The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 29, 1904, Page 16

THE SAN FRANCISCO DETECTIVES EMPLOYED BY SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY LEARN IDENTITY OF MAN WHO IS TRYING BY THREATS OF WRECK TO MULCT CORPORATION KRUTTSCHNXTT SAYS ROAD IS WELL GUARDED facts about the mat- rel to threaten- published in morning’s pape: o own to the Southern are as fol- HE ter i Pacific lows A thre Jetter was r Company, anonymous by the com- that $10.000 enin in de ling pany n gold be thrown off a special Jocomotive to be started from Stockton on J3 20,. the ey 1o be at a int 1o be red ht alongside was id carry white signals upon ol is letter, and until ation 1o money ymous letters both of The of- deemed Il possible way of pa- acic and turned the investigation to " comvany ney of the Pinker- compau and other 5 companies. froquent- ay 1 ive letters of this charac- ter, which, of e *ss of cau- tion, are acted on regardless of ions held as to of the 1 may be responsibility writer J KRUTTSCHNITT. Jan. 1904, n Francisco, Say He Has Four Pals and All Are Being Watched. PERETL Manager ants of any over 1less money the writer ably diminis blackmaile upon if th that day a W had which money d ves- | mpt to and the ous da day inesday anx the with the | dropped at | the San natur- 1 by black- is threats, and, rmination sug- fear was en- attempt his | But the day and | ncident along the Iso went by with- the r terious evidenc cept f | of any | raised his | he first nnnx ig of the >rnoon no longe from his unknow: nt and that th ) during nd his own de- tisfied him that v the city reatening let- ff was the added the ution was and prop not be il the d the £ re com- itself that railroad "GRAVELLE. il | schnitt day | fl — A,\...m B land t namited. It was kmnd yesterday was the original theory of the ton representative when he w called into the case and w shared by General Manage The poorly composed sages received from Fresno by the rail- road authorities showed beyond a doubt that a man orance wrote them and that his ignorance extended that this to railroad operations, thus conveying the idea that he was not a railroad man or one experienced in the crim- inal art of ra ad robbery HIS DEMAND. The s the demands made on the Pacific Company was given the local of the com any . more than a month ago, mand for $10,000. It stip- amount in gold should contai ulated lhd( th In order ad re- ed fact that the company and was prep that the ceived his letter | meet his demand should be promptly conveyed to him. the . writer insisted hat the trains on the San Joaquin \,n. uld fiy white flags on their Failure to com- - six days [Py with th demands, the letter | stated, would be followed immediately by a communication to the daily papers | of San Franc warning the public nst patronizing the company” | trains, which the writer and his p | would attempt to blow up. Little hee | was paid to the letter, for any of a | similar character are r ed by the pleased over the ager Krutt- his chagrin of the affair, s that the tter writer the company had detective talent in rable have road officials, aining of evi- sfies them 5, mailed in ritten by some one fa- section of the State, blackmailing the Company had their 2tional stories of the Cudahy’s son lionaire CURTA PIANOS represent a skilllul consiruction, backed by an irrciutable guarantce ~—the highest business inlcgrity during thc hall century’s cstab- lishmen! in this city ol thc maKer. The Tone, Touch and Action are slandards, and the dcsign and fin- ish are in kecping with their mu- sical qualities. The price is the lowest for which a good piano can be purchased. Beni. Curlaz &se (SOLE AGENTS) Open Saturday Evenings. 16 O'FARRELL STREET, §. F. #an Jose, Stockion, Alameda, Fresno. ' plans | us Pat Crowe and the empt of Gravelle of force Northern | officials of the railroad comy ! when a second, in the same disgui; | handwriting, was forwarded to Gene Manager Kruttschnitt, his anxiety was suddenly aroused and the services of the Pinkerton | tives were at once called for. The sec- | ond letter raised the ginal demand | of $10,000 to $15,000, and boldly informed the company that the writer was in earnest and would wreck the trains un- Jess the money was immediately sent to_him. In this letter the writer demanded that a light engine, carrying the gold, should leave Stockton at night, on or | b = | | be. dropped off at night at a point on | an Joaquin diyision to be desig- | by a red light which the writer would place near the track and the railroad detec- | W A BISSELL wagaricHT PuaTe A FE AND SOUTHERN PA- CIFIC OFFICIALS WHO RECEIV- ED BLACKMAILING LETTERS. & nd should travel| | southward at the rate of fifty | hour and drop the money off when the | light was sighted. The idea of sing Aifty in unusually long distance, road on which were being operated | numerous trains, réd light through possible mist ra n, oughly acquainted with railroading. MEN UNDER SURVEILLANCE it at this stage of the aff: | when the officials of the road were b | ginning to be greatly concerned in their | correspondent, that the Pinkerton rep- resentative suggested the plan of an- l= onymous writer througi \pers of this city, the id W out more correspondent ng th aily to dr { from him and have the postoffices in | |and about Fresno carefuily watched | with a view to detecting the aut | The plan was successful in so far more letters were concerned, for an other w ceived from Fresno, wher. hewever, it was dropped into the mail | box without its sender being detected 1t nevertheless led the th | ling and operating somewhere between | Madera and Tulare and the sleuths were concentrated in that ter- ritory and were busy on the s the story gained publicit Captain B. F. Kemble, per- intendent of the Pinkerton agency, when >sterday afternoon, not inclined to enter fully into a G cussion of the affair, but he remarked | with an air of satisfaction: “We are convinced that we | der surveillance the man w | of the letter wri w lave us ho is guilty ing and we are aiso chums. Two of them ‘dope fiends’ and the man suspected | ¢ writing the threaterfing letters is a | her weak fellow. 1 am convinced | | that if one of our men should take the fellow by the neck and give him a good | | booting he would never be seen around railroad track a In other words has the courage to cck a train, but simply wrote these letters, hoping that the railroad o cials wouid readily yield to his demands and he would get away with a bag of | trailing four of I | arc gold. Certainly if these men had de- cided to carry out their threat they have probably abandoned it now in view | teetiv. | lax its vigilance. | one in particular being Division Super- miles an | tectives and are inclined to believe that a | to force the miles an hour | to give up a big sum of money or suf- over a | fer and sighting a small | tion of the State and | with desperate criminals, appealed to the railroad officials | ward by as one coming from a person not thor- | While the men | claim to have under surveillance may be | a train, there & * | probably the; ] are only awaiting a chance to derail,a yest detectives to|ant Traffic Manager W. conclusion that their man was liv- | he had heard nothing of it. bands of | however, ent when | of that was | erp Pacific detectives | the effect that of the knowledge they have that the t ttl\s are being patrolled by de- tectives THREATENS SANTA FE. Captain Kemble, however, added that, notwithstanding the accepted theory of the detectives and the rail- road officials, they had both agreed that it is the railroad compan duty to adopt every precautionary means to prevent a plan to wreck a train being undertaken, and for that reason the de- force in the Fresno vicinity is not being diminished or allowed to re- There are many, and not a few of them are railroad officials, intendent Burkhalter, . who have not readily accepted the theory of the de- there is reallyga plot on foot in Fresno Southern Pacific Company the loss of property, with possible The country in that sec- is known to be filled driven west- Eastern winter. the detect loss of lifs the severe whom lacking the requisite daring to blow up many who think that re but the tools of a who more dangerous set of criminals, | train and show the company the folly | of having tried to rifle with them. | taken i twenty Floor of Courtroom Almost Crashes With Crowd. Exciting Incident at a Train Robbery Inquiry. Special Dispatch to Call. SAN LUIS OBISPO, Jan. 28.—The crowd that filled the office of Justice of the Peace J. L. Eddy to-day when the preliminary hearing of “John Doe,” the alleged train Trobber was so large that the second-story floor in the Robasciotti building, which the office is located, commenced to give way. It being deemed unsafe to continue the proceedings in room an adjournment was at once to the Superior Court room in the County Courthouse. Eight out of a probable witnesses for Wi examined. amination 6f the first witness, Engineer G. E. Wilson of the helper engine, which hauled the first section of No. 9 er the Cuesta grade on the night of January 20 that Attorne E. Camp- bell for the defense stated positively that he*would prove that the defendant was in Santa Barbara at the time the witness Wilson stated that he saw him on the piatform at the San Luis Obispo station. nesses on the stand as vet to prove this assertion. Wilson stated positively that the defendant was the man he saw on the depot platform when wait- ing to leave at 10:40. Conductor E. H. ond section of No. 9 next t said that he saw the defen platform at 1 pulled out. Meyers was positive. also said that he saw the e side door open at Santa Marg: that the sneed of the train tunnels Nos. 1 and to fifteen miles an-hour. fifteen the prosecution 40 just before his train Fle between 2 was from twelve Meyers said that the train passed that point at 12:10. Conductor R. R. Hankenson, \\hn took out local freight No. 333 at 6 a. m. told of picking up the safe at tunnel No. 1 and delivering it to the station agent at Santa Margarita. James Rice, the defendant the hat, told a story of nevd- ing money more than he did a and parting with the hat. “‘hen tho officers found him hatless near the scene of the burglary he was scared. He *:nd he had bought the hat in Ta- coma. dofvndax\l and the hat. At 5 o'clock | the hearing was continued to to-mor- row. Servians Honor Patriot. The twenty-fourth anniversary and banquet of the Servian-Montenegrin Literary and Benevoient Society was given in honor of the great Servian pa- triot, San Sava, at Lodge Hall, 1605 Polk street, last Wednesday evening. A large audience attended and appreci- ated an interesting programme. San Sava was born in the twelfth century and was the youngest son of Stevan Nemanja who united the Servians in their first kingdom. He also success- fully placed the church of the Balkans | on a sound foundation. ——— Saquabble Over Property Is Settled. SANTA ROSA, Jan. —Judge Sea- A dispatch from Fresno yesterday | i stated that letters similar to these sent | Well vesterday gave Mrs. Rachel 10 the Southern Pacific Company were | Snyder Juds:mt'"} against Mrs. Clara receiv by the officials of the Santa | Gott for restitution of the Johnson Fe road several weeks ago and that | premises at Sonoma. The plainfiff also had since been under in- by the detectives of that tion, who had been trailing men - north as this city. When a:k»d day resarding this story A A. B the matter igation Il szid At the Scuthern Pacific Company’s building, the story was common claimed that the detectives ompany, while working on the car robbery at San Luis Obispo had met Santa Fe agents who had co: fided to them the facts, and the South- had reported the uperiors in this city. ed here vesterday to a farmer's boy had found dynamite near the Calwa win- v, which is located a short distance the ene of the recent Volta was pronounced last night by ‘aptain Kemble of the Pinkerton agency to be untrue. The day after the Volta wreck a boy found what he supposed to be a stick of dynamite near that place and carried it home to his father. who later reported the matter to the detectives. An investigation by the latter, however, develcped the fact and it w | matter to the A report re from wreck. that the supvosed dynamite was a burned out ‘‘fusee,” which all trains are compelled to carry and use to signal to trains following them. Sev- eral of these “fusees” have since been found in the neighborhood of the Volta wreck. +* Banqueted the Chief. The courts of Foresters of America’ of this city tendered a banquet last night to Supreme Chief Ranger J. T. Kelly of New Jer: in the banquet room of Golden Gate Hall. E. R. Zion was the toastmaster, and after the supper there was the presentation to the su- preme chief of a handsome case of silver tableware, after t who was the dent monster initiation con- vention, was presented a crystal wine set in appreciation of his service: | Chief Wittman was a guest of hono The speakers were the supreme chie Grand Chief Ran-e. «labriel, Trustee Daniel Teare, Franklin K. Lane, Edward 1. Wolfe, John Heenan, Hugo K. Asher, J. W. Saunders, R. B. Vellage, Fred C. Hensley and Chief Wittman. ————— Ball to Be Social Event. The seventh annual ball of Cathe- dral Council No. 59, Y. M. L, will take | place on Friday evening, February 1 at Native Sons’ Hall. the functions heretofore by this council, the ball year promises to be the cial event in Y. M. I circles. committee intrusted with perfecting the necessary arrangements have la- bored assiduously and can assure their fellow members and friends that this vear's effort will equal if not eclipse former- successes. The committee of arrangements com- prise the following: John L. A. Jau- net (chairman), James D. Rountree, William McCarthy, R: E. Martinez, Fred E. Farmer, Frank Farren and Harry Byrnes. —_——— Dulverton (Somerset) Guardians have just stopped the relief pay of a man who, they have discovered, had with his family, been enjoying a holiday of some weeks’ duration in Wales. presi- Grand | In keeping with given this . which the | EIGHTH COMMENCEMENT OF OSTEOPATHY SCHOOL Sheepskins Awarded to Seven Stu- dents in Presence of Many Friends. A very large audience assembled in Steinway Hall last night to attend the eighth annual commencement of the California College of Osteopathy. The class of 1904 consisted of Nellie A. Allen, Wil- helmina C. Johnson, Mrs. Mary E. | McWhorter, J. Hamilton Rothberg, J. Edward Jube, W. Albert Willi and Herbert J. Nims. Sheepskins were presented to them with appropriate addresses by Dr. B. P. Shepherd, one of the most prominent men in the profession, and vice president of the college, and each graduate was show- ered with floral tributes by their friends. The programme opened with erture, after which an invocation | was delivered by Rev. G. H. Green- well. The Knickerbocker quartet then rendered selections, which were fol- lowed by an address by Will C. v, Ph. D., M. D. Two vocal se- ctigns by L. A. Larsen were next on the programme. In presenting the diplomas Dr. Shepherd spoke of the advancement of the science within the past ten years and of its wonderful achievement: After music and a benediction a reception was held in Elks’ Hall, at which the fortunate ones received congratulations and best wishes for success. —_— Your Own Good Taste Is what makes your room pleasant to live in. We have an immense collection of beautiful pictures, framed in the lat- est styles. ~ Parties furnishing new houses can find here thousands of artis- tic pictures to choose from and at the most reasonable prices. Sanborn, Vail & Co. * | an < Discuss Gas Fixtures. The Light Committee of the Board of Supervisors met last night to consider the proposed ordinance regulating the size and style of g pipes and fixtures. It was addressed by J. L. E. Firmin, representing the master plumbers, and Vanderlynn Stow, representing the gas fixture men. Both speakcyrs urged that the resolution be altered and that the time of its going into effect be post- poned until the dealers get rid of their present stocks. It was also suggested that an inspector under the direction of the Board of Public Wc~ks be employed to see that fixtures in public buildings are in safe condition. The matter will be further considered at a later date. —_————— Upholsterer Ends His Life. Jonas Kahn, an upholsterer, aged 45 years, committed suicide yesterday af- ternoon by swallowing the contents of a glass containing carbolic acid. De- ceased resided at 1907 Sutter street and had a workshop in the basement, where he slept. About 3 o'clock Ja- cob Gunsberger, a brother-in-law of the unfortunate man, found him lying on the bed cold in death. Two bot- tles of the deadly acid were found on a bureau. Kahn was last seen alive at 9 o'clock at the breakfast table. De- spondency over illness and lack of work are ascribed as the reasons for the suicide. The body was not re- moved to the Morgue. e i Sir Harry McLean Is Safe. TANGIER, Morocco, Jan. 28.—Ad- vices from Fez, dated January 17, say that General Sir Harry McLean, colonel of the Sultan of Morocco’s bodyguard, who was reported to have been captured by rebels, has ar- was given judgment for rent due on the lease and for $100 damages for reten- tion of the premises. The property in- volved is the famous castle at Sonoma erected vears ago by Mrs. Johnson and idered one of the landmarks of the unty. ADVEBTXSEMENTS. MR. JUSTICE FINNEMORE Judge of the Natal Supreme | Court, Sends the Following Remarkable Testimonial | | TO GUTICURA | The World Is Cuticura’s Field, Used Wherever Civilization Has Penetrated. 4T desire to give my voluntary testi- mony to the beneficial effects of your Cuticura Remedies. I have suffered for some time from an excess of uric acid in the blood; and since the middle of last year, from a severe attack of Eczema, chiefly on the scalp, face, ears and neck and on ome limb. I was for several months under professional treatments, but the remedies prescribed ‘were of no avail, and I was gradually becoming worse, my face was dread- fully disfigured and I lost nearly all my hair.. At last, my wife prevailed upon me to try the Caticara Remedies and [ gave them a thorough trial with the was called, | in | that | i or ! It was during the ex- | The defense has had no wit- ' Meyers of the sec- | tramp who sold the | A. Dunbar identified both the | ADVEB'IISE“m LAST DAYS of the 20% Discount Boys’ @ Children’s CLOTHING SATURDAY NIGHT ENDS IT, Boys’ Overcoats $3.50 Quality—pav us only $2.80 500 Quality—pav us only 4.00 6 50 Quality—pau us only S.20 8 50 Qualitu—pau us only 6.80 10.00 Quality—pay us only S.00 Two and Three Piece Suits, Norfolk Sailor and Russian Blouse Suits are included in this great discount sale. The very best fabrics, fit and finish. Open Saturday night till 10 o’clock. T MILL TO MAN BROWNZS Sl6° 5l8 MAI!KET ST.nonicomeny | have examined vouchers No. 1, dated | mber 1902, to voucher inclusive dated December | 19¢ = Iunml them in | and the whole of n.rac».x on the debit and lN MINI G DEAL hu'dll(v 1 bank of § new comp his atto Reeeiver Is Asked by Loeal '“’" oy Owners of Mount Jefferson . Mines Pending Trial of Suit | g NEW YORK MEN INVOLVE l)‘ i —_— | Eastern Banker Is Mentioned | in Connection With Conspiracy Among ESe ! Alleged Friday, Saturday end nmday 'mn. Directors | gpar suGaz. y BEST I)AIRVY. = BUTTE SQUARE 35(: Large Size—Good, Sweet Butter. 25 FRESH SODA CRACKE X 20 Ibs. 81.00 To-day A suit involving the control of the Mount Jefferson Mines, Consolidated, \'.as filed with the County Clerk yes . It is an action for the appointment n)l a receiver to take charge of the mines pending a trial of the suit, which based on the charge that the directors t the concern have by fraudulent and is | _ ROYAL BAKING POWD“ =3 f av vaily 45 unlawful mecans appropriated 7.‘m\4,. MARMALADE, GLASS 10c funds of the concern to their own us and h; carried out | BIPE QUEEN OLIVES, large. . .qt. 20¢ scheme to defraud stockholders, | Mot sllinesd . Worth $1.10 | The plaintiffs in the action a LARGE DILL PICKLES. GALLON Meighan, a director of the corpo ; and Thomas Connell and John J. | T poom TABLE ot 3 o e 14e Bench, stockholders. The defendants Cutt re C. F. Humphrey, J. H. Hilbert, *B. Goodwir H. A. Morin, Guy H. Sa L. Wisner, a New York | broker. | According to the complaint the company, which contr one of the oldest groups of mines in Tuolumne County, was incorporated under the laws of the Territory of Arizona in | December, 1902. Meighan, one of the plaintiffs, was elected a director—he owns 135,115 shares of stock—and so | DRIED | were Defendants Humphrey, Mey - = | Hilbert and Goodwin. This board of | BENSILINE SOAP 6 large bars 25¢ directors managed the of ., the | B svttn 19 weh . ompany i when JCICY WHITE FIGS, B¢ # { Humphrey, and | sy a— | Meyers resigned and theim places on | TOMATOES, red ripe. 8 eia 38e the directorate were taken by Fraser, | — R - Morin, Salisbury and J. F. Water ; FE ANS 38 house. The last named served until | rox'! » s.;..‘ INE: S January 8 of this year, when he re- | - e e U R S | signed, and A. L. Wisne | banker, was elected in his These changes, say the plaintiffs, were part of a well laid scherce fraud the company and its stoc ers, though the existence of the a New York tead. | | | mnmm’.—lm Red wll' »Cll L.(‘ Iy ear-old wine. Usi bottle Marquette AA Wi al- | leged conspiracy did not become evi- FREIGET PAID 100 MILES. dent until recently. Meighan now claims he is in possession of informa- | 100! FILLMORE ST. 19 TAYLOR ST. tion that shows Humphreys, Hilbert, Goodwin and Meyers entered into a | conspiracy to defraud the concern and the people who owned its stock, and caused to be selected in their stead as directors men who would be as pup- pets in their hands and obey their every behest to so handle the affairs of the concern that they and not the corporation: would reap the benefit. The complaint resolves itself into a charge that Humphrey and the other defendants have approoriated to their | own use more than $100.000 belonging to the corporation. The plaintiffs allege that of the $175,000 received by the de- fendants from the sale of stock and bullion taken from the mines they have expended only $75,000 honestly, thus creating a fund of $100,000 which re- mains unaccounted for. The complainant asks the court to appoint a receiver to take charge of to Select from. most satisfactory resuits. The disease soon began to disappear and my hair commenced to grow again. ‘A fresh growth of hair is covering my head, and my limb (although not yet quite cured) is gradually improving. My wife to make presents to other persons suf- fering from similar complaints, and, as President of the Bible Women's Society, has told the Bible women to report if any case should come under their notice when a poor person Is so afflicted, so that your remedies may be resorted to.” ROBERT ISAAC FINNEMORE, (Judge of the Natal Supreme Court) Pletermaritzburg, Natal, Oct. 29, 1901. rived at Fez. B All druggists sell ADAMS® Irish Moss Cough Balsam under a positive guarantee. 8¢, Sbc. * thinks so highly of your remedies that | she has been purchasing them in order | It Pays to ’.rrade at the .ffairs of the corporation pending the determination of the truth of their charges; for an accounting of the ac- | tions of the defendants since the for mation of the corporation; for an in- junction restraining the defendants from carrying out their alleged nefa- ious schemes and for an order remov- | ing the allaged dummy directors, Fra- ser, Morin, Salisbury and Wisner. Humphreys in an interview night said: “Knight, McLaren & Goode, the well-known chartered ac- countants of San Francisco, in their ficial report, dated December 31. 1903, after thoroughly auditing the books, accounts and vouchers of the | last | C company, show that $24,509 62 was G.Sh, produced and that $12,870 45 was | Asthma, Bronchitis, paid out in dividends on preferred Hoarseness, and Sore Throat. AL Lo e BT stock; that $104,501 76 was received from the sale of preferred stock and $8800 was received from the sale of common stock, and in their report fur- ther state: ‘We beg to report that we Signatare of