The morning call., 1894-11-09
1t Is Reported That He
Went South.
IF SO, WHY DID HE FLIT !?
Was 1t to Avoid the Wallace
Investigation !?
1T LOOKS VERY MUCH THAT WAY.
Damaging Evidence Might Tend tt
Put Him in an Embarrassing
Predicament.

There was general feeling OF conster-
nation last night among the minions who
have served the Burns-Eyans-M ahoney
political corporation and performed the
dirty work which WAS demanded OF them
when it was reported that Dan Burns had
shaken the dust of San Francisco from his
feet and gone south on the Los Angeles
express on Wednesday evening.
1t was first whispered in the morning
that the bejeweled boss had left town on
mission of vital importance to the party.
but the story was not believed. No one
| would be convinced that Burns would
| leave the city in the heat of the count.
| They overlo Oked the fact that he had @
healthy brother-in-law who is Registrar.
| and who, with the aid of his deit aud cum
ming deputies, could attend to all necessary
manipulation of the city count.
Last evening 1t was openly announced
around the political headquarters that the
willy colonel had gone south. He had not
been seen during the day, and as he could
not be located at his rooms or his usual
haunts. the report had all the aspects of
truth about it.
BurDs' own people did not deny hat he
had gone away, but when asked what
could possibly have induced the colonel to
play W lilo the-wiSp at such an interest
ing time they only shrugged their shoul-
ders and remarked that they guessed 1t
was business. Some of the more facetious
said that the Candelaria mine had been
Jumped" by prospectors and the colonel
had gone down 10 wrest from them the
source of his income.
us Mr.. Burns at home?' was asked of
the clerk a the Baldwin Hotel.
Really. / couldn't say" was the re-
sronse. You might 60 up to room 40
and inquire"
Ibid he go south last night" was the
next question.
"Oh. l couldn't tell you that Go up to
room 49,"
A visit was made to room 40. This is
the apartment where the colonel usually
received his visitors before election, and
where the great and only Senate
Mahoney strutted in all his puffy pride
for weeks and played watchdog for the
colonel. Jerry the Pure was not In
sight, but two weary looking individuals
were. An inquiry for Mr. Burns revealed
the fact that they, too. were anxious as to
his where bouts.
| One man said he had been waiting all
! day and had been told that the colonel
would be back ANY minute" TIE other
man suggested that Burns might be down
al headquarters. He was not and had
not been there and Il was very clear the
rumors of his basty departure we're true.
1t has been evident for days that the
rigid investigation now in progress in
Judge Wallace's court is causing consider
able alarm in the ns-Evans-Mahoney
camp. and that the sleep of the bose. IL
| disturbed by visions of yawniDg prison
cells and striped suits.
After the report Of the sudden departure
of the law-iefying boss had been subs an.
tated by circumstantial facts gossip be-
! came rife as to the cause of his move. AS
| Burns reputation is not of The immacu-
| late kind. and as the full returns FROM
! San BernaIdino, Los Angeles and San
| Diego were not in. il was thought that
perhaps he had gone to attempt in some
manner to manipulate the ballots from
the south and change the gubernatorial
| vote.
/ e, AS Budd's plurality was what 1t was. q
| few moments, thought convinced those
that his trip could not be for that pur-
| pose.
Then 1t was that the Wallace investiga.
tion was recalled, and as Burns stood an
excellent chance OF being subpenaed as a
witness to tell what he knew of stufling
the register. it was very clear why he
I, wanted TO get away from the city.
His methods nave been such that he did
not dare remain here aud face an lnyesti'
| uaiinn In auph amarUennv tharA ia h,i
one thing to do, and that is to suddenly re-
member business engagement hundred:
of miles away, eveDs as Chris Buckley and
Sam Rainey did several years ago.
In speaking of this same matter las,
night a prominent Republcan-who.b By
the way, voted a Non Partisan ticket
said: eli Burns has gone away it is tt
escape being mixed up with this investi
cation in Judge Wallsce's court which
promises TO be a regular Iexow matter
Burns and his men have overreach ed
themselves in their wild desire to run
! things.
but there is another thing. Buckley Ii
behind the whole affair, but he is too cute
from his former experience to come to TIT
front He believes in letting the others d.
the work, and suffer if they are caught
while be reaps the benefit.
Burns has compromised himself in 6
manner that should call for his impeach
ment and removal as Police Commits
sloner and his Indictment as an alder an(
abettor of corruptng registration AND vio-
lating the purify OF election law In more
instances than one"
Andrew j. Clunie said last evenins
that he had heard of Burns departure
and he had no doubt that it was done Il
AVOID coming before Judge Wallace anC
facing the evidence of his work which
could be brought against him and which
VIII DO brought out yet. Burns, he said
would nave TO go to Mexico to get out o.
the case.
Changed the Hour.
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