The San Francisco call., 1897-02-07
Fortunately Missed Taking Part
in Any Actual Fight.
ing.
ENLISTED FOR a TERM OF
THREE YEARS.
In Future No Visitors VIII Be Per.
mittei TO See Him Without
a Special Order.

Hundreds of people were disappointed
81 not being able TO obtain admittance to
the City Prison to see Butler or Ashe yes
Ierday.
The Chief of Police had given instruc-
tions that no one should be permitted to
enter the prison unless with permit from
headquarters. Butler was prisoner of
the United States Marshal and was not on
public exhibition.
The result was that only favored few
gained admittance and Butler had relief
from being stared at by crowds of men
and women, as on the previous four days.
a large crowd hovered around the
entrance to the prison, and policemen had
repeatedly 10 drive them back to enable
people who had business in the prison to
get entrance. So determined were the
people 10 keep on watch for possible
chance OF getting a peep at Butler some
way or other that the policemen became
eGasperated and the gardener was asked
to turn his hose upon them, which had
the effect of scattering them.
Yesterday morning Mrs. Eliza Weyser
231 Third street, accompanied by her
daughter, called at police headquarters.
She said that five or six years ago she
. kept boarding house on Elizabeth street,
near the park, Sydney, n. S. w. She re-
mem bered distinctly having a 1odger of
the name of Butler, and, being struck bv
the resemblance of the pictures of Butler
that had appeared in the papers, she was
convinced he was the same man.
Mrs. Weyser was taken TO the prison
and introduced to Butler, and after brief
conversation with him she returned TO the
Chiefs office. She said she was not ex-
actly positive as to the identity OF the
F. man. His voice sounded familiar and his
general appearance answered to that of
her former lodger, but it was so long ago
that it was hard to say whether he was the
man or not.
The man stopped at her house one year,
and was away for weeks at a time. No
one knew what his business was, and as
he always had plenty of money and
dressed well there was a mystery about
him. One day he disappeared and she had
not seen or heard of him since.
:. Butler was coseted with his attorneys
for some time yesterday afternoon, pre-
pairing for the hear ng before Commits
sioner Heacock tomorrow morning.
Last night two rival owners of phono-
graphs called at the City Prison each with
piece of music and his pet phonograph.
They wanted Butler to sing a song into
each phonograpn, but he refused to do it,
and they had TO retire discounted. Each
tried to outbid the other, and by that
means they failed in their object.
James Mairn, a sailor on the Swanhilda,
was also visitor last night, and he and
Butler had long chat together. Malrn
was on the second mates watch during
the voyage, and Butter was on the first
mates watch. Marin said after he had
quit talking with Butler that Butler came
aboard at Newcastle with an unusually
large clothes-bag and a small bag, and
after the ship was under way and they be-
gan to get acquainted Butler produced a
captain certificate under which he had
ShlDUeQ in the name of Lee WaIlar
He was out OF money and being desirous
OF reaching America quickly for family
reasons he shipped before the mast. He
had two good suits of clothes in his bag,
some shirts and other things better than
sailor sualiy has and a good deal OF Jew
elry, which be showed to his messmates. He
formed special intimacy with Mairn and
was hearty shipmate, offering Marin
the use of his oilskins during the rainy
weather.