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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-31
ALASKA MINERS STARVING.
RUN SHORT OF SUPPLIES OWING TO
THE ACTION OF A STEAMER
CAPTAIN.
A MESSENGER ARRIVES AT PORT
TOWNSEND TO SECURE FooD
FOR THE MEN.

PORT TOWNSEND, WASH, March 3d.
I. J. Healy, son of Captain Healy of the
Alaska Commercial Company's steamer
z. B. Weare, was a passenger to-day on
the Al-ki from Alaska. Healy made the
trip from Fort Cudihee overland to Juneau,
a distance of $50 miles, for the purpose of
lifting out a vessel with supplies to be
taken at once to the upper regions of the
Yukon country, where there is, at present
prospects of famine among the miners
who spent the winter there and who. at
the time Healy left, were out of coffee and
bacon, while the other food supplies were
at the lowest ebb
The depleted state of the larder is due to
the desertion of the captain of the steamer
Arctic, who left that vessel at Fort Yukon
when she was bound to Forty-mile Creek
with grub and implements for the treasure.
seekers. Healy will outfit vessel at
Seattle and return at once to the relief of
those, who perhaps by this time are suffer
ing for the necessaries of life.
The winter on the Yukon has been COM
paratively mild, the lowest temperature
being 6S deg. below zero, according to
Healy. This intense cold was exceeded at
Forty-mile Creek, where, during the entire
third week in December, the mercury
reached point - deg. below zero.
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NO CAUSE FOR THE DEED.
Retires in the Best of Spirits
and Is Found Dead in the
Morning.
WELL KNOWN IN SAN FRANCISCO
His Relatives Think He Was Muir
dered, but Indications Point to
Seif-DeStruction.

TACOMA, WASH, March 30-Abe Gross,
one of the best-known merchants in the
Northwest, was found dead in his room on
morning at 9 o'clock, with a bullet-hole
through his head, and a 38-caliber revolver
between his legs. The pillows on which
his head rested and the lower part of his
face were covered with blood.
Mr.. Gross had been in the habit of ar
irving at his store before o'clock, and as
he did not appear at that hour the clerk
went to call him. Receiving no answer
the clerk returned to his Office. An hour
later another call was made for Abe, and
his brother Morris became alarmed, and,
accompanied by Bookkeeper Edgar E..
White, went upstairs and opened the door.
Stretched out on the bed was the corpse,
arrayed in nightclothes.
Abe Gross left no letters to explain the
deed if he did commit suicide. Friends
think his death an accident. He was 27
years OF age and single.
Though depression had lessened their
business, Gross Bros. have had no finan-
cial trouble and the attorneys say not a
single bill has been pressing them. The
generally accepted theory of the suicide is,
however, that Abe became respondent be-
cause business did not pick up and was
partially out of his head when he shot
himself.
He was without doubt the most popular
man in Tacoma. He was a member of the
Chamber of Commerce, president of the
Hebrew Benevolent Society, thirty
j
was one of the trustees OF the recent inter-
State fair. In everything that would bene-
tit Tacoma he took most active interest.
He was well known in San Francisco. In
1882 and 1888 he took a course there in a
business college and subsequently went in
business. afterward becoming member OF
the firm.
After the shooting this morning the Lon
don and San Francisco Company filed two
mortgages. One, given in 1893, is for S4O,-
600, and covers property owned by David
and Morris Gross in the business district.
The other, for $1,000, was given by Abe in
1892 on property owned by him. Both
claims are overdue, but will not be pressed,
the bank simply desiring to put its claim
on record. So far as known these are the
chief outstanding claims.
Last night Abe went out to a dinner
party, returning to his room at A. NJ. with
friend, who saw him last alive. He was
then in good spirits. The three brothers
and their families are griei-stricken. They
still insist that Abe must have been muir
dered.
The Coroner's jury rendered a verdict
that death resulted from pistol wound
inflicted in some manner unknown. An
autopsy made by DR.. Everett revealed that
the revolver was placed between the teeth.
The ball glanced upward, lodging at the
base of the brain. The inquest developed
that the shooting occurred about 7 o'clock,
just after the porter had stepped in and
taken his shoes to the floor below to black
them. The funeral will take place Mon
day or Tuesday.
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THE ANGELS STAGE-ROBBER.
Messenger Hendricks Did Not Shoot a
Shndntr rs AILened.

Messenger Hendricks Did Not Shoot n
Sbadotc as AIteGed.
STOCKTON, CAL, March 30.-William
Hendricks Wells-Fargo's messenger on
the stage road between San Andreas and
Angels, must have shot at a highwayman
when he blazed away at a figure in the
brush near the road few nights ago.
Some of the people in the hills who did
not find dead man lying behind the
brush fence there doubted the story, or at
least thought that the plucky messenger
had made a mistake in the dark, but he is
corroborated by traveller who passed over
the road few minutes ahead of the stage.
This man, a resident of Tuolumne
County, drove along that road in buggy
half an hour ahead of the stage, and at
the place where Hendricks fired he saw a
man arise from behind the brush fence
and after survey of the travellers rig he
disappeared. The fellow was waiting for
the stage to come along, it is thought, and
rose on hearing the buggy to find that he
had made a mistake.
The description of this man tallies with
that given by the messenger. Men who
have talked with the messenger and the
driver are positive that Hendricks saw a
man rise in the dark who was there for no
good, and if he did not stop the stage it
was owing to the quickness of the guard.
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VINES TRIP TO GUAYMAS.
DETAILS CONCERNING THE SEIZURE
OF THE SAN FRANCISCO
SCHOONER.
A PASSENGER TELLS A STORY OF
ILL TREATMENT ON THE
CRAFT.

LOS ANGELES, CAL, March 30.-E. M
Piercy, the man who brought the news
yesterday of the seizure of the schooner
Vine of San Francisco, and alleged bad
treatment on the vessel, gave the following
additional details:
He says the Vine had not proceeded far
to sea from San Francisco when he dis
covered that he had been deceived. He
thought he was starting on pleasure and
trading cruise to the South Sea Islands,
but instead the first stop was at San Bias,
Mexico. Here the crew deserted, but were
returned aboard by the Mexican authori-
ties. He would have deserted the vessel
too, but found that he would have to travel
many miles by stage to reach the railroad.
After staying eight days at San Bias the
schooner proceeded to Guaymas. The trip
should have been made in eight days, but
it took twenty -four. The captain and
crew Piercy says, were incompetent. They
encountered severe storm lasting four
days. The crew often rebelled and at
Guaymas again deserted.
Captain Burns, the owner OF the
schooner, was at Guaymas when the vessel
arrived there. Piercy demanded an ex-
planation for the deception practiced upon
him. Burns tried to get the authorities to
compel him to remain on board but they
refused. Finally, Piercy took the train
for home. Just before he left the schooner
was seized. What the outcome would be
he did not know, but intimated that he
knows a great deal more about her voyage
than he is willing to tell at present. He
said that instead of being passenger he
had to work like galley slave, as the crew
was incompetent to navigate the vessel.
Steamer Diego Said to BE at Guaynsas.
LOS ANGELES, CAL, March 30.-E. NJ
Piercy, who brought the news of the seiz
ure of the schooner Vine at Guaymas, says
| that just before he left there he was aboard
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THE FIREMAN'S STORY.
FORCED TO HELP Loot THE PAssEN-
GERS AND THEN SHOT.

FORCED TO HELP Loot THE PAssEN-
GERS AND THEN SHOT.
SACRAMENTO, CAL, March 80. Fire
man Nethercott, who was shot by the
train-robbers, resides at 523 N street, in
this city. He was brought from Marys-
vile on the southbound Oregon express
and taken to the railroad hospital DIR.
T. w. Huntington, superintendent of the
hospital, does not think that the injured
mans wounds will prove serious. One of
the bullets, which was fired by the robber
who was killed, entered Nethercott's left
shoulder, crossed over and probably lies
in the muscles of the right shoulder.
Another bullet struck him in the right
thigh, above the middle point, on the
outer surface, passed through the leg and
entered the left thigh at a corresponding
point. 1t emerged on the outer side of the
left thigh. DIR. Huntington says the bullet
was, apparently, of SO caliber.
Although his wounds are painful,
Nethercott bears up cheerfully and gave
an account OF the hold-up. He says:
Il was engaged at firing when [ hap
pened to look up, and saw masked man
holding revolver to my head and at the
same time making a motioa to- have me keep
quiet. He held me that way until the
steam began to run low, and this attracted
the attention of the engineer, who turned
around to see why l was not working.
Then the engineer found himself, also,
looking into the revolver.
"The robber made us stop the train and
go to the baggage-car with him. AS we ap-
preached the other robber fired a shot at
US and the bullet went through the crown
OF my cap. He was compelled to stop
shooting by command from the robber
who was with me.
1--WE did not get anything out of the
express-car. This made the fellows so hot
that they said they would take the whole
train. and they went right at it. l was
forced to hold the bag, and we made a
splendid haul. 1t seemed that we had
about $1,000 in gold, silver and greenbacks
and fifteen or twenty fine gold watches.
After the robber had been shot by Sheriff
Bogard he began blazing away at me, and
his bullets winged me twice before he died -
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at the hotel about 10 o'clock Wednesday
morning he stated that he had come from
Jack Barrv's ranch in Linda Township.
He looked tired and worn out and his
clothes and bicycle were covered with mud,
as it was raining. He may have intended
to do the Job that night and have been dis
appointed. The small man who slept at
the United States Hotel did not wear a BIZ
cycle suit and was about feet inches in
height and had small sandy mustache.
Officer Meek. who was at the depot on
the arrival of the train, was handed the re-
voIvers. Sheriff Bogard's revolver had two
empty cartridges; one was unexploded and
one was dented The robber had two
Colt revolvers out of one of which three
shots had been fired.
The engineer also handed the sack con-
tanning the stolen property to Officer Meek
who transferred it to the Coroner.
The railroad people have been expecting
hold-up on the division, and for long
time until night before last had guards on,
who came up as far as this city This
morning they did not come and the rob-
berry ensued.
This man now known as Mcclure
pdSSSQ Hl1uScll OIL IL plSy Clc dStllI, dllu
was at the racetrack one day last week. AT
that time, according TO Gus Bilhartz, he
made an examination of the several
switches in the vicinity of Sieber's winery.
During the day it was positively ascer-
tanned that the smaller of the robbers is
the brother of S. Mcclure. That there was
third robber is quite certain from the
movements of the men. The third man
had passed himself off as G. Williams,
which he very likely assumed. He had
been around town for some time and met
the Mcclure brothers under cover of
darkness.
The doctors autopsy shows that Bogard
could not have been hit save from the rear
and it can safely be assumed that he did
not turn his back to admit of being made a
target
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NEvADA's DEFAULTING CLERK.
James l.. Morgan Asks That the Case
Agdtnst Him Be Dismissed.

James l.. Morgan Asks That the Case
Against Him Be Dismissed.
NEVADA CITY, CAL, March 30.-A pc
tition was presented in the Superior Court
Wednesday by District Attorney Riley,
asking that the case against James L.
Morgan, who was Clerk of Nevada County
six years ago, and fled after embezzling
several hundred dollars, be dismissed. The
petition was signed by seventeen members
of the jury which found the indictment,
and also by the Supervisors. The petition
was opposed by P. F. Simonds, one of
Morgan's bondsmen, on the ground that
the defaulting clerk ha6 not yet made
good the deficiency. He asked that war
rant for his arrest be issued, but learning
that warrant has already been placed in
the hands of the officers, no further action
was taken in the matter.
Morgan is now located at Sutter Creek,
Amador County,
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THE Los ANGELES TONGS.
HIGHBINDERS CREATING MUCH
TROUBLE IN THE SOUTH
ERN CITY.
EFFORTS TO BLOCK PROSECUTIONS
AND SIGNS OF AN IMPEND-
ING Row.

LOS ANGELES, CAL, March 30-China-
town is stirred up to high pitch of excite
ment tonight, and the police will not be
surprised if the opposing tongs engage in
an open street fight should the opportunity
occur.
Wong Che who has been leader of the
Wong society for many years in this city,
is in Jail awaiting trial on charge of muir
der. Although the leader is safely con-
fined in prison the Wongs are not idle,
and under direction of Sam On Eye of San
Francisco and another highbinder from
Fresno, they are making matters warm for
the friends of the man who was murdered.
Cases against fifteen dissolute Chinese
women, who are under the protection of
the tongs, were to have come up for trial
in the Police Court this morning When
the hour arrived q continuance was asked
for on the ground OF absence of material
witnesses. The Deputy District Attorney
stated to the court that he understood that
there was conspiracy on the part of the
Wong tong to get the witnesses out of the
way; that one of the most material wit
nesses had been shipped away to Fresno
upon fictitious charge of murder, and
San Bernardino on warrant sworn to at
the latter place by Wong men charging
him with arson.
In view of this serious aspect of the case
the court granted the continuance asked
for. From all that can be learned the
men arrested were in Los Angeles at the
time the crimes at Fresno and San Bernar-
dino were committed, and there seems to
be not the slightest doubt but that the
Wong men here deliberately swore to a
falsehood in order to get the witnesses out
of the county and beyond the reach of
process.
The policemen all pronounce the charges
trumped up, and several officers will go up
to Fresno to testify in defense of the men
taken there. 1t is probable that Wong
Che will not now be admitted to bail.
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FOUND ON SANTA MONICA BEACH.

An Alleged Message From a Shiptcrecked
Cresc on San Clemente Island.
SANTA MONICA, March 30.-A. Mime
apolis boy named Sanborn picked up a
sealed bottle on the beach to-day contain
ing the following note:
WE THINK ISLAND OF SAN CLEMENTE,l
March l, 1895. !
Our three-mast schooner Howitzer, from
Guaymas to San Francisco, in ballast, was
wrecked on the rocks day before yesterday and
the crew are now waiting to be rescued. Please
send us immediate assistance, as our pro-
visions are very low.
J. E. Won BLIcH Captain.
HENRY AVER, First Mate.
The officials at Port Los Angeles are in
clined to the belief that it is hoax, but
the bottle bears evidence of having been in
the water several days.
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THE CONDUCTORS ACCOUNT.
GRAPHIC Description OF THE
HOLDING UP OF THE TRAIN.

GRAPHIC Description OF THE
HOLDING UP OF THE TRAIN.
SACRAMENTO, CAL, March 30-The
train held up by the robbers was in charge
of Conductor James E. Shortridge of this
city His account of the affair is as fol-
lows:
The train had gone about three miles be-
yond Wheatland, when the robbers held
up the train. After the train had been
brought to halt they ordered the engi-
neer and fireman out of the cab and
marched them to the door of the express
car. Here Engineer Bowsfer, in obedience
to the peremptory command of the robbers,
raped at the door of the car and asked
the messenger to open it.
As soon as the door opened the messen-
ger was covered with the pistols of the
robbers and was ordered to get out. When
he had obeyed the order one of the rob-
bers entered the car, and, after remaining
only short time, came out again. It is
believed that he could not find any valu-
able packages loose, and that, not having
any dynamite cartridges with them. no
attempt was made to open the safe.
The next movement of the robbers was
to take the engineer, the fireman and the
express messenger into the coach back of
the smoker. They gave the fireman bag
made of pair of overalls sewed up at the
small end, and as they entered the door of
the coach they sternly commanded the
passengers to throw up their hands and to
deposit in the sack held by the fireman
whatever valuables they happened to have
about them.
The passengers readily complied with the
order, but one of them, man named
Sampson from Redding, made show of
refusing to give up his money, but his
rebellious spirit was tanned by one of the
robbers beating him on the head with a
large revolver, cutting cash in Sampson s
scalp about four inches long. Sampson,
with his head and face and coat covered
with blood which flowed profusely from
the wound in his scalp, without further
remonstrance threw his money into the
sack held by the fireman.
After having gone through the coach
without molestation or resistance of any
kind, the robbers and their prisoners went
into the smoking-car. The same order was
given here, and the passengers threw up
their hands. Some of the passengers held
their lighted cigars between their fingers.
and some were so much astonished that
they held their cigars between their teeth.
While the robbers were finishing their
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mate of the steamer Francis Cutting hav-
ing narrow escape from instant death at
the hands of an insane Indian armed with
a revolver. The mate was standing in
cannery watching the men at work, when
one of the Indians jumped to his feet with
yell and dashed at the mate, shooting
him twice, once in the breast and once in
the face. Before the bystanders could dis
arm the Indian he fired a shot into his own
brain, which did not kill him, but will re-
suit fatally. The mate is reported to be
improving and is sure to recover.
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coLUsA FIGHTERS MAY DIE.

Doctors E,ideapor to Sare the Lires of
TtcO Farmers Who Shot Each Other.
COLUSA, CAL, March 3O.-Lemuel
Vaughn and John Servers, the two farmers
who shot each other in row last night,
brought on by the latter slandering the
formers wife, are still alive, though there
is little hope for either of the men.
An operation was performed on Vaughn
to-day, the doctors sewing up six holes in
his intestines which had been made by the
passage of the bullet. Drs. Bolton, Cason,
Gray and Pirkey performed the operation,
but it is doubtful even if that will save him.
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Electric-Car Held Up.

LOS ANGELES, CAL, March So.-Two
masked men held up Maple avenue
electrician just before midnight at the end
of the line. The passengers had all got
off and the conductor was turning the troll
ley when man with a black cloth over
his face approached with a revolver and
ordered him to throw up his hands.
AT the same time the other robber held
up the motorman and brought him round
where the conductor was. The latter was
relieved of about $40 in fares and S5 of his
own. The motorman had no money, but
had pistol in his pocket, which he had no
chance TO use
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DR.. Peeru,s Death at T.n,..,

TEHACHAPI. CAL, March 3O.-The in
quest on the body of Dr. M. Peery, found
dead at his mines five miles out of town
yesterday, revealed that he died from an
overdose of chlorol hydraIe, self-adminis-
tered for the purpose of alleviating pain,
and the Coroners jury returned verdict
In accordance with the facts. The Masons
will take charge of his remains.
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Clearing Up the Crooks.

LOS ANGELES, CAL, March 3o.-The
police net in this city is beginning to drag
heavily. The police have already locked
up nearly dozen crooks, attracted by the
coming Fiesta, and to-day they captured
Henry Parker and James Collins, three
card monte and lock-game men. Parker
is an Fastener and Collins coast man.
The detectives have been apprised that
others are on the way
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.Acauffted of Murder.

LOS ANGELES, CAL, March 3o.-A ver-
dict of acquittal was returned under in
structions by the jury to-day in the
Superior Court in the case against William
Settles, accused of having murdered John
Hawkins, baker of Wilmington.
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Plumbers, Strike Is off.

LOS ANGELES, CAL, March 30-The
threatened strike of plumbers of this city
has been declared off, owing to the fact
that the employers decided not to make
the cut of 81 per day, to take place to-
morrow
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Preparing for La Ftesto.

Los ANGELES, CAL, March 3O-The
work OF constructing 5000 seats at Central
Park for use during La Fiesta was begun
to-day, and other preliminary arrange
ments are well under way.
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Mosco,c Banker,s Arrest.

MOSCOW, IDAHO, March 30.-I. G. Hat
tabaugh, the banker and ex-County Treas
urer, has been arrested at the instance of
the County Commissioners on the charge
of embeZZlement
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the steamer Diego, formerly the Manuel
Dublan, which was reported lost in a storm
March "a. He said she lost her propeller
but made port under sail.
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SANTA CRUZ, CAL, March 30.-Con-
stables to-day arrested seven Chinese lot
terry dealers who had been selling tickets
to boys.
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Rea,rooa Citu Parrieide Held for Tria

REDWOOD CITY, CAL, March 3o.-The
preliminary examination of John J..
Clancy, charged with killing his father,
was held to-day before Judge Cunning
ham. He was held to answer for murder
without bonds.
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An INDIAN RUNS AMUoK.

Shoots the First Mate of a Steamer and
Then Hinaself.
PORT TOWNSEND, WASH, March 3d.
The steamer Al-Ki brings news of shoot
ing affray at Killisnoo, in Alaska, the first
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Suicfde Near Petal,.n,a.

PETALUMA, CAL, March 3O.-Elisia
Evans, painter, committed suicide at 80
o'clock last night, two and half miles
north of town, in the attic of H. L. Nay S
residence, where he had been working, by
cutting his throat. Evans was native OF
New South Wales, aged 80 years. Excess
sive drinking led to the act.