The San Francisco call., 1897-09-05

by Chief Lees Friday. The charges are
based upon the two drafts alleged to have
been drawn by the Bank OF New Soui b
Wales upon the American Exchange
National Bank of Chicago in favor of DR..
Harry Cooper. One of .he drafts for E 40
he passed for collection through The
Anglo Californian Bank and the other for
f300 lie deposited Tor collection with the
London and San Francisco Bank. Each
had :he name OF Samuel Bowman" as
manager signed to it. whereas the name
of he manager is Charles NJ. Palmer
Walter Gallagher, who appeared
for tn defendant in court yes
inatior proceeded with at once, but,
as Chief Lees had been unable to file the
complaints, the case was continued till
next Wednesday.
Chief Lees is satisfied that he has a
strong case against Cooper, and will be
able 10 hold him regardless of any crimes
that may be unearthed against him in the
East.
The Chief is proceeding under section
476 cf the Penal Code, which reads as fol-
lows:
Every person who makes, passes, utters or
publishes with intention to defraud any other
person, or who. with the like intention, at
tempts to pass, utter or publish, or who mas in
his possession, with like in tent to utter, pass
or publish any fictitious bill, note or check
purporting to be the bill, note or check or
other instrument in writing for the payment
of money or property OF some bank, corpora
ton, CO. partne sh p or individual, when, in
fact, there is no such bank, cor poraton, CO.
partnership or individual in existence, know
ing The bill, note, check or instrument il
writing to be fictitious, is punishable by i'm
prisonment in the State prison for not less
than one nor more than fourteen years
note to the section says: To sustain an
Indictment under this section it is necessary
r., ba vi he ia
alleged to be forged is that of fictitious per-
son.
Cooper was measured and weighed at
the prison Yesterday by Detective BAN
bridge and Corporal Geimann. Hi. chest
was covered with porous plasters and he
told the officers that he was sufferer
from heart troubles. his heart being about
an inch md half out OF plumb.
Police Com m issioner Tobin visited the
prison yesterday afternoon with Chief
Lees and the com missioner expressed a
desire 20 have talk with Cooper. They
had a talk for about half an hour and the
missioner afterward said that Cooper
mpressed him as man with lack of
moral perception, or, in other words, that
he did not have a proper perception OF the
difference between right and wrong.
There was an apparent uefect in his up
per story"
The police are inclined to think tn at the
distinguished prisoner is addicted to the
morphine habit, and his appearance
would give that impression. A numb Der
of morphine tablets were found in his pos
session when arrested. There were no
marks on his body that would indicate he
used the drug by injection.
Cooper still poses as a much in njured
man, and claims that he can atouit him
self of all the char es against MIN. He
saws he has money deposi: ed in the Bank
of N W South Wales, and that the drafts
lie trie! to pass for collection are genuine
As all illustration of Cooper's idiosyn-
crasies, few days before ne was arreste d
he sent word rom the Langham Hotel 10
police headquarters that he wanted to see
a detectiEc. Detective Ant onv was de-
tailed to see him, and when he went to
his room Cooper complained that a
woman had robbed him of his gold watch.
He said ne was in saloon on Ellis
street with a woman. He had been drink
ing too much wine and fell asleep in a
chair When he awoke his gold watch
was missing.
He went with Anthony to a saloon and
pointed out the box where he had fallen
asleep He sa d tall waiter with horid
face had served the liquor to him and the
woman, bul the only waiter in the place is
crlored man.
Anthony interrogated the proprietor of
the saloon, and he declared that he had
never seen Cooper III his place, and he Id
not believe ne had lost his watch there.
Cooper insisted that he had been robbed
and promised to send the numoer of the
watch to police headquarters the follow
ing day, but he did not do so, and when
searched af,er being arrested a pawn
ticket for the watch was found in his