The San Francisco call., 1910-06-03
DENNISON ASKED
TO SLAY The RICH
Harbor Commissioner Offered
Leadership of Secret Baud
of Assassins

Sh-sh-sh-sh- s-s-s-s-shi .i.i,iii
If you are one of the idle rich, be-
ware.
Talk about the Paris of America. An
archlsts have come to town, They are
on the trail of the idIers of great
wealth, and in an unknown cellar are
even now plotting ways and means of
eradicating the moneyed loafers and
distributing their wealth among the
plain people. The leadership of this
little band of assassins has been Of
fered' to Harbor Commissioner Denni-
son on the strength of a speech he
made a few days ago at San Mateo, in
which he deplored the apathy toward
civic affairs of young men living on
inherited wealth
1t all came out at yesterdays meet
ing of the harbor board, when Secre-
tary Thorpe produced and read a com
municatfon that had come to him with
the request that it be read at the next
meeting of the board
LETTER FORMALLY READ
Thorpe read the communication
which was as follows:
San Francisco. May 2S. 1910.
Hon. w. Z. Dennison, San Francisco.
respected Sir: At meeting of a
socialistic club, of which L am an
San Mateo were read and greatly
appreciated by a few hard working
souls gathered together secretly in
a basement in an endeaYor to bet
ter their miserable condition.
AS one of their members, | am
glad to see a man of your reputa-
ton and character, high in the
councils of the state. expressing the
Ideas that you have expressed.
4 DO not dare call upon YOU or
give you my name. for | am in the
nf aiY7~r
we'll known in this city engaged in
the manufacture of bricks, and
were they to discover my real ideas
upon the government | would surely
lose my position. Not only the idle
rich, but all the rich have ever
been a curse to this country, which
should belong equally to all the
what | know about your character
and the stand you have taken that
you Will make for us an able
along with a great many others
that are continually under our sur
Velllance, and | have wondered
whether your views conceded with
the many rich and powerful men
you are known to associate with.
1t is said by some of your detrac-
tors even in our own society that
you are a member of several fash
ionable clubs, that you ride in au
tomobiles, that you have large and
expensive offices in one of the
largest OlHCe Du1lOlnBS IN InG city.
VIOLENT ERADICATION
You are the man we have been
looking for: you have the conf
dence of the rich and you have in
CURED the enmity of the idle rich,
and / believe that we can convince
you that the only proper way in
which to eradicate these persons
which you correctly term parasites
is to put them out of the land of
the living. either by open violent
means or secret methods, with all
of which you are familiar.
You will meet a man on coming
to your office next Thursday morn
ing who will be standing imnedi-
ately in front of the door. He will
have In his buttonhole red button
and If you desire to become one of
us nod your head three times to
him and he will communicate with
you later.
We base our hopes in having you
join us and we shall hail with JOY
the day that you stand among US
as a member. Yours with great
respect.
One of the Common People
In moving that the communication
be filed away for future reference
Commissioner Dennison expressed his
regret that the secretary's action
countenanced by the other commission
ers, compelled him to take notice OF
an anonymous communication.
1T may be genuine" he concluded
but I can not help believing, as the
result of past experience, that If Mr.
Stafford is unable to shed light on its
origin. my worthy friend. Leon Sheldon,
could tell us all about it,