The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-05

for such Ayers now saw it was, only broke
into run. Ayers started in pursuit and
fired his pistol in the air.
Then the fleeing man took wings indeed
Inc officer fired another shot in the air,
and by this time the man was running
ike wild, and the contents of his bundle
began dropping out. The pursuing officer
stumbled over some OF the dropping booty,
and by the ring he detected that it was
platedware. Then he was certain he was
on the track of a burglar, and when near
the corner of Tenth and Alice he shot for
the third time, aiming straight at his man,
who fell.
Ayers thought he had him sure, but
when he got up TO where the man fell there
was nothing in sight except the remnants
OF the bundle of silverwaTe. The thief had
disappeared in the night.
BY this time number of officials were
on the ground, and they gathered up the
bundle, which was portiere wrapped about
a lot OF silverware, and started back toward
the Faulkner residence. On the road they
gathered up number of pieces of silver
ware, and II was noticed that one piece of
plate found III the bundle had been dented,
as though II had caught the bullet.
At the Faulkner residence both the front
and back doors were found open, and
things in the dining-room were badly
upset. 4 piece OF candle was still burning
on the table, and there was a half-eaten
orange near by. The thieves, for it is
thought there was more than one had torn
down portiere and packed into it every
thing OF portable character that they
could carry.
Then one started up Alice and the other
down that street. the latter being the one
who was chased.
The Faulkners still miss large amount
OF their silverware, which was received bv
them as wedding presents. The police
think the man who ran up the street also
had a pretty good load.
Mr.. and Mrs. Faulkner were at home
but asleep in a room across the hall from
the dlnlng-room.
Burned to Death.
A two-story frame house on the San
Leandro road near the Plittsville Hotel,
owned by Haggerty brothers and occupied
by them as grocery-store and saloon, was
destroyed by fire at an early hour Monday
morning.
The upper story of the building was oc-
Cupied as a dwelling-house by A. NJ. Hall,
who, with his mother, wife and two chill
dren, had a battle with the flames that
Hall, 8 years old, was fatally burned.
at was between 2 and 3 o'clock in the
morning" said Mr.. Hall, when l was
awakened by the cry of fire to find my
sleeping-room filed with smoke. | rushed
to my mothers room, and taking her in
my arms carried her to the stairway
and started her down. ] returned for my
wife, and finding that Mr.. Haggerty had
taken care of her my next thought was
the babies. The fire had gained such
Roadway that it was impossible to reach
them by the hallway, and rushing to the
outside procured a ladder and climbed
up to the window. The smoke and flames
in the room were suffocating, but I found
the little girl, who was uninjured. l
handed her TO Mr.. Haggerty, who had fol-
lowed me up the ladder and returned for
the boy.
poor little Bonnie, when 1 found him
he was almost roasted alive. picked him
up and hurried from the now falling build
ing and carried him to the home of some
friends who live next door, where DIR.
Beckwith did all in his power to relieve the
little sufferer"
At o'clock last night the boy died.
The building, which was almost new and
worth $3.50, had no insurance.
Haggerty placed a value of $4,000 on his
stock, with one-half insured.
The Hall family lost everything, not even
their clothing being saved.
Investigating the Lake.
DR.. Mouser, the Health Officer of the
Temescal district, in which is located Lake
Temescal, one of the sources of supply of
the Contra Costa Water Company, has
beeu making an investigation of the
charges of foulness in the watershed, as
reported in the CALL few days ago.
The doctor in his report finds much to
complain of. He filed his report with the
Board of Supervisors yesterday and the
board referred the matter to the District
Attorney.
Capitalists Keeping Their Gold.
The Oakland terminal committee, having
in hand the raising of money to induce the
San Joaquin Valley road to come to Oak
land, is somewhat discouraged over the
slow way collections are coming in. The
truth is that the fund is making little prog