The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 9, 1902, Page 1

@ all, - VOLUME XCI—NO. 7%0. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 1902. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ~ MORE EVIDENCE PRESENTED BEFORE BAR OF PUBLIC OPINION OF SHIPMENTS OF PRISON-MADE FURNITURE TO GAGE'S RANCH AT DOWNEY AND TO LOS ANGELES FRIEND OF origmal. San Quentin. Cal.%* Lm0t Received from M. G %l% Mflm atSen Ment(n. i d order, on board s ;f;':?rfit:h: onufidrated below. to be delivered at ok o i cident or danger of the s, i rine {eation, of any other ac 4 = dangers ef fire and -".‘Vifif. of ¥ietever %ind o{:cfl\r: soever ¢ jvers, Or steam navi et et oets or batges. b rolty _‘hi ing with privilege Of re-shipp L CONSIGNEE, MARKS AND DESTINATION. ~ VRTAHER 122oo% T TRE _T7%7L N o7 SAIFNERT [ pg;mjfl; 7 fg}fflfiflr AL T i THIPPIN G RECE. = convic7 riPE WARDEN AGUIRRE L7 7075 FURNT 5227 By TYARDEL. Mm%z % s SHERIFF HAMNNEL © coINTY scorn of the public and destroy his political presumption. 1 | SHIPPING RECEIPTS FOR CONVICT-MADE FURNITURE SEHT FROM SAN QUENTIN. — indubitable proof of the charge against him. HE CALL resumes its task this morning of submitting to the public new evidenice to demonstrate its accusation that Governor Henry T. Gage is the bencficiary of criminal acts committed at San Quentin Prison. The incriminating shipping receipts, the tell-tale docu- ments which cannot be forged, mutilated or destroyed, rcveal the shameful story of the penitentiary scandal. ceipts, which stand as stern accusers, uncover that secret road of favor which the craft of Martin G. Aguirre, Warden of San Quentin, opened from the State prison to tie ranch home of the chief executive at Dowwney. 4 Ower this road, in violation of State law, in contempt of public policy, great quantities of State propert this road has been lost the dignity which should attach to the Governor of California and Henry T. Gage has become the receiver” of stolen goods, the beneficiary of criminal acts. It was these facts which Governor Gage sought so desperately to keep from the public eye. 1t was this indictment which he hoped to smother in a far-away corner of the State. Forced by the necessities of his political ambition to- institute a criminal libel he has employed the services of some of the craft- iest and most clever lawyers in the State to prevent that libel from being tried at a time when the facts in the case would expose him to the These shipping re- have passed. Over The Call will not permit him thus to impose upon the people and again presents Ecords Furnish Proof of Fraud and Mi;nanagement at San Quentin, Though the Governor, After » Secret Investigation, Said No Funds Had Been Misapplied Nor Records Falsified. EFORE the bar of public opinion The Call continues to pre- sent its evidence proving ‘that Governor Henry T. Gage is 2 beneficiary of the felonies committed at San Quentin prison by Warden M. G. Aguirre and other officials. Further documentary proof is published to-day to show that not only were shipments of furniture made to Governor Gage’s ranch home at Downey, but that a consignment was also made to the Sheriff of Los Angeles County. The Call to-day presents proof of further shipments to Governor Gage’s ranch at Downey; of a shipment of furniture to the Sheriff of Los Angeles County; and is prepared tc prove, by evidence in its possession, that two shipments were made to the wife of the Governor, from San Quentin prison—of one birdcage and two boxes on October 9, 1900, and another shipment from the prison on October 17, 1900, of one package, a chair. To disprove the statements of Governor Gage that not one cent of public money has been misapplied at San Quentin prison during the Aguirre regime, or that the prison affairs have been wrongly .administered, The Call adds to-day to its testimony by publishing bills of firms. in- this city, show- ing the purchase of enameled leather, and the charging to-the State of sup- plies for which the bills were.prepared by convicts on-pasted-bill-forms, The Call is prepared to prove that large shipments of convict-made furniture were made by Warden Aguirre not only to Gage’s ranch home but to many points in California, including Los Angeles, San Diego, San Pedro, Santa Rosa, Petaluma, Napa-and San Rafael. The Call has in its possession photographs of shipping receipts for fl..!l'— niture sent to persons living in the places mentioned, and, as space permits, will present them in its columns to the people of California. The Call is also prepared to prove that a costly set of double-harness was made for Governor Gage at San Quentin prison. The Call has the names of the convicts who made the harness and carved the Governor’s monogram out of ivory for the harness. . Shortly after The Call made its expose of the corruption at San Quen- tin the double set of harness was shipped from Los Angeles County back to San Quentin prison, and proof will be produced by this paper of - that transaction. Since Wednesdaymorning last, The Call has presented proof to the people of California showing that a gigantic business has been carried on in San Quentin prison in the making of costly furniture, the material for the same being illegally purchased and fraudulently charged to the jute mill ac- count, ; ; : As one of the many beneficiaries of the crimes of certain San Quentin prison officials Governor Gage proves himself to be an enemy of the work- ingmen of the State and of the business community. Instead of helping the industries of the State and being a friend of the workingmen and California merchants, Governor Gage is proven to be a re- cipient of convict-made furniture and other articles, thereby, being an en- enly to free labor and the interests of the mercantile industry. Governor Gage has whitewashed Warden Aguirre and declares that there has been no maladministration in the affairs of San Quentin prison. Thousands of dollars’ worth of convict-made furniture and other arti- cles have been made at San Quentin and distributed to the friends of Gage and Aguirre. These transactions have seriously injured free labor and the business community. Friends of Gageand Aguirre and Governor Gage himself have been the recipients of convict-made articles, thus depriving the workingmen of a portion of their wages and the business community of a share of legitimate profits. The convict-made articles have supplanted the products of free labor and capital. J The Call is prepared to prove that articles of endless variety have been T T T T T L T ——