The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 7, 1905, Page 1

Francisco and - THE WEATHER. Forecast made at San Franclisco for thirty hours ending midnight, Febru- light north winds. A. G. McADIE, District Forecaster. | vicinity—Fair | | | You a Mason® Tba concert. ‘The Mummy and the Hugpmifng -Byd." COBUMBIA—“The Dictator." CENTRAL- A Fight for Millions." CHUTES—Vaudeville. FISCHER'S—Vaudeville. GRAND-—“Mother Goose.” ORPHEUM—Vaudeville, TIVOLI—Grand opera. AMBRA RNIA— C. VOLUME XCVII—NO. 69. SAN FilANCTSCO, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1905. PRICE FIVE CENTS. CORRUPTION OF POLICE IN CHINATOWN [LAID BARE BY GRAND JURY. N I Ju in command of the ¢squad.” O’Brien. The patrolmen received $40 a week. Chan Cheung was the disbursing agent in the great scheme of corruption. gamns, and this sum was turned over to Judge Lawlor by Foreman Andrews. ALL 1S TOLD IN SERGEANT ELLIS FREE CONFESSION WHY RAIDS FAILED Large Sum of Bribe Money in Hands of Court. BIG FUND FOR SQUAD Police Board Begins Inquiry, but Headway Is Small, ST ood, red gold, $13%0 money that the games had paid to P. Ellis for police ded to Judzge Law- drews of the Grand 1 of accepting cor- -gotten lucre. commanded h whom the | i so hard but confession and | for the murder of agent who dis- | al board to the | was on Decem- | sand Patrol- | made a clean | in filthy cor- | i the sergeant made | he had yielded up | | of the a Commis ihead with its | the charges | ner Hutton preferred Grand | s reason it | its prob- d devious | would go ed them to ere was much | | | | ., ] é g ) ] ki COMMISSIONERS BEGIN., night the Police Commissioners | their investigation with the avowed determination to sift the case prospect of Sergeant Ellis to the bottom. Not much headway was made, the testi- ny being directed to the charges o r Commissioner Hutton that Ellis | | peglected his duty in permitting gam- | | bling to go on and that he notified the | games of the Commissioner's approach on the night of November 25, when he made an unexpected visit to China- town. But the inquiry will be resumed to-night and with its wide powers the board will go into the bribery charges that the Grand Jury makes. The hear- ing last night was somewhat diverted by the statements of Chinese witnesses that they understood it was Chief Wittman who received the corruption and the Chief enlivened things wi his cross-examination. That there have been rake-offs and contributions in Chinatown for many years and that corruption at times flourished in degree that would make the seat of 2 boodling legislator look | cheap has long been a matter of com- mon knowledge. But it has remained for the present Grand Jury “to get the goods” and make proof absolute for the first time. It has the confessions of Ellis, Heinz and O’Brien, andeit has a goodly sum of the very money that bought immunity from the law. Ser- geant Ellis had taken the gold to his | l bome and there Foreman Andrews found it where the faithless minion of the law had hidden it in the china closet leading off the dining-room. NOT EXPERIENCED IN CRIME. Inexperience in grafting on the part Continued on Page 2, Column 1. o FRACTURED SPINE “SET” BY MINERS Special Dispatch to The Call. ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., Feb. 6.—Dr. Swisher of Socorro was called to attend & remarkable case a few days ago at the Kelly mining camp, and treated it e markable success. ith what appears to have been re- Juan Maria Padilla, a miner, was passing under a shaft in the Kelly mine when the cage came down ninety feet, struck him on the back of his head and shoulders, doubled him up and broke his back. Dr. Swisher found the man completely paralyzed below where the dislocation and fracture of the verte- - DIVERS FIND WOMAN'’S BODY UNDER A SNAG ASTORIA, Or., Feb. 6.—After a search lasting over a month, the body of Mrs. Marie E. Saylor of Portland, who disappeared at Skamokowa, ‘Wash., on New Year's eve, was found at that place to-day by divers, in twenty feet of water, tightly wedged under a snag. It is supposed that the woman accidentally tripped and fell into the water from the porch of the building in which she had apartments. At the time she disappeared there were sensational rumors concerning her disappearance. Her husband re- fused to ‘credit the rumors, persisting in the belief that she had been drowned. brae occurred and suffering pain. The physician called in six stro came men. Three of these took hold of the | Those who lost modest fortunes through upper extremities, while three held the | the “leak’ have been lower part of his body. By means of a | accusations of the Fede; steady, strong pull in opposite direc-|but it was a pure OVERHEARS MESSAGE T0 HARRINAN . Special Dispatch to The Cail. NEW YORK, Feb. 6—Wall in_ his- Securities abos it W] tions they brought the dislocated verte-|in the hands of one of the brae back into place with a snap that | brokerage houses in Wall street the in- formation which enabled it to prevent sounded like a pistol shot. At last accounts the patient was rest- | a loss of $250,f ing well. A member of this firm who 1s an old- street heard to-day a dramatic story of how intense | ston awarding - Hastiman (amporay ntense | sion ng man victory suit against the North- ng \oen Company ut. ' bitter in their ral ji Y5 (7 - N\ — ) i 4 | ZZZ7s. BUsSHYELL #wo 7o 5 | POLICE ' SERGEANT ° WHO CONFESSET THAT . HE HAD RECEIVED, $2000 I BRIBES FROM CHINESE GA! RS. NASTERSON ELEVATED 10 OFFICE Special Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, Feb. 6—The ap- pointment of William B. Masterson as deputy United States Marshal by Mar- shal Henkel of the Southern District of New York is made on the personal re- quest of President Roosevelt, who has known Mr. Masterson for several years and believes that he is a good man for the place. ’ ‘NEW YORK, Feb. 6—It was an- nounced to-day by United States Mar- shal Henkel 'that the redoubtable “Bat" Masterson, 'formerly Sheriff of Dodge City, Kans., the hero of innumerable affrays and as ready with his shooting irons as the renowned Colonel Cody himself, has just been appointed dep- uty marshal of this district. He is at present i’ Hot Springs, Ark., but it is said that he will arrive in New York City to-morrow, when. the oath of office will be administered. In speaking of the new deputy marshal Henkel said: “I appointed Mr. Masterson for the sole reason that I think he is the man for the place. He has been recom- mended to me by persons of the great- est importance, and I shall be only too a thorough gentleman in every sénse of the word, and for honor and courage he has few equals.” The newly appointed deputy marshal, whose full name is William Barclay ‘Masterson, known to friend and foe alike as “Bat,” was born about fifty years ago out West somewhere, and has built up an enviable reputation for himself as a man fearless in the per- formance of his duty. It is said he has killed twenty-eight men in fair fight. . Masterson was only 15 years old when he ted to Fort Dodge, and be- fore three years had elapsed had made himself widely celebrated as hunter of bison, a gun fighter and a terror to evil- doers. f +——-————————‘ e time telegraph operator dropped into a office to send a message. there he overheard a dispatch, which would have been unintelligible, to an ol ary operator but which he in- besides imparting- the information to . | ASSASSINY | of Soininen and his | the Government party. anticipation of the trial of Sergeant Thomas P. Ellis, which was begun before the Police Commission last night, the Grand rv yesterday made report of his startling confession that $250 a week was paid him by the Chinatown gamblers while he was Only two of them confessed—Henry M. Heinz and R. R. Ellis yielded up $1330 of his ill-gotten BILLET FOR PROCURATOR Adviser of Finnish Senate Slain by a Youth, HELSINGFORS, Feb. K.—Solsalonl Soininen, Procurator General of Fin-| land, who before he was ennobled was | known by the name of Johnsson, was | assassinated to-day by a young man | whose identity up to the present time has not been determined. The assassin | son were both| wounded in a duel following the mur-| der. The motive for the crime appar- | ently was purely political, the slain official being a prominent member of ‘The murderer appeared at the Pro- curator’s residence at 11 o'clock and sent in a card M French bearing the name of Alexander Gadd, who is in the Russian service. The young man, who was smartly dressed in an officer’s uni- t _onee admitted the of- m‘. 8 f:.i’:”f:l%"ilpon "éntmé.e fired four shots from a revolver, one of the bullets piercing the breast of the Procurator, who expired almost in- stantly. Soininen's 17-year-old son, hearing the shots, rushed in from an adjoining room and fired' three or four shots at | the assassin’ whose right leg was broken below the knee by a bullet. He also was slightly wounded in the| shoulder and a finger of his left hand was struck. The assassin fired the one bullet re-| maining in his revolver at Soininen's son, wounding him slightly in the calf of the right leg. He then endeavored to escape, but fell unconseious on the floor of the anteroom. There he was seized. Dr. Wasastjerna was called imme- diately, but found the Procurator be- yond the need of his services. The as- sassin was removed to the surgical hospital, where he lies guarded by po- lice, answering no questions and evi- dently unconscious. His recovery, how- ever, is believed to be certain. Up to the present the authorities have been unable to identify him. He is of dark complexion and apparently between 25 and 30 years old. | Soininen was born in 1856 and prac- ticed at the Finnish bar. He was high- 1y esteemed and had held various gov- ernment appointments, including that of Provingial Judge. He was appointed Procurator General of the Duchy of Finland. Soininen was regarded as a wise and patriogic officlal. It is understood that it was at his initiative that the Finns exiled by &overnor General Bobrikoff were allowed to return to Finland. ERA OF TERRORISM FEARED. ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 7.—The news of the assassination of Soisalon Soininen, Procurator General of Fin- land, was not generally known in St. Petersburg last night, but may be ex- pected to produce a great sensation when it becomes public, as it will be regarded as the precursor of an era of terrorism for which the events of Jan- uary in St. Petersburg and throughout Russia gave the signal. Until the identity of the assassin is definitely known, it will be impossible, of course, to establish the motive for the attempt; but the present circum- stances in Finland render almost cer- tain that the crime is of a purely politi- cal character and of the same nature as the assassination of Count Bob- rikoff, the Governor General of Fin- land, in June of last year. The Russification of the province of Finland has been meeting with great opposition and creating much bitter- ness, especially since the formation of - DANONS SUDDENLY ~ DISAPPEAR Guest at St. Francis Is Minus Her - Jewels. The management of the St. Francis Hotel, assisted by members of the lo- cal detective force, was engaged last evening in trying to gain some clew that would solve the mystery surround- ing the disappearance of a box of dia- monds and jeweiry belonging to a prominent guest of the big hostelry. Up to a late hour this morning the detectives had not found the slightest clew to the missing gems, but they have not given up hope of recovering them. For several weeks the St. Fran- cis has included among its most fash- ionable guests Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Hol- brook of Minneapolis. Holbrook is a wealthy lumberman, who, accompanied by his handsome wife, came to the coast on_ business. Mrs. Holbrook, who was always re- ded as one-0f the Mmost.atiractively ressed women at the hotel, carried with her on her trip to San ¥ranciseu a- casket of jewels valued at about $8000. Yesterday the couple prepared for their departure for the East on the evening train, and after dispatching their trunks to the depot, Helbrook went to the office ana got his wife's valuables that had been deposited in one of the hotel safes. The visitors were conveyed to the ferry in a car- riage and were accompanied by the runner of the hotel, who had been en- gaged to assist them in carrying their hand baggage across the bay. When the Oakland mole was reached and the Holbrooks were about to enter the overland train Mrs. Holbrook, with natural womanly instinct, suddenly asked her husband if her jewel case was all right and, much to the surprise of both, it was discovered that the valuable receptacle was missing. Hol- brook was positive that he had carried the jewels from the hotel to the car- riage, and thinking that possibly he had left them behind in the conveyance he immediately telegraphed the man- agement of the St. Francis to institute a search for them. Acting upon his request the hotel pecple hunted up the hack driver, who had turned in his vehicle and gone to his home, but he disclaimed aill knowl- edge of the jewels and cleared himself of any suspicion by establishing as a fact that he had not dismounted when he reached the ferry depot with his pas- sengers, but that the hotel runner, whe had accompanied him, had gathered to- gether the coats and parcels of the Hol- brooks and followed them across the bay on the ferry. Although the management of the St. Francis was apparently absolved from any responsibility, it decided to insti- tutz a further search, and called in the local detectives to assist in the case. Notwithstanding that Holbrook was certain that he had taken the jewels away from the hotel a careful search of the apartments vacated by himself and wife was made, but without fruit- ful results. Holbrook expressed no dis- position to suspect the hotel runner, who had accompanied him across the at the cqnclusion that the wealthy lum- berman had carelessly left the valu- ables somewhere at the ferry or on the boat. Acting on this theory the de- tectives at midnight were quietly try- ing to find out whether any person had found the missing jewels. Mrs. Holbrook was anxious to re. turn to San Francisco, with the hope of lending assistance to the detectives in their search, but her husband., who has business engagements in the East, insisted that their journey should be the party of active resistance, which is | continued. recruiting from the bolder spirits of the original party of passive resistance and to which the perpetrator of this latest ed | crime probably belonged. At the conference of revolutionary | Russification, Soininen parties of Russia, comprising represen- —_—_ % Russian parties on account of the al- leged subserviency to the process of undoubtedly was selected as the representative and tatives of the Finnish active resistance | responsible victim. party, the Polish National League, the i Emancipationists without the assent of the Senate, b o e s “Nd other | hat body, when it was ratified by the revolutionary organizations Laws in Finland have no validity and last night, a programme for general | Mmanifesto of the Emperor on February concerted action was drawn up, and |15, 1899, and by subsequent edicts ap- the assassin of Soininen undoubtedly was in touch with the dissatisfied ele- ment in Russia. As a matter of fact, never before in the history of the em- pire have events of an anti-govern- mental nature been in closer connec- tion, as has been shown by the general spread of the strike movement; and the assassination of Soininen, though prin- cipally inspired by the grievances of the Finnish Nationalists, undoubtedly was also spurred on by the use of troops the strikers in St. Pe- tersburg and elsewhere. SOININEN MARKED FOR DEATH. der, but was plying to Finland, took the position on legal grounds that it was bound to as- sent to whatever was promulgated by the Emperor, entering at the same time protests against the measures. This was held by the Nationalists to be a subterfuge, but subsequent tion of the Senate, making it even more pro- ian, increased its unpopular- ity. present Finnish Diet, on the other hand, which was summoned by the Emperor after the death of Gov- ernor General Bobrikoff and upon the latter’s advice, stood firmly in opposi- tion to the position of the Senate. Its first step was to adopt, by the unanim- all the four regarding the J as Procurator General Soininen | tition asking the Emperor to restore adviser of the Finnish Senate, | the liberties and conmstitution ch incurred the enmity of the anti-' land of Fin-