The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 26, 1904, Page 7

THE~SAN FRANCISCO- €ALL, SATURDAY TARCH - 26, 1904. ANGERED WITNESS IN BOTKIN CASE - WANTS TO FIGHT ATTORNEY K Opposing Counsel Spend the Day in Rowing. Place of Posting Box of Candy Is Proved. z here was constant and bitter war- | | | an defense | yesterday. in the between the counsel for the pros- | Botkin | Mrs. Cordelia Botkin ! NIGHT ut'nngr AT TORNEY Yin G Fon J728 CorpELIA - DOoTrKYHN g BARTS (xfy}s‘a'?rwm; ER — w. W. 2 GRAPE CROWERS OF STATE [INITE Organize California Viti- cultural Club to Protect| and Foster the Industry CONSTITUTION IS BRIEF| Sl Well Known Wine Makers | Are Present—Meet To-Day for Practical Discussion The need the grane growers of Call-f fornia have long feit of an organiza- tion to further their interests and to promote the scientific study of viticul- ture among the vineyardists of the N\ ABSOLUTE SEGU RITY Genuine CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS must bear DIZZINESS. SALLOW SKIN Fac-simile Signature of CONSTIPATION ool 1s now undergoing her second trial for | | State led to the formation yesterday of | ot s ok e | | | the california Viticultural Club. Sev-| m"“‘::; v Sabnbant s Abtanol oF Sbvine] | eral score of leading growers from the | They TOUcH the 2 rien. this city to Dover, Del, & poisoned bonbons, some of ¢ eaten by Mrs. Dunning and Mrs. Deane, from the ef- her sister, of which they died in Auxml.’ Twight of the Department of Viticul-| gy ased | ture at the Universify of California asi' In addition to the encounters between | temporary secretary, formed a per- different grape producing counties met | in the lecture room of the Mechanics’ Institute and after selecting the vet- | eran John Swett of Martinez as tem- | porary chairman and Professor E. H. Cenuine Wrapper Printed on RED PAPER BLACK LETTERS Look fo~ the Signature s A nn? P thery 4 - | couneel thers was & brief time during | manent organization. The club will BU[”“ Ton he g session when Attorney continue in sesion this morning, when Knight, one of the defendant's attor- a number of practical questions will be & eys, was eatened with assault by | discussed by experts. Among those iz whom present were: e or- Burton A. Towne. Lodl; G. H. Malter, er ness lO‘ Fresno; P. C. Rossi, president of the Italian - = seat and “high | | Colony. Sonoma County: Andrea Sbar- - boro, 8an Francisco; John ett and Frank g Bying- T. Swett, Martinez; Dr. A. Liliencranz, Aptos; Percy T. Morgan, president of the Great Western Vineyards Company and of the Cali- WH E" I" DouBT fornia Wine Association: C. M. Wooster, hout further Francisco: Leopold Justi, Glenn Elles G , g DUNK IO AN Wescott, Concordia; A J. Gibb, Santa | OB JITECTS TO Cruz_Count. R. T. Pierce. Santa Clara: J. | the afternoon session there TN WAy B, Ellot, Martinez, "Bismarck Bruck, S TAKE THE BuRLl“GToN S % s Helena; R. D. Read, ®as 2 ween Byington | "RORR S" AT WIAY, o Healdsburg: Richard Wheeler, n a d strict Attorney > : ecisco; Willlam Maitland, fanta Cruz County; . ight's questions | AP TORNEY (GEORGE E. M. Ehrhorn, Sai 3 2 as tter told By- | . HNLCGH T paslayre If you are in doubt about the best way of going ¥ 2 i AL | Short favoring the pro- J ; J 3 = Judge Cook | : +* + | posed organization were made on the east, just take the Burlington. A safe, comfortable, § order several | identify the box of candy in evidence' | “Sir?"” sa i E % opening of the meeting by Messrs. . : < . ud - ir?” sald Deane in a stagey voice. | vy "o ot “Sparboro, Morgan, Rossi interesting and economical trip will be yours. | as that delivered into his custody by ured peace. WO IMPORTANT WITNESS) witnesses Chief I.ees, he answeredsthat he could not do so positively, but believed it to | be the same. Knight made a motion | “He wants to know,” interpolated Byington, “when you called in Dr) | Bishop to attend your poor, sick wife, | { whether he was drunk or not?"” and others. During the discussion much attention was given to the two bills now before Congress affecting the Cali- There are more expensive ways of going east, but the very best for the money are the Burlington Over- lay were James | to Strike ont the tepthmony of the wit- | o : : i fornia viticulturists and wine makers, < = & . . W. W. Barnes. | pess which was temporarily denied by | s (:;' l:: prak i sl DIelar:‘ee. I R wicl, are L i the Han. land “Xcursions. These excursions leave California Dunnigan Was | jugge Cock, who announced that he | | : had been drunk he would never have | PUrn bills. One of these, the pure food on certain days of each week for the eastern cities, s tributing clerk | bill, has.the support of the men en- ‘4 would make a permanent ruling on the got into my house, He is not a drink- gaged in the industry in this State, | traveling in Pullman tourist cars thro” Salt Lake City S jfers ey ; e e tins ta orontbll > STICKS PO STATEMENT. [] “Toats au Fiwanted ot visata | DUC-the othen, mhichiatng fo, PRORIAE and Denver and passing the grand panorama of . | Bernard J. McVey, the Delaware de- Knight "My question does not carry | g, . naving prohibition laws, is o Rocky Mountai y by dayligh any insinuation or cast any aspersion | - s, y Mountain scenery by daylight. | tective who brought the box of, poison- on the gentleman. I asked it merely posed as being detrimental to the in- Let me tell you more about these excursions. o yn | €d candy from the East, was next call- | - : 7 fs sts v rnia. : vt Prpmmghe e st aiisndo o s : e T | to make certain of his condition.” Fercaty of (-flllfmnla‘ G . s e s | | “I aesire to state to the court,” said GOVERNMENT AIDS. Send me a postal card giving your name and address 2 A gt s g . | | Byington, “that if the counsel is not| (1 ttention was given to the re- z : - st et ) th | ose attenti s given e T ; v . now in evidence were a portion of the el o preiient pEhARIS DR s ALt e L e e and the point you wish to reach. Bot- | after when same he had s at Dov red from the Coroner ware Thomas Price, the local from the box seven pieces in his presence for the pur- | % He also testifled | ness, “and I'll tell him so to his face. “Will you tell the man who knocked your nose off that he lied?” The witness jumped from his chair stion that the asking of it is a ardly and dirty piece of work.” | Knight turned and looked steadfast- | Iy at Byington for a few seconds, with 1 | mann, formerly of this State, but now of Washington, D. C., who is visiting California on behalf of the viticultural investigations of the Department of W. D. SANBORN, General Agent Burlington Routs, Telephone, Main 1188. 831 Market St., SAN FRANCISCO. 5 from the | 3 ¥ ity 2 | @ his face, and then blurted | Agriculture. He explained the work < ) oc- | Pose of analyzing them. Knight tried to bled up his fists and took one step n . % ol o : : "t a | make McVey admit that hie could not | toward Knight. “Nobody can knock |Cut: “You are positively the littlest|of the nine experimental farms the xes of candy ,;, ! vely identify the candy as being |my nose off my face” “ha’ ghouted. | £1298, of fleaii that I ever e fOgRermniair,ns outstifished. o Calls B . ihang. 4 S v 2 o 5 28t ok 3 Byington jumped to his feet and | fornia. The three larger stations are at : re & Son, | the same he~had brought from Dela- | Knight lounged back in his chair and | , od: I B | ; 4 4 dods = om . = v e pomeeesmpe— 4, » kin pur- but the detective stuck to the | watched the fun et am:bis enousiinte mest Oakville) Navar@ountys wheve all the Bk e e e e 0ia Judge Cook sternly. | G€oT8e A. Knight at any time and any | conditions affecting wine grape cul-| STUMPAGE RECOV SPIRITUALISTS TO HOLD dge and belief it was the same. said By “Take your seat,” gton, place, and don’t you forget it A ripple of applause came from the at Fresno, where the is especially investi- ture are studied: raisin industry TIMBER CUTTI ANNIVERSARY MEETING H Professor Price was called, but before | waving the fighting witness back to | 4 g ! g 5 e —_ ¢ | he could give any evidence regarding |his corner. e ‘;’ the ik aad }};“*?‘ | 5;"""&““ e Bernar- jugge de Haven Mulets McKee, Max- | Fifty-Sixth Annual Convention of Cal- 5 res ‘“f T o 3 Cool said th uestion of a “ away with a sneer. e 18 no ‘ounty, where the epartment is % g iforni: Assoct. jon Will Take the res his analyses of the candy | Judge Cook said the quest positively funny,” he said. { 10oking' Into 'the - possibilities of the; Well and Others for More Than g the defense interposed an objection that | Knight was improper, and this mol! fied the witness. During the remaind McGowan objected to Byington's re- | desert sections of the West. The six Five Thousand Dollars. Place in Steinway Hall. s the bonbons had not been sufficiently P r . . t - T ity p— ” - Detective Mc ~ | identified as being the same received by | of the erc xamination the witness |marks abodt the question being | smaller stations are scattered all over Four suits brought by the United | 'rh'a fifty-sixth anniversary of Mod- . b5 e s B e e T e oz | vematned cool and Knight ook care | cowardly and Judge Cook rebuked the | the State, and on them tests and ex- | States against persons for unlawfully | orn Spirituslem will be held in Stein- stody. He "'; % [ 'h‘] et By ;1:;:1! and | not to stir him again District Attorney for his language, as | periments are made of local conditions | cutting and removing tanbark from 'l‘*"‘ i}"”-h- 3 -“”‘;"" ’;:““‘- ‘"1‘ Sun- arefu while his objectior z de 2 E a8 . |4 P e e : r & 3 o . day, Mar 27, unde: aus s of 5 e bile | Filliant argument, during the course| David B. Green, the pharmacist who | {ending to prejudice the jury, holding | in soil and climate. Professor Hus-|Government land were decided yes- |, ‘.“;,g " <[l t r\'(iret lu:‘«)L:‘e \s a positively | of which he flatly charged that much |claims to have sold a womanresembling ““\‘ the cross-examination was proper. | mann will be present and address the | terday by United States District Judge | 0¢ “W/HOR FHate TR T HRates 2 ? i 4 ‘clock 3 is mo Vas Eaven s > Gov EA hapen . Hary societ perjured testimony had been intro- | Mrs. Botkin two ounces of lump ar- t 4 o'clock the prosecution asked | club this morning. { e Haven in favor of the Government, | 392100 and the ameary | Look at the Brand ! WalterBaker's Sentie iy | Chief of Police Wittman appeared | 2 " k 1 ce: add Mes ; : - ey her | Gitness did mot satisfy them that she Pp! | tution and by-laws, and then found ! against McKee and Maxwell judgment nee: address. Mes. Saran ]"'frm d‘hfl ?' wlrpus fid}'l“é bad lb”m was the purchaser they must disregard | before the Grand Jury vesterday af-|them such a heavy load that it had was rendered for $2500 stumpage on with . usigen._ Mre. D. 0oCcoa and | proved, inasmuch as it had not been |y, astimony. Green said that the |ternoon on request (o testify regarding | not since been able to hold another anbark cut on township 5 south,| . Mine Jpmte Garfiper shown that Mrs, Dunning died of other | jurchaser stated that she wanted the | the alleged negligence of the Police | meeting. After some discussion and | range 2 east, in Humboldt County, to- e e e - | poi b ing either straw or a |Judges and their frequent failure to ents, the club adopted the! 4 S - r et ruled this objection, but took under ad- | Poison for bleaching g Sonvidl Eaiy Nekehdarie: The: Chised amendments, the D gether with interest from September | beth _Camobell: | able letters are “ran—co.” duced by the prosecution in the matter ner, and pointed out the many possi- ities of substitution and being tam- pered with by the authorities had they been so minded. Attorney McGowan made the further visement the one made by Knight, and mailed in this city for Dover, Dela- ware, gave a detalled account of the| manner of handling second, third and fourth class matter in the local office and the various routes it would take | and the number of times it would be From these | Erwin gave it as his opinion that the | senic on June 1, 1898, while he wa inadmissible by Judge Cook, but on bearing the record of the cross-exam- ination he decided yesterday to admit | it. He warned the jury that if the identification of the defendant by the | straw hat. # Mrs. Loretta Simpson, proprietress of Botkin expressed about Dunning when he left for Cuba as a war correspond- ent. Mrs. Louise Seeley also gave some unimportant testimony along the same lines and denied the authorship or any knowledge of the anonymous later he was in the room formerly oc- cupied by her when William Rosello {for a recess, as it had no further wit- = | | Four Police Magistrates Are lhrquest-i “ ed to Give Testimony Regarding | Alleged Irregularities. | | stated that he never attended Police before the jurors next Friday after- noon. The committee investigating the ad* visability of instafling the supplemen- | tary salt water supply for use In case | of emergency has not completed its e Noemi to recover $2500 damages al- leged to have been sustained in a col- After appointing a committee on or-| draft of a brief constitution, recom- mending that the club should not fol- low the example of a certain California organization that once spent two weeks | in perfecting a very elaborate consti- proposed constitutions ship among the members and the fur-| therance In all possible ways of the in-| terests of California grape growers. | The officers will be a president, two: vice presidents, a secretary-treasurer and au executive committee of sefen one of the great vinevard sections in| order that the members may have an| | 30, but for amounts less than those de- Government against McKee and Pearley Maxwell judgment was given for $2500 stumpage on 500 cords of tanbark, with interest from September 30, 1901, and costs. In another suit 1900, and costs. In the Mendocino County. Judge de Haven found that owing to a misunderstanding about the boun- daries of the land the trespass by the defendants was not willful and the Government therefore was not entitled goods sold and delivered. Rehfeld is the man whose store near the Presidio suit | o The order of exercises is arranged R , P 3 rug g v nesses. An adjournment was taken ! ganization and constitution, consisting ' manded in the complaints. | of the identification of the chocolates as | employed at the Star drug store, was | = s 18 s ~ r =g A A in three sessions, yeni : being those received by Mrs. Dunning. | recalled to detail a conversation he had | until Monday morning at 10 o'clock. of Messrs. Twight, rm\ng. Wescott, In the suit of the United States vs. Bt P‘einm; r}r.h?mt ‘r”:\r:.'na’;;erlr;n;v: | He detailed length the various|With her at that time, regarding the | L | Plerce, Rossi and the chairman, the Frank A. McKee, Frank Wagner and | g0 ' - programr s as | hands it had passed through since lea | use to which she wished to put it. i(;'l{““\" JURY ASKS club took a recess \!ntll 2p. m At tewart judgment was rendered | - ng the possession of the Delaware Cor- | This testimony was formerly declared | JUDGES TO TESTIFY | that hour the committee reported the stumpage. In the suit of the |, Mornio session at Sunflower Hall. 106 Lar- 16 o clocik. Afternoon meeting in Steinway Hall at 1:30 as follows: Instrumental selection addwess of welcol Howe b g t This provides that the name of the! against McKee, Wagner, Stewart and | e, selec ~ | Professor Price was excused until the |, o viotoria Hotel in March, 1898, tes- | Court sessions and the jurors might | organization shall be the California ' charles Cooke the case against Wag- | Stewart s; .,:::;,;;:;:.n..&;: messag-s. can come to a decision. tified to Dunning’s presence in the |Obtain the desired information regard- | Viticultural Club and that member-| jer was dismissed and judgment ren- | Smith. | TELLS OF ITS TRAVELS. house for five days, at which time Mrs. | ing arrests, arresting officers, convic- ! ship shall be open to all persons inter-| gereq against the other defendants for | L Evening _ session—Instrumental _gelection | James W. Erwin, who was a postal | Botkin also roomed there. She tes- |tions and acquittals from the records|ested in viticulture and viticultural | g35 50 stumpage on tanbark cut -l e . B - o | inspector in 1898 and had familiarized | tified to their being together a great | kept for that purpose. The four Po- | industries. The club’s objects are de- gection 1, township 24 north, range | With vioiin obilgate himself with the course of a package!d“l and to the solicitude that Mrs. ‘;lwe Judges were requested to appear | fined as the promotion of good fellow-| 19 yest, Mount Diablo meridian, in g o RSl et D Infant Saffocated in Bed. Edward Croswird, a four-months- old infant, was suffocated by the side | handlea before it reached its destina- |letters sent to Mrs. Dunning apprising | work. The members are holding a|members, selected as far as possible | 1, yecover any more than the stump- | of his mother in bed at 1336 Mission tion. He also said that presuming the | PeT ©of the relations existing between | conference with the underwriters and | from the different grape growers dis-| g | street 'yesterday morning. The bab trains were on time a package leaving | PURNIng and Mrs. Botkin. | will file a report in the near future.| tricts. The regular meetings for the| G 2 SRR, G b B gt L ger el o | this city on the evening of August 6 FINDS CANDY SEAL. % election of officers and for other busi- | Mt Pay for Goods: | Bt gy savcoons Dgivort) reagsive | would reach Dover at 5:50 p. m. of| . Barnes was au important but | Bark‘Noemi Libeled. | ness will be held in San Francisco on| ' yictice of the Peace Van Nostrand |ing was difficult. After nurs the | August 9. There is no date on the|uninteresting witness. He was clerk | The Alice Cooke Company filed a li- | the first Monday of August in each|.,ia jyagment vesterday in favor of | child before daybreak the mother laid | postmark on the wrapper of the box |at the Victoria Hotel in August, 1895, | bel Vvesterday in the United States|year. It is also planned to meet an- | yyjjam Koehler and against Mr. and'| it on the pillow beside her and went ¢ in evidence and the only decipher-|when Mrs. Botkin left there. A month |District Court against the French bark [nually at some point convenient to nr.c A 1. Rehfeld for $153 68 for |sleep. When she awoke at §:20 a. m sing and on turning the the infant was mi over the bedclothing she found 3 = T | package was mailed in San Francisco. | picked up from the floor a portion of |10sion between: the schooner Alice | opportnity to visit the vineyards and | ,q wrecked by soldiers recently. infant’s body under the blankets. . . - John E. Dunnigan, in August, 189S, |a seal ordinarily placed on fancy boxes | Cooke and the bark Noemi. A libel | personally inspect the methods there FINEST in the Wi a distributing clerk in the Ferry pest.|of candy at Haas & Son’s shop. The |Was also fled by the West Coast|in use. For the present the club will| The l n 0! | office, remembered that in the early|seal on the box received by Mrs. Dun- Steamship Company against the|raly upon voluntary contributions to ADVERTISEMENTS. GOStS LESS tha" 0“5 cem a cw [part of that month he picked"up a|ning was missing and it is the theory | Steamer Point Arena to recover $600 | meet its modest expenses. | e e it it . | parcel similar in size and shape to the |of the prosecution that it was torn ;alnd costs for salvage after a colli-{ OFFICERS ARE CHOSEN. | s Vv od | st N | any H‘ghe“ Anms m Em.p box of candy in evidence, which was|off by the defendant when she opened | sion | The election of officers resulted in ERE IS A . addressed to Mrs. John P. Dunning, |the package to insert the poison in| Lo L S S et TH and America Dover, Delaware. He was engaged in | the candy. A torn piece of paper with | Wright's Daughter His Sole Guardian. | he <POT08 0% o€ 0 BV Rl | RIGHT WAY 3 ONG WAY { making up Eastern fourth class mall | handwriting on it was also found at| Frank E. Wright, who, with his preslden(‘ Burton A. Towne of Lodi; | wa"gl’ Bake[&cn‘ljd. at the time. His attention was par- | that time, but its bearing on the case |sister, Nellle Darling, was recently | 200 " ™" fegident, John Markley | established 1780 Dorchester, Mass. DIRECTORY o J: fornia, represented by this organization, here- ° o he hi taken ill after eating one of the |jum €or the insane at Napa on Decem- & essm: T. A. Bell OF RESPONSIBLE HOUSES, |¢f the package he had handied in the| ., gies This was intended to explode | per 19, I e Awetion Fob ke sy St (atalogue and Price Lists Maliel on Applieation. ‘Pltfl AND SALT MEATS. JAS. BOYES & w: shipping Buwh-n.& Clay. Tel. Main lof Police Lees, ticularly called to the package because of the similarity to his own name and by the further fact that he knew there was a John P. Dunning connected with the Associated Press in this city. In the latter part of the month Chief Inspector Erwin and Detective McVey came to the post- office and Chief Lees threw upon a table before the clerks a facsimile pack- age with the address photographed from the original on it. The witness said he tock one look at it and went on sorting his mail. Detective McVey came over to him and after some pre- liminary conversation witness informed the detective concerning what he knew early part of the month. STARTS FOR KNIGHT. On cross-examination Knight asked the witness if he had not told a fellow clerk named Ford that he didn't know anything about such a package. has not yet been made important. The cross-examination developed that be- tween the time of Mrs. Botkin's re- moval and the finding of the seal Cap- tain Seymour, then a detective in the Police Department, and Detective Ed Gibson had visited the room two or three times and searched the effects Lleft there by the defendant. Joshua D. Deane, husband of one of the murdered weognien, was recalled to say that he had partaken of the fish served on the night of August 9 at the Pennington home and suffered no ill effects from it. His daughter, Miss Lelia Deane, testified that she did not eat any of the fish, although she was the ptomaine poisoning theory of the defense. — It was during the examination of Joshua D. Deane that a row of great proportions occurred between the con- tending counsel. Knight asked the given letters of guardianship over the i person and estate of their father, M. J. Wright, former Surveyor General of this State, has declined to serve and | his sister, Mrs. Darling, is now Wright's sole guardian. Consent to | the change was given by the entire | Wright family. —_———— Willlam D. Mortimer Missing. Mrs. Mortimer reported at the Cor- oner’s office yesterday that her hus- band, William D. Mortimer, disap- peared from his home, 122 Ivy ave- nue, on December 21 last and she had received no tidings of his whereabouts. He was discharged from the State asy- phe SESE ¥ o SFEURG Travel in Luxury. That's the way to go East. Take the Over- fand Limited, which will take you over the Union Pacific’ without change / to Chicago, You leave at a convenient time, 10 a. m., en- joy fine scenery by day and the electric light of Geyserville; secretary-treasurer, Pro- | fessor E. H. Twight of Berkeley. Thei executive committee will be elected to- day after President Swett shall have nominated the men he deems best qualified for its membership. The following resolutions, offered by Bismarck Bruck, were adopted after being amended to include all the Cali- fornia Senators and Representatives in | Congress: Whereas, It the pure wine bill introduced in Congress by the Hon. Theodore A. Bell should become a law it would result in great good to the viticultural Interests of this State; be it Resolved, That the above named pure wine bill has our hearty indorsemen : Resolved, That the viticulturists of Cali- effort he has displayed in trying to secure pational lesislation that is essential to the prosperity of viticulture in California; Resolved, That these resolutions be spread on the minutes and a copy sent to Congress- man eBell at Washineton. ‘Wagoner Gets Judgment. ——TO BURN GAS—— A burner with a “s-Foot” tip consuming 5 feet of Gas giving Good light. \ A burner with a “3-Foot” tip consuming § feet of Gas giving Poor light. 5 oILS. “Did you get that from Ford?” quer- | privilege of further cross-examination, | at night. You had beiter get the handsome | Judgment for $150 against Gray | - £ : Ltfx‘:%ornl{\fi o:;f‘a L;‘&:-‘ ‘L‘h: x?n,'u.' jed the witness, bridling up. which was granted, and then inquired: ‘2.‘2,';,,“,,.'31':’,‘:,.3*?2‘.’.‘.? 1'"1203::.4;“ '.':us,},."‘ Bros. was yesterday given by Judge I f Your Gas-Burners are “”‘mh‘qad"ry send ord to the Gas - “Yes, I got that from Ford,” said “On the morning you summoned Dr. —_—— Hebbard to Luther Wagoner, a civil ' ' ECGHD rm:iflii’i.r GHES, 511 Bansomse sty & T Knight. “Then Ford lied,” sputtered the wit~ Bishop to attend your wife, what was his condition as to sobriety 2’ ‘We do not earn heaven by pining 4 for paradise. engineer. He sued for $450 for IEI-} « wices rendered. Company, addressing the “Gas Information Bureaw.”