The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 9, 1906, Page 1

WEATHER FORECAST. For San Francisco and vicinity: Fair Monday; fresh west wind. HOT Get NEXT SUNDAY’S CALL, With a remarkable photo of the BURNING OF THE WINCHESTER EL. PRICE FIVE CENTS. oner Poheim. O’Grady’s will follow today. t { and Schmitz are dissatis i hat more heads are to fall within the next few weeks. — dergo a tremendous shakeup. The upheaval began with the requested Others are to come. ed at the actions of some of their appointees, and it is generally believed ments of losses by the big fire. Scores of indictments by the Grand Jury are threatened agamst The insurance companies have and the latter claim to have evidence against many, especially men w It is said that $200,000 has been paid on these false statements. ohcy-holders who made false state- g rivate detective agencies at work io did business in the Tenderloin. THAW SERIME[]UE Shake- Up, ItIs Threatened 10 JEALOUSY Will Follow in Few Days ALONE. Enraged by the Attentions Paid to Other Men by the Woman He Married DISPUTES WITH WIFE Frequent Quarrels Due to Her Conduct Occur the Presence of Frends Dangle at Belt of Chief Executive. n DISPATCH TG THE CALL. : 8. —Testimony aw's re- W te's efforts to make an th Thaw's wife, was Assis strict At- the greater Edna White, which served to infu- husband, who made no at- nceal his rage, no matter in ny he might-have been Those ““Close In” Say That Other Scalps Will| - | will fall under the shadow of indict- | ment and will have to fight to escape | trade in what was the tenderloin section of the city. FRAUD IS TRAGED 10 SCORES BY DETECTIVES, Grand Jury Will Be Given All the Details and Asked to Indict Accused Persons| stages near Ahwahnee, semite stage at the same The Sheriffs of Madera and Mariposa Counties and a number of deputies are searching the mountains for the daring road agent who yesterday held up five It is believed he is the same man who robbed a Yo- place last year. Driver of Looted Stage Gives' Description of Robber Which Tallies: Sheriffs and Their Deputies Hot on the Trail oE Bold Yosemite Highwayman. $200,000 IS STOLEN Majority of Those Charged | ‘WithPerjuryAreMen Who Did Business in Tenderloin —_ | Insurance companies that are lry«i ing to defraud clients of money justly | due them for losses by. the great fire are receiving the castigation their dishonest conduct deserves, and while | they are being brought to book, such policy-holders as may have tried to defraud their insurers escape the law. The day of reckoning for those who presented false affidavits of loss is at hand. Within a short time the Grand Jury will be called upon to make a sweep- ing investigation, and indictments by the score are likely to follow. Fire Marshal - Charles Towe and several private detective agencies have been working on theimatter for the last two weeks and are said to have dis- covered thus far that insurance com- panies have ‘been beaten out of about $200,000. More . than 150 claimants are not to the stripes. Of the. number of cases in which palpable perjury is found to have' been committed nearly three-quarters are business men who plied their The detectives are prepared to seize, in nearly fifty instances, goods which were sup- posed to have been lost in the fire, and preparations are being made on the part of the companies to attach money that has been placed in va- rious banks by policy-holders who collected it. Soon after the companies started to adjust claims it was _discovered that they were being made the victims of frauds. Owing to the great confusion that prevailed at the time and the large number of claims that were presented it was impossible to make the usual investigation or to take the usual precautions. Many cases, however, were marked as sus- picious, and, although the money was paid, detectives were set to work and developments awaited. The claimant was shadowed and it was” not long until the truth regarding his losses became known. neither Miss McCl are nor alk of the statements g the case, it is known man told of many in- jer her own TWO POLICE COMMISS] HAVE AROUSED BE 3 ED IN, RE: AXD THE CITY'S EXECUTIVE WHOSE WRATH THEY OF SSWARE AND LIQUOR F\TER[’RISE THEY SIMATIONS™ FOR RESIGNATIONS NGAG RUEF SAYS: “When Police Commissioners O'Grady and Poheim engaged in the glassware and crockery business they made no secret of the fact that they in- tended doing business with the saloon men. The many complaints to Mayor Schmitz made some action néces- sary.” MAESTRETTI SAYS: “I don’t think my skating rink venture will affect my standing with the administra- tion. How could my position on the Board of Works belp my rink along? | warned Poheimm not to go into the glassware business. I Knew that some scandal would be sure to arise.” THAW BITTER AGAINST WIFE. Se s McClure had f Mr. and Mrs, had come lulge in was sald, to the those who were with t was declared the treatment CLAIM TO HAVE EVIDENCE. When Fire Marshal Towe and the various detective agencies took the investigation in hand they were startled at the discoveries they made. In many instances proof was secured that the articles on which insurance had been collected were as safe as they were the day preceding the fire and that they had been taken away by their owners when the conflagration was some distance off. Nevertheless the owners placed this property on their proofs of loss and collected the insurance on it. Much of the stuff has been located and it will be seized as quickly as the detectives cause the arrest of the owners. In other instances it has been learned that the proofs of loss, so far as the value of the property destroyed is concerned, are absolutely false. Merchants, whose stock was low on the day of the fire, have deliberately falsified their statements. WILL DEMAND INDICTMENTS. Within a few days the entire matter will be placed in the hands of the Grand Jury and indictments will be asked for. The evidence will be in abundance and some people who felt secure in the belief that théy had beaten the insurance companies are likely to find themselves in the toils of the law. Most of the claimants who collected money to which they ag not entitled placed the bulk of it in different banks. The detectives are aware of this and will shortly attach the accounts and hold the money until the courts can dispose of the criminal proceedings. BALLS OF FIRE FROM SKY | HUNDRED PERSONS HURT sumed toward t the fact that resentment st expenses of defray the ther RCHING FOR WITNESSES. close triend of yed his complete con- ho is said to have heard make threats is being sought Attorney’'s office So, Schwarz, who met Thaw Nesbit abroad, and who is to have been 2 witness to between the couple and to several te's life, els ve heard the young woman threaten leave Thaw. | Thaw spent a quiet day in the| Tombs. He had no visitors. He arose | 7 o'clock and remained In his cell the Sunday newspapers until o'clock, when he attended t e prison services conducted by Chaplain Wade. | After services he exercised with other male prisoners in the Tombs yard. POHEIM SAYS: *“Some people said that I was a rob- ber. I grew tired of this criticism and resigned.. The Mayor- did not request it. I am no. grafter.. I have robbed nobody. I was conducting an honest business honestly. I believe an office-holder has the right to get into any honest business.” Alexander O'Grady will resign from the Board of Police Commission- ers, probably before tonight. He has been told that the administration desires him to sever his con- nection with it because of his venture into the crockery and glassware busi- ness, along with former Police Commissioner Dr. J. F. Poheim. The administration has given him to understand that it is too late for him to promise to be good or to give up the crockery business. He must go at once. He has fallen under the ban of Mayor Schmitz and Abraham Ruef and he must pay the penalty for his transgression by getting out. City officialdom, as far as represented by the Mayor’'s appointees, is to undergo the most severe upheaval it has experiedced In years. Word comes direct from those “close to the administration” that the rcsignations of several more appointees of Mayor Scemitz will follow those of Poheim and O'Grady. It was given out last night.that the action of Dr. Poheim in resigning from the Board of Police Commissioners was accelerated by word from the Mayor. Pohelm was not told directly to go, but he was given to understand that his resignation, in the light of his venture ’nta the crockery Lusiness, would be cheerfully received by Mayor Schmitz'and Ryef. Certain saloon CONTINUED ON PAGE 32, COLUMNS 4 AND 0. HIT SEVERAL OREGONIANS One BlazingiSphere Enters House and Knocks a Woman Unconscious. SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL. PRINEVILLE, Or., July 8.—A disas- trous cloudburst, accompanied by an electrical display, occurred here yes- terday afternoon. The torrent of rain destroyed three big hay crops at Ochoco. The loss will be close to §2500. The lightning here assumed the shape of fireballs, which, though mov- ing comparatively slowly, struck sev- eral people, fortunately doing little injury. One fireball entered the resi- dence of Mrs. Letty Miller, along an electric light wire, and striking her mother, rendered her unconscious for a time. —_— Austria Bars Servian Meats. BELGRADE, July 8.—In addition to closing the frontier to all Servian cat- tle, Austria-Hungary has prohibited the bringing in of tinned meats from | Servia, LN DURING PANIC IN THEATER Explosion of M;ing Picture Ma- chine Causes a Wild Rush for the Exits. SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL. ATLANTIC CITY, N. 3, July 8.— Fire in Young's Pier Theater tonight at 9 o'clock caused a panic in which more than 100 persons were cut and bruised. A half-dozen women were carried out of the theater unconscious. The theater stands over the ocean and a moving picture entertainment was in progress when an explosion occurred in the gallery inside of the booth where the man operating the machine was locked in. Flames in- stantly shot up to the ceiling. Cries of “Fire!” threw into a panic 1500 persons, who made a wild rush for the doors. Clothing was torn off in the struggle, some in the galleries jumped through windows, unconscious women were taken out and wheeled away In roller chairs to drug stores and hotels, and hundreds of children were lost iu the ‘| panic, MRS. CARTER'S AUTO TRIP PURSUED. BY EVIL FATE Car Catches Fire and the Chauf- feur ‘Is Detained by a Constable. SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL. STAMFORD, Conn., July 8.—Mrs. Leslie Carter, the actress, left New York yesterday with a party of ten| friends on a 1300-mile automobile tour. The party was In two automobiles and | Just west of Stamford one of the cars | took fire and was put out of commis- slon. Mrs. Carter assisted the chauf- feur and the men in the party to fEht the fire with dirt from the highway. Miss Munro, a daughter of the late publisher, was overcome and fainted and Mrs. Carter stopped fighting the fire and revived her. ‘When the fire was out Mrs. Carter entered the other car and went on to Springfield, Mass., with a part of the party, while the remainder, Miss Mun- ro, Miss Plerce, Messrs. Devereaux, Conan and - Dean, came to ‘Stamford by trolley car. On | the way in the trolley car ran into a laundry wagon and smashed it. Meantime the big car had been re- paired and the chauffeur, Jenks, was ready to start for Spring- field, but a constable appeared with a bill-for. towage. Jenks had not the| money, se the constable selzed the car. Mrs. Carter asked the constable by telephone to accompany her chauffeur to Springfleld. Mrs. Carter paid the bill ' upon his arrival. The constable was rewarded liberally for his cour- tesy. ————— BOY OF SEVEN IS KILLED - BY EXPLOSION OF GASOLINE Little Fellow While at Play Drops a Lighted Match Into Can Containing Oil LOS ANGELES, July 8. — Walter Hand, aged 7, today dropped a lighted match in a can of gasoline, which ex- ploded, burning the lad fatally and de- stroyjng the rear of his pgrents’ home. ‘While his parents were in the house they boy was playing on the back porch. He had secured matches and innocently took the top off a small can of gasoline and placed a lighted match in the oil. An explosion instantly re- sulted, knocking down the little boy and covering him with the burning lquid. 5. all of New Yofk,i Edward | With That of Man Suspected of Last Year’s Hold-Up. T . NP SCENE ”’,:,- g-o2 = 1}?:“ - LT 1 h Q LV ONE OF mx LA BASDIT _AND m AHWAHNEE. SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALE, MADERA, July 3.—Sheriffs Jones of | Madera and Prouty of Mariposa, withy | thetr deputies, are hot on the trail of ;lhe lone bandit who held up five Yo | semite stages near Ahwahnee yester< day, and there is a great likelthood tha# before many days pass the terror of the tourists will be safely landed My jail. One of the stage drivers got & good look at the bandit, and his desecrip= tion stremgthens the belief of the offf« cers that the robbery of yesterday was committed by the same bandit who & year ago stopped a stage at the same place. The bandit is crippled in one hand just as last year's robber wasg afflicted. For some time after last year’s holdw' up a man who was suspected of thg deed was under survefllance for a long time, and although the officers were morally certain of his guilt they e-ng not bring the proof to his door. h it is almost certain that his career ag a knight of the road will be brough$' to 2 sudden end, for the clews will be fcllowed up without any loss of time and the suspected man will de hh- into custody. The robber’s gain from his recent exw | ploit amounted to about $250, which he collected from the passengers, and sews eral diamonds and watches. He come pelled one of the passengers to take Wells-Fargo's treasure box into the brush, where he shot the lock off, buff just what h-unnlhu-th— learned. No word has been recetved here b- day, as the chase has led away fromy the stage road and telegraphic come munication. Under Sheriff Hensley stated that there was a good chance that the robber would be apprehended, —_— FLOATED AT HIGH WATER v—-ll-flhlfi-thld-h ‘Where It Recently Went Ashore. | WASHINGTON, July 83.—The Navy Department:was advised today that the United States army transport Thegmas, which went ashore at Guam, was ied at high water yesterdays — Tn