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The San Francisco call., 1905-04-05
Jury IS SWORN
IN WILL CASE
Ready to Begin Introduction
OF Evidence in Battle
Over the Seymour Estate
WIDOW THE PLAINTIFF
Her Share, Under Testament
of Fortune Approaching
100000 but $4,000

A jury has been secured in Judge
kerrigans court to try the contest Of
the will of the late capitalist, Simon
H. Seymour, instituted by his widow,
Susan Seymour. Though Seymour.
who died at Bartlett Springs on June
"A, 1904, left an estate valued at
100000. he bequeathed to his wife
but $4,000, her community share in
the Seymour Hotel of Los Angeles
In his will Seymour stated that with
the exception of the hotel named all
of his property was separate proper
ty and was the fruit of 100000 in
vested in City Hall lots on Market
street, property on Pine street and
the st. George stables. At one time
Seymour was the owner of the Russ
House, but his interest in that hos
terry was disposed of many years ago.
He bequeathed one-third of his So
called separate estate to his sister,
Henrietta F. Eckhardt; one-third to
the two children of a deceased sister,
Louisa Hebrock, and one-third to the
seven children of a deceased half
brother. Henry Kardmeyer. All of
these heirs reside in Germany.
Mrs. Seymour contests the claim
that all but the Seymour Hotel was
the separate property of the deceased
elilQ sic dlSO COulcHQS lHdl dI the uIn6
the will was executed, March Is.
1891, the testator was not of sound
mind. She therefore asks that the
will be set aside and that she be given
a widows share of the estate under
the law Of succession.
During the examination of venire-
men yesterday julius Heyman of 800
Van Ness avenue said he did not want
to serve as a juror because he was
constitutionally opposed to will con-
tests and furthermore was a friend of
Attorney McPike, who is associated
with Attorneys Sullivan & Sullivan for
the contestant. He was forthwith
challenged by the contestants coun-
sci. but surprise was in store for
him.
Judge Kerrigan said he had a the
ory as to Heyman's alleged constitu-
tiona1 opposition to will contests, his
theory being that Heyman wished to
escape service as juror. So he di-
rected Heyman to appear this morn
in~ to see if some other case does not
need his attendance. is very proba-
BILE that Heyman will report regularly
under this order until some case is
found upon which he can pass judg-
ment without interfering with his
conscience.
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well as scorned. For surely, they rea-
soned, no man could be mentally
sound and possessed of such an aver
sion TO anything even remotely sug-
gestive Of physical effort.
Mr.. Dunnigan's habitat was the
ocean beach, where he acquired his
sobriouet Of The Human Crab by
. penchant for wallowing in the sand
and slowly crawling upon all fours.
like an infant that has not attained
ability 10 walk upright. He basked
amid the dunes and was awake only
al such times as hunger impelled him
to forage, which he did by creeping
10 favorite camping places and pick
ing up such food scraps as were left
by picnickers. When those sources of
supply failed him he groaningly ac-
costed psssers-by for aims. and il was
his wont TO painfully wiggle to where
women We're seated inhaling the ozone
and 10 startle them by begging for a
portion of the luncheon which he sus-
pected them Of having. For thus
frightening a couple Of feminine neu-
rotics he was arrested.
AS he stood before Judge Mogan
the eXterna. makeup Of Mr.. Dunni-
gan did not belle the accusation of
vsgrancy entered against his name on
the calendar. Stalwart. ragged and
unwashed. he was a fair type of the
AO44h EAlAADAaoal SNoe7E Il dlll his hLSCS
protruded like those of a veteran
workhorse and their baggy covering
was patched and sand-soiled. He
yawned drowsily and looked around
as If in search of something to lean
against, but the bailiffs made him
stand erect while he faced the bench
He expressed inability to account
for his phenomenal slothfulness. It
had gradually taken possession Of
him, he said, for he remembered a
time when he would Just as lief walk
as crawl and was content with eight
hours slumber per diem. That was
IN South Bend. Ind, and the change
scf climate might have had something
to DO with his deprivation of energy.
No. he had never been of feeble con-
stitutlOn. Indeed. at present he felt
quite robust. but the mere thought of
engaging in toll. however light, rather
sickened him. Would he promise to
seek. employment if he were liberat-
ed? No. he would not; for he was
certain that no such promise could be
kept by him. He might be lazy, but
he was no liar. True, endeavor to
make him labor might be undertaken
by his custodians in Jail, but he was
inclined to think they would soon
grow tired Of such effort and abandon
IT as futile. Was he not ashamed of
himself? No, he could not truthfully
say he was. He believed Providence
intends some men for work and some
men for play, and that he was one of
the latter-a natural drone without a
natural provider. He didn't care how
long his term of Imprisonment might
be made.
"TI have to think it over" said the
Judge.
de fack am, Jedge," said Miss Lot
tie Gonzales chocolate -tinted) to his
Honor Fritz, dat ah KANT live cum
f'ble widout dat yah man, en- dah's no
use OBJ you a-tryin' ter make me- All
KANT fo'git him, en- dat's all der's
TO il"
The object Of Miss Gonzales hope
less infatuation is one Rufe Clevis, who
was the recognized Adonis OF that ele-
ment of Afro-American society resi-
dent on the Barbary Coast when he
and his inamorate were Jointly arrest
ed and charged with vagrancy before
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GOT MARRIED BECAUSE
HE NEEDED THE MONEY
Constantine NJ. Mooslin Loses His
Wife Through His Unsuitable
Desire for Gold

Constantine NJ. Mooslin Loses His
Wife Through His Unsuitable
Desire for Gold.
Josephine Mooslin was granted a
divorce from Constantine NJ. Mooslin
by Judge Graham yesterday after Mrs.
Mooslin had established her charge
that her husband had only married
her for her money, and when she
refused to give him any greater sum
than $1750 he remained away from
home until all hours of the night. and
when home abused her. Mrs. Moos-
lin was given the right TO resume her
maiden name, Barnett. She is a daugh-
ter of the late Thomas Barnett, at one
time a prosperous merchant of Reno,
New.
DEGREES of divorce were also granted
yesterday to Ella Van Benthusen from
T. c. Benthusen for willful neglect;
Charles w. Jones from Ida Jones, for
desertion, and Lola de Luca from
Alfonso de Luca. for extreme cruelty.
Augusta Loebig complains that her
husband, Balser Loebig, struck her
on the head with an iron bucket, rem
dering her unconscious, and beat her
on various other occasions. She asks
for a divorce on the ground of cruel
ty. the custody of her children and
$40 a month alimony. Loebig is a
pickle manufacturer.
Lizzie Waterman asks for a divorce
from Earl Waterman for cruelty. She
says he beat her and threatened her
life. Suits for divorce were also filed
by Minnie Vincent against Henry A.
Vincent for willful neglect, and Eliza
beth NJ. VOORHEES, against Herbert l..
Voorhies for extreme cruelty.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-05
Maldonado Inquiry Ends.

The special board of inquiry Of the
United States Immigrant Bureau
completed its investigation yesterday
into the case of Soledad Maldonado
and her relatives, alien immigrants
from MaZatlan accused of having be-
come public charges. Several wit
nesses testified before the board that
the accused and her ffteen-year-ol
sister, Antonia Reyes, were respect
able, Industrious girls and were earn
ing a good living. The testimony and
findings of the board will be transmit
ted to Washington, D. c.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-05
DIR. JOSLEN CHARGED WITH
MURDER OF MRS. LUCEY
He Tries to Shift the Crime Upon the
Shoulders of DIR. Meadows,
Alias Weston

Alias Weston.
Coroners jury yesterday re-
turned a verdict accusing DR.. Otto c..
Joslen, alias "Dr. White of the mur-
der of Mrs. Frances Lucey OF. 704
Washington street, by performing a
criminal operation.
Mrs. Lucey died last Friday night at
the Pacific Hospital. She made a
statement to the physicians and to her
mother and sister that she had been
the victim of criminal operation per-
formed by DR.. Joslen last December.
DR.. Joslen testified that he conduct
ed q doctors and dentists Office at 702
Market street, and that to his male
patients he was known as DR.. White,
while his female patients knew him
as DR.. Joslen. He swore that when
Mrs. Lucey came to him last Decem-
Der for treatment she told him that
she was suffering from the effects of
surgical operation performed by
DR.. l.. H. Meadows He testified fur
ther that he gave her some palliative
and antiseptic medicines, none other.
DR.. Meadows admitted that he had
been doing business at 305 Kearny
street, advertising under the names of
DR.. Weston & Co.. and "Dr. West, the
Old Reliable both of which names he
said were myths. He denied ever
having seen or treated the decedent.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-05
PRISON CONFRONTS
nHUMAN CRAB."
Vagyant Whose Slothtulness
AstOnlshes Policemen.
He WalloWs in Sand at Ocean Beach and IS
Too Lazy to Walk Upright.
BY JAMES c. CRAWFORD.

Judge Conlen, who sentenced Lottie to
three and Rufe to five months i'm
prisonment. Lottie's term expired a
few days ago, and it was her. persist
ent endeavor to visit Rufe in Jail that
led TO her arrest and arraignment be-
fore Judge Fritz.
"Ah doan keer." she said, wat yer
does wifi me"
But she looked somewhat disappoint-
ed when the Judge continued her case
till next Monday.
Mrs. Mary A. Moran, who dwells at
3l6 Noe street and owns considerably
improved realty in that neighborhood.
went to her brothers residence, 450
Natoma street, and demanded that her
17-year-old daughter who was living
there and incidentally taking care of
her uncle's infant, return at once to
the maternal rooftree; but the maiden
demurred and for the subsequent pro-
ceedings Mrs. Moran was arrested and
charged with having disturbed the
peace Nobody appeared to prosecute
the case before Judge Cabaniss and
Mrs. Moran hinted that her brothers s
e was entirely to blame for what
"a er peace fracture occurred. Case dis
mis- ed.
ION hEQOs IOQI lSSl SEVEN luCu6S III
height when shoeless, and weighing
about ninety pounds, jiu-jitsued three
stalwart compatriots with such neat
ness and dispatch that they were
sorry looking spectacles when they
testified against him in Judge Fritz
court. The arresting policeman said
that Tom showed ability TO whip as
many more full-sized Japs as were
there to prosecute him, and the little
man smiled his appreciation of the Of
flcer's tribute. He will be sentenced for
peace disturbance and battery.
John F. Johnson of Scandinavian ma
tivity confessed to Judge Mogan that
he had stolen eleven red lights placed
as danger signals where streets We're
undergoing repair.
Did you intend to establish "A red
light district of your own?" dryly in
quired the court.
"Ay ban ay code sailor" replied
Mr.. Johnson, AN ay drink toe moach
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-05
Japanese Procurer Arrested.

H. A. Geffeney, acting Inspector in
charge of the United States Immigra-
ton Bureau at Washington, made a
raid yesterday with Inspectors Craw-
ford and De Ia Tore of this city upon
house of i'll repute on Spofford alley,
near Clay street; and arrested a wom-
an named Tonic Nakanishi and her
putative husband. N. Nakanishi. The
couple arrived at Seattle from Japan
several months ago as husband and
wife. The woman Is held for deporta-
ton and the man will be prosecuted
for felony. K. Uyeda. formerly a stu
dent at the State University in Berke-
ley, called at the immigration office
and offered to square the case for
money but applied to the wrong per-
son and was catapulted out of the
office.
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an ay tank thay lamps be stabburd
lights an ay po+e than out"
All, but after putting them out you
carried them away and sold them -
said the Judge.
~Ay ban var-ray dronk," responded
the prisoner.
Three months for larceny quoth
his Honor.
Mr.. Johnson was tall, gaunt and un-
kempt and as he voiced his plea a
prominent frontal knob assembled and
descended his long and collarless throat
as toy monkey slides up and down a
stick. When arrested on Fourth street
last Saturday night he was festooned
with lamps which he had purloined
from the public works on that thor
oughfare.
For stealing The Call from the door
step where a carrier had deposited it
James Kelly was given sixty days by
Judge Conlan.
DR.. ]. l. Stephen, chief of the Emer-
gency Hospital staff, said that his in
dispensable attendance at a capital sur
gical operation was the cause of his
non-appearance in Judge Mogan's
court, after he had been formally noti-
fed to be there to testify.
F" ny O1uH YOU SeIlQ messenger
boy TO explain your absence?" inquired
the Judge.
The thought never struck me-" was
the answer.
He was reprimanded and purged OF
contempt.
Aaron Davidson. peddler of fruit, was
alluded to as "the nosebag kid" by Pa
trolman Hutchings, who arrested him
for keeping his wagon standing an un-
reasonably long time at Taylor and
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-05
HAS THRILLING
FIGHT FOR LIFE
Sailor on Collier Edith Faces
Death in Locker With
Runaway Anchor Chain
HIS ESCAPE A MIRACLE
Conrad Sunberg Is Torn and
Mangled by Steel Monster
as 1t Uncoils Beneath Him

Conrad Sunberg, sailor on the
steamer Edith, battled for his life on
Monday night with a writhing. rattling
serpent of steel in the dark and narrow
confines of the Golfers chain locker.
The fight lasted but brief half min
ute. Before it was over Sunberg had
lost consciousness and how he escaped
being torn to pieces is hard to under
stand. He is now lying on a cot at the
Marine Hospital, torn and mangled,
aching in every limb and still dazed
from his awful experience.
The Edith reached port early yester-
day morning. Expecting to anchor in
the harbor until daylight, Captain Hall
gave orders Monday evening to have
the anchor chain overhauled. As the
twists and Snarls were Strengthened the
chain was run out through the hawse
hole, the blight hanging in the water.
When all was clear Sunberg was sent
into the chain locker, a deep, narrow,
boXlike compartment, to coil the chain
as the windlass pulled it in. Link by
link the big chain clattered into the
locker, Sunberg guiding the steel ser
pent into shipshape coils and getting
nearer and nearer to the top of the box
as the chain filled the locker.
Suddenly the messenger chain con-
Meeting windlass and winch parted.
With nothing to restrain it the chain
began TO pay out with a velocity which
increased with every link that passed
through the hawse pipe. The greater
the velocity the more terrible became
the plight of the sailor, hemmed in the
chain locker, on the top Of that writh-
ing mass of runaway chain.
The chain started to pay out with
jerk, and Sunberg was thrown into the
air to fall back on the mass of moving
metal. He was dragged to the hawse
hole, but by frantic effort saved him
self from being jammed in the pipe.
Those on deck realized Sunberg's plight,
but could do nothing to check the rush
Of steel. When they reached the chain
locker all was quiet The light Of
lantern showed Sunberg lying at the
bottom, limp and unconscious. his
clothes torn to rags, his flesh bruised
and bleeding.
Tenderly he was lifted on deck. where
rough sailors played the nurse so we'll
that before daylight yesterday morning
Sunberg had recovered consciousness.
At the Harbor Hospital it vas found
that no bones were broken, but there
was hardly an unbruised spot on the
sailors body. He is young and strong,
and the doctors say he will recover. He
was moved later to the Marine Hospi-
tai. where he will be cared for until the
effects of the shock wear off.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-05
FLORENCE. C. MURDOCH
SUES WELLS EXECUTORS
Claims She Served Twenty three
Months in Capitalists Family
Without Paw

Florence C. Murdock filed suit yester>
day against Henry Root and Susie H.
Wells, executors of'the will of the late
Asa r. Wells. to recover $3.50 for
twenty three months services as care
taker of the Fruitvale home of the de-
ceased. In addition to her duties as
caretaker the plaintiff alleges that she
also acted as guardian, companion and
nurse of Miss Laura Wells.
Shortly after Mr.. Wells death Miss
Murdoch presented her claim to the
executors for payment, but they re-
jected it without giving any ground.
Miss Murdock fails to say how it came
to pass that she served In the family
of the deceased for period of
twenty-three months without drawing
any and the reason for this she must
make plain when the case comes to
trial.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-05
BANK OF CALIFORNIA ADDS
TO IT'S CAPITAL STOCK
Increase Brings Total Up to $4,000
900, for Which Stock
holders Vote

special meeting of the stockhold-
ers of the Bank of California, held
yesterday, resulted in favorable action
on the proposition by the board of di-
rectors 70 increase the capital stock
of the bank from $4,000, 900 to $4, ,000,-
600. Manager Anderson declared that
the meeting had no special significance
except that it provided for more capi-
tai with which to attend to the volume
of business that is offered.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-05

AS an exemplar of human inertia
James Dunnigan. alias The Human
Crab excited the wonder while ne
earned the contempt of Patrolmen
Dow and O'Shea. How any person
could be lazy as he and live was more
than the active and intelligent Of
fcers could understand. Until he i'm
pressed them as a public eyesore they
had regarded him as freak of ma
ture and when duty dictated his arrest
they felt that he was TO be pitied as
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-05
Robber Gets Fifteen years.

The attempt to get Robert Coronel
released on probation yesterday failed
and Judge Lawlor sentenced him to
serve fifteen years in Folsom peniten-
tary. Coronel pleaded guilty on Mon
day to charge of robbery. He held
up j. E. Towne, bartender. on Janu-
ary %, took two gold watches and
50 SO from him and beat him, fractur-
ing his jaws. The Judge said that
probationary methods were not in
tended for such criminals.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-05
TO HOLD EXHIBITION OF
RARE PHOTOGRAPHIC WORK
Specimens of the Art as shown in
New York VIII Be
Seen Here

Sccn Hcfc.
The first American Photographic
salon which was held in New York
during December last will be shown in
the Maple room of the Palace Hotel
Friday next, and daily thereafter un-
TIL Monday. inclusive, from 10 a. m. to
8 p. m, and from s TO 10 D. m. The
collection of prints was also exhibited
at the Art Institution in Chicoga after
being shown in the principal Eastern
cities.
The collection will have additional
interest for San Franciscans in that
1t includes some fifty or more frames
by such well-known local workers in
pictorial photography as Arnold
Genthe, Oscar Maurer. Albert LIE Bre-
ton, F. E. Monteverde, W. E. Das-
sonville. E. N. Sewell. Adelaide Hans
com, Hama Robson, Laura Adams Ar
mer. F. J. Clute. w. j. Street and Ed
ward H. Kemp
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Good Pictures for Little Money.

We have an immense collection Of
beautiful pictures framed in the newest
and prettiest styles on exhibition in our
new art gallery. Visitors cordially in
vited to inspect this collection. whether
wishing to purchase or not Sauborn,
Vail & Co., TAI Market street.
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Forest, Fish and Game Exhibition.
See the leopard shark in the aquarium
at the Pavilion.

TWO ATTACHMENTS SERVED.-Attach-
ments were served yesterday the San Fran
cisco Ink and Color Company at 23S6 Folsom
street by William r. Hassell on a claim OF
S250O and on s e Spinney BY y Milnam ~ 'Lig-
gett on a promissory note for $53S3 oO
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HAS FIANCE ARRESTED. Charles j. Le-
yeau was arrested yesterday and charged with
vaerancy on complaint of Miss Sadie Kelly.
The woman says he promised to marry her.
but deserted her for woman named Miss P.
Newman.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-05

BANK TAKES UP BONDS.-The California
Bank yesterday turned over to the city treas
ury the sum OF Ssesoo together with $50 81
accrued interest as the purchase price of
block OF school bonds.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-05

STILL NO TRACE OF COLLrNs.-Sherin
veaIe OF Contra Costa County called upon
Captain Burnett yesterday and took away with
him the trunk belonging to Fred Zimmerman.
the Siege robber which was found In his room
at 321 Ellis street The Sheriff and captain
compared notes. Dut neither could say that he
had been able TO find any trace Of Thomas A
Collins who Is known to have been Zimmer-
mans companion IN the robbery.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-05

No home is complete without Parkers Gin
ger Tonic, needed for every weakness
Parkers Hair Balsam is life to the hair.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-05

BANKRUPT ELECTRICIAN.-H. A Bull
lard, electrician. San Francisco, filed a. peti.
tion in insolvency yesterday in the United
States District Court He owes $3.50 and has
no assets.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-05

O'Farrell streets. For the enlighten-
ment of Judge Conlan it was explained
that Mr.. Davidson's pseudonym was
earned by his practice of keeping nose
bag attached to his horses head and
thus providing plausible excuse for
his breach of the ordinance which pro-
vides that peddler's vehicles shall be
kept constantly moving. When over
hauled by a policeman he would claim
that he could not feed his horse and
keep its legs in action at the same
time, but when the nosebag was exam
ined by Officer Hutchings he found that
1t contained no feed. Mr.. Davidson will
be sentenced to-day.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-05

Try the United States Laundry. 100.
Market street. Telephone South 420.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-05

James B. Wyman, a barber at Six
teenth and Market streets, was given
four months imprisonment for having
threatened to shoot his mother, who
testified falsely before Judge Mogan in
an effort TO save her unnatural off,
spring from punishment
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-05

Burnetps Extract OF Vanilla pre-
pared from selected Vanilla BeanA
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-05

Mrs. Annie Comte, wife Of Osmond,
shrieked dismally when Judge Conlan
committed her and her husband to
stand trial in the Superior Court on a
grand larceny charge.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-05

Mrs. William Tucker requested Judge
Mogan to order her husband a ped
dler, to contribute to the support of
herself and their two children the sum
of $40 a week, and also to compel Will
liam to cease visiting his family or in
terfering with it in any way other than
that of providing for its maintenance.
In other Words remarked his
Honor. when he has no money you
don't want him to come around?"
That's it exactly" said Mrs. Tucker.
1t developed, however that Mr..
fuckers average weekly income is $l2,
so the Judge said it would be unfair to
allow him only 81 week, and suggest
ed that Mrs. Tucker reduce her claim
to Sc, or an equal division of the bread
winners earnings. After some demur
Mrs. Tucker consented to the reduction,
but receded not at all from her original
demand that Mr.. Tucker be prohibited
fpestering" her or the children when
they have no pecuniary reason for re-
ceiving him. 1t was so ordered.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-05
CHRONIC CONSTIPATION

They COOL cleanse and purify the blood and
sold by all druggists IN 25c packages loo
tabIets) and 1Oc trial size Q5 tabIets)