The morning call., 1893-11-03
NOW THE GALINDO.
Ben Wright, Proprietor,
in Trouble.
ROBBERS STAND UP CARMEN.
Lost Wife, Children and Furniture.
A Sea Captains Surprise.
Municipal Affairs.

OAKLAND.-At poon yesterday Sheriff
McKillican officially transferred the prop
erty of the Consolidated Piedmont Gable
Company to the charge of Receiver Ira
Bishop. The Sheriff had held possession
on the attachments levied Wednesday by
the Oregon Improvement Company for
SIS, 1856, and by Daniel Dwyer for $4,000.
The receiver is TO hold possession OF the
plant and all property levied upon by the
Sheriff under an arrangement by which
the plant may be operated and cost saved
ending an adjustment by the court as to
the priority of liens. The agreement
signed by Mr.. Bishop yesterday is an
amicable arrangement satisfactory to all
parties who caused the attachments to be
levied. The expense of employing care
taker of the property is thus dispens ed
with.
The Galindo Attached.
"Wednesday afternoon Judge Cliff issued
two attachments against Ben w right. pro-
prietor of the Galindo Hotel, on Eighth
street, between Broadway and Franklin.
One attachment was In favor Of Tillmann
IL Bendel. grocers, for S254 70. and the
other for S110, in favor OF Robert Boyer.
for cigars.
a meeting of Mr.. Wright's creditors was
held at the office of John r. Glascock, at
2 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Over a
score of creditors were present Mr.. Wright
stated his Liabilities to be 1l.000. HIS
only asset is the Oakland Trotting Park,
which he values at $4,000, but says that
ne alone can make it remunerative.
Mr.. Wright has invested $4,000 in the
park during the past seventeen months
and holds a nine years lease with the
present embarrassment Is due to having
prepared for pooroOms at the park 10 the
extent of several thousand dollars, which
was a dead loss. Lack IF patronage and
hard times have contributed to his failure.
The proposition submitted by Mr. Wright
was 10 pay 80 cents on the dollar. tosbe paid
10 cents in cash and the balance in two H.
Stallments of 20 cents each in six and
twelve months from date. Mr.. Wright
failed two years ago and was obliged to
sacrifice his Teal-estate holdings in Oak
land. He then transferred ali OF his real
property 10 ID. Schultz of ST. Paul. Minn.,
in August, 1891. This money was IN
vested in his business enterprises.
Burglars at Large.
Six robbers held up a cable-car at the
terminus of the Piedmont cable llue at II
o'clock Wednesday night. and after beat
ing the gripman and conductor about the
head retired in possession of S4 booty.
Conductor Scanlon and Gripman Murphy,
10 recOunting the experience, declared the
attack was so sudden that resistance on
their part was out of the question. The
robbers brandished Tevolvers ana ordered
"handS up," and the two men promptly
complied About 81 was secured from
Murphy and 10 cents from Scanlon. The
ro bbers were frightened away by the ap-
pearance of some gentlemen and ladies
who had been spending the evening In the
neigh6orhOod.
Sheriff McKillican has deputies detailed
on the case and Chief Schaifer is on the
! lookout for suspicious characters.
Wednesday night, about o'clock, the
residence of George c. Kaufmanu, Sec
retary of the Board of Public Works, al
| 1910 Franklin street. was en- lered by burg
lars, who forced a dning-room wind "
with jimmy. After ransacklng the house
/ they retired in possession of lady'S gold
watch and several articles of jewelry
valued al $500. The burglary was hot DIS
] covered until midnight, when Kaufman
ran in tor patrol and the tracks and
traces carefully noted. The guilty parties
are still at large.
Not His Signature.
The suit of Charles 3. Rogers against
the First National Bank Of Oakland is in
progress before Judge Ellsworth. Rogers
sues the bank to recover 1926 80 for money
which he claims he mad on deposit there,
| and which the bank states was drawn on
checks signed by him and Iaid to one Max
| Schwed. Rogers is a sea captain, and on
one of his trips from New York he met an
attractive young fellow named Schwed to
whom lie took a liking. He had occasion
at one time tn give Schwed check for So
and it is thought from this Schwed learned
how to make the captains signature tC
! such nicely that even the bank officials
were fooled by it into cashing check 50
| signed for S38S 80 and another for smalleI
amount.
When the captain received word that
| his account was drawn up to date he was
thunderstruck. He yesterday swore in
court that the signatures were not his.
Schwed has been located III the East and
| will be arrested and brought to this coast
The case goes on to-day.
city Matters.
The Ordinance and Judiciary Com
mittee of the Council has decided to re-
port favorably the ordinance allowing
| S6800 for the legal services Of Davis &
| Hill.
The Davie Ferry Company has asked
that the plans for the new ferry-house be
changed 50 that 1t will be erected on
FrankliB-street pier. The size of the
ferry-bouse is reduced to 6Ox30 feet. An
apron will also be built.
On Saturday night the special water
| front committee Will consider the opening 6
| of Grove and Jefferson streets.
Tomorrow night the ordinance and
| judiciary committee of the Council will
consi der the ordinance which puts q
license of $40 per quarter upon the steam
cars operating on Seventh street. The
railroad company will be represented by
Attorney Baker. The opening of Jeffers or
and Grove streets and the erection of q
signal tower at Seventh and Webster
sire cts will also come up.
Tricks That We're Vain.
Att o'clock Wednesday night Detectives
Downey and Shorey raided lottery dens a
412 and 419 Tenth street, captured large
amount of parapherDalia and arrested the
propretors of each place. These two es
adjustments are masked in front by Jap
anese and Chinese goods stores, and pre-
sent an innocent appearance from the
street. Doors communicating between tht
front and srear apartments are fastened
| with bolts which can only be drawn iron
the outside by means Of a secret string.
The detectives were Informed as to tht
location of the string, and at the time o.
the lottery drawing on Wednesday nigh
effected entrances 10 both joints. A crowd