The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-07-21
Ordered to Dispose Of a
Wagonload. He HauIs 1t
to Big Downtown Firm
QUALITY FAILS
TO MEET FAVOR
Prospective Purchaser viii
Not Take 1t and 1t Is
Returned to the Preside

N TARTLING reveIafSonS. demon-
strating beyond doubt that some
~ one high In either the. civil or mill
Itary department of the relief sys-
tenn is guilty of having trnfics<ed in
wines and liquors sent to San Francisco
for medicinal purposes, are at hand.
Work is ahead for the Grand Jury and
court-martiai, and foremost among the
witnesses to be called to tell what he
knows will be j. X. Wagxaman, a
bronzed and careless nzd daredevil
wagon train master I'm the employ OF
the United States War Department.
1t was TO the crack OF Waggamans
whip that nine teams pulled away from
the Moulder relief warehouse on June
to carry forty seven cases or med
ical supplies" known to be assorted
liquors. to the JEFFERSON square hospital
storeroom. These liquors hava efsap-
peared. and wnere tney ~ref sraa
that knows dares to say Hs.w nluch
more went the same way before and
since Is equally mystery. but that one
man went forth with wagon load to
sell is a fact. for he announces the fact
himself and he is waggaman. 1t was
in an effort to locate the forty-seven
cases that disappeared on June that
Wagganan was located. tending his
horses in the Presidfo corral.
'vaggaman. do you recol1ect haul
ing nine wagon loads Of supplies from
the Moulder relief warehouse to the
Jefferson Square hospital storeroom on
June p" was asked OF the tsamstsr.
SAYS 1T WAS MEDICINE.
Il recoIlect it very we'll" he an
swered. Il saw the paper this morn
ing. and it announced that we We're
hauling liquor and that il was missing.
1t was maltine' and 'ereoline.' Ones
a tonic. the others disinfectant. We
had forty-seven cases We left them
at the hospital"
Are you sure you had 'nna11ine' and
'creoline.' and that you left them at
the hospitaI?
We'll. 1t was this way We first took
the stuff to the MouIder warehouse. but
Captain Kilian refused to accept It. We
hauled it back to the Presidio. and
again were ordered to take II to the
Moulder warehouse. When we got there
Captain Kilian again refused TO accept
il because it could not be included in
what are called subsistence stores. and
finally we were ordered to take II to
the Jefferson Square hospital store
room.
when we got there there were mons
OF the ohicials left but one young man.
We didn't want to unload the stun our
selves because IT was getting late. but
the young fellow told US that if We
would help him out and unload IL he
would give US all drink. Well. We
were thirsty. so. just to help the young
fellow out. we unloaded the stun and
put it in the warehouse.
FAILS TO TAKE RECEIPT.
Did you take a receipt2"
NO we didn't need a receipt because
the goods did not belong to the Govern
ment; they were just plain relief sup
plies. We left them and went away"
AS he concluded his explanation wag-
gaman's eyes twinkled and he assumed
an expression OF WlSdOm LndI WOul1
warrant any Interpretation.
"But,e continued waggaman, closing
his left eye slowly but firmly, to convey
the sense of pride he held In the fact
that knowledge was HIS, 'the forty
seven cases was not All have hauled.
You know. have hauled the real
liquor since 4 have been here. hauled
one wagon load down TO the bfggesk
firm In San Francisco. This nrm was
to buy the whisky. IT didn't buy H.,
though. IL sampled IL and rejected 10
ON the ground that ITS quality was In
ferior and the firms reputation would
suffer II Ii offered 1t 90 Its pafrOns.v
awhat did you do with this whisky
after II was rejected by this arms"
.I hauled 1t back to the Presidio."
sswhat became of II thenF''
ssYou've got to ask somebody higher
mn than I am. who In that somebodyf
Well, ask me-"
ADMISSION IS PLAIN.
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