The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 25, 1902, Page 5

SUT INVOLVES BALAKLALA MINE Sale of Great Copper Producer Checked Temporarily. Claimants to a Minute Inter- est Accuse Attorney of Fraud. Special Dispatch to The Call. EDDING, June 24.—One of the most JOLLY EAGLES WILL SCREECH ON THEFOURTH Napa to Entertain the Aeries From Many tant civil cases ever heard in the perior Court is now on | ze Sweeny. A minute in- | ms is at stake, the sale of the great copner mine at Kennet, now for $650,000. k maker of San Fran- of the Balaklala Min- nearly the entire in- Madden, Willilam im a mi- company sues to com- f the property and to a sale of the mine to the Peter D. Kimberley. Eight law- nt various litigaits. ests of Madden, Conroy nificant by compari- richest claims of the can be made without otson of Redding is alaklala Mining him Conroy and Mur- char in the answer Under an agreement the 1ave paid them certain A payment was made deed to the com- filed. They obtained their sig- deed upon the representa- s merely a receipt for the them. says that he can and s course. MINING TOWN SINKING INTO FLOODED DRIFTS Earth’s Crust Beneath Issaquah Sub- sides From Five to Seven ter broke into s were drown th d. There is ew slope and an e company had just a total loss. All ndermined bsidence of tilted seemed probable 1d be thrown out ADVERTISEMENTS. Good enough } for anybody ! ALL Havana Fi LLER “ FLORODORA" BANDS are of seme value as tags from * STAR" * HORSE SHOE,” ~SPEARHEAD, " STANDARD NAVY," * OLD PEACH & HONEY,” « SAW LOG,” ** OLE VARGINY" or “MASTER WORKMAN"" Tobacco. 6 IERCE'S FAVORITE RESCRIPTION FOR WEAK WOMEN. BROU'S A PERMANENT CURE of the most obstinate cases of Gonorrbaa 4 Gleet, guaranteed in from 3 © 6 ne other treatment requis S0id by all draggists. WA AR5 < security] A Perfect Retainer, It does the work! 8 Call of ‘write today for ‘BOOKLET ¥O. L™ Address: E.Truss 206 Post Street, San Francisco, Cal. » 83 W. 24th St., New York, Mention this Paper "DR. TOM SHE BIN, Chinese Tea and Call and Herb Sanitarfum, Testimonials fice, STREET, . | » and Commerefal, ancisco, Cal. NEW WESTERN HOTEL, EARNY AND WASHINGTON STS.—RE- modeled and renovated NG, WARD & 0. Buropean pian. Rooms, 0 §1 5u day; T to $5 week; $S o $20 month. Free baths: ot and cold water every room: fire grates in | wesy room; elevator runs all night, now | | liver an addres Cities. - % | [ { | | | f | | | | ‘ [ | | | | | | | [ | I . - =i | ‘ BEAUTIFUL MISS WHO WILL } BE GODDESS OF LIBERTY IN NAPA ON THE FOURTH. APA, June 24—Napa Aerie No. 161, Fraternal Order of Eagles, is | making extensive ‘preparations | for a celebration on the Fourth f of July. Aeries from all parts of | theé State will be in attendance. A prize of $100 has been offered the aerie making | the best appearance in the procession. | Miss Nellie Garwood has been selected | as Goddess of Liberty. Miss Garwood is a beautiful young lady and was born and reared in the city that has thus honored er. Assemblyman E. L. Webber will act as president of the d: A. " Gratz, grand marshal; Theo. 4. Bell, orator, and Judge J. M. Palmer Jr. Will read the Declaration | of Pndependence. Mayor Fuller will de- of welcome. San Francisco Aerie No. 5 has char- tered the steamer Zinfandel for the trip to Napa. Golden Gate Aerie No. 61 has | engaged the steamer St. Helena. Other | steamers chartered by the aeries are the | Dawson City, the Diamond and the Ngpa City. A street exhibition and procession will be given in San Francisco the night of July 3 by the San Francisco aerles. Mar- ket street will be lighted especially for the occasion. San Francisco Aerie No. 5 of the Fra- ternal Order of Eagles will go to Napa in uniform, consisting of tennis flannel coat and pantaloons, neglige shirt, white shoes, blue belt, red necktie and Panama | hat, and in order to be in good marching trim the members will have practice drills on the 27th Inst. and on July 2 in B'nai B'rith Hall. The members will leave in the following order of procession on the evening of July 3 Band, Eagle drum corps;: Eagle Initiation team of nine members, carrying the aerie's new silk banner and new silk flag; uniformed members of the aerle and -the members not uniformed from B'mai B'rith Hall to Market street wharf, where a steamer will convey the excursionists to destination. Friends of members and their families will accompany the excursionists and the committee in charge states that no one will be permitted on the boat who is not vouched for by a member of the aerie. The committee is composed of A. C. Berthier (chairman), Fred Wiillams, James 8. Cannon, Charles Thall, Walter Larsen, A. Rosencrantz. Fears Lynching and Is Drowned. JOPLIN, Mo., June 24.—William Brown, miner of Minden, Mo., fearful of being lynched for the murder of a fellow-work- er, jumped into the Eik River near Lan- agan, forty miles from here, to-day and was drowned. Brown had been arrested for the murder of Joseph Stager, whose dead body was found under a’ bridge. While officers were taking Brown to jail a crowd of men gathered. After a des- perate struggle Brown broke away, an before the officers could interfere, drown- ed himself. No cause is known for the murder of Stager, who was 38 years of | age. | | session have come to light, and they were THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JUNE ‘25, 1902. GENSURING THE WARDEN OF FOLSOM State Prison Directors Strongly Rebuke ‘Wilkinson. Tell Him Plainly That He Must Promptly Alter His Methcds. Board Decides to, Give Him One Mor2 Chance Because He Is Near- ing the End of His Term. S T Special Dispatch to The Call. SACRAMENTO, June 24.—Warden Wil- kinson of the State Prison at Folsom has Leen ‘“roasted to a turn” by the State Board of Prison Directors on the ground of general incompetency in the manage- ment of the great penal institution en- trusted to his care. Last Saturday night the board passed several hours in a se- cret meeting, and when it finally ad- journed at midnight the directors sealed | their lips and declined to tell the news- paper reporters in waiting what had been done. The only morsel the scribes got was the resolution declaring that convicts | should no longer be permitted to tamper or juggle with claims against the State. But some of the facts about the executive | | | i | published in the Bee this evening. That peper says its information is most relia- ble, During the past winter and spring sto- ries of cruelty on the part of the Warden have floated out of the prison. Among other things, it has been alleged that the Warden has been unnecessarily severe in | the manner of punishing prisoners for breaking the rules of the institution. It was also said that he did not give them enough food and that they did not have sufficient * clothing to keep them warm during the winter months. In one in- stance, it has been claimed, a prisoner had died in his cell, where he had been thrown with a straitjacket laced tightly about his body. It was also claimed the Warden was in the habit of stopping the mail carrier between the prison and Folsom and look- ing over the contents of the pouch before it was delivered to Postmaster Smith. The latter, who is clerk of the board, | threw up his job as Postmaster. i There were a number of other com-| plaints which had been brought to the | attention of the Board of Prison Direc- | tors. Several members of the board were | at the prison last week, before the meet- ing of Saturday. They went to investi gate affairs in their own way, and it is understood they gathered considerable mzterial. 1t is said the board did not mince mat- ters with Warden Wilkinson, but told him piainly that the prison would have to be | run upon a different plan. It is sald the directors gave Wilkinson to under- stand he would be given one more chance. The directors do not want to cause the removal of the Warden at this time, as he only has a little more than a year to serve in that position. | WEAK SPOT IN THE WALL. Remarkable Story by Comvict Witn Helped Build Folsom Prison. PHOENIX, Ariz., June 24.—A revelation was made here to-day which may prove to be of interest to the authorities of Fol- som prison. Three years ago James Ker- rick, who had been implicated in several cattle stealing cases in the neighborhood of Gila Bend, was convicted and sent to Yuma. Before the end of the year he was released on parole, the principal condition | being that he should leave the Territory and stay out of it. Kerrick was once a life prisoner in San Quentin, Cal., and it is an incident of his confinement there that has just been given publicity. He had been convicted of a! murder and narrowly escaped lynching. That was before the establishment of the prison at Folsom. Kerrick was taught the trade of a stone mason and became quite expert. When the bullding of Folsom prison was begun Kerrick was sent to as- sist in the masonry and was made a fore- man. This gave him an opportunity to plan’ for his escape. In the construction of a corner cell he managed to place a large three-cornered stone in such a manner that by loosening the mortar it could be shoved out, leaving a hole large enough for a man to crawl | through. When the work on the prison was so far advanced that the convicts could be locked in the newly completed cells, Kerrick got permission” to occupy that particular cell. That evening something happened which saved him the trouble of breaking out of the prison. A pardon for him arrived. An | uncle had dled a few days before and on | his deathbed had confessed that he had | committed the murder for which Kerrick | was sentenced. Kerrick never informed the State of California of the defect in the wall of the prison, and when he told an acquaintance about it not long ago he said he was quite | sure that it had not been discovered and that any one incarcerated in that particu- lar cell could easily escape. ':RH;HRR RRRRRR RRRRR RRRRRRY, 2R RRe. Blow Fractures the Skull. SAN PEDRO, June 24—In a quarrel over a trivial matter here last night, Hans Hendricksen was struck on the head | with a club by J. Huddleston. His skull was fractured. Hendricksen was taken to | the Cdunty Hospital and Huddleston was | arrested after a lively chase by the of- ficers. agony. thumps and Kee bed-time. Best for the Bowels. Keep Your Insides Cool Here’s a man who thinks he has heart dis- ease, and is scared half to death. His face is all drawn out of shape from fear and pitates”—that simply means that his stom- ach is swelled up with gases from fer- menting undigested food, and his heart the matter with his heart In the summer time, this gas distention is much worse, his whole body and blood get over-heated, and his heart and lungs get so crowded for room, that he gasps for breath. There he is, look at him! pects to drop dead. As a matter of fact, bowels, help his digestion along, and keep cool inside. You all know that whenever something rots or decays, heat develops. thartic CASCARET every night at It will work while you sleep, clean up and cool your "~ | insides, give you a regular, comfortable movement in the morning, | and you'll be feeling fine all day every day. Heart Disease! Fudge! All dms‘lltl The genuine tablet stamped C C C. bt b back. Sample and booklet free. Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or New York. Every time he eats, his heart “pal- against his diaphragm. Nothing Every minute he ex- all he needs s to stop that souring gas forming in his stomach and Same in the body. p cool inside! Take a candy ca- , 10¢, 25¢, 50c. Never sold in bulk. Guaranteed to cure or your money ‘Address BT RRRRRRRE RRERRR RRRVR RRRRERS ERRRRERRRRERE RRRRE RRERRRARRRRRE RRRRE RRERREZEERERRE RERERR RRREE RERREERRRR REERRREINRERRRE RRRRRRE RRRRR Thursday---Black and Colored Dress Goods Remnanis al One-Quarfer OIL Closing Day of the Ribbon Sale. day and Tuesday at the half-price Ribbon Sal Some widths are practically closed out; othi widths, ‘color assortment is bad'y broken; b 3% 33 “ 1640 4% “4sc “22% yard soc pieces for. . Dictionary and Stand for $6.75. Until July ist Only. Only cne week containing the names modern t mes, together with Th> Harvard D'ctionary Stind—The bes Monday, June for. . on Sale at 37c- wear—Ecgish Mobair, Alpaca and al serton and cdg: of Dachesse Jace, under -ru able for wedding or ball, regu- larly $4.00; special to-day . Sale of Doilies and Tray Cloths. and some square, regularly Wednesday only, 3 for 100. 18x26 inches, made of vcry fine cambrl lawn, many pretty designs, regu- larly 25c each, Wednesiay only . — Never such a rush in months as we had Mon- there are still sufficient ribbons in good colors and desirable widths for another day’s selling. They are the choicest, all-silk, satin and gros- Also 1500 yards of all-silk, satin-faged, pearl- edged Tr'mming Ribbons in black only; 10- 25¢ which to_take advan- tage of this extraordin- tiamap y— Patent thumb indexes, full sheep binding, iliustrated with colored plates, with 2n appendix of usefu! tables and new pronouncing gazetteer of the world, containing the names of over 25,000 placss, and 2 new pronouncing biozraphical supplement nearly 10,000 noted pe.sons of ancient and portable stand made; both, until closing time oth, $6.75 50¢ Dress Fabrics A timely sale this of Dress Goods for outing wool Canvas Suit'ngs—two very useful ma- terials for the country; suitable for bathing Ladies’ fine Cambric Skirt ‘(sce cut), with double ruffizs, cach ruffi= trimmed with in- fle and dust ruffle; an_ article of elegance, suit- $2.50 About 2000 gainch Jace trmmed and spachtel Doilics in very pretty fatterns, some round Toc each; About 1000 stamped hemstitched Tray Cloths, 12¢ THE EMPORIUM. THE EMPORIUM. i 2. er CALIFORNIA'S LARGEST- ut ¥ AMERICA'S GRANDEST STORE. grain ribbons. Yard, Yard, 5 % in.,5c qual., 2% @ 5 in.,7cquil., 3% e | Every item quoted here an unusual value. 1%“ 10c ¢ g/o 13740 n};c“'flj{ c duplicate., 1% 15 « ZH@ 2 “200 “40 @| ; i 14 24e « 12 ‘c 3 i 914 O ings attend the sale to-day Black Brocide Figzured Ski t Lining, in twe yards only; on Wednesday at. . . . . . Steiped Taffeta Skirt Lining—36 inches wide, effects. regularly 20c yard; Wednesday oly, 500 yards on special sa'e Wednesday only at Black and Colored Dress Linings— 36 inches wide, looks like real Taffeta Silk, wears much better; yard . . . SRR " Black and Colored Me c'rized Satzen— 36 inches wide, permanent finish, can be washed and ironed without injury; yard. . . .47@ in Midsummer Dress Lining Sale. An Unusual Event To-Day. If you are in n=ed of any sort of waist or dress I'nings or skirt- Heavy Quility Black Moire Skirt Lining—36 inches wi To-day’s specals will be hard to designs, width 32 inches, worth 15¢ yard, 1030 black grounds, in new blue and cerise stripe 400 yards at . 4 s e otk way e o NI , the new colored striped effects; R A i RS Blact and Colored Silk Serge—27 inches wide, best kind of lining for ladies' tailor- made suits, yard. . . . . . . . BO@ Black and Colored Bengaline Moreen—z7 inches wide, the new soft finish skirting, in all of the late colorings and pretty Moire fin- ish; yard . R ary offering. -'!!.e'l:ls;%rdc n".’:: Copyright Books 20c. Lav in your supply of summer reading NOW. You will never get the best stories by famous authors, bound in cloth, at a less price. There may be some of the 50 odd titles that we have in this lot of 10,000 volumes that you may wish to put on your library shelves. ~ When' first issued these books were $1.25 and $1.50; our sa'e price now and while quantity lasts, each zne Among the authors represented in this collection are Paul Leicester Ford, Max Pemberton, Gertrude Atherton, George W. Cable. Chiid’s Garden Set for 25¢. ‘This nice little set of 3 picces is made of the best materials, varnished handles, a spade, hoe and rake; of st ) suits, separate skirts, etc., in a complete as- i scrtment of fast colorings; offered for the first ::;:‘hf::’, horey time at less than soc yard; 3 Wedaesday and Thurscay only. 37¢c Ahete 2‘;‘; White Skirt Sale B ie o: o rowan Wednesday Only. Cz2ma Ladies’ Muslin Skirts with tucked flounce of ras, 12 - inch em- 80c. broidery, under | Every boy and girl rufffe and dust| wants one. The ruffie; a splen-| Na. 1 Brownie did article, thor- | makes a picture 21 inches square; our price oughly, _wielL]i " B R BSTA BRI W 0 ey made; regularly | Finders for same, each.-. . . . . . 25€ $2.50; special | Films for same, 2 spool . . . . . . . #I5G 9 to-day, $1.50| $1.25 Box Stationery To-day Only, 55c. 250 cabinets of Berlin Bond Paper, each box containing four quires of paper and four packs of env-lopes of the highest grade bond, in blue and white, a box that sells regularly everywheré at §1.25; Wednesday only §5 2 Owing to limited quantity we will sell but one ta'a €astumer and cannot fill any mail orders. Toilet Articles at Cut Prices. £ Dr. Gravss' Tooth Powder, 25c sz . . 15€ Dr. Scheffield’s Dentrifice, 25¢ size . . 15€ ic | California Lemon Cream, 25c size . . . 200 Dr. Lambert's Skin Sozp, 25¢ s'zz, 3 for 40 € Emporium True Violet Water, soc size 35@ Portsmouth Cold Cream, 25c sizz . . . 1§¢ i i all the | LEciatante, imported f: der, equal t Firelight Cigars, s, et G oyl wzek 10 for 25c. Mennen's Talcum Powder, 25c sz . . 16€ Prerrey RARARR WRANRRRARRRRAR WRReR KRR WteRaRY Nottingham Curtains; A Wednesday Sale. Two lots of new, strong handsomely patterned, Nottingham Curtains at fully a quarter less than their real value, for Wednesday only. Lot I—Cons'sts of 100 pairs, in Brussels all- over-lace-cffects; 4 yards x 60 inches in size; worth §2.50 a pair; Wednes- day . $1.88 Lot 2—Consists of 50 pars in pretty Cluny, Brussels and Madras effects; 4 different de- signs; widths from 54 to 60 inches; real value £3.50 pair; price Wednesday L. . 82.88 only . 8 Special Sale of White Goods 16c. A larg: lot of the very fine kind, in revere open work, with enough solidity of texture to in- sure good wear. Assorted styles and a most desirable 25c value, marked for Wednesday only, yard . . . . . 1O@ Embroidery Sale. Closing day o this great special offering; about 6000 yards left of well finished acd best quality cambric embroideries, ranging in width from 14 to 234 inches and worth double the sale price, per yard 40 Groceries, Liguors. Wednesday Sale. Bacon—Best Eastern, a streak of lean and fat; Wednesday, Ib . “os e 2HO%O Best Maine Lorn—Selling out to make room for our next season’s stock, regularly 2 for 25¢; Wednesday, dozeri, @8@; single tins - k-] Kona Coffee—Hawaiian blend, Wednesday Ib. - . -18¢ z:n . 200 st, large bars; Eggs— Best ranch, Wednesday, do Castile Soap — Imported; the Wednesday . . . A .22¢ Mince Meat—Atmore’s; 5-b. pails, best made; Wednesday, pail . ey s e G Van Camp’s Soups—Or Arderson’s, assorted; Wednesday, 3 tins. . . . . ... . 25€ Uncolcred English Breakfast or Oolong Teas— Exra quality, b. ... . ... . .4J@ Cutter’s Al Whisky—The old original brand; Wednesday, bottle . - o0c Marquettz Rye—The cream of all rye whiskies Blackberry Braniy—Wednesday, bottle §D@ Hock—A " choice dinner wine; Wednesday, sl FE0UEEL L L gle Meadville Rye— Nice and mellow; Wednesday, e R e R P Champion Whisky—A good reliable brand; full quarts, Wednesday. . Holland Gin—Quality all tott'e G5 Q Many picces of popular Sheet Music on sale at 12¢ this week. $1.00 Black Swiss Taffetas— 27 inches wide, P e S B R 5 (T 75¢ and 85c Gros de Londre and Pk This Gibson Tailor Dress, $1.25 Grass Petticoats Furniture Samples. $14.00 Solid Oak Bureau—Golden finish-d, Hundreds of baj Siik Sale Ends Weadnesday Ni a good wearing quality for linings and under- skirts, fast black; uatil closing time to-night, 68c ain Colgrzd Nvelty Silk—In a good assort- meat of colorings for summer shirt waists and gocd wearing lining, until closing €me to- night, per yard . PO T $25 and $30.00 Dresses $17.95. style lik= picture, and about twenty others; all are th's “s=ason’s finest syles, qualicies and colors; not many of each, but all sizes and colors in the lot. We have put a price on them for two days oaly —Wednesday and Thursday—that should clear them out—were $25 and $30; Fri- day's special a'e price, $17.95 79— A three - ruf- fled, deep- f1ounced, corded grass cloth prtticoat; a particularly big buwgain; regularly $1.25; balance of th's week until Saturda night . .......’79e Closing Out Sale. $10.00 Golden Oak Hatrack—Like picture; has comfortable seat with hatbox and umbrella holder attached; also beveled . French pate mirror; wle pice S 710 $10.00 Lady’s Desk —Made of solid oak, 26 inches wide, has French legs, is handiomely fin- ished and well made; sale price . . ....$6.25 » $12.50 Solid Ok Chiffonier—33 inches wide, with five conven- ient drawers and French plate mirror, 12118 inches; . e pric: 5940 $4.00 Medicine' Chest—Of which no bathroom ouglizagp be in want $2 TR .15 of; sale price 7 A AR ARA AR ARARRR A AAARRRR RAAAE HARRRE ARRRAR R ARARAR A AAARR ARRAAR TRAARAR AARARN AAAARAR ARAAR ARAA AR Axaaaan size 20x38 inches, is well made and finished; sale pricz $9.35 3 $15.00 Library Case—Solid oak with adjust- able shelves, size 63 inches high, 32 inches wide and 14 inchss desp; sale . $9.90 % price . ST, rgains like these you will find by giving us a cail Carpet Sw: $2.50 Bissells, $1.97. The genuine Bissells; easy sweeping and dustless, up- to-datz in style and finish; never sold regularly less than $2.50; at the big store on Wednes- ARAAAAR ARAER AR Caan BO5US BENNETT' THLES CONFLIT Epecial Dispatch to The Call. SEATTLE, June 24—According to ad- vices received from Sedro Wooley to- night, the authorities of that little place are growing less confident that they have John Bennett, or Charles B. Hadley, the alleged murderer of Nora Fuller, in cus- tody. The putative Bennett, who surren- dered to the town marshal .yesterday, declaring that he was weary of evading the law's minions, has been telling so many conflicting stories that the possibil- ity that he is the man he pretends to be is very remote. His statements do not at all accord with the details of the San Francisco crime as they are known to the police; in fact, in some respects there is such a wide variance as to make it seem that the Sedro Wooley prisoner had not even read the newspapers carefully before telling his story to Town Marshal Morroe. Bennett talked freely to-day on the gen- eral text of the Nora Fuller tragedy, but guardedly as to some of the details. He declared that the voung girl was not strangled and hinted that her death wus caused by a criminal operation. The guilty man, said the prisoner, was a prom- inent San Francisco physician, who was engaged by persons high in the soclal scale of the Calirornia metropolis. The pretended Bennett declares he was but the scapegoat for these men, of high standing, and he intimates that ‘they have kept him plentifully supplied with money. ““When I arrived here,” he sald, “T made up my mind that I musc either relieve myself by making a clean breast of things or go crazy. I want to shift the responsi- bility for the murder from my shoulders to where it belongs. The newspapers have been on the wrong track since the start. There was no strangulation, no poisoning. That is all I will say just now about ths cause of Nora Fuller's death. Yes, John Bennett is my proper name, although I have been traveling under the name of John Flex. 1 am a printer by trade. I was formerly connected with a newspaper in 8an Francisco. “Where I made a fool of myself was in permitting myself to be rushed out of San Francisco and thus fasten the onus of the blame upon me. Certainly I was to blame for mixing up in the dreadful mess at the first, but there are others higher up in the suclal and professional scale than I could ever hope to be who will now have to suf- fer for the grewsome sin of the dreadful affair.” Bennett will not mention any names of San Francisco persons whom he alleges had a hand in the young girl’s death. He says when the proper time arrives he will tell a story that will be the sensa- tion of two continents. What object the Sedro Wooley prisoner has in palming himself off as the murder- er of Nora Fuller can only be conjectured. Fe is believed to be either insane, a seek- er of notoriety or a man looking for a free trip to California. There is said to be but slight resemblance between the prisoner and the published description of Charles B. Hadley. Incidentally, the fel- Jew has not mentioned the name of Had- ley, who is supposed to be the real John Bennett. Chief of Police Wittman yesterday re- ceived'a telegram from J. C. Morroe, City Marshal of Sedro Wooley, Wash., stating that a man had given himself up and con- fessed that he was Bennett, the murderer of Nora Fuller. Not much importance was attached to the message by the po- lice. but a full description of Charles B. Hfla;dley was telegraphed to the northern officer GOILS TIGHTEN ABOUT BRIGGAN Special Dispatch to The Call. REDWOOD CITY, June 24.—The pre- liminary examination of Dairyman Jo- seph Briggan, charged with the murder of Joseph Mattle, his hired maa, was held before Justice of the Peace James Hannon to-day. Briggan was held to answer before the Superior Court and committed to the custody of the Sheriff without bail. The testimony showed that the crime with which the defendant stands charged was one of the most brutal ever committed in San Ma- teo County. The prosecution examined but four witnesses, merely enough testi- mony being introduced to warrant the holding of the defendant, but such evi- dence as was offered was damaging to Briggan. The hatchet with which the murder was probably committed was brought into court by Sheriff Mansfield and introduced in evidence. Dr. J. L. Ross, the autopsy physician, described the various wounds upon the body of Mattle, some of which were made with the blunt end of an instru- ment and others with a sharp edge. The skull, according to his testimony, had been crushed in above the temple, the wound being in_the shape of a crescent. This was probably made with the ham- mer end of a hatchet. Besides this there were three other wounds on the head, robably made with the sharp edge of a Rn(che(. Each of these cut through ‘the skull and penetrated the brain. n_ the upper part of the body there were three hatchetr wounds. Any one of the seven wounds was sufficient to have produced death. Steven Korad, who was employed by Briggan, testified that Briggan, Mattle and himself had breakfast together in the kitchen of the Briggan house. There appeared to be no enmity between Mattle and Briggan at the time. Briggan fin- ished his breakfast first, got up from the table and stationed himself behind the chair of Mattle. Korad arose next and left the kitchen. Mattle was still eatin and Briggan standing behind him. Korac closed the kitchen door when he went when he heard two groans coming from one of the men in the kitchen. He then went on to the milkhouse and attended to some chores. Soon afterward, as Ko- rad was passing the Kkitchen, Briggan came out with a hatchet covered with blood in his hand. He took the hatchet to the toolhouse opposite and then re- turned to the kitchen. Korad was not ‘more ' than ten or fifteen feet away from him at the time. The hatchet in evi- dence was shown to the witness, who identifled it as the one he saw in Brig- gan's hand. Korad sald that he then became fright- ened, and, belleving that possibly Brig- gan would kill him too, made for a mili a quarter of a mile away. Henry Me- Arthur returned with him after some time had elapsed, Korad desiring to get his pay and his trunk. They found Briggan at_the house. McArthur asked where Mattle was, and was told that he had been “paid off and fired,” and when last seen was go- ing up the road. At this time the floor of the kitchen was wet in places, hav- ing just been scrubbed. Ig{ornd asked Briggan for his wages, but Briggan wanted him to stay a few days longer, - This Korad refused to do. out and he had taken about three steps | Sheriff Mansfleld testified to the finding | of Mattle’s body, burled in a deep hole in_the bed of the creek. When_the Sheriff reached the ranch he found Briggan in the cowyard and hail- ed him, saying: “Good morning, Joe; I understand you have had trouble up here. They say you have had a quarrel with your hired man ;-l]d that he attacked you and you killed m. ‘““No, we had no trouble,” replied the rancher. “I paid him and fired him.” “When did you see him last?”’ said Mansfield. ‘‘Yesterday morning about 8 o’clock,” said Briggan. ‘He took his things and went off up- the road.” This was on the day following the crime. Sheriff Mansfield asked Briggan if he was at home all of the previous day, and Briggan replied that he was. They then went into the house. The floor was damp, as though it had beén scrub- bed again. There were blood stains all about, and Briggan explained that he had been troubled with nosebleed. Mansfield testified that there was a | distinct trail of blood from the kitchen through the dining-room into the bed- | Toom and out through the bedroom win- dow. From the outside of the window a plain trail led through the woods and down to the creek. Here is a large washout and water fall fifteen feet deep. In the bottom of this, covered with two feet of earth, was found the body. Just what the defense of Briggan will be is not known, but from questions ask- ed by his counsel to-day it is probable that it will be a plea of insanity. Big Harness Sale. $900 will buy a good buggy harness. 10 per cent off Wednesday and Saturday. Leibold Harness Co., 211 Larkin street, opposite City Hall. L ‘WASHINGTON, June 24.—The conferees on the isthmian canal bill met at 11 a. m. to-day. The conference, which lasted an hour and a half, was devoted to the discussion of the legal aspect of the Panama route, but no settlement of that point was reached. Another session will be held to-morrow. Solid Oak Rocker, with genuine leather seat, $§2, Entire houses, flats and ho- tels furnished. Credit and free delivery within 100 miles. T. BRILLIANT FURNITURE Co. 538:343 POST STREET, Opposite Unlon Square. LEADING BUSINESS COLLEGE OF TH® WEST.—24 Post st., San Francisco, Cal. Established nearly 40 years. 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