The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 19, 1902, Page 1

e The VOLUME XCI-NO. 140 SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 1902. “ST. LOUIS FRANK” HOPES TO ESCAPE THE GALLOWS BY 5 Yo cEmAN TAYiLom LS LE HE Coroner's jury in the case of Policeman Eugene E. Rob- dnson, -whe - was shot and hugs on Valen- n Sixteenth, on g of January 21 verdict yesterday charg- ; James n crime of murder, nesss called was Dr. J. F. fied that he when son he was taken £ shop on Valen mediately after the shooting. ¥ s pl dministered stimulants. afterward taken to pital, where he died four wa Hc soon Gardner testified he was at d Hospital when Robinson was f a short conversa. ving man. Robin- with - were g. and said they n like a dog. “He'sald continued the wit- was unable to tell much about We o get a dying state- m him, but without success.” ROBINSON WAS CONSCIOUS. E a plumber, testified wakened him from ard several t to the front of my hous George stmi street. My was called to Offi- cer Ingram, who was calling from his window. I thought it was a drunken brawl. Officer Robinson was not in uni- form and was lying in the gutter. 1 reached him he was groaning. my place of business opposite son was carried in. Robinson seemingly gnized me, as he answered my ques- I aid not ask him who shot him.” M. Vogden, a cook, testified follows: “I was closing my res- at street when I shot fired. I did not pay any at- as I thought a drunken row progress. When I heard six more When 1 opened and Rob- They passed me on the them had a pistol in his went over to where a man the gutterway. ] recognized as Officer Robinson.” DELAY IN GETTING HELP. m, who was mext called. rt as follows: 21, a little after 1 o'clock, as awakened by a shot. I immediately went to the window of my home and the str way. d me that an officer had hurrie out on the strect n the ambulance, but r refused to give me t have a nickel ran to a patrol nd found that rung for the <ked Robin- id four fel- the next wit- ted as follows: nding on Six- lencia, waiting for was 1114 a. m., for I ed at my watch. I heard a med to come from Valemela in the direction of the sound en or twelve more shots. 1 saw three men across the streét. were running. CAPTURE OF HENDERSON. “1 thought the tall one was a pcilceman street and heard e T_URNING STA Promises to Murder of Officer Rob- inson-=The Inquest. TE’S EVIDENCE Tell Story of Frank Woods, | s Kaufmann and one | called | und Robinson in a dy- | four men | more A milkman was | TECTIVE INAN G TES‘I‘IMDH] ~G PX; u <+ | THE CORONER AND TWO OF THE WITNESSES AT THE ROBINSON | | INQUEST, AND ONE OF THE MURDERERS, WHO HAS OFFERED | TO CONFESS IF HIS LIFE IS 8§ PARED. 7 o MURDER THE CHARGE OF COROKER'S JURY E, the jury, find that ths said Eugene E. Robinson, age 36; nativity. California; occupat.on, police-officer; rasi- dence, Russ Hodse, in the city and county of San Francisco, came to his death at the Rail- road Hospital in the said city and county, on the 21st day of January, 1902, from shock and internal hemorrhage irom gun- shot wounds of the abdomen, at i the hands of William Hender- son, Frank Woods, - alias St Louis Frank; James Courtney, Allen Goucher, Louis Kaufman and one “Yellow,”” and'm!, the Jury, charge the above named pariies with the crime of murder. F. .A. 0’'BRIEN, JOHN COATES, JAMES POWERS, F. S. CLARK, N.ERMAN, F. SHAW, A. MALOON. 8. D. H. w and that he was chasing the smaller men. When T got closer I found the men were together. I yelled, ‘Halt; I am an officer.’ They then opened fire on me and 1 shot back. I followed and captured Hender- son, who was wounded. After sending him to the hospital:I went In search of the other men. Officer Fogarty accom- panied me. When I subsequent)y told Robinson at the hospital that I had got : cne of the men he said, ‘That's good.’ " Detective Sergeant Diman next told | what he knew of the shooting. “I was on | duty on the morning of the shooting of Robinson,” sald he, “and went to the hos- pital to see him. I found him very low and telephoned to Assistant Dlstrict At- torney Greeley to come and take his dying | statement. Greeley was unable to get u They ; statement owing to Robinson’s condition. I asked Robinson who shot him and he ROKEN. by two mogths of sol- itary confinement in the City | Prison, and apprised in some manner that his partner in crime, Kaufman, had. con- fessed the entire story of the murder of Policeman Robinson, Frank Woods, alias “St. Louls Frank,” is ready to tell all he knows. He sent for Detect- ive Jerry Dinan Thursday night and agreed to divulge every particular con- nected with the crime if Chief Wittman would agree to use his influence in pre- venting a death sentence being passed on him. Chief Wittman absolutely refused to hold out any hope for clemency, whether or not Woods made a clean breast of the crime. As a matter of fact the police are not especially anxious for Woods' confession. | A truthful statement from him of the cir- | cumstances surrounding the murder would undoubtedly curtail the time that will be occupied by the trial of the four ! men now in the tanks charged with the crime by rendering unnecessary a large lot of circumstantial evidence that can be presented for the prosecution, but a confession from Woods is not vital to the case. The police have a conclusive case against all four of the mien now in cus- tody, and against *“Kid" Goucher and “Brownie,” two others ot thé gang who succeeded in making their escape and are now at large. KAUFMAN AIDS POLICE. The evidence gathered by the police originally was fairly strong, but it was rendered positive by the statement made by Kaufman three days after his return from Fort Willlams, Ontario. | Captain Seymour admitted last night | that Kaufman had made such a state- ment, but persisted in not making public the detalls of it at this time. Part of Kaufman’s statement disclosed the identity of the woman who was the companion of “Kid"” Goucher in the Turk- street house, and it was learned for the first time that she was a resident of one of the towns across the bay. For three days Captain Seymour has been search- ing for her, and yesterday succeeded in finding her. He thought that from ker he might be able to ascertain the present whereabouts of Goucher, and from his confident manner last night it is believed that he gained this information. It is fully expected that the arrest of Goucher will be made within a few days, and pos- sibly that of “Brownie” also, who is sup- posed to be traveling with Goucher. It is now known from the statement | and fired a volley. made by Kaufman and also that of Confined on Page i:lu-ee. Continucd on Page Three. GUARDS FIRE ON THE MOB Serious Riot Occurs at Louvain, Near Brussels. Five Persons Killed and Tweive Are Wounded. Rejection of Revision Followed by Fresh Outbreaks. BRUSSELS, April 18.—A serious riot has occurred dt Louvain, near Brussels. The Socialists held a demonstration {n front of the residence of M.:Schollaert, Presi- dent of the Chamber of Deputies. The po- lice in attempting to disperse them were received with a shower of stones. The civic guard then fired on the mob. A similar riot occurred in another part lof Louvain, and altogether five persons were killed and twelve wounded. Some of the mob carried the dead and wounded to the Maison des Protetaires, Another riot is reported to have oc- curred in Bruges, Flanders. Here the po- lice charged the Socialists with drawn swords and ten of the wounded. The rioting at Louvain began at about 7:30 o’clock to-night. A band of Socialists paraded the streets of the town, smash- ing windows with bottles and rivets. They broke through the police cordons in the Rue Tirelmont. The civic guards stationed in the Place Saint Antoine ulti- mately became hard pressed by the rioters The guard fired a second volley in front of the Catholic Club. It is rumored that twelve police- men were wounded. In some quarters the number of wounded policemen is placed at twenty, and several are said to have been mortally Injured. All the streets of Louvain are barred and the maintenance of peace has been assumed by the military. REVISION IS REJECTED. The Chamber of Representatives to-day by 84 to 64 votes rejected the proposal to revise the Belgian constitution so as to provide fdr universal suffrage. The debate in the chamber followed yes- terday’s lines. M, Smery (Sogic¥st) ne- cused the Government- of being swrxious to let loose 60,000 soldiers against their brethren. But they would be unable to exterminate Socialism, he added, and enough Socialists would remain to con- tinue the struggle. As the Government was not willing to counsel the King to do his duty nothing was left but for the Socialists to address his Majesty ‘directly and plead for his intervention. If he but said the word peace would be re-estab- lished. After other speeches the vote was taken. SPEECH OF THE LEADER. Great excitement followed the vote in the chamber. The Socialists held a meet- ing in the Maison du Peuple, at which M. Van Dervelde, the leader of the Socialist movement in Belgium, urged his hearers to be calm and said he hoped King Leo- pold would still intervene. His speech took a conciliatory form. He indicated the dangers attending the insurrection of an almost weaponless people against or- ganized forces of police and military, and said a struggle by methods of violence was quite hopeless. The people could only adopt pacific means. The speaker sald he trusted the King would arbitrate in the difficulty. “If,” he continued, ‘“his Majesty does this we, while preserving our ideal, will for the present lay aside all idea of realiz- ing it. The Belgian people should kneel at the throne and say, ‘We are hungry, but we want justice.’” This speech is regarded as showing that the Soclalists accept defeat. The meeting passed a resolution to con- tinue the strike and dispersed without dis- order. The people of this city are generally im- patient with agitation, which greatly im- pedes trade and business. TRIUMPH FOR COUNTRY. In an interview after the Soclalist meet- ing M. Van Dervelde said: “The defeat in the Chamber is a tri- umph for the country. What the Gov- ernment has arbitrarily refused to-day will be realized by the Belgian people to- morrow. This s a memorable day in the history of Socialism. Never has such an impressive spectacle been offered to the world. Three hundred thousand men have gone on strike, not for an increase of wages or personal benefit but for the sake of their political convictions. The Catholic party ignores the popular will, and if the King be wise he will show that he is King of the Belgian people. The days for street rlots are over, We rely on moral force and therein lles our strength.” It was rumored here late to-night that King Leopold had decided to take the initiative and dissolve Parliament. BERLIN, April 18.—The Soclalist execu- tive committee has sent 10,000 marks to assist the Belgian Soclalist movement and has published a call to the German So- clalists askihg them to make individual contributions for the same purpose. Negroes Defy the Pursuers. CHEYENNE, Wyo., April 18.—William Harris and Willlam Diamong, negroes, stole some express matter from Sherman station to-day. They were overtaken at Buford and a battle ensued in which one of the negroes was wounded. When called upon to surrender the thiev;- pulled guns and stood the officers off until reinforce- ments arrived. As soon as Harris was shot his companion surrendered. They were taken to Laramie. Harris will prob- ably not recover. : latter were | PRICE FIVE CENTS. RIDE ROUGH SHOD OVER LEADERS AND PASS CUBAN BILL L RepublicanProtesters Join Democrats in House. i ASHINGTON, April 1. | —The Democrats and | the Republican in- ! -surgents rode rough- shod over the House leaders to-day - when | the voting began on the Cuban reciproeity | bill. They overthrew the ruling of the chair in committee of the whole on the | question of the germaneness of an -amendment. to - remove-- the - differential from ¥efincd” sugar- dufing the existence of the Fediprocity agreement provided for in the bill. The vote to overrule the de- cision of the chair, made by Sherman of New York, was 171 to 130, Republicans to the number of thirty-seven joining with a solid Democratic vote to accomplish this result. Having won this preliminary vie- tory, the amendment was adopted in com- | mittee, 164 to 111, and later in the House | by a still larger majority, 199 to 105. On this occasion sixty-four Republicans voted with the Democrats for the amend- ment. The bill then was passed by an overwhelming majority, 247 to 52. An analysis of the vote shows that 124 Republicans and 123 Democrats voted for the amended bill and 42 Republicans and 10 Democrats against it. The voting on | the bill was the culmination of a long | struggle, which began almost with the opening of this session of Congress, and | after two weeks of continuous debate, during which much bitterness was | aroused. To-day's debate was of an ex- | ceedingly lively character, the features being echoes of last night’s Democratic caucus. To this caucus the defeat of the Republican leaders who sought to pass the bill without amendment is attributa- ble. Previous to the holding of the cau- cus the Democrats were very much divid- ed, and the opposition of the Republican beet sugar men showed signs of disinte- grating. To-day, when it became appar- ent that the Democrats would act to- gether the beet sugar nlen decided at a meeting attended by thirty-two of them to take the bit In their teeth and over- ride the chair. As soon as this combina- tion was effected the Republican leaders realized that they would be defeated so far us the removal of the differential was concerned, and Payne, the .Republican leader, contented himself with warning his beet sugar colleagues that in remov- ing the differential they were taking off a bit of protection placed in the Dingley bill especially for the benefit of the beet sugar producers. The Democrats attempted to follow up their advantage when the differential amendment was adopted by offering the Babcock bill and other amendments to reduce the Dingley schedules, but on these | amendments the Republicans declined to stand with them and the Democrats did not press them vigorously. 9 One of the surprises of the session was the attempt of Roberts, a Massachusetts Republican, to take the duty off hides. He offered two amendments and appealed one from the decision of the chair, but was voted down each time. The bill as passed authorizes the Pres- ident, as soon as may be after the estab- lishment of an independent Government in Cuba and the enactment by that Gov- erment of immigration, exclusion and contract labor laws as restrictive as those of the United States, to negotiate a re- ciprocal trade agreement with Cuba, by which, in return for equivalent conces- sions, the United States will grant a re- duction of 20 per cent from the Dingley | rates on goods coming into the United States from Cuba, such agreement to con- tinue until December 1, 18¢3. During the existence of such agreement the duty on refined sugars and all sugars above No. 16 Dutch standard is to be 1.825 cents per pound. DEBATE ON_EECI?BDGIT! 3 Democrats Try to Drive in a Free Trade Wedge. . WASHINGTON, April 18.—When the House met to-day at 11 o'clock there was a prospect of a memorable session ahead. The general ‘debate upon the Cuen reciorocity bill was ta ”» THREE NOTED REPRESENTA- TIVES WHO MADE CLOSING SPEECHES ON CUBAN BILL. L e =t Amendment Removes Refined Sugar Dif- ferential. close at 3 o'clock, and it was the Intention of the leaders, if possible, to hold the House ses- sion until the final vote:was taken. The action of the Democratic caucus last night, which decided to vote solidly for.the removal of the differential on refined sugar, gave the leaders much concern, as they were unable to figure | | ! + | | corporation law | distant. ROOT’S JOB NOT SECURE Secretary of War May Withdraw From Cabinet. Scandal Over Miles and Philippines the Cause. Republicans Anxious to Have Him Retire. Special Dispatch to The Call. CALL BUREAU, 106 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, April 18.—Secretary of War Root may withdraw from the Cabinet as a result of recent develop- ments In connection with our military operations in the Philippines. Root is in a most unfortunate position. | His suppression of the Gardener report, his alleged failure to take proper cogniz- ance of the “water cure” and Gther atroo- ities alleged to have been committed by enlisted men of the army, astrous conflict efficers an his precipitation of the ¢ with General Miles and his failure to act in harmony with Republican Senators— these and other causes make it desirable | for him to retire. has introduced into his management of the War Department methods which made him a successful er. He is secretive and It is more difficult to get into his office than into the President’s private office. He makes no distinction between The Secretary | leaders of Congress and his fellow Gov- out exactly what strength the propesition would | commang on the Republican side. closures of Underwood last night relative to overtures made to the Democrats on the basis of an abandonment of the Crumpacker resolu- tion added a new complication to the situation and there seemed a likelihood that It might figure in the debate to-day in a sensational fashion. The whole atmosphere of the House was in fact charged with electricity and pre- | saged the coming storm. Richardson of Tennessee, leader, was the first speaker. He made a care- ful and dispassionate speech, explaining why he had voted In favor of reporting the bill. He stated frankly that he doubted whether the enactment of the bill would do much to bring about the reciprocal trade relations be- tween Cuba and the United States which were earnestly to be desired. But bhe had voted for it in the hope that\it might accomplish something. It would at least reduce by 20 per cent the outrageously high rates of the Dingley law so far.as Cuba was concerned. These high rates could not stand and, he sald, Grosvenor's speech a few days ago was a warning of the coming storm. He thought the time for a revision of the tariff was at hand and the fact that the pending bill began it in a modest way commended the measure to him. « Richardson called attention to the action of two country districts of Babcock, indorsing the latter’s bill to remove the duties on steel, and amid Democratic applause sald the Demo- crats proposed to give Babcock an opportunity later on to vote for the bill his constituents had indorssd. He also outlined the Demo- cratic programme relative amendment to abolish the differential duty on refined sugar. If this amendment carried, he said, five or six million dollars would be taken from the sugar refiners and given to the Amer- fcan consumers of sugar, Just before Richardson took his seat Brom- well of Ohlo asked him this question: “'Does the gentleman from Tennessee know anything of a reported bargain between the leaders on this side and the Democrats on that by, which the Crumpacker resolution is to be smothered in order to ald the passage of the pending bill?” “‘Abgoiutely nothing,’” replied Richardson. Fordney of Michigan opposed the bill. He declared that not a single Cuban appeared be- fore the Ways and Means Committee in favor of the bill. Every one of the witnesses for it, he sald, was either an American citizen own- ing sugar land in Cuba or indirectly or direct- 1y representing the interest of the sugar trust. Hepburn of Iowa hroused considerable ex- citement by bringing forward the revelation made in the Democratic caucus last night con- cerning the alleged overtures from the Repub- lican side to abandon the Crumpacker resolu- tion it the Democrats from the States threat- ened would vote against overruling the chair. After reading the account of the caucus in a morning paper he procseded with great em- phasis to declare that the charge was of a very serious character, “It charges some members of this House with attempting to traffic with the legislation before this body,” he sald. “'It charges them with a willingness to shelve legislation which members here consider very Important in order the Democratic éunt{nue'd on Page Two. The dis- | to offering an | | War has | ports detailing outrages | harshly as they do the Tagalogs. | cure™ ernment officials in this respect. ADMIRATION FOR ROOT. The President has high admiration fof Root. He constituted him his chief ad- viser and friend within a few minutes after- he took the oath of office in Buffalo last fall. Ever since the Secretary of been closer to the President than any other member of the Cabinet. The President would regard it as a mis- fortune to lose his services, but Repub- lican politicians believe it wouild be to the advantage of the party if he got out vol- untarily. In their analysis, the conditions’ in the Philippines, whether they are good or bad, rest on Root. He Is responsible for them. Senators who are not friendly to the Secretary of War say he blundered grievously in inviting a conflict with Gen- eral Miles over a matter in which the general obviously was right. They main- tain also that without more or less en- couragement from Washington the crimes which are now charged to our soldiers would not have continued through a pe- riod of years. The President is being constantly urged to act without fear or favor, as a means of proving to the pub- lic that Republicans will not stand for conduct such as is charged against high army officers in the Philippines. These advisers have undertaken to prove to the President that the immediate retirement of Root would be a boon to the party, especially if General Miles is compelled to retire. DETAILING OUTRAGES. In anticipation of a call from the Senate Committee on Philippines, the War De- partment prepared to-day copies of re- committed by Macabebe scouts. These reports will, it is sald at the department, show that swift punishment has followed all cruelties committed by the natives. This will show, furthermore, that there has bes@ enmity for many years between the Ma®= abebes and Tagalogs, arising out of an attack by the latter upon the former. The reports state, however, that Maca- bebe scouts treat their own people as In re- gard to the application of the “water- treatment to women, and other outrages conmmitted upon them, the de- partment states that every case was im- mediately investigated and the perpetra- tors were punished. The department is considerably concerned over the publica- tion of reports of atrocities and is minim- | izing their importance. Members of the Senate committee say, however, that the charges are extremely serious and that the Democrats are making as much cap- ital as possible out of them for use in the fall elections. ATEKINSON IS SUMMONED. The Senate Committee on the Philip- pines did not hear testimony to-day be- cause of the fallure of a witness to arrive. This expected witness is Grover Flint of Cambridge, Mass., who spent some time in the Philippines and who is reported to have stated that he had seen the “water- cure” administered. He will be heard Monday. On motion of Senator Bever- idge the committee, by a party vote of five to four, adjourned until Monday, al- though Senator Carmack stated that he requested Edward Atkinson to come to ‘Washington for the purpose of testifying to-morrow. MANILA, April 18.—Lieutenant John H. A. Day of the Marine Corps testifled to- day at his trial by court martial, on the charge of executing natives 'of Samar without trial, that the Presidente of Ba- sey, Samar, and his feliow plotters were shot, as he believed, by the orders of Ma- jor Glenn. The trial was adjourned until April 22 Lieutenant Cook of the scouts is to bg tried by court martial on citarges similar to those brought against Major Waller and Lieutenant Day. San Franciscan Selected. NEW YORK, April 18.—Rev. Dr. Rand, secretary of the American Tract Soclety, has resigned. Rev. John H. Kerr, pastor of Trinity Presbyterian Church of San Francisco, has been elecied secretary of the publishing department of the society.