The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 24, 1903, Page 31

Pages 31044 Pages 3110 44 0—0—&0—0-».. > SAN FRANCISCO, .SUNDAY, MAY 24, 1903. BENEFIT FOR SAILORS’ HOME DRAWS [REMORSE CAUSES |SPEEDING AUTOMOBILE OVERTURNS FASHION AND BEAUTY TO PRESIDIO FIRRERS IAREST AND OCCUPANTS NARROWLY ESCAPE Crowds of Lovely Women and Gallant Officers Throng the Parade Ground J.T. Dent Reveals Hiding | Mrs. A. A. Moore Jr., Who Formerly Was Miss Florence Blythe, Is Thrown at Lawn Fete Given by San Francisco Branch of the Women’s Auxiliary| Place ?;‘dessf:urge From an Exploding Machine on the Road Near Centerville and Her Hus- of the International Committee of Y., M. C. A. in Aid of Building Fund . : band and Two Sisters Experience Shock When the Carriage Capsizes & : | Embezzler Wanted in Georgia R X Traced o Redding b; 9 i i FUSNENSELE. - Beay O i A Mrs. Moore fell out on the road near Own Directions. MOcRw i QUL It vt ‘"‘“”’I the machine and came within an inch of being crushed. Her husband was not so fortunate, for he fell directly beneath the machine and his life was saved as by a miracle. When the ladies went to the assistance of the husband and brother they found that he was pinned beneata the machine. It so happened, however, that he was crowded In the open space between the two seats and this saved him from get- ting the entire weight of the 2700-pound machine upon his body. He was rescued from his perilous position and a physiclan was summoned. It was found that Moore suffered only {‘ several severe bruises about the body. | | That he was not crushed severely is due | | to the fact that the seats are large and ‘\ heavy and held the main part of the ma- Miss Florence Blythe; Miss Jac- | | queline Moore And Miss Margaret | From a little town in Georgia to the ob- Moore, sisters of Mr. Moore, nar- | scurity of a California mining town the | rowly escaped being killed in an auto- | long arm of the law has reached to bring | moblle accident just west of this town at | to justice a forger whose ill-gotten gains noon to-day. amount to $35,00. J. A. Hickson, an at-| Moore was driving a 2/0-pound auto- torney and former Mayor of Americus, mobile and was going at a racing clip | | Ga., is the man who came across the con- | :g"ard San Joseruwhel;l !suelfler;l:;l ?,neholt el he rear neumatic res exploded. = | tinent to put under arrest J. T. Dent, | 5 A thg At e e’ bice, o | allas §. W. Dentson, Who has been in hid- | pan Zeable and in @ jiffy it twirled al- | ing at Redding. On Friday Hickson con- | most in the opposite direction and tumbled | fronted his man at the northern mining | completely over. il town and saved him from suicide to car- | Miss Jacqueline Moore and her sister, | ry him back to the southland to answer | Miss Margaret, were thrown some dis-| | ! for his crimes. tance away from the machine' on the turnpike, but escaped with a few bruises. | It was a‘dramatic scene which was en- | acted in the home of the fugitive at Red- | ding Friday morning, when Hickson, Dent’s old townsman from far-off Geor- | gla, confronted him with the secret which | |he had thought safely hidden by the space of thousands of miles. Begging his | captor for time to pack his grip, the for- f ger retired to his room and attempted to | put a bullet into his brain. The screams | of his wife brought a Sheriff to the scene and Dent was saved from himself. PASSES DUPLICATE CHECK. | | Dent settled in Americus last October | with his wife and child and immediately commenced to make an impression on the local soclety by his seeming gentility and the lavishness,of his entertaining. Be- fore he had been long in the town Dent was a leader in the exclusive country | aristocracy of the vicinity and had thor- | ,,,, ,, : 7 /y oughly established utter confidence in | /\ 7 '/ / { his integrity. || ~ /// / ,,' | | He started a music store, claiming to | have a corporation behind him eapitalized | at $30.000. He further announced that he | | had branch stores at Bainbridge and | | Thomasville, Ga. Subsequent investiga- | | | tion proved that his concern at Americus | | | | was not capitalized, that he owned no | £ nd that an attempted cap- | | tock at Bainbridge for $10,- 1 of consummation. | | th of his glittering busi- | | | ness bubble Dent bought a large stock | | from wholesale houses. He gave credit | | freely, accepting checks in part payment. | | | These' checks he duplicated and even | PRSP chine from touching the ground. Moore and the ladies were driven to their home in East Oakland for medical treatment Dr. Willlam L. Dunn was summoned, and after making an examination of Moore's wounds stated that they were not of -a serious nature. O Al 7 3 HMALIA, .771.0'.)75;5:’« o 377 LA COUIPEE, (oL CF. CooLZOCE ¢ s L ARG, FF, I A CILE J i S | tripticaged, collecting from different | banks on the same paper. | "On March § the music dealer with his ’nue and child suddenly disappeared. ‘ Then if.became apparent that four banks | had been victimized by worthless dupli- | cate notes. One house alone held $11.000 | | worth of Dent's paper, of which#gnly. $6 | | was genuime. A wholesale music Coneern | was out just $2500 for stock in Dent's es- | | tablishment, which had not been paid for. | | A second firm was the loser by $600. His embezziement aggregated $35,000. DIRECTIONS FOR CAPTURE. About a month ago the cashiers of the | banks which had been victimized received through the mails scraps of which were written roughly | is living here under the name of S. \\'.‘ | Denison.” The notes were both from | | Redding. | | Hickson, who represented the victim- | | 1 [ — ized panks as thelr attorney, forwarded | | | | the notes to Detective O'Meara of m.s‘ | | city, whom he knew personally. Through ; the Sheritts ot Bmasta’ County o'Menca | PTesident Watson of | | . i lcr‘ ated Dent in Redding on Monday last. | | He notified Hickson, who was awalting Porter Brothers Is | word from him in Los Angeles, and to- = P gether the two proceeded to Redding, ar- Optlmlstlc. | riving there Friday morning. | | When Dent was confronted by the of- | | ficers and the man who had trailed him | | SCENES AT THE PRESIDIO GARDEN . X g | from Georgia he broke into tears and | sl Dseth i T O . | ¢ ¥ 2 ed everything, declaring himself | CHICAGO, May 23.—The-first state- | * s to go back and face his punish- s i % FETE GIVEN FOR THE BENEFIT OF SAILORS HOME AT VALLEJO. ment concerning the failure of Porter < He declared that he sent the notes re-| Bros” Fruit Company was made yes- while in fits of | terday by James S. Watson, president of vealing his whereabouts Miss Alice Borrell, Mi: en, Miss e e o ek Ao, 20 | remorse and that he has been constantly | the company. In it he says he sees no | % Mrs. Cassidy had charge of the fortune | | ;‘l’,‘;;:r;\'cl 1:’?( }\':“l'“"‘:fl H»"{‘hi‘:"‘atfgx‘n"fif‘reuson why the debts of the company PERSONS WHO WERE THROWN OUT OF A FAST RUNNING AUTO- Big SeLp sl s as Tenn. | ed sulcide, but when prevented seemed |Should not be paid dollar for dollar, and MOBILE NEAR CENTERVILLE AND HAD A NARROW ESCAPE i = Uml)m;n anznvs‘t‘ls;n X\C:r:l ifl 3 ‘ reconciled to meet his fate. | that the business would realize $500,000 FROM INJURY OR DEATH IN THE ACCIDENT. i her vocation of palmistry, | Sherif Bell of Americus is en route to | in excess of liabilities. | 2 ! er “spleler” Miss Ardeila Mills, 1 HERLEDIn JREN DR Curadition papers. | The development of the companys|* - mp—— ~————————————+ | who acted with all the grace and non-|** ol m‘c, ;Z\nm?n“n:eesne’:f‘;‘: nr:;\e:nmp;:,‘f | business on a larger scale than was de- fis WILLIAM ALVORD chalance of a professional. ments Mrs, Sweeney will oon become 2 | fng his remog\nl back to Georgia Dent is | Sirable for its capital and the lightness | IS CALLED BY DEATH In: the tea booth were Mrs. Hobbs, Mrs. | general favorite, b fingd TriiHe Bhakts County ail. | of the salmon catch last season are s G. Miller, Miss Ada H. Howell and . | | given as the causes whicn contributed to | Banker’'s Wife Is Stricken With | Helen de Young. | Mrs. ‘Warto Richaras. of Boston, ‘who ’ | the embarrassment of the firm. v Harrington, who had charge | is visiting friends In this city, will give | CALEDONIANS ANTICIPATE L have the utmost confidence” saia| Fueumonia and Succumbs After guses iy el B A st L el S SR SUCCESSFUL GATHERING | Watson, “that the assets of the com- a Short Illness. was realized hursday evening, May 28, at 8:30 — pany, if properly conserved and - dis- | - Mrs. William Alvord, wife of Willlam erta Bow & e 7 . | e l-r::n;;:l‘salzg ?nb‘;:?ji;elo'::: g;trie ‘;et;lfl:ll( M\{:e hl:lr;]lolarvzsuwfllEalso :is‘e a | Many Competitors Coming From a |posed of, will more than pay all its lia- | Alvord, president of the California Bank, / home Was | than successful. g ter Howard in Oakland on Friday | Distance to the Annual | bilitles. In my judgment the business | gnq o woman widely known in soclal and should realize not less than 3LT000, | charitable circles, died at her residence | by Miss ing, May 29. Th BA TER 9 e programme will include | Games. g A NDS ALTERNATE seléctions in the Trish. negro, French-Cac| The annual gathering and games of the | &0d the liabilities will not exceed $1.260,- | o, Jackson street vesterday. Mrs. Al- By, the explosion of gas, due to defective lr_1 a pavilion, between the hours of 3| nadian, Yankee and child dialects, some b : 000. In addition to the security afforded vord Sl b "; S & Yor sul :flxlures in the altchen of the home of and 5, the artillery band played a smart |of which, having been exclusively writs | Colcdonian Club, to be held at Shell | o' company's creditors by its assets DG WaS RIGIE DL S, daw a - | Howard J. Lawler at 2613 Howard street programme of lively airs, and at the lat- | ten for Mre. Richards, are as vet anpub. | Mound Park on Saturday next, which has | they hold as collateral practically all of | 3°1 death came as o shock to her family | . 1orgay afterncon, Lawler, his mother, ter hour the band of the Nineteenth In-|lished. Mrs. Richards was last'in this| fOT years been recognized as the event|my individual property. I am unable to and “her numerous friends. Pneumonia |y, 7. H. Lawler, and his sister-in-law, came upon the scene of action and | city nine vears ago, being introduced by | of the outing season, will have more com- | see how, with proper management of the | Was the cause of her demise. Mrs. Thomas Lawler, narrowly esca _ ;«;fl.t;nur:'(;‘A;;'nrogramme untll the close; Mrs.] He:r)s{ 1ana indorsed by prominent | petitors this year in the open events than company’s property and business, credit- | Mrs. Alvord was widely known in this | death. With severe burns about the face ¥ I, and now e festivities. | people. She is remembered as a clever gt theri! Th ors will lose a dollar. city, where she had resided for a number | and arms, they now le in the Cl d ol I B Whet v , ¢ | at any previous gathering. e games g i | J Y - e City an 3 arted here. The s, 111 -';n iing approached the partici- | and fascinating woman with a gift of | committee has received word that a large GIVEN BROAD DISCRETION. of years. She was born at Savannah, | County Hospital, saved from a flery ding i located in pants in the out-of-door pastimes wended | pathos and mimicry in her dramatic - | . . r " | Ga. and was the daughter of General | death by the merest good fortune. n» r several ways to the top room, which | terpretations. number of competitors are coming from “The court has given to the receive: = | Lawler, who is employed in the com- v decked with great Ameri- | e nelghboring States:and from many cities | broad discretion in the conduct of the | McIntosh of the United States army. |y flowers and evergreens,| The Deutscher Club celebrated the | and towns in this State, owing to the in- | business of _the company, and has au- [ She had several brothers, all of whom ););\l-:fi ZT"}’mfx',a‘u"‘fn"l';iofi‘fii; bz;‘: ere those who cared for the dellghts of | third anniversary of its organization last | creased value in the prices. It is ex- | thorized them to carry on the business | Were killed in the Civil War. house where the sccident occurred, fo- T;r,’l.chure had opportunities to revel to | evening In its rooms at 123 Mason street. |pected that more than a dozen pipers will | according to the methods heretofore and Mrs. Alvord came to this city soon after | soiher with his brother, Joseph Lawler, the fullest extent. The music for the | During the carly part of the evening the | compete for the gold medal, valued at|usually employed in such lines. I in-|the war was over and had resided here| ,;3 his mother, a lady advanced in years. was superb, the Marine band al- | following programme was rendered un- | $%50, and valuable. prizes. ~Great in-|tend to devote my time and energy to | SYer since. She was always interested In | Yesterday at noontime an employe of the ting with the band of the Sevententh | der the direction of Paul Scholtz: terest is being taken in the exhibition | the work, and confidently hope and ex- | Charitable-work-and up to the time of | 54 company came and turned on the Mabel Quatman, soprano solo; Elsie | of Irish jig and reei dancing by the juve- | pect to See every creditor recetve full | men, 9°2th 0"‘;,;":"’,"'"“’%';1;:! the|flow of gas at the meter. Lawler, his to the ballroom In a dainty | Veen, vocal solo; Professor Widder, vio- | rile members of the Gaelic League Danc- | = » | payment of his claim. . | mother and sister-in-law, the latter hav- it {.,,”Q;‘,‘Oms if"do‘“’ Ch“mfm‘“ “ri b | ing Club and Highland dancing by more “The business of the company nas al- 3,‘.‘,‘:"};’; ?‘"w Alj(‘;::: le::;'cfiw‘: Chfl | ing come in to help, were busy putting pun he gift of Ned Greenway, was nder the direction of Paul Stelndorf | than 100 boys and girls in costume, ways been profitable, and the trouble | Kesmey, and five Y ndchildren. | Mos, | thelr furmcure into the new dwelling: > eeney, ve gran 3 rs. ~ served by . L. S. Adams, Miss Jose- | the following programme was later given: | Besides the games there will be d: seqt ed by rs. L. | b ane . e when they noticed the odor of gas. .It prine Loughborough and Miss Emlly | Sors by Miss Bertha Davis of the Tiv- | ing in the pavillon from 11 a. m. il 3 T i ration., | T msindy | Hether Euifnsalon. > Miss May, Keme.|was.traced to the kichen, and theseils The oliosrs ol s St ot A -t Cunilon | p. m., the music to be supplied by Fair- | powel r" especially in California, devel- | Keeney and Charles Keeney. was discovered that a fitting of the gas _ The octety are: | ham of the Tivoli, song by Miss Allison | grieve’s band. W. W. Finlayson will be | houy en’ samidly that it became larger S i fixture near the celling, which had evi- 3rs. Bowman H. McCalla, chairman; [ of the Grand Opera-house and a humor- | the floor manager and he will be assisted o e At e 1 o No arrangements have yet been made| gently formed a connection with a gas Mrs. Eleanor Martin, first vice chairman: | ous recitation by Jack Slavin of the Cal-| by W. R. King and the members of the | th2n its capital really e uesirable. | for the funeral. range in the corner, had been taken away Mrs. William Irwin, second vice chair-|ifornia Theater. floor committee.. The refreshment t, Borrowing became necessary. and the ———— man; Mrs. George H. Houghton, secre-| The dancing was under the direction of | will be in charge of First Chieftain J.e.:f obligations matured more rapidly than| Chosen Governor of Chihuahua. | fise 1o .fii:&’"xff:f::f’én'e"in'x"k‘m?‘ — tary; Mrs. Herbert F. Folger, treasurer; | Professor R. L. Yanke. McLeod, who will be assisted by Colonel | the assets could be realized upon. ThiS| o0 bAgo Texas, May 23.—The e by - Mrs. Munroe Salisbury, Mrs. Arthur Ma. il . ' Thomas McGregor, J. D. McGilvray, M. | was the contributing cause to our pres- [, . =2= a0 o Ceg o Mo, Co thawszn:; et Al o st Arthur, Mrs. W. Tevis and Mrs. Horace | Mr. and Mrs. Harry W. Goode and Miss | P. Forbes, James W. Harris, F., F. Fin- | ent difficulty. Dordering on Texas and New AMexico, has | on Folsom street brought eonly vagne were recelved by Mrx. Bow. | Hill, directors. Helen Goode, who have been visiting San | lay. Willlam Urquhart and other mem-| “Again, the company invested largely | /7o 1aimeq General Luis Torres as Gov. | promises that the leak would be p B Mrs. Hobbs, Mrs. Ar- 2 I, Francisco and vicinity for the last three | bers of the reception committee. in the salmon business, expecting to re- | arnor for the next four years. He is the | so Lawler himself endeavored to plug (hu‘ Mrs. Cooledge, Mrs. L. | Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gair announce the | ¥°¢KS, left for their home in Portland | ———— | ceive good returns in the way of com- | wealthiest man in Mexico and father-in-| opening with a cork. By this time the 2 s. Edmund Rice, assisted | engagement of their daughter, Jessio|¥riday night. = | Suffocated by Gas. - missions on the sale of the canned prod- | jaw of Enrigue C. Creel, Mexico's lead. | kitchen was filled with fumes. & Hobbs, Miss Lola Berry, Louise, to Edward Francis Sweeney. The | Charles Hilger, a cablnet-maker, g| Ut OWIRE entirely to {he lightness of | ing banker and financier. Having completed the improvised plumbing job, Lawler tried to ascertain whether there was any further leak by Rev. Thomas L. Elliott of the First | vears old, rooming at 1585 Folsom street, | the catch last season the company failed iss Laura Wyck, Miss | wedding will take place Monday, June 1, 5 9 7 Church of Portland, O o v B e S e imitasion T T | was found déad in his bed yesterday | to receive the returns from ‘this invest- | @ ap Mrs. A. R Kerwin, Mrs. | at the home of the bride’s parents in Halated, Mise Thompson and Mies Mary | Brooklyn, N. Y. Mr. Sweeney is vice |turned from Japan ‘on the ‘Coptic en : holding a lighted ked fix — Joie Thursdsy and departed for t? motning, having been suffocated by the | ment which it confidently expected. Ac-, H alig match to the eor! P e | Br:“l‘:n:‘ a::du':fi?:eio;’;pa;he 5;“:‘]'-' ,v:fl;: 7 i or the morth 1ast | fmes of flluminating gas. The key of | cording to the usual order of things in the gmmn:;'thi: ‘:h'l?tmhw:u“v P:mm; B:::; ture. Instantly there was\a blinding flash LEMONADE FO! UESTS. | though a resident of Seattle, yl,. equally | Mr. and Mrs. Dan J. O'Callaghan (nee the burner in his room was very loose | gaimon industry the catch this season is [ dollar put into-it. and 'more. :'h;h:a's -::?ldlnu ‘onn I:Estep?ladd«' and and it is believed that Hilger's death was reagonably certain to be a large one. “Because of many different statements | consequently in the densest part of the dust ai the entrance was 4 huge silver | well known in this city, where the for- | Jiss Werner) have returned from thetr| g o .'s fident w! filled to the brim with iced lemon- | merly resided, and has & large cirele of | Wedding trip to Southern. California and 3 during the past regarding 2 face and - { ————————— e 1 Gal the 3 hich was ;:mc‘;f‘ull)ufill‘pensed by | soclal and business friends. The bride. | bave taken apartments at the St. Nicho- p X8 TRORIT FROW, NE, m-nt‘awointm-n't'ot -y:acelver I deem E:’ms.'::s':::{! JZ..?.‘"J‘..'&&’E l'::ou‘h. The A" \LJi.‘yg y::, cwin, Miss and Miss | elect is the daughter of one of the largest | 135 \ . Civil Service Examination. “The salmon company is fully equipped, | it proper, in the interest of those who | two women received burns on their faces. At the extreste neeth sl 3o B xor-|l‘;'l: ;“#h’fx"x:afimhm""" of Brook- | gunTa GRUZ, May 33.—The Forest Club of | 'The Civil Service Commission held an | has excellent traps, and Is well able are concerned. to say that since the A fire a quickly brought out a onatribesarnting Aua tily Seck- | on the Atiantl !';;men will be spent | san Francisco arrived last evening and Jert | €Xamination in the Girls’ High School au- | to care for a large catch. If rot|evening of May 18 and until 12 o'clock | company of the department, which extin- ; i ’ dain ic seaboard, after which Mr. | this morning for the Big Basin. In the party | ditorium yesterday for ordinary clerks in | disappointed in the catch that industry May 22 I was on a train en route/ glished the smoldering woodwork with- ;:, é::.;:::tlflc-:}. u:;v ec;sba;u 1::: -Iz)- :g :;.' !;l-eet;e; will return to Seattle | were J.;D “i‘i}‘«"‘éu}'fl'fi: xeh-lan. ,vlva R. | the city government. Two hundred and | should this season liquidate and pay its | from San Francisco, and since reacning | out trouble. The three injured people B e L peity. Ehie | S D e btrmsnant TGS [ Thouan ©. Al ol o o sixty applicgnts took the examination, | entire indebtedness and dfford the Por- | Chicaga I ha have been busily engaged with | were removed to the City and County tmong whom were Miss Grace Borrell, ! count of her talent and many m:eu:;u::. m a‘xm“ Melie Tuioen: B to be mfmdlnqu:up::;u::l.m i :fllfl in the “..g canned fish. 3 er!:o si I o :n_n' u’:“h pertaf ‘..' hond ; ! ; fish. I|vising with them as e situation.’ s are not