The morning call., 1894-04-30
A SACRAMENTO DISCOVERY.
The Chief Officer of the Army Has
"DOne Time"


SACRAMENTO, April 29.-The Indus
trial army business has received a hard
blow here. Colonel Inman of the Stock.
ton contingent, which came b ere two
weeks ago ard has since gathered in $50
more idle men, is now under arrest in the
City Jail charged with vagrancy. Last
night War len Aull of the Folsom prison
telephoned Chief of Police Drew that an
officer of the prison had iden tilted Inman
as one Van r. Carpenter. four-term con-
vict, who was discharged from the peni-
tentiary the day the Stockton army arrived,
and he told Chief Drew how this fact
could be verified by marks on the mans
body.
Captain Green went out to Sutter Fort
and requested Colonel Inman to come in
and see Chief Drew, which he did. Very
much to his surprise he was made to take
off his coat and vest, and sure enough his
arms bore the marks described by Warden
Aull. Inman asked what IL all meant,
and was told he must be locked up for
vagrancy. He had on his person a revol-
yer and $40 in money. Being asked il he
was not an ex-convict he replied that he
was, and admitted having served three
terms, two of them for stealing horses and
buggies while drunk and one for forgery.
Warden Aull was called up to-day, and
he statad that Carpenter er (alias Inman)
was released from Folsom Prison on April
16, and in less than twenty-four hours
afterward was an officer in the Industrial
Army. quartered at Agricultural Park in
this city. He made his boast before he
left that in few days he would be at the
head of one of these bands of Industrials.
Warden Aull says Carpenter, or 1nman,
served two terms in San Quentin and two
at Folsom. The first term Aull could not
tell about. but the second time Carpenter
went to the prison it was for two years
from Ventura County-for robbery. He
was pardoned by Governor Stoneman
February 1, 1885. under the belief that he
was about to die of consumption. His
third term was also for robbery, committed
in Santa Clara County, and again he was
thought TO be dying when his term ex-
pired. His last conviction was for forg-
cry, committed in Contra Costa County.
Carpenter, or Inman. as he is known
here, succeeded in having Colonel Williams
depos ed week ago from the command of
the local army and himself elevated to that
position. He is a rather bright man and
his address is greatly In his favor. he had
succeeded in impressing the city officials
and others with the idea that he is an
honest toIler, who had been unfor-
tunate enough to get out of work and de-
sired 10 do something for the cause of the
so-called commonweal by leading host of
men to Washington. just who will sue
ceed him in command is not now known,
but the exposure of his criminal career
will doubtless have bad effect on his fol-
lowers by causing the public to lose conf
dence in the men composing the band, few
of whom are known to any citizen.
The San Francisco and Oakland Indus
trial Armies, numbering about 900 men,
arrived here at o'clock this evening from
Richland, fifteen miles down the river,
where they camped last night. They took
up their quarters at the baseball groun DIS
in the outskirts of the city. The grounds
consist of two blocks inclosed with high
fence and with two large stands rooted
over. Accommodations are very poor and
many men are without blankets. They
are pretty well supplied with food, how
ever, one man on the road having given
them three steers Wagons were procured
on the way for hauling their baggage to
the city.
Mrs. Anna Smith. who heads the Oak
land contingent. came to the city this
m forming to look up a camping place. Sh
first went to Suffers Fort, where the
Stockton army and its recruits are located,
but had cold reception there, the meme
refusing to have anything to do with the
San Francisco and Oakland men, as Barker
pIayed them false in ordering them here
while he was making arrangements to 60
East by way Of Mojave.
Mrs. Smith then called on Chief of Police