The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-12-04
Daylight House=Breaking
in Alameda.
MR.. CHADBOURNE'S WOES.
Prosecutions That Are Almost
Without Parallel.
A YOUNG MAN WAS THE DUPE.
An Industrious Mechanic Returns TO
His Home to Find All His
Belongings Gone.
A YOUNG MAN WAS THE DUPE.

Novem Der p, and found his cabin.door
torn of its hinges, the two rooms rified of
all his furniture and other belongings.
and a ragged-looking young tramp lay
asleep on a rough pallet on the floor.
ChadbOurne lit a candle and looked closely
at the intruder.
Hello, theFew he said. ''What does
this mean? Who are you and how came
you here ?"
The intruder opened his eyes and looked
at his interlocutor. Then he leaped to his
feet, shook the elderly man by the hand
and exclaimed with series of aggraVating
stutterings:
"M-M-Matt. don't you know me? I'm
jim Adams. They fooled me, they did.
confound EN-. They made me believe that
the other fellow was you an that you'd
dyed your mustaehe."
MIR. Cnadbourns stood dumfOunded. At
first he thought he was in the presence of
a lunatic, but finally he realized that the
ragged youth before him really was an old
acquaintance and a friend.
And thereby hangs tale.
In Justice James court in Alameda a
complaint has been lodged charging Alfred
\. Scott and James Straut with the crime
OF forcbly entering house and premises
not their own and without the knOWledg
are also charged with carrying away
household goods belonging TO the owner of
said premises, namely. Matthew Chad
bourne. The latter gentleman is the COM
planning witness and afiant. supplemented
by the testimony of James Adams.
few words Of explanation are here in
order. The cabin and lot occupied by
Matthew ChadbOuTne is the property of
Frank j. French, the well-knOwn attor-
ney of this city. The entire block of
ground and houses was formerly owned
Jointly by Mr.. French and Attorney JabeZ
Chadbourne, brother of Matthew Chad
bourne, but the property was divided
about six months ago and Matthew re-
NAMED the tenant. under lease, OF Mr..
French. In a large house on lot diagon-
ally southeast OF the premises occupied by
Matthew lives Mrs. Jabez Chadbdurne her
daughter, Mrs. Scott, ana the latter's hus-
band, Alfred a. Scott. ,iabeZ Chadbourne
and his wife have not lived happily to-
RetheT for some lime; in fact, the former
Is never at home although he idOliZes his
daughter and provides literally for his
family-Wife, daughter and sOn-in-law.
JabeZ is also foHu OF his hun BILE but hon
est and respected brother, Mathew, and
therein lies ine mo i've power for all the
troubles that the latter has gone through
during the last two weeks. In short,
Matthew ChaGbOurne seems to be in some
bOdy's way, and this somebody, or some
The facts concerning the breaking in TO
the house and carrying away of Matthew
Chad bOurne's personal property were re-
lated by James Adams, the participating
du9e, In the following words, yesterday
afternoon:
Valley on Sunday, November %, and
dropped around TO see Matthew Chad
bourne, who had been friendly to ME
while l worked seven months for my board
for Mr.. Scott and Mrs. JabeZ Chad bourne.
l went and sat on the back steps Of the
house where Scott lives and waited for
Matt to come home. Pretty soon man
l thought I recognized him as James
Straut. because l had worked on hls ranch
in the M0Taga Valley for a.while-this man
came out and said:
"'What do yOu want here?
Il toll him l was waiting to see Matt
hadbOurne.
"'Well. am Matt ChadbOurne,' he said.
Dom you know NE?
81 told him l didn't know him and
didn't think he was Matt, because Matt
had gray mustache, and this mans mus
Iaehe was dark. Then he said he had
dyed his mustacbe.
Just then Mrs. Jabez Chadbourne
Joined US, and the man said TO her: Amt
l Matt ChadbouTne? And then they
viii, pered for moment, and Mrs. Cnad-
bourne said: OF course you are Matt
Chadbourne, and THIS is Jim, isn't it?'
Then | thought / might have been mis-
taken and that the man really was Matt
and that he had dyed his mustache. They
began 10 treat me pretty well and told me
l should have something to eat and a
place TO sleep.
by and by the man who said he was
Matt Chadbourne told me that I could
have his cabin over in the othsr lot, but
that he had lost the key. He said thatif |
would 90 iu through a window and open
the doors 1t would be all right. lie went
with me TO the cabin. Mr.. Scott stood in
his stable door, which is right opposite the
cabin, and looked on and told me to go
ahead.
"Well, L crawled in through window
into one of the rooms, but the inside door
was bOlted. l came out again and was
told to get a hatchet and knock the hinges
off one of the outer doors. l borrowed a
Ratchet from Mr.. Cavanaugh and broke
Open the door. Then | went in and un-
bolted the other outer door and the middle
door.
"The man who said he was Matt then
went in and began TO carry ont the furDi-
ture. He told me to help him, which |
did. We Tried everything in the cabin
over to SCOTS house. Mrs. Chadbourne
was there and gave directions where to
put things Some of the furniture was
taken into the house and some into the
basement. The cabin was stripped clean
OF everything. Mrs. Cavanaugh stood in
her back door and saw US break in and
carly the things away"
Mrs. p. f. Cavanaugb, who has given
shelter to young Adams, was present at
the interview and corroborated all be said.
AFTER every thing had been taken from
the cabin" Adams continued, II was
given something to eat. An old mattress
and an old coat were put into the cabin,
and then MIR. Scott and the other men told
me to 60 there aad sleep. and that II any
body came around the cabin that night l
would be burglar, and l was told TO XIII
him, because burglaries were becoming
frequent in Alameda.
THAT night 1 went 10 sleep in the cabin.
and about 10 O'Clock somebody came in
and made light. 1t was Matthew Chad
bourne. the real, genuine Matt, and no.
body else. After l had explained things
Matt told me to 60 to SCOTS house and
get the blankets. l went, rang the bell,
knocked al the back door, which was
partly open, but didn't get the blanke is.
Scott told me to get out as every body was
ia bed Matt and l pretty near froze to
death that night"
That's the substance of Adams state
ment. which was also made before Justice
s,'.A f.Lo5hoDrna morn IN tha oon1