The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 8, 1902, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO C LL,- FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1902 SPI.ENDID BEDSTEAD OF MAHOGANY, CONVICT CARVED, IS GAGE'S PRIDE Great Initial “G” Worked Elaborately Into Head-Board Fixes for All Time Family’s Claim to Prison-Made Piece of Furniture Duplicate of Article Made for San Fran- cisco Business Man and Warden’s I. O. U. for $45 Destroyed in Payment for Lumber K3 # PHoTOGRA: . /OF BED-STEAD MADE AT DSAN QUENTIN o =\ <, SAN FRANcisco _—— YVevsiNESS ™Ay /A DOPLICATE oF §’onE ™MADE FORm S OVERMOR O AGE ¢ HIPPED TO DOWNE<Y X3 “G. R.” represents ‘“General Re- RANCH i—.\wy pairs.” MASSIVE and elaborately | the furniture. He told them that if y have been falsified. The Call is 5 i 3 ! 5 1 £ pre- 1902, Warden- Aguirre - drew $150.15 “0. & G. Mess” represents “‘Officers carved mahogany bedstead | they paid for the lumber he would | pared to prove this by evidence in its | worth of supplies in excess of the $100 | and Guards’ Mess.” 5 ONE MADE AT SAN QUENTIN FOR HENRY T. GAGE, CHIEF EXECU- w TIVE OF THIS STATE. s+ ‘ ! In the right-hand column, where it D) @ CARVED BEDSTEAD, DUPLICATE OF S is shown to what accounts the excess drawn by the Warden was fraudulently charged, the following explanations are made as to abbreviations: | | | | | | made for Governor | have it made up into furniture at the | possession. As a sample of the falsi- ‘worlh allowed him by law. The col- “N. G. Mess” represents “Night Gage at San Quentin prison prlsrm. i fication of the prison records The Call | umn to the left shows the items and | Guards’ Mess.” % during the regime of War- | (Some weeks subsequent to this event | publishes to-day specimens of the | value of the excess of supplies drawn | “Hosp."” stands, for “Hospital Mess.” Aguirre. Somewhat lat- | arden Aguirre went into the San | methods employed. | by the Warden, while the column to the | “P. Mess"” represents “Prison Mess.” | & e of this bedstead, ex- u_n;xsca_nspl_ace of business and bor- Herewith are- published columns of | right shows how the articles were TECTS FRAUDS. ke the original in every respect ;‘fll\f L}h of his friend, giving him an | figures, taken from the prison records, | fraudulently charged to other prison | THE CALL DE . More weeks went by 'and one | showing how in the month of April, | accounts: The work of falsifying the prison rec- hat the original bore in elab- | g, day Aguirre came into the place of ords was detected by Call representa- arving in the headboard the ini- s shipped to 2 business man | e vey S 1, 250 told this tale: He & AR : 3 |'tives in May last, when an investiga- « s ci For B mnen e o e : Seg. Book— tion was sought of the commissary ac- A photograph of the duplicate bed- | paiq 845 for the lumb ut " 2 pz. P. Pots 3 150G, R, (Sidewalk) CoHmER: i stead is_herewith presented, that the | oo i+ but new that it wes compleced 2 Dz ] 8 9 BDI. Coment -.-.. 00 Iii” the | *day Feguisition’ hooky. s people of California may know the SOrt | the gyuard was lm‘fx 6 "l‘( it P hi 1 Bx. 1 5 Bbl. Cement 25 daily supplies to the Warden’s house f rare ornament that was made |pom ool A5 0L tO take o “do a8 5 Gal 8 (For Painters) and other departments of the prison r the Governor. The labor that|pe af all in keeping with his h 1;;1’! Loe s 3 Lart. Q . Varnish..... 65— $34 93 | were sean. Then the ‘“segregation ade Gage's handsome bedstead, | home If the bufi{’nnf- ‘f‘“ a i | “E 1 Dz, Marmalade 2 71 ™ (For_Painters) sheets«were called for. These sheets t the splendor of an Oriental Po- | yne Aguirre sald to tear up the T O. 4 Jars Cheese 12 15 Gals. 810 show the amount of supplies charged household, was the State’s, | U for the 5 b()rrrm-cgrb‘{p((h E“-Y' - 1 M. 1 15 Gals. 25 to each department. | r Gage had no more claim | aén he would pay that amount to the : i 1 GaLig 41— $22 76| The segregation sheets are first made had the Sheriff of Mono | guard and would ship the bedstead at 2 Dz. Asparagus 5 out in pencil and then copied in ink. Moreover, the people of the | Gnee to the San Framcisean. The of. 2 D7’ Peaches 6 The pencil sheets show the actual | owning the labor of the con-|fer of course, was ac _Z‘T"a de {’h- ;?Z. :aycfin»s 3 D amounts of supplies drawn by each de- 1 the State prisons, had said in | bedstead, the photograph of which ap. 6 Bot. Mustard i partment, while the ink copies only | n right through their rep- | Dears herewith, was fo dus tioe Shin: 6 B. W. Flour . 13 %7 o | show what is purported to have been ¢ . ) S ue time ship- . 2 B $57 60 4 general assembly that | peq to the business man 1 Bx. Lemons 2 2 drawn. Y of this convict 1abor | " The San Francisco business man re. 1 Bx Ofmees i 2 00 The pencil segregation sheets for plied to the manufacture | cejved his carved bedstead shortly be- 25 Lbs, Dry Ch i i% March of this year showed that War- | The free labor of the |fore last Christmas. - 12th—2 R. Butter . den Aguirre ~had drawn supplies this, and the law was @ ity 1 Dz Sapolio amounting to $307 13, and the prison | i legislation of all States i ifeiirieivleiieiok @ ‘Lnllf:s'énogn:::p' mess was charged with $3352 34. The | where there is intelligent treatment of GROSS EXTRAVAGANCE. 100 Fiour commissary’s statement book had the | the problems of penology. But the it d il : sartie otel el b bedste itended for Governor orward . Forward The segregation sheet for the ar- Gage was made by stealth in the Ponihusd Weow Tage Two. M- AR i 1BtH—0. G. Mess . den's supplies had the following words | State prison by convicts who ostensi- S T AT P P rign = i % written in by a convict: | bly were employed in the jute mill or © doz. eggs. g 18 Dz Eggs 0. 3 60— $6 56| ~Charge $200 to prison mess and cred- | 4t breaking rock and building the Tib- | 28th—4 packs. matches. 15th—1 R. Butter . 3 it Warden’s house.” } uron road. Itrwas made in direct vio- 1 sack flnur. :‘70‘1_-' il A NG 28 On the segregation sheet for the pris- n of the law, and Governor Gage 1" roll butter, 14th—25 Lbs, Java. ..... e o 20th—P. Mess 500 Fir. 733— % 9|on mess the following notation was uld not possibly have been in igno- 8 bottles mushrooms. 15th—1 Dz, Wh. Rock Wal 1 P. Mess 425 Lbs. Beef.... 26 12— $33 45 | made: e of 1’r.«' '(d(h:xl the prison could 1 bottle sweet pickles, %2 1 215t—G. R.— s “Add $200 from W. H.” (Warden’s the handsome ornament onl 4 Gox. exps. : o B house). | loyment of conviet labor upon | 20th—5 doz esgs. IR o cpireosnall 35 20 o .o| When Commissary Foley was asked | . i doz. tomatoes, 1 Bx. Ora 3 2 3| to explain this glaring evidence of | ry of the manufacture of the 1 gal. maple syrup, 4 1 $7 66 | fraud he hastened to say that “it was | a bedstead is an instructing 2 rolls butter. < QIR & a mistake and an error.” c full of sidelights on the character 10 beef. Sl - 284 ' - Sy e re;;:“lfl 31st—4 quires manila paver. < Orangss 3 32 STATEMENT BOOK ALTERED. ; utter fgnorance of penology to & o) Bhther istn—Din. Biscuita _ $167| pighteen hours after this evidence of | : ver the 1500 convicts and the| The above list of supplies drawn for | 334§ Ficg. Toliet fraud wis discoveted Dy Cull rapres loyes at San Quentin. A |the Warden’s house shows that in the 10 C. 0. Soap 28 sentative the monthly statement book co business man, for whom | month he was charged with 81 dozen 7 Lbs, W. C. S 21 of Commissary Foley was altered and en pretended a warm friend- | eggs and 100 pounds of butter. Even g e 0 falsified. 5 3 at the prison one day last | allowing that he entertained guests, 20 Lbs. Lard . b The entry, “subsistence for Warden’s [ ser with his wife. Among other | the amount of supplies could not pos- 12 Dz. Eggs . 80— $4 04 house, $307 13, was changed to read s they saw some handsome furni- | gibly have been legitimately used. $107 13, while the entry for the “prison | th splendid carvings and highly | Can you, Governor Gage, in the face | g1 non Bananas’ 300 120 e a0 e D e d surfaces. of these figures, still tell the people of |~ - “Oranges . . Tom o0 rea 2 34. rancisctn and. v, wits | Cate e is Shat yoRE et orRber fa 15 T B eat0 Dnason 0 418 | When the attention of acting War- | »eechless with admiration | vestigation” shows Warden Aguirre in. | 25th—2 Dz. ~Sardines 10 P, Mess 1200 Lbs, Potatoes $2 18| den J. AL Aguirre was called to the | me furniture, and |nocent of having misapplied a cent of ,{”l};h!.n?::‘t_ln; G 28 30th—G. Rep.— changes in the statement book, he re- | hen they found words | the public funds? 2Dz P, & Bed o q Hoo o 217 biied ‘fhat ke kusw pocting shour & | ss their pleasure in its artistic | In order that the subsistence account 33 Tos, Mix, Nuts 50— $15 45 @ 3 08— g4 o5 | He refused t6 send for Commissary Fo- peautiful carvings and mirror- | of Warden Aguirre might not be in ex- | 21st—1 Bx. Apples . 50 ley or any of the prison bookkeepers surfaces, the visitors asked | cess of the $100 per month allowed to 1R e st L) @guirre how they could secure some of | him by law, the records of the prison Py TR PR D A e Continued on Page Four. = & o 4;':” Any style hat for 51.30 That is a very broad statement and needs modifying only to this effect.. We have hats in every popular style for $1.30, in- cluding Derbys, Fedoras, Graecos, Tourists, Crushers and Al- pines, each made of good quality felt; the Derbys come in black, but the colors in the soft hats are black, brown, cedar, pearl, elm and steel, and the last three come with black bands as well as self color. In addition to the assortment, each hat is a value. Like hats sell for $2.00 in exclusive stores. This we have proven time and again. Y If any customer finds that he can buy a hat as good as ours for $2.00 in any exclusive hat store. he can return the hat he bought from us no matter how long hegyas worn it, and we will give him his money back. Is there any other way in which we can_impress you with our values? Men’s golf caps in assorted colors and patterns, 43¢ each. Engineers’ union made quilted silk caps, 45€ each. Out-of-town orders filled—write us. SNWOoOoD 5 (0 718 Market Street