The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 25, 1903, Page 1

3 VOLUME XCII-X0. 115 Cal § 14 NS . ; thea — —— SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23. 1903. PRICE FIVE CENTS. HAYES DIES OF HIS INJURIES AND THE MYSTERIOUS WOMAN HAS BEEN POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS MRS. JAMES O’CONNELL CALIFOR Q and Its Leased Pacific Railway, | ‘ ter & "i“h s associates to er which President Har- ima Southern Pacific Company ", dem w has been agitating lo- cir es for some time, has Zer is there reason for be made so em- The suspicion | d was about to be trans- ta Te road @s a con- | recently aeguired | properties in Humboldt County apd the San Francisco Bay has been set at rest, for it has developed that Mr. Harriman hae practically owned the road for sev- eral weeks, in fact longer than that. | Hence the bold statements made by the Santa Fe officials lately that they were not negotiating for the California North- western. The latter officiale Jearned weeks ago that they could not buy and they imme- Clately turned their attention to eother means of reaching Northern California. eventually securing the Eel River and Eureka Rallroad in Humboldt County and | made ubt, mor hatically that the cc ferred to the st nection between its |or where 1 IA NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY PASSES UNDER CONTROL OF SYNDICATE RULED BY HARRIMAN uthern Pacific Closes Deal for Acquirement of Foster’s Road Appendix, the San and Santa i Officials Are Chagrlnedf ! - Attempted Hold-Up Francisco and North| | | i | | | | | | | | | { il i | | | | | 2 RAILROAD PRESIDENTS AND TMAP SHOWING LINES THAT MAY SOON CHANGE HANDS. of buying that lately improved and extended property. DEAL KEPT SECRET. he deal in the stock of the California rthwestern, or at least the majority of which is controlled by A. W. Foster, dates back several months, but has been kept a secret for reasons best known 1o Mr. Harriman and Mr. Foster, 'On Fri- day last Mr. Foster, when pressed hard for an answer to the question whether or | ot negotiations were on for the transfer of his road, said: “I will not deny or af- firm reports. 1 have been quoted as deny- ing the story, but I cannot recall when have lately made any such statement.”” When it was suggested that the people along the line of his road would be sorry to lose him he assumed a rather signifi- | cant look as Be repiied: *Well, it will be some time before they will,”” and it prob- ably will, for it is said that the formal announcement of the change in the man- agement will not be made until after the annual meeting of the Southern Pacific stockholders in New York next month and until Mr. Harriman has made some 'WAR HERO'S | o FAME SINKS IN SCANDAL i.v\\aj'vr General Sir Hector | Macdonald to Be Court- Martialed. —— COLOMBO, March, 24— Charges of the most serious nature have been brought against Major General Sir Hector Macdonald, commanding the | British forces in Ceylon, in consequence of ‘which the Governor of that island, Sir Joseph Dodge Westridgeway, has been authorized to convene a court-mar- | tial to try him. Macdonald, when the charges were filed, some time ago, went to England to confer with his friends and superior officers, and now it is un- derstood he will return and face the Ichnrgeu, which, it is alleged, are based on immoral acts. LONDON, . March 24.—The announce- ment from Colombo that Major General Macdonald is to be trled by court-mar- tial on most serious charges of immoral conduct undoubtedly will prove to be the greatest sensation In British mili- Ceylon, Oanti;led on Page 3, G;Tmn 2. i | messenger w JESPERADD KILLS GUARD ON A STHGE and Tragedy in | Mendocino. Wells - the Road. Special Dispatch to The Call, UKIAH, March With a dead ex- press messenger inside the bullet-riddled stage, two of the terror-stricken horses attached to it Dbleeding from wounds where rifie balls bad torn the flesh and shattered the bones, Harry Ousley, the | plucky driver of the big wagon that | traverses the road between this town and | dro Mendocino City, > at neck-breaking | i speed this morning through a shower of deadly missiles and prevented the robbery of a treasure box containing probably | 520,000, Heedless of the commands of an infuri- ated highwayman, whose temper, already | in full heat afte the commission of a cowardly 3 < intensified by the seemingly inevitable lo$s of the gold for which he had staked life against a body full of buckshot or a hangman’s noose, the lashed his team to mur Ousl unf imperiling swiftne ind won the most exciting race of his_stage-driving career, The attempted hold-up, ix which O. A Overmeyer of Ukiah, the Wells-Farge messe lost his without having been afforded a chance to defend himself in open battle, took placé at a bend of the le of miles this side of the House. The &pot is very neur | road a ¢ Halfway | that at which & siage wug ropbed by a | { bandit a few weeks asa During lasinight the. at Handleys, fivew Ahis -gide érime, and Wwhen' the stirt was made out 7 o'clock this morning the only oc- | cupants of the vehlcle were Driver Ousley and Messenger Overmeyer, The few sdngers who went from Ukiah re- | mained at Handleys. y was on the | box behind his f team and the s inside g that contained two day the ¢ ex The stage had been on the road about | an hour, when from behind o tree that se out of a clump of heavy brush, came | a command to half. The bandit had al- lowad the wagon to pass him before mak- his presence known. Ousley cast a swift glance behind him and saw a por- tion of the robber's figure. At the same | stant Overmeyer, evidently realizing | that he was at a disadvantage Inside the | stage, called out to Ousley to whip up | the team The driver was quick to respond. As | the whip cracked over the leaders the | horses plunged forward, and the stage| , was on a run. A moment later, the | highwayn enraged at the disregard of | his order, opened fi Fiis first bul struck one of the horses in the jaw. came a second shot which ripped inic the thigh of another animal. A third time the cursing road agent turned loose his weapon, presumably | with the purpose of Killing the driver. | The bullet was aimed low, however, and | passing through the rear of the stage, | struck Overmeyer, who had opened the | door, as if preparing to fire at the robber. In the excitement and noise OQusley did | not hear any sound from the messenger, | and continued to lash the team. 'l'hc]‘ wounded horses were falling fast in| strength and it seemed certaln that | they would soon fall. The bandit con-| tinued to fire at the driver and followed the stage a short distance, but nonc of the bullets took effect near the seat. Sev- eral passed through the lower part of the vekicle. When the shooting ceased and Ousley considered himsglf out of danger, he stop- ped and called to Overmeyer. No answer cdme from the interior of the coach, und Ousley hastened to investigate. The door of the stage was open, but the mes- senger was not inside. After recelving the fatal wound Overmeyer had lurched to one side, knocked the door wide open and tumbled into the road, dead. Mis body was found ten minutes afterward by a teamster named Matthews, who took it to the Half Way House, As soon as the news reached Ukiah Un- der Sheriff Dan Gibson started men to the scene of the tragedy, and also began using the wires in every direction. Sheriff Grace of Sonoma was notified and ar- rived this afternoon by special train from Santa Rosa with his bloodhounds. He was met at the depot with a team and started immediately for the scene of ac- tion. It is thought a g0od description of the robber can be obtained from a Mrs. Steph- ens, who met him on the road a few min- utes before the hold-up and talked with him. Q. A. Overmeyer, the shotgun messen- ger, was an old and respectable resident of this city and was one of the pioneers of the county, having crossed the plains. He was a man absolutely fearless of bod- ily injury. Had he not been mortally wounded he would no doubt have given a good account of himself. He had aided in the capture of several of the notorious criminals of this county, H. J. Ousley, the driver, is a man of 22 years and a native of Napa County. He has as cool a head as a man of double his age and can handle a stage with vet- eran drivers. It is raining to-night and it is doubtful if the Wounds will be able to get the seent, - Fargo Meassen-gi3 ger Falls Dead in | e had stopoed | | matter and treasure. 11 'FAIR MAIDS Victim of the Park Accident Expires in the Emergency Hospital, but His Companion Is Uqhurt. IN HAYES' WATCHCASE MAKE A HIT WITH KAISER William Creates Army Post at Crefeld to Please the Girls. BERLIN, March 24—The photographs of twenty of the prettiest girls in Cre- feld have now become part of the Roich- stag records, as a tangible argument why Parllament should appropriate funds for the erection of barracks at Crefeld so as to enable the girls to have lleutentants as dance partners. War Minister vort Gessler put the item in the military bud- get at Emperor Willlam's request, which explained the now well-known story of the Emperor's visit to Crefeld last sum- mer. The Emperor at a party one night was surrounded by a number of giris ana sald to them: ou like to dance with my lieutenants, don't you?”’ ‘‘Alas, your Majesty,” replied one of the girls, “there are no lieutenants.” “No leutenants!” exclaimed the Emper- or, “then I will send you a regiment.” Thereupon he directed that a Hussar regiment be transferred from Dusseldorf to Crefeld as soon as barracks could be built for the soldicrs. Since then there has been a warm contest before the budget committee between Dusseldorf and Cre- feld, the former oppositig the transfer of the regiment, and during the contest the photographs of the pretty girls were offi- cially presented and filed. Herr Kirsch, the Dusseldorf member of the Reichstag, contended that his town had just as pretty girls as Crefeld and offered to submit their portraits, but the chairman of the committee sald it was not necessary. Guantanamo to Be a Naval Station. GUANTANAMO, Cuba, March 24 —Aft- er a personal inspection of the proposcd site, Secretary Moody has selected Guan- il e ¢ —b HE veil of mystery surround- ing the tragic death of Charles E. Hayes in Colden Gate Park near the midnight hour of yes terday has been lifted. It was ngressman’'s daughter, woman, that wild rid with the man prominent in the business world death stroke eame beneat the drizzlt v the inky dark ness that shrouded the great rried who tool whose g rain and hat ho pleasure ground. It was a party of gayety and song night on th the tragedy each carrying a man and a woman. Mrs. James O’Connell, wife of the Post- office Inspector of e daughters of “ongressman Loud, is the f four that left a scene perhaps, to face the dreary » which brought There ‘were two f clinking glasse: e beach return vehieles, Eugene = N, CHARLES B, HAYES PoRETRAIT 1IN THE LOCKE'T VICTIM OF THE PAREK ACCIDENT AND PHOTOGRAPHS FOUND IN HIS WATCH CASE AND LOCKET. THE ORIGINAL OF NEITHER, | HOWEVER, 1S THE MISSING COMPANION OF HIS FATAL DRIVE. — ATTORNEY IS APPOINTED FOR LABOR DEPARTMENT President Roosevelt Selects William M. Collier of New York for the Position. WASHINGTON, March 24 — Willlam Miller Collier of New York has been ap- | pointed by the President to be special assistant to the Attorney General and has been assigned to duty as Socilitor of the Departmenjt of Commerce and Labor in connection with the enforcement of the anti-trust laws. He will enter on his du- tles within the next few days. Colller was born in Lodi, Senéca Coun- ty, N. Y., in 1867 and graduated from Hamilton College in 1389, afterward at- tending the Columbia Law School. was admitted to the bar in 1862 and has #'nce practiced in Auburn, N. Y. He be- came Referee in Bankruptey for the Northern District of New York in 189, In January, 1889, he was appointed by; Governor Roosevelt as a member of the State Civil Service Commission, which po- sition he still holds, becoming president of the commission in 1%1. In March of this year he declined the position of so- lcitor. of internal revenue. He is the au- | thor of “Collier on Bankruptey” and *““The Trusts, What Can We Do With Them? What They Do for \Us.” He Is tanamo as the principal <United States | the editor of “American Bankruptcy Re- naval station in the West Indles, ports,” . He | woman who accompanied Hayes on the ride that ended in his death. In the other vehicle, a high trap with a4 red body, and drawn by a sorrel pacer, were a Mr. Bennett, who is a prominent restaurateur, and a woman. { The accident took place'on the Observ- atory road, near Strawberry Hill, and across from the Casino. A sudden turn of the animal drawing the buggy in its | desire to go to the Casino, to which it ‘had evidently been many times, is sup- | posed to have cauged the accident. | BUGEY STRIKES ROCK. | | Hayes was thrown out through the | front wheel of his buggy. striking a rock | by the roadside: He pitched out head first, striking on his forehead, and never moved after reaching the ground. Mrs. O’Connell fell on top of him and the onl injurles she received were scratches | her face. She was dazed, but not ren- | dered unconseious. The mare attached to the buggy, a light rubber-tired vehicle, in which Hayes | bis companion sat, continued to run f the Casino, for which piace it was evi- dently making of its own uncurbed will | when the accldent occurred, and finally | reached there, dragging the battered bug- gy, which had been overturned. When the accident occurred the restau- rant man and his companion asked Mrs. O’Connefl to stay beside the injured man Oonfi.fiued on ilfl 3, Column 3.