The San Francisco call., 1897-02-05
BUTLER'S LEVEE IN JAIL.
He Is Besieged by Visitors Who
Bring Him All There Is Nice
t0 Eat

Butler, Lee Weller or any other name
by which he may be called, is very sore at
the treatment he has received at the hands
OF the Examiner. He did not fail to tell
this to every visitor who called on him
yesterday, and they were many.
According to his story the Examiner
has maliciously traduced him with an
idea of aggrandizing itself as an enterpris-
ing and successful paper, regardless of
accuracy. truth or common-sense. and
with a venomous idea of prejudicing his
case. But his own statement, signed be-
fore witnesses, as he in his cell deplored
the condition of affairs, tells the tale bet
ter than could columns of comment in
the premises. 1t is Published in these col
umns.
There is no doubling that Butler is
proving a great attraction at the City
Prison.
Turnkey Shaw stated yesterday that the
Australian prisoner came third on the list
as star dodgers. Durrant attracted the
greater number of cranks and Winthrop
came next
As matter OF fact, the way Buffers
levees are being attended, ii is likely that
he will eventually gain notch or two be-
fore the detectives will have him in hand
Oh tue way 10 AuSLrhlia.
The hawkshaws from the Antipodes
have been besieged by acqualntances, and
even strangers, for permission to look at
the prisoner, and the following letter has
been forwarded to them as business pro-
posal:
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 4, 1897.
To the Australian Detectives: I will donate
70 you or any Australian charitable institution
the sum of one thousand dollars ($1O0O) for
mes t9e services f @ OF Lee Weller tBntler as an ex
Is TO exhibit him TO the pu blic for pay.
THOMAS H. SHAW.
Shaw stated frankly when asked about
his proposal that he would, if permitted,
exhibit Weller as business proposition,
as he saw enough cranks around this
City to pay him handsome profit for the
privilege OF seeing the murderer"
Detective Roche of Australia brought
around tailor TO measure Butler for
suit of clothes.
1--WE have taken all his wearing apparel
from him as evidence" said Roche, land
We must furnish him with clothing in its
stead"
Late yesterday afternoon the clothes
came and the prisoner donned them all
except the coat. He feels more comfort
able in his shirt sleeves.
A. b. Deming, religious patent medi-
cine man, called on Butler during the
morning. He pleaded with him to fast
during few days, so as to purge his mind
and body OF all sin. He advised that the
prisoner should then feast in good shape
and he furnished him with substantia
stuff enough to do it.
There were three jars of pickles, three
pounds of cheese, one bag of crackers, one
bag OF nuts four pounds of dried figs, two
dozen bananas, score of apples and
oranges, as well as numerous other bun
dies, including pipe anu much tobacco.
ASIDE from the cranks that called on
Butler there were some people who were
honest in their endeavor to see the man.
Among them were Captain Kustel of the
ship Hawaiian Isles. The captain sailed
from Australia few days before the
Swanhilda.
Butler, it appears, asked the capita in for
berth aboard his ship as mate. Captain
Kustel refused 10 take him as a mate had
already been signed.
When the two men met in the prison
they knew each other at a glance.
"HelloP' exclaimed the captain. ex-
tending his hand between the bars of the
cell.
"How are you, captain ?" inquired But
Ter. grasping the skipper's proffsred fst
The two men coDversed for few mo-
ments on every topic excepting the one
uppermost in either's mind-that Of the
murders.
Others who called and who recognized
Buffers as a familiar face. but who could
not positively identity him, were John
Dowling, Owen Bradley, Edward DAILY
and Michael Glenn Of the La Grande
Laundry, where Butler worked about four
years ago. Butler knew them, however,
better than they knew him, and especially
in the talk With Glenn he recalled small
incidents OF days gone by that made the
crowd search back In their memories and
finally decide that they must have been
acquainted at some time with the prisoner.