The herald., 1893-10-08
TAMMANYS BUDGET OF NEWS
Affairs Of Interest Noticed in
San Francisco.
Seneca Swain Trying Hard to Gel
Pardon.
BLACK Bart and His Duties ut Wells
Earxo's Office--The Addie GIL
mour Case-The Unemployed
Fighting Each Other

BAF fRANClsCO, OCts os-pouoCn Rs
Swain, now undergoing term of seven
years' imprisonment at San Quentin,
has caused to be published in several OF
the local weeklies q notice to the dis
trict attorney and the people Of this city
and county. that he would appear before
the state board Of prison directors at
their meeting to be held this month,
and petition that body for the privilege
OF the benefits OF the parole bill.
Swain will be remembered by many
Los Angeles people as the handsome and
stylish representative OF the New YORK
I Life Insuranee company who cut wide
swath down there some six years ago.
To those intimately acquainted with
the man. he was known to be q great
fayorite with those OF the opposite sex
OF all degrees in lie, and it was asserted
by those in q position to know, that
Swain never failed in making conquest
il he go desired. 1t was this very pre-
dilection for the gentler sex that placed
him in the position he occupies today.
hi was in Los Angeles that he first
met the wife Of Banker Mcdonald OF
the now defunct Pacific bank, and OF
, their Later eecapades when they had
planneS to elope, how Swain started
first with the woman's valuables and
also those OF her husband, the arrest at
Coliax, the long trial and final convic-
ton are still fresh in the public mind
and need no repetition here; but what
ever Swain may have done, he should
certainly never have been convicted,
and the sentence was an unusually se-
! we're one, when those passed upon the
average felon in San Francisco are taken
as a criterion.
It was the influence of the McDonald's g
that landed hina in the penitentiary and
that is the power that has successfully
ibaff1cd his plans for pardon, and will
certainly keep him where he is until
Z the expiration OF his sentence In Sep
tember, 1894.
There may be seen upon one or the
other of the principal thoroughfares any
pleasant evening tall, gray-headed, {,
old gentleman with q kindly face, which
is set off by high silk hat. while his
attire consists of q suit of neatly fitting
broadcloth. OF course. this in itself
would never create any comment, as
there are thousands of just such nice
looking old gentlemen to be seen upon
the streets any hour in the day, but the
particular one 1 refer to has led life
that is part of the history of this state.
He is best known to the public as
"Black Bart" the man who robbed 80
many stages and played such havoc
with the Wells, Fargo & 90. treasure
box. How he eluded the detec tiveH is
an interesting story, was finally arrested
upon q clew which he had left near the
Z scene of one of his robberies in the
shane of q handkerchief with San
Francisco laundry mark in one corner.
For his tranagressions OF the law he was
immured within the confines OF San
Quentin for five years.
He still does business with Wells,
Fargo & Co., but in different way than
formerly. That company now pays him
a salary to report at their main Office
each day, which is the only duty he has
to perform. The company evidently be-
lisves that the cheapest way lie the best.
S ~.
When the headless body of Addie Gil
mour was found the San Francisco de-
tectives soon located the alleged MUIR
derer, DR.. West. They next turned
their attention to the location of the
mysterious author of the s'Little Jack"
letters. They hunted in vain for num-
ber Of days, and just az they were about
to give up the search the news came
from Los Angeles that Detective Law
son had found him in the person OF Jack
! McGrury, and O few days later the
. much-sought-for individual came here
in company with Mr.. Lawson, and aa a
result of his clever work the well-known
detective has during his stay here been
overwhelmed with congratulations ON his
signal victory over the police depart
ment.
q O. ]. Stillwell, who gained state
: reputation during his connection with
1.-THE Examiner, Is now associated with
4 Mr.. Lawson in the detective agency.
j Already the firm has been retained in
several important cases, including the
side Of the defendant in the now cele-
!. brated Dr.. West case.
A xss
The laborers who have been holding
down the sand lot at the corner Of
Seventh and Mission have had strife
among themselves for some time and,
as is usually the case in such gather
jngs, the trouble arose from the atti-
tude of the so-called leaders.
The San Francisco public has been
very kind to the unemployed. and all
DONATIONS 0onGlHtlng OF money, food,
i stc.. have first passed through the hands
Of two men. named Willets and Frye,
and, though they were instructed by
The other laborers to keep statement
bf all donations, they absolutely re-
fused. These disputes and the reasons
4 thereof reached the public, and, as a re-
suit, the residents of the sand lot did
not fare as well any more. Collector
Wise, the custodian Of the site, was con-
stantly besieged by one or the other Of
the factions to have their opponents
kept off the grounds, and, in order to
harmonixe matters all around, the col
lector has placed tho salvation army in
charge, and hereafter they will take care
Of the unemployed.
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Mr.. ]. A. Muir, superintendent of the
Southern Panifc at Los Angeles. maid a