The San Francisco call., 1898-04-07

The next morning I went to the , Mayors office and told him of my
 , conversation with Wilds. He said , that it was true that he was very
 , hard up, and that if the boys were ) willing to put up something for him , he could not. stop them. l asked , the Mayor what he thought would , be fair subscription. He replied
 , the Mayor said: ''I think you are , just the one, to take this subscrip- } ton in, hand: a man can put his , name down for what he pleases." , The Mayor then wrote the pre-
 , amble to the subscription list, as ) near as l can remember, as fol-
 , lows:
 , the contest filed by John L. Davie , over the recent election, the cost
 , of which contest will fall on ) Mayor Thomas, coming, as it does, ) on top of long spell of sickness, , with the full knowledge and con , sent of said Mayor Thomas, do , hereby subscribe the amounts set
 , opposite to our names"
 , The Mayor handed me the pre- 5 writing and presented it to Chief
 3 of Police Lloyd. He put his name , down for slOO and l signed for $50. , ! then took it to Henry Maloon, 1; pointed by, Thomas, but he re-
 3 tain of Police Sam Mitchell about
 , it, and he said the thing was an } outrage and he. would not sub-
 $ scribe. Finally Chief Lloyd came $ to me and said the thing was in- } judicious, and told me to stop cir
 , culating the petition.
 5 The next day the Mayor came to , me and asked me what had done: %@1I l, ,1.,A s@Q 2 had given me. and he said he
 , guessed it was right. l then gave
 3 the Mayor $50 in cash as my share , of the subscription Shortly after
 , Dr. Fall came into my office and 5 read the subscription list, as il. lay
 , on my desk. At the time pledged , him to secrecy. Subsequently 2 Chief Lloyd destroyed the sub , scription list.
 5 In August, 1897, Mayor, Thomas , again came to me and asked for a : loan of $2OO. I told him that I did 3 not have the money and he asked , me to dig it up among the boys. 2 He said he held block of mining ? stock he was about to lose and he 2 could not get the money at the , Chief Lloyd to get the loan. I de- 2 .clined. He wanted to know if I 2 knew any police officers who had 3 We@es Woods had ioin money 5l iue The yer Mayer
 $ said: You borrow $2O0 from N Woods and give him your note
 q for ninety days at 10 per cent. q Then I will make out a note to J you and Harry and myself will 5 sign it. You get Lloyd to sign g your note" I began to talk loud
 $ in the hallway, saying Woods ,5 would not give me the money,
 J when the Mayor replied: Flush q somebody will hear you; I will get 1 the money elsewhere"
 S A few days later the Mayor came g to me and wanted me to give up N $10, but I did not have the money. S In October, 1897, the Mayor rushed q into my office, just after had col
 S lected my salary. He said he was .5 very hard up and wanted $25 for S a day or two. I said: Mayor, I 3 am hard up and can't let you have Is it unless you promise to pay me
 S back He promised, and I gave . him the money, and then he rushed S out of the office. He has not paid 3 me back, and I propose to sue
 S him next week. In the meantime S Harry Thomas borrowed $50 from \ Police Officer Phillips, and the lat
 S ter chased him for the money for !, weeks. l believe he got it in the sS end