The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-08-02
A VOuDERF I'll
AQUATIC FEAT
George Huferdine Swims
From Sausalito to
BelVedere.
August Malta Loses a Leg by
Carelessness in Board
ing a Car.
Roundup of Pickpookets by the Harbor
Polioe-Report of the Branch
Hospital.

An aquatic star of the first magnitude.
That is how George HuffeTdine is re-
garded to-day by his comrades, and he
we'll deserves the honor. Yesterday HUFF
ferdine, who is a dental student at the
Dental College of the University OF Cali
fornia, accomplished the difficult feat OF
swimming from the ferry slip at Sausalito
to Belvedere Point, being in the water
Just one hour and twenty minutes.
At :55 A. NJ. the am bitlous young fell
low dived from q rowboat and started for
the point. A large crowd was assembled
to witness the attempt and he was
cheered vociferously by his comrades and
the ubiquitous street gamin as he rose to
the surface and struck out with long,
powerful stroke for bis destination.
The current was flowing strongly against
him, but he made good headway and
showed that he was no novice at the
companions and a delegation of the Curl
Gus in small boats. At 1:l5 P. NJ. he
emerged from the water at Beivedere
Point and was given an ovation by the
crowd in waiting. Though rather tired
and chilled from his long struggle with
the icy current the swimmer believed that
with the current in his favor he would
back TO the wharf at Sausalito after taking
few minutes rest.
Hufferdne is about 26 years old and OF
athletic build. He has cherished the idea
of swim ming over this course for long
time, and now that he has accomplished
the feat, asserts that in the near future he
will endeavor to rival the feat Of Cavill,
the Australian, and swim from Lime TO
Fort Point. His recent performance
would ind cate that he stands fine show
for adding more laurels to his crown by
making the attempt.
August Malta, a sailor on the Noyo,
which will soon sail for Alaska and the
Klondyke region, was taken to the Water
front Hospital yesterday afternoon. He
had just suffered an amputation Of the left
leg I'm lately below the knee, the re-
suit of being ground under the wheels of
a car of the San Francisco and San Mateo
electric line.
1t was shortly after P N. that car
came bowling along Steuart street at a
moderate rate of speed outbound. As it
neared the corner of Howard Malta
stepped toward the track and hailed it to
stop. The gripman applied his brake in
response to the request, but the car was
too close to him to be stopped within some
distance, and he endeayored to swing on
as it passed He missed his footing and
fell directly under the wheels. The Car
was stopped and he was extricated from
beneath it. An examination by Drs.
Hill and Deas showei that COM
pound fracture of the bones of the leg be-
low the knee had resulted from the acci-
dent, and the limb was in UGH condi-
ton that am putation was found necessary.
Malta was made as comfortable as pos
sible and his wife sem for. AS soon a
possible he will! be removed to his home,
10 Clara street. He has wife and three
chi Idren dapeudent unoO him
The following rrport Tor the month of
July, the first that has ever been made by
the Branch Hospital, has been prepared
by DR.. Hill 10 be handed 10 the Board of
Health. The urgent necessity for the es-
Enlistment OF the hospital is shown con-
cIusivoly by the following report:
Report for the month ending July 81: Total
number of per sons admitted. 221; discharged,
1876; sent TO Receiving Hospital, 8; City and
County Hospital, 5; Marine, 3 St. Luke's, l;
German, l; City Prison 3; Morgue B. Total,
221. Very respectfully,
EDMUND d. HILL, MD,
Assistant Police Surgeon.
The water front has been harassed by
an organized gang of pickpockets for a
long time and Captain DunIevy deter
mined that on the first opportunity he
would make short work of them. Scatter
ing arrests have been made at freque Mt
intervals, but yesterday the opportunity
arrived to strike blow that would be felt,
and it was struck with vim, even the
ca plain himself sallying forth to back
heel and bag few of them.
The names of the men arrested are
George Stenson, Bart Campbell (alias
Frank Wilkinson), George Davis, James
(alias "Tug") wilson and two men named
Roberts and Mitchell respectively.
The police assert that Stenson is a
noted pickpocket and has served time In
the County Jail, and that Wilson has been
in the penitentiary for killing barkeeper
in the Cremorne. Stenson was "nabbed'
at the Sausalito ferry by Shaw, and while
he was being brought in Campbell saw
the two and took to his heels up Market
street He was captured by Sergeant Ma
honey after hot chase.
Roberts ran up Sacramento street and
was bacxheeled by Captain Dunlevy near
the Harbor police station. Davis got
away, but was found and arrested By
Ellis on Pine street, near Battery.
Mitchell was caught by Officer McGlynn
near the station.
Campbell and Stenson were booked for
vagrancy. Mitchell for carrying con-
cealed weapon and the others were sim
ply detained. They all happened to be
near the ferry at the same time on &C
count of picnic given by the Club OF
Forty" which the police have no love for.
Wild birds do not sing more than eight