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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-11
HIS Welded LIFE
PROVES UNHAPPY
George NJ. Puliman's Do
meStic Woes.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

CHICAGO, Jan. 10.-About five
months ago the social circles of Chi
.cago and New York were startled by
the announcement that George NJ. Pull
man Jr., the practically disinherited
son of the late palace car man, had
secretly married Miss Lyman Fernald
OF this city, who was supposed to have
been the affianced bride of his twin
brother, w. Sanger Pullman. To-day
the same circles were startled by the
rumor that Mrs. Pullman would arrive
at her fathers home, 4434 Greenwood
avenue, for an indefinite stay, and
would Immediately take steps to obtain
a divorce from her young husband
That Mrs. Pullman is coming home is
admitted by the parents of the young
woman, but they steadfastly refuse to
discuss the rumor that she has sep
arated from her husband. To a re-
porter it was said Mr.. Pullman was
very much broken in health. and. while
he seeks to recover vigor at Southern
resorts, his wife would spend the time
in Chicago
A dispatch from Freehold, N. j.,
where the Pullmans have lived since
their marriage, says Pullman has given
his wife 99-year lease of the cottage
wedding gift of the young mans
mother. This fact, coupled with the
further fact that the young man was
in Chicago last Saturday, when he is
said to have visited his father-in-law
and besought him to intercede with
Mrs. Pullman for the purpose of Undue
ing her to abandon the idea of a.
divorce, leads to the belief that the
separation is not of his seeking. He
complained then of indigestion and in
ability to sleep, the result of overwork.
What reply his wife's father made is
not known. Mr.. Fernald acknowledges
the call was made and that Mr.. Pull
man was mot in robust health" but
he would not say whether the question
of divorce was discussed.
Just what part Mr.. Pullman's health
has played in actuating Mrs. Pullman
in her endeavor to sunder the matri-
monial tie is not known. Her friends
say the couple have been happy and are
greatly puzzled by the flying rumors.
1t was said tonight Mr.. Pullman is at
Hot Springs, Ark, but If he is there he
is not registered under his own name
at any Of the hotels, nor could he be
located at Asheville, n. c., where an
other rumor located him. FernaId pere,
though fast friend of the elder Pull
man, never regarded the boys favor
ably and when year ago the engage
ment of his daughter with w. Sanger
Pullman was announced, he immedi-
ately took steps to prevent the mar
riage
1t was supposed to be all off between
the families, and when dispatches came
from New York in August last an
nouncing the marriage of the girl. not
with her old flame, but with the twin
brother tongues of gossips were set
wagging. The Fernalds denied that
wedding had taken place, and it was
found the young lady had, without con-
sulttng her parents, gone East to meet
and marry Pullman. A reconciliation
followed, though Mrs. Pullman has not
visited her home since she voluntarily
left 1t in defiance of the known wishes
of her father
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LENOX ATHLETIC CLUB, NEW
| YORK, Jan. 10.-Tom Sharkey, the
American sailor, stands tonight the
only heavy weight possibility for
championship honors and the title now
held by Bob Fitzsimmons. He whipped
Kid Mccoy good and hard in the tenth
round of what was to have been j
twenty-round battle, and by doing so
the Irjsh-American pugilist forged his
way to the front rank. Fitzsimmons
must now consider the sailor pugliist
without delay.
Sharkey tonight was a revelation 10
those who saw him a couple of years
ago. His ring work and generalship
are so vastly superior to his exhibit
tions when he first came to the East
as fighter that the improvement is
almost incredible.
Great punches Of muscles, with I'M
limited confidence and cool head are
the qualifications which enabled Shar-
key to fight his way to the front rank
of heavy weight pugilists, and no one
not even Mccoy, who suffered defeat
at his hands o-night-denies the full
measure of praise that is due the
Irishman. McCoy's marvellous foot
work and that long left jab with which
he has put so many of his opponents
to sleep are two factors in his make
up that must always appeal to ad-
mirers of the fistic art. He used every
artifice known TO the advanced school
of pugilists in his contest tonight.
and his defeat must not be attributed
to any lack of close study on his part
Of every trick in the boxing game
Many of his friends feel tonight that
he ought to have gone up against
smaller game than Sharkey.
When Mccoy sent Sharkey twice to
the floor in the third round no one
doubted the Kids ability to hit hard.
and many thought he had Sharkey at
his mercy This idea was soon dis
PEELED when the Irishman began to get
to his man.
When the doors of the Lenox Ath-
letie Club We're thrown open the en-
trance was we'll guarded by policemen.
From o'clock the streets in the inn
mediate, vicinity of the club n We're
patrolled by force of bfuecoatS. Cor
dons of policemen were stationed in the
vicinity of the clubhouse, and Chief of
Police Deverey and his subordinates
were busily engaged throughout the
evening in keeping the crowd in check
BY 1870 there were 5000 people in the
house and the turnstiles were clicking
merrily, so that by o'clock the at
tendance was nearly as many thousand
as the hour indicated. The boxes and
seats in the vicinity of the ring We're
filled by o'clock. 81
Bookmakers,, headed by Joe Vendig
made the wellkin ring with their shouts
I'll bet $1,000 to 5000 on Mccoy" Come
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band would have furnished a motive
for the murder.
But the officials had finally discovered
a series of damaging facts. Wilson had
been shot with leaden pellets of a most
peculiar mold, unlike any the investi-
gators had ever seen or were able to
find. A search was made of the house
of McEwen and the mold that made the
bullets was found. The gun in which
these pellets were used was in the pos
session of McEwen, who freely ad-
mitted it's ownership and shrugged his
shoulders That certainly was not evil
dence strong enough to hang a man for
murder But the officers of the law
were inspired by new hope; they be-
lieved that they were on the right
track and they pushed their investiga-
tions with renewed vigor.
The new Sheriff of the county, George
H. Savage, interested himself particu-
larly in the matter. Friends and ac-
.quaintances of the Miller and Wilson
families were questioned and out Of the
inquiry has come the evidence of cir
cumstances that the authorities of So
lano believe will place Miller and per-
maps three OIneGS on the SdllONS trap
The case of circumstantial evidence
upon which the officers base their
charge of murder against Miller is a
most remarkable one. 1t has it's rami-
fications in the towns of Suisun, Val
Iejo, Cordelia, Benicia and Port Costa.
The officers have gone out on the roads
from ranch to ranch and here and there
have gathered a fact that may mean
death to the switchman who is now
behind the bars.
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MRS. DAN|ELL
GUARDED FROM
HER HUSBAND
Collapses When Told
He Is Here.
HIS STORY is DIScREDITED
THE WIFE'S APPREHENSION Is
SIGNIFICANT.
Rev. DR.. Hemphill Declines to Talk
of the Affair-Indicatio
That Legal Separation
Is Contemplated.
HIS STORY is DIscREDlTED
THE WIFE'S APPREHENSION Is
SIGNIFICANT.

Mrs James W. Daniel is confined TO her
rooms in the Palace Hotel suffering from
nervous prostration. This is. supposed to
be the result of the sudden appearance in
the city of her English husband. from
whom she fed soon after her arrival in
New York from London ten DAYS ago.
travelling across the continent under the
protection of Rev. DR.. Hemphill. her STEP
father.
That Mrs Daniel fears her husband
Is evident. She has not only absolutely
refused to see him since his arrival but
has taken precautions to prevent his fore
ing an interview In view of these facts.
Daniels statement that there is no dis
cord in his family and that everything is
serene so far as himself and wife are
concerned seems rather forced. That Mrs
Daniels illness is directly due to the
advent of Daniel on the scene Is appar-
ent from the fact that her collapse &C.
CURED Immediately upon learning Of his
arrival On Monday afternoon, a few
hours before he reached the city, she
visited the law Office of Wheeler G. Bishop
and held long conference with Attorney
Ludwig Hoefier, her legal adviser. She
was then in good health and spirits,
showing no indication Of a pending COL
lapse
Daniel was around the Palace contin-
ually during the day, but was not per-
mtted to see his wife. In fact no one
was admitted to her presence but Dr.
HemphiIl and her physician. Her maid
ana her 15-year-old daughter were with
her, and to all inquiries the former said
Mrs. Daniel was too i'll to be seen Had
Daniel attempted to intrude himself upon
her he would have been summarily elected
by able-booled guardians of his wife's
person who were stationed within call.
DIR. Hemphill refused to discuss the
charges made by Daniel to the effect that
Hemphill was schemtng to secure control
of the children of his stepdaughter and
through them the generous allowance
from the estate of the late Robert Hast
ings. He also declined to talk of the oh
ject of Mrs. DanielPs presence in San
Francisco. He said:
II have nothing to say further than that
the attacks upon my character do not
cause me any uneasiness. l am too well
known in this city to fear injury to NV
reputation from Daniells accusations
Mrs. Daniels affairs are her own con-
Germ, and she does not desire to precipi-
tate newspaper controversy"
Mrs. Hemphill also refused to discuss
her daughters affairs or to comment on
anything said by Daniel concerning her
self or her husband.
Attorney Hoefler had no statement to
make concerning the affairs of his client
at this time. His manner If not his words
indicated, however, that Mrs. Daniel
would probably attempt to secure a legal
separation from her husband although
IT may be some time before active steps
in this direction can be taken.
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GUILTY CONFERENCES BETWEEN
MILLER AND HIS SISTER.

The story of blood and crime as the
officers have supplied the chapters be-
gins with the decision of Daniel Wilson
to restore Mrs. Virgie O'Brien to her
former place in his household and to
deed to her his property. 1t will be
shown that the son of Mrs. Wilson car
ried this information to her several
days before the murder and she was in
consequence greatly excited. The Off
GERS expect to prove that McEwen and
Mrs. Dickinson left their ranch in
charge of Mrs. Wilson and her daughter
and went to Vallejo to consult with j.
w. Miller the brother-in-law of Wilson
Then the officers will produce a man
who will swear that on the Sunday pre-
cedtng the murder he saw Miller and
McEWen at the Wilson ranch busily
engaged in looking over the ground
and planning, it is believed, for the
dreadful act of assassination under
cover of the night. This will explain,
1T is contended, how it was that the
assassin knew his ground so well in the
darkness and made his way without
mishap to the bridge and his horse.
The officers believe that they will then
be able to support their theory of the
crime with the proof of every fact in
the murderer's terrible preparations.
At the time of the murder Miller and
his wife lived in poor quarters in one
of the poorest districts of Vallejo.
Houses were so close to each other that
the inmates could see and frequently
hear all that was going on in the habi-
tations of their neighbors. Witnesses
will be presented to show that at 2
o'clock on the morning of October g.
1896, McEwen and Mrs. Dickinson left
the house of Miller under the shield of
darkness. They had been at the Miller
home for many hours and they took
the greatest pains to conceal their COM
ing and their going. 1t is not difficult
to draw the inference that some con-
ference of moment had been in progress
in the Miller household that night
The establishment of this fact will be
the beginning of the story of a day that
may be fatal one in the lives of Mil
Ter, McEwen, Mrs. Wilson and Mrs.
Dickinson. What was done that night
in the home of Miller no one knows.
The conditions of the case make it i'm
perative that McEwen loaned his gun
to Miller for the terrible weapon of
murder, but the officers must assume
and cannot yet prove this assertion.
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from one to twelve rounds. The local
pool sellers did big business last even
ing. AT Crowley's several thousand
dollars was betted in the auction pools
and quite sum went into the pari mu-
tuel box. 1t is said that at Corbett's
the winning tickets on Sharkey will
pay SO for 81.
The general opinion as expressed by
men who are supposed to be good
Judges of pugilistic contests is that
Snarkey proved to be too heavy man
Tor his opponent, who must have be-
come disguised when he f1oored the
Sailor" twice with punches on the
point of the jaw and failed to score a.
knockout
Eddie Graney thinks that "the sailor"
carries some kind of an Irish charm,
as 1t appears impossible for any man
70 gain Knockout decision over him.
Graney was sanguine that Mccoy
would whip him when the results of
the second and third rounds were
flashed over the wire. Dewitt Van
Court, the boxing instructor Of the
olympic Club, thought that Sharkey
would win from the time the match
was made. He said that he never vet
knew good little man who whipped a
good big man, and the great trouble
among the sporting fraternity was that
1t did not give Sharkey credit for what
he was capable of accomplishing in a.
ring. Van Court is satisfied that the
body punches that Sharkey gave Nc
Coy won the match.
Il hope to see a return match be-
tween Jeffries and Sharkey," said Van
Court. Il think that Jeffries would
certainly knock out the sailor if they
should ever meet again; but I expect
10 see lucky Tom matched against Fitz-
simmons"
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MILLER'S NIGHT RIDE ON THE
SUISUN ROAD.

The first deeply significant fact in the
proof of the officers against Miller has
reference to an incident that occurred
about $3.50 o'clock on the afternoon of
October 8, 1896. 1t will be shown, be-
yond the suggestion of a doubt, that
Miller hired a horse and buggy from
the Calender Stables in Vallejo on that
afternoon. He said neither where he
was going nor why he wanted the
team. 1t W 5 just growing dark when
: he drove away and a woman will swear
that about 6 o'clock she saw Miller
heavily clothed pass her ranch on the
Suisun road. He was going in the di-
rection Of the Wilson ranch.
What happened from that time until
O'Clock in the morning of the next
day is shrouded in darkness if not in
doubt. AT that hour Miller was back
again in Vallejo and returned the horse
and buggy TO the stable The horse
looked as if it had been driven hard,
but Miller said nothing of his mysteri-
Gus ride or his mission. He returned
to his home and started to light a fire
in gasoline stove. The stove caught
on fire and Miller, with his great ulster
on, rushed into the yard with it. He
was then seen by his neighbors, Mrs.
Z Frank Carney and Mrs. NJ. Hayes.
William Craig and Samuel Riley will
tell what happened at the stable when
Miller returned the team.
1t is around this primary incident Of
the hiring of the team that the officers
VIII build their case. They claim that
the footprints of the assassin, found in
the soft ground of the Wilson ranch,
We're those of a number seven shoe, the
size which Miller wears. The impress
sion of hoofs beyond the bridge, which
were Immediately noticed as peculiar,
correspond perfectly with those of the
horse that Miller drove on his mysteri-
Gus drive.
Strong as is this proof of the detect
ives the authorities must remove one
great obstacle before they will be able
to establish their case against the ac-
cused switchman and his relatives and
friends. On the night of the murder
the Millers had two young visitors at
their home. Early that evening Mrs.
Miller had gone to the house of a neigh
Dor, Mrs. Sheehan, and asked her to
permit her two little girls to visit the
Miller house for a few hours. Mrs.
Sheehan agreed and at $3.50 o'clock
went, she says, to bring her children
home. She remained at the Miller house
for perhaps thirty minutes and then
left with her girls.
Mrs. Sheehan swears that at that
hour Miller was at his home watching
his child during his wife's absence Mrs.
Sheehan's daughters support her in this
assertion. Yet there are other witnesses
who insist that Miller had hired a
team and die not return to Vallejo all
nigh. More than that he was seen on
the road that led TO the Wilson ranch
The officers do not believe that Mrs.
6heehan or her daughters are telling
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APPORTIONNENT
Of SCHOOL FUNDS
How the Several Coun-
ties Will Fare.
!. special pls9ateh to The Cali.

!, SACRAMENTO, Jan, 11.-Thomas j.
kirk, Superintendent of Public Instruc-
tion, has appgftioned the State and school
moneys to the several counties The
statement shows the total number of CEN
sus school children between 8 and II years
of age entitled to receive school money is
347 ,624; amount per child, So IS. The ap-
portionment is as follows:
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TENTH ROUND.


ond ON
Tom
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he
to in
"Icounted e. youton Won"
snoherd him with embraces congratulations
round,
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the truth. The girls were asked par
ticularly to tell where Mrs. Miller was
that night. They answered that she
had gone to Geary' grocery in Vallejo.
But Geary declares that she was not
there that night and could not have
been as his store was not open at the
hour mentioned. The officers are more
than puzzled to know why it was that
Miller kept a team out all night and
then went home to watch his child.
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STOCK wINTERING WELL.
Few Animals Lost on the Shasta
County Ranges.

REDDING, Jan. 10.-Reports from
the stock runs indicate that cattle,
sheep and horses are weathering the
big storm with few fatalities. The pre-
nomenal sales of last summer and fall
thinned out the herds to such an ex-
tent that there is an abundance of feed
and shelter for the stock held over.
This applies more particularly to the
sections where stock raising is the
principal industry and where heavy
winters are anticipated and prepared
against. In other sections where stock
raising is incidental to farming and
dairying, cattle and horses have not
been safeguarded to the same extent.
Occasional punches of stock have been
caught out on the ranges and showed
losses,
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Henry Shannon's Last Race.

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 10.-Weather
cloudy; track heavy.
First race, one mile-sailor King won.
Guide Rock second, Bonadea third. Time,
Second race, six and a half furlongs-
Reckon won, Cathedral second, Our Nellie
third. Time 1:26A.
Third race, handicap, one mile and a
quarter-Jim Hogg won, Laura May sec
ond Partner third. Time, 2:2l1s.
Fourth race, handicap, seven and half
furlongs Branch won, Queen of Song sec
ond Great Bend third. Time. 1885,.
Fifth race, one mile and seventy yards,
Blue Dan won, Traveller second, Mitt Boy
kin third. Time, 1:52A.
Harry Shannon was cut down in the last
race and so badly injured that he was
DESTROYED
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READY
TO FIGHT SHARKEY
Willing to Re-enter the Ring at ANY
Time After Three Weeks
From Date.

CLEVELAND, Jan. 1O.-Bob F'itz-
simmons declares he will fight Sharkey
at any time after three weeks from to-
night, providing the latter will put up
a side bet of $4,000.
81 have always said that I never
would have anything to do with him
again." declared Fitzsimmons. II licked
him fairly in San Francisco and then
was robbed Of my money. Just let him
cover my forfeit CT $4,000 that is with
a New York newspaper, put up side
bet of $4,000 and I will make match
with him any day. 1 will lick him to
a finish, you can bet on that [ have
him now just where I want him"
The champion admitted that Sharkey
was a better man than when he fought
him in San Francisco, but said he
would have little trouble in putting him
out.
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Kept From an Asylum.

WOODLAND, Jan. 10.-The relatives
of the old veteran, L. G.. Stone. have
decided not to have him committed to
an asylum. He is regarded as harm
less, and a son-in-law will take him
to his home and keep him under sur
VIGILANCE for the present.
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SHARKEY FAVORITE
IN SAN FRANCISCO
The Sailors Friends Were Legion and
Thousands of Dollars Changed
Hands.

Although the sporting men of New
York pinned their faith on Kid Nc
Coy, the local sports played Sharkey
heavily 10 win the big match anywhere
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Recognition Invitations.

For the engraving of invitations for
weddings and receptions Messrs. Cooper
& CO. have upexcelled facilities. The
best engrayers are employed and styles
which are thoroughly UP to date.
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NINTH ROUND.

with left Tom REPLIED replied With left
his he Mccoy with terrible left the stomach sending
N
This TOMS
nv ongodd
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EIGHTH ROUND.

swnF They rushed p to cnGh with nothing doing b mccoy left
left for the
landing left
wrggd eight looked
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THE FIGHT BY ROUNDS
FIR ST ROUND.


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SECOND ROUND.

Mccoy OF
onhe
Of he
continually evaded
q
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ribs insta the gong
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SEVENTH ROUND.


enehes followed which
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SIXTH ROUND.

Mccoy wary
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