The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-09-13

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sehieg in Trouble Again.
Oaklanders well remember Carl Scheg.
a young man who ingratiatnd himself into
the good graces OF j. ID. c. Knapp. lead
Ing Adventist. and who had ii tent at Bush
roo Park during the Adventist camp-meet-
ing held there two months ago.
Schisg came to MI. Knapp with long
face and an empty stomach. and that gen
tleman took him in and kindly cared for |
him. One day Schieg opened Mr.. Knapp's |
trunk and extracted therefrom S27 in
money and checks making the entire |
amount something like $3.50.
He was arrested and some of the stolen /
property was recovered. He was placed /
in Jail. with a charge of grand larceny en- /
tered against his name, hut after staying |
in jail some two months his trial came up. /
Mr. Knapp had lett meantime, and no one !
appeared against him. The charge was /
reduced 10 petty larceny, ana Scheg vas |
allowed to 90 on his own recognZanse.
The young man was pretty well con- /
nected al Minneapolis, and Il is thought /
his friends interceded with Knapp not to |
press the matter.
Now comes the other story. Carl Schieg .
is again behind prisOn-baTS. This time il 1
is in Minneapolis. His brother Philip was |
teller of the Bank Of Minneapolis, and |
shortage in the banks funds OF S15.00 has |
been traced to him. He was speedy" |
-.
and skipped ont. His brother Carl was !
arrested as an accomplice and also another
brother, a young physician of Mime /
apolls.
Case of Leprosy.
There is a fully developed case OF tuber
cular leprosy at the County Receiving Hos
pital The subject Is a Chlnaman by the
name of All HaI, and he has been at the
hospital three weeks.
Bh Hat has been working in q vegetable
garden at Berkeley for the past two years. /
and while there handled the vegetables
that were being distributed to the residents
of Oakland and Berkeley.
To give an Authoritative description of
the case ana explain how il came about
that this man was housed at the hospital
three weeks DR.. johnson prepared the
following statement:
The Chinaman was admitted 10 The Receiving
Hospital about three weeks ago with lame
ness of tie right foot and anNle He had no
eruption or tubercleS OF any kind on his body
and seemed TO be IN good general health.
When admitted the disease was IN Il latent
state and The Characteristic symptoms mad sub
sided for some lime, as 1t often does during It's
course.
He had some scars which he said resulted
from disease he had some years ago. but his
skin seemed healthy and his countenance
natural He seemed III good health unIil two
Gays ago, when lie had some fever and no desire
for food.
During last night the Characteristic eruption
aud tuhefcles Of lepiOSy made their appear
ance. The tubercleS are on tile right SIDE OF
The forehead and face and right wrist.
The ernptlon is in large matches on legs,
arms. shoulders ana back. We were keeplng
him here in the hope that tie Chinese com
pani : would ship INN 20 CHINA aud save the
county the expense OF his Case
To-day we have made arrangements to have
him removed To the cabin on tile grounds OF tile
iniirmaly.
An Hat was removed to the lone cabin
On the grounds of the County Intirmary
yesterday.
Left Him at Midnight.
A. Long, a butcher at 1857 Seventh
street, was deserted by his Young wife
Saturday night and believes that her
sudden flight was preci plated by his
discovery of alleged trickery on her part.
The couple were married three months
ago. AT that time Long was 90 years Of
age and had been divorced from his first
wife thirteen years before.
His SecOnd wife'S name was Taylor and
she lived with her parents on Ellis street
in San Francisco.
Mr.. and Mrs. Long lived at 17l5 Goss
street aud got along ALI right until the
husband discovered that his wife had home
steaded their residence in her own name,
for what purpose be could not divine.
= The discovery was made the day after
the document was filed, ana when Mr.
Long went home that night he asked his
wife for an explanation. \ quarrel en-
sued and Mrs. Long gathered up her traps
and said she would live with that
man no longer. 1t was II O'Clock at night,
but that did not matter. and the wife
boarded the next train for San Francisco.
Mr. Long reported his case TO Chief
Schaffer, who refused to interfere unles
some crime had been committed.
Long has been informed that his wife is
with her parents at San Francisco. He
says he is willing to take her back if she
Will cancel the homestead papers.
Mayor Pardee's suit.
A plant was filed By Reed &
Nusbaumer yesterday, acting for Mrs.
Boogar who has been sued by Mayor
George c. Pardee to quiet title 10 a lot on
San Pablo avenue, near Twenty first street
The paper fled TODAY contains serious
charges against Mr.. Pardee, and with the
new phases introduced the suit promises
to be highly sensational
In this cross-cOmplant Mrs. Boogar |
makes the statement that since January ].
1888. her husband has been insane, and in /
competent, and utterly uaable to transact
business. Philip BOogar can be seen any /
day on the streets, and no one has sus- /
pertcd him of insanity.
Mrs. BoOgar charges the Mayor with |
having entered into n conspiracy to de- |
fraud her. She asserts that BoOgar decided |
the property to DingeP, that the latter /
conveyed il to Pardee; that Pardee knew /
B0ogar to be insane at the time, that he /
gave 10 consideration for the land and was
not to pay anything It'll he got a final |
judgment in the case.
Mr.. Dingee has employed counsel. and |
indications point to a hot battle over the /
property.
A New Engineer.
At meeting of the Board of Public /
Works held last night among other bust /
ness a new city engineer was appointed. /
Il. W. Morgan, who has held tie position
continuously for many years. was removed
and in his place John w. GRAY, an engi- /
neer of long experience, appointed. Mr. /
Gray has filled many positions of trust in
the civil engineering line and is highly /
spoken of. He has been resident OF Oak |
land for many years. The removal of Mr..
Morgan comes as a surprise to his many
friends, who did not anticipate any such
move.
Cut Their Wages.
Word has come from authoritative
sources that the flagmen stationed at the
corners Of Washington and Seventh streets
and Broadway and Seventh street are to
have their salaries reduced almost half
These men are at present receiving S65
month, but henceforth they Will have to
be content with $50 only. A night shift |
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