The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 9, 1902, Page 1

1 & Pd - ” 3 BT l;tx,‘,' 3 / R T VOLUME XCI-—-NO. 130. SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 1902. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ESTELLE BAKER, FOUND THROWS LIGHT ON FULLER TRA e — IN ARIZONA, GEDY ,7S TELLE BAKER, the friend of Nora Fuller, for whom Captain Seymour’s detectives have been searching since the murder in the Sutter-strect house, has been found in Williams, Avriz. She has given to The Call a full statement of fier knowledge of the mysterious John Bennett, and it proves to be the most important information that has yet been’ supplied for the detectives to work upon. Miss Baker (now Mrs. Bert Ward) says that Benmett and Nora Fuller were almost constant companions for months preceding the murder; that Miss Fuller introduced Bemnett to her as “My dearest friend” as early as iast August, and that the two frequented the Olmypia, where Miss Baker was employed in variety roles. Bennett and the yorng girl patronized a little restaurant on Taylor street. Miss Baker says there is litdle doubt that Nora Fuller voluntarily left her home, lured by Bennett's promise that she should be mistress of a luxu- { riously furnished flat. — COSTLY PACIFIC \VICTIMS ' INCLUDE SERVICE WEALTHY | Root Submits the Re- Rich Women Robbed | ports Concerning in a Peculiar Transports. Manner. | | Big Prices Are Paid by Guests Are Induced | Men in Charge at to Wear Their This Port. | Diamonds. : Shows That Favored Butte Widow Accused Firms Received of Many Serious - * | High Rates. Crimes. ‘\ S Bk A | BUTTE, Mont., April S8.—Mrs. Minnie c PRSI rady, a widow, is under arrest on a | strange charge of grand larceny. Mrs. —In response | 5 Emma Proulx, a friend of the accused and a rich widow, says Mrs. O'Grady in- duced her to take a buggy ride opted by the House ry Root to-day sent a few s of docu- nights ago and to wear all her diamonds for display. Before starting Mrs. O'Grady gave her friend some medicine for rheu- matism became si 1 vestigations War Department between San | The re- covers atter reaching into of which are coples the department and locuments themselves. important of these ports of Inspector Gen- » and Lieutenant Colonel into the details of the in- | ucted by them into the f transports-used on the Pa- | charge that preferences contracts with special | | the police to-day discovered ce Philippines. the s later Mrs. Proulx ck and desired to return home, but Mrs. O'Grady took her out into the country, where she left her by the road- side in a lonely place, after relieving her of all her diamonds, several thousand dol- | lars in value. Mrs. Proulx was found unconscious and the doctors say she was drugged. For several days she was in a critical conai- tion. { Mrs. O'Grady stoutly declares her Inno- cence, and denies that she Was the woman | who went drivinz with Mrs. Proulx, but | that Mrs. | Secretary go ome instances it is said that the |O'Grady had several other engagements | cos furnishing transports used in this | With rich women to take ithem out driv- | ser was all of 100 per cent above the | Ing, and that she requested each one to | nge of prices of material at that time. | wear all her diamonds for cffect. The | fact is also recalled that the husband and | son of Mrs. O'Grady died suddenly and | within a year of each other, and that she | collected insurance on their lives. The | police are going on the theory that their | aths were not natural and are investi- NOT PROTECTED. ts made in neglige #; that there was no aterials, and UNCLE SAM Other - of af. | E2ting. They are also looking into se ed in the | €Tal Poisoning cases which now appear g, general su- s oriate ‘ x ri service, and | pLEVEN-YEAR-OLD LAD Sepruss S . et ENDS LIFE BY HANGING | Despondent Because He Is Not Pe:- mitted to Walk From School With a Girl. VANCOUVER, B. C., April 8.~Because he was not permitted to walk from school with a young girl of his acquaintance, Alexander Tumross, an 11-year-old boy, committed suicide to-day in Revelstoke nvestigations was the clerical e in San sweep of the with se a in the facts whic Chamberlain Maus were boy The was 12 t seen late last nigiht swinging on a gate in front of his fath- | of that | er's House, and he did not appear wh the rest of the family retired to bed. not the ted the War Department ble criticlsm for withholding | search was made, and early this morning Secret in explanation said | he was found hanging in the barn. He ng to the exact language of | kad crawled high on a beam, tied a rope | these reports were | arcund his neck and then jumped off. House resolution | his feet being within two feet of the facts in the Secre- | floor. The boy apparently had been in the transport the best of spirits y terday. plained that has included all of the department receive INSULTING “OLD GLORY” overing the investiga o ANALYSIS BY YOUNG. Bana Will Play “Stars and Stripes” Major General 8. B. M. Young, in trans- Twice Daily in Front of Sea- e report of Chamberlain, sub- ysis of the report showing supervision to any out of transports for a long we after the service was inaugurated and later the efforts to reform the sys- man’s Prison Cell. feature | up from the battieship Wisconsin yester- day will devote much spare time during | the next two years to flag etiquette. When told to salute the stars and stripes he flung the flag to the deck, jumped upon it and used vile language. He handed over to a court-martial board and | ntenced to two years' confinement. The | Star-spangled Banner” will be wafted through his cell window twice each day by the.prison band General Young specifies lack of se- competitive bids. He says: the casg of the Hancock (before the was organized), involving an ex approximating if not amounting lion dollars, the matter of in- cded repairs was put into the officials unknown to tramspor: upder verbal orders power -given by the honorable aring was BABY ROLLS OUT OF and F ¥ of War t nstire m » sanftary g ppw i b :nr v;::: :’mnm‘:’ry(l_f“n * | Five-Month-0ld Boonville Infant General Young also specifies the case Meets a Horrible of inexperienced man, who knew Death. E about paints, being employed t0 | UKIAH. April 8 —News came to-day ervise painting in a business where ing bill of z single firm in two d two months amounted to | that a five-month-old child of A. L. Wht- | ney, near Boonville, in this county, had been burned to death. Mrs. Whitney left | the babe in a basket in front of the open | i other vespects, it is stated, the re- | fireplace, where there was a hot fire, and | ort shows that work was given out and | went into the kitchen. In some way the lies for general use (such as the fit- |y qket was overturned and the chiid roll- p of cabins) were purchased with- | g on to the glowing coals, where it was out due regard to the protection of the | pyurned to a crisp. Government's interests. | FE R AT HIGH PRICES PAID. Ore Samplers to Be Merged. On that branch of the investigation cov-| DENVER, Colo., April 8—The report ing the cost of articles, etc., “General | from Colorado Springs that the American ng. summing up the Chamberlain re- | Bmom:s and ‘:};rlnmx ';?or‘npan,v was en- g U e . " | deavoring to obtain control of all the ore- says that in one case where the | TRRNCCE Yne. Cripple Creek Qistrict bill was $105215, the work is pronounced | g.oc denjed to-day. by officials of that “generally unsatisfactory, charges ex | company in this city. It was admitted, — B e o Tl — | however, that there is a movement on by hanging himself. i1 { [ NOVEL PUNISHMENT FOR l | VALLEJO, April .—A prisoner brought : BASKET INTO FIRE | foot for consolidating three or four Crip- ple Creek samplers. = Centinued on Page Three. e | | BENINETT i \ N A RESTAURAIIT Says Bennett and His Victim Were Inti- mate Friends. Special Dispatch to The Call. ILLIAMS, Ariz., April 8.—Estelle Baker, the young woman for whom the police have been searching in - con- nection with the mysterious murder of Vora Fuller, in San Francisco, is in this y. She is the ever vanishing friend of Nora Fuller whose whereabouts has been a matter of deep concern to those interested in the solution of the hor- rible crime. - When discovered here a | few days ago by City Marshal Kennedy she started to make a statement which was to have been forwarded to Chief of Police Wittman of San Francisco, but before she could tell what she knew of Nora Fuller and'the man who strangled her in the vacant house on Sutter street she became violently ill and irrational. The authorities deferred their examina- tion until to-morrow. when Miss Baker (who, by the way, is now Mrs. Bert Ward) will unfold a tale that will per- | haps put the police on the track of the m ng murderer. To The Call correspondent the young woman made a statement this afternoon which supplies many missing links in the case and which :may in a broad measure ‘materially change the line of investigation now being pursued by Captain Seymour and his detectives. NORA’S “DEAREST FRIEND.” Mrs. Ward's story sets at rest all doubts as to whether Nora Fuller knew her murderer before the day on which she answered his advertisement and MEETS AND. P g e 0. ARD MARKET - + MRS. BERT WARD, FORMER- LY ESTELLE BAKER, THE FRIEND OF NORA FULLER. i Man and Girl Often Visitors at the Olympia. subsequently met him in the Popular restaurant. Not only had Nora been acquainted with him for some months before she fell a victim to his hideous brutality, but she had visited the Olym- pia and other like resorts and was prac- tically his companion for fully four months before her life was taken by the monster. Mrs. Ward—then Miss Baker—was employed in the Olympia when she first met them together, and Nora Fuller then told her that he was her “dearest friend.” Nora Fuller introduced the man of mystery to her one night during the month of August, but, unfortunate- Iy, Mrs. Ward cannot recall his name. She reniembers his appearance with a keenness as to detail, and she says that it, corresponds exactly with that of the ‘published descriptions of John Bennett, alias Hawkins. Mrs. Ward’s ‘observa- tions: during the time she met Nora Fuller with her mysterious companion bid fair to put the detectives upon a better trail than they have yet devel- oped.in the vain search for the mur- derer. S I RS AT TORNEY GRAIIT -3 Describes the Pecu- liarities of the Murderer. The first time Mrs. Ward saw Ben- nett she was so unfavorably impressed by his appearance that she warned Nora Fuller to be .careful of her com- panion. The unfortunate girl replied, “Oh, he's all right; he's my dearest friend.” On that occasion, Miss Baker says, Bennett grew tired of looking at the performance and suggested that they leave the Olympia and adjourn to some restaurant and get some refreshments. Mrs. Ward declined the invitation, be- cause she did not like the stranger’s appearance or manners; but she walked out with them as far as the street. Mrs. Ward bade the couple “Good night,” and after she turred to leave she heard Miss Fuller's com- panion say: “Come on, Nora: we'll go around to that little place on Taylor street.” Miss Baker was then living in the San Antonio, on Taylor street, between Golden Gate avenue and Turk street. Having no desire to walk with Nora and her male friend any farther she walked down Mason street and up Turk toward her lodgings. When she reached the corner of Turk and Taylor streets she saw. Nora Fuller and her friend on the other side of Taylor street. They were walking toward Market street, and Mrs. Ward . waited until they were across the street be- fore she went any farther. ENTER A RESTAURANT. ‘When the. couple were about half way down the block Mrs. Ward walked toward the San Antonio, watching them from behind. When they got in front of the Saddle Rock restaurant they stopped and Nora Fuller moved | back as though she wanted to leave INTENDS TO FIGHT UNIONISM Coal Company’s Cruel| Method With the Miners. Ten Thousand Men to Be Thrown Out of Work. Notices of Ejectment Served on Strike Leaders. Special Dispatch to The Call. —_— | PITTSBURG, April 8.—The Post to-mor- row will say: A remarkable development in the coal miners’ strike in the centrali district fields has been taking place dur- ing the past few days. It was learned | from official sources to-night that the strike of the miners there, and particu- | larly those who were employed by the | Rochester and Pittsburg Coal Company, has determined the coal company on dras- tic measures for stamping out all union- ism in their section. The Rochester and Pittsburg Company, which employs fully 10,000 men, despairing of a settlement of the troubles with its miners, has given orders to close the mines. This order means the absolute idleness of the prop- erties of the eompany forat least all of the present summer. It will leave the miners without work whether they would work or not, and will serfously affect buslnes!j in Punxsutawney. ! The first step taken was to issue notices | to the miners occupying houses owned by the company to move. The first of these ejectment notices were served last Thurs- day, and were to miners who had been among the leaders of the strike. All of the others are to have similar notices | served upon them during the present | week, and with their families will be com- pelled to move. In addition to this, the | company’s stores have been practically closed and the clerks dismissed. When the company is ready to begin agaln, it is said, it will hire non-union men only. SALT LAKE, April 8.—A dispatch re- celved in this city to-day from Mackay, Idaho, the terminus of the Oregon Short | Line branch into Central Idaho, an-| nounces that the Miners’ Union at that point has called out all the miners and | other workmen employed by the White| Knob Copper Company. It is stated the | strike involves 1000 men. No information | as to the cause of the strike is given. | Burlington Has a New Manager. | CHICAGO, April 8.—Official announce- | ment was made to-day at the offices of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Rail- road Company of the appointment of T. | P. Eustis to passenger traffic manager- | ship of ‘the sysiem. Bustis, who has been general passcnger agent of the Burling- ton, will have general eupervision of all the passenger business on all lines of the system. el @ him. He caught her by the arm and, evidently yielding to his entreaties, they entered the little restaurant, which is just above Golden Gate avenue. From the manner in which the man. who Mrs. Ward is absolutely convinced was Bennett, spoke when he mentioned “the little restaurant on Taylor street” she is quite certain that Nora Fuller the and her ,murderer often visited place. , A few nights afterward the Fuller girl and her friend visited the Olympia again and met Mrs. Ward. This time the young performer took particular notice of Miss Fuller's companion. She noticed the defect in his eye. and she says that it is her impression that it was more of a scar over the evebrow | and directly under it than anything else. According to her impression he had a pecniiar rose and a rather sen- suous, drooping mouth. His manner was nervous and rather imperious, and Mrs. Ward noticed on more than one occasion that when he spoke he shifted his shoulders backward and threw out his chest. SEEKS POSITION ON STAGE. Shortly after this second meeting| Mrs. Ward met Nora Fuller alone in the Olympia one afternoon. She asked the | TROOPS ; COMMIT CRIMES Astounding Outrages Are Alleged in the Philippines. Assassination and the Burningof Homes Charged. Principal Offenders Said to Be Maca-= bebes. Special Dispatch to The Cail. CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET., N. W., WASHINGTON, April &~Charges of the gravest character are made against the army in the Philippines by the civil Governor of Tayabas in a letter to Gov= ernor Taft, a copy of which was submit- ted by Secretary Root this afternoon to the Senate Committee on the Philippines. This is the letter upon which General Miles based his statement that the war in the Philippines “has been conducted with marked severity.” The committee did not make the letter public, but it is learned that it specifically charges that American troops, principally Macabebes, were guilty of astounding outrages, including the assassination of innocent natives and the burning of their homes. The conduct of the army in Taya- bas is further criticised because of its attitude toward the civil Government. Considerable friction has cxisted between the civil Governor and army officers with the result that the good anticipated from the civil Government has not been ob- tained. CHARGES NOT SPECIFIED. The charges are general in charaecter. They fail to specify any particular out- rage, nor do-they present the name of a single officer or man who perpetrated the terrible outrages with which the army is charged. Secretary Root has been in- formed by General Chaffee that he is making an investigation.of charges and when the general's report is received it will be submitted to the committee. Accompanying the letter is a statement made by Governor Taft giving an expla- nation of his failure to tell the committee about the Tayabas report when he was testifying before it, and the letter of transmittal sent by the Secretary of War, In his testimony before the committea to-day Major Gereral MacArthur declared he doubted that any war of modern times has been conducted with as much human- ity and self-restraint as has the rebellion in the Philippines. “There doubtless have been incidents of excess,” he sald, “but the general con- duct of our troops has been of the oppo= site character, as general orders directed. All violations of the rules of war have been instantly punished.” The investigation of the committee re- garding the excesses of American troops will probably be extended as a result of the publication of the statement of Major Waller and other officers of the marine corps that Brigadier General Jacob H. Smith gave instructions to the marines to kill and burn; that the more they burned and killed the better pleased he would be, and that Samar was to be | made a howling wilderness. General Chat- fee will be directed to make a search- ing Investigation into these allegations. Besides the serious effect of the publica- tion of such charges will have im this country the relations between the ma- rires and the army will certainly not be improved thereby. General Smith is now under orders to return to the United States to assume command of the De- partment of Texas, but these orders will probably be suspended pending an ine quiry into the charges of Major Waller and other marine officers. “EVERYTHING OVER TEN.” MANILA, April 8.—Major Littleton W, T. Waller at to-day’s session of the courvs martial by which he is being tried testi- fied in rebuttal of the evidence given yes- terday by General Jacob H. Smith, whe commanded the American troops in the island of Samar. General Smith, he said, instructed Mim to kill and burn, and said that the more he killed and burned the better pleased he would be; that it was no time to take prisoners, and that e was to make Samar a howling wilderness. Major Waller asked General Smith to de- fine the age Mmit for killing, and he re= plied: “Everything over 10." The major repeated this order to Cap- tain Porter, saying: “We do not make war in that way on old men, women and ~children.” Captain David D. Porter, Captain young girl what she was doing there and Nora replied that she wanted to go on the stage and hagd come to apply Hiram Borzz and Lieutenant Frank Hat- field, all of the marine corps, testified corroboratively. The defense requested that a subpena be served on the adjutant general, de- for a place as an amateur. Miss Fuller‘ Continued on Page Two. Continued on Page Twe.