The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-10-04
THE GANG WAS sUBDUED.

Only One Arrest Necessary at Registra-
ton Headquarters Yesterday.
The registration officers did not expect to
have much trouble with suffers yesterday.
And they were right
THE CALLS timely and opposite note OF
warning, sounded at the first rush OF the
disreputabIe crowd, had re-ech0ed afar.
The Kelly-Crimmins gang were thunder
struck.
Could 1t be that their little plan was to be
nipped in the bud?
Possibly" they thought, this will only
be for a time-this vigilance.
''By and by" they argued sapiently.
Eve shall be able to run in as many of our
felers as We want"
So they argued, but 1t remains to be seen
whether their fond hopes will or will not
be realized.
In the meantime the heelers had orders to
clay low"
So they tried to cOnfne their attention TO
beating up outside work, making sure Of
false numbers in houses and hobnobbng
with yagabonds with as much conscience as
clothes, and of about the same quality.
Still few jealous hands couldn't for
bear trying to run in a few apparently
safe cases.
About o'clock George B. Wakelee, o
wesry-lookiHg. . trayel-worn, dOwn-at-the-
heel gentleman, with a cigarette and a
bIoodshot eye. which seemed to be looking
for some one round the corner. dropped up
to a booth and casually registered as a
waiter and resident of 513 Jones street.
United States Supervisor Of Elections
Donovan noticed that his clothes did not
correspond with the neighborhOod cited,
and also that he appeared TO be waiting
around for instructions.
He followed him and soon gathered that
be was uncertain in segard to his being
waiter who lived at 5B Jones street.
lie was arrested on warrant secured in
Judge Coffey's court charging him with
perjury and locked up in the city prison.
Incidentally 1t may be mentioned that
warrants for perjury were obtained in the
same court for Frank H. Lambert and
George ". Waite, two Of Saturdays stuff
ers, so that these three. at least, cannot be
released by any Police Judge.
Immediately after the arrest United States
Supervisor Stevens went to Wakelee's
alleged residence, 513 Jones street. and saw
the landlady, who said that she knew no
one Of the name Of Wakelee living in the
house.
Afterward she added that a stranger came
there on Saturday. whose name she did not
know. but she said he was "a neat person,
which would hardly seem to describe the
woe-begoDe Wakelee.
In one respect her story would coincide
with Wakelee's Ia that she said the neat
stranger had not slept at the house, and
Wskelee admitted that he had not slept
there. either
Wakeee first said he had lived there three
weeks.
The laudlady Of 5l3 Jones is said to be
Mrs. Edward Homan. wife of the partner
of Jack Mailman, the pToprietors Of the
CremOTne, which has been turned into a
temperance dancehouse resort.
Here, it is said, may be seen straw in
dicating a curious little undercurrent
Is Homan's house being used as suffers
lodging house?
It it said that Hallinan and Holman have
sworn 10 get back their license for their
Market-street Crime Hatchery.
These partners are said TO be 10 with
Kelly and CrlmmlDs on proposition that
II they run in" certain number OF false
names ia the register they shall have their
license from a Republican Board of Super
visOrs-suppOsing UDe is elected.
The proposition is cold-blooded enough
20 suit even Buckley.
But the fact that ii Is openly discussed
shows the kind of bargains the ThId-stTeet
gang are generally credited with striking on
behalf Of their candidates.
II also shows the disreputable element
with which they are generally known to be
allied TO effect their unworthy ends.
The clerks at the booths have hard time
keeping track OF the would-be suffers.
Yesterday Edward G. Ottinger walked W
to T. Mcmahon, searcher of records, and
represented that he had registered ON hi:
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second papers.
Then he walked over to the registering
booths and attempted to register on his first
papers.
MeMahon noticed the action, and running
across stopped proceedings and to prevent
further fraud tore up the mans first papers.
Attorney Andrew CluDie was present aud
endeav0red TO explain the situation to the
crowd Of FOUNDERS which Immediately gath
cred, but he was quickly hustled about and
even struck by the fellows, excited at losing
even one Of their coached votes.
Several notorious lodging houses are
under suspicion.
Sixteen young men, from % to Is years of
age have already registered from GIT Mar
ket street. all coming in together and al
brought up by notorious Kelly rimmins
FOUNDERS.
They are said to be dope fends," and
their antecedents are the subject Of investi-
cation.
Another suspected house with an alleged
elastic roof is the Hancock House, 781 Mis-
sion street
Last Friday seventeen young men, steered
Gp by Kelly and Crimmins' retainers, scat
tered themselves among the various booths
and casually registered.
Evidence 10 also being prepared against
some of these gentry, and should it seem
sufficient warrants will be issued for their
arrest.
Somehow, it seems that with the Non