The San Francisco call., 1897-05-15

over $500 more and demanded ne to run
away. l crossed the ferry afterward and
travelled to what now know to be near Fruit
vale.
The balance of the confession tells In a
weary way how the convict went to Fruit
vale and went to work for Samuel Wells
and how he was finally arrested for steal
ing horse, for which he is now serving a
term at San Quentin.
The most casual reading of the man s
story showed him to be rattle-weeded.
Everybody in town laughed over its many
improba bilities; but the facts in posses
sion of the Police Department showed be-
yond question that the man did not ar
rive in San Francisco until more than 200
days after the m urder of Blanche Lamont,
while careful interview with him by De-
tective Seymour showed conclusively that
he was insane. He spoke OF the church as
being brick one, with stone beliry and
stone steps running to the TOP, and every
detail OF his yarn was improbable, while
his manner was that OF half, idiotic vic
tim of epilepsy.
Speaking of the story yesterday Chief
Lees said:
Convict Rosenberg was not in this country
when the murders of Blanche Lamont and
Minnie Williams occurred. He was beating
about the Old World until some time in the
spring of 1895, when he shipped as sailor at
Hamburg on the ship HoSpodar and reached
here more than 200 days later on Novem Der z,
1895. He deserted on November IL OF that
year and secured employment with sam
Wells, manager of the CONNER clal Transfer
Company at Fruitvale.
The fellow fell in love with another servant
in the house and because she did not respond
to his flame he took coal oil and had it in a
stall in the stable. He was discharged, aud
subsequently made mis- way to the penltentiary.
The man, according 10 Mr.. Wells and any
body else who has ever seen or conversed
with him, is positively crazy, and MS state
ment made to and published by the
Examiner is that of an individual
Mr.. Wells hired Rosen berg because he needed
man on ranch, but he found the Iell0w
ha.f-witted: He said his sWeetheart in Eu.
rope had tried to kill him and that his parents
mistreated him when boy.
Under Sheriff s. g. Benson of San Jose
saws that every one who had anything to
do with Rosenberg while he was confined
there consid cred him simple IN inded.
Deputy District Attorney w. A. Beasley,
who conducted the prosecution OF Rosen-
berg for horse stealing, says the man gave
detailed statement on the stand of his
wanderings, with which his present story
, is In striking conflict.
The following facts were telephoned to
Governor Budd by Chief Lees at an early
hour Yesterday, and later it was learned
that Rosenberg registered at boarding.
house at 50 Broadway on Novem Der Z,
being accompanied by one Anderson, a
shipmate, who has positively identified
Rosenberg of San Quertin as the same
man who arrived in November 1895
To Detective Seymour the deluded man
gave a long, rambling and contradictory
story OF his wanderings, saying. anon e
otner things:
The beIfry was built with stone and brick.
it had stone floor with stone stairs all the
way up. They had large plain glass windows
up in the belfry. tour of them. one on each
wall. No pictures were up there. We went
up about four flights of stairs. al stone steps,
No wood in the belfry at all. left her there.
am sure that the church is large brick
one. The church was close TO the Jerry, /
think west OF the ferry about five blocks The