The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 30, 1906, Page 16

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16 )1 CRUH DEHILISHES sz e Sway Bench. JUDGE DE Unique Theater Is Wrecked From Stage to Box Office to Prevent It Falling| Into Hands. of )lo_\'erfeldl COSTS $10.000 TO ? WIPE OUT GRUDGE | Orpheum Syndicate Presi-| dent Buys Property of Mar- ket Street Amusement Place, An N Sharply Reproved by the Impartial | Magistrate. BY JAMES C. CRAWFORD. Miss Estelle Herring’s desire to help Miss E: Voigt and hurt Mrs. Minnle | Lebenberg was given such Imprudent manifestation as to have contrary effect. It brought sharp reproof from Police | Judge Mogan and conveyed the sympathy of a crowded auditorium to her whom it was intended to injure. irs. Lebenberg, middle-aged and se- was accused of battery by Miss Voigt, a pronounced brunette on the low- er side of 30. They were sister workers in the fur-garment factory of Liebes & Co., on Post street, and when Miss | Volgt alleged that somebody had pil- fered a dollar which she had placed in a clgar box Mrs. Lebenberg indignantly | opined that it was indiscreet, to say the east, to thus cast imputation upon the honesty of the other women there em- ployed. To which Miss Volgt is alleged to have retorted, “Folk who talk before Who pur. | they are accused are usu gulty.” Grauman's | Mrs. Lebenberg rebuked the insinuation to expire this by striking Miss Voigt with such force as to “send her spinning” from the chair. After the narrative of Miss Volgt was heard by the court Miss Herring, tall, slender, sallow-faced and spectacled, as- | cended the witness stand and most volu- bly corroborated all that the complainant gering Proprietor | PP Market after t armed with presi- man's troubles is mpasses a period a of 10-cer Several vaude- years . m Theater in | had testified. “She says to Em,” Miss : A ue | Herring averred ou dirty black nig- Fe nd the Unique | “*T0 i = bet ger, I'll choke you,’ and all that Em said M petween Mason and | - . 2 eattle. who | 10 her was, ‘Don’t touch me.’ Then Mrs t houses | 1:ebenberg gave it to her.” = S \f-interest tn | It Was while Mrs. Lebenberg was plead- r A year ago he pur- | < S rest from Grau- that he spent rhood of $40,000 > New ¥ in 10- el ¢ cured the 10-cent show some time, or tion of Consi- Saturday property on nique had been pur- rfeld of the Or- obably prevent Meyer- | e place as a theater, | & wielders together an | s er the performance, at 11 | | office | | | s Every g was terior of 1 ttle theater looked as if it had been .'\ t is understood that the fire ordinance | | # ts the a theater in 4 Unique was be was passed and ' was allowed to run. 2 > b - the Unique Theater were | jng her case to the Judge that Miss Her- m neighbor- | ring's o'erweening zeal' found vent. Ris- Grauman | ing from amid the front-row chair-warm- t to wipe out a grudge | erg she advanced to, the rail and Insisted s whom he belleved to | oy addressing the bench, despite Bailiff Considine In the 10-cent show Mahony's whispered protest, and failing = | to catch the Judge's eye she stepped into Jrpheum péople that | the inclosure and, with accusatory fin- behind the Unique leveled at Mrs. Lebenberg, shouted, e was made by e was fired twice before for fighting!" erests | “Why.,” querfed his Henor, coldly gaz- ing at her, “do you take such pains to or that statement?” “Because,” was the answer, “I'm a wit- e stated by the | ger Wants to Retain Citizenship. Scharrenberger asked the s e Court f writ of certiorar! | for the prosecution.” ng Judge Het d to rescind| '“You appear to be also a rather mall- or he case ting the pe- | clous perfon,” said the court. *“Do you p s as of the | Want to have this woman,sent to jafl?” ed es. Scha Her muttered reply wds_inaudible, but enshig s were void her demeanor Indicated that it was Court | airmative = ear » morn After the defendant had completed her ; | testimony the Judge continued the hear- ing until this morning and intimated that his pronouncement will mean dismissal. “That lady who went out of her way to | injure you,” he said to Mrs. Lebenberg, | “was an excellent witness for the de- fense.” _ADVERTISEMENTS, A pistol shot created commotion in the Haymarket Music Hall last Saturday night, and when Harry A. Peary, a wood- worker, dashed to the center of disturb- ance he found a uniformed figure holding a man who was holding a woman. Be- lieving that the person in blue was & : : . 5 | soldier, Mr. Peary grasped his shoulders buy ? improve your business? | i n benina and whirled him around—to e . 5 ¥ f | fall back in surprise and dismay when get into business? or out of | ;. aw that he haa interfered with Po- > . . | tice Sergeant Cilis. it? get a situation? or an em- | ", TR Moy cap that deceivea ploye of the better sort? Do mé,” said Mr. Peary to Judge Shortall, you want to invest? or sell to . Have You Something To Sell ? omobile, piano, farm, Do you want to residence ? who thereupon dismissed the case ‘and suggested that the regulation headgear of police sergeants should be so altered as to be less military in shape and color. vestors ? The classified department Judge cage “John Redding,” shouted Cabaniss, and from the crowde n E / 7 i vi a round-faced yopng fellow wal es- Everybody's"Magazine will | corted and placed before the bench. help you “Well,” sala his Honor, hurriedly, G for the calendar was long and the luncheon hour nigh, “what's your plea —guilty or not guilty?” “Guilty,” was the mumbled response. “Eh, what's that—guilty of what?” | inguired the court, looking up and tak- $o will put your proposition before more than three million readers of Everybody’s—wide- . ing notice. awake people with money and | “1 don't know,” muttered Master > - Redding. brains—and keep you there | Do you know?" the Judge asked Pa- 3 | trolman “Charlie” Brown. “I booked him for vagrancy, but he's young and not very vicious,” was the answer. *““Then 1 refuse said his Honor. the next one.” for a month at least. { varybodyy gazime $1.50n vem to accept his plea,” “Case dismissed. Call | When the policeman | Frea H. Fincke drove a butcher's de- |livery. wagon over a Market-street | crossing “at a dog trot” the attorney | tor the defense sharply challenged the, | statement. : nnseve ' ays : | “How on earth” he thundered at the | bluecoat, “could a horse—h-o-r- horse—trot like a dog—d-o-g, dog “Well, make it a horse trot, then,” growled the rebuked one. “No, sir; Tl make it nothing,* shouted the pleader. “You're making it, and In its making you must be ac- curate, ‘Dog trot,’ indeed.” Then Judge Shortall yawned and dis- [ missed the case. 15 cents a copy This is the age of Combination.” | Our Berieling Combination' Eve-Glass & one of the important ones of the age Makes the old look young and the oung younger and dBes not hurt the | When the name of “Jerry O'Brien” w’u called and in response there emerged from the cage a burly fellow with cropped hair and mustache, Judge Mogan calmly asked Patrolman A. L. Martin what the charge w “Shouting profane and obscene language { of his six months’ | enough to eat out of any one's hand. { plano averred that }‘he’wld Heine not to make such a ‘side duties have become S0 extensive —An Food. Soothes and Qu_lek,lv_curu‘pnqg'm s XN on the transport dock,” was the reply. “What's your defense, Mr. O'Brien?” his Honor inquired. ““Well, yer Washup, hif Hi'm haullowed ' hawsk this yer bobby—" ‘What did you say his name is?” the After his escape from the County Prison when he had served about half term John Wilson was so imprudent as to freight himself heavily with lumber at a building In course of reconstruction at Clay and Montgomery streets, and while stagger- ing along under his burden he was ar- rested for petty larceny and identified | as a jall-breaker. Judge Mogan pro- | nounced him gullty and will sentence | him when he has served his interrupted period of incarceration. . . David Johnson, a legless negro who | was arrested for street begging, grinned most cheerfully at Judge Cabaniss and declared he “had no kick coming.” » “I should think not.,” dryly remarked his Honor, glancing at the abbreviated nether limbs. ““Ha, ha!" laughed the jovial cripple, “dat’s eh good joke, Jedge. But de fack am. sah, dat Ise—" “That will do, Mr. Johnson,” said his Honor; “we are too busy this morning to submit to too much Johnson.” “Yah, yah, yah!” was the screamed response to the sally. “But doan yo’ tink, Jedge, dat Ise too lil Johnsin?” And when his case was dismissed he had not recovered his equanimity. o e o Mrs. Elfzabeth Hansen of 1556 Paclfic avenue declared that her 17-year-old son Edwin rewarded her maternal care by assoclating with evil-doers and cursing her when she remonstrated. | “It's my stepfather that I can't get along with,” the youth informed Judge Conlan. But when it was proved that ‘the clothes he then stood in,was a sult of his stepfather's that the mother had reduced in size to fit her boy the Judge frowned and continued the hearing:till to-day. court interrupted, addressing the clerk. “Jerry O'Brien,” came the answer. “That fs not your name, is it?” pursued | his Honor, gazing steadily at the defend- | ant. “Well, uses yer Washup, hit's th’ naime Hi Where's your home?” ‘*Hi was born an’ bred hin Lunnon, yer Washup, han’ Hi—" ‘“Was that where you acquired the dis- gusting vocabulary you ventilated on the transport dock and within hearing of de- cent people?” ““Hit warn't my husual manner o’ speak- in’, yer Washup. Hi 'ad a couple o’ jiggers aboard—" y couple of what?"” “Jiggers—drinks, ye knaow—han' Hi—" “‘Guilty of peace disturbance—sentence to-morrow,” was the abrupt pronounce- ment. “Come on,” said Bailiff Mahony, yank- ing the Cockney with a vigor that be- | spoke appreciation of the offense admin- istered by his adoption of a Celtic sur- name for prison registration. + e . Harry Willilams bit out a portion of Carl Gomberta’s thumb, for which he was ar- raigned for mayhem before Judge Short- all, who remarked that he seemed tame It is likely that the charge will be reduced to simple assault. Mr. Gombertz dwells at 511 O'Farrell street. A g, Everybody in the house of the Von Ochrens works except 18-year-old Gus, who partook of the fare earned by his mother and sister and blubbered like an oversized infant when:they had him ar- rested for general uselessness. Judge Bhortall will discipline him. Ear Judge Mogan has in hand the charge of grand larceny against Mrs. Elizabeth Lourika, in whose trunk was found by Detective Mulcahey some embroidery work which belonged to her former em- ployer, Mrs. P. Claudlus of 1742 Sutter street, wno valued it for something more than its intrinsic worth, inasmuch as it had won for her a prize at the State Falir. The case will be heard to-day. ————— A Guarnnteed Cure for Plles. Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Plles, Your drugglst will refund money if Pazo Olnt- ment fails to cure you in 8 to 14 days. B80c. * —————————— Charges Employer With Assault. Arthur du Chatelller, 111 Grant ave- nue, obtained a .warrant from Police Judge Mogan yesterday ‘for the arrest of Gustave Helne of the Heine Piano Company, 237 Geary street, on a charge of battery. He sald he had been em- ployed as a salesman for the company for two weeks. He had tried to sell a to a woman at Ocean View, but had* faifled. Yesterday morning Heine, whom did “not know, spoke to him about not sell- ing the piano. he loudly The complainant says noise, whereupon the blow was dealt in the face! Heine surrenderéd himself and was released on $50 cash bail. He wanted a warrant for Du Chatelller's ar- rest, alleging that he was. the first to strike, but !t was refused. Dr. McKanna's treatment cures Liquor Habit without detention from business, 14 Geary street. . ————— General Webb Makes Appointment. J. C. Daly of Venturf has resigned his position of Deputy Attorney Gen- eral and E. E. Selph, a prominent Los Angeles attorney, has been appointed to fill the vacancy. Jndge Daly’s out- that he felt that he could not afford longer to keep his place at the meager safary. —_—————— Murine Eye Remedy- THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL LWOMAN'S ZEAL HURTS ' CAUSE OF FRIEND. CLARES IT MALICE 2 DEBONAI SWINDLER CAPTURED Paul W, Wittner, Who Sold Positions That Did Not Exist, Is Taken ir Palace Hotel on Larceny Charge DETECTIVES THINK HE HAS BAD RECORD Accused ‘Ma.y Have Traveled Under an Alias and May Be Wanted for Participa- fion in Other Transactions e Paul W. Wittner, debonair and swag- ger, and known among his newly-made acquaintances as a French Count, was taken into custody by Detective Ser- geant Charles Taylor at the/Palace Ho- tel last night and charged with grand larceny at the City Prison. The crime of which Wittner is accused was the first of a series of swindles which the Frenchman had planned, say the police, and they believe they have landed a widely hunted criminal in the meshes of thLe law. Investigation into the history of the man will be commenced to-day and it is expected to bring out many aliases, one of which is “Paul Weber.” The man has traveled extensively, has a large fund of knowledge of af- fairs and although he admits his gullt in the specific case charged against him he is reticent on other subjects, protesting that he is a man of affluence and large activities. Three weeks ago Wittner applied at the offices of the La Herradura Banana Company for a position. His appear- ance and learning were in his favor and he was given a desk as a clerk. W. W. Trigg is president of the com- pany, Charles Stanley, vice president and T J. Truman secretary. These gentlemen are fndirectly connected with the affairs of the United Fruit lent weathered finish. and “keved” together. end of the table. solid mahogany, ings and French claw feet. legs, will deli price $60.00. Small Corner Chair—The frame t any woman. holstered in silk tapestry. uvlar furniture in a home. Re; price $14.00. Sale price....$ gn of oak, in a weathered finis| Among. the features are Zlass doors and sides, a top-piece Regular price $80.00. Folding Bed—This is value: plate mirror measuring inches; — Company and Wittner became familiar hogany finish. Regular price $55. with much of the business of both Sale price $42.50 firms. Braxs Bedstead—It is seldom that a About two weeks ago Wittner inserted an advertisement in one of the local pa- pers for a manager for a frult plantation in Guatemala. The inducements offered were alluring and replies came by the dozen. Among those who answered were: J. Andrew Pearce of 1616 Oxford street, Berkeley; E. Herriman of 2518 Filbert street and Henry R. Brown of Oakland; Joseph Levy of 1545 Pine street, Harold H. Canham of 3 San Jose avenue, Diego P. Rul of 1365 Union street, Mal- colm Elliott of the Netherlands Hotel, R. E. Nichols of 247 O'Farrell street, T. M. McGough of 1526 McAllister street, 8. K. Fitzhugh of 2620 Sutter street and Ar- thur C. Rath of 2333 Washington street, this city. The applicants were told to There are otl the metal bes Carpets~ We have made big reductions in the prices of Carpets and o Linoleums. Well worth your in- vestigation. Library Table This beautiful Library Table sells regularly for $35. made of the finest qual Iltyl quarter-sawed oak, with an excel- t has the simple, straight lines £ th Mission style, which is very popular S)-dfly, B i wet miade There are two drawers, one at each Lady’s Writing Desk—It is made of with a superb hand-rubbed finish, delicate carv- with ball There is an excellent arrangement- of pigeon-holes that Regular Sale price..845.50 is made of birch, in a handsome ma- hogany finish, and the seat is up- It will make a dainty addition to the reg- ular .00 nn Closet—This is a Spanish de- h. leaded mirror and adjustable shelves. Sale price. . a very good It is a double size upright Folding Bed, with a large French 18x48 frame of birch in a ma- Brass Bedstead is sold at the price We quote for this sale. This Bed is a single size and has an oval top. r good reductions in department. Regular price $40.00. Sale price... 825,00 Frederi 54-50ELLIS ST store. . Yesterday we inaugurated our First Annual Sale—a sale to be held regularly hereafter, that our stock may be new and fresh at all times, and’no piece of furniture remain on | hand longer than a certain period. Reductions ‘have been made in every department—furniture, car- pets, drapery and wall paper—rang- ing up to 50 per cent. Compare the regular price tag with the special green tag, and you can see for your- self how much the reduction is. . Fredericks’ furniture is quality furniture—the kind that gives las&q ing satisfaction and is well worth the investment at our regular prices. . Warth $35, Sale Price. $24.50 It is It is well made Hook Case—You should take good care of your books thougzh your library is not large. This Book Case of mahogany will sult vou. It has two doors of glass and ad- justable shelves. Size 2 feet 23 Inches wide by 4 feet 10% finch high. Regular price $25.00. price SREY 18.00 Davenport Sofa—The frame 15 bullt of fine graln birch, mAhogany fin- ish, in a handsome design. We up- holstered the sofa ourselves in rich French figured velour. Regular price $65.00. Sale price. .. $45.00 Hall Rack—A Dbdeautifully carved weathered oak plece of furniture, of the table, not settee, style. It has twisted columns, claw feet and a large French plate beveled mir- ror, 32x48 inches. Regular price $170.00. Sale price .....8119.00 Dining Table—Finished In golden oak, with French legs apd a ten foot extension top. We have dining chalrs which will mateh. Regular price $30.00. Sale price. . §19.50 Buffet Board—This IS not an ordl- nary plece of furniture, but a side table, between a buffet and side- board. It is a splendid weathered oak. Regular price $75.00. Sale T sy AR AR ¥ Office Desks—We have marked down our entire line of Office Desks 25 per cemt. We have an excellent varfety of Desks in different sizes and finishes. Wall Pq;esf & n I this depare £ 4 ment are big reductions, _too. NEAR MARPKET — TYPICAL VALUES We have,picked out at ran- dom a number of typical values that give an excellent idea of the manner in which we have marked down prices. 3 Domestic Rugs—We have Rugs in large and small sizes, and liberal reductions have been made throughout the department. We know that an inspection will con- vince you of the big values to be obtained. Oriental Rugs—During the sale we will allow a straight discount of 30 per cent on any Orfental Rug in our stock. e have an excellent variety, and a large range of sizes. Upholstery Remnants—As a result of the large amount of upholstery work we have done we have a considerable supply and large as- sortment of remnants varying from one to six yards in length. They are marked at 25 per cemt less than their values. Lace Curtains—Hand-made Arabian Curtalns, 3% yards long, _consti- tute one of our specials. It is an inviting pattern, well made up. Regulat price $32.00 a pair. Sale price, a pair Out - of - town people should send for sam- ples and prices. report at the company's offices in the Unifon Trust building after 6 o'clock in the evening. At that hour the officers of the company had departed for their homes and Wittner could work without their knowledge. ALLURING PROPOSITION. Three of the men, Pearce, Herriman and Brown, evidently saw Wittner in person and the proposition was laid before them. ‘Wittner, acting for the fruit company, was to employ a man to go to Los Amate, Guatemala. at a salary of -$250 a month and commission, on a contract for three years. Wittner was by no means nig- gardly in offers of accommodations and luxurious llving for the successful ap- plicant. He offered free transportation for the manager and wife, free rent, rafl- road, postal and telegraph facilitles, hos- pital bills, life insurance to the extent of 815,000 and a privilege of breaking the contract should conditions prove unsatis- factory either through climate or sick- ness. A bond of $2000 in cash was required. Pearce paid $100 of this in a check and then set about to find whether Wittner was acting in good faith. When the ap- plicants applied at the company’s offices Wittner immediately dismissed them, re- questing them to meet him later in the evening at some prominent hotel. It was while he was walting for Pearce last night at the Palace that his arrest was accom- plished. 3 When Pearce/made inquiry he discov- ered that he was being swindled, and yes- terday swore out a warrant charging Wittner with grand larceny. W W Trigg is also loud in his denunciation or the ex-clerk and says that he will assist in the prosecution. Among the papers found in the posses- sion of the prisoner was a contract be- tween himself and Charles W. Stanley, who In addition to being vice president of the company, Is_also the Inventor ofy an airship. Wittner agreed to put up 250,000 francs, accompany Stanley to Paris, and there construct a machine. The contract was dated but four days ago. FOR FRENEN Supervisors Plan to Make Provision for Relief of Members of Department At yesterday's meeting of the Board of Supervisors a resolution was intro- duced by Supervisor:Kelly having for its purpose the granting of one day off in each week to members of the Fire Depatment. The resolution’ di- with the Board of Fire Commissioners and report whether it will be possible under the appropriation for the fiscal vear to allow the members of the said Fire Department one day's vacation in every seven; and if not, to report such legislation as will provide for the same in the next budget. . The resolution recites that the mem- bers of the Fire Départment are now required to be on duty for twenty-four hours per day for seven days in the week and “it is the universal custom that man shall labor six days in a week and rest on the seventh.” The mem- in favor of the plan if the funds are available. A The board ordered, the construction of a sewer in Seventh street from How- ard to Market and thence on Market street to Jones and McAllister at an estimated cost of $30,000 under the bond issue. Grades were Federal, Mission, Huron streets. The roadways of Sixth avenue be- tween I and J strcets, Greenwich street between Octavia and Laguna, Fair Oaks street between Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth, and Grove strecet be- tween Cole and Shrader were accepted. The Board of Works was directed to assess the damages for the doing of street work crdered by ordinances. The ordinance ordering the construc- tion and equipment of the Bay View school at an estimated cost of $119,000 was finally passed. The building will be located on Bay View and Flora streets. Similar action was taken on the ordinance ordering the construction of the Bergerot school on Twenty- fourth avenue, near California street, at a cost of $39,000. The County Clerk was authorized to appoint four temporary clerks to re- cord a large number of wills that have been allowed to accumulate, and also a messenger to do janitorial work. B ——————— In_the Divorce Court. 2 Decrees of divorce were granted yes- %e:dny to Trvin from Etta Ramsey for ordered Precita, changed on PREPARING TO FLEE. Coso and That Wittner was about to leave the country is evidenced by the fact that he wrote to an Atlantic steamship company and inquired concerning accommodations for passage to Genoa or Naples in March. Among his effects were found many let- ters addressed to Paul Weber, which name Wittner evidently traveled under. Wittner claims this, however, to be the name.of a friend in the secret service of a country the name of which he refuses to state. After admitting his guilt Wittner wrote an order recalling Pearce’s check, which he deposited in a local bank. After secur. ing tiis order Detective Taylor visited ‘Wittner’s apartment at 320 Mason street. It was ‘evident the prisoner lived in Jux- ury. Dress suitsfilled several trunks and Wittner owned twenty-seven vests, be- sides other expensive articles of apparel. From correspondence it would appear that he ‘'was about to marry Mrs. Fanny Edwards, a widow residing at Ellls and Taylor streets. Shortly after his arrest he wrote a note to Mrs. Edwards in which he asked her to call and see him and to retain her faith in him. He was very mel- ancholy over the turn of affairs and sev- eral times gave hints that he might at- tempt to destroy his own life. He will lesertion, and Joseph C. from Marie I. etze . for desertien. = Suits for | be clogely watched by the police. Bonds|divorce were filed by Naomi M. were fixed at $2000. 'V. agalnst Louis A. Mouze, for ——————————— desertion, Annie M. against Jo- seph Iffla for cruelty, Fannie against Robert Gourley for willful . neglect, Carrie against Carl Lelgestrand for intemperance. Alexander B. against Mary Cowan for desertion, Lillie against Lyman Fuller for eruelty and failure to. proslde. Christian against Helen Stender for desertion, Charles B. against Sophie Maltbie for erueity, Jennie against Sylvester Wall for failure to provide, and by Julia against Henry 8. Steffani for cruelty. When you want éa cwell booklet printed see Edward Knowles Co., 24 Second street. * i ————— Fireman Lald to Rest. The remains of John McCarthy, vet- eran fireman, and for many years am- bulance driver in the emergency hospi: tals, were laid at rest yesterday in Holy Cross Cemetery. A requiem high mass was celebrated at St. Ignatlus Church before the funeral cortege proceeded to the cemetery. The body was followed to the grave by many of McCarthy’s old | friends who knew him when he was a | DOERR TO ANSWER —Henry Doerr, power in local politics. The following fim"z: e “fim ,m were the honorary pallbearers: Thomas um?.m Heacock to a Macauley, J. J. Mahoney, Harry McCue, m- ha n:nhl a fraudulent claim Captain R. Brown, Charles Bucher and H R Pfunl. : rects the Finance Committee to confer | bers of the board expressed themselves | WANT DAY OFF [LAWYER MIXES ‘ | away. PSS ‘telephoned for the police and Attorney e e e e e e e i SYRETT LEAVES WITH JEWELER' FOR ST. LOUIS Declares He Will-fia;e No Diffienlty in Escaping Prosecution for Forgery ——— Detective Sergeant C. G. Cabanne of St. Louis reported at police headquarters yesterday afternoon with the papers for the extradition of Alfred H. Syrett, who is wanted there on a charge of forgery. | The detective said that the prisoner's al- | leged forgeries and embezzlements would reach over $28,000, and credited him gri‘h having been one of the cleverest & asa men in St. Louis. When Syrett an- peared in February, 1904, he had charge | of the real estate department of the Mis- | sissippl Valley Trust Company and was drawing a salary of $10,000 a year. He had previously been employed by the Mer- cantile Trust Company. His method was to have duplicate deeds of land he sold, se that he could raise money on the land. Everybody was surprised when he took to flight. Cabanne left with Syrett on last even- ing’s train. Before departing the prisoper sald he expected to have no difficulty in settling his affairs without prosecution in St. Louls, but what hurt him was the re- port that he had married Christina Peger- son, the pretty chambermald at the Pal- ace Hotel. “Everybady know: he said, “that the reported marriage was all rot. The . girl 1s back at the Antlers’ Arms Hotel in Colorado Springs. where shs came from. My wife and children are lv- ing with my father in London, England, and such a report would naturally cause her needless pain if it should reach her. Some of my friends circulated the report as a joke, but it may prove a very serious thing for me.” By the same train Detective Sergeant T. B. Morrison of Chicago left with E. F. Daigneau, Who is wanted there on a charge of assault to kill. Daigneau had a dispute with Theodore Prouix, a lawyer of Chicago, about Pat Crowe, the kid- naper, on August 20, 1904, and Daigneau shot Proulx in the hip, making him a cripple for life. Daigneau was ar 1 and released on bonds. He fled from cago and the bonds were found worthless. One of the bondsmen was ar- rested and the other fled from Chicago. Daigneau served a term of ten years for arson in this city. He is looked upon as a dangerous character. Attorney McIsaac and Rich- ard Hoag Duel Fiercely With Deadly Invectives A wordy battle in the St. Francis flats between Attorney Hugh Melsaac and Richard Hoag, a Jeweler, was interrupt- ed by the police yesterday just as the combatants were about to slap each other on the wrists. The combat started cver the question of moving the furniture of H. A. Forbes. Hoag held a bill against Forbes for $7 and declared that it should be settled be- fore the Lares and Penates of the house of Forbes could be moved. Forbes telephoned for his attorney, Hugh Mclsaac, who is husky and aggressive. McIsaac admitted that part of the bill presented to his client was Just and offered to pay that amount. But Hoag, who is something of an all-round gladiator himself, remarked, “Tll sign a receipt for the whole busi- ness if MecIsaac will fight me.” “Easy mone replied Mclsaac. “Take the receipt.” Tt looked as though real be-lud was about to flow, but Mrs. Hoag, who had heard the liberal offer of her husband, Charles Nagle of the - firm of Nagle Brothers. The attorney and the land- lord were just debating on whether they should hit in the clinches or make the g0 a-go-as-you-please affair when the bluecoats arrived. “I charge this man with disturbing the peace,” said Attorney Meclsaac. “I charge this man" with the same thing,” said Hoag. “Whatever is right, you know."” As the combatants were carried away, still threatening to resume the deadly combat of words at any moment, Mras. Hoag fainted. Charlps Nagle arrived just as the smoke of battle cleared Both men were balled out at the park station. But Mclsaac says that e war 1s not yet over. He is ready nd willing to accept Hoag’s offer to resort to the primitive method of set- tling a difference. There “will be a terrible flow of language when the fAght is resumed. Tait’s Cafe MARKET AND POWELL STREETS Eotrance Opposite Columbid Theater 'MANAGEMENT OF H. W. LAKE - GRAND CONCERT : Thursday Evening, February st INTERNATIONAL COMPOSITIONS Under Direction T JAULUS

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