The morning call., 1895-01-07

name was signed thereto, anu saiu yes.
| He told me then be was going TO nave u.
The conversation was IN no wise acrom0-
| NOUS"
The law firm with which Mr.. Sherman
| is connected nave offices IN San FRANCISCO.
tits Morgan. Severance q Sherman. MIR.
| Sherman stated that he had already had
| plenty of legal gentlemen of standing VOL
| unteer 10 help him out In the night, IL
| fight comes. and had had any number OF
| bondsmen offer assistance II needed.
| He said yesterday that he had not yet
| had a warrant served on him, but he eX-
pected service this morning.
The article on which the charges OF libel
will be based by the Chief were resolu-
| tons passed at mass-meettDg OF Christian
| Endeayorers. held at the Tabernacle on
Friday night, Novem Der 2, and were sub
scribpd to by Mr.. Sherman as president
and w. M. Gardner as Secretary. The
resolutions read:
We desire to prefer against Louis Schaffer
these charges. First, that he is the friend of
| all the enemies of good government. This Is
| Illustrated by the fact that recent canvass of
| 25O of the saloons. dives and gambling dens of
| this city has revealed The information that the
prOprieIOrs of 240 of them are not merely in
favor of the election OF Mr.. Scbaffer, but openly
| avow the same. and are exerting tneir utmost
| endeavOrs to elevate him TO the position. From
| these same sources, saloons, dives and gam
| bling deDs. emanaies a great majority OF
| crimes which are committed in the city. The
| places are the foes of good government, The
| enemies Of progress, the opponents OF every
| advancement. Law abiding citizens are heavily
| taxed o punish the criminals for which these
places are responsible, and yet this class COM
| prises the people who openly lndorse Louis
| Schaffer and are working desperately for his
| election. Does il take any logic or argument
| to prove that be himself is one OF these and as
| corrupt as The lowest of them all?
Second-That he IS In direct connlVance with
| this army Of laWbreakerS.
| ThIrd-That instead of Furnishing crime 1t is
| a wel-known fact that Chief Schatfer affords it
| protection. In a recent campaign against the
| gamblers OF Oakland information enough to
| convict large number OF guilty men, who have
| long eVaded the law, was sought out by the re-
pOrters and filed, but instead OF lending his CO.
| operation his friend of gamblers has done all
| he could to hush up the matter and secure i'm
munty for his beloved associates and fellow
! criminals. at another time a detective who
had been employed 10 search out those who
were selling liquor without a license was ap-
preached by the Chief, who tried both threats
and persuasion in order TO compel him 10 desiSt.
And when, at still another time, the same de-
tectve was employed 10 Investigate the lottery
joints and opium dens which infest our city,
this satire upon the name of police Went TO him
and offered o pay him TO quit.
Now in view of the premises, which show the
man totally unfit for the office, and whereas,
the resignation OF this officer is pending before
your honorable BODY. and whereas, it is com
monty reported that such resignation is being
held without any action taken upon 1t until
after the election on Tuesday, November 6,
after which, should Mr.. Scnatfer be elected
Sheriff, it Is 10 be accepted, otherwise referred
back TO the Chief for reconsideration and
whereas some have dared to charge your hon.
orable body with couniVing at the conduct of
this man by hesltating 10 accept his Tesigna-
ton, now, therefore
We, a mass-meetng OF the people Of Oakland
1000 strong, gathered tOgethr in the int crest
OF good government ahd good citizenship do
hereby call upon your honorable body forth
with before election day TO accept the pending
resignation of this man Louis Schatter and so
rid the town OF this stencil in the nOStrilS Of all
good citizens.
The Christian Endeavorers were backed
during the campaign by the Pastors
League of the First Pres byterian Church
and the evidence on which these charges
were made was gathered by men paid by
that organization. They still have the
evidence in their possession and will use
it in case Chief Schaffer begins suit for
libel.
Sacreligious Thieves.
Some unknown person or persons at
tempted to rob the st. Frances de Sales
Catholic church early yesterday morning.
How they entered is not known but
broken window on the north side of the
church point TO that as an entrance and
exit. The thief or thieves only secured an
altar vessel of small value.
The edifice is the handsome brick build |
ing on the corner of Grove and Twenty |
sixth streets, and was completed two |
years ago at a cost of $4,000 and looks a. /
if it might give up many treasures. |
Father McSweeney, the rector was seen |
last night and said:
Il believe some person was locked in. |
He made II his business to be out of sight |
and hearing when the house was locked
up. 1t was open until II P. NJ. last night |
so nothing could have been done until Il
or after. Every door is alta bed with
alarms, and the trying of one would set off
the alarms and awake every one around
/ nh ha mi n
window that we found broken. The door
of the Tabernacle had been tempered with.
| tn ink he put his jimmy against the ONYX
slab and made pry against the door,
breaking off piece and then left it. He
aid not enter. The only article taken was
an altar vessel of small value. Detective
Shorey was hera this afternoon and took
all of the particulars. He asked me if that
was all that was done and seemed sur
prised when | told him that it was. He
said that some offensive work had been
done last night l told him that it was
not here"
On making inquiries as to the offensive
work referred to, it was learned that
Father Kings church had been entered
and depredations committed In the con-
fessional boxes and around the altar. No
clew as to the guilty persons can be found.
The police refuse to talk.
Knocked Down by Horse.
DR.. III. Renken is lying at his home, 461
Ninth street. seriously injured by being
run down by wagon driven by by
in the employ of Mason 81 White last
Saturday afternoon about o'clock. The
accident occurred on the corner of Eleventh
and Washington streets, one of the busiest
corners in the city.
The doctor was walking along when the
boy came driving as hard as the horse
could go. After knocking him down and
running over him the boy was stopped
and brought back. He declared that he
could not hold the horse. The lad has
narrowly missed injuring other persons
lately and several other drivers have also
been complained of.
At the lime of the accident DR.. Clarence
NJ. Selfridge vas approaching along Wash
ington street and saw what took place.
He says: ut was a piece of reckless driv-
ing which is occurring every day in our
streets | called for the patrol-wagUn and
took the doctor to his home. where be now
lays suffering from scalp wound and
what may be fracture at the base of tue
skull. This is the second accident that the
doctor has bad of this kind. About Two
years ago he met with like accident and
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