The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 21, 1902, Page 12

12 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2 1902. ‘I WOULD NOT MARRY THE BEST WOMAN IN THE WORLD,” SAYS DAWSON CROESUS Charley Anderson Growing Wary of Sex. Breach of Promise Suit Trial Re- sumed. r 2 said I would marry AR E in't marry the best I~ the world. I had one J c medicine and it was & t cost me about $100,- | your castles In to ruins. You can’t Klondike million- the words that he igan’s court sterday fying as to his relations de Bretteville, who wants zed wounded feel- That is, those y as a boyhood il let him get to the told her story »d romance it was, told. Anderson told of five mem- Bretteville family and an If the millionaire de- be believed it was but a raggled Cupid after all that sat with him and the stunning the hoofheats of his team heartbeats of the fond e was a wooing, both sides t. They differ iy on the s o which w: b r the maid Says She Did the Courting. And not bothered by gallantry o a_ breach of promise not hesitate to say that he fa plaintiff, the art student, en’s attendant in the tinsel court who did the billing and coo- her wooing was tangled up the testimo s jersor Uill e, Trocadero and at Mar- | L. ts to the jeweler. u first kiss her?’ asked T mber. It was somewhere she kissed you during th Captain and Mrs it was after the luncheon ne with the luncheon?” ds of cocktalils. suy her the gar- jeweled buckles?” the way back that she had such a fuss about in't step I'd buy her them to her?” e. two days later. ADVERTISEMENTS. THIS WLEK 20% OFF ON LADIES’ 'POCKET BOOKS. SEE THEM IN OUR WINDOW. SPECIAL DRICES ON DRUGS AND PATENT MEDICINES. ! BRING US YOUR DRESCRIPTIONS AND SAVE 50 PER CENT. % | | ! ¢ Prompt Allention to Country Orders. WE GIVE TRADING BTAMPS. ARTIFICIAL TEETH AT COST Made by Experienced Graduates, A Perfect Fit Guaranteed. POST-GRADUATE DENTAL COLLEGE, 3 Taylor St., Cor. Golden Gate Ave. Ammunition and Sporting GUNS === F reduced or caf 3 BEREVE & n:fi': 00., 739 Market 8t and 511 Kearny B¢ DIRECTORY OF RESPONSIBLE HOUSES. Catalogues and Price Lists Malled on Applieation. COAL, COKE AND PIG IRON. J CWILSON §C.. ;2% Bans Stree: Telephone Main 1864 FRESH AND SALT MEATS. JAS BOYES&CO iswiog Peythers, o € B Clay. Tel. Mawm 1294. OILS. LUBRICATING OILS. LEONARD & ELLIS, 16 Front st B. F. Fhone Main 1710, PRI’N‘T ING. E C. HUGHES. =t g PRI 611 Sansome Er. 8. ¥. PRINTERS, BOOKBINDERS. oHE HICK§-JUDD CO., street. San Francisco. 2 of cocktalls, luncheons at | the suitor | | | it | | | GHARLES 7. ANDER 30N ON THE sTaND .. - o ? THE MILLIONAIRE DEFENDANT IN THE BREACH OF PROMISE SUIT ON THE STAND, AND MEMBERS OF THE DE BRETTVILLE FAMILY WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THE OUTCOME OF THE ACTION INSTI- TUTED BY THE FAIR PLAINTIFF. = £3 The four of us—the Lundborgs were along—stopped at the Cliff House that day and had luncheon.” “Did you have drinks?” “Yes. We always had our rounds.” “Did Miss de Bretteville always drink?” “I never saw her refuse.” And so it went along, this succession of drives and drinks and luncheons, theater seats and opera boxes and bilis to pay at the jeweler's—at least, according to the story of the defendant. Anderson said he bought the plaintiff the marquise ring because she sald she had seen such beautiful rings at Colonel Andrews’ diamond palace and = she gave him no peace till he bought her one. When he gave it to her she put it on her finger, and holding it up to the light in a trans- port of joy, sald: “Afn’t it grand?” “It ought to be, it cost enough,” was Anderson’s reply. ‘Wanted an Opera Cloak. Anderson claims he bought the second ring, set with pearl and diamonds, be- cause she begged for it; also the furs. She wanted an opera cloak and he finally gave her $0 to get one and she got a dress instead. “You see, I am this way,” Anderson sald in explanation; “if ‘any body wants anything and I can'get.it, it 1s véry hard for me to say no. That's the way I've lost lots of money.” 2 Anderson admitted that when he didn’t buy Miss de Bretteville what she wanted “she got kind of cold and. chilly and pouty, as a woman will do sometimes.” Anderson knows the ‘ways of women. He doesn’t look wicked, but he confessed to Miss de Bretteville's tall brotherand stern father that he was wicked and sinful, not half good enough for Alme, so they tes- tified. Miss de Bretteville wanted to go to grl.nd opera and Anderson paid $60 for a ox and took the family. The names were all in the papers next! day. “Did you ever give her money?’ coun- sel asked. “‘Sometimes when I would see her down- town at luncheon she would say she had forgotten Her purse and had no car fare. 1 never like to be small about such things and I would throw her a twenty or two,” the witness replied. Anderson idently began early in the romance to look on it with suspicion. He thinks that when he found the ring in his plece of cake at the Sonoma wedding he was the victim of a sort of shell game; that by some hocus-pocus the ring was shot into his bit of cake. ‘The minister, Who was a humorous personage, said: “Mr. Anderson, I think I see colors in ”’_and sure enough there was ng. He denfes that he then and there admitted the engagement and says he declared the ring episode ‘all a ‘“‘put- up job."” w ¥ She Who Wanted to Marry. Anderson denied everything in detali. He said the De Brettevilies visited him so often during a few days’ illness that he had to tell his landlady not to let them in. He sald it was she who suggested she might go with him on a trip to Mexico and said her parents would not object if they" were married. v She like to marry me,” Anderson said, but I don’t care for marry at all.” The defendant does not deny that he thinks Miss de Bretteville a good girl but he denfes that he ever safd she was one of the best girls in the world, Miss de Bretteville herself, at the be- ginning of the morning session, related some other instances that seemed proot of the Klondiker’s affection and esteem, He ‘wanted to give her a horse, but her mother would not let her accept it, “be- cause her sister, Miss Annie de Brotteville, had had a.premonition that Alma would be thrown and killed. A former premoni~ tion about an accident to her brother had come true. “Did you have no premonition about the rings?"” asked W. S, Barnes of Anderson's counsel. “I wasn't afrald the rings would throw "' was the retort. ‘But did you expect to throw the man who bought 'the rings?’ Barnes asked The question’was ruled out. The plaintiff told of Anderson’s saying that the De Brettevilles were one of the finest families in the city and he was proud to be admitted to the home. The other witnesses came near running the gamut of the nationalities. There were the plaintiff’s father, Viggo de Bretteville, -a_dignified looking, but exs citable Frenchman; Charles F. Anderson, a voluble Swede from Sonoma, and L. Quatrolli, a Swiss hotel-keeper of Sonoma. Court Rebukes Defendant. Miss Annie de Bretteville, Mrs. Matilda de Bretteville and Gustave de Bretteville —sister, mother and brother of the plaint- iff—told of various occasions when the engagement was discussed in thelr pres- ence. Once when the mother was repeat- ing Anderson’s appeal to Alma not to break the engagement Anderson laughed in derision. An angry flush spread over the plaintiff’s face and tears of anger and chagrin came to her eyes, Attorney Collins called the court’s attention to An- derson’s demonstration and the defendant was sternly rebuked by Judge Kerrigan. Gustave de Bretteville, the youthful but herculean brother of Alma, told of a visit to Anderson to demand that he call and explain to his sister why he had begun to treat her with indifference. He 3o T 1339 ) Cheapest Y and It costs less than an Upright or handsome and useful article of furniture for parlor or sitting-room, yet it includes a hair mattress and a convenient receptacle for bedclothing. We make them in three sizes. On account of the great demand for our Patent Folding Beds we will sell our stock of Upright and Mantel Folding Beds at a great sacrifice 50 different styles to select from, at prices never before offered. KRAGEN FURNITURE Tel. €outh 371. KRAGEN’S PATENT DAV- ENPORT DIVAN AND CHAIR FOLDING BED. Mantel Folding Bed and makes a ‘al CO., I0I5-1017 Market St., Opp. Taylor. || fired he sai spoke of the defendant as ‘““Charley,” as if he were in the habit of rubbing elbows with millionaires. Miss Annie de Bretteville said Anderson had told her sister in her presence that if she did not love him they would better @ et @ FRANK ALMBERG PROVES AN ALIBI Frank Almberg,. the former soldier who was arrested on suspicion of being impli- cated in the shooting of Annie Anderson, ‘was released from custody yesterday. Sev- eral members of the Salvation Army ap- peared: before Captain Seymour and es- tablished a satisfactory alibi for Almbery. He was seen at their meeting-rooms on ‘Market street Sunday night at the time the young woman was shot on Ashbury street, The police feel jystified in having taken Almberg into custody to be questioned about the shooting for the reason that he was forcing his attentions on Miss Marian Freeman, a young woman who worked for a family on Fell street, around thz corner from the spot where Miss Ander- son was shot. Miss Anderson stated yes- terday that she did not think he was the man. Mrs. Norton, who lives at 312 Sutter Street, where Miss Freeman formerly re- sided, was seen yesterday by Detective Reynolds. She stated that Almberg was extremely jealous of Miss Freeman, and on.one occasion she saw him chase her in a threatening manner. The elimination of Almberg from the 1ist of suspects sets the case back to its original status—that of a deep mystery. Policeman Nelson, assigned to do speclal detective dutg on the case by Chief Witt- man, firmly believes that Miss Anderson does not know her assailant and could not ldentify him if he were arrested. Both Nelson and the woman are positive that she was a victim a mistake in identity. The entire neighborhood will be searched in the hope of locating some young woman who had a love entanglement with a jealous man that might have caused him to attempt her life. This ia practically the only nope they have of solving the mystery. ‘Each day's developments prove more conclusively that the shooting was the deed of a love-stricken maniac. Miss An- derson is now out of danger, so the phy- :siclans state, and her mind is clearing a little every day. Tol Policeman Nelson she gave information yesterday that adds Yerification to the theory that a man’s Jealous passion supplied the motive for crime. Miss Anderson remembered for the first time since she was shot the exact words her asallant used before he sent the bul- Et dnto.her side. While she does not speak nglish very fluently she understands much of what is said to her. She said yesterday that when the man approached her he said, “Stop,” and then when he ‘Now you take that.” e manner of the assault and the lan- guage attributed to the fiend whose re- yolver came near ending the young wom- an’s life convince the police that they must look for a man wgom some young woman living in the neighborhood ‘quar- reled with or jilted, ¥ e Trunks and Valises Continue to sell better and better all the time at our famous carload prices. Not gnly trtfisluand vgllm, but dress - sult ases, el sets, 'y A a3 n gol ree of charge. Sanborn, Vall & Co., 741 Market st. Scene Shifts Ocean Cocktail Route. to De Bretteville Fam- ily Gives Tes- timony. ® break the engagement. Her sister had said, “Why, Charley, I do love you, and can be happy with you if you'll be good to me."” :‘By ‘Charley’ she meant my client here® This is the man she loved?” asked “Billy" Barnes artlessly, placing his great hand on the shoulders of Anderson, almost hiding him from view. The sister also told of a little joke they fixed up on ‘‘Charley” on the occasion ot the trip to Sonoma to the wedding. At the ferry she told him that Alma was not | B going. Anderson, she said, fairly shrieked: | ‘What, Alma not going! If she don't | it will be all off with her! She promised | she would go!” And the milllonaire dropped his valise | and danced about as if possessed. Then Alma appeared and his consternation gave place to joy. Descendant of French General. Viggo de Bretteville, who is a machinist, | told what he knew of his daughter's ro mance. He was very much in earnest and got very excited when he was not | allowed to tell the story in his own ramb- ling, voluble style. He is a fine-looking | old gentleman, his daughter savs a de- | scendant of 'a French general. The mother, who also speaks with a strong forelgn’ accent, wept when she went om the stand. Anderson gave as his excuse to the De Bretteyilles for his sudden coldness toward Alma that she had insulted him | by saying that he, a divorced man, ought to be proud to go with a nice young girl | like her. On the stand he said that the real reason why he ceased to call or to meet her was that whenever she was with him she was begging him for pres. got sick and tired of that kind of thing,” sald the little millionaire, and for the moment his face lost its chimpanzee smile. Anderson’s examination came in the aft- ernoon session. he beirz called as a wit- ness for the plaintiff. When he concluded his testimony, counsel representing the plaintiff announced that they would rest their case. Anderson will be called to the stand as a witness In his own behalf when the case is called Monday morning. | The courtroom was crowded both fore- | noon and afternoon by people anxious to see the lucky prospector and the hand- some girl he refuses to marry. e e e T T e e e e ol Did Not Use a Revolver. Dr. Victor d'Ercole, 1604 Stockton street, | appeared before Judge Conlan yesterday on the charge of disturbing the peace pre- ferred against him by John Valensolo, Va- lensolo claimed that the doctor forced a fee from him Sunday night at the point | of a revolver. This the doctor denied and safd that Vaiensolo and his brother came | to his office apparently for the purpose of beating him. and when they told him that they had refused to allow Valenso- lo's wife to use the medicine he had pre- scribed he ordered them out of his office. The Judge will decide the case to-day. ——— Mihran’sRug Sale. All interested in Oriental Rugs should | not fail to attend Mihran's auction of | Persian Rugs to-day at 2 p. m., and also the special evening sale at 8 o'clock, 332 Post st., near Powell. —_——— Mrs. Atkinson on Her Defense. More witnesses were examined for the defense before Judge Fritz yesterday In the case of Mrs. Reeves Atkinson, charged with maintaining a nuisance at 1815 Sut- ter street. They were: James Ford, a plumber; Dr. Baclgalupl and James De- vine, Counciiman from Sacramento, a friend of the defendant, who had often visited the sanitarium. None of the witnesses ever heard any unusual noises, The defense will be concluded Monday, when the defendant will take the stand. T e Cafe Zinkand serves a substantial bu ness men's lunch. — L e South Gets Little Rain. Rain fell generally in Central and Northern California yesterday. Slight showers were reported from Fresno and just a trace of rain from San Luis Obispo. | The rainfall in this city registered .50 of | an,inch. Rain for the northern and central | parts of the State, with a possibility of | light showers In the south, is the,weather | prediction for to-day. | i Friday an Saturday Special Bargains. Golden Gate Cloak and Suit House. $12.50 New Style Spring RAG- LANS, brown, tan and Oxford, with triple capes, full vaiue $15.00. SPECIAL $12.50 $22.50 Fine Quality Taffeta Silk LONG COATS, satin lined new spring style, elegantly made and tailored, regular price $27.50. SPECIAL $22.50 $5.00 Extra Qua'ity Black Che- -viot DRESS SKIRTS, new flounce, elegantly made and lined, extra value at $6.50. SPECIAL $5.00 $15.00 Reliabe Quality Black Cheviot TAILOR SUITS,new Eton style, jacket satin lined, skirt ds, | new flounce, lined with Italian cloth, extra value at $20. SPECIAL $15.00 1230-1234 Market St. ADVERTISEMENTS. EEEENENEEENNNEREENENNENESEENEERERRER We have taken 42 square pianos them, Every instrument in the Jot has tory. B tion of every piszo in the lot will be explained to the purchaser. Consegaently you will know exactly what you get. We will sell them for $10 down and $4.0 and charge no interest. Among the forty we offer are Chickerings Haines Vose Steinways Webers Knabes ON SALE AT FROM These pianos are not old larger than an upright; the to: us for it. Branch Stor:s: Every instrumert is fully guaranteed, and every detail of the construc- less than half the price of an upright of a similar grade In two years, if you find you would prefer an upright, we wiil take the square piano back, in trade, at the price you paid SALE BEGINS at 9 A.M. TO-DAY Benj. Curtaz & Son, CHICKERING * AGENCY, i6-20 O’Farrell St., S. F. San Jose, Fresno, Stockton, Alameda. e in trade apd now we’re going to sell been put in perfect order in our fac- O a Month. Hallet & Davis Hazeltons Gablers Kranich & Bachs Mathusheks $30 TO $200 Each ne is perfect, and the price is WILL PAY ] = FOR A STORE IN A CHOIC & State Full Particulars. $3000 BONUS PROMINENT THOROUGHFARE. E RETAIL LOCATION ON A Address Box 38827 Call Office. KEEP PISTOLY NEAR TO HAND Supposed Counterfeiters Sleep With Revolvers Lying Ready. Locked up in the City Prison are two men who the police belleve have been passing bogus $5 pieces at the racetrack and other public places. Their names arc | P who is well known in the | <trict, and Bert Gray, alias alias “Get There Bert.” Grey Reynolds, has been in trouble before for making counterfeit money. About two years ago he and a noted burglar named George who is now serving an eigh year sentence in the Oregon penitentiary were arrested for having counterfelter tools in their possession. Notwithstanding that the plant, which was found in their room, belonged to them, they were ac- quitted. Several days ago Meyers and Grey rent- ed a room at 748 Harrison street. Their actions aroused the suspicion of the land- lady, who notified_Police Officers O'Con- nell ‘and Regan. Yesterday morning the officers went to the roam occupied by the men and after awaiting a favorable op- portunity entered. Grey was in bed and Meyers was in the act of dressing him- self. By the side of the bed were two f5-caliber Colt's revolvers. After quickly taking possession of the istols the officers grabbed the men and | In a valise hidden un- andcuffed them. der the bed found a complete kit of counterfeiter's tools, together with a number of bogus $5 pieces. There was also a bunch of skeleton keys in the valise, which would fit almost any door. After being taken to the City Prison, the men were turned over to the United States authorities, To-day they will be formally charged with counterfeiting United States coins. Grey, according to the secret service men, is one of the most dangerous coun- terfeiters in the country. Several years ago he flooded the northern part of the State with bogus dollars and managed to escape arrest. Learning that the secret service men were on his trail he came to this city and became acquainted with Horton, the burglar. While Grey was turning out a lot of counterfeit money, which he_ expected Horton would have lttle trouble in passing, the house-break- er became involved in a dispute with a crook named McCallum over the division of spoils, and a row resuited. Getting the worst of the encounter, McCallum shot Horton in the leg. . They were both ar- rested at the time, and through the efforts of The Call their room on Natoma street was located. In it was found the most complete set of counterfeiter's tools ever known to the authorities. Through the failure of the detectives to prove that the plant belonged to them they were released after three trials. Grey is also known to the police as a “stick up” man. About five years ago he was arrested for beating an aged man over the head with a gaspipe and robbing him of considerable money. He was ac- quitted after a short trial, his old victim being unable to identify him. Meyers as far as known has not been in trouble before. —_— Champagne Imports in 1901. Of a total of 319.243 cases imported by over thirty brands, G. H. MUMM'S EX- TRA DRY aggregated 120,359 cases, nearly $),000 cases more than any other brand Particular attention is called to the qual. ity of this wine; it is very dry and o sembles the famous 1883 vintage, being more delicate and breedy than the 193, Immense reserves guarantee the main- tenance of quality. . S T A ‘Want Uniform Gas Rates. Additional petitions were filed, y day with the Board of Supervisers siaeri ans by Citizens | requesting that _the rd by compel t e it Gus and Electric Compas, tan Fran harge 2 unifcrm rate for gas an crimination heretofore prleflz::.hm“ . LABOR CANDIDATES LOSE IN THREE PRECINCTS Result of Yesterday’s Recount In- stils Hope Into Breasts of Supervisors-Elect. Supervisors Alpers and Eggers grew | hopetul in Judge Murasky's court yester- day at the close of the recount. Labor Candidate E. I. Walsh did not make his usual gains, and Coghlan lost as many \Ptes as Eggers. In the Thirteenth anl Fourteenth precincts of the Forty-fourth District and Second Precinct of the Thir- ty-sixth District Walsh lost 15 votes an.l Alpers 14, and Coghlan and Eggers each lost 16. The candidates likely to be a tected by the recount now stand as foi- lows: | Official Count 6,7 Loss to _Present . Standing. 16,275 D Braunhart | 1 1 1 1 PR 15, 1 1 1 1 1 Object to Firemen Painting. The Supervisors' Fire Committee yes- terday considered the protest of the mem- bers of the District Council of Painters against painting by members of the Firs Department. Joseph Tulte, president of the Painters’ Union, held that the spirit | of the charter is violated when firemen | engage in painting. Fire Commissioners | Watt and Hecht stated the work was done by the firemen at their own instance and consisted of painting their own quarters. There was not money enough in the fund thgugh the Commissioners believed the work shopld be dome by the Board of \‘|0!:(S he Ccln’lmlnt’(‘ urged the com- mission to comply with the chatter In matter of repairs. o ADVERTISEMENTS. You save money by getting a good suit—made to or- der—in our tailor- * ing department. One of our suits will look better, hold its _shape longer and wear a_greater length of time than any ready-made suit you can get, and that means real economy. ONE DOLLAR A WEEK will get one and you can have it while paying for it. A. B. SMITH CO. 128 El is St., Ab:ve P_well.