The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 27, 1906, Page 1

§HE WEATHER. OF THE THEATERS. ALHAMBRA—*“A Midnight Marriage.” ALCAZAR—"The Dictator.” CALIFORNIA—Rellly and Woods. CENTRAL—'Too Proud to Bes.” Forecast for March 27: % = CHUTES—Vaudeville. Sar cieco end vicinity—Fair COLUMBIA—"Heir to the Hoorah." Tuesday; light morth wind cwb— “The Déith Valley Mys- A. G. McADIE, MAJESTIC — “Sweet Nell of Old District Forecaster. QRPHEUM—Vaudeville. TIVOLI—'“Phe Isle of Spice."* SENEISREL N 0 s 2 * = o > XCIX—NO. 117 PRICE FIVE CENTS. LANDS IN ANTIOCH AND IS SOON JAILED Avenging Law Swiftly Success- ful in Bringing Down Fleeing Quarry. ACCUSED WOMAN CONFESSES CRIME Claims, However, She Took Only Subsidiary Part in Assassi nation. NAMES JOE MILLER AS PRINCIPAL Gathering Evidence Tends to Show Her as male Bl Veritable Fe- uebeard. Le Doux, suspected of Albert McVicar, se a trunk e Stockt depot Saturday | g as arrested by Constable| Vhele Antioch yester- rning. She is now in the S a where she was | yrmey Norton Black of San ving her in cus- itted the f the murder, but she denied 1 the principal in it. She ed “Joe Mill Her story is that she, er” as the actual Miller were drink- Saturday night, and t while she was out of the room a fe moments early Sunday ler gave McVicar i, from which he died. 1y was then placed in a aken to the depot. It there too late to be put on as was the in- break in oy this larmed by the re- vy the baggage mas- weight of the trunk, ates took the train to San Francisco, ioning the | Sunday afternoon Emma% he Santa Fe Stock- , got off at Antioch, and was arrested in the morning. She said that McVicar had' robbed her of six thousand dollars it of ten thousand Jeft her from lliam Wil- liams, her second husband. life insurance of Wi The police in this city are seek- | ing Joe Miller, but he is generally ! s W and Sunday morning, Emma Le Doux passed -some -of hertime »sed to be a mythical person. | e in the city Saturday -night Attorney ! | with 2. young - plumber ~named Joseph Healy. i He was taken into custody early | | yesterday morning by | Ed Gibson. | he completely satisfied the policc { as to his innocence of any partici- {pation in the crime. His examina- tion, however, has brought ouf a | remarkable story of his relations | with the accused woman, from | which it appears that he was at one time one of her intended vic- tims. Healy lives in the Mission, where he had always been sup- | posed to be a sort of woman hater | rather than the consort of women of the type of Emma Le Doux. From infesmation gained so far it seems to be a fact that Emma | Le Doux has had four husbands. The first, William Williams, died in (ilo-bt;, Arizona, under suspi- cious circumstances, Emma col- lecting his life insurance. The sec- ‘onri was Manuel Barrett. He got ¥a divorce from her. and is living in _Fresno at present. The third was { McVicar, whom she is now ac- {cused of assassinating. He was Ealso divorced from her, and it was |a return of his infatuation for her [that led him to death. The fourth jhusband, Le Doux, is living in Jackson, Amador County. : The arrival of Emma Le Doux {under arrest in Stockton was the lcausc of great public excitement. | The crowd, composed in great part of women, surrounded the train, and the police had to force !a path to the waiting vehicles, and hundred '~ persons . ran ;through the streets after the cab comammg the prisoner. Emma Le Dou\ was stylishly dressed and perfectly self-possessed. The | extraordinary calm of the woman [leads to’the suspicion that she is not sane. | many Detective | At the Hall of Justice | A SHOWS SINGULAR. CALM-+4N -CUSTODY)| EMMA LE DOUX, SUSPEGTED McVICAR, IS IN CLUT( FORT WRANGEL TACOMA, March 26.—A special to the Ledger says: Fort Wrangel, Alaska, was entirely destroyed by a fire that started in the barber shop of the Ploneer Hotel late Saturday night. The. entire town was wiped out with the exception of a dock and one store belonging to Robert the town's residential district were burned to the ground” . Wrangel has a population of 400 persons, half of whom are Indians. The town has no fire fight- ing apparatus and was.at the mercy of the blaze. News of the fire was carried to Juneau this morning.by tug and word was recelved by the United States cable office this afternoon. LOS ANGELES, March 26.—A telegram. dated Juneau, Alaska, March 26, from United States District Attorney John, J. Boyce, to the Los Angeles Times says that the town of Wrangle, Alaska, has been almost totally destroyed by fire, and appeals to the and to the Asso- ciated Press for”ald for sufferers. The dispatch states that every store in the town ‘has been burned and that the total | loss is $100,000. "The Custom-house was saved. Mr. Boyce was tormerly State "L reach Senator in the California Legislature from Santa Barbara: County. ' SEATTLE, March 26.—Officers of the "Pacific Coast Steamship Company received a telegram from Juneau this eves ng -m- ing that the people of Juneau :v;;_!y g o;_h provisions for the nfledl n Wrange! e y was to allow the -mfln'tb‘?nwm to take -gufno ‘Wrangel. ‘The vessel will there tmnnrro'. s FIRE DESTROYS | Reld. Thirty-elght bouses that composed. AWAY FROM HI5 CAPTOR He DrawsRevolver and Makes His Escape. | Wanted in Connection With Oregon Land Fraud Cases. Arrested in Boston by Secret Service Officer Burns But Gains Liberty. BOSTON, March 26.—Stephen A. D. Puter of San Francisco, who is wanted by the United States Government as a witness in the land fraud cases in Ore- gon, was arrested here tomight by United States Secret Service Officer W. B. Burns of Washington, D. C., after being in cuatody less than half an hour Puter drew a revolver and sue- ceeded in escaping. The Oregon State authoritles want Puter, who was con- victed of complicity. in the land traud and ‘whose testimony is desired in connection with other land case pros- detailed by the Government at Washington to come to Boston and search for Puter. He located him and walted at the Fenway branech postoffice, where he learned Puter was In the habit of calling for mail addressed to “John H. Brownell.” * Puter, when accosted by Burns, - agreed to accompany him to a private room in the postoffice. Burns un- 8 nt Ifln,—ol the 0 Wmt two officers wers: nutflda wrmm«w twa about his re- moval. to Washington, the prisoner sud- denly drew ,a.revolver and leveling it at Burns' head exclaimed: ° “I'll kill -you, Burns,” if you dare to move.” The dense crowd about the two men fell back rapldly at the appearance of the revolver, but Burhs jumped at him and pushed up his hand. Puter struggled and succeeded in pointing the muszsle of the revolver at Burns' breast for a second time. Again the officer closed with his man, but he could not wrench the weapon away. Puter finally freed himself from the grasp of Burns and gradually backed away ,with the revolver still pointed at Burns. He suddenly turned and darted down the Street, followed by the officer and many other persons. The fugitive, however, escaped. PORTLAND, Or., March 2.—Stephen A. D. Puter was convicted on December 6. 1905, in the United States Court of having conspired with others to secure fraudulent entrymen for timber lands. It was under- stood that the Government secured In- formation from him to be used In other cases and by reason of this fact had not pressed the date of his sentence. Puier frequented this city until last fall, when the wholesale forgeries -of - State school land certificates ‘were discovered at Sa- lem. About that time he disappeared. The wife of Stephen A. D. Puter re- sides at present in’ Berkeley. The house TELEPHONES 'STeckToN STATION cers for the last two months. Mrs. Puter, who has steadfastly refusedgto disclose her husband’s whereabouts, Was thrown from a buggy on Saturday in a runaway accident, but not seriously injured. TAKEN To STecrToN * BY DisTrRICT Secret Service Officer W. B. Burns is ATTorRNEY well known in San Francisco. It wa . through his instrumentality that the rob- bery at the Mint was fastened on Dim- mick. Burns is considered one of the best dem!lveu in America. THe. ARRRST % {AT ARTIOCH & STATE'S HOME | FOR INEBRIATES T00 POPULAR VICAR AT TON - AND WHICH WAS LEFT AT BOUmRN PAC!!'IC E'I‘A'HON I‘l THAT Clfl MRS. LE DOUX CAUGHT WOMAN WHOM THE'POLICE m CERTAIN mmmmuv ALBERT N Ie- & CEALED HIS ' IN THE PUTER GETS |SWEARS i bat |* has been watched by secret service offl-itee, introduced = 10 CLOSE RESORTS ——— Langdon Gives Outline of Policy. Tenderloin Dives Are Scathingly Denounced. Commissioners in Row With Grand Jury Committee. Drinkhouse Proposes to Trans- ter Captain Duke and Sergeant Fraher. —_— The spirit of war was in the alr at the meeting of the Police Commission~ ers held lnst night to cousider the mat- committee withdrew there was r fight among the Commissioners. rinknouse, seconded by Reagan, ad- vocated the tramsfer of Captain Duke and Sergeant Phil Fraher of the China~ town squad. The others opposed the suggestion and hot words were passed. cn.m m- declared positively that he missioners was at its hottest Presidemt Poheim dropped his gavel and declared the meeting adjourned with “the reser- vation that the matter may be taken up at some other time.” To Langdon's sweeping assertions before the board that the city at pres- ent is absolutely rotten, O'Grady con- stantly replied with quiet sarcasm. Not only upon the subject of gambling did the District Attorney touch, - but he made some strong allusions to tenderd loin resorts where young girls are de- bauched. He minced no words, though, as Commissioner O'Grady said, he dealt for the most part with generalities. In the thick of the wordy battle Secretary Atkins of the Grand Jury, who is a member of the police commit- a suggestion that almost essation of hostili- caused a temporary ¢ ties. “If you boys would only pull with the District Attorney’s office instead of rubbing his fur the wrong way things would be all* right,” he suggested. “There is less gambling in Chinatown than there has been of late years, bit it 1s np to you boys to keep it that way.” O’GRADY SNEERS AT LANGDON. But the lull caused by Atkins' sooth- ing words was not for long. Langdon and O'Grady were soon at it again, the District Attorney somewhat heated and O'Grady cool and sneering. The District Attorney, speaking for the Grand Jury, asked the Commission- ers to pass a resolution declaring war on gambling. O'Grady answered that the Commissioners were always ready to do their duty and had always done it to the best of their ability. In reply to Langdon’s assertion . that gambling was going on in Chinatown O'Grady on behalf of the Commissioners demanded The Grand. Jury committee. retired B, e e Bivisabiicy o Jaing nsider. y IN HOTEL AT ANTIOCH|Towans Roturn Again|&iii St ing their investigations the ese and Again t0 Be |aumrer “Wiea ey cmersed it was M v' s ." d l’ . - o o |ndmittea xnt-: they n:’ -:::om o ¢ [ dectin: roduc Says cVicar Was Kille by Joe Miller, «Cured Tt T T, o8 % they had promised that they would not Who First Drank ‘With- Victim b e rimicy of the s who s £ DES MOINES, Ia., March %—8o popu- | ed them In the investigation. lar has the State Inebriate “Hospital, | Langdon's l-—dn.-_:‘.:u- % it ”_Mm" ml‘ edaty S bt hoy i’.’“.'."fi?;'.’.'a,‘ fan full to mr.fl':m m‘::: startling declarations of the evenlng. Doux, cha: ad with the 4 lical mi ‘dled at Bisbee. . . e, v s oman hose 'hoard “of cofitrol has ordered that no | I saw & young of Albert’ N. McVicar, whose body was The wt upon w consclence rests | by oy Sk m" s T sz e dnonpe found in-a-trunk at the Southern! the brutal death of the Jamestown mincr | o it '.‘.... recling out of ome of these Stockton Saturda M B Ly B SR LT T 0 e said. “She was still ouly depot in . i . nmtgw ‘went to -the Arlington with others® who 'h-:;. e R taken into custody in ‘this city. arrived on the train, and ‘with- in teens, 3 was m— ¢ racting any ;particular attention. recltug ond Sraniens gnnu le ‘John Whaleunmneuvea.. bome and = hank ot hair, as Kipliag cooxotd.ma-onna-howm W ‘telegraphic description ‘of the’ alleged |- says. w i ot being unnerved by. the 1 ‘murderess. From Stockton and from the | The mm::h M:’m' okt been ‘San’ -Francleco police he " m‘yed va!d R determinat rald place ‘“.‘ > e b "* :{m during-the night, as did ‘the Simiar places if the Commissioners her guilty filght before the m;lm ot e line. i “m mot mct promptly. vowed In & law. She made a Di calm manner, but n«fl:s? that w knew all -about. the murder,. it done by a.man nm::ip;.:g tot all the money icar, | s possession, Mrs. e Doux said. *Mrs. Le Doux made the -um the first trouble between her and arose from the t«!t (»lt hn ,5 her$6000°of ' $10.000 life / taken the train ‘San h'lnd-eo