The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 5, 1902, Page 17

I to be takév I'the Library B44444444040% 3904400000000 028 e e o e Pages Giiassdy s Drer++440 VOLUME XCII-NO. 127. 'SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1902—FORTY PAGES. Qb ereed +4+4 CIFTFFIEITEFFFI332320095 % Paoes B I ? - > + + + * * R e e S Rl PRICE FIVE CENTS. DR. WM. M. LAWLOR WITHDRAWS HIS RESIGNATION AS HEAD OF HOME FOR FEEBLE-MINDED AND DEMANDS VINDICA TION . ENTLEMEN: I beg herewith to withdraw the resignation as superintendent of the Home 'wh;ch was presented by me to your honorable body, and I ask permission to do this upon the ground that said resignation was offered under stress of circumstances unusual in characler ; that the same was ill-advised and. the result of strong pressure brought to bear upon me by 'wt’ll-meaning but misguided friends, who mistook the clamors of political newspapers for the voice of public opinion. Having had an opportunity to reflect upon, the situation, and after observing the_effect of sich resignation, I have discovered, in my desire for political peace, and to save my friends from embarrassment, that I have been unjust to myself ;- that my conduct in this regard has been wrongfully construed as a partial admission of the truth of the charges against me in the newspapers, and now realizing that I have wronged myself in seeking o retire under- fire, I respectfully petition your honorable body for an official investigation (which has never yet been had or attempted), to the end that I may disprove these untruthful and unjust accusations and clear the reputation of myself and family of the stigma placed upon them.—Letter read by Dr. William M. Lawlor before the trustees of the Glen Ellen Home for the Feeble-minded at their meeting yesterday. o — OVERLAND FLYER CRASHES INTO FREIGHT TRAIN AND TRAVELING MAN LOSES LIFE — Gus Bauer Is Ktlled“ in Rail Disaster at Dixon. Special Dispatch to The Call. IXON, Oct. 4—Gus Bauer of Sacramento was killed and | Engineer William Megraw of the Southern Pa c seriously injured in a collision in the Dixon yards _this and fiyer No. § ran into the rear end No. 202, which was stand- ing up g too close to the main line. The locomotive of the westbound overland, while running at high speed, having the right-of-way of the track, struck the ner of a freight car that projected over the main track. The car was badly demolished, and the splintered oak beams crashed into the’ cab of the engine and passed .through the body of Bauer, who was riding in the cab. Engi- neer Megraw was badly injured on the head and to-night was unconscious, but the attending physicians were hopeful of his recovery. Engineer Megraw evidently noticed that the freight train did not stand clear of the main line and had applied the auto- matic brakes, but the train was golng at too grest speed to be got under control in time to avoid the disaster. The tender of afternoon. | | MAN WHO WAS KILLED IN THE DIXON WRECK; THE ENGINEER, WHO WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED, AND ‘A VIEW OF THE OVER- LAND'S LOCOMOTIVE AFTER THE CRASH. - P Sidetracked Car Standing Too Close to Main Line Causes the Accident. 4 the overland's engine left the track and | went, bumping aleng over the ties for | fully 300 feet before the train came to a | standstill. Engineer Megraw resides in Oakland, where he has a family. He has been in the Southern Pacific employ for eighteen years and has a record for efficiency. Gus Bauer, who was killed, was for- merly with Baker & Hamilton's San Francisco house, but lately had been em- ployed by the firm’s branch house in Bac- ramento, His home was at 805 M street, Sacramento. He was 28 years of age and single. His widowed mother lives on Fol- som street in San Francisco. Bauer was to have wedded a San Fran- —— cisco ‘young lady, and for some time past he has gone to San Francisco to pass each Sunday with his finacee. He was on one of these trips when the accident that cost his life occurred. His body will be shipped to San Franclsco for interment. Several of the passengers on the over- land were bruised and shaken by the col- lision, but none serfously. - The sidetracks at this place were crowded with freight cars and it required some time to clear a way for the delayed flyer to pass around the derailed section. The injured engineer was taken to San Francisco on this train when it was ready, to proceed. A wreck- ing train from Bacramento had cleared the track for traffic by nightfall. .HWWW%WH’H‘HWWH. MODIES ABRE FOUND IN MEDICAL COLLEGE Tndianapolis Police Make a Sensa- tional Discovery of Results of Grave Robbery. INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 4—Sensational developments came to light to-night in the investigation of the wholesale grave robberies that have occurred in this vicin- ity during the last few months, when de- tectives unearthed ten bodies in the cel- | lar of the medical college of Indianapolis. Cantrell, the leader of a gang of ten negroes arrested & few days ago, con- fessed that his and other gangs had robbed many graves and sold bodies 1o | medical colleges here and elsewhere. Up to to-day every medical college in this | city had been thoroughly searched for stolen bodies, but to no avail. Six bodies were found in a pickling vat at the Med- College of Indiana, this institution proving they had been lawtully obtained and asserting that there were no other bodies about the bufldings. -day detectives went to the college a search warrant for the body of Wallace Johnson, which had been stolen from a grave in Ebenezer Cemetery, | northeast of the city. The detectives instituted a rigid search of the building, and as a last resort | raised the fioor in the cellar. Digging bere in a short time they uncovered the the officials of . remains of ‘ten bodies. An ‘attempt had been made to destroy the bodies with lime. The college authorities are very in- dignant st the latest phase of the situa- tion and declared the bodies unearthed to-day are those of subjects dissected by the students last year; that some of them are cadavers which were in the dissect- | ing-room when the bullding was burned several years ago. The detectlves assert that the bodies have been but. recently buried, and that the evidence of quick- lime is very apparent. The bodles are of | both men and women, but are in such a state that identification is impossible. Search for the stolen bodies will be con- tinued. ——— MOB TAKES A NEGRO FROM JAIL FOR A TREE One Hundred !I.‘exanl Hang a Man Who Was in Police Custody. COLUMBUS, Tex., Oct. 4—A mob from Eagle Lake took Utt Duncan, a negro, from the County Jail here to-night and hanged bim to a tree. Late last night Duncan, improperly clad, entered the telephone office at Eagle Lake, where Miss Lena Harris, the night operator, was alone. The negro was arrested and brought here on a freight to prevent lynching, but early this morning about ! 100 men arrivea from Eagle Lake and de- | manded the prisoner. They were rein- | forced during the day, but did not suc- ceed in getting the man until to-night. PRESIDENT OASTRO’S WIFE FEARS FOR JEWELS Proof That the Venezuelan Executive Is Now in a Serious Plight. WILLEMSTAD, Curacao, Oct. 4—As proof that President Castro is in a criti- cal situation in Venezuela, a high official of the Government, who has just landed here, reported that President Castro’'s wife has deposited her jewelry ‘at the Bpanish legation in Caracas. A part of the rewolutionary army accu- pled Villa de Cure Friday and is now marching on Valencia. President Castro is still at Los Teques. May Yohe Weds Strong. NEW YORK, Oct. 4—A cable dispatch was received in this city to-day announ- cing the marriage at Buenos Ayres of Putnam Bradlee Strong and May Yohe. The dispatch was addressed to Emanuel M. Friend, who acted as their counsel here, and was. as follows: “Married, Buenos Ayres, second.” “MAY STRONG."” ks Paris Police Ask for Help, NEW YORK, Oct. 4~Captain Titus re- ceived a lengthy cablegram from’ the Prefect of Police of Paris to-day inform- ing him that a big bank robbery had been committed in that city and asking the captain to search for $150,000 in French Government bonds. Captain Titus refused to discuss the case. i PRESIDENT Phaata [T 10 STONE Roosevelt Gives Up, Effort to End - Strike. Responsibility Rests on Pennsylvania’s Governor. Precedents for Interference in Coal Situation by the State. Special Dispatch to The Call, CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, Oct. 4—‘‘Harrisburg and not Washington fs the place for the public to look for relief from a coal famine. Governor Stone and not Presi- dent Roosevelt is the official ‘who must take the responsibility for continuance of the present condition.” This in a nutshell sums up the admin- istration’s opinion of to-day on the coal situation, President. Roosevelt is not contemplat- ing any new move for a settlement of the coal strike or lar the mining - of coal. Stories call a_spégfal ses- | sfon" ot g. “intérfere in yl- 4 vania with tha power. off the. U States army, with which so many of the morning newspapers were’ filled to-day, have not any basis in fact. The President’s advisers are opposed to | .. his taking any further steps, and favor waiting developments, and the probabili- ties are that nothing will be done for per- haps a week, and then only after the most mature consideration. Perhaps nothing will be done. Secretary Root, Secretary Shaw and Attorney General Knox are all understood to be of the emphatic opinion that the President can do nothing legally, either under existing laws or with the help of Congress, and the President, although he is chafing un- der a situation which has been intoler- able for several-weeks and is much more intolerable to-day than it was yesterday, is inclined to turn his mind from at- tempting to relieve the situation through administration channels. LOOKING TO STONE. The President and his Cabinet are now looking to Governor Stone of Pennsyl- vania to take care of the situason and see that coal is mined. This is a matter with which the President ean have noth- ing t& do officially. He might advise the Governor of the Keystone State to rise to the emergency, but that is all. A member of the Cabinet said to-day: “This matter is now in the hands of Governor Stone. He is the one man to whom the nation has a right to look for relief. The President has no legal, no constitutional, right to interfere in the State of Pennsylvania, but the Governor has. Hard coal is the product :of the State, it can only be found there. Min- ing of that coal is entirely a State af- fair. The supply that is used by practi- cally the entire country comes from Penn- sylvania, and a great mass of our citizens have come to use it and have adapted their living and their business conditions to its use. It therefore becomes a neces- sity of life, and while the whole public is concerned, the conditions under which coal is mined are absolutely in the control of the Governor of Pennsylvania. There are certain constitutional provisions in the organic law ‘of that State which seem to glve the Governor power to act, and there is no doubt whatever that under the de- cislons of the Supreme Court of the United States he has ample power to step in and regulate the business of mining coal. “I do not mean that he has the right to confiscate properties, but in a crisis like this it is not only his right but his duty to regulate the business. If he has not sufficient law on the subject it is his duty to immediately call an extra session of the Legislature and see that laws are enacted. The State has already seen fit to tale certain legislative steps in this direction, but none of them exactly meet the present emergency. For instance, the State has mining laws and a system of mining inspection. It has also provided that miners shall have certificates, and this is one of the complications entering | into the present trike. GOVERNOR HAS AUTHORITY. “But let us take a broad view of the matter,” continued this member of the |’ Cabinet, “and see what authority this Governor, who_has been backing and fill- ing so long, has under the common law. There have been many decisions of court bearing on the right of States to inter- fere for public good, but the one I had in mind at this moment is that of Munn vs. Tllinofs, which was pendered by the Su- Continued on Page 19, Column 2. — - W LAWILOR — SUPERINTENDENT OF GLEN EL- LEN HOME, WHO WANTS TO REMAIN, AND NEW APPOENTEE. Board of Trustees Rejects Dr. Dawson’s Bond. HE Lawlor colors are still floating proudly over the State Home for Feeble-minded Children at Glen Ellen and Dr. Willam M. Lawlor:holds the fort with no immediate prospect of removal. g The resignation of Dr. Lawlor as super- intendent of the institution, which ‘was |° thrust out with a string tied to it, was drawn back yesterday by Dr. Lawlor, al- though the board held the matter of its reccpsideration in abeyance. ' Together pith the request for a withdrawal of the hastily tendered resignation came a peti- tion for an investigation of the affairs of the home, which request was granted and the inquiry will begin at once. Dr. W. J. G. Dawson, who was chosen superintendent of the institution on Au- gust 2 to succeed the incumbent, sat cool- ing his heels throughout the meeting of the board of trustees at the home yester- day, waiting patiently to be inducted into office. But he waited in vain. . By a vote of 3 to 2 the board rejected Dr. Dawson's bond of $10,000, which he is required by law to file before qualifying, on the sheer technicality that it was not guaranteed by a surety company. Had the rejection of the Dawson bond not been accompanied by rather ominous- lcoking events, this fact of itself would have been inconsequential. But when taken together with a sudden change of front on the part of at least two members of the board, whose distinct partiality for Lawlor was shown, it 1s understood to but one thing—that Lawlor, despite his already accepted resignation, expects to be retained as superintendent of the in- stitution. LAWLOR W'DIB HIS POINT. ' Nor are his expectations without war- rant. By the decisive action of the board it was agreed that the trustees should be- gin Tuesday next to hear the testimony of Dr. Lawlor's witnesses, with a view to disproving the charges of crueity and neglect which have been unofficially made against him. This decision”was reached at the conclusion of a long and acrimoni- ous’ discussion indulged in by Dr. Law- Ior’s attorney, Luclus L. Solomens, Col- onel Harrington and Dr. Bane, members of the board, and, after Dr. Lawlor had made a tearful plea that he be given .an opportunity to vindicate himself. Throughout the meeting Dr. Lawlor had been sitting with bowed head, his ! face covered at times by his chubby hands, which . played about nervously over his head and ruddy cheeks. It was plain that some great weight was bearing on his mind. He moved about restlessly during the routine proceedings and, fin- ally, when he arose holding a sheet .of _typewritten foolscap in his hand and ad- ‘dressed the president, his volce evinced nelt emotion. ‘‘Gentlemen,” he botu. tears welling | lnhu'ycl. “I have a request to make of mean | lowing letter to you and ask its tavorable consideration.” And then In a slow, de- libérate manner, his words scarcely audi- ble in the little cheerless room, he read as follows: WITHDRAWS RESIGNATION. “ELDRIDGE, Cal., Aug. 15. ‘‘To the Honorable Board of Trustees of the California Home for the Care and Training of Feeble-Minded Children— Gentlemen: I beg herewith to withdraw the resignation as superintendent of the home which was presented by me to your honorable body, and I ask permission to do this on the ground that said resigna- tion was offered under stress of circum- stances unusual in character; that same was ill-advised and the result of strong | pressure brought to bear upon me by well-meaning but misgtided friends, who mistook the clamors of political news- papers for the voice of public opinion. Having had an opportunity to reflect upon the situation, and after observing the ef- fect of such resignation, I have discov- ered in my desire for political peace and to save my friends from embarrassment that I have been unjust to myself, that my conduct in this regard has been wrongfully construed as a partial admis- sion of the truth of the charges against me in the newspapers, and now, realizing that I hdve wronged myself in seeking to retire under fire, I respectfully petition your honorable body for an official inves- tigation (which has never yet been had or attempted), to the end that I may dis- prove these untruthful and unjust accusa- tions and clear the reputation of myself and family of the stigma placed upon them. “WILLIAM M. LAWLOR, M. D.” “Now, gentlemen,” continued the doc- tor, tossing aside the letter and facing the trustees, “I ask that you do me justice in this matter. I have never had an op- portunity to present my side of this case. I'have been charged, by ex parte state- ments, with every crime on the calendar. I have been tried, convicted and hanged by the newspapers. Take compassion on me —in the-name of God—in the name of jus- tice and right—I ask that I be given an opportunity to vindicate myself. Am I to be thrown out in the world without an investigation of the charges that have been. made "against. me in the public prints? In simple justice—"" HARRINGTON TAKES HAND. “All of this is unnecessary,” interjected Colonel Harrington, \mmoved by Dr. Law- lor’s plea, who sat in a“corner eying the doctor savagely. ‘“‘The board can remove a superintendent for cause whenever it sees fit. That cause existed, and it seems to me that this incident is closed. Now let's get down to the business of the meeting. - I move that the' superintend- ent's letter be laid on the table.” Dr. Lawlor, still on his feet, cast a de- flant look in the direction of Colonel Har- rington, who on a previous occasion drew a ‘revolver. and threatened to shoot the superintendent. Then, with an appealing mu.mneedm.mm.:m you. I bex permission to submit the fol- board, saylng - Incumbent Is -Accorded a Hearing. “I do not make this request, gentlemen, with a view to being retained in office. All T ask 1s that my record shall stand clear when I leave this institution. Now I appeal to you, in God's name, give an old man a show for his white alley.” ‘“Why did you resign?"” snapped Colonel Harrington, still bolling with rage. “In order to save the political influence of some of my friends, I ill-advisedly re- signed,” replied the doctor, addressing the other members of the board. “Mr. President, I insist on my motion to table Dr. Lawlor’s letter,” Interposed Colonel Harrington. There was a moment of tense interest. The room was *as still as the death- chamber. For an instant it seemed as though all had ceased breathing. The ' fate of the superintendent depended om the approval or rejection of this meotion. Then President Gould broke the silence. “Is there a second to the motion?" Again all was nt. “The chair hears none, and the motion is therefore lost.” It was all over. The dle was cast and the doctor had won, for this, the test vote, blazed the way for what was to follow, BANE FAVORS REQUEST. Rev. 'A. C. Bane, pastor of the Howard- street Methodist Church, one of the two new members of the board, then broach- ed the subject of granting the doctor's request for an official investigation. “T can see no objection to giving the doctor a full opportunity to vindicate himself,” he began, rising in his place and advan- cing to the tabls where the superinten- dent sat. ‘“There is no doubt in my mind that some of the charges preferred against him are untrue. But the ques- tion troubling me is how we can undo an act already performed. We have ac- cepted Dr. Lawlor's resignation and his successof has been appointed. Now it we reconsider this action it strikes me that things will be all muddled up. I suggest that we vote on the question of granting his request for an investigation and let the request for a withdrawal of his resignation go over until the next meeting.” “Mr. President, I, too, am In favor of glving' Dr. Lawlor a chance to clear him- self of the accusations against him,” said Father Willam E. Lyons, another new member of the board. “I do not be- lieve all of the things that have been printed about him. On the contrary I have heard many favorable comments during the last week.- I, for one, favor a full and free investigation.” Lawyer Solomons, responding to the wink of the superintendent, took the floor and began a long speech in defense of his client, arguing eloquently for an Imvesti- gation. “This, Mr. President, is all we ask,” sald Solomons. “Surely you would not turn this good man out on ex parte stutements of irresponsible people. He resigned under fire, to help the men who put kim in office, and the newspapers P- mediately took this action to mean a con- fesslon of gullt. Now, we ask your hom- orable board to reconsider this resigma- tion and give Dr. Lawlor an opportunity to prove that he is an honest, tious and capable man. You can lose nothing by granting this honest request Continued on Fage 20, Column 1. .