The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-01-12
ACROSS THE BAY.
Horrible Fate Of a Young Servant
Girl at Alameda.
After Awakening Her Employers She Returns
to Her Room and Is Burned to Death.
Story of an Oakland FOrger.

About three months ago man who was
known as Bert Carleton caused a commo-
ton by suddenly leaving Oakland and
wife of a few months. taking with him
certificate of $500 on the First National
Bank in favor of his wife, on which about
$50 had been paid. Investigation proved
that Carleton, who claimed to be cousin
of the poet, VIII Carleton, was forger and
til at the Eastern check upon which he had
obtained the certificate of deposit in his
wife's name was forgery. The First
National Bank Immediately sent out notices
all over the country to stop the negotiation
of the certificate of deposit. Carleton went
to Chicago and Immediately commenced
operations to get rid of the certificate. He
went into a jewelry-store and purchased
$500 worth of jewelry, rendering the GER
tificate of deposit with its balance of little
over S1700 in payment. The jeweler sup
posed it was all right, but was cautious
enough to say that he would have to COM
municate with the bank before he could
accept it, telling Carleton to come back the
next day and, if it was all right, he could
have the jewelry and cash balance. This
was agreed to, but as it was cold he wanted
to purchase cloak for use, and going to
store had it sent to the jewelers., where its
price, $50, was paid by the latter and the
cloak turned over to Carleton. That was
the last seen of him. The bank answered
the telegram Of the jeweler, notifying him
of the fraud and stoppage of payment of the
certificate aud asking him to cooperate in
securing Cartoons arrest. He never re-
turned for the jewery or certificate. The
certificate was recently returned to the
bank, which institution then paid the $50 to
the jeweer for CaretOu's cloak
RAN DOWN THE HORSES.
On Friday afternoon the mixed train on
the line from Tracy to Los Banos ran into a
band of seven horses that were running
ahead of the engine and killed five of them
when they became caught in a cuivert. The
engine and four cars were derailed and the
track torn up for some distance. The pas
Sengers were considerably shaken up. but
no one was seriously injured. The wreck
was cleared up and the track repaired ON
Saturday, and trains were running AS usual
yesterday. 1t Is said an investigation may
be demanded TO ascertain why the engineer
dld not Slacken up when he neared the band
OF horses, as running into them endangered
the lives of those on the train. The train
men say they passed the horses running
slow and that the animals Spurted ahead
and out upon the track in front OF the
engine.
Ex-Governor T. n. Machin, the newly
elected East Oakland Justice OF the Peace,
opened his court in the old courtroom on
Saturday, much to the satisfaction of few
lltlSantS who were anxious to have their
little troubles passed upon and who were
afraid that rumOrs of the Justices depart
ure for the north country were true.
NEW COUNTY.
Several gentleman interested in the fOrma-
ton of city and county out of The town.
ships OF Alameda, Brooklyn and Oakland
held meeting on Saturday evening, at
which The mattpT discussed and a
temporary organization, with about 100 Y ice
Presidents and committees, effected.
The West Oakland Improvement Associa-
tion has made new boundaries for the park
at the marsh, which will cut it down from
lo0 TO about 100 acres.
Deputy Sheriff W. w. Morrison is report
ed as dangerously Ill at his residence in
West Oakland
a Sunday-school in the interest of a Bap-
list Mission was organized in klinkner
Hall, Golden Gate yesterday.
Sabbath-SchoOl has been organized in
the lays Canyon SchoOl-house by several
members of the United Presbyterian Chuch
living III the vicinity. 1t meets at o'clock
IN the afternoon.
REPLY TO A SERMON.
The publication of the text of the sermon
or address of Rev. c. w. Wendte on the
subject, The Unilarians as the Spiritual
Successors of the Pilgrim Fathers" has
caused Rev DR.. j. K. Mclean of the First
congregational CHuGcn 10 puDuSn an
answer, in which he shows how eghty-one
churches with $500 members have been
driven out Of the Congregational faith of the
Pilgrim Fathers of 270 years ago
by 1882 members of the Liberal"
faith, who retained property of the
value of more than $4,000 his is what
DIR. Mclean calls the evolutionary process
by which many OF those early historic Con-
gregational churches have developed onward
and upward in superior style OF what DR..
Nendte calls 'piety, character and service to
mankind "