The San Francisco call., 1905-05-13

Reese at Collins Office at o'clock. In
the meantime, with the assistance of
his attorn y, he secured the city for
bondsmen-
Both the Deputy Sheriff and French
were on time at Collins office and the
bail had not been procured, although
many promises had been received
Reese was given instructions to show
French every courtesy possible within
the law, and when the latter expressed
desire to find bondsmen the Deputy
Sheriff agreed to permit him to do so
and to accompany him on the search.
Collins then told the Deputy that he
could not permit his client to go to
Sacramento. as he was able to get bail
here, and that 1t would not be neces-
sary for French to make a trip to the
capital to have it accepted.
CONSULTS SEYMOUR.
This was new point of law for the
Deputy Sheriff, and he Immediately
rang up District Attorney Seymour for
advice. The District Attorney put him
self in communication by phone with
Collins to insist that the prisoner have
the bail bonds approved by a Superior
Judge of Sacramento. This Collins re-
fused to do, and controversy over
the telephone took place.
Collins insisted that his client had
the right to get bail here, have 1T ap-
proved here and be released from Gus
tody here. Seymour denied this right.
Then Collins threatened to sue out a
writ of habeas corpus from the Supe-
rier court to compel the Deputy Sheriff
to bring French into court to show
why he should not be released upon
bonds.
Meantime French and Collins had got
the promise of bail money. A new firm
in the Crossley building consented to
put up S2500 of the necessary $4,000 The
remainder is to be made up by Mrs
French with property valued at $500.
which bail was fixed. The property on
which Mrs. French has drawn is made
up of five lots, each valued at S4OO, at
Plymouth and Holloway avenues, Lake
View There is a building nearing COM
pletion on one lot, with building mate
rials of value. The property was bought
by French over a month ago and made
over to his wife. French says 1t was
the sale of his Duncan street property
which enabled him to make the new
investment, that aroused the suspicion
and the timidity of j. W. Wilson, the
Sacramento bondsman.
WITHDRAWAL A SURPRISE.
The news of the withdrawal came as
a surprise to French For the last
three nights he had been staying at
the new building to keep watch over
II. and the first intimation he had OF
ANYTHING wrong was The Calls article
in Yesterday mornings issue. French
seemed ready and willing to return to
Sacramento, but this Collins refused
to let him do.
Later in the afternoon Seymour Wis
tied Collins with Deputy Sheriff Reese
and French He told Collins French
ho h11f r,rfa a.
oner must return to Sacramento to
have it accepted and be released He
warned Collins that 1t would not be
wise for the prisoners attorney to get
any writs. and advised Deputy Sheriff
Reese to take his prisoner to the train.
Giving this instruction to Reese, Dis
trict Attorney Seymour left Collins
office. supposing that Reese would take
his prisoner to the train and to Sac
ramentO.
Soon after Seymour had left the Of
fice and while Reese and French were
in the hallway on their way to the ele-
vator. Jacob Meyer Of Collins staff
thrust a writ of habeas corpus into the
astonished deputy's hands. The writ
was signed by Judge Lawlor. 1t or
dered the Deputy Sheriff to appear
with French in department IL at
o'clock to show cause why the prisoner
should not be released on bail
The disgusted Deputy Sheriff. who
was planning to take French across the
bay to await the train and thus get
him over into another county, then
took French to the Branch County Jail,
where he lodged until o'clock last
night. Reese then spent his remaining
time in attempting to reach District
Attorney Seymour, but could find no
trace Of him, and concluded that he
had returned to Sacramento
At o'clock Reese had his prisoner