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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-03
LAWYER TOLD He
MAY WEAR STRIPES
Defendant in ENLIGHTENMENT
Trial Attacks Attorney After
Wordy Quarrel in Court
Especial Dispatch TO The Call

SAN JOSE, July "A passage at arms
enlivened Justice Wallaces court this
morning just before court convened and
the case of the people against George
w. Wieland, charged with the embez-
element of 41,50e shares of stock of the
Dead River, mining company was called
James W. Rea and Attorney Will M.
Beggs We're the belligerents. Beggs had
been conversing with Rea and some
Jocular remarks tad passed between
them when Rea became excited, got up
and paced the courtroom, talking in a
loud tone of voice about thieves and
using other forceful and unpleasant
language.
Beggs seemed to be trying to pacify
Rea, saying in quiet tone, Keep your
compliments to yourself" and similar
remarks. Rea grew more excited, shout
ing:
Yes, and I'll give you what's coming
to 4you. If you don't wear stripes it will
be because the governor is your friend"
Rea then made pass to strike Beggs
across the rail separating the specta-
tors from court officers. Beggs jumped
back and, grabbing a cane from the
hands of Captain Morrell, one of the
witnesses, attempted to strike Rea, but
bystanders separated the fighters. At
that point Judge Wallace came upon the
bench and upon motion of counsel all
witnesses except the one called to the
stand were excluded from the court
room.
Captain Morrell identified a letter in
which he said that he had sold ]. W.
Rea $4,000 shares of mining stock on
condition that the latter form part
nership with him and his wife.
Attorney O'Neal endeavored TO estab-
lish the Indebtedness of the witness
to Wieland.
Mrs. Morrell testified as to the con-
tract between her husband, herself and
Rea. She admitted that she and her
husband had been charged with a
felony for defrauding a number of poor
persons. and that she mad heard that,
Wieland was acting in the matter.
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Suspect and Slayer of Miss
Brasch Meet in Jail
for a Moment

street. at 1:25 p M. just after he
had visited Miss Brasch at the Gray
Brothers Office in the Well Fargo
building to have Novak's check GER
titled. Miss Brasch signed the time
check. but found that the foreman
at the quarry had made a mistake
and put the laborer's board down as
s5.75. when it should be $40. She
telephoned to Gray, in his inner Of
flee. of the mistake, mentioning the
name, j. Noyak. and Gray told her
to correct it.
Novak was waiting for O'Malley
in the Pine street office, and he left
there at about 1:40 o'clock. Harry
Gray told the police that the shot
was fired between las and o'clock,
and but a few minutes before this
Miss Brasch had telephoned him Of
the trouble with Novak's check.
Gray and the police Immediately
jumped to the conclusion that Novak
had brought. his check and shot the
girl in an argument over the
change in the board bill. In reality
O'Maney brought the check, and
Novak was not near the Gray
Brothers office in the afternoon.
Novak was apprehended and the
case against him needed only a wit
ness to declare that he was seen in
the Wells Fargo building near the
time Of the murder to make it con-
elusive.
Cunningham had made the case
against Novak so black by slipping
into Gray Brothers Office just after
oMalIey left. provoking an argu-
ment and shooting the girl. No one
knew who was causing the dis
turbance and the net of circumstan-
tial evidence enveloped Novak. 1t
was just about 1:35 or 40, accord
ing to Cunningham, when he fired
the shot at Miss Brasch. Then he
sneaked out of the building. pur-
suing furtive course downstairs
and around to the rear, and dropped
made his confession to The Call.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-03
PRESIDENT RETIRES
9 NAVAL OFFICERS
Selection Made by the Sperry
"Plucking Board Approved
Under the Personnel Act
List Includes Former Command
er of BattIeship Georgia, Who
Was Suspended After Trial


WASHINGTON. July 2-Five cap
tains. one commander and three lieu
tenant commanders Of the navy. the
selections of the sperry apIucking
board" were retired today under the
navy personnel act after approval BY
President Taft.
They include Captain Edward F.
Qualtrough, who was commander OF
the battleship Georgia during the trip
around the world OF the Atlantic bat
tleShips, and who was suspended from
duty for six months following court
martial at Tangier on charges of in
tOXicatfOn and unbecoming conduct.
The other officers retired are Cap
tains Dennis H. MahOn. captain of the
Puget sound navy yard. Bremerton,
Wash; Alexander McCrackin. COM
mander of the cruiser West Virginia:
]. b. Collins. commander. of the battle-
ship Indiana and captain OF the Phila
delphia navy yard. and William $
Hogg, former commander OF the sup
ply ship Glacier; Commander Leo D.
Miner, inspector OF machinery at the
Mare island navy yard: and Lieutenant
Commanders GIennie TarbOX. who has
been under treatment at the navy hos
pital at Mare island; William w. Bush,
In charge of the navy recruiting sta
tion at Oklahom& City Okla, and
Charles t. Jewell executive officer OF
the cruiser Chattanooga.
The captains are retired with the
rank of commodore. the commanders
with the rank of captain and the lieu
tenant commanders with the rank OF
commander.
These retirements create the 40 va
cancies above the grade OF junior lieu
tenant required each year by law. The
voluntary retirements increased the
number Of vacancies made by deaths,
designations and other causes to 81.
making necessary the choosing of nine
officers for compulsory retirement
BY the retirements William S. Ben
son becomes senior commander; Frank
Marble senior lieutenant commander
and Luther NJ OVerstreet senior lieu
tenant of the navy.
Commodore 2. Potts. retired, has been
transferred TO the retired list from
June so.
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THANKS THE GILL FOR S.4DING
HIM FROM DEATH ON GALLOUS
BY j. NOvak

You hato~d aeght m' You have the pAo did this aD mdu2 Oh glad
much Yes, mas much
English pdI that shot
pa mould
n kpn it about TheyI in and
had friends Then HcyOd pas ud
Yesterday Hy,cdme and t my ammdue Isud
job nonahdbg ue
for anndprn
gny md
and him
brought and donesu
thing had trouble NTH Brothers on
a in 0 dosuh deed and fanny
10 hon Icoudp
GRAY and had hatIw
billed the and
M mas much
everybody esnd had
Nom thanh God has o ha Imb
that but donm efu
pfm Oh
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IF GRAY HAD TOLD ALI
THE FACTS

"If Harry Gray had fold MS all
OF the facts in the case when we
examined him, NovaIx might never
nave been placed in the city
prison. although he would un-
doubtedly have been kept under
surveillance" said Detective Dam
lei Driscoll yesterday morning.
when he learned of Cunnfngham,x
1uu confession to The Call. sHe
did not act In good faith with MS,
continued DriscoH. "we asked
h'm particularly If the firm had
had any disputes with any of its
other employees, and he replied.
why, we have not had a dispute
In years.
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NoVAk soBs IN JOY WHEN TOLD OF DELVERANcE
Reporter for The Call Bears
News of Confession OF
Cunningham

withstears of joy yelling from his
eyes and with his voice choked by
sobs, J. Novak, arrested Wednesday
on suspicion of having murdered
Carolina Brasch, attempted yester-
day morning to express in broken
English hist gratitude for deliver
ance from .4the foul charge laid
against him.
Novak hrstelearned of the arrest
and confessEon,of Cunningham from
q reported of The Call at an early
hour,yesterday morning. The morn
ing roll call of prisoners at the city
prison had just been held and No
yak, broken in spirit by the ordeal
of the preceding hours, was march
ing to his cell when he was sum
moned by a prison official to step
from the ranks of his fellow unfor-
Inmates.
In the dingv office of the Jail
Novak heard the words which lifted
from his soul the burden of an awful
charge. A Call reporter bore him
the news of his exoneration and
was the first to. extend him the hand
Of congratulation.
For moment the Bohemian failed
to understand the import of the mes
sage of deliverance and evidently
believed that some new trick was
being played to force him to admit
guilt.
"You came to me yesterday and
told me I was murderer" he said.
but that has been disproved,"
was the answer. THE real murderer
of the girl has confessed and is now
in Jail You viii be a free man again
in a few hours"
Slowly the meaning of this state
ment found its way to the prisoners
mind. Then, without a word, he
staggered to a bench at the side of
the Office and, falling upon it, broke
into a torrent of tears. His shoul-
ders shook and he was unable for a
moment to regain his power of ex-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-03
COMPLETE REVOLUTION
IN BAPTIST METHODS
President of Northern COnven-
tion Makes Statement

PORTLAND, July 2.-The second an
nual meeting Of the northern Baptist
convention. adjourned late tonight.
The last session was taken up with
addresses on the s'pre-vieV'' from the
standpoint of layman and minister, and
the winding up of miscellaneous odds
and ends.
President Harry Pratt Judson, in de-
claring the convention adjourned, as
serted that it had signified nothing less
than a complete revolution in the Bap-
list methods. The convention, he. add
gree and augured well for the future
of the church.
The most important work OF the day
was the selection of Chicago as the
convention city for 1910. The date was
left to be fixed by the executive COM
mittee.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-03
MENN0NITES SEEK FOR
LANDS FOR A COLONY
Will Settle in the Vicinity of
Bakersfield

BAKERSFIELD. July Estimates
are being received here by Henry ].
Martens. who Is to place from 5000 to
10000 Mennonites IN colony on lands
already purchased northwest OF This
city. for the installation of $50 pump
ing plants TO supply the colony with
water.
These plants will cost. in the aggre-
gate. 100000 and some 6f the wells
viii be equipped with pumps by early
fall
Martens declares that the contract
for the entire number of pumps will be
closed In the near future and that
wholesale drilling Of wells will enable
the establishment OF a water system
within a year.
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deepest sorrow; in the face of the
other there was mirrored only a
The lives of these men, WHO. after
this passing glance, probably never
Will meet again, crossed Wednes-
day during the hour Immediately
preceding and following the murder
of Carolina Brasch, in interlocking
courses that all but placed Novak's
head within the hangman's moose.
With the visit OF Joseph OMalley,
clerk in the office of the Knox col
lection agency. where Novak's
check was cashed. was formed a
chain of circumstantiaI evidence
that bound the Bohemian to the city
prison as the murderer.
In the tangled tale of time Joseph
O'Malley was the only exact witness
to hour and minute. He was GER
tain that he crossed Market street.
going toward his Office at 443 Pine
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-03
SWISS WOMAN BURIED
ALIVE FOR TEN DAYS
Caught in Railroad Tunnel
Cavein and Suffered Agonies

ST. GALL. Switzerland, July "A
young woman, who, 10 days ago, was
caught in cavein of railroad tunnel,
was today dug out alive. She suffered
agonies of cold and hunger during this
period, but managed to sustain life by
sucking moisture from her clothing. on
which water occasionally trickled She
continued calling for help until she was
heard and rescued
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Miss Brasch was able to calm lahorors
ana other creditors while they were in
the othces of Gray Brothers, many OF
the latter, unable to employ ATTORNEYS
TO bring suit, applied to the state labor
commission to obtain their paw which
mad been withheld, just as that of Cum
bingham was.
Inc payment Of these laborers is a
matter which should be regulated bv
law, said i. C. Jones, deputy state
commissioners of labor, yesterday, oand
TO a great extent it is the fault Of
laboring people that the abuse is MOI
corrected. Before the last legislature
convened at the request of my sunerior
Mr.. Mackenzie, I sent a communications
TO the state federation of labor, re-
questing that bill be drafted reo,Iir-
ing the payment of Iaborers at least
every 80 days. The necessity of such
a law was apparent.
LABORERs SOUGHT REDRESS
Many laborers have come to the
office during the last few months seek
ing redress from the contractors who
nave hired them and delayed in paw
ing them. Among these were many
from Gray Brothers, in fact most of
them, but we have been helpless be-
cause of the present law, which en-
ables these firms to stand off the pay
ment of their laborers indefinitely.
THE practice Of making these poor
laborers wait 30 and 80 days for their
pay after they have earned it is vicious
and ought to be stopped They are
forced to give up large part of their
hard earnings to get money to keep
body and soul together, and at times
| do not wonder that they are driven
to dreams of Utopia, where they will
have full sway
HARRY GRAY'S STATEMENT
Harry Gray, junior member of the
firm, when asked for a statement re-
garding the various incidents last
night, said:
1T is our custom to pay our la
borers once month"
How do you account for the fact
that Cunningham was not paid since
April 26, and has not been paid yet?"
Gray was asked.
We'll, am not up on the facts OF
that case and am not prepared to make
any statement was his reply
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pression. With his face still buried
in his arms he extended his right
hand and it was grasped by the
messenger of good tidings. The ac-
cused man sobbed as he heard of
the full confession of the actual
murderer.
There was complete silence in the
prison Office as the story ot'the muir
der was being related to the man
unjustly accused. 1t was a broken
recital, for Novak does not know the
English language well. and time and
again details had to be gone over
before ne understood. Never was a
man more grateg for an unexpected
deliverance.
Il thank God" he sobbed. How
could make them understand? I do
not know your language we'll and I
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have no friends. have been afraid"
At last. beaming with the JOY of
what he had just heard. Novak was
>led back to his cell. Detectives in
charge of the investigation of the
Brasch murder had already corr
roborated all that had been told him
by The Call reporter, and he had
been assured that he would be a free
man as soon as the necessary techni-
calities could be disposed of to Sc
cure lis release.
Novak did not see Cunningham at
the 'time. The latter had already
been put in cell, and it was not
until they We're brought face to face
in the bureau of Identification some
time later that the two men saw
each other. No word passed between
them then, but upon the face of one
was the look of compassion and
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-03
KING ALFONSO OF SPAIN
UNDERGOES OPERATION
Specialist Operates on Royal
Patient to Cure Deafness

BIARRITZ. July Doctor Mouret
today eNerated on King Alfonso. for the
removal of a pOlypus. The king came
to Biarritz to consult with the special
ist concerning a deafness which he be-
lieved to be due to saIutes fEed In his
honor during a recent visit to vaien-
cha. An examination showed that the
trouble was due to a polypus. which
was removed without difficulty.
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either one of the Gray brothers, but
saw in Miss Brasch, through the little
paying tellers window, the incarna-
ton Of the firm which was delaying
payment of the wages they had earned
by hard labor
DEAD GIRL WAS INTERMEDIARY
Miss Brasch was the intermediary be-
tween Gray Brothers and their labor
ers, and she was acting in this capacity
when she was murdered by Cunning
ham.
Many witnesses testify to the fact
that for months at least the girl, who
is now in her grave, stood at the cash
ier's window in Gray Brothers office
and Gained laborers and other creditors
who were clamoring for their money
To all callers whose questions might
be embarrassing to either of the mem
bers of the firm, the latter were inva-
riably mot in
Employees of the wells-Fargo build
ing state that on many occasions cred
itors and laborers have left the Offices
of Gray Brothers muttering and disap-
pointed because of nonpayment of their
just demands.
TRAGIC OCCURRENCE EXPECTED
1--WE have expected just such an oc-
currence for a long Time" said one of
the building officials yesterday 81 re-
member one time a, few months ago
when we received call from the Offices
of Gray Brothers to come UP and eject
man from the building. 1t developed
later that he was there for the purpose
of collecting bill which had been
overdue a long time. Miss Brasch was
the one who was telling him that his
claim could not be paid. However, the
man was not elected"
Loyal to her employers. the dead girl
always was at her post. Her loyalty
can not be fully realized unless it is
remembered that she was the only en-
ploye of Gray Brothers in their offices
window through which the shot was
fired which ended her life Every one
else was safely out of range Of inquis-
tive eyes, and the two members of the
firm were ensconced in a beautifully
furnished office far down the hall, the
doors to which were securely locked
from the inside.
DEAD GIRL OFTEN INsULTED
Persons who were present tell of oc-
casions when Miss Brasch was SUBJ
jected to insults and slurs by irate men
who had repeatedly heard from her lips
the stereotyped phrase, Neither one
of the members of the firm is in"
"On one occasion" says witness,
81 was present when a man was there
to collect a bill. Miss Brasch was at
the window and in her winning way in
formed the creditor that both of the
members of the firm were out. The
man was enraged. L have heard that
too often, he said, and / do not in
tend to be a - fool for you or
Gray Brothers any longer. 1 want this
bill paid and 1 want it paid - quick
The mans profanity was such that
endeavored to calm him, and he de-
sisted as long as he was in the hearing
of Miss Brasch. but on reaching the
hall broke into a violent and profane
TRADE"
"LABoRING PEoPLE- BLAMED
In spite of the fact, however, that
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HARRY GRAY,s STATEMENT
whore to spend the Fourth

Have you ever been down to that
quaint old Spanish town of Half Moon
Bay? Therell be a big celebration
there. Excursion rates on the Ocean
Shore Railway. Time table page II. >
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-03
Californians on Travels

PARIS. July Edward H. and Mrs.
Gouze of San Francisco, registered at
the Herald office today.
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coRPoRALs AssIeNED.The three new
corporals appointed by the police commissioners
Thursday night assigned by Chief Cook
yesterday follows Peter PeshOn to CON-
pany @. Captain Mooney; p. n. Herlihy TO
company i. acting Captain Wall. and James j.
MeEntee to company III. acting Captain IoOin.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-03

FEDERAL GRAND JURY NDIcTs-Charles
F. Scharlandt indicted By the federal grand
jury yesterday FOR using the United States mails
TO defraud; George Laubenthal for impersonating
United States navy recruiting officer. and
William Wakefield and Thomas Grove for max
ing counterfeit coins and molds.
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Tells of Disputed Wages

Cunningham repeated yesterday his
statements regarding the manner in
which his requests for the wages due
him were received by the Gray Broth
rrs. and told in detail once more of the
arguments with Miss Brasch which led
Up 10 and induced him to do the shoot
sng. He is rational enough on this
point and goes over the figures with
cut error.
J. L. Brown, the new witness to Cum
ninsham's presence outside Gray's Of
zee unearthed yesterday. states that
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he left the stone contractors private
Office at what he thinks about 1:40
O'Clock. He did not take the nearest
course around the building to the ele-
yator, which would have led him past
the door of Gray's main Office, but went
around the halls by the longest route.
81 had just turned the corner of the
hall when I heard a noise that sounded
somewhat ike e shot or an explosion
of some sort, and I stopped and went
back few steps to the corner to gaze
down the hall and see if anything there
was responsible for the noise. All 1 saw
was a man dressed as a laborer stand
ing outside Gray Brothers door. He
was just standing there quietly, and
turned and wcht on my way around the
building, thinking it was some prema-
ture fourth of July celebration. While
waiting for the elevator Harry Gray
came running around and asked me to
get a doctor because one of his girls
had been shot.
Il was so far away from the laborer
that 1 am sure I could not identify him
or recognize him should we meet again.
I could not say whether or not he was
smooth shaver, and saw no revolver in
his hands. I was the length Of the
building from him.
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Detective Scores Gray

Detective Driscoll yesterday scored
the attitude Harry Gray had maintained
in regard to the murder.
Gray did not inform US at all that
this man was continually making
threats" Driscoll said, and told us re-
peatedly that never before had the firm
had a dispute with laborer over
wages. Had Gray come out with all the
information at his disposal at first
Novak, it is probable, never would have
gone 10 jail, and it may have been that
Cunningham would have been behind
the bars much sooner than he was. We
WE'RE working in ignorance of the true
situation in that office"
Cunningham is being held under in
vestigation by the police without a
charge against his name. He will be
charged with murder after the coroner's
inquest, which will take place some
time in the early part of next week.
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thot aroused him. Besides the claims
that Miss Brasch could not have called
through the ONCE separating them. His
xfice door, too, is always closed.
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either one of the Gray brothers, but
saw in Miss Brasch. through the little
paying teller's window, the incarna-
ton of the firm which was delaying
payment of the wages they had earned
by hard labor.
Arizona republican., 1909-07-30
PAINTING.

for good; here to stay; here for business. Collyer. the painter: Paint your hohse. hang your paper; tinting walls a spe- cialty; work guaranteed; bonds, ref erences and estimates furnished. J. M. COllyer, The Moss, 401 w. Washington. Phone Black S392