The morning call., 1892-07-26
FROM ACROSS THE BAY.
The Board Of Trade to Make an
Offer to Fulton Iron Works.
Anna Gercme, Thirteen Years Old, Elopes With
an Oakland Expressman-The Peculiar
Story Told by John schaakey.

The Oakland Board of Trade held an ex-
ecntive session and upon the recommends
tlon OF the committee on new indus tries.
consisting of w. A. Kenny, S. B. Boyce and
joseph Cahill. it was decided TO offer the
Fulton Iron Works Company a bonus of
$4,000 If it would locate its plant in Oak
land. 1t is stated that site for the plant
could be had at The foot OF Union street and
that arrangements could be made by which
the claim of the Wa'er Front Company to
1000 feet frontage could be purchased. to-
gelher with 40 acres adjoining.
There were other important matters
talked of at that executive session" said a
member of the committee 10 a CALL re-
porter. ''that are OF more moment than this
one, but they are yet in an embryotlc state
and cannot be told to the public"
AT the meeting yesterday it was decided
TO recommend that the Council pass TO print
both the Dayie and Whitm0re ordinances
for electric road franchises and to ask both
applicants TO appear before the board and
explain their position so that the board
might take further action more inteill-
gently.
ANNA ELoPED.
Thrteen-year-old Anna Gerome of 1471
Seventh street eloped with a stTapping lover
named George Woods of West Oakland.
Sunday, according to the charge OF the irate
mother, Mrs. Mary Gerome. who called at
the City Hall yesterday to obtain warrant
for her daughters arrest She further
charges that Woods threatened to shoot
her If she inteTfered with his attentions 10
Anna, and at one time actually discharged
his revolver in her house.
The facts of the case are that Anna, who
Is a big girl, mad twice made arrangements
TO marry Woods, having her wedding tTous-
seau ready, but was prevented each time.
One time Woods visited the house and en-
deaYOred TO frighten the mother because
she refused consent TO the marriage. lie
placed tne revolver 10 his mouth, as If
about 10 commit suicide, and then fired
through the ceiling. Woods is West Oak
land eXpressman
THEOBALD's CASE.
The trial of r. w. Theobald of the Hu-
name Society on a charge of libeling Dir.
Carpenter, a director OF the society, Oecu-
plea most of the day in the Police Court yes
teTday, and was not finished. The ground
for the action was letter printed in which
The0bald Charged Carpenter with having
attended the Joe Dieves badger fight.
IheObald's attorney stated that he did
not desire 20 present any testimony on be-
hall of the defendant, but would ask that
decision be withheld until he could submit
a brief rs to whether or not the letter on
which the charge was predicated was libelOus
matter. The case was therefore continued
until August l.
The witnesses for the prosecution all tes-
tifed that they did not see Carpenter at the
fight. These were Joe Dieves himself. the
bartender, DIR. +. c. Stokes and Peter Mat
theWs.
Carpenter testified that he went to Joe
Dieves on April to inquire as to whether
there had oeen a fight, and took man with
him as witness. lie left his man is a
buggy aud went inside. BE found badger
with its nose scratched, and Deves ad-
mitied that there had been little fun" the
night before, but the witness would not
have prosecuted upon the evidence he was
able 10 find.
sCHAAKEY'S THRILLING STORY.
John ID. Schaakey, an account Of whose
mysterious disappearance from his home ut
132 Hannah street was given in Yesterdays
morning. He told a thrilling tale of kid
nGping, robbery and confinement IN a dark
room in East Oakland, near which lie could
hear the trains pass.
"On Friday afternoon" said Sehaakey,
"a short. thick-set man accoSted me on the
street and asked: Are you Mr. Sehaakey
of the Arctic Iron WoTksY ] answered
that | was. and he then asked me to meet
him al Brooklyn station at o'cluck to
make estimate for about 500 worth of
work.
THAT evening / hurried away. telling
my wife that | would return in time for
supper. When | boarded the train at
Ade!ine street / found the man in the
oHiNhifiE-Cd anu We lOG6 bOHtlItE 10 bTOoh-
! lyn station. We walked toward the water
tank and there found another man waiting
whom nay companion said was the man we
wanted to see. They asked me 30 walk on
| and suddenly one OF them struck me from
! behind, knocking me senseess.
II knew no more until i found myself in
dark room. | had been robbed of Sl7 and
| a Masonic ring and watch and chain. They
kent me there till midnight Sunday, giving
ms nothing but breadland water, and threat
| ening TO kill me If | made any disturbance
Then they blndfolded ne. led me down
rickety stairway and through the streets.
Finally one of them struck me between the
ewes, knocking me over an embaBkment.
They ran, and ! found myself lying at the
bottom of the Sessions road, near Four
teenth street. policeman assisted me
home"
Tie police put bnt little eredence in
Schaakey's story. When he accOsted Of
fcer O'Hara she latter accused him of bav-
ing been drunk. but Schaakey is not a
drinking man, and claims that he was daZed
from the fall when he approached the Off
Ger.
A SAN FRANCISCO MAN HURT.