The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 12, 1905, Page 1

\ TS [ 4 n §S i ] Jaal IND e MORE NEWS THAN ANY OTHER PAPER N - MECHANICS' Show. day. ALCAZAR—""Tom Mocre." A—"The Matinee, UMBIA—"The Other Girl. ENTRAL—‘Paul Revere. CHUTES—Vaudeville. GRAND—Grand Opera. T ORPHEUM—Vaudeville. Mstinee to- ' TIVOLI-—-Comic Opera. SAN FRANCISCO THE THEATERS. Lady “Frou Fr PAVILION — Nature " "FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 1905. PR FIVE ICE CENTS. . AMISTERDAM, Holland, April 12. gram from Batavia, island of Java, to the Handelsblad (newspaper). The dispatch adds that five Dutch warships are near the scene of battle. L Ve \ 4 A IVE WOLE i i s Emulates the Feat of Famous West- ern Hunter. PRESIL Ul ) T }"\ for the safety of , now on his hunt- West and South- ture of the dangers return. n asked that, wheth- the mountains” from fear or he might find him- | y the shield of the Al- his return to his saf like thy he testify to Lord delivered him | lion and out of * and let all the ple praise thee.” . ONE TINE CAPITALIST | PEDDLER to The €pecial Dispatch DENVER, April 11.- from arbiter CaiL capitalist er, ion to a ssed old man, from a t ¥ to a vender of shoe the Juxurious couch of a o a blanket on the 1 room in the Jacobson building, and m a position of fina that of a povert minence | ken man, riving to win world’s ond part sa the standing #a—this is the story of Thomas S, it one time one of the riches . Denver. d brother, George W. Clayton, a million dollars to e than 1s has not ped- | stres ubsistence. He tr brother's will, but » a long legal battle. wife and daughter are his ton’s without & in ans, and fighting the t life without the help of their vho I unable 1o lift a finger | b for m. i, | securing $4000 in bills and coin, made | their escape on a hand car, although { formance given in the Boston Theater | pastoral opera, “Haiducul,” which | had its first presentation in America to-day. Portions of other grand - WITE LE} FOR DUPES Thousands Swindled, by Kansas City | Concern. Baf Special D! 1 to The Call. | | ANSAS CITY, Mo., April 11.—Pa-| s of the American Mercantile Com- | get-rich-qu concern, who ent to the offices of the company in Hall bullding to-day found the| locked and the following notice bold letters posted conspicuousl Good-by, yo ¢ g00d-by The America le Company is n St. Joseph, ed of writing stors, who ob- the associ € sums of monéy for eighty eeks, at the end of which the investor -efve his money back with a 1 rate of interest. The company’s first contracts were just beginning to mature and patrons were demanding their money. Three women. who had paid in $2 a week for eighty weeks, were among the disap- pointed vi rs at the offices to-day. They had come to cash their contracts or $260 each, the amount they had been ld they could draw. the volume of the concern's it is estimated that the ‘‘suckers” number 2000 or more and they are scattered throughout the West. 1In-| quiries as to the standing of the com- pany have come recently from San | Francisco and Los Angeles, indicating | that the concern was operating as far West as the coast. Manager Shipley cannot be found. Phillips, attorney for the ‘com- | aid to-day that he had not seen A f its members or agents for about three weeks and he had no idea how much money was outstanding on con- tracts. Phillips said that he believed | that the company could partially meet its obligations. | PUT GREASE | ON RALLS T0 STOP POSSE Outlaws Stall En- gine Manned by Pursuers. | { SRR e AR Special Dispatch to The Call OMAHA, April 11.—Two highway- men robbed the State Bank at Boelus, Neb., early this morning by blowing open the safe with dynamite, and, after pursued for several miles by a posse on a locomotive. The highwaymen were cunning enough to carry with them on the hand car a quantity of axle grease, with which they greased the rails in their flight. Down grade the posse on the locomo- tive, in an exciting race, gained on them rapidly and came within gunshot distance. On the up grade the rails were well greased, with the result that the engine was stalled. The robbers shot the hand car ahead about eight miles and then ditched it, making for the woods and foothills. The posse, under the guidance of the Sheriff, is searching for the outlaws ta-night, but there is little chance of ojertaking them now, as the country is] desolate and means of communica- tibn {padequate. The chances are that the robbers have escaped to another railroad line with their bdoty. —_—— CALIFORNIA GIRL SCORES IN GRAND OPERA IN BOSTON Miss Lucy Riclmrdson of Eureka| Takes Part in Production in the Hub. BOSTON, Avpril’ 11.—+~Miss Mabel Stanway of Reno, Nev., and Miss Lucy Richardson of Eureka, Cal., scored a big success to-day in their parts of the grand: opera public per- by pupils of the New England Con- servatory of Music. The principal | production was an act from Bimboni’s | | operas were given, including an act| from “Aid: Un Ballo in Maschera,” | nd_Rossini’s “Eutischio e Signor Bimboni ¢on- | | the packing house combine. | and as a consequence many new wit- | can obtain possession of them. 0F PACKERS S (ERTAIN Positive Prediction of a Federal Oificial. Special Dispatch to The Call. CHICAGO, April 11.—One of the highest Federal officials in Chicago de- clared to-day that the beef packers cannot cscape indictment and convic- tion. ‘The Government,” he says, “has overwhelming evidence of the guilt of The pack- ers are guilty and the indictment and conviction of all of them is certain. I am artonished that men of unquestion- ed -ability and business sagacity should so far forget themselves and their duties to the civil government as to commit such surprisingly flag- | rant offense against the Federal law. | Their guilt is established beyond the | shadow of a doubt. They cannot es- | cape punishment. “They have brought powerful pres- | sure to bear upon the Government offi- cials, from President Roosevelt down, ani are trying to forestall the Govern- ment in every movement. Influencing witnesses in Chicago is not the only | measure they have taken to prevent evidence of their guilt from being placed before the Federal Grand Jury. The packers are frantic. The Grand Jury already has a plain case and the Investigation is not half over.” An investigation of the beef trust of a much deeper nature and a wider scope is to result from the examina- tion of the contents of eight trunks taken yesterday from the safety vaults in the First National Bank building. When these trunks were opened the entire secret transactions of the Aetna Trading Company, a corpora- tion through which the secret.busi- ness of the big packers was transacted, was revealed to the jurors, nesses will be subpenaed. The trunks and contents have been im- pounded on an order by Judge San- born, so that no one by legal process OLD MAN WHIPS PAIR OF THUGS Epecial Dispatch to The Call. PORTLAND, April 11.—Colonel David M. Dunne, a 65-year-old collector of, in- ternal revenue, to-day in a tussle with two toughs who tried to penetrate his home beat both severely with a short club and then threw them out into the street. g For several weeks two men posing as telephone inspectors have been obtain- ing entrance to private dwellings. Once inside they did about as they pleased. A number of women were frightened by the pair. Colonel Dunne had heard of the fellows, and when to-day he saw two men sneaking into his back yard he quickened his pace. When he saw one, without knocking, attempt to open the back door he picked up a short, thick club, dashed up the stairs three steps at a time and went straight after his man, hitting him over the head and shoulders. e other fellow, coming to his partner’s aid about this time, got a sound thrashing in recotd time, and he fled. The first hobo had no such luck. He was picked up by the colonel and thrown off the high bank on which the house stands. WIS $2L,000 AT RODLETTE Special Dispatch to The Call. TONOPAH, April .—A roulette game in which blue chips were worth $1000 a stack was played at the Merchants’ Hotel, Columbia, last Thursday even- ing. Zeb Kendall, a wealthy mine operator, was the player. There was no limit to the game, which ran for five hours without stopping. When it was concluded Kendall was $21,000 to the good. Kendall declared when he sat down at the table that he felt lucky and that he was confident he could make a cleanup. He paid his price for a “stack of blues” and then the fun began. For several minutes Kendall was ahead, but his luck took a turn for the worse. Kendall stuck to his system. Then things coming his way, and it was not until he had $14,000 in front of | him that he began to lose again. After ! dropping back to the paltry sum of $5000 luck came to him again and re- mained with him until he cashed in. | Byington and Assistant District Attor- | chance. 'ROSA TORTURICI HIDING SOMEWHERE IN Woman Unnerved in House of Horror. | REVISITS THE SCENE! Declares She Did Not See Blood Before. HOLDING SUSPECTS Because the baby' needed a clean dress Mrs. Rosa Torturici asked per- mission yesterday to visit the Green street house, where Biaggio Vilardo was hacked to pieces—in her presence, | say the detectives. For the little one’s sake she once more entered the place to which the unfortunate Sicllian, | blinded by her charms, was led to| slaughter. It was thought that when ishe en- tered the house a confession might be extorted from her. District Attorney ney Louis Ferrari accompanied the party, ready to make immedigte use of any information that might be gained from her if she ylelded to superstitious fear. But the little woman gave them no She only wanted elothing for the baby, she sald. The¥ 'took -her through the haliway, to “er bedroom | and she packed unqn‘ few of the tiny dresses she had made with her own hands for the baby and some of her own clothing, for she is a cleanly little body. | The ostensible purpose of the visit was that she might replenish the child’s wardrobe. But in the house she was subjected to another ordeal. Through Ferrari, District Attorney Byington plied her with questions. When she saw that another stern in- quisition was in progress the woman's scowl of deflance deepened. Almost word for word she told the District At- torney the same story she had told Captain Burnett. “My husband came through here,” she said, pointing dramatically to the door between the room where Vilardo was hacked to pleces and the bedroom. ““The look upon his face was terrible. “1 sald, “Where is Vilardo? What has happened? “He sald, ‘Never mind, woman, you talk too much. Mind your own busi- ness.' " The woman denied stoutly that she knew what had taken place in the ad- Joining room. The blood stains on the sink were called to her attention, and all she said was, “Here is where I found them.” SHE ENTERS SLAUGHTER PEN. At a signal from District Attorney Byington, Detective Taylor thrust open the door that led to where Vilardo was butchered. The woman started in ter- ror and seizing the baby, that had been gleefully kicking up its heels upon the bed, pressed the little one convulsively to her breast. “Por Dio—for God’s sake,” she mut- tered through her dry, trembling lips. But she walked in, head erect and wearing that deflant scowl of hers. “Look at this,” sald the Distriet At- torney, pointing to the horrible dark stains on the uncarpeted floor. “Did you ever see them before?” “No,” she sald sharply, but her face was pale as death, and she pressed the infant so tightly that it complained. “Did you ever enter this room since ‘Wednesday night?” “No,” she replied, and the deflant scowl grew deeper. Relentlessly, as though she were a criminal in the dock, District Attorney Byington questioned the woman. Though she had been ill in the morn- ing and had asked for medical attend- ance, she was composed enough as she stood in that desecrated room. With her small feet almost touch- ing the outlines of that dark spot on the floor, she answered tersely all questions put to her and with the same air of sullen defiance. “Do you think that your husband has left town?"’ was asked. “I do not know where he is,” she answered, “but I am certain that he is not far away. I think that he is somewhere in the city.” The police are of the same opinion— 4 not that they place any reliance in her | statement—but they have information | to that effect. Detectives Ed Gibson, Bunner and Policeman J. Evatt, who know more about the Latin guarter than anybody else on the force, are now scouring the district. Detectives Tom Gibson, Wren and | Bunner went on_a-false scent to San | Jose yesterday. Word was received by Chief '‘Dinan that-an Italian answer- ing Torturicl's description had been seen near San Jose. ) DETECTIVES GO TO SAN JOSE. “The three detectives went to that city, and, with the assistance of Chief of Police Carroll, visited every house in the Latin quarter. Particular at- | tention was paid to a place where a Sicillan secret society had been ac- customed to meet, but it was deserted. The detectives returned empty-handed. The place where the brush that was used to smear plaster of paris over the blood-stained wall was bought was located yesterday. It was pur- | doubtful if any others will be ———— FSE WARSHIPS ARE REPORTED IN BATTLE OFF MALAY PENINSULA A fight is now in progress near the .flna}nbas Islands, east of Malay Peninsula, according to a teles BELIEVES HUSBAND | CITY. IS THE WOMAN HAS JUST LEFT THB CARRIAGE AND IS HANDING HER ROSA_TORTURICI, WIFE OF THE ACCUSED MURDERER. VISITING THE HOUSE ON GREEN STREET, WHERE BIAGGIO VILARDO WAS HACKED TO PIECES. BABY TO THE PRISON MATRON. PHOTOGRAPHED BY ROGERS. — chased at 1516 Stockton street from T. M. Riley, manager of August Carl's general store. Riley admits that the brush was bopght there, but declares that it was ngit’ purchased by Torturici. He says that an excited Itallan ordered the brush the day after the murder. When the news reached the store that blood- hounds were being used the Italian snatched the brush and hurried away. Riley knows Torturici and his wife well. He declares that neither of them bought the brush. Detective Harrison, who located the store, is in- clined to believe that Riley is holding something back from the police. The funeral of Biaggio Vilardo will take place to-morrow from Castagnet- to’s undertaking parlors at 643 Val- lejo street. The body will be interred at Holy Cross Cemetery. Chief Dinan attempted to locate Governor Pardee yesterday to arrange for the offering of a reward for the capture of Pletro Torturici. The Po- lice Depatment will give $250 if the State will offer $500. The matter has not yet been arranged. The police will search the schooner Mizpah, due to sail for Alaska to- morrow with a number of Italians bound for the salmon canneries. ‘While it is not thought that Torturici will attempt to escape on the vessel. Captain Burnett will take no chances. Phe eight suspects who were ar- rested shortly after Vilardo's body was found are still held at the City Prison. The police are handicapped in gathering evidence against them because of the dread of the Mafla | that reigns in the Latin quarter. But | it is believed that they are part of the gang that plotted the terrible crime. The men are silent when questioned about the affair. Captain Burnett par- ticularly suspects Salvatori Maranda, one of the accused men, a boon com- panion of Torturici. The Dplotters have been frightened from their lair near Fishermen's Cove, and it is cap- tured for some time. District Attorney Byington may present evidence to the Grand Jury to-day that will cause that body to indict Pietro and Rosa Torturici for murder. THINK HE IS HIDDEN HERE. Acquaintances of Torturici Declares He Is Still in City. .That Pietro Torturici is still in this most plausible theory. The fact htat he was seen on Montgomery avenue Friday afternoon by Louls Cuneo and Joseph Bacigalupi, who have known him for a long time, together with other circumstances, leads Captain Burnett to believe the alleged mur- derer is still in this city. “Louis Curleo, who is a bartender at the Owl saloon, 311 Montgomery street, knew Torturicl for many years. The fugitive was a frequenter of the saloon and had been in there but a few days before the ¢rime was committed. Torturici was known to- him as Peter Torch. When Cuneo learned Saturday that this was the man wanted by the police he made known the fact of his acquaintanceship to several of his friends, who Informed the police. ! Later he and Bacigatupi were sum- | moned before Captain Burnett to tell their stories. Cuneo says he was standing in front of the saloon Friday afternoon about | 4 o'clock, when Torturici came walk- ing down Montgomery avenue. He iheld his head up, but as soon as Cuneo’s eye caught him he cast his | head down as if to evade being seen. | “I thought it unusual,” said Cuneo yesterday, “‘for Torturici to pass with- | out saluting me. I did not pay any | more attention to the incident until | the next day, when I learned that he | was the man the police were hunt- ims. | §‘There was not the slightest chance { of my mistaking him. He had been coming to the saloon a few times a | week to get drinks. I also worked with | him at the American Can Company’s | factory. | “Torturici was a rather peculiar fel- low, never saying much. He did not speak very good English and he never seemed to improve in American ways. One particular feature, which a per- son who knew him would. recognize him by, was that his left eyebrow ap- “peared to be higher up than the other. | During the time he was working for the can company he was offended by other employes, but would never de- fend himself. yed a game of cards. Torturici was credit for the drinks. Maranda was the only man I knew him to , be chummy with, and I believe he was city or in near vicinity of it seems the | ({ | He was not'a man you would get fa- | his best friend. miliar 'with, as he talkeéd buc little. in this city. uck for the game and he was given | who is also well acquaint SISTEN' PONISHING 1S RO Special Dispatch to The Call BOSTON, April 11.—It is declared by the knowing ones in State street that Thomas W. Lawson and one or two | other big plungers have been severely punished by the big financlers in the present Amalgamated Copper bull movement and that attempts to cover “‘short” contracts by these and other “bears” have been in part responsible for the sharp advance in this stock. It will be recalled that Lawson pur~ chased a number of “puts” on the stock at very much below the present figures, and it is believed that he and his friends, with his numerous small fry following, have been heavily “short,™ though it is not known te. extent. The best informatiom has it that the big traders who have Been n the stock have the market well and that the present been in preparation for some sides this, certain interests have access to a statement of the # which, it is understood, are very If the market as a whole continues vorable, it is said, the stock will above par on this move and Lawson will lose heavily. , men of his class on the ot [ Market street and I think he could be hidden there successfully. Owl saloon is on Montgomery o e was but “A- week ago Sunday he came in |avenue. near Brosdway. and here with * Salvatori Maranda ‘and | a bloek or so above this Montgomery avénue where Torturici, saw him pass. Bacigalupi are both nesses.