The San Francisco call., 1897-04-17
FATE OF jim HUNTER,
Backed a Horse With His Life
and Then Bought an Ounce
of Laudanum.
Gid Bug Lost the Race AMI His
Owner Is Probably Dead on the
Banks of a Creek.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN Francisco CALL,
QOS BROADWAY Anril l6

OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALI
90S Broadway, April 16
Jim Hunter is missing, and if he has
carried out his threat he is now lying dead
in some secluded part of the creek that
runs near the racetrack.
James Hunter is one of the best known
renters of stalls at the track. He is not
prominent on account OF his wealth or
| because of the number OF prizes his horse
has won. He ha. no wealth, but was the
owner of horse called Gold Bug. For
several years Hunter and his friend, Joe
Krause, Lave bsen going around the cir
cults with Cold Bug. The horse has won
few good races and kept his owners in
funds. This luck had bad effect on Hun
ter and he took to the bottle.
This last year has not been particularly
lucky. Hunter and krause called the
horse their meal-ticket, but they went
hungry many times. The day before
Christmas Gold Bug proved that he de-
served his name. He won purse of $3.50
from q field of fifteen horses. Hunter
turned over new leaf, swore off drinking
and got his affairs in good shape. Since
tn at time, however, the meal-ticket has
produced nothing to eat.
Yesterday Gold Bug was entered in
race. Hunter declared that unless he won
his horse run. Hunter stood near the IN
closure and said: Il have made up my
mind that if Gold Bug loses to-day l will
kill myself"
Gold Bug lost the race and about 4
o'clock Hunter left the track, giving his
badge to q friend, remarking: Take this.
l Will never need it again."
little later Hunter went to Westlake's
drugstore in Emeryville and purchased
an ounce of iaud anum, which he said he
wanted for linimen. for his horse.
After leaving the drugstore nothing is
known of Hunter. His partner. Krause.
is confident that the broken-down horse
man went to some secluded spot and
drank the laudanum and that he is now
lying dead, having carried out his threat
10 die if his horse lost.
Reliance Club Progress
! OAKLAND, CAL, April 15-President
r. NJ. Fitzgerald of the Reliance Club has
issued his annual report which shows that
| the club is in very stable condition and
| that many new memb bers have recently
been added.
| At the annual meeting all of the officers
were reelected with the exception OF Phil
Remillard, who declined to serve again.
The new board is President r. NJ.
Fitzgerald; vice-president, ]. II. Ames !;
| directors-John A. Britton, J. Cal Ewing.
| II. A. Tubbs, G. H. Lowell, Morris Jelette.
Had the Lady Arrested.
OAKLAND. CAL, Apri 16.-Sadie Do
Ian, the laundry girl who beat William
Mahoney yesterday with whip. was ar
rested to-day charged with battery. Ma
honey has had trouble with r. c. Beggs
| superintendent of the laundry, and he
has been around stating that he saw Beggs
| and Miss Doian walking out together.
Beggs is a married man, and Miss Dolan
fatty contradIcts the story. As she could
| get no other redress she beat her defamer
severely. She furnished bonds and was
at once released.
CoiIided With a Train.
OAKLAND. CAL, April 16-A. c. Var
| gas, milk-dealero o san Leandro, collided
| this m orning with the Alameda local on
First street. Vargas horses became fright
ened by the locomotive and backed up as
the cars came along Vargas and his
| niece Mary were both thrown out of the
wagon and escaped injury, while the horse
was cut on the back and shoulders. The
wagon was totally wrecked and the milk
cans knocked i'll all directions.
A Lads Skull Crushed.
| OAKLAND. CAL, April 16.-A lad about
| Ia wears oil age WAS taken to the Receiv n
| Hospital to-day suffering from a crushed
| skull. II Is supposed he fell from the
Berkeley local at Deaths Curve, but no
one mas yet identified him. He is nm
| conscious and the doctors are doubtful of
! his recovery.
Debs in Court
| OAKLAND, CAL, April 16.-Eugene "
Deos, former president of the A. K. u,
| put in an appearance to-day in the Su-
perior Court by his attorney. WeiIes Whit
| more. Deb as an officer of the Brother
hood OF Locomotive FIremen was made
defendant in suit and his attorney asked
that it be dropped for lack of prosecution.
| Aud Still They Come.
| OAKLAND, CAL, April 16-John Rog.
ers has brou- ht suit against the Hayward 5
Electric Railroad for $50 0o0 damages for
injuries alleged to have been sustained in
collision with car of the company
| Rogers was In a wagon at Twenty-third
avenue when the accident took place in
| May of last year