The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 1, 1903, Page 14

14 THE “AN 'FBANCISCO (.ALL TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 8 TARS A WOMMN FIFTEEN TIMES Revarses in:Lowve Drive a Young Painter. to: Crimse, Matthew Thomas Uses Sharp' | File: en Miss Blanchoe fitteen - titnes aftérnooni: Thomss, in: s¢ the woman would conje. his. wife, of a’'file; and-enly de- q. Fhe ét largs: and ré -ort stri ago “he can pent it geckiessly. One 0 this. he. met .Miss Bor- ip developed into-fove; 1i refysed to-consent il Thomas réformed and ofute - abits. It ap- ter drank b v and was ‘ too. n—uch for e hini. On each cocasion BTl refused to :consider profised 1o be sober and us,” giving: Up all thé - réckiess that had cast ‘him without the pale Brst time i etgh( met: omMée “conducted by brother-in-law of. thd streét. a bgokkeéper iff the pisee and when her suitnt-entered. New- pirésent, ' but® when he as ‘had ‘come- to- urge irced: tinplored Miss Borland ¥ as &’ hushend ted in lier previous deternmilnation .and eed. 16- Become a -better eétheart’ for a tly’ refused, . Then Tted to-force. ‘Seizing her in raced -her;, but. the em of intendéd death, 4or-‘the drew & =harp file. from eommenced. his Wow after blow en. thrists” had | pucted rself, f shie MiEAt ap- skisfance. - Smashing &’ pahe of with her fist, £he calfed $0'a barbeér. side of ‘the streef. that the W hed” from" the hig _éseave Miss' F the amb gency - Hospital t-was. found. that' the *file had body. fifteen fimeg. fromt of fhe’sh he left arm. one on eighth rib and ené incised - wounid. of ‘the young .woman “had ‘re-! x while breaking the window. N liately after-the acpurrence - De. | o4 Wrer Reynolds- were flaced se.- They obtaised a theé ‘woman, whose -tnju: nsfdered serfous,- and ‘then 6f-the assatiant és with ¢d ‘as-reckless anid. wild, er- eonsidered .danger. crime he committed e office watched: the " eardy. hour, this mofning, 0 locate the ‘man they ADVERT ISE]KEN'IB A MASS OF SORES, Awful Suffering of a Boy lron an Itching Humor. Not One Square Inch of Skin on His Whole Body Unatfected, CURED BY CUTICURA “ My little son, & boy of five, broke cut with an itching rash. ‘Three doctors prescribéd for him, but he kept gefting worse, until we could not dress hinr agy more. They finally advised me to trya certain medical collegebut its treatinent did pot do any good. At thetimel was induced to try Cuticura Remedies he was &0 biad that T had to cut his Hair off - | 2ud put the Caticura ‘Qintment ohlhhn on bandages as it was impossible to touch bim with the bare hand: There was not one square inch of skin on hig whole body that was not affec He: wae ope mass of sores. ' The bapdages. used to stick to his skin'and in remov- iog them it used to take the skin off with them, 2nd the screams frdm the poor child were beart-breaking. - began to think that he would never get well, but after the secand appiication. of Cuticura Ointment I began to see signs of improvement,” and with the third and Iourud: -pyllauolu thé sores commenced to dry up. off twenty times, but it flnily yqolded to the treatment. I used the Cuticura Resolyent for his blood and now I can say that he is entirely cured, and & stronger’ and healthier boy you never saw than he is to-day. ¥You can use this testimonial in whalever way you please, and if any proof outside .of my word is needed I will refer to any of our neighbors.”~ ROBERT WATTAM, 4922 Center An.. Chlm m. _Déc.18,1897. ° . NO RETURN IK SIX YEARS Mr. Wattam Writes, Feb. 23, 1903, - f Cure was Thoroisgh and Successful. E '-leeztero!mzmhmth the case of my little boy at hand. Iam truly thankful to say ‘that the core eflected by the Cuticurs Remedies has bea-nottthoron hnnd-uee-hl cure todate. There x of the disezse, and my boy who is meknn years is as strong l.nd thy & boy 2s any one would wish for, with & skin &s soft and delicate as & baby.” sole -~ w0’ an offics at. 1665 £8ay.] stabbed ] | k- when -the| | s at 104 Deyisaderd street; | i1 poswes. | nee. passed -almost | | s hés ‘urged: Miss $uch time 25 he mrend- | They eamhe to- | Miss. Borjand is.em.| d was not.: “She: Cdni- | give her copsent amtH he. had | 1; the ‘per-| and. hegged him fo ren’ Thomias for “the Firl -was near | place and ! rland was ‘catried 1o the barber | nee from the Cen-| sumeroned. | was -hlaced . in charge “of - the | There | n-the point of the shoyl- | ulder, one | e dpex-of -the Heart.| his brothers and sis- | x| ATTORNEYS AND LFGATEES DECLARE ~ ALLEGED WII.LTO BE RANK FORGERY o 1 | t i vitious | | ! 3 H;ll;“‘ and WY tbfl gum of ot i fa0s nfll "Q"" % ufl \ erane : < nu and T¢ aefl w rrs. 7 ni. uf;_ii‘ $ Aerree nxr and apPe /’JAflP Cover wxm:,-.._ oocwwnvr " the Work of a Tact- fess Practical Joker| — | ssrament h““" se.and hbq\l“ gw)sfl u\‘ snt: her BxecH .o in s "" Alleged Falr ‘Will Bears|’ Evidence: of ‘Being vhw oseph "‘!""’f wtrid sence. ! G’:/yo//vc ~ jS/G/VI & or WHL e 16 { I | 1 ! been | tnable to spell,- ] Some “doubt s 6 what he- should - 1903. DENOUEMENT MAY GOME AT Officials Think O'Leary Will Soon Maks Confession. A e : Much More Light Is Thown on Bowers Murder " Mystery. . s o o e | Scene of Action Is About to Change From Police Headquarters to the Criminal Court. ; : Martin L. Bowers comes nearer solution with each succeeding - da: Yester- -day's developments furnished addittonal strength to the theory of the police that | | the -guilty parties are safe behind the bars .at the City Prison. O'Leary weak- ened a little more during the progress of two severe “sweatings,” and he is. not expected to hold out much longer. Mrs. Bowers is betraying the greatest anxiety :about her paramour’s eonfessions opportuhnity that he should be released. Mrs. Sutton is the only one of the three suspécts who retains her seif-control, All of them now show plainly that they are . beginning to realize the gravity of the situatioh. The detectives are keeping continugaily. The scene -of action will s00n be, transferred to the courts. The hedring in thé habeas corpus pro- ceedings, which was scheduled to take place yesterday morning, was postponed untih noon to-day. - The writs in favor of the twa women were geasited on applici- tion, but the- attorneys failed to- notify thé District Attorney’ of the matter, ‘as 1s required .in Superior Court procedure. When Frank Drury for- Mrs. Bowers arose in court to present his case .Dis- trict, Attorrey Byington objected on the grounds mentioned, and Judge Cook’sus- ants then ksk—ei that the hearing be set for 2 o'clock in the. afternoon, but. the Judge thought the time too short and set ihe. proceedings for- to-ddy. The: court- Foom wae erowded with those curious to €cde the two ‘womem, -and great was tlie | disapipolritment ‘when it became manifest | that they wou'd not appear. O'LEARY GKANGES’ NAME: The first-thing the authorities did yes- |fore the District Atterney to tel . story 6f his relations with. Mrs. Bowers: :He told ngam how ‘he had remathed with the. woman - at. her house for -the two ‘days.- following the death of ‘the bridge buildér. -He-also. tonfessed - that -he had the habit- of: visiting her- four or five. Yard. : He {51d-a:little mare ‘with every | lieve: that-& full confession: from him is not far distant. > He :thanged 'his name from-O'Leary to- Leary' two days ago. Yesterday his L ‘was firgt ‘Levery and’ then Lervey. insisted that the'last was correct He i s4 - that:there- IS still Lalled. . The detéctives asked -him what | the numeral “i" wes" vesterday, but -it V H L BARBES AI\D I PHOTOGRAPH GF THE ALLEGED LAST WILL ov CHARLES L. mm SENT T JUDGE MURASKY, -WITH THE BROWN' PAPER COVERING C%TAT!\I'NG XT AND.THE' GENUI\' LEES " SIG\ATLREE oa? “THE ‘LATE: W. O onp has as yet come forward to father the allegéd will of: the Idte Charles Lewis Fair, :which ‘as recefved Saturday efternoon by Superior Judge Frank J: Marasky and by him flled wittf Probate Clerk Ed- ward Casey. Attorméys -and agents for the Fair estate and éven the-legatees un- Qe the alleged ‘wil] believe th, <docyent. ‘to be the work -of some practical joker. Indeed, all the circumstdnces sifrounding the receipt of the paper and ' the: evi-' dences -which it bears on its llcé pcnu to this conclusion.” The alleged will 15 kwn in ty'pewfl!er on @ sheét of manifold paper,. ‘Which i extremely ‘thin. It fs dated August ‘15, 1902, one year, lacking two days, later than the wHl'of Charles Fair which was admitted to probate .after.hisdeath. It -is purported to be signed by W. H. L. Barnes and 1. W.. Lees, both'of ‘whom died within a few months after ‘Fair's | death. It was inclosed in a white ‘envel- ope subscribed’ “Last will.of Charles L. Fair” and:then wrapped In- brewn paper | and tied around with a string. Across the face of thé package was a strlp of white paper bearing Judge Murasky’s ad- dress and.a special delivery stamp was at- tached. It -bore a San Francisco post- mark of date August 20.- Theré was ab- solutely -no mark to show whence the package had come. The first conclusion that was ,mmped at was that the alleged wHl had.been pro- duced on behalf of the mysterious client ‘of William, M. Cannon, who some months .ago served notice'on the attorneys for the Fair estate that he was attorney for some person who claimed’ to have the custody of a child .of the late Charles L. Tair, But Mr. Cannon would have nothing to do with the new alleged will. * “1 know absolutely nothing- l-bout it,” he said yesterday. “‘except what I have read in the papers. This purported will was not brought forth in the interest of My clients; the Falr éstate that I had been consulted | by certan partie oni- behalf-of an alleged child-of Charles L..Fair. tave never at .any ‘time . 1ndicated to any ¢ne, intention- ally ‘or unintentiorally, the identitigs of these’ parties for the sex bt tbe putauve child. - -“The. miatter. ln Whlch I wsb employed,. -1s In° exactly the same position as it was -at the timé of my notification to the at- -torneys. Whether ¢r-not it will be brought into. the courts ‘depents entirely .on cir- ‘cumstances which'I am not: at liberty to explain. If it is brought to trial it wilk bé hecause I belleve In the justness of the ‘cause and: it will ‘be_fought to a conelu- sion.’ As Jar as’ this allegéd will is con- cerned we have hething to do with it and have no interest in. it.” . Captain Seymour, who 'is ‘agent for the Fair estate,. félt positive that the produce ‘ton ‘of , the alleged Will was nothing moré than a’ bad joke. He said: “The idea that Captain 1. 'W. Lees could have 'been a witnéss to a will of . Charlie Fair's and kept thé secret afrer Fair's death is preposterous. The same | may be sdd of General. Barnes, who was ia warm _ friend of the attorneys for the ‘estate and wowld -certainly have. told them of a transaction so lmpo!‘tnnt We all- regard this as-a hoax” and the fact .that the.document became. public in the manner it did shows plainly I.hat it was never intended seriously.” are apsent from the city, but Aftorney Madden of the same firm shares Captain Seymour's opinfon that the whole mattev was originated in a tplrn of {ll-advised fun. Joseph Hnrvey. hulbc.nd of one of the legatees who was left the tidy sum of $500,000 under the document, laughs at the bare thought of its - authenticity. Mrs. Sidney Melbourne, who was Mrs. Lugan, maid to Mrs. Fair, and who, under the name of “Lugean,” is given $200,000 by the purported will, is not elated by her I did numy thz utorneys of " Both Attorneys- Knight and Heggerty | ,;uud Tuck She lives at ml"lllmore Street “In. this city andihes no ldea that theé will Damiiig her as a: beneficlary is genuine. She says she Rnaws of no ' reason why Falr'shonld have' remembered . her. so ‘bAndsomely. And, moreover, she: thinkg that ‘he would have known how 'to spell ‘her name,‘as she was in his wife's service ‘aver elght: yea Théodore Kytka, tire handwriting ex- pert,. demonstrited, beyond doubt under a magnifying glass that the signature of L W. Lees had béen first traced n lead pen- cll and aftérwgrd drawn in ink. Portions -of ‘the led pefcil tracings were still vis- ible on the document. The tracing of the other signatures was.also demonstrated by the evident ‘action. of rubber erasers on ‘the paper. In a written, report ‘made to the attorneys for the Fair estate, be sad: - SAN FRANCISCO, Aus. 21, 1903. “To Messrs.. Lioyd. & Wogd and Knight & Heggerty—Gentlemen: As Der your, request on August 20, 1903, I carefully photographed examined the alleged will dated April, 16; 1901, which purports to have the llmt\n’o of . L. Fair and I. W. Leés and L. Barnes ‘as the two subscribing. witnbsees &5 :m"v'. document, and I report to you as fol- o “First—The three sigrtures. on this docu- ment were'.first traced with a lead pencil; subssquently they were inked over, but this work was <done so ‘very poorly that the pencil {3, naticed. in stveral “instances hlongside the Second—The jnk is of a blup black char- acter, which is usually used in fountain pen: and the microscope shows the ink to be of some’ months standing on the paper.. Third—The three signatures are drawn so very badly and patched In so many instances that T did not care to waste plates on genuine lmnnlum to make any comparison. Fourth—The odd features about the sig- | natures are- that In many instances on the upstrokes the pen went clear through the | paper. 'This -peculiarity brings into my mind the forged Piper will, where the same thing is _repeatedly found. Fifth—All these signat: - on. ey respecttatly, © T KATRA Know . Nothing of Will. 3 PLAINFIELD, N. J., Aug. l!.—Thl helr-o!un‘ Charles L. Fair living here | or .| says that he is very sick of .{ serted that he was an ignorant fool. ‘| eral tme! during the dzy she made the! was 4s.much.of a.mystery to him a# a | cunéiférm - inseription. He .stated that | he -had: Hved in San’ Francisco . ‘for - permd of {welve years, but..the only | ‘Bowers ‘was 2’ Barnéy [ somebody, - who_drives a :cdal ‘wagom.on | the” water “Jront. Lerkey: of O'Leary, wa$ unable to “tell | wherg he had lived before he went to 835 | Heward street: two - weeks -ago. He thought it was sémewhere on- Natoma | Streét or near that thoroughfare. - He | knew some peoplé ‘when ‘he came to the city, ‘but’ they ‘aré -all- dead now. ThHe man gdéclares that Mrs. Bowers never spoke .of -her husband, although they ‘were careusing together scores_.of times and talked of everything else. He ail life and | the’ duthorities. feél confident that = his obtuseness - and- obstinacy are about to disappear.” WOMEN ABE BETICENT After Lérvey, or O'Leary, . had been tHoroughly. examinéd, ‘Mrs. Sutton, and Mrs _Bowers .werc sumnionied before she District- Attorney and “fessiop: they made tie ‘Detectives Ryan . and’ €oleman, her first statements- about her relations with Lervey.: Shé .protested agdinst- th further confinement of the man amd a: Sev same ‘pbjections 'to various officials. It is. thought that .this partia] confession. has’| causéd her to fear that he may break| | down e irely, hence her soligitude. had: several conferences with ‘her -attqrney and is. becoming very reti Wheneéver she was asked new qués: about ‘Lervey_ she :declined- to swer; - Nelther would she- talk af .he forged prescription, Her. memory is_also’ becomipg haz, “Mrs: Sutten’s- éxamination remlted m‘ no material disclosures. $he parries cer. tain questions and refuses te answer oth ers. Both women and Lervey. were given. another “sweating” In the afternoon, but: flo new facts. of - lmporta'lce were secured. theréby. Ani: unputhentlc ted- rumor was golnp - the 'lound'l yesterday that Lervey was an ex-cenvlct The records. were searehed, but it could not be discovered that any: one .answering his description’ with any: of his four names-had served ‘a senténce in either of the State pepitentiaries. He asserted lhlt he lmd never been arrested ‘before. 2 The efficers quel'.loped several people who live in the feighborhc of the Bow- euse yesterday, but home of them cau! furnish any valuable information. They had all noticed thag.Lervey was & frequent visitor when Bowers was’ away and that the imprisoned. widow always greeted her husband with effusiveness on his weekly return from Mare Island. The neighbors did not havé wiuch to do with Mrs.. Bowers by reason of her intimacy | with Lervey and know in consequence lit-| @il @ and in this vicinity say they know noth- ing of the Fair will reported filed in San Franclsco except what they have read in the dlspncher from' that city. S Heggeity Gives Opinion. NEW YORK, Aug. 31.—Charles J. Heg- gerty of San -Francisco, attorney for the Fair estate, says the alleged will received by Judgé Murasky is a fake or a forgery. ———————— The San Francisco Eye Is almost constantly irritated by wind and mineral-laden . redness, itching makes or qotician sells w-k EARLY DATE The mystery surrounding the death of | hard at work and unearth new evidence | tained him. The lawyers for the defend- || terday’ morring was to take ‘0'Leary be- | the |y es; a weék whtile her husband had | been: ‘working . ‘at. Mare Istand -~ Navy.| hour of “sweating” and the officials he- - no reason-for lying in | T | | jubilee sale, we will Stamps to-dayL‘ * ALWAYS 2 Green Trading Stamps ’ ‘Given lnstead of | TO-DAY. UABLE 1238~1250 MARKET S‘Em- ' Surpnse. First Anmversary Jubllee ~ Sdle. ] S anopemng surprlseof our firste!\mvu-sary give all of our customers TWO Green Trading Stamps instead of one on all cash purchases made to-day. of shoppers who crowded our store yesterday at the opening . of this magnificent. sale ‘were repaid with the greatest bargains ever offered. in this city. We were congratulated on all sides for the splendid goods display‘ed and fo show our appreciation of the support given us by all we take this occasion to give DOUBLE the usyal number of Green Trading The thousands tle in reference to-her domestic affairs | except what-could be Seen on the: street. 1 TRUE MAKES STATEMENT. The statement of Charles. True, who.| was before -the Chjef of Police Saturddy night, was made public for tie first time erday. He said that he-was a cousin of' Mrs. Bowers' lafe husband. Wher he | heard that the- britige builder was-dead | he went to the. houee to give stch ald as [’he might to. the widaw. He advised her to draw her maney - from:.the Hibernia | Bank ahd place it somewhere else so that one -élsé could give her (rodble on ac- eount ‘of ‘it. . Shie did as he ndymed H4 accompanied | her on her:errand :and then took- her 1o thé German Savings Bapk, where she fe- | deposited-her funds.-He declared thit.he \.knéw. nothing -of. the :domestic .affairs in ['the Bowers houséhoid. | Photographs have been made of. Mrs. | |B\>v\ers handwriting.and the forged pre- | | on- the forged .pregcription the 1 scription. In about 200 of her- letters and } “M" and -bo'|.tne “A are always made-in the 'same | manner. When writing .at"the dictation i 'of Chief Wittman she changed the fopma-:| 1 tion of-each ‘of these letters and declared { that she.had always made them ix -that Wway. The wrifing on the prucription and | person with ‘whom he wag acquajited | Mrs. Bowers’ chirggraphy. are wonderful-| J.outside of ‘Mrs. 41) similar. Expert Kytka says the 'sameq | | person wrote-tite letter to Harry Bowel’s‘ |and the forged prescription. No trace of the:box in "which ‘Drug | | Clerk Peterson sold arsenic.to the womad ! he says was Mrs. Sutton; nor ef the pur- chase’ of -other poison, has been discov- ered thus far, although the detectives aré | constantly at work on tiis Mne. As there | are about:30 drug stores in town and as the purchase of atsenic for which the of-] ficers.” are' searchjng miight have’ been 1made more than three jnenths.ago, it can readily be seen that the task j§ a difficylt: one; . Detéctives Ryan and €oleman were visitmg the. drug stores for three hour$ dast wpight. Chief of Police ‘Wittman has taken per- onal charge of the case. : He-says that | there is no need o guestion the. women | further, ‘as he fee]s that about "enough | evidence is already at hand. He believes | [ that-Lervey is playing a cunning part: i“that he knows the whole truth and that {.e will confess all within a few days. . .| |.".Mgs. Sutton. sent ‘an- urgent (elegam vesterday o, her mother in Portiand, Or., Xplaining the Situation and asking for{ aid. _ Mrs. ‘Byers, the mother, is ngw or | her Way to this city. ! The chemists who are analyzing the | contents of the murdered man's stoma.ch1 will_glve thelr Teport to. the. Corener | Wednesday. ~ * B s —_——— No home-is complete without. 5 gas-| range and Independerit water heater. Seesours 8. F. "“Gas and Electric Co.'* . __d..._-—_ SEASON FOR. CATCHING - /" SHRIMP IS NOW ‘OPEN | e | Many Pérsons Convicted of Violating | the State Fish and Game - . | 3 ‘Laws.’ The’ State Fish and Game Commissidn announces that -the séason for tatclting - shrimp will* opert to-day. At the same | time thé crab season’ wil come to a. close for two months. :All fishermen ahd deal- ers are warfied that they Will be arrested | and punishel it crabs are found‘in their | possession during September amd Octo- ber. The Fish Commission is determined | to emforce the law, and all attached of the department will be on the lookout for | trandgressots. | Commluloner Vogelsang reportu thnh many persons have been punished ~for | violating the *fish and game laws during | the past week. John Arizmac, Peter Kao- | tel and Vincent Machiavoch were arrest- | ed after a hard chase last Sunday af! r-‘ noon while catching striped bass in San » Pablo Bay. The three men were taken before Justice Carpenter’at Martinez and | fined $20 each for violating the law. | Cave Lyons was caught shooting quail | in the mountains back of San Diego last | Friday afternoon. He pleaded guilty and was ofined $25. A warrant has been sworn out for the arrest. of the propristors of the Krone tannery, located qn the San Lorenzo Riv- er, in Santa Cruz County, charging them with unlawfully kilting fish. The Fish Commissioners state that they will pros- ecute this case vigorously, and expect to. convict the atcused parties. —_————— Cen Sue the Receiver. Judge Kerrigan yesterday granted the motion of J. Levi Sr. for leave to sue Henry Wadsworth. receiver of the Eppin- gers, for possession of the warehouse in which the grain in their hands at the time of their failure was stored. An ex- ception to the rvling was taken by Gavin McNab, attorney for the Bank of Mon- terey, which is interested in the grain. MINISTER SEES HEAVY DAMAGES Cla.lms He Was InJured by Methodist Elders’ Report. _Harper is the pdstor of the Centenary Church oh Bush -street, In February of -last year it'came to, the.ears of the elders of -the chusch that’ he,.while enjoying the lyxurfes of thé.baths in the -Youns ‘Men’s Christian Asspelation building, ‘haf } so conducted. himseif that he became jLo talk. of the members and had finally; be- cause-of. his actlons, been severely puns ished by one of them,’a man named Me- Kenzie. He:was identiffed, the -repost shgwl. by ‘the mark of McKenzle's-fist. The charges were taken . up by - the Methodist. Conference and givem into the lrands of = comumitid€ for investigation. A report was filed whi¢h-practically said | thé charges were true and, it ig said, Hare per -only esoaped being deprived. of -his charge betause he agreed to take a trip to Kurope with his fatler and because Rev. E. J: Thomas, a fellow minister, ap~ peared before .the- cotamitfee and asked. that the.charges. he not. pressed. Thie fact that Harper has geen fit to | brmg the story of Nis alléged wrongdaing iato the cour(s has occasioned cowsidera- ble talkk and sutprise, for it wis thought that the filing of ‘the’tommittee’s report closed an incident that has been a sqgrce of much WoiTy t0-the members of his church. s ——————— A pillar of strength i8.good priniing. Mysell- Rollins, 22 Clay, know: w\heir busipess: ®, —————— Absconds With Jewelry. - Mare . Lichfensten, jeweler, :617 | ington "street, Police Judgé Cabaniss yesterday fot--the arfest of Manuel -Levison on a charge bt Telony embezzfement.: Levison was em»'. ployed as a clerk In:the store and it'is alleged that op’ Saturday he disappeared, taking with. him’ $150 ‘wort} -bf jewelry- Two of the stolen.rihgs wiich he had pawned. were recovered yesterday by De- tectt: Bmifl ? Wash- -. For Stomach Dis Cout and DR!NK VICHY CELESTINS Best NATURAL A!filnl. Water. A. VIGNIER CO., San Francisco. qbyl_popcla “secured a .wasrant from.