The morning call., 1894-05-24
CLARk'S DILEMMA.
Grave Accusation by an
Editors Daughter.
The Consolidated Piedmont Street.
Railway Still Borrowing
Money.

OAKLAND.-lt is just possible that l.. b.
Clark. the druggist at San Pablo avenue
and Nineteenth street, has got himself
into q predicament. At any rate, he VIII
have some very disagreeable charges 10
clear away when he is called up IN court
on charge of disturbing the peace.
Yesterday morning j. h. wilson ap-
peared IN the office of the Police Court
clerk and swore out warrant for the ar
rest of CLARK, stating that he had had some
trouble with that gentleman and wanted
him arrested. He said there was more
serious charge than disturbance Of the
peace which Clark would have TO answer
for before he got through with him.
Wilson is a diguifed colored man, and
his card read, Managing editor OF the
Elevator" Tne Elevator is a paper pub
Iished 10 San Francisco IN the interests OF
The coored people of the coast.
Wilson said he has a young daughter,
aged 10 years, who IS learning the dress
making business at 1872 San Pablo
avenue, and on FRIDAY last the head of the
establish ment sent the girl to the drug
store to buy lead pencils. The druggist
told the girl he aid not keep lead pencils,
but gave her one he had in his pocket. The
girl then said Clark asked her 10 call again
that evening and gave her % cents. She
didnot go back that night, and the next
0aK 0iaTh visited Ln6 uF6SAuihkluB tSldO-
nshment and made the girl give back the
&c cents. Then the matter got to Editor
Wilson's ears, and he called on Clark,
when stormy scene took place, but no
blows were struck. Wilson was mad all
through. and went right down aud swore
out the warrant
When Clark was seen he laughed the
matter off, but regretted that it should
have been made public. He is a quiet
looking man of perhaps 40 years ana has
only been established in his present quar-
tiers a short time His stury was that the
people in the dTesSmakmg-s shop had done
some work for him in the way of making
curtains and he mad seen The girl fire.
Quently. and that on the day IN question
she came 10 him to buy pencils and acted
rather fOrwardiy.
At last, Clark says, she made proposals
to him, saying that she was not making
much money where she was working, and
he spurned her offer. but, thinking she
was in need of money, gave her twenty
FIVE cents and told her to 90 about her
business. The next day she passed his
store and tauned him with the ease with
which she got his money, which angered
him, and he went 10 the dressmakIng shop
and made her give up the twenty-five
cents. That's all there is to the case"
he said, until her father came here and
tried to create trouble. They are only
trying to harass me: that is ALL"
The case is creating the utmost excite
ment among the cOlOred residents of Oak
land, as the family of Mr.. Wilson is fore
most among society OF that race.
A Witness Fined.
Judge Budd, who is presiding in the
Matheny case, is determined to have only
the strctest discipline IN this trial, ami
yesterday fined Officer Ely S. for failing
TO respond when his name was called as a
witness at the afternoon session.
Ely, who was with Cashin the night he
was shot and who is credited with having
killed Touhill. was on the stand all after
noon and will be recalled this morning
Judge Budd admoDished him 10 be on
time and he said he would.
There Is nothing new in the Matthew
case. but from the opening statement of
Carroll Cook 1t is evidently the intention
of the defense to make much of the theory
that Cashin was Killed by shot srom
Ely's pistol.
An Oakland Candidate.
The Populist party, in convention at
Sacramento. has nominated an Oakland
man for Congress from the Third District,
Adna a. Dennison, newspaper man.
Mr.. DennisOn is a member of the Enquirer
local staff, and young man, native OF
Illinois. He was educated in the Oakland
schools. and his father, o. |. Dennson is
in the real-estate business in this city. He
was a Republican in politics up to two
years ago, when he changed to the Popu-
list marty. He IS at present a member of
the Board of Public Library Trustees.
~ An InsOlvent Butcher.
EGeorge III. Crop, Berkeley butcher
filed his schedule in insolvency yesterday.
His assets are but S545, while his liabili
ties exceed $685.. A list of his creditors
are as follows: Mary Jane Gropp. $500
Western Meat Company. $1,000; NJ. l..