The San Francisco call., 1896-02-22

time he was convi cted and sentenced to {
term OF one year IN the penitentiary a
San Quentin.
1t came to the knowledge OF Mr.. Keeley
hose name had been forged in this Cit,
prior to he Los Angeles forgery, tha
Hoyt was no other than the forger, Hull
In Chicago, as an employe of the Diamond
Match Company, Hull was guilty of som,
Irregularities but the com pany was lenien
with him. instead of prosecuting hin
the officers of the Chicago concern gave
him $40 and some good advice about goins
to new country and living down the past
On that hint Hull acted. Coming Wes
on the tram he met Joseph Y. Kelley o
California, and made himself so agreea BILE
as travelling companion that Kelley took
a decided liking for him.
In San Francisco the acquaintance begun
on the train rlpened into friendship and
ended in felony. Hull in some way man
aged to detach two blank checks from Mr..
Keeley's checkbook prior to the iatter's
departure for the mines in Southern Ne
vada, and, having gone to the ferry to see
his friend away, proceeded to draw on
KeeIey's cash reserve in Wells, Fargo &
Co.'s Bank.
The first check. for S93, must have been
sent by Hull TO Wells, Fargo q Co.'s Bank
by messenger and brought back to the
sender, for it was marked in blue pencil
80 K, Hanley," indicating that Hanley,
the bookkeeper, had pronounced it cor:
rect. Then it was presented to the Bank
of California and cashed, the record show
ing that George B. Warren had identified
Hull.. The testimony before the Grand
Jury was 10 the effect that Mr. Warren's s
9ntihcatlon went no further than to
state that the person presenting the check
had been introduced to him as Hull.
The next check, for $l66 25, never went
to Wells, Fargo & Co. Bank for identifi-
cation. 1t appears that Hull himself took
blue pencil and forged the Endorsement.
so K, Hanley.' The check was cashed
in the usual manner, and nothing was
thought of the transaction until Mr..
Kelley received a statement of his account
from the bank.
When Hull emerges from the walls of
San Quentin next Wednesday he will find
himself confronted by two indictments for
forgery. Experts in penology may not re-
gard this as the best course to pursue in
order to reform an offender, but the Grand
Jury believed that the Indictment should
be presented to the court
The detectives of Wells, Fargo 81 Co.
will accompany Mr.. Kelley to San Ouen-
tin, and there they will interview the pris-
oner and recommend that he plead guilty
and ask for the lightest sentence possible
under the law.
After the indictments were found the
Grand Jury was in proper frame of mind
to talk to Chief Crowley, and messenger
was dispatched to the Police Department
requesting the Chiefs presence in the Jury
room. 1t was just as well, perhaps, for
the Chief that he was not in the office to
receive the message, as the jury adjourned
without seeing him.
1t was disclosed in the proceedings lead
ing to the indictment, that the subpenas
for The witnesses were given to the Police
Department last Tuesday, and were then
pigeon-holed. Yesterday morning it was
discovered that not one of the witnesses
had been served, but in response to re-
quest from the District Attorney by tele-
phone Messrs. Warren, Beaver and Hanley
reported to the Grand Jury. About this
time Captain Whitman, in the Office down
stairs, found the papers in the pigeon b ole
and sent a trusted officer to serve them
SO intelligently and promptly did this Of
ficer perform the duty that he had re-
turn statement made by 3 o'clock that the
witnesses George B. Warren of the Palace
Hotel, Samuel E. Beaver of the Bank of
California and Henry G. Hanley of Wells,
Fargo & Co.'S Bank could not be found in
San Francisco.