The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-24
IT WAS NOT ST. HUBERT,
He Had No Connection With
the Affair at Mountain
View.
MISTAKEN IDENTITY AGAIN.
The San Jose Deputy Sheriffs
Wrong in Saying He Was
Saunders.

Captain Chamon de st. Hubert of 1906
O'Farrell street returned Monday from Los
Angeles. He is greatly annoyed that his
name should have been connected with a
mysterious and not very creditable affair
that took place near Mountain View on the
11th inst
The story, which was published extern
sively by the city and coast papers, was in
brief to this effect: A man registered at a
hotel at Mountain View under the name
of w. Saunders, 1906 O'Farrell street, San
Francisco. He went into the country to
Mr.. Heney's place. where he was met by
two men who claimed to be officers with a
warrant for his arrest.
Saunders was handcuffed and taken into
Wagner's barn by his captors. When
Wagner went into the barn little later
Saunders and the other men had gone.
The statement was published on the
strength OF. assertions by the San Jose
Deputy Sheriffs, who made an investiga-
ton, that Saunders and Captain Hubert
were one and the same person, and that
their mysterious actions were to perpetrate
fraud upon somebody.
Captain Hubert last evening explained
all of his movements before and after the
affair of Saunders and the two men. He
said:
On Tuesday morning, April 9, I sailed by the
steamer Santa Rosa for Los Angeles, where
arrived on Thursday morning at O'Clock. On
Sunday, the 9TH, was at Mountain View at
about 10 o'clock l hired q buggy from the
stable. went to the Heney vineyard, when,
after testing the wine, l returned to Mountain
View, put up the team and paid the owner
81 so.
was then conducted to the Delmas vineyard
by Mr.. Delmas' coachman in his carriage.
After transacting some business was driven
back to town by the same coachman and took
the P. NJ. train for San Francisco, arriving al
8 P. NJ.
know nothing whatever OF the alleged out
rage committed on Saunders.
At the time Saunders was said to have been
assaulted by two men l was on the ocean on
my way to Los Angeles. l don't know this
man Saunders nor any one in the affair as was
published in the newspapers. My daughter
accompanied ne on my trip to Los Angeles and
back.
When I returned on last Monday morning I
found my family greatly distressed on account
OF the false statements that had been published
concerning me.
Ny wife telegraphed for me to return to my
home and refute the unjust and unfounded
charges.
Captain Hubert has lived for the past ff-
teen years in San Jose and San Francisco.
During the past six years he has consid-
cred this city as his home. Nearly all of
his life he has followed the wine business,
and is considered by the business commu-
nifty as one of its most reputable mer-
chants.
He is at loss to understand how his
name became mixed up in any such affair
as that which occurred in Santa Clara
County. 'In one report it is stated that
Saunders registered at the hotel in Noun
tain View, giving his address as 1905 o. Far
rell street, San Francisco. l did not regis
ter when went to the hotel" said Captain
Hubert.
II do not know of any enemies / may
have in Santa Clara County who would
furnish the press with such information.
The newspapers were sadly imposed upon
by some one and will not rest until /
have reached the bottom facts"