The San Francisco call., 1897-03-01
EXCITING RACING
ALONG THE FROM 7.
g..
:. =" : . $50
Whitehall Boatmen Have
"a. Spirited Contest
for Prizes.
The. Gypsies Came Back From
= San Mateo, but Were Sent
':~ 80. e. !. to Oakland. ::
Sergeant Mahoney Is Determined t
2: Keep Them Of the Front and
=. Out of San Francisco.

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along the front yesterday was very
pretty one as far as the first four white
halls were concerned. Dan Crowley, the
popular wharfinger at sections l and 2 OF
the sea-wall, was. judge, and he awarded
the first prize to Thomas Hayden, the
second to Dave Crowley Jr., and the third
to Gus O'Connell, while James Sennett
was fourth. Thomas Lyons and John
Fitzgerald were beaten by over mile,
but. then both the. men figured on win
ming the last prize. Neither OF the men
thought they had chance to- beat the
four cracks; so each of them .unbeknown
to the other tied a tin can 10 the bottom
of his boat. The prize for the last boat is
a:keg Of beer, and at dark last night It
looked as though Fitzgerald would win it.
.The race from. Meiggs wharf. to Blossom
/: Rock buoy was a pretty one. Hayden
was around first; while Gus O'Connell and
JaniessSennett passed around at the same
moment. .Sennett made far the better
turn however and was =. Strengthened
away on his course nearly five. seconds
ahead OF: his rival. From Blossom Rock
to the Pfesidios shoal: all the boats made
good time, but on the beat back Hayden
gained "a decided advantage and finally
won easily.
: The funeral, of :the late Sergeant Fitz-
gibbon of the harbor police takes place
from 524 Fell street at 9:45 A. NJ. to-day.
The pall-beareIs will be Corporal Robert
Cocktail, Officers Ferguson, Dover, Flem
ling, DON oboe, Mahoney, Mackey and
Cam bnon. All the men will De in plain
clothes and there will, be no uniformed
police escort, as the relatives want the
proceedings TO be- as simple as possible.
Ali theelale serges It's papers were found
in his locker in'the Harbor. police station
by: Captain Dunleavy. In his will he
leaves all his property, real and personal,
to his two daughters share and share
alike. Owing to the depreciation in real
ESTATE it is thought that Sergeant Fitz-
oibbon is not nearly as wealthy as was at
first supposed. Those who claim to know
say tha.he died worth less than $50, 900.
+; The sure-thing gam blers did a smart
piece of business on the front yesterday.
They were equipped with piece of beard
on which squares We're marked. One
square called Tor halfaa dollar, another for
% cents, one for 10 cents and all the
Others, save three. for cigar. A revolv-
ing wheel with a pointer attached showed
what prize was won, and in order to play
; the game 10 cents had to be put up.
" A young matchmaker named Heinreich
kohn, employed by Shreve & Co., got in
terested in the game and what with the
money he put up on the machine and the
side bet he made with the capper, he was
out $lS.. When all Lis money was gone he
came te.the conclusion that he had been
swindled and demanded restitution. The
runner of the machine;and tie capper had
"a conference and the former said he would
have to go around the corner for few
minutes, button his return would do the
fair thing. When the few minutes were
upothe capper took the wheel oil the hook
and also disappeared around the corner,
leaving. the young jeweier with a table
and part of a box of cigars valued by Ser
geant Mahoney at 25 cents to show for his
SIS. AT The Harbor police station he said
he had been eight years in San francisco
and the police are still wondering how
many years it will take M an to learn the
ways of confidence men, Kohn had tears
In his eyes when he sold of the manner in
which he had been victimized, Dutall Ser
geant Mahoney could do for him was to
send him to the police courts to procure
John Doe warrant. %
He gave-a good description of the men
and the police think they know the
couple. The young man took his piece OF
board and box of cigars away with him,
as ne in sisted upon having something to
show tor his SIS 30 when he got home.
The gypsies who were driven out of
Mill Valley and then out of SausRlito are
having hard time of it. They stole
everything in Mill Valley they could lay
their hands on and tore up the fences for
tirewood. In Sausalito they were toll
Grated for d time but finally got orders to
move on. Then they came to San Fran
cisco ana made an attempt to get away on
the steamer Australia for Honolulu. but,
as they could not raise the necessary $500,
they had to stay behind and the II DR. Dor
Police at once hustled them back to their
last resting place. At last Sausalito got
up in arms and two constables gathered
oup the wanderers and made them pack
their belongings in their carts and, plac-
ing bag and baggage on the Sausalito
ferry brought them to San Francisco.
Then the Harbor Police again took hand
in the matter and ordered the crowd 70
move out of the City as quickly as possible.
d The whole outfit was packed into eight
wagons and the leader of the gang said
they were going to the'S Santa Clara Valley.
To make sure that they crossed the
boundary line mounted policeman was
sent along to show them the way. They
were not long in San Mateo County be-
fore the constable took them in charge
and escorted them back to San Francisco
The constable in Sausalito heard of it
and he stood guard over the Sausalito
and Tiburon ferries to see that they did
uOt ReI On VI tuC icIly 0Od Us IuiHlO
10 those points, SO Sergeant Mahoney
was in quandary. Tie gipsies still in
sisted that they wanted TO reach the
Santa Clara Valley, so thefpolice put them
on the creek route steamer and shipped
them to the foot of Seventh and Broad
way. Sergeant Mahoney is now guessing
about the mum Der of days that Will elapse
before they are back on his hands again.
The handsome big model of the crack
cruiser Charleston that has been in the
Merchants Exchange for q number of
years is missing. 1t was wanted 10 help
out the California exhibit at the exposition
In the City of San Jose de Guatemala and
Captain ShotweIl, manager of the Ex-
change. finally agreed to let it 90. After
the exposition IL will be returned to its old
quarters in the west end of the meeting
room.
Jack Movers had a narrow esca pc yester-
day. He was taking 81 worth of pies out
to the battleship Oregon, and when step
ping into his whitehall it capslZed. He
was soon the center OF fourteen dozen OF
assorted delicacies, but when he attempted
to scram BILE into the boat she turned over
on top of him. Finally he made his
escape by diving, and was hauled ashore
by Harry Hartman, who. was to have gone
out in the boat with him. The crew of
the Oregon had no pies for supper last
night and the boatmen will have lively
time of it explaining matters when they
go out tonight.