The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 11, 1902, Page 1

Call. VOLUME XCII-NO. 72. SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, AUGUST 11, 1902. PRICE FIVE CENTS. WITH PROOF PRESENTED THE CALL RESTS CASE * | HIS morning The Coll closes, for a time, its presentation of N closing its expose of the role which Governor Henry T. Gage { the incontestable, imiubitable, documentary facts which mark has played as the beneficiary of San Quentin crimes, The Call ‘ Henry T. Gage, "tht Governor of California, as the benefici- has not exhausted the overwhelming evidence which reveals the ary of gigantic crimes jcommitied at the prison at San Quentin. Chief Executive of this State in his remarkable position. This | These facts tell their oum story of the shame and humiliation of the paper was forced to present to the public some- of the documentary | Chief Executive. It is now the duty of Republican wvoters to de- testimony which condemns the Governor or he u'fmld have won | termine if they care to hazard the success of their party and venture wotes from mien who necessarily ‘fvould have been ignorant of the the fame of their State by asking the suffrages of the people for a | condemning facts. The Call ha?;mg perfafmed this partial duty to | wman who stands in the blinding glare of exposure as the beneficiary Republimn:f of Cali)forma awaits now th}f eagerness to prove in | of fraud, forgn_\;s misappropriatic and perjury. court that it has not in the slightest degree libeled Governor Gage. | | | l J" | ' - Receipy | °R cooos \W I~ N /BN . ©wr. - T, XN 2z 9E O w4 M el | P S (ory, | FQOT“ ®FO PACVD'.,IC""NAL SHIPp NG e f JANN QUENTIN COAST s Eipy) i f JDATE r\':aes R TR W e o~ WEDRG L Seap,. 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Having presented its case, The Call is now con- tent to await the verdict of the people of California, upon whom devolves the duty of either finding that Governor Henry T. Gage has been libeled or is guilty of the of- fenses charged to him. The Call was fully prepared to present its proofs in a court of competent jurisdiction, but when Governor Gage sought by every legal move and trick known to his cohort of railroad lawyers to stay the hand of justice and block the hearing of brought in this city, this paper was compelled to make public the evidence in its possession. THE CALL HAS PRESENTED ITS PROOF. The proof presented by The Call that Governor Gage is a receiver of stolen goods and that his chum and ap- pointee, Warden M. G. Aguirre, is at the head of a band of larcensists and felons, engaged in filching money from the public treasury, is based on convincing documentary evidence that forms part of the sacred archives of the State of California. The proof presented by The Call consists mainly ot public records. On the files of the Controller’s office at Sacramento are the many bills, prepared by convicts on sheets of paper pasted to billheads of business houses or on billheads of these firms, secured by a tricky device of Com- missary Francis Foley of San Quentin prison. the criminal libel proceedings ; The Call has not the space to present the many ficti- tious bills that can be found in the San Quentin prison records on file at Sacramento. It has been content with publishing but a few fac-similes of these bills in order that the people of California may judge whether Henry T. Gage is worthy of being again elected to the high office that he has disgraced. CONVICTS FED OUTSIDE OF MESS. The Call is prepared to prove that Warden Aguirre allowed the prisoners who were engaged in the illegal manufacture of furniture, saddlery, Harness, chinaware, oil paintings and bird cages to take their meals with the officers and guards outside the prison quadrangle. The Call is prepared to prove that Warden Aguirre issued the permits for the prisoners engaged in illegal work to take their meals in the officers’ and guards’ mess, and that in one month Aguirre - issued -eleven -thousand permits for meals to be taken by prisoners outside of the prison mess. The Call is prépared to prove that not only was furniture made in San Quentin prison and shipped to Governor Gage’s ranch at Downey, but that such furniture was ordered by a mem- ber of the Governor’s family, and its manufac- ture superintended by that member. The Call is prepared to prove that in the case of the polished horn chair, made for Governor Gage, that a member of the Governor’s family ordered a Chinese dragon to be burned in the red leather of the costly piece -of furniture, possibly to remind Governor Gage of the culi- nary art of Mah Noon. GAGE’S SERVANTS. The Call is prepared to prove that Governor Gage,