The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-09-02
fJT To- PUBLIC. SHAME. 4.
The: Life >off a Dakfr.| ~ The Country Is
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: Til MAGE by ny" ioss: Baker Jcka
WILLIAMS and his triela.:i. n. Smith :upon
WI Fans Journey man, raderfck Miles, for
W ffeh: EEillei:: n eNI seekstG recover Sl0.Q 600
in. tila:Superfor Colfft:ot San Francisco, took
: place at. Mission San jose and not at Irying-
ton, as Telaled in the paTefs.
MflIer.. claims in HIS :siIit that WILLIAMS
idsSfj4it}f attacked 'lsin Threw him to- the
srOiiud, beat and kiekeA him while down;
tjea~i@is3arfns To his body With a rope and
/ bAndGuf fed him, and tlYrn. comp PEELED him to
walk ffefl his boarding. hause To- the- bakery
ewned;by: 81 illiamS. while thus bound and
dragged,::fe: was exposed to the gaze Of
neariy:th entire population. !"
r THE GAEL. reporter seht to lexington to
. Investigates the affair saw dAe other parties
TO the trouble yeSterdap and a. nunbe of
citizens, and as q result of these EnVestiga-
tons 1t would appear that tie life Of
Williams jodrneynian baker can hardly be
said to rhe:Rltogethef happv.- :.
Williams claims that MILLER was drunk
and that daring Williams "a bseEee: In the
morning he used vulgar langiage and made
threats to Williams wife and then left the
place and went to the hotel Williams re-
turned home; heard the Story and sent TO
IrYington for C0nstable j. n. Smith and
had Miller arrested Oh charges of drupken-
ness and disturbing tile peace. Miller
begged off and offered. to. return to work,
when " iilldms sald -: 81;
You are not fit .to;.work and wll burn
the bread" 80: -:
Miller said, 'You need NOT pay me my
wages II Il burn it.. :. =. '.e-'-
There was only Sc due: him, which: would
not cover the possible damages, and VIII
liams claims that Miller offered 20 put up
SO, to be forfeited if he.spoiled tie bread
On this agreement he let Miller off.
The $40 were deposited with Fred Hertei;
the hotel keeper. Miller did his work and
the $40 was returned 10. him in the MORN
ing with the wages dueshim and he quit.
For the other side it is said that Williams
treated the man badly andtbat Smith went
too far. Several people say the man WAS
not disturbing the peace at. all. He was In
a private room at the hotel, Behaving
quietly. The constable came In, threw him
down while two or three. men sat on him.
Then lie was handcuffed, roped and led
through the street to tie bakery. It is also
said that Williams Threatened to imprison
him if be did not put up $40 as security that
he would bake the bread t0.take out with the
cart in the morning. The man wanted to
quit, but Williams would have been left in a
bad fix il he did not bake the bread: There
were no warrants sworn .out for the mans
arrest.
There is good deal of indignation, as
This is q free country, and people do:not be-
lieye man should be mddeto work against
his will
Since Miller went away Williams has had
in his en- ploy baker named Jack Brown,
who also refused TO work one mora ing. The
neighbors say Williams then dragged him
from his bed. kicked and pounded him, and
nearly killed him. He was in a critical con-
dition at the hotel for several days, and
now, two weeks later, Is still unable to
work. His treatment, in fact. was exceed=
ingly brutal. Brown was a drinking man,
and Williams says Miller also drank
Mrs. Williams says Miller talked very bad
TO her-so badly that one stranger in town
who heard hinI wanted. TO kick him.:
One lady stopping at the Hotel Monte
vista. quite long distance away. heard
Brown scream when kicked. TIE entire
system of the county eonstabulary is bad
and in great need Of reforming.