The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 7, 1902, Page 1

VOLUME XCII-NO. 68, SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, A;Umjsfr 7, 1502. PRICE FIVE CENTS. FURTHER PROOF PRESENTED OF SHIPMENTS TO GAGE'S RANCH FROM SAN QUENTIN PRISON OF QUANTITIES OF CONVICT-MADE - FURNITURE AND S UPI_’L‘IES THATARE FRAUDULENTL Po—— e in good order, -‘:vit“"“‘ of whatever ki seambosts or BArEes. o3 S — IS People of California Pay for Costly Woods Amounting to Thousands of Dollars and Material Is Charged to Jute Mill Account HE CALL to-day, in fulfillment of its promise to the people fornia, presents further evidence in proof of its charges that Governor Henry | T. Gage is one of the | direct beneficiaries of the felonies com- mitted at San Quentin prison by War- | den M. G. Aguirre and other officials in charge of the penitentiary. In the presentation of the proof that | Governor Gage directly benefited by the felonious acts of the San Quentin prison ring, The Call a]go proves zha.tl the “star chamber investigation, recently held at the prison by Gage, was 2 farcesof the most pronounced kind; held solely for the purpose of mending the gubernatorial political fences and to blind thetaxpayersof California as to the gigantic robbery that has” been carried | on at San Quentin by the Ag‘uirrc‘ regime | Governor Gage loudly declared when | he emerged from his “star chamber in- | vestigation” that not 2 single cent of | public money had been misapplied at San Quentin prison. With the knowledge of facts, pub- lished in this paper months ago, that the of | manufacture of furniture was being car- | ried on in San Quentin prison, did you, | Governor Gage, search for the quanti- | urniture that The Call declared |- | ties | in May last was in the prison and was for the use of General Overseer J. A. Aguirre when he assumed the posi- tion of Bank Commissioner to which | | he is slated? Furniture Recently Removed. The furniture was in the prison, Gov- ernor Gage, at the very time that you were closeted with Warden Aguirre, J. Aguirre, Dan Kevane, your former ‘outside law partner,” and the three convicts who forged bills and falsified prison records, under the direction. of your chum, M. G. Aguirre. In the charges which you yourself assumed besmirched your reputation, Governor Gage, The Call distinctly stated that the furniture for J. A. Aguirre had been hidden in the ware- houses of San Quentin. . Did you take a look into the ware- houses and rooms of the old furniture factory, Governor Gage? If you did, Governor Gage. why do you say that not a cent of public money has been misapplied at San Quentin prison and that the regime of the Aguirres is perfectly honest? ; 125, 1888 guhw‘l ‘antfald Shipping Book. Pett ated Apri] gminzd from {w on board the the following packages, con / h ¢ ',”_7”,.“.?;-?:'.:‘{”“‘.”“”#-‘- of fire or Al “' or nesare w - ik Thaeewgott ents unknown, L0 be delivered at the seas. Tivers ot sisam — rsisresmeteadhes ew SHIPPING RECEIPTS WHICH REVEAL THE HIDDEN ACTS OF WARDEN AGUIRRE. 14 M ROAD BETWEEN SAN QUENTIN PRISON AND THE DOWNEY HOME OF GOVERNOR GAGE-AND PROVE HIM TO BE A BENEFICIARY OF THE CRIMINAL Pay=-Roll Is Stuffed to Retain Favorites at Expense of Public. Bogus Employes Are Paid Salaries and no Work Is Performed < — What about the charges made by The Call, Governor Gage, that furniture had been shipped to your home at Downey, Los Angeles County? Did you, Governor Gage, take a look at the prison shipping book or ask for the production of the bills and accounts for lumber purchased for the jute mill? TIf you did so, Governor Gage, you | failed to tell the people of the State of California what you discoyered. Having failed to enlighten the people of California as to your “star chamber investigation,” Governor Gage, The Call to-day proceeds to partly tell the taxpayers what you have kept hidden in your “investigation” at San Quentin. Later on, as space permits, The Call will disclose more. The Call to-day proves that far from the regime of Warden Aguirre at San Quentin prison being perfectly honest, as Governor Gage declares, that it is a nest of larceny, forgery, other felonies, committed by a ring of officials in control, and that Governor Gage is one of the direct beneficiaries of these crimes. The Call herewith presents photo- graphs of shipping receipts, further proving the consignment of large quan- tities of prison made furniture from San Quentin prison to the ranch home of Governor Gage at Downey, Los An- geles County. The Call also proves by photographs of bills, published herewith, the pur- chase by the San Quentin prison War- den of nearly $1000 worth of costly lum- bontfln\ied on Page Two. fraud and | = HE CALL presents to-day another indict- ment of facts which in its overwhelming revelation of the conduct of Governor Henry T. Gage proves him to be unworthy of the muftrages he seeks to gratify his politieal ambition. Thense facts, disclosed in documents of the State, uncovered in the records of San Quentin prison, and brought to light in forged, fraudulent, fictitious and dis- honest demands upon the treasury of the State, are ‘only a part of the mass which the Chief Executive, by every artifice of the law, is striving to keep out of a conrt of justice. It was the deepest desire of this paper to sub- mit the proof of guilt and dishoner in the affairs of the penitentiary at San Quentin in n legally organized and competent court of justice, but Gov- ernor Henry T. Gage, fearing the consequences, has fought desperately to keep the story untold until after he had imposed hiy candidacy as an unknown quantity upon the Republican voters of the State. To prevent such nn evil The Call is forced to submit the proofs which demonstrate the danger that lles masked in the path of honest sovernmeni. > The Call, in fulfillment of its promise, pre- sents the documents and incriminating records that show how relatives, friends, satellites and sy- A LY I SO, PRSI SO 1 L G S B R St W R R Shipping Records Prove That Warden Other Officials of the San Quentin Valuable Supplies to Ranch Home of Governor Gage at Downey ROAD OF FAVOR FROM SAN QUENTIN TO THE GAGE RANCH cophants of the management of San Quentin have been made the dishonest beneficiaries of the State treasury. To-day this paper exposes Governor Henry T. Gage in the record of the humiliating benefits he has received and in the story of his secret, conniving, dishonest inquiry which dis- #uised and did not condemm official crime at the Penitentiary. The road of favor direct from the prison at San Quentin to the Gage home at Downey is re- vealed to the public and the story, humiliating as it is to the people of the State, is told of how the Chief Executive of Californin has been made the beneficiary of convict-contrived favors, mot in small amounts or in trifles, but in great things and costly manufactured products. The recital is not pleasant to make nor to hear, but it isx the con- demning indictment of him who seeks to continue what he dares not now have exposed. To cheat the public of what it should know in these aflairs Governor Gage has attempted to ‘evade the courts, he has hazarded even contempt of the highest tribunal; his attorneys have de- layed upon only n pretense for delay,and now The Call gives its proof th=t the beneficiary of the thievery and fraud has no right to demand of Re- publicans of ©nlifornia that they clothe him again with power to humiliate them in his dishonor. | 1 Y SECURED & ESTERDAY: The Call, presented proof of the 'shipment of prison-made furni- ture and. other. arti- cles from San Quen- tin* prison. ‘to the ranch - home of Gov- | ernor Henry T. Gage at Downey, Los Angeles County. To-day, further proof is presented to | the taxpayers of Califorria to substan- | tiate the charges made by this .paper | that Governor Henry T. Gage is the | direct beneficiary of ‘the felonious acts | of the corrupt ring that controls San Quentin prison and of ‘'which” Warden | M. G. Aguirre is the héad and: front. Governor Gage says that he. recently. | examined the affairs. of San' Quentin prison and found nothing wrong in the administration. For the purpose of enlightening the { public, The Call to-day . publishes. photographs of two shipping receipts | that tell an eloquent story in their very printed and weitten lines. - The receipts need but little, explana- tion. One shows on its face that War- den M. G. Aguirre of -San Quentin | | - | ——“‘—"_‘ +% | prison ‘on May 29,-1901, shipped three Martin G. Aguirre am.i Penitentiary Consigned boxes of_.fumimre from the penitentiary to ‘Domingo Mindias, at the Downey ranch of Governor Gage in Los Angel County. Mindias is the foreman of the Gage ranch. The second shipping receipt pub- lished to-day proves that George Mac- Dougal, the shipping clerk at San Quentin prison, consigned. in March, 1902, to himself in care of the Gage ranch at Downey, four crates of furni- ture and one box of plants. MacDougal was formerly employed by Governor Gage as foreman of his ranch at Downey. MacDougal is a rel- ative of Gage by marriage, and when M. G. Aguirre was made Warden of San Quentin prison, MacDougal was, shortly afterward given the position of shipping clerk at the penitentiary. The Call will continue to publish the photographs of the many shipping re- ceipts in its possession. It would be impossible to publish them all at one time. - Certain ones are selected to-day in order to show the wide extent of time covered by the shipments of furni- ture from' San Quentin to the Gage ranch at Downey. To further prove that Governor Gage Continued on Page Two.