The morning call., 1892-10-08
FROM ACROSS THE BAY.
Charles French Was Not Born
to Take His Life.
AN ERRING WIFE'S RETURN.
Burglars Raid Bsrksley-A Husband Arrested
for Perjury-A Young Woman Who swal-
lowed Laudanum for the Toothache

a German, about 43 years old, giving his
name as Charles French, made desperate
effort TO Kill himself last evening near San
Leandro.
Among the portables he carried on his
DacK was dull razor, and with this he
slashed MS throat and then tried TO sever
the arteries Of his two wrists.
meeting with failure he laid his head upon
the railroad track just as a passenger train
came rapidly into view.
ne Train also, marvellous as it may seem,
failed TO aid him in seeking brighter
world.
Inc cow-catcher hurled him several feet
from the track, but it left an ugly gaping
scalp wound, In which nearly 100 stitches
were taken by DR.. Dunn at the Receiving
Hospital.
frehch stated that he had lost some land
III Mendocno County and was SO dscour-
aged that he wanted to die He came to this
county from Napa in search Of work. He
will recover.
MIS- Hattie Gusner Of 1929 Atlantic street
got on table to clean some windows last
evening, out fell and sustained a broken
collaI- oohe ana other serious injuries. She
was taken TO the Receiving Hospital.
Inc wohah VINO some time ago ran away
WIN marlin Beel has returned. She
Is now with her mother. Mrs. Fldelia Wat
son. at 1851 Fourth avenue.
MIS-. watson, peasant-faced lady with
gray mar, stated to a CALL reporter last
evening That her daughter was too pros
.tatea 10 TAX. 1t was the mother who in
auced ner 10 come home. leaving Beel be.
hind. de Is running a saloon in Guatemala.
and whatever inflammation Mrs. St. John
ever had Tor him is now a thing of the past.
one returned 10 company with a friend
on Tue steamer City Of Sydney Thursday
NO., My daughter has been delicate all her
HE, said Mrs. Watson, "and she fell
ready victim to BeelS evil influence be-
cause Of her weakness.
She Is here with me, her sisters and
Drother and among her friends, who will
protect her In the future. have always
KEEP watchfui care over her child and it
Will be returned to her.
The story that Beel forsook her is not
True III was owing to my influence that
she abandoned him and returned home"
one OF the developments in the case Of
Mrs. III. =. Schroeder against zee Yung
,9r assault Yesterday was the arrest of
MRS. Schroeder's husband for perjury He
tesuhed that he was in Los Angeles al the
time OF the alleged assault, but this was
found to be untrue.
The Schroeders were residents of Ala
media at The time the charge was made.
husband nor wife appeared, and bench
warrants for their arrest were issued. After
long search they were found in San Fran
cisco by Deputy Sheriff Louis Schoneau,
ana alter short lodgment in jail were al
lowed TO go by Judge Greene upon promise
to appear when the case again came up. A
number OF ladies have interceded in behalf
OF the ChinamaB, who was employed as a
domestic by Mrs. Schroeder, and the case
is getting interesting. II will be resumed
this morning.
j. Brewer, young German living on
Twelfth avenue. bad his arm shattered by
an accidental discharge OF his gun while
hunting near Livermore the other day. The
limb had 10 be amputated.
Walter S. Hinkle. Assistant District At
torney OF San Francisco. will lecture on
''The Australian Ballot Law at the Re
publican Alliance headquarters, Twelfth
and Washington Streets tonight.
There was an adjournment in the GAL
lagber trial yesterday to allow Judge
Greene 10 consider a legal technicaity
raised In the information against the pris-
oner. He had been charged with aiding
and abettng r. C. Beggs 10 embezzement
from the Berkeley electric road. Major
MeElrath testified that he signed the blank
checks, leaving them to Beggs 10 be filed
out Beggs always raised the amounts
The question was raised as to whether 1t
was really embeZZl ement, forgery or grand
larceff. In the afternoon new indct-
ment Aar gran1 larceny was prepared again at
Gallagher Beggs waived any advantage the
technlcaity might have given him by plead
ing guilty.
Yesterday the waterfront company paid
city taxes On the waterfront land claimed
by it to the amount Of S1446 80. A few days
previous j. z. Cameron. representing the
ShoaIwater Bay Company, also paid the
taxes The two companies have been doing
this for many years in order to hold every
advantage o their claims to title.
J. i. Kent, one Of the San Francisco men
arrested for illegal voting at the late cleo
ton, has been released on bonds.
John Remnant of Haywards vas taken to
the County Jail last night to await exami-
nation for insanity.
Solomon Baumgarten, lower Broadway
lunk-dealer, assaulted q sanitary inspector
yesterday when the latter tried to make an
investigation of Baumgarten's premises.
The junkman was arrested for battery, re-
sistng an officer, maintaining a nuisance
and using vulgar language There is n case
of typhoid fever in his family, attributed to
the filthy condition of his shop.
Miss Cora Stevenson of Seventh aud
Kirkham streets had the toothache recently,
and somebody told her that Iaudanum
would cure 1t. So she swallowed a table
spoonful, and it took a physician all night
to save her life. The toothache, however,
disappeared.
Clarence Eaton of Myrtle street fell from
the third story Of building yesterday and
had both ankles fractured. He was not
otherwise hurt.