The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 19, 1906, Page 1

n Francisco v day; fresh G H southwest winds. fcinity—Clearing | WILLSON, PRISONERS RUSHED T0 BOISE CITY e Taken on Special\ Train From | Denver. ; Miners’ Union Officials| Involved in Steunen- | berg Murder Case. | Three Men Spirited Away | Under Guard in the Early Morning. les H. Moyer | , Governor aself as being t a special e officials roing,” said the arden Mills of the | arrived in | led wpon me | presented the requisi- | he arrest of the three | »mplicity in the mur- | Governor Steunenberg | all of that day, as | part of Saturday, | rges against the | end 1 honored the pa- | at no information about , rs being in possession lest | be the means of creating a to keep the men from the | jes who were in Denver to ar- | em.” ! Governor McDonald was asked if any | member of the Colorado National Guard } with : the men as a guard on / train on its way out of/ | sent special en ver. | Not to my knowledge,” he replied. The Governor was then told that Ad- jutant General Wells was absent from the city and was pressed to answer if | he had gone on the special train with the prisoners. J The Governor explained that General | Wells had been granted a leave of ab- | sence and that If he had left for Boise on the special he went as a ;:rh'ate' citizen BOISE, Idsho, Feb. I8 —Governor Gooding positively refuses to give out any information respecting the arrest of Continued on Page 2, Column 2. o ——— MAJESTIC—Ga ALCAZAR—"“There and Back.” CALIFORNIA—"‘Yankee Doodle Girls.” CENTRAL—Monte Cristo." CHUTES—Vaudeville. COLUMBIA—"The Strength of GRAND—"“Around the Town." ORPHEUM—Vaudeville. TIVOLI—"The Matinee. the dskl. Isie of Spice.” PRICE FIVE CENTS. YOUNG GIRL ENDS LIFE||[NCWORTHS [MIS WITH FIERY ACID. Ethel Hammond's Rash Deed Is Involved in Mystery. ' N v 5 ) AN nd," a_pretty.1¢year-old | | suicide yesterday morn- | | 15 Page street, by swal- | | ! »se of carbolic acid. The| | gir rently driven to drsp(-r.uion! { by the t s world held noth- | | 1 in a pa- | ain to her | her hour of | | 1 in her room at | , after returning “le, Thomas Mc- (] /(‘ ) ends who lived S Mrs. W. H - = 3 OMAN WHO ENDED HER | 4 ECAUSE SHE DREADED | THE FUTURE. ! .3 = - = Mrs. Albright Ethel door. As Mrs. Albright en- the desperate girl placed bolic acld to her lips and contents. In her agony she stairs, where she met the nery, who carried her laid her on the bed. , but mer- 1est of “reary, the uncie, was at a to acce for his niece’s rash act. ce suspiclon was directed toward the fact that the girl's life was loss her good-by note to and that 1 love you dear. “Dear Tom. Angeles, read: by." owever, among the girl's effects hat turned the light upon the shocking tragedy. In le girl's photograph album was a letter in an unstamped and un- envelope addressed to Miss Ham- 1c ealed mond 949 Mission street. The letter was ed Palo Alto, June 14, 1305, and signed “R.” Apparently the letter was in answer to sent the writer by the girl, for in it was expressed regret that she should have been separated from her friends and un- able te summon help when the stranger attacked her in the park nother letter, signed R. and dated Portland, October 16, counseled conceal- ment and was also addressed in intimate terms. A portion read: “Console your- self with the fact that I am coming back Don’t say anything to aunt, uncle or cousin about me. Keep it all to yourself and they will never know | our acqueintance did not end long ago. Be sure and burn this letter.” Further investigation found a card on which was written in pencil, “W. B. Rad- ford, mining engineer, 310 Plne street, Black 437, 2960 Broedway.” On a slip of paper in faded ink was found “W. B. R., box 25, Palo Alto.” Willlam H. Radford is given in the directory as a mining en- gineer at 310 Pine street, with a residence at 2260 Broadway. The house, which is a costly one, has the shades down at the windows and nelghbors say the family is in the nerth. Three other letters were found among the girl’s effects, signed “J. H. C.” and a card “J. H. Champion, 22 Montgomery street,”” written on a printed card of a Los Angeles mining man, P. Thacher, in which several appointments were made by him, but presumably unkept by the girl, for in each the writer speaks of his disappointment at not seeing her. Miss Hammond was living with an uncle and aunt, the girl's mother having mar- ried a second time and, according to the girl's statements to friends, she was not treated well by her stepfather. Ethei's name before her mother's second mar- riage was Ethel Irene Steers, A T Pretty Young Girls in Trouple. Two pretty young girls, who gave the assumed names of Lilllan Edwards | | | | l :d Evelyn Willlams, were found on s and Mason streets about 3 o’clock terday morning by Policemen Hurd and Smith in an Inebriated condition. y had insulted a woman with two dren and were shouting and sing- They were held for disturbing the and being drunk in a public A few hours later they were re- d on $20 cash bail each, deposited a Police Court attorney. They said ¥ had been drinking with two keley students, whose names they did not know, anl the students had de- serted them instead of being gentle- manly enough to take them to their homes. One of them, who gave her oc- cupation as a stenographer, remarked that she would be severely punished when she got home. WATER WAKES SE0000 N A FEW HOURS Listens While Serving Meal and Gets Fine Tip. peace SEATTLE, Feb. 18.—Martin Kellar, waiter in a local cafe, a few days ago | musicians bringing up the rear, filed heard guests at a table discussing the chances of a fortune to be made in coma tide lands. Having saved $2000 from his wages and tips, he hurried to Tacoma | on the interurban irain and secured an option on a $20,000 block of land. Yester- day he received an offer of $50,000 for the block from the Union Pacific and sold it, cleaning up $60,000 on the investment of his savings, He will continue at his old job, he says, for the present. ——————— CREW OF ABANDONED SHIP PICKED UP BY THE BUFORD HONOLULU, Feb. 18.—The U States transport Buford Arflv.‘lima‘; night from Manila with thirty-seven wreck of the barken February 7. When the Tunamoto she was di; out provisions. The barkentine was en route from Tokio to Marcus Island. She was aban- doned by her crew, who were taken aboard the Buford. Tunamoto on uford met the and with- {hold or of the bridal party, there were bride i her husband to an old-fashioned sere- ) !seen defined 1 Japanese who were picked up from the ; lamp. S TENNANT D 10 BE |- IS SERIOUSLY ILL ON WAY WEST May Spend Part of Honeymoon in California. Reported Receipt of Telegram Reserving Apartments, Bride and Groom Coming to Pasadena Is Rumor Rife in the Southiand. Special Dispatch to The Cail. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 18.—Nicholas| | Longworth and bride, rumor has it, may pass a vortion of their honeymoon on the Pacific Cosst. It is said they will arrive In Southern California early next week and it is expected will return to Washington by the northern route. Their plans are known only to themselves. To-night it was reported that a tele- gram was received from Mr. Longworth, asking that a suite of rooms be en- gaged for him at Hotel Green, in Pas- adena. The telegram, it was stated, asked that the rooms be made ready for next week e COUPLE IN SECLUSION. California Actress Threatened With Typhoid. et Special Dispateh to The Call. MILWAUKEE, Feb. J8—Dorathy. Ten- nant, the star of Geqrge Ade’s “The CoF lege ‘Widow,” who has been reported ap engaged (» the author of the comedy, is seriously ill in a Milwaukee hospital, and her illness may develop into typhold fever. When her company apened here it was noticed that she spent a large part of the timé while on the stage in sitting, but it was not until y erday that she Longworth aund Bride Dodge Public Gaze at the:.McLean Home. WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.—Massive iron gates, cloged and.locked and guarded by mounted Mcycle policemen, insured to Representative Loggworth and his bride the seclusion whi¢a they sought when they chose “Friendship,” thé beautiful country home of John R. McLean, on the Tenallytown road, for the first part of their honeymoon. To-day they did not leave the house, and those on guard said that no one had passed through the gates, guing to or from the mansion. V! by her mana TS t ive u marked yesterday when thousands clung | had been in ill health for two weeks, but to the iron bars of the White House fence | and peered through them in hopes of see- ing something of the bride and bride- groom, or even a member of the house- had persisted in appearing nightly. Dr. A. J. Burgess, the attending phy clan, says that it will probably be sev eral days before he can definitely diagnose her case. He says, however, that she is in no danger, though she has high fever no sightseers around “‘Friendship” to-day, and the police report that no attempt at intrusion was made. Even the street cars, which run directly in front of the main entrance, carried no more than their usual Sunday crowds, and strollers who took advantage of the weather to get out into the country seemed to prefer the other roads. Had there been any desire on the part of the public to-spy on the young people it would have had to go unsatisfied. The house stands back from the highway about half a mile and is only two stories high, so that barely the roof and chim- of her sickness a secret, saying that an better prepared to take the part if Miss Tennant should meet with an accident. Miss Dorothy Tennant's home is in San Franclsco, where her mother lives and waere Miss Tennaut was raised. She left here six years ago, when she took up the study of dramatic art. Miss Tennant ap- peared in San Francisco in “The College Widow” in December of last year. —————— 7 be seen from tside th g T 4 Froands. " In addition, thick woods Inter- | STANDARD OIL BUY? vene, so that the Longworths’ iselation WISCONSIN CENTRAL Rockefeller Will Extend the Road to the Iron Ore Range. ST. PAUL, Minn. Feb. 18It from the world is practically perfect. Al- though the place is almost within the city, the tract is so vast, eighty-five acres or more, that it constitutes In itself practi- cally a one house suburb, and had the Longworths so desired, they could easily have taken & mile walk within the low stone walls and without observation. This seclusion at “Friendship” was not followed by other members of the wed- | learned here through an officer of the ding party. They were in evidence on | Wisconsin Central Railroad that the many of the roads which the Govern- | Standard Ofl Company has acquired the District of Columbla, speeding their auto- | financing an extension from Ladysmith, mobiles between Dupont Circle and Chevy | Wis., to Superior and Duluth, and also Chase. an extension of the Duluth, Rainy It was originally intended that the|River and Winnipeg road, which runs Longworths should remain at “Friend- | through the iron ore range on which ship” for at least four days, and last|the Rockefeller iInterests own a large ight it was stated at the place that they | area. :::Id remain until at least Monday. it It is alleged that all the Northern is probable that they will make an effort | lines—the United States Steel Com- to leave the city on their bridal trip with- | pany’s road, the Great Northern and out attracting attention and without let- | the Northern Pacific—have refused to ting their destination become known. haul the iron ore of the Rockefeller —— es. ERENADED. That John D. Rockefeller or Stand- 7 m"fls . ard Ol interests are back of the Wi 1t nd Friends Start Musfo | consin Central deal is positively as bl o "h.guly \::nh.. serted by the best legal authority rep- WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.—Joe Leiter | resenting both the raflroad and the of Chicago and a party of young s0- Rockefeller interests. ey S lenaship. where Mr. and Mrs. |SEATTLE DEMOCRATS OUT OF THE FIGHT Nicholas Longworth are honeymoon, at 2 o'clock this morning , and treated the White House and | e : Will Not Put Ticket in the Field at the Election Next Month. silently out of Washington in the di- Feetion of the McLean estate. At &| SBATTLE, Feb. 18—The Democratic given signal the air was suddenly rent | City Central Committee. at an executive with an ear-splitting crash of “Only |session last night, decided not to hold a One Girl in This World for Me,” o convention, and no candidates for city which the horns of the automobiles |offices to be voted for on March & will be joined. Y mhmmhm::{iu‘;m. During all the racket absolutely no | ized by ncisco agen! un- sign ol‘llh appeared In the MecLean | der the municipal ownership banner, has mansion, which moved the serenaders :eed Judge Willilam Hickman Moore, a to redouble their efforts. They lifted , at the head of its ticket, their voices in songs, tooted automobile | Which the committee considers an at- horns, beat the bass drum and made | tempt to use the Democratic party as a tae night hideous for a mile around.|catspaw. As a result Democrats gener- Finally at about 2:30 o'clock a window | ally will support the Republican ticket, was thrown up on the second floor of |and plans are already formed to defeat the nouse and the form of a man was n the half lght of the nade. Shortly before 2 o'clock a s cession of fifteen automobiles, with the Leiter machine leading and a band of city affairs. e — Anti-Jewish Riot in Russian Town. “KIEFF, Russia, Feb. 18.—An anti- “Speech, speech,” they eried, but the form at the window shook his head and after a minute the window was lowered | Jewish riot broke out to-day at Vietka, | once more and the form disappeared.|a town of 6000 inhabitants, near Gomel. \After one more salute from all forces | A large part of the town 1is in flames the serenaders settled back in their au- | and troops have been sent there from tomobiies and silently returned to|Gomel. It is not known whether there ‘Washington. were any fatalities. Her manager, when here, kept the fact | understudy was being given the part for a few nights in order that she would be | is | ment has laid through that section of the | controlling interest in that road and (si the labor movement to secure control of | +* | | e CALIFORNIA ACTRESS, WHO 1S SERIOUSLY ILL IN A HOSPITAL IN MILWAUKEE. CONOUERS WAL BULL WITH HS - NAKED HANS Modern Ursus Saves Three Boys From , Injury. Dispatch to The Call. LAWRENCE, Ind., Feb. 18.—Dearborn County has a modern Ursus in the per- son of Nicholas Oberting, a farmer near | the village of Hardentown, who to-day twisted the neck of a maddened bull till he brought the vicious animal to the ground and turned it over upen its back, while three badly frightened boys made their escape from what had seemed certain death. The three boys, aged 12, 11 and 9 years, respectively, were playing in a fleld near the Oberting home when they | were charged by the bull. thelr cries, Oberting went to the res- | cue and placed himself squarely be- tween the fleeing lads and the pursu- ing bull As it neared him he seized it by the horns. The onset was so flerce that | the farmer was pushed along the turf, plowing It up with his feet, but all the time throwing his whole weight and strength against the animal. Gradually the bull stopped, and with his right hand grasping the right horn and his left clutching the left horn, Oberting began to twist the neck of the animal. Its head turned a little and the farmer pressed his advantage until finally the animal's neck seemed to give ‘way to the terrible strain and it fell to its knees. Oberting continued to twist the animal’'s neck and it fell over on its side and turned upon its back. In the fina! turn Oberting’s left wrist had been broken and his right wrist strained tiil the tendons at the back were drawn ‘around to the side of the arm, but he held on to the fallen beast until the bovs had escaped from the fleld. Then he released his hold upon the bull and walked calmly to his house, a few rods away. —_————————— GERMANY TO SURRENDER ON TARIFF QUESTION Chancellor Semds Bill to Reichstag Granting Favored Natlon Treat- 5 ment to America. BERLIN, Feb. 18.—Prince von Bulow, the Chancellor, to-day sent to the Reichstag a bill for the extension to the United States of the tariffs given by Germany under reciprocal treaties to certain European States. The measure simply empowers the Bundesrath to grant to the United States rates stipulated in the conventions mfid by Germany with Russia, Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Italy, Switzerland and Rou- mania. = Bulgaria, with which a treaty has been arranged but not yet ratified, is not mentioned in the bill The Chancellor has selected Count | Posadowskl - Wehner, Vice Chancellor and Secretary of State for the Interior, to set forth the Government's position on the bill, and in the meantime the measure will be printed for circula- among the members of the Reich- . Special stag. Hearing | INSANE SON TAKES LIVES OF PARENTS Awful Tragedy in Contra Costa County. William Gunter Kills Father and Fatally Wounds Mother. Steals on Them Unawai'es With Shotgun While They Are at Work. i MARTINEZ, Feb. 1S.—Horrible in its ghastliness was the manincal deed of William Guater, former Public Admin- istrater of Contra Costa County, when he Llew hix father's brains out to-day with a shotgunm, after mortally wound- ing his mother. After ehacting this tragedy he tricd unsuccessfully to emd his own life with a pistol. The scene of the insane man's terri- | ble outbreak was the Gunter ranch, thre emiles from Cla. n, under the | shadow of towering Mount Diablo. The | life-taking was the work of a madman, suddenly seized by an uncontrollable frenzy which had for five years been dormant in a brain long discased. Without a chance for their lives, the aged parents were shot down by the insane son. He gave not a sign of warning of the awful fate that was im- pending. Gunter had twice been the inmate of a State hospital for the insane. For Several years since his second release he showed no evidences of the murder- ous hallucinations which had possessed him. Not until bis mind gave way to the homicidal tendenctes to-day was his condition such as to cause alarm. Gunter seemed rational emough this morning en he left the ranchhouse and went over to William Meredith’'s place, a mile or so up the camyon in which both farms are located. There he was invited to lunch. He was a bit incoherent and made some wild re- marks, declaring. that Miss Rachael Meredith was his wife. Suddenly, in his coat sleeves, Gunter ran out of the house and headed toward his own home. ATTACKS MOTHER IN KITCHEN. It was shertly after noom. His mother wi preparing dinner In the kitchen whe: she turned suddenly screamed as she saw her som wim- ing the weapom at her. Instinetively she threw up her arms as he discharged first ome, then the second barrel of the weapon, not a dozen feet from her. The ot plowed through her hands, broke her right arm, tore off a finger and lodged In her face. She sank to the floor as the cruzed man ran out. “he wougded woman retained con- sciousness and managed to get to her | feet and stumble to the door, slamming it and snapping the bolt. The madman heard her moving., and Yealizing she was still alive he procured an ax and tried to smash in the door. But it withstood the maniac's efforts and he gave up. Leaviog the house, Gunter reloaded his weapon and went iu search of his | father. He found the old man «hop- qpln‘ kindling in a shed. Without a word the maniac stood a few feet away and emptied both barrels. The shots | struck the father in the head, inflicting shastly wounds and be fell dead before | the son. Then the crazy man fired a shot at his own head with a pistol, but the bullet only seared a wound across his chin. He dropped the pistol and 1§ was found afterward in the mud near the father's body. Gunter left the ranch and headed through the mud toward Clayton. On | the trip he lost one of his shoes. With | his face smeared with blood, ome foot bare, muddy and bedraggled, the maniac went to Justice of the Peace Gustav | Goethall's office. “MY FOLKS ARE IN HEAVEN.> “Are there any Dbills here against me?” he inquired of the startled justice. Goethall replied “No.” Out into the road Gunter darted, only to meet several ac- quaintances, of whom, John Franks, inquired. “How’s your folks?" “They are in heaven,” was the insane man’s reply. The answer aroused sus- picion. “They are dead,” he repeated. Ccnstable Charles Chapman took charge of Gunter at this juncture, while sev- eral of the townspeople started for the Gunter ranch. But before they arrived William Meredith, who had suspected something was wrong with his caller, went to the place, and was the man who found the father’s corpse and the wound- ed mother. He made haste for assistance. . Neff was summoned from Concord, while help also speedily arrived from IChytnn. Mrs. Gunter, wounded as she was, retained her senses sufficiently to relate the detalls of the awful experi- ence. ‘Word was sent to Martinez and Sheriff Veale, Coroner Curry and District Attor- ney Alvarado repaired to the scene. Their investigations only confirmed what had been told before of the maniac's deeds. Gunter was taken to Martinez by Con- stable Chapman and placed in the county jail. He was wild and rambiing, assert- ing in his madness that he was directed to end the lives of his aged paremts. enough it was onme of Mis strongest delusions heretofore that he had slain them. MOTHER WANTS OTHER SON. The father's body was taken to the reorgue at Martinez. Every effort to re- move Mrs. Guater to the County Hos- pital fatled. She jnsisted upon remaining Continued on Page 3, Columa &