The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 12, 1902, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 1902. MINT EMPLOYES TESTIFY CONCERNING THE ROBBERY OF UNCLE SAM’S GOLD Superintendent Frank Leach and His Assistants Tell How the Dis- appearance of $30,000 Was Discovered: and Why Suspicion Was Directed Toward Chief Clerk Dimmick as the Embezzler — - — & ES OF THE UNITED STATES MINT AND THE DEFENDANT WHO IS BEING TRIED BEFORE JURGE DE HAVEN AND JURY FOR THE ALLEGED EMBEZZLEMENT OF SIX SACKS OF GOLD VALUED AT $30.000. e b ~; he trial of Waiter defendant, made a witr til called to testify. d the motion, and exception. chlesinger, for th= Frank A. Leach, Mint, who testified ed his present position He told how the how they were csses ttorney ution e a DR. PIERCE’S REMEDIES. Ty - COUNTLD gy Few people can understand the feel- ingsoffl:egugi)iguhcisbdflguwm:d out. He hears the seconds ticked He struggles to rise, but struggles vain e has lost the There are some are making a losing fight for life that can this; those whose I are they are being counted out. he great guestion is how can a guick rally be made to comtinme the fight 2gainst disease? Many who have asked that question have found a sati wer in the use of Dr. Pierce's Golden 2] Discovery. ith obstinate, thege, night-sweats, emaciation, and o or unskilfully treated may fatal termination in consumption. “When 1 commenced taking Dr. Pierce's en Medical Discovery.” writes Mr. John T. d. of Jefierson, Jefierson Co., Ark., I v low with a cough, end would at times were astomished and said they did Dok live. I can thankfully say 1 am cly cured of a Giscase from which had it £2% been for your wonderiul * Discovery* Twould | have died.» There are cures behind dm% made for the ©Discovery,” which no | 1st as good ” medicine can show. _Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets cleanse the bowels and stimulate the llnggllhi liver, who repre- excluded | | placed in the vault. The witness tc the settlements at the end of each fi turned over to the de attorney for cross-examination. questions,” said Collins, and, much | to the surprise of counsel for the Gov- ernment, Leach left the stand without | telling what he knows of the crime. At- | torney Schlesinger thereupon informed court he would recall the superin- ndent later on in the trial. Judge Ge aven did not take kindly to this mode | of procedure and suggesfed to Schlesin- | ger that he finish with his witness be- fore allowing him to retire. Schlesinger replied that he had made careful prepara- | tion of the case, and it was necessary to | recall a witness now and then in order | not to confuse the court and jury. Cashier Cole Testifies. William K. Cole, ‘cashier of the Mint, was next called. He is the man on whom it is alleged Dimmick tried to fasten the crime of stealing the $30,000 from the Mint. Cole testified that there was a dally inspection of the vault and that Dimmick took part in the inspection. He further testified that Dimmick counted the cash, in order to report the contents | of the vault to the superiptendent. Cole said Dimmick’s count always agreed with his figures and that Dimmick never dis- c;&'ered any discrepancies up to June, | On cross-examination, Cole described | how the cash was counted. He said Dim- mick would count the money in the pigeon-holes, on the trucks and in other ortions of the vault. All the pigeon- oles, 400 in number, the witness sald, were filled on July 28, 1900. The witness stated that about the month of Septem- ber, 1900, sacks containing double eagles were placed on trucks and on the floor of the vault. He sald the trucks partly gbfrured some of the bags in the pigeon- oles. “Did Dimmick count the bags obscured by the trucks?” asked Colline. Dimmick 4id not move the trucks, but pro- cezded on the assumption that the pigeonholes were filled with sacks of gold. What time of the day was the oount At the close of ths day—at 3 o'clock.! Was Fitzoatrick, the watchman, present | @erirz the count? |~ Sometimes he would be present in the vault | or_outside, close by. | Did you take a book into the vault? Yes, sir. 1 took this book. The witness passed his account book to Attorney Colling, who, after examining the entries, resumed the examination. How was the money on trucks counted? He would count the sacks one at a time. pade? | What is the normal capacity of that vault? About $6,000,000. At one time it contained ‘When was It that the vault contained $25,- The latter part of June, 1901. Who piled these sacks in the vault? Captain Fitzoatrick and Porter Butler. Collins then introduced in evidence pho- tographs furnished by the prosecution, which showed the appearance of the yault when filled with sacks of gold. The pictures were shown to the jury. Re- suming the examination, Collins asked: What was your business before you suc- ceeded Dimmick as cashier? 0 as In the drug business at Martines, o y "i‘l‘;:ym:.ny pigeonholes were obscured by the trucks? About eizht. 5 On redirect examination, Cole sald he was instructed by Dimmick not to use any of the money out of the racks, as said he followed the instructions, which were given in the early part of January, 1901 He added that Captain Fitzpatrick and Porter Butler were present when these instructions were given. A recess was taken until 2 o’clock. Witnesses Excluded. On the reconvening of court after re- cess, Judge de Haven announced that he had reconsidered the motion made at the morning session to exclude all witnesses during the taking of testimony. He said it was a matter entirely in the discretion of the court and that no exception could be taken to the court’s ruling. He there- fore thought it proper after consideration to_have the witnesses excluded. The courtroom was nearly —emptied when the numerous witnesses left, in obedience to the court's order. Captain Fitzpatrick, “vault man’ at the Mint, testified that he had occupfed that position for six years. He told the num- ber of bags taken out of the vault on the 28th and 29th days of June, 1901, and placed in the vauit in the basement. He sald he was there during the transfer o see that the bags containing certain de- nominations were kept together and that each truck was loaded with sixty sacks. He said four men were in the vault at one time loading the trucks. A man named Donaldson was outside the vault keeping tab for Cashier Cole. Fitzpat- rick explained that each bag on the gnst side of the rack contained in double eagles. He said it was his duty to watch the vault, and he performed his duty as best he could. hen he was at lunch he was relieved by Cashier Cole. Prosge- cutor Schiesinger then proceeded to ques- tion the witness. Was there anyt of the trucks in the the to prevent the moving vault so that the ba srack might be countea? s ey could have been moyed inside of three minutes, Wher vou attempted o count the double eagles in that rack what dld you discover? Discovers Vacant Holes. I discovered four vacant holes. ‘When did you make the discovery? . On Saturday. Two days before we discov- ered twc vacant holes on the lowest tier of the rack. r Who pointed out those two vacant noles? Dimmick. What did you do? He handed me two sacks from a broken row ;nl the east side and I placed them in the oles. What happened on June 297 ‘We made some discoveries. I pulled out the trick In the northeast corner and discoy- er\;:lh{nur h’)luehs :‘dr‘ul i Vha' was the condition of the sacks in holes above? - The tons of the sacks were pulled out and turned down 50 as to hide the vacant holes. Are you able to tell the jury the exact num- ber of bags of coin that were transferred to the vault below? I think $6,000,000—1200 bags. Did you hear any conversation between Dimmick and Cole about withdrawing money from the racks? Yes. 1 heard Dimmick say to Cole, “You should not move the sacks out of the pigeon- holes on account of the weight on top. Do you know how many bags there have been in the vaul June 29, 19017 on 3 1 do, sir. There should have been 1519 bags. The witness was then turned over to Attorney Collins for cross-examination. How do you know the number of sacks in the vault? T did not count the weight of the sacks on top would break tge racks that were empty.: He 1 kept an account of them. the bags every day. I knew what went In it came out. ‘Were you there when the vault was filled with trese 1 the vault and 1 knew wi 57 sir. 1 was there when they were .| ceive their diplomas until the June gradu- | School held FALLS FROM L0 | INTO THE RIVER Dunsmuir Young Lady Is Drowned in the Sac- ramento. Slips While Crossing the Nat- ural Bridge at Upper Scda Springs. Speclal Dispateh to The Call. REDDING, April 11L—When pretty Belle Fitzgerald, aged 19, a student in a San Francisco dental college, passed through Redding at 6 o’clock this morning en route home to visit her father and younger sister In Dunsmuir she little dreamed that theé next northbound train from Redding, twelve hours later, would bear her coffin. She reached home at 9 o’clock this forenoon and at 3 o’clock this afterncon her body was dragged by two tramps from Sacramento River. Miss Fitzgerald was the eldest daugh- ter of P. Fitzgerald, who is employed in the Dunsmuir raiiroad shops. Her mother is dead. She has won her own way in the dental school and was going home for a brief rest. When the father returned to his work at noon Belle Fitzgerald and her 15-year-old sister Clara started to walk to Upper Soda Springs, a mile above | Dunsmuir. They did not follow the wagon bridge, but went to the pictur- esque natural bridge, formed by the fall- ing of an immense tree across the Sacra- mento. While they were crossing the log the ‘elder girl slipped and fell into- the rushing current. As she was swept down stream the screams of her sister attracted two tramps who were coming along the rail- road. They waded out and rescued the body a quarter of a mile below the log crossing. Physiclans . were summoned, but life had fied. The body was carried home to the prostrate father. Generous men started a subscription in the raflroad yard and telephoned to Redding for a handsome casket to be sent by the even- ing train. SPRING-TIME GRADUATES OF THE SAN JOSE NORMAL Eighteen Students Complete Their Course at the Educational Institution. SAN JOSE, April 1l.—Eighteen pupils were graduated from the State Normal | School here to-day. No exercises were held, and the young teachers will not re- ation. The graduates are: Ruth Abbott, Alice Baker, Bertha Beckett, Josephine Camp, Eleanor M. Campbell, Edith Deal, Carmei Martin, Agnes Mason, Mae Olin, Lillian Parker, Isabella Patterson, Willlam Prusch, Louise Smith, Pearl Sutton, Sue Swick- ard, Stella Waggoner, Myra Waltenspiel, Edna Vhite. The tralning department of the Normal “‘poppy day’ exercises this | forenoon. A fine programme was carried | out. @ Iimimiefeimieieleinioleiinlelefuiieloinlel @ deposited there two years before. The witness next testified that visitors ! had been in the vault in company wnhi Cole. -The only Mint employes, he sald, who had access to the vault were Leach, "Dimmick, Cole, Washington and Day, ‘when the latter took Dimmick’s place as chief clerk. Do you know when it was that these six pigeonholes became vacant? I could not tell you, sir. They must have been staken before the last settlement, in 1901. Did you ever remain in the Mint until & o'clock? No, sir. I always left before that hour. When 1 went down the Mint steps I never went back mntil the next day. I.frequently forgot my overcoat, but never returned for it. Attorney Schlessinger then took the witness in hand. ‘Would it be possible for any,one to take & bag of coin out of that vault’ without you Enowinz it? I mizht be deceived, but no one ever en- tered that vault or left it without my" know- ing it. Kept Tab on Sacks. P. T. Donnelly, an abstractor at the | Mint, testified that he represented Cashier ,Cole during his absence, and also kept a record of sacks taken out of the vault| when they were transferred to the vault in the basement. He was not cross-ex- amined. John M. Currier, memorandum clerk at | the Mint, was the next witness. He tes- | tified that 139 bags were transferred to the vault in the basement on June 28 and 29, 1901 He likewise escaped cross-exam- | ination. Abraham Norton, an assayer, testified | that he has been employed as such for | eight years. He corroborated the pre- ceding witness as to the number of bags | transferred to the lower vault June 23| and 29. 3 Samuel Randall, who was employed on the days when the sacks were transferred, gave testimony merely corroborative of | What Currier_and Norton stated. | Frank A. Pedlar, assistant coiner at| the Mint, testified that he was weigher and sea'er on the 28th and 29th davs of June. He checked the coin as it passed | through the lower corridor of the Mint. | ‘He sald 13% bags were checked by him during the two days. John McKay, a gold weigher at the Mint, testified he was tally clerk on the days in question. His testimony did not | differ from that given by preceding wit- nesses. Superintendent Leach was recalled ana testified that six bags were transferred by Dimmick to the current cash and 117 bags were transferred to the vault. This was before the discovery of the ioss of the six bags. The witness examined a statement that Dimmick made to him on June 29, 101, and it was introduced in evidence. *“What statement did Dimmick make when he transferred this $30,0007" asked Schlessin- ger. Dimmidk told me he transferred it to get it out of the way. Frank D. Washington, cashier's clerk in the Mint, was next called and testified that $30,114,500 in double eagles should | have been in the cashier's vault on, June , 1901, Colonel H. P. Bush, the Mint book- keeper, was called and asked to wive the amount of money that should have been in the Mint at the close of the fiscal year 1901. He looked -In his_book and stated that there should have been $104,419,722 40, but there was actually on hand $104,359, 722 40—a shortage of $30,000. Lester Herrick, a public accountant, testified that h examined the books in the cashier's‘department from July 1, 900, to June 29, 1901, and found a short- age of $30,000. Superintendent Leach was again re- called, and_testified that when the loss was discovéred he told ..mmick that it ‘was obvious he could no longer remain in the Mint, and he gave him three months to find another position. He said Dim- mick continued on duty until July 3, but he was under surveillance all of the time. He stated that to his personal knowledge Dimmick changed the combination of the. cashier’s_vaylt. Peter Cuneo, another emplove of the Mint, next testified that there was no mix-up during the transter of coin from the cashier's vault to the basement vault. An adiournment was taken until Mon- day at 11 o’clock. e —— Your Business Requires It. The Pen Carbon Books for copying let- ters and bills are the most handy and most economical cofylng books ever got ofit. ldnbe y;)ut wrl:ed letleml or i bills syou shoul ntereste n seel them. - born, Vall & Co., 741 Matk:tsutreet. o i e ' Mrs. Harrison Returns Eastward VALLEJO, April 11L—The widow, and daughter of ex-President Harrison taken to Port Costa by the m.vg dy“d tug this morning, where they boarded the overland limited for Indianapolis. Mr: rison s o sister, of L?“éenn%t Com man arker’'s an in extended Visit here. il — e Porcelain bath tub, barber shop, library, writing-desk, carved buffet and smoking- room, in composite car, new Overland Limited, lighted by electricity, Last op- rtunity to see exhibition train, Oakland ler to-night. Get invitation at Informa- tion Bureau, Southern Pacific. H o | been hot upon SUPRE e UPREME CHANCELLOR E. M. JOHNSON of Colorado, the head of the Order of United Moderns, will arrive in California in a few “days on a tour of inspection of the lodges in different parts of the State. He will make his first visitations in Los Angeles and the adjacent country, reach- ing this city on the 25th inst., when he will be tendered a reception by San Fran- cisco and California lodges in the Shieis building, to which none but members of the order will be admitted. At the close of the reception he will bo escorted to the rotisserie in the Call build- ing, where he will be the guest of honor at a banquet. On the following night he will be tendered a public reception in the large hall of the old Supreme Court build- ing, 305 Larkin street, and on the 28th inst., in company of State Organizer S. C. allis, he will visit San Jose, where he will be tendered a reception by San Jose and Garden City lodges. Mr. Johnson, who is a native of Illinois, practiced law in the State of Towa until he moved to Denver, where he assumel the position of president of the Fidelity ME CHANCELLOR JOHNSON IS COMING Head 6f Order of United Moderns Will Arrive in This State in.a Few Days on Tour of Inspection of Various Lodges A E3 - SUPREME HEAD OF UNITED 1‘ MODERNS, EN ROUTE TO j THIS CITY. i £ - with¥his associates, founded the order of | United_Moderns, and since then he has | Gevoted a great deal of attention to fra- | ternal work. He is represented as a care- ful student of that class of work and an | Savings Bank of that city. In 1867 he. interesting and logical talker. | L M R Rt A nn e arnnnaand HAWKINS' BIND 5 BAOKEN 0P Special Dispatch tb The Call. TUCSON, A. T., April 11.—Captain Burt Mossman of the Arizona rangers has re- turned from the mountains, where he has the trail of the “Bill" Hawkins gang of outlaws. "There are eight desperate men in this gang and four of them have been run down by the rangers within the past three weeks. The Black River country in Northeast- ern Arizona, one of the wildest regions in the territory, has been the hiding place of this gang, and “Bill"” Hawkins and the rest of his men are now there. The Haw- kins gang is perhaps better known in Arizona as the George Musgrave band of outlaws. Musgrave, alias “Bill” Haw- Rins, has made his headquarters here for many years and was formerly a mem- ber of the notorious Black Jack crowd that held up the International bank at Nogales in August, 1896. Musgrave, then no more than 20 years old, was one of the most desperate men Black Jack had with him, and in the fight that took place in Skeleton Canyon a few days after the holdup, between the bandits and a posse, Musgrave killed Frank Robson, a line rider, who was with the posse. To-day Musgrave is regarded as one of. the hard- est bandits in the territory _to capture, owing to the friends he has in the moun- tains of the Black and Blue River re- gions. But the gang is 2almost completely broken up and the people of New Mex- ico and Arizona are rejoicing wjith Cap- tain Mossman and his rangers over what is regarded as the cleverest trailing ever done In the Southwest. The gang came into Arizona a short time age from New Mexico, where it held up a store and killed a boy at Fort Sumner. The mem- bers separated after dividing the beoty and came on different trails into the Black River country. Captain Mossman and his rangers started in pursuit of the outlaws and by clever trailing have thus far captured Sam Bass, Wit Neil, George Cook and Joe Roberts, each man having been taken without a shot being fired. Bass was arrested a_few days ago at the O. L. D. ranch on Blue River by Poll Pearson, a ranger. The members of the gang who are still at large are “Bill" Hawkins, Patrick Murphy, “Kid" Isabel and another man. Captain Mossman knows where Haw- kins is and the other members of the gang are known to be in the mountains bordering New Mexico and ona. The rangers are scattered over the country wherever the outlaws are expected to ap- pear and their arrest is expected at any #me. It is believed that the gang has teen broken up completely and will never again be heard of in the Southwest In an interview Captain Mossman said that the rangers had experienced great difhiculty in capturing outlaws. owing to the disposition on the part of the settlers in the Black River country to shield the desperadoes, which, they sav, they have to do for their own protection. The coun- iry is rougl and there are but few ranches. Whenever a train is held up by bandits or a store is robbed they head for the Black River country. It was there that the fight with the “Bill” Smith gang of cattle rustlers took place a few months ago, in which Maxwell and Tofla, two Arizona rangers, were killed. Fresno Elks in Circus Stunts. FRESNO, April 11.—The Elks of this eity will on April 26th give a full-sized up- to-date circus. The tents, which were procured from Norris & Rowe, have ar- rived. The main tent will seat 4000 per~ sons, and there are two smaller ones. In one of these a side show will be con- ducted. There will be a street parade in the morning and a performance afternoon and evening. The parade will be an eye- ner. All the animals of the menage- e will be exhibited, zebras and lions from the wilds of Africa, deadly reptiles from the ju of South bears, ts and many others ““too n ‘The two local bands_ will supply music. “Admiral” Fulton G. Bercy will officiate as ringmastar. —_———— Americans May Visit Commons. LONDON, April 11.—The Speaker of the House of Commons has acceded to a re- quest of l.h: m eomm.l:“tea c;omoaar the ment to Colonial and American journalists 7 during the coronation fetes. BABE'S LONG TRIP - IN WATER PIPE Special Dispatch to The Call. MONROVIA, April 11.—The one-year- old son of James McAlonan of Lower Duarte had a remarkable escape from death this afternoon. The child was play- ing in the yard, in which is an irrigation stand pipe. In some way it fell in and ‘was carried by the water through 400 feet of cement pipe underground. The mother missed her baby and ran to the exit, where the water flowed into an open ditch. Not seeing the little one, the half-crazed woman returned to the stand pipe. Just then a Mexican working on the ditch saw the child forced out of the pipe. With rare presence of mind ne caught the babe and commenced rolling it on the ground to expel the water, | Breathing had practically ceased, but per- | sistent effort by the man caused respira- tion to resume. A doctor was summoned from Monrovia and made the restoration | to_life complete. I The accident occurred on what is known | ds the Dunn ditch. Mr. McAlonan is in Arizona. i HANGING FIRST. THEN REPRIEVE Missouri Governor Or- ders Stay, but the Man Is Dead. Youthful Negro Makes a Farewell Speech on the Gallows. ST. LOUIS, Mo., April 11.—Henry Flutcher, colored, was hanged at sun- rise to-day for the murder of Lewis Roth, 16 years of age, August 27, 1900. At 6:65 a. m., thirty minutes after the fatal drop, a telegram was received By Sheriff Jo- seph E. Dickman from Governor Dock- ery granting a respite of fifteen days. At 11 o'clock last night Circuit At- torney Folk telegraphed Governor Dock- ery recommending 2 ten days’ reprieve in order to investigate more fully testimony to the effect that Flutcher acted in seif- deferse when he killed Roth. A message from Jefferson City said that the Gov- ernor, when aroused by the messenger, stuck his head out of aisecond-story win- dow and asked “What's wanted”" The messenger told him, the nature of the message and he ordered it put under the door. Sheriff Dickmann concluded that this meant no interference. At 5:50 Sheriff Dickmann told the con- demned boy to prepare for the march to the gallows. The next few minutes was spent in prayer, Flutcher praying aloud in a firm voice. When he had finished he turned to a deputy and placed his arms behind him. “We’ll go now,” he said quietly, and the rope was tied over his el%ows. Speech on the Scaffold. The boy walked to the gallows with a steady step, and when asked by the Sher- iff if he wished to say anything, began a speech that occupied three minutes. He | declared that he fired the fatal shot, but disavowed any intention of murder. His object, he said, was merely to disarm his ‘nsuaila.nt_ Flutcher concluded as fol- ows: “Without the desire to reflect on the men who sent me to this fate, the worst that can befall a mortal man, I want to say that not only have I been prosecuted but releptlessly persecuted as well. This shamet@ll end to my life, a boy's life, marks the final triumph of money over justice. The time is past when anything can be done. Death is very near to me. but before it lays its hand let me say a parting word. Shun evil compahions—ad- vice that is just as good for the old as for the young. Had I done =so, there would have been no fight, no shooting and no hangman's noose.” With a sweep of his right hand he bade the crowd good-by and turned to the | Sheriff. The Rev. Mr. Roberts stepped forward and asked a final prayer. This was made kneeling. Twenty sec- onds later Sheriff Dickmann sprung the trap. Flutcher's neck was broken in the drop. After a formal inquest the body was turned over to the family. Sheriff Blames Governor. “I did my duty,” said Sheriff Lickmann after the hanging. “and I am glad it's over. The death warrant called on me to execute Flutcher between the hours of § in the morning gnd 6 in the afternoon. 1t was nearly fiffeen minutes after 3 the morning when ti.e drop feli. “The answer to Mr. Folk's telegram to the Governor came to Four Courts at 2:30 in the morning in the form of a dispatch from the Western Union office zt Jeffer- son City. I opened the telegram, think- ing It might gontain a reprieve. Instead it said that the Governor had come to a window and when told the nature of the message had directed®it to be placed un- der the door and had shut the window without sending an answer. I supposed that ended the matter and left no hope. Mr. Folk, whom one of the newspaper men called over the 'phone, thought the same and so did the priscner. 1 don’t hold myself to blame. The Governor is the one who had the authority, and he i8 responsible for the whole incident.” Deputy Sheriff Charles Bilhartz, who recelved and opened the telegram con- taining the reprieve from the Governor, says that the message was received twen- ty minutes after it had been filed in Jef- ferson City. It came from the Western Union office on Eighth street and was de- livered by a messenger who had run tha entire distance to the Four Courts. Cir- cuit Attorney Folk said: “There can be no doubt as to Flutch- er's guilt. 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