The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 17, 1904, Page 1

Forecast made at Ber 17: wind. G H thirty hours ending midnight, Novem- Fap Francisco and vicinity—Gener- ally cloudy Thursday; fresh southwest Local Forecaster, ‘Temporarily in Charge. —_————— —_—_— THE WEATHER. San Francisco for WILLSON, { | pr e fly.” CENTRAL—* COLUMBIA— ay. ORPH -— THE THEATERS. ALCAZAR—"The Climbers.” CALIFORNIA—"'A Friend of the Fam. Vinchester." The County Chairman.” CHUTES—Vaudeville FISCHER'S—Vaudeville. GRAND—"“The Fatal Wedding." “Hearts UM-—Vaudevtlle. day. TIVOLI—"The Messenger Boy."" Aflame.” Mati- Matinee to- VOLUME XCVI—NO. 170. < % PRICE FIVE CENTS. LAWYER DRILLS COINSICIVES DAMACIAC TESTIMONY/GE Cary Debases Thousands of Double Eagles. ttorney at law, gs Law College, | n, was taken by United Agents George Thomas B. Foster and Prison on a charge cting gold from vice usly and Foster had been on his more than two years. While n that Cary was respon- s the crime, he was so wary ¥y were obliged to wait until w before they acted T ase is 80 complete, the evidence £ that Cary acknowl- showed how he had the rims of the twen- ar pieces and taken from $2 90 to | worth om each. Twelve ed in each coin from center, all converging. ken out was placed in d depression on a f charcoal and thean fused by means of a flame Cary, in order e the character of the .gold vas selling, alloyed each but- 1 cents’ worth of silve lled with pieces of brass e requisite length and | at the top. Then the | he wire and the edge of the coin | d and gilded to disguise the | said that during the had drilled, on an twenty dollar piece per | a total of at least 1000 of the | Starting with one drilled dou- | ble eagle he used to change it at a store, usually receiving three five dol- lar pieces and the remainder in silver. Then he changed the five dollar pieces, each one at a different place, for silver, and changed the twenty dollars in sil- ver for a gold piece, which he after- ward drilied. As he came out of his Toom at 1838 Filbert street he was placed under ar- rest by Hazen and Foster. They found in his pocket a drilled double eagle which he was on his way downtown to have changed, and a gold button val- ued at about $6, the result of the drill- thg of two colns. Taking him back to his room they found a drill, several files, a vise, a block of charcoal and a pint bottle filled with cut pleces of brass wire. “I'm guilty. You've got me.” he said. “There’s no use denying it. I hope this will straighten me out. It's coming to me 1ll right. How is Cress Unger com- ing out in his trouble?” The first person to detect a drilled coin was Thomas Burns, cashier of the United States Subtreasury. That was three years ago. He reported to the se- cret service men. They found where the buttons had been sold and got a description of the seller. On May 23, 902, Agent Foster saw Cary change in silver for a $20 gold piece in the iss-American Bank. Al bank tell- ers were notified, but the work of Cary was so clever that the fraud could not be discovered without actually weigh- | ing the coins, except when they had been much used the gilding wore off and showed the tops of the brass wire. Cary’s mother, sister and brother re- side at 930 Chestnut street. He is 35 years old and a hard drinker. THRILLING LION CHASE — ON CINCINNATT S STREETS Panic Caused by Escape of Beasts From a Circus. Special Dispatch to The Call INNATI, Nov. 16.—Pandemo- eigned Ci at! this after- 1 three big African lions, be~1 i from a circus train, made Two recaptured | ¥ short time, but | i . were a toward | corraled until | it was {uund; meantime. fear, hur- to keep the e every employe of and almost the entire Cin- s not when cinnat! police force joined in the lion hunt. The only damage done was to Willlam Johnson,~an animal trainer, who was attacked by one of the beasts while he was trying to prevent its escape and was seriously injured. Only prompt action on the part of other circus employes saved him from death. The three lions made their escape from the “shifting” box, used in trans- ferring them from railroad cars, that they might be taken to winter quar- ters. The animals were unusually frisky when taken from the car and finally tipped the box over. CODY BANK ROBBER TAKEN Slayer of Cashier Middaugh Sur- prised by Three Officers. 5.—According to from Ther- f the Cody bank robbers d. He is the larger of bbed the Thermop- The prisoner ap- | description of the out- ashier Middaugh in the n Cody. de about three- bove the mouth of whe ight | Questioned as Owl Creek, in the big va.ey a few miles from Thermopolis. Three officers rode cautiously upon the rufian and succeded in getting the drop on him be- fore he was aware of their presence. to the identity and whereabouts of his partner he has re- fused to utter a single word. Upon his person were found a revolver and some money that are known to be the same as that taken from Edwards’ saloon yesterday. BERLIN BELIEVES KAISER TO BE IN GOOD HEALTH Story That Second Operation on the Emperor's Throat Is Necessary Not Credited. 16.—The rumors of Emperor William's d the necessity for are received iith y in the court, well informed The Emperor's is such as to almost e lie to the report. To- w day, the Emperor an automobile, and similar weather, he speech to soldiers who g the colors, which would highly injudicious were his other GOULD ACCIDENTALLY SHOOPS AN ATTENDANT Hits the Man in the Eye While Out Hunting in North Carolina. RALEIGH, N. C.,, Nov. 16.—While George Gould was shooting birds near High Point in this State to-day, he ac- cidentally shot Edward Burns, an at- tendant. Several shots entered Burns’ A specialist at Greensboro said e was small chance of saving the ye, and Gould at once sent the man to | New York, where eminent oculists will be told to spare nothing that science and skill can effect to save Burns' sight. ti — BUSINESS MEN PAY HONOR TO FAIRBANKS Political Animosities Buried in the Felicitations in Indianapolis Over His Election. INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 16.--Political aspirations and affiliations were for- gotten to-night when several hundred representative men of the Republican and Democratic parties assembled at the Commercial Club to congratulate Vice President-elect Fairbanks. John W. Kern, Democratic nominee for Governor, sat side by side with' Senators Beveridge and Fairbanks. The trio joined in the enthusiasm when the leaders of the two parties engaged in friendly- political Fepartee. Kern acted as chairman of the meeting. Senator Falrbanks remarked on the lack of bitterness in the past cam- paign, which he believed was less than ever before. “In all my political experience,” he said, “no word has escaped my lips that I would not utter to my dearest friends.” e Japanese Cross the Shakhe. LONDON, Nov. 17.—The Morning Post’'s Shanghal correspondent reports that Japanese have crossed the frozen | Shakhe River and .that an important engagement is impending. He also as- serts that the Port Arthur garrison made a counter attack on the besiegers the night of November 13 and were driven back with heavy losses. AGAINST YOUNG WEBER. HE CONFESSES HIS GUILT/Aunt of Alleged Murdere Tells of His Threats. DRAMATIC SCENE AT THE CORONER’S INQUEST Mrys. Snowden Says Prisoner Hated His Relatives. Special Dispatch to The Call AUBURN, Nov. 16.—T Adolph came to my house. He shook his fist in my face ing next.™ This startling testimony was given | by Mrs. Snewden to-night at the offi- | cial inquiry being conducted . by | Coroner Shepard into the murder of | the Weber family. Trembling from | head to foot and with tears coursing down her cheeks, the wit- ness, who is a sister of the murdered woman, slowly uttered the words that sent a thrill of horror through | her auditors. It was several minutes before the sorrow-stricken witness partly re- gained her composure and was able to resume her narrative. 3 | “I shall always think Adolph guilty | untll he proves his Innocence to my | satisfaction,” she added in a low and | quivering voice. Young Weber was not present to hear the testimony given by his aunt. | He probably knew of the incriminat- | ing words that would fall from her ! lips and preferred the quiet of his cell. Mrs. Snowden, who is a refined and quiet little woman, gave her testimony in a straightforward manner. She fully realized the terrible osi- tion in which she was placed, but not for an instant did she hesitate to voice the words that draw the net closer around the suspected nephew. During her narrative Mrs. Snow- den’s eyes were filled with tears and | when reference was made to the awful scenes of last Thursday night, a shud- der of horror ran through her frame. A deep silence reigned in the court-| room until she told of the threat made against her life by the prisoner and then it was that the spectators gave vent to their feelings in a murmur of awe a+ " indignation. KEPT FAMILY IN TURMOIL. “My sister and I had alwoys been the most loving of sisters,” sald Mrs. Snowden, in answer to a question pro- pounded by the Coroner, to show the fecling that existed between the wit- ness and the murdered woman. “We were neighbors,” she continued, “and meat almost every day. I also loved my niece, Bertha, and my little nephew, Earl. 1 was on the most kind and friendly terms with my brother-in-law. My sist and 1 confided all our thoughts to each other. My sister was a happy woman with her husband. “Although he was a man of most aw- ful temper he was a good, kind, indul- gent father and provided well for his family. Adolph, however, kept the family in almost constant turmoil. He annoyed his father and sometimes would not speak to his mother. He was hateful and stubborn, but I never gaw him sfrike any one except his poor little crippled brother. On last Thurs- day he was unusually ugly. I went over to see my sister and took little Earl home to his mother. I had been taking care of Earl during the morn- ing, as Mrs. Weber was washing. When I walked over to the house my sister and I exchanged loving greet- ings. I told her Earl had been crying for his mother, so I had brought him home. I sat and talked with her for a while. Presently Adolph camd into the yard. His mother said, ‘Dolphy,’ that ‘being the name the family called him, ‘Will you go down to the market and bring home some meat for dinner? Your father has been working very hard this morning digging postholes and you know, Dolpry, that I always like to give him a good dinner when he is doing anything especially tiring.’ Adolph passed her by without saying a word. She asked him three times and finally he snapped out a cross and ugly ‘No’ He then went upsairs into the house and his mother, burst- ing into tears, said: ‘Dolphy is so mean and so hateful to me it nearly breaks my heart’ She then followed him into the house and I heard her say, ‘Adolph, you are doing wrong. If you get your father down on you it will go hard on you.’ She then came back to me and remarked: ‘Adolph is so meéan he will kill us all yet. He irritates his father by his ugly ways and then his father gets mad at me and for a time is so ugly that I can hardly stand it * SHOOK FIST AT HIS MOTHER. “My sister then told me of how badly Adoiph had acted the preceding day. She said: ‘Julius and I went down into the garden and I took Earl with me. I sat and watched my husband at his work and finally took up a shovel and dug a little just for £'n. I made i ’ lie morning after the fire He was in a terrible rage. and said ‘yow have stated I “am responsible for the murder of my family. I want you to swear out a warrant for my arrest. Your turn is com- Earl laugh and that pleased Julius. We were as happy as could be. Before we went down to the garden Jullus said to Dolphy: ‘You can pile up the kindling wood while your mother and I are in the garden’ When we came home Dolphy was sitting on the door- steps. His father said: ‘Dolphy, why didn’t you pile up the wood? Dolphy stood there perfectly silent, and his father asked him the same question three times, but Dolphy went into the house without a reply. I followed him in and told him he must bshave him- self, but his reply was to shake his fist in my face.’ Mrs. Snowden continuing said: “Adolph was hateful to his people. He | thought they were In his way. Bertha was afrald of him, for she said to me one day ‘I think Adolph 1is mean enough to kill any one." The last time I saw Bertha was Friday afternoon, when she called to see me on her way from school. She was very happy and full of fun. We joked and laughed to- gether. 1 told hes her mother wanted her to go to town and get some manna. I gave her the money and she went back and got it. On her way back she stopped in again and said she wanted to go out with me that even- ing to visit some friends, Mr, and Mrs. Landls. She said: ‘I should like to 89, but added that it would please her mother for her to take care of Earl and she did not like to always be plac- ing the burden on her mother's shoul- ders. ‘You know if Dolphy would only stay at home occasionally in the even- ing and take care of Earl we could go out. He will never do it, and if we ask him he is so cross and ugly that we now never make any requests of that sort of him.” She then said good-by in @ cheerful manner and went home. THREATENS HER LIFE. S “It was on that awful Thursday, about 5 o’clock, that Mr. Weber came over to my place for a pail of water. He was in a pleasant state of mind and talked and joked with all of us. He not only drew a pail of water for himself, but he drew several for us. He bade us a cheerful ‘good night’ as he went out through the gate.” Mrs. Snowden next related how!she saw the blazing home of her sister when she happened to go to a window in her home. She testified that she rushed across to the burning house. The fire at that time was in the kitchen. She said she was frantic with excitement and men who were there grabbed her and prevented her from running against the window to try and save the family. She saw her niece taken out of the burning building and after that she was taken away from the sickening sight. Continuing, she sald: “Friday morning after the fire Adolph came to my house.’ He brought a newspaper containing an article reflecting on him and showed it to my sisters. Then, rushing at me, he accused me of being the author of it. I denied the charge, but I said to him: the deed. You dare not deny it to me.” He flew in a towering passio and shook his fist in my face, shout- ing, ‘Have me arrested, for you will be the next one.” He came up later the same day with Sheriff Keena. I told Adolph that I would believe him guilty until he was proven innocent to my satisfaction, and. I want to state to this court and right before the gen- tlemen of this jury that such is my firm and positive belief.” SUSPECTS HER NEPHEW. ‘When asked if she suspected any other than Adolph she replied, “I do not suspect any one ¢ se of committing this deed.” o Other witnesses called were A. 8. Fleming, who testified that Adolph was in _front of the burning house when the bodies were carried out. Adrian Wills testified to the fact that he took pity on Adolph on the night of the fire and took him to his home, al- though they were mot friends. He stated there were some stains on the underwear of Adolph that looked like blood, but he was not positive. Wills said that Adolph occupied an apart- ment by himself, but that he (Wills) and a friend sat up all night to keep an eye on proceedings. v John , Adams, the guardian of Adolph, was on the stand for a short time. After being pressed by the Cor- - Continued on Page 2, Column 3. 3 1 ‘Adolph, you know who did | NERAL LEW WALLACE SERENELY FACES DEATH 1 thor, is watching the minutes speed by. days ago that he had but three weeks to live. IKE a man condemned, awaliting the day of his execution, General Lew Wallace, the soldier and au- A victim of cancer, he was told by his physicians several with mental toil, ip the hope of completing a literary work upon which he was engaged when the dread malady seized upon him. 0N ThIAL FOR MURDER OF YOUNG! Nan Patterson’s Case | Opens in New York, Four Jurors Chosen on the| First Day to Hear the Evidence. Theatrical People and Sporting Men in the List of Witnesses o Be Called.” Spectal Dispateh to The Call. NEW YORK, Nov. 16.—Four of the jurors who are to determine whether “Nan” Patterson kiiled Caesar Young, the bookmaker, have been selected. The effort to fill the rest of the chairs in the jury box will be continued be- fcre Judge Vernon M. Davis to-mor- row. The jury will base its conclu- sions on circumstantial evidence. ’rhg prosecution. admitted to-day that a witness is to be produced who will testify to having seen “Nan” Pat- terson shoot a man with whom she had intimate relations. With this knowledge in mind the lawyers on both sides questioned the talesman specifically on this phase of the case to learn if the prospective juror would be influenced in his decision when the revelation was made in the testimony | that this {llicit relationship existed be- tween the Patterson woman and Young, although the weman knew that Young was married. “Nan” Patterson’s features are not regular and her paleness was accentu- ated by her black crepe de chine gown | of modish cut and trimming and her | large black hat and feather. Her veil | covered her face at times, while at others it was thrown up over her jaun- | ty headgear. The face is not attractive either in repose or when, as it fre- quently was to-day, contracted by | laughter or smiles. Her eyes are small and of hazy sluggish blue, devoid of | luster. Altogether she was an ordi- nary appearing young, woman who | looked as if ‘she might e employed in | a Sixth avenue shop. While the talesmen were under ex- amination this woman sat with her hands before her on the table with her | tather, John Randolph Patterson of | ‘Washington, D. C., at her side and fre- | quently with his left arm thrown af- fectionately over the back of his daughter’s chair. “Nan" Patterson sat coldly watching the faces of her pro- spective jurors, evincing no emotion. ‘When called to the bar she walked awkwardly thrbugh the court room alsle with a’ gait somewhat theatrical in intent, but which developed into a strut before she slid @aown into her chair. An unusually small number of women applied for admission to see the beginning of what promises to be one of New York's most famous mur- der trials: Sprinkled here and there among the spectators were pale-faced men from Broadway and Forty-second street, and others who for the day had quit the rfalto and left it to other aspiring thesplans, for at this trial there.is to be brought out the inside doings of a certain theatrical set and of racetrack life. At one time there was a craning of necks and pushing forward of ears; when Assistant District Attorney Rand | read off the list of names of the per- | sons he intends to call as witnesses. This list was redd in this order: John R. Patterson, the defendant’s father; Marcus Mayer, the theatrieal man; James Smith Jr. of New Jersey; Edward Cozzens; Young Corbett, a pugilist; Jockey Burns; Fred Herr, formerly a theatrical man, but now a railroad man on the Southern Pacific Rallroad; William A. Thompson, a lawyer, or Thompson's wife; J. Mor- gan Smith and his wife, Julia, a sis- ter of the defendant, and George Con- sidine. “Nan"” Patterson’s interests are be- ing cared for by Lawyers Abram Levy, Henry W. Unger, Daniel O'Reil- ly and Philip Waldheimer. _——————— - Sudden Death of Rallway Man. CINCINNATI, Nov. 16,—C. A. Par- ker, aged 45 years, second vice presi- dent of the Cificinnati, Hamilton and Dayton and vice president of the Pere Marquette Rallroad, died in his office | in the Carew building here to-day from heart disease. | old, Mrs. Alexander was the last bride The general awaits the end in serene resignation. He has written or spoken He is crowding the few days thag are left to him l farewells to numbers of his fricnds. | | T HAm Resignedly HAwaiting the End,”’ Says the Doomed W)an to His Friends SOLDIER, AUTHOR AND DIPLOMAT, WHO I8, SUFFERING FROM THE RAV- AGES OF CANCER OF THE STOMA'CH AND UPON WHOSE LIFE A ™ _ LIMIT HAS BEEN SET BY HIS PH YSICIANS. = -+ CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind., Nov. 16.—| “I am. resignedly awaiting the end, | saild General Lew Wallace to-day, to a friend who came to seek a denial of | the press report that the author of | “Ben Hur” had been informed by his| physicians that he had less than three | weeks more of life. The friend went | away disappointed, for the soldier-dip- | lomat could only confirm what the | press had said. General Wallace has written to many | friends during the past month, prae-| tically saying his farewell. He fully| realizes that the end is near, and the| approach of death finds him serene and | tranquil. Despite his growing weak- | ness, his mind is vigorous, and he is devoting his closing days to the com- plétion of a literary work, so timing his efforts that he expects to finish It} within the allotted time. | Members of the family, as well as close friends, deny the statement that | his trouble is cancer of the stomach, but the denials are couched in language so ambiguous as to leave little doubt that this is the real malady. Captain Megrew. of Washington was a caller at the Wallace home in this city a few weeks ago and General Wallace said then that he did not expect to live through the coming winter. General Wallace has always taken a deep interest in athletics and a week ago last Friday he was driven out to the Wabash College campus to see the football game between Wabash and In- diana. He remained only a short time. When. he returned home he was so weak that strenuous measures were adopted to revive him. Two nurses are in attemdance upon him, one being on duty through the day and ‘the other at night. Members of the family are kept within constant touch with the general and are ready at any moment to come to him. THIEF TAKES FANOLS GENS Jewels Worn by Martha ‘Washington Disappear From the Stevens Home Speclal Dispatch to The Call. HOBOKEN, N. .J.,, Nov. 16.—All of the old family jewels ¢f the famous Stevens family of Castle Point, Hobo- ken, have beén stolen from Mrs. Caro- line D. Alexander, sister of Colonel Ed- win A. Stevens, the present head of the family, who was the possessor of them through the old family custom of pass- ing them down in direct line to the brides of the house. Although 55 years in the family, and was custodian of the jewels, which were once worn by Martha Washington. The discovery of the loss was made | lagt night when Mrs. Alexander went to get the jewels, in order to have them ready for the marriage of her son, Archibaid S. Alexander, whose engage- ment to Miss Helen Barney was re- cently announced. They were not to be found and Chief of Police Hayes was summoned and tcld point blank that the jewels had been stolen and that they must be found. Hayes was in- structed to spare no expense in tracing the missing gems and within an hour he had sent descriptions of them all over the country. The value of the jewels 1s not given. Their principal value lies in the fact that they are heirlooms. It is said that their intrinsic value is about $20,000. — MR. CLEVELAND'S RIFLE BRINGS DOWN A BEAR Bruin’s Haunches Contribute to the Success of a Club Dinner in New York. NEW YORK, Nov. 16.—The news that former President Cleveland had contributed a bear for the piece de re- sistance of the semi-annual dinner of the Canadian Camp Association at the St. Denis Hotel to-night, caused an um- expected rush of guests and a shortage in the food supply. Provision had been made for sixty guests and ninety came to get a piece of the bear that Mr. Cleveland bagged in the Adirondacks. The president of the assoclation, Dr. G. Lennox Curtis, announced that all items on the menu represented the prowess of members of the association —*"a bear from the Adirondacks, a swan fron: Florida, a wild godse from Can- ada, ducks from Maine, etc.” —_——— AUSTRIA WILL TAKE PART IN PEACE CONFERENCE American Embassador Cables That Government Will Accept Invita- tion of President Roosevelt. WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.—Embas- sador Storrer has cabled the State De- partment frem Viennha that the Aus- tro-Hungarlan Government is willing to participate in the second Hague peace conference called by President Roosevelt. This is believed to be the first official acceptance of the invita- tion, although it is known that most of the European powers are willing to attend the conference. With the con- ditional acceptances of the President’s invitation which are expected during the present month, negotiations will begin at once to perfect the pPpre- gramme,