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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-27
ALONG THE COAST,
A Sequel to Forgeries
by a San Jose
Notary.
BEGINNING OF SUITS.
Efforts to Fixthe Responsibility
of the TranSgreSSor's
BondSmen.
MUCH LITIGATION IN PROSPECT.
The Methods by Which a Real Estate
Dealer Robbed His
Clients.

SAN JOSE, CAL. March 26.--When
George c. Hughes, notary public and
forger, fed to Mexico or South America
last year he left behind him as legacy to
his victims and bondsmen enough trouble
to give the courts work for many months.
Hughes was not only notary public but
was real estate agent, apparently doing
large business. He would learn of persons
with money to loan, the rates of interest
desired, and in fact all necessary informa-
ton. He would secure authority to nego-
tate loan. He would then return to the
capitalist in due course of time with forged
notes and mortgages. In some cases he
would get a genuine mortgage and note
but raise the figure.
There are several indictments against
Hughes, whose present whereabouts is not
known.
Now there are several suits in court, the
first of them being tried to-day before
Judges Reynolds and Lorigan sitting in
bank. The suits are brought to test the
liability of the bondsmen of George c.
Hughes as notary for the sums he secured
by his fraudulent methods. There are
four of these suits which have been consol-
idated and thus placed on trial. The essen
tial facts in all the cases are the same and
all will follow the course of one which will
be made a test case. The suits are those
Of Frank braves against B. d. Murphy and
]. G. Enright; Martha Davidson ct al.
against the same; P. Doerr against the
same DEFENDANTS; and Socrates Kirk
against the same.
While the total amount involved in the
suits on trial is not SO great, being only
1859, it is generally understood that there
are other persons who were defrauded, and
they only await successful suit against
the bondsmen to bring their actions. OF
this total sum Frank braves sues for
$12S4, Martha Davidson ct al. for $500, P.
Doerr $775 and Socrates Kirk for $500.
The first of the suits in connection with
Hughes forgeries was last year, when Mrs.
Emma Hunt was sued by Margaret E.
Walsh on note for $1,000. The note was
given for only $500, but was raised by
Hughes.
There are several grounds of defense
made. One of these is that Hughes never
signed his bond as notary himself, although
he told defendants he would do so when
he asked them to become his bondsmen.
Another defense made is that Hughes acted
for the plaintiff as their agent and not be-
cause of his notarial bond, nor because he
was supposed to have a bond as such
official
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Il HoLLIsTER ASSAULT CASE.
HOtU Woodsman Undertook to Wip
Olt q Gratdge.

HotU Woodsman Undertook to Wipe
Out Gratdge.
HOLLISTER, CAL, March 26.-G. Bro
gan was arraigned in the Superior Court
this morning for assault to murder, and
held for trial. Brogan's alleged crime was
peculiar to the wild section of this
county.
About the middle of January Brogan
conceived grudge against one Robbins.
Both were employed by one Henegin.
Early one morning Brogan undertook to
whip Robbins, but was persuaded by Hen
egin to wait until evening, as he did not
wish to lose the days work, for which ne
had been paid.
Promptly at quitting time Brogan as
'saulted Robbins with an ak. which few off
the handle in the downward stroke. Rob-
bins then jabbed pistol into Brogan' Is
face, and the whipping was postponed to
some future occasion.
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ATTRIBUTED TO TAILOR.
Spurious South Dakota School Bonds
Circulated IN, the East.

Spurious South Dakota Sch0ot bo"os
Circulated tn the East.
REDFIELD, S. D.. March 25.-The Reg
istrar of Deeds here has received a letter
from Attorney Rufus T. Peck of CORTLAND,
N. Y, asking if nine $500 bonds OF the
Capitola school township of Sphinx County
were registered in 1894 or 1895. The bonds
are dated January 5, 1894. No such school
township exists. Peck claims the bonds
were issued to refund one-half OF the
original $4,000 bonds issued some years ago
by the same township. Fictitious names
are signed for both the clerk and chairman
of the School Board, and the bonds are
certified to by an unknown party under
the name of Inman. Much speculation is
INDUCED in as to the extent of the fraud
and who are the culprits. Speculation
naturally points to the defaulting State
Treasurer Taylor who disposed of much
paper in the East and mortgages and
bonds in and around CORTLAND, N. Y.
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QUESTION An Old 1ADY,s SANITY.
Relatives object to Mrs. Knapp GiUing
AtcaH Her PropertH.

Relatives Object to Mrs. Knapp Giving
A,cay Her Property.
SAN JOSE, CAL, March 26.-The OPEN
ing brief on motion for new trial in the
matter of application for letters of guard
ianship over the person and estate OF
Sophia Hermina Knapp was filed to-day.
The petitioners are relations of Sophia
Knapp, who is rs years old, and who, it
was charged, was mentally unsound, hav-
ing decided away under undue influence to
John Harold Frevschlag a nephew, the
Rucker ranch and Lonehill vineyard and
other property of the value of 100000.
The application was heard some months
ago before Judge Lorigan and the petition
was denied.
The motion for new trial is based upon
the reiteration that by reviewing the evil
dence the court will find that Mrs. Knapp
was insane, holding that the wild absurdi-
ties to which she testified as a belief were
never heard outside the cells of lunatic
asylum. Counsel grant that Mrs. Knapp
is a learned woman, but say that her coun-
terparts can be found at the asylums at
Agnews and Stockton, and some excelling
her in intellectual attainments, but suffer-
ing from the same delusions and hallucina-
tons from which she suffers. 1t believed
TO have been shown that by reason of old
age, disease, weakness of mind and other
causes she is unable, unassisted, to prop
erly manage her affairs.
IF this has not been established" says
the brief, ''then we submit that there is no
force in the effect of human evidence
1t is contended as a matter of law that
the court erred in sustaining the objection
to the question: "What opinion, if any,
did you form as to her capacity to handle
money and take care of her business p"
which was asked of Mrs. Lou White, the
sufficient intimacy having been established
for the witness to be competent to answer.
Like objections are set up to the alleged
errors of the court in sustaining objections
to similar questions put to A. L. Rhodes
and Mrs. Rhodes on the same ground.
1t is further held that the decision is not
borne out by the facts as it is undeniablv
shown that Mrs. Knapp, by her own action
in disposing of her property to an ire
sponsible grantee, admitted that she was
unable unassisted to attend to her own
property. The fact that there is no proper
provision made for her support and main
tenance in the deed proves that she was
liable to be and was deceived and imposed
upon by designing persons.
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A Shooter Hefd for 1rfat.

SAN JOSE, CAL, March 2e.-Joseph
Duboise, who shot and wounded James
Pierce, foreman of James V. Coleman's
ranch at Guadalupe, was arraigned to-day
on charge of assault with a deadly
weapon, and Justice Dwyer set his exami-
nation for April Is. 1t was thought at the
time OF the unproyoked assault that
Duboise was maniac, but since he has
been in jail his actions have denoted that
his mind is sufficiently sound to make him
responsible for his acts.
Duboise occupied cabin on the Cole
man ranch without paying rent, and when
the foreman approached the cabin he fired
at him through loophole.
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SACRAMENTO prosEEws SUICIDE.
The Miserable Death of a Once Healthy
Stock Broker.

me Miserable Death of Once Weduhy
Stock Broker.
SACRAMENTO, CAL, March 20.-This
morning the dead body of D. c..
M. Cornell was found in a
room in the Hotel Rhein. He
had been dead at least twenty-four hours.
He had committed suicide with poison.
Cornell was pioneer Californian. By pro-
fession he was druggist and was recog-
nlzed as man of considerable ability.
AT the beginning of the Comstock ex-
element he went to Virginia City and
amassed great fortune through his regu-
lar business and speculations. The
money which he accumulated in Virginia,
however, he lost in stocks in San Fran
cisco, and for several years he had been
leading precarious existence in Sacra-
mento. During the past winter times
have been exceedingly hard with him,
and there is no doubt that poverty drove
him to his death. He was native of
New York
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NELSON MORRIS "Nor IN IT.~
He Holds No Office IN Connection With the
HhiskY Trust.

He Holds No Office IN Connection With the
Whisky Trust.
CHICAGO, I'LL, March 26.-Nelson Nor
ris to-day issued the following personal
statement in connection with the recent
developments in the whisky trust matters
observing that my name is associated
from day to day with supposed or real evil
doings done and performed by the officers
and managers of the whisky trust 1 deem
it proper to say that I am not an officer,
director or shareholder in that concern.
My relations to the company are purely of
contract nature, as honorable to the COM
pany as to myself, and as much to the in
terest of the company as to my own. They
are square, open and above board. pro-
test against being robbed of my good name
by injurious fabrications which have no
justification whatever"
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Ne,r storekeeper at Mare Island.

VALLEJO, CAL, March 26.-Paymaster
William w. Woodruff, U. S. N, has been
detached from duty as general storekeeper
at the navy-yard at League Island and has
been ordered to duty as general storekeeper
at Mare Island.
On Friday Paymaster Bacon will turn
his yard accounts over to Paymaster Kerr
of the Independence, who will act until
such time as Paymaster Woodruff arrives
on the coast
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SUICIDE At BTDWELL BAR.
An Old Miner Takes Poison and The,
Jumps Into the Rirer.


OROVILLE, CAL, March 26.-John
Swan, a native of Ohio, SO years of age,
committed suicide Monday afternoon at
Bidwell Bar by jumping from the suspen-
sion bridge which crosses the Feather
River at that point.
Swan left a notebook in which he stated
that he was tired of life, was in misery all
the time, only had dollar to his name,
and as he did not believe in life here
after would take long rest. He took half
an ounce of earbolic acid at Miner ranch in
the forenoon, but as this did not produce
death he rode to the river and jumped in.
His body has not yet been recovered by the
Coroner.
Swan crossed the plains in 1857 and has
worked in the mines ever since. He had
been three times badly injured in acct
dents.
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ANGRY MARTINEZ PEOPLE.
Experience of Citizens Nth Southern
Pacific Methods.


MARTINEZ, CAL, March %. = The
Southern Pacific Railroad Company has a
gang Of men fencing in their track through
the town of Martinez in some cases en-
croaching on what has been considered
private lots, and which are now improved,
in some cases houses being built upon
them.
A well-known attorney of the town sum-
marily stopped the proceedings on his lot
by threatening to shoot the first man who
rrespassed. The foreman of the gang says
he will build across the lot. 1t looks as
though it was the intention to prevent the
new San Joaquin Railroad Company from
occupying the land purchased here by the
Salt Lake Railroad Company and lately
decided Ito the new company. The land
would not be accessible without crossing
the Southern Pacific Railroad track.
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A Tire-Puncturimg Case.

SAN JOSE, CAL, March %. - Local
bicycle riders have been much annoyed
recently by the puncturing of their tires
by malicious persons, and when W. G..
Emptage was arrested several days ago for
jabbing a knife into the tire of W. G.
Griffiths' bicycle, much interest was taken
in securing a conviction by all wheelmen,
Emptage was tried to-day. He denied the
charge and the jury disagreed.
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Sasring for Emrope.

NEW YORK, N. Y, March 26.-Richard
Croker, his family and racing partner, NJ
f. Dwyer, sail for Europe tomorrow on
board the steamer Majestic. The Paris
which sails tomorrow, will have among
her passengers Andrew Carnegie and his
wife, Samuel l.. Clemens Mark Twain)
ex-Congressman ]. III. Cultivate and fam
lily, Colonel George McClelland, DIR. E. H
Heney, United States Consul at Odessa
and John w. Mackay Jr.
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A Missing scnoone1. at Santa Barbara.

! SANTA BARBARA, CAL, March o.
The schooner Star of Freedom, reported
stolen from Captain Johnson a. San Fran
cisco, was here March II, Bartels in COM
mand. The name had been painted out
and the vessel rechristened ana talie.'
Bartels, who is well known here, said he
was going south. He was very reticent.
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A SANTA CRUZ PERI URER
Found Guilty and Sentenced to Seren
Years at Folsom.

Il OuHU uNtttU ana oeDtenCeU 10 seven
Years at Folsom.
SANTA CRUZ, CAL, March 26.-George
NJ. Clay was to-day found guilty of per-
jury and was sentenced to seven years at
Folsom. Clay and Charles Lavishe were
arrested for burglary at jacksonville, and
at the preliminary examination Lavishe
was held and Clay discharged and made a
witness for the prosecution.
At Lavishe's trial in the Superior Court
Clay testified that he was drunk when he
testified at the preliminary examination,
and did not remember what he had said.
TWAS proved that Clay was sober and his
testimony was false.
For this he was charged with perjury.
He has already served term at San
Quentin.
Lavishe is now serving twelve years
sentence in the State Prison.
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morning. The explosion was caused
by defective steampipe. McPherson's
face and body were scalded SO they became
raw by escaping steam. He is at the Fan
ME Paddock Hospital. Whether he will
recover cannot be told. Another man was
injured slightly, and broken pieces of iron
were sent flying in all directions.
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Committed to .Aane,us.

SAN JOSE, CAL, March 26.-Christine
Christensen, young lady of II years, was
committed to Agnews this afternoon by
Judge Reynolds. She is subject to melan-
cholia and given to dependency. She
lives with her father, c. Christensen, a
groceryman. in East San lose.
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No One to Blame fo,. sunq,s Death.

SAN JOSE, CAL, March 26.-At the in
quest on the remains of Lee Sung, the
Chinese clerk, who was killed in runaway
accident Sunday, the three boys told the
story OF how the rock throwing caused the
runaway. The verdict was that the de-
ceased came to his death in a runaway
accident, no one being directly implicated
in causing the accident.
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FUNERAL OF NICHOLSON.
Many Paid Fare,ceU Tribute to the Nesys
paper Man.

paper Man.
NEW YORK, March 26.-The funeral of
W. T. Nicholson, the well-known news
paper man who died in Denver March II,
took place at Woodlawn to-day. Among
the many newspaper men present were
representatives from the Press Association
and the Reuter- Telegram Company of
London, in the service of which concern
the deceased had spent nearly his lifetime.
Prior to Mr.. Nicholson's departure to Dem
yer, whittier he went in an endeavor to re-
gain his health, he held the position of
cable editor in the New York office of the
Associated Press, to which position he had
risen from the bottom round of the ladder,
purely through his ability and devotion to
duty,
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Utah,s .Ne,c Constitutions.

{. SALT LAKE, UTAH, March 26.-The re-
port of the committee on preamble and
declaration of rights was adopted to. day
by the convention in committee of the
whole. The fourth section, referring to
the taxation of church property which was
temporarily passed several days ago, was
finally adopted to-day in favor of the
churches, and they will not be taxed The
educational clause is now under discussion.
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Il Sudden Death.

SACRAMENTO, CAL, March 26.-Tbe
wife OF Ed Chenoweth, well-known mem
Der of the firm of Chenoweth Bros. of San
Francisco, died at an early hour this morn
ing from an attack of heart disease. She
was taken sick last night just as she arose
from game of whist at the home of her
mother. Mrs. n. A. Hess. Deceased was
81 yeas of age
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GouIds Co,mino West,card.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, March 26.-Miss Helen
Gould and brother Frank, her physician,
DR.. Mum, and party of friends from Tar
rytown, n. Y, are stopping at the South
ern. The party is on the way to the Pacific
Coast, where Miss Gould will tarry to re-
cover from the effects of the grippe, with
which she has been suffering recently.
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SANTA ROSA ROSE CARNIVAL.
Elaborate arrangements Being Made for
the Mnn EeStiraL.

the May Festival.
SANTA ROSA, CAL, March 26.--May
8, 8 and 10 are decided upon as the days
for holding the Rose Carnival here this
spring. The directors at the meeting last
night selected those days. Arrangements
are being made for the grandest floral
event ever held in this part of the State.
Invitations have been sent to President
Cleveland, Governor Budd and other pub
lie officials, and no pains are to be spared
in making the affair very notable one.
Big prizes are being offered for the best
decorated floats and carriages and many
are now being designed to compete for
them
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A Marin County Damage Suit.

SAUSALITO, CAL, March 26.-The
North Pacific Coast Railroad Company has
been sued by Lawyer w. H. Maloney for
the sum of $299 80 because of its inability
to convey him to San Francisco on Janu-
airy last. This was the day on which the
disastrous flood carried everything before
it in Ross Valley, including the bed of the
railroad
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IMPRISONED BY THE FRENCH.
Governor Morrill, ASKS the President To
Look Into WaIteass Case,

TOPEKA, KANs., March Ex-Governor
Morrill, has sent the following telegram to
President Cleveland: 1.-THE newspaper
dispatches report that the Hon. John L.
Walter, citizen of this State and formerly
United States Consul at Madagascar, has
been most unjustly imprisoned by the
French Government under sentence of a
court-martial without sufficient cause. l
respectfully urge the Department of State
to take active measures at once for his pro-
lection and release. Il. N. MORRILL,, Gov
ernor.''
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Determined to Die.

PORT TOWNSEND, WASH, March o.
William A. Campbell, farmer living on
Hoo River, Clallam County, committed
suicide last Wednesday by taking an over
dose of arsenic. Campbell sent to Port
Angeles for the drug and waited several
days for its arrival
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Biz sa,r,niu Burms Near Astorio.

ASTORIA, Or, March 26.-The Nehalem
sawmill, owned principally by Frank Pat
ton of this city, was burned yesterday,
causing loss of 5000. The mill was en-
tirely new. 1t was situated on little ISL
and at the mouth of the Nehalem River,
and was considered one of the best plants
on the coast. The fire started near the
boilers and spread rapidly. No insurance
1t will not be rebuilt.
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power and control of the mother, using
abusive language, refusing to attend school,
associating with idle and worthless per-
sons and remaining away from home day
and night. Mrs. Robbins and her husband
have not lived together for three years.
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a Rau,card Girl.

SAN JOSE, CAL, March 26.-Mrs. Hesta
A. Robbins has petitioned the Superior
Court to commit her daughter, Hilda E.
Robbins, to the Whittier State. School for
the reason that the girl is beyond the
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Appointed Observation-Disclosures.

OMAHA, NEB., March 26.-Colonel T.
H. Stanton, assistant paymaster- general,
tonight was notified that he had been ap-
pointed paymaster-general of the United
States ARMY
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Claimed a Remarkable Al,

FORT WORTH, TEX, March o.
Charles Schueber, wholesale liquor dealer
and vice-president of the City National
Bank, died to-day at the age of so years.
Aunt Julia Thompson. colored, who
claimed to be l59 years of age, died in Dali
las County yesterday.
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Merchants object to a license.

SAN JOSE, CAL, March 26.-In revising
the license ordinance to-day the Board of
Supervisors listened to the petition of the
Board of Trade by committee, consisting
of S. E. Smith and f. W. Moore They
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asked that the license tax be removed from
those engaged in mercantile pursuits, or,
at least, material reduction be made from
the present fee, as stock had deprecated 30
to 50 per cent from. the values Of two years
ago, when the present ordinance was
framed
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MAY Die of His Wounds.

SAN JOSE, CAL, March 26.-The condi-
ton of E. Pierson, who was shot at May
field by Oscar Johnson, is in no way i'm
proved. Word was received to-day that
the chances of recovery were few.
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TWELVE DAYS OF GRACE.
Hope for William Leary, Who
Was to Have Been Hanged
on Friday.
THE CRIME OF THE OLD MAN.
He Killed a Stranger at Castroville
Two Years Ago, MfStaking
Him for Another.

SAN QUENTIN, CAL, March 26.-The
shadow of William Leary, murderer, will
not fall athwart the gallows' platform in
San Quentin prison on Friday morning
next, for Governor Budd has granted him
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NOT TO ACCEPT THE CUT.
Pennsylvania Coal Miners Refuse a
Compromise Offer.

Compromise Offer.
PITTSBURG, Pa, March 26-The Rail-
road Coal Operators Association met to-
day and offered to enter into an agreement
with the miners to pay sixty cents atom by
April 1. A committee was appointed to
confer with the miners organization and
present the compromise offer. 1t is not
probable that the miners will accept the
slxty-cent rate, for should they desire to do
SO the national officials would not permit
1T, as that would involve another cut in
the wages of the Ohio miners, who work
Tor nine cents less than the Pittsburg dis
trict miners
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A Taco,na Brake,,a,, KiIIed

A Tacoma brakeman Killed In Oregon.
PORTLAND, Or, March 26.-When the
regular freight train was passing Wolf
Creek in Southern Oregon yesterday Fred
Whitcomb, one of the brakemen, slipped
between the cars and fell under the wheels,
which cut him in two. His remains were
taken to Tacoma, where his parents reside.