The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 2, 1905, Page 41

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e | Pages 41032 ] CALL i el Pages 410 52| . meer g o SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, APRIL 2, 1905. — v Vs >4 e S STRIKE TRAIL OF A POOLROOM CORRUPTION FUND — Foreman Andrews of the Grand Jury made the startling charge yesterday that places where pools on horse races are soid and other resorts of questionable | evied. It is now endeavoring to get that information. - have for months been contributing to a corruption fund through which the, proprietors have received immunity from arrest and prosescution. Grand Jury knows the names of the persons who made the collections and the amount collected, but does not know what officials received the tribute He says i Andrews also declared he knew the name of the man who offered Merrill $1500 to leave town and not appear as witness against Maestretti. ! BLUE AND GOLD FLOATS ON HIGH OVER CARDINAL "y pyxTe Fenton Nearly Bl::;—éz;lrm'nia's Hopes With | o iy Home Run in Last Inning. | | Captain of Lick School Team | Is Star, of the Athletic| { Field Day at Ingleside| e 'NEW POLEVAULT RECORD | Standard for San Franecisco | League Is Raised Three| and One-Quarter Inches| e | Captain Moullen of Lick School car- | ried off the lion's share of the honors in | the seventh semi-annual field day of co Athletic League yes- | leside racecourse. He won ! polevault, the shotput and the In the polevault he| cue record from 10 feet 6| to 10 feet 9% inches. The per- formance was especially good, as the round at th -off was rough. The as usual, pro- d the ing contest of the tarted—Lowell, ding. Lowell and Lick the lead, the representa- the former having the last relay finally winning by five yards in 3 min- The Wilmerding run- | relay lodged a claim of nst Lowell, but it was not al- | lowed. It did not affect the result of | the field day. | | The Lowell High School distance run- | | ners repeated their victory of last week | at Berkeley in the trying two-mile rac ng and Garvin, team mates, had suf- | | nt lead at the finish to make it a| { dead heat. The time was slow. | The representatives of Lick School | won eight of the thirteen events on the | card, scoring a total of 5 points. | Lowell won three races and a number | of second places, which gave it a total | of 40 points. The da | the sprin wind nc the t detail | | Fifty-yara dash—First heat won by | a S.; Miller, C. S.'M. A., | Second heat won | Sobey, M. H. S., | the hammer throw. raised the leag inch mie race, was blustery, and although | & events were run with the | sational time was made, as ck was heavy. The results in| H. 8., third; time, Final heat won by Valerga, P. | CAPTAIN gle, M. H. S, second., and| HEITMULLER Reed, L. H. S.. third; time, :05 4-5. | % (ERATTY One hundred vard dash—First heat | OF UNIVERSITY won by Miller. . A.; Valerga, P.| OF CALIFORNIA ond Ws S. L A,] 10 4-5. L. H econd heat won Heitmuller, C. 8. cond; - Ellsworth, P. H. S, :11. Third heat won by second; Lemon, W. S. L. A., third; time, | :11. Final heat won by Miller, C. 8. M. A.; Siegle, M. H. S ; Valerga, | ; 9 - 53 , third; time, | | Two hundred and twenty yard dash— | | third; Siegle, WHOSE TH The crowd, that had hitherto regard- First heat won by O’Connor, C. 8. M. ¢ California’s victory as a foregone | A.; Johnson, M. H. S., second; time, :2 < n, sat up new and pre - bit of excitement and a|{M. A.; Berliner, P. H. S., second; time, ! y. The cardi- rooters cheered their men on, and all the resources of several hundred pairs of lungs were used in this at- tempt, but in vain. The excitement | dled away, and with it Stanford’s hope | of victory or a tie score, when Presley went out—the third man out—on a|dles—First heat won by Lieb, L. H. S.; commonplace fly to left field. | Johns, C. S. M. A., second; Kant, C. P.| The score stood 3 to 2 and California | C., third; time, :19 3-5. Second heat won | had drawn first blood in the battle with | by Knickerbocker, W. S. I. A.; Meyer, | Stanford for baseball supremacy. | M. H. S., second: Miilard, C. S. M. A., The game was witnessed by about | third; time, :19 3-5. Final heat won by 3000 persons, hundreds finding points of | Johns, C. S. M. A.; Lieb, L. H. S, sec- t | vantage on the campus hillocks. Stan- | ond; Knickerbocker, W. 8. I. A, third; rs | ford brought no brass band and all the | time, :19 3-5. istrumental music was supplied by | Quarter mile—Won by Dodson, C. S. ornia. Hundreds of cardinal root- | M. A.; Berliner, C. H. 8., second; Pem- ers were in evidence, however, and they | berton, M. H. S., third. Time, :56 2-5. provided a picturesque part of the| Half-mile—Won by Mayes, C. S. M. spectacle. ; | A; J. Willison,, W. S. L A., second; Two of California’s runs were scored | Dowd, L. H. S., third. Time, 2:14%. i, up- | in the second inning. Errors by Stan-, One mile—Won by Maundrell, L. H. n men | ford men were responsible for them in | S.; Heidenreich, W. S. 1. A, second; Id | part. Heitmuiler walked and Streub Garvin, L. H. S., third. Time, 4:50. to third. Fenton fumbied the ball] Two miles—Dead heat between Gar- 1d Streub was safe. Jordan struck | vin and Lang, L. H. 8.; Millarg, C. 8. . out. Gillis bunted, Stott fumbled the | M. A., third. Time, 11:16 4-5. t in standing | ball and Gillis was safe. With the bases | Pole vault—Won by Moullen, C. 8. M. Gunn sacrificed. The ball went to | A., height 10 feet 9% inches (former es, who threw ‘to first Instead of | record 10 feet € inches). home and thus permitted Heitmuller | Shotput—Won by Moullen, C. 8. M. and Streub to score. | A.; Fay, W. 8. L A, second; Kelly, W. California’s third run came in the S- & AL, third. Distance, 42 feet 6 inches. seventh inning, when, with two men | High jump—Pemberton, M. H. S.; , Causley made first through Trow- | Kant, C. P. 8., and Walton, W. §. L A., bridge’s error. Bliss hit to left field | & tie for first place. Height, 4 feet 11% nd Graham followed with a similar |inches In the jump-off for the medal coring Causley. The score: | Kant won, with Pemberton second. | :25. Third heat won by Mackinson, L. H. S.; Cuenin, P. H. S, second; time, | 5 1-5. Final heat won by Heitmuller, C. S. M. A.; Mackinson, L. H. 8, sec- O'Connor, C. S. M. A, third; succes- | hearts ot their time, : One hundred and twenty yard hur- ia Broad jump—Won by Lieb, L. H. 8.; Stanford— R.HO.A. Johnson, C. S. M. A, second; Sobey, M. | 12 171 /H S, third. Distance, 19 feet § inches. a 6 1 s 1/ Hammer throw—Won by Moullen, C. © 0.1 3 8. M A, distance 132 feet 113 inches; 3 9 § & & |Holmes, C. S. M. A., second, and Mayes, 0 13 0/C. S M A, third. 0290 —_—— at, but when his bat | 2 LB Bay City Club's | w2t e of Heitmuller’s! T°wRis-3t 3112 292 9‘ 4 s t wverberation and the BINARY. b as observed to be fic unn, Dudley. Errors—Caus- Strub, Gellis, Sweesy, : mb:{ :d r( ::r» :Xn RSicit, | Bases on baile—ofr Heit- | night. Harry Tenny and Barney Dris- r mpered for i, b E Saies 1. Stra By o Sorhine: . led away toward the en. | &7 Deitmuller "rmc.uuo:‘ mha—par | coll ed to exchange punches in trance Fenton and Bell lels. | St 1. i i s gt betl. -33"? emi‘u:ea -';.a E:sun::vh:om ; : aurfogcs T i muller 3. by Sales 1. Wi B gl wrely journeyed homeward. Tmpire—Jack O'Conneil, BecrerrGeargr = ¥io e weifaieti witnessing. 5 |and The question the body of which he was | Will B to Close Gaming Resorts. Police Judges Agree to Impose Heavy Penalties. Foreman Andrews of the Grand Jury made the direct charge yesterday that a large corruption fund had been wrung from the poolrooms and “other places” for months and that immunity from arrest and prosecution had been bought with it for the contributors. He said the Grand Jury knew how much had been paid for this purpose who had made the collections. the head had to solve was what of- ficials received the money paid for immunit; The war on the poolrooms is to be- | gin to-morrow. The Grand Jury, the Police Department and the Police Judges have joined hands for a vigor- ous campaign and assurance is given that the evil will be wiped out. De- tectives are to gather more evidence to add to that already collected by the Grand Jury and arrests are to be made forthwith. Foreman Andrews had planned to open the fight yesterday. Men who | have been employed to visit the pool- | | rooms and purchase tickets were on | hang, Hall of Justige to swear out warrants-But District “Attorney Byington Advised-a slight ¢hange in the plan of action and drastic steps were postponed till Monday. If ar- rests are not made then the deiay will be for ‘the purpose of getiing more cases in shape for prosecution. It is announced that during the week at the latest the campaign will be on in full biast. Over 100 poolrooms have, been flour- ishing in the city for months past and the administrdation has not raised a hand against them. The plea of the Police Department is that their efforts have been nullified by the refusal of the Police Judges to impose sufficient fines when arrests were made. CORRUPTION FUND COLLECTED. But the Grand Jury was not content with this explanation. Night before last the meeting with the Commission- ers was held and they promised that the Police Department would do its duty. they declared themselves willing at all times to levy heavy fines and make punishment sufficiently severe to wipe out the gambling. ““Tribute has been levied on poolrooms and other places for many months past,” declared Foreman An- drews. “We know who made the col- lections, how much was paid and that immunity from arrest and prosecution followed.” “Where did the money go?” “Upstairs.” “Where is that?” “That's what the Grand Jury has been trying to find out. The puzzle is, for whose benefit has this big cor- ruption fund been gathered?"” JUDGES IN CONFERENCE. The Judges present at the confer- ence yesterday were Mogan, Cabaniss and Conlan. Fritz was unable to at- tend because of pressing business, but in the strictures that the Police De- partment makes on the courts he had not fared so ill as did the other Judges. On the contrary, reference had been made to the fact that he fined a lottery offender $250, whereas in another court in a similar case the penalty was but $10. The three Police Judges were boil- ing with indignation yesterday morn- ing when they learned that the Police | Commission at the Grand Jury con- ference the night before had shunted to their shoulders the blame for fail- ure to enforce the law against pool- rooms, sale of lottery tickets, liquor selling without license, disorderly re- sorts and for many other instances of laches on the part of the department. There was no measuring of terms when they left their benches and went into the conference with the grand jurors that Foreman Andrews called yesterday morning. In strong words the Judges passed the buck right back to the Police De- partment. Never had they been un- willing to do their duty, they asserted. The police had been flagrantly negli- gent in theirs, was the reply to the commission’s criticism. . The Judges explained that the rea- son for dismissals and light fines in _Tom Sullivan and Young Choynski ipoolroom and lottery cases was the | Grand Jury, the war is to be opened. | prise you to know how many em- | will hook up in the main event of the | failure of the police to make out their | Policemen are to be at free disposal | ployes in business houses get into ! Bay City Club's show next Thursday | cases. The patrolman making the ar- | and arrests are to be made without| trouble because of gambling on the rest would be woefully ignorant of evidence when called to the stand. He would shy from giving testimony that would justify conviction or severe penalty. The “stand-in” policy of the egin Crusade| Yesterday morning a conference | was had with the Police Judges and | the | MOULLEN TAKES |@rand Jury Finds Evidence of Coliections to Purchase Immu nity From the Law. 1 AT N7 P S5 A | NS T Z . =< < A\ i SN < A S 77 SN S e e (i S SN N !{ L. 8 L3 2z AN o NN N I 7, | g il CABLE-CAR GRIPMAN. WHO SAYS HE WAS APPROACHED BY A MAN WHO OFFERED HIM $1500 TO DISAPPEAR SO COULD NOT BE SERVED WITH A SUBPENA TO APPEAR AS A WITNESS AGAINST PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSION | MAESTRETTI. e — BELIEVES OFFER OF MONEY " TRACEABLE TO MAESTRETTI Foreman Andrews Declares Indicted Commissioner Knew of Attempt to Pay Merrill, Principal Wiiness, to Leave Stafe. CHARGED. WITH SUBORNATION OF PERJURY. Public Workg Commissioner Frank gave out a sensational statement as to | that Maestretti himself was involved A. Maestretti was arraigned before the identity of the person who offered } in this felonious zn:erpnn.m g W ester on j Charles E. Merrill, the principal wit- | “We know all about t ;Y::f:xdllc‘:mle:rt lynr’ m::na::;n::‘per- | ness against Maestretti, $1500 to leave | transaction and where the money came | the State. from. I will say that I am convinced Jury. Owing to the absence of counsel | .y, pave successfully tracel Maes- | to a moral certainty that the Public the defendant was not called on to en- | yretti’s connection with this attempt to | Wroks Commissionef had everything ter his plea, the matter going over for | tamper with our most important wit- | to do with sending an agent to the one week. H. H. Davis, H. C. Dibble ,mess,” said the foreman. “I will say, | car conductor in the effort to get the | and ex-Governor Budd will conduct his | however, that the e¥idence is not suf- | mest dangerous witness out of the way. | defense. ficient to found any accusation.” But to prove the fact in court might be Among the spectators at the pro- “Is the man still in the city ,#ho |a difficult matter "with the cwuidence ceedings were Foreman Andrews and | made the offer?” now in our possession. E. J. Bowes of the Grand Jury. They ! ‘“Yes, he is right here in San Fran- “The Grand Jury has its hands full had been subpenaed as witnesses incisco and we can lay our hands on now and is content for the time being another matter, but they were intent him at any time.” with the situation. But some day listeners when the case of the Com- ! = “We are convinced that Merrill told | these people who have thought it safe | missioner was called. * “us a_straight story,” continued An- to with our witnesses will find Later in the day Foreman Andrews drews, “and we are now convineced , & peck of trobule in store for them.™ - —ee 3 police when the cases came into court “I don’t believe in trying to make “The jurors are umanimous in their was responsible, the Judges charged, [San Francisco a Puritan city,” said | attitude against the pooirooms. They for all that the Grand Jury has to|Foreman Andrews yesterday, regard it as the crying evil of the city Fuugatn Kpou / to-day. Several of them have come WUJERG B AL CHUSSIE body is concerned it will not tolerate | 10 learn what pitfalls these places are. “You can depend on it that if the | tp. pooirooms. The pooirooms must | They have had experience with young evidence warrants conviction we Will | pe closed or we will know the reason | men employes. Gambling on the impose fines that will make it highly | why it is impossible to enforce the law | races wrecks more men than anything unprofitable to conduct any business|against them. else I know of and the Grand Jury is that is in violation of the law,” de- “More young men go mng!dgtirmlned that the vice shall be iclared the Police Judges in unison. | through this form of gambling than | stamped out.” So, under the direction ‘of the from any othe: 3 - e 5 P T BN e ant B rotaRenmgron | Kolb and Dill will be given a farewell | House. | i testimonial to-night at the Grand Opera- It will be their last appearance in San Franecisco for several years, and a let-up. Injunctions aye to be expect- | races. ~We must be reasonable to- ed, but they are to be defeated or|ward some forms of vice. But pool- campaign looks business-like and the | in San Franeisco If it is in the power fiying of fur is to be expected. __ | of the Grand Jury to .

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