The San Francisco call., 1898-10-11
ALLEN ACCUSED OF
 STEALING A HOTEL
GAVE A MORTGAGE FROM AN
 UNKNOWN OWNER.
Presented Memoranda That Indicated He Was Worth Hundred
 Thousand.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
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Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
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 William H. Allen, an old man who says his age Is 73, was arrested this evening on charge of obtaining furnished lodg- ing-house under false pretenses. The com plaint was sworn to by John Linderman, proprietor of the Winters Hotel, who sold his hostelry to Allen four months ago for S2500. AS security for payment of the debt Allen transferred to Linderman a mort gage on thirty-two and a half acres of land in Contra Costa County and a note for a similar amount drawn by one John Langlitz.
 Linderman now declares that Allen never owned any property and that the mortgage and note are bogus, and acting on this belief, he swore to the warrant.
 At the City Prison some curious memo randa were found on Allen. They referred to property in many States, consisting of realty, gold mines, furnished houses and stocks, and made 1t appear that Allen was worth 400. The prisoner declines to discuss the details of his alleged owner slip, but he says he will come out of it Detective Holland has been working on the case and he says that there is no such name as John Langlitz on the records of Contra Costa, and that William H. Allen does not own anything in either Alameda or Contra Costa counties.
 A Constable Indicted.
 OAKLAND, Oct. 10.-The Grand Jury returned five more indictments this after noon and the warrants were issued from Judge Ellsworth's court The indictments are for alleged Overcharges for mileage from Alameda to Oakland, and all are against Constable H. w. Won Kopff of Alameda Township, who has been under examination for some days The war rants are for perjury for swearing to ir- 5000 on each charge. Won Kopff was ar rested tonight. Up to a late hour Won Kopff had secured one bondsman. George Brown of Alameda, but being unable to get another to qualify he was taken to the County Jail.
 Lafayette Day.
 ALAMEDA, Oct. 10.-Communication have been received in this city from Chi- cago requesting that the city and school officials take some action in regard to joining an appropriate celebration of La fayette day, October 19, with a view of grand eliminating festivity at the time of the Paris Exposition in 1900. In ac- cordance with the proposition the matter has been broached. but as the, time is thing formal will be done.
 Alameda News Items. ALAMEDA. Oct 1O-NIrs Augusta E. Han son of I430 Pearl street died yesterday at the age of 34 years, leaving husband and Nina Hackey, the year-old daughter of Mir. and Mrs. J. A Hackey of 609 Central avenue died yesterday of pneumonia.
 C. H. Lubbock of this city. was hastening along Park street this morning to catch a train on the narrow gauge line when he fell sud- denly to the sidewalk unconscious. It at first thought he was dead but medical aid was summoned and 1t found that he had fainted from heart failure and indigestion.
 Quite a sensation was created on Park street last evening by two women in a buggy ap parentIy intoxicated, who tried to horsewhip a man who took hold of the horse to prevent him from running over the Salvation Army while 1t was at It's devotions in the open air. There were arrests.