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The San Francisco call., 1895-11-14
TRIAL or MEKDOciNO'S TREASURER
William Ford and His 6ondsmen Asked by
Legal Process to Reimburse the
County,

UK1AH, CAL, Nov. 13.-The trial of the
case of, Mehdocino County VS.. William
Ford, County Treasurer. and forty seven
other defendants, was begun to-day in the
Superior Court, A jury was secured, and
the issues upon which the jury is to find
were framed.
G. A. Sturtevant, District Attorney, rep
resents plaintiff (the county, and is as
sisted by ex-Judge Thomas Rutledge of
Sonoma County and United States Com
missioner L. l.. Caro.hers of this place.
]. A. Cooper and White &5 Thomas ap-
peared for defendants-Ford and his bonds
men.
The action is brought against the de-
PENDANTS to recover the amount of $4,000,
being an alleged shortage in the amount
on hand in the county treasury, and for
which Ford as County Treasurer is claimed
to be responsible.
Deputy Auditor j. R. Thomas testified
to-day on behalf OF plaintiff, and at the
hour of adjournment defendant Ford was
on the sand testifying as witness for the
plaintiff as to certain amounts received by
him as Treasurer. His examination will
be resumed tomorrow morning.
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CHRISTlAN ENDEA EOR.
Outlook for the COnrention to Be Held at
Sa1a Jose in Mnn Nert.

Outlook for the Contention to Be Held at
San Jose in Nay NeDt.
SAN JOSE, CAL, Nov. 13.-The Santa
Clara County Christian Endeavor Union
has already begun active preparations for
the entertainment of the delegates to the
State convention in this city next May.
The newly elected officers of the nnion
are: President. William G. Alexander;
recording secret ary, Lester L. Morse; cor
responding Sc cretary, Miss Anna ]. Reid !;
treasurer, w. h. Jenkins.
At recent m Getting of the executive
committee tn plans os entertainment
were fully discussed and the following
chairmen of com nit tees appointed: Press,
Francis w. Reid; entertainment, T. NJ.
Wright; finance, W. K jenkins; recep-
tion, l.. l.. Morse; ha H. G.. w. Campbell
1t was decided to begin a systematic
canvass among the business men to raise
$1,000 for the purpose of entertaini ng dele
gates. 1t was estimated that a contr ibu-
ton of 80 cents from each Endeavorer in
the county would meet all the expenses
The proposition of the First Congre-
gational Church orchestra of Oakland to
give concert in San Jose for the benefit
OF the convention was accepted and COM
mittee appointed to take full charge of the
concert.
During the convention excursions will
be planned for the delegates to Mount
Hamilton, Stanford University, Alum
Rock and other points of interest. Hand
some souvenir badges will be presented to
each delegate. The junior societies will
have special flower committee.
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CUT HIS THROAT WITH A RAZOR.
Washington, Was Despondent and
WnUfed fo Die

VANCOUVER, WASH, Nov. 13-Private
Rucker, Company i, Fourteenth Infantry,
U. S. A., attempted suicide last night by
cutting his throat with a razor. Rucker
was prisoner in the guard house in the
barracks for absence without leave, and
according to his own statement had COM
mitted his rash act fully thirty minutes
before medical assistance was called
When sergeant entered the room,
Rucker asked for a drink of water, and
the guard asked if he could not get it him
self. Rucker replied in the negative. The
guard complied with the request, and then
discovered that the prisoners clothing and
the bunk on which he lay were covered
with blood. Rucker was in full possession
of his mental faculties, and showed the
sergeant the razor, which was covered with
blood. A large portion of the edge was
broken away, which Rucker explained oc-
Cured by striking bone in his neck upon
his second unsuccessful attempt to severe
the jugular vein.
Nothing definite concerning the probable
cause of the act could be learned, except
that Rucker had seemed respondent over
something not connected with his army
career ever since his enlistment, about
four months ago. He had been a book
keeper for several years somewhere in
Montana.
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LIGHT FOR REDWOOD CITY
hcandescent Plant to Be Erected in That
Town by the Aid of Private
cdpjfuL

REDWOOD CITY, CAL, Nov. 13.-Pri-
vate parties announce that an incandescent
electric-light system will be established at
once at Redwood City, at cost of from
$25000 to 10000. 1t is not intended to ask
for subscriptions or wait to sell stock, but
1t will be started as a private enterprise.
Negotiations are now pending for the
purchase of lot on A street, near Ger
mania Hall, which will be good place for
the power-plant, as it is central and has a
rear frontage on the Redwood Cree Elk
bulkhead, thus making it convenient to
unload coal or other fuel from the bay
schooners
The plan is to Immediately commence
wiring and to also connect Palo Alto,
Menlo Park, Woodside and Belmont and
furnish these nearby towns with light.
Mr.. Gardiner, who will put in the plant
has Just finished system of electric light
ing at Chico, and he is the largest owner of
the plant at Berkeley.
Redwood City already has an electric
system OF street lighting, which is owned
by the town and operated at a nominal
cost in connection with the town water
works pumping station. The incandes-
cent system will supply the demand for
better lights in stores and dwellings. All
new buildings, notably Redwood City s
cozy little theater, the Alhambra-now
nearing completion-are being wired for
incandescent lights.
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Possessed of Much Land He Died
Without Making a Last
Testament.
MYTHICAL TARENTI FAMILY.
Present Suit by Heirs-at-Law of the
Decedent to Recover His
Property.

SAN DIEGO, CAL, Nov. 13.-An i'm
portant case was instituted in the Superior
Court to-day. under the title OF Julia Ball
ct al. VS.. John Lloyd, assignee of the estate
of John Bensley, deceased. The action is
brought to quiet title to property at La
Paya Old Town, and in Middletown, an
addition to this city.
John Bensley was formerly member of
the firm of Linforth, Kellogg 81 Co., San
Francisco, the members of which were
Joseph Linforth, John Bensley and L. B.
Benchley. He owned great amount Of
real estate in San Diego, his holdings in
Middletown alone constituting tenth
of that extensive addition to the city. He
died on June IA, 1889, but before his death
his firm became bankrupt, and it was not
then known to his intimate acquaintance
in San Francisco that he possessed any
property in San Diego. He left no will.
About year ago Judgment was rem
dered in the Superior Court of the City and
County of San Francisco in a suit wherein
John LLOYD, assignee of the firm of Lin
forth, Kellogg 81 Co., was plaintiff, and
John G. Pennie, administrator of the
estate OF Marion Louise Jeanette Nc
Donald Bensley, deceased, ct al, were de-
fendants. This judgment set aside as
fraudulent certain deeds made by John
Bensley IN his lifetime in favor of Marion
H. j. NJ. Bensley, his wife, and others, and
IN effect found that one James J.. de
Tarenti and Marion L. de Tarenti, his
wife, We're myths.
Plaintiffs in the suit filed to-day claim
to be the heirs-at-law of John Bensley, and
IN SUING to quiet title to the property to
reopen the case and unsettle the title to a
vast amount of real estate in this city.
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BAD FOR KOvALEv,
New Evidence Against the Man
on Trial for the Weber
Murders.
Arnold Levine Tells a Tale That
Unless Disproved Will Convict
the Russian.

SACRAMENTO, Call, Nov. 13-Unless
the attorneys for the defense can prove
that the testimony of Arnold Levine, the
Russian locksmith who travelled in the
company of Ivan Kovalev and Matthuski
Stcherbakov some time previous to the
murder of w. H L. Webber and wife, is
totally unworthy of belief, unless in fact
they can absolutely prove that it is the
rankest kind of perjury, then Ivan Kova-
lev's days are mum bered and the defense is
a hopeless one.
This testimony of Lcvine's was not in
troduced during the preliminary examina-
ton, and fell like thunderbolt from a
clear sky upon the attorneys for the de-
tense, absolutely closing every possible
loophole for their clients escape from the
gallows.
When Levine took the stand to-day he
related the story of his wandering through
the country IN company with Kovalev nd
Stcherbakov, how they had gone from
San Francisco to Stockton on the boat,
their walk to Sacramento, their night s
rest at a Front-street hotel.
The following morning, he said, he
traded coats and vests with Stcherbakov,
as the latter's were far more respectable
than those he was wearing, and, taking
his kit of locksmiths' tools, he went
around the city in search of employment
He managed to pick up a small sum of
money at his trade, and the following day
they all decided to leave Sacramento and
started on foot toward Rocklin. He re-
lated his former story of the garroting of a
woman near Loomis and of his flight
from his companions and return to Sacra-
mento.
He told of meeting Kovalev some time
afterward in this city and of accompany
ing him to railroad car on the north levee,
where he found Stcherbakov, who de-
manded the return of his coat and vest,
and they again exchanged garments
him to get some whisky. He told of his
subsequent flight from them because he
suspected that they were plotting some
crime. In this his testimony was similar
to that given at the preliminary examiha-
ton.
At the conclusion of his testimony the
District Attorney questioned him as to
his familiarity with the garments worn
by kovalev and Stcherbakov during his
travels with them. Levine said that he
could identify them at any time. The
blood-soaked clothing discovered in bar
rel in the rear of the Webber residence the
day following the murder was then shown
to the witness, and he positively identified
the three pairs of pants as having belonged
to kovalev, and the coat as being the same
one which he had returned to Stcherbakov
during his last interview with him in the
boxcar.
This is conceded by all to be overwhelm-
ing evidence against the accused. He
also produced the latter's vest, which he
had retained, and on comparing it with
the coat the cloth was found to be identi-
cal. To those wfro are conversant with
the entire history of the case it seems evi-
dent that Levine is far more conversant
with all the details of the atrocious crime
than he is willing to admit.
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TRAGEDY At MARYSV|L Ii,
An Insane Patient at the County
Hospital Murdered by a
Cellmate.
Weak-Minded George .Thresher Ends
the Life of S. Deyoe, an
Aged Man.

MAR1SNlLLE, CAL, Nov. 13.-When
Steward Lewis of the County Hospital I'M
locked and opened the door of room used
for weakminded patients early this morn
ing ghastly sight met his gaze. Pros
trate on the floor near his bed, stripped of
clothing, and his body, head and limbs
badly bruised, lay S. Deyoe, an aged man
who has been i'll the County Hospital for
two or three months. He had been mur-
dered by George Thresher, q demented
wretch who has been an inmate of the hos
pital for about the same period, and had
been locked up in the ''calaboose," as il is
called, with Deyoe.
That the murderer was insane at the
time of the deed is not doubted by any
one acquainted with all of the facts In the
case. Thresher admits the crime. but tries
to deny that he used very much violence.
An autopsy has been performed, and it
the head, arms and legs. On the righ t arm
was disco1oration caused probably by a
bruise.
On the flesh just over the windpipe was
a discoloration caused by bruise and in
the throat were the marks of finger-nails.
That there must have been considerable
force used appears from the condition of
Tie Ilps, DTedSIDOne anu nearG or the UedG
man. The second rib on the right side and
four ribs on the left side are fractured.
These four ribs being right over the heart,
that organ was ruptured. The breastbone
is fractured crossWise and split along the
lower half
The attendants heard loud talking and
disturbance in the "calaboose" last night.
They found on investigation that Deyoe
was out of bed and standing in the middle
of the floor. They put HIM back to bed
at / o'clock in the morning, and when
they retired all was quiet in the strong
room.
Thresher tells story to the effect that
he was disturbed during the night by
Deyoe walking around the floor and throw
ing bottles ABOUT He got up and tried to
push Deyoe back into his bed, but failing
in that, he caught him about the throat
and threw him on the floor. Thresher
says he is too weak man to have killed
Deyoe.
He is a weak man. but the physicians
who know him aver that he would in an
insane frenzy be possessed of terrible
strength. Over six weeks ago Thresher
told the physicians here that he had been
an inmate of the Stockton, Ukiah, Ag-
news and Napa insane asylums. He was
not looked upon as dangerous.
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Drove His Victim Out of Town in
a Buggy and Borrowed Her
Money.
THREATENED TO KILL HER.
Proposed to Show an Improvement on
the Durrant Style of
Murder.

SAN JOSE, CAL, Nov. 13.-The exami-
nation of Arthur Arlington, on charge Of
robbery, was postponed by Justice Gass
this morning until Tuesday, November 10,
owing to the absence of defendants attor-
ney. Mrs. Addie Dowden, the complain
ing witness, was present and after the case
was continued she told her story to Justice
Gass. Mrs. Dowden said Arlington heard
she was in search of employment and
called upon her. She told him that she
was widow with child. but that suited
Arlington, who said he would pay her $25
per month as housekeeper and give her
and her child good home.
Arlington at that time represented him
self as wealthy widower and the father OF
several children. Arlington at once en-
gagged Mrs. Dowden as his housekeeper and
later in the day called with horse and
buggy to take her out to his house.
After driving about half way to Santa
Clara, in which direction Arlington
claimed to live, he stopped and entered a
saloon. In few minutes he returned to
the buggy and asked Mrs. Dowden to lend
him 81 as he had no small change. The
woman's purse containing $45 was lying in
her lap. He grabbed it, but she resisted,
whereupon he promised to give her $50 for
the $45 the next morning and she let him
have the money.
He at once turned around and drove her
back home, telling he would call for her
the next morning. This he failed to do,
and it was not until three days later that
Mrs. Dowden met Arlington. She finally
ran across him at the broad-gauge depot
AS soon as he saw her he ran into the back
room of a saloon and Mrs. Dowden fol-
lowed him.
When Arlington saw he was cornered he
turned upon Mrs. Dowden and said: "Do
you believe Durrant murdered those
girls?" Mrs. Dowden replied that she did.
This is the way l would kill CIR, -
said Arlington, catching the woman by
the throat. This frightened Mrs. Dowden
and she broke away from him. She at
once went before Justice Gass and swore
out warrant charging Arlington with
robbery, but he left town before the war
rant could be served.
He was subsequently arrested at Suisun
and brought back here It is said Airing
ton swindled a woman in Oakland ont of
5000.
The San Francisco call., 1895-11-14
SUICIDE OF FRED LARSEN
Lost His Money in the Worlds
Christian Cooperative
Society.
The President of the Institution
Charges the Secretary With
Dishonesty.

Fred Larsen, who committed suicide by
cutting his throat with a razor Tuesday in
his room at 279 Jessie street, was driven to
the fatal act in desperation over the loss of
his money.
Larsen was member of an institution
called the Worlds Christian Cooperative
Society, the president of which is G. w.
Wilderman.. Its object is to carry on a
restaurant, laundry and bakery at 917
Mission street.
The fee for membership is $1oo paid into
the institution, and the depositor draws
out pro rata of the earnings of the bust
ness. 1t was Incorporated August 16 with
bylaws and the following board of di-
rectors:
G. w. Wilderman, president; D. McRae.
secretary; t. J. Weaver, treasurer; ]. Z.
Rnudson L. w. Spencer, N. C. Anderson
Mrs. A. Anderson, Rosalind Kincaid, H.
d. Derbaum, 7. L. Price, L. c. Rasmussen.
Larsen paid in his 800 and was so en-
thusiastic that he advanced $1OO more for
J. K. Knudson's membership, 500 for i.
w. Spencer and $50 on half membership
for somebody else.
Then he went to work in the Oo-opera-
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tive Restaurant as dishwasher. Instead
OF rendering the money to the president
and directors and receiving receipts from
them, as in accordance with the bylaws,
he gave the $3.50 to Secretary McRae, who
is a secondhand dealer at S37 Mission
street.
McRae seemed to be the ruling spirit of
the cooperative establishment and with
his friend Knudson, whom he installed as
manager, ran things to suit himself, draw
ing down the earnings of the establish
ment and making returns when 1t suited
his convenience.
He controlled majority of the so-called
board of directors and defied the other 116
stockholders or members to remove him.
Larsen, noticing the pickering between
the officers, became frightened for the fate
of the $3.50 he had, in the excess of his en-
thusiasm, advanced for himself and the
other three memberships, and tried to get
the amount back.
He swore cut an attachment on the
property of the Worlds Christian Co.
operation, two wagons, a horse and S122
in the First National Bank. McRae COM
promised with him for $196 so and he
Withdrew the suit.
But it was only promised, and that by
McRae only, the agreement not having
seqnently, these matters did not help
Larsen, and being a somewhat weak
minded fellow he took the affair Sc much
to heart that he committed suicide.
"That man McRae," said President G.
". Wilderman last night, lis the cause of
the whole trouble. He carried things
with e high hand. He had no regard for
the bylaws of the corporation and he
ruled the board of directors.
The restaurant paid $50 per day and he
got the money, making returns when it
suited him. He deliberately worked poor
Larsen out of his money and defied US,
though we tried to get him out of the sec
retaryship repeatedly.
81 think Larsen committed suicide be-
cause he thought his $3.50 was gone"
Wllderman's contribution to the fund of
the cooperation is 26,664 acres of land in
Lower California, which he decided to the
institution
The San Francisco call., 1895-11-14
LOS ANGELES MURDER STORY
Remems of the Dea d Man Thought to Be
the comrade of Barnes, the Ontario
RQnk- Robber

LOS ANGELES, CAL, Now 13.-The au-
thorities are investigating the supposed
murder which has just come to light in
the finding of the body on Monday near
Hincon. From some of the evidence in
possession of the officers it is believed that
the victim is the partner of B. B. Barnes,
the Ontario bank-robber, who is now in
the penitentiary.
The remains Of the murdered man were
found In the hills just south of the River
side County line. There was no doubt
that the man was shot ana that robbery
was the motive. The lower part of the
jaw had been torn away by the bullet.
Death occurred many months ago, and as
the remains we're found on the route taken
by Barnes and his companion after they
robbed the Ontario bank. it was presumed
that Barnes may have killed his com pail
ion and taken all the money.
At the time of the robbery it was said
and believed by many that Barnes killed
his partner in crime and robbed him of his
share of the $4S00 taken from the bank.
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BURREL ESTATE C0NrRoYERsY.
The Petitioner Defanlted IN appearance at
Court ut EiSnIin.

VISALIA, CAL, Nov. 13.-This morn
ing was the time set by Judge Cross for
the hearing of the petition of Edward Bur-
rel of San Jose to have the Will of the late
Cuthbert Burrel admitted to probate S.
f. Lieb of San Jose and e. o. Larkins of
this city, attorneys for the contestants.
were present when the case was called but
neither the petitioner nor his attorney APP
peared.
The proponents gave up the fight as soon
as it was proven that Burrel had made
subsequent will in 1891 revoking the will
sought to be probated. This ends the
tight SO far as the will of 1887 is concerned
and leaves the widow still in charge of the
estate.
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CHARGED WITH EMBEzzLEMENT.
Warrant Issued at San Jose for the
Arrest of Chnrlea BOlrden.

SAN JOSE, CAL, Nov. 13.-A summons
was issued in Justice Gass' court to-day
for Charles D. Bowden on a complaint
filed December 81, 1894, by the Pennsylva-
MIA Insurance Company. in which Bowden
is charged with embezzling $178 50.
1t is alleged in the complaint that Bow
den acted as agent for two years previous
to the date of the complaint for the follow
ing companies, and collected the various
amounts, which he devoted to his own
use: PENNSYLVANIA Fire Insurance Com
pany, $l07 45; Greenwich Insurance Com
pany, $12 SO; Insurance Company of the
State Of Pennsylvania, $17 %; American
Fire Insurance Company, SAL 25. The
complaint is out of the usual run. as it
asks that the defendant be imprisoned
until the deficiency is paid
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FELL FROM A TRAPEzE.

Madame de 4rmo Badly Injured at o.
Sacramento Shoschotse.
SACRAMENTO, CAL, Nov. 13.- Ma
dame de Armo, professional acrobat, fell
from trapeze this evening during an
entertainment given at Fifteenth and M
streets in this city and is seriously in
jured.
She was engaged in double act with a
new man, and in one of the changes he
failed to catch her foot.
Nine. de Armo struck on her head and
shoulders and was carried out insensibIe.
The physician In charge says he is
unable to state at present how serious the
woman's injuries are, but as her lower
limbs seem to be paralyzed it is feared
that serious injury has occurred to the
spine.
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Boon,inn McKinleu.

LOS ANGELES, CAL, Nov. 13.-CoioneI
III. G.. Otis, editor of the Los Angeles
Times, has received from Senator Sherman
the following letter, in response to a con-
gratulatory note on the Senator's decision
to lead the party forces in favor of Gov
ernor McKinley's nomination for the Pres
idency:
"The recent elections have cleared the
political sky, and I believe have fairly
opened the way for the nomination of
Major Mckinley. He VIII be heartily sup
ported from Ohio, and trust, will be
nominated and elected.''
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FIR EIGHT At AIVISO.
Figures Representing a Big Rusines
During Sir Months.

Figures RepTesenting Big business
During Sir Months
SAN JOSE, CAL, Nov. 13.-For the six
months ending October 81, 1895, $1,000
tons of freight were received and shipped
at the wharf at Alviso. The receipts of
lumber aggregated S,750,00O feet, or about
II 500 tons; other freight, 5000 tons;
total receipts, 42,500 tons.
The shipments amounted to 10, 500 tons,
of which about 5000 tons. were hay and
the balance miscellaneous goods.
During the same period the number of
craft that entered the harbor was 275.
This does not include pleasure boats, of
which there were several hundred.
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crushed and damaged by the falling tim
bers to the amount sued for.
Agne,.s Board of Trustees Meet.

SAN JOSE, CAL, Nov. 13.-Frank a.
Gould, the newly appointed trustee of the
Agnews Insane Asylum, failed to put IN
an appearance at the meeting of the board
of trustees to-day, and only routine busi-
ness was transacted. The report of the
medical director showed that there were
927 patients in the asylum, 571 of whom
are males. After allowing the regular
monthly bills the board adjourned until
when the reorganization of the board will
take place,
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NEW ELECTRIC ROAD.

Uor6 Commences day Betereen Los
angeles and Santa Monica.
LOS ANGELES, CAL, Nov. 13.-Work
Will be commenced tomorrow by the
Pasadena and Pacific Company from the
Santa Monica end of the contemplated
electric road between that town and Los
Angeles, and will be rapidly pushed to
completion.
1t is believed that cars will be running
within two months of the commencement
OF operations. The electric company,
owing to the growing favor OF trolley par
ties, has decided to have car specially
constructed for them, which will be a
double-decker with spaces arranged for a
small orchestra.