The San Francisco call., 1905-05-11
SMITH STARTS
FOR THIS CITY
0eferential Treatment by
San Francisco Officer Sur
prises the st. Louisans
FEARFUL OF RECEPTION
Defaulter Says He Thinks
Every Curiosity Seeker
VIII Be Out to Greet Him

ST. LOUIS. May 10.-The defaulting
Tax Collector Of San Francisco left st.
Louis tonight at 10 O'Clock over the
Wabash Railroad on his way back to
the city he robbed Detective E. ].
Wren of San Francisco had charge of
the prisoner while Pinkerton Agent
Carter travelled in the same car with
his watchful eyes centered on Smith.
Smith was unaware of the Pinkerton
mans presence. The trio viii travel to
Kansas City. where they will change
TO the Santa Fe Railway and from
thence TO California. The train arrives
in San Francisco at 1890 O'Clock Satur-
day night. A week in the city jail on
diet Of butterless bread and poorly
cooked meat and vegetables has had a
telling effect on the once city office
holder Of San Francisco.
When he was first arrested his cheeks
bore q semblance of health but when
he departed tonight he was haggard
and worn, his face was pale, while his
shaking hands indicated the nervous
tension under which he labors. Before
leaving the city Smith made special
arrangements with Detective Wren for
time in which to prepare himself for
the trip in order to travel, not as a
convict and felon. but as a gentleman
under surveillance.
Four hours before the time his train
was to depart he was taken from his
cell in the jail and to the Planters Ho-
tel, where he was given a Turkish bath
He afterward went to the barber shop
in the hotel, where his hair was
trimmed and his face shaved. From
the appearance of the prisoner and the
detectives as they walked around the
Motel lobby together IL would never be
suspected that they were officers and
prisoner, but rather travelling compan-
ions on the best of terms.
Having completed these arrange
ments, Smith and Wren returned TO
the Four Courts, and for the remain
der Of the time, before their train de-
parted, he sat in Chief Desmond's s
Office and chatted with the detective
and the Chief. When the hour neared
10 o'clock the prisoner and detective
Jumped into carriage and were driven
10 the station.
That Smith was treated with so
much consideration at the hands of the
San Francisco officer was a matter of
much comment among the officers and
specials at headquarters. Prisoners be-
ing taken away from the city are usu-
ally handcuffed before leaving their
cells and are then given a ride in the
patrol wagon, an object for the curious.
No shackles or handouts adorned
thing about the manner of the prisoner
or officer to indicate their relative
standing.
Smith smoked his cigarettes inces-
sanity all day. and when boarding the
train insisted on securing a seat in the
smoking-car. He expressed a dread Of
his greeting in San Francisco. Every
Tom. Dick and Harry and every curl
osity seeker in the city, / presume
viii be there" he remarked before de-
parting. He inquired two or three
times concerning his wife and mother,
and when he learned they were both
IN fair health he was much gratifed.
He expressed confidence in being able
10 secure bonds Immediately upon his
arrival in San Francisco and has great
faith in his brothers, who he states
viii no doubt settle his defelcations
before the case ever reaches the courts.
Mrs. Hieman, who under the name
of Mrs. Bowie came to st. Louis to
meet Leona Brooks, left ST. Louis yes
terday. She returned to Los Angeles,
and thence stated she intended to go to
San Francisco. The Pinkerton agent
who returned with Detective Wren on
the train With Smith viii take watch
alternately over the prisoner.