The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-02-08
TORN FROM His COAT.
4 Piece Of Cloth to Serve as
Evidence
in THE CASE AGAINST DEAN.
His Wife Examined by Commissioner
HeaeOck.
SHE TAKES MATTERS VERY COOLLY.
Detective Harris Still Searching the
House in Oakland Occupied by
the COiners.

Mrs. L. C. Dean, the woman who ha
passed so many counterfeit $40 bills in
this city and Oakland recently, had her
turn before Commissioner Heacock yester-
day. She was brought over from Oakland
by Deputy United States Marshal Gal
lagher at 4 o'clock, and within half an
hour was on her way back again.
Mrs. Dean had no attorney to appear for
her, but she answered the questions put to
her by Commissioner Heacock firmly, and
conversed with him about the setting of
her preliminary examination in as I'M
concerned manner as if she were not under
arrest on serious charge, but that she
was conducting an ordinary business trans
action.
Mrs Deans bail was set at $4,000, and
her hearing will come off Tuesday morn
ing next before Commissioner Heacock.
The bail was placed at high figure, as
probably twenty or thirty charges Of pass
ing counterfeit money will be placed
against her.
Some of the Oakland victims of Mrs.
Dean are as follows: w. A. Rouse & Co.,
Ala Eleventh street; ]. Calegaris, 904
Broadway; Ernest Kueh, 915 Washington;
Frank Scoring Twelfth street, between
Broadway and Washington; T. B. Finigan,
1898 Broadway; Merriam & Co., 1864 Wash
ington; Watson & Co., Washington street;
Miss Lucy Finn, 1405 Eleventh street;
Isador Manuel, 212 San Pablo avenue. w.
T. Hyde also changed bad $40 note but it
was passed on him by one of Mrs. Deans
| confederates
Mrs. Dean showed great control of her
! feelings being quite composed all the time
she was in the city. She would speak
| freely, but would not answer any questions
in regard to her guilt or innocence, her real
name or her past career. When asked if
! her real name was not Mrs. Lucy Farrow,
she said: II must refuse to answer any
questions" The same reply was given
! when she was asked if her maiden name
was not Miss Lucy Idler, and her home in
Greenville, Bond County, Ill.
Detective Harris. in searching the house
| at 1101 Twenty-third street, East Oakland,
occupied by the counterfeiters found some
letters addressed to Miss Lucy Idler, Green
vile, Bond County, Ill. A breastpin with
! the same name was also found. The let
tiers were signed by Lee.
A letter written by the same person on a
! letter-sheet of the Alverson Designing and
| Draughting Company OF Los Angeles was
among the newly discovered evidence.
Harris also found a mans light overcoat in
Deans trunk. a piece of the lining was
! torn out About two weeks ago a man,
supposed to be Dean, attempted to pass a
$40 note on Burmeister, the tea man at the
corner of Seventh and Jessie streets. The
man saw Burmeister send boy for a
! policeman and ran away.
In climbing a fence piece of his over
coat lining was torn out. The fragment
was taken to the authorities. 1t fits per-
fectly in the hole in Deans coat.
Detective Harris has not been able to find
the plates used in printing the counterfeit
notes. He believes Dean and his accom-
plice destroyed or hid them, and all the
counterfeit bills they had made as soon as
they learned Mrs. Dean had been arrested.