The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 23, 1904, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1904. .- — | of a barn on tive Weber | property, within a few | | Weber, his wife and daughter | ana crippled son were foully i Adolph Weber, another son, | was found yesterday the wea- pon wit committe Mutely the wea- It is encrusted with blood, and on the barrel, within half an tiny tuft of hair. The hair is believed to be from the head cruelly beaten to death after the fiend had emptied the con- the revolver into the bodies of the litije fellow’s father, mother caliber weapon. The bullets taken from the bodies of the | N a sill in the basement feet of the spot where Julius murdered, supposedly by ith which the crime was pon tells of the awful tragedy. inch of its end, was found a of littie Earl Weber, who was tents of the five chambers of | and sister. It is a cheap 32- Webers are of the make used in the shells found in the weapon. | | I h to The Call. 11.—The pistol sped the bullets that h to the members of the ¢ has been found. It was ¥ in the basemefit of a The Weber propérty h is blood encr heres a tuft of e Earl Weber, out nine fee! he barn. It isa « r-Johnson make five chambers of the when the e weapon s n. Every eve was T he announcement J Its upon him was sta seat and nervous! ience being of- peared to be a he ¢ trolled himself, s about his self-im- OPINION OF She CORONER. of the opinion the barn and hid 1g the hiding place returning for the unity offered t is be- oppor Coroner fact arrest his hood of Coro was the barn said that barn ct that and when within ture turned and o th he = weapon js na and w are hard rn and ner of the weapon d ir es said to of the the hav postoffice supposed to by with ere tion the sty she 1e kind known as ged ring to-d stified » a Peters cartridge. 1 in the weapon been used by the eV eimer ( Geear, both of whom 1 finding of the pistol, se case for the prosecution to- Attorney Kelly Robin- iment, simply sub- on the evidence of- Attorney Tabor consumed in voicing his protest g of his client on the He contended that sutficient to war- 1, that his client * f ace Smith an- e would render his de- Weber is beginning to show ts of the strain he has been for the last fortnight. He looks 1 careworn and complains that th he iz not feeling well. To a Call corre- L dent to-day he stated that his il ness is due fo stomach trouble. He said he had been eating tao much and suf- fered for the want of exercise. A set of boxing gloves was brought to the jail to-day very morning hereafter. while his confinement lasts, they will be donned by Weber and Jailer Fulton, DESCRIPTION FITS WEBER. AUBUE It would be utterly impossible to im- egine anvihing more ‘distressing than La Grippe pains. They are simply indescrib. able. and seem to be composed of all the m ‘!"T\‘ ;amuumgs known. Vet they can be relieved, and in a v ghort time, by taking b d Dr. Miles’ p Anti-Pain Pills The greatest remedy on earth f of any Kind. Their soothing Influence upon the nerves is felt throughout tne entire system. “I had La Grippe pains gll over me, end I was in such distressfI thought I could mot endure it. I thought of Dr. Miles' Anti-Pain Pills, and a: 3 doses ihe pain disappeared, g e nu;";rm. an AHVI no bad effects he 2o Bt Pomxe‘l l"gl.' Qtl." ADELI" LANE, If they fail to help, your will nrunakyyvm- ongy e ; " 25 dosgs, 25 A deathly pale, squirm- | ting the ter- | that | BOMB DID NOT | AR FAMILY Wrecked House of Lawyer! the | weapon | young | 1 the weapon | to have | stoffice roof were | ;| and discovered a firg on | | | Thomas in Omaha, but No One Suffered Injury S B el OMAHA, Nebr., Nov. 22.—Tae home of Elmer E. Thomas, a prom ent law- | ver of this city, and attorney for the Civic Federation, was badly wrecked | by the bomb which was exploded on the front porch at 2 o'clock this morn- | ing. Thomas and his family were in | the house at the time and he considers it miraculous that none of them was injured Mrs. Thomas was awakened about 2 | o'clock by a noise on tlLe front porch and aroused her husband, belleving that burglars were trying to enter the | house. Thomas began an investigation the front | porch. He picked up a large rug and | attempted to smother the flame, when | | a terrific explosion occurred. Although | but a few feet from the missile, caped injury. The front wall of the house was blown in, doors were shat- tered and an immense hole torn in the ground. The interior of the building i a wreck. Attorney Thomas has been active for some time in the prosecution of of the Slocum law. —_———— BARYTONE COMES HOM AFTER SCORING TRIUMPH | | After a successful season in Aus- tralia L. C. Hunt, the popular bary- tone, has returned to this city. He started for the land of the kangaroo with the American Comedy Company, an aggregation that included other stars of local fame. Hunt says that people of the bush- ranger country took to American stunts like ducks to the Good Tem- plar tipple. Here is a sample of the nice things they said about Hunt, an extract from the Australian Punch: “Mr. Hunt, the barytone, may be re- garded as something of a phenome- non. There is something exceedingly j rare In the quality of his voice.” e - Weber must face a trial for another crime besides the murder of his par- ents, his beautiful sister and his in- valid little brother’is iow the prevail- ing belief. Inthe courtroom to-lay was a man who will swear that the pistol left behind by the bold highwayman ‘who robbed the Placer. County Bank last June was sold by Wim on May 17. This man is Thomas Eichtenstein and heé is a pawnbroker in Sacraménto. To Sheriff Keena, who took the pistol to Sacramento for identification, | Eichtenstein déscribed the man who bought the pistol as being very slen- der, aged about 20 years and in ap- pearance not unlike a Swede. The de- scription tallies exactly with that of * Weber. He is not a Swede, but he has very light hair and would readily be taken for one of that nationality. Eichtenstein, at the request of Sheriff Keena, came up to Auburn last night and saw young Weber, once as he passed from the jail into the Sheriff's office and later in the courtroom. It ‘was observed that while Weber fotis every other personage within, a_few feet, he did not once ralse his eyes toward Eichtenstein, who was sitting not six feet away. Eichtenstein re- fused to be interviewed and took, the Sacramento. He ' re- he es- | sa- | | 100n-keepers charged with a violation | TAINED REVOLVER IS FOUND Weapon Used by Murderer of the Weber Family Is Discovered Near Scene of the Tragedy. NOING TRE 2IS5T0L TN THE WEBER _BARY, KX OF THE SISTER 'OF THE__VICTIMS HOOLGIRL, - AND R THE CHARGE THAT HE KILLED HIS RELATIVES. TRAGEDY AT AUBURN, DREADFUL 2 WHO IS NOW RESTING THE YOUTH DETECTIVE SENT 10 THE T0NBS | \ i \ Confes That He Gavel i Perjured Testimony in ! ‘ Canfield Gambling Case! NEW YORK, Nov. 22.—Joseph Ja- | cobs, a detective, who obtained evi- | dence against Richard Canfield, was | arrested to-day by order of District Attorney Jerome on a charge of per- | | jury. He was held in $2000 bail and committed to the Tombs in default. | The arrest was based on a confession | he made to Philip J. Britt and General Benjamin F. Tracey, who were counsel | for Canfield and his alleged manager, | David Bucklin. Jerome says Jacobs | asked them that, as the price of his! »nfession, he be supplied with suffi- | cient funds by Canfield to take him | out of the jurisdiction of the courts. | | After being arrigned he made a fuller | confession to Jerome. It is said by | Jeromg that Jacobs would never have been a witness agalnst Bucklin, and the indictment against Canfield has al- | ready been quashed. The arrangements for the arrest of Jacobs was made by Britt and General Tracey, in consultation with Jerome. Both Britt and*General Tracey refused to discuss the confession of Jacobs, | declaring that they had pledged their word to Jerome that they would dis- | close none of the circumstances. All that jerome would say about the confession is that Jacobs confessed | that he lied when he said that he had | been: in: Canfield's house at 5 East Forty-fourth street, that he did go as | far as the inner vestibule and that he remained there for some time in or- der, he s to deceive County De- tective O'Neil, who swore at the original hearing that he had seen Ja- cobs go into the house. D o e e ] FICKERT DOUBTS THE CITIZENSHIP OF .FONG Chinese Proves Birth in United States, but Lawyers Claims He Has Forfeited Rights. Whether Fong Wing Yik is or is net a citizen of the United States must 1 b2 determined by United States Dis- | trict Judge de .Haven. Fong was born {in Sacramento in this State twenty- | seven years ago and at the age of three jyears was taken by his parents to | China. At the age of 18 years he mar- ried. > The contention was made by Assist- ant United States District Attorney |Ch-rlel M. Fickert that because Fong chose to live In China and to rear his femily there after he had arrived at his majority he had thereby renounced his American citizenship. The peti- tioner. stated that according to.Chi- nese customs & son never arrived at his majority so long as his father was alive. ‘. . Judge Heacock . intimated that he would. decide that Fong, being born in the United States, was a citizen thereof, but continued the hearing un- til to-day for further evidence, RECAINS 1S BOODLE COIN S S St. Louis Suburban Company Will Not Forfeit Seventy- Five Thousand Dollars AR CERES Y ST. LOUIS, Nov. 22.—Judge Wood of the Circuit Court, in the case of Henry Nftolaus, a director of the Suburban Railway Company, against Charles H. Turner, formerly president of the Su- burban Railway Company, the German Savings Institution, Ellis Wainwright and others, decided to-day that the plaintiff was entitied to recover $75,000, | the boodle fund placed on deposit with the Lincoin Trust Company by the Suburban Railway Company, to bribe members of the House of Delegates, for the reason that “Mr. Nicolaus was ignorant of the purposes for which the | money was to be applied.” “If this suit were brought,” said Judge Wood, by Turner, who was the maker of the note, the court would probably not grant any relief.” The testimony submitted to Judge Wood showed that on November. 22, 1900, Charles H. Turner, then president of the St. Louis and Suburban Com- pany, borrowed from the German Sav- | ings Institution the sum of $75,000, for which he executed two notes. Nicho- laus, as one of the Suburban Company directors, authorized the loan, indors- ing the notes on which the money was secured. The monev thus obtained was de- posited in a box in the safety vault of the Lincoln Trust Company, to be used in bribing members of the House of Delegates to procure the passage of an ordinance for the benefit of the Su- burban Street Railway Company. One key to the box was held by Philip Stock, as legislative, or financial agent of the Suburban Company, and the other by John K. Murrell, business agent of the House of Delegates combine. These facts from time to time came out in the testimony of former President Turner and other witnesses in the trials of various members of the House of Dele- Bates convicted of bribery, and in the confessions of members of the House | combine who turned State’'s evidence. Judge Wood in his decision said: “The fund In controversy does not come within the law of escheats, and could not be appropriated by the State under the statute relating to éscheats, nor can it be confiscated by the State.” —————— Stelnmetz Shoots Himself. POINT RICHMOND, Nov. 22.— Paul Steinmetz accidentally shot him- self while on the Sacramento boat off Point 8an Pablo this afternoon. While toying with his shotgun he drew it to- ward him with the muzzle pointed di- rectly at him, In some way the gun was discharged and the shot entered his side. He lived about half an hour. Steinmetz was a single man, years of age and lived in Alameda with his father, Theodore F. Stein- metz, 3 CHARGES WOMAN WITH FORGERY Farmer Accused by Man of Signing His Name to Check LABORER LOSES WAGES ‘Trusting Farmhand Causes Says Drew His Earnings Special Dispatch to The Call. STOCKTON, Nov. 22.—Mrs. P. L. Sanderson, the wife of a Victoria Island farmer, is under arrest here on {a charge of forgery. She was arrested | last night at Livermore and brought to | this city to-day. The alleged woman ! forger is snid to have forged the name | of Victor Raymond to an indorsement | on a $70 check drawn on the Stockton Savings and Loan Society Bank last | Friday. Rdymond is a farmhand and had been in the employ of O. Y. Woodward on Victoria Island. Woodward-gave 1 Raymond a check for $109 for services | rendered. The story goes that al- | though Mrs. Sanderson is a married | | woman, Raymond admired her and at | with the check with instructions that | she be paid amounts ranging from $10 |to $20. Each time Woodward paid .;lhu money and issued a new check for | the balance, tearing up the old check. | Finally the amount due Raymond be- | | come reduced to $70. Then it is said | Mrs. Sanderson forged the indorsement | of Raymond on the back of the check, | cashed it and skipped with the money. | RULING FAVORS COLONEL O'NEIL [ Murasky Decides That He Can Dismiss Bandsmen for the 'Good of the Service | — | The twenty-five members of the | First Regiment Band, National Guard, | marched into court and then marched | out again with their little grievance | against Colonel Thomas F. O'Neil Judge Murasky in a brief but pointed ] | opinion disposed of the case of Pay- |son et al. against the colonel by de- 'ciding that they had not taken the | proper course—that is, carried their ' troubles to the commanding officer— and until they did the courts would not interfere. He sustained the de- {murrer to the complaint and dis- | chargea the restraining order issued in | September to prevent the colonel from | discharging the bandmen “for the | gcod of the service.” In asking for | the injunction the men also demanded | §12,000 damages for loss of prospec- | tive pay and injured reputations. | The difficulties begun before the regiment went to Camp Atascadero. Colonel O'Neil let Chief Musician ! George Hollister out “for good of the service.” Hollister demanded his music sheets and other property and | sued the colonel for $50 in the Jus- tices' Court for property retained. He lost. Then the other bandmen, fearing a like discharge and maintaining that they could not be let out ‘‘dishonor- ably” without court-martial, brought the injunction suit. Colonel O'Neil said yesterday that there was nothing |in the “book” relating to discharge “for good of the service,” but it had | been practiced for fifteen years and | custom makes law. He would not say what he would do, as a new colonel | was to be elected last night, but inti-' mated that there might be something in the wind before his successor quali- fles—about three weeks hence. | The annual election of officers for | the First Regiment of Infantry, Na- { tional Guard of California, was held {at the armory, Page and Gough | election of Major George Filmer to | the rank of celonel, Major Thomas J. | McCreagh as lieutenant colonel, Cap- | tain Frank Eggert as major. The vote for second major was a tie between Captain George T. Ballinger and Cap- tain Walter S. Kelly. After the elec- tion the newly elected officers journed to a nearby cafe and partook of a banquet. | | PREPARE SEGREGATION OF PENDING CONTESTS Justices Plan to Give New District Courts of Appeal Some- thing to Do. In order to facilitate the distribu- appeal of cases pending the Supreme Court has requested all attorneys in | California to answer the following | questions: . [ '!l the amount in controversy less than (2) is the action of proceeding either of the following, and which? (@) Forclble or unlawful entry or detainer? (b) To prevent or abate a nulsance? () Insolvency? «d) Mandamus? (e) Certiorari (f) Prohibitio: (g) Usurpation of office? (h) Contest of election? 4&» Eminent domain? ) A judgment of death in a crimi H l;x))AA em“:&‘n egu!ly'.’ Z o o) « case involving the S e & title or possession (m) A case involving the légality | tax impost. asmessment, il ~or © manicibal FREE FREE FREE WITH SUNDAY CALL SMALL ADS. A BOX CONTAINING 3 CAKES of the HIGWT“QUALITY TOILET SOAF. Your Choice of Four Odors. i | Free With Every Small Ad S ~h‘l I lul—mlllAd—_m!o:W Wife of a Vietoria Island! the Arrest of Female He| various times sent her to Woodward | streets, last night and resulted in the | ad~- | tion to the proposed district courts of | LOSES LOVER AND HER MIND Jilted Fresno County Girl | Pines for Regard of Youth Until She Becomes Maniae OCCUPIES PADDED CELL { Reason Departs When Trust- ing Miss Learns That Man She Loves Is a Fickle One Special Diepatch to The Call. FRESNO, Nov. —Because | 17-year-old Mary Elizabeth Carbon was Jjilted by the man she loved she brood- | ed and raved until at last she had to be placed in a padded cell lest she 2 heartache by taking her life. The | young man is Axtar Swanson, whose | father is & wealthy vineyardist at Eas- | ton. Some time ago the young man paid the simple country girl some attention. He left last spring for San Francisco to take a business college education. | During his absence he did not write. Mary thought him still her lover and waited for his home coming. About | two weeks ago he returned and when she found he no longer cared for her her heart was broken. She seidom left her home after Swanson's return. She became melancholic and would sit by the hour and mumble his name. grew worse the last few days, finally becoming viclent. Fearing that she might attempt some violence, she was brought to Fresno and to-day was ex- | amined. She was committed to Stock- ton by Judge Church. f— OLD TOREONI Police Commission Revokes | the License of the Well- Known French Restaurant By a unanimous vote of the Police Commissioners the license of S. Con- stantini, proprietor of the Tortoni restaurant, 111 O'Farrell street, was | revoked last night. The action was taken on a complaint made by M. P. Scott, business agent of the Cooks’ and Waiters' Union, who alleged that the restaurant was not being conduct- ed in a moral manner. As witnesses he called two waiters, each bearing the name of Peterson, who told of a night of revelry in the old resort. They took a room and one of the Pe- tersons represented to the waiter that the other Peterson was a “good thing just down from the north.” On this sent tip the waiter very obligingly out for two ladies to join the Peter- sons at dinner. Chief Wittman testi- fied that he had warned Constantini against permitting his waiters to send out for women. Attorney Bush Fen- nell represented the innkeeper and sought to show that the Tortoni was a respectable family resort where hus- bands took their wives to enjoy French dinners. In the face of the evidence his plea was of no avail and Constan- | tini was ordered to close at once. So much contradictory evidence was introduced in the case of Spider Kelly, accused of having assaulted Count Neils Bonde of the Royal Life Guards, Steckholm, Sweden, that the commis- sioners decided to take a week to think the matter over. The Count took the stand and told how Kelly had struck him with a cane while he and his friends were innocentiy watching a fight between two women. rated by his friend Charles Holling- worth. Kelly denied having struck any one with his cane, but said they had insulted a woman and he had given one of them a shove and urged them to ‘move on. Benjamin Ferguson, a bartender, stood by the Spider. ! Charles Dah! sold short drinks in a restaurant on the Ocean Boulevard and was given two weeks in which to dispose of his license. The licensés of Charles A. Engelman ! of 206 Fourth street and John A. Carl- son of 204 Fifth street were revoked as their places were run in a disorderly manner. —_——————— OPPOSITION TO SALE OF 1 WOLF FLEISHER PROPERTY | ;l)lsposnl of Realty Objected to in In- { terests of Austrian Woman Who Claims to Be Widow. The petition of Esther Fleisher for | permission to sell the realty belonging | to the Wolf Fleisher estate met with | the promised opposition of Attorney Arthur Barendt, representing the Aus- trian claimant, in Judge Kerrigan's court yesterday morning. Further ac- tion went over to next Tuesday. Mr. | Barendt said that the administratrix | already has about $60,000 in personal property belonging to the estate, which is $9000 in excess of the present indebtedness and probable expense of administration. Therefore, said he, it | was not necessary to sell the valuable realty. Besides, in the interests of the [ woman who claims to be the rightful | widow, it would be best not to have | the pruperty converted into cash, in | which shape it might be more easily | @aisposed of before the contest is set- tled. Judge Maguire, representing | Mrs. Fleisher, said that the sale of a | part of the property was necessary to | meet the expenses of the estate. They desired to sell all but three parcels. _—e—————— Addresses Camera Club. Edward H. Kemp delivered an ad- | dress last night at the Camera Club, Academy of Sciences building, on “Methods of Intensification and Reduc- tion” and also gave some interesting demonstrations. Dr. D. A. Stapler ex- hibited some American lantern slides. The attend- ance was large. —_———— In the larger cities of Germany there is a doctor to every 800 inhabitants. In, Berlin nearly half the physicians have a taxable income of less than $750 a vas= pretty | | might attempt to rid herself of the| She | MEST CLOSE He was corrobo- | Brazilian and South | GIVES ACRES 10 THE POOR 'Wealthy Bachelor Deeds to ! Children’s Aid Society of | Los Angeles a Fine Farm |LAND IS WORTH $10,000 {Property Will Pass to In- | stitution Without Incum- | brances on Death of Donor | Spectal Dispatch to The Cail SANTA BARBARA, Nov. 22.—The Children’s Aid Society has ~ ceived a clear deed to the property of E. Searles of Lompoc, located in that city. Searles, who is a bachelor without any near relatives and who is well advanced in life, has decided to leave his entire ranch, comprising about | eighty acres of the finest land around | Lompoe, to the Children’'s Ald Soclety of Los Angeles. The property s worth $10,000 and will go to the society with- out any rmetrictions or incumbrances on Searles’ aeath. | ————— — ICECREAM MAKER'S WIFE \ COMPLAINS OF BRUTALITY Better Halves Who Are Abused Seek Separation From Ungallant Husbands. Ethel Galletti, wife of Giuseppe Galletti, who is\ said to make $300 a month out of an icecream factory at | the cormer of Laguna and Hayes streets, sued him for divorce yes- terday on the groumd of crueity. | They were married in 1898. Twice, she says, he has tried to kill her, once by striking her on the head with a heavy shoe and once with a revolver. She says his business is worth $7000 | and she asks for 3150 alimony and | $600 for her attorney’'s fees. Augusta Rogers in charging E. C. | Rogers with cruelty says that “in a wild frenzy of ungovernable rage he pitilessly pulled her hair.”” Suits for divorce were flled by Mary Sweeney against John Sweeney, cruelty; Adel- bert C. Carson against Mary Carson, infidelity; L. H. Guion against Rosie Guion, infidelity; Annie Mercer against Samuel Mercer, cruelty. The Mercers were married on April 18 last and since then he is said to have attacked her with a knife and “three loaded revolvers.” Judge Hebbard annulled the mar- riage of Catherine M. and Joseph D. Good, which occurred on September 1903. She learned that in No- vember of the year before he had mar- ried another woman at Camden, N. J. Divorces were granted by Judge Hebbard to Frederick Ingle from Emily Ingle, desertion; to Catherina Guiliana from Natale Guiliani, deser- tion; by Judge Troutt to Millie Park from Thomas E. Park, neglect; by Judge Kerrigan to Maud Kister from Miles C. Kister, crueity: by Judge Se well to Lillian M. Towssend from Clarence F. Townsend, desertion and neglect. BRIEF CITY NEWS. CHIPPEROS IS D The case of Theodore Chipperos, ith assauit murder, was dismissed by Judge Cook day on motion of Assistant Dis Ashe on the ground that the ev sutfictent John Kigas with a knife in Pacific street on August 4, a- Chipperos wag accused a saloon at 1908. | WOMAN WIELDS A CLU der had a fight with Paul ) Natoma street in her room early yesterday morning. on the head with a club and had to be taken to the Central Emergency Hospital. It is thought that his skull is fractured. The woman was arrested. She complained that Martina had bitten her on the hand and arm and she was later taken to the hospital and then re= turned to the prison. Pinckney Martina was struck ACCUSES BOY OF ROBBING HIM.—Max Dickey, a boy an early hour hester H: by yesterday morni | Peliceman Rugg nt of Michael T a guest, that he had been robbed by and two other boys of a purse con- Dickey denied that he hay any searched a $6 gold plece pocket en in the company boys for several héurs. The police are search- ing for the other two boys. oW URKEYS. —Josenh a rancher from Alameda offering_turkeys for =aie in front 524 Clay street, when money. found in hi County, of Canipagno & Co.'s_store Vesterday morning. Campagno complain-d Policeman Stiver that Zimmerman had m Zimmerman failed to produce hi placed under arrest. He pr tested, saying: “T raise these turkeys mysel and surely I can sell them without a licens During the argument several small boys gath- ered and one of them stole a y. Zim- merman was arrested for ;-‘l\l!‘n[ without & license. | —_—————— A Lemberg doctor who experimented on a hospital porter with Roentgen rays has had to pay £500 for the per- manent injuries he caused. ADVERTISEMENTS. Uricsol, ‘the only cure for Rheuvmatism. If you zre suffering from rheuma- tism there is a chance for you to be- come absolutely cured. You mayp cure yourself and do it quickly if yow will lay aside your prejudice and skepticism. Every San Francisco druggist sells Uricsol, the well-known remedy, and we hereby authorize them to guaran- tee a cure. Urizsol cures rheumatism in the only possible way it can be cured. Uric Acid and Urates are the cauze of Rheumatism. These are deposited ‘o"i t‘}}x‘ee lt‘as::;?‘ blood vessels 2nd joints These deposi % i and ciminated from the oo pd fore a cure can be accompliched. 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