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Interesting Experiment. Shows How
the Baltimore Fire Started.
Baltimore Sun.

1. Z"
It is generally known that the great
CONGREGATION which destroyed the
heart Of the business section started
in the building occupied by John e.
Hurst & Co. The belief also prevails
extensively that the blaze you'd prob
ably not have attained the extraor-
binary proportions it did in such a
remarkably short time, if at all, but
for several explosions, or at least one,
Of unusual force. The cause of this
explosion or explosions has not been
explained, In fact, all persons con
nected with the firm deny in the most
positive terms that there was anything
Of an explosive character in the ware
house, and those charged with the in
quiry into the matter have been max
ing persistent efforts to ascertain what
exceptional and hitherto little-recog-
nized force it was that scattered the
flames to nearly every part of the big
structure in a few moments.
That smoke will explode under GER
tain conditions is not known to per-
sons interested in such subjects, and
was demonstrated Saturday by Chief
of the Fire Department Horton and
District Chief Burkhardt to the city
and fire department officials. Will
liam McDevitt, a fireman of 80 years
experience, had model of the ware
house containing windows and an ele-
vator shaft, and was in effect the
Hurst building in miniature.
He explained that when smoke &C
| cumulated in the upper floors OF a
building and was heated by the fire
| in the lower stories, it expanded and
| travelled downward, generally de-
scending thru the elevator shaft, and
| when the smoke reached the fire, II
/ it had no means of escape, it exploded
The upper floors of the model were
filled with smoke, and when blaze
was placed at the bottom of the ele-
vator shaft the smoke exploded with
a loud noise and blew every window
| out of the model. The report was &C.
companied by a whistling sound such
as Chief Burkhardt heard when ne
| was hurled out of the Hurst building
/ Iron shutters on the model We're
| closed, and at the second test the
smoke exploded down the elevator
shaft, blowing away the experiment
.er's instruments in front Of the model
! Mr.. McDevitt says he has blown of
the roof of the model when it hao
seventy-five pounds of weight on it
! The blac ksmoke, the explosion ant
| the peculiar whist1ing noise at thu
Hurst fire were duplicated in tn
smoke explosions in the model build
ing. Mr.. McDevitt says smoke vii
/ explode at a temperature OF from l6'
| to 200 degrees.
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WALL STREET
HAS dull DAY
CHANGES SMALL. AND BUSINESS
LIGHT IN EARLY TRADING. b, 4
Traders Appear Indifferent and Bears
Take Advantage of Lack Of Interest
to Offer Stocks 3Down--Lifeless
Trading Leaves Closing Heavy. !.

New York, July 3o.-The small price
changes and the light trading in the open
ing dealings in the stock market today
traders United States Steel preferred and
Analgamated Copper opened UP an eighth,
but the former Immediately lost it. Other
wise the tendency was lower. Lead re-
acted Is from yesterdays, advance.
EARLY trading revealed such an entire
absence of interest in the market that the
bear traders were encouraged to offer
stocks down. Union Pacific receded Il
to 40, and St. Paul and Baltimore & Ohio
u. Elsewhere the speculation was largely
nominal.
Slightly lower prices were touched by
Steel preferred on insignificant dealings
The lifeless trading left the closing heavy
without recovery.
Stock quotations reported for The Journal b!
! Watson L. Co., brokers, Chamber of Commerce
| Minnea polls. Closing figures are bid
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ARMY OF CATS
Attacked Choppers and Drove Them
from an Abandoned Cabin.


Chicago Inter Ocean.
Harry Burt and Sam Clark, chop
pers have brought in from the tim
Der a weird story of being driven
from an old logging camp by an army
Of cats that seem to have had a prior
claim on the place. The men are not
Of the yarn-spinning variety, and
their tale is generally accepted as
true.
some trees to be chopped near the
reservation of DR.. w. Seward Webb,
and went into camp in an abandoned
cabin once owned by a man named
Prior. Prior was pothunter in the
days before game laws We're stringent
andl ived in the cabin with his wife.
They had no children, and Mrs. Prior
lavished her surplus affection on cats.
According to reliable information there
were at least a dozen Of the animals
| about the house at the time Mrs. Pri-
or died.
AS near as they cas- remember it
was about midnight when Clark was
aroused by a screeching and snarling
| in the kitchen. Jumping up, he
! lighted a lantern, and, accompanied
| by Burt, started to investigate. He
| looked thru the door in time to see
at least a, dozen unkempt and wild
eyed cats Of all colors and sizes Leap
thru the open windows. They snarled
and growled as they went, and left
| the entire stock Of provender brought
| into the woods scattered over the
| floor.
The windows were Immediately
boarded up and after what was left
of the food had been gathered up
the men went back to bed. They hac
scarcely. closed their eyes before the
most awful caterwauling either hae
ever heard began. The sounds came
from the roof, from the cellar ane
! from all around the foundations o.
the house. Several Of the animals
attracted by the food, scratched ane
I bit at the doors, leaped against the
boarded windows and broke the only
4 pane of glass In the house. Severa
times the choppers shot at the in
vaders with revolvers, but this hat
little effect. Evidently the feline
were desperately hungry, for Whel
one of their number fell it was speed
lily devoured by the rest Of the pack
AS near as they could figure Their
were in all about sixty cats, and thei
screeching and fighting could b.
heard a mile.
There was no sleep for the chop
pers that night, and they We're tree
and angry when they finally fast
ened the doors and went to work
They knocked off at noon and spen
the rest of the day devising schemes
to get rid Of the is Traps We're set
bonfres were lighted at dusk and re
yolvers were shot now and then VI
to bedtime. But all this had no eff
, feet. At 9 O'Clock the pack returned
REINFORCED by half as many more
! and the performance of the night be
fore was repeated. The racket con
tinued all night, and only ceased
/ when the men went outside to take
pot sh OTIS at the n1srauders- DayHgi1
found the men still awake and near
~ desperate. One more night wa
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MISCELLANEOUS

NEW YORK COTTON, July so.-The cotton
market opened steady: at a decline of 1@l4
points, under liquidation and little selling thru
d9Sshsfn sources bsarah
sotn py I PfTate estimates ft1s condition
for the month of July. There was a renewal Of
support + from local bulls however, and with Of;
was fairly steady Business was very quiet and
prices prices ruled irregular Fluctuating within a
point or so of the opening figures. Owing to the
holiday abroad there We're no cables to in
auence sentiment either way. Twenty eight
bales of new crop cotton were reported at Hous-
ton and the weather. reports were generally ia
yorable. Cotton futures opened steady. August,
lO.25c; September, 996c; October. 9,76c: Novem-
ber offered, 9:74c; December, 9.74c; January,
9.77c; March, 0.79c. Fsia
, Cotton futures closed steady; August, 10. 22c;
9.69e; January, 9,5ac; February, 9.74c; March,
srot cotton closed quiet; middling uplands,
l0.7oc: middling gulf, 10000; sales 1O6 bales.
PEORIA WHISKY, July so.-whisky on the
basis of SIPS for finished goods. ~
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Inspected NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Northern
No i northern, q; No: northern, 9; No. 8, J..
Chicago Milwaukee & st. Paul-No. north
ern, 8; Nos 16; rejected Ii no grade, 4.
Minneapolis g. St. Louis--No. 2 northern, 1O;
No. 3, 2; no grade 3. u
500 Line-No. ! northern, 2; No. northern, B.;
No. 3, /; rejected, 4..ls I: .6
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis s. omaha-No.
2 northern, Il; No. g. 81; no grade, j..
Wisconsin Central-Rejeeted, l.
Totals--No. l northern, 4; No. 2 northern, 80;
No. 3, %; rejected. 6; no grade, 8.
Other ..Grains-Rejeeted. macaroni wheat, !;
corn. L; No. white oats, Il Ne. 8 white oats,
TO- No. white oats, FL No. OATS l; no grade
oats. 8; No rye, l; No 8rye, i; No. barley,
flax, 10; rejected flax, 5.
Cars Inspected Out-No. 1 northern wheat, 40;
No 2 northern wheat, 1O4; No. 8 wheat, IA:
rejected wheat, 21; no grade wheat. 4; macaroni
wheat, p; No. 4 corn, 2; No. 3 white oats 8;
ley, A. No. 2 rye. i; No. 8 rye, 4; rejected
fax, 2. &a4 5Es II !:
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. WINNIPEG GRAIN, July 3o.-opening July,
95ac; August, 961se; October, sssKc December,
SEC; Close: July, 95Ac; August. 96c October,
Ssaac; December, SEC; cash, No. i northern,
9oAc; No. northern, 921ac; No. 8 northern,
zoe; No. 4, so1ac; No. / feed, Csc; No. 2 feed,
36c. Puts-August, 955s October, SSAc. Calls
august. ssssc; October 96c. Receipts, %
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CHICAGO GRAIN
COVERING OF SHORTS STRENGTHENS JULY
.. WHEAT AND OTHER OPTIONS,

Chicago, July 3O.--Covering of July wheat by
shorts incident to theh final delivery day caused
strength in all options today. The firm tone
was helped by continued reports of damage
from the northwest. September opened shade
lower to H@Ac higher, at 9OA M90kc and
after advancing to 911sc reacted to 907sc. Min
neapolis, Duluth and Chicago reported receipts of
2o2 cars against 27O cars last week and 249
cars year ago.
The market during the latter part Of the ses-
sr wa sor a me from
before sufficient offerings could be secured the
price was forced up to S1.00h. In sympathy
western houses September advanced to 91&c A
sharp reaction quickly followed result Of
heavy liquidation by small holders, who had
been waiting for the price Of the July delivery
to touch theh dollar mark. On the break July
declined to 97c and September to 90Ac. Shorts
again bid July up to 9sh, where it closed.
September closed at oossc, shade higher than
yesterdays final figures. seS
Cash-Wheat No. 2, 94@9Sc; No. 3 red, 500
93c; No. hard, 93c; No. hard. Gle; No.
northern, $1,o2; No. ? northern, ssc; No. 8,
Close: Wheat-July, 99Bc;- DID, $1.0O; Septem.
Der, 9Oac old, 915sc; December, s91ac; May.
Selling by pit traders on the favorable weather
conditions held the corn market steady, notwith.
standing the strength Of wheat September
ssd Of 5a to sc ahs rssa ssaa
to 49Ac. Local receipts We're 201 cars, with Is
of contract grade.
failed to rally closing almost at the lowest
point of the day September sold of to 49Ae
Cash corn, No. 2, 5o@5oAc; No. s, 49N @5oc
Close: Corn. July. 1910; September, 49A q
wide range in lie Se' price e Of 3uy 4a ats incl
dent to covering by belated shorts was the fea
tture in the oats pit There was little sell
ing OF September on weather conditions, but thu
demand about. equaled the offerings. September
opened a shade lower at 33Ac, and sold up t
1895 M333 Nc. Local receipts were 100 cars.
Cash oats, No. 2, 37c; No. 3. sec, No. 2 new
4041A Gl417ac; No. 8 new. 400 4o1ae.
Close: Oats, July, 45c; August, "a 1ac; septem
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BANK CLEARINGs

New York July 30.-The following table,
compiled by Gradstreets, shows the bank clear
ings at the principal cities for the week ended
July %, with the percentage of increase and
decrease as compared with the corresponding
week last year,
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THE FLOUR MARKET

STRENGTH RULES THE MARKET-DEMAND
FAIR. ar .... b
Prices are shade up and firm quotsi
The tone is one of strength. Demand is fsir
and the output, which is now light, barely sufh
Client to meet it. -.-...
Shipments, 80, 1928 brls.
First patents are quoted at S5.106l5.2O; sec
ond patents $5@5.10; first clears, So. @3. 65
second clears, 81. 80.
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OTHER GRAIN MARKETS

DULUTH GRAIN, July so-=-vvith a holiday in
sbEs s% % ahs s e q ea nshbs
Hand to mouth business s. the Shippers term it.
eRsasa
Mas dead and w pees
Oats on track advanced We.
e saIose M norStrt 70 sEve No. aors NE
No. ~. /, Ss5Se; IL. J. s5c; July $a.SSh ssptsm
slh 81 traeE sHs y s s to ss spfxe
eember, $l.2sN Oats on track, s1Me; to ar
On track and to 1 arfiye s2e Cars inspected
Thaas last 81 oats Il h 81
255,ooo; oats T64i: III barley hey 49, s'n's
NEW YORK GRAIN AND FLOUR, July sc. =
Flour receipts 1866 brls; sales. 1900 brls;
and ssRsf on DH
the northwest foreign buying and export sales;
July. $l,o2M1 ,02h; September, 94% @95 s,l8c;
81 sales w. o0 ba rm VIII
wheat; July, 5+1a a551sc. Oats receipts. 42ooo
Close: Wheat, september, s51ac; December,
9aMc; May, 95c.; Corn. September, 54Ac; De.
ST. LOUIS GRAIN, July so.--Close:r Wheat
July, e99r r, otherwise irregular; No. 2 red
september sse No h sTP9s so@s2 Guy Corn
weak; No. 2, cash, nominal track. 5l1a @52c
s septina1 "a. 4sAs Oats, lower No ca,h
l 321ac, No. 2, white, 42c.
MILWAUKEE, GRAIN AND FLOUR, July 80
-Flour, steady: Wheat, higher. No. north
I ern, u 90; No. northern, 81 OF; new September
9O% @9oAc. Rye, lower: No. +, 73c. Barley
duil; sample, 3S@57c. Oats, active; standard
Wheat--Puts, $3.50 asked; calls, 92c bid
/ lCorn-Puts, 497scy asked; calls, 49k GAGS
1 asked.
! KANSAS CITY GRAIN, July so,-close
Wheat, steady; July, s3ase: September, 1914 9
ssHe RRe Dec 59e cash No a hard s5g
s6GssAe; Corn, STEADY; July, 1896; septen
pr, a6E QA46%s; December n @al %c; May
No. white, 52c; No. 3, 5OM51c. Oats, steady
No. white, 47c; No. 2 mixed, 43@1431ac.
CHICAGO SEED AND COARSE GRAIN, Jul
fan Casio aotSesr seatnMes
f1e }Sly and septems IS 1e a, Timothy
SLIPS. Barley, cash.. 2S0l53c.. i.
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THE CASH TRADE
RYE WEAK-oTHER COARSE GRAIN
ABOUT STEADY.

..
FLAX-Firrn and active and some sales a
fraction higher. Good demand for everything.
Minneapolis received Is cars against is year
ago, and shipped 2. Duluth received II cars.
Closing prices: Minneapois-Cash. to arrive and
July, $123A.
OATS-No. 3 white closed at BIC. Receipts.
80 cars: shipments. % cars.
CORN-No. yellow closed at 53c. Receipts,
z cars shipments, 2 cars.
& MILLSTUFFS-Bran in bulk. $14; shorts,
$3.50; middlings, $40; red dog, $21; all b
in Minneapolis; in 1Oolb sacks, $3.50 per ION
additional; in 20O-lb sacks, 81 per ton addi-
tional: Shipments. ,2o7 tons
FEED AND MEAL-Coarse cornmeal and
cracked corn, in sacks. sacks extra, $1950Q
1915: No. l ground feed ca corn and Ia
OATS. SO-lb sacks, sacks extra 500 2502050:
No ground feed ~ corn and u oats). 7O-lb
sacks sacks extra, SCI. 25@21.5O; No. 3 ground
feed d-3 corn and IS oats). 75-lb sacks. sacks
extra $22.20T22 90. a
.BARLEY-Feed grades are quoted at 32@3sc
mailing grades, 3S@4Sc. Receipts II cars
shipments, cars.
RYE-Weak and lower Closing figures fol
No. 2 Gao. Receipts, cars: shipments, 1 car
HAY-Choice timothy. old. $1O@11: choice
timothy, new, S90fO; timothy. No. 1. $S.5O@0
q. timothy. No. 2, S7.50@s; timothy, No. 3, $3.50
al; upland. choice, old. Sa@10; upland, choice
new, $S.50@9; upland, No. /, $7.50@S; upland
+ No. 2, $6.50Gl7; midland, S6.5Ol7.5O; straw
rye, $6.504T: straw, wheat and oats $f0l5
Receipts, 81 tons; shipments, 13 tons.
p1rTS ANN nAITs
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THE DAYS REPORTS
CLOSING CASH PRICES

On 1 o i've
99kc No
wheat *.s
No fax No .-
No 3yelow con53
BARLEY To
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Totals, U. s.. 81, S44, 108, 1888 80. 10.
Outside n. ". 727.25O,746 4.
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PUTS AND CALLS.

PUTS AND CALLS.
lis o'clock report: y&sg{
Puts-September wheat, S9sc.
Calls-September wheat; 02%c. .&s+
Curb-September wheat, 91sc.
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GRAIN TRADE GOSSIP

PEORIA WHISKY, July 3O.-Whisky on the
basis Of SIPS for finished goods.
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MACAHUNI WHEAT,
WINTER WHEAT
STATE GRAIN INSPECTION, JULY 2,

No. 2, /, car ................... i
No. 8, / car ...,...... ...............
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MILWAUKEE GRAIN AND FLOUR. Iuly 90

CHICAGO SEED AND COARSE GRAIN, July
s374 rs; flaT, cash, northWest' si.s4 Southwest;
SILICA July and september. $1.16R. Timothy,
July, $3.O3; September $8.22la. Glover, July,
SLIPS. Barley, cash. 2S0l 53c && ~,
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HOW SMOKE EXPLoDES

Totals. Canada. s5o,so7.1se 124
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GRAIN IN REGULAR LOCAL ELEVATORS.
DAILY WHEAT MOVEMENT

The following receipts and shipments
at the principal primary wheat markets:
+ ecainfs ShinmenfS.
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-20
RUNS ON ROCKS
At POINT PINOS
Steamship NOrthland, Bound
for Monterey, Has Narrow
Escape From Destruction

PACIFIC GROVE, Sept. Is.-The
steamship Northland. Captain Samuel
Boniheld. bound from Portland to
San Pedro, via San Francisco, ran on
the rocks about a mile south of Point
Pinos Lighthouse and about two miles
from Pacific Grove at o'clock this
morning.
The Northland left San Francisco at
o'clock yesterday afternoon and was
70 have put into Monterey with 100000
feet of lumber, consigned to Healy.
Tibbetts & Co. Peter Hedoal the first
mate, was in command when the yes
sci struck the rocks. Captain Boni-
field explains the mishap by saying
that the mate mistOok the Point Pinos
light for that at Santa Cruz and went
to the wrong side Of it. The night was
clear and the MOON was shining
brightly when the accident occurred.
The Northland was going at full
speed when she struck and a great
hole was torn in her starboard bow.
Perfect order prevailed among the
passengers and crew and after jetti-
soning a part of the deckload Captain
BOnifeld succeeded in getting his
vessel into deep water.
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-20
SUBW CAFE
IS DISCUSSED
Dr. Kosburgh Says New York
Churches DO Not Take
Bishop Potter Seriously
TNIONS ARE DISCUSSED
Attorney Emery Speaks for
Citizens Alliance Before
Presbyterian Ministers

lop Potter is not taken seriously
~ the churches and settlement work
ed. of Sew York in the matter OF his
sa loon advocacy. according 10 the Rev.
Dl. 81. J. Nosburgh Of Oakland. Dr.
h-esbursh. while discussinging his trip
Easi before the Baptist Ministers
Association yesterday, introduced the
toFic of the now famous subway
s-soon and interested his hearers with
hls account ~ opinions formed on the
subject by churchmen.
Dr. AOsburgh declared the Bishops
loon is like any other respectable
81 loon. no better and no worse" He
rnen turned hls attention 10 DR.. Rains
-orc, The eminent rector of st George 5
Church, New York, and one OF the
clerical idols Of the Eastern metrOpO-
AS paying him the highest compli-
Ueut FOR his indefaugable work. DR..
ECsburgh also gave IL as his opinion,
formed after a visit TO Colorado, that
Governor Peabody had handled the
s,rike situation in that State very
we'll. though he had made individual
mistakes.
j. A. Emery. one OF the attorneys Of
The CiriZens' Alliance. appeared before
The Presbyterian Ministers Association
al the Presbyterian House, Sacra-
Uent0 street yesterday morning on
invitation and discussed labor unions.
strikes, Interference with nOn-union
d Dor and the cause for the existence
of the organization which he repre-
seucs
Emery gave the history of the
trades union, tracing IL back TO the
period when he admitted IL was neces-
slry 10 gain concessions for the work
ID Euan. When the unions asked for
better hours and higher wages, he
s1-l. they had the sympathy OF the
public. but he asserted that the labor
auizari0us went further and by
means Cf coercion, threats and intimi-
d tion they ultimately gained an IN
l-lrloral and unlawful power, and
deny t0 men not affiliated with them
the right no enjoy the liberty guar
srteed hy the constitution OF the
United States.
Emery declared the boycott not only
Unlawful but against the principles
~ American cirizenship- The people
oL san Francisco had daily object les
SIMS ~ the boycott in the brutal as
suits uTou men. who. because not af-
I.ared with labor unions. had been
-uf1ecred 10 murderous attack. He
h-Eed the unions with being 4 party
70 the assaults since they fail 10 ex-
Bel those members who are guilty OF
The assaults. in substantiation Of his
charge he quoted the recent case OF
one EaEau. who. he said, had battered
e~ old man until he was almost un-
recognizable. set the labor organiza-
zion had come 10 his assistance and
even a Supervisor had given bail for
Dina.
Christian Science" was the subject
ar an address by the Rev. William II.
Hopkins before the Congregational
Ministers Union yesterday.
The Rev. Father ?. c. Yorke will
deliver r. lecture on Russia or Japan
' Which, al the Alhambra Theater
friday evening September 80.
Bishop Partridge of Kioto. Japan. de-
uKered an entertaining address yes
reriay -0 The pupils Of the Chinese
Public school
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-20
REMAINS OF MAN FOUND
HIDDEN IN A CULVER1
Body Believed TO Be That of Victim
of Tramps Who Camped
Near SDOt

SALINAS. Sept. 19.-George Henry, manager
Of the Miller Company, about noon yesterday
discovered the partially decomposed, remains
OF a man hidden in an eiRhteen-ineh culvert
near the company's warehouse At the en-
trance TO the culvert a package containing
almost new wearing apparel had been stuffed
and two feet farther in the body was found
tightly wedged-
The skull is fractured in nine places as
thcu=h with q heavy blunt instrument The
only thing found on the body was a letter
addressed TO Pillar Gomez and written some
where is southern California II Is supposed
the man attracted the notice OF tramps whose
camp was located a few yards from the eul-
vert and murdered and the BODY showed
INTO the culvert 10 prevent discovery. Cor
ouer's Jury returned a verdict OF killed by
party or parties unknown
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-20
VARYING TALES
ABOUT SUICIDE

According TO the report of the police
detectives regarding the man supposed
to be F. Leuthold, whose body was re-
covered from the bay yesterday morn
ing, the case was not one of murder
as stated on the Coroner's record, but
one Of undoubted suicide. Detectives
Bailey and Whitaker reported TO Cap
tain Martin, Chief of Detectives, yes
terday the following statement made
to them by w. s. Dillon, night watch
man for Crowley's boathouse:
At about 10 o'clock last Sunday night
Dillon saw two men walking down VAL
lejo street wharf, one of whom had a
basalt paving block tied TO his waist.
They sat down upon some piling near
the edge of the wharf and engaged in
conversation in the German language
The man with the stone was threaten
ing to jump overheard and his friend
was OBTAINING him. Dillon started
toward them, when the man carrying
the stone ran toward the edge of the
wharf Dillon caught him by the arm,
but the man broke loose from him
and jumped overheard. Dillon and the
suicides companion got a boat hook
and grappled for the body.
When they had drawn 1T to the wharf
Dillon notified the Coroner's Office and
Deputy Coroner Meehan came for the
body. He cut the stone block away
from the dead man and let it lie on
the wharf, where it was found by
Police Patrolman F. 7. Becker of the
Harbor Hospital. who conveyed it and
a bottle one third full of claret to the
police station and later to the Coron-
er's Office.
The suicides companion disappeared
after he and Dillon rescued the body.
On the person of the suicide was
card of the Building Trades Council,
bearing the name IF. Leuthold." Up
to a late hour yesterday no one had
applied for the body or identified it.
The paving block weighed about twen-
ty pounds.