The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 22, 1903, Page 14

14 ASTONISHING - REVELATIONG THREATENED More Deputies Con-| cerned in Substitu- tion Scandal Upheaval in Federal Offices M=y Follow as Result of Investigation. g Three Under Sheriffs, Who Are| Charged With Complicity, Give | Bail—Hom Toon Defauits on Another Charge. ) ° Three more deputy Sheriffs em- ployed at the County Jail as jail- ers and one and perhaps two dep- uty United States Marshals will, all probability, be connected rinally with the unlawful sub- stitution of Chinese before the in- ation now in progress is ended. The evidence obtained against them is said not to be conclusive, but is sufficiently strong to warrant something more than a spicion that they have been actively implicated in the il- legal traffic for which three white men and three Chinamen are un- der arrest, and on account of which William P. Gamble put an end to his life. The investigation may even go further. There are strong sus- picions that Federal officials higher up than the men directly charged with the offense of Chi- nese substitution exercised a tacit acquiescence in the traffic. Their | actions in this matter are being scrutinized with the utmost care by the secret service agents en- gaged in the investigation, and it need cause no surprise if an up-| heaval in at least two of the im- portant Federal offices in this city should follow. =6 cated prob- £ tvo er men whose occ they Federal accused of but will g and ms n i b -8 1 g A Federal Grand J w sked to indict the men only on th ghter charge | PROTESTS INNOCENCE. | It appears n Dempsey is the A contention of uthorities claim s from Burnett | at Demp- | which he m in writing. This maintains that he al. He is the only would talk terday | n regarding the wow,” he said, “when »u bet there were he replied, “and e the ones who did the grafting.” story of how the confessions were | nd Burnett and of s ade to acknowl- nect him with work of substitution When the three were taken into custody . Friday they were confined in a room In a wery-street hotel. Secret Service jam J. Burns and Harry Mof- States District Attorney. | dwort Sherift Lackmann and | ed States Marshal Shine were in an ng room. Burns is from Washing- | nd is considered one of the shrewd.- | st men in the service. To him is cred- ited the ruse by which the confessions | were obtained + was the first one called in and n to understand that Gamble ated him in his confussion, ' h was a fact. He stubbornly resisted | ry effort to force an acknowledgment | and his fellow jailers’ complicity from Dasha participa Jeaked out Unit he substitution work. After an hour f sweating he finally broke down and | ed. He was taken to a room by | and Burnett cailed in. He was told t Dasha had confessed. Burrett broke down and told everything. Then Dempsey was called in and under the be- lief that both Burnett and Dasha had ‘essed made certain admissions about receiving money from them that served to clinch his complicity in the crime. All three men were then brought to- gether and under the guiseof harmonizing their three statements Burnett was made 1o repeat his confession to Dasha and Dempsey. Dasha then weakened and | confessed, but Dempsey remained obdu- | rate, professing ignorance of what was done by his fellow watchers at the jail | conspiracy without | his wife resided and ing Paris. ARRESTS GROGER THAOUGH SPITE Policeman W. F. Krueger Takes Enemy to Prison. Makes Good Threat to Get Even With Former Witness Against Him. i e Policeman W. F. Krueger caused a sen- sation in the Police Court corridors in | the Hall cf Justice yesterday morning by suddenly grabbing hold of Frank T. Bar- 1is, grocer, 44¢ Clementina street, by bofh | hariis 2nd hustling him aleng to tho ele- vator. Barris was vigorously protesting | and Krueger was declaring, “I'll teuch | you to abuse me in court.” Barris was | taken to the City Prison and booked on | a charge of disturbing the peace, but was promptly released on % cash bail. Barris’ son James and George O'Don- nell, another boy, were in Police Juuge Mogan's. court yesterday on a charge of malicious mischief for breaking a window during a fight on Saturday night. The boys were arrested by Policemen Rear- but Krueger voluntarily came to court and t ed that Barris’ n was a bad boy. B ger in court, “Although ycu have it in fo me you need it in for the boy. After the ed of and while K ng Barris the I ing to Krueger in a low his attorney, E. Shortall, uietly in the corridor to window was broken, made a 1 at Barris was the matter and | was under arrest rbing the p nd 1 prisoner to the elevator. Barris told Krueger he would g him before the Police Commiss‘on- ers and prove to them that he was the n on the force. * was a witness before the Police against Krueger, who was ng the ribs of a-hand- ner in the patrol wagon on the night of July Krueger was con- victed and fined, and Barris says that he swore to get even with him for testifying against him ace. A crowd quick- red 's and Dasha's statements were r to writing and signed by them. Dempsey refused to sign anything. All of the questioning was done by Secret S r and 1o his persua- d o may be attrib- | the securing of the confessions. PRELIMINARY HEARINGS. t of the attorneys place at aring of and Dempse clock a the conspirators the night of Sep- d the spoils of their As a matter of fact, ac to Gamble and was no money paid over for this last deal, | as it was only partially s 1 and the d to prc e amount om Toon, one of the Chinese impli- d in th substitution cases, a h vidual just at present =ides being wanted mightily by the s a d ulter from courts of the city and of San Francisco. He was ar- in t ested for c acy to mur- y his case wa alled for examinati before Judge but the much troub! Oriental t appear. At the request of his at given until Thursday into court, and if he ma an app-arance by that bail of $2000 will be declared for- MAY BE OTHERS. The continued activity of the Federal authorities gives rise to the su: at the end of the substitution scandal been reached. There are half assertions of those supposed to »w that there are one or more deputy rshals in addition to Gamble who were aring in this unlawful money. United States District Attorney Woodworth say that all of the white men suspected of complicity in the scandal have been ar- United tes Marshal Shine that no one else in his office had in the unlawfui substitution of But both of these deliberate practice of giving out statements in connection with nd only admitted the iruth to by the exclusive publica- Call of Gamble's confession. Gamble's confession did not implicate other deputy marshals. In fact it was only after the utmost persuasion that he was induced to disclose the connection of Dasha, Burnett nd Dempsey with work. But other deputies have handled Chinese ordered for deportation, and they might have entered into the substitution the personal knowl- If, in his attempt to edge of Gamble. clear himself, Dempsey makes public all | he knows of the matter, as he threatens to do, it may be that others in the Mar- shal's office besides the {ll-fated Gamble will be dragged in. GAMBLE'S FUNERAL. that was mortal of Willam P. was lgid away in a receiving All Gamble vault at Mountain View Cemetery, Oak- | land, vyesterday. The funeral services were held from Halstead's undertaking establishment and an immense concourse | f friends of the dead man gathered to pay their last tribute of respect. Event- ually the body will be interred at the home of his youth in Tuolumne County. Now that he is dead there are storfes told of the gei ness of heart which was a distinguishing trait of the dead man. A notable in- stance of this was when Julian B. Arnold, »n of Sir Edwin Arnold, author of the Light of Asia,” was arrested here, charged with the embezzlement of several hundred thousand dollars in England, He was a Federal prisoner and ordered de- ported. All of the money in his posses- sion was taken from him and his wife was left destitute In a strange city. Gam- ble, who, as custodian of the prison,be- came acquainted with Mrs. Arnold’s con- dition, took her to the hotel where he and out of his own pocket defrayed her expenses until such a time as she could receive assistance from her friends in England, —_—— To Visit San Francisco Without seeing the Diamond Palace would be like visiting Europe without see- It is a leading feature of San Franciseo and is conceded to be the most beautiful jewelry store in the world. Vis- itors or purchasers are equally welcome. 221 Montgomery st., bet. Bush and Pine. ¢ —_—— Talks About Indian Baskets. Dr. C. Hart Merriam gave an interesting lecture last night before the California Academy of Sciences on the subject of “Indian Baskets and the People Who Make Them.” His talk was {llustrated by a fine selection of stereopticon views, which added color to the theme of the evening’s discourse. ——— Piso's Cure for Consumption is a pleasant and effectual remedy for coughs and colds. 25c. * ris said to Krue- | »wed the policeman | In the | Burnett's | on the day following | met | the Federal au- | s who are handling the case, there | ) charged with subor- | es of eleven | officials have | the | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, YMBALS CRASH AND INCENSE C 1903. BURNS AT FESTIVAL OPENING Scene of Oriental Splendor Is Presented to Throngs of Visitors at Spacious Headquarters of the Yeong Wo Asseciation, Which Begins Eight-Day Celebration in Honor of Its Patron Joss SkcRETARY Tane- WAH CRAMIR kX 1 o ITH the burning of incense, the seductive strains of reed instruments, the weird in- 25 cantations of fantastically gowned priests and the crash | of brass cymbals the annual festival in honor of the patron joss of the Yeong Wo Association co':enced yesterday | shortly after midnight in the headquar- ters of the organization at 726 Sacramento street. Skillful hands had transformed the spa- cious rooms of the association into a | scene of Orfental splendor that suggested Aladdin On the walls of the main chamber over two score of artistic wax | groups, symbolical of various epochs in the history of anclent China, had been hung, each so perfect in detail that it re- quired but little play of the imagination cave. to bring on that the actual | scenes of past centuries were belng wit- nessed through the large end of an opera gla At each end of the room a monster | papier mache figure of the See Die Gum giants frowned threateningly upbn the visiting horde of the slant-eyed disciples | of Confuc The services of the elec- | trician has also been enlisted and myriad | lights lend additional attractiveness to | the scene. Three hundred jars of esthetic nthemums of various hues, donated he Hip Sin Tong, occupied a promi- nent place in the decorative scheme. In- numerable gold brocaded banners, bur- nished brass incense receptacles, bronze allegorical figures the Yeong Wo Joss were much in dence. TO PROPITIATE JOSS. The festival of the Yeong Wo Assccia- tion, which will continue for eight days, is held annually, commencing on the nrst day of the eighth month of the Chinese year, and is religious in its nature. It is held primarily to propitiate the josz of the assoclation for a continuance of pros- perity through the ensuing year. Offer- ings are made by the priests, and to the accompaniment of an orchestra of soloists the events of the past year are related to the joss. Members of the assoclation do- nate presents according to their means and this year some very valuable works of art have been received. o The officers of the association in this city are Chung Wal Gue, president; Ung Yeu Kong, vice president; Jang Wah, secretary. Jang Wah, also known as John Hook, who occuples the position of secretary, is a recent arrival - from China. . He has a charming personality and speaks English fluently, having | graduated from one of .the largest and most progressive universities of China. He is a deep thinker and was elected to his present position solely through his | popularity.. In speaking of, the festival | and the association yesterday he said: | Our organization is*composed of -the inhab- | itants of three counties and twelve districts on the peninsula of Heong Shan, which is sit- uated on the mouth of the Canton River. Ma- cao, a Portuguese settlement, is located on this peninsula, about forty-five miles from Hongkong. We have a membership of about 4000 in the United States. The majority of our members arc substantial business men and the property at 724 to 730 Sacramento street is owned by the association. The assochation represents one of the Six Companies and elds much influence in the United States. The celebration is a religious affair, which is | glven annually for eight days. From $8000 to | $10,000 is spent during the festival and no | meat or anything containing blood is eaten during the cight da THOUSANDS OF VISITORS. The rooms of the association presented a gala scene yesterday and thousands ot Chinese availed themselves of theoppor- tunity of visiting the building and par- taking of the. daily banquet at 4 p. m. ‘Whites are also admitted every after- noon and evening. Several Chinese or- | chestras are in attendance and play at stated periods. The religious services are held In the evening and a score of red robed priests officiate. One of the handsomest donations this year has been made by Dr. Wong Him. It is a hand carved bamboo arch, gor- geously colored and gilded, commanding the entrance to the inner sanctuary, and cost $700. Jang Quong Mong, Lum Uck Yung and Jang Lew Lim have presentea carvings which have a place of honor in front of the joss, valued at $650. Lum Yick and wife have given a carved pic- ture frame and flower baskets valued at $52%5. Lee Tin Hee and Mrs. Lee Hor Lee presented a carved picture frame with silk sash, which cost $350, and Wong Yook Lin sent two carved stands of the value of $300. Others too numerous to mention have also made valuable dona- tions. evi- | | —_———— The gas range will do more work than three coal stoves. Try one. 8. F. Gas and Electric Co. . nd gold standards of | B £ e OFFICERS OF THE YEONG WO SOCIETY, AND INTERIOR OF JOSSHOUSE. * 000 HARD WORK N CELEBRATION Overalled Boy Students Toil in Memory of Jamas Lick. Founder's day was celebrated by the California School of Mechanical Arts yes- terday in memory of James Lick, the philanthropist who endowed the school. In the celebration the directors of the school, headed by C. A. Murdock, in the absence of Horace Davis, the faculty, headed by Principal Merrill, and the en- tire student body took part. The demonstration took on the intensely practical shape that would undéubtedly be ‘approved by James Lick if he were still In the flesh. “If James Lick were here,” said Principal Merrill, “and could be consulted how to celebrate this day he would probably say, ‘Work twice as hard as usual,’ " This idea furnished the key to the celebration as it actually took place. The boye and girls Went to their work at the usual time in the morning, the boys in the foundry, machine shop and carpentéring department, while the girls were cooking, dressmaking and working as milliners. ' The directors went to the school and made their annual inspection, 8oing, through every department. . Then, at the sound of the steam whistle on one of the shops, the boys and girls came trooping into the appointed place and attended the formal exercises, which Wwere very brief. The principal feature of these exercises was an address by the Rev.'Bradford Leavitt, pastor of the First Unitarfan Church of this city, Mr. Leavitt's theme was *‘success.” On this he talked very entertainingly and very earnestly to the boys and girls. He first made a historical review of ideals of success. Then he viewed success from a geographical point of view, incldentally referring in “his review of various lands to New York's *400" and their ideals. Then he came close home. - The- essentials of success, as viewed by Mr. Leavitt, are found in a sound body, a sound mind and sound morals. A sen- sible education was found to be very es- sential to success. The merely ‘“‘goody- goody” boy or girl did not appeal very strongly to the speaker, but he demand- ed that boys and girls shall be able to do good, to be good for something. With a sound body, & sound mind and sound morals, success was reasonably in view, when supplemented by-education of the right sort. Enjoyment of life might also be expected upon such bases. The boys and girls in thelr working clothes, the boys in overalls, listened at- tentively and absorbed some of the ad- dress. In the afternoon visitors came in. They saw hot iron poured in the foundry and the other mechanical departments were running in their every day fashion, llustrative of what the boys and girls are learning in addition to book lore. 53 W"!{:‘;“"/ PRSP i WILL FIGHT IT OUT. “Horses and Carts” Not to Com- promise With McNab’s Committee. Filibustering tactics will be adopted by the “Horses and Carts” at the Demo- | cratic Municipal Convention in Alhambra theater to-night. There was a meeting of the minority in the ‘California Hotel last night behind closed doors. It was | given out, however, that the suggestion to appoint a committee to wait on a like committee from the County Committee and confer with a view to effecting a compromise was not even listened to. The minority “intends to battle for its rights and if-they lose intend to reorganize the party after the convention concludes its labors And be ready for a battle at the election to be held next year. Joseph E. O'Donnell, leader of the “‘Horses and Carts,” called the meeting to ‘order. ' There was a large attendance of delegates. Speeches were made that were. full of fire. The minority decided 1o stand by its guns and battle the Mc- Nab element until the last. It does not intend to compromise. Colonel Herbert Choynski regained the use of his lungs last night, and his speech denouncing McNab could be heard all over the hotel. In the course of his re- marks the colonel said: For fiye years the Democratic 3 Ve no victory.” Five years ago It clevted ity ticker. Which was nomtnated by a Democratic con. ventlon, that was a representative body of the Democratic electors of this city and county. At that time the men who were elected were men who Were not elected because of their Democracy, but because of their honesty and integrity. “The Democratic party. when it secured its victory five years ago, thought it was intrenched and waited until the next campaign and to its unguarded nest the wease Scot came sneaking, and since that time we have had no Democratic party. There have been no Democratic principles = dlsseminated in this new party. We are disorganized, dis- united and disgruntled. And now, after a lapse of all this time when a considerable portion of the Democratic electors are re- belling “against a “fall from the Democratic principles, they are met by a so-called Demo- cratic majority’ which is actuated by a de- sire to get hold of a paying office. ‘The controlling =pirit of the convention be- lieves he can march us Into the convention hall to the music of the bagpipes and have us acquiesce in the conduct of the so-called principles that he will further. -We are rep- resenting the Democratic principles of equal- ity -and representation, and Insist that the convention should. represent those principles. After a ‘general discussion a committee composed of the chairmen of the various districts which compose the minority was appointed to present a plan of campaign. The committee retired and later made its ‘report. What the plan is will be seen in the convention hall to-night. That there will be plenty of excitement is certain. Everything will be done by the majority to harass the McNab aggregation. The Union Labor party convention will hold i convention to-night in Pioneer Hall.: Nominations for Sheriff, Lreasurer, Tax Collector, District Attorney and other offices will be made. —_———— Fountain Pen News. Let us it your hand to a good fountain pen. The “Waterman,” “Swan” or “Mar- shall” -are the only ones worth consider- ing. Prices $1 to $5 each. Sanborn, Vail & Co., 741 Market stree - ——— Arraigned for Robbery. John Devins, a boy riveter, was in- structed and arraigned in Police Judge Fritz's court yvesterday on a charge of robbery and the case was continued tiil to-morrow. He 1is accused of having knocked down and robbed Louis Larsen at Howard and New Montgomery streets early Sunday morning. His companion in the robbery has not yet been arrested. ————— ‘We print newspapers and do it well. Let us do yours.Mysell-Rollins, 22 Clay,glve satistaction.® —————— KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept. 21.—Harry Sny- der. who was brought here recentiy trom ontan a on a charge of higl gl::“fl net guilty to-day at his preliminary ng and his trial was set for November 24. He was returned to jail. E R SR ] s‘El'fl"y’ user of Dr. Koenigstein's Red ve a walking adverti: it merits for skin comolainta, ot °f ¥ DOUBLE ENDERS IN THE STREAM Ruef Promises Patron- age to Help Cause of Schmitz. George Keane Cffers to Boost Dick Whelan in Labor Camp. SESA, S One day last week, and since the or-| ganization of the Republican Municipal Convention, A. Ruef waited on a promi- | nent merchant of this city and suggested | i that the latter should call on Mayor| { Schmitz. The merchant did not mani- | est any particular desire to renew his ‘cqualnlance with our versatile Mayor. He said to Mr. Ruef: *“I supported Mr. | Schmitz two years ago and .e did not | keep his promise made to me concerning | an appointment.” To this Mr. Ruef re- joined: *“The promise of an appointment two years ago was not made in my pr ence. I will go with you this time and he will promise you, in my presence an appointment and he will keep his prom- | 1se.” There is ‘nothing remarkable about this incident in itself. Greater men than Mayor Schmitz have made promises | which they did not fulfill, and it is even asserted that such promises have been made to men other than merchants and to voters other than those who are al- Hed with the Union Labor and Demo- cratic partiée. The significant phase of the interview between Mr. Ruef and his mercantile friend presents itself when one | reflects that Mr. Ruef is one of the or- | ganizers of the United Republican League, | a delegate to the Republican Municipal Convention and chairman of the Forty- fifth Assembly District Republican dele- gation. | MAYOR’S BROKEN PROMISES. | Because the Mayor assumes the right to | belong to all parties and to bestow his promises like the dews of heaven on the just as well as the unjust is no reason why the chairman of the Forty-fifth Dis- frict delegation should expect the same | | spectal privilege. Mayor Schmitz had the | | decent consistency to withdraw from the | Republican Primary League when he joined the Union Labor party. Whatever | may be said relating to Mayor Schmitz’s | attainments as a rapid change artist on the political stage. it must be said to his { credit that he gets out of one party be- fore he joins another. Ruef, howev | seems to insist on the privilege of repre- | senting Republicans in the convention of that party and at the same time repre- senting Ruef in the inner circles of the Union Labor party. The fact is of record and of common knowledge that Mr. Ruef participated as a delegate in the organiza- | tion of the Republican convention. A. Ruef appears also to he keeping some- thing of a record of the Mayor’'s broken promises. He remarked to the merchant | whose support he solicited on behalf of Mayor Schmitz that the Mayor did not appoint Morris Levy according to prom- ise. It was mentioned in the conversation that the promise to appoint Levy was made when Mr. Ruef was not present. Gossip goes to the effect that the Levy | purse, not o blamed easy to open in be- | half of every attraction, opened out beau- | | titully in view of the rainbow promises of the last campaign. | | FLIRTING WITH DEMOCRATS. E According to political gossip Ruef 1s not the only friend of the local adminis- tration that is doing missionary work outside of his own camp. One day last week George B. Keane, the Mayor's sec- retary, accompanied by four delegates to the Unlon Labor party convention, called upon Richard Whelan, prospective nomi- nee for Sheriff on the Democratic ticket, and tendered the labor nomination to the | aforesaid Whelan. Already two slated Democratic nominees have been nomi- | nated by the Schmitz wing of the Union Labor party and there are signs of a| storm of remonstrance in the Democratic convention to-night. Inside intelligence | is to the effect that the conventlon this | evening will exclude every man that| takes a nomination from another party | | convention. It is said that the ban will include judicial nominees. There seems to be a determined purpose in the Demo- cratie party to preserve the organiza- tion for what it is worth and not to per- | mit grafting politiclans to trade away its prestige. | The Republicans have resolved that the | nominees of the Republican party shall | | stand on the platform of the Repubiican | convention. The people of the nation | have placed national affairs in the keep- ing of the Republican party, the people of California have entrusted the manage- | | ment of State affairs to Republicans, and there is a belief that the Republicans are capable of conducting local affairs. The convention proposes to nominate a ticket worthy of support and it will expect Re- publicans to support it. | e PLATFORM AND RESOLUTIONS. Committee Organizes and Favors In- dorsement of Republican Officials. The committee on organization, United Republican League, held a long session at 16 Geary street last evening. Hon. A. P. Williams, John C. Lynch, A. Ruef, Thomas D, Riordan, Dr. McNutt, David Rich and Henry Ach attended. Word wa$s given out to the press that the ses- ston was executive. The Forty-fourth District delegation and a majority of the delegates of the Thirty- second Assembly District met last even- ing and indorsed J. George Boyne for nomination to the office of County Clerk. There was talk last nignt of putting forward ex-State Senator Eugene Bert as a candidate for City Attorney. BE. M. Sweeney is in the field as a candidate for Police Judge. The committee on platform and resolu- tions, W. S. Wood chairman, met last night. There was quite a discussion over a proposition to indorse all the Repub- lican officeholders of the present admin- istration. There was a strong sentiment in favor of limiting the indorsement to men whose devotion to public duty had won universal commendation. It was finally decided to indorse all the Repub- lican officials. - Several planks for the platform were presented. It was resolved that a sub- committee consisting of Charles Sonntag, W. J. Herrin, E. M. Ritter, Charles H. J. Truman and Ralph L. Hathorn should be appointed to-consider the material in hand. The sub-committes will meet this afternoon and with the advice and as- sistance of W. S. Wood, chairman, and John T. Willlams, secretary, prepare a platform of principles for submission to the whole committee this evening. There are indications that the convention to- morrow night will declare the principles of the party and nominate Henry J. Crocker for Mayor. ———— Jury Acquits Rudolph. The jury in the case of Willlam T. Ru- dolph, charged with murder in Judge Cook's court, brought in a verdict of not guilty yesterday afternoon. Rudolph was accused of having shot and killed Walter Edgerton, an ex-convict, in Mrs. Elizabeth Henrioulle's saloon at Second and Na- toma streets on the afternoon of Feb- ruary 1. The defense claimed that Ed- gerton cut Rudolph twice with a knife on the sidewalk in front of the saloon Just before the shooting and that he acted in self-defense in shooting Edgerton. | | erimes. GAR BURGLARS BEING JALED Two Additional Arrests of Railroad Men Are Made. Graves Makes a Confession Implicating Some Mer- chants. PR William E. Slater, a former brakeman cn the Southern Paecific, called at the City Prison yesterday afternoon to ses.C. A. Rutherford, the brakeman under arrest for stealing goods from railroad car Detective Sergeant Ryan and Detectlv Peter Lewin of the Southern Pacific were in the prison at the time and, going up to Slater sald, “You have saved us a trip to Fresno, as we were to leave this evening to arrest you.” Slater was very much disgusted when he was locked up. Lewin immediately went to Third and Townsend streets and arrested Richard W. Hardin, a brakeman, and took him to the prison. Hardin is a brother-in-law of W. H. Beauregard, the fugutive Southern Pacific conductor, and Slater b fore resigning from the Southern Pacific on April 14, last, lived with Rutherford and was for some time of the same traf crew as Rutherford and Hardin. He has since been employed by the Santa Fe at Fresno. Ryan and Lewin say they have discov- ered that in April last Slater and Hardin stole 5000 cigars at San Bruno station from an incoming freight car. The cigars were carried to the caboose, where the original cases were burned and the cig- ars packed into three baskets. The bas kets were carried to Rutherford's house in South Park and next .day Rutherford and Slater took the baskets to the cigar store of Max Katzauer at Third and Townsend streets, who is now awalting trial for receiving stolen property, sold the cigars to him. Slater is also ac- cused of having stolen four tubs of but- ter from a car at San Bruno station in March last and it is claimed that he and Rutherford and Hardin have stolen thou- sands of dollars’ worth of cigars and to- bacco since October last. Charles B. Graves, one of the prisoners, who has been in the City and County Hospital since his arres;, made a com- plete confession to Detectives Ryan and Lewin last night. While in the hospital | Graves maintained a strict silence and re- fused to discuss the case in any form. Last night, when he was taken to the City Prison, where he was booked, en route to Salinas to answer for his crime, he broke down and confessed all. In his confession Graves implicates sev- eral merchants who purchased the stolen articles from the thieves. The detectives will probably arrest these parties and they will be held to answer for having received stolen goods. What the names of the men are the police refused to state until the arrests have been made. Graves stated that he bad participated In five After stealing the box of tools they were sold for 35. The 400 pounds of butter was disposed of for $39 and the case of shoes went for $20. The bighest price realized was for the 2500 cigars, which brought $76. B. Solomon of the Solomonson, Hart- man, Solomon Company, 106 Third Street, he Hall cigars, a delivered to the property clerk at of Justice yesterday 5000 “Gasto for which the Southern Pacific paid claim of $150 to Rinaldo Bros. The detec tives allege that these cigars were stol on June 19 from an incoming freight ear by Frank Carey and Rutherford. The original cases were burned In the stove in the caboose and the cigars were car- ried to Charles & Graves' house on Perry street. That evening Rutherford got an expressman and the cigars, which had been packed In hampers, were taken to the Solomonson, Hartman, Solomon Com- pa store and sold for $211. GAME NEAR DYING From an Awful Skin Humor. Scratched till Bloed Ran. Wasted to Skeleton. CUREDBYCUTICURA ** When my little boy was about three months old his head broke out with a rash, which was very itchy and ran con- siderable watery fluid. We tried every- thing we could, but he got worse all the time till it spread to his arms, legs, and then to his entire body, and he got 80 bad that he came near dying. The rash would itch so that he would scratch till the blood ran, and a thin yellowish stuff would be all over his pillow in the morning. T had to put mittens on his hands to keep him from tearing his skin around his wrists. He got so weak and run down that he took fainting spells like we would think him dying. He was almost a skeleton and his little hands were thin like claws. *‘ He was bad about eight months when we tried Cuticura Remedles. I hadnot laid him down in his cradle in the day- time for a long time. He had got so that he just slept in our arms all the time. I washed him with Cuticura Soap and put on one application of Cuticura and he was so soothed that I ut him in the cradle. You don’t know ow glad I felt when he felt better. It took one box of Cuticura Ointment, pretty near one cake of Cuticura Soap, and about half a bottle of Cuticura Re- solvent to cure. I think our little boy would have died only for the Cuticura Remedies, and I shall always remain & firm friend of them.” Mgs. M. C. MarTraND, Jasper, Ontario. N0 RETURN IN 14 YEARS. Mrs. Maitland Writes, 1903, That Cure Has Permanent. Feb. 24, Been “It affords me much pleasure to Inform you that it is fourteen years since my boy was cured of the terrible skin disease from which he suffered. He has been permanently cured and is hearty and strong. 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