The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 16, 1905, Page 5

THE SAN: FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1905. 'SAYS POLICEMAN PLOTTED RALWAY FEARS | srow o o o TO LOOT STORE ON BEAT John Henry Helms, a policeman, was accused by his wife yesterday in Judge Graham’s court of having conspired with brother officers to rob a store on Market street. - Mrs. Helms declared she had been kicked and beaten by her husband when she had remonstrated with him. - She swore he had threatened- to kill her if she should reveal his wrongdoing as a patrolman. § + Wife Charges Her Spouse, Who Is Patrolman. Swears He Joined Gang of Other Officers. LY i —— Woman Testifies ier Life Was in Danger. y Helms denies her statements. 3 | | BECINS FIRC FAON ANBLSH Shasta County Rancher Ac-| Party of Cattle Herders e | Special Dispatch to The Call. || REDDING, .—The unsteady laim of Lee Hardy Sullivan, who lives five miles above Cessel In Eastern | Shasta is all that prevented him from | committing murder last Sunday, and to that bad marksmanship Ernest Morris owes his life, and John Kinyon, | Clarence Houston and Frank Reeves | their escape from being wounded. The men were driving a band of beet .cattle from Mrs. Willlam Bldwell's |ranch to the Morris place beyond Sul- {livan’s. When near Sullivan's place, | | Sullivan, who was hidden behind a | shed beside the road, called on them to { stop. Before the men had a chance to |'halt their horses four shots rang out in rapld succession and two bullets | whizzed uncomfortably close to Morris' .head. The cattle stampeded and the ' four men, not knowing what kind of a | trap they had fallen into, put spurs to ) their horses and galloped on past Sul- [il\an's to their destination, leaving th cattle behind. As soon as the cud- todians of the cattle had disappeared Sullivan emerged from his hiding {place, rounded up the cattle and | bunched them in his own inclosure. {Monday morning when the four men | returned down the road after their cat- tle they could not find them. They en- | countered Sullivan near his place and {he told them le had the cattle and that he intended to keep them so he | could use them to identify the men | 1who drove past his place the evening before. It was then that Sulllvan was l,‘demlfied as the man who aid the | | | shooting, his own statements pointing | to his guilt. Sullivan was arrested and | claims he shot at Morris because he | | tore down a mailbox belonging to him. | | 8ome interesting developments are | { looked for. f TRACTION COMPANY SECURES FRANCHISE | Outbids the Southern Pacific [l for Right of Way in | | San Joaquin. ‘ STOCKTON, Nov. 15.—The Central | | | california Traction Company did not get its franchise for an electric line over San Joaquin County roads to-day without a struggle. George K. Buck, attorney for the Southern Pacific Com- pany, and H. H. Griffiths, appearing for | caded. I bad to get 2 Loy to climp |the traction company, bid back and | | tarough n window and let me in. forth until the franchise was finally e mever save me any moncy, ex- | kKnocked down to the traction company cept in small smounts. He said he |07 $6200, the highest price ever pald wouldn't trust u woman with money. |fOF a franchise in this county. Buck's last bid was $5000. | ————————— | | HIDES MONEY IN HIS SOCK. { “I found $100 in.a bureau drawer and | he told me it was his money. He bought | his police uniform with it. One time I heard a jingle of money in his room and I found he had 75 cents hidden in one of OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC COAST Changes in National Banks nnd Patents |1 cused of Trying to Murder| | | prison by Thorn. | Foas: mocks Granted to Residents of | L Mrs. Hel id, she had $740 i | Golden State, : it s in bank s &l b “ e - —F | when .she married Helms, but she had | WASHINGTON, Nov. i5.—Comptroller | E WHO TESTI- .] 'spent it ail household furniture and to | of the Currency Ridgeiey to-day ap-| SUIT THAT HE | fsupport herself. proved the application to convert the 7 i i | | Helms testified his --ife had spat on | City Bank of Sunta Cruz into the Fir e s | him, bad threatened to Kill him, was jeal- | Netional Bank of Santa Cruz, with a - » har helpless to secure financial aid from ; 2U5 and had. made. his.life a.torment of | ¢2Pital of ~$100,000. The Comptroller | = him. Henee the luck of enthusiasm on = Wretchedness. He dented all of - her | 8150 Approved the Kirst National Bani | % the part of her atfornes to draw out CHATEes of cruelty and explained some of | o 1:05 Angeles as res gent of the | . " i F | the detai s fter the testimony was her bodily injuries, thus: Hollywoed National Bank of Hollywood | s h | Geveloned Heime counsel did not press’ ' We used to wredtlé, and one day she | and the National Bank of Commerve of | s 2 cross-examization of his cHent's wife Said, ‘T can take a fall out 6f you.’ In our | St. Louis as the reserve agent of the| on that subjec jtussling at catch-as-catch-can she was | San Francisco National Bank. € s Pie #aid - tob muech reany was hur{ a little.” " California patents were issued to-day | & the way Mrs. feims parried ouestioning [ o “"“,.I.' catch-as-cateh-can. or. Graeco- | 25 follows: « after she left the witness stand. omun?" querfed his _l:'lonur, Walter J. Bell, Los Angeles, safety crossing 3 s ol with the s s | - “Catch-as-cafch-can,” solemnly replied | éystem . for raflways. ;Isq automatic safety . b 2 IES © Hiltfih‘ taic | Hetme. ’ ;’mssmg system for railWays; Olin M. Bigger, | s Aotk fel vn of the, affaic| 2 % olt, pneumatic tire; Guy Boschke, San Fran- | P s took cognl-{, . oF newspapes TbliEation i L is lrado men came forward to testify that | cisco, rler: Monros N. Callender, San Iran- ast I however, | o es_were &made ' tor W paid his bills. One of them, Wal- | cisco, dental switchboard; Charles P. Fonda, n d directed , APTH. e i 7 * ter W. Thompson, a butcher at 107 Market | S8an Francisco, magazine and_delivery mechan. | - % e against the | that forme ©° W. Gardiner, ' street,/whose shop was on Helms’ beat, | 'sm for paper; Minna B. Foster, Sausalito, . - tions | Feter Chapelle 2 W. Nightingale | tiirew a bit of color into fhe evidence. | %toc Supporter; Edwin A. Grushus, Fort Bid- » s 2 O were suspected of having entered stores'l ““Dig you: ever. give.Helms any meat?” | one Mt PO o a: < Hall, Sacramento, made € o r Bosta: 1arious yitent | S 8 » ? stone, also stone ving machine TELLS STORY OF CRUE | I_fi ety v' A m‘, burgiarious _;nlcnt: ked Attorney Connolly. Joseph E. Hayden, Pasadena, furnace; Clarence a ¢ - e '“rl"‘ hat l”}”;“r _90““91’"?’;-; “Yes,' j,,flenderson, ‘Berieley, saw fling_ machine: s. F as e ¥ . neluding Helrn would be implicated. | “«y i ‘s n Hoey, San Francisco, couch; F rick M f he “My wife re4 this Stuf." sald Felms Dafetind of Soeay? Johnson, San Franeisco, gold separator; Jo wh bruised me and gave me X wice a pen the first day?” He was o do something wrong t to do those = es, did not press tbe inquiry Attorney Breen for Helms he sald. v want to get that man out of s: sted Mrs. Helms. Iw o do right,” she con- ¢ I have to tell these| bring other wit- T would rather s ot ‘ nolly continued, not pleased n, “you might state gen- sed the trouble.” COMMIT THEFT. was going to blurted woman ssed interjected Judge z to steal what?” officers were go- ie und police to steal ore down on Mar- ) 3 Mrs. Helms, te she added with v« g, “that if T ever se things ths had done since |’ s on the police force he would aud [ don’t want him to c Helms, was not pressed to dis- who the uniformed confederates ber husband were in the alleged or what firm was to suffer by the predations. - In fact both sides drop- i the Inquiry as quickly as they could go of the dangerous subject. worked both ways. It let The testimon , in the event of probing by the raeant Police Commissioners, the probability that the husband might “lose his job.,™ as the wife feared. This would leave bad things? in- tell,” declared Mrs. | get my husband into r people.’ nolly, respecting his like to have that question after ‘count adje id“she based | all of her talk upon it not gullty ongdolng, never ac- | rainer and, Nightingale fore the Commissioners, dis'nissed- from the police off their Leats The more es was not taken e the board. supplied sidelight= on her les Ly declaring that her n her face and had ing two policemen into Heln Ie him “Once he drove when I 'wore onl she should drop her suit against me out of the house v a thin wrapper,” said Mrs. Helms, 1d T ran into a neigh bor’s cellar. - ] tayed there untfl I was almost frozen by the cold. When I tried to get back to the house my husband had the door locked. barred and barri- | e Natural Alkaline w.lcr CURES. Dyspepsia and Stomach Troubles: The genuine is al- ways sold in bottles Beware of Syphons, they do not eontain " ‘VICHY *Dog meat,” replied, the.butcher. H. Kelly, San Francisco, dumplng car; Gabor “You kinew Helms owned a dog?’ | Konigstein, San Francisco, attachment for queried Judge Graham. talking machines; Willlam 1. McCredy, San g e + | Francisco, cleantng attachment for -tobacco Vi Thempads, i Dipes; Charles L. Miel, Sacramento, stone saw. glye him any other .kind of |also a stone saw blade; James W. Mills and | meat? “1 uld once” reluctantly replied the | marketman. E. E. Izer, Pomona, folding frult shipping rack; Jopn A. Noble, San, Francisco, electrical. heater; Larrance Page, San Francisco, bunsen burner; Jason L. Shepard, Los Angeles, con- Mrs. Helms, recailed, declared she knew nothing about ‘“caté¢h-as-catch-can,” and had never indulged in athletics with her spouse. 87 The case was submitted, decision beng | reserved, | TEACHER OF MUSIC 1 ‘ ACCUSED OF THEFT | | Professor Walter Lehmann Charged With Stealing Diamond Ring. ‘Ewclll.thflIfl The Call. VALLEJO, Nov. 15.—Professor Walter | Lehmann, a piano teacher, is under ar- | rest on a charge of having stolen a dia- mond_ring from the residence of Robert Plunkett, where he was living. . The ring was taken last July, but proof of Lehmann's alleged guiit was not ob- tained untll'a few days ago. Plunkett was preparing to.break, up housekeeping an account nf the death of his wife, when | he found a pawn, ticket showing that Leh- [ mann had obtained $15 on a ring from “a | San Francisco pawnbroker. Lehmann is a graduate of the Leipsic Conservatory of Music and came here a - year ago from,Germany. Shortly after ' his arrival Lehmann secured ‘a great deal i of notoriety by his story-of a holdup near this city whereby he lost a valuable gold watch and considerable money. | May Reopen. Pacific Methodist College. SANTA ROSA, Nov. 15.—The trustees of the Pacific Methodist Collegé have made no definite arrangements for the reopening of that institution. The of- fer of funds by the general board ‘of education of the denomination was con- sidered at a meeting held here last night, after which . the matter was re- :ferred to a special committee of three, with directions. to investigate thorough- Iy all the conditions and expense. for preparing ahd maintaining the institu- -tion as a school. & o plow; Solomon H. Ury, San Leandro. automatic eanitary wool bed mattre: trifugal pump; Edward G. Smart, Salinas, beet gas burner attachment: Nancy J. Walls, Poxo, Charles M. Youns, Sen Francisco, calculating. devic — e FORMER RESIDENT OF CITY SHOOTS HIMSELF IN HEAD W. M. Bates, a Car Inspector, Com- mits Sufeide in a San Luis Obispo Cemetery. - SAN LUIS OBISPO, Nov. 15—W. M. Bates, a car inspector in the employ of the Southern Pacific Rallroad, com- mitted suicide near the Odd Fellows Cemetery Tuesday night by shooting himself in the right temple. The de ceased came from San Francisco a week ago. W. M. Bates, who was well known here, was 31 years old and a resident of Sacramento. He was unmarried. His mother lives in Pasadena. It is said that he had an ugly temper and it is probable that during a fit of anger | he ended his life: - L —————————— s Noted Spenkers to Attend Conventi SANTA ROSA,; Nov. 15.—The annual convention of the -California Fruit Growers' Association will be addressed by President David Starr Jordan of Stanford University, President Benja- 1in Ide Wheeler of the University . of California and Luther "Burbank, ' the Sonoma County scientist. The wine in- dustry- of this county will be the sub- ject of a paper by President Andrea Sbarboro of the Swiss-Italian colony at Astl. - 5 4 % —_——— SANTA ROSA, Nov. 15.—Mrs. Eliza- beth Gober of Alexander Valley has filed a guit for divorce against her husband, William R. Gober, on the ground of de- | sertion. The Gobers were marrled in Centerville, Mo., on June 26, 1883, and later moved to this county. The com- plaint alleges that on October 10, 1895, Gober went to his old Missour! home, | and that he has refused to return to California. ¢ y | 4 | | o NOTED SHERIFF OF CALAVERAS | COUNTY, WHO HAS PASSED | AWAY. * | PIONEER PEACE OFFICER DIES Ben Thorn, a Famous Sherift | of the Early Day fornia, Passes 's in Cali-| to Rest “Ben” Thorn, one of the noted charac- ters in the history of California, for | more than forty years Sheriff of Cala- veras County, the captor of many of the | Infamous criminals of the State, fearless | E. | | and daring, died yesterday morning at the residence of his daughter, Soher, 725 California street. Four years ago, almost to the very day | of his death, Thorn was stricken with | paralysis. He served out his term as | Sheriff and a year after the stroke retired | at the ripe age of 72 years. During his | half century of service the former Sheriff | guarded the'lits aud ‘the property’'of Calaveras County as few men could have | stood against evil doer: In the days | when the laws were loose, when the ban- dit, the stage robber and the horse thief | abounded, when life was cheap, and men | lived in the frontier stage of existence, Thorn’s name was in terror to the crim- inal. | Benjamin K. Thorn was born in New York, seventy-five years ago. He crossed the plains and arrived in California in 1849. After a short stay on the American River, Thorn went to Calaveras County | and engaged in mining. His fpeculiar abilities were carly recognized and he | became a peace officer as soon as the | county government was organized. He served a short time as under-Sheriff and | was elected Sheriff, a post he held until his breaking health compelled him to re- tire. | Thorn” was a leader in many of the famous man-hunts in California. One of his early captures was that of Tom Riv- ers, a leutenant of the notorious Joaquin Vasquez, the bandit who was hanged at San Jose.. Rivers was known as ‘‘Shang- hai,” the horse thief, throughout the State. ‘“‘Alkali Jim” and Willlam Miner, stage robbers of early days who operated in the mining counties. were sent to “Tommy Brown.” a desperado who escaped from Folsom Pen- itentiary, was recaptured by the intrepid officer, after a desperate battle at the Calaveras Big Trees. Through Thorn's efforts, Joaquin Muri- etta, the most notorious of all the pioneer day outlaws, was driven out of the min- ing counties, when he had committed many | depredations. * One of Thorn's| notable captures was that of Dave Parks, a stage robber and murderer, who Thorn trailed to- St. Louis and caught in the home of Parks' sister. Thorn, single handed. arrested Schultz and Coleman, notorious safe crackers, after they fled to this city from Calaveras County. Thorn was at the front in the success- ful hunt In the Fresno Mountains for Chris Evans, the bandit who, with the Sontags, held up a train ten vears ago. «Black Bart,” otherwise Charles E. Bar- ton, the poet stage robber, was another criminal ‘who engaged much of Thorn's attention. Thorn leaves two daughters, Mrs. Edith F. Soher and Mrs. Susie C. Tilden. He was'a member of the Society of Califor- nia Ploneers, of the Anclent Order of United Workmen, and Calaveras Lodge, No. 78, F. and A. M. In all of his career, which is closely linked with the pioneer days of this State, there was no chance too desperate for this brave officer. He served Califor- nia well and goes to his reward sincerely mourned by hundreds of citizens who knew him and knew of his works. The funeral will be held to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Masonic Temple, Post and Montgomery streets. ——————————————————— e Mrs. THE SUNSET TRAIL “When Alfred Henry Lewis takes up the thread of his story in the West he easily becomes the ‘star entertainer of the coun- try. In 'The Sunset Trail’ he re- vives the haleyon days of Dodge, Hayes, Abilene and Cimarron, re- .peopling them with the men of prowess and remown who gave them fame in the days of chival- ry and shotguns, when to be dead game was a man's best passport to good society. Mr. Masterson— the only Bat—is his hero, and to him he dedicates his book."—St, Louis “Globe-Democrat.” “A. S. BARNES & CO,; N. Y. o fte gt el WELLS FARGO NEVADA NATIONAL BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO AT SAN FRANCISCO, IN THE STATE OF RIVAL IN FlELD Vallejo, Benicia and Napa Valley Line Is Now Dis- CALIFORNIA, at the close of business, laying Unusual Aetivity| = o mesovsces P ymg = Loans and discounts. ver.-..§19,414,351.58 | | Ovordratts, ~secured ‘and wase- O o RUSHES BUILDING WORK | vaiisd, Siaies fonds to "secu 6000,000.00 circulation v Surveyors Are Mapping Out . a Route for an Extension Into Fertile Lake County ability under letters Special Dispatch to The Cali. VALLEJO, Nov, 15.—The announcement that the Clear Lake and Southern Rall- road Company has incorporated to bufld a'road from Lakeport to California City [ and cents on the Marin County shore of the bay, us;é:‘l.monoy reserve (n!bu:k. hs and the visit to Lake County of a large T e = number of San. Francisco capitalists Who | podenti fund with - Ealies are said to be interested in the mew Napa :’tnn Treasurer (3 per cent of o and Lakeport Railroad; have caused the | clrculstion .................. - 000 Vallejo, Benicia and Napa Valley Elec- | DUt from United States Treas: tric Railroad Company to-display unusual [ demption fund..... ... ..o activity. The latter electric road has nearly completed the grading of its two mile extension from Napa to Union Sta- tion, a grain and wine shipping point, 2 Surplus fund .... 50000000 and has put two .surveying crews in the | Undivided profits, field to locate a new line up the valley | and taxes paid. 768.17 from Napa-and also an extension into | National ban Lake County. The company has had considerable difficulty in securing op- tions on the land it wanted for rights of way at reasonable figures and it is said that the line of the new survey will traverse territory on which the company’s agents have been quietly working for two months while the public's attention leat of Time certificates of deposit. Cortifled checks ............. Cashier's checks outstanding. United States deposits. was drawn in another direction. ters of credit, domestic and 2 Sl e K TOROTED, G0 e e . » FALL FROM BICYCLE RENDERS g S REe - YOUNG WOMAN UNCONSCIOUS |giate of California, City and County of San netsco—ss. I F.L Lipman, cashier of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear that the above state ment 1s true to the best of my knowledge and beliet. F. L. LIPMAN, Cashier. Curreot—Attest: Miss Mary Baumgartmer of San Jowe | Meets With Serfous Mishap While Riding Her Wheel. SAN JOSE, Nov. 15.—Workmen pass- ing down South Eighth street this .08 gulaNe. morning saw Mary Baumgartner, a I w. “mux!A_v m., well-known young woman, who resides | M Posction with her parents at 710 South Eighth | Subscribed and sworn to before me this 15th street, lying In the street beside a bi- | 87 of November. 1505, cycle. She was conveyed to her homes| A 'D‘ 1 where she recovered consciousness. Al- If you buy your films of me though she can remember all the morn- ing occurrences up to the time she was { or have me do your photo \] printing. injured, she has no recollection what- ever of how the accident occurred. She . I carry a large stock of the best make of is not thought to be badly injured. B Non-Gurling Films ——e———— { which I sell at the following 0. A. EGGERS, Notary Publfe. SANTA CRUZ TO SOON HAVE AN UP-TO-DATE THEATER Miss Mary Neary Purchases a Site for a New Fifteen Thousand Dellar Playhouse. CRUZ, Nov. 15.—Santa Cruz is to soon have a modern and up-to- date theater. Miss Mary Neary recent- 1y purchased the Degener property and the Effey residence for the site of the | theater. The building, which will be 2 modern fireproof brick structure, | will cost about $15,000. | The old Castle bowling alleys SANTA are | so being remodeled for a playhouse. | h L 1 al ——-.o.—————g | prices in rolls of six ex- No Funds to Pay the Checks. | posures: PETALUMA, Nov. 15.—C. E. Ashley, | 2x2, 18 B0 e; Thea, - Whit, 158 Sc; 3 9 x4l e 435, tormer proprietor of the White Ho se: Db, Stoi SNEG, Be restaurant of this city, is said to have | passed a number of worthless checks before leaving. All the checks were | payable at the Petaluma National Bank, and when they were presented it was found that Ashley’s funds had long been overdrawn. Among his victims was F. A es of 3@ Market street, Sanm Francisco. T e Prodnce Company Changes Hands. SANTA ROSA. Nov. 15.—The Sonoma County Friit and Produce Company, which handles a large quantity of but- ter, eggs and poultry from this city, has been sold to Eastern purchasers, who are to conduct it in connection with the proposed new plant of the Na- tional Tee Corapany. which Is making arrangements to enter this fleld. SIGK HEADACHE Positively cured by these Little Pills. My prices for printing range from for small sizes up to 10c I make a special discount on large orders. Send stamps for postage om out of town Mail promptly filled THAT MAN PITTS F. W. PITTS, the stationer, 1008 MARKET ST., orders orders | HAVE YoU UNiFIC /A The New Double- - SEEN They also reliave Dis- Vision Far and tress from Dyspepsia, In- Near Glasses? digestion and Too Hearty Superior to All Others PILES! PILES! MAC’S INFALLIBLE PILE CURE CURES - ALL -‘CASES OF BLIND, BLEEDING, ITCHING AND PROTRUD- ING PTLES; cases of many years’ stand- ing cured by a single box; price, 50 cents. A. 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