The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-27
VISITED THE MONUMENT.
CrandaII and Appleman Relate
What They Call Their
Humiliation.
VERSION OF THE GENERAL.
Believes the Men Had EVIL Designs
on the Murdered by Strikers"
Monument.

Two ex-strikers, c. Crandall and W. III.
Appleman, the latter more commonly
known as TEX" were arrested on the
order of General William NJ. Graham on
the Preside Reservation yesterday and or
dered off the premises on the ground, as
stated by General Graham, of being sus-
picious characters.
The two men are highly indignant over
what they allege to be unwarranted inter
ference with their rights as American citi-
zens and the deep humiliation which they
allege they were subjected to when
escorted out of the Presidio Reservation by
a SQUAD of three soldiers in view of the
cable-car passengers who were coming from
and going to the Presidio. They alse as
sert that their manhood was outraged
without Unsuitable grounds in being made,
by reason of their expulsion from the res
ervation, the butt of the SCOTS and jeers of
the soldiers.
AS told by the two men the occurrence
was as follows: About ? P. NJ. Crandall
and Appleman, who arrived from Sacra-
mento on Wednesday, visited the Preside
in order that Appleman might get view
of the monument erected to the soldiers
who had been killed in the trestle wreck
near Sacramento during the great strike in
the summer of 1894, and which bears the
inscription, Murdered by Strikers"
They said nothing to the guards and at
tended strictly to their owl business. Just
as they turned to leave the officer of the
day on horseback came up.
They took their departure from the
cemetery, and on reaching the road lay
eh f,aa MI Of oi,rhf ~
any one passing along the road, to cool off
before taking the walk in the hot sun 10
where the cable-car road has its terminus
in the Presidio
Shortly after they heard the officer of
the day ask some one in the road if be had
seen two men such as he described. The
man answered that he had not, and the
officer passed on. The two men then left
their resting place and started down the
road to leave the reservation. What fol-
lowed is best told in the words of Crandall.
He said:
As we rounded the curve bringing us in view
OF the fiagpole located between the Office aud
the residence OF General Graham we noticed
quite commotion among the soldiers gath
cred in the opening ahead OF US The officer
on horseback came toward us and one of the
soldiers pointed US out to him. He then turned
and rode away.
As We came along we saw several heads at
the windows, and when we got to the gateway
leading from the barracks grounds TO officers
quarters squad of eight or ten soldiers low
cred their guns and loaded them. Three of
them then approached US and surrounded APP
pleman, cutting me off from him. They then
told Appleman he was under arrest and pro-
Ceeded to take him to the headquarters OF GEN
eral Graham, and l followed.
Appleman here took up the story and
continued:
They took me to General Graham, who was
on the veranda in front of his headquarters. 1
approached him and so did Crandall, who fol-
lowed me. General Graham asked, "Who are
your
Appleman said, 81 am Appleman."
"Where are you from?"
From the City at present"
"Where else?'
Sacramento"
care you one of those men who were tried at
Woodland tor the murder of the soldjers?'
mo. was tried for the murder OF Samuel
c. Clark, the engineer who was killed in the
trestle wreck, and acquitted of that cha e.'
What are you doing on these premises?"
81 came out here for the purpose of looking
around, as l was in the City and had nothing
else TO do
What were you doing in my cemetery?"
81 was merely visiting the cemetery to look
Don't you know you have no business in
this cemetery?'
well, I am an American citizen; this is
America and these are free public grounds on
visiting days"
Glow did you come out here?"
Here Crandall took up the conversation,
which he said was as follows:
81 am the gentleman who brought this gen.
tleman here, as be wished to see the monu-
ment, which he had never seen before"
''Who are you%'
''Ny name is Crandall"
''Are you G. f. Crandall?"
eyes, sir"
Continuing, Crandau stated that Cen
eral Graham then ordered him also into
custody, and when he asked on what
ground he was arrested the general replied /:
I don't propose to have any of you murderers
trespasslng on these premises, and if / find
house.
Appleman interrupted with:
''If you please, sir, am an American citizen
and you call me murderer. l was acquitted
of the charge of having murdered Samuel e.
Clark at Woodland, and why are you accusing
me of this crime nowT"
To this he says the general replied:
az want no talk from you. know how you
were acquitted
Appleman resumed the tale:
General Graham ordered the soldiers to
escort us both out of the reservation and to see
that we did not take the car in the Presidio.
l refused TO go and turned TO the officer of the
day and said;
81 am an American citizen and came out
hCiS SIMPLY W pass Tue AIIeTHOOn ana look
around
General Graham answered by saying:
81 don't care who you are as l know that
you are one Of the murderers of our soldiers,
and you leave and don't give me any more of
your talk, or L shall put you in the guard
house
We were then forced to leave the grounds
under the escort of three soldiers, and were
3ihed and jeered at by the soldiers whom we
passed, and when the passengers on the cable
cars saw US being marched off the reservation
they hooted al US.
When General Graham was asked about
the incident, he gave the following YER
sion:
They asked the sentinel on duty at the monu-
ment how many men were on guard and also
asked him II the guard was doubled at night
The sentinel refused to answer their questions,
and suspectlng their inquiries were made for
Interior purposes reported the matter 70 Cap
tain George II. G. Gale of the Fourth Cavalry,
who in turn reported it to me, and | ordered
the men arrested and brought before me-
1t is my belief that those men went there to-