The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 9, 1902, Page 1

.7 VOLUME “XCII-NO. 1 31. SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1902. PRICE FIVE CENTS. IMPORTED MEN, POLICE AND STRIKERS JAMES TREADWELL — COMMITS SUICIDE First 4z‘z‘ac/es Wafe With Pistol. Tragedy Takes Place Near Pasadena. Millionaire's|| Jealousy the Cause. Dispatch to The Call. ASADENA, Oct. 8.—James P. Treadwell, son of th te J. adwell, the well known mining man, cide here this morning o'clock, after having attempted unsuccessfully He chose as some young wife. of his the foot of the world- owe Raflway, and passen- arrived just in time to 1 rushing away, blood I from her forehead, while her acband 1 d beside a little spring. gers « see Mrs Mrs ell will recover. She is the | former Mrs. Abigail Nay Driver, the So- | noma « belle, who married Tread- well in uma une. As the issue of arriage she has twpo children. 1d son, a flaxen-halred little W a se at the time of the tragedy. child, a girl, s with Mrs. mother in Petaluma. The de at 31 North Euclid avenue and Mrs. Treadwell took the early electric car for Altadena this morning an§ got off at Rubio Caynon, a resort at the foot of the Mount Lowe incline. It sque nook in the Sierra Madre ve miles from here. ine car was coming sengers, among them Pro- has charge of the ight, heard a pistol s the car neared Rubio. Look- ng up saw Mrs. Treadwell run- wi blood presumed that she had on a stone. She ad been struck by e feared, had shot heard two shots. She T name or give any par- They took her to a spring and r wound and then summoned s D. Lockwood and had him at Pag iena. HUSBAND COLD IN DEATH. we was cold when the passen- him Two bullets d, one passing through the ground were found a 32- hairpins and signs of a revolver was broken about the trigger guara the b bo The was removed to the Morgue and afi inquest will be held to-morrow morning. Mrs. Treadwell was taken to | home, hysterics st she and put to bed. At steadfastly refused to say any- out the affair or give her name husband’s card, found in revealed his identity, and then me e made a short statement. Her husband, she said, liad been drink- ing heavily for & day or two. He haq to his room, even having his meals to him. This morning he got up feel. well. He seemed in excellent ts when he proposed that th, r ride to Rublo Canyon. She agreeq being glad to get him out doors his fit of despondency and iliness. seemed to feel well when they were the canyon. He t00k her to a little € and handed her & cup of water. sat on the bench and began talking her little son, which he had adopted. FI.IES INTO SUDDEN RAGE. ly his manner changed and he Jjealous rage. He sald he haq kill himself and that she e to suffer the disgrace of s widow. He drew a re- nd aimed it at her. point it away from her. He by the hair and threw her upon » forcing the weapon against her | Mrs. Treadwell made a mighty | and again thrust him away from ey take struggle Treadwell then, it seems, gave up the of shooting his wife. He used the pon butt and dealt her several terrific blows on the forehead. £he contrived to get away from him and ran screaming and blinded'by blood down the canyon. As she fled she heard two L stol shots. It was at first believed that Mrs. Tread- well had been shot. Dr. Lockwood exam- ined her and found that there was an abrasion at the front of the head, over the -eyes, declaped that she had been shot and that - to kil | deed picturesque A | was at home in charge of a col- Streaming from h(’r; had | BShe grabbed | In some manner | and another on the scalp. He ' = = = < | ! JAMES P. TREADWELL, THE YOUNG MILLIONAIRE, WHO: CLOSED AN ERRATIC-CAREER WITH SUICIDE AFTER A MURDEROUS AT- TACK UPON HIS BEAUTIFUL YOUNG WIFE. - — | the bullet entered in front and glanced oft the skull, making its exit further back. ‘When he learned about the shattered re- veclver he admitted that the wounds prob- | ably had been infiicted by using the weapon as a club. The wo: s are not 'se- | rious, but Mrs. ‘Treadwell 1s very -ill. JEALOUS OF HIS WIFE. The Treadwells came here about two weeks ago from San Francisco and reg- istered at the Casa Grande Hotel, corher |of Los Robles avenue and Colorado street, the swellest hostelry-that is open at this time of the year. A few residents recognized the tall, blonde young man as the erratic millionaire. Though the Tread- wells and their maid were very exclusive, | having' absolutely no acquaintances, they | immediately became conspicuous by their aloofness. It was gossiped that the young hLusband was exceedingly jealous.and it is |bene\ ed that his insane jealousy, accen- | tuated by drink, was the cause of the tragedy. They have had an unhappy mar- ried life, despite its short duration. WIDOW A SONOMA BELLE. ' Tragedy B.ecallu Mrs‘ Treadwell’s Former Unhappy Marriage. PETALUMA, Oct..8—The Call corre- broke. to® the mother of Mrs. spendent James P. Treadwell the news of the aw- | ful tragedy at Pasadena. L. G. Nay, Mrs. Treadwell's stepfather, answered |the bell and was shown The Call's dis- patch. “It can’t be they,” exclaimed Nay. ‘And yet they are in Pasadena—or were |a day ago.” The correspondent and Mr. Nay then went into the room in which the mother sat and told her the news, while Maude, Mrs. Treadwell's little daughter, played at her knee. Overcome by horror, the mother strove to be brave, but her only | thought was for the safety of her child. | Later, when informed through The Call that Mrs, Treadwell was not seriously urded, she was very calm, although under a severe strain. : Mr. and Mrs. Treadwell left here about two weeks ago, intending to go to Pas- | acena and then East for a visit. They | were accompanied by Mrs. Treadwell's infant son, Eric, and a colored nurse, leaving the other child, Maude, with her grandmother. A letter received on Fri- {day last from Mrs. Treadwell stated that they would leave Pasadena on or about October 1, but did not say where they | would go. Mrs. Treadwell was formerly Miss Aba- gafl Waters. Bhe was one of Petaluma’s belles and an accomplished - musician. She went from Petaluma to San Jose to study music’ at the conservatory, where Leor M. Driver was instructor. It was a case. of love at first sight and ere long the instructor had married his beautiful pupll. A son and daughter were born to tliem and then ‘came news of domestic discord. Tinally: Mrs. Driver returned to Ler mother's home and the tongues of the gossips wagged, ~Thén came :James P. Treadwell, one of the Treadwell heirs, who spent much time and. more, money here. The young cou- ple went everywhere together and in the meantime Mrs. Driver quletly obtained a divorce in-Sonoma County, retalning the custody of the two children. Then Mrs. Driver and‘Treadwell slipped away to Ogden, Utah, where they were married on - June- 25 of -this year. While there Treadwell legally adopted Erlc, his wife's little sor, whose birth occurred just be- fore ‘ber separation from Professor Dri- ver. They returned to Petaluma and have resided here most of the-time, but spent several weeks at Sausalito, Mr. and Mrs, Treadwell departed for the Scuth -and "East about .two weeks ago and until to-day were believed to be on their way across the continent. Treadwell, who was a tall, lathletic voung fellow, was a hard drinker. He was retiring, of a rather -morose nature and made few. friends. His actlons after a prolonged drinking spell were very er- ratic and those who knew him best say that he was at such perfods irresponsible. He'was always. well supplied with coin, which he spent with a lavish hand. Late to-night Mrs. Treadwell's mother received a -telegram from Pasadena which read: 5 “James is dead. Am with friends. Will write. Do not worry.” It was signed by Mrs. Treadwell. Mrs. Nay informed The Call correspondent that she had feared for her daughter’s life and had warned her repeatedly to be very careful. Treadwell, who received a large income from ‘his father's estate, had his business affairs arranged some time ago. His sis- ter ‘recently died in Oakland and when last here he was in deep mourning. I R TREADWELL’S ERRATIC Oflm Was Conspleuous in Numerous Es- capades in San Jose. SAN JOSE, Oc¢t. 8.—James P. Tread- well, who attempted the murder of his wife and then committed suicide near Pasadena to-day, was well known in 8ai Jose, having spent most of his boyhood here. ( He was the .son " of James P. Continued on Page 4, Column 3. EX ISR TR One Hundred Shots Are Fired. Attempts to Run Cars Fail. Some Militia Refuse to Serve. e g — NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 8.—The attempt this morning of the New Orleans Street Railway Company to start cars on its Iines which have been completely tied up for eleven days precipitated”a long im- pending conflict between the strikers and those who attempted to fill their places. Aithough a hundred shots were fired no- body was killed, but the following per- sons were injured: Policeman John Fordyce, ribs fractured and secalp wound; Policeman Hessel, hit in the eye and on leg with bricks; Po- liceman Schlessinger, hit in neck with brick and bruised on head, shoulder and wrist; Policeman Hattier, scalp wound from a brick; Policeman Blouin, leg and Lip fractured; Patrol Driver Brown, arm broken; Peter Jensen of Chicago, strike- break conductor, jaw broken by a brick; Louis Christenson of Chicago, badly bruised by bricks; Thomas Jones of Chi- cago, badly bruised by bricks; M. L. Kennedy of Chicago, conductor of car, shot in foot; A. McClark of Chicago, as- sistant to Jensen, hit in eye with a brick; Charles Ferguson of Chicago, elbow bro- ken by a blow; Budd Lynn, striker, shot in arm; Fred Eichling, switch boy, shot in leg; Alexander Derbs, laborer, sym- pathizer, shot in leg; unknown striker, shot in head, sealp wounds, - BATTLE ON THE HTREET, " The first aftempt to run cars from the Canal-street barn was made at 10 o'clock this morning and resulted in the serious riot. The first car which started from the barns was in charge of Motorman Fred Nintz of Chicago and Conductor M. L. Kennedy. There was on board a large force of policemen and Peter Johnson and Alfred Clark, who arrived here last night from Chicago with a force of thirty men to take the places of the strikers. A large crowd was on the street. As the car approached the corner of Doxgenols street members of the mob rushed out, tore up planking from either side of the street and threw it across the track. Then bricks and stones flew in the air. Obstructions brought the car to a stand- still and a rush was made for the non- union men on board. There was such a hail of missiles that the police and others on board had to stoop to save themselyes. As the car stopped a number of pofice- men jumped off in an attempt to press back the strikers. Immediately a shot was fired. Then a perfect fusillade of shots came from both sides and the car was enveloped in smoke. In the meantime R. D. Kountz, a young man of Luray, Va.,, who was on the car, ran out and attempted to clear the track | of the planks and debris. He was pelted with bricks and stones, but was perfectly ccol and had pretty well cleared the track when the mob descended on him and overwhelmed him. DRAGGED FROM CAR. Clark and Johnson were dragged from the car and terribly beaten before the police could fight off the mob and rescue them., Police reinforcements were rushed .to the scene and after a long ‘struggle the space “immediately around the car was cleared. Motorman Nintz is charged with having fired the first shot from the street car. Orders for his arrest have been issued. After the rioting the .ar was run back te the barn and it is now sald that no further efforts to operate cars will be made until the troops are on the scene. All the non-union men who were at- tacked to-day on the car were armed and all of them are sald to have used their veapons during the attack. It is said warrants will be sworn out in the Federal Court against many of the men who participated in the rioting yes- terday on the ground that the service of the mail cars was interrupted. CALLS FOR MILITIA. Mayor Capdeville, who requested Gov- ernor Herd to order out the militia, has been’ advised that Major General Glynn, in command of the First Military District, will report to the Mayor to-morrow morn- Ing. The street railway company an- ncunces. its determination to run its cars to-morrow. - The strikers are as deter- mined as ever, while the ‘citizens, who have been wnlkins and riding in all man- ner of conveyances for four days more than a week, confidently expect trouble. The riot this morning occurred in the same neighborhood as the one the day before. To-night a big labor mass meeting was held in Washington Artillery Hall, The mass meeting was attended by 3000 workingmen and many ladies. It was pre- sided over by Robert E. Lee, the Répub- lican candidate for Congress and presi-. dent of the Central Trades and Labor Council. The addresses were temperate, chnsidering the situation, except when reference was made to J. H. ldl-on. the _— ] Continued on Page 3, Column 5. ENGAGE IN BATTLE AT NEW ORLEANS ROOSEVELT REVIEWS NATION'S VETERANS Twenty Fuoe T housand March. ASHINGTON, Oct. 8.—For more than six’ hours to- day the people in Wash- ington hummed the chor- us of the Civil War song, “Tramp, Tramp, Tramp, the Boys Are Marching,” ‘and for an equal time the veterans constitut- ing the Grand Army of the Repub- lic made good their claim. The parade wag the climax of the thirty-sixth' en- campment of the Grand Army and the parade did not fail appropriately to de- note the spirit of the war and the mem- ory of the glorlous achievements the army seeks to keep green in the minds of the American people. Beginning at a few. minutes past 10 o'clock, when the head of the column mov«d from its statnon at. the pitol, it was a'most 5 o'clock. when .thée last squad in the line pusied (lLe place of dis- bandrient west of the White House. None of the soldiers werz marching eny. great purt of the time, for the entire line of march did not exceed two and a half miles in length, but those who comuosed the rear detachments were on ‘their fect all day. : The route of the parade was down Pennsylvania avenue, along’ which many of them marched as raw reccuits in go- ing to wWar in 181 and 1862, and many others on the occasion of the grand re- view after the close of the war of 1865. SPRIGHTLY OLD WARRIORS. The.participants in the impesing page~ ant entered with life and, vigor into the spirit of ‘the occasion. 'Each ‘departmient bore evidence of the-joy the ‘experience Lrought'to ' the ' individual, but it was plainly evident that there was in the oc- casion much of the restoration of youth for wost of them. The “old boys™ for ths time being evidently were reflvln‘ the days of their youth. Not mauy of them exhibited. traces of age in their march- ing. Almost without exception they walked along with a good stride. If tne veterans had needed auy spur to enjoyment they would have found It eusily in the crowds that thronged their pathway and in the smile which Provi- dence bestowed upon them, for the weather was perfect. The spectators were limited in numbers only by the ca- pacity of the broad sidewalks, the stands, the parks, the windows and the housetops along the line of march to hold them. The Government departments and the schools were closed for the day and practically the entire population of ‘Washington turned out to do honor to the veterans, along with the hundred thousand visitors to the eity. g ‘The crowd was enthusiastic and ouf- spoken in admiration, greeting every di- vision of the procession with cheers and dismissing it with godspeed. Among the noted veterans who attracted attention were Generals Howard, McCook and Bickles. The President of the United States ukn lent his energies to the the capital's guests. m“’.tondwnb the stand, he arose chair and had | p.liu =, .flole-fu - + T o 7 THREE NOTED GENERALS AT THE GRAND ARMY ENCAMP- MENT. | e S + | down the line. The unusual interest thus | manifested was appreciated by the old soldiers and the President was every- where received by them with loud ap- plause. THOUSANDS IN THE LINE. More than five hours' time was con- sumed by the procession in passing the reviewing stand in front of the White House. There were at least 25,000 men in line and the estimate of Commander in Chief Torrance ran as high as 30,000. To- night the veterans held campfires in the Vig tents In the:White House lot. The procession moved in the order pre- scribed by Chief Marshal George A. Noel Blakeman., It was preceded by mounted police and’ this was followed in turn by a drum corps composed ‘of survivors of | | the Civil War musicians, Then came a mounted escort of citizens of Washing- ton, with whom rode Genéral Blakeman. He was accompanied by his aids riding In files of e!ght-front and. these, were fol- lowed by the Marine Band. General Tor- rance, commander-in chlef, occupied a carriage. He was preceded by his per- scnal escort, consisting of John A. Raw- lins Post of the Department of Minne- sota, and accompanied by his personal staff and the executive committee of the Grand Army, immediately followed by the escort of the Grand Army, consisting of the First Regiment of the Sons of Veterans and a reserve of the Pennsyl- vania division, and then came the various organizations of the Grand Army itself, led by the Department of Illinols, with Commander H. M. Trimble in command. GOVERNOR BLISS IS HURT. Thrown From His Horse During the Parade. ‘WASHINGTON, Oct. 8.—Governor A. T. Bliss_of Michigan was thrown from his horse near Washington Circle to-day dur- ing the G. A. R. parade and suffered se- | vere bruises about. the. body. He was treated at the Grand Army Hospital and later réemoved to his hotel. His injuries are not regarded as sérious. The Gov- -ernor was with his old regiment in the Michigan division. S EXPLOSIONS IN A FIRE flmfl SPECTATORS | nmmam Ah. Oct. 8.—An explo- ! slon to-day in the one-story warehouse of the Moore & Handley Hardware Company adjoining other buildings of the company on Powell avenue, near Twenty-first street, caused a fire which destroyed property valued at $200,00. The com- uw- main bullding, a three-story brick , narrowly escaped destruction. C. M. Rice; a cierk., and John. Simpson, -lq-n. ‘were Hurt. lavenl heavy occurred during the progress of spectators. { | Crow had been informed of Mrs. MYSTERIDUS POISONING OF Y0UNG WIFE Autopsy Reveals Tragedy in San Mateo. Mrs. Maude Wigger’s Death Caused by Strychnine. Follows Sirange Demise of Friend’s Husband in Same House. Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN MATEO, Oct. §.—Mrs. Maude ‘Wigger, ‘wife o Henry Wigger, a lands scape gardener well known here and at Burlingame, died on Monday morning in great agony after a two hours’ illness. Ar autopsy proved death to have beey caused by strychnine poisoning, the drug being found in her stomach in consider. able quantity. The funeral was to havi been held to-day, but it was postponed by order of Coroner Crow, and to-night the woman’s mysterfous death is the one topic of conversation, and scores of ru- mors are afloat. Mrs. Wigger did not die iIn her own home. She had gone to the house of a friend, Mrs.’ Grace M. Herbert of Ells- worth avenue, four doors from her own cottage, early on Monday morning. At 8 o’clock shc began to suffer severe pains end soon she was in convulsions. Help ‘was quicKly sunimoned and & phiyefeisn, Dr. William L. Norris, was called .in, but Mrs. Wigger went from one par- oxysm into another, and during the third she, died, at about hailf-past 10 o’clock. , Dr. Norris had not been in attendance upon Mrs. Wigger and was not prepared to sign the death certificate. The woman's husband, Henry Wigger, went to him on Monday afternoon and said that, as serious rumors were afloat, he wanted an autopsy held. The autopsy was held on Monday night, after Coroner Wig- ger’s sudden death. Dr. I. R. Goodspeed cssisted Dr. Norris. AUTOPSY REVEALS POISON. Beth physicians had been inclined to believe that neuralgia ¢f the heart had caused death, and neither of them was prepared for the revelation made by the autopsy. The vital organs were found in normal condition, and in the stomach was strychnine enough to have killed sev- eral persons. Up to thé present abso- lutely no evidence has been found to in- dicate suicide. The case is surrounded by great mystery, and the exaggeration of neighborhood gossip has served to cloud the facts and obscure stili more the pos- rible clews to its solution. A coincldence that agds fuel to the fire cf gossip is that but ten days earlier William Herbst, one of San Mateo's best known business men, died very suddenly in the same house, where his widew, Mis. Grace M. Herbst, now lives, and where Mrs. Wigger's body lies awaiting turial. He was stricken while at his desk in his office on Thursday, Septem- ber 25, and fell upon the floor uncon- scious. He was removed to his house and died a few hours later without having regained ,consciousness. Dr. Norris pro- nounced the cause of death to have been cerebral apoplexy, but there was no au- topsy to determine beyond all question that such was the fatal malady. Herbst conducted a wholesale and re- tail grocery and was a man of some wealth. He carried life insurance to the amount of $12,000, and it was rumored to- mght about town that his body will be cxhumed at the instance of the insurarnce companies and the stomach examined. The rumor is not verified. PRINCIPALS IN MYSTERY. The affair is still further complicated by a portion of the insurance having been fraternal, in the Woodmen and Red M:n orders. Herbst was a Mason and his fun- eral on the Sunday following his death was conducted by that order and was notable among Masonlc funerals in San Mateo. The Herbsts and the Wiggers had been | very friendly for some time. Mrs. Herbst | was a Miss Thompson of Redwood City. She married a man named Claxton, who sought his fortune in the Klondike and returned to find his wife divorced, thouga he had been given by the.court the cus- tody of their little daughter. Two yea:s ago Mrs. Claxton married Herbst and camie to San Mateo to live. Herry Wigger and his wife and little daughter came here from Burlingame. Wigger had been gardener for | Will Crocker and A. L. Whitney. Latety he had not found congenial work at gar- dening and had accepted employment at the Union Iron Works. The Wiggers and the Herbsts were much together, ex- cept for an interim of a few months just prior to the death of Herbst, when Mrs. Wigger and Mrs. Herbst ceased their friendly visits. Herbst's illlness and death brought them together again and Wigger and his wife had been very much at Mrs, Continued on Page 4, Column 8, _