The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 9, 1902, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 1902. CONVICTS DO FOR JOSEPH AGUIRRE - WORK THAT s ol . v R ke 4 /. (7. \ Warden, With Amézing Effrontery, Per- mits Shipment of Quentin After The HE effrontery of the Quentin prison management San | | in permitting the shipment | | convict-made furniture from the prison subsequent The Call's original publication of of fraud and corruption at San less than amazing. Joseph Aguirre, of Overseer ther of Warden Aguirre, and acting rden in the latter’s absence, denied a representative of The Call on May being made s stored | any furn e prison or that any w. ure was made from the prisor nts to-day a_photo- f an express wag- in furniture n I.uud of the Qu on its way from the wharf where it had been landed by the steamer Resolute to Joseph Aguirre’s cottage on Wal- nut street, Berk The story of that shipment was told in Thursday’s issue of The Call, with photographs of some of the crates and burlap covered pieces to-day photograph given house ages are in nine in the pproximately a piled up a Aguirre, )n one of the the wagon. At may be s a the couch with its ojecting upward. s furniture was bel May, when The an Quentin scandals act at first, d that he Com a home a quan- at the to pay =on - to of furniture to be for which he intended should leave the up the duties But in ns outsiders were sce the comv ke these admis- not permitted ts at work on the furni- ture or any of the compieted articles then in the prison. The manufacture | a secret enterprige, because it was against the law. Fraud has been com- | mitted by charging thousands of feet | of furniture hardwoods to the jute mill | account. If Joseph Aguirre has not“ paid for the lumber that was used in | State payrolls. is of | Furniture From San Call Makes Charges the manufacture of the furniture that adorns his home the State has been defrauded. In any case the law has been violated. As Bank Commissioner, Joseph Aguirre will draw a fat salary from the State. As General Overseer at San Quentin he has been and is yet on the | | Yet this protege of | | Governor Gage, the brother of the Gov- ernor’s particular chum, will live at Berkeley in a house filled with hand- ‘ some furniture made by convicts whose labor was the State’s. Aguirre can’t | BELONGED TO FREE MEN * = - WAGON LoAp OF CONVICT—Mapm FURMNITOURE ON 178 sray Tro SYOSEPH AGUIRRE’S s g:xgyz l,fl_‘BERkEx_E_Y WY ) | 1 | OVERNOR GAGE says that he intends to file another suit for criminal libel against the owner and the manager of The Call and that he will bring the pro- ceedings in the court of San Pedro. This is the answer of Governor Gage ]to the evidence that is presented by The Call to prove that he is a benefi- | ciary of the corruption and crime that exist at San Quentin prison: | “According to The Call’s own admis- i sion, their publication of August 6 was pay for that labor if he wants to. Un- | : =5 T 3 4 | made for the express purpose of at- s he has paid for the lumber, and | ) tempting to defeat my renomination, he claimed only that he would do so | | PHOTOGRAPH OF ONE OF THE WAGON LOADS OF FURNITURE, A THIRD OF THE TOTAL, EN ROUTE and the . publishers of that libelous upon leaving the prison, the material FROM WHARF TO THE BERKELEY HOME OF JOSEPH AGUIRRE, BROTHER OF THE WARDEN OF SAN !shggt say they will kdep on with simi- alsf) is the State’s. QUENTIN PRISON. {lar work until after the Republican pri- The Berkeley home of the would-be | maries have taken place. Bank Commissioner should have been | " 2 . furnished at the benefit of free labor. Skilled binet-makers and wood carv- ers, self-respecting, law-abiding citi- zens were deserving of the work that through the establishment convicts {n San Quentin did. A furni- ture factory and a furniture each should have had a share of profits home. The law forbids the manufac- ture of anything but jute bags at San Quentin for that very reason, to pro- tect free labor and private capital. But dealer of a new so small a thing as a statute is not to be zllowed to stand in the %vay when a protege of the Governor needs furni- ture for his home. “The publication referred to is sub- | stantially a repetition of the previous defamation and is malicious, criminal- {1y libelous on me, and for which I shall ! prosecute both Leake and Spreckels. 3 ( | ‘ : _b»\' the publication in The Call of photographs of documents of shipping receipt. tin prison to Governor Gage's ranch at Downey, Cal., is as follows: February 17, 1002, From GEO. MacDOUGAL 5 MacDOUGAL, care ° 3 to GEO. GAGE RANCH, Downey: Four crutes of furniture. Six boxes of sundrien. 8, 1901 (Waybill 140), From S QUENTIN PRISON to MRS. HENRY T. GAGE, Downey: One lounge, 200 1bs. November 7, 18900 (Waybill 396). From CAPTAIN RUSSELL to MRS. Downey, Cal.: One boxed chair, 235 Ibs. HENRY T. GAGE, | August 5. 1901 | From M. G. AGUIRRE to DOMINGO MINDIAS, Three cases of furniture. One crate of furniture. 1900. SAN QI'IENTI,\' PRISON to MRS. HENRY T. ey, Cal.: One’ box of glassware. One box, welight 250 1bs. Downey: October 6, From Dow GAGE, Domingo Mindias is foreman of the Gage ranch at Downey. Captain Russell is a prison official. | |r shipping clerk at San Quentin prison. s LIST OF SHIPMENTS FROM PRISON TO GAGE'S RANCH. | [ A T the bar of public opimon, The Call presents evidence to prove that vast quantities of furniture, Governor Gage at Downey, Los Angeles County. That Governor Henr March —, 1902. From GEORGE MacDOUGAL to GEORGE MacDOUGAL, care of GAGE RANCH, Downey, Cal.: Four crates of furniture. One box of plants. October 1, 1900. From MRS. HENRY T. GAGE, San Quentin, to MRS. HENRY T. GAGE, Downey, Cal.: Invalid’s chair, boxes and bundles—S8 articles, weighing S25 1bs. April 5, 1901. X From SAN QUENTIN PRISON to MRS. HENRY T. GAGE, Downey: . 2 kits, 1 crate, 1 box glass, weighing 627 lbs. July 23, 1901. From M. G. AGUIRRE, Warden of San Quentin Prison, to DOMINGO MENDIAS, Downey, Cal.: One crate of- furniture. May 29, 1901. From M. G. AGUIRRE, Warden San Quentin Prison, to DOMINGO MENDIAS, Downey, Cal.: Three boxes of furniture. . made at San Quentin prison, have becn shipped to the ranch home of y T. Gage is one of the beneficiaries of the corruption existing at San Quentin prison is proven . With the further evidence presented to-day, the list of shipments from San Quen- George MacDougal is a relative of Governor Gage and is —% November 21, 1901. From SAN QUENTIN PRISON to HON. HENRY T. Downey, Cal.: One box of glassware, weight 37 1bs. June 7, 1901, rom M. G. AGUIRRE, Warden San Quentin Prison. to DOMINGO MENDIAS, Downey, Cal.: One box of furniture. May 17, 1901. * From M. G. AGUIRRE, Warden San Quentin Prison, to W. A. HAMMEL, Los Angeles: One box of ziass. Cne box of furniture. October 9, 1900, From SAN QUENTIN PRISON to MRS. HENRY T. GAGE, Downey, Cal.: One’ bird-cage. Two boxes. GAGE, October 17, 1900. From SAN QUENTIN PRISON to MRS, Downey, Cal.: One package—chair. HENRY T. GAGE, Threat to Bring a Second Libel Suit at San Pedro Is the Only Answer Made by Gage to Evidence Presented by This Paper In bringing the second complaint, I do not propose to have the trial conducted in any court selected by Spreckels, Leake and Boardman; but, as before, I shall cause criminal complaint to be filed in the county of my residence, as the constitution and law provide.” Governor Gage's threat to flle crimi- nal libel proceedings is made for the purpose of bolstering up his wrecked political ambition. He seeks to minimize the effect of the publication by The Call of the doc- umentary evidence that proves him to be a beneficlary of crime. In the same weak and evasive man- ner that has characterized the Gover- nor’s actions since the expose by The Call of corruption at San Quentin pris- on, the chief executive now seeks to still further evade the issue of coming into a competent court of jurisdiction, accessible to the witnesses and evidence in the proposed proceedings. Governor Gage, who proclaims that his administration has been economi- | cal, proposes to saddle the taxpayers of Los Angeles County with the enormous expeunse of bringing witnesses 500 miles from San Francisco and San Quentin to San Pedro. The only answer of Governor Gage to the evidence now being presented by The Call is to declare that it is “crimi~ nally libelous.” He has not blinded the people of California by his latest at- tempt to mend his political fences be- fore the primary elections. —_— PHYSICIANS FORM NEW BOARD OF EXAMINERS 1 N Well-Enown Doctors Meet and Elect Dr. David Powell President of Organization. A number of prominent physicians from different parts of the State meét yesterday at the headquarters of the State Board of Medical Examiners, at 1104 Van Ness ave- nue, and organized the second Board of Medical Examiners of the State of Call- fornla. Dr. David Powell was elected president, Dr. Dudley Tait vice president, Dr. C. L. Tisdale treasurer and Dr. George E. Gere secretary. The following physicians compose the board: E. C. Buell, M. D., Los Angeles; George G. Gere, M. D., San Francisco; D. E. Osborne, M. D.. St. Helena; Lewis A. Perce, M. D., Lowg Beach; David Powell, M. D., Marysville: Dudley Tait, M. D., San Francisco; Walter. L. e, M. D., San Francisco; C. L. M. D., Alameda; Ray L. Wilbur, M B, Aalay