The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 10, 1902, Page 17

P S S e asans s S vps BEFTIFIFHEFFEIF 444441400000 - : pd H + : 3 & | J + + + -+ : “ ) + . + - e +* D44 4444445444 444444044440 S e VOLUME XCII-NO. 71. SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, AUGUST 10, 1902—FORTY PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTS. UAUJE'S COUNTRY HOME CROWDED WITH CONVICT-MADE FURNITURE HE CALL presents this morning more proof of the condemning facts in conmection with the affairs of San Quentin prison, which Governor Henry T. Gage did not dare to have presented in a court of iu:tice.A With @Wnding audacity the Chief Executive played with the courts, juggled with the law and dodged with lawyers to prevent the public from knowing the truth. In defiance of every. principle which should prompt him to protect his reputation hc hfz: remained silent, and to-day the people of California may again read new proofs, in the damning record of documents, of the utter unworthiness of Henry T. Gage to succeed himself. in _a - position where_ he *has brou,_ght humiliation wpon the State. The records speak for themselves. They show the convict-made gifts sent to Governor Gage. The disgraceful transactions, numerous, of great magnitude, illegal, criminal and dishonoring, are the basis of the fabric of arvaignment of a man who is ca: reless of his konor and negligent of the people he represents. the following packages, [laangers of fire or mavigation, or an navigation of whatever kind or mature Soever ex reambosts or barges. Barlow's Menifold Shipping Book. Patented April 23, 1884 Received frnm...,.....? in good order, on board the &/r"f%wb._ contents wunknown, to be delivered a other accident or damger of . the seas, cepted; and wilh privi R ;Wbre Shipments to Downey Ranch Are Proved by Photographs of Receipts OR the purpose of | of day and attempt to tell the people proving its charges|of California that each specific ernor Hmryi charge against him was devoid of | that Gow Odiinal. ; Received from M. 6. Al IRRE, in good order, on board LH7HY. £ the articles enymerated San Ouofi‘t:'n,'~£al J below, to be An‘y other accident Statg, Prison at San Quentin di/Zud at tever kind or nature socvug'e;c\yt:;s with privilege of re-shigping on steamboats or barges. CONSIGNEE, MARKS AND DESTINATION. o e o edl Erom A —— low's Manifold '! i good order, on dogrg the é,} | SR (10 [ollowny ges, coni e S it 4 g @M«c‘_ ..... >3 unknown, to be defivgred o by which Governor Gage benefited. The Call is prepared to prove Evidence Is averwhelming: That Chief Executive Is Beneficiary of Frauds | existence of crime at San Quentin, | has never benefited by any overt act of Warden Aguirre or any other official of San Quentin prison. T. Gage is one of | foundation. He dared mot do so,| < “ | that in azidit_ion toA t/xf' shipments| The Call has the cvidence alml is the iories of | for he well knew of the existence | | % &Tfizfilgfo}e?;‘on ‘. i»a[r“rud_\' mennomd.m its ca[xtrzlrlsiprcparfd to pmt't" that I?rzsantr s o o of documentary evidence that| | FORNITURE SHIFFED | | prison-made furniture ml'd otheriLarubw made a chair especially for tion and crime tha San | would overwhelmingly convict him | | \ %o%f??fi%g%fi:a&m iIIO{lffle/d goods were 51‘_'/’!’"‘1 '01‘ Governor Gage, and that this f’“”" Quentin prison, under ad- | at the bar of public opinion. i g friends of Warden Aguirre and |was composed of dozens of highly ministration of Warden M. G. With this knowledge Governor | . __ £ 4 Governor Gage living ‘in various | polished horns. It was iphalstered Aguirre, The Call to-day p1 to produce ir. a court of legal juris- diction, but which it was unable owing to the frantic efforts of Go ernor Gage and his cohort of rail- road lawyers to block the wheels of Justice. i To-day The Call adds to the mass of comvincing testimony that it has presented to the people of California, and to-morrow it will present still more evidence of the| felonies existing at San antin,li of which Governor Gage is one of | the direct beneficiaries. Governor Gage, in order to bol- ster up his shattered political rep- | utation, sought a remote court in| Southern Celifornia and there filed | a criminal libel suit against the| owner and the manager of The| Call. Despite kis assertions that he has not received any benefits from | the shameful crimes commitied by State officials at San Quentin prison, Governor Gage's only reply to the charges made against him is to say that “they are libelous.” He failed to come into the light blishes| Gage first hied himself to the Jus-| still more 2vidence that it intended | t ice’s Court at San Pedro_and then | frantically fought against the hear- ing of the criminal libel suit insti-| tuted in this city against John D. Spreckels and W. S. Leake by L. P. Boardman. For the same reasom, Governor Gage held his “star chamber inves- tigation” at San Quentin prison. He took this step in order to throw dust in the cyes of the taxpayers of: California ( in_his ambition to serve a second | 8 ~y o | term as the Chief Executive of the State. , That is why Governoy Gage did | not dare to order an investigation of San Quentin prison and Warden Aguirre's administration by the| State Board of Priso Dirc:cior& Governor Gage well knew that an ors would bring to public light the | disgraceful details of the frmtd.\'! of books, records and accounts of! the prison. For that reasoy Gover- nor Gage held his “star chappe, investigation,” assisted by Wayqe, M. G. Aguirre, General Overseer | FACSIMILES OF THREE SHIPPING RECEIPTS OF SAN QUENTIN PRISON PROVING CONSIGNMENT OF FURNITURE AND OTHER ARTICLES BY WARDEN AGUIRRE AND OTHER OFFICERS TO GAGE'S RANCH AT DOWNEY AND TO FRIENDS IN THE STATE. Governor Asserts Indefinitely That the . Charges Made Are Libelous,but Ignores Positive Proofs Presented by The Call 1. A. Aguirre, three prisoners who had been utilized in forging bills, md secure their support | and by Dan Kevane, secretary of* the State Board of Examiners and former “outside law partner” of Gage. FURTHER EVIDENCE FRESENTED. The Governor’s action in order- ing an investigation of the charges brought against Dr. Lawlor, the ex-superintendent of the Home for Feeble-Minded Children at Glen | investigation by the Prisoy Direct- | Ellen, is in marked contrast to his | actions following the expose n-tafle by The Call of the rotten adminis- | forgeries, larcenies, falsifications | tration of Warden Aguirre at San Quentin. Fearing condemnation at the hands of the public, Governor Gage did not hesitate to throw Dr. Law- lor overboard from his political ship. Furniture and ivory mounted harness are not made at Glen Ellen and no products of the hands of the helpless inmates of the home there are shipped to the Gage ranch at Downey. If Governor Gage had not been a beneficiary of the felonies committed | by State officials at San Quentin he would have ordered an immediate investigation by the Board of Prison Directors of the affairs of San Quentin prison. The Call to-day presents fac- similes of three shipping receipts for furniture and other articles shipped from San Quentin prison to the ranch home of Governor Gage at Downey and to other friends of the Warden. With the receipts already published by The Call the list of shipments to Governor Gage's home assumes wvast pro- portions. The evidence of shipments from San Quentin prison represents but a very small portion of what act- ually was sent out from the institu- tion by Warden Aguirre and his accomplices. The Call was beset by the greatest difficulties in’sccuring its evidence. An investigation of the prison affairs will show that the felonious purchase of material with public funds and the making of an endless variety of furniture and other articles by convicts, in violation of the law, is colossal in its proportions. Time and space do not permit The Call to publish details of all the evidence that it secured proving the | 1 parts of the State. ‘ The Call- to- | day publishes a further list, show- | ing the shipments of .prison-made | supplies and - furniture to many cities in California, as well as to the Gage ranch at Downey. VEHICLES MADE AND PAINTED. The Call has evidence in its pos- session and is prepared to. prove that wehicles were made af San | Quentin prison for the use of | friends of Warden Aguirre; that | persons_ having no connection with the prison sent buggies and surreys prison to be painted and uphol- stered there by prisoners, using ma- terial paid for with public funds. The Call has evidence in its pos- | session -and is prepared to prove | that Warden -Aguirre and his' ac- | complices had manufactured costly machinery at San Quentin _prison and ‘shipped the same o various points. clares is not guilty of any wrong- doing. -3 Governor Gage declares that he to the paint shop of San Quentin | The Call has. the evidence of ; these ‘felonious acts of Warden! Aguirre, whont Governor Gage de-1 i red leather and was so hand- some that the guards of the prison were invited in'to see the article made for Governor Gage by a pris- oner’s hands. After The Call exposed the wretched adminmistration of San Quentin prison this chair was shipped back to Warden Aguirre. The prison-made chair was the | pride of the institution and also of Governor Gage, for whom it was made. The Call has the evidence and is prepared to prove that Warden | Aguirre kept @ number of prison- | ers at work in cutting and polishing shells to be used in inlaying furmi- ture. Some of this furniture was | shipped to Governor Gage's ranch | home at Downey. | While The Call has a mass of | testimony in its possession, it but represents an iota of the evidence | that can be found in the prison rec~ | ards to prove the vast extent of the felonious acts of Warden Aguirre and his accomplices, of which acts Governor Gage is one of the benefi- ciaries. Continued on Page Twenty-Twos i