The morning call., 1893-05-09
OVER IN OAKLAND.
Was Well Recommended
but Turned Thief.
A CONTESTED DIVORCE CASE.
The Railroad Accidental Southern
Pacific Suit Comprom ised-TroubIe
at the Home for the Blind.

ENTERTAINING A THIEF.-Detectves
Downey and Shorey did very clever piece
| Of work yesterday in running down a con-
| fdence man named Carl p. Scheig.
1t came about in this way: John ID. c.
| Knapp is religious man and an enthusi-
astic Seventh-day Adventist. He was in
attendance at the camp-meeting now in
preparation at Bushrod Park, and had as
| his guest suave, well-dressed young
| fellow named Scheig. lie is said TO be well
connected in Minneapolis. and it is said
also that he left there suddenly, but of this
latter fact Mr.. Knapp was ignorant.
| Seheig's plausible ways won Mr.. Knapp
| over to him. however. and he gave him the
| freedom Of his tent on the camp grounds
and introduced him to his friends right and
left. Mr.. Scheig soon began to make him-
self at home, and was allowed the free
dom of the tent. He was left alone there
often, and it is supposed that yesterday,
while alone. shaving himself, he went
| through Mr.. Knapp's trunk. At any rate,
that gentleman soon discovered that the
trunk had been rifled. There were miss
ing from it two drafts for S14S and So and
also $40 in coin.
~ aSbSSANCo NGiO puh Uu liic CdSO anu
soon had their man treed. When con-
fronted by the detectives, the smooth Mr..
SeheIg threw up his hands protestingly
The Idea that man Of his stamp and
Christian gentleman would steal from a
friend The detectives wouldn't listen to
| sentiment, however, and persisted. Seheig
was searched and S27 found on him, and
! he was finally led to confess the theft and
| tell where the rest of the stolen property
was. The drafts and $40 were recovered,
| but he said he had thrown two other
| drafts, payable to Mr.. Knapp, into n sink
together with the purse which had held
| the money.
| He has charge of grand larceny against
| him al the City Prisou.
THE ELECTRIC ROAD ACCIDENT,-Pat-
rick Mahohey, the motorman operating
| the car which ran away Saturday near the
| cemetery, says in his report of the acci-
dent TO the company that at the junction
| OF the two tricks he threw off the current
| and put on the brakes, bringing the car
almost to standstilL. After putting the
| trolley on he says he went to step down to
! go to the front of the car along the step on
| the side, when he missed his footing and
| fell on his shoulder into a ditch. BY this
| time, he says, the car had attained such
| headway that he could not catch it.
Lowell Redfeld, the son of the lady who
| was hurt, tells a different story. He says
| the trolley was trailing behind In its proper
| place. The motormaD walked back on
| the car to attend TO il, then he got of on
| the ground-''the car being all the time in
motion" says the boy-''and started to
! run along the side to catch up and get back
in bis place, but the car OUTRAGED him, and
| In attempting TO catch hold of q stancheon
| he missed 1t and fell to the ground"
Ihe lady who was hurt. Mrs. Redted. is
| still lying unconscious at Fabiola Hospital.
The young girl who jumped of, Miss
| Edna Price. Is at the Daniels residence,
near the cemetery, and it is reported
| peurisy has set in and she is very sick.
| She has a severe scalp wound.
HoGAN-HoGAN.-Th is the title to a
| new divorce SUIT filed in Oakland by Mrs.
| Hogan, who alleges that her hus band, Ed
| ward NJ, has been making her life miser-
| able indeed. She says in her complaint
! that he has been cruel to her and had oHfy
| bought her two dresses in two years. She
| wished corr0boratiYe evidence for her pur-
| poses ana had some women hidden in the
| house 10 listen TO HOgan's abuse when he
| came u ONE evenings, and when the hus-
| band heard OF this he told the wife she
might go. And Mrs. Hogon went. With
| her went the babies and furniture, and n-
| stead OF happy freside and cbirrupiug
| cherubs he faced eold-bloOded minion Of
| the law with divorce paper TO serve upon
| him.
| Hogan hunted up his wife and tried to
| get her to return or to give back his babies,
| but IN vain. The wife fOiled him at every
| LuiD, aux dlSO ltdTDtu, IN Der woman s
| way, that he had $1,000 IN bank, and an
order was gotten out by due process OF law
! restraining the husband from touching
! this money pending the action for
| divorce. Thus matters stand at present,
with Hogan ready for reconcilatiOn, but
the wife obdurate in her demands for
| separation.
COURT NoTEs-At the municipal cleo
| tiOn in March last A. ID. Adams voted
| Illegally and yesterday told Judge Hen
| shaw So. He viii be sentenced Wednes-
| day.
George McCarts was up for felony, he
| having sworn on March IA last that Mary
| X. White, whom he wanted license to
| marry, was - years of age. The informa-
| ton against him says she was under Is.
| HIS defense IS that be did not know she
was under IS. his case went over one
| week.
Frank Nordet is the negro who is up on
| charge Of robbing two women near
| Golden Gate and assault with a revolver.
| lie was once under arrest also for an
| assault on woman at LOrln. He SAID he
! was too poor TO retain an attorney and
! the court appointed Mr.. Scott OF Liver
moro 10 defend him.
ELECTION AT LIvERMoRE.-The cleo
| ton at Llvermore yesterday was on the
| question of high or low license, the low
| license people wishing to retain the pres
ent license on liquor of SIG per quarter,
and the high-iicense people c0ntendng for
| $50 per quarter The low-license ticket
on Trustees vas victorious by about 50
majority For Marshal the liquor ques-
tlon cut no figure, George V. Taylor being
elected by votes over William Harvey,
| tie next highest man,
| The Trustees chosen were 4. G. Bea-
| zell, w. Jordan, j. s. Mitchell, S. Seller
and h. L. Thomas. They ran on the Citi-
ems ticket.
| THE CITY CoUNCL.-At the Council
meeting last night the proposition TO open
| Washington street through to San Pablo
| avenue was brought up in new shape,
| citizens on Washington street and In the
district affected guaranteeing to pay
| 10000 incidental expenses for moving the
! City Hall TO where the Library now stands
II the Council will donate the land for the
street through its property, valued at
| 1000 The property north of the City
! Hail VIII probably cost $4,000 more, to
| be paid for by forming an assessment dis
! triet of the property affected. The latter
will be considered in meeting tonight
| COMPROMISED. - A domestic named
Nichols, while alghting from Southern
| Paclhc train at FruitYale last February,
| fell into Sausal Creek and received iniu-
ries which she thought justified her in a
| suit for damages The suit was accord
! ingly brought and tn @ woman got YER
! dict for S25,000 the second largest ever
| given against the company in the county.
!
appeal, but to-day all proceedings were
! stopped by settlement GutOf court. How
much the woman got is hot known.
On ACCOUNT OF THE BABY.-The birth
| of tho baby at the Home for the Adult
! Blind on Telegraph avenue few weeks
| ago has aroused the directors to action.
! At meeting yesterday the mother and
| father of the child were expelled from tha
! home, the child having been removed pre-
| vIouSly, and movement was made to-
ward the separation of the sexes in the
| future. Different wards viii be provided
| for the men and the women.
LEG AMPUTATED.-On April 10 last
Joseph Fisher, coal merchant, while
driving with his stepdaughter was thrown
from his buggy by his runaway horse. The
occupants were thrown out, both sustain
ing injuries. Mr.. Fisher had his right leg
badly crushed and Sunday it was ampu-
tated below the knee, blood poisoning
having set in. His condition is considered
critical. Miss Mcfarland, the stepdaugh-
tor Nnda lk,,,