The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 25, 1904, Page 1

cisco for thirty San Francisco TEE WEBATEER. Forecast mede at Sen-Ffin- midnight, April 85: Partly clondy Monday; southwest wind. G. X. WILLSON, » hours ending and vieinity— fresh e — Alcazar—"The Califorzia—“A Tivoli—“When Central—*“The Still Alarm.” Chutes—Vaudeville. Columbia—“Running for Ofce.” Fischer's—“Chow-Chow.” Grand—“Fiddle-Dee-Dee.” Majestic—“The Crisis.” Orpheum—Vandeville. Marching Home.” e Johnny Comes 0. 147. VOLT M XCV—N SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, APRIL 25, 1904. MILITARY TRAIN CRASHES INTO A RAILROAD ENGINE Idier was killed and twelve were seriously injured in a train wreck in Southern California yesterday ing. A passenger train on the Santa Fe road crashed into a light engine and the crowded cars wege tel- | escoped. The names of the injured persons are not yet known in Los Angeles. eé ried to the scene of the accident and it is thought that several men in the military detachment were killed. Prominent railroad of cials HE, masked and formidably armed bandit who held up several men in the Del Monte Social Club in San Jose yesterday morning was killed by the police. His name was Albert B. Thorndike and he was popular in society. | He had suffered severe losses at card tables and racing tracks and sought by crime to replenish a he had dissipated. The fatal wounds were the result of a duel with officers. small fogtune | SOCIETY MAN OF SAN JOSE PLAYS ROLE OF BANDIT AND IS KILLED ; -+ CARS CROWDED WITH SOLDIERS ARE WRECKED One Man Killed and Many, Injured by in the “Special Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, April 24.—A spe- flal passenger train on the Santa Fe ¥oad, which wes loaded with soldiers en route to the Presidio at San Fran- cisco, was this morning at Hertoum, the first station west of Need One soldier, James M. owers, was killed and a @ozen sol- ) f‘diers were seriously ured e disaster was caused by the mili- ng head-on with a A gine, eastbound. Both loce- were badly wrecked, but the a Disaster South. [ 4 jcrews escaped by jumping. The cars were telescoped and the unfortunate troopers we caught in the wreckage. Relief was sent from Needles and the | ured were taken back to that place. General Superintendent Shepard ! started from Los Angeles to the scene of the wreck by a special train this | afternoon to investigate. General | Manager Wells and the local officials ih;\" received no details of the wreck. The names of the victims are not known here. LOCBET'S VISIT L ROVAN FETE \rrival of French President in Italy Is Made . an Event of Much Import HBEES SN TF —President Loubet B by Foreign Minister Del- a distinguished party of tficials, arrived in Rome to- pay the vikit of King Victor » ma Paris in October last ™ et the station by the ¥ } Duk of Genc th Cx nt her court dignitaries. At t e Cabinet, representatives of e, Chamber of Deputies and | a palace, where Presi- b King Victor mmanuel apy the balcony three a ve Charlemagne t Imbassador to White, the present and se Americans, includ ~onard Ohio and G. B mas re thav ,00,000 ¥ . from the prov ¢ weleomed lena sent & R vas magnificently illumi- > d nigh A torchlight proces- - hick 00 participat- ed pr effect The - o b W o 0 v st Loubet, g and ( Princes saw tore rocession from the bal- aal, on which they . ty minutes, being ¥ a flicial source it is learned | I 1 jesires to prove that, while yva the sie Alliance, she is quite res 2 endly rela ns with ¢ - ng for her object the lined with the King nee « jent Loubet and Queen at the Quirina ———————— RUSSIA BUYING WARSHIPS. JLLONDON, April 25.—The Daily } Bruss correspondent gents of the Russian Gov- signed agreements to rge men-of-war con- for the Argentine of $18.200,000. One Garibaldi, is a vessel ree | - stated line ~It is Hamburg-American the that steamships Columbia, Bengalia and Belgia have been sold to the Russian Government. KRONSTADT, April 24.—The new battleship Alexander II1 has gone into commission and is the first vessel of the Baltic fleet to hoist 2 pennant this year. MIDAIR FIGHT Police and Firemen Have Desperate Struggle With Maniac on Window Sill el i Special Dispatch to The Call NEW YORK, April 24 —Robert Hynd- man, suffering from ear trouble, sud- denly became a raving maniac at the Manhattan Eye and Ear Hosbital last night at midnight. He crashed the panes of a sixth floor window, mounted the sill in full view of those in the street and proceeded to execute crazy war dances on the narrow ledge, aming like an Indian and defying to try and dislodge him. Pacific| | measures failed | | Police were called, but they were| fearful the madman would jump into the street if they approached from the inside |a would go up with such men as cared to follow him Two firemen stepped forward, and Clark stealthily made his way up the ladder with them beside | | him ! A sudden shout from inside uttered at the right moment made Hnydman | turn his head just as Clark gained the ledge. Instantly the fire captain flung his left arm about insane man’s | neck and tried to choke him. In spite | of Clark’s strength, however, he had | an adversary equally, as powerful. | | Hyndman's grip never relaxed, and he | threw Clark about as a terrier would a rat Desperately the midair fought, while powerless spectators looked on, expecting that every step would send bhoth men headlong to the earth. On the top rungs of the ladder Scanlon and Kimler were reaching out | their arms toward the combatants, and | eventually they caught hold of Hynd-| | man's legs. Even then the efforts of the firemen were almost as nothing to | the maniacal strength of the man they | were trying to subdue. In a moment, however, Scanlon and Kimler had pushed their way onto the ledge and fell in a heap on the fighting men. Then through the window the po- | licemen reached out and dragged the | four men over the ledge and into the | room, where they fell struggling on the floor. Hyndman was subdued with difficul- ty, and fought until he was taken to the Bellevue Hospital. —_——————— | MORGAN 1S IN LONDON TO CONSULT SPECIALIST battle was | Financier Admits His Health Ts Fail- ing and Says He Is Paying Pen- alty for Hard Work. LONDON, April 24.—*I have come | here merely for my health and for a holiday,” said J. Pierpont Morgan at | Bristol to-day. *I came to consult a specialist. 1 am going to Aix les | Bains next week. T am not well. I iha\'n been working too hard and am | paying the penalty.” ———— ARMENIANS ACCUSED OF BASE OUTRAGES LONDON, April 24.—The Turkish embassy here issued a report to-day that Armenian malefactors had at- tacked the Mohammedan village at Latchghian, Asiatic Turkey, and had committed horrible crimes upon the inhabitants—men, women and chil- dren alike. WITH LUNATIC LUCKY SHOT AT LONG RANGE SADES RUSSIAN UOLUNTEER FORCE FROM ANNIHILATION PR o SRR R e T SR | The fire department was then called | N\ out and an extension ladder was raised | sixth flooy. Captain Clark said h':; HE VICTI OF JOKERS Epecial Dispatch to The Call. HAMBURG, Jowa, April 24—John C. Goodlow, an honest old negro, was the victim of a flendish practical joke per- petrated by a number of young bloods a few nights ago. All of the partici- pants maintained a discreet silence about the affair, and the victim was buried with a certificate from the Cor- oner’s jury that death was due to “natural causes.” It has leaked out that Goodlow came to his death as a result of tortures and torments at the hands of the whites in an orgle, for which one at least of the participants has come to regret the part he played In it. The affair was intended as a joke. Goodiow was accused of some imag- inary erime, and the jokers proceeded to mete out to him the punishment which they pretended he so richly de- served. After tieing him with ropes and nailing his feet to a board he was covered with wood and shavings and a kerosene rag placed near his nose so that he would get the smell. A bucket of water, which the victim was in- formed was coal oil, was thrown upon him and preparations were made to ap- ply the torch when the old man ceased his outcries. Then the jesting ceased. The jokers realized their fun had been carried too far. They removed the debris and be- gan to untie the negro. When it was discovered that he was dead he was carried quietly away and dumped into a cornerib, where the body was found the next day. The tragedy was enacted across the Missouri line, near what is known as the State Line saloon, the proprietor of which has disappeared from the neighborhood. Goodlow was 61 years of age. He had livedYhere twenty-six ve#rs and had always provided well for Rhis fam- ily. - | H | DUTTODICED THOM . ?\JMCK Ol YA LTE ST e B - * 2 LORD PROQOKE %4 & | * + JAPANESE AMBULANCE IN AC- TION NEAR YALU, AND EARL'S SON WHO IS GOING TO WAR. g Slav Field Gun Sinks Japanese Barge ST. PETERSBURG, April 24.—Off- clal dispatches regarding the fighting south of the River Pomakua, reported last Friday, in which a Russian de- tachment lost three men killed and two officers and thirteen men wounded, say that a Japanese troop-laden barge and other boats emerged from the moutt of the Pomakua and attempted to cut off the Russian retreat. The | barge was sunk by the Russlan guns. | Further detalls concerning the skir- mish say that in following up the gan- eral plan~to harass and impede the Japanese crossing the Yalu, the Rus- | sian outposts on the river sent a de- tachment of volunteers in boats on the night of April 21 forvthe purpose of set- ting fire to the Japanese pontoons and | other bridge malterials. The boats grounded on a sandbank near the Ko- rean side and drew -the fire of the Jap- anese outpost. There was a sharp fusil- lade at close range. The position of the boats was highly critical owing to the appearance of a number of light barges filled with Japanese coming from a small tributary stream called ! the Pomakua, which is unmarked even on the maps of the Russian general staff. The intention of the barges was to cut off the retreat of the' Russians, This was noticed from the other bank two Continued on Page 2, Column 2. GENDARMES FIRE UPON SOCIALISTS BUDAPEST, April 24.—A serious riot is reported to have taken place at the market town of Elesd near Grosswar- dein, resulting from a collision between meetings of the socialist and indepen- dent parties. ‘While order was being restored by the gendarmes a socialist fired a re- volver, killing the commander. The gendarmes thereupon fired a volley, killing twenty-three of the rioters and severely wounding forty. The military was summoned from Grosswardein. —_—————————— PASSENGERS BOARD FAST GOING TRAINS German Inventor Finds Way of Elimi- nating Delays Due to Stovoping at Stations. BERLIN, April 24.—Engineer Mare, who has been seeking to find a way to enable passengers to enter and leave express trains traveling at full speed, thus avoiding the delays of stopping, has constructed an electric carriage, which stands on a siding when the express goes by at full speed on the main line. When the express passes Mare’s carriage starts in pur- suit, and, as it runs at higher speed, it soon catches the express. Grapling jrons are then thrown out and the passengers are transferred. Experiments have shown that a traln can be caught, twenty passen- gers transferred and the electric car be back at the station again discharg- | ing the passengers within eight min- utes. —_——————— REVOLUTIONISTS ARE HANGED FOR CONSPIRACY Eighteen Men Reported to Have Suf- fered Death for Their Part in a Polish Plot. WARSAW, April 24.—It is reported that eighteen conspirators have been | down the stairs after the man. | SAN JOSE, April 24.—Driven to des- | peration by his losses on the races and | gambling, Albert P. Thorndike, a pop- | | ular young society and business man, i lessayed the role of a masked robber | this morning to recoup his finances. | | known resort, he held up five of the in- | | mates, took a $1000 diamond ring from | one of the proprietors and then filled | his pockets with twenty-dollar piec | from the drawer. In an hour he was |- | captured by the police. He had two | mortal wounds in his head and soon oc- cupied a slab in the morgue. s To enter upon this sensational career, Therndike had left his wife and baby in a luxurious home on Stockton av nue. His friends claim that gambling had driven him insane, and that for the past few days he had not been him- self. The Del Monte Social Club is located at 13 South First street on the second floor of the Archer building. At 12:45 this morning Thorndike threw open the doors of the place and entered. He wore a red bandana over his face and a black slouch hat. A long gray al- paca duster and overalls made up the rest of his disguise. In each hand he had a revolver and as soon as he got inside of the door he demanded “Hands up.” v E Seated about a table were Jack Gulltenan and William George, pro- prietors, and Everett George, 3. P. Marten, Jack Kerr and a man named Davis. They thought the masked in- truder was joking and some one told him to get out. He came closer to them and in order to enforce his de- mand poked two of them with his re- volvers. BANDIT TAKES RING. The inmates of the place were then lined up with their hands above their heads. Reaching into a drawer of the table Thorndike filled his pockets with gold pieces and then expressed a desire for a $1000 diamond ring that glistened on the finger of Willilam George. The ring was at once hanged over and placing it on his finger the robber backed out of the place keeping the men in the room covered with his guns. No attempt was made to rob the men in the place, and the fellow did not speak a dozen words. He went about his work nervously.. He had been in the clubrooms once or twice before, but | his disguise was so compiete no one knew him. When Thorndike reached the door he ran downstairs. A minute later Guiltenan had recovered his com- posure, and, revolver in hand, started When he reached the sidewalk Thorndike was turning into Fountain allev and Guiltenan fired his revolver to attract the police. The robber ran along south on Second street and Guiltenan followed at a short distance behind. Turning up Third street Thorndike ran into Policeman Theodore Swen- son at the corner of Third. The po- liceman ordered the man to halt, but he paid no attention and when the officer tried to head him off he drew his revolver and fired at him. Swen- son was not ten feet away and he at once fired at the fleeing man. FUGITIVE OPENS FIRE. Thorndike fired three times and each”of the bullets went through the tail of the officer’s coat. One of Swenson's bullets evidently struck the man in the chin, for he was seen to throw back his head. Another struck him in the left arm. The fugitive was running south on Third street and when he was struck in the chin he stopped and almost fell. He then walked slowly into the yard of C. W. Quilty on the east side of Third street, in the middle of the block. Swenson fired the five shots in his revolver and was without any ammunition. By this time a large crowd had been attracted by the shooting. Charles Coons, a hack driver, handed Swen- son a loaded revolver and the officer took it and tried to find his man in the garden. In the meantime the po- lice had been telephouned to and Of- ficers Langford and O'Malley respond- ed. A search of the ground of the Quilty residence was then commenced. Under a sort of a porch in the rear of the south side of the house the of- ficers’ lanterns showed the crouching form of Thorndike. Swenson commanded the man to come out and the fellow responded by shooting at the officer. Swenson and Langford returned the fire. Again he was told to come out and surrender. “I'm too badly hurt,” responded Thorndike, at the same time shooting at the officers. This time Swenson fired and the man was heard to groan. In a few seconds the officers dragged him from the place and took him to the Receiving Hospital. He was still alive, but slowly dying. City Physician Harris was .called. He found Thorndike with a wound on the right side of the jaw, amnother in the right temple, which passed out on the opposite side of the head, crushing the frontal bone, and a bul- let in the right arm near the elbow. hanged after their trial in connection | At 2:54 o’clock he died. with a Polish revolutionary plot. Chief Carroll tried to get a statement FIGHT CLOSES LIFE RUINED BY GAMBLING Desperate Encounter on the - Streets of the Garden | City at Night. Special Dispatch to The Call. | at the Del Monte Social Ciub, a well- | the dying man. He asked him E e nswered what b " He was rom Sacramento and | he nodded his head. N and there was a e ¢ recognized the body as that of ' dike. A search of the body disclosed 18373 50, nearly all in gold, and the dia- {mond ring taken from George. Be- neath the alpaca duster and overalls were a light coat, red sweater and striped trousers. Albert P. Thorndike was about 10 vears y is wealthy, is ra; J 3 rs ago he married Miss Bertha Bruce. a popular young society girl and daughter of the late G. M. Bruce, a capitalist of this The widow has a boy 7 years of Thorndike had made his home mother, 3 . age. with his wife's Bruce. at 55 Stockton a 4 a while he conducted a groeery on the Alameda, near Stockton avenue, and later was manager of Wemple's grocery in this city. It is said he was also assistant librarian in the State Libra at Sacramento. For some time Thorndike had been a part- ney of A. C. Eaton in the job printing business. He has not been attending to business preperly for some time, and last Thursday he transferred his interest in the printing office to his wife. Eaton declares the man acted as he were imsane. Thorndike has been playing the rac and gambling heavily, and it is r miered that during the present month he squandered about $2000. Nearly every day he went to San Francisco to gamble on the races, and yesterday he returned from there sadly downeast It is supposed he lost heavily. His finances were badly entangled, and it is ’lhnughl he planped this morning rob- bery in order to secure money to meet pressing bills. Mrs. Thorndike has considerable prop- erty in her own name, and she and her husband moved in the most exclu- sive society in the city. 4 MAN PROBABLY INSANE. An inquest will be held to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock over the remains of Thorndike. No new developments are looked for, excent that testimeny will be introduced tending to show that hig mind was diseased. The body of | the dead man was removed from the Morgue to undertaking parlors this aft- ernoon. Not since the Dunham murders in 1896 has so much interest been created by a crime in this city. A rumor was circulated*that Thorn- dike had committed suicide when cor- nered, but this is dispelled by the fact | that he was not powder burned. Be. yond all question of doubt Officer Swenson “inflicted the three wounds. Chief Carroll in speaking of the crime stated he believed that Thorndike through his losses in gambling on the races and otherwise was tempted to commit the robbery The revolvers found on the dead man were of the cheapest kind ICEBOUND O SINCE EARLY DECEMBER Four Men and a Woman Isolated on Lake Superior Nearly Five Months. HANCOCK, Mich., April 24.—As com- pletely cut off from civilization as if they were inhabitants of some undis- covered land, four men and one woman have spent 146 days on Isle Royale, Keweenaw County, Lake Superior There has been no communication wit the icebound islanders since December 8, when a steamship left Isle Royaie for Duluth, taking with it all of the residents except the five who have spent the winter there. The winter has been an unusually long one and the closed season of nav.- gation is beyond precedent. but thers are no fears that the islande: have wanted for the necessaries of life. Ample supplies of food, cards, maga- zines and books were left at the island when the lighthouse keepers took their departure, and fish and poultry no doubt have proved welcome diversions to the regular fare. It is considered that all are alive and wejj —— : SAYS THE EMIGRATION BILL IS RESTRICTIVE Emperor Fraucis Josecph Declares That the Hungarian Act Is Not Understood. VIENNA, April 24.—Emperor Franci Joseph has expressed great surprise at the opposition evoked, both in Hun- %a.ry and in the United States, against ungarian emigration bill. His Maj- esty attributes this ovposition to a misapprehension of the real tenor of the measure. The Emperor has fur- ther declared his conviction that when the terms of the law are fully under- stood the opoosition to it will disap- pear. The Foregin Office has assured lthe American embassy that the law s designed rather to restrict than encouss age emigration. -