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The morning call., 1893-02-07

the five rooms now occupied by the archi-
tect and his assistants. These are on the
Larkin-street side Of the hall, with 'front.'
age Of 80 feet, and adjoin the Prosecuting
Attorneys rooms, which are next Police
Court .
Police Court 8 Is across the corridor from
No. and has another Office Of the Prose
cutting Attorneys on its left. Drectlys'
opposite the Chiefs new quarters Is the
room Of the Potrero Commission.
Chief Crowley wants that room and asks
for the marriage license Office Of the County
Clerk a. we'll, for this is directly next door
10 IT,
Ala meeting of the City Hall Commits
sioners. held at o'clock yesterday after
noon. the matter of furnishing the Chiefs
quarters and of fitting up the City Prison
came UP. The architect was requested 10
make a detailed report OF the necessary ex-
pendituTes at the next meeting OF The Com
mlssiUneTs on Saturday.
The basement floor Of the ball will be
completely equipped with every device
known to science for the accommodation
and comfort Of prisoners.
To o hundred and twenty feet on the Nc
Allis.eg-stTeet side and 290 On the LarkiD-
street side will be occupied in full by the
officers and their charges. First viii come
the dressing groom for the force and next to
II the main assembly room. These rooms
are Immediately beneath Police Courts and
s. a WluuluB SbdEl way CDmn uuiCdtto VIII
the cOurtTOoms, up which prisoners are TO
be conducted to trial.
The warrant sergeant has the adjoining
room to the assembly hall, and next 10 him
will be Captain Douglass quarters. Among
other eouipme nts If this room will be n rack
with a stand Of 80 rifles.
There will be apartments for detectives
property clerk, captains room and ser
geants'.
On the McAllister side the women's cells
are 10 be placed, protected by a large screen
from the corridor before them, up which
prisoners charged with drunkenness and
mstron's rooms will face the wOmen's
quarters.
On the Larkin-street side Of the hall are
rooms for storage, kitchen, place for de-
tanned witnesses and one for sick persons.
Across the corridor are eight steel ellis and
three dark cells for more serious cases of
felony.
The worst types of criminals. as muir
dereIs and others, will be confined in tanks
constructed OF %-inch steel walls with solid
doors Of the same material The floors Of
these cells are of natural stone, beneath
which is a grill of y by inch steel bars
Inches on the center.
There are eleven Of these tanks and they
are as perfectly constructed and as nearly
impeuetrable as cells can be made.
prisoner Ia attempting to escape from
the new prison will have to cut through
thee walls Of 1-inch steel bars, no matter
IN which direction he goes.
The Chiefs Offices. situated as they are
above the basement rooms, could easily be
placed In communication with any part Of
the prison and so our Police Department be
made as effective and convenient as any in
the country
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Handwriting disclOses personal peculiar
tiles" Handwriting is a true index OF
character" and mental states express
themselves by the movements of the hand
in pen writing"
In order to give the matter fair test, two
specimens of handwriting were secured and
sent to "Kriiiko" for reading
The identity of the writer's was not given,
and kritiko was simply asked to send a
deIineation of the characters OF the two
men who wrote the slips.
Yesterday the reply came from kritlko,
written on letter-head bearing his pseu-
donym and his address COG Merchant street.
In sending the character readings Kilt
ike hoped that they would be found fairly
correct, and be states that his usual charges
are 90 cents for each reading, at the same
time Offering generously to make the Dill
for the two specimens OF hiseskill 70 cents
The amount Of information these delinea-
tons contain is, however, so greatithat 1t Is
cheap at 81, and Kritiko therefore received
his full fee.
Graphology as practiced by Kritiko is
evidently failure.
The two specimens were written by two
of the most notorious criminals In the
County Jail, but Kritiko's reading Of their
character is extremely tiattering.
Specimen was written by Barney Gull
len, notorious hOOdlum and tough, VIII o
has been arrested nnumerable times and Is
now awaiting trial on charge OF man.
slaughter, he having killed man out on
the Potrero few weeks ago in drunken
brawl.
Kritiko says. this man has. besides many
other praiseworthy traits. those of being
"an,iabe" Ambitious" hopeful. "atfec-
Tomato" and earnest" and, besides haV-
ing an artistic sense and love of the
beautiful, he has always the instincts and
the courtesy of gentleman"
The specimen. as written by Barney Gull
len at the request Of The CALL, is here
given ia facsimile:
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IT WASN'T LOCKED.
Burglars Work for Hours on an Open
Safe.

Safe.
When the barkeeDer at the TiVOli Opera
house left his post Sunday night he was
awtully tired, and after he had got half way
home he remembered that he had not locked
the safe behind the bar, but be also Temem-
bered that the safe contained only few
dollars in dimes and nickels, and concluded
to take chances and not 90 back and turn
the combination.
While the barkeeper was doing all this
thinking on his homeward way there was
another fellow thinking about the safe be-
hind the bar, and was, as rapidly as he
could without making any noise, getting 10
where it WAS. The other fellow didn't
know there was only a few dollars in the
iron box, but supposed that all the cash taken
in at the boX-ofiice and bar on Saturday
night was in the safe. and that In conse-
quence IL was securely locked. So he had
IN his pockets numerous sharp, strong drills.
some Hercules powder and fuse. He was
a full fedged burglar, and from the manner
be went about his work was no green hand
at the business. Entering the theater by
prying open window the burglar went to
another entrance on the opposite side Of the
house and breaking the lock off a door
left it open, so that in case any one entered
the house he would have two exits at COM
mand.
Then he commenced work on the safe. 1t
is evident the burglar never tried tho safe
door, for had he done so ii would have
opened at bis touch, being unlocked, but
acting upon the suppOsltion that the bolts
had been shot into the sockets aud the COM
bination fastening them placed or run"
on be commenced drilling holes into the
lock. preparatory to filling the lock with
powder and blowing the door open. To
think of burglar working and sweating
away drilling holes TO open the door OF an
unlocked safe assauaged the grief of the
TivOA people when they found their strong
box ruined yesterday morning.
The burglar succeeded In drilling two
large holes in the combination lock, and
had stuffed in enough powder TO almost
blow the unlocked safe through the roof.
when the porter OF the theater arrived TO
commence his morning work. The porter
says as he approached the theater about .
o'clock in the morning he saw man stand
ing on the Sidewalk. and as he started to
enter the building the man gave a shrill
whistle. THIS alarmed the porter. and be-
fore doing any hunting around the building
he lit all the gas in the place Ii didn't take
him long TO fnd the cause OF the whistle,
and he at once notified the police, but the
safebreaker had been gone many minutes
and had left no clew behind him. Undoubt-
edly the man on the sidewalk was look
out FOR the burglar inside, but all they got
Tor their trouble was a nights hard work.
The police are looking no the matter aud
enjoying the joke at the expense of the ex-
pert thief.
n nTIrI M has fftI.f rolEa l.OAa
The morning call., 1893-02-07
The Cook Sues the Dislwasiner.

Paul Waell and Hector Freese were cook
and dishwasher respectively on board the
bark w. ii. Dimond. bound for Liverpool.
Their departments conflicting on the %
inst. violent alteration ensued, in the
heat OF which Freese forgot the respect due
a cook 50 far that he denounced Waell in a
summary manner and IN language not toll
Grated In polite society. Now comes Waell
and charges Freese with defamation of
character and brings suit in the Justices
Court to recover S299 damages. The greater
part of the complaint consists of an emu
meration of Wael's fine points as a cook,
setting forth his proficiency at mush-making,
omelet manipulating. etc.
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anybody who knows anything about a
theatrical fight, or, more properly, fight
between theatrical people, knows that the
newspaper that enters into details needs a
sIxteen-page supplement set in solid non
parei to tell the two sides OF the contro-
versy. Suffice it to say that Mr.. Hilton
says Kenny slandered LeavItt in saying
that, the company being under contract for
night performances only with matipees
thrown in, they were made TO play in gay
time and made 10 travel at night. and in
this way were defeated out of their sal
aries, since they could claim nothing for
day performances. Kenny says that he
said what they say be said, but that Hilton
had him arrested so that he could not ap-
pear in Oakland last night, and thus have
an excuse to break his contract for two
years.
At last accounts the fly was buZZing
around the City Prison and the spider was
weaving a web about the box-office receipts
In the CITY of churches.
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Tompkins struck him with a club The
blow stunned him and he was thrust into
bis cell, no attention being paid to his
wound. which was bleeding profuselv.
After his release he was con fined to his bed
three weeks and will go through life with
an unsightly scar upon his head as the re-
suit OF the punishment he received.
Tompkins claimed that when he and
HeaneY opened the cell door Reid struck the
latter in the shoulder The priso er then
raised his hand to strike TOmpkins, when
TompKins struck him blow with his fist.
Commissioner Tobin rebuked Heaney for
leaving the wounded man in has cell and
Tompkins was punished as told in the fore
going.
Policemen J. J. Kelley and I. Z. Riordan
were fined $40 each for talking on street
corner for Is minutes while on duty.
The morning call., 1893-02-07
A FLY IN THE WEB. EgIp
He Could Not Get Along With the
SDider,


The spider and the flies who have been
performing at the Bush-sireet Theater went
TO war on Sunday. and the spider, as usual,
has the best of II, for he has one of the
biggest of the flies locked up in the City
Prison with a charge of criminal libel hang
ing over his head and no bondsmen ia sight.
The story runs this wise:
When NJ. 3. Leavitt started the Spider
and fly Company westward he placed
Edwin p. Hutton at the head of the COM
pany as manager. and Charles H. Kenny
was employed, under a two years contract,
as the leading comedian of the play. Con-
sidering M. Hilton as the spider, and
he is an awfully g0od-natured specimen
of the family of Araneid9, he has
been remarkably lenient with the little
flies, some of whom are pretty enough to
make even a real sure enough spider good
natured. but Charles n. Kenny, the aristo-
cratic bluebottle buZZer of the happy family,
couldn't get along with him and the fly flew
to the newspapers and told his tale Of woe
which, according to his version. was much
the same old story of will you walk into
nv parl0r?"
Mr.. Hilton read the story. slept over it,
and then discharged Mr.. Kenny, and fol-
lowed u the discharge with suit for
criminal libel on the ground that in the
printed interview Kenny had held NJ. b.
Leavitt up to ridicule and had scandahzed
him.
Now there are two sides to the story, and
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Handwriting Of Barney Cullen, the "Lorer
OF the Beautiful" aud courteous Cen
tTeman."
To fully appreciate the science of graph
ol0gy and 10 illustrate the great wisdom OF
Kritiko his delineation of Barney Cullen's
character is given verbatim a. he sent ityes-
Ierday. Ii reads as follows:
This is the handwriting Of a person accns-
toned 10 use the hand as means OF communica-
ton between lis thought and The paper. He Is
ambitious. hopeful with tendency toward de-
preston OF spirits; he is subject 10 t1uctuating
moods; he Is affecIionaie, earnest, anabe, X
cepting when opposed or annoyed, aud then lie
can be very persistent IN holding his own. He
Is not always up 10 his highest ability, his Work
Is uneven. he shows some iDdecison. His mind
IL clear bis judgment good generally. he is not
always attentive to detail There are signs of
quick temper and nervous irritation. He Is often
very cgetive. Much OF what be does accom-
pli>h Is an after thought lie has had some M
aud Ylvaclty, but much OF IL Is gone now. He Is
not always cautious nor regardiul OF cause and
effect. lie has some imagination, some artistic
SENSE some love for The beautiful also some
tact, aud always The instincts yes. and the cOur-
tesy OF gentleman. lie has good deal OF self
respect his VIII Is not always hrm 10 say no."
He can be persuaded. hRITIKo,
The second specimen sent TO the en- ter
prising graphologist is by the hand of no
less notorious criminal than John Nc
Nulty, who killed John Collins three years
ago in cold-blo0ded manner and was con-
yicted Of the murder. but escaped hanging,
although he was sentenced to death, by ap-
pesling to the United States Supreme Court
on technical grounds
How narrowly McNulty escaped the gal
lows by obtaining timely respite from the
Governor is recent history, and nearly
everybody in this city is also Thoroughly
familiar with the crime OF which he was
convicted.
McNultv is a crafty and deliberate MUIR
derer, an opium fend and bad character,
who is now awaiting the result Of the ap-
peal In the County Jail.
Here is what be wrote and how he
wrote it:
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Kritiko sizes McNulty up az being "good-
naiured." truthful and mildly affec-
tionate."
lie also says be has "love of the beau
tiful."
Altogether. according to Kritoko John
Collins murderer is mighty fine fellow. as
can be seen by perusalof the character de-
lineation of McNulty as sent by the graph
0lOglst which verbatim reads as follows:
This man is good natured man who wonld
scorn lie. or a mean act, who is neat and clean
and careful; az all events he has mental IL not
material order. He Is mildly anectionate and
fairly demOnstrative He is LOGICAL, aud wishes
to have others the same. ! can detect some evil
dences Of originality and some artistic talent
appreciation. There Is fOndDess for harmony
IN nature. love OF the beautiful, sensuousness
IN the disposition and temperament which makes
the writer capable Of enjoying the good things OF
life. hRTTIKO
Such is he true index of mems character
as dealt out by Kritiko at the rate OF 30 cents
each,
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CLUBBED A PRISONER.
Officer w. ID. Tompkins Dismissed
From the Police Force.

Policeman W. d. Tompkins, who has
worn a star for eight years, was tried by
Police Commissioners last night for club
bing a prisoner and was dismissed from the
force.
Henry Reid. a grocer at Seventeenth and
Guerrero streets. was arrested for drunken
ness early on the morning Of December 10
and locked up in the Seventeenth-street
station. lie had key which he wanted to
send 10 his brother and called the prison.
keeper, Corporal Heaney, several times
without receiving an answer. Then he
kicked the door Of his cell for half an hour,
and Heaney and Patrolman Tompkins,
who was on duty at the station, went TO
him for the purpose of taking IF bis shoes.
When they opened the door Reid says
Heaney caught him by the throat and
The morning call., 1893-02-07

ierday officially accepted by the United
States Government.
George Smith. a seaman on the English
ship Sierra Cadena Just arrived from Hull,
had narrow escape yesterday. He was
loosening the main topsaii at the time,
when the ward eamD down by the run and
Smith was throwR into the bay. He was
fished ont, rubbed down aud was soon able
IN N
The morning call., 1893-02-07
FROST'S SAFE OPENED.
Another Big Batch of Lottery Tickets
Seized by the Police

Policemen Dawes and Handley entered
the Office of j. A. Frost, dealer in lottery
tickets, on Saturday last, and, notwith-
standing the fact that y. A. Frost. Real
Estate" was plainly printed on the door,
found 5000 of the fascinating slips Of paper
on the bed.
The officers ordered Frost to open his SAFE
OF the kind. G. III. Ensign, an expert safe
opener, was employed yesterday and swung
back the door of Frost's strong box with
little difficulty. To the delight of the off
GERS, its contents proved to be 1900 lottery
tickets and books containing the names OF
the owners, agents and statesmen.
The morning call., 1893-02-07
MILITARY NIGHT.
The Fair ut the PaviIion-A Weeks
Extension Talked Of.

WO companies of the
National Guard OF Cali
fOrnia, c and G OF the
First Regiment. were
the main attraction at
the Mechanics Fair
last night. They formed
a battalion Of three COM
-panies, Captain c. l..
Tilden being major COM
handing. The first COM
pany was under COM
mand OF Captain III. Ii.
The morning call., 1893-02-07

Tickets for the premier of the Stewart
Robertson opera, "Hs Majesty" are selling
rapidly. 1t will be produced at the Grand
Opera-house next Wednesday evening. for
the benefit of the Polytechnic Hospital. The
ladies under whose patronage this sanitary
institution is conducted are making special
eXertiOns to insure success of the opera.
The morning call., 1893-02-07

With torturing, disfguring eczemas. and
every species of itching. burning, bleeding,
scaly. crusted. pimply and bIOtchy skin and
of cases by single application, and SPEED
lily, permanently, aud economically cured
by the CUTICURA REMEDIES when the best
physicians. hospitals and all other remedies
fail. To those who have suffered long and
hopelessly. and who have lost faith in doc
tors, medicines, and all things human, the
CUTIcURA REMEDIES appeal with force
never before realized in the history of med
icine Every hope, every expectation awak-
ened by them. has been more than fulfilled.
Their success has excited the wonder and
admiration of physicians and druggists.
familiar with the marvellous cures daily
effected by them. They have friends in
every quarter of the civilized world. Peo-
pie in every walk of life believe in them.
use them, and recommend them. They are
in truth the greatest skin cures. blood puri-
fiers and hnmor remedies of modern times
Sale greater than the combined sales Of all
other skin and blood remedies Sold
throughout the world.
The morning call., 1893-02-07

Joseph J. Levy, late treasurer of the
StockweI, will leave for the East next
week, where he has his choice. as business
manager. OF many temptng Offers.
The morning call., 1893-02-07

Price: CuTIcuRA. Sue: CurIcuRA soar, 25c
CuTIcURA REsoEvENT, 81 90.
Prepared BY POTTER DRUG AND CHEMICAL Con
PoRATIoS. Boston
"All About the skin. Scalp. and Hair" "a pages
800 Diseases, mailed free.
fat
The morning call., 1893-02-07

The third concert If the sixteenth season
of the Loring Club will take place at ODD
Fellows Hall on Thursday evening. Feb
rnarY is.
The morning call., 1893-02-07

of the hall and do Their best TO secure the
lions share Of the vacated rooms.
Chief Of Police Crowley, accompanied by
the Civ Hall Commissioners and the archi-
tsct. made a thorough inspection OF the new
quarters Of the Police Department yes
teTday.
The Chief pronounced the various details
of tile City Prison to be complete ana salts
factory, buf when he came 10 examine into
the space allo; ed him for Offices on the
main floor he offered a vigorous protest
These quarters are too small by half
be said. Il should have the Offices now
occupied by the County Clerk as well.
Il was suggested that they would 90 10
the Superintendent Of Streets and as that
was an important department it might not
be we'll TO cut down their space, but the
Chief was dark and lowering and would not
be content with his small Offices.
just at present he has been assigned to
The morning call., 1893-02-07

Handwriting Of the " 4fectiOnGte John
UcNuity, Who Is " Incapable ofa Mean
4ct.0
The morning call., 1893-02-07
City Front Notes

The new sealing schooner ii. c. VAIL
berg left for the north yesterday.
The coast defense ship Monterey was yes
The morning call., 1893-02-07

The Bush-street was closed last evening.
as the Spider and Fly" company had to
pnt in a night or two at Mothersole's Mac
donough Theater in Oakland. The recent
criminal libel suit against the leading man,
Kenpey, and other causes are likely 10 lead
to a disruption of this company and a
blighting Of the enterprise by which Man
ager Leayitt placed so much store.
The morning call., 1893-02-07

BFRTELING has the only reliable methods to
III defective sight. APT Kearny street.
The morning call., 1893-02-07

How He Reads Character
From Writing.
JOHN M'NULTY A GENTLEMAN
Barney Cullen Also a Very Courteous
Man-Other Psychological
GuSh.

II is a science which
permits its students TO
tell what sort Of person
you are from your hand
writing"
So says a circular let
ter from a person who
styles himself Kritiko,
the Pacific Coast graph
0logist.
The circular. speak
ing of graphOIogy. also
tells its readers that
The morning call., 1893-02-07
ARM OF THE LAW.
The Police Quarters at the
New City Hall.
WHERE THEY ARE LOCATED.
Chief Crowley Declares He Has Been
Assigned TO Too Small
Quarters.
WHERE THEY ARE LOCATED.

ELECTIVES and off.
lcers and the main rank
| aid file of the Police
Department viii soon be
occupying tn cir new
apartments in the new
City Hall.
The County Clerk
moves up a floor or two
soon, and then the Su-
perintendent of Streets
and the Chief of Police
will move into that part
The morning call., 1893-02-07

Oliver Doud Byron's THE Plunger" was
presented at the Grove.street and we'll re-
ceived 1t Is not remarkable for strength
OF construction, but is light and agreeable
and, well handled, goes with certain life
and yigOr.
The morning call., 1893-02-07

Handwriting Of Barney Cullen, the "Lorer
OF the Beautiful" aud "CourteOus Cen
TemdH."