The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 9, 1902, Page 14

14 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1902. DRUIDIC GROVE 5 INSTITUTED! New Subordinate of the Order Exists in Fra- ternal World. STRANGE EPISODE IN CAREER OF AGED COBBLER WATERSON He Disappears on October 18, 1901, a Body Supposed to Be His Is| Fished Out of the Bay and Buried, Doctor Puts in Bill for Services, and Now It Is Discovered That the Shoemaker Lives e An Installation Supper Fol- lows the Impressive Ceremonies. O Wl TTORE-MAAT LV BN NICHT OF DISAPPIRANCE. FE v grove of the United Anclent Or- tituted in the Druids’ Noble Grand Arch ted by Grand Sec- | non, Grand Treas- Supreme Arch L. G. Schord t Arches Bamman and Stock. The | | which has taken the name of | | s with sixty-two char- | | The ceremony of institu- ucted in an impressive man- following named were in- | | e officers for the current| | Old Fr 4, past arch; C. F. Wede e ¥. Renken, vice arch g secretary; §. F. Graham, | William ' Holscher, treas’ | uctor: Michael Albrecht. outside guard; E. B. Ti. Stelling, trustees. tallation the ~members and a number of visitors > a Powell street rotisserie, where partook of ceded on installation supper, he way there by the band. At the conclu- nt menu and a selection noble arch introduced astmaster, and the fol- onded to: and Arch Godeau; Grand_Secretary Grove,” Ed Lewis; Schord, P. £, 3. ‘Cappel; “The Ladies,” nd general remarks, Martin band, the titution and installation function by the following commit- tee of arrangements—H. H. Dilges ), C. F. Wedemeyer (secretary), B. F. H. Peterse A. Mavers. Lord. John Erickson, . H. Schiichting, Young, William E. Sl , A. Gorfinke] , M. E. B. Snyder, Melville Krous, Peter _Mirrasoul, egan, J. W. Richardson, . Gantner, L. Forster, | Ligmann, O. Meissner, P, ing, A. Priestaff, Fred “red W. Morgan, Hugo Krous. —_— Pressmen’s Annual Picnic. } h annual picnic of the | ’s Unfon No. 24 will be | rbor View Park on Sunday, | | legation from the dif- | | present, and special | have been arranged | Friday and DR PRESENTS p-227 Saturday PICKED UP BYD # PoOLICErTAN ; Administrator Patrick Boland for the revocation of letters of admi tration upon the estate of i William Waterson, to be made in Judge Murasky's court to-day, veal & veculiar story of a ma: pearance, the finding of his body in the bay, quent discover: inmate of a hospital. A laughable feature of the affair, and at the =ame time one that will perhaps be officlally investigated, is the fact of the filing by & physician of a bill against the estate for serv rendered, Water- Shoe Specials | | HE application of former Public { | i supposed , its burial and the subse- that he is alive and the been some time since el we have offered values as ]| son declaring he never saw the doctor in | question. ; nes & Fri. ; There was also a pathetic incident, o | o iy B e e e s oo turday special sales. to whom Waterson was devoted visited the Morgue and tearfully identified the ‘ach department is repre- %W‘%’;l;?,“" 5 vl Bis Roldnve e pt your buying. even || Fo e e e A ould you not mneed the || ioobay of " the. Olympie Crubs_ with shoes for weeks to come. whom ne did sufficient business to enable { him to lay by the tidy sum of $700 in the Hibernia Bank. Waterson was a fat, jolly old fellow, with a cheery greeting for Monday the prices zo back the regular figures. all, and a love for intoxican ive gratification of which wa: B ble for the events which rendered the to dead io the world for a period of Ladies” xford ties for || and who, until accidental summ B | ntification on Wednesd: was thought " to be snugly buried in Cypress Lawn Cemetery. | “or cvening of October 18 last Wat- t to his old friend, Mrs | Mary _Flvnn, living on Dupont stree | near Vallejo.' Waterson had been drink. | g heavily for several days previous and on the night in question he indulged to such an extent that he could not return | home alone. Mrs. Flynn escorted him To patent leather 1 kid Jace shoes with tips, dull kid tops and our regular $1.00 grade. FIVOR HOLDINE BOND ELECTION Supervisors May Submit | | Purchase of Geary i Road First. NG| ; hand weltes r well known $3.. riday and Saturday 25 635 s paten | | | | { very leather or enamel Ox- swell; our popular $3.50 2 riday and Satur. 1 for ~ $2.85 velour lace shoes; fine, soft toes, extended soles, ted; just received from to =ell’ for $3 Spectal and Saturday......$2.85 actory for Fri | The Supervisors’ Public Utilities Com- mittee recommended the preparation of a resolution yesterday calling for a special election some time this«year to submit to the electors the proposition to acquire the Geary-street road by a proposed bond issue. The resolution also contains a spe- cial provision calling for another election for the purpose of voting on a proposed | charter amendment s0 that all intended public improvements and acquisition of utilities may be submitted at one election. A speclal meeting of the Board of Super- nildren’s and misses’ hoes; material, extended soles; ev teed. Special for box-calf lace Bood weight, palr guaran- riday and Satur- box-calf lace shoes, extended 3 ent wearing and elegant very peir guaranteed. Spe- § | visors will be called for the purpose of riday and Saturday— | considering the proposed legislation to to 18 £1.45 {whlch ali Interested parties will be in- 2 T vited. ol st $1.65 The commitee discussed the City Attor- 1o & ----81.95 || ney’s opinion that separate elections must be held for each class of improvement or utility. This would necessitate seven separate elections. It was suggested that three elections be held this year for schools, hospital and Geary-stréet road acquisition and four next year for all other projects, but the original resolution prevailed. The committee reported in favor of re- questing the Board of Public Works_to estimate the cost of comstruction of a KAUF i 832 MARKET st.SF, fords, w | his room in the rear of his cobbling shop, s remmed || ana after seeing him well provided for Friday and | | A i s a2~ AS WATERSON Warerson: 7 Y Boland as a charge agairst the estate. In the search for heirs to the estate the Administrator's clerk, AR Iber, learned a few days ago that a man an- swering Waterson's descrintion had been a patient at the County Hospital. He in- stituted inguiries, which resulted in the astounding discovery that Waterson was altve. Administrator Boland went to the bank Wednesday to draw Waterson's money, when he learned for the first time that Waterson was not dead and buried, as was supposed. Friends went to the hosrital and brought Waterson down- town. He was recognized by his ac- quaintances and given a hearty greeting. MYSTERY IS EXPLAINED. 1t develops that Waterson was attacked with brain fever on the night of his dis- appearance, and while in delirfum ran =3 I AT THE HasPI AL THAT OF To wis | | | ES ol COBBLER WHO DISAPPEARED MYSTERIOUSLY IN OCTOBER, AND WHO WAS PRESUMABLY DROWNED AND BURIED, BUT WHO TURNED UP IN TIME TO SAVE HIS ESTATE. 3 ot left the place. On the following morn- ing she returned to find Waterson's door open and the occupant gone. Inquiry among the neighbors failed to reveai any information as to his whereabouts, and after = day or two the matter was re- ported to the police. BODY IS IDENTIFIED. Three weeks after Waterson's disap- pearance a “floater” was picked up by two fishermen. and when Mrs. Flynn vis- ited the Morgue that day she identified the remains as those of her old frend. In order that there might be no mistake, an- other friend who knew Waterson well also viewed the body and pronounced it to be Waterson's. Everything was pres- ent to complete the . jdentification—the short, fat Lody, round face, short mus- tache and goatee. There was no doubt in the minds of the Morgue officials as to the identity of the remains, and as Waterson was known to have $700 on de- posit in the Hibernia Bank and no known Helrs it was decided to give Waterson a fine burfal. The remains were interred by Undertakers McGinn & Hansen, who filed a bill for $100 with Administrator new sewer system; also to make appraise- ments of the lands proposed to be ac- auired for parks south of Market street and a children’s playground at North Beacii; also to appraise sites for new fire- nouses as recommended by the Fire Com- mission: also to prepage plans and esti- mates for a new County Jail in Dunbar alley. and for additional room for the Hall of Justice to accommodate the Police Department; also plans for a new City and County Hospital and site. This is preliminary to passing a declaratoxy ordi- nance on the subject. . Fire Commissioner Grady urged the necessity of incorporating in the proposed bond issue the acquisition of new fire- bouses. Grady said that many of them were a disgrace and fleclaredy that the bulldings used by engine 9 on Main street and engine 5 on Stockton street and sev- eral others were unfit for human habita- tion. He sald that $350,000 would be re- quired to purchase new sites and erect the buildings thereon. School Director Mark spoke in favor of the children’s playground at North Beach. —_— CRAM'S SUPERIOR ATLAS, A ear-load of Call !npe’rlor Atlases has arrived and they are now ready for distriba- tion. All subscribers to The Call are entitled to a copy of this great book at the prein- ium rate of $1 50. Out of town subscribers desiring a copy of this splendid prem- jmm will be supplied on re- ceipt of $1 50. All mail orders will be shipped by ex- press at subscriber’s expense. half-clad into the street. He claims to have been drugged and wandered out into the Mission, where he was picked up by a policeman, who took him to_the County Hospital. The old man could give no ac- count of himself and it was several weeks before he recovered sufficiently to give his name. His recovery was and the once rotund Waterson is now mere shadow of his former self. He says he is not dead vet and that he hopes to live for many years to come. In the meanwhile the undertakers who buried the supposed Waterson are won- dering from whom they are going to col- lect their bill of $100. " Likewise there is a certain physician who filed a claim for against Waterson's estate for medi- cal services rendered prior to his death. ‘Waterson, who lives at 316 Fourth street, says he never saw the doctor in ques- tion. The identity of Waterson's substi- tute is unknown, but it does not alter the fact that he lies at rest under trans- lucent skies, enshrouded in a fine casket, and that but for Waterson’s timely dis- appearance and his resemblance to the cobbler his bones might now be stowed away in the notter’s field. a HERS OF FAR N ONGE WORE Judge Troutt Refuses to Dismiss Motion for Distribution. Mrs. Nettie R. Craven, who as the self- styled widow of James G. Fair claimed @ widow's share of the millions left by the late bonanza king, has once again failed to establish her right to any of Fair's money or property. Judge Troutt yesterday refused to grant the motion made by James G. Maguire and Charles J. Pence, attorneys for Mrs. Craven, to dismiss the petition for distribution of the Fair estate filed by the Fair children. The heirs are now in a fair way to re- ceive the estate. made by the attorneys for the heirs and the executors against the motion of Ma- K“i're _and Pence to dismiss. 2 Unléss the matter is carried to the Su- preme Court Mrs. Craven's claims are, by the decision of Jud, tt, e stoutsl all.n Judge Trou settled for e Libcl Dismissed. United States District Judge de Haven yesterday dismissed the libel of Bernhard Harde vs. the schooner Alealde for. $10,000 damages for personal injuries. \ v f -| Hadley. Judge Troutt sustained all the points | FORGING CHAIN AROUND HADLEY Police Claim to Have Additional Evidence | Against Him. | Chief Wittman Hopes to Have | Suspect in Toils Very i Soon. .. The police feel confident that it is only a matter of a short time when they will have Charles B. Hadley, the fugitive Ex- aminer accountant and bookkeeper, in their clutches to answer for the brutal murder of Nora TFuller. Seldom in the history of crime has a police department penetrated into such a deep mystery as that which surrounded the identity of the fiend who strangled the unfortunate girl, and if Hadley is caught and convicted of the murder, much credit is due Chief of Police Witt~ man and Chief of Detecti Seymour. ‘When Hadley's name w first men- tioned in connection with the murder there were many who scoffed at the ef- forts of the police to fix the responsi- bility of the brutal crime upon the miss. ing Examiner man, but now that the po- lice have developed a chain of strong | evidence connecting him with t.e mur- der there is a disposition on the part of those who ridicuied the idea to fall in line and accept the belief that Hadley Is the murderer. DISCOVERS MORE EVIDENCE. Captain Seymour claims to have’dis- covered another strong bit of evidence which is damaging to Hadley. Captain Seymour and his gctectl\'es are conduct- ing the investigation quietly, and for rea- sons best known to themselves they in- tend to keep their uiscoveries secret for the time being. Chief Wittman is in hopes that he will receive a clew to Hadley’s whereabouts within the next few days. The fugitive is well known throughout the big cities, and it is quite lfkely that he will be rec- ognized through one of the photograpaic circulars cailing for his arrest which are well distributed all over the country. Both Captain Seymour and Chief Witt. man have little faith in the theory that Hadley has committed suicide. They are convinced that he is in hiding either in Mexico or in some other neighboring for- elgn territory. Much comment is made on the fact that the two furniture men who had dealings with the mysterious Hawkins and the grocery clerk, who saw him with the Fuller girl, identify the photo- graph of Hadley so readily. while Krone, the restaurant man, vS he is not the John Bennett who is supposed to have met Nora Fuller at the Popuiar Res- taurant the day she disappeared. Krone claimed to have known Hadley well, but upon being questioned closely he ad- mitted that he had not seen him for three years. This state of affairs, coupled with the fact that Krone said at the out- set of the case that his patron, whom he knew as John Bennett, sometimes wore a clerical garb, and the police hav- ing established beyond a shadow of a doubt that Hadley sometimes clad him- | self in ministerial garb, has given rise to sln-ange conjectures as to Krone's posi- tion. DRESSED AS MINISTER. The police have in their possession a | tintype of Hadley dressed as a minister which was taken at the Cliff House about five years ago. None of Hadley’s inti- mate friends ever knew him to essay the role of a minister. This is taken to indi-! cate that Hadley was a man of pecu-| liarly eccentric habits—just such a man who would go about laying fiendish plans for a young girl's death in the stealthy manner that the mysterious C. B. Haw- kins consummated his foul plot. i ‘““When the time comes we hope to pro. duce enough evidence to send Hadley to the gallows,” said Chief Wittman when seen last night. ‘““We are working away on the case, getting a little information every day. Captain Seymour has his best detectives detailed on the case, and all we want_ at this time is the arrest of I feel confident that we will have him in the toils before long. We will follow him to the end of the -earth, if necessary, to bring him back to face the charge of murder which the mother of the dead girl has lodged against him.” REV. JAMES H. KELLEY FACES HIS ACCUSER Colored Pastor Placed on Trial for Betrayal Under Promise of Marriage. Judge Cabaniss’ courtroom was almost filled with male and female members of the Third (colored) Baptist Church, 518 | Powell street, yesterday morning, the oc- casfon being the hearing of the charge brought against their pastor, Rev. James | H. Kelley, by Hattie' Bynum, a young | member of the congregation, of betrayal under promise of marriage. Attorney Caldwell specially prosecuted, and the de- fendant was represented by Attorney. Copland and Scott. The complaining witness is a bright, in- telligent colored girl. She gave her tes: mony calmly and in a straightforward manner, and was not at all disconcerted when under a severe cross-examination, which was not concluded when the case was continued till this afternoon. She testified that she was introduced to Kelley while he was on a visit to Stock- ton. "She and her mother came to this city in March, 1900, and got employment with Mrs. Ford, whose house is in the rear of the church. Here she frequently | met the defendant. She claimed that he betrayed her under promise of marriage on September’ 4. —_————— CHINESE BUREAU TURNED | DOWN BY THE TREASURY Refuses to Allow a Native Born Coolie to Land and Is Over- ruled. The Secretary of the Treasury has dis- ! missed the charges preferred against Chi- nese Inspector Lynch by Gin Wah, a Chi- nese merchant at Sebastopol, Sonoma County. A Chinese coolie arrived several months ago, claiming to be a native-born American and to be the son of Gin Wah. Lynch went to Sebastopol and found that | Gin Wah kept a gambling house. Gin gave Lynch a ten-dollar gold piece to bribe him to suppress that fact in his re- port, but Lynch handed over the money to the Chinese Bureau and the gambier preferred charges of blackmalil against | Lynch. The Chinese Bureau denied a | landing to Gin’s putative son, but the | bureau was turned down by the Treasury | Department and the coolie was allowed to land as a native-born American citizen. | —————— Attacked by Jealous Husband. John Dawson, an ironworker, lving at 156 Piper street, was booked at the City Prison yesterday afternoon on a charge ; of 1ssault with a deadly weapon. James Freeman, a_longshoreman, boarded with Dawson and Dawson complained that he was_running the house and paying too much attention to Mrs. Dawson. About 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon the two men quarreled and Dawson struck Freeman on the head with a long heavy file. Freeman ‘was taken to the Emergency Hospital for treatment. — e Acquitted of Robbery. The trial of Charles E. Rankin on the charge of robbery was neld before a jury in Judge Cook’s court yesterday and a verdict of not guilty was returned under instructions of the Judge after the jury had been out for about two hours. Ran- kin was accused of stealing a watch from James Staples of Benicia while Staples was lving In a drunken stupor on the stalrs at 1 Fifth street on the morning of March 3L ————— { Adams' Hair Restorer promotes growth, re- stores color and beauty to thin gray hair, 50c. * —_———— Revenue Cuiter Changes. Assistant Engineers H..K. Spencer and G. 8. Luten have been transferred from the revenue cutter -McCulloch to the | Perry, and Assistant Engineer R. G. Wright of the Perry has been ordered lmms.v £ % ADVERTISEMENTS. Swiss PAIR 000 44-inch TAIN SWISS, in Figured Designs and Dots,, 25 Y1 Crochet Simmer Shawls, We call Suits, them Summer [ prigay Shawls, be- cause they are so neces- sary for cool evenings, when. heavier wraps are un- ¢_o mfortable. We have a shades: wortl Bt and . SALE PRICD 250 Each. Special Sale 1 h NEAR-LINEN SHEETS AND PILLOA CASES USED IN THOUSANDS OF SAN FRANCISCO HOMES. 60c to $1.25 Yard ALL Oimctiuie © REMNANTS OF RIBBONS. HALF PRICE. @ FRIDAY, MAY 9, 19502. | ‘Dependable Qualities % R“mfll_l Priced Like These Hfllf =| Crfains | Give Impetus to Cur | P, o | FRIDAY |wwm s | oALES. 16w PSomig) GSami), = CLEARANCE SALE OF Bathing Suits. About 100 Flannel and -Alpaca_Bathing worth $6, $7.50 and $9, SPECIAL $3.25 Each. Black Dress Goods Values By reason of their extreme price attractiveness will win im- mediate favor. | 3200 yards Black Henrietta Cloth, 44 PH]E Cream inches wide, worth $1.45 yard, at KS} ‘ZSF‘P,‘t\qu- French 85c Yard. Bh ST EXTRA HEAVY QUALITY ALL-WOOL Point stitch: Fla]mflls CHEVIOTS, ing, tor Both tw 40c Yard. 900 Pair. oth twilled > 5 Black All-Wool Suitings and Figured 2 and plain, 0 1 Mohairs, former prices 73c, 8¢, $1 yard, L5 Fine ol < e at about half price. _Special Kid Gloves 50c Yard. REMNANTS OF BLACK GOODS HALF PRICE. AT Abont Remnants of Taffeta Silks 50¢ Yard. These rem- nants have a ¢ cumulated and _are tremely reas- onable. Handker- chiAefs. / 12%¢ Each. ‘SHIHLO OML SHYAMING L13IHS NIANIT-HVIN 3NO Special Kid Glove Sale. DRESS in San Francisco combined. This Vis-a-Vis is only one of the swell turnouts we show on our floor. Don’t fail to pay us a_visit before buying. More stock than all other dealers Ask for 192 Catalogues. STUDERAKER BROS. (OMPANY OF CALIFORNIA.. Market and 1oth Streets. San Francisco. ATKINSON GETS OUT RESTRAINING ORDER Says Police Raids on Cafe Royal Have Injured His Billiard Business. P. Q. Atkinson, owner of the billiard privilege at the Cafe Royal, through his attorneys, T. D. Riordan and Henry Ach, secured a preliminary injunction yester- day restraining Chief of Police Wittman from raiding the Royal Social Club rooms, at the corner of Fourth street and Pio- neer court. The order was issued by Judge Murasky and was made returnable before him Tuesday next at 10 a. m. At- turneys Riordan and Ach are Atkinson's bondsmen. Atkinson alleges that he has leased the | billiard privileges from the Royal Social Club for $500, expended $500 more in fitting the place up and paid $360 for rental up to April 10, 1903. His sole revenue, he al- leges, is derived from the members of the club, and that in consequence of the raids of tke police his business is ruined. ————— Masons Take Charge of Body. San Francisco Consistory of Scottish Rite Masons, Thirty-second Degree, have taken charge of the remains of James Arthur Murrey, the laundry marker who cut his throat yesterday morning while demented. Deputy Coroner Mike Brown in searching ,the clothing of the suicide found a Masonic diploma sewed in the lining of his vest. It certified that Mur- rey had been raised to the thirty-second degree by the Arkansas Consistory at Little Rock in_ May, 18%. Charles W. Conlisk of the San Francisco Consistory Teceived a telegram yesterday from Little Rock stating that (h.e diploma was genu- ine. 1 VON DUERING FINED THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS Wealthy Resident of TLarkmead Pun- ished for Writing Love Letters in Another’s Name. The United States treasury was mada richer yesterday by 3300 in gold coin paid by Deidrich von Duering of Larkmead, Napa, into theé United States District Court_at the request of Judge de Haven. The Judge remarked that if Mr. von Duering happened to be short and wanted more time he would be furnished a safe and cozy apartment in the Napa County Jail and three meals per day at the ex- pense of the United States until sueh time as he felt able to separate himsel? from that much gold. Mr. von Duering preferred to stay home nights and paid the monev. Von Duering was convicted last Tues- day of taking from the Calistoga postof- fice and opening letters addressed to Mrs. Robert Preitz, his sister-in-law. He tes- tified that he wrote letters at the request of Mrs. Preitz and in her name to Walter Luhn at St. Louis and received the an- swers for her, but the jury refused to be- leve him and conceived an unfavorable opinion of him because, according to hi sworn_ statement, asked M: Preitz’'s husband how much he would give to be furnished with proof of her in- fidelity. Von Duering’s wife is the sister of Mrs. Preitz’s husband. Postoffice Inspector Dennis Coyne, un- der the dlrection of Chief R. R. Munro, worked up the case against Von Duering. not a single link in the chain being want- ing. The convicted man is a well-to-do resident of Larkmead —_—— Smuggled Opium Seized. Sixteen tins of prepared opium weras seized yesterday on the Leelanaw by cus- toms inspectors as smuggled goods. If you ever hear of anyonewho says he bought an unsatisfactory pair of shoes at the Walk-Over Shoe Store, tell him, or her, that he, or she, is foolish not to take them back. We’ll right every wrong—even when the wrong is in the buyer’s mind and not in the shoes. This is a Money-back store in fact—not in name only. We absolutely guarantee the wear of every pair of Wailk-Over Shoes. Also,any misrepresentation on the part be constituted sufficient of a clerk, will grounds for a refund of your money—or a new pair. So you can spend your $3.50 here without fear of losing the price, if the shoes do not look as well at home as they did in the store; or if 3 the wear proves defective in any FOR MEN--FOR WOMEN. manner whatsoever. What $5.00 store will do as much ? WALK-OVER SHOE STORE F. F. WRIGHT & SON, Los Angeles Store: 111 Seo. Spring St. 924-28 Market Street. ..Mo