The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 3, 1904, Page 16

16 "HE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, MARCH 3§, 190a. Pl AR A e o St B v Wt b 72} SILYER PESOS MAKE BAD COIN Secret Service Men Find Die That Turned Mexican Dollars Into American — THREE OF GANG CAUGHT t R i Doings of Counterfeiters ' | ’“’—"’//”G Revealed by the Angered | Wife of Locksmith Varni —_—— Secret Service Agents McManus and ests yesterda) United States Foste: ta zed a steel die that been used in the manufacture of cou The prisoners are | cksmith z at S10 his companions i Carossi and Francisco had been recently em- fisher imr Alaska hs past the been trying from which counterfeit been issued. These erous of all counter- de of pure coin scefved at par A <l pection of es found recently shows that en stamped out of Mexican secret lo- to some ng came about yman who be- rni consorted Julia Ca- had a ge with 1 was knc mar n as Varni revenge her- head as a his P che stole the steel die from Varr He was Vvery muc put out : 1= nsulted a lawyer ’ r tter. He was ad- | | vise a the woman, for as His l wife she not be allowed to tes- | % » Varni ac- | | rried the wo- of January of informed him < die suspecting that rossi, caused carrying con- ssi was in room wi man is but Then to o y enmity toward awyer to de- | ¥ 2 charge which Contrary to expectations the opening JOSEPH FELD, CHARGED WITH MURDER, FACES A JURY IN SUPERIOR COURT Opening Day of the Trial Is Not Characterized by Any Testimony That Savors of the Sensational---Witnesses for the People Tell Stories That Are Unshaken by Attorneys for the Defendant day of the trial in Judge Dunne’s court : PErsons Were In | ¢ joseph Feld, the ex-policemail, . rison about a mo ago . desint 4 i taae \mfi charged with the murder of Fritz Dirk- were su of pected counterfeiting ar »ck yesterday afternoon Vis- re seen to enter in his fathe November 2, 19 ng that savored Rapid progress was made by the pros- ecution and by afternoon it is thought the defense wi!l have presented all of its testimony. law, on the night of was devoid of any- In the cross-examination of witnesses | defendant showed that counsel for t X p with something heavy it Will endeavor to combat the testi- - a newspaper When the ny of the prosecutio witnesses by 1 were arrested by wing that Feld acted in self-de- ¥ Hazen and fense and that a conspiracy exists in in ng coin will posses- To-N Comnce H E seif the gr o w test nist bef edman’s e proceedings. Granulated cured Cr In his family of the deceased to manu- pocks ¢ die, to- | facture damaging testimony. This lat- & th the collar and the chuck ter feature was borne out by the ex- rn e knowledge | haustive erc xamination by Attor- he the service men | ney W. H. Alford on contradictory tes- | timony preliminary mission by an interv f the defe ancies in testimony given at the pre- ring of the case. examination and the ad- Attorney J. A. Spinetti in that it was the intention to establish that fact by W vious hear | Feld was one of the most interested | persons in the courtroom and at no time did he evince any particular nerv- ousness. He held a handkerchief in his right hand and the other clasped the hand of his mother, who sat by his side. He was guick to prompt his at tcrneys on material points and durin, the entire proceedings failed to show who claims to be the |PY any out rd sign that he appre- us Friedman, the capi. | Ciated the seriousness of his position. Palace Hotel, | 'uring the testimony given by Mrs. $46.000, fileq | DiTking, the widow of the man h tribution of the | 16w, Feld eved her steadily and even Levy is acting as|the tears shed by the somber little woman in black during the recital of the events of that fateful night failed to move him BOY TELLS OF TRAGEDY. District Attorney Byington Snes Dr. Bazet | made an opening statement of the facts Dr Razet, formerly a mem- | In the case and of what the prosecu- ber e Board of Health, who | tion intended to prove. He told of the while driving on Golden Gate avenue | vents of the night of the shooting and 24 last. ran over William |S2id the prosecution would prove that as sued for $305 damages | the crime was premeditated from Higgins, Robertson’s guar- | threats made by the defendant on three dian, vesterday { occasions. the right kind of a pack- Arabian Roast » her husband ADVERTISEMENTS. | Police Officer - George W. Russell, who made the diagram of the prem- ‘isPS at 11 Fair avenue, was the first ! witness called. He explained the dia- March 2.—A jury here Mre. Newt Farris, charged | gram to the jury. Fritz Dirking, the at Kaw City | 15-year-old son of the man who was | killed, was next placed on the stand. LS CLEMILEN TP of the sensational. | adjournment time this | given by the witnesses at the | to the jury the discrep- | then | ¥O XKITCHEN SHOULD BE WITHOUT ONE. SAWED BURNER GAS HOT PLATE FULL NICKEL—Guaranteed Not to Blow Back the Flame. 1-Burner, 81.50; 2-Burner, £2.50; 3-Burner, $3.75- THESE ARE REGULAR PRICES WE STILL HAVE BARGAINS IN ALL DEPARTMENTS Nathan Dohrmam ¢ 1Z2-132 SUTTER ST. 5 | | i TOITET— FEZD | | [ ———— - ! | | EX-POLICEMAN WHO KILLED HIS FATHER-IN-LAW, AND POR- TRAITS OF THE WIDOW OF THE DEAD MAN AND HER SON, [ WHO GAVE STRONG TESTIMONY AGAINST THE ACCUSED. b = g -+ | The 1ad told a graphic story of the|the knife had never been found and tragedy, and, although somewhat|that when his wife accused him pf do- | nervous upon cross-examination, al ¥ | attempts of the defense to impeach his testimony on material points by | reading from the transcript of = his | testimony - taken in the police court | failed. | He said that on the night-of No- vember 2, 1803, he was in the kitchen of the house at 11 Fair avenue, read- |ing. and that his father, mother and sister were in the same room. Their | attention was first attracted by the | barking of a dog, and then they. heard the footsteps of a person com- | ing toward the back door. Mrs. Feld wife of the defendant, exclaimed ‘He’s coming,” and bolted the door. | His father then told the women to get out of the room and the hoy armed himself with a bread knife. Feld started kicking on the door and Mrs. Dirking ran through the hall crying “Murder!” She went to the front door and Feld came up the | alley-way alongside of the house. The | boy’s father then went through the hallway, and as he did so the lad gave him the knife and told him “to protect himself.” When he reached the front door Feld was trying to force an entrance and his mother was endeavoring to keen him out. KNIFE WAS NEVER FOUND. Dirking senior then pushed his wife aside and Feld struck him with an iron bar. The boy says he then heard Feld use several vile names, saw him draw a revolver and fire a shot. Feld, followed by Dirking, went up the street, and after going a short distance turned and said, “I have got something quicker than a knife."” Young Dirking then. ran: to Mission | street for an officer and returned to the house. He heard scuffling in his sister's room and thereupon went into an adjoining room ‘and secured his father’'s revolver. At this juncture Feld came out into the hallway with his wife holding him by the hands. The boy stated that he pointed the revolver at Feld’s head and tried to pull the hammer down, but without avail. ing from the outside and Feld said, “Here, take this gun:' the police are coming,” at the same time handing the weapon to his wife. Two men came in and held Feld until the ar- rival of Sergeant Blank. To the of- ficer Feld accused the boy of having fired the shot, but Mrs. Feld said her husband was the guilty person. | At this juncture the prosecution sub- jmitted for Dirking’s inspection the re- volvers, and, upon his identification, they were admitted in evidence. An liron bar, in reality a “jimmy.” pur- porting to be the one carried by Feld, was offered as an exhibit for the peo- ple, to which the defense objected on the ground that it had not been proven that it was the bar in question. After some argument Judge Dunne over- Tuled the objection made. The dead man’s coat and vest were next intro- duced by the prosecution. Upon cross-examination the defense endeavored to impeach the witness by reading from the record, particularly relative to the iron bar and what Feld said upon the arrival of Sergeant Blank. From questions about the size of the knife a foundation was laid for self-defense. It was brought out that Some one was heard approach- | ng the shooting Feld made a threaten- | ing movement toward hem Dr. William P. Chilson of St. Luke’s | Hospital was next placed upon the | stand and described the location of the bullet wound -and the extent of the scalp injuries. He gave it as his opin- | | ion that the wound on the head could | have been made by a bar similar to | the one in evidence. WIDOW GIV TESTIMONY. Ernest Fournie: 14-year-old mes- senger hoy, residing at 683 San Jose | renue, w ced on the stand. He | id he was going home on the night | of November 8 and heard loud talking | coming from the Dirking residence. | He placed his bicycle against the fence | and listened. Feld was outside of the | jpartly opened dopr, trying to force! i his way into the house, and was strik- ing some one. Dirking then came out | and said, ““You had better get away from here.” -Feld then stepped back |and fired a shot at Dirking. Dirking | followed Feld up the hill toward Cali- fornia avenue. Cross-examination | failed to shake the boy’s testimony, al- | though the defense adopted the same tactics in regard to testimony given | at the preliminary hearing. Mrs. Clementina Dirking, the widow, | was next called upon to relate her story. Her testimony was practically l(h? same as given by Fritz Dirking, | | with the additional information that (Feld had struck her with the bar while she was endeavoring to keep him out. District Attorney Byington attempted to show by this witness that from bruises on Mrs. Feld's body after the tragedy her husband had also struck her, but the court sustained an objection. During the recital of her testimony Mrs. Dirking's eyes filled with tears on more than one occasion. Cross-examination of the same char- acter to which the preceding witness had been subjected failed to shake her testimony. - Sergeant Blank testified to making the arrest and subsequent events and Assistant Bond Clerk Bernard Flood told about taking the dying statement. An adjournment was then taken until to-day at 10 a. m. He BT R L Saturday You Have a Chance to Save Money. We offer you 50,000 pairs of ladies’, gents', children’s, misses’ and boys' shoes at unheard of prices. Ladies' shoes in sizes from 3 to § in all widths from 35c a pair. ' Children’s shoes at the same price. These are adver- tised. 'This is positively a going out of busi- ness proposition. We are selling such makes as Laird’s, Nolan's, Fosters, Wright & Peters’, etc., at less than one-fourth their value, in fact, $1 25 will buy an elegant up- to-date shoe, ' Ladies’ patent leather ties at §5c a pair. Boys' school shoes at 7dc a air Men's shoes in high grade leather for a r. Give us a call. It costs you nothing. Sale besins Saturday morning at ® o'clock. ~Store closed unti] then. Massachusetts Shoe Com- pany, 1101 Market street, corner Seventh, Odd Fellows' building. . | secretary, Henry Gracey of San Fran- | which HARDWARE MEN TALK OF TRADE Four Hundred Members of State Retail Association Meet in Annual Convention | —_— NEW OFFICERS CHOSEN | S A Yearly Banquet Given by San Franciscans Proves a| Feast of Good Fellowship R e s Four hundred delegates and members of the California State Retail Hard- ware Association gathered yesterday morning at the third annual conven- tion of the association held at the California Hotel. The meeting will continue to-day and to-morrow, and a large amount of important business will be transacted. Yesterday's ses- sions were given up to the routine work | of organization and the election of offi- cers for the coming year. A banquet | was held last night at Golden Gate Hall. This evening the associdtion will | be entertained at Fischer’s Theater, | where Kolb and Dill will give a num- | ber of special turns for the benefit of the hardware men and everybody will | be well “roasted.” After a preliminary session day morning, at which credentials were presented and ‘committees appointed, the convention got down to business vester- | lat 2 o'clock and listened to the an- nual report of the president, Roy Hall of Fresnc. President Hall reviewed the conditions obtaining in the hardware trade during the year and discussed the work. of the association, past and fu- | ture. He prophesjed continued prosper- ity for business in the State during the current twelvemonth. The report of Secretary Henry Gracey was also read. It showed a gain of eighty members Since the last convention, bringing the | total up to 390. The affairs of the asso- ciation were.shown to be in a most sat- isfactory condition. OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR. The executive committee’s report out- lined the work before the convention at some length, and then the nominat- | ing committee, which had been in ses- | sion for several hours, reported. Upon its recommendation the following offi- cers were chosen for the year: Presi- dent, O. F. Sites of the Palace Hard- | ware. Company, San Francisco; vice | president, G. A." Gutman of Orland;i cisco, who has held that post since the | association was formed in 1900; treas- | urer, -H. C. Bennett, San Franeisco. | A number of noteworthy papers will | be read and discussed to-day. | During the afternoon the wives and | other women friends of the members of the association were entertained in an excursion on the steamer Monticello, | took them upon a tour of the leading points of interest about the DOLLAR HUMOR WURE FromPimples to Scrofula From Infancy to Age To those who have sufe fered long and hopelessly from Humors of the "'Blood, Skin, and Scalp, and who have lost faith indoctors, medicines, and all things human, CUTI- CURA Soap, Ointment, and Pills appeal with a force hardly to be realized. Every hope, every expec= tation awakened bythem has been more than ful- filled. More great cures of Simple, Scrofulous,and Hereditary Humors are daily made by them than by all other Blood and Skin Remedies combined, a single set, costing but one dollar, being often sufficient to cure the ADVERTISEMENTS. ——————— School Board Revising Rules. The Board of Education was en- gaged yesterday in revising the rules governing the administration of school affairs. It is not thought that any radical changes will be made, but the rules will be modified in certain in- stances: most distressing cases when all else fails. Ioflfinw'flll. Cuticurs Resolvent, Se. {in form of Ptz o Bt Ly Pt & : Ave. e, T RIS | across the ! Your Easter needs antic Pongees—Still a few plain ning to run low; 8sc, $1.00 and $1.25 embroidered dots are $1.00. Japanese Silks—Favorites { dresses, plain white, 35¢. Those wit $1.25 Pean de Cy pink and changeable rose; only thos half price. It's an elegant French si crack or split. You couldn’t find a party dresses. But best of all is this A beautiful cloth, heavy, dredsy, in fact as good a $1.00 quality as we this little lot 75¢ to-day. Who won't In the window and on the bargain ta Fine spring-weight garments mos are not to be had regularly under s0. York man hadn’t run across this litt White cotton vests and pants, rib sleeves, trimmed with silk sh Cash books, good manila paper,ruled, only 4¢ Those large desk blotters are 5¢; smaller blotters in packages (24), 10c. Ledgers and journals, canvas- covered, 200 pages, 25c. Rent and plain receipt books, 10¢ and 25c. Black ink, Carter’s, large bottles, 75¢ Sponge-top bottles of mucilage, 15¢. Stenographer’s note bcoks, 23¢c. Plain stick files, 5c. Shannon’s boara files, soc. Library paste for office use, sc and roc. Those light green eyeshades, cel- luloid, . Floor Shine—no mixing, no waiting. Floor Shine is the spring tonic for floors—no place but Hale' no painter, 2.—Harry Fernald, s Brick Com- LOS AGNELES, March an employe of the Los An pany, was caught by a heavy belt whils oil- ing the machinery of the plant to-day, drawn around a pulley and killed. Fernald leaves a wife, who is se 1y i1 ———————— Advertising mafiing cards printed by Edw. S. Knowles, 24 Second street WASHINGTON, March 2.—The President to-day sent to the Senats the nomination of Louise L. Lill as postmistress at Mill Valley, Cal ————————— For a persistent Cough, Piso's Cure for Con- sumption is an effectual remedy. All druggists.® | STOCKTON, March McNoble, H. R the Native Sonms grand president of the Golden West, has just returned from a visit to every parlor in the State from Stockton to Mexico. e ——— - Log Cabin! “The bread with a flavor.” Ask your dealer—wholesale—900 Dolores st. * 3 bay. For this afternoon a trolley ride about the city has been arranged for the ladies, who will start from the cor- ner of Post and Montgomery streets at | 1:30 o’clock. ANNUAL BANQUET. Golden Gate Hall was very hand- somely decorated last evening for the annual banquet of the association. Festoons of flags and bunting hid the ceiling and a flower screen stretched stage concealed the or- chestra, which furnished music that could not, however, drown the merry din of hundreds of voices. About a third of the diners were ladies. C. H. Philpott was the toastmaster and kept the company in a happy méod as he inntroduced the following speakers: J. C. White, “General Topics”; J. W. Hell- man, “Why the Retail Hardware Mer- chants Should Work in Harmony With the Wholesalers”; Roy Hall, retiring president of the association, “Love One Another”; G. A Gutman, “Mr. Dinkelspiel”; J. C. Nailor, “Standing Together”; A. Carrigan, “Pleasures of Business Life""; E. Janssen, “Once War Was Business, Now Business Is War"'; Mr. Harris, “Retail Merchants From a Traveling Man's Standpoint.” Other addresses were delivered by L. Walsh A. A. Watkins, A. C. Rulofson and W. | R. Wheeler. The speeches were all | brief and pointed and they were re- ceived with much applause. e i e el ACCUSED OF PICKING | POCKETS ON A CAR oseph Sullivan Charged With Grand Larceny After Being Identified by Two Alleged Victims. Joseph Sullivan, alias James Moore, alias Daniel Jennings, was booked at the City Prison yesterday afternoon on a charge of grand larceny. He was arrested on Mason street Tuesday and was positively identified yesterday by two of his alleged victims and another witness. The victims are J. Y. Ayer, con- tractor and builder, 3740 Seventeenth street, and William Schoeckert, a visitor from the East. They arrived at the depot at Third and Townsend | steets on the train from Los Angeles on Tuesday night and along with other passengers boarded a Third-street car. Two men were seen jostling the pas- sengers and after they had left the car soon after it started Ayer discovered that $25 had been stolen from his More Silk Interest. rnes at 63 — ipate at Hale’s. ones at 75c, but they are begin- lines are still complete. Those with or waists and even children’s h embroidered dots, 83c. Cardinal, old rose, delicate e four shades. Else it wouldn’t be 1k with deep ter—silk that doesn’t greater favorite for shirt waists or $1.00 Black Peau de Soie at 75c. in a deep rich black; perfect texture; know of and yet inside buying makes want some to-day? Special Underwear for Women at 39c¢. ble to-day. t women want now. Garments that ¢, and would not be now if our New le straggling lot. bed and shaped, high necks, long ell stitching, pearl buttons. Pants with sateen bands, ankle length. They're cro- Bed Spreads cheted ones, 90c white. with Marse at- terns; ou- reasure 76x87 in. A unusual spread for the les N r ones at $1.00, $1.25. Marseilles spreads are $2.50, $2.75 and on up. The Comforters. You always get good omes at| Hale's. Great many to choose from. And not high prices to pay. These two: |85¢ white cotton fMlled om [$1.€0 heavy a pure white, cot ton fllled ered with figured| silkoline tched or tufted; as good as are often sold at $3, $1.90, double _size. 39 STOCKTON STREET. Telephone Main 5523. A crowded stors and greatly increased sales 1 ve proot of immense popularity of our special weekly offerings. THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY SPECIALS. Creamery Butter, per square. 35¢ Last w F yet q Ranch Eggs, per doz Only the best Santa Rosa and Petaluma stock. Reg. 25¢ English Breakfast Tea, per ib . 35¢ A treat for all lovers of good tea. Reg. 50c Navel Oranges, per doz.. 25¢ Selected stock. Reg. 30c Finnan Haddies, per Ib 15¢ New stock just arrived. First cut on the e this season. too. Reg. 20c. Armour's White Label Lard— s, s, 10's. Special prices, 35, 60c, $1.15. g. prices, 40c, 70c, $1.25. Never fails in excellence of quality. Ripe Ulives, per gt 25¢ One of the most healthful of delcactes. ideal Laundry Soap, 7 cakes for 25¢ Once used always used. Reg. 8 for 25c. Carnzd Tomatees, 3 cans 25¢; doz 95¢ The Hesperian brand. Reg. 10c per can. Bisseil's Cycle Bearing Carpet Sweepers $2.00 Each The housekeepers’ best friend. Reg. $2.50 0. K Bourbon, bot 75¢; Gal $3.00 A fine family whisky. Reg. $1 and $4. Hermitage Rye. per bot .. 90¢ A whisky worth having. Res. $1.25. Liebig's Extract of Mait, doz $1.65 An excellent tonic for tired peo Claret, per gal A N he ealthful light drink. with Each Worth Powgee They are Beauties a A thousand kinds | to Select from. It Pays to pocket and Schoeckert missed a purse | containing $105 in currency, a check | for $100 on an Eastern bank and a 900® nflmm‘ baggage check. —_—————————— A Japanese Globe Trotter. Nakichi Nakamura, a young Japan- ese, arrived in this city yesterday, af- ter having completed a tour of the world. Nakamura was not aware that his country and Russia had met in conflict until his arrival in the United States. Asked whether he intended returning to Japan to join the Mika- do’s forces, he said that it was his in- tention first to continue his journey, which will take him into South Amer- jca. Everywhere he has met with hospitality and he carries a book in which is recorded the cities of the world he has visited, the records be- ing duly attested by officials whose signatures are accompanied with great civic seals. —_—— ST. LOUIS, March 2.—Under the protection of five mounted police fifty men were taken into the World's Falr grounds to-day and put at work in place of the striking laborers on roads and track grading ipe work. ; ..TO-DAY... |9 To-Morrow and Saturday : AT 2:30 p. m. sAUCTION EXTRAORDINARY TO CLOSE OUT THE ENTIRE STOCK OF RARE ANTIQUE PERSIAN=— RUGS A RUG SALE WITHOUT PARALLEL IN HISTORY. GENUINE BONA-FIDE AUCTION. MIHRAN’S 227 rosT STREET |