The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 13, 1905, Page 1

‘&,‘.r l g —_— THE WEATHER. Forecast made at Sen Francisco for thirty hours ending midnight, May 13: e San Francisco and vieinity—Fair Sat. ’ ; tresh west winds. ) A G. McADIE, District Forecaster. | ¢ -+ HEVEALS THE ARMOUR SECRET CODE AR 5 Century. CHUTES—Vaudeville. Matinee. COLUMPIA—“Romeo and Juliet.” | GRAND—""Joan of Are.” | MECHANICS' PAVILION—Dog Show. | ORPHEUM—Vaudeville, | TIVOLI—Comic Opera. | Matinees at all theaters. PRICE FIVE CENTS. RMER SENATOR FRENCH IS IN BROADWAY JAIL WHILE DRUG KILLS (7O were represented by ed several California fruit concerns that had received rebates, Licutenant Governor on being named as one of the beneficiaries. LS e s i \RTLING revelations were made yesterday by a witness before the Interstate Com- erce Commission, which is investigating the alleged granting of rebates by the Ar- mour car lines. A former stenographer of the Armours gave the commission a secret in correspondence relating to rebates. In this code the several Federal Commissioners’ , such words as “imprison” and “improbity.” The former stenog- + Stenographer Gives Evidence as to Rebates. derson Among Beneficiaries. Code Words Used for Namesof Fed- eral Officials. y 12.—Sensational :n alleged secret code ir car lines in mak- given to-day before mmerce Commission given by H. merly employed by s stenographer. Wit- book someé of the r rieaning, as fol- y w ppers present. The nerce Commissioners ans continued: ce of summons mmission. grew more audible: Interstate Commetce Com- from Clements of Georgia. nens Commerce aughter and shippers o rap for rding prices paid by for icing cars, Mr. jed: tern billed ice at $1 aul was billed at of $1 ] ant Gov of California of the tariff rate on who received more ebate,” said the k H. Buck of San Fruit Company, Comp the Pro- y and others. eceived less than were Stephens & Roper, hnadel Kellog and others.” cost of ice to the line on the New York Cen- n the West Sho the Baltimore $2 5 ton. lared that the profits hi to New York “were, on an FAVORS ROOSEVELT'S PLAN. First Railroad President to Advocate Rate Regulation. May 12.—A. B nt of the Chicago- Railway, has filed w te Committee on Inter- rstate Commerce 0 fix rates. He 1 would be the rator possible, he says that the traffic di- paying rebates but in lieu there- evator fi , which is giving rebates.” ission, he de- eled by a desire to secure ton- . particular line and " ame an equitable schedule, kney thought that the commis- tion should be aliowed to fix mini. I well as maximum ratesg or dis- g rations could not be prevented, e criticized the free pass system. “As an individual ru of action the law against ,”" he said, “was fgnored by the Congressmen who passed it and by the President who approved it, and subsequent Congress- en and Presidents, with rare excep- t ‘have ignored its provisions. “There is one man, and but one man,” he continued, “whose example would be effective and, unless the American people have misjudged char- scter, if he realized that he was trans- gressing the law in accepting the sourtesy of free tramnspo-tation, Theo- fore Rooseveit would have the virtue ind courage and ability to set the ex- gmple which shall awak-n officialdom mes Alden An-f average, | € a statement in favor o &7, CALIFORNIAN. SAID TO PROFIT. BY REBATES AND RAILROAD MAN WHO FAVORS RATE.LBGISLATION. BEN TITIS S ACCISED OF BIGAMY |Woman Says Mu- sician Has Five Wives, DENVER, May 12.—Lydia Yeamans- Titus, the vaudeville star of the Or- pheum circuit, is not the legal wife of Benjamin F. Titus, also of the stage, and the latter has committed bigamy four times, if the story told by a wom- an who claims to be the original Mrs. Titus is true. It is a story of whole- sale bigamy she relates, preparatory to contesting Titus' divorce suit, filed here a few days ago against her: Titus filed suit.for divorce in the District Court here last Saturday, al- leging desertion. and bigamy. To-day a woman claiming to be the original Mrs. Titus appeared. She called on the attorney appointed to defend her when she was supposed to be in the East, and said: “Twenty-two years ago I was mar- ried to Benjamin Titus. About a year after the marriage he deserted me and went to Wales and went through the ceremony of marrying another woman. | | | | - and all good citizens to a sense of the individual's duty to obey the law.” S st A HIS EVIDENCE REJECTED. Another Would-Be Witness Accuses Federal Attorney. OMAHA, Neb., May 12.—John Cas- | siday is another packing-house em- | ploye who declares that valuable tes- timony offered to United States Dis- trict Attorney Baxter has been spurn- ed. Cassiday declares that because | he offered testimony to the Govern-| ment against the packers he has been | placed on the blacklist and cannot obtain work at any of the plants. “Four weeks ago,” said Cassiday to- | day, “I went to Mr. Baxter's office and | filed with him two afidavits showing | violations of the interstate commerce | law by the packers. Notwithstanding that he had instructions from Wash- ington to get what evidence I had, Mr. | Baxter told me I would not be want- | ed. I had positive evidence of illegal | acts committed within a year. This| evidence I had secured while working | at Armour’s plant. A portion of it, | was in the form of labels used by the | | packers to destroy the identity of the | | | packer sending out meat. Meat which | has been spoiled and returned to the ‘plant without the knowledge of the | Government inspectors is frequently | After he had lived with her for |sent out under these labels, which some time' he deserted her, leav- bear the name of some firm which has|ing her with two children to | no ‘existence. Much of it is rotten and | maggoty. The worst of it is sent to the South for consumption by the ne-| | groes.” support, and, coming back to Amer- ica, formed two more matrimonial al- llances, deserting both women after he tired of them. Then I lost sight of him for fifteen years. At the end of that time I thought he must be dead and g0 I married Daniel Sprague. But I seemed doomed to disaster in the line of | matrimony, for Mr. Sprague deserted me and went East. Now I hear that he has married another woman, not tell- ing her that he has never got a di- vorce from me. But I guess my time for getting even has come and I'm go- ing in for my revenge.” Her attorney, O. N. Hilton, said: “This case certainly involves bigamy i enough. Titus not only commits big- | amy himself, but causes five women to { do the same, if this story is true, for | Lydia Yeamans-Titus, with whom he now lives, supposed herself to be the T A ADMIRES ROOSEVELT. Bryan Favors Stand of President on Railroad Rate Question. KANSAS CITY, May 12.—William | J. Bryan was the guest of honor and principa] speaker at a dinner given by the Knife and Fork Club of this city to-night. In an interview Mr. Bryan said that he admired the po- | sition of President Roosevelt and Sec- retary Taft upon the question of rail- road rate legislation. In regard to;the recent Iroqueis banquet in Chicage, at which President Roosevelt was the | guest of honor, Bryan said: 1 was gratified at the recent expression of | good will and the demonstration in Chicago | towarg the Presdent and I am glad that the Democrats of the nation are supporting Pre dent Koosevelt in his position on railroad rai legislation. | marrying Mrs. Titus, deserts her | poses as a single man before another woman, who accepts his attentions and marries him.” —_———— SMALLPOX BREAKS OUT ON TRANSPORT SHERMAN Vessel Puts Back to Honolulu Presence of Dread Disease Discovered. e e MORE WITNESSES SUBPENAED. Chicago Grand Jury Summons Com- mission Firms’ Employes. CHICAGO, May 12.—Twelve new witnesses were to-day subpenaed to appear before the Federal Grand Jury investigating the beef industries. Aill of the persons for whom writs.were issued are commission firm employes at the stockyards here. It is believed that an attempt is to be made to learn the relations existing between - com- | mission men and the packers. When Is HONOLULU, May 12.—The United States transport Sherman, which left here at 11 o'clock to-day for Manila, returned to port to-night . went into qu‘mnthr. After l:-vln; hére a case of smallpox was discovered on the transport. YOUNG SO 0F CRORER Found Dead on Train by & Santa Fe CWOT. Mystery Surrounds Passing of Gay Youth From New York City. Opium Administered in Kansas City Is Believed to Have Caused KANSAS CITY, May 12.—rierbert V. Croker, a son of «Richard Croker, the former Tammany leader of New- York, was found dead on a southbound Santa Fe train near Newton, Kanse. early this morning, and it is. supposed that he died of opium poisoning. The body was taken from the train at Néwton, where an inquest is being held and where it is expected an : utopsy will be performed to determine the cause of death. = From papers found -+ .the dead man it appears that he was on the way from New York to spend a vacation at'the 101 ranch, Bliss, O. T. He stopped in Kansas City on his way West yester- day, but did not register at a hotel, or, so far as known, make his identity known to any one.. He visited the Eim Ridge races in the afternoon, but his conduct was not unusual. 3 At 10 o'clock last night Croker, in a condition of stupor, was put on board lediately lapsed into’ a heavy sleep. His feflow passengers noticed his sleep become quieter. No attention was paid to his condition, however, until: Newton had nearly been reached, when the conductor, seeking to arouse him to collect his ticket, found him dead. The Coroner at Newton began an in- quest to-night, at which trainmen tes- tified that Croker did not smell of liquor. The inquest was adjourned un- til_to-morrow. The police of this city found the ne- gro who put Croker on the train, He was a porter at the Coates House, named Woodson. He said that Croker when at the Rotel asked to be taken to an opium joint, that he took him to such a place kept by a Chinese and that Croker stayed there for an hour, and that then at his request Woodson took Croker to the train and helped him on board. IN CHARGE OF NEGRO. According to stories of passengers and the conductor on the train upon which Croker died, the young New Yorker was placed on the train at Kansas City shortly after 10 o'clock last night by a negro. Croker appeared to be under the influence of some drug. The negro was seen to hand him a sum of money and a rallroad ticket just before the train started, when he jumped off and disappeared. When the conductor came around to collect Cro- ker's fare the latter was asleep and he did not disturb the passenger. Croker was left to himself all night until near- ly 5 o'clock this morning, when the conductor made another attempt to collect his ticket. He was unable to arouse Croker, and upon examination found that he was dead. %% The Coroner of inewton was notified by wire, and when the train reached that city the body was removed to an undertaking establishment. It was several hours before the young man's jdentity was suspected. As far as can be learned Croker ar- rived in Kansas City early on Thurs- day and spent the afternoon at the Flm Ridge racetrack. He is known to have been in the company of several patrons of the racetrack before he boarded the train for the south. Pas- sengers on the train took particular notice when young Croker was assisted into a chair car at the Union station in Kanesas City by & young negro, be- cause the white man was helpless, as it from lquor. The negro assisted Croker into a seat and then gave him a purse containing a railroad ticket and $19, counting the money out to Croker. The passengers heard Croker say, “Now, I want you t‘ send me the rest of it.” ASKS FOR ADDRESS. The negro asked Croker to write his address, gxt Croker refused and final- 1y the megro wrote while Croker dic- tated. The address was “Bliss, Okla- homa, care 101 Ranch. Immediately after the train started Croker fell into a deep sleep, snoring loudly. Later he grew quieter. As the train neared - Newton, the conductor, who wished to take up Croker's ticket, shook him to arouse him and found him dead. There are no marks of violence on the young man’s body and the officers here do not believe he fi:d only wife he ever had. Sprague, after,of heart {rouble, as he was of fine and | physical development. Besides the letter from Zick Mulhall, introducing Croker to Joseph Miller of 101 Ranch, Croker's papers contained a letter of introduction from J. D. Carroll of New York to Miller, alet- ter_signed “Carter” from New York, and an affectionate letter from a wi man on West Twenty-second ‘s New York. The two latter letters were not made public. ; ‘At the racetrack Croker'’Ss manner was not such 0 _excite notice. ‘Todd Sloan, the jockey Who rode for Rich- ard Croker, and who was well ac- quainted with Herbert’s brother, was at the track all afternoon and he . , —_— 3, § a wo- LAWYERS ARGUE OVER BAIL Frank French, expelled from the Senate for ac- cepting a bribe, was ar- rested yesterday by Dep- uty Sheriff Reese of Sac- ramento County, owing to the withdrawal of a bondsman. As Reese was taking his prisoner to the train, a clerk in the office of French’s at- torney, George D. Col- lins, served the officer with a writ of habeas corpus. Reese took French before Judge Lawlor last night. Col- i lins maintained that the prisoner should not be taken to Sacramento. Judge Lawlor postponed the hearing until noon to-day. _ Officer Endeavorsto Take Prisoner to Sacramento COURT ISSUES WRIT Allege&_Bg(;iler Re- 'sorts to Habeas Corpus. ARGUMENT TO-DAY Frank French, expelled from the Senate of the State for the crime of accepting a bribe and awaiting trial before the Superior Court for that of- fense, spent yesterday afternoon in the custody of Deputy Sheriff Ed Reese of Sacramento, while making a des- perate search to get bondsmen. After the attempt of the Deputy Sheriff to take French to Sacramento last night had been foiled by French's attorney, George D. Collins, who got a writ of habeas corpus, French spent the night in the branch County Jail No. 1 on Broadway. The writ of habeas corpus was issued yesterday afternoon by Judge Lawlor on the petition of Collins, who main- tained that his client was able to fur- nish bail and need not proceed to Sac- ramento to have new bail bonds ac- cépted. Collins made the claim that the bonds being issued here could be accepted here by any Superior Judge, and that his client should be released from custody immediately upon their acceptance. The story of the withdrawal of J. ‘W. Wilson, the Sacramento bondsman of the accused ex-Senator, was told exclusively in yesterday’'s Call. Word had been conveyed to Wilson that French was quietly disposing of his property and Wilson's investigations proved such to be the case. He im- mediately notified the Sacramento au- thorities of his desire to withdraw, whereupon Superior Judge Hart of the Capital city issued a warrant for the arrest of Frank French. Deputy Ed Reese was sent to this city to serve it. On the way hither the deputy by accident met the District Attorney of Sacramento, Arthur Seymour, and told him of his mission to San Francisco. Seymour, who was coming to attend to some private business, immediately warned Reese that he was approaching a hornets’ nest and told the Deputy to call upon him if aid was needed. DEP REESE'S TROUBLES. Seymour's prophecy was fulfilled in every respect yesterday. While the Deputy Sheriff was guarding French in his tour of the town the prisoner’s attorney was busy getting a writ of habeas corpus that forced the Deputy Sheriff to miss the afternocon train go- ing to Sacramento and caused French | to become an inmate of the branch County Jail instead of the Sacramento prison. Upon his arrival in San P‘rnneucul ‘Reege began his hunt for French. He rang up the accused politician at his house at 230 Duncan street several times, but was repeatedly told that the quarry was not at home. After ringing up yesterday morming he was told that French would be home about noon. - ; Yesterday noon Reese made a visit to the French home. Mrs. French an- ered the bell and hardly had the deputy finished ul;inx for the former Senator when French arrived at the house. The two men held a short con- versation and the Deputy departed. French entered the house, ate his lunch, made a change of clothing and left. Before going away he told Mrs. French that he was going to the office of “is attorney and that if he did not return Ly 8 in the evening she might , i W W Reese at Collins’ office at 2 o’clock. In | the meantime, with the assistance of ) his attorn'y, he scoured the city for bondsmen. Both the Deputy Sheriff and French were on time at Collins’ office and the bail had not_been procured, although many promises had been received. Reese was given instructions to show French every courtesy possible within the law, and when the latter expressed a desire to find bondsmen the Deputy Sheriff agreed to permit him to do so and to accompany him on the search. Collins then told the Deputy that he could not ‘permit his client to go to Sacramento, as he was able to get bail here, and that it would not be neces- capital to have it accepted. CONSULTS SEYMOUR. ! This was a new point of law for the Deputy Sheriff, and “he immediately rang up District Attorney Seymour for advice. The District Attorney put him- self in communication by 'phone with Collins to insist that the prisoner have the bail bonds approved by a Superior Judge of Sacramento. This Collins re-; fused to do, and a controversy over the telephone took place. i Collins insisted that his client had the right to get bail here, have it ap- proved here and be released from cus- | tody here. Seymour denied this right. Then Collins threatened to sue out a writ of habeas corpus from the Supe- rier court to compel the Deputy Sheriff to bring French into court to show why he sBould not be released upon bonds. Meantime French and Collins had got | the promise of bail money. A new firm in the Crossley building consented to put up $2500 of the necessary $5000. The remainder is to be made up by Mrs. French with property valued at $3600. This exceeds by $1100 the amount at which bail was fixed. The property on which Mrs. French has drawn is made up of five lots, each valued at $400, at Plymouth and Holloway avenues, Lake View, There is a building nearing com- pletion on one lot, with building mate- rials of value. The property was bought by French over a month ago and made over to his wife. French says it was the sale of his Duncan street property which enabled him'to make the new investment, that aroused the suspicion and the timidity of J. W. Wilson, the Sacramento bondsman. * WITHDRAWAL A SURPRISE. The news of the withdrawal came as a surprise to French. - For the last three nights he had been staying -at | the new building to keep watch over it, and the first intimation he had ot anything wrong was The Call's article in yesterday morning’s issue. French | seemed ready and willing to return to Sacramento, but this Collins refused to let him do. Later in the afternoon Seymour vis- jted Collins with Deputy Sheriff Reese and French. He told Collins French might procure bail here, but the pris- oner must return to Sacramento to have it accepted and be released. He warned Coilins that it would not be | | wise for the prisoner’s attorney to get | any writs, and advised Deputy Sheriif l\te.e' to take his prisoner to the train. Giving this instruction to Reese, Dis- trict Attorney Seymour left Collins’ office, supposing that Reese would take his prisoner to the train and to Sac- ramento. | Soon after\Seymour had left the of- fice, and.while Reese and French were in the hallway on their way to the ele- vator, Jacab Meyer of Collins’ staff thrust a writ of habeas corpus into the astonished deputy’s hands. The writ was signed by Judge Lawlor. It or- . dered the Deputy Sherift to lppe‘r; with French in department 11 at § | 2'clock to show cause why the prisoner should not be released on bail. The disgusted Deputy Sheriff, who was planning to take French across the bay to await the train and thus get him over into another county, then took French to the Branch County Jail, where he lodged until 8 o'cloek last night. Reese then spent his time in attempting to reach i Attorney Seymour, but could find no trace of him, and concluded that he had returned to Sacramento. “At 8 o'clock Reese had his prisoner sary for French to make a trip to the | | District Attorney | FORMER SENATOR. CHARGED WITH A FELONY, AND SACRA- MENTO DISTRICT ATTORNEY. S TN in Judge Lawlors courtroom. Attofney Kingdon of Collins” office was on hand, and asked the indulgence of the court until Collins should arrive. Deputy Sheriff Reese then said that he had no one to represent him, as District At- torney Seymour' was probably on his way to Sacramento. Tn a few minut¢s Collins appeared, and ' was informed by Judge Lawlor that the writ could not be argued without the preSence of Seymour or some one representing his office. While not prepared to hear argument, Judge Lawlor held that the grounds of the petition for the writ were well taken, and ordered that the uty Sheriff appear with French to-day at noomn. .~He also directed that . Reese communicate with Sacramento and en- | deavor to obtain the return of Seymour or a representative of the Ditrict At- torney’s otfice. Therefore, while Sey- mour was speeding on his way to Sac- ramento secure in the bellef that Reese, with French in custody. was tol- lowing~on a later train, the ex-Sénator was a prisoner in the County Jail and the Deputy Sheriff was compelled to await the decision of the presiding Judge cof the Superior Court. —_— WILSON MAKES STATEMENT. : Ascribes His Withdrawal to Protees tion of Interests. SACRAMENTO, May 12—J. W. Wilson, who withdrew his name from the bail bond of ex-Senator French, gave the following reason for his withdrawal: “Everybody who knows me knows that I am not a quitter or one who will desert a man in trouble. but after looking Into the matter carefully I reached the conclusion that my interests would be best protected by withdrawing my name from the bond. French should not have any trouble in getting bonds from old friends in -San Francisco.” BDATO L o Seymour to Return to This City To-Day. SACRAMENTO, May 12.—District Attorney Arthur M. Seymour arrived in Sacramento on a late train to-night. To a Call correspondent he said he would return to San Francisco before daybreak in order to be present at the court proceedings in French’'s case to- morrow. Seymour was very indignant at the actions of Attorney Collins. He said early this afternoon that Collins had asked him to remain for a habeas corpus hearing, but Seymeur told him he was not there for that purpose and he thought such action would be un- fair. He immediately sought Deputy Reese and warned him to French to Sacramento by the earliest train possible. He suj Reese .would do se and came away. Seymour said he would fight the application to a finish in the morning. Paul Grave at ‘WASHINGTON, May 1 Roosevelt to-day approved the rec- Shat the body of John m'm that the body TM“