The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 1, 1906, Page 1

Forecast for February 1, 1008: San Francisco and vicinity—Fair hursday, with increasing cloudipess; st wind A G. MoADIE, District Forecaster. | from LIS / OTHER PAPER PUB Drury.” THE THEATERS. ALHAMBRA—“Michael Strogoff.”” ALCAZAR—“A Strenuous Lite." CALIFORNIA—" COLUMBIA—"“Woodland."”" “Orfental Burlesquers’ Matinee. ORPHEUM—Vaudeville, TIVOLI—"The Brigands.” Matinee. SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1906. HINSELF INMIDST OF A GREAT THRONG Fvening Tragedy Is W. S. Walbridee Commits Murder and Suicide When Demonized by Rage. FIRES CRAZILY INTO THE CROWD W. 1. Pearl Struck in Teeth and G. B. Stangenberger Wounded in Foot. NEITHER IS SERIOUSLY INJURED| Prompt Work of Officer Joseph Speck Probably Saves Lives of Many. borne his ran who had m years ago, Williar afternoon. He had p he horrified thousands of homegoers ed @ revolver and shot her in the bacl or, she started to run from In his fury the looked abouc him, once bim. man shot then uld interfere, ple and ended ad upon the pave- er cry. ¥ he fe 1 h elapsed before the terrified ciowd w f Walt staggered on a few steps. aan Jos Speck, who was hastening s was and with the help of Edward Da- ¥ d dying woman to the Central mer- s ed tc placed upon the receiving table, but died WO OF CROWD STRUCK BY BULLETS. wo members of the great crowd were struck by the fiving bullets, fact more wk t killed makes the affair a miracle. The first gh the of the woman and struck George B. Stang- & v g so in the right foot, infiicting. a wound about P “ed_straight futo the crowd iy the madman. b = Pe N. Wood & Ce. Tull In the téeth] ‘cotting of & flicting a wound in the roof of his mouth. entral Emergency Hospital, and were able assistance. he most remarkable crimes ever com- the most cemtral part of the city, in, and at a time when the thou- weary way homeward. It was a spec- lar crime. crowd started bersome in fright. 1t Women gscreamed, not seeming to realize the dreadful thing eyes. The impulse was to shrink h the smoking pistol. Those nearest and could only press backward, their all that great crowd kept his senses. ck, who caught the falling woman. He heard the first n fall and ran straight for the murderer. Walbridge juiekly shot himself. It was probably due to this that the lives of others were saved from a sacri- nonized being whose soul was crying for blood. TALE OF BRUTALITY IN BACKGROUND. f the d vester tragedy there {jes the common story of a man who that she left him suddenly and afterward got a n aman, but he loved the woman 'of his ng her to the most terrible tortures, and when ireatened to kill her.. He watched her every e left him five years ago, his jealousy increas- the wommn took up lodgings in this city and men me to her rooms and they quarreled. He con- finally infuriated himself into a demon. that this man deliberately mar ~1 as the day of 1 that he should die at the same time. He accom- endar in the man’s room at 681 Mission street ble fact that the murder and suicide were d the date set for yesterday. Across the ‘31" of iced & double cross. The date was fingermarked. paper he had written the words, “It shall be the 3ist. There 1:9 carried out his purpose. The mark on the calendar was of the bridge and his wife is a long one. ta Cruz vencil He is a general work- It was twelve years ago that he met Belle rd girl of 18, on the streets of Santa Cruz. He loved her and a marriage quickly resulted. QH}LDREN WERE BORN TO THEM. n were born to them. Clyde, aged 11 years, As now on the bridge’s father. George, aged 8, s at Santa Cruz. Vernon, eeping in his mother's room at the St. Gailhard Hotel on Pine time of the tragedy. With him was Clara, a child of ‘a second THREE r were married Mrs. Walbridge complained of h e " was cruel and beat her much of the time. Five yea:'shlu:o applied In the courts for a divorce. It was granted to her r the interlocutory decree of divoree wi 1 T. Robbins of 917 Clay street, mmfidfii’.fitefihfi e of the heads and were there married. The daughter, them. Then came the declsion gf the courts declaris Robbins left the woman. They had been living o e, 3 1ind. This was a year ago. ction of his former wife. Not 1, nd found in her posscssion a bundie ¢ ord, professing his love for her and asking ypewritten and date from May to Novemier 1# pocket when be shot his former wife las were the cause of his last attack of jealousy. FOOTSTEPS LIKE. DEMON, f 651 Mission sireet, a friend of A al- th her along Market street. \\'Albr"ir;‘ge“sx‘:llw afted for Hanby at his lodgings and rurn with my wife!” On Tuesday he I ", In the afternoon he saw two men © | wed. He stopped her at the corner her that he would kill her. She cried men and he let' her go with a warning, She ner, that she would have him arrested and n reply that he would Il her the moment he was released. was the day he had marked for the death of them both, and yes- t out to find her. She was not at her lodgings. He walked dawn ot e ,],,,.;l her at Grv:,\rr,v.h He spoke to her. She replied angrily. murder and the surging of the frightened crowd. T e The calendar had mot led, = N e N wer HAUNTED HER n the twe e she left him at the ¢ \ED BT LS FORNER W dow of Lotta Fountain, while the thoussnds éf evening ‘homegoers we‘re:.‘ crowded zbout, William S. Walbridge shot and kiiled his former wife, fired into"the crowd, Jealously prcmpted the deed.. Though living in this city the pair wete residents of Santd Cruz. W. T. Pearl and George B. Stangenberger, were shot by stray bullets, } ' » wounded. The prompt action of Officer Joseph Speck in running towafd the grazed murderer probably saved the lives of many in the dense crowd about. Witnessed by | CARNECIE FUND WARDS - CIEN BRAVE SEANEN Voyagers. PITTSBURG, Jan. 31.—Captain Mark C. and his créw of siX men, who on January 14 In a flerce gale rescued the crew of forty-two and tén passengers from the Clyde liner Cherokee, which ran aground on Brigantine Bhoals near Atlantic City, N. J., while on the way from San Do- mingo to New York, were to-day made. beneficlaries of the Carnegle hero fund for their heroism. Besjdes medals to the captain and crew a sum aggregating $9500 was awarded. This was the quickest: n taken the Carnegle hero fund emlnmn -lntz its inception. Captain Casto, besides re- celving a gold medal, is. awarded $1600 for the purpose of liquidating the n Walbridge’s body were found two bank books. He had accoun: . Swiss-Americen Bank and the Hibernia Bank amounting to a total o;.ulg. e had given his former wife 360 in December for the care of the chil He had rece drawn out $200. i1 k4 parents of Mrs. Walbridge reside in Hanford Her brother, Benfamin Berkeley. is the postmaster there. She has a sister, Julla Thompson, who lives in STORY OF TRAGEDY CONTINUED ON PAGE 8. of Mark Jacob. Casto, ‘the nine-; son of Captain Casto, = - ool od The crew, who are Nels Casto of the fishing schooner Alberta | — HOMEWARD BOUND 7 T “PRIN( IN THB AWFUL: GEDY - ENACTED BENEA' ,&%‘m LAST fllflfio pit THE MARKET-STREET 7 1PN STIRS 0P WRKTH 0F PROLD LB will Request Reforms in the British Army l Organization. 5 TR S TOKIO, ' Jan. 31L.—At a meeting of the Budget Committee to-day M. Oishi, leader of the Progressive party, - interpellated General Tereauchi, Minister of War, as to whether the Government, as the result of the Anglo-Japanese alliance, intended | to urge the British Government to reform its army organization. The Minister re- plied that the Government would do so at| some fufure date. LONDON, Feb. 1.—The cablegram from Toklo. announoing that the leader of the | Z'rogressive, party of Japan interpellated the Minister of-War as to whether the Japanese - Government, In view cf the Anglo-Japanese alliance, intended to urge upon the British Government the reform of its army organization, to which the Minister . replled that his Government would do so at some future date, is likely to cause a sensation throughout Great Britain. For the moment most of the papers refrain from comment, under the idea that a wrong impression might have been conveyed through a close telegraphic summary or by a telegraphic error. The Dally Mail says it is reluctant to TH LOTT. CROWD WAS CHILDREN. . I E FOUR MOTHERLESS DEADLY FIRE IN HOLD OF TRANSPORT MEADE: Several Men .S'ikbcumb o F/ames and Water and Many Others Suffocated. ENGINES FLOOD midnight, this morning ana fighters. i The baggage of the Second Infantry | i as well as that of the Field Artillery of the Second Infantry was destroyed. The he deadly fumes caused the death of several men -and endangered the lives of many fire- believe that the common rules of interna- tional courtéesy have been intentionally disregarded. It expressed the bellef that the statement of General Tereauchi will result in diplomatic correspondence. The Dally News, in an editorial, says that “ft is not an agreeable pill for a d peoplé to swallow,” and points with dramatic emphasis to the extraordinary story of the last twenty years since the Gilbert and Sulllvan opera of “The Hlk.-.: do” represented “our motions of Japan. The papers adds that “if this miracle hap- pened in twenty years, what may not happen in fifty years?" REVOLUTION BREAKS i OUT IN COLOMBIA FORWARD HOLD|qy, teaders in Republie : Unite to Overthrow Gen- eral Reyes. | Jan. 31—Private advices | from Cartagenia are to the | Gonzales Valencia, "PANAMA, _here PHOTOGRAPHS THE CANALS ON PLANET NARS Feat Accomplished by an Astronomer at Flagstaff. Special Dispatch to The Call. BOSTON, Jan. 3lL.—Photographs of the canals on the planet Mars, the first ever taken, are on exhibition in the Massachu- setts Institute of Technology. They are the work of Carl Otto Lampland, one of Professor Percival Lowell's assistants at the latter's observatory at Flagstaft, Ariz. The accomplishment o! the feat, which culminated last May at Flagstsf® = held by astronomers to mark a distinet epoeh in the study of M-.s, placing, as it dees, beyond a dour. what has hitherto been known omnlv on the testimony of very ex- pert observers. For many years after the canals were first noted by Professor Schiaparelll, the Italian observer, a great many astronomers doubted thefr exist- ence. At . Flagstaft the canals have bheen studled now for two decades with a fine twenty-four-inch teleseope. DISINHERITED FOR ELOPINE ~WITH MdouT Special Dispatch to The Cail. NEW YORK. Jan. 8L—Miss Grace Ball, member of an exclusive social circle and the oniy daughter of Thomas R. Ball, whose wealth Is reckaned as close to $4,000,000, has eloped with her (father's former chauffeur. John Sehring. This ::.ne-h young woman, whose avery want Teoms in East Orange, where she has beef exploring the mysteries of