The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 30, 1902, Page 22

22 THE SAN FRABCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1902. ELEVEN JURORS FAVOR ACQUITTAL OF SLAYER OF RAYMOND MEEHAN Adhere to Belief That Owen Fallon Was Justified in Killing the Man Who Wrecked His Home and Jackson’s Murder Trial Ends in Disagreement WEN FALLON, WHOSE HUSBAND HAS BEEN ON TRIAL IN JOR COUNTY FOR THE KILLING OF RAYMOND MEEHAN, A G RIVAL FOR HER AFFECTIONS, AC KSON, Nov. 20.—In the opinion ven of the twelve jurors who e, Owen Fallon was of Raymond The trial came to an end Fallon killed Meehan shortly after mid- night on the night of August 16. The vic- tim was a son of James Meehan, one of the most prominent citizens of this coun- ty. Fallon accused the young man of having entertained a too friendly feeling and after hav een out st T e Beohargen | fOF Mrs. Fallon, and about & year before @ 0 o€ discharged. | ihe tragedy he had administered a sound | favor of the acquittal | thrashing to the younger man. M or 1 has the | Fallon had at that time alleged tha tior °’r has occurred | Meehan had insulted her. It was brought the courtroom was thronged | out in the trial that later her sentiment toward Meehan had changed, and that R ! N W & The clezzs who work for The Owl are the most experienced and thoroughly efficient pharmacists it is possible for high salaries to secure. Our assistants, being intellizent men of high integrity, are the best paid drug clerks in the United States, and their hours of labor are less than in any other drugstore. Our employes are never too tired to give Owl customers prompi and satisfactory service. Anita Cream .. Abbey’s Salts, sm Absorbent_Cotton, 1- Al s Porous P Ayer's Hair Vigor..... Antiphlogistine, small Beecham's Pills Brandreth’s Pill Bromo Seltzer, 10c Carter's Pills, 2 for Coke Dandruft Cure. | Lola Montez Cream.. | Lyon's Tooth Powder. 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SEATTLE, Nov. 20.—All recent local criminal records were broken last evening when burglars bound an elderly woman and her grandchild in a chair at 1705 Thir- | ty-second avenue while they ransacked the residence of Joseph Moore. The robbery was one of the boldest in tke history of Seattle. For the first time, ! so far as the police know, burglars went | into a house when they knew the occu- | pants were there and awake. ; The robbery was planned and the thor- | ough search of the house was made it is | believed to gain posses i valuable silk shawl, which has been an | heirloom in the Moore family for centu- | ries. The shawl is valued at $30,000, but is held above price by its owners. Luck- ily the thieves failed to find it. | Moore is a dealer in the Monte Carlo gambling-house, and at the time of the | | robbery, 7 o'clock last evening, he was at | work. Mrs. Moore, who is 68 years of age, was sitting in the house with her 15- | | pany of British Columbia for §25.000 dam- i MINING COMPANY - IV DIFFIGOLTIES Creditors Ask to Havs the Lenora’s Assets Sold. e v 5 Action Involves Much Prop- erty on Western Van- couver Island. —_— Special Dispatch to The Call. TACOMA, Nov. 20._The Tacoma Smelt- ing . Company recently brought action against the Lenora Copper Mining Com- ages for its failure to carry out a con- | tract for shipping large quantities of ore | to the Tacoma smelter. Following this suit action has been brought by the Puget | Sound creditors to have the company’s assets sold to pay its debts. The liabilities of the company amount | to $260,000, as follows: $8,000 on a first | mortgage held by Victoria and Vancouver | men; $48500 on a second mortgage, and $226,000 to Joccured creditors. The assets | include tif: famous Lenora mine on the | west coast of Vancouver Isiand, together | With a railroad from Mount Sicker to Crofton and rolling stock worth $100,000; hotel and furnishings, $10,000, and lands $129,000. The Lenora mine contains very rich ore and it was largely on the strength of its showing that the North- western Smelting Company this year es- tablished at Crofton the largest smelter in | vear-old grandson, Lionel Weeks. Suddenly two masked men slipped into | the room. Before Mrs. Moore or her outery, they | raise an alarm | | were | would be fatal. to robbers forced the woman and the boy to | sit in chairs and submit to being tied. | When they were securely lashed in the | | chairs, the burglars put pillows slips over the s of the prisoners. | Mrs. Moore could not then see what was | going on, but she could hear the robbers | | making a search of the house, Every possible hiding place was searched and | all of the jewelry and money in the house | were stolen. The value of the plunder | taken was about $300. The shawl, for ! which the burglars were looking, was at | the time in a safe deposit vault. i The men were well dressed and made | their way about the room softly. They | said but little, but what they did say | was in well-chosen language. i — | San Jose Patrolman Suspended. | | SAN JOSE, Nov. 29.—Police Officer | | Thomas Hughes has been suspended fifty | days for drinking while on duty. The | | investigation was held Jast night and | lasted until early this morning. The | evidence was very conflicting. Hughes is one of the best officers in the depart- | ment, having been a policeman for many | vears. | when Fallon asked her if the younger | man had supplanted him in her affec- | tions she did not answer, but burst into | tears. P Fallon and Meehan met in a saloon | late at night and the former told his young rival that he was going after a | Weapon and would expect to find Meehan similarly “hceled” when he returned. He | left the saloon and a short time after- | ward returned and at once opened fire. i Three bullets took effect, and Meehan | soon afterward died. | _After the shooting Fallon expressed no regret and his defense throughout has | been that he was justified in having tak- en the life of the man who had wrecked his home. WARSHIPS PREPARING FOR NAVAL MANEUVERS Demonstration Off Santa Barbara | ‘Will Be Most Imposing Ever Seen on This Coast. VALLEJO, Nov. 29.—Captain J. T. My- ers, United States Marine Corps, who has been on duty at the Mare Island Navy Yard for some time and who acquired world-wide fame at the siege of Peking, will relieve Captain C. M. Perkins, United | States Marine Corps, of recruiting duty in San Francisco. Commandant Miller and wife gave a brilliant farewell reception at Mare Isl- and this evening in honor of Pay Director Bacon and wife. The naval maneuvers projected for Santa Barbara Channel are causing some flurry at Mare Island. The cruiser Mar- blehead is about ready for service and the torpedo boat destroyers Preble and Perry are being prepared to participate in the evolutions. Besides these ships the battleship Wisconsin, the cruisers Phila- delphia“and Boston, the harbor defense monitor Arkansas and the training ships | Mohican and Alert will participate in the contemplated naval drill, which will be the | most imposing ever held on the Pacific | Coast. i ! Carries Bomb for Deputies. | ROME, Nov. 20.—A former policeman | named Fineli, having in his possession a loaded bomb, was arrested in the neigh- borhood of the Chamber of Deputies. Fineli confessed upon being questioned | that he meant to throw the bomb among the Deputies. It is believed that the pris- oner is insane. Requisition for Charles F. Kelley. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Nov. 2.— | Governor Dockery to-night issued a requi- sition on Governor Stone of Pennsylvania for the return to St. Louis for trial of Charles ¥. Kelley, former Speaker of the House of Delegates, who is in custody in Philadelphia. A detective left with the requisition to-night for Philadelphia to bring Kelley to St. Louls. g Rock Island Extension Begins. NEW YORK, Nov. 20.—The Rock Island management has authorized contracts for the construction for the extension of that a distance of 270 miles. The work 1s to be completed in nine months. The line to be built will give to the Rock Island the gulf | connection it has had in contemplation for some time. Large Donation for a Hospital. SOUTH BEND, Ind., Nov. 2.—The an- niversary of Clem Studebaker’s burial will be made memorable to-morrow by his family presenting to the Epworth Hos- rital directors more than $50,000, in addi- tion to other contributions, to pay in full for a $75000 hospital building recently completed here. S Poolrooms May Remain Open. LOUISVILLE, Ky., Nov. 29.—Judge McCann of the Police Court decided to- day that the local ordinance closing the pool rooms was invalid. The matter, he said, could only be proceeded with by de- claring the rooms a nuisance from day to day. A Dl Police Arrest .Supposed Anarchist. SOFTA, Bulgaria, Nov. 2.—A supposed anarchist was arrested in the park of Euxinograde Castle to-day on suspicion that he intended making an attempt to assassinate Prince Ferdinand of Bul- garia. Recall of Cambon. WASHINGTON, Nov. 2).—M. Cambon, the French Embassaqor, to-day presented ; his letter® of recall to the President. He AE"E; sail next Tuesday for his new post F'twenty five miles from any village. the Northwest. A liquidator to close the company’s af- fairs will be appointed as soon as the creditors can agree upon sonre one. Ne- || gotiations are in progress for the forma- tion of a new company to further develop the mine. POSSE AND BLOODHOUNDS CAPTURE THE FUGITIVES Convicts Who Tunneled Out of the Starbuck Jail Are Run Down. WALLULA, Wash., Nov. 20.—Earl Ggr-i ard and Henry Harrison, fugitive con- | victs, were captured forty-seven miles above here to-night in the wild and re- mote Snake River country. Harrison and | Gerard were being taken to the Washing- | ton State penitentiary at Walla Walla by Sheriff Keller of Chelan County. They were detained in Starbuck over night, and the men burned their way through | the floor and dug under the wall of the Jail. 3 The posse that started in pursuit con- sisted of Guard M. E. Carson, with the bloodhounas Don and Belle, the two which chased Tracy for forty days; Sher- iff Keller; “Billy"” Harris, a cowboy from Starbuck, and The Call correspondent. The posse started twenty-seven.hours be- hind the fugitives from Starbuck and walked thirty miles on the trail. A hand- car was then obtained and the men were caught at Moore station, a wild spot The feature of the chase was the record speed of the posse and the ability of the hounds to take a twenty-seven-hour-old | scent. Gerard and Harrison committed anoth- er robbery to-day before being captured. e Teamster Chokes to Death. OAKLAND, Nov. 3).—Thomas Cuff, a teamster, 40 vears of age and living at Telegraph and Alcatraz avenues, was taking his supper at the U. P. restaurant, Frcadway, near Seventh street, at 1 o'clock this morning when he suddenly showed signs of choking. A patrol wagon was sent for and in the meantime every effort was made to relieve the man. He was taken to the Receiving Hospital, but on arrival there was found to be dead. An examination by the doctors showed that a piece of hard crust had lodged in his throat. Cuff was unmarried. Comes for a Library. BERLIN, Nov. 25.—Rev. Dickie, pastor of the American Church here, sailed for the United States to-day to secure a library and other things for the new church which he is completing at a cost of $100,000. Emperor Willlam inquired about the church when Mr. White, the retiring Embassador, had his farewell audience with the Emperor, and said he would attend its dedication. — o Laubet Not Yet Invited. PARIS, Nov. 20.—A denial is published here that a project is on foot foR ex- tending to President Loubet an invitation to vigit the United States for the purpose of attending the St. Louis exposition. No one close to the President, it is said, has been sounded on the subject nor has the matter been broached in American or French Government circles. R Gibbons Visits Roosevelt. WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.—Among _the President’s callers to-day was Cardinal | Gibbons. e e e ADVERTISEMENTS. A GOOD SAMARITAN Being Helped Himself Wishes to Help Others. 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When they reached the gambling hall they found that the Chi- nese had thrown the coins and articles used in the games down an especially de- vised pipe leading to the sewer. After taking the gamesters to the police station the officers returned with plumbers (o tap the sewer pipes and endeayor to se- cure the evidence. There is a local ordinance, upheld by the Supreme Court, against the erection of barricades making ingress or egress of the police difficult. —_— Engineer Averts Train Wreck. SANTA ROSA, Nov. 20.—A disastrous wreck on the California Northwestern Railroad was narrowly averted this morn- ing by the prompt action of Engineer James Manney. While the morning pas- senger train was approaching the draw- bridge near the brickyard station one of the wheels on the smoking car broke in two. The sudden dropping of the car caused Engineer Manney to shut off steam and apply the airbrakes and the train was brought to a sfandstill almost on the edge of the drawbridge. The car remained on the track. Had it not done so all of the coaches probably would have been derailed and wrecked. The train ‘was running at high speed when the ac- cident occurred. ’ —— Contest for a Judgeship. o SAN DIEGO, Nov. 20.—Hon. W. R. Gy, former Assemblyman from this district, this afternoon commenced a contest for the office of Superior Judge for which office he was a candidate at the election on November 4. The official canvass in- dicated that Norman H. Conklin, Demo- crat, had received sixteen votes more than Guy. The principal ground for the contest is the allegation that mistakes were made in the various precincts of the county. g e Late Shipping Intelligence. OCEAN STEAMER. NEW YORK—Arri; - Moty 5 ived Nov m——sunr Car- ' 0il Strike Near Willows. WILLOWS, Nov. 20.—News was re- ceived here this morning that oil had been “struck” by the Washington-California Oil Company on the Nye ranch fourteen miles west of this place. 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