The San Francisco call., 1899-08-15

the debt Howard, so Chief Lees claims:
had Mrs. Bowel arrested on charge ol
grand larceny. ,,i -,ifa
under the name of Gertrude Howard anu anu
she alleged that Mrs. Bowel stole TWO
hundred dollars from her room. Ihe ; caSe
came up in the Police Court and was uiI-
mately dismissed. George Adams VINO
figured prominently in many or Ho"ar@u u :
criminal escapades, ran away from AUS
tralia some years ago with woman
named Agnes Canary
Previous to meeting the Canary woman
Adams who is an Australian JeW, MnNeu M
with a notorious woman named Charlotte
King. He had son by the King woman;
whom he brought to America rms , Ghllo
ards wife who placed the boy in pri7
vate school in this city, where ne st1ll ,
remains. Shortly after arriving In TINS
CITY Agnes Canary gave birth 70 a child.
The offspring of their unnatural In
timacy is recorded in the annals Of the
Board of Health as ,t the aSaio son OF 90 Georgse wse
has posed as a niece of Mrs. Howard, is
said to be her full sister. Her name IS
believed by the police to be 4 stra11e, bern aGn in
brisbane. Such is the record of one of
the most remarkable criminals with
whom the local police have ever had 10
Mr.. Pillsbury said that Chief Lees had
told him that in order to get the men
imnIicated in the Alameda robbery he did
NOT desire to arrest Howard Immediately.
Last Saturday things had come TO such
a pass that Mr.. Pillsbury came to the con
clusion that the attempt on CIreen NE
was in some way mixed up with the mat
ter of the robbery, and that he could no
longer delay. He also thought that II ar
rested one of the men would turn State S
evidence and thus the whole matter would
be brought to light
Pillshurv therefore notified Lees that
he would no longer hold off and proceeded
to carry his plans into execution. IN eN-
pIanation of the affair in the Palace some
DAYS ago Chief Lees said that the whole
affair of the detectives breaking into the
room was as follows: Gibson and Eils
had been detailed on the Alameda rob
bery case and had gone up to see Green IN
his room Howard had also gone up 10
see the same party and had got there
tirst The detectives were waiting in the
anteroom when they overheard the start
of an alteration in the other apartment
which gradually grew warmer ana
warmer Finally Green said:
"You have been acting the traitor all
What are you going to do about it?"
Howard replied. you CAM 90 anyenir1gg any, nrlg
courts fixed. could ruin you with your
family. Don't you suppose | know al
about your visiting women Oh OF the ne tpMh pight
here and now; then Kill myself after
ward. ! would do it. too, if it were not
for my children. ,.,s
that the officers, fearing he would put his
threat into execution, broke down the
door and interfered: .
In explanation of Green's return from
Denver, Chief Lees said that 1t was made
in compliance with request sent by nln-
OF the S1S5 900 acquired by Howard GreeI
has received $5S. 900 back once by payment
of $4,000 and a little later through the pay
ment of $50. .000
incidentally there seems to be an ex-
cellent chance of a conflict between the
police and judicial departments before the
case is done with.
II want to make a statement rghl