The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 25, 1905, Page 4

'Q THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAV MAY %, 1905. STAT EMENT MURDERS HIS WIFE AND FIVE CHILDREN i T A g 1y IN A FRENZY AND THEN COMMITS SUICIDE the SINGER has ; i = % been recognized as maintaining the I Continued From Page 1, Columns 1 and 2. H lghest Standal'd of Exceuence among Family Sewing-Machines and is now sold at lower prices * quality considered, than any other. Whether you _propose the purchase of‘a machine or not there is TEUTONIA INSURANCE COMPANY F_NEW ORLBANS, IN THE STATE OF O F 1 ouistana. on the ist day of December, | A. D. 1904, and for the year ending on that Qday, as made to- the Insurance Commissioner of the State of California, pursuant to the pro visions of sections 610 and 811 of the Political Code, condensed as per blank furnished by the Commissioner : writhing, on the grass he fired another into his brain, thus finishing his work of extermination. Sheriff Taylor hurried to the place and on the way met Joseph La Chance, a “divine healer,” who had found the body of itephens. No one in the neighborhood had heard the shots in the cottage. La Chance went to the house, thinking he would break the news of % CAPITAL. her husband’s suicide to the wife. He knocked several times, then finally much to interest most women at any Singer Store— Amouit of Capltal Stoek, pald wp B entered through the open door. A number of young chickens followed - and all are Cordh.lly invited. Cash .$250.000 06 him. ASSETS. When he got one glance at the interior of the slaughter-pen he g::; 1;::::::32’” :f m;:::ky. ".n'a $40,000 00 called the Sheriff. Josephine and Herbert were still alive, and Taylor These Machines Bonds owned by Company. 725 00 By this Sign you may know Cash in Compaty’s Office. Cash in Banks. Premiums In due courss of ¢ hurried to the nearest telephone and notified Dr. W. J. Wickham of San Rafael, who arrived in a short time. The two dying children were taken are never sold to the Gruettner Sanitarium, where they expired within a few hours of and will find to dealers. each other. 3 ly from Maker Coroner Sawyer of San Rafael took charge of the other bodies Singer Stores Only o= and they were taken to the San Rafael morgue. : Everywhere to User Toases reststed: meluding uwm- 3,500 00 Stephens’ father is Isaac Stephens of 23 Bagley avenue, Deétroit, - m’:“":" I pia i 8: Mich. Mrs. Stephens was the daughter of R. M. Porter of Wilmington, GM i s . 258,108 &7 } Ohio. Her father has been connected with- the Ohio State University. nlnl'n- than ome year, lfl- i Stephens at one time worked for Dunham, Carrigan & Hayden. A small payment down, the rest at - 141,321 84 convenient intervals. Four different Kinds and a wide range of prices to suit. Sold only by Singer Sewing Machine Company o 80 Market Si 818 Devisadero Street SAN FRANC[SC‘)- :':’o St:crk::n ‘:::«. :a:1 Stockton Street ALAMEDA—13a2r Park St 576 Valencia St. BERKELEY—z014 Shattuck St The insane man accomplished his work with ghastly thoroughness. On each pillow was found a pool of blood where the victim's head had rested. Coroner Makes Discovery of Powder. Coroner Sawyer of San Rafael found a box containing white pow- ders in the room where Mrs. Stephens was killed. This leads some to suspect that the insane husband drugged his family, s6 that he could shoot them as they slept. The powders will be analyzed. Mrs. Thomas Clyne, wife of an insurance man of San Francisco, apparently knew more of the family than was known by any of the other people of the vicinity. She had often tried to assist them, but Mrs. Stephens’ pride would not permit her to accept much. Mrs. Clyne said that, though she knew that the family was in dire distress, Mrs. Stephens always appéared cheerful and hopeful. Butterfield, the dairyman who was shot at, tells the following story: “As 1 was driving through Laurel Grove at about §:40 this morning I heard shouts. I looked in the direction of the road and saw Stephens, hatless, coatless and barefooted, coming toward us, gesticulating wildly. Thinking that there was some trouble, I stopped, and when within sev- enty-five yards he fired at us. He niissed us, but the bullét sounded very close. I think I heard the pistol miss fire twice. I drove off rap- OAKLAND~s510 Thirteentl: St SAN JOSE—38 So. Second St Paid for Salaries, Fees, and other olerks, ate.. and Local charges for officers, 25,087 41 4 for snto. National, 21,337 91 48,184 18 EAMILY ‘{FEZEF'}}{’}E‘ { idly to Ross station, and he followed me for at least a hundred and T'mm, & 2 fifty yards. He may have run farther, but the trees separated us. Yosemit.e and “When I returned with Sheriff Taylor we met Dr. La Chance, whé was standing by the dead body of Stephens. He went up to notify Mrs. Stephens. We did not know at that time that he had killed his wife and family.” Mrs. Clyne said: . R “I had been friendly with Mrs Stephens. They both came from during the year.| 50924600 | 817,078 &1 Net amount inj force December| prominent Eastern families atd were college graduates. ........ ‘ 56,508,512 768,918 45 oo You can leave San Francisco either at 7:30 or 9:30 this morn- WAS NURDERED USES HIS FISTS fortune they were in straitened circumstances. Mrs. Stephens received e occasional remittances from her parents. She had faith in her ability to ing and be at Sentinel Hotel in the valley to-morrow after- b oot st e, Bi-r succeed in the poultry business recently engaged in. They were too proud noon at 5:30, if you travel over the Net ambunt of| e { to let people know how poor they were. If the people in the immediate — qh‘;flmi 34922042 | semeISTL Ca | Special Dispatch to The Call SURT S : 3 A ”» s e — vicinity had been cognizant of it, succor woud have come. by gy T N RENO, May 24.—Mayor George F. Mrs. Alexander F. Morrison, wife of a prominent attorney of San during the year.| 4,922,042 24.618 71 rrittin figured in a disgraceful bar- J ; . . . Francisco, whose residence is cose by, was at the scene of the murder / ABLBERT P. NOLL. President. room fight here this evening. He at- : % FRANK LANGBEFN, Secrstary. K. Hymers, chairman of the | @0ing what service she could render. i ‘.’ ,u][ i ] Qe Subscribed and sworn to before me this 19th nty Commissiohérs. Hymers; who Mrs. C. A. Meusdotffer, wife of a well-known architéct of San Fran- C C o Y D IR., Notary Public. s ntarly 80 years of age, is suffering | cisco, heard the fatal shots. from the nervens shock of the encoun- rrests may beé made and sensa* looked for, as the feeling Turrittin is intense in some inst arters, Turrittin-was rk‘lm\tvd for re-election as Mayor at the. late election, and it is inderstood endeavored to have. Hy- mers use his influence to have & man Mrs. Stephens Was' Well Connected. WILMINGTON, Ohio, May 24—Edwin B. Stephens, who mur- dered his: wifs.and family near San-Francisco, married. Miss Phosa Por- ter,‘a-dangiter &f M#7and Mrs. J. P. Porter of New Antioch, Clinton - County. The Porters are a prominent family, who removed from-Clare- mont County a few years ago. They had many. friends-in both Clare- - The ¢:30 trdin is the celebrated California Limited MANN & WILSON, Managers N. E. Cor. California and Sansome Sts. San Franeiseo. Cal. STATEMENT ANOT "l‘l( l”l"l'l\l"““ :;‘l" ";m g | @mned Jeoper appointed ac Chiet-ot Po- mont and Clinton counnu. They ‘move “in ‘the - bBest circle§ ini "both - ar TN § CAUGH] THE lice. TFhis he refused to do, Whereupon H ¢ ot R 5 . —— wrrittin attacked him. Several ‘olti- _,_Pla“‘ and thé connecting stage carries you direct through Merced CONDITION AND AFFAIRS South - Caroling Sheriff Arrests & Man | gens witnessed. the attack and pulléd T e Tt 5 Trees. OF THE Whom He Believes to Be the urrittin from his victim. group of Big Sextuple Murderer, —————— [ MASKED MEN COMMIT A DARING ROBBERY SANTA CLARA COUNTY TO OFFER FARM SI’[‘E Effort to Be Made to Secure ANQUET TO FOLLOW CREMATION OF BODY Santa Rosa Man Expresses Ask Us--653 Market St. A still lower rate is made to holders of Excursion Tickets sold in the East. LA FONCIERE MARINE INSURANCE CO. ok PARIS, IN FRANCH, ON THS 15T - < . T ke 3 ] Nav Dece: Hold Up a San Francisean the A\P“S Experimental Some Nov % A;llte-Mor- A& TE, & j‘:{-%{‘; .:. 5 {;Es el 3 4 . s surance Com: oner e Booe tfor- ‘ at Goldfield and Se- tatiom tem ‘Wishes. : Bis. pursuant o the o sections ; e STATEME:N 5 STATEMENT i S et S RS T MY Y cure $2800 . OF THE as per blank furnished by the Commissi BROTHERS ARE BEUNITED l . Specia! Dispatch to The Cail. Special Dispateh to The Call OF THE BaRDAON ki AVATNS CAPTTAL. AFENER A NEWG. SEPARATION ; SAN JOSE, May 24~An offer of a| SANTA ROSA, May 24. — Edward CONDITION AND AFFAIRS . 3 Amount of Capital Stock, paid up, 5 | Ebeclal Dispatch t6 The Call i 4 OF THE in Cash .... $1,250,000 00 » seki ‘Mirehant SEbdis EMSthee, site for the experimental farm to be [ Teale Devens, aged 80 years, a promi- OF THE == R Rk wie Sal AP e ] RENO, May 24+—M. £: Dewitt, a min- | established by the State will be ten- |nent citizen of this place, who died here 3 g g |ing man of San Franeéisco, arrivedin|dered from this county. A false re- |yesterday, will be cremated I San H PDUTA“ Beal m::'m‘m.u“m.“msm 590,392 33 PR this city from Goldfield, Nev., to-day | port has gone abroad that Santa Clara | Francisco to-morrow in accordance 5 and repobied having been held up and | County would make on effort to secure | with his expressed wishes. Another - sbbed upon the streets of the great |the farm. At a meeting of the Cham- | ante-mortem desire was that certain of | [ uning camp by two masked men. He |ber of Commerce last: night Milton | his friends should attend his cremation ¥ claims to have lost $2800 in cash, a gold | Bernard of San Francisco offered a site |y, ¢y, t . { and two dlamond shirt studs. |of;651 acres on-the Montery road, near | i ;e";(;t“;’;‘:‘l,i :“gs“"‘,:'ff( lmg’nc:;cr:: PANY D INSURANSE COMPANY 1 ) says that he was walking up | Edenvale, for the farm. The price | ypoir expenses, rallroad fares, hotel |HSUHAIGE BW F HARTFORD, IN THE STATE OF CON- i | the main street of the camp when two | asked is $125,000. A committee, con- | piig and g fine dinner, including drinks | nectlout, on the 3ist day of December, * |'men stepped in front of him and with | sisting of Paul Shoup, H. €: Doerr and | ;o clgars. He ordefed that there * NEW YORK, IN THE STATE OF NEW A D. 1904, and for the year énding on that levéled revolvers demanded his money. |J. D, Radford, was appointed to con- | ghould be no mourning, no sadness 0o on e 18t Ay o DR e iay, a4 | 87, a8 mad to_the l‘r:uriia = mfl-nnu- b = 3 ending g tate of California, pursuant k POE He fhrew up his hands and they pro- | sider the matter and lay it before the | sround his bier, but that Joy and cheer- | 1oode s (he Insurance Commissioner of the | O e v, 620 Ana”SI1, oF (h ouucu et Assis od | cefded to search. taking his money | board having the selectlon of the site. | 51negs shonld mark the occasion. After | State g californie, Pursuini, to the pravislchs | Code. conderaed as per biank roraished by che s S ,m;;,; £ s (Belt and his jewelry. They then step- R s the cremation his friends will have a | °f 6i8"ina 1T of the Palitienl Code, | ol lioner: Lo n-wu 541,558 08 A ped around a corner and disappeared | PROSPECTS ARE FAVORABLE binduét in some ofty restaurant Confcnsed as'per blank farnished by the Com: oo s P in the crowd,; He reported the matter ¥ - GRAPE-NUTS. FROM SAME BOX, ‘(n the police; but the fellows escaped. | Dewitt is néw .in Réno waiting. for mohey trom Mexico, where he, {8 inters | @sted in some mining -elaims.: He: will then -continue -on his - journey -to- San FOR CONSTRUCTION OF ROAD —_——————— Special Train ¥From Santa Clara. For tlie accommodation of those Who at- d the Comihencement Exercises at Santa C"élo“' fo-day dhd this evening, May u Electric Systeni' Ts to Be Bullt Between + *Vallejo, nemen,' Suisun and- 5 fle. s s CAPITAL. id up in amingt of Crpat B, 1o 10 oy ASBETS. Cash Market Value of all Stocks and Amount of Capital Steck, paid up in Cash. ASSETS. Real Estate owned by Company.... Bonds and M Loans on ortzage: Cash_Market Value of all Stocks $16,390 00 T Commizstons 1 \ i . - e thern Pacific will run a -pecl-l Bonds owned by Company. .$530.750 00 and Bonde o.,..un,yc.mp.ny . 2,220,142 00 and to Where the Foods Conie Frof. | Francisco, "}]I""(Ejgr ‘::’:ll P"“":c" b ity n %o, San Francisco, leaving Santa C1 Cash in Company's Office. T Toke 03 | o0, Blne 'S O e | - excellent arly start on the work of Lag'11 p Cash In Banks 40,480 95 | Cagh in Banks.. 177,926 89 «. dont | CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN ‘é‘:“;"““‘ B °'°°": \"“""a“* ‘”‘“e‘:l Vallejo, Tnerest .due Interest due and accrued on Bonds o g | Total Liabilities now, don’t | = 3 2 nicia, Suisun and Vacaville over the route of | Dies KFrom Overdose. of Chloroform. Stocks & 3 yoh these flaked CHURCH ASSEMBLY ADJOURNS | i1 franchiges held by J. W. Hartzell. C. F. . Premiums o e bisak 5 out of the same>box? — Archer, representative of the banking house | 108 ANGELES, May 24.—Mre. Grace Brd- | tjon a Nét cash actually received for -y . $ wedug all ‘cept Gra Tommittee In Appolnted To Prepare | of B. H. Rolling & Sons, has inspected the | in&tor, aged 18 years, was found' dead In | Plate Glass hlr‘d o Marine premiums . $1,640,501 78 yes, be o - T P s route and the resources of the country, and | bed to-day at the Empire lodging-house. Her | Accounts due for glass sol Received for interest and _divi- doun’t look liKe th Protest Against Proposed Consol- 10 was stated to-dny on good muthority that | deafls, Waa causediby chioroforim; bt whether dends on Bonds, Stocks, Loans know ‘zactly, what idation of Organization. upon his recommendation the banking house tlkcn accidentally or With suicidal intent is WHEEL CABRED p2ondbsss LIABILITIES. and from all other sources...... 91,028 28 emt-ones named ON | of the General Assembly of the Ciimberland - | b e “Bespondent, ! in process of Adsumnant or A s na the ajl thin | presbyterian chirch was tame compared with : d 6968 Srbiis phes $22'02; re- 3 ot one year or loss, $60. ; re: ke mny dif- | the suppressed exeitement which prevailed yes- 1540 00 | [curance 50 per ces n calls Yor, we | terday. A fight was expected over the report Grose “;'"“,“_'“L‘ ““ m‘}’.”"‘;‘" Gross premiums of ‘Riaics runng? er from oné box.” | of the committe on publication, to which was . 209,320 19 | more than one year, §3,454, gation referre t reinsurance pro rata. gation. | referred a resolution practically asking that Commigstoa. and. Bi about | the editor of the church paper be removed. and to become due ug varioug kinds | The committee reported that it found no fact king to take the prepared-break- to justify such a course,-and the réport was ed without debate. Total Liabilitles.. o INCOME t food—- te. Thes pbnosiin ]vr;w‘es( of .u\p xml-;ml:nfsu was filed N” mh actually received for pre. after a:pre existence mearly ‘all IS e e fatled, feat thousands-of - boxes ' of g wtar gk o it B ‘ntorest eir #bods in mills, and. warchouses. W enttnuhater: GOfLamior: Wik 1ot & SCeltinn Bonds, smn. R.’g"‘;m Tor interest and dividends These #veré in-several instances bbught | and thire Is ne doctrinal greement between $rom @i bthier sources s iAte 4 | Riveiyen Tl Inticend Sall Ci e up for = song by eculators ang sold | the two bodies. Tt affirmed that none of the nfi( on sdle or maturity of Ledger -n other source: o A s e o Cters for Mttlot o | FEDS taken have been constitutional: that there ssets ...... 12,483 02 | all oth for Reme s 2 | 18 no autherity for the proposed union and that . ived from all other sources. 10,907 80 nothing § ‘1 58 IL worslng <;‘fl the ;r(\r:hpr(npos;,dflmr::n!h s,n:‘p:ytmeh ul»mrp- Total Income «........ lA“ & "“50", this 0ld stock Has bedn slow. One whl | tion of the Cumberland ehurch into the. larger . B8 —————| Total Income........... § S (s < sivwrts SF kol fodl At O DL EXPENDITURES. T S N.E. Cor. California and Sansome Sts,, that went out Of business a‘ year and.a | o i et ,‘,‘:‘, Tavior Juds ,,p:f;fm"{, Net amount paid for i EXPENDITURES. o ML SETES0 apente.agio. Jlodh Tew Calbs | wents o seulill Bl o S Nt amount paid for Losses. FRANCISCO. wiPes. the & a factories | P"Fitn Jerear entriusiasm (he assembly sy e T o ‘g“’f,‘"':“:,{f,’,‘,‘,;‘“m Commigsion o ~ been bught o | crived an lnngu:dmgfl:gnn“u Presidant; Bl.ncl( Pk Saises s, dnd of G o e % sonsoss TEE resuscitaté the defiihct, and by cOPYINg | Mo han tod :{,.m,.,.,d “§10:000 for e | eha M&m"‘m.fi’ {:‘} St 6891 0f | poon b Eararies. her the style of ad & of Grape-Nuts, | souri Valiey Cofleg Paid for state, hatges (o6 Clerks, ete.. 158,01043 seek to jnfluénce But the public L fact that all“the simply Soaked wh sople to purchase. s been educhted.to the in flaked foods are at or oats rofled thin and @ried out and packed. They are not prepared ke Grape-Nuts, in whieh the thoreugh Baking and other operations which turft thé starcl part of the wheat and barley into Sugar, = eccupy. many hours @nd result in a_food so digestible that sthail Infanis thrive 6n’it, while it alsg containg the selected elements of | Phosphate of Potdsh and ATbumen that | unite 'in the body to produce the: soft gray substance in brain and nérve cen- ters. There's a_reason for Gfape-Nuts, end there havé been many imitations, a few of the article itself, but many more of the kind and character of ~the ad- vertising. ¢ Imitators are always coun- terfeiters ‘and theif printed apd’'writ- ten statementis cannot be expected to be Gifrerent than their gobds. Thig grticle is published by the PBI- tum Go. at Battle Creek. ditional evidence of the truth can’ be supplled in quantities. . The seating of Smoot i the Senate was op- | posed by vote. Dedntur, T11.; Was €eletted as the mext place of meeting. Thé commities o fraternity and unlon Was Increased to twe -one, the ing members, moet them opposition ranks, being adde: Crawford, Montgomery, Ala. D. O trebare enn.: Mev. B W, Bitkisy: Tenn: Rev McDonal gan, MecMinnville, Fort Smith, homa City, O. n Pa.: raling_elders—W Tenn.: T. W Keller, X xmxvlnm "Tenp. Zarecor, | Nas] Only rputl; e evening ses m"fifl..m. b‘n: n a h %o get away. The assem arts our with e Vest of SestAE th the comy missioners sang “God Be With You Till We Meet Again,’ and the venerable moderator, who salls for Japan in a few dave, pmounud the benedfction. .t nnn Boy Is Badly Injured by a Fall SANTA CRUZ, May 24.-—John Cursy, 4-yeur-old von of ‘Mr. ahd Mrs. M, Curry, was climbing a telegraph pole last night vu& he silpped and fell, striking on his: b ‘He' was picked up uncotiscious and in that congition fof twelve hours ttending him for his 3 the This is the celebrated Bafley Whalebone Roa“d Wagon (the best built) and will cost you fifilm. ‘We cafry in our. stock of 2000 vemcie 50 vatieties s of Runabouts and from m p. . S The ".'7'. 12,139 63 lo i:r&e me, this 17th LAHY Notary Publie. rEes officers, an foi & suate, National and Local