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STAPLE IS A CLINCHER.
HE SHUT THE HOT SPRINGS OUT
 YESTERDAY.
The Nowlands Again Victorious and Won
 the Game In Easy Style.

Staples curves were too much for the visitors to solve yesterday, and in consequence they obtained a com plcte shut out by the Rowland team. Our boys were in fine form and they played ball like professionals. Hut was the star of the game. He made tripple and q double play which kept off a number Of runs. Murphy and Aschaffenburg also made bril- liant plays, and Baldwin's game at short, barring one error, was far above the standard. The ''fans'' and the 'rooters'' were out in full force and one and all agreed that Staple "would do," and that the boys have at last struck a winning gait.
 The Hot Springs are nice, gentle manly lot of players, but they run bases like they had twenty-pound Hot Springs diamond tied to their feet. They also made nine errors, which were very disastrous. The visitors went to the bat first and McLauglin hit to Aschahenburg, who threw him out at first. Reid made three attempts ta hit the ball and sullenly walked to his seat. Murphy made a brilliant catch of Payne's foul and retired the side. Asehaffenburg hit an easy one to Welch and he never reached first. Calvin hit to Storey and was thrown out at first. Baldwin singled passed short, but was left on Hutt's fly to Mclaughlin.
 Cattley bunted and made first, Moore singled, advancing Cattley to second. Hut caught Davis fly and completed nipple play by throw ing to Baldwin, who three to Mur- phy, retiring the side.
 Welch famed the wind and Staple followed suit. Murphy singled, stole second, but Franklin hit an easy one to Moore, who threw him out at first
 "Foghorn-voice' Hartman, the "profesh" from Little Rock, struck out and looked sad. Storey hit to Murphy and was out. Welch singled and'stole second, but that was as far he got, as Aschaffenburg gobbled up Mclaughlin foul.
 Heck hit for two bases, stole third, but was out for interfering with Aschaffenburg's hit, the latter being safe at first. Calvin singled, ad yanc- ing Aschaffenburg to third. Bald win rapped the leather for two bases and Aschaffenkurg crossed the plaet and scored the first run. Cal yin went to third on the throw in to catch Aschaffenburg. Hut out, Catt- ley to Storey. Welch singled, SCOT. ing Calvin and Baldwin. Staple out for interfering with q ball he batted
 Reid, Payne and Cattley singled filling the bags. Moore flew to Franklin. Davis failed to hit the ball and Hartman flew to Baldwin
 retiring the side.
 Murphy out, Cattley to Storey
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MRS. JAMES J. coRBETT.

The sensational rumor that Mrs. James J. Corbett is seeking for di- voree from the champion pugilist is a great surprise to many who be- lieved the pair to be very happy. They were married when children, he being only 19 and she IS years of age. Her father objecting to the match, they were married secretly in Salt Lake City, and on returning to her home in San Francisco second ceremony was performed by a priest, Corbett being Catholic.
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Dr. Prices Cream Baking Powder
 Worlds Fair Highest Award.

Franklin singled, stole second. Heck hit to Payne, but was thrown out at first. Asehaffenbnrg singled, but Franklin tried to make home on the hit and was thrown out.
 Storey singled. Welch did likewise, advancing Storey to third. Weleh stole second. Mclaughlin out, Bald win to Murphy. Reid singled and l Storey was thrown out at home. Reid stole second, but Payne retired the side with q high fly to Franklin.
 Calvin singled. Baldwin made a hit and Calvin was caught at second. Baldwin got second on wild pitch, stole third in d graceful manner. Hut hit to Welch, who made an in sane throw to catch Baldwin at home and Hut went to second, Baldwin scoring. Welch flew to Cattley. Staple got first on Payne's 1 juggle of his hit and Murphy cut the air three times in endeayOring to find the sphere.
 l Cattley hit a fly to Hut, who dropped it and the captain was safe at the initial bag Moore pounded 8 hard line hit, the ball striking Staple on the left side of the head, dropping him like a log. Time was called and water poured on the pitcher and in few moments the plucky player got up and took his position in the box again. Cattley went to third on the play. Calvin threw to second as if tocatch Moore, butt Hut felded the ball home in time to catch Cattley, who tried to get there on theplay. Dayissingled, advancing Moore to third. Hart man flew to Weleh. Moore very fioolishly came home on the hit and was thrown out before he could get back to third.
 Franklin struck out. Heck hit to Cattley, who threw him out to Storey. Aschaffenburg singled. Cal win flew to Mclaughlin.
 Storey singled and stole second. Welch flew to Hut, who doubled Storey. Mclaughlin. Reid and Staple to Murphy.
 Hartman captured BaldWin's foul. Payne threw Hut out, at first. Welch singled; Calvin out Welch to Storey.
 Baldwin muffed Payne's fls and he was safe at Storey's bag. Calvin caugh Cattley's foul. Moore hit for bases and Payne was thrown out at third. Davis singled and Moore tried to reach home, but was nailed there.
 Murphy singled. Franklin got the first and only base on balls. Heck singled, but Murphy was thrown out at third. Aschaffenburg singled scoring Franklin. Aschaffenburg went to second on the throw in. Heck scored on Calvin's sacrifice, Baldwin hit to Storey and vas out
 Hartm singled, Storey singled Aschaffenberg made good catch oi Welch's foul. Hartman tried to steal third, but was caught. Reid hit a nice easy one to Aschaffenbere and was thrown out at first. l The following is the summary.
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A CAUSTIC CRITICISM,
he City Council and its Many sResolu- tions.,'

Rr Graphic:
 'aQrrah for the good people who { been duped so long by the water ppanyithat corporation is knocked |ln the first round. The resolu- 4 unanimously passed by the meeting was a square one from Nloulder and was a knockout # Then the Council held post \ Elen service and passed more res R0as' How could anything ex- Ra billy goat or a town COW sur Es0 many resolutions. Why, the was so mangled that the Coun- 'ually relented and advised the "ilefs to pay again in advance v snow a Christian spirit and a feeling toward an enemy.
 pay in advance and then Sult against the company for aaulages you may sustain, etc. ul ', course it will cost each one a ' lawyer's fee in addition to prellminary court cost, but lssV look at the advantages to Nea' Why, it wouldanot be ears before every citizen of this pusnacious city would getfour ss and six pence damages. "0ula not willingly drink mud f"5 plumber $10 a month to ' p.peS open in addition to the
 retainer and preliminary
 anen there are such dazzling ssls just a little ahead?
 siri i the beast is dead and pdioies d sae doctors will say it was oSo o'is, we all know it was an spo e of resolutions. Hurrah!
 sood times coming by and Stb 1oo- M. R. STEWART.
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CHARLES H. LUScoMB.

Charles H. Luscomb, of Brooklyn, is Presiden of the League of Ameri- can wheelmen. which meets at As bury Park, N. J., July 9 to 15. MT. Luscomb is a graduate of the college of the City of New York and Colum- bia Law School and is a we'll known and successful New York lawyer. He became identified with wheeling
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DIED.

JoNEs-In Pine Bluff, July 9, 1895, Mrs. SALLIE JONES, wife of Mir. T. c. Jones.
 The death of Mrs. Jones occurred at 30 o'clock this morning at the fam fly residence in the West end of the city. Mr. Jones is foreman of the stave factory. The deceased lady leaves three small childern to mourn husband.
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interests in the summer of 1883 and shortly became Captain of the Brooklyn Club, holding that posi- tion three years. In 1888 he was elected President oi the L. A. w., a position which he filled with great credit. At the annual meeting of the League at Louisvill, Ky, last year, he was again elected Presi- dent, this time by unanimous vote of the delegates present.
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A Handsome Lot of Fancy Stationery


 The GRAPHIC has just received a large lot of fancy stationery, consist ing of calling cards, wedding sta tionery, plain and guilt folders, etc, which we can offer to the public at very reasonable prices. We invite the public and the ladies especially to call and examine this stock when in need of anything in that line. We have the largest variety of the latest styles and designs of calling cards which we can print at very reasonable prices. Call and see our new stock before placing your orders. Orders also taken for en- graved cards and stationery. dtf
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Earned Runs-Nowlands. l. Two-base Hits-Heck,
 Double Plays-Hutt to Baldwin. Stolen Bases---N 5; Hot Springs, 5. Wild Pitch-Moore.
 Struck Out-By Staple, 1; by Moore, 3. Bases on Balls-Of Moore, 1. Triple Play-Hutt to Baldwin to Murphy. Left ou Bases-Nowlands, 9; Hot Springs,S. Time-One hour and fifty minutes. Tmpire-Mr. NeiderweiseF.
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THE PAST guarantees the future.
 It is not what we say, but what Hoods Sarsaparill.. does, that tells the tory. Remember kIuDD'S CURES
The San Francisco call., 1895-11-05
PROSECUTED A CHILD.
A Portland Woman Claims Durrant
Forced Her to Leave San
Francisco.

The following story comes from Port.
land concerning alleged improper conduct
on the part of Theodore Durrant toward
young girl some time previous to the
murder of Blanche Lamont and Minnie
Williams:
PORTLAND Or, Nov. 4.-Since the com
clusion of the Durrant case the storx
of widow and her daughter, who lefE
San Francisco some time ago for thA
express purpose of escaping the notorious
murderer, has come to light here. Both
mother and daughter could, had they
chosen, thrown considerable light on the
moral character of Durrant, at the trial
The widow, while living in San Fran
cisco with her daughter, who is only l0
years old, attended church social at
which Durrant was also present. 1t was
the first time they had ever met, yet the
next day the girl was in receipt of a letter
from Durrant, couched in such terms as to
show him to be lecherous wretch.
The letter was shown to the mother
who administered a scathine rebuke to
Durrant. He paid no attention to it an d
at every opportunity attempted to force
his attentions on the girl. Affairs reached
such a stage that the mother and daughter
moved to Portland.
The people move in good society here
and are members of prominent church.
To avoid notoriety, incident to appearing
as witnesses at the trial, they have kept
the matter secret, divulging it only to an
intimate friend who, in the heat of Bit
ter denunciation of Durrant, told of it,
but Immediately pledged all present to Sc
crecy as to names.
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ton, was Henry ]. Kereson, who died a
few years in Oregon. At the end of my
fortnight on Kearny street, was trans
ferred to the detective department as one
of the four assistant captains. In other
words, had charge of the detective de-
partment, ranking as an assistant captain.
The assistant captains were subsequently
abolished and four captains created. / was
given one of these captaincies and the
charge of the detective department. There
you are. The rest is told in a few words
1 have been here ever since-resting.
What is the first detective work you
ever had hand in, captain?'
"Say in the letter that know the man
can vouch for him" this TO Sergeant -,
who had interrupted the interview with
official business that would not waitl. Then
to the interviewer: 81 guess my first de-
tective work was done while working in
the shop. That was in 80. Jose Former
murdered Jose Rooriquez. at the corner of
First and Mission streets. He was hanged in
December of that year-the first man ever
executed in this county. Some of the boys
at the Union Iron Works and myself dug
up most of the evidence that convicted
him"
What other big cases, captain?'
"Oh, that's days work, man. I've been
here forty-two years. Do you think can
give you the history of those years in an
hour?"
ASK him about the Vigilante days."
whispered the artist who was conspiring
TO have the captain remain in one pose
long enough for the purpose of art.
We'll, l dug up the patent ballot-box.
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TWO NEW WITNESSES.
William EllingWood and Miss Bessie
Code VIII Appear for the
Defense.

William Ellingwood of lib Shotwell
street has. as he put it, "told all he
knows" to General Dickinson, and will, in
all probability be one of the witnesses foz
the defense in the Minnie Williams case.
The young man, who is a clerk in the
Bank of British Columbia building, was
an acquaintance of the accused and
memb ber of the same signal corps. He
met Durrant at the armory on Page and
Cough streets, about $50 P. NJ. on April
II, when, he says, Durrant busled himself
in preparations for his ride to Mount
Diablo on the following Sunday.
The young men left the armory to-
gether and rode to the Mission on a
Valencia-street car, passing the home of
P. ID. Code, $40 Valencia street, about As.
Mr.. Codes daughter, Miss Bessie, was
standing on the sidewalk, near her home,
and recognized and bowed to the young
men. She will also be witness for the
defense. Ellingwood says he went with
Durrant to blacksmith-shop on Twenty
fifth and Mission streets, where the
accused made arrangements to have his
horse shod. The young men were together
until nearly TIL NJ. The value of the evil
dence, if any exists, lies in the proof that
Durrant was not in Miss Williams com.
pany between the hours of and Z.
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the one with the back action, secret slides.
There were ballots found in it that were
three wears old. That ballot box was an
object lesson in itself. I surrendered it to
the Vigilance Committee. Of course, it
wasn't quite regular to do that, but 1 had
no option in the matter, and if hadn't
given it up gracefully they would have
taken it away from me.
"No; l don't think the Durrant case is
the most remarkable one l ever had to do
with. Some features of it arc almost
unique in criminal history, but there have
been more difficult mysteries to unravel.
There's the case of Edward Bonny, who
murdered his employer, stationer and
tancy-goods dealer, on Kearny street,
named Hirsh. Hirsh was found murdered
at the forks of the road in San Leandro.
which was then the county seat of Alameda
County. Harry Morse was Sheriff of the
county at that time. That was one of the
most marvellous cases ever tried in this
State. Talk about Durrant's nerve-Bonny
discounted him. proved at the trial that
Bonny had driven around for hours with
his dead victim in the buggy with him.
"Ask Judge Murphy about the Bonny
N"SS' 11S SOhSiOclS IL Ile mOSC
able case Of circumstantial evidence ever
tried on this coast. Murphy defended
Bonny in the lower court, but, as he got
no fee for his work, he withdrew before the
case came to trial. 1t was tried before Judge
Samuel Bell Mckee OF Alameda County.
Elisha Cook, father of Carroll Cook, and
John b. Watson were the defending coun-
sci. The District Attorney was assisted
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He FORGED THE CHAIN AROUND DURRANT I.

the date on this paper. 1t was the 2Sth
of October, 1858. l had been working
pretty hard, and John Nightengale, who
had been elected Assistant Alderman, sug-
gested that l go on the force and take
rest. At that time the policemen were ap-
pointed by the Aldermen and the Assistant
Aldermen So l went on the force to get
a rest-and I've been resting ever since, as
you know"
Captain Lees stopped at this point to in
duIge in a quiet smile. THAT was the
biggest mistake of my life" he went on,
thinking that I should get rest on the
force Any man makes very serious mis-
take when he goes into the department
with that idea in him"
But Captain Lees is man who would
not rest if he were cast away on South
Sea island and had docile natives to min
lister to his every want. If he had been
made of resting" material he would not
now be ranking as one of the few great
detectives of the world. His is a mind
that finds rest in activity.
81 was patrolman just three weeks. I
was on Stockton street the first week That
was the boulevard. the Van Ness avenue
of the City then. The second week I was
put on the Kearny street beat, from Suttel
to Washington streets. Ny side partner
who had Kearny street north of Washing
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that be had received kilograms numbering
a hundred from all parts of the United
fata
WYNNE'S AID VALUABLE.
The Druggist and WheeIman Was
the First to Suspect
Durrant

'I can't imagine what WYnne has
against me-" Durrant is quoted as saying.
~ have nothing against him in the way
of personal feeling" said Mr.. Wynne
yesterday. The speaker is we'll known in
the Mission, being the proprietor of drug
store at atTwenty-second and Folsom streets,
and throughout the City as an enthusiastic
Wheelman.
"Durrant thinks I am the Mission drug
gist who said he was afraid to have him
about his prescription case" Mr.. Wynne
said. Now that was absurd. The man
who made that remark is one who believes
Durrant guilty of the murder of Eugene
Ware. and [ do not lay that at his
door. l suspected him of the Lamont
murder from the fact that / knew his
character through an acquaintance of
years standing. l knew him to be a
prominent figure in church gatherings
and yet ready to go out with the bows
wherever they proposed. When I heard
OF the disappearance of Blanche Lamont
and was told by my clerk, Harry Par
fridge. that Durrant had been seen with
the girl the day she disappeared 1 said,
That is the man. and have never had a
doubt of it since"
Mr.. Wynne has been recognized by the
prosecution as tower of strength in the
case he was probably the first man to
voice his suspicion of Durrant and 1t was
through his suggestion that Mrs. Crossett's
testimony was gained.
"If | had talked with Mr.. Wynne few
days earlier we could have prevented the
second murder said c.. Noble, the uncle
of Blanche Lamont
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by Harlow S. Love, the father of John
Lord Love.
"Heigho what memories your questions
call up! There was the case of Wright
Leroy, who murdered Nicholas Skeritt.
That was as great a case as the Bonny
case. 1t took lot of hard work to present
the case against Moses Tate, the negro
who killed Billman, the cattle king of that
time. Tate was lover of Mrs. Blllm an, ,
and so we're John William Kelly and Mi
chael H. Kelly. We arrested the wife,
Mary Ann Billman, and her three lovers.
Tate accused the two Kellys of the crime
and gave evidence against them. But we
showed that it was Tate alone who did the
murder and the Kellys were acquitted. OF
course, Tate was abetted by Mrs. Billman,
but it's hard to convict a woman, you
know. All this was in SO and go"
By this time the interviewer had the
police records in hand and was using them,
as the lawyers say, to refresh the witness
memory.
What about this Wallace case, in '63,
captain? Do you remember that?"
"Do remember2 Does a man remem-
ber broken leg? 1 was four months on
my back as result of digging in that case
The king bolt fell out of my buggy while:I
was securing the country for evidence to
convict Michael Wallace. Yes, we con-
victed him. He got life, but escaped from
San Quentin and fed into Nevada, where
he was drowned in the Truckee River.
Andrew Cummings and Wallace murdered
William Lauretta, an old man. The three
were on a drunken orgie, ali old men.
They threw Lauretta into pit on the gor q
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tives' room. About 1000 volumes, should
think, exclusive of the pamphlets, which
are by far the more valuable part of the
library.
NO, there's very little fiction in that
library. It's mostly history-criminal his
tory. l have read just from detective
novels-that's all. 1 have read two of
Gaboriau's books, Catherine Anna Green s
'Leavenworth Case,' and one of Conan
Doyle's stories, the Sherlock Holmes
book"
One ought to dwell moment here to tell
something of Captain Lees library. 1t is
probably the greatest and most complete
criminal library in America. There is the
11chborne Trial' in seven royal folio
Newgate Calendar complete, in royal folios !;
there is the volumes. There is an original
royal folio edition of the Estate Trials of
England" once the property of the great
DUKE OF Marlborough, in eight volumes.
lake some titles now at random: Trials
and Crimes of the Clergy" Criminal Pris-
ons of London" "Knox Upon Crime -
Juvenile Crime" 1.-The Italian Brigands, !"
Memories of Fouche,' "The Crime of
Arson" Great Forgery Cases." ETC., etc.,
an awful feast of crime
81 don't allow a volume of crime to get
into my home" said the captain. II try
TO forget that phase of my life when go
nome. It's really not a pleasant business,
anxious as so many amateur detectives are
TO get into the profession. 1 can't see what
attracts them to it. 1t means work all the
tlme-the hardest kind of work, both
mental and physical; it means the sacri-
fee of home comforts and entertainments
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and delights. You must be always ready
for work. Criminals refuse to consult your
convenience in the perpetration OF their
crimes. And success-that only comes
after years of the hardest kind of toll, and
perhaps not at all. have known men to
spend their lives as detectives and never
amount to anything.
ga man needs not only such natural tai
ents as are essential for success in all pro-
fessions, but he must come to his task
gifted with natural aptitude for logic,
for reasoning out from cause to effect-in
word, with a genius for shedding the
MONDAY sun on the midnight of dark and
tangled threads of crime.
''He must be systematic as well in his
methods and in his summing up and pre-
senting case. When all the evidence is
in he must know how to present it to the
lawyers-how to lay it before the District
Attorney in such a way that it shall be
most effective when presented as evidence.
He must know something of the law as
we'll. He must know what is evidence
and what is not evidence. He must have
good Judgment and tact-never talk too
much Or too little when you newspaper
men come prying around. He must be
able to study human nature intelligently
and know something of human motives
and desires. Perhaps no one detective,
however successful he may have been,
com bines all these qualities completely |;
but you ask me how the model detective
should be equipped, and 1 tell you to the
best of my ability"
In Captain Lees forty-two years as
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crowned with the success that has attended

crowned with the success that has attended
his efforts in unraveling what was orig
inally the almost impenetrable mystery of
the double tragedies of Emmanuel Baptist
Church. How well that work was per-
formed, how nearly the MONDAY sunshine
was cast upon the awful blackness of those
horrible crimes, all the world knows now;
but how admirably the work was done,
how skillfully the chain was forged, with
what master touches the rope was woven
about the neck of the greatest of San Fran
ciscos criminals, only those can appreci-
ate who sat in court and saw the testi-
mony marshaled forth.