The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-06
.PLUCKY RICHMOND LADY,
Mrs. Steel'S Rare Presence of
Mind Probably Saved
Her Life.
The Blue-RoCk Ordinance and other
NeWsy Items From the Grow
ing District.

a desperate man and a woman with
plenty of presence of mind and nerve fur
nished Richmond a sensation last Satur-
day, the echo of which can still be heard
in the furthermost parts of the district. O.
c. Steel, a once prominent mining operator
in Nevada, and his wife occupy rooms at
the Weigner House, corner Point Lopos
and Eleventh avenues. Saturday after
noon every one was absent from the house
except Mrs. Steel. About 1:30 O'Clock she
went to the door in response to some
what hasty knock and was confronted by a
man STABILITY dressed, who gruf1y de-
manded TO see the lady of the house. Mrs.
Steel told him she was not in, when the
| fellow clutched her by the throat and said ::
"Give me S.. or I'll kill you. I'm a des-
perate man and l want to get out of this
| town."
Mrs. Steel remem bered that in a rear
room was revolver belonging to her hus-
band, and as calmly as possible said, or
rather gasped:
"You would not kill woman for such a
small sum, would you? Just let go my
throat and | will get the money for you"
The fellow did as requested, telling her
at the same time to hurry up. In q
moment she was back at the door, but in
place of the money she held cooked re-
volver in her hand.
Now go, she said, "or 1 will shoot you
through"
1t is needless to say that the fellow did
not stand on the order of his going, but
| sped away as such rapid gait that he dis
appeared completely before an alarm could
be given.
Mrs. Steel is still suffering from the
powerful grasp of the rutfian's fingers,
though in other respects she is entirely IN
harmed.
The Richmond District Improvem
Association has requested the Market
street Railway Company to issue transfers
to passengers paying fare south of Lake
street, going south, to the McAllister
street going east, and vice versa. Such an
arrangement would give the residents Of
that district an opportunity of reaching
the City contiguous to McAllister street
and the City Hall, without the necessity
of going the tiresome, roundabout way of
Sacramento, Powell and Market streets.
They argue that saving of from twelve to
twenty minutes could be effected if this
system were put in operation, and a third
of an hour sometimes means a great deal
to a business man. AS yet the company
has taken no definite action in the matter.
though it is understood that the request
will be granted.
Richmond mas a quarry OF the finest
AOSh CNOl POs Oli d puOl4O
thoroughfare. and its residents naturally
object to paying monopoly price for the
use of an article certainly no better and
which must be hauled from Telegraph
HILL" said J. H. Bond of the Richmond
Banner, in speaking of the blue-rock ordi-
nance yesterday. GAS Mayor Sutro has
interested himself in having the obnoxious
law repealed. we are led to hope the
Supervisors will grant our request. We
sent them in TO-DAY petition bearing
several hundred signatures, and l hardly
believe they will ignore what is both a
protest and a request. The petition will,
of course. be referred to the Street Com
mittee, in whose wisdom l have great
faith