The San Francisco call., 1909-01-09
MURDER OF OFFICER
STIRS DEPARTMENT
Chief of Police Cook to Mete
Out Quick Punishment
to Murderer
Late Sergeant Noting Will Be
Buried With Full Military
H0nOrS

ANo 0o"drdly murder of Police Ser
geant Antoine J. F. Noting of COMPANY
"a, at o'clock yesterday morning in
moH "a tsomery street near Clay bv
noiilas =. Jordan, a member of the
one hundred and Forty ighth Coast
artillery, has caused a feeling of
gloom to pervade the police denart-
ment as the murdered officer was
one or the most courteous men and
q great favorite with his comrades
Coupled with the murder of Policeman
Wliilam H. Helms in Pacific street near
hearny on April by the Young
orolhefs, the Staying of Noting has
iouseu the department and the commits
sion to sense of the Sanger to police
men from tough characters who fire.
qnent the Barbary coast and a deter
mlnation to see that swift punishment
is meted out to the criminals In this
connection Chief Cook will be empow-
cred to hire special counsel to prose-
cute the Young brothers and Jordan.
Inc evidence accumulated by the po-
ice clearly points to Jordan as Mol
tng's slayer. Richard Kennon. bar
tender in Levy's saloon 500 Kearny
street, made statement to the effect
that Jordan and two other soldiers
John kravoulski and Charles Nibar-
ger, were drinking in the saloon when
nve bakers entered. There was good
deal of horseplay, and Jordan, who is
a powerfully built man, was showing
off his strength and threatening to
clean the saloon out with a revolver
kennon finally got a friend to slip out
and notify Policeman Behan. but before
Behan arrived the bakers and the SOL
diers had left the saloon.
JORDAN FIRES SHOT
Jordan and the two other soldiers
went toward Montgomery street. and
there Jordan fired shot which at
tracted the attention of Noting. Kra-
voulskf and Nibarger ran away, but
Jordan stood as Noting approached.
Charles Miller. one of the bakers living
at 625 Clay street, describes what fol-
lowed: I'VE heard the sergeant say,
What are you shooting for; you've
got a gun? Jordan said No. and the
sergeant said Throw up your hands
Jordan threw up his hands but lowered
his right hand, pulled pistol out of
"a holster from under his overcoat and
showed 1t against the SergeantS Stom-
ach. The sergeant said Don't shoot,
and they wrestled and Jordan threw
the sergeant. The sergeant got up and
they came together and Jordan fired a
shot and the sergeant turned and stag
gered away. Jordan fired several shots
at the sergeant while he was falling
and then ran away. We ran after him
and saw him run into a vacant lot in
Commercial street near the subtreas
ury. We kept our eyes on him till
Policemen Sheble, Miles, W. Cava-
naugh and Brady arrived and placed
Jordan under arrest. Jordan fell as he
ran into the lot. l found his pistol and
handed 1T to Miles"
Policeman Maurice Behan, after call
Ing at Levys saloon, went out in search
of the riotous soldiers and when he
reached Montgomery street near Clay
he saw Nolting's body lying on the
sidewalk. He raised Nolting's head and
asked, Who did this?' Noting only
moaned. Behan got an automobile ana
Noting was rushed to the harbor hos
pital, but he died on the way and ms
body was taken to the morgue.
ROUNDUP OF SOLDIERS
Orders were at once issued to round
up all soldiers in the streets or saloons,
and later Kravoulski was found in the
Alameda cafe on the water front by
CORPORAL MCGOWAN and Policemen Teu-
tenberg, Barnett, Collins, Casey and
RusselI They also found Nibarger in
the United States lodging house on the
front. They denied at first having been
with Jordan but later admitted It.
Their names. were registered on the
detinue book at the city prison Win
that of Jordan, who had preceded tneIn'
Other soldiers were arrested ouV re-
leased after being questioned.
Noting was born in this city IN
1 Sso ioined the department in 1895, was
made a corporal in 1905 and sergeant
in 1907. He leaves wife, VINO Is an
invalid, but no children.
Chief Cook says that Sergeant Noit-
ing will be buried with full military
honors. The funeral will take place
from Gray's undertaking parlors 10 tne
Odd Fellows cemetery at 2;l5 O'CLOCK
tomorrow afternoon, Where lho pouS
will be cremated.
The autopsy will be held as soon as
the police have secured all their Wit
nesses. The coroner's jury was sum-
moned yesterday and at l O'CLOCK the
iurymen visited the morgue and viewed
the remains of the late sergeant. "A
large number of policemen and su-
perior officers of the department called
at the morgue yesterday morning ana
there was much regret expressed at the
killing of Noting. The remains were
taken to q private undertaking parlor
early yesterday afternoon.
The jury chosen by Coroner t. B. w.
Leland consists of:
Charles Weiner, 515 Third avenue.
E.. w. Snow, 1449 Forty-seventh ave.
nue..
V. ONell, 3ll IllrLlelu SIOcI.
H Stillman, 355 Grant avenue.
G. M. Sullivan, 1887 O'Farrell street.
Henry Bernard 1904 Clay street.
William Gamble. 1 Vicksburg street.
A. H. Simpson, 693 Mission street.
c. E. Corey, 515 Ashbury street.
r. s. Fitzhughe, AIS Crocker building.
Chief of Police Cook issued a card of
thanks yesterday to the men who as
sisted in the capture of the three sol
diers who are charged with being par
ticipants In the killing of Sergeant AM
tone Noting late Thursday night.
The following policemen are com
mended by the chief for their services:
G. J. Collins, C. ]. Sheble, NJ. Brady, w
J. Cavanaugh, N. Behan, j. B. Mills, S.
Stutenburg, H. Barnell and Corporal
MCGOWAN The following citizens are
also praised by the chief for their as
sistance to the police force: Charles
Miller, 625 Clay street; Richard Kennan
500 Kearny street, and ]. p. Cook of the
International hotel.
Soldiers Hold Up Butcher
L. II. Butcher, butcher at Fillmore
and Greenwich streets, While driving
along Bay street about o'clock yes
terday morning in a westerly direction
from the fish market was ordered to
stop at Montgomery avenue by two
soldiers who stepped out from the side
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