The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 16, 1905, Page 1

Franoisco and rein; A THB WBATHER. Forecast for December 16 tisd wenther Saturday, fresh south winds. District Forecaster. \ vioinity—Cloudy, "‘ | prodably | | G. MoADI®, | — TH CALIFORNIA— ‘Marry Burlesquers.™ CHUTES—Vaudeville, COLUMBIA—"The College Widow.™ GRAND—‘The Fires of 5t. John." MAJESTIC— ‘Christopher Jr."" ORPHEUM—Vaudeville. TIVOLI—Comio Matinees at all Opera. theaters, LAND FRAUD DEFENDANTS . ARE MISSING F edera:ridificialsLawson's Story of Want Puter and McKinley. Alleged Swindlers Drop|Many Out of Sight After Conviction. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16, 190! COMFESSION” WAZES THE SPECULATORS Heavy Losses Doubted. Believe Finan- | cier Is Only Playing a Deep Game. Government Hopes to Secure|Think He Is Forcing the Them as Witnesses in Oregon Cases. scs o N . e s - - BEGINS INVESTIGATION. n of Banker, Duped by Land Swin- . dlers, Reaches Oregon. been released on SHS DUCTOR " REALY OWES NOKEY T0 H Clubman Herriman’s Version of the Allen Suit. SN %, SR 15.—Joseph Herri- ubman, swore before jpreme Court in y that instead of being in- Thomas H. Allen the professional services, owes money to him Dec really treat Ml Maud Con- f Rear Admiral Con- explaining an $800 had employed the from Miss Con- in Norwich, Vt. for Mrs. property treatment Duan. watched the case very Paffen, his wife cgs. Dr. Alle to attend Mrs. D who had fallen and said b Paffen by cd that he ever had asked | te | acquittal” was brought 19 o'clock this evening. w0t once could the attorneys | nature of the aflment of | ranches a few miles from Gilroy. There physician’s patients. In one l wass married | feud culminated In the shooting of Bryan |in front of Pratt's home. had | eye witnesses to the shooung. 0il Trust to Invest in Amalgamated. Dispat The Ci 5. —State street its amazement at the public BOSTON, Dec. to-day homas W. Lawson that s private fortune is be- mpaign in Amalgamated, amount of his own and his involved 5,000,000, aid to be f Amalgamated, and losses would amount ). What the 1 is why Lawson imy bank- is any dange ided as to Lawson's deals think he saw a quick turn, and that sustaining a further c leaned up a tidy sum attention to the fact that advartises-a 1oss.of $3,400,- loss to his p observers ca ! white Lawson 000, he makes no mention of his profits in Amalgamated and other coppers. A care- | reading of Lawson's announcement regarding his Amalgamated pool shows some important things. A rise of about | twenty points has cost the pool $3,400,000, cording He says he still re a rise ut this , and not before came out to-day point to the A Boston usand shares of Amal- its customers to- New Law iing Standard nated in sus- fce. This i only way with the “‘system’ its own stocks at them for ADVANCE IN AMALGAMATED. Report That the American Smelting Company Is Heavy Purchaser. BOSTON, Dec. 15—A story is cur- | street” that the Amer- | nd Refining Company rol of Amalga- Copper through | es of stock in the open ntrolling. ownership in cerns would muke the company the leading factor | copper world. The Helnze propo- h the the acquisition of | Lexin group, which will be operation next month, is destined to be big a one as the Amalgamated, as ex- belfeve the ore bodies are a con- sation of the North Butte's rich and predict that they will prove e richest in the Butte camp. | ————————— | JURY FIXES REMARKABLE PUNISHMENT FOR A THIEF Decrees That He Be Imprisoned for One Thousand Years In Texas i e Penitentiary. GALVFSTON, Tex., Dec. I5.—Mat | Porter, aged 73 vears, charged with cat- | tle theft, was convicted to-day at Vig- | toria, and the jury assessed his pun- | nt at 1090 years in the State pen- . As Porter is already in a t enfeebled state of health, he ite | | somer | cannot live much longer. The Jjury | wished to give him the heaviest pos- [ ible sentence, as he has been respon- | sible for numerous cattle thefts in this | community, but heretofore it had been | tmpossib’ o gecure the neces€ary evi- { dence to convict hin JURY SAYS PRATT IS NOT A MURDERER layer of Farmer Bryan, Near Gilroy, Acquitted in San Jose. | | | i ls Dec. 15.~G. F. Pratt, who arged with the murder of Ferai- nand Bryan near Gilroy on September 1, was found not gulity by a jury in Judge lch’s department of the Superior t to-night. District Attorney J. H. mpbell completed his closing argument [1ate this afternoon and the case went to the jury at 5 o'clock. The verdict of shortly after ’ Pratt and Bryan lived on nelghboring in ill-feeling between them and the There were no The de- fense maintained that Pratt killed Bryan in self defense. "l lation affecting These | ago was | ) shares in its safe, | York. n in | HARRIMAN BEFRIENDED BY HICGINS R NewYork Governor on the Watch At Albany. \Railway King Tells of Political Power at Inquiry. ’Sa.ys He Gave Odell His High i Standing and Takes Rap at Ryan. | | | NEW YORK, Dec. 16.—Before the leg- islative investigating committee another | chapter was added to-day to the chroni- | cles of what Thomas A. Ryan called “strenuous” interviews between himself and E. H. Hatriman. Ryan gave his version of the conversations to the com- | mittee a few days ago when he said that Harriman, at the time of the acquisition of the James H. Hyde stock in the Equitable Life Insurance Company, de- manded an equal share and threatened | to use his political influence against Ryan if he did not surrender it. -To-day Har- riman recited to the committee his ver- sion and added some interesting state- ments affecting his relations with former Governor B. B. Odell Jr., chairman of the | New York State Republican Committee, nd also as to a request to watch legis- the Equitable Society | which he had made upon Governor | Francis W. Higgins and the late S. Fred Speaker of the New York As- | Nixon, In substance Harriman testified to-day | that wheri Ryan bought the Hyde stock, | carrying control of the Equitable Society, he asked Harriman to co-operate wit! him in saving the property; that Har man agreed to do it if satisfled that | Ryan was acting from pure and unselfish motives; that Ryan did not satisty him | as to the purity of his motives, and that | Harriman then informed Ryan that he would use his influence agr'nst him. The test which Harriman said ne applied to determine Ryan’s purity of motive was | an offer to take one-half of the Hyde ock and to name two trustees of the | society. Ryan refused to agree to that. | Harriman® testified that Ryan should | have assumed that he would use his po- |litical Influence against him. He was | not certain whether he said anything | about legislative action as a warning to Ryan, but declared that he had nothing to do with starting the present insurance | investigation HIS POLITICAL FRIENDS. | Charles Hughes, counsel for the | committee, informed Harriman that it has been charged that he got his politi- | cal influence through his relation with former Governor B. B. Odell Jr. | Harriman sald: “Well, T should, think Mr. Odell had his political influence Whe- | cauge of his relation with me.” Laughter followed the remark. Later Harriman said to the press that the remark was meant in a jocular sense. Last spring, Harriman said, when the management of the Equitable Life As- surance Society was divided into two fac- tions, one headed by President James W. Alexander and the other by James H. Hyde, an attempt was made by the Alex- | ander faction to induce the Legislature ize the society. Harriman said | | to mutu | he asked members of the Legislature to | watch out for any legisiation favorable {to the Alexander faction and to report { to hiny if 1t appeared. He was averse to disclosing the names of the men to whom he made this re- | quest, and only consented to do so after | repeated urging. He then stated that it was Governor Higgins and Speaker Nixon whom he had asked to watch out for the legislation. He added that no such legislation was introduced and that he took no steps through Governor Hig- gins and Speaker Nixon to prevent it. QUESTIONS RYAN’S MOTIVES. Harriman was called to the stand when the insurapce Investigating committee opened Its session to-day. He said he learned of the sale of the Hyde stock on the day that Ryan bought it. He tele- phoned to Ryan and asked him if he had bought it. “Ryan said the purchase was condi- tional,”” sald Harriman, “ané. that he wanted to see me and talk with me and that he wanted my help. I criticized his plar and wanted to know what he meant by it. Ten or fifteen minutes later I went | to Ryan’s ofice, He told me he had de- clded to buy the stock and sald it was time for him to make a name for himself. He said he bad decided to buy Hyde's stock provided he could get his nominee elected chairman of the board. He said he had made a good deal of money and } never had done anything to make a name | for himself. I questioned his motive, He had told me he wanted my help; that I «was the one n in New York whosel help he desired. i “What kind of help?" asked Hughes, counsel for the Investigating commit- tee. “To help him to get his nominee elected chairman of the board,” replied Harriman, ! Agked upon what grounds he had criticized Ryan's plah, Harriman re- plied: “Well, it was rather staggering io anybody that Ryan wanted to con- trol the Equitable or should have con- trol of it. “I told him,” continued Harriman, “that 1f T was satisfied that he was, act- ing from a pure and unselfish motive in the interest of the Equitable I would help him. He told me his plan. I did not tell him then that I wanted a share in the Hyde stock. I assisted him to get his nominee élected.” e e | Conmtinued on Page 2, Columa 1. | | i | FATHER CONNOLLY BELIEVES COLLINS MARRIED CHARLOTTA NEWMAN. George D. Collins summoned the Rev. Father M. D. Connolly to his defense yesterday. Father Connolly says he has but a faint recollection of the ceremony, but believes, according to the records, that he married George Collins o Charlotta Newman. Clergyman Who Performed the Ceremony Takes the Stand. Relies on the Records Which He‘Reg ards as Correct. “I belisve 1 married George COllln!' nolly left the stand, Isadore Erb, dep- to Charlotta Newman, judging from the record,” declared the Rev. M. D. Con- nolly yesterday upon the witness stand in the trial of George D. Collins. The statement was made In response to a question by Attorney Hiram Johnson of the prosecution, after Father Connolly had given testimony on preceding crogs-examination regarding the un- swerving custom of the Catholic church in relation to the marriage ceremony. Objection upon objection poured forth from the attorneys for the defense, with constant overrulings by Judge Lennon, whose day upon the bench was a particularly trying one. Father Connolly was called to the stand in the beginning of the afternoon session as a witness for Collins. Word | soon spread that the priest’ who had united Collins and one of the Newman girls in marriage was to appear and the small courtroom quickly filled. Promi- nent Judges, attorneys, daintily gowned women, attaches at the Hall of Justice and a small army of newspaper men and artists fllled the court when Father Connolly ascended to the witness chair. Collins began the examination in rapid-fire fashion, with questions that elicited the Information that Father Connolly has but a vague recollection | of the marriage and does not remem- ber the woman to whom the defendant | was married. He said that he saw the woman several times before the mar- riage, but not once afterward. PRIEST ON THE STAND. District Attorney Byington then too the cross-oxaminaifon of" the witness in hand. Father Con testified that the handwriting in the marriage cer- tificate was his own. mony was given regarding handwriting on the church marriage memorial and the church record of marriages. Con- stant objections came from' Collins, | McPike and Boardman, all the attor- neys for the defense often spéaking at once. Attorney Johnson, for tion; asked the witness: “Are you familiar with the marriage license required by law before church ceremonies can be performed?” The witness replled in the affirma- tive. “Do you require the marriage license before performing the ceremony?’ the prosecu- “Object!” shouted Collins, McPike and Boardman simultaneously. The objection was overruled and Father Connolly answered in the affirmative. Johnson then asked if that require- ment is universal in the church and again the objections that poured forth were overruled. Father Connolly an- swered that the custom was universal. With the objections eliminated—the discussions over many of them oceu- pied several minutes and tested the pa- tience of Judge Lennon—the following questions by the prosecution were asked and answered, while the specta- tors leaned forward to catch every syllable that fell from the priest's mouth: “Do you state the names of the parties in pronouncing the marriage?” Ves." “Presuming this to be a license, will you tell the jury how you pronounce the hames of the parties in thé ceremony?” “We ask each person separately if he and she will take the other in marriage. We ask the partles to Join their right hands and the words are, ‘Wilt thou, George, take Agnes (or Charlotta) to be thy lawful wite?” and in like manner, “Wilt thou, Agnes (or Charlotta), take George to be thy lawful husband?" “Do the parties to the marriage hear the ceremony and does the priest have to hear their responses?”’ “Yes.” “Whence do you obtain the names ofthe ‘Have you any doubt, whatsoever, as to the verity of your records?” NO DOUBT AS TO RECORDS. “Y.have no doubt.. The rule of the church is to keep a record of the mar- riages performed. My recollection is that 1 married the defendant to a person by the name of Newman. I believe T married George Collins - to Charlotta Newman, judging from the record.” An attempt was made by the prose- cutlon to question Father Connolly as to whether there was ever any question regarding the marriage, but the court overruled it as not in the scope of direct examination. Collins began the day by introducing ‘W. W. Meade, formerly a watchman at the Crocker building. to show that he was not at his office on the night of his alleged Interview with Charlotta. The witness failed effectually to establish the fact. Colling then resumed the stand to testifv in his own defense and closed his_testimony at noon. He was questionsd , Tegarding his fight against -returning to California and denled that while in Canada he had said that a jury was being “put up on hin” in San Francisco. He charged Charlotta’s interest in hjs prosecution to the failure of blackmail proceed- ings. He deniec that he sent a tele- gram to Charlotta, addressed “Mrs. C. Collins,” from Kansas Clty, Mo.. or that he sent one from the same place. to Judge Hart in Sacramento. On the re-direct examination, a letter was presented by the defense, in which Charlotta Colline begged the defendant for money for the care of the children, signing the communication, “Respect- fully, Charlotta. & OCCUPIES CELL WITH HOWE. In the afternoon. after Father Con- The same testi- | | | i uty clerk in the Supren:e Court, testi- fied to the filing of charges against Collins by the Bar Assoclation. Miss M. V. Collins, stenographer for the last preceding Grand Jury, told of a state- ment made by Collins in the District Attorney’s office in which no reference was made to 2 marriage contract or to a man named Mulcahey. She was sub- g The defense closed sts case at noon. — 3 FATHER CONNOLLY IDENTIFYING THE RECORD OF THE MARRIAGE OF CHARLOTTA NEWMAN AND GEORGE D. COLLINS, ASiMADE OUT BY HIM AT THE TIME HE PERFORMED THE CEREMONY. + - £ stantiated In this by Detective 'I'u:n( Gibson. W. O. McGeehan, a Call reporter, was called to testify regarding an inter- view in which Collins denied that he intended to nse in his defense a mar- riage contract with Agnes. He was not permitted to testify, owing to the incomplete state of the record, and will be called later. BEd. Gorevan, a gro- ceryman, told of his visits to the Col- 1ine home, where he met and addressed Charlotta as Mrs. Collins. At this time an adjournment was taken until Monday morning at 10 o'clock. Collins, at the conclusion of the day's proceedings, was taken back to the Broadway iall, whera, as chance willed, he occupled. & cell with George W. Ilowe, recently sentenced to an cigh- teen months’' term in San Quentin for using the malls to defraud. Howe was defended by Collins,- who has his case on appeal hefore the Supreme Court. This morning, Willlam and [fenry Newman will appear before Judge Len- non to show cause why they shouid not be punisted for contempt of Conrt fur ‘neking an attack upon Jacob S. Meyer, a witness uvnder the protection of 'he sourt. 'CYCLONE IN PARNO RUINS MANY HOMES Several Hundred Persons Are Injured, Many of Them Seriously. Speeial Dispatch to The Call. NAPLES, Dec. 15.—According to a dis- patch from Salerno, a terrible cycione has damaged almost all the houses in Parno, a city of 22,000 inhabitants. Many houses fell in ruins, and more than a hundred persons were injured, many of them seri- ously. The damage amounts to two mil- Hon lire ($400,000). The authorities are at- tempting to render ald to the victims, but this is made dificult by a torrential rain which is falling. A great tempest is raging in the harbor of Messina. Many small boats have been capsized and fifty ‘people have been in jured, of whom twelve are in a cPitical condition. 2 | ARMY OFFICER SEATENCED T0 INPRISDANENT Lieutenant Burbank to Serve Term at Fort . Leavenworth. OMAHA, Neb.,, Dec.45.—It was an- | nounced to-day at the headquarters of the Department of the Missourl. that First Lieutenant Sidney 8. Burbank of the Sixth United States Infantry, now in the | Philippines, ‘whose = sensational marriage to a Filipino woman and subsequent en- gagement to-a’ Leavenworth society girl led to his court-martial, has been found guiliy of embezzlement and sentenced to dismissal” from the army and a tefm of fifteen months in the military prison at | Fort kLeavenworth. Not only was the versatile, lieutenant found’ guilty :of em- bezzlement, but also of wife desertion. Burbank first came into = prominence | three years ago, when he went to Fort Leavenworth with his regiment and at once became. a darling .in soclal circles because of his dashing qualfties. After his engagement to a young lady-just out | of the high ‘school society was greatly | shocked by the lleutenant's suit to set aside an alleged marriage to a Flipino ‘woman, Concepcion Vasquez. Burbank testified.repeatedly on the stand that the alleged marriage record was a forgery brought forward for the purpose of black- mail. The case was knocked out of court and ' last. year Burbank returned to the Philippines with his regiment. Friends of the woman then secured a divorce for her, with $50 alimony and the custody’ of her child. 5 some of the diners. { TEUS ANEW STORY 0F THE FRICK DINNER \Miss Anna- Held Says Many of the Guests Were Drunk. €pecial Cable to The Call and New York Her ald, Copyright. 1905, by the New York Herald Publishing Company, PARIS, *Dec. 15.—Miss Anna Held re- ceived your correspondent at her home here _to-day. I told her of thefstory ‘that ‘Willlam E.. Corey, president the Amer- ican steel trust, had threatened to make revelations involving the actions of prom- ijrient Pittsburg men who took part in a banquet at which Miss Held sang unless these men ceased criticizing Corey. The dinner took place at the Duquesne Club, Pittsburg, and it was reported that Miss Held, who sang, was roughly treated by Miss Held said: “Yes, there was a din- ner, given by .Henry C. Frick at the Duquesne €lub, Pittsburg. I was in Pittsburg and was asked to sing at the dirmer and consented. “When I arrjved there, it was late in the evening, and many of the guests were drunk. .They were excessively noisy. Befors I got away my clothing was siightly torn. “I canmot remember the name of the man who took his coat off. Mr. Frick ‘was thers. I saw him. The dinner was hot stuff.” SULTAN FORMALLY YIELDS T0O POWERS International Fleet Will Be Withdrawn From Turk- g ish Waters. CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 15.—Turkey last night formally surrendered to the demands of the powers and accepted the scheme providing for the financial control of Macedomia. A communica- tion to this effect was handed by the Porte to the Austro-Hungarian Embas- sador, Baron von Calice, and the ques- tion which has been the subject of negotiations for eleven months was closed. The International fleet will promptly be withdrawn.