The San Francisco call., 1908-03-15

| but had been raised on nothing but
almshouse barley
There was a rumor about the aims
house that Schmitz received s25 a
month from Convey, which should ap-
pear on the books of that firm. The
meat delivered by Convey at the
almshouse was simply vile. Whenever
a protest was made Schnitz would
bluff around about what he was going
, to do about it. but nothing was ever
done. When meat came to the aims
house there was always a package done
up IN paper, which was supposed to
be for Frank Schmitz' own use.
Schmitz instructed the man who
weighed the meat to treble the weight
of this package. which contained extra
fine pieces for the cottage table
The only time ] weighed the meat
1T was 500 pounds shy of what the tag
called for. / simply handed the tag
back to the driver and made him cor
rect it, but never afterward did
weigh the meat. l got out of it some-
how or other, as I knew 1T would mean
fight if l said anything about it.
DUMP MEAT IN BAY
"One time Schmitz found it neces-
sary to send the meat back to Convey
Conveys shop was then temporarily To-
Gated at the wharf near the Ferry
building. AS soon as the driver got
there with the meat he uncovered 1t
and was about to dump his load In
front of Conveys when Convey rushed
out and said: 'ror Gods sake. Dump
that into the bay and I understand
it was dumped into the bay
"As far as Schrader is concerned
knew he would get it in the neck. 1
knew that if he tried to supply meat
according TO the contract there would
be very little profit in 1T for him; and
in addition to that. Frank Schmitz
would make it so disagreeable by kicks
and complaints that 1t would be I'M
possible for him to handle the busi-
ness.
James T. McGanney, now employed
at the almshouse as acting commis-
sary. can tell a great deal about the
meat transactions with Convey & Sons,
as he had it out with Convey about 1T.
Convey went to SchmitZ and said that
he could not supply the meat IL Nc
Carney was to weigh 1t. This Nc
Ganney is an honest man, the father
of six children. He is very i'll with
dropsy. The only thing he has In
the world is his job at the almshouse,
and for that reason it may be difficult
to induce him to talk.
There is also an old fellow named
Ned who was formerly sort OF
rOuSIdDOuL Tor the COmm1SSdrf. L 90
not know where he is now, but he
might be able to give information
Among the other things Shook &
Co. used to deliver at the almshouse
was flour, and this article was not in
their contract. Shook & Co. used to
send in bill for certain amount of
flour as having been delivered on
certain date, and the teamster has de-
clared to me time after time that he
could not carry the amount charged.
l think it was so barrels they claimed
to send each time, when 40 barrels
was the limit of the wagon The
| teamster and Frank Schmitz had a
conversation about this matter and the
result was that Frank sent team
down to Shook & Co. to haul an ex-
ira load of -four and then he could
say that the 10 barrels were hauled
! in this additional load.
CONDITIONS WE'RE TERRIBLE
eDr M. E. Conlan of 704 Haight
street, for nine years resident physi-
clan at the almshouse, knows all
/ about this Shook & Co. graft. He
would be very unwilling to talk, how
! ever, as he would not wish to impli-
cate any one except Frank Schmitz, as
| he CDR. Conlan) is a very particular
friend of r. P. Julian, the outside man
| for Shook & Co. He was always sore
/ against Frank.
Personally I have nothing against
i Schmitz excepting that he enriched