 9 o’clock last night. Upon arriving at fons were all defeated by | N@Ve Stocks of the duty-paid goods on | frelght No. 145, from Salt Lake. The ac- them.—Statement of Mayor Stockton the prisoner, whom the police are R i o hand to dispose of them before the repeal | cident is belleved to have been caused by Schmitz. satisfied was one of the men who mur- s takes effect. We can provide a rebate on | the train dispatcher giving the wron, Robi i b v g dered Policeman Robinson, was Incar: “CKI!\ REPEAL TAKES EFFECT. the tobacco tax and guard against any ar(a)z;r[am:}z\v the eastbound train, +* —*% | cerated in the County Jail, where he will The res passed provides that the | fraud upon the revenue for the reason | OGDE! [w}; ‘::“vg-:g;-efflr? rear-end col- HE appointment by the Justices | be kept until the arrival of Detectives internal war taxes shail| that the internal revenue department has | Golconda, Nev. on the craiocs ired at of the Peace of Joseph Wind-| Wren and Dinan, who will bring him back 2, and the repeal of | this trade under close survelllance, and | this morning. One passenger, nam:‘flufl‘f: » row as clerk of the Justices'|to this city. The two detectives will a of 10 cents a pound | can and will take an account of the stock | known, was slightly injured, Trafic was Courts to succeed E. W. Wil-|leave for Stockton this morning. Court- ; | in the dealers’ hands_on the 1st day of | blocked for four hours, lfams, deposed for alleged mal- | ney was one of the three men who walked of the war taxes will » July next. But this will be impossible as o e £ 5 e duce the < 1 easance in office, was prolific of | ahead of Wade, Goucher and “Brownie’ r&n;’ o es to the extent of $77.- [ to teas, which come In as customs duties R:g;ggt‘i;flngnwn.h Brigands. exciting developments at the City Hall | on the morning when they murdered Rob- 000,00 ! ! still leave a surplus, | and of which the Government has no ac- Chasi Turk:)?’fi:";“x Rumelia, Eu- Sesierany. anm estimated upon this , | 3 = , Jan. 30.—A r 1 > E o ((flm" e ’j:?r Bfrecelpts, and | count, save as they are imported in large | yoq an interview with the del':’;flftl:; ::s Scarcely had the Mayor been officially | Jack Wade, the footpad who was shot sy 2 m for the year, | quantities by the importers. Continuing | have been negotiating for the release a‘; informed of Windrow's selection as clerk | and captured during the running fight et fmenl senr iyl start upon the | this tea tax to the Ist of January wiil | Miss Stone and Mme. Tsilka. They said |when he appointed Powel Fredrick to suc- | with the police, Was removed ‘yesterday | nexh f !n“ ‘;’mx‘r:\ vaux svmsuo.ooa available | give us six months' revenue In the next | that ;helr negotiations with the brigands | ceed Willlams. -Fredrick issued a bond | morning from the City and County Hos- 3" sy "h ry. The committee fiscal year upon tea, and will make the :‘:g m':::ael:ini:.u:?mry and that they |in the sum of $10,000, and before the ink | pital to the City Prison. Wade is still ems it wise 0 eems i Wiee ofl ave the repeal of the | ultimate reduction for the next year con- | ha¢ in ragr gfl“"’e“v:"_’ C‘znltflntlnuple. | was dry it was approved by the Mayor. | suffering from his wound, but the physi- SEET M L9)es Al 4 blhe 1st of Janu- | siderably Jess than $75,000,000. “The bill will | o coive frestn Information whn d""‘x Ten minutes later Windrow submitted his | cians felt satisfied that he was sufficlent- B esirs who Sanable retallers and | be presented o the House a8 S00n a8 it | them to renew thrir communications wih | Pond in the same sum, but the Mayor de- | 1y convalescent to be moved to the less smell dealers who have small stocks of | can be prepared.” the brigands and that these negotlations comfortable quarters at the jail. duty pald goods on hand to disposs of | Appended is 2 list of some of the leading' are now proceeding. Continued on Page Two, A phy-|, Cow - -sictan will visit him every day until his! “Browile" In Stockton after his release MEMBER OF GANG OF THUGS THAT MURDERED & 5 THE CROOK WHO "WAS CAPTURED AT TRACY AND SCENE WHEN JACK WADE, ALIAS DALY, WAS BEING CARRIED INTO THE HALL OF JUSTICE ON A STRETCHER. o+ — ! ] “Leadville Jimmy’” Is Taken Into Custody by Shrewd Country Constable. wound is entirely heale? The footpad was taken from the hospital to the jail under a careful guard. Detectives Wren and Dinan and several police officers went out in the patrol wagon that brought Wade to the prison. He was placed on a stretcher and attract- ed no end of curiosity as he was being lifted from the wagon in front of the Hall of Justice. John Courtney, allas “Leadville Jimmy," was arrested in Oakland on October 23 last, when Chief of Police Hodgkins and several of his assistants raided a thieves den at the corner of Second and Jackson streets. ‘‘Leadville Jimmy"” was one aof nine thieves who fell into the hands of the Oakland police as a result of the raid. Five of the men were convicted on charges of vagrancy and sentenced to serve terms in the Oakland County Jail ranging from thirty to sixty days. HE FEIGNED INSANITY. ‘“Leadville Jimmy,” Frank Caldwell, Fred Smith and James Murphyg were ex- amined on a charge of having robbed the rgsidence of H. Bendell at the corner of Third and Allison streets. While the ex- amination was pending Smith, Caldwell and Murphy escaped from the jail. Smith was recaptur and sentenced to five years in the penitentiary, and “Leadville Jimmy,” who had successfully feigned in- sanity, was committed to the State Hospi- tal at Stockton. During the month of De- cember “Leadville Jimmy"” was released | from the insane asylum, the officials were | having made up their minds that he was | not insane.’ The crook was allowed to go | scot free, as the robbery case against him | had been dismissed upon his committal to | the asylum. ney met -Wade, Goucher and from the asylum, and when Moore, the leader of the men, was arrested there for burglary, Courtney came to this city with ‘Wade. He visited the Turk-street house, where the thieves lived, quite frequently, but further than that he did not asso- clate openly with Wade, Goucher and “Brownie,” who generally traveled to- gether, Courtney’s companions were Jack Wil- liarss, allas “Denver Jack,” and the mu~- latto known as “Slippery Sam.” COMFOSED OF “WEGG” MEN. “Leadville Jimmy,” Wade, “Brownie,” Goucher and the rest of the band of thugy who murdered Policeman Robin- son belong to that class of thugs known to the police of large cities as “Wegg" men. They represent a class of criminals whose traits are both eccentric and pe- culiar. “Wegs” men differ from other criminals in many respects. They travel through the country in bands and usually confine thelr lawlessness to cracking safes and holding up pedestrians. There is a spirit of loyalty among them not usually found in the average city thieves, “Wegg” men have an intense hatred for policemen and when one of them mur- ders or wounds a peace officer he bgcomes a hero in the eyes of his comrades in crime. Members of this class of thieves always have two or three beggars or cripples In their bands. The cripples go about from place to place seeking alms and selling “any old thing” that will give them entrance into private 'houses or offices. In this way they ascertain how the “land Hes" for their confederates, who go thére later un- der the cover of darkness and ply their nefarious trade. “Wegg” men invariably Continued on Page Two. “