The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-08-11

| RalSton, as published by THE CALL yes
ierday morning, Re lost time in indlting
an episle to Mr.. Wise demanding an in
Quiry.
This letter Mr.. Wise did rot open until
late in the afternoon. Then he told a
representative of The CALL that he would
not move in the matter until he had re-
ceived formal report from Appraiser
Ralstou and Special Agent Evans He
ex lained that lie could not very well do
otherwise.
IF | want to get rid of any man in my
department" said he. Il intend 10 do so
by fair means. L purpose to give every
man show for his white alley. and / am
not going TO have any man leave the ser
vice with any odium on his character II
can help it. Ii | want 10 get rid OF man
| will try some other means. There are
other ways besides smirching his character
and spelling his chances for making
| living afterward. | know nothing against
/ this young man downstairs, and l shall
take no action until the results of the III
vestigation made by Mr.. Ralston are made
/ known to me in the proper way. When l
I have the papers before me then / can
! act"
/ Mr. Titzsimmous had already been seen
! by The CALL representative, and this was
! his story:
mir. Wheeler's charge against me is the
result of piQne. | have been in the service
five years, and the very first two weeks
| mad trouble with Mr.. Wheeler. We have
been on bad terms ever since. and about
three wears ago ne charged me with giving
out Information to Mr.. Bunker. We had
words. but never came to blows until
about three months ago, and this is what
Mr.. Wheeler now does to get even with
me. [ gave him whipping, aid he
chooses this method OK getting PACK at me.
about three months ago L had occasion
to go over on the TibnrOn ferry to Marin
County, and Mr.. Wheeler was on the
same boat. the steamer James NJ Dona-
hue Mr.. Wheeler lives at Belvedere and
was on his way home. No. 1t was not a
Sunday-I happened to be going over there
one afternoon. Just before the boat
reached the DOnahue landing saw MIN
coming downstairs after satchel or some
thing and l approached him and took him.
I 10 task about the stories which he had
been circulating rejecting upon my hon
esty. You know there are lots OF People
who fancy that just because a man is con-
nected with the customs service he must
necessarily be dishonest. Well. / Knocked
him down aad had him down upon tbs
floor of the deck when the deck hands in
terfered and pulled me off. My blow had
rut his mouth. He has been piqued ever
since"
BY a peculiar coincidence Mr.. Wheeler
rather tall, slim figure passed by just as
tive. The Clerk teen explained how he
and tile broker came to entertain such an
! aversion for each other. He has charge OF
I all the business that comes by rail, aud up
to The time of the Neuburger, Reiss d Co.
affair about two years ago. it had been the
custom for him to call up the brokers and
personally hand TO them the invoices OF
their respective clients. He knew all the
t brokers and the importers whom each
represented. ana tie triplicate invoices
{ received from New YORK and New Orleans
he managed 10 put always in the right
, hands. But about the time of the flair
alluded to that practice was stopped by
, an order from the Secretary of the Treas.
, ury. 1t was while that method was in
, vogue that Mr.. Wheeler charged him with
giving out information to Mr.. Bunker
not invoice prices or anything like that,
but such information as would benefit one
broker over another.
just across from the Custom-house is the
r office Of Bruntsch d Wheeler, so Mr. Wheel.
er was interviewed. He had Just written a
: letter to the managing editor OF a morning
? paper with whom he is on very frendiy
terms. asking him for old times sake no,
to allow him to be roasted" and this h.
read 10 his visitor from THE CALL. Mr.
9 Wheeler then gave his version Of the
3 steamer DOnahue story. 1t was aDcien,
9 history. he said, and he feared tn at the ex.
parte statement of Mr.. FItzsimmons nigh,
20 MIN (Mr. Wneeler) great injury, and he
: hoped 1t would not be published. How
ever, he explained the trip over TO Bplyp.
dere from his standpoint. Mr.. Fitzsim.
mons. he stated. has called him such An
! eplthet that any man who is not dog and
y who respects his mother could not mas.
slvelv listen to. Therefore he Mr.. Wbaeler
notwithstanding he weighs only 1a
F. pounds. he said. struck Mr.. Fitzsimmons
who weighs 235 pounds. II knew wnat
4, was TO expect and l took my medicine. u
said the defender of his name,
, Relative To the Bunker storv Mr..
Wheeler produced one of the blank notiti.
cations used in his business Filled mt i,
: would inform the Importer that q nackage
T, had arrived at this port onsigned to him
! and would also suggest that if nrovisio,
had not already been made for the entry OF
/. at the CustUm-house the broker would
be pleased to attend tn the matter. .Such =
notification, filed out. had oeen received
: between two and three years AGO hv a,
Green, DIAMOND importer" said MT
8 Wheeler, with the firm name of G. d
: Bunker & Co. attached TO it. notwifh
standing that Mr.. Green was one OF Mr.
Wheeler's clients. Where did the Motif
cation come from?" He was satisfied tina