Newspaper Page Text
" PUNTING. BARE HILLS .WITH THE HOMES OF WORKERS" -^ - — — — See — '^ \u25a0 THE SUNDAY CALL — Next Sunday— VOLUME CV.— NO. 179. STATE WITNESS AGAINST GLASS QUITS COUNTRY William J. Kennedy, Telephone Company's Cashier, Goes to Victoria "on Business" — • ' .* Absence of Official May Serve' Employers Best, but Handi« caps Larkspur Deadlock in Affairs of the Town Caused by Absence of . the Mayor WILLIAM J. KENNEDY, cashier •or the Pacific telephone and teJegraph company, an im portant witness in the Glass • and Halsoy bribery cases and mayor of Larkspur, has gone to Vic toria on "h business trip," and his absence at this time has not only *-aused apprehension at the district at •torncy's office, but has created a civic deadlock in Larkspur. Kennedy departed May 17, leaving a mass of uncompleted matters to his jolleague* .of the city government V-i'oss the bay.' There was no explana tion beyond the statement that he t had gone to look into a fire in which some of tjie company's property had been With the retrial of Louis Glass clos« •at hand and the Halsry hearing not f;ir .away, Kennedy couLd serve the in terests of the company better by his absence than by his presence in the .«tate." Needed as State Witness As- soon is the appellate court ren dered its decision nullifying Glass* con- j vTetion. unusual activity was displayed - by T. J. Daley, the detective who was C: >.:ained by Delraas as soon j -is the triai.o^ Glass begaji. Daley has been irr the "employ of the telephone company ever since. He established hi? headquarters at the St. Francis -sliotel and has made frequent trips to Xew York. Daley's exact duties are not known. • but : he has been, according to bis own statements, a regular on the Glass payr&U. \u25a0 He does not like to be called a detective, preferring to be known as ' -an investigator and adjuster.** In the retrial of Glass the testimony of Kennedy will be essential- He had charge of the funds of the company, and although vouchers were required for every expenditure, none was given for. the boodle payments made by or der .of Glass and Halsey - and thence to the supervisors. Troubles in Larkspur Kennedy's absence, has occasioned "far greater concern in Larkspur than in San FrancTsco. The board of trustees there is divided against itself. Ranged on one side arc Frank Craig and John Foley Jr., generally recognized as the representatives or* the good govern ment forces. Opposed to them are Kennedy, the major of the town, --WU-. iiam yon Meyerinck, a book keeper .employed by the State, savings and commercial bank of San Francisco, and 'A. C- Woods. • cThere have been bitter factional fights, ana it is stated that the contentions may yet reach the Srand jury. In the absence of Kennedy, his allies on . the board. Yon Meyerinck and "Woods, have refused to attend meet ii|«F. It has been impossible, therefore, •^t^vbtain a quorum and the affairs of Larkspur have been allowed to fall into a 6tate of great neglect. Craig has endeavored ,to force action, but has been unsuccessful. Difficulty. Over Saloons •The main difficulty at the present time centers about an ordinance ex tending the time that saloons may re main open from 11 o'clock at night until midnight. The present statutes require that they close at 11 o'clock. An ordinance now pending places the hour at midnight. In case a meeting is held, the vote will stand two to two and the ordinance will be killed. Yon Meyerinck and Woods, therefore, re fuse to- attend the sessions, desiring io wait for "Kennedy, when their com bined votes . will put the ordinance through. " Craik is outspoken in his denuncia tion of Kennedy's methods. He is con nected with the Columbia coffee and spife company of this city and has a home and large property interests in Larkspur. -Kennedy should be on hand at this lime.'.' said Crais-. "If he cannot be Ikt«» he 'should resign. The law re quires that before June 1 each year we fix the: water rates.. The time in at.hand,- but "nothing . tiRS /been done. W<*^%ve called two meeting*, but only Fol«s}- and I hay«» been 'present:*-,* "Bcride the"-. vater.'. rates, we should have befor**.; tliis providea for street g pr i n »l in^' a nd thVr e arej f bill f . .to ; , tthet heh c amount 0f , 5650 thal*Bliould'; b« acted The San Francisco Call. INDEX OF THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL'S NEWS TODAY telephone: kearxy s« FRIDAY, MAY, 2S, 1909 WEATHER. CONDITIONS • YESTERDAY— CIear;" northwest -wind; raari muni temperature. ss: . minimum. 52. FORECAST FOR TODAY— Fair; bri*k west wind. Page 15 EDITORIAL Kan F l r»nci?eo'ii l ßan«\Sun<Jßy. Page 6 CominlM^on sj»h»in ! on trial. Page 6 The rrjrulatioD of wireless tclpsraph.r. Paa;e fk reder*ljudj:p« 'and -passes. ' j'aßefi GRAFT. District attorney's office ftpprelienMTp o»er aberace of William J. Kennedy of tbe telephone company, one of tbc fmportaut witnesses.,')!! the Glass c«?e. Pias« I Calboun maji's sworn Ktateioruts arc jOis^red ited by his wo CTidcnce. I'lige 3 CITY ' 5r T < / Tailor may hup fashionable suest of St. Francis hotel for $S5, alles'^J to be due on gown. Vavs* I Several Siarifierg who attended banquet ("uffer from ptomain* poisonlnsr. '. ". j»agc 2 Fiancee of Robert Syminpton. O»lhoiin Jnror, proves to be Mrs. Margairt Mc- Groulhcr. I'airc 1 l.'neoutb man enticei; 5 year old glrL to base ment of flat and leaves tinj- victim a shrieliins. hysterical wreck. t'ntvc I Ni?ht life land? jounp man tn Jail, accused of passing worthless drafts. t'n*r 1 ' Jw\co Va n Fleet glret Judgment for platntlJTs in 24 cases asalnst welching Insurance com panies. ,p B ce4 New plant made for Memorial day. children beinp directed to take flowers to dextjmatpd schools. ' Pace 4 Sharp clashes mark board of works . in quiry. VtKKf 4 Bigamy charged in annulment suit of Mrg. Fara V. W. Benton, - daughter of l*ablo Vas<iuez. " p nse 4 Xew version of the "eternal triancli«"* fur nished by trial marriage of policeman. I Pace 3 Mr.*. Victoria Lore repeats poisoning charge at hearing given husband before polkt Judge. i» ase 3 Oldtime minstrels to assist league of Crows cadets . in show for benefit of club rooms. Page 5 j SUBURBAN ; Uw-eplloß is held in honor of young j siDger. Page y Widow and lawyers fail to locate Talman teer*B wilL t*aj;e9 Miss Bessie Bert of ' San Leandro r-hosen 'queen cf cherry carnival. t»age v 1 Boy pared from death in bay by yomn who I paddles to rescue. k*a^u a By frantic screamin? woman tries to.rain,re lease from Alarm-da jail. • : rate s Stodents of Oakland high school conclude primary election fit the officers of asso ciation. _ \u25a0 , \u25a0 • * •;'\u25a0 Pace 9 , Pupils in .California Institution for Deaf and ' Blind to give concert June].';. fafi«s, Forger on probation repeats "crimp* and 'will bfi sent to state prlswao. - ''~%~-£k .«*«\u25a0;• 8, People's water company pays ?Ss,7tK>um' big tax account. '^PageS English rcmittanceman is subbed to death by j bootblack. f Page 8 j I'rizes awarded scholars for best essays on borticultnral work. Page SI Joaquin Miller urges college graduates *to\ go bfck to the : farm. Pace S Friends And relatives of Mrs. Jonathan Hunt celebrate her ninety-ninth birthday. fage 8 Saloon Keeper \. 3. \j* Port will be tried on charge of assault with deadly weapon. Page 8 COAST Another Mexican .suspect arrested in Poltera murder case. " . Page 2 State bankers welcomed at convention: at Del Monte and addressed by governor. : . Pace S Slayers of Dr. William Jones, the anthropolo gist, sentence.*! to death in Manila. \ Page 3 Pasadena starts cutting Sunset telephoae company's wires for failure to t-eenre frjui cblft.' • » «*,«• I Wild bor.«e hunt planned on Xe.vada <alt!c ranges by 500"bTickaroos." . Page 2 Mrs. Lee 8.- Warren, who eloped from. Fresno last Anrost. and her husband accused of rob bing actress. " . Page 7 EASTERN Senator Bailey fails in attempt to foree • an income tax measure. Page 5 North German Moyd steamer. Princess Ali.*e runs, into mud Oat In New York harbor. # Page 3 Senator Bailey, ba» fi*t fight with New York newspaper correspondent. - _ PageS FOREIGN Governor of British U«t Africa Invites Theodore Roosevelt to public banquet In 'his honor. . , - Page 2, Lodge of Masons In ' London to be composed entirely of Americans. . PageS SPORTS Hallaton wins the Royal stake handicap . at Epsom. • . - Hage7 Coast league scores—^an Pranclsco 3, ;. Poet ised 0; Los Angeles 2, Oakland 1; Sacramento 11, Vernon 9. ' i^ttc tv State , league • scores — Stockton 5, San Fran cisco 3; Oakland 2, Fresno 0; San Jose 11, Santa Cms 1; San Jose 7, Santa Cruz 6. . I'age'lO FavorUes h«re r a bad day «t Salt Lake fair grounds. /"V-Y »*«ce II Ueferee Eddie Smith rislts Dick Hyland and talks "the rules orer with' him." : ''y. I'ugelU Co «r roth hopes -to land Johnson and Kaufman. for latter part "of July. ; . _ • Page 10 " Chicago-New York game; Is called with the score tied In the tenth. ' Page 11 Entrie«'-of > St. Mary's college for track ' meet with S»nt* Clara athletes Saturday.- '.'.,} Page 11 MARINE •\u25a0\u25a0_-. \u25a0.*;\u25a0 r^*rge fleet of deep water chips reaches port and the - anchorage ' off Melggs ; wnarf looks' like old times. '. Page 15 SOCIAL \u25a0. " Mrs. Jobn A. Darling presides at dinner: party at the '.Stewart* and entertains \u25a0 at luncheon at home. * -\ -o. _ .. Page 0 LOSES LEG UNDER TRAIN; \u25a0 TRYING TO SAVE LUNATIC Insane Youth Dying; Deputy Sheriff Crippled FREMONT.. Neb., \ t May 27.— Frank Kent, a Fremont youth. Is dyings at'the hospital her«, and-Dciwty Sheriff W^P/ Condit 1»' lying in the same hospital with his .left ler pone a* .the, result of a dejtperntc struKßle' in which the deputy tried v, to -prevent';. Kent Cfrom 'thfnxrJnfr himself -,un<Jer the \u25a0wheels of n -movinjj' 'train."- Kent \hart^beeriJVdr judged Insane". and was-beiner taken »to , tlie. state 'hospital -at i- Lincoln:. V \u25a0-.^;-^.'-»i s^vPßAN^seoS : .Mro^s^i^|'2B^ MAYOR'S TACTFUL SPEECH BLASTS REDDING'S HOPES United Railroads Special Envoy Sees Air Castles Crumble as Taylor Talks Confidence in . Supervisors Theme of City Executive's Speech at Banquet ••I ilo not intrnd t«: cnlcr toto.'tiiiy controversy with my friends 3lr,'Red rflns: and Mr. Srotr -on tho (|ii!>»tion' of \u25a0Ircct railrnadw. That U a matter of Brave concern, of verj- criivc t-onrcrn, and. for that reason 1 vrll! • say; nothing on the mihjcct. If-I niny Hpenk per sonally, I have alwajn looked onftliU office, aw a great oHU-e. and. lhnve al w»}« held that 1 Klinnid not xprak either lv private, or in public :on any topic -without proper consldorji tlon and . iluc,' delllterntlo'n. I . want, tlioush, to add /that knoning tliln board of wiprrrl«orii ns I do I can not *lt doivn w-ithout Mnyinc; that 'they tie serve the ; very bewt of. this elty.'They are not narrow nie.ii.. : They are ineii of vrlde. view. <t and worthy.- of all praiwc and reicard. I nay thlx— and I way it the more freely am 1 uni >\u0084on (o retire from office-— that thi.% city vwill he : for tunate, even above, other citien. if it ran keep n« It* lo;rl!»littlve \u25a0\u25a0 body mim'li a board »n* you now '". have."— Kroin \u25a0peccb of Taylor. > It was with these words, " spoken with higrhly dramatic effect, that Mayor Taylor/ at the conclusion \u25a0 of the 'Mer chants' .association banquet last.-. niKht." replied' by indirection" to the'- speeches of A.!'.W. r Scott Jr. and Joseph !>., Red dinjr, who. had ur^ed a different atti tude: toward ' the .United Uaihoads. Scott had spoken "along;* general :jino:s, proclaiming, however, ."tha.tr, it is '.'err-, tairiiy to the : interests ;\u25a0 of this com munity, to. stand .in with the United Railroads." , Redding; ;. who is ;in the.; employ of the United Railroads,' had made a plea for: liberal concessions to the corporation in its desire to .extend its system. ';.\u25a0/" * '\u25a0 The mayor's, speech ; was -an' unex pected number .on the'/ program:: He had : : not,, been' expected' to talk, 'but during the- evening .A. >M. Davis, who presided, askfed Dr. Taylor'if he would say a few words. ' After 'the- prepared addresses' had been delivered -the, mayor and F. W/Dohrmann werg called. upon. Mayor Arouses Enthusiasm \u25a0 .'Mayor. Taylor; aroused the COO guests to a high pitch "of -enthusiasm! V He called . ; f6r : a:lqftier civic spirit; .one gruided rather by the light of morality and religion : than by the .rule of pad and 4>enftil '.'in- sunless' den." He pleaded vigorously for the, clvjc "center aind.'ex pressed the hope that it would not only be\ constructed ; but . that it .would {be adorned ' with la f sta tue •of . Stl - Fra ncis, the patron saint of the. city. '. . The banquet was one' of ,tho most .successful that the Merchants' .associa tion has ever given.' It was held in the colonial ballroom - ? of the ; St! r'Frarrci'g hotel, "and an .artistic, arrangement /of tables; gave a most picturcsciue' ; en!ei;t. In i the gal lery i sa t a ( n u mber of women from the California club,- wlio!had:como chiefly to hear the discussion of! tin; civic tcenter.i This topic "was i assigned toWillisjPolk'andjThomasiiviagee. Th<> fbrmerdiscussedlthei benefits "to; such a plan to the city and Magee • dwelt upon the financial 'aspects .of :the" proposal' reaching .the conclusion jthat..S;tnjFr^nV cisco could .well afford HheV.invosVment.*: The. /civic center, and -the' street-: f si 11 roa*d \u25a0 question • were? the'sulS jf'ct tuuliiii \u25a0'\u25a0 •\u25a0 \u25a0 *\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0•>'-•\u25a0' \u25a0:—\u25a0>•.- .\u25a0».... - \u25a0fV>'V.T ! .;-:V.Kx.:>e: J , { ContiuucU 6u > paitc 5167- columnar PHONE CABLES CUT BY ORDER OF COUNCILMEN Gangs in City EmpjoyJ Start De=j stroying Sunset Telephone i Company's Lines \u25a0 | " \u25a0 * '\u25a0'.'\u25a0- 1 '" * - \u25a0 j Pasadena to Put Corporation Out of Business for Failure to Get Franchise; i P.A.SADKXA. May 27.— Several squads of. i-iiien iindpr guard >of fity- police started: lat'o today cuttintr'.; the, wires and cables of the Sunset telephone com pany in this city, and '• accord i_ns : to! the statement of Mayor Early the men will continue . until the -.Sunset company, is put completely out of business in every part of the city. Already so mucli dam age to the lines of j tlie company has been dono that weeks will.be required to bring the system back to" what it was this : morning:. . \u25a0 • •' . « ' , The action followed a meet in?? tof the city council today. 'when a resolution "empowering the city ,lo cut the wires •vvas passed. was the result of the opinion, by 'Jud?f« Isordw;ell in the supe rior." court to the effect that- an or dinance passed by tne city council re quiring the Sunset company to secure] a franchise from the city -arid to pay a j license to the. city is valid. Tlie 'JO year I I franchise -of \ tlte company -.expired- in i 1007, and "sifire ; thon no rram-hipe. has been secured and no license paid to the! city by; the company. .• ' i ." j Ko' effort to prevent the destruction j !of the " Sunset's system has • yet -V>ren | I made' by- the company's 'employes' here. | Decision Warrants Action j LOS "ANGELES, May -"•— All; impor- I | tant decision- was; handed 'down*' by, | Judge -Bordwell '-in the .'superior,' court I j today ..which gives to the cities of Call- j | fo'rnia a rightUo, r compel telephone and j ! telegraph companies' to 'take.o ut fran ichisesfor.erecting poles and wires and | transacting! business. . I | : The- decision was. in favor ,of the | city of? Pasadena. and against the- Sun- 1 set '^telephone;' company,-, which' sought to :\u25a0 secure.- r a ; permancnt :. .injunction against] the' city> "interfering. ''with: the 1 operation, 'of .'its'Hhes. ' •. '\u25a0\u25a0.'. !;••-. A * temporary v injunction '\u25a0 which has been- grant eel against- the; city »was dis solved. The; Pasadena. "city^ordinance; requires the corporation ,to" take'' out- a ! franchise and, pay, a "somi-unnual'tax of : 75, cents -on every pole.' X ' '.:'.• ; ;/rh"e: . squads of wire cutters, 4 who . traveled in automobiles; iiad' ;'s_ucceeded : in', cut tin g i.nine .four foot \u25a0 sections i out of "nine: cables; carrying '100 ? wires' each, and' putting ;2.Too'\ Sunset 'telephones j [ entirely" biitiof commission. ".' .This : *in- } j "eludes*-: the' -"Altadenfi^Feciion and all, of I j the- city" r o'f> Pasddena" with the oxcep i-tion"; of the south -end. y Long- distance 'cables^ /were '\u25a0'. not : molested.; The -11 fire. \u25a0 and ''police systems- are ciit'oft. ;,*:; PRESIDENT TAFT'S SONI FOLCOWSIItATHER'S STEPS s S tudehts Select ,' Alcmbers ; 3 for- Senior^ Societies " • • year's '[ has the \ i n teres t j in ; " tapj; day" at Yale- been s so^. keen as It' was" today; in the ! selections ' for.; thfi three v senior?so cieties.";. ,' ; ; \u25a0'.; :< , &\- ,. \u25a0»'•.' '- ; '. \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0'/',.'• \u25a0 % }Vtr'!;> . lloliort vA.:,.Taft. -son -of :,• Pi-esiilent Taft. -.went: '.to'' .Skull 'arid Rones., ns, did ail^fatViert^d-hj^Krandfatl^r. " *^£t^ thither* societies -were cline'u'an'clection'to'AVoiri- Head.-' •" Little Girl Is Victim of Fiend {: -4 i \u25a0'*\u25a0\u25a0 Thetiipper Tportriit 'is of -Myrtle , Langueton,' 5 r years old, who\was r' assaulted.' * Below ' it *, is ' the scene ; of , the • attack, : the cross ) on the > left - UsHowingl wiridow/'of .'the > which -.thet child .'was. enticed, .and \u25a0 that t on : the right ; wh'ere7 sHe '. was playing i when : the man' met ' heir. . r .The \u25a0; picture : oh\the left 'is that of Myrtle . and l_: her playmate^- Francis \ Storms"^ oni the . steps' where the fiend found* them.'- - > ' ,-\u25a0 . . . \u25a0 — - -- - -. * .- . \u25a0 .-\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0•>-\u25a0-.•-\u25a0 >*\u25a0 - - - > --\u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 * •*"~~ — ._. .:-......: .-,:,,. ..._\u25a0'. ... ..... ..... . • . . \u25a0 - . - , . - • SYMINGTON WILL WED FAIR WIDOW Mrs; :.'"M : . : McQrouther^ Former j Sweetheart of Xalhbuh'ihifor,; \ j Is! to i : Be Hisjlßride ' / 'The secret is'-out.v \u25a0..- - - •- The , fair.. souroe'jbfi all ,the]. self-'con sciouSiblushesi that- have . mantled 7thc cheeks \u25a0 of « Robert »B.'t Symington, ; dean among' members orUhe Calhoun jury, is disclbscd.\,'The 'author v of^ the; flood letters ; tire 'pat riar.qhal; j uryma n" has' re (•eivod'fis' Mrs." ,MarsaretVMcGrbuth'er 0f '625- Fillmoie;. street".: She is 'aj widow, asrcd ':5S years. ;{hd ft he/mo th'erjpf ;four grown -"children," some ;of • whonv'-haye children*" of their,.' ; own^in'"the. ) grammar school: .V.'The ''\u25a0 grhn'dc^ildren *of * : eiich of; the ' Ten caged •.. pair are foyer joyed- at news * of.vt ht: .\u25a0 impatient; weddin.c:: J bells. >The fluttei 1 '- of.-interest 'caused by" the \u25a0\u25a0-\u25a0.. \u25a0' ;\u25a0\u25a0.\u25a0 \u25a0«-,. :-• -\u25a0 •\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0;\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 -v. .»•\u25a0-.-- j .--.-,» \u25a0*-*\u25a0••..\u25a0.\u25a0 exclusive.- report vinr-The; Ca]l"« yesterday. tha t \u25a0';'. Jurpr VSy m i ns t o n , "v. gfa y bea rd • and seniorj .among?, the^ jurors; rthough^he.be; : wa s • recciv in g.dailyAlbve' letters,', which, 4 a t). his >palpitating. ? . request, *; .arid' Judge \u25a0 LawfoVst magnanimous i'orUerrlare inbt opened; by "gross' ''deputy >!ieriffs. 'as, all letters f recei ved" > by , other, jii ry"m en' , are? th reatened* to; disturb* the course.^ of ; the trial^vesteVday^and'.ihe; identity ;of^ the fair k»uth o r ? ofo f ;>• t.h c '.'-. 1e 1 1 er s , w il l rcau s c erj li'a 1 iI n t crest. '• t o'da-'y. / v'A 1 1 - ' yesterda y Symington iwasibus^exenangingi sheep \u25a0». ... ? •-\u0084..» \u25a0 ->»•\u25a0\u25a0-.\u25a0 ';.:."\u25a0 *•-\u25a0':; ;\u25a0.\u25a0•-.*\u25a0\u25a0--',' v.-i«.-,.- : r: £.\u25a0\u25a0».. iish^winks.kwithl; facetious^ members v of ". ContUocd V on ; Fagc^ 2 n CbinWn'3^ ]v f % MWERf V^' YOU : VVANTrTRYi Wi -sfe? a/ TAILOR MAY SUE FAIR HOTEL GUEST Insists^hat Joseph Citron : Owes f Him : r $85 if dr.- Gown . :i!iS^i Joseph' Citron.— one'of :the*most stylish guests- at- the rst/Francis -hotel," is hay.ing trouble^\vith*her'.tall6r."^llc '.is insisting , that she^pav him^ ?B3,for.'a "suit- made': for "her justbefore^she" left for/Paris;last',i3ummer. '" Gus^Elamm^of 2202 v ".the^ tailor;:: ' lie ',: has . placed" the ; matter^. in*' the hands- of -. hisrattbrney, -S.".'C. rWright, who* has his*offices :in -The Call buildingJ The :attorney-has^ nxade' his demand^on 'the';fair,gu^sti;of T >the^St. : Francis, and uniess,a r settiem»rit*,is : mkde"atonce'h^. says^he»will invoke the aid of; the .law. .'. Just t^before.: she, ; went", abroad Mast year,;ilrs. Citron commissioned^ Flamm to r de3ien a-suit fwrh'er. * The suit ; was completed,' in "diie, time and adorned 'Mrs; .Citron during; her *jaunt: to' 'Paris., \u25a0 ;• ThViCitrons' formerly J resided '\u25a0 in - Los Anseles,*; but: since* the'visit they jhayeX registered J at .the St. ..Francis as : from ' New* i York.^- -^1 rs. JCitr'oh • owns* lcon«idp,fa.blelprppert>vinl con«idp,fa.blelprppert>vin *th^g;city.?^ll«>r |hUi'bandlis "saidito 'be eonn?t:tcdiWith ;a' tlocal ; real, estate ifirm.- PRICE-: FIVE CENTS..' PRETTY TOT ASSAULTED BY BRUTE . - Myrtle Langueton, 5 Years Old, Enticed From Home to Base= ment of Rat News of Attack Spreads and Al bion Avenue People Join in the Hunt Degenerate Escapes While the Indignant Citizens Talk v 1 of Lynching Little Lad Gives Description vi Fiend That May Lead to \u25a0; His Arrest WANTED FOR ASSAULTING LITTLE CHILD Follow Inc l»,a •lr»eriptl«» nt | the man »h«i mmlr thr brntal n% > naiilt-' on Myrtle l.anKTurton. Hie " \u25a0 yearw old. yrstrrda?-: II EICJHT — S IVEKT 6 J'N CU ES. ' WEIGHT— ABOUT 145 POt>D«i. PACK — 'SMOOTH SiHAYKX. l.\- KKJIPT. n.oTiii.xo — m.t i; overalls "WITH 818. BLACK DERBY HAT, XO COAT. . (irnfral .• appearance. «l«nrnlv and nntrlran. ENTICED from the doorstep of -her*'h3mc in 132 Albion avenue, .Myrtle I^ngacton. the pretty 5 year old daughter of Mr?. D. Languc ton. was" led yesterday morning to the basement of a flat a few doors awaj' and there brutally assaulted 3 by a strange man. who immediately after ward fied. leaving hi-> tiny victim a shrieking, hysterical 'wreck. The news of the attack spread. like wildfire. Within five minutes after the ' fact had become known the neighbor hood was out in force . scouring the streets in a hunt for the fiend. . The anger was intense- Men, bringing to mind the horrible details of; the mur-' dcr of little Anna Poltera in Los An-.' stormed gut of their houses ami store?, business was suspended, and from, every .side there went up a cry for the life of the man who, had done this thing.. Talk of Lynching Talk of lynching was rampant. The • police were hastily -summoned, bu£ should the brute have, fallen into the hand> of the mob at that moment alt the-poltcc in the world would not have been able to save -html- Women calletl to\;each. other -from; their, doorway?. The playing* in the street were, hurried "into th^ shelter of their home?. Every minute added to the crowd which j£*thered around the spot,' its murmur of indignation grow ing louder as the horrible story be came kno>vji v -'. : And the child, nervous.' white faced, i broken down aiid trem bling^.,from .fright and shock, wa> picked, up "and. put in- the arms of her frantic-mother. . -. ; Fiend Makes Escape But the few minutes' advantage ; of time'the'inan. gained 'was sufficicnf fot; his escape. In the hubbub' he "suc ceeded" in getting, to a -hiding place, from which he undoubtedly fled whea the excitement -began to;iade. '[\u25a0 The police took up the case without a- moment's delay, and in the after noon arrested "one man, who was. .-' however,' not the oncAvanted. He was released and: the. hunt taken up again, there' beingja. fear,: that with such a man at liberty . San : Francisco *• may have to bear a repetition "of the : recent Los Angeles, murder. -J } ~-f Mj-rtle.7 accompanied b>v-hcr play mate. Francis Storm?, 4 years old and living at 144 Albion avenue; was play ing .' -'on the . steps leading to 'her / ; mother's fl at - • '}.?* " -^^' o ? avenue, at,, about 11 o'clock yesterdajvmorr.in;:. As'the children played'a strange nian. - unkempt.". dirty and objectionable in \\ appearance, -walked' up 'and Jaskcd the*' gifK whether she. wanted a pretty card.-, .In his hand he held advertising Htcr4-'- " turc which had that morning been; distrib'utcd along the doorsteps of the various residences. ."Come". to ' mc.-and yon can have them." said/.hc; -holding -the'jeards up »l'*Bring'them.to me," saiVl the ;irl. *The niaaVmade* no answer, but, pui^