The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 10, 1903, Page 1

. : o VOLUME XCHI— SAN FRANCISCO. FRIDAY. APRIL 10, 1903. PRICE FIVE CENTS. WHIRLWIND OF SCANDAL WHICH IS SWEEPING COUNTY CLERK’S OFFICE CENTERS ITS VIOLENCE ON ALBERT MAHONY, BUT PUTS JUDGE DUNNE IN A POSITION WHERE EXPLANA TION IS NEEDED iga r\ i ) i BRIDE DISAPPEARS I THE SEA gic Occurrence on the Steamer Arctic. Mrs. Harry Friedlander Missed Off Humboldt. oung Woman Who Wedded n Reno Believed to Have Ended Life h of the ace of offi- nook 0 every the en BODY. to CRUISE FOR be drawn ition of things woman had gone perbaps, but suicidal purpose. r and the sea fairly the noonday sun. The Arctic . > Just off Ehelter Cove and aft- . e cruised somewhat to the . Those aboard watched sthe v y for some object which might pr e a w n's body, but nothing m at the search 3 ndeavor, ead was turned northward she steamed here, arriving her schedule hour. WEDDING WAS OPPOSED. Relatives Objected to Young Wofnan’s Marriage. The suicide of e N th er, r at cquain ancisco. He and employed s by Kohler & ek e Reno wedding the Mrs. Friedlander obtamed a divorce. - 4 from the legal chains, ) ing the consent of Miss Her a speedy marriage. In the minds he unfortunate girl's relatives, the fact that she had lately come into a | fortune of $40,000 by bequest from her ather, is redited with having been a po- | t force in hastening Friedlander to woo | and win the young heiress. tion of courts. as productive of many new and startling fact s have caused. RUSSIA MAY finances and a complaint charging him LEAD THE WAY 7 his court are no concern of his and that he is not responsible for the manipulation of ent in regard to the maladministration of County Clerk Albert Mahony. His misdceds-are coming to light almost hourly and the end seems not far distant. The Mayor ‘ with juggling public funds is about to be filed with the Grand Jury. His associates have fled to cover and, deserted and alonme, he cringes before the terrific | i. The people have commenced asking Superior Judge Frank Dunnc fo explain how it wes that he allozwed his records to be kept in the disgraceful manner that they were. He declares that | ies. Lawyers cannot state whether there will be a jail delivery as a result of the exposures. The point is a new one | - { i FOR POWERS TO INTERFERE IN THE BALKAN SITUATION ITARY PARTY IN CONSTANTINOPLE WITH 8§ RETLY PREPAR- G FOR ARMED CONFLICT WITH TURKEY. Austria Begins to Suspect Her Ally of an Inten- tion to Take a Hand in the Suppression of Disorder. April 9.—News from the V Balkans is as scarce as it is gloomy. Curiously enough, the feeling of dis- quietude and the impression that Buropean intervention In the Mace- donian question is not such a total impos- sibility governmental declarations would indicate have been accentuated here by recent comment of the Russian press upon the situation. It is argued, perhaps not unreasonably, that if the well-known an censor’s department allows such yutable pessimism to find journalistic uvtterance, it must be ‘solely because that pessimism is shared in Government cif- It is to be hoped that his reasoning is incorre If Russia has lost faith in the possibil- ity of a pacific solution of the crisis un- deniably existing in the Balkans, it will as be a disappointing blow to this Govern- | ment. Austria-Hungary has hoped against hope to believe the contrary would be, in the words of a very prominent member of the | Reichrath, who discussed the situation with me recently, “to prove oneself fatally ignorant of this country.” “Any move upon the part of Russia that would complicate the situation In the Bal- kan peninsula,” he added, “would necessi- e the morning of March 25. after telling her brother that she was go- ing on an outing in the country. Sus- picion that all was not right was aroused by Miss Herold's failure to return in the ey ng. Herold had known of the rela- tions existing between Friedlander and his sister, and he had tried as best he She went away | could to break off the engagement, but to no purpose. Convinced that his sister had gone with the object of her infatuation to be married, Herold communicated with | Reno the day following her departure, and his suspicions were confirmed. After the couple returned from Reno they went to San Francisco to live. Fried- severity of the! that the reform plan would suffice tate the most impossible thing in the world, namely, a manifestation. by Aus- tria of independent ideas. With regard to her foreign policy, Austria may follow some other power, but it is almost ludi- crous to belleve that she will ever lead or try to, lead.” It is not difficult to discover traces here of uneasiness with regard to the Russian Government's real sentiments about the | outiook in the Balkans. A few more ut- terances in the tone of those that have appeared lately in the Novoe Vremya, the Viedomosti and the Svet could easily change that uneasiness into suspicion. Either the summaries telegraphed to Vienna of editorials published in the St. | Petersburg organs are inaccurate or Bu- ropean intervention in the Balkans is be- ing regarded in Russia as an increasing probable ~ontingency. | FIGHT LASTS FOUR DAYS. Insurgents and Turkish Troops Bat- tle in Melsho. |- SOFIA, April 9.—A conflict lasting four days has taken place between the insur- gents and Turkish troops in the district of Melsho. The village of Berovo was sur- | rounded and burned. Another fight oc- curred near Opela, ness trip to Eureka. She was 23 years old. At the time of the marriage the brother declared he would block any attempt the unwelcome husband might make to get control of the young woman's inheritance. POPE LEO IS AGAIN ILL AND EXTREMELY FEEBLE Condition of the Aged Pontiff Gives the Cardinals Much Anxiety. ROME, April 9.—The Pope is again 1ll. He. is suffering from extreme feebleness and shortness of breath. The Cardinals are anxious over the increasing lassitude At any rate, Miss Herold disappeared | lander had left with his wife on a busi- | of the Pontiff. - REVEALS HI3 CONFESSION - GAIM SECRET Death _Epn’(gSuffer-; | ing of Lookout Lyncher. Young Rancher Tells of a Terrible Re- | tribution. Blow From One of the Modoc Victims the Cause of Fatal Injury. USSP Spccial Dispateh to The Call REDDING, April %.—Strangely and ter- ribly, as it were t an inscruta avenging fate had pursued him unpit ingly to his final retributive hour on| earth, William McBaniel, a ycung man of Lookout, in Modoc County, died at his ! | home there a few days ago | As be was dying McDaniel confided to his relatives for the:first time that he | | was a member of the band of mercilcss | outlaws who iynciéd five men and boys ! at Lookout in April, 1901 Then, for the | | | | frat time.aiso, he 2xplained o them the cause of his long-contiied and scemingly mysterious iliness. A blow in the abdo- ! men. struck by one of the mob's victims | during a struggle at the bridge gallow: | had caused au injury which grew in se- riousness until it became fatal. | SUFFERS IN SILENCE. | McDaniel's participation in the - atro- | cious crime two years ago had never even | been suspected. The trials of the men | charged with the murders had long ago | been concluded, and the affair itself had | become little more than a malodorous | memory. But for these two years Mec: | Daniel had gripped tightly his life-de- stroying secret and borne in @esperate | silence the agony of the wound one of his | victims inflicted. And finally, when death | was near and silence for safety's sake | had become a mockery, the man spread | clear the truth and repentantly passed | from 1lif | | McDaniel was of a family prominent in | | Modoc. His father owns 1000 acres of | land near Lookout. The son rode the | ranges after cattle and became a robust ‘ | young rancher. He stood six feet tall and | | wetghed over 20 pounds. | MYSTERY OF ILLNESS. Shortly after the lynching affair Mec- | Daniel began to decline. He gradually | wasted away and it was believed he had | | consumption, but physicians could find no | trace of tuberculosis. Neither could they | determine what was the cause of the| wasting illness. | When the dying man called his relatives about his bed he was extremely weak, but | managed to tell a fragmentary story. It | was to the effect that he was one of the | mob that went out on a moonlight night | in April, two years ago, to string up the fiye men and boys whose presence the mob considered a menace to the country. “As we went to take the five away from the place of their detention,” the dying man whispered to those gathered about him, “Frank Hall, one of the five, dealt_ me a kick in the abdomen, which was the cause of my fatal fliness.” AUSTRIA’S EMPEROR WASHES | | FEET OF TWELVE AGED MEN Performs the Ancient Holy Thursday Ceremony Before Gathering of Court Officials. VIENNA, April 8.—Emperor Francis Jo- seph, assisted by eleven Archdukes, in the Hofburg to-day performed the ancient Holy Thursday ceremony of washing the feet of twelve aged men. Their ages ranged from 92 to 99, aggregating 1032 years. The Emperor first placed dishes of food before each man, which the Arcl- dukes removed immediately afterward, the viands being sent later to the men's homes. The ceremony ended with the Emperor hanging a bag containing thirty pleces of silver around each man's neck. The Emperor appeared to be In excellent health. There was a large gathering of court, diplomatic and military officials present, including Embassador Storer and Mrs. Storer, Second Secretary Rives, Military Attache Harris, the British Embassador, Sir Frederick Plunkett, and Ladv Plun- kett and the Duchess of Marlborough. e i e SOUTHERN PACIFIC POOL RETURNS STOCK TO OWNERS NEW YORK, April 9.—Officlal an- rouncement was made to-day of the dis- sclution of the Southern Pacific pool which has beenengineered by Keene and the firm ot Talbot J. Taylor & Co. Tay- lor made the announcement. He said also that the stock in the pool had been dis- tributed. \ Taylor confirmed the repont that' Keene is to take a trip to Europe. J v, ! MAYOR WILL TAKE HAND IN MATTER | cognizant of the fact that OR some time I have been k | the County Clerk’s office was conducted, to say the least, in a very deplorable manner. Shortly .after my induction into gate some of the actions of -the office I had.occasion to.investi- | | | | County Clerk, and at that time felt' that' I should take ‘some | action in the premises, but upon my trying to do so-I was re- strained by Judge Hebbard, who decided that the County Clerk’s office was a county office, and, therefore, the Mayor had no jurisdiction over it, notwith- standing the fact that the mu- nicipality of San Francisco pays | his salary and the entire ex- pense connected with the office. This morning I notified the through Finance . Committee, Supervisor Horace Wilson, have its experts examine the | condition of the accounts imme- | diately. What action I will take I am not prepared to state at the present time. The expose made by The.Call this morning came as no sur- prise to me, but I am glad to see that the condition of affairs in that office has at last been made public. ‘Had not Judge Hebbard issued the restraining order for- bidding- me to interfere with the County Clerk, almost a year ago, the bad condition of affairs ever since that time would not have existed. I am told that the office is one year behind. in.its work, and the excusa given for. the samegis that the County Clerk has not enough help to carry on He upon one occa- sion applied to me for addition- al assistance, but after investi- gation I found that the depu- ties he employed were incom- did not devote more than one-half their time to the duties of the office, and there- fore it was impossible for them ork. It also, for court documents to entirely dis- appear from the office, and liti- are thus put. to the trouble and expense of furnish- the work. petents, to keep up. with their is no uncommon thin gants ing new papers. I hope within a few. days to find some means of correcting this evil.—Statement by Mayor Schmitz. to Lo SUPGE HH.DUNME | - -5 SOME OF THOSE INTERESTED IN THE EXPOSE OF THE COUNTY CLERK'S PECULIAR METHODS. * ! | | MAYOR E E=-. ScHMiT= ELITE FuoTo. | | | | | ANY new and = astounding facts in relation to Albert Mahony's ‘conduct of the | I County Clérk’s’ office were brought to light yesterday. | The general indications are | that the scandal is yet in its infancy, and | ‘that there has been not only carelessness of the worst type but willful crime. De- | velopments follow thick and fast upon | each othér. - Charges of a startling char- | acter are being heaped upon Mahony and A | he_ is trembling beneath their weight. | thorough. officjal investigation will made and the guilty. must answer. |‘along the line the members of ‘the “push fare scurrying to cover. ‘Not a ‘man steps forward t6 defend the’accused official. He is left alone to face the storm. The tax- payers ;are beginning to ask questions | about the.loose: methods of the County \‘Clerk. : The Grand Jury is to be given an opportunity’ to investigate his manner of handling ' public affairs. His - deputes | have resolved to make a determined stand | against any further illegal aSsessments. And:Mahgny. is showing the awful strain, ‘n_hopes that his misdeeds could t from the public eye have van- |ished.> He realizes that justice is advanc- ing relentlessly toward' him. The Call's exclusive ‘accolnt, of Wis misdoings cre- ated intenge exeitement in, political cir- cles yesterday. The crowd that buys and sells. votes: on’ election day, “fixes” cases in the ‘courts and takes a ‘“rake-off’" from the salaries of public officlals ‘was the most intérested and alatmed. Now that some of the gigantic frauds are jcoming into the view of the people they [;r lest tie - whole Totten structure of corruption fall .and’ that good government may have an‘inning.- But they dare not rally for a | ‘battle. 4 | NEW, DISCOVERIES ARE MADE. © A pecullar juggling of the salary roll by which John J. -Cassidy, an employe of ‘the United Railroads, was benefited to the extent of $#0 was made known yes- terday. Suspicious irregularities In the handling of documents in probate were Continued on Page 2, Colpmn 4. . FEES TAKEN UNLAWFULLY | BY DEPUTIES | HE Probate Department | | of the County Clerk’s office has generally been accredited with being freer of | "cause for scandal than any other under the regime of Al- | bert B. Mahony, but even in | that thers is a system of | “graft,” as was readily admit- ted yesterday by Edward J. Casey, the deputy in charge of | the department, who is also a brother-in-law of the County | Clerk, | Casey admitted that his clerks had been in the habit of receiving from attorneys extra fees for recording probate pro- ceedings in appeal cases and in | those (where a distribution of | the’ estate was desired. They | also were allowed to make extra | money for attending to posting | motices and making affidavits of | the same, which is usually as- sessed at $2 50. It may be | readily inferred that in cases | where fees were paid a prefer- | ence was given them over these | | which carried no premium. | It is due Casey to state that attorneys who have business with this department acquit him of having taken any fess in cases which he handled per- sonally, although he admits he knew that his subordinates were doing so. The bulk of the probate busi- ness is more than three months behind in recording, and there are many cases running as far | back as January, 1802, that are still awaiting a place on the | records. |