The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-08-25

Tended his action on the ground that he
believed the engineer was going TO draw a
revolver on him. The jury adjudgea Ma
money guilty as charged, aud Police Judge
Allen fined him So in default of which he
VIII nave Ia sreDd Z p DAYS in jail.
1t Is thought that he will remain in Jail,
IN which he has been confined for several
DAYS already on account of his inability to
furnish $500 bail pending his eXamin alton
on two charges OF participating in riot.
Matheny Out Bail.
After period of seventeen months
spent within the narrow confines of the
County Jail, Louis Matheny last night
turned his back upon the barred doors as
free as a man may be who is out on bonds
for burglary and who has once been pointed
out as a murderer.
1t was on the morning of March IL that
Kuhnle's saloon in West Oak and was burg
| lariZed by two men, one of whom was
killed by bullet from Officer Ely's pistol,
after one of them had given Special
Officer w. @. Cashn his death wound.
| Circumstantjal evidence pointed toward
! Matheny as the accomplish Of IOuhill, the
dead burglar. and he was arrested ana
| tried twice for the murder Of Officer
! Cashn. On the occasion of the first trial
the jury disagreed. on the second Matheny
: was acquitted, but was remanded TO Jail to
| answer for the lesser crime of burglary,
with bonds fixed in the sum Of $4,000.
MS DODuSDeD are DODlaS nelly ana L.
! GeTdes, both of San Francisco. Shortly
before o'clock last night they appeared
! at the County jail with half a dozen of
! Matheuy's friends and handed the bonds
10 JaiiOr Gliligan. They had been APP
proved by Superior Judge Levy of San
Francisco, but the jailor would not release
his prisoner until he had communicated
with Judge Henshaw. The latter also ap-
proved The bonds. and at SAB o'clock
Matheny emerged from the jail into the
street. and with his friends took the 9
O'Clock train for San Francisco.
After the Board of Public Works.
The long-stsnding rupture between the
| City Council and the Board of Public
| Works eliminated last night in the unan-
imouS passage by the former body of the
following resolution, which is very siguti-
cant in view OF the many scandals con-
nected with the building of the new school
| houses:
WHEREAS. 1t Is a notorious fact that the
members of the Board of Public Works do not
which the charter provides aud its trainers in
tended; and whereas, the interest OF the city
suffers by the neglect, as is apparent in the de-
fec I've construction OF its school houses, the
lack OF close and constant scrutiny of the
practical daily working of tue several depart
ments OF the city, the utter failure of SAID board
TO visit methodically every part of the city, and
by searching investigation discover all needed
improvements, and TO Invent and mature plans
for It's guidance; aud whereas. the said board
are each of them receiving salary OF Owo
hundred doIlars) 5000 per month from the city
OF Oakland; therefore, be ii
RESOLVED, That the Mayor of the said city be
and is hereby requested direct the members
OF said Board OF Public Works TO attend wholly
10 the proper discharge OF the duties of their
Office, unhampered by the demands OF any
other business or avocatioD. from s 80 A. NJ. to
. P NJ. daily.
A Painful Plunge.
Paul Duval, carpenter by occupation.
residing at S11 Twenty-fOurth street, was
treated at the Receiving Hospital yeSter-
! day Tor serious Injuries, resulting from
! fail from the top Of a building. He was
engaged in Singing the slanting roof of a
! house in course of construction on Linda
! Vista street. Suddenly he lost his foot
hold and sliding of the roof struck the
ground forty feet below. His right arm
and shoulder were fractured and his scalp
( was painfully lacerated. 1t is also be-
/ lieved that ne sustained serious internal
! injuries, but there are no doubts about his
ultimate recovery.
Frank Pleaded Not Guilty.
! Charles Frank. manager OF the Co-opera-
! tive ShoestOre, who was arrested on a
| charge of battery on complaint of Mrs.
| Edward White of TemescaL. pleaded NOT
guilty in the Police Court yesterday
morning. he will be tried on Wednesday
next. Mrs. White accuses Frank of throw
ing her down in the store and forcibly
pulling off her feet a pair of shoes which
he had agreed to sell for 50. Franks
roughness threw the lady into mysteries
and she was attended at the Receiving
| Hospital.
Divorce Matters.
| Mrs. Alice Wirbser has been granted a
| decree OF divorce from Felix Wirbser on
the ground of cruelty. She also gets the
custody of the children, with $40 month
alimony.
In the suit of Ruth Swain against L. c.
Swain, the latter answers his wife's az
plication for sos a month alimonY by the
sworn statement that he earns only $50 a
month.
John McCrassOn has commenced a suit
for divorce from Julia McCrasson.
Notes From the Courts.
The proceedings in the waterfront case
before Judge Ogden yesterday consisted,
as usual in the Offering by the defense OF
docum entaTy evidence.
j. p. Simonse1 was to be appointed
guardian over the person and estate of
Mary Benjamin, VINO was examined by
the Lunacy Commissioners recently. Her
estate consists of $685.
j. II. Robinson of Alameda has request
ed the appointment Of w. j. Robinson as
his guardian.
Sings, Prays and Cries.
4hio' hdly dSeu IL wears,
native Of the Azores Islands, was Yesterday
adjudged insane by the Insanity Commits
siOners, and Judge Greene committed her
to the Agnsws Asylum. She imagines the
devil is in her and her whole family, and
is violent when restrained. She sings,
prays and cries almost in the same voice
She will be taken to AgneWs this morn
ing.
An Aged Pauper's Crime.
j. P, Campbell was held in the Police
Court yesterday morning to answer for
the crime Of forgery. His bail was fixed
In the sum Of $1,000 Campbell's offanse
consisted in forging Supervisor Morgan's
name TO an order for 81 worth of prOvi-
slons, which he tried to SELL The unfor-
tunate man is we'll advanced in years and
a pauper.
Junketing Trip.
w. j. Curtis, engineer of maintenance
ana way OF the Southera Pacific Company,
left for the East on Thursday evening IN
the ofhcers' car Buenaventura He goesto
meet the United States Railroad Commls-
sloners, whom he will escort over the en-
tire Southern Pacific system.
A Comfortable Legacy.
! According to the provisions of the will
| lett by the late Xavier Bleler, which was
! HE'D Tor probate yesterday, The entire es-
tate, consisting OF S9617 in bank, will all
| pass into the possession of Frank Bieler
For New Charter.
The City Council last night passed tn
print an ordinance calling for an election