The morning call., 1893-11-07
COUNT I
An Indian Woman Resents Some
Brutal Blows.
BILLY THE PAGER IMPROVING.
Looking for the Fresno Mummy.
What the Mounted Police
Will Have to Do.

suit of C. B. Taylor against V. l.. Forth
and others yesterday morning. This suit
grew out of the opening Of Castro street BY
fhe mob a few weeks ago.
In his reply Mr.. Forth answers E. II.
:Wuolsey and fatty denies most OF the state
ments made by the latter. He says he
al ever said to WoOlsey that the land lying
within the lines of Castro street produced
southerly from First street was not a
street, but on the contrary maintained that
il was.
All he said to Woolsey was that he and
and his people were obstructing public
thoroughfare and so interfering with him
Fortin) as to eventually drive him out of
that locality.
:. Mr.. Forth admits having paid a license
to the city, but says he has no knowledge
as to what dealings or conversation were
lad between James Witterson, Bob Craig
or Joe Seaman around the water front or
in: the vicinity of Castro street at the
times mentioned by James Witterson IN
: his affidavit.
a Mounted Patrol.
Oakland thinks she has risen to. the dig
nifty of a metropolis now that she has
mounted police patrol. The men assigned
mons, Rodgers and AlcKeegan. These
police will patrol the following districts:
First, the country known as Twenty
third avenue district; second, territory
bounded by the north line of the city. Sew
enteenth street, Lake Merritt and Thir-
teenth avenue; third, city limits on the
north, Grove street on the west, south to
Thirtieth street, to Telegraph avenue, to
Twenty-frst street. to Broadway, to
Twsnty-fourth street to Vernon Heights
and TO point of beginning; fourth, city
limits on the north, north to Grove, to
Thirtietb, to Filbert, TO Twenty flrst, to
Adeline. to Eighteenth and thence to
water front
In the future the dav men will go on at
g A. NJ. and be relieved at P. NJ. Both
captains will hereafter be on duty only at
nighttime.
Almost in Contempt.
- The Count of Peterhoff, Peter POulson.
narrowly escaped being in contempt in
Judge Henshaw's court yesterday. His
= wife is suing him for a divorce, and he has
persiStently refused to pay her alimOny,
contrary to the courts order, and yester-
day the Count was to explain just why be
has not Obeyed this order.
But Count Peters good luck was with
him. He was not present in court, but
his attorney, Mr.. Sawyer, was there, and
he fastened TO explain to Judge Hens haw
that, although the judicial order had been
filed, it had never been served on his client
or hipself, which little discrepancy saved
the Count from judicial Ire. The case was
continued f5r a wick.
The damage case against DIR. Poulson,
for malpractice, is set for the 18th of this
month. and it is thought the defendant
will be here at that time.
The Fresno Mummy.
There is a rumor current TO the effect
that the famous mummy discovered by
prosDectOrs in the mountains near Fresno
IN 1891 is now in Oakland.
The mummy would now be find TO any
one who could locate it. $1,000 having been
offered for it. and there is an added value
from. the fact that that human relic is
now great celebrity.
". w. Taylor. the Twelfth-street uR-
-dertaker, has the burden of suspicion as
to the whereabouts of the mummy resting
on him, as II was once IN his possession,
and, in the minds OF some people, is there
still.
But Mr.. Taylor positively denies any
knowledge of the location of the mummy,
and does not think it is in the city. Just
where it is will probably remain a mys-
terry for some time to come.
Stabbed jeff Davis.
An Indian woman of Pleasanton who
passes under the name of Bell Smith was
: taken into the County Jail yesterday morn
. X
sum of $1,000. She is charged with assault
70 commit murder upon her husband, Jeff
: Davis, who. she claims, knocked her down
with an iron bar and kicked her when she
was doing nothing less innocent than
pealing potatoes. Bell, enraged a. such
treatment, drove her knife into Jeff's
groin. shoulder and neck, and now it is
doubtful whether he will survive the
vicious stabs.
The PAGER Receivers.
Billy Butts, better known as The PAGER.
slayer of Green and Beeney, is rapidly re-
covering under the care of Steward Lar
sen at the Receiving Hospital. Although
pierced by five bullets Butts is steadily
getting well, and, If his symptoms continue
as favorable as they now are, will be a
well man IN few weeks. Billy now sits
*uD two or three hours at time and some
: times walks about the room and spends
pleasant moments at the window. He will
soon be Ia condition TO be tried for murder.
The Vacancy in tho Clerks Office.
J: Since the resignation of Thomas Robin
son as deputy County Clerk there has been
considerable changing about, and the va
.cancy occasioned was offered TO Abe
Leach, who declined because fearful that
the duties imposed might interfere with
his law studies at Hastings College, The
position was given to John w. StetSon,
of the local papers.
Alameda at the Fair.
% Subscriptions to the Alameda County
Midwinter Fair fund have reached S6592 So.
The county committee is well satisfied
with the location chosen for their building
and proposes erecting structure to cost
$1,000 or $1,000. This building will consist
sof one story and a gallery. 1t is believed
that $4,000 to $4,000 must be raised TO
make an exhibit on the scale now con-
"tempfated.
No Typhoid Now.
= The Health Officer has submitted his re-
port Tor the past month showing that there
:: haVe.been Sc deaths and 60 births in that
ZINE. The principal causes of death were:
FROM Violence 4, old age 5, developmental
::olseases 2 local diseases q, constitu-
J. noe a. diseases -. zymotic diseases 5.
::.:.:-. BERKELEY.
!. tern ational Secretarv Hunt of the