The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 6, 1902, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1902. GAGE’S FRIEND, AGUIRRE, OBTAINS APPAREL BY FELONIES PERSONAL A“l’ 7 orriciAL SRIME OF\ SOBSTITL TABLE- SO AT o < IO N ox THS TOR FFORT WAS TIDE FURCILAS Costly Cloth, Trimmings and Womern’s Dainty Faid For by o Robes ~rer’s Aid Biilheads Pas ted on Bianks and Fraudulent Items Are Written by Convict Hands bills of th A CONVICT. raph of the bill of Stein, Co., which is published to- aken from the “original” t Sacramento. The to was forged by a Quentin prison and was being correct by War- 1id then foisted on the on Directors, passed by ssed by the State and ordered paid. Sacramento is not an Quentin prison by & Co. for goods supplied mber and October, 1899. It 1e of their billheads, cut from a genuine bill ren- billhead was pasted to a icce of ruled paper on which a con- vict wrote in a number of items. The bottom portion of the bill at Sacra- n y sts of a third piece of a 11 bearing the certification of Com- ry Foley. An examinatiorf of the ed and pasted bill shows that the bottom portion, bearing Foley’s in- dorsement, was stamped and signed by before it was pasted to the bill proper. The stamp of Warden Aguirre kis initials on the forged bill and show that they were placed thereon after the bill had been forged. The rubber stamp was put on the pasted bill directly wh the middle portion is joined to the lower portion. in the forged and pasted biil the last ftem is for “three bolts of lining, $44 40." CLOTHING IS OBTAINED. Stein, Simgn & Co. did not on Octo- ber 13, 1899, furnish the prison at San Quentin with “three bolts of lining” valued at $44 40. The books of Stein, Simon & Co. show that on October 13, 1899, the following articles were billed to San Quentin prison: 1 cut brown kerse: 2 yards, $6 75 ..... $13 50 1 cut black vieun $5 35 .....0000s50azsuvsree IO 5O 1 cut Am. Ptg., 1.25—4.121-2. 5 15 1 cut binck surah, 31-2 yards, $2 75 ....... 9 63 1 eut 40-inch sleeving, yards, $2 74 . .....-- 4 12 1 brown V colinr $1 00 tons 50 cents s oh 1 50 If Governor Gage had honestly com- pared the bills of San Quentin prison with those from Sacramento he would have not dared to come out of his “star chamber investigation” and tell the people of the State of California that not a single cent of the public funds had been misapplied-at San Quentin prison. obtained by fraud and mon & Co. was 5. Black vi- and brown trimmings vere obtained by fel- d for prison sent in for Co. It was or- whom the em- ployes of the wh now remember. CEARGED UP AS “LININGS.”, T was hidden in the cramento. prepared and past- together. - The e hidden e bill, v ing three s items for the | on guise of male at ree boits of lining, $44 40. re certified to this bill. Foley's certification forged Prison Direc Bourd of Examiners. boards took the slight- ble pasting to- ordered paid sent by the State Treasurer to W n Aguirre to seitle the account of Stein, Simon & Co. The Board of P n Directors and the Board of Exam , believing in | the certification of Warden | and Commissary Foley, ordered the sum of 344 40 to be taken from the | State treasury to settle an account of Stein, Simon & Co. for “three bolts of lining.” Stein, Simon & Co. never supplied “three bolts of lining” for $i4 40 to { San Quentin prison on October 13, 1899. | Warden Aguirre tock the money frau | ulently obtained from the State treas | ury and with the amount he paid the account of the wholesale firm for ar- ticles of costly cloth and trimmings for male attire. Stein, | ceipted the dunlicate bill sent back | from San Quentin prison and then re- { turned it to Aguirre. PAID WITH FILCHED MONEY. | Yet Governor Gage says that not a | single cent of public money has been | misappiied at San Quentin prison by Warden Aguirre. | Tke costly clothing material obtained from Stein, Simon & Co. and paid for with funds filched from the publle | treasury is of a nature not worn by prisoners or guards at San Quentin. The forged bill charges the goods up = Stat gether of the bill. and the mone; Similar to the felonious transaction | by which gocds were obtained Stein, Simon & Co. is the one by whiche women'’s night robes were secured from | Levi Straues & Co. and paid for un- der the guise of “tablecloths.” The Call reproduces photographs of two bills of Levi Strauss & Co. that tell an eloguent story of forgery, fraud and thef 3 On April 13, 1901, Levt Co. billed some goods to | prison at San Quentin. not ordered on a requisition. were ordered verbally. $34 20 an item for one dozen gowns ap- pears, charged at the rate of $15 per dozen. Warden Aguirre had no need of these articles of wearing avparel. CERTIFIES TO FORGERY. The bill of Levi Strauss & Co. was i never sent to the Prison Directors or | the State Board of Examiners to be passed for payment. A forged bill was made out by a con- vict acting under direction and the item for “gowns” was changed to read “half a dozen tablecloths, damask, $15.” With the certification of Commissary Foley and Warden Aguirre on the forged bill, the money was obtained Strauss the & State They the forged znd pasted bill in the also | tors | Aguirre | | PRISON BENEFITS TO GAGE |to “a turnkey.” The cloth and trim- | i mings are of costly nature that | would do credit to a Governor of a State. from | The goods were | In the bill for | i B ! ! BlLl PASTED | TOeGETHER AAND “ ForGED ONDE R | ORDERS B | ConNviIcT i LAST ITEM For | $44 42 1S Fi1CTITIOUS l AND HIDES | FOR MENS FASHIONABR! | SLOTHING TTN \WHICH CRIMINAL PURCHASE OF COSTLY MATERIAL. LE. s = 'l \\\\ = N7 \ b Ir | at San Quentin prison. | | ]‘ August 5, 1901. | February 17, 1902. i | | RECORDS WHICH REVEAL —_— HE CALL to-day presents proof of the shipment of convict-made furniture from San Quen- | tin prison to the ranch home of Governor Gage at Downey, Los Angeles County. Domingo Mindias is the foreman of the Gage ranch at Doumey. Dougal is shipping clerk at San Quentin prison and was formerly the foreman of the Gage || ranch. He is a relative by marriage of Governor Gage. Simon & Co. re- | The shipments from the prison to the Gage ranch are as follows: ‘ From M. G. Aguirre to Domingo Mindias, Bowney : Three cases of furniture. One crate of furniture. < From Geo. MacDougal to Geo. MacDougal, care of Gage ranch, Four crates of furniture. Six boxes of sundries. November 7, 1900 (Waybill 396). From Captain Russell to Mrs. Henry T. Gage, Downey, Cal: ; One boxed chair, 235 Ibs. May 8, 1901 (Waybill 149). \ From San Quentin Prison to Mrs. Henry T. Gage, Downey : One lounge, 200 /bs. Captain Russell is in charge of the gate George Mac- Downey : b from the State treasury. Warden Aguirre sent the original bill, including the item of ‘“gowns,” back to Levi Strauss & Co., and with the money fraudulentiy obtained for the payment for “tablecloths” secured a receipt from the wholesale house. ! Will Governor Gage still say that not one cent of the public funds has been misapplied at San Quentin prison by | Warden Aguirre? 7 When representatives of The Call were investigating the books of San Quentin prison Convict Webber, who forged the above bill and many others, was called into the office by acting ‘Warden J. A. Aguirre, and Aguirre al- lowed a representative of The Call to question Webber. “Is that bill in your handwriting,” was asked of Webber whén he was ghown a photograph of the bill in which the item of half a dozen table- cloths appeared. WARDEN ORDERED FORGERY. “Yes,” answered Webber, without hesitation. “Did you write that forged bill?” was asked of Webber. “I did,” was the ready response. “Under whose Instruction?” was the next cuestion put to Webber. unfortunate prisoner. Looking straight at the representa- tives of The Call, Webber answered: “The Warden.” Before Webber had a chance to say more acting Warden J. A. Aguirre in- terrupted and said: “I don’t think you had better ask ‘Webber any more questions. That will do, Webber; you can go.” The unfortunate prisoner, who is im- mured for life in San Quentin, for the killing of a Chinaman, then left the office and returned to another room. CHARGES NOT SUSTAINED. Treasury Department Finds in Favor of Collector Campbell. ’ EUREKA, Aug. 5.—The authorities in ‘Washington have dismissed the charges preferred in May against Collector of the Port S. A. Campbell. The news of the decision came to Collector Campbell to- day from acting Secretary of the Treas- ury O. L. Spaulding. The letter is as fol- lows: Treasury Department, Office of the Secretary. WASHINGTON, July 26. Mr, Sterling A. Campbell, Collector of Cus- toms, Eureka, Cal.—Sir: Referring to charges preferred against you by A. W. Hill of Eu- reka, Cal., you are informed that after a care- ful investigation by the department the said charges have not been sustained, and Mr. Hill has been so advised. Respectfully, 0. L. SPAULDING, Acting Secretary. The charges aroused great animosity among_the politicians of Humboldt Coun- ty and helped to create a breach that seems to widen as the time for the con- vention approaches. The fight began by the filing of charges against Campbell, who is one of the leaders of the present county machine, and is now being waged in every precinct of the county. “The re- sult of the primaries on August 9 will determine whether the machine or the anti-machine faction will dominate this ear. 3 yThe complaint against Campbell com- prised a long list of counts, the most se- rious being an accusation that Campbell had made an attempt to obtain money from the telephone company. Other charges were that he was a political trickster and office broker; that he had received moneys during his incumbency as_Collector to promote the interests of political aspirants; that he pretended to control the City Council and the Board of Supervisors, and that he offered them tronage for money; that he had vio- mad the civil service rules by offensive partisanship. Besides the affidavit of State Senator Selvage, there were affidavits by A. W. Hill, W. T. S. Hadley, A. H. Buhne, Coun- cilman from the First Ward, and W. N. Sxegle. business manager of the Stand- a —————— Will Nominate Olympic Officers. The members of the Olympic Athletic Club met last night and elected the reg- Z v EA — 1 DOCUMENTS WHICH EXPOSE COMMISSION OF CRIME BY PRISON OFFICIALS. S . | Promptly came the answer from the | ular nominating committee as tollow;: Charles K. Melrose, John F. Cunning- ham, Percy Burr, James Byrne and John J. Gleason. The committee will name within ten days the regular ticket which will be voted on September 2. No oppo- sition is expected and Willlam reer Harrison’s successful administration will be continued. A TRID TO NEW YORK Its Results. Bright's Disease and Diabetes Positivelp Curable. A representative of the Jno. J. Fulton Co. has just been to New York to estab- lish shipping connestions in the East. As he was leaving San Francisco Mr. P. J. Ve Tormey of the Owl m E l: lotters to two New his, who have Bright's Disease. an officlal connected with the bridge and the other was Dr. Long Island. It was proposed to demon- strate to our New York representatives the truth of our claims by putting a couple of cases on the Compounds gratls, 8o they could see for themselves. ence Mr. Tormey’s letters furnished the oppor- tunity wanted and the parties were seen and offered the Compounds. The offers were accepted and both went om the treatment. This was in May. Mr. Tor- mey has just returned from New York and tells us that both cases are now re- pomngr;avommy. Walicy: "the Anborn. (N E9 Srogatet vy, the Auburn (N. Y. whose test case In that city am the physicians In one of the Auburn hos- pitals a fortnight ago, 53 ‘e were on y last In a i clty. a8 Renal Comp. note from a physician of follows: “Send a half doz. by bearer. Patlent not yet entirely weil, but he is certain]y getting better.” It will interest the medical profession to know that this case involved “floating kidney,” also that the name of the phy- sician in the case is very familiar to the local medical frateraity of San Francisco. Also that this is his second success with the Compound in chronic Bright's Dis- ease, and that both were extreme cases. Medical works agree that Bright's Dis- ease and Diabetes are incurable, but 37 per cent are positively recovering under the Fulton Compounds. (Dropsy, Bladder Trouble, Rheumatism from uric acid and thé minor kidney diseases are soon re- lg‘;;o’g') l})"l:;:.’n fé)r Bfl‘hs.. Disease am: or tic Compoun test: made for patients. iptive pamphlets mailed free. Call or address John J. Ful- ton Co., office 6, ninth floor, Build- ing, Montgomery San