The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 6, 1902, Page 2

THE SAN FRA NCISCO CALL, \VEDNESDAY,"AUGUST 6, 1902. GOODS ARE OBT. D BY CRIME ~ AND GIVEN TO GOVERNOR'S FAMILY | | | S Aguirre Instructs Convicts to Forge'Bills and Foists Same on State Treasury Warden Certifies to Bogus AccountsandUage’sChum Filches Money by Felony HEN Governor Henry | T. Gage declares that not one cent of public | money has been misap- | Quentin | and that he not the beneficiary of any felonious act on t of ‘Warden Aguirre, the Governor probably forgets the exist- enee of records which tell another story. | ch display Governor Gage em in the prison and a “st vestigation” and comparing the records rerged from a secret session ar chamber in- of S » Quentin with those on file at Sacramento he declared that he found nothing to censure or condemn in the administre of the penitentiary. Can he then wer a few direct ques- tions? Did you, Governor Gage, compare a bill of Lev! auss & Co., dated July 9, 1901, for $112 13 with the account of the same firm as it appeared in the files of the Controller’s pffice? Will you, Governor Gage, testify that | you found the duplicate of this bill for | appear in the Sacramento records? Do you not know, Governor Gage, that if an article ts bought for San Quentin prison the person selling it will send two bills to ijdentify the transaction, one being kept at San Quentin and the other appearing in the Controller’s rec- ords at Sacramento? In what follows are the facts in ref- erence to the bill of goods for $112 13 supplied by Levi Strauss & Co. on July 9, 1901, to San Quentin prison. NO REQUISITION ISSUED. The goods were not ordered on a re- quisition from the prison. for represen- tatives of The Call demanded the pro- duction of the requisition and it could not be found. Levi Strauss & Co. de- clare that it never was issued. The firm of Leyi Strauss & Co. re- member the transaction well, The wholesale house was visited early in July of 1901 by 4 member of the fam- ily of Governor Gage and a member of the family of General Overseer of San Quentin J. A. Aguirre. One_ of the visitors ordered the biil of goods and said that it was to be charged to the prison at San Quentin. The goods ordered charged i « | to San Jii2 13 in the Sacramento 8ccoUBts of | o) ptin’ prison. were as fpliows: San Quentin prison? |8 Pe Pec 0.4 Bhub Do you not know, Governor Gage, | “ (& Fqd- =% ! %2 32 S that the bill of goods for 3112 13 0b- | 4 pride of Wesi, 8 12 00 19 aa tained from Levi Strauss & Co. was | 2 Towels.... 3 00 © 30 not for the use of Warden Aguirre’s |2 Towels ... 6 50 13 00 house at San Quentin, but was turned | 4 Towels ... 325 1300 over to a member of your family? JE Deviies o 3 1 60 u not know, Governor Gage, | § pacic. 2 o Bt the Controller’s of- | 3 Crash,.50. 12 -2 ¢ 25 mento fail to show any | 1- htsh . 50 4 23 trace of a bill for $112 13 for goods sup- | 1~ ghtshirts. . 00 7 50 by Levi Strauss & Ce. on July 9, | | an hon- | ginal bill est one, why doe: Total .e..$112 13 Levi Strauss & Co. sent an original bill and a duplicate bill for the goods is a grand, beautiful high qualities in Is an inspiration. piano building. Wherever it appears it iasm. The reason is plain: it stands for all that is Call at our warerooms The Wiley B. Allen Co. PACIFIC COAST AGENTS, 931 MARKET STREET, San Franeciseo. A1l Market-Street Cars Btop in Front of Our Building. THE STECK PIANO It marks an era in source of admiration and enthus- and lasting in a piano. and let us explain its detail. Be sure and get our terms, BRANCE—951 BROADWAY, OAKLAND. —_— —_— Shipping Receipts of Prison - Prove Furniture Made There Is Sent to Executive Many Documents Prepared in Name of Foreman of Ranch of Gage at Downey GOVERNOR ONE OF MANY. Continued From Page One. Not in the courts of San Francisco, accessible to witnesses and documentary | evidence, did Governor Gage ask for a vindication for the alleged besmirching | of -his reputation. In the remote court at San Pedro, Governor Gage sought to place every obstacle in the way of the defendants to the libel suit. He knew that in the court at San Pedro it would be almost impossible for the defendants to secure the attendance of prisoners, guards and 1‘ GENUINEG BILL FOR GOODS SENT TO PRISON AND FORGED DOCUMENT COVERING UP PURCHASE. I to San Quentin. One of these bills was later on receipted for.by the firm and | returned to Warden Aguirre. Its du- plicate was never sent to Sacramento. | Convict Webber declared in the pres- | ence of witnesses that under orders he | had forged a bill of the date of July 31, 1901. A billhead of Levi Strauss & | Co. was pasted to a blank sheet of pa- per and the forged account made out. BOGUS ITEM ENTERED. The first item entered was for the | purpose of covering up the purchase | of the goods amounting to $112 13. A { bogus item of ‘“one bale S. P. cas mere for $112 20” was written in. This was an increase of 7 cents over the original transaction. | The second and third items on the forged bill. were for genuine sales.made | by Levi Strauss & Co. to San Quentin prison. In order to balance accounts Convict Webber reduced an item for $132 86 to $132 79, reducing the amoun: by 7 cents. The third item for $146 8 was genuine and not altered. HOW FORGED BILL READ. The forged bill then presented the following appearance: Contract: 20 70 28¢ 146 82 Total ....coovvvveeees..$391 81 This forged bill, containing the first bogus item, was certified to as being correct by Commissary Foley and by ‘Warden Aguirre. It was foisted on the Prison Directors, passed by them and also by the State Board of Examiners and was ordered paid by the State Treasurer. The manner in which the money for the towels, doylies, tablecloths and nightshirts was obtained from the pub- lic treasury was as follows: On September 14, 1901, the State Con- \trcuer was ordered to issue a voucher in payment for a number of accounts of San Quentin prison. ' These included the forged bill for $391 81. Among the checks drawn by Warden Aguirre in that month was one for $399 19 in favor of Levi Strauss & Co. 4 REAL AND FALSE ACCOUNTS. The money had been ordered paid by the Prison Directors and the State Board of Examiners for the following bills, certified to as being .correct by Commissary = Foley and Warden Aguirre: July 1, 1901—1 bale cassi. mere 19012 " ‘males of Total ..o uauois ‘Warden Aguirre really paid Levi Strauss & Co. for the following goods: July 9, 1901— Sundry goods, nightshirts ....... 3 Item for Jaly i for bunting and duck written on the inclding $112 13 bill by a convict ........ 7 38 July 9, 1901— 1 bale 8. P. flannel ........ 132 86 ¥tem written in by a con- vict as follows: % bales S. P. flannel .. 148 S2 Total .. . +$399 19 These bills were receipted for on Sep- tember 17,1901, by Levi Strauss & Co. and returned to San Quentin prison. They were seen by representatives of The Cail early in May last and should still be in existence. Now, what became of the bill of goods for $112 13.obtained by forgery, fraud, theft and falsification of rec- ords? siding at San Quentin prison in July of last year. ‘A few days before the bill 'of goods for $112 13 arrived at the pris- on a member of the Governor's family went to the commissary department and asked if the goods from. Levi Strauss & Co. had arrived. The infor- mation was given that they had not. The family of Governor Gage was re- | The next day the goods arrived. ‘They were delivered to the family of Gover- | nor Gage. FALSE ENTRY ON BOOKS. The goods were never used in War- den Aguirre’s house, as the records purport to show. They were charged in the commissary books as ‘“‘bed fur- nishing received, $112 13,” and the op- posite line shows the entry, “issued to furniture and fi¥tures on July 22, $112 13 Although all goods issued from the commissary department to the house of the ‘Warden are charged to “W. F. & F.” (Warden’s house, furniture and fix- tures), in this case the item for $112 13 was charged to no account in. partic- ular. The bill for the goods was stamp- ed “commissary account,” though Com- missary ‘Foley ' and others in his de- partment have admitted that the goods Were sent to Warden Aguirre’s house. ‘Will you, Governor Gage, still be pre- pared to testify in a court of law that you have examined these bills of Levi Strauss & Co. herewith referred to and that not a cent of public money has been misapplied at San Quentin prison? Archbishop Machray is primate of all Canada, chancellor of the University of Manitoba and prelate of the Order of St Michael and St. George. &Sczema How it reddens the skin, itches, oozes, dries and scales! Some people call it tetter, milk erust or salt rheum. The suffering from it is sometimes in- tense; local applications are resorted to— they mitigate, but cannot cure. It proceeds from humors inherited or acquired and persists until thesg have been removed. Hood’s Sarsaparilla Positively removes them, has radically and permanently cured the worst cases and is without ‘an equal for all cutaneous eruptions. < : Hood's Pills are the best cathartic. Price 25c. been one of the direct beneficiaries of these crimes. The Call will prove that Warden M. G. Aguirre and other officlals’ of San Quentin prison have betrayed their rust. The hands of prisonets who were sent to San Quentin prison for crime were utilized by Aguirre and other officials to practice other crimes within the penitentiary walls, in or- der that Gage and other intimates of Aguirre might benefit by the proceeds of felonious acts. ‘When The Call exposed the state of affairs at San Quentin prison and charged Aguirre and other officials of B 1 S—_ — == - v T o), S 7 i ‘ | | | .4 T I e officials of San Quentin prison and the production of the prison records. Acting within his right as a citizen, Attorney Louis P. Boardman filed a criminal information in the court of Police Judge Fritz in this city, charg- ing John D. Spreckels and W. S. Leake with having libeled Governor Henry T. Gage. Witk the efforts of the Governor and his railroad attorneys to block these proceedings, the public is familiar. By means of applications for writs of pro- hibition and a display of time-consum- ing argument the attorneys for Gage succeeded in delaying the progress of the hearing before Police Judge Fritz. The Call promised the people of Cal fornia that it would publish the ev dence in its possession if Governor Gage succeeded in postponing the hear- ing of the case until after the primary elections. To-day, The Call begins the publica- tion of its evidence and will continue to do so daily and it as complete a manner as_possible. The people of the State of California now have the opportunity of themselves judging if Henry T. Gage is worthy of again being elected to the high office of trust that he has so disgraced. The Call presents plain facts for the })eople of California to ponder over and or them to decide whether this paper has ‘maligned Governor Henry T. Gage or if The Call has dofte its duty in show- ing that the chief executive of Califor- nia has been the beneficiary of felony of a colossal nature. The Call now presents its first install- ment of evidence to prove that Warden M. G. Aguirre of San Quentin prison, | the bosom friend of Governor Henry T. Gage, has secured goods and supplies in the name of the people and paid for them with funds filched from the State treasury by means of forgery, mutila- tion of records and falsification of ac | on he announced that he had the prison with crime, by which* Gov- ernor Gage was benefited, the chief executive did not call upon the Board of Prison Directors to make an i{nves- tigation. The people of the State of California witnessed the spectacle of the Gover- nor of the State going secretly to San Quentin and with the aid of Dan Ke- vane, his former “outside law partner” and now secretary to the State Board of Examiners, together with Warden M. G. Aguirre and his brother, Gen- eral Overseer J. A. Aguirre, and insti- tuting a “star chamber examination” of the affairs of the penitentiary. Gov- ernor Gage was closeted with three prisoners who had prepared some of the forged bills and accounts. ‘When Governor -Gage emerged from his secret inquiry at San Quentin pris- found nothing wrong in the administration >f the penitentiary by Warden Aguirre, and that not one cent of public money had been misapplied by the Warden or any other official of the prison. Governor Gage had- at his disposal in this fictitious inquiry all the peni- tentiary bills and accounts from the Controller’s office from Sacramento, pibrought; to. San Quentin by order of the chidt executive. If he had truth- fully compared the bills from Sacra- mento with those at San Quentin pris- on he would have found a mammoth nest of crime. The Call to-day publishes fac-similies of forged bills that are on file at Sac- ramento. We also present photographic copies of telltale shipping receipts. The bills purport to be for goods supplied to the State prison at San Quentin. These bills were prepared by convicts to cover up felonious acts in the ob- taining of supplies with public funds. Some-of these goods were delivered into the hands of the Governer's family and were never intended for a legal use in San Quentin prison. The shipping receipts are those of San Quentin prison and prove the ship- ment of large quantities of prison- made furniture from San Quentin to counts and that Governor Gage has the ranch home of Governor Henry T. Gage in Downey, Los Angeles County.