The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 11, 1903, Page 29

P e e e e e s n e anaeas ] g &4 3 : ! p ; Sl i : A Besesessetetetesessereesd® - Lall. ..-O;O;O—QMW Pages 2010 40 Qsosisieseteieseisedesl K] ) i ! = SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, JANUARY 11, 1993, MOTHER AND HER INFANT DIE FROM FRIGHTFUL BURNS BUT ACCUSED ASSERTS INNOCENCE Mrs. Tary Kline and Her Son Harry Succumb at the Central Emergency Hospital and the Police, After Investigation, Are Inclined to Believe Mrs. Mary Davis Did Not Hurl Fatal Lamp = B S Y =K b el — e MRE. MARY DAVIS, WHOM MRS. DAVID KLIN AMP AT ¥ WITH THE RESULT THAT SHE AND HER INFANT CHILD WE OTHE 2, ON HER DEATHBED, ACCUSED OF THROWING A LIGHTED ATALLY AND TWO moment T could go bravely, my conscien being ¢ 1 have not been near the | roc he Kline family for more than | two weeks, and when the cry of fire was heard and two little girls who live up- stairs came running into my room and | told us that the house was on fire that was the first I knew of the affair. 1 was not near Mrs. Kline's room any time be- fore the fire happened, and I know that I am innocent of the crime. “I freels give the poor woman for all that she eaid about me, and I feel sorry over the nmews that I recelved this morning that the poor little baby and Mrs, Kiine had di My attorney told —— cradly ne not to discuss e and if it were "; e i"" used of hurling | yot for that I would talk longer to you.” nto the 4 woman's apart- g Bt B Plasisms fape.| POLICE EXONERATE HER. e P P AN il | {bson has been detailed sy woman i the | 1Pon the case by Captain Martin, and he e | s actively at work investigating. When t she clalms was a false | coon Jast evening, both Captain Martin The 10-months-old girl | and Detective Gibson stated that from the too young to understand the | evidence gathered it was their opinion at | by little hands, nt testimony to by the with his 1sed cgased only the top | Mre. Mar; with a nurs- quarters on 1l of Justice § -aged womar Detective Tom dead crows and gurgles in | present that Mrs. Kline was not guilty apd emiles upon | of the crime, and undoubtedly she would rrogate her mother. be able to prove an alibi. <1 — According to the story of the oldest boy }"'lq:";”"i;:“:f Mr. Kiine left the house about haif-past Y odospital vesterday | § o'clock Friday evening and stated that few minutes later | B® would return about 8. The eldest e W moified end. the | daughter went out a few minutes later e e orena, the | to attend a cooking school and after the . g 2 -y i departure of the two Mrs. Kline put the < and Dr. Bacl-| edest boy, Isadore, and Jacob in one of e o iy taen- | the beds. Bhe placed the baby in the as able to certify to the | 4.y carrlage, which was standing in front of the bureau. jles were ause of deat : After secing that s o= 2 Piain. middle-aged Wom- | ine children were comfortably e Sl Bk G S “::"v"‘“s":- away for the night she turned down the castied her Soungest chBa 18 h’:- © | Jight of the glass lamp, which was stand- 2nd now and then would hug her ’d:;"“; ing on the bureau by the baby carriage. o Kot £ o The unfortunate woman then retired to rint loving Kkisses vn bed. maternal tender- e o3 Isadore states that he and his brother were alseep and he thinks that his mother was asleep also. He was suddenly awak- ened by his mother crying fire and he saw on the rosy che MAINTAINS INNOCENCE. When questioned relative to the charge has been made against her, Mrs. | her get up and put on a black skirt and =aid: “Rather than tell a Ne I| her shoes and run to the baby carriage, would willingly undergo any punishment | which was a mass of flames. She picked that could be meted out to me and I call God as my witness that 1 am telling the truth when I say that I am not gullty of mmitting the crime with which 1 have been charged. For the Injustice that has been dope me by Mrs. Kline in making #n absolytely false declaration before she died 1 forgive her. I feel sorry for the aunguish that Mr. Kline' must suffer and can appreciate his feelings, as I have loved ones of my pwn. Mrs. Kline vili- fied and blackened me before every one she met and it was only a week ago that ghe cursed me and said she hoped that would lose gl control of my arms. | “It is true that she had me arrested for battery, but. I never struck her. If I were called to meet my Maker this very up the baby from the carriage and also grabbing Jacob from the bed, which was also in flames, rushed to the kitchen to pour water on the flaming garments of the children. The question of the number of lamps on the premises promises to play an im- portant part in the sad affair. The evi- dence obtained in this regard is in favor of the accused woman. The boy Jacob has stated that he saw Mrs. Davis throw 2 lighted lamp into the room and the eldesy ®irl says that there were only two lamps in the house, a large one and a small one, which were found in the Kkitchen. She asserts that the broken lamp did not belong to them. The pieces of the broken lamp which were found in the room were e gathered up and taken to the German Hospital with a view to ascertaining from the eidest boy, ore, who was also painfully burned, whether or not it be- {longed in the house. The boy stated that | th / had three lamps In the house, two large glass lamps and’ one small one. When shown the fragments of the glass lamp he positively identificd it and stated that he was in the habit of lighting it every night and placing it on the bureau, and that it is the same one his mother turned down before going to bed. “The story told by Mrs. Davis 1S further corroborated by the statements of the two young girls who ran into her room and gave the information about the fire. Thelr names are Verona Kensil and An- nie McCarthy and they reside with their parents in one of the upper flats. They state that one of the other roomers on the upper floor first gave the alarm and they rushed downstairs to tell Mrs. Davis and upon reaching her rooms found her seated by the table with her husBand and Mr. Newell. One of the men ran to the engine-house and the other went to arouse the other inmates of the house. Upon investigation it is found that in order to feach the Kline apartments Mrs. Davis would have to pass along a hall- way the full length of the bullding and down a flight of stairs. In so doing she would have to pass the rooms of four fam- flies and it would be almost impossible for her to have done so and not have been seen. It is believed by the police that the fire was caused by the lamp exploding or the baby wakingz up and pulling at the tidy on the bureau, thus overturning the lamp. They point to the fact that the top of the bureau and the baby carriage were burned the most, and there are no marks or in- dentations on the wall to indicate where the lamp struck if it was hurled by Mrs. Davis. Captain Martin stated last even- ing that Mrs. Davis would be held for the Coroner’s jury, but that he was morally certain that she was not guilty. Canadian Tenor to Winter Here. Jackson Hanby, a well-known tenor of Winnipeg, Canada, will make his home in San Francisco during this winter. The singer has done much good work in his native city as an oratorio and also as ballad singer, and will doubtless be heard here in these and bther kinds of musieal work. Mr. Hanby comes to escape the rigors of the Canadian winter. —_———— Benefit for Striking Tanners. A benefit for the striking tanners will be given this evening at the Alhambra Theater under the auspices of the Actors’ Protective Union. The committee having the matter in charge has a strong bil for the occasion and it is expected that quite # sum will be added to the fund al- ready started for the men now out on a strike. : | the (INDNESS B 15 JUST AEWARD Prospector Leaves For- tune to Men Who Staked Him. ~ | — Keeps His Prom’se of Years Ago and Makes Them Rich. | Some forty vears ago two friends, Mi- | | chael G. Sears and Timothy Foley, left county Kerry, Ireland, together to seek | their fortunes in the United States, thelr sole stock in trade being health, strength | | and a determination o succeed. On their | airival in America they went to Spring- | field, Mass., where they worked for five vears, saving thelr wages and accumulat ing a few hundred dollars for future yven- tures. In 1868 the partners came to Cal- | | 1fornis - following v started in the ss in this city at the corner of “Broadway and Davis street. The young Irishmen soon built up a prof- itable busine: and prosperity showered upon them from the start. . Sears & Foley's became the resort of all navigators of the coast and was known to seamen from Panama to Puget Sound. | { | ’ | | | s aspired to political Influence and fcians congregated about the place added greatly to the value of the business, and hundreds of doliars were daily taken over the bar. In 1575 the firm 1emoved to more commodious quarters at of Washington and Fast | street 1d the firm held on to all its 0ld patrons in the new location. 1t was in the heignt of their prosperity | | that James Francis Gillespie, a prospec- | tor, found his to their salvon one GILLESPIE TAXEN ILL. ush.” having just sold a mine 1y thousands of dollars. Gillespie | twk a great liking to the proprietors and | | morning twenty-five years ago. | i | made their place of business his head- | | quarters and for several weeks spent his nieney 1 Unaccustomed o such | continued indulgence, Gillespie took sick and had it not been f him by Sea have died. he partners tende he regained his health and was the resume his profession of mining. On his parture Gillesvie made them each dscme pres nd declared that it he ever str it rich again he would | chare his winnings with tnem. |1 Gillesple next showed up in Idaho, | where he became well known as a suc- cessful prospector. Some time later Gil- | lesple returned 2 more to San Fr cisco d appeared one day at Sears & | Foley’'s place. He was without a cent,| | but he was made welcome to the best the house afforded and subsequently enough cuccess seemed (o he nssured him, but | only a Bare living was the result of the | weary trampings and industrious search. | Occasfonally Gillesple would return to Washington and East streets and .m»nmrd! | always confident, but his visits became |less and less frequent and for the last| | few years had ceased aitogether. | MAKES LAST WILL. | One day last February a messenger | came to Sears from an attorney at Tuel- | | umne, urging his immediate attendance | at the bedside of Gillesple, who lay dying of consumption and desired to make his | ill. Sears started at once and reached | the dying man’s i de in time. A will was made leaving Sears & Foley the tes- | tator's entire estate, which sisted of | a large balance in bank and the testator's | interest in° some of the best mines in Tuolumune Countv. It was discovered that Gillesple owned controlling inter in the Black Oak. Dead Horse, Co ce, Hand Provi- | fider dence and Coyote m besides inger- | llests In other promising leads. The ffrst | | named had been bonded for §50.000 and & |bond had been offered for an . equal | amount on the Coyote. | “The aged prospector e TN hing but the has prevented the & Foley of the en- it is estimated that the firm acquisition tire estate. | will realize $250,00 from the mines alone. | The partnership of thirty-three years con- | | tinues and after alternating suc | fallures now stands on the | of prosperit: S 4nd broad basis HAVE FIERCE BATTLE WITH THEIR PRISONER Officers Hooper and McCurrie of Hu- mane Society Experience Diffi- culty in Making Arrest. * Officers Hooper and McCurrie of the So- clety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals had an exciting battle with Den- nis Donovan of Halfmoon Bay at South San Francisco yesterday while attempt- ing to arrest him for driving a crippled horse. When Donovan discovered that he would have to answer for his cruelty he became enraged and sprang upor McCur- ric in a frenzy. Before Hooper could in- terfere both men were badly bruised and covered with blood. Donovan was finally forced to submit and was landed safely in the police station. A report was also sent to the society's offices yesterday that a man had spent the morning beating a horse with a stake chain at the corner of Cherry and Clay reetz. When the officers arrived on the | scene they found the animal tied to a | post by its lower jaw and bleeding from numerous wounds. James Ross, the driver, who was accused of the cruel deed by the bystanders, was arrested and taken to the City Prison. During the morning also Officer Hooper shot a valuable horse belonging to the firm of Holbrook, Merrill & Stetson. Ths animal slipped and fractured its leg on Market street, opposite The Call building. WANTS TO EQUIP LINE OF PASSENGER AUTCMOBILES Henry Bothin Petitions Board of Su- pervisors for Franchise on Van Ness Avenue. Henry E. Bothin notified the Board of Supervisors yesterday that he intends to invest the sum of $20,00 and upwards in the construction of automobiles to *be operated along routes not now traversed by street car lines and on streets hereto- fore deglared to be boulevards. Bothin states that he is desirous of ob- taining a franchise for the operation of his line of automobiles along Van Ness avenue from Market street to the bay, which shall include the authority fo charge for the service to be rendered the sum of not exceeding 5 cents for each passenger carried. The petitioner expresses his willingness to bid for the franchise if it is advertised for sale, and will equip the automobile {line on Van Ness avenue within four | months from the date of sale. - i |+ | cash was advanced o e Gills i & MEW cakeer as a etor, Sometimes { ploved as a traveling solicitor by the San CAPTAIN HALL PRESENTED WITH COSTLY LOVING CUP Officers. Who Served Under Master Mariner Show Their Appreciation of His Bravery and Kindly Nature by Ten- dering Him Handsome Present Prior to His Departure 0 b ; X i LY > § o~ i _,.;.} the retir- ™ ing master ~Queen, was presented with a cost- of | Iy loving-cup yesterday after- noon by the officers of the steam- | ship as a token of the regard anl esteem In which they held their supe-| rior officer durfng his career as captain | of the steamship. Captain Hall has ac-| cepted a m responsible and hl(‘ffl'\\'f“ position with the Pacific Packing and | Navigation Company ef Seattie. Captain Hall I ves n this trip | at Seattle and will at once take up his | new duties as marine superintendent of | the packing concern This position will | enable_Captailn Hall to spend all of his | time on shore. | The simple ceremonies attending the | presentation of the loving-cup were held yesterday afternoon aboard the steamship | Queen. All of the officers of the vessel, | including even the heads of the en- gineers' department, joined in making the affair a touching tribute to Captain Hall's popularity. ¢ RECORD OF BRAVERY. First Officer Nilsen and Steward James | Hamshaw made the presentation speeches. They praised Captain Hall for his courtesy, bravery and uniform kind- ness to all of the officers and crew of the | steamship, and expressed deep regret at his giving up command. | Captain Hall replied briefly, saying: * am overwhelmed with gratitude. While I have been in command of this ship I have endeavored to be a man among me 1 have tried to treat everybody kind and at the same time gain your respec | “Office Pacific, | POPULAR MASTER OF STEAM- SHIP QUEEN, WHO WAS PRE- SENTED WITH A LOVING CUP. l in this ship T am satisfied. This beautiful lcving-cup, which T appreciate more than words can tell, will always remain one of the most highly valued things I pos- sess. 1 am sorry to leave the Pacific Coast Steamship Company, in whose em- ploy 1 have been for many years.” Captain Hall is »f the most capable and best known navigators on the coast. He worked himself up from the bottom ot the ladder, and no braver man ever pi- | loted a vessel through a storm. To his ccol head and undaunted bravery many of the passengers of the ill-fated steamship steamship | Walln Walla owed thelr lives. When the | steamship was run down in midocean 1 Captain FHall stuck to his post until all of his passengers were off: He remained on board until the Walla Walla sank under the waves and he was carried under the water with her. Captain Hall was picked up by a small boat, and the passengers of the steamship who were fortunats nough to be saved tendered him a vote of thanks for his efficiency and bravery. WILL RESIDE IN SEATTLE. Captain Hall will hereafter reside in Seattle. When the Queen salls to-morrow morning there will be a large delegation of friends at the dock to see him off. Captain Hall received the following let- ter from his employers yesterday morn- ing: _Coast Steamship Company. Captain A."L. Hall, Steamship Quee! | Dear Sir—I regret the severance of your | services from this company, which you factorily for so many to know that the ours d vears. change will better your condition. Y J. F. LAWLIS! “Manager P. C. 8. S. Co.” On the last trip of the Queen the pas- ngers united in tendering Captain Hall written testimonial to the kind and courteous treatment they had received at his hands, and at the same time expressed | regret that he for good. The loving-cup presented all was Inscribed as follow “Presented to Captain A. L. Hall of the steamship Queen as a token of esteem and with best wishes for his future ca- about to quit the . to Captain H That I have done this during my career | reer. San Franclsco, January 7, 1903."” L e o e e e e e e e e e e e e e o ) JUDGE FRITZ QUALIFIES IN THE DISTRICT COURT Union Iron Works Files Answer De- nying Allegation That It Im- ported Contract Labor. Police Judge Fritz was admitted yes- terday to practice In the United States istrict Court. ‘William Baer Ewing of the fake Stand- | ard ©Ofl Promotion and Investment Com- pany was allowed until next Wednesday | to plead to the indictment charging him with having used the postoffice with in- tent to defraud. Mrs. Frances E. Moon, Frank Hayes | end Riley Noah pleaded not gulity to an | indictment charging them with perjury in making false oath to an affidavit for a pension for Mrs. Moon. | The Union Iron Works filed an answer denying specifically all the charges in the | sult brought against the works by the | United States to recover a penalty of | $1000 for having imported Arthur Martin, a coppersmith, from England under a | bor contract.” On next Saturday the dat2 of the trial will be set. /s Court Commissioner Morse vesterday took the depositions of Ernest Pickering, Thomas Clark, William Winders, William Nuttall and Joseph Tinsley, brickmake: alleged to have been imported from La cashire, England, by Gray Bros. —_————————— Drowned Man Identified. The body of the man found drowned near Washington-street wharf on Decem- ber 9 was identified yesterday as that of Alexander T. Lawlor, who had been em- Francisco Examiner. The identification was made by means of the photograph | and the description of the register of the unkrown dead by Frederick Mayfield, with Charles Matthlas & Co." H4 said that Lawlor was of intemperate hablis and was seen_ to fall off Washington- street wharf on the date mentioned. He was about 35 years of age and had resided at 315 Mason street. —_————————— Divorce Suits Filed. Suits for divorce were filed yesterday by Vincente P. Rose against Marle §£. Rose "Maria Varney against Guillermo Varney, Gussie E. Havden against John | P. Hayden and AnnaT.. Hackett against Andrew J. Hackett—ail for desertion. WILL EXAMINE HENDERSON AS TO MENTAL CONDITION One of Murderers of Policeman Rob- inson to Be Placed Under Cbservation. William B. Henderson, whose real name fis sald to be “Jack” Fraser, appeared before Judge Cook yes- terday fer sentence for manslaughter for being implicated in the murder of Police- man Eugene C. Robinson, at Sixteenth and Valencia streets, on January 21 last Henderson ° torned State’s evidence against Frank Woods, allas “St. Louis Frank”; Willam Kauffmann, alias “St. Louis Fat,” and Willam Kennedy, alias “Yellow,” and was allowed to plead guilty to manslaughter. Henderson has been sending two or three letters daily to the Judge, which were not opened, and when his case was called yesterday he demanded that sen- tence of ten years be passed upon him. The Judge consulted with Henderson's attorney, R. O'Conner, and Assistant District Attorney Ashe and it was de- | ciced to send Henderson to the insane ward at the Central Emergency Hospital for a week, so that he could be under cbeervation, and if it was reported that he is insane he will be sent to an insane asylum and sentence suspended. If it is reported that he is sane he will be sen- tenced. Each Sentenced to Six Months. George Tang was sentenced to six months in the County Jafl by Police Judge Fritz yesterday on a charge of petty larceny. The charge was reduced from grand larceny. He stole a purse centaining §19 on December 25 from R. M. Johnson of the Winchester Hotel, Third street. Thomas Byrne was sentenced to six months by Pollce Judge Conlan for petty larceny for stealing a buggy robe and some hardware from a buggy belong- ing to H. D. Nichols, on January 3, while it was standing on Market street, near Montgomery. Hechheimer Held to Answer. Milton Hechheimer was held to answer before the Superior Court by Police Judge Cabaniss_yesterday on a charge of for- gery in $1000 bonds. He was accused of having forged the name of John D, Spreckels to a document in June last. GHILD'S TEMRS - BEST ADVOGATE Judge Coffey Gives Sow Jun Into Custody of Mission. Proceedings in Guardianship Lead to F. J. Kane's Arrest. st Sow Jun, a pretty little Chiness giel | barely 2 years of . to the arm of Coffey in his room yeste th tears rolling down her che ed him not to sive her into the o® Frank J. Kane, secretary of the Humane Society, rom the care of who sought to ta | the . Methoaist ¥ r Chi- | nese Girls at 912 W= m street. The lttle one's te softe: the heart of ery in the m, and Judge offey ordered that the child be taken | back to the hon there to remain until the further or¢ Five minut had been rer new interest was | added to t by Detective Tom Ryan. he courtroom, downcast and s the outcome of | the case, he was t upen the | shoulder by the d& and placed for?" demanded Kane, | with an a stion of bravery that his appearance belicd “For impersonating an officer,” repiied otsteps to the police Ryan, directing Kane's corridor leading to the station ARREST A SURPRISE. The arrest of Kane « but it was a ftting Jun case, as the testimony owed that Kane uthern ed some very pecu metheds in (ransacting the busi- ness of the Humane S He testified | yesterday that he was ial police officer and exhibited a star bearing the linittals “B. H.” and the words “Special Police.”” Attorney Monroe, who repre- sents the mission people, questioned him closely as to his right to wear the star, 1 then summoned Captain of Pollee orman to the stand. Norman showed by the police records that Kane had been dispossessed of his star five years ago and that a_ right to use it never been granted to him. The records show that James Flaherty of the Potrero is entitled to wear star B. H. Kane's arrest followed Norman closed his testimony, Ryan stat- ing that he took Kane i stody under orders from Chief of Police Wittman. The Sow Jun case, which led to the ar- rest of Kane, has been in the courts for more than a year. Two years ago Kane, at the request of Miss Margaret Lake of the home. took her from a lodging-house at 15 Spofford alley, placed her in the cus- tody of the matron of the home and then had himself appointed her guardian. Six or_he called at the mission-and asked that ihe little girl be turned over to him, as a wealthy Chinese merchant desired to adopt her. His request was re- fused and the in gation that followed disclosed the fact that the merchant was a noterious saloon-keeper, who evidently wanted little Sow Jun to turn her over to the woman from whom she was taken. TRIES HABEAS CORPUS. Kane then tricd to get possession of the ! ekild by habeas corpus pre ngs, but failed and the mission people then acted. They petitioned the Superior Court for a revceation of the ers of guardianship granted to Kane, charging that he was an unfit person to have the care of the child. shortly after to ¢ The case was assigned to Department 9 of the Superior Court and several hear- ings were had. during the course of which serious charges were m st Kane, It wag charged that Kane had required a Mrs. Annle Young to give him $21 to defray the cost of guardianship proceed= m of her foster daugh- and then had made an ings over th ter, Lilllan Young fidavit saying that the child was wit out friends who could defra t costs, thereby securing a remit o of fees. Kane denled receiving th . or that he knew that Mrs. Young paid | effcrts in her foster daughter's be It was shown by testimony, howeve that W. hor, an agent of the secre- tary, collected the $21 from Mrs. Young and that he gave $1 to Kane to pay the law library fee. O°Connor admitted this and said dered he | titled to keep the ba.ance. B | and O’Connor made poor witne questioned as to the Y L2t attempted to show Mrs. Yound jurer. They were silenced by the court, who accused Kane of equivocating and | told O°'Connor that he was deserving of “sympathy."” | KANE IS NERVOUS. | “Mr. Kane,” said the court, “we have | disposed of the Young matter. Can you { now tell me what you intend to do with | Sow Jun?" | ““Well, your Honor.” responded the very nervous secretary, “I'll take her to my own home for a while and send her to Mrs. Stddon’s {r.rn:]hilu- " | “Fér a while,” sdid the court, waxing angry. “Youitold me you intended to raise the little one in your own family. | Now tell me what you Mtend doing with her.” an 1 explain to you In private, 20e u cannot,” snapped back the Judge. *“Miss Lake, will you bring the little girl here? The little Chinese was led to the bes where she immediately crawled into Juége's lap. The tears ran down cheeks and she grasped the Judge's arfl | and gazed with fear in her eyes toward | Kane. “ls Mr. Kane a nice man?” asked by the court. “No, no,” the little one answered, deavering to hide her head in the Judge's arm. _— “Do you not want to go with him>” was the next guestion. It was the final | one. for the bare prospect of being given !{intp the custody of Kane almost sent the il’hfld into hysterics. Big tears rolled { | she was down her cheeks and she hysterically sought to get into a position out of Kane's sight. “It would be an unnatural thing to taka this child from the home.” said the court when Sow Jun had been quieted. “Take | her back to the home.” Candidates Are Seleeted. The officfal ballot for the annual elec- tion of the Chamber of Commerce to be Leld next Tuesday afternoon is as fol- lows: President, George A. Newhall; first vice president, E. R. Dimond; sec- ond vice president, W. E. Migheil; trus- tees, C. H. Bentley, W. J. Dutton, A. B. Fleld, W. L. Gerstle, R. P. Jennings, W. H. Marston. G. W. McNear Jr.. James Otis, H. Rosenfeld, James B. Smith, L. Eyre and C. M. Yates. The ticket is practically the same as that of last year.