The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 20, 1902, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1902. [EADING MERCHANTS TESTIFY THAT BILLS SENT FROM THE PENITENTIARY 10 STATE G0ARD OF EXAMINERS AND ALLOWED BY THAT BODY ARE FORGERIES S 3 B 2 s : s i he testimony of these men, who > \j is city i repute and unquestioned integrity testified on ‘the witness-stand yesterday to the citooked work which h.as be_en going on in San Quentin prison. By tl G k= s LhP;\C'eHx‘l\r)A\iitseriitt}\‘\x'lmct‘g'e? fi:ltg;ee Srtnattpert?r)eiore tI?e court, part ofgihe charges made by The Call was proved. A 'S. Weill of Fhe firm of Stein, Simon & Co. swore that no suFl_lttbfll tfls Sv(:a[::};?l\::ixd}llrrna.n;:?d a\:t}:jhol:lo:g :Ez affidavit of Warden Aguirre as being correct, had ever been issued from his house. He declared that t_he writing on the billhead was correct, but that the items had beenb\_xlll'lf em {fis A had beenp ;nered bigie s billhead. This bill was approved by the Board of Examiners and the amount collected from the State. Sigmund Stern of the fi'rm of Levi Strauss & Co. swore that’ anot‘her ld r‘?fi—s oliggrp o Sister—;mlaw i same manner. i‘his b;]l was alSO‘I)asscd ur;on by the Board of Examiners and the money collected from the State. Mr. Stern also testified that Mrs. Gage, the Governor's wife, and. Mrs. A Warden, had ordered goods to be shipped to San Quentin. 2 e — o ! i 1 | s -® 1- a[- l- Il y 1 || | —_— | < | 1 that 1 to to plux ills were shown purported to| | | respective house { bills had been z such ite ms. certified to as cor- | | Prison W | LADIES BUY FOR PRISON. an eventful y in Q%_fié;;&;’;’*"’ ritz’ court, both morning and af- | | A‘TTQRNEV Mr of the firm of Levi| | S ha.. A a little ser- i Gage, wife sl Jose Aguirre, | | k', had made | | SR S 1d orflered goods' for | - x 2 e - t prepared to i’ : dies were there THE COURT, THE PROSECUTOR AND WITNESSES CALLED YESTERDAY TO PROVE THE CALL’S CHARGES AGAINST GAGE. ught, but intimat- duce the records on | o — — 2 A€ IHENe SR 3 AT inistration the S0 de- | not tell you by J d identify | or two and when the bill paid there was | Mr. Campbell (reading)— By y did not r :irtl.nls!‘f’nxt‘(zj. wnfm fue s He | Tt .tell ¥ou by looking at this bill who bousht | :}?Zc%.m s w:‘“:x;"122“'5;3[:;0"1(0‘}:;;“;[{ | o, two jena when the Bills ar gaid there wab el e R T Their identity was estab- | clared that Governor Gag | e Can you tell what goods, if any, were | Capitol. they were destroyed very likely. New York ottice ossr Rl ot se and that was suffi- | sent to the State Prison? A.—All of th i | there and that he had made no attempt to better the condition of affairs. On the contrary the chief executive, he said, was a beneficiary. LADIES WHO BOUGHT GOODS FOR THE PRISON firm of a partner in the 0., which house bills Mr. Weill v Mr. Gantner, h corroborated his em- who | Mrs. Gage and Mrs. Aguirre | Frequent Patrons of Levi a tered. ere brought down from Sacra- Joseph Aguirre, he said that he knew neither of them personally, but knew who they were. Q.—You have no acquaintance with them— you know both of them? A.—Yes, sir “Q—1 ask you to look at this bill dated April 13, 1901, and state to the court whether or nay you sold those goods? A.—These goods were s0ld by the firm of Levi Strauss & Co. Q—Do you know to whom, by whom these were ordered? A.—These were ordered with- cquisition, so I cannot say by whom re ordered; they may have been bought in the house; they were probably bought in the house. Q.—DId4 you at gny time, or the firm of Levi Strauss &.Co. at any time furnish to the State Prison _of Californla any articles upon the crder of Mrs. Agulrre and Mrs, Gage? A.— Well, they do not require any order. Q.—I mean, Qi they get these things there— did they purchase the goods there? A.—Yes, sir. Q.—Now, can you state to the court what ds were that were ordered by Mrs, Oliver sald that the reports from which | e E°095 We that were ordered by Mre the entries were made should be in his| 45 the State Prison of California? Have you office. He was not sure that they were —14f 1 show you the bills? A.—Well, I think there, but if he could find them he would | 1 could produce them this morning. | Q—Well— Joseph Aguirre, brother of the Warden at | Mr. Whiting (interrupting)—I object, if the San Quentin, went on the stand and ad- court please, we say that the—we suggest that e be 1a his evidence. ted that furniture was manufactured | the time be laid for t gt & Clerk Oliver had mever| M- Campbell: Q.—Do you remember wheth- b hing else but | OF MOt any of those goods were furnished ere OF anything else but | . .;ithe verbal ovder of.elther Ohe of thies made there. When ob- | . e to Attorney Campbell A.—That I cannot answer. questions to the brother of the Warden | I show you another bill dated July, and ask you to state whether or not any of those the attorney wound up the morning ses- sion with a battle for the is being given to the at- defe to unmask the ed in San Quentin books of the pi rk James M. Oiiver | t yesterday. He had answers for the-attor- | ng the books that | ad ledger, but the cashbook, con g the original entries, he had forgotten. He was willing to pro- Guce the cashbook, only too willing, but a question as to his system of bookkeep- | ing disclosed the fact that the cashbook did not contain the original entries. | The entries made in the cash book, he said, were taken from the reports of the | various departments. The entries were | n the aggregate lumped, so that the cashbook would show nothing after all. 800ds were furnished on the order of those ladies? A.—Those are not contract goods and forceful arraignment of the | they were sent to the State Brison, but I can Piano Tru’[h_Jl We have no reason to be long-faced or despondent over the manner in which the San Francisco public has ehown gppreciation of our efforts to supply them with the BEST PIANOS in the WORLD on_the most pleasant terms of sale The various lines we carry enable any one to get just the gort of plano desired without running all over the city on a tiresome quest. Call and see our lines of planos and get our con- venient terms, THEWILEY B. ALLEN CO. LEADING PIANO DEALERS, 931 Market Street, San Francisco. All Market-street cars stop in front of our building. BRANCH—951 BROADWAY, OAKLAN: m he Controller office on a They were in the cus Strauss & Co. of the Controller, who m. They are silent il committed against | giorung Stern, one of the firm of Levi the State, but thelr silence | g aue5 & Co., was called as a witness, beyond the loftiest flights | \eq if he knew Mrs. Gage and Mrs. | (@ UPon the order of these ladies? A.— , sir. ’an you tell any goods that were sent to tate Prison upon the order of these la- A.—Individually, 1 could not tell that. d look it up and see from our tickets at the office—our shipping tickets. Mr. Campbell—I show you a bill. marked— dated September 30, 1901. A.—That writing 1 recognize, Q.—The other portion of the wrieing I ask u Whether or nay that Is in the handwriting any of the bookkeepers of Levl Strauss & any ? , sir; no. Not that [show- ing]—that fs— Q.—Yes, the heading; you recognize the fact that that paper is—can vou say whether or ¥ the paper—the billhead heen pasted on to the latter part of the bill? Mr. Whiting—We submit the bill is the best evidence of that if the court please. The Court—That is only for the purpose of fdentifying it. The bill is the best evidence. Mr. ‘Camabell—Now that portion under cut, or that portion nasted on, s that hangwriting of any of the bookkeepers Levi Strauss & Co.? A.—No, sir. hat is the middle portion of . Campbell : I call your . attention to the bill of the—one-half dozen night- gowns, one-half dozen tablecloths, and I ask you whether or not the firm of Levi Strauss & Co., to your knowledge, ever presented this bill which is marked ‘‘Correct, M. Aguirre and Francis Foley,” did they present that bill, as it is there, to the State Prison Commissioners? A.—No, sir. Mr. Campbell—I show you adother bill, dated July 31, 1901, on the billhead of Levi Strauss & Co., which appears to have bean treated in the same manner, can see, and I will ask you to look at the latter part there— that is, on the part which is on the part which has been pasted—and ask you if that bill is in the handwriting of any of the hookkeepers, or any one connected with the firm of Levi Strauss & Co.? A.—No, sir; that Is not. This s (showin, By _this you mean r: 8). Q.—This is (indicating). the billhead at the top? A.—Yes, s Q.—I ask you to state to the court whether or not Levi Strauss & Co. ever presented. that bill in that form to the State prison of Cal- ifornia? A.—No, sir, Q.—T"ask you to look upon this bill here, the bill of January 25, 1902, look at that and tell whether or not you can tell who ordered that—whether or not that was ordered by Mrs. Gage and Mrs. Agulrre? A.—That bill ‘may have been ordered by those two ladles. R. P. Roper, clerk in the Controiler's L S S 2 ATTEMPLS TO END E OF PROMISE Talented Young Woman in Sacramento at Death’s Door. Specfal Dispatch to The Call. SACRAMENTO, Aug. 19.—Miss Alice Curtis, 2 years of age, the handséme and talented daughter of ex-Supervisor Wil- liam Curtis, shot herself in the left breast at a late hour this afternoon and is in a precarious condition. The Curtis family occupies a beautiful ‘country home about a mile beyond the city limits. Mr. Curtis owns broad acres and he has been able to provide for his family all the com- forts money can procure. Miss Curtis, still conscious, admits that she inflicted the wound, but gives no explanation for it, and the only theory that has been as- signed is that she committed the act while in a fit of melancholia due to slight illness. ¢ By all of her neighbors Miss Curtis is held in the highest regard and they. are praying that she may be saved from death. But little is known concerning.the PR T BILLS ALTERED AND MONEY PAID ON THEM Merchant Weill Swears That False Returns Were Made From the Prison. BT A. S. Weill is a partner in the clothing house of 'Stein, Simon & Co. He testi- fied that His house furnished goods to San Quentin prison in October of 1399. After the usual wrangling, objecting and excepting, Attorney Campbell finally suc- ceeded -in getting an answer from' the gentleman. Mr. Campbell asked the witness if on October 13,.1899, his house had sold any g00ds to San Quentin. He answered that three different bills had been made out on that day. The testimony was as fol- lows: Q.—Now, 1 ask you, have you a copy of those with you? A.—I have a copy of one. Q-—Have you a copy of the bill amounting to §44 402 A.—I have. Q. —Will you kindly refer to that and state to the court what that bill amounted to, and what were the items of {t? A.—There aré sey- eral items in that bill. Shall I read every item? Mr. Campbell—Yes. One cut of brown kersey, 2 yards, at $6 amounting $18 50; one cut of black vicuna, 2 yards, at $525 a yard, amounting to $10 50; one cut pantaloon- ing, vard and a quarter, at $4 12;3. amounting 10 $515; one cut of black surah, 3% yards, at $275 a yard, amounting to $9 63; one cut of sleeving, one yard and a half, at $2 75, amount- ing to §412; one brown velvet collar, $1; but- tons, 50 cents; -total, $44 40, Q—T ask you to state to the court whether or nay that is material for a suit of clothes— men's clothes? A.—It is Intended for a suit, yes—and trimmings with it. Q.—Do you remember whether or not there was & requisition from any State’s prison officfal? A1 cannot; I have been trying to find it; of course we do not keep papers for three years; we keep them for about a year being almost as completely mystified as are outsiders, Miss Curtis was about her duties as usual this morning and seemed in ordin- ary health. She visited the home of a relative and there procured a revolver. Returning to her home, she placed the pistol against her heart, as she supposed, and fired. The bullet penetrated the lung, but did not touch the heart. Medi- cal and surgical ald was promptly sum- moned and the patient made as comfort- able as, possible. She admitted the act, but gave no other reason than. that she wanted to dle. Miss Curtis is a graduate of the Sacra- mento High School and a young woman of refinement, devoted to literary and musical studles. It is not known that she bad any love affair, and as her relations With the rest of the family were of the happiest to-day’s tragedy is all the more inexplicable. Salt Rheum You may call it eczema, crust. But no matter what you call it, this skin disease which comes in patches that burn, itch, discharge a watery matter, dry and scale, owes its existence to the presence of humors in the system. THEY It will continue to exist, annoy and per- hax;l agonize as long as these humors re- main. . It is always radically and permanently cured by . Hood’s Sarsaparilla tetter or milk details of the sad occurrence, the family | Which expel$ all humors and is positively unequaled for all cutaneous eruptions. | l Q.—Are you familiar with handwriting of the persons were in your employ? 1y, yes. Q.—1 show you a_bill dated Octo- ber 31, 1899¢ ° A.—Yes, sir. Q.—Directed “Commissary De- partment, California = State Prison, the who A.~—General- h;in Quentin, Californin?” A.—Yes, sir. Q.—On the billhead of Stein, Simon & Company, and ask yon to State to the court in whose hand- writing the writing part of that is? A.—This handwriting is in Fred Gantner's. ore of our bookkeepers. Q.—T1 eall your attention to-a ccer- tain portion of this bill. T will ask You if you can see where it has been cut off? And I axk you to winte 1o the court, if you know in whose handwriting the writing of the por- tion of the bill—tlie cutoff portion— int A.—I don’'t know. Q.—Is that in the handwriting of any person thst is ' in your em- ploy, or who was in your employ at that time? A.—No, sir; not to my knowledge. Q.—I ask you whether or not you know you sold on that day to the State prison three bolts of lining amounting to $it 40?2 that day; no, sir. Mr. Campbell—Now, I offer this In evidence, it your Honor please, and I ask to have i} read into the record because it is a part of the records of the State Controller’s office and brought down on special subpena: Mr. Whiting objected on the ground that an explanation of .-the alteration would have to be made, to which Mr. Campbell responded: That is just exactly what we are showing, if your Honor please. The purpose of it is to show that the bill of goods, which the witness testi- fled was purchased on.that day and which w=as n suit of clothes for a man, when it was to be presented to the State Hoard. of Esaminers was altered not sold at all at that time. That is the purpose of it, showing the al- teration. Who made the alteration will follow Iater. . Mr. Campbell then introduced the bill on file in the Controller's office. It was necessary to read it, he sald, as it was a State ‘document and must be returned to .Sacramento. ¥ FIND ROOKERY OF FUR SEALS Revenue Cutter Officers Make Important Discovery.- WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.—Captain Shoe- maker of the revenue cutter service has received a report frcm Captain Charles H. "McClellan, ' commanding the cutter Manning, recording the discovery of a new fur. seal rookery on Bouldyer Isl- and, in the Aleutian group. Lieutenant Berthoft went ashore with a boat’s crew on the island of Bouldyer. There he found a rookery of fur seals similar to those found on’ the .Pribyloff Islands. - Bouldyer is between Bering Sea and the Pacific Ocean, and within American ju- risdiction. Lieutenant ~ Berthoff ap- proached the herd closely enough to ob- serve that none of the seals had been branded and there was no sign that white men in search of fur seals had ever been near the island. FRES S The Manning will continue searching to @iscover if there are other rookeries in that- locality.” The suggestjon 'is made that these fslands may be one of the ren- dezvous of the fur seal during the ab- A.—0n | o something that was | Paris office—28 Rue de la Victoria. M. Commissary Department, California State Prison, San Quentin, Cal.; tel. Main 769. Bought of Stein, Simon & Co., Importers of foreign and domestic woolens and tailors’ trimmings. Southeast cormer of streets. No claims allowed after goods are cut. Terms Market and Second non-contract. (Turnkey.) Sept. as October 1—1 spool stay tape...$ 200 $ 2 00 5—1 pe. Shrunk Duck. 55 yds., at 22%4c.. 12 87 | No. 4, 1 pe. Holland, 48 at 2214 185 80 $212 § Correct. M. G. AGUIRRE, Warden State Prison at San Quentin, Cal. By M. G. A. Commissary account non-contract. (Correct) FRANCIS FOLEY, Commissary. Q.—That latter one three bolts of lining, amounting to %44 40, is the one which you say was not sold at that time? " A.—I have looked it over; it was not entered that day. Q.—Nor, I understand you, was any portion which you have read from the bill in the handwriting of any of your employes? A.—Not one, cxcepting the heading of the bill, | _Q.—Then, I will ask you to state whether or not the bill which I have shown you, dated October 31 A. (interrupting)—There is no Oectober 31. Q.—1It is rendered on October 31— whether or mnot that bill in the shape which it was, which T have shown you A. (interrupting)— Yes, sir. Q.—In the shape it is rendered to the State's Prison by your firm. A~—In the shape it is now? |- @—Yest Ai—No, sir. Mr. Campbeil—That is a1 Mr. Whiting moved to testimony of the witness, | in now, w. strike out the but the court HM%MW%WWH%M%W*WMW L] sence from Pribyloff Islands. ey !Sh conlsldex;ed important clals here in view of the gradual declin of the fur seal in the Pribyloff Islands. ;i —_— Sanitary Wagon Drivers’ Unfon. Members of the Scavengers' Protective Union met in Garibaldi Hall last night and organized Sanitary Wagon Drivers' Union, Local No. 284, The new union will in no way antago- nize the Scavengers’ Union, but will Serve to unite the scavengers with other bodies of union labor, as it will receive a chmfier f;om‘ Council and will also be included i Wagon Drivers' Couneff, ¢ loc0 10 the M. W. Coffey of the Teamsters’ Union organized the new union, and the follow- ing officers were elected: President, P. de ®lo; The dlscov- by the offi- Martini; vice president, G. B. secretary and treasurer, G. Devincen: recording secretary, ‘A. Reppetto; trus- tees—G. Figoni, A 'Ronconi, and F. Li- nati; conductor, A. Suaccl; Warden, P. Calori. —_—— Famous Indian Scout Dead. MISSOULA, Mont.,, Aug. 19.—Chief Charlots, the famous Indian scout of the Rocky Mountain district, is dead on the Flathead reservation. It is asserted that Charlot’s death removes the only barrier that has prevented the opening of the Flathead reservation for settlement. —_—————— Queer Disease on Vessel. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Aug. 19.—There have been several deaths among the sail- ors on board ships in the Gulf of Fon- seca, on the Patific, from a disease the nature of which has not been learned. ‘The malady is declared not to be the bu- bonie plague. | can be found. the San Francisco Labor | positively curable in about § | all eases. Penman Writes In tems Never Sup- Women Order Goads Sentto Penal In- + stitution. ; denfed the motion as to the handwriting, | saying that the firm's books might b | introduced to show the sale of goods. | Mr. Preston—The gentleman ¢ons fesses it is an official record. It would be most unfortunate for the ; | officers of the State's Prison if thes | Zoods were not sold and if they ha | been drawing money out of the | State Treasury for the delivers of materials which they dispute re- ceiving themselves. This gentle- man fails to recognize the faull sig- nificance of this bill. This is the bill which the State’'s Prisen offi- clals have sent to Saeramento and which comes from the official cus- tody of the Contreller of the State of California, and which shows on its face that they drew down State money for it. I hardly think they want to contradiet the validity of that testimony. . The Court—I have ruled on that. NOT IN HANDWRITING OF THE BOOKKEEPER More Important Testimony on Forgeries in the San Quentin Prison. ————ii Frederick C. Gantner, the bookkeeper for Stein, Simon & Co., was anothér wit= ness whose evidence had a direct bearing | on the forgeries committed In San Quén~ tin. Mr. Campbell, ‘after establishing the identity of the witness, said to him: Q.—As a part of your duties as bookkeeper, do you or do you not make out the bills? A.— I occasionally make out bills. Q.—1 show you a bill en the billhead of Stein, Simon & Co., which has bjzn read in evidence, and ask you to state t3 the court in whose handwriting the upper part of the bill fs—that is, ‘‘Commissary Department, Cal- ifornia State Prison, Cal.?”” A.—That is my writing. Q.—Well, do you notice on that bill, whers the paper appears to have been, part appears to have been pasted on? A.—Yes. Q.—Is that portion of the writing' of the items of that bill below or the pasted-on part in your writing? A.—No, sir. .+ Q—DId you render this biil to the State's prison—did you send it? A.—What? Q.—I mean the original bill in your hand- writing—all of it on the top? A.—I believe I did. I certainly did not head—I would not head up a billhead without some deseription of the items of goods sold. Q.—Now, the items which appear on that are they in your handwriting? Answer that question. A.—No, sir. Q. —Are they in the handwriting of any of the employes of Steln, Simon & Co. at that time? A.—No, sir. .—Was any bill in the shape that that oner is With the cutoff, in three pieces, pasted tae gether, rendered by you to the State Prison of California? = A.—No, sir. Q.—Do you W whether or nay this biil was paid or a bill of this equal amount was pald? A.—That bill Is paid—was paid. -1 know it is not open on the books, not unpaid. Mr. Campbell—That is ail. Mr. Whiting cross-examined the wite ness at some length, but failed to shake his testimony. He made the usual motion to strike out the testimgny, but it was denied. ey JOHN J. FULTON CO. TWO RECOVERIES N VISHLIA, Bright's Disease and Diabetes Are Positively Curable. E. O. Miller, the attorney of Visalia, widely known in California, told us he knew of two recoverles in Visalia, and i# we recollect aright both of the cases took' the Fulton Compounds at his suggestion: | We asked him to give us the incidents and | last week (August 14, 1902) received the tollowing memos: “Mr. Charles English of Visalla was éx: | amined last spring by a reputable physi- |clan of this place for | insurance order and was rejected on ac- | count of sugar. He at once began on the | Fulton Ce: admission to an mpound, took ten bottles and is now entirely cured. No trace of sugar He is in business here and can be seefi any day. | _“Mr. 8—, another business man here; was examined by a physiclan of Bakers- fleld, who advised him he had Bright's and that medicine would be.of e, | little benefit. He finally got on his and was so ill he could not regularly at- ténd to his business. He commenced on the Fulton Compound about five months ago. He Is now at work, has no ?lillx and tells me that so far as he is able to see, he is practically cured.” S Bright's Disease and Diabetes are now : cent of. Ve of M#fl eu: Experience proves percentage of the extreme made up the 13 per cent reccver where the patients can have advantage of a sanitarium, with )ln :a‘ trained nurses and physicians. We have perfected such arrangements in this city. Terms moderate. A number of physicians can be retained who are sSuccessfully ad- ministering the Fulton Com (amo! them are who have l‘-: covered). Home treatment will 2 as heretofore at §1 3 m bottle for the and $1.50 for the betic Compound. Send for pamphlet. Jno. J. Fulton Ce., Mills Bidz.. San Francisco,