The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-09-05
MADAME LIE BAYER
Arrested for Abandoning
a Baby.
SAYS 1T WAS NOT HERS.
Palouse and Assessor Leckie Have
Another Tilt.
ESTEE'S STATEMENT is VERIFIED
ESTEE's STATEMENTS VERIFIED
Mrs. John Martin VIII Probably
Appear in an Oakland Case
Saturday.


route to Benicia. Nine. LIE Bayer has to
answer the charge of abandoning an infant
in Benicia.
Recently the madame with the high
sounding name has been located at 1864
East Twenty-frst street. in East Oakland.
where she conducted a school for instruct
ing pupils in the art of fine dressmaking,
and 1t was there she was arrested.
The story of why the madame has such
an ugly charge against her is as follows
About five weeks ago she appeared In
BeDicia with baby FIVE weeks of age and
a young nursegirl named Mamie Regain,
whom the madame had secured at a San
Francisco employment Office. The nurse
and baby were comfortably established at
Benicia and shortly after Nine. lie Bayer
received call from Oakland which she
could not neglect. and she fastened away,
telling the nursegirl she would remit
something for the keep of herself and
baby Immediately on reaching Oakland.
a week passed and no remittance came
and telegram brought the response that
madame was away from home at the
time and would attend to the matter on her
return. Time passed and more kilograms,
but they met a like fate. There was moth
ing for the keep of the babe. and the
charitable organizations Of Benlcia took
hand in the matter. The babe and nurse
were provided for, and acting on advice the
nursegrl SWore TO complaint against Nine.
lie Bayer, and a warrant was placed in the
hands of Deputy Sheriff Malone for servic.
The deputy came TO Oakland and pressed
into service as assistants Mrs Sanford of the
Humane Society and Detectives Williams and
ShOrey. Nine. LIE Bayrr was located, and a
young woman sent TO her with the OsLensible
object OF learning dressmaking. Madame
proved 10 be The person wanted and the Off
GERS stepped in and arrested her. she was very
Indignant when taken 70 the prison, and IN eX
PLANTATION stated the baby was not her own, but
that she had taken charge of il for another per
son. She stated thai she had made provision
for its care at Beniela and was very much sur
prised that she should be arrested for its aban-
dOnment.
Deputy Sheriff Malone has taken the madame
back TO Benlcta TO stand trial on the charge.
Investigation was made in East Oakland in
the neighborhood where Nine. lie Bayer re-
sided, but no one there seemed TO know any,
thing about the woman or the child. it appear
ing that the madame was stranger in that
locality.
The baby in question, the woman states, is
me chlld OF Mrs. Aubrey, who died recently
IN a hospital. What hospital is not known, as
tile woman declined to specify.
PaIouse and Leckfe.
There was sharp passage at arms in the
Board OF Supervisors meeting yesterday when
the matter OF the collection OF the road polltax
came UP for consideration between Supervisor
PalOuse aud County Assessor Leckie.
There has been somewhat of a war for some
time between the Assessor and the Supervisor
with neglect of duty In not coll citing the tax
while the Assessor lDslstS that he has done MS
whole duty, and that the charges of Supervisor
PalOuse are made to hurt Leckie IN his coming
political fight for denomination 10 the Office he
now holds.
1t was brought up in board meeting Yesterday
when District Attorney Shook expressed a YER
bal opinion as requested at a former meeting
of the board. The District Attorneys opinion
was TO the effect that there was no law under
which the board could enforce the collection of !
the road pOltax, and except TO charge Assessor
Leckie with derelictlon Of duly nothing could
be done in the matter This charge, the Dis
trict Attorney said, must be made 10 the Grand
Jury. and as the Assessor had until December
10 complete his labors, nothing could be done
before that time.
Supervisor PalOuse wanted a written opin-
lon, as he wanted il on record that the Asses.
sor could not be compelled 10 do his duty. He
SAID: "And 1 want the District Attorney to
call the matter to the attention of the Grand
Jury II not for this years neglect, then for last
years; for it was as bad then" The Super
visor named Major McElrath, w. W. Morrow.
Poirr1er Brothers and other rich men who, he
claimed, had never been asked for the tax and
mad never paid II.
Assessor Leckie was little excited when he
rose 10 reply to Palouse, but be kept cool. He
explained the manner in which the road polltax
was collected and pleaded the poverty of The
residents Of the district as an excuse for NOT
collecting up close.
Mr. PAlouse wanted to know why collectors
cid not 20 10 the power-hOuses OF the electric
roads IN the district and collect from the car
men. he was Informed that many of these
men lived IN Oakland and could not be made
To pay.
Before the two men had time to warm I'D
again the District Attorney had produced his
written opinion. as asked for by Supervisor
Palouse. 1t was the same as that verbally ex-
pressed, except that where it was stated the
charge must be laid before the Grand Jury il
shown.
Engineer Gray's Revenge.
City Engineer Gray had the pleasure Of a
little revenge on Councilman Manuel last night
when the ordinance hy
man voted down. Manuel has for a long
time been after Gray because of alleged ex-
the engineers expenses by appointing two
deputies IN his office at S125 per month each
Instead OF allowing Mr.. Gray to furnish his
own help. The ordinance was voted down by a
vote OF hive to four, the vote standing: For
Capel, Towle, Dalton and Dow; against-Bar-
nard, Marshall, Smell, BarstOw and Heiiman;
aDSent-WatkinSOn and Manuel.
Councilman Manuel also Introduced an ordi.
nance aoollshlng the office OF fTst assistant
engineer Of The fire department. now held by
Miles Doody This is also an economical
measure. IL was referred TO the committee
The Alameda, Oakland and Piedmont road
asked for f anehise for forty eight years on
Twelfth street, proposing to abandon the fran.
chise on Eleventh street. This is in view Of
the ROADS buying the franchise now held by the
Iubbs Hotel horsecar line on Twelfth, and
referred.
The Truth of 1t.
When Mr.. Estee made his Oakland speech he
bOuCHcu upOu lOCdl matters III lDHL pa ri OF his
speech devoted TO the havoc wrought by the
Democratic ttnkerlng Of the tariff. Among
other things Mr.. EStee cIied how 400 men had
been thrown out OF work by the shutting down
OF the California JutemiIs and ne was inter-
rupted In his statement by some one IN the
audience who said the 400 persons thrown out
OF work were Chinese
This point has never been disputed and now
John Robertson, who was manager OF the mills
writes 10 correct the false Impression that the
men thrown out OF work were Chinese He
says the true condition Of affairs has not been
ser before the public and that out OF the 400
persons thrown out of work but 40 were CHI
nese, and that even this Monaghan force was
being gradually reduced and their pIaces snn
Piled with while people
The closing of the mills be saws renders
useless a plant Ia which 1925. 900 mas been IN.
vested and which paid out monthly Sl3. 500 in
wages.
Equals the Drew Season,
The sale of seats at the Macdonouph for the
FrOhman season bids fair TO equal If NOT sur
pass the great season of john Drew al the he
ginning of the season.
The box office sales commenced yesterdav
morning At 8 O'clock and continued up 10 q
p. NJ and these will be the hours for box-oi1ice
sales The balance OF the week Seats for ali
four nights going very rapidly, and the
management is elated over the outlook
The Frohmans open on Monday night the
10th inst, and continue for four nights Civ
ing different play each night.
Lopez Married Life.
In a report OF an answer last Thursday by
Manuel M. Lopez OF Haywards to complaint
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