The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-07-30
SM0QT PLAYS
PEEKAbQO WITH
THE DETECTIVES
He Is Unable to Get
Bonds.
WILL LIE HID TILL He DOES
SEVERAL sURETIEs OFFERED
NOT UP TO THE MARX.
Brick" Mcpherson, the Leader Of
the Gang, Is Having an Irk-
some Time of It in the
City Prison.
SURETIES OFFERED
NOT UP TO THE MARX.

Saloon-keeper Smoot is still playing
peekaboo with the police. Contrary to
the express promise of his attorney,
Thomas Madden, Smoot failed yesterday
to deliver himself into custody. He was
very sorry to disappoint the patient de-
tectives he sent word, but business was
business with him, and he was firm in his
determination to avoid the warrant for his
arrest until such time as he could meet
it with a bail bond that would pass mus
ter. The bearer of the message sought to
cheer up the depressed detectives with the
assurance that his man ought to be able
to get around to it by Monday morning.
The detectives thanked him for the con-
sideration he had shown and requested
him to ask Smoot to get a move on.
Smoot had been getting a move on. but
it was barren of results. he was conf
dent Friday that as soon as collection
day passed he would have no difhculty in
procuring a bond. In the good old days
before his name was connected so freely
with that of Brick" Mcpherson and the
done dream gang he could have secured
the signatures of dozen bondSmen that
would have passed muster. 1t is different
now as the Larkin-street Saloon-keeper
has found to his cost. Any old signature
will not do for bail bond. Shoots agents
submitted half a dozen names YESTERDAY
to Bond Expert Newman and Police Judge
Treadwen but not one OF them WoulQ
pass muster. The smell of straw fingered
on all of them, and they were inconti-
Shoots emissaries became discouraged
during the afternoon and decided to knock
off work in this direction until Monday
morning when they are confident that
enough persons to represent $4,000 worth OF
property can be induced to go bail for the
saloon-keeper now under cover.
Smoot is moved by good reason IN re-
fusing to surrender until he has his bond
ready. Judging from the experience or
Brick Mcpherson. any of the gang or
their connections who land in jail is haDle
to have q hard time getting out Nc
PherSons friends have tried it and they
know the difficulty of securing bondSmen-
The dope dream swindle has left such
bad odor behind it that no one is anxious
to mix with the swindlers. For that
reason Brick Mcpherson is still in the
look, will stay there until the law finishes
with him.
Ex-Policeman Clisham, it now appears,
secured bail just in time, or he. too, may
be would have a hard time securing II.
The police were informed yesterday that
the supposed Davis. accused Oy Attorney
Isaac n Thorne of embezzlement, was
mixed up several years ago in trans
action which bore all the earmarks of
bunko and shows that Clisham was no
novice i'll such operations as were peculiar
to the Brick Mcpherson gang.
Early i'm 1897 Felix Pantoveris, who was
at that time secretary to the Greek Con-
sui at this port claimed that Clisham
bunkoed him out of 5000 on a promise that
he would get him a position in the City
Hall. On the discovery that he had been
Ruef. and the outcome was a promissory
note from Clsham to Pantoveris for 800.
Pantoveris is now a cook in a Sausalito
restaurant.