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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-10-25
COLLINS FLAYS
HIS ACCUSERS
Attorney Whose Disbarment
Is Sought by Local Bar
Association Files Reply
TOBIN GETS A CHILLING
Supreme Court Must Ponder
Over Document Before all
Opinion Can Be Rendered

Attorney George D. Collins filed a
scathing answer yesterday TO the pc
tition that he be disbarred from prac-
tice by the Supreme Court. In his
brief he makes serious charges against
Joseph Tobin of the Hibernia Bank
and ridicules the San Francisco Bar
Association. The document urges that
the accusation against Collins be dis
missed. In answer TO the charge that
the accused lawyer disowned his wife
and swore falsely as TO the maternity
Of his children Collins says:
There are certainly none so Insulting and Of
fensixe as those who. pretending TO be gentle
men. are lost 10 ali sense of decency and honor
10 all matchmaking minds can serve only TO
disgrace the accUsers It has been SAID some
where that .-Out of the depths OF infamy COM
eth foul vaporing 10 asperse and defame.
And Il is certainly a mean envy, which, hurt
at the talents or prosperity OF others, makes
them the subject Of its censures. and studies
10 dim the splendor Of whatever outshines It
self: s disguised hatred which sheds, in its
speeches. the hidden venom OF the heart; a
shameful levity, which has no command over
itself or its words; deliberate barbarity, that
pierces through the sacred Sanctity OF the
home and with foul insults assails the good
name Of a family II demands very low or
der Of morals and Of intellect TO make and
publish such outrageous and villainous stuff as
that which comprises the charge IN the nrst
count Of the accusation. No one but an arrant
coward would be equal 10 the inherently de-
generate nesnness Of the act
Further on in his brief Collins de-
nounces the Bar Association and char
acterizes il as pseudo" He attributes
Tobin's position in the matter 10 the
alleged fact that the latter has fire.
ouently been defeated by the accused
In fierce forensic battles.
concluding his answer RI the first
charge Of moral turpitude in respect to
his deceased wife Collins denounces the
accusation as an attempt to descend
into the grave and summon the dead
10 judgment.
The Supreme Court received the ac-
cused's reply but deferred rendering
an opinion until time shall have been
taken to ponder over the biting docu-
ment
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-10-25

for years he had engaged in thefts and
that he had kleptomania developed to
a high degree.
Stone was promoted to captain of po-
lice and the last three years of his
service were spent as keeper of the city
prison. 1t was generally believed that
he was assigned to this position of OBJ
security because of jealousy on the part
of his superiors whose records he was
overshadowing. He came to San Fran
cisco in 1854 from Massachusetts, and
was millwright by trade.
The widow and one daughter, Mrs.
Daniel z. Easterbrook, survive. The
funeral will take place this afternoon
at 2 o'clock from 1866 Mission street.
Chief Whitman has detailed Captain
Anderson, two lieutenants, two SER
geants and forty-eight men to act as
an escort. The chief has also detailed
Sergeant w. H. Williams and Police
men r. Judson, James O'Connor, Will
liam Henneberry, Hiram Smith and w.
T. Hooper to act as pallbearers.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-10-25
ORDER FRIENDLY INQUIRY
INTO THE TAX OFFICE
Supervisors to Ascertain If Improve
ments Can Be Made in Collec-
ton of City's Revenue.

The Supervisors Finance Commit
tee decided yesterday to hold friend
ly investigation this afternoon of the
conduct of the Tax Collectors office
in order to secure definite information
as to the revenue derived by the city
from taxes and licenses Tax Collec-
tor Smith will be present to give the
information desired, it being the in
tentfon of the committee to ascertain
If the licenses require revision or al
teration. Comparison Is to be made
with the licenses collected In other
cities. The investigation will deter
mine the putting into effect Of any
innprovement in the collection of the
city's revenue that may be deemed
proper.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-10-25
WILL DISCUSS
WHEAT PROBLEM
Conference of Leading Men
From the Interior to
Be Held at st. Francis
GRAIN LACKS GLUTEN
Millers and Bankers Asked
to Investigate Subject
and to Suggest a Remedy

A meeting Of importance will be
held In this city in the St. Francis
Hotel on November 4, at which an ef-
fort will be made to devise plan to
secure for California more milling
wheat than IL Is now producing. Some
time ago the California State Board
of Trade called a meeting at which
practical flour millers and others tes-
titled that there is not enough gluten
I'm California wheat to make the sort
of -four that is needed for the export
trade. Since then a great deal OF dis
cussion has followed. A committee
appointed by the California State
Board of Trade, including n. p. Chip
man. Professor Shaw, Mr. Hogg of the
Sperry Flour Company, Arthur r.
Briggs and T. c. Friedlander has met
and taken some testimony and the
State has been generally interested in
the subject.
After Consultation IT has been deter
mined by those who are concerned in
improving the quality OF California
wheat to have meeting Oh represent
alive millers. bankers from the inte-
rior and others. The Merchants Ex-
change sent out invitations yesterday
by Secretary Friedlander.
The views of the leading men from
the wheat growing and milling sec
lions of the State will be compared
and some line of action may be agreed
on that will solve the wheat problem
that California has to study. At this
time Kansas wheat, which is much
poorer looking than the California
wheat. Is selling in this State for 475s
cents more per Genital than the Cali
fornia product. The quantity OF wheat
grown in California has decreased so
that ii is necessary to make large an
nual importations of wheat to meet
the demand for milling and other uses.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-10-25

Captain Appleton W. Stone, noted in
the early days as the most clever de-
tective sin the West and a member of
San Frapcisco's police department for
almost thirty years. passed away early
yesterday morning at his home, 1927
Mission street, from a paralytic stroke
that came some time Wednesday night
and held him speeches. and helpless
till his death. He was in his seventy
seventh year. Four years ago he had
his first touch of paralysis.
Few men are more beloved than was
Captain Stone. Though he achieved
fame in running criminals to death and
his career was devoted to relentless
pursuit of hardened and desperate men,
his gentleness and correctness of habits
were pronounced qualities that were as
strong the day he was retired on a
captains pension in 1895, as when he
became a patrolman in 1865.
He served as a detective for many
years and it was in this capacity that
he won distinction. Many a burglar
and thief who had covered up his
tracks in a battling manner owed his
term in prison to the modest Captain
Stone. In those days Wells-Fargo &
Co. were frequently the victims OF
stage TODDerleS IN the mountain dis
tricts. and it became a common prac-
tice in particularly hard cases for them
to ask the city's Chief of Police to al
low them to employ Detective Stone.
In this manner he became intimately
associated with James B. Hume and
John Thacker. Stone was absolutely
without fear and had many arrests of
robbers to his credit. He vigorously
adhered to a rule of his own that If
there was only one man to take only
one man should go after him, and he
was singularly successful in his single
handed exploits.
In 1873 a safe was robbed in Los
Angeles of $4,000 and the police gave
up the effort to find a clew. Stone s
fame had spread, and he was sent for
The lock on the safe had been broken.
The detective spent day in critical
examination of the lock and from the
dents and scratches he demonstrated
that it had first been opened by some
person who held a key and then
broken for purpose of deception. A
man named Phelps was connected with
the firm and it was he that discovered
the robbery, notified the police and
later urged that Stone be employed L;
was Phelps that the detective accused
of the robbery and confession fol-
lowed in few days.
Phelps was wealthy, stood high in the
community and his arrest was the SEN
sation of the day. 1t developed that
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-10-25
MURDERER WOODS FTERCELY
ATTACKS HIS CELLMATE
Resents the Intrusion of Fred Block,
Who Is Under the Care OF
City Physician

City PHYSICIAN.
Fred Block will not be able to ap-
pear in Judge Cooks court tomorrow
to be tried on a felony charge. He
is at present under the care Of the
city physician. Owing to the crowded
condition of the County Jail Block had
to be put in the cell occupied by
Frank Woods, alias est. Louis Frank
who is waiting the result of an appeal
to the Supreme Court against the SEN
tence of death passed upon him for
the murder of Policeman Eugene c..
Robinson, January 81, 1902.
Woods had fixed I'D his cell nicely
and resented the intrusion of Block.
Last Friday he insisted that Block
should scrub the floor of the cell.
While Block was on his. knees Woods
jumped upon him and fiercely struck
at his face with both fists Block
rolled on the floor yelling for help and
Woods kicked him on the face and
body with his feet. Block was in
badly battered condition when res
cued by the Jail attaches. 1t will be
some days yet before he can be taken
to court.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-10-25
Knocked Out with Soup Plate.

Julius Noisat, a fireman, living in a
rooming house at 634l5 Broadway, got
a warrant from Police Judge Fritz
yesterday for the arrest of Peter Car
ri0n, a teamster, on a charge of as
sault with deadly weapon. Noisat's
face was covered with bandages. He
said that he and his wife had some
words with Carrion, who also rooms in
the house. At dinner Sunday night
Noisat asked Carton If he would have
some soup and Carbon picked up a
soup plate and struck Noisat on the
face with it knocking him out. Car
rion also struck Mrs. Noisat on the
face with his fist. Noisat and his wife
were taken to the Harbor Emergency
Hospital for repairs. Noisat's nose
was broken and his face badly cut.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-10-25
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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-10-25

double opinion was handed down
yesterday by the United States Circuit
Court of Appeals in the appeal of John
A. Schmidt against the United States.
Schmidt was convicted in the Superior
mitted while obtaining a certificate of
naturalization. He appealed on the
ground that the State courts of WASH
ington did not have jurisdiction.
Judges Gilbert and Morrow affirmed
the Judgment, but Judge Ross filed
a dissenting opinion and advanced ar
guments equally as logical. But the
majority rule. and Mr.. Schmidt will
have to go to jail.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-10-25
Chewing Gum Kills a Boy.

Gustave A Peterson, nine years old,
residing with his parents at 673 Kan
sss street, swallowed a piece of chew
ing gum last Monday and died of ap-
pendicitis yesterday morning. He ate
some raw mushrooms on Thursday
and afterward complained of burning
pains in the abdomen and il was
thought that he was suffering from
mushroom poisoning. DR.. Bacigalupi
found on the autopsy yesterday that
death was caused by the chewing
gum.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-10-25
Eastern Crook Arrested.

George Sheridan, alias Duncan,
alias DeCourcy. an Eastern pickpocket,
was arrested at Ocean Beach Sunday
night by Policeman Dolan and
locked up at the City Prison,
pending developments. Sheridan was
a PAL Of Thomas Thornton. alias
Wilson. who has three charges of
grand larceny pending against him for
stealing diamond pins from passengers
on street cars. Some of the victims
will be asked to call at the prison to
see if they can identify Sheridan.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-10-25
RETAINS NAUGHTY SPIRIT
T. G. Pilkington, British Subject,
Again Poses in the Police Court
BOASTS or TWO COATS OF ARMS AND NOBLE ANCESTRY

could not tear himself away from the
Market street photograph parlor in
which he was arrested. but fingered
there all day and far into the night
absorbing the sweet sounds rolled on
various cylinders. The policeman tes-
titled that ere Mr.. GangIoff acquired
the free music habit he had mastered
the art of procuring free lunch ana
was rated an AL bum. Sentence to-day
by Judge Mogan.
: Miss Fannie Holden, whose wide
brimmed hat was draped with a brown
automobile veil, wondered what Patrol
man Joy could have been thinking OF
when he "pinched" her last Saturday
night at Pacific and Kearny streets
and then charged her with vagrancy.
LAS 1 interpret the term" said Miss
Holden to Judge Mogan, "a vagrant
is a person who can prove no honest
means of maintenance. If my inter-
probation is correct this policeman has
made a most serious blunder, for hun
dreds of witnesses can prove that /
work in dance hall and earn as much
money as any girl in the business.
As for my character. the fact that L
never walk home alone. but had
gentleman piano-player as my escort
when l was arrested, goes to show that
a mistake has been made. However,
l am not of a revengeful disposition,
and If this charge is dismissed / will
let bygones be bygones and abstain
from getting even with this police
man.
Bailiff Hickey afterward opined that
it was Miss Holden's eloquence rather
than her magnanimous promise of for
giveness that induced Judge Mogan to
dismiss her.
Louis Gracce, a one-armed italian,
laughed heartily when his wife tried
to inform Judge Fritz that she had
been cruelty treated by him. He point
ed to the stump of his amputated arm
and fairly roared with merriment as
he asked the Court to look at 1t and
explain to him how he could beat an
able-bodied woman like the complain
ant with one hand. He ceased to Choir
tie, however, when his Honor remand
ed him till to-day in order to find out
IL this cruelty to his wife did not con-
sist Of failure to support her as well
as disciplining her by physical force.
The Gracces live at 800 Montgomery
street and since he lost his arm while
working in a brickyard the man has
not worked at all.
Patrolman B. Malone testified that
when ne arrested Mary Anderson last
Saturday evening at Sixth and Natoma
streets she playfully tapped his head
with one of her shoes, which she had
taken off in order to perform with
more light-footed grace a pas seul
which she was doing on the side
walk for the edification of an admiring
crowd largely made up &c small boys.
So fond was she of dancing. the officer
testified. that she had become a pest
to residents of the neighborhood, who
did not desire to see a woman Of mid
dle-age and buxom contour cut pigeon
wings and other fancy terpsichorean
figures every time they looked out their
doors or windows. She will be SEN
fenced to-day for disturbing the peace.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-10-25

WASHINGTON. Oct. 24.-The post
Office at Los Nietos, Los Angeles
County. has been discontinued and
will be superseded by rural free de-
livery. Lloyd w. Hiatt has been ap-
pointed postmaster at Lytton, Cal.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-10-25
FalIon Sentenced to Be Hanged.

Judge Lawlor yesterday sentenced
Thomas P Fallon to be hanged at San
Quentin on January 6. Fallon was
convicted of murder in the first de-
gree for shooting and killing his wife,
Agnes, at 9491z Mission street, April l.
They had been living apart and jeal-
ousy was the cause of the murder.
Fallon had been employed as a switch
man by the Southern Pacific Company.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-10-25

SAILOR SUES FOR wAGES.-Nick Berg,
a sailor. fled libel suit yesterday in the
United States District Court against the
American sloop yacht Rover to 500
alleged to be due him as wages.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-10-25

Red Eyes and Eyelids, granulated Eye
lids and other Eye troubles cured by 1Iu-
rine Eye Remedy Murine doesn't smart
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-10-25

Let Edward Knowles Co figure on your
catalogue "a Second St. near Market.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-10-25
Jones Accuses His Roommate.

Henry L. Jones, a conductor, en-
ployed by the United Railroads, Sc
cured a warrant from Police Judge
Cabaniss yesterday for the arrest of
John o. Perry on a charge of grand
larceny. Perry was also a conductor,
but was discharged on Saturday night
He and Jones roomed together at 1145
Pacific street. Jones alleges that while
he was asleep on Sunday morning
Perry went through his clothes taking
$50 in cash and a gold watch ana
chain. Perry has not been seen since
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-10-25

The most elegantly appointed hotel and cafe
in San Francisco. Rooms single and en- suite
81 private baths; phone in every room. Hotel
Clarendon. DAB Post st.. opp. Olympic Club.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-10-25

Thomas Martin, who pleaded alb
ent-mindedness, was convicted of
neglecting to turn over to John Will
son the SO for which he pawned that
gentleman's watch. He forgot he had
the money, but in some remarkable
manner he remembered that it would
purchase whisky. Sentence to-day by
Judge Fritz.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-10-25

Randolph j. Gangloff, accused of
vagrancy, confessed to Judge Mogan
an irrepressible passion for music. So
enslaved was he by the muse that he
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-10-25

Herbert Freeman, cOIored youth,
was pronounced sassy kid" by
Patrofman Isaacs. who arrested him
for disorderly conduct last Saturday on
Powell street, between Union and
Green. When the officer advised Mas
ter Freeman to comport himself in a
manner compatible with the neighbor-
hoods reputation for orderliness he
was "sassed" in return.
Tick off dat yah stah," Master Free
man was alleged to have said. IAN
ah'll do We quick an in hansum style"
The boys mother was ready to
swear that nicer boy never lived, but
she arrived too late to get in her char
acter testimony, and the boy will be
sentenced to-day by Judge Mogan.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1904-11-17
Barton or Vines -?

Every parent who thinks of the
future welfare of his boy ought to cast
his vote for W. j. Barton.
Why is it that the best republicans
are rallying to the support of w. j.
Bartin ? Every voter ought to reason
on the cause of this before casting his
ballot. Why?
The present municipal fight is
simple-which element is to run the
affairs of the city-let your vote give
the answer.
1t is said that there are over 100
white republicans and over 40 colored
republicans who have pledged them
selves to vote for Barton-this is
certainly food for reflection
Study the crowd that is supporting
each candidate for Mayor. Then see
which element you think has the best
interests of our city at heart.
1t is daily growing more evident
that the bast republicans of johnson
City are getting good and tired of the
P. o. clique trying to dominate the
affairs of the party. 1t strikes the
writer that Uncle Sam pays them to
serve the public and not weld the
political whip at every party meeting.
There is no truer saying than "that
birds of feather flock together. +"
You could we'll understand the potent
truth of this had you been present at the
" Unanimous (?) Republican Conven-
ton" held at the White Elephant
building few nights ago.
Judge a man by his past you will
have good key with which to unlock
his future. This ought to spell some
thing for the wise.
Johnson City has a bright future,
today her people are happy, we have
prosperity without bowling to corrupt
influences. Every far seeing citizen
and voter ought TO act accordingly and
let his vote be on the side of right and
public purity. Barton or Vines
which Think then vote.
You've REPUBLICAN.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1904-11-17
New Fixtures.

When The Comet announced last
week that the Unaka Bank would be
closed Monday on account of installing
new fixtures twas not generally known
that the bank was putting in new in
terror, as it were, but such is the case.
A new counter, railing and partitions
have been put in, and it is the hand
soonest outfit that East Tennessee af-
fords. We can't describe it, you must
see to understand. The wood work is
quartered oak, finished antique, and
the bass grille work has a new finish
that corresponds beautifully with the
wood work. The marble base connects
the counter with the tile floor. Around
the teller's window is an iron cage, such
as are used in all modern banks, and
in this cage the teller locks himself and
the cash and this minimizes the respon.
sibility. There are convenient coun,
tiers for all persons. The cashiers
window and desk is on the right in the
rear and he also has private and semi
private Office that he admits you to, &C
cording to the nature of your business
The outfit was supplied by Chicago
house and is superb. The bank officials
are to be congratulated upon the Sc
lection.