The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 31, 1904, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1904. ANOTHER JURY TO BE SUMMONED TO TRY MRS. BOTKIN FOR MURDER Judge Cook Announces That Information Disclosed War- rants a Change of Panel. E= Continned From PI(G 1, Column they were privy to the fact that some of the jurymen had disqualified them- selves COURT SPRINGS SURPRISE. It was after a long wrangle between the attorneys for the prosecution and e that the big event came hen Carl Eisenschimmel had been dismissed after a rigorous and cro the Dis- profities: -examination, trict Attorney notified the court that the prosecution had two more wit- who were ill in bed. He of- fered either to read their testimony taken at the last trial, to have deposi- tions taken, or to allow the defense! ,d then later to introduce | of the two missing wit- o all of these Attorney ght objected. - The defense in this case,” he said, | to introduce a single word | 1 the attorneys for the | We rest.’” ” | f this declaration he moved | journment be taken until| orning, when the missing | esses could be brought ‘into court. | If I grant this motion,” said Judge | ok I all feel it incumbent on t of certain information this court, to order the nto the custody of the Sher- ed testin to proc the wil st te s that a Monday 1 eived At this declaration there was a flut- er the courtroom and Knight was s a second to demand anation of the remark. ° Honor readily realize, Knight, “that a statement of might readily work to the defendant in this mand an explapation.” id Judge Codk, *it has notice that an attempt ie to tamper with a jury- the panel.” of Just had com- » into the bay the sur- e spectators, jurymen and defense could not| Only one of the d to look a ques- eyes of his nearest neigh- | J Goetjen, who Fifth and Folsom d he knew"that the be sprung and he onic placidity. TAKES JURY. demands that the re- court be explajned,” said g from his surprise. N an attempt to tam- | is jury we demand an in- me exg Ye will ¥ ter oo e SHERIFY defense f the " said Judge Cook, { gly to any investigation | isel may desire. I will state > court is in possessidh. of cer- tion that tends to show t has been made to influence Juryman in this case. I refuse to develop the matter fur- | n tt e of the jury, but | gree to hear in my | herwise the statements y attention regarding the glad to present t eantime I will place ry in the custody of the Sheriff.” this juncture Sheriff Peter J.| s came t one prese: into court and went im- | to the Judge's desk, where orn to care properly for the lowing the members recreation, went together ang, guard- | m from contact with any one rized to communitate with | Two deputy sheriffs took the | jurers in charge and led them to the | jury-room, where they could not hear | the further developments of the in- | vestigatio ! When the last juryman had disap- | peared Judge Cook announced that he was ready to show why he had taken | such | 1tions. “Does yc Honor intend to hold this | investigation in open court?” asked | Assistant District Attorney Ferral. ! “Certainly,” said Knight. | “We want | DR. PIERCE'S REMEDIES. A Woman's Prager. to mn; a suffering no way of escape from pain at the price of life itself. x?'muugm sad mmremd | euch a of and suffering ex- ceptfmn&zfmmk et that in such dire distress many a woman has fonnd s wa back to heal and iness by the use of Dr. Pierce’s Favor- ite Prescription. The oum only remedy for leucorrhea, and three Medical “and three vials d!k.rhnfl_ll.fihfl:b.nflm-‘ Accept no substitute for “ Favorite Pre- - iption.” There is nothing just. viser—sent free on' receipt of stamps expense of ing only. Send mmh for the cloth R. V. Pierce, Buf- | Sutter |ies’ Institute: all these proceedings above board.|Knight and Mcéz\vln, attorneys for)for whatever wearing apparel they There must be no star chamber doings in this frial™ “Very well,” said Judge Cook, as Byington nodded assent to an open investigation. “Call the officer who has this information.” WOMAN IN BLUE, Detective Stephen V. Bunner stepped to the stand and Judge Cook ques- tioned him. The detective said that Tuesday afternoon, after the adjourn- ment of the Botkin trial, he had fol- lowed Jacob Goetjen, one of the jurors, and kept track of his move- ments. The juror went into a saloon at Clay and Kearny streets and took a drink. From there he walked on the west side of Kearny stret to Bush and went up Bush street about twenty feet, where he waited. Within a few minutes a well-gowned woman in a blue tailor-made suit and wearing a heavy black vell, which concealed her features, crossed Bush street on Kearny and Goetjen went to meet her. They conversed for a minute or two and the women continued on in the direction of Sutter street. According to the detective the woman continued on her way toward Sutter street, while Goetjen retraced his steps up Bush street to a small alley leading to Sutter street. Down this he started and before he reached Sutter street he broke into a run. At street he saw the woman in blue across the street and both wajked on opposite sides of the street as far as Grant avenue, where they rejoined one another and crossed, entering a lodging-house at 309 Grant avenue. Goetjen remained there nineteen min- utes and then came out alone. He boarded a green car on Kearny street and the detective left him. “If your Honor please,” said Knight, “and I am speaking without the hear- ing of the jury, there does not appear to be any proof in this statement further than to show that a juryman, who is a married man, as far as my recollection goes, has committed adultery. Doubt- less this same offense could be estab- lished against others on the panel.” “Let us hear further statements irn this matter,” said Judge Cook irritably, He had yoluntarily conflned Detective Bunner to what he actually saw and had refused to allow him to repeat any conversations he had held with the juror in question. GOETJEN TALKS TO CHIEF. Chief of Police Wittman came next | to the stand. He said that on Tuesday evening, after the adjournment of the Botkin case, he had been followed into the main office of the Chief of Police by Goetjen, who took him to one side and informed him that or the previous right he had been aproaéhed by 4 man in reference to the verdict he was to render after the trial. The juror stated that the man was of medium size, wearing a brown mustache and was well dressed. The proposition was | made just after adjournment of court and while the juror was walking up Kearny street. The proposer told the juryman that four df the panel had al- ready been secured, but a fifth was wanted and offered him $50 to aid in hanging the jury. Goetjen told the Chief that he refused the offer and the man walked off, saying that he would | see him out at his store the following night. Immediately Chief Wittman de- tailed Detective Bunner to shadow the juryman, and later sent him out to Goetjen’s grocery at Fifth and Folsom. After Chief Wittman, Judge Cook asked for further testimony from De- tective Bunner and the latter detaiied the incidents of his visit to the juror’s shop. He said he .tntroduced himself as a police officer sent by Chief Witt- man, and asked for some place of se- clugion where he could hear unobserv- edly the conversation between the at- tempting briber and Goetjen when the former called. Goetjen finally said he did not expect the man with the brown mustache would ever show up, and after waiting over an hour, Bunner left. He returned later and the juror told him his tempter had not been around. When all — this testimony was in, the defense, held a long whispered con- vergation and then there was a lull. In a few words Judge Cook gave it as his opinion that the bare fact of indiscre- tion on the part of Juror Goetjen in discussing the case with an outsider was ground for a disqualification. Knight arose and ,turning to those in- side the bar, said in an audible tone: “The prosecution is showing the white feather.” Byington caught the speech and flared up. “We are not showing the white feather to you, Mr. Knight,” he exclaimed warmly.” Then he mumbled something not audible, except the words “unfair” and “bought.” JUDGE COOK'S" OPINION. Judge Cook was busy in the mean- time in explaining the position of the court in the matter: “From the testimony adduced in re- gard to tampering with this jury I am free to state that there is nothing in my mind that reflects on the defense. Admitting that the statements maue by the two police officers are true it is not apparent whether or not it is an attempt on the part of friends of the defendant to influence the jury in her behalf or a deliberate plot on the part of her enemies to prejudice her case. | Either interpretation is justifiable un- der the evidence adduced. In any case I feel that this present jury is not qualified to try further the issues in- volved in this case.” Again long conference resulted be- tween Attorneys Knight and McGowan for the defense, while counsel for the prosecution sat immobile. Finally Knight arose and said: i “Under the existing circumstances the defense does not feel that it can submit further to a trial of this case by the present jury. The action of this court in ordering the jury into the cus- tody of the Sheriff is an aspersion on my client. It means practically that if a jury returns a verdict of not guilty in this case the community will not stand for it. We only desire a fair trial and not by 2 jury prejudiced in any way. Under the showing of facts adduced by the court I could not and would not accept a verdict of acquittal on behalf of my client because the pub- lic might think it was obtained by un- fair means and the verdict would mot be a vindication. On the other hand if a verdict of guilty were found I | would always feel there was'something wrong about it. Therefore I concur with the court that the jury should be dismissed.” AGREE TO DISMISS JURY. “We are willing that the present jury | be dismissed on the showihg made,” | said Byington, “and if the attorney for the defense puts this in the form of a motion we shall not object.” *I move then,” said Knight, | the jury be dismissed.”* “We wish an agreement that no plea of being once in jeopardy will be urged at a further trial,” interjected Assistant Attorney Ferral. *“We are willing to make a stipula- tion as regards that,” said McGowan for the defense. Notwithstanding the unanimity of at- torneys on both sides as regarded the dismissaliof the jury Judge Cook held backethe formal order until this morn- ing. While he clearly indicated his in- tention of making the order of dis- missal he explained that he wished until to-day to look over the Involved | points and to issue his order in proper form.. In view of° the fact that the procedure of discharging a fury in a famous case while the trial is only half finished is an incident of legal note and needs research there was no ob- jection to his order. In the meantime the jury was placed in the custody of Sheriff Curtis, with “that members might be taken for a walk or to places of amusement, but that “they must not be separated at any time. Last night Curtis quartered them at the Palace Hotel, and under guard of two deputies they took a post-prandial stroll up Market street, but no theater was graced by their presence. They were given permission to send home instruction from the court that the | needed. ] HANDWRITING EXPERTS. - Until the springing of the sensation regarding the jury the proceedings were as flat as the water in a horse trough, when compared to the proceedings .of lively days gone before. The usual at- tendance was there, but for the most part it yawned under the testimony of experts on handwriting. No matter how ccnvincing they may be, these ex- perts always fail to touch a chord in the heart that vibrates to interest. Even the assaults of Attorney Knight on the decipherers of human emotions as expressed by handwriting failed to revive the lagging interest. Daniel T. Ames, who admitted under cross-examination that he had confer- red the title bf “professor” on him- self, was questioned by Attornéy Mec- Gowan for the defense regarding his capabilities as a handwriting expert. He admitted he had been mistaken in his testimony in the Davis will con- test. He said his first testimony was “a thought,” and that he afterward revised it to the other side, in which latter case it was “‘an opinion.” Alto- gether Ames was not nearly so im- pressive a witness as Kytka had been the day before. At this juncture the District Attor- ney called for John P. Dunning, but the bawling of the bailiff in the cor- ridors failed to produce the witness. Later he appeared, but was not called to the stand. Carl FEisenschimmel, a handwriting expert, was next called. He gave it as his opinion, based on a scientific deduc- tion of facts, that the handwriting on ‘the wrapper of the box of poisoned candy, the note contained in the box and the anonymous letters received by Mrs. Dunning were written by the same hand as that which indited other writ-| ing which is admitted to be by Mrs. Botkin. MR. MEYERS OF TEXAS. Eiserischimmel was clear and cool and during a long cross-examination hg frequently scored points over Knight and at the same time avoided unneces- sary argument. Once Knight handed him ‘two papers bearing the words “With love to yourself and baby,” the second of which the expert threw on the floor, after an objection had been sustained to their introduction. Knight was mad in a second. “Where were you born?"” supped' the attorney. “In Vienna:"” was the response. “Did you ever live in Texas?” “1 did.” “Did you go by the name of Meyers there?” “Maybe I did; I may have.” ~«“That's wifat. L. thought” said Knight. “Now, don’t throw any more papers on the floor.™ Once Knight went {o the blackboard and wrote “San Frangisco” in his usual hand. Then he printed the two words entirely out of the style he writes and asked the expert by what he could identify the authorship of the two writings, aside from the fact that ke had seen them written by the same hand. Eisenschimmel grabbed a piece of chalk and pointed out so many simi- larities between the two writings that Knight abandoned that line of ques- tioning. Bisenschimmel managed to re- buke Knight for his thunderous tones without incurring the wtrath of the court and generally made a good, wit- ress. After him came Professor Wolfe, State Chemist of Delaware, who was asked by the District Attorney whether arsenic is ever used for the purpose of bleaching. Professor Wolfe said he had never heard of it being put to such a use, Attorney Knight took the wit- ness into a long examination regard- ing the differences between lump, crystalljzed and powdered arsenic, all of which are admittedly the same chemijcally and which differ only me- chanically. When Professor Wolfe had finished his testimony the announce- ment was made regarding the two wit- nesses who'were ill_and in the discus- sion which ensued the sensational de- velopments of attempts to tamper with the jury came out. TENDER A BANQUET TO PROFESSOR STEPHENS Trustees of the Mechanics’ Institute Honor Director of the. Univer- sity Extension. n,/ Professor H. Morse Stephe direc- tor of the university extension, was tendered a pleasant bamguet last night at the Cosmos Club by the directors of the Mechanics’ Institute in recog- nition of the series of lectures which he recently delivered under the aus- ‘pices of the institute on “The French Revolution.” ; Professor Stephens thanked his as- sociates for their thoughtful act and delivered a short speech on the work he has undertaken. He stated that he had planned several other courses of lectures and also arranged with many eminent speakers to ad- dress the public on various topics connected with art, literature and his- tory. Short addresses were also made by Rudolph J. Taussig, president of the Mechanics’ Institute; George Beanston and Frederick J. Taggert. .| Among those present were Professor H. Morse Stephens, Professor Garrick M. Borden, Arthur F. Mathews and the following officers of the Mechan- President Rudolph J. Taussig, Trustees George Beanston, George H. Wallis, Alpheus Bull, Tirey L. Ford, James H. Lyons, L. R. Mead, Robert W. Neal, Otto von Geldern, Byron Mauzy, Luther Wagoner, James Spiers, James G. Spaulding, E. P. Heald, Librarian F. J. Teggart, Sec- retary Joseph M. Cumming. A letter of regret was read from Benjamin Ide Wheeler of University. M i - “NEW YORK, March 30.—Mrs. ‘Chauncey Moreland, known as the fattest woman in the world, died to- day of diabetes. She weighed 420 pounds. PERSONAT/ MENTION. Professor F. Zeigfeld of Chicago is at the St. Francis. Dr. G. G. Skelton and wife of York are at the Palace. Dr. and Mrs. J. E. Kinney of Den- ver are at the St. Francis. Frank Buck, a well known fruitman of ‘Vacaville, is at the Palace. Charles Dryer, a liquor man of Reno, is staying at the Grand. N. J. Brandett, a mining man of Dawson, registered at the Palace yes- terday. Robert Hixon, a wealthy lumber- man of La Ctosse, Wis., is-at the St. Francis, - George W. Catts, a well known lawyer of Stockton, is registered at the Lick.’ Robert Fulton, land agent of the Southern Pacific Company at Reno, is at the Palace. George F. Detrick, general man- ager of the Nippon California Tour Company, arrived at the Palace yes- terday. New . e O e Californians in New York. NEW YORK, March 30.—The fol- lowing Californians are in New York: From Sah Francisco—H. Hickman, at the Grand Union; Mrs. H. H. Hilbert, at the Gregorian; R. P. Jordan and wife, at the Everett; Miss B. Sweet, at the ~Wellington; Mrs. R. Trufant, at the York, and Mrs. V. R. Ulman, at the Wellington. From Los Angeles—W. W, Shrader Jr., at the Marlborough. ————— Date Is Fixed for Trial of . RIVERSIDE, March 30.—The trial of H. T. Hays, former cashier' of the Orange Growers' National Bank, was to-day set for May 2. The charge upon which Hays will be tried is the alleged ;;}nnlment of $1000 on September 15, —t DIS(X)VEBS BODY OF INFANT ‘NEAR JEFFERSON SQUARE Wrapping Paper That ¥Envelops Corpse Bears Drawing of Hands - and Two Names. Mrs. Parline, 124 Fourth avenue, and Mrs. J. Fig_er, 836 Turk street, discov- ered last night the body of an infant boy, wrapped ‘in brown paper, on La- guna street, near the curbing that sur- rounds Jefferson square. The child had lived probably about three days and had been dead for several days. . Near by was a telescope basket. A close examination of the paper re- vealed the outlines of four hands drawn with a lead pencil. Inside one of the hands was written the name of Daniel J. O'Sullivan and inside another the name of Michael E. Mitchell. When the case was reported to the Morgue the police were notified and detectives were at once set to work to unravel the weird mystery. ————— Prominent Santa Clarans Wed, SAN JOSE, March 30.—Arthur Lang- ford, a popular young man of this city, and Miss Alice Lovell of Santa Clara were married to-day at the home of the bride’s parepts. The bride is the young- est daughter of Mr, and Mrs. John A. Lovell. The ceremony was performed by Rev. L. A. Pler. Langford is the son of Sheriff R. J. Langford and is'a deputy in his father’s office. Instructs Delegates for Hearst. SIOUX FALLS, 8. D., March 30.—The Democratic State Convention completed its work late to-night. The report of the committee on resolutions, which was unanimously adopted, reaffirms the prinicples of Democracy “as enunciated by Jefferson, Jackson and Bryan,” and instructed the delegates to the St. Louis convention to support William R. Hearst ADVERTISEMENTS. 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Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Oh P e ————————————— TELLS OF PLOT 10 KILL POPE ROME, March 30.—A Cardinal who has full knowledge of the plot against the Pope said to-day that the men se- lected to assassinate the Pontiff had ar- ranged to ' perpetrate the deed while presuming on the Pontiff’s goodness in | permitting them to photograph him. Access to the Pontiff will hereafter be restricted and persons seeking an au- dience must produce satisfactory cre- dentials. The Pontiff has been request- | i ed to avoid any needless exposure to danger. B Covertly Attack Berlin Police. | BERLIN, March 30.—The people of | | Berlin, who never tire.of military pro- | | cessions, jammed the streets last might | | during the departure of reinforcements | for German Southwest Africa. A small | army of police attempted to keep the way cleared for the military, but their | efforts were only partly successful. Several hundred persons, including the anti-military elements, animated by the Sccialists’ criticisms of the army and | the colonial policy of the Government, ihustled the police, even covertly at- | tacking them. ————— Amending the Immigration Act. WASHINGTON, March 30. — Senator Dillingham introduced a bill to-day to amend the immigration act of 1903. It permits aliens to pass in continuous| transit from one peint in foreign con- | tiguous territory to another point in| ! foreign contiguous territory through the | United States without payment of head | tax. The privilege under the act of| 1903 permitting an alien to send.for a | relative or friend is amended to re- strict the privilege to relatives. —— s Pelletan Wins on Test Vote. PARIS, March 30.—In the Chamber of Deputies to-day the campaign of op- position against M., Pelletan, Minister of Marine, failed to shake the Govern- ment’s position, the Government ob- taining a majority of 80 on a test vote. This indicates that there will be no change in the Cabinet as a result of the campaign against the Ministry of Marine. S S, Giant Locomotive Makes Fast Time. BERLIN, March 30.—A giant three- cylinder locomotive, which it is the in- tention to exhibit at the St. Louis Ex- position, was tested on the military road to-day. The locomotive alone at- tained a speed of eighty miles an hour and of sixty-two miles an hour when drawing six vestibule passenger coaches weighing a total of 225 metric tons. e NG Edward and Queen Visit Copenhagen. COPENHAGEN, March 30.—King Edward and Queen Alexandra arrived here to-day to attend a family gather- ing on the occasion of King Christian’s eighty-sixth birthday. They were re- ceived at the railway station by all the members of the royal family. ———— . Morgan Explains Merits of Bill. WASHINGTON, March 30.—The £en- ate Committee on Interoceanic Canals to-day listened to Senator Morgan, who | explained the merits of his bill pro- [ding for the government of the ecanal e. His bill would make a military reservstion of the canal strip. —_———— An Artist Needs Thousands Of different things in his studio. Being agents for Winsor and Newton, we can supply every want. Also pyrography out- fits ‘wooden and leather loo!- to- burn‘.nganborn. Vail & Co., 741 mrkat‘g CHAFFEE LOSES TAFT'S SUPPORT WASHINGTON, March 30.—Seere- tary of War Taff will withdraw his approval of General Chaffee’s letter of suggestion that the definite location of camp sites be stricken from the bill recently reported to the Senate and that only the appropriation remain, leaving the selection of sites to the War Department. In view of this it is pos- sible no amendment will De offered im the case of California. Senator Perkins has proposed further amendments to the sundry civil bill providing for a dredging ship and the erection of suitable buildings for the revenue cutter service at Oakland at a cost of $40,000; keeper’'s double dwell- ing at Point Bonita, $15,000; double set of gquarters for four lighthouse keepers at Point Conception, $15,000. Senator Bard has proposed amend- ments .providing for the construction of a wagon road to Yosemite at a cost of $80,000, and for four free toll roads, $280,750. —— STORM WRECKS HOME BUT AIDS JUSTICE Discloses Whereabouts of a Bigamist and He Is Convicted. CHICAGO, March 30.—The same cyclone that made James MclInerney homeless in Indiana Harbor last week found a new home for him in the In- diana penitentiary. Justice, moving almost as fast as the cyclone itself, has decreed that he serve five years at hard labor for bigamy. Had it not been for the windstorm which destroyed McInerney's house and left him with slight injuries, hig whereabouts might never have become known to the wife who has just brought about his conviction. Mrs. Olivine Anglais McInerney of Chicago, who claims that MclInerney deserted her in Hamilton, Ont., fifteen years ago, chanced to see his name published in the list of those injured by the storm. The result was the identification and arrest of McInerney, who two years ago was married to a young girl of the suburb. Cyclone —_—ee———— Metcalf’s Friends Still Confident. WASHINGTON, March 30.—Members of the Illinois delegation are inclined to believe that knowledge of their efforts to secure the Postmaster Generalship for Walter L. Reeves of Illinois leaked out of the White House. They say that if the news was given out from near the seat of power it makes things look happy .for the Illinois man. Others in- terested in the matter continue to say, however, that the President wishes either H. Clay Evans or Victor H. Met- calf of California to take Payne's place in case the Postmaster Gener: con- | tinued iliness creates a vacancy. ———— Pettingill Failure Is Complicated. BOSTON, March 30.—Counsel for the firm stated to-day that the number of creditors of Pettingill & Co. will ag- gregate between 6000 and 7000. The situation, he said, is a very compli- cated one, owing to the fact that the large majority of creditors are news- papers, whose claims are for advertis- ing~ account, many of which are on contracts not yet filled. On the other hand, practically all of the amounts due to Pettingill & Co. are from ad- vertisers on contracts, many of which are not yet completed. DENIES WOLF A REHEARING The efforts of former Sergeant of { Police Reuben Wolf, who was dis- | missed from the Police Department by the Police Commissioners for accept- {ing a bribe from George Simpson, a {saloon-keeper at Seventh and Mission | streets, to secure a rehearing, came to | naught in Judge Seawell's court yes- | terday. The court rendered a decision in Wolf's suit for a writ of review of the action of the Police Commissioners on the ground that the Civil Service | Board and not the Commissioners |should have heard the charges pre- |ferred against him and on the fur- ilhel" ground that Police Commissioner | Drinkhouse was disqualified to try him | because he had assisted Simpson in ef- fecting the scheme to entrap him. | Judge Seawell decided that Wolf had ino redress on the first point | because he was nelther deputy, |clerk nor employe. but a po- | liceman and therefore under the sols | supervision of the Police Commission- |ers. In regard to the charge against | Drinkhouse Seawell held that the Commissioner in getting evidence of | Wolf's crookedness simply performed his duty as a Police Commissioner and | was therefore not disqualified from | trying him. | — EWS OBSERVE THE PASSOVER The feast of the Jewish Passover commenced at sundown last night and for the next week the faithful He- | brews throughout the world will ob- | serve the solemn occasion with prayer, services in the synagogues and fast- |ing. Special services will be held® In | all the synagogues during the first two and the last two days of the Passover. The feast is one of the most solemn and important of Jewish ritunals. In the Hebrew language it is known as “Pesach.” | It is a time of thanksgiv- ing to the Lord for having delivered | the faithful from the Egyptians and it marks their exodus from the land of Egypt and the subsequent drowning in the Red Sea of the Egyptian hordes that went in pursuit of the Jews in | chariots and on foot. 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