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APPLIES FOR REeU1srrIoNs.
District Attorney Of Sacramento Pre-

District Attorney OF sacramento IRE
sents Papers to Governor Pardee.
- SACRAMENTO. Sept. 4.-District At
torney A II Seymour this afternoon ap-
piled 70 Governor Pardee for a requisi-
ton upon the Governor Of Nevada for
the return 10 this State OF Convicts Jo-
se6h Murphy and John Il. Woods. who es-
ca ped from the Folsom prison on the 9th
of last July with q number Of other con-
victs
It has been intimated that the Nevada
authorities would not deliver UP 10 the
agent Of the State Of California the two
prisoners unless the reward of $3.50 offered
for the capture OF each Of the Two con-
victs was paid in advance. This is some
.'vBat embarrassing, as there are no
means for meeting the demands Of the
Nevada authorities in the event that such
demands are made. II would be neces-
sarv for the state Board Of Examiners TO
audit the claims Of the captOrs OF Muir
phy and Woods before they could be paid.
Notwithstanding the information that
comes from Reno, il is not believed at
the Governors Office here that the Ne
1ada authorities viii insist upon the re-
wards being paid before turning the es-
CzDed couvicts over 10 the California Of
Gcers Private Secretary Nye will COM
municate with the Governors Office at
Carson CITY New. 10 learn the exact
condition Of affairs. and II no obstacles
are put IN the way Of the desire OF the
Governors Office here 10 have Murphy
and Woods returned 10 Folsom the prison
ers viii shortly again be inmates Of thet
institution
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METHODIST JAPANESE
MISSION CONVENTION
Silver Jubilee Anniversary of the
Founding of the Society Is
Being Celebrated


The silver jubilee convention of the Pa
cifc Japanese Mission Society met yes
terday afternoon in the Japanese Meth
odist Church. 1929 Pine street. Bishop
Earl Cranston, LII. D., presided.
Reports were read from the various
pastors having charge of japanese Meth
odist churches throughout the Pacific
Coast States and Hawaii, all of which
showed a prosperous and encouraging
condition of affairs. Committees were ap-
pointed as follows:
Auditing-M. S. Vail. T. Hirota. Church ex-
tensions. Sugehara, II. Saijo, S. Karamatsu.
Publications.. Saijo. u. Hirota. Education
u. Hirota, K. Miura. c. Kondo. Sunday-schools
and tracts-M. S. VAIL T. Tsuruda s. Suge-
hara. Resolutions-M. s. Vail, c. Nakamura.
The evening session was devoted to ad-
dresses. Among the speakers were X.
Mama, who was converted to Christian
ity in this city In 1874 and who is now
employed by the w. c. T. u. as a lee
turer in Japan, and T. Ukai, pastor of
Ginga Church in Toxic. whose mission to
this country is to raise $4,000 to build a
new church on the site of his present
charge. The convention will meet again
to-day at o'clock.
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DEMANDS CASH
FOR PRISONERS
IN evada to Hold Folsom
Escapes for the Re
wards
: ReQuisition Papers VIII Not
Be Signed Unless Money
Is Forwarded.

CARSON, New, Sept 4-Governor
Sparks IN an interview stated that the
two convicts captured at Reno. Miller
and Woods, would not be returned TO
California until the reward offered by the
State OF California were paid, as he did
not intend that the officers making the
capture should be put 10 the trouble Of
a lawsuit, and that generally follows
such cases. Up 10 the present time there
las been 10 settlement Of the case. and
the Reno officers who captured the out
laws are still waiting for the reward.
The Governor further stated that when
the check came for the amount due the
requisiuon papers would be signed. and
not before.
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SAN FRANCIsCANs MAY
RECEIVE THE CONTRACTS
Put in the Lowest Bids for Por-
tion Of Construction Work
at Fort Rosecrans.

SAX DIEGO. Sept Bids were
opened to-day by Construction Quarter
master Rolfe for the construction OF
four buildings at Fort Rcsecrans. con-
sisting or double captains quarters,
double Heutenauts' quarters. nO1l-cOm-
rnissioned officers quarters and barracks.
The lowest bid on construction was
made by Scion Bryan Of this city. The
lowest for the plumbing was by Robert
DalzieIl. san Francisco. who also bid low
est on the steam heating outfit for the
captains quarters For steam heating
in double lieutenauts' quarters and bar
racks J. ID. Sutton Of San Francisco was
lowest on electric wiring L. !. little
of San Francisco made the lowest bids.
All the bids viii be forwarded to the
0uartermaster's Office in Washington TO
be passed upon.
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IDENTIFY HANDWRITING.

Hd'l OeeH uIdWn ITOm tnS f1lDeTHld Ddlh
and placed with the German Savings and
Loan Society.
IDENTIFY HANDWRITING
Handwriting Experts Kytka and Eisen-
schimmel took samples of Mrs. Martin
Bowers chirography and compared them
with the prescription. Both declared un-
equivocally that the widow forged the
order for arsenic. They indicated "a few
of the 500 points" which they say they
will bring out at the trial. 1t was shown
that Mrs. Bowers had attempted to dis
guise her chirography when writing at
the order of the police. The exhibits were
passed around to the jurymen.
GrOceryman Goctjen testified that he did
not remember having sold any ham TO
Mrs. Bowers, but presumed that lie might
have done so He SAL; young man came
to the door one day and told MN that a
man UP the street had been poisoned by
eating some of the ham which came from
the grocery. He could not ascertain who
the young man was. Detective Ryan says
John Cunningham was the young man.
Detective Coleman related what he had
done on the case in company with Ryan.
Coroner Leland said that there was 10
necessity to introduce testimony showing
a motive for the crime. Mrs. Bowers and
Mrs. Sutton were invited TO take the
stand, but both declined to do so. Their
attorneys heard the case attentivaly. but
did not take part in any of the discus
sions or question the witnesses. The YER
dict was rendered in about ten minutes
after the case was closed.
The jurymen asked many questions dur
ing the course Of the proceedings. They
were highly praised by Coroner Leland.
Attorney Vaughn, for the defense, and
District Attorney Byington both stated
that they would like to have just such
men on the jury at the prospective trial
The names of the jurymen who were
present are: F. A. Zane, r. d. Magee,
H A. Walsh, l. Danziger. ]. F. Walters.
F. r. Burrows, A. S. Holman and Thomas
Gilbert.
District Attorney Byington states that
he will probably file his complaint to-
day, formally charging Mrs. Bowers and
Mrs. Sutton with murder.
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Footpads Sent to Penitentiarv.

SUISUN. Sept. 4-William Heacock and
Charles Carlson. who were convicted in
the Superior Court here Tuesday of high
way robbery, were sentenced to State 8
prison by Judge Buckles to-day. Heacock
was sentenced to five years in San Quen-
tin and Carlson to seven years in FOLSOM.
They held UP and robbed an old soldier
named George Cooper in Suisun about a
month ago.
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Charges White with Fraud.

In a petition to revoke letters of guard
ianship over the persons of Isabella and
William Mckenzie filed yesterday by Dan
iel Mckenzie, the children's father. he
charges that Major White, secretary of
the California Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Children. committed fraud
upon the court that made the appoint
ment Mckenzie alleges that White in
stead of serving subpenas upon the rela-
tives of the children, as the law provides,
suppressed them, thus preventing the per-
sons interested from appearing and prov
ing that his charges were wrong.
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Lower Prices for Wine Grapes.

STOCKTON. Sept. George West &.
Son. incorporated, owners of the West
winery. announce the following prices
which they win pay this year for grapes:
Ordinary varieties Of wine grapes, Sl3 80
per ton: Mission grapes. SO per ton
Black Prince grapes. Sl1 per ton; tokay
grapes, $ per ton. For a few varieties
higher prices viii be paid. They say there
is an overproductiOn Of wine grapes and
point out lower prices as inevitable if wild
planting continues.
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Makes Present to the University.

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Sept a.
DR.. Jordan has turned over 70 the univer-
sity a collection of about 5000 volumes on
fishes. which has formed the nucleus OF
his working library for many years The
list of books contains the names Of many
noted ichthyologists a number Of whose
works cannot be duplicated. Besides
these there is a collection Of pamphlets.
237 volumes in all, containing treatises on
fishes. These books will be placed in the
new zoology department.
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Prison Break Is Frustrated.

SUTSUN. Sept 4.-The officials Of the
Sherif-s Office made a discovery here to
day which thwarted an attempt TO escape
on the part Of the prisoners in the County
Jail The prisoners had small hole cut
in the concrete floor Of the corridor and
with a little more work they would have
been able 10 make their way out. The
Sheriff was informed Of the plot 10 escape
by a prisoner who had just been released
az the expiration Of his sentence.
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Technical Society Holds Meeting

The monthly meeting of the Technical
Society of the Pacific Coast was held last
night at Mechanics Institute Hall. There
was a large gathering of civil, mechanical
and mining engineers The principal talk
of the session was made by James I.
Ludlow, who spoke on the subject of
refrigerating machinery.
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THE CALLS
GREAT ATLAS OFFER

Will close on September "a,
1903, and all holders of Atlas
Coupons are requested co pre-
sent them Immediately, as this
great opportunity to secure one
of these splendid Aliases at The
Calls premium rates will be
brought to a close on Septem-
ber "a.
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WONDERS AT PRESCRIPTION.

It was on or about August 20 when the
woman whom l now know to be Mrs Sutton
came to the store and presented the forged
prescription l never filed such an order
before for any doctor No quantity Of the
drug was specified ana the woman said to
give her whatever l wished and that she did
not care what ii cost. This made me little
careful and L asked what she wanted of the
arsenic She said IT was for sick man who
was paralyzed. l gave her ounce and told
her what sort of drug it was 1 cautioned
her TO let the doctor use it and she said she
would do SO
About week later the proprietor of the
store told me that the detectives had discov-
cred something wrong 1 identified the pre-
scription when they came. Mrs Harry Bow
ers was brought into the store first. 1 said
she was not the woman. Then came Mrs SUIT
ton and | knew her at once. There could be
no mistake Her face was fixed in my mem
ory mostly because had such talk about
her purchase that night She said it might
have been Mrs. Martin Bowers but when L
saw her l knew differently.
That night I identified Mrs. Sutton in the
office of the Chief of Police again She said
I was mistaken and told TO ask her sister
Martin Bowers. / did not do so for 1 wanted
to perform no detective work
Mrs Sutton denies that she made any
remark to Peterson about the doctors
prescribing arsenic. Detective Thomas
Ryan, who has handled the case for the
Police Department, told of how he and
Detective Coleman had secured the in
formation presented to the jury. He told
what Mrs. Bowers had informed him in
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SISTERS ACCUSED BY COR
ONER'S JURY AND WIT
NESSES AT THE INQUEST.

Brown and was sent by the latter to
make statement to the police.
Harry Bowers testified to pretty much
the same facts and gave in addition
some details in regard to his knowledge
of his brothers sickness and to his own
experiences at the Martin Bowers home.
He told about how his wife and him
self became sick after partaking of some
beer purchased by the sick mans wife a
few days before the end.
He remembered seeing Mrs. Martin
Bowers give her husband some white
powders. The patient complained once
that the prepared food did not taste right
Harry Bowers felt certain all the time
that poisoned ham had caused the trouble.
The witness was very voluble, but the
Coroner could not get any definite reason
as to why he became suspicious
OFFICIALS MAKE STATEMENTS.
Autopsy Surgeon Bacigalupi testified
that he had sent the stomach and other
portions of the body of the deceased to
City Chemist Green and tnat ne himself
had found that the bridge builder had
suffered from fatty degeneration of both
the liver and the kidneys and that tuber-
culosis was apparent in the left lung.
City Chemist Green said he had opened
the stomach after DR.. Morgan had re-
ported to him that there were traces of
mineral poison. He found matter which
he took to be arsenic and proved that his
idea was correct by numerous tests.
DR.. Charles Morgan, toxicologst, fur
nished much amusement for the audience
by giving a technical definition of pto-
maines and by denying that he had ever
taken any very great quantity Of arsenic
to observe the effects. He testified that
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C0R0NRS JURY CHARGES MRS. MARTHA BOWERS WITH THE WLFU MURDER
OF HER HUSBAND AND HOLDS MRS. SUTTON AS AN ACCESSORY TO CIR

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Two sets Of people: pcoPk
who like Schilling's Best anc
people who like to be hum
bugged.
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Asserts Dead Man S
Wife Forged
Order.

lily. This admission on the part of the
physician caused a ripple of laughter to
pass over the audience.
The day before Martin Bowers died DR..
Mclaughlin went to the house and saw
that the patient was in a state of utter
collapse and vomiting terribly. Harry
Bowers was then told that if his brother
was not removed to some place where
he would receive more care he would not
last long. The bridge builder was re-
moved to the German Hospital next day.
but too late. The doctor explained that
the symptoms of various kinds Of pois-
oning are very much the same.
Dr. John Lagan testified that he was
called to the Bowers house OH the even
ing of August 13 After two visits he
found that the patient was taking medi-
cines prescribed by another man and
withdrew from the case He thought
Bowers might have been suffering from
arsenical poisoning
DIR. Bernstein, resident physician at the
German Hospital. said that Bowers was
taken to the institution in an ambulance
on August % in a dying condition. Re
storatives were applied and the man sur
vived until about 4 o'clock in the after
noon.
WOMEN VISIT DYING MAN.
Carl Schmidt the ward nurse at the
German Hospital, who attended Bowers
during his last moments, said that two
women. whom he identified in the in
quest room as Mrs. Martin Bowers and
Mrs. Harry Bowers, were present during
the afternoon while the patient was pass
ing away. The wife exhibited much grief
and was creating a scene. Bowers asked
for water continually, but could not hold
II on his stomach.
Mrs Harry Bowers stated that she
went to the hospital with her sister-in-
law and described ninutely what took
place there. The newly made widow did
not want to have the body go to the
Morgue and signed a receipt turning over
the remains to Undertaken Peterson The
two women then proceeded to Mrs SUIT
toms apartments at 154 Eddy street and
thence to Clementina street. There they
met Lervey. or O'Leary. and took two or
three drinks apiece in various saloons
Mrs. Harry Bowers then went to Fol-
lis saloon and told the woman in charge
Of the place that the bridge builder was
dead Mr.. Follis who was present. re-
marked that he knew trouble would re-
suit from the whole strange affair. Mrs
Harry Bowers said that she then hur-
ried to her own house and told her hus-
band of what had happened
Both returned to Follis' saloon and the
proprietor repeated his remark about the
prospect of trouble. Harry Bowers and
his wife proceeded to the Morgue. When
the husband discovered that arrangements
had been made that his brothers body
would not be taken to the Coroner's Of
flee he demanded an investigation He
told his suspicious to Deputy Coroner
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Defendants Refuse to
Testify at the
Hearing.

a large quantity of the arseniOus acid,
such as asxound in the stomach of Mar
tin Bowers, might act as an emetic and
prove less harmful than a smaller dose.
The length of time that Il poisoned man
might live was indefinite. Some had
lived many months. Arsenic caused a
degeneration of the tissues which caused
death. The poison whic1 was found in
the dead mans stomach did no harm
1t was the arsenic which had become
dissolved. As more than Tour grains of
the powder were found Toxicologist Nor
gan thought the dose must have been a
large one
Deputy Coroner NJ. ]. Brown told how
Harry Bowers had reported that some
thing was the matter The official then
telephoned to the German Hospital to
allow no one to touch the body and sent
the complainantS to the police
Coroner Leland said that he had been
requested by telephone to sign the death
certificate so that the body would not
have to be removed to the Morgue. He
replied that he would be glad TO do so
after his deputies had made a thorough
investigation of the case.
Drug Clerk Peterson's testimony was
the most sensational of the day When
asked to identify the woman to whom he
sold the ounce of arsenic on the forged
prescription he rose to his feet pointed
at Mrs Sutton and said: THAT Is the
woman" His statement was as follows:
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District Attorney Will
Prepare Com
plant.
Formal Accusation Is
to Be Lodged
To-Day.

regard to giving the dead mans watch
to John Cunningham and how the $500
had been drawn from the Hibernia Bank
and placed with the German Savings and
Loan Society.
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CALLS CASE INDIGESTION.

SDAAAiE
CALLS CASE INDIGESTION.
DR.. Dillon next testified that he had
known Bowers for ten or twelve years.
On June 10 or II he was summoned to 80
Clementina street to see the sick bridge
builder. He found the man dressed. but
very weak and lying on the bed. The
physician did not think the patient had
been poisoned by ham, but diagnosed the
case as one of indigestion. He prescribed
a com bination Of bismuth and morphine
He went TO the Bowers home again on
June i, and the patient was feeling bet
ter. Mrs. Bowers showed much affection
for her husband on this occasion. The
physician noticed two or three women in
the house. but no men. He did not think
that Bowers could have been suffering
violently al that time from arsenical poi
sOninE.
DIR. Mclaughlin, who was called next.
said that John Cunningham. whom he
had treated professionally about a year
ago, came TO his office the first week in
July and told him about a sick friend
who had been under the care Of two doc
tors and who had not benefited thereby.
Cunningham wanted the physician to
take the case. and on the advice of the
latter Bowers was shortly taken to the
Waldeck Sanitarium.
DR.. Mclaughlin first saw Martin Bow
ers on July or 5. The bridge-builder
was emaciated and very weak His symp-
toms were those of poisoning. The ply
sician gave the man a treatment which
would benefit a sufferer from any kind
Of poisoning. and the patient began to
recover rapidly.
Dr- Mclaughlin noticed the dropping of
wrists and ankles and the partial paraly-
SIS which are symptoms Of mineral poi
soning. He asked Bowers IL he had been
in the mines or around any place where
there was fresh paint, and concluded
when assured that there could not be
any mineral poisoning that ptomaines
had caused the trouble.
SAYS ARSENIC WAS CAUSE.
In the light of Developments the ply
sician said that there could be absolutely
no doubt that Martin Bowers was suf-
fering from arsenical poisoning while at
the Waldeck. Mrs. Bowers said after
a month that they could not stand the
expense of keeping the patient at the
sanitarium and her husband was then re-
moved home. Previous to leaving the
Waldeck he had been able to be in the
garden and was feeling well.
After being transferred home he became
rapidly worse. The physician was sure
that the sick man was not getting proper
attention, and so stated to the Bowers
family and to some of their visitors. DR..
Mclaughlin went away TO the country
about the first Of August. as he did not
understand what Mrs. Bowers wanted TO
have him do about treating the patient
further in view of what had been said
When he returned he sent his assistant
around to 80 Clementina street to find
out how he stood with the Bowers fam
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PHYSICIANS TESTIFY.

After the jury had been formally sworn
DR.. Carl Won Tiedemann was called upon
10 set forth his knowledge of the case. He
said that he had been summoned 10 the
Bowers house about June 3. He found
the patient suffering from what he judged
was ptOmaine poisoning. in view of the
statements Of Mrs. Bowers that her hus-
band had become III after partaking Of
some ham. Bowers symptoms were a
raging thirst. high temperature, dilated
pupils and inability to keep food on
his stomach.
The physician took a sample of the
matter which the sick man was vomiting
and examined il microscopically at his
home for ptomaines. Coroner Leland then
elected the information that DR.. Won
Tiedemann did not expect TO find any
ptOmaines, and that they could not be
discovered by a microscope The witness
said that ptomaines were bacilli which
was denied by other physicians who gave
testimony subsequently.
DR.. von Tiedemann was informed daily
in regard TO the condition of Bowers, but
did not call again until June 9, when the
patient was reported TO have improved.
Mrs. Bowers told the doctor then that
she had been sick for two days from eat
ing ham, but she showed no symptoms of
it, He requested her 10 keep him in
formed about her husband, but she failed
TO do so. When he was leaving she said
his fee Of "a was too great.
He saw Cunningham in an adjacent
room on one Of his visits He knew no
more of the case until he heard that
murder had been committed. DR.. Won
Tiedemann thought that Bowers might
have been suffering from arsenical poi
cOufug
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Finds That Arsenic
Killed Bridge
Builder.
Declares Poison Was
Procured by
Accused.

a & RS MARTHA Z. BOWERS was
charged yesterday by a Coroner's
REf jury with the willful murder by
II" means Of arsenic of her late hus-
band. Martin L. Bowers, and
Is her sister, Mrs. 4. c. Sutton, was
charged with completely in the crime ana
will be tried as an accessory. The YER
dict Of the Coroner's jury is given above
in full.
The evidence introduced at the inquest
held yesterday, went to show only how
the murdered man came to his death
There was no testimony in regard TO the
motive for the crime The session lasted
exactly six hours, exclusive of an inter
mission for luncheon. The inquest room
was packed with witnesses and disinter-
ested spectators.
Mrs Martha Bowers and Mrs. Sutton
were present with their attorneys. but
neither took the stand. Lervey. the third
prisoner, was kept in his cell at the City
Prison. Mrs. Martha Bowers sighed deep
ly whenever any particularly damaging
evidence was introduced. but her sister
Mrs. Sutton, remained cold and calm as
the STORED sphinx throughout the entire
proceedings. At times the audience was
still as death Itself while terrible truths
were being made known, and again the
lugubrious surroundings were forgotten
in hearty peals of laughter.