The San Francisco call., 1908-03-15

himself, Shook & Co. and Convey &
Sons out of the poor devils of inmates.
Their condition was simply terrible;
the meat given them was vile-simply
filth.
Shortly after the quake Frank
Schmitz> decided to go into the teaming
business. certain Mr. Tuttle had a
large teaming business, his barn being
located on some city property near the
play ground at Seventh and Harrison
streets. This Mr.. Tuttle sold Frank
some wagons and horses. Schmitz
took almshouse employees, as we'll as
men from the board of public works
who were working there. and had
them tear down the barn Tuttle had on
city property and with these men
built new barn across the street on
a school lot He then decided to get
some contract work from the Park
side realty company. He agreed with
the Parkside people to supply men.
bunkhouses and teams to do the work
at so much per day-the amount 1 do
not know
AT the almshouse we had lots Of
blankets, comforters, quilts, ETC.. which
had been sent there by the relief COM
mittee. ALI / know is that they dis
appeared / was told that a Charles
Donahue took them to Parkside, where
they were. sold to the Parkside peo-
pie; and Schmitz was paid for them.
This much 1 do know: All his
teamsters lived at the almshouse and
were fed there. When they were
working at Parkside the grub was
taken to them at lunch time from the
almshouse. All of this time the in
mates of the almshouse were without
proper food.
NURSE DISCHARGED
"I am morally certain that those
blankets were sold. A certain Mrs.
Frost, formerly nurse there and dis
charged recently for insubordination,
knows ally about he blankets; she told
me she saw them taken out of the
house. She was discharged by Schmitz
for INSTRUMENTATION because she told
Frank what she thought of him and
also of his wife. Mrs. Schmitz was
matron at the almshouse and she
never does a tap of work.
For weeks Schmitz kept his horses
in and around the almshouse, cared
for and fed by the almshouse en-
ployes. Later on the almshouse be-
came veterinary hospital for his sick
horses, which 1 suppose it is today his
veterinary bills being charged to the
city and county almshouse.
His partners in the business are
Jerry Driscoll and a Lewis Hansell.
Wnen IneSG three were HAlnB up Tie
articles of agreement between them
selves and apportioning the shares of
stock, 1t seems that this Hansell had
paid man to steal a sand wagon for
him which he had turned in to the
company, giving him $3.50 for the job.
He afterward found. to his chagrin.
that he was only credited on the stock
books with the amount of $3.50 for the
sand wagon he had turned in.
"One day went out to the barn and
there / saw Schmitz' men fixing up a
big lumber truck, which had been
stolen by somebody connected with
Schmitz and brought to the almshouse.
This truck was repaired, painted and
thoroughly overhauled by the en-
ployes of the board of public works and
the aImshouse. This truck was un-
doubtedly stolen, for the work done on
it was for the purpose of Disgusting it.
While was present Frank Schmitz
himself rolled the wheels of the truck
under the COW barn. New wheels were
put on 1t; and they took every bit Of
iron off and hammered it, so that no
one would recognize the truck.
SELLS SACKS AND BARRELS
Frank Schmitz has also made it a
practice to sell the grain sacks and
Italians and the bones in Butchertown
He kept the money himself. though
heretofore it had been the custom to
turn the money into the city treasury