The San Francisco call., 1909-01-10
POLICE ARRANGE
NOLTlNG'S FUNERAL
Chief Cook Assigns Details to
Escort Remains to the
Cemetery
Delegation of Soldiers Express
Regret at Murder and Send
Floral Piece

All the arrangements for the funeral
this afternoon of Police Sergeant An
tone J. f. Noting. who was shot and
killed by Thomas ]. Jordan, q member
of the One Hundred and Forty-eighth
coast artillery. in Montgomery street
near Clay early Friday morning, were
completed by Chief Cook yesterday.
The funeral will take place from
Gray's undertaking parlors, Geary and
Captain Gleason will have charge OF
the police escort. Captain Duke will
take charge of Company A. the mourn
ing company, and will detail two lieu
tenants. four sergeants and 4S patrol
men, Sergeant A. j. Gaughran will act
as battalion sergeant major. Ninety
six men and "a officers will be detailed
from Companies B, d, u and + and
there will be a mounted detail of "a
men in command of Sergeant McGee.
The following sergeants were de-
tailed as pail bearers: j. NJ. Morris
sey W. NJ. Ross, C. F. Blank, j. 4.
tiansen. The remains will be cremated
at Odd Fellows cemetery.
Members of the coast artillery are
just as indignant at the cowardly muir
der of Noting as the police. a deputa-
tion consisting of George W. Sain, first
sergeant, Sixty first coast artillery;
Earl Carter, first sergeant, and William
O'Connor, sergeant, One Hundred and
Forty eighth coast artillery, and
| Thomas r. Wilson, first sergeant, Six
/ ty-eighth coast artillery, called upon
Chief Cook yesterday afternoon and
expressed a desire to send floral piece
to Sergeant Nolting's funeral They
said they would assist the police in
prosecuting Jordan.
Captain Fenner of the company to
which Jordan was assigned promised
to be at police headquarters yesterday
afternoon to interrogate Charles Nj
! barger as to why he gave Jordan his
revolver, but he did not make his APP
pearance. Nibarger was sent as q
provost guard to bring in two members
who had overstopped their leave and
got to drinking with Jordan and John
! KraYoulski. Nibarger on Friday said
that he gave his revolver to Jordan
| in Levy's saloon, 500 Kearny street but
yesterday he made a statement that
Jordan forcibly took the revolver from
him. Jordan, Kravoulski and Nibarger
are still being held in detinue, but
Detectives Mcmahon and Proll, who
have been working on the case, say
1 that they are ready at any time to
charge Jordan with the murder.
Inquest Wednesday
Coroner T. B. W. Leland stated yes
terday that the inquest in the shoot
/ ing of Sergeant Antoine j. Noting will
be held Wednesday afternoon at l
o'clock, providing the police are ready
Soldiers Resist Policeman
A bar tender in saloon at Wash
ington alley and Jackson street notified
Policeman Halsey of the Chinatown
squad and George Downey, watchman
on Friday night that two soldiers OF
the One Hundred and Forty eighth
coast artillery were in the saloon
cursing at policemen in general and
/ declaring that Sergeant Noting, MUIR
deTed by Thomas J. Jordan, got what
was coming to him.
/ The soldiers announced that they
We're yeggmen and would kill police
man whenever they got the chance
Halsey and Downey went to the sa-
loon and placed the two soldiers un-
der arrest. They resisted and had tc
4 be dubbed. One of them, William
Parker, was charged with disturbing
the peace, and the other, Walter Benn
was charged with resisting an officer
They were both convicted by Police
Judge Shortall yesterday and were
fined $40 each.
Nicholas Barton, also a member ot
the One Hundred and Forty -eightf
coast artillery, who was arrested while
trying to throw Blanche Davis out OF
the window of her room at 40 Bartlett
alley on Friday night, appeared be-
fore Police Judge Weller yesterday or
/ a charge of battery. The case was
ntinued fill tomorrow