The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 9, 1902, Page 14

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY. SAN FRANCISCO IS READY TO HEAR [mmfl BIMSHE“ FROM HONOLULU BY DEEP SEA WIRE FH[IM E“MEMM-A Underground Section of the PR S Soldiers Wreck Sifontes’ Office and March Him to Sea. ARt i Forcibly Placed on Board the EHermonthis for Oriti- cizing President. bl LS DECEMBER 9, igo2. |BRINGS BAD MEN | New Trans-Pacific Cable Has Been Laid FHUM TH[ Nan From the Terminus to the Beach and’ the Spinning of the Long|crooks.of Seattle Stow Thread ‘by the Steamship Silvertown Will Begin Next Friday| Away and Enliven Bt witns AONAGS T [N e I e Voyageof Queén. THE OLD RELIABLE Local Pelice Take Them in ; Charge, but Release All but One. The steamship Queen, which arrived yesterday from the north, brought from Scattle a number of hard characters, in- cluding, It* il thought, some of the men lelponllble for the hold-ups which have fo me time past terrorized the Wash- Because Alfred Sifontes, lawyer, jour- nalist and citizen of Salvador, presumed to criticize President Cabrera of Guate- mala, his newspaper plant and office were wrecked by Government soldiers and the editor, after being marched for fifty miles SN o d— in Everett for obtaining money under | false pretenses and will be held until the ‘Washington authorities send for him. The j others were discharged from custody last | in front of an armed escort, was placed ington,.town. Four of them stowed away on board the Kosmos liner Hermonthis at ! at Seattlé and were discovered at differ- S iy LG § e R e raa i s g placed in confinement when this port Sifontes. who says he resided in Guate- § and upon the arrival of the Queen the mala for more than ten years, published| | \ quartet, carefully ironed, were turned inSan Ma the greater part of that| | \ over to the police. Ab.OhItely Pure = ’ ¢ime @ newspaper, La Democracla by { One of the men, Ed Frank, was wanted 3 name ' San Marcos is fifty miles from the coast les from the volcano of San- the latter was spreading of Guatemala Pres! m THERE s ‘No SUBSTITUTE ra was celebrating at Guate- the feast of Minerva. He re- ow the volcano disaster to in- the festivities, and Editor € the matter in the col- Democracia. g editorial, in which he era to Nero, and sald other about m, Sifontes de- ident’s conduct, and sug- d have been more be- sler of an impoverished riaken with sudden angd aw- to spend his surplus foN the e suffering rather than waste f Minerva. appearance of the r 17, an army officer, by twenty-five soldiers, ap- office of La Democracia. the editor. They wrecked smashed the trpe nto the street where he was nent until Novem- wed to communi- even allowed to ar. On November m his cell, placed at of mounted sol- tary guard took lay apply to r temporary as- s he makes connec- f money igtends go- ptends go- | e law gh. =aloon-keeper, U‘ under the infiuence | L. Quigley’s raloon | bout 3 o'clock yes- ng a revolver two shots, one | g T. J. Scannell thigh. Scanne | Emerggney Hos- #rgested by on af case | n's eourt = T Wednesday, Dec. 10 T Ounce Bottle of DUMAS’ - FRENCE EXTRACT § ¢ Given with every Purchase of 50c or over Your choice of four odors. THE NO-PERCENTAGE DRUG CO. 949-951 Market Street. T P P o e visit DR. JORDAN'S crear MUSEUM OF ANATOMY 1080 mxz‘ oT.ue. lxk.?‘.x srcal () o OR. JMDAI—UI!!ASII OF MEN Conmation e . ity prieme - iy o b & wederakes / 4 Y ¢ L4 ¢ 4 I VDS DI Dl JORDAN & CG.. 1051 Market St..8. §, q‘. oo Dr.'l'alcott &Co SPECIALISTS—MEN ONLY. Our Motto ané Guarantee No Moncy Accepted TilCurels Effected chart of th sent pealec Home cure tree 1140 MARK!'I‘ ST.sr = Colored the copies of the | Hermonthis and | | t $10 and that | Mr. Mackay | Benest of the London division, visite:d the | she cannot ge bullding of unpretentious architecture. | will be made next Friday mbrning. Then built upon a brick foundation near the | as soon as the #ible is spliced to the un- | southwest corner of Forty-seventh ave-| derground section at the beach the Bil- nue and ton street. The shore section | vertown will point her nose toward the | of the cable leaves this house through | southern seas and start on her long, his- { THE_SEA END RE FOR. SPL? INGAW s = = = SoEa night. deavoring to rid the Sound city of some ot its undesirable characters. Bad men of all kinds have been ordered to get out. Before the Queen sailed two stowawa. who proved to be well-known strong-arm men, were found on board by the police, and on sailing day Chief of Police Sulli- pvan informed Captain Hall that he had criminal society contemplated leaving on the Qu | stowaways were unearthed. A boat was lowered and they were landed at Dunge- ness lighthouse. Before Victoria was reached a passenger reported to Captain Hall that while taking a slesta somebody had entered his stateroom, gone through his pockets and stolen all his money. After leaving Victoria another stow- away was found. He was placed In irons. Captain Hall ordered a vigorous searc and In the forecastle were three others. below were asleep in their bunks and the three Seattleites were busily engaged go- discovered ing mariners. They were seized and with | the other volunteer passenger confined | in.a strong compartment at the after end | of the main deck over the steamer's fan- | 11 tall. Here they remained until the steam- | ship reached ~quarantine, Hall placed them all in irons In readiness | for the city police. The police met the steamer at the dock, When they went for their prisoners and came to replace the steamsbip handcuffs | with their own frons it was found that | the connecting link on one pair of cuffs | had been removed and replaced with a | plece af frail twine. | ink on the other pair of cuffs had been | | 50 tampered with that a slight jerk would | have disconnected the steel bracelets. tle police the skill and speed with which the men prepared to shed their shackles stamped them as dangerous characters, The police ebmmended Captain Hall for | kis prompt action in securing the stow- | aways. The member of the quartet want- | ed in Washington is held on the strength of a telegram received from Sheriff Peter | Zimmerman of ‘Everett. The three oth- | ers were turned loose and are to-day in | San Franclsco free. -4 THE PREPARATIONS MAD EXTENSION TO HAWAIL PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWING THE CABLE STATION AT FORTY-SEVENTH AVENUE AND FULTON STREET AND TO CONNECT THE SHORE END.OF THE BIG ROPE WITH THE DEEP SEA TO CURE A COUGH IN ONE DAY. Use Adams’ Irish Moss Cough Balsam, Prescribed by the best physicians for Coughs. Colds, Hoarseness, Bronchitis all th: and lung troubles. 25c, B0c. At all druggists. ————————— UNION MEN VICTIMIZED LARENCE H. assoc MACKAY and his tes in the Pacific Commer- cial Cable Company spent a busy day vesterday carrying out their final arrangements for the laying new trans-Pacific cable from San to Honolulu cable as soon as it {s brought ashore. Beveral hours during the forenoon were devoted to taking soundings from the beach to deep water, a crew from.the 8i1- vertown being sent out in a launch for this purpose. Considerable dificulty Is an- ticipated in making the shore connection, In the morning | owing to the numerous shoals -in the accompanied by Vice Presi- | vicinity. The big cable ship. has ‘a Ward and Chief Engineer| draught of 2813 feet and it is feared that within a mile of the beach. ar the life-saving station | This would mean the towing of the heavy ocean beach, and carefully inspect- | wire ashore with the aid of small steam w underground section of cable | launches. a long and difficult task under | was put in on Sunday from its ter- | the most favorable circumstances, connectiog in the house to the edge | In the event of high winds and rough the beach | water the work will be greatly delayed, The cable house is a small, square white | but if fair weather pre the attempt Franc dent G. G cable-house, T | the north wall of the foundation near the | tory-making voyage. | main entrance and passing through a con- After luncheon the Mackay party re- irns the corner into Fulton street. | paired on board the Stivertown at her T follows a bee line und the cen- | anchorage oft the Folsom-street “‘h:lrf] ter of the street, p the Government | and held a long consultation with Captain life-saving station. and under the raflroad | David Morton. The vessel finlshed coal- | tracks to the houlevard. Here it veers a| ing yesterday and with the exception of | few yards to the north and then runs| water and fresh provisions, which are to | ht strands bank, ready to the of beach, where the frayed its end stick out“of a sand to be spliced the main be taken on to-day, sea. To-morrow afternoon the Silvertown will | il Lfeiofeferie ool @ KNOWLTON GASE NGAIN DELAYED Juror J. D. Sullivan Is the Latest Victim of the “Hoodoo.” she is now ready for B oo oot FRINK LEAES A SECOND WILL Filing of Document Com- mences Contest for His Estate. el The threatened contest over the estate Judge Graham is thinking very serious- of the late George W. Frink, the pioneer |1y of asking the Presiding Judge of the real estate man, commenced yesterday by | Superjor Court to transfer the case of the the filing of a second will and a petition | people agalnst Joseph Knowlton, for em- that it be admitted to probate. The new | bezzlement, to another court. Since the document is holographic and was made In | case has been In his courtroom there has March, 1%1. In it Frink leaves his estate, | been nothing but interruptions, caused by with the exception of special bequests | (he jliness or death of some one connect- first will filed Frink, while he leaves the | that the “hoodoo” is spreading. residue of his estate to his wife and chil- | Another member of the jury impaneled drer ‘as in the later document, gives a [to try Knowiton was stricken yesterday. much larger sum to relatives. The case | When the case was called yesterday a will h: heard in Judge Troutt’s court Jan- | yote from Juror D: T. Sulllvan's physi- tink, who was worth $200,000, dled last | ©AD announcing that the juror had met with an accident and would be*unable to attend was read, and the case was put over until Wednesday. The six new jurors October. Some days previous to his death bis son, Dr. G. K. Frink, filed a petition for letters of. guardianship over his per- son and estate in the Superior Court. The | will be sclected to stand In readiness: to petition was opposed by his. daughter, | sorve in the event of any fur “ Mrs. Abble Bickel, but before it could be d5)the y further casual ties. 8ince the arrest of Knowlton calam- ity has followed close upon the heels of those connected with the case. Knowl- ton’s attorney, George D. Cdllins, lost his wife, daughter and brother; the wife of Attorney Meyer Jacobs dled and three jurors were taken seriously {ll. The moth- er of the janitor of Judge Graham's v-nurlrocmf‘m died since the case has been on’ tr! ————— For all purposes for which whisky is used “y Moore”” will werve better than any heard Frink died. On the day of his death a will bearing date of March 7, 1901, was filed for probate. The will disposed of but a small portion of the real estate man's property, as before his death he had deed ed most of it to his wife, Minerva Frink. The will filed yesterday bears $he same date, in the original writing, as the docu- ment filed some time ago, but through the date line is a red mdrk and written over it are the word and figures July, 1901, thus making it appear that the docun- ment was not signed until five months | | H be moored to the whart and thrown open to the public. The great drum and all the complicated mechanism will be unhoused | and exposed to view, and a big barrel of | short pieces clipped from the cable itselt will be provided for distribution as sou- Grant of the Blacksmiths' Helpers. wvenirs. George Anderson, 435 Minna street, ALBANY. N. Y. Dec. 8.—The Paelfic | trustée for the Blacksmiths' Helpers Commerclal Cable Company to-day filed | Union, secured a warrant from Police Judge Mogan yesterday afternoon for the arrest of Patrick Grant, with the Secretary of State an amendment certificate of incorporation, covering ex- the business | tension of its lines from Manila to agent of the union, on a charge of fel- Shanghal. ony embezzlement. The amount alleged | B — | in the complaint is $1077. Anderson states that the shortage was discovered in March last and at an open | ARRANGING RECEPTION | TO CLARENCE MACEKAY Committee Is Named and WQII] Known Citizens Are Invited to Extend Welcome. upon Grant for the money falthtully to pay the amount back, and it was decided to give him time to carry | out his promise. The m was to ha | been pald at a meeting of the union last A turday night, but Grant fafled to make Irving M. Scott, George A. Newhzll, \fifu ::'sp-’t/crnn.rr and it was learned that he A. Watkins, Geofige W. McNear. "- had left the city. The warrant was given | Wheelan, James Rolph Jr., Rufus P. Jen- | into the hands of Captain of Detectives | nings, James K. Lynch, N. P. Chipman, | Martin, and he will use every effort to | language which they could no: misunder- | M. Hyde Young, John D. Spreckels, Wil- | traqe Grant's N .. ?1'3‘.'15'.« ;::x(l‘r;h;ol‘u::tng}nty.l ‘t.hl:t thlemha; llam R. Hearst, Thomas Garrett and R. a E it | chosen them because of thelr past repu- | A. Crothers have been appointed by the | Wanted ip Everett. Bores mpsmr g e gma b i California Promotion Commlittee to re- | Edw:lrd rl ""'ffl"k' was """“':"""n"“"”:;! sist temptations of every kind. The fact 6 g ke > _| arrival o e steamer ce Om | that they have been honest in the past :::‘fn:l:f:g:;r nn{dl’:rl:l:szt 'lrlrcl:flr::: 1'5?" s gl bl ol 2 k‘;"""';“""’ will not prevent me from keeping a close be informal. e | Freel and locked up in “the tanks™ at the, gpgervation in the district. I have been City Prison. He was arrested on a dis- | The committee represents all the com- R merclal bodles of the city, the press, the | ett, Wash., that he was wanted there on | R A i il bankers and the shipowners.. Governor | 1"\ rge ¢ felony embezziement. Freel | (PolCeman =-Alexander Wil mot say Gage, Mayor Schmitz, Irving M. Scott, | §, SHaTEE 00 (HON o et when | r : F.'H. Wheelan and E. R. Dimond have | {0000 ] the Investigatiag by the Police Board. been invited to speak. Artistic Musical Durable 50,000 in use 2000 sold on the Pacific Coast Curtaz &son § SOLE AGENTS [ OLDEST AND STRONGEST § | HOUSE ON THE PACIFIC COAST [ 16 to 20 O’Farrell St. Pianos sold on any reasonable terms to responsible parties. 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The Seattle police authorities are en- reason to believe the cream of Seattle’'s and warned him to look out| ee: I | tor trou | Snortiy/atter leaving Seattle two more | The sallors of the watch | ing thtough the belongings of the sleep- | when Captain | The corresponding | Even without the warning of the Seat- BY A BUSINESS AGENT | Warrant Out for Arrest of Patrick | meeting of the union a demand was made | He promised | | patch from Sheriff Zimmerman of Ever- | POLICE SCANDAL STILL" GROWING Chief Wittman Gathers Evidence Against Ac- cused Men, On account of the shake-up in the Po- lice Department over the corruption which is sald to exist In the red light section the usual tenderloin frequenters | of Loth sexes were missing from their us- ual haunts last night. The word had been | pissed “‘along the line” to the hablitues, | both male and female, to get under cover and as a result not one of the horde of | grafters and thieves put in an appear- { auce. Several of Chief Wittman's trusted | | men were in the district until after mid- | night, vainly trying/ to find evidence | agafnst the accused policemen. Yesterday | the Chief held a lengthy consultation with “ommissioner Hutton in reference to the ‘graft,” which was exposed when Officer Alexander was caught with a marked coin given him by a fallen woman for | “protection.” While refusing to disclose what evidence of corruption they have thus far obtained, they both admit .that | ! they have sufficlent to warrant a thorough investigation by the Police Board. NEW MEN CAUTIONED. | Late yesterday afternoon the patrolmen | who were assigned to the beats made va- | cant by the transfer of the six men were | | ca'led ‘Into the private office of Chief | | Wittman and Informed by that official that he expected them to perform the duties assigned to them consclentiously and faithfully. He said he had appointed them to their new beats solely upon their | good records in the past, but as he had been screly deceived by men in whom he | had placed the greatest confidence, he would watch their movements closely and if they did their duty faithfully and con- sclentiously there would be no cause for complaint, but in the event that any complaints were made no mercy would be shown them. Captain Birdsall and Sergeants Coogan and Christiensen were also present at the meeting. Chief Wittman remained in his office until a late hour, compiling a complete report of his investigations into the al | leged corruption existing in the “tender- loin,” which will be presented to the Po- lice Commissioners at their meeting to- right. | Chlef Wittman, who has been making | a tHorough investigation, would not give any complete statement for publication | yesterday. He intimated to the newspa- per men that sensations would develop | and that patrolmen other than those a ready under the ban would probably lose i their beats, if not their positions on the force. ALEXANDER'S CASE. Wittman will make his first report to| the Commissioners to-night. He will, however, only lay before that body a par- | tial statement of his Inquiry, reserving | that portion which might retard his in- | vestigation until later. | “When I called the men now assigned | to duty in the tenderloin into my office | yesterday afternoon I spoke to them in | | | decelved once, and I do not propose to have the thing happen again.” l)le ys it rests with his attorney | whether he will face the official inquiry. It is understood that the Commissioners | will not accept Alexander’s resignation, but will endeavor to force him to take the witness-stand in the hope of finding out more about police corruption in the red light district. i YOUNG DRUG CLERK TAKES STRYCHNINE Places Poison in Cup of Coffee Before Retiring and Dies in a Few « Hours. Otto Partecke, a clerk employed in the Ferry drug store, committed sulcide last Sunday night by swallowing strychnine. The unfortunate young man roomed in the residence of Norman Allen, 306 Guer- rero street. At 11 o'clock last Sunday night Partecke requested a ten-year-old boy in the hcuse to bring him a cup of cuffce. The boy did so, and saw Partecke drop something into it. A short time af- terward Partecke was heard to scream ard when.the inmates went to his room they found him in convulsions. Dr. -Aus- tin was summoned and applied the usual antidotes, but the patient died at 2 o'clock in the morning. A small bottle contain- |ing a quantity of strychnine was found conccaled under the bed clothing. He | had taken twenty grains. Partecke was years of age and a native of Germany. The motive for his sulcide is not known. —_————— | In the Divorce Court. | Suits for divorce were filed yesterday by Anthony Smolensky against Smolensky for cruelty, Anna Jacob | against Simon Jucob for desertion, John Uribe against Lucy Uribe for desertion, Mattle Willlams against Walter L. Wil- Mams for cruelty and Dot M. Stoner against William Stoner for desertion. Divorces were granted to W. C. Gardi- ner from Emma J. Gardiner, Christy from Carrie Christy and Benja- Mary | Nason | WILL SPEND LIFE IN PRIGON GELL William Kennedy Con- victed of Murder in First Degree, The jury in the case of Willlam B. Kennedy, alias “Yellow,” charged with the murder of Policeman Eugene C. Robinson at Sixteenth and Valencia streets on January 21 last, much to the surprise of the defendant and his attor- neys, brought in a verdict yesterday aft- trnoon of guilty of murder in the first degree, and fixed his punishment at im- prisonment for life. The jury was com- posed of S. P. Robbins (foreman), Ber- nard Strauss, John Willlams, George W. Wright, Isaac Wehle, James H. Follis, Elias Isaacs, Ben C. Levey, Moses Levy, George W. Caswell, W. H. Jardine and John Philan. When the case was called yesterday morning for argument of counsel Assistant | District Attorney Porter Ashe addressed the jury in forceful terms for the prose- cution. To the surprise of every one in the courtroom the defendant’s attorneys announced that they would submit the case without argument, which prevented Assistant District Attorney Alford from addressing the jury. After being charged by the Judge the jury retired about 12:30 o'clock, went to lunch and brought in the verdict shortly after 3 o'clock. Kennedy is the third of the ganx of thugs to be tried and convicted. Frank Woods, alias “St. Louls Frank,” was convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to be hanged on January 30; Willlam Kauffman, allas “St. Loufs Fat,” was convicted of murder in the second degree, but has not yet been sen- tenced. He was the only one unarmed at the time of the murdef, which ac- counted for the lighter conviction. The trial of the fourth of the gang, John Courtney, alias “Leadville Jimmy,” will commence this morning. Chief of Police Wittman received a copy of the Montreal Star, published in Mon- treal, Canada, yesterday, which con- tained an article about Willlam Hender- son, the thug who turned State's evi- dence against the others and whose true name is John Fraser. It was stated in the article that Fraser worked in the office of MacLaren & MacLennan, prom- inent attorneys there, and was later a clerk in the office of Detective Carpenter when he was at the head of the Canadian Secret Service. Fraser was also a mem- ber of the Victoria Rifles, and was a well-known amateur bicyclist. At one | time he was engaged to be married to a young lady in Montreal, but the engage- ment was broken off because of his un- steady habits. Deerskins Returned. The Secretary of the Treasury has re- quested Customs Collector Stratton to re- turn to the consignce seventy-thres Alasks dcerskins, which were seized by the customs inspectors several months ago, the exportation of deerskins from Alaska being prohibited. The Secretary holds that only Federal officials appointed for the Territory of Alaska have author- ity to make such seizure: ADVERTISEMENTS. 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