The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 18, 1905, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY FLEET-FOOTED ELKS RESIST ATTEMPTS T0 FORCE THEM INTO CAPTIVITY. Wild Band Keeps a Number of Vagq oy LLE FOrED By VAQUEEOC mesa along only sur- wer« the praeti y a desert, 1St Range, and efforts t resuited In the death virty large about thod of lassoing ndiv idual successful is still in progr BAND'S UNE ueros Busy r | R {1 / Dt (il 1N l Vad o B S PELIIEN oF TERN COUNTY ZLRK 3 and at times ven in with a into one of the great inclosed fields. And here on this great cattle farm the remnant of all that is left of elk kind in California, increased ar #o year until now there are 50 and 300 full grown elk in that roam over the cattle the mesa lands and in of the Coast Range. They have lost most of their timidity - for man and it is not uncommon for them to break into inclosed fields and play with the Egyptian corn and AV O crops. For some years past the s anxious to have the nove the elk to the National Park and the plan now being d to move the elk ‘is the sugges- from the Interior Department at | gton. » ELKS ARE SURROUNPED. i It was daylight on the morning of | October 14 when the first reconnoissance was made in the lands adjacent te on Willow. The elk had moved : from their usual feeding grounds five big bucks only were discov- ! high tules adjacent to the - were quickly surround- bucks discovered that s were discovered they made stren- | and the | uous breaks for liberty, but fleet of {limb as they were, they found them- ! {selves unable to escape the trained | the vaqueros. La Salle Quinn put the coil over the fifth. The animals fought savagely while being tied and Rodriguez was bucked in the shoulder and suffered a dislocation of that member. The sub- dued animals were taken to the corrals at Lokern, where crates were on hand to receive them, and then they were | put _into a stock car. I'he vaqueros secured a good rest, | and broke mp at daybreak on Sunday, Qctober 15, for the sccond day’s cha Pach rider was on his favorite cow pony, and each was prepared to do the hardest riding. Jests were bandied back and forth in Spanish and English as the vaaueros dashed off. With gaudy bandapas flapping from bronzed nec | with wide sombreros bobbing up and down-and-with-spurs glinting, the band made a splendid picturé when the sun appeared from behind the hills. HUNDRED IN HERD. Out from the tall grasses along the canal banks there firkt came four im- mense bpicks, and: within a few minutes afterward an antlered herd of a hun- dred walked over the divide and made iow hills at the west and south. The sight. wgs an inspiring one. The herd took quitk notice that its liberty involved, for each individual elk racing for safety toward the higher land. The fifly vagueros were given an order to form two divergent lines, and in this manner they quickly took up the chase. Before 9 o'clock twenty-three of the elk had been taken into captfvity. One was killed by ex- haustion, another ‘died in the corral. and still a third died from injuries. When_the riders closed in the power- ful bulls became infuriated and charged Here agaifl great s! was gisplayed by the cowmen. Jim Wag¥ Jassoed four, Antone Felis scored again with three, Leo Castro put the coil ‘over, three and Harry Gifford, Will Stubblefield and Ed Turner were suc- cessful- twice. As quickly as the riatas were over the horrs other riders caught the elk from the rear. The animals were thrown to the ground and tied. While this con- test lasted three ponies died from ex- baustion and ‘excitement. ‘At nightfall five stock cars, containing thirty-two elk, left Lokern for Exeter. They will QUE HISTORY. | cattlemen who pursued them | be landed on Monday and moved over- this band -is unique.| Manuel Rodriguez, the chief va- |land a distance of thirty miles to the kind had dis- | quero for the Kern County Land Com- | Government reservation. ; plains and | pany, was the first to effect ascapture. ! - Dr. Marion of the Infterior Depart- t t and when | Urging. his horse in fast pursuit after | ment will bave chiirge of:the unload- wat so far as Call- | the flving buck, at a distance of fifty | ing: and Harry Stewart of¥he Visalia F rned there WpPTe~mo | feet,-the riata unerringly shot from a| Land Gfice has made arrangements for eik in existenoce was discovered that 4; trained hand and the noose settled oyerg.the transfef of the animal® from the ere were few survivors running |the head of the antlered buck. I“'} station to the park.” During Sunday a Joose on the great ranges of the cattle | stantly the animal was haited and then | large barbecue was:lield fov the com- Yimge, Miller and Lux, in the neighbor- | other riatas were thrown until his ik- | fort of -those = Who togk art in the ho of B Willow, twenty-five | ship was safely held, just as the wlld | chase. E b3 s miles. southwest of Bakersfield. Occa- | steer becomes helpless under the skm-l The round-up will he sontinued from slonally the vaqueros spied an antlered {«d manipulation of the vagquero. l time to time until the entird herd has hesd among the long horns 3 n sn'nt‘ Antone Felis accomplished the pre-| been captured. @ 3 [ 3 L3 9 =3 c <3 [ [ o < o @ Q @ @ e o 20 POST STREE1 Store Space and ‘WINO_W TO LEAS EXCELLENT LOCATION ...INQUIRE OF... WICKHAM HAVENS 18 POST ST&EETE liminary work on ‘the next three and BOARD TO Commissioners The accusations against her hus- band and other police officers which Mrs. John H. Helms made in Judge Gra- ham's court on last Tuesday, charging them wjth using their blue uniforms of law and protection as a ¢loak under which to commit bold robberies, will be thor- oughly investigated by the Board of Po- lice Commissioners. Beginning next Monday or Tuesday the Commissioners will turn the searchlight of justice. upon these alleged criminal peace officers and before they have com- pleted their investigation they will "have brought to light every bit of real evi- dence that can be obtained against these men. They are determined to. rid the Police Department of any element of criminality, if such exists, and they will bend every effort to find out the truth of this woman's charges. the Commissioners will be public. investigation will - be conducted same searching way as was the invest gation of the Chinatown bribery sean= dal. Not only will the actions of Helms be thoroughly aired, but other policemen E. Rice and John Edner. will be ex- amined. Others may be found who will | be brought before the board, and many haiges may be brought before the work finished. Ex-Chief Wittman,| Capta.n Spillane, Lieutenant Wall, Patrofman Lo- gan and many others will be called upon to testify. 3 This action cf the board was taken in an executive session last night. The | Commissioners felt that in the light of | what has been said by Mrs. Helms and | in the published articles of the affair & public investigation had best be in- augurated. - MRS. HELMS WILL BE CALLED. In the meantime the charges which Captain Anderson was to have made against Helms will be withheld until af- ter the investigation. Mrs. Hélms will probably be called upon by the Commis- sioners to give her testimony. The evi- dence which is taken before the Com- missioners is allowed a broader swing court, and it Is probable that this wo- man may -make good her startling charges. She will be given full opportun- ity to substantiate her statement. Captain Anderson was ordered by Chief Dinan to prepare a charge of unofficer- ltke conduct against Helms. Accordingly he called on Mrs. Helms yesterday. She repeated her story that Helms had beat- en her and again said that her husband had teld her that he and other officers | had planned to burglarize stores. was, however, very reticent yesterday af- ternoon, telling Captain Anderson that her attorney had advised her not to talk. Captain Anderson made a written report fer a charge against Helms. This is the charge which will be withheld until after the investigation. POLICE LOOK FOR CRIME. | Although the only charge that can to- day be placed against Policeman Helms is the allegation that he is guilty of con- duct unbecoming an ofticer, yet the Police Départment is busy searching for othier bits of evidence which wiil connect the man with crime. Chief Dinan stated yesterday after- noon that if such evidence could be se- cured the action There are a great many stories of va. rious kinds floating about,” he said that Helms was really guilty of bur glarizing stores and saloons or that he was protecting robbers who were ply- ing their trade along his beat. It is impossible to convict a man without evidence, and thus far we have dis- covered nothing. “On the other hand there is evidence that Helms was vigilant against bur- glars. It was only last February, the night of the 5th, that Helms found two robbers in the grocery store of H. and R. Muegge, corner First and Harrison streets. Helms was patrolling his beat when he discovered that the store was being robbed, and he at once started after the men. They saw him coming and ran in different directions. for several blocks. Just off Fremont street the one burglar leaped over a high fence and Helms let go a shot from his revolver. It caught the bur- glar in the ankle, but the wound was not severe enough to stop his flight. A few days later this man was arrested, proved to be Frank Hawley, and was given six months for petty larceny. The campanion of the man is supposed to be James Morrissey, now in custody, sus- pected as the murderer of Patrick Mc- Laughlin, a saloon-keeper, on Nov”em~ ber 8, at Beale and Bryant streets, A glance at the records of the depart- ment shows that Helms made ‘his report on the following day and that he was active in pursying the criminals. HELNS FALKS TO DINAN. The suspected officer appeared early yesterday morning at the office of Chlef denied that he had ever beaten his wife of that he had told her he hud been connected with any robbeMes. He said that his wife knew at the time of the dismissal of Patrolmen Nightengale, Chapelle and Gardner that he was on a beat near these men, and that she got the names from the papers at the time and then made the statement that Helms was connected with them in rob- bery. Helms was earnest in his denlal of the alleged robberies. He retold the story of how he and Patrolman Rice, were caught coming out of the window | by Officer Logan and said again v.ha:l they nad found the window open and ! had entered looking for a burglar. In spite of this denial the ‘fact re- majns that the tailor shop was two blocks off Helms' beat and cn the beat NOVEMBER 18, 190 in the will be hauled up before the hoard.. W, | than that which may be taken in a law | She | to Chief Dinan and was ordered to pre-| would be summary. | “but there is not one bit of evidence | Helms followed one and chased him | Dinan and was given a hearing. . Helms | | and vesiore you to health in PROBE POLICE SCANDAL Decide to Make ‘Public Investigation. Officers Accused by Mrs. Helms will Be Exhaustively Questioned. demanded that he he given a thorough investigation. e safd that ng the vear he was on lower Market! strest there were no robberies committed, and that at the time of vhe Chapelle-Night- engaleGardner episode he was on als heat, 2 mile away. He safd that at the time of these ullegad robberies he sent a frignd to Chief Wittman to learn whether his name had been connected with jaay crime. Wittman, he says, hat he was even suspected. Dinan stated yesterday that s appeared to he very jealous ippeared before time ) ne was +m the and asked that he be the Mission, because she e was attached to a wo- Hill/! The change was _ for a time all was well . Helms complained again @ was staying out late off duty. Wittinan reiterated his | statel s thut suspicions were enter- tained\against certain officers, but no | evidencé was ever secured comnecting | them with burglary or lke crimes. Fe ! said that the death of Special Officer | Nicholis, killed by unknown hurglars iin 1900 at Merchant and Sansome | streets, was neter laid at the door of | uny officers. | Commissioners Reagan and Drinkhouse | stated last night that Chief Wittman had | never preferred charges to the beard | against Helms. . Officer ‘Helins is not yet suspended | from the force. He reported for duty | yesterday afternven and began to pace Dis beat at 4 o'clock. _———— A saloon with drawing-room/ sur- | roundings, the new Ferry Cafe, which | opens to-day at.32 Market st. Kiibgrn | & Hayden, props. . | | WILL SUBMIT PLANS FOR | NEW GEARY STREET ROAD | Engineer Stut Pirected to Proceed on | Assumption t Site For Power House Is Selected. The Supervisors’ joint, Public Utilities and Finance Committee yesterday directed Engineer | Stut to prepare the plans of the proposed mu- ! nicipal Geary-street road on the assumption that the power-house will be located at the northeast corner of Geary and Baker streets, which was originally selected. |~ The merits of the lot deseribed ‘and another | at the corner of Point Lobos and Josephine avenues are under consideration before a final selection is made and Stut informed the com- mittee that the preparation of the plans would be delayed pending the selection. 1If the com- mittee decides to purchase the site at Josephine avenué the plans wil be altered ta suit the | same. t says he will file the plans for the | entire Toad by next Monday week, when the | committee will meet to take action on the matter. What McClure’s Is Really Worth Roderick McDonald of ‘Dawson, Yukon Tersi- tory,. one d'ollar a copy to ¥ re's M because; as he said, itis worth it. 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THAT MAN . PTTS F. W. PITTS, The Stationer, 08 .arket .traet, S francisce MEN CURED Positively Permanenlly We Cure Varicocele, Stricture, Nervous Decline, Weakness, Piles, Fistula and Discases of the Kidueys, - Diwen: ew) contracted ang chronic cases cured. All Burning, Itching and Inflammation stopped twenty-four hours; cures in seven 8. [ HAVE A TALK WITH US About Your Aflments. We make; no charge for a friendly tatk. Come to ui in the strictest-eonfidence. We have been exclusively i ot) is lacking In our office equipment. use you honestly, treat you skillfully the Shortest time in with the least. dlscomfort and expense. of Logan, ltis Known that an attempt was made to secure evidence at the time which would connect Helms with the crime, but nothing was accom- plished. 1u view of these facts Chief Dinan has otdered Captain Spillane of the Southern station to get a full re-| port of that happening from Ofticer L gan. Licutenant Wall of the Harbor station, then a sergeant in charge of these men, has also been asked to make out a report. £ . A pectliar irfcident pecurred just as Jelms wus leaving Chief Dinan's of- fice. Officer John Eduer, whom = Mrs. Helms implicated with her hu: and Chapelle, - in . the robbery of certain stores, was about to enter. he two met and glared for a moment at each other. B . “Did you tell your wife that I had been robbing stores with you?' de- manded Fdner. swear that 7 never did. That story has not one word of truth in it. Ni ither of @8 is guilty of such a thing, swered Helms. BEDNER DENIES GUILT. The two men shook hands, and ¥d- ner went in to tatk with his Chier. There he denied that he was ever snilty of any crooked work of any kind, and If you cannot call, write for symptom blauks. DR. HOLSMAN & CO. Holirs—8 to 5, 7 to §:30 p. m. dally; Sunday, v 9 to 12 * an- A CURE IN 48 HOURS. NVRGYAL PiLLs SAFE. ii%ays reiladle. 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