The San Francisco call., 1897-02-03

When the extradition proceedings were
called before Commissioner Heacock IN the
afternoon the Circuit Court room was
crowded 10 its full ca pacity, ;nd thousanoe
stood in line on Sansome street to view t'leA
prisoner as he was rushed into the van u
be carried to the new City Hall prison.
At o'clock yesterday afternoon the
prisoner appeared before Commissioner
heacock III the United States Circuit
court room for the purpose OF legal identl'
hcatlon. Constable Conroy was the only
witness called by Cormac G. Donohoet
the legal advisers OF her Britannia Mares
tvs Consul, ]. w. Warburton, who Will
represent the imperial Govern mentd uring
the extradition proceedings, a continuance
until next Monday morning at 10 80 o. clock
pelhg a1terward granted by the court at
the request OF Leonard, Stone d. Bidwell,
VINO appeared as counsel for the defend
ant.
Prior TO the commencement of the 'iden-
tlfcatIon proceedings, the nrisoner
remained under guard OF Marshal Bald
win, Sergeant Bunrer Detective Egan and
Officer Ferguson, in the prisoners room
ad joining the MarshaPs office in the
Appraisers building. Butler occIIpied the
interval posing for newspaper artists,
smoking cigars and stolidlv enduring the
scrutiny of the curious. Among the many
visitors who paid their respects to the
prisoner at this time OF the day were
several members of the crew of the Swan
hilda, who, truth to tell, regarded their
late comrade with q wonder that was
almost admlrlng.
The outer corridors were soon crowded
with the customary miscellaneous assort-
ment of humanity, who are habitual
witnesses of all legal processes promising
sensation. So great was the crush that
the officers experienced considerable
difficulty IN conveying the prisoner from
the Marshal's room to the Circuit Court
opposite, and the latter was. filled the
moment the doors were opened.
At 5 minutes past 2 Commissioner hea-
cock announced that he was ready for the
prisoner to be brought into court. The
enthusiasm OF the spectators was intense,
every eye being turned toward the. door.
Suddenly the prisoner stepped in, walk
ing briskly between the deputies IN
charge. His lip did not quiVer and his eye
did not finch He paid no attention to
the intense gaze OF the crowd and when
ne was asked his true name he answered
in a clear tone, Lee Weller"
Butler sat closely guarded by the otfi-
GERS, but in proximity TO his youthful
counsel, Messrs. Stone g. Bidwell.
The English Government was repre-
sented by T. e. X. Cormac and Denis
Donohoe, and the British Consul General,
j. w. w dTDuTIOH, WAS present 10 apply
for the extradition of the notorious Grim
inal.
When Comm issoner Heacock asked the
prisoner to stand and answer certain uues-.
tions he did so promptly, whereupon
long list of aliases were read 10 him, ter
minating with the question, What is
your true name?"
The prisoner calmly replied, "My name
is Lee Weller"
Attorney Stone objected to further ques-
tions, stating that he wanted continu-
auce; but the Commissioner explained
that the questions were only for the iden-
tltication of the prisoner.
The application for the prisoners ex-
tradition, which is sworn 10 by Consul
General Warburton and presented by his
attorneys, refers 10 the prisoner as Frank
Harwood, otherwise called S. Burgess,
otherwise called Butler, otherwise called
Sampson, otherwise called Lee Weller
but until the identification proceedings
are completed, this application will not
be considered.
Attorney Stone addressed the Commits
sioner at the close of these formalities.
He pointed out that the prisoner had only.
just arrived in port after long sea vow
age, and in view of the surprise occa-