"A BARBED SHAFtt
The story of d thrilling duel of
early California days,, will
be published in
THE SUNDAY CALL
VOLUME GVn— NO, 17. >
FAMOUS HOSTELRY AGAIN TEEMS WITH LIFE
D'HOTEL OF THE NEW PALACE. .'.'• : - •"\u25a0 -^.V":-^^.'^^--;; %\u25a0--.''. '--..^^^ -' .^ ;t; t • \u25a0 -. -. • •-'• :'X-. \u25a0\u25a0 -. -v- .-.'-- - --;\u25a0\u25a0 -- .- \u25a0 --'--\u25a0 __ 1 __ ; _± — . - - ' \u25a0 /
LETTERS SENT POLICE
EXPECTED TO LEAD TO
CAPTURE OF MURDERER
Expert Kytka Will Compare, Them th^!
Handwriting of Several Ex-Gonyiets [
Now Under- Suspicion j.
FOLLOWING the report, yesterday that two "suspicious '.characters, • both v
\u25a0. )" \u25a0 • ..* .» •' r ' '•"' ". ; j'<" .' ' -/
answefirig the description given, of the* Saturday; night 'fiend; had visited^.
the White drug store, 1661 Fillniore'stfeet, and Ulmer's 5a100n,.471 'Hayes
street, the'police turned to new channels in an effort, tb^; un veil ; . the mystery
- surrounding the identity of, the bandit They called in, Tlieodore Kytka, the/
handwritir xpert,and gave into his'hands the- many anonymous letters, that '
have beeii cceived : at" police headquarters, ostensibly, from the highwayman; "\u25a0
Kytlca was closeted with Captain "of Detectives Andersoh" forever an.tiour, •
early last night, and the resuU of the conference was adecision'-that ffom.the.
first one individual has 1 been. writing steadily 1 to the police: The track pf, : his^
missives the police believe "they have followed through all. the, other notes; andj
now they tare firmly'-of the opinion that thebandit may'b'e'the'authoß'of the^ ;
series. . \ ' i
WILL EXAMINE WRITING OF EX-CONVICTS- j
Kytka \ now will \ be occupied with the ; task of comparing* the -\u25a0writingi qfi
certain former convicts under-strong suspicion of being'the bandit, but Jiot:
yet located by the- police, with that of'the series of- letters' which Captain
• "Anderson has in his office. . . - . ;, v - :
Samples of the handwriting of former, convicts-have been. obtained jfr6mj
every possible source, from both penitentiaries, the sheriflts^f.various.counties.l
w the state-records and'the archives of the' local police department. Kytka' will*
compare, tile. -c u ith the letters given him' by the police: • Each day the expert;
will take? letters' from the police mail : and' compare 'them with the samples r bi
handwriting he has been able to obtain.- " : • • -
Another of tlie -allies of the ;policc, discovered .yesterday, i'is, a woman,
Mrs.,VvVL. Colemati, on- whose word the bandit-murderer may be identified.
Mrs. Colcman resides in the Savoy hotel at; Ellis* street % and Van '/.Nes^
avenue, and it was under the windows of her apartment and in her. full view
that the struggle between William: Hawkins, the traveling salesman, a"nd r the
mysterious robber-took place. Mrs. Coleman: obtained a "clear: view* of. 'every
phase ofthe fight between the two men, and the countenance of the'fiend, she
declares, has been indelibly impressed* upon her memory.
CONFIDENT SME CAN IDENTIFY THJUG } • ' 1
Since the search for the criminal', began- the /police -have.-, been taking.
• suspects before Mrs. Colcman, for they place tlve utmost reliability; in »licr.:
' ability to identify the man. ' . '.' , : \'.' " ' /. ; \ -.> •\u25a0"-; .
It is believed by the police-that the real bandit^may have.appearedatUhc
White drug store- The' department- was notfnotified^6ffthe;a'gitation»at'that
Fillmore street pharmacy -. until - very r late' Wednesday \u25a0 night,;* though-* the
holdupman made his appearance there shortly after 8 o'clock -in the evening:
Therefore Chief Cook was given a cold. trail' to" fellow. - ; Policeman Thomas.
Kelly, whose beat includes the corner of Geary, and FiUmorc streets,, was the
• first to learn of the holdup.
William H. Young, a clerk.in the drug store, • was } standing at the ; end
I* "the soda fountain in the store when a tall,' darkstranger entered,hidden from
throat to knees in a dark overcoat; and, advancing to. the "surprised employe,
ordered: >; -
"Hands up!'^ l .. , U - *
Young gaped at jthe man in surprise,; and -at that Bernard -S.^Dickhoff,
i proprietor of the store, arose from behind a counter which had: concealed him
from the' intruder's. view. ,; • ; \>; //
Dickhoff had been arranging some goods' in' thc'counter, land was down
\u25a0m on his 'knees '"busy at the task when the terse cimmamL met his cars: ! , lie
fctood up at onceand, after, taking a* glance at: his •-supposed 'customer; began
moving 'toward "the frpnV 6f \u25a0 the store, h'is^cyes;' fixed; on- the
C<*XTISVED.OSrAGiS3,CQIAJyiS f
The San Francisco Call.
; MASTER HAND AT PALACE
.'When the -diners; had risen' from their
seats at ', the -banquet- in Palace"! hotel
last' night; * When -tli^V last) plate* had
been -removed- and : the ' last ywaiter i hud
gone, ': Victor, ' Reiter,'- rnaitre 'dlhotel; of,
the ; Palace^ hotel,, company,"'A'iewins'tlie
deserted ,' halls,
turned; to, his* rest, content 'inHhe knowl-^
edge^that.he ; had ; broughtt, to] a" success'^'
fill* culmination; his part' ofj^he ; gigantic*
'undertaking of jthe r openln'g of*tlie)new-
: hostelry:';*; -, .. ," : '.' ; t . ' , :.V., ' ,;;.'\u25a0: A '\u25a0' -X
; His; part; jay: in ;the* feeding tof •. those
who -attended the \ banquets I :* tind^this.
part he has been-playing^forlthe-Palace*'
•-.\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0-\u25a0 '• \u25a0 • -.' •*'«.'-\u25a0;' :.-•.-\u25a0 -..- \u25a0*-':-£ \u25a0;<»\u25a0••: \u25a0•-\u25a0-..i. /»ei .*«*
hotel.' company rfor the J/;last -.'l9'''. years."
:--.*•-: '\u25a0\u25a0'-\u25a0 ','\u25a0 >•\u25a0;-: •--.*• .:--\u25a0\u25a0 •..-'\u25a0'\u25a0'•';.\u25a0\u25a0*? \u25a0\u25a0..»\u25a0--\u25a0•-/.« • ;-.j--i.'s
Jj>rior t o that - he , played - it-, ii n nt) t ho)lead-^
ihg\ hotels * of ; Kuronejaiidsthef ea^X*?lrr,
S^;FRA^]S#;r
fact,;it.isUheipartJhe;has' I.played'air-his1 .played'air-his
life; ; ";.;His*r parents i' were !„< hotel *< people
and'vhergrrayltated" itO;'the"ibusiness;nßtT.
u'rally;-">]r^j r ~/J'/,]}''2i''z\~f'-?^'; \ l }'\u25a0**/. '
j'v'. He has ;*f e-d i people t of le veryj; coticei v-_
able \u25a0T.kind^i, royalty,';: nobles, ''.presideh't,"
authors/-^ kings', of ./\u25a0"finance;" cranks^ and
•dVsi^ptics^'ajid^
i'ed"!thern'?to;their,;satisfaetion; '.I^ee'ding-,
r a*per3O.n*.isja";simplej;pnipositibn'sH_<?/t^
pu b lie; ib u tf" t o\t h ej ma i Ire * d J h b t i l ji t ; i s ;'a
sd e nce.f - ;,To i ; Ilei ter A' i t i s .'an ay t, /- a"
business, l.'.lt'; is 'anything:." but:- simple;
'Bfjithe ',"l;300 '\u25a0 persons r ba"nfiueting Sffast
Sw-J'-v •:/•\u25a0*. -,-»*.":—« -•-\u25a0 v- '\u25a0•' .'-••."• \u25a0*•\u25a0"* •"•' \u25a0 ' -• .*\u25a0<\u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0!-.-.
night' few- gave muchMhoughUjto'£the.
.HS^^dlggl^glthSwh^^g;
> guessed**Vt*theTsysr6lnlbuilt'uptoS'Velirs]
£ff iSbor?and Wefte^e7s^j|i^|ffg^
W. C. RALSTON IS
FIRST TO SIGN
HOTEL REGISTER
'^ W.jC. J> 'Ralston, r^on{of
, the ,'Vrig^nalf Pala.ce I>.1 >. libtel/j was I the r 'flrst
man£.to';register-Vin^-the ;>new{; Palace
.ho^l.^-'At'fii^oJclock^yester^ay^'morn- 5 "
. 1 n g •' h e I wr o t el " W: C. | Rals t o n\ an d^wif e,*
SaniFranciscb.'Vonatno firstUine.of *the*
,'h 1 - J^--» »»\u25a0.*'. | ' *»*•„{*".- : ' **' ?. '-"*' -.\u25a0- J ti;.". -.-.-'. \u25a0-. . s,V-.«-^s ,V-.«-^
register.}-,."^ Before ;.i the ;\u25a0» day;.vwas done
mo re ?thani2ooVothers*had^ affixed k their.
riames;to'she! register, ,* nearly J filling >up'
. theiblg/hotel:/-;fj.-^/; r \u25a0':'\u25a0.'- v'r - •i'i^/f:
/ Tnerhon6r}.of ;being^the^first|to;reg-]; being^the^first|to;reg-]
ister i in i thje f new is j especially .
appreclated^byiSenator/Ralston'because
'offtheTfactV.that'Jhls^mo'therTwasV'the'
"firstf to in. .the 5 original s Pal-:
iTce^when -jitVwas 1 opened? SatuVday.'TOcV
•toSer|2^lß7s;;' ;'V ;/ ; ./ J' ; ' £{.'
•'• t As^a memento 'of \u25a0"\u25a0 the ' old
\u25a0 Palace, Ct Colonel -jfJohn » C. >• Kirkpatrlck
has^aj photographi'of jfirst^page-of
the -.That :" shows A the
name" of ' W.^C.rl'alston : Jr., regls-'
tered^flfst > yesterday, /.the •(-fourth v In
orderKtheji.yaGe'neral \u25a0 i S.y Dodge
and •; family,- Senator*?^Le Ja'hd j Stanford;
B/^G.^Lathrop J and ; the | dead *,wif e ,:'of
'Sena^'r*^Newlands_rjand • his \u25a0; daughter.
register^ trie
firstCday "of r the^old^Palaee'sf existence?
'I There \waa[a.'i far ; array "of
names '.written:! yesterday.' on ' ; the rregis-"
;ter ;/of Uhe v new,'. Palace. T Gbvefnbr.
'James^N.^GinettYandJl.wife^and^A^
I tan t^G en efa 1; J.'. B."; iJau'ck : and ?.w 1f c (and
|daughTer,l»M^fey.'3l^/ Lawson,;,repre
fse'nfedl'officTa^bm -of ;t; th e ,r s'ta't <\ :/. P.- H. \u25a0
1 McCarthyJ^mayot-.f elect -*:• of -^ Sa n \u25a0
icigco,/irepregented < 'politicaH San^Fran-*
' "_-^^"* *_ ' — — — — :
'•.' ContljiHca J « bY Pasc* ColumntT^jr
THRONGS ASSEMBLE TO
CELEBRATE OPENING OF
REHABILITATED PALACE
Prbminient Men;; of t(Sity" : - : State^i@a£lS€ar'iln
i ;.; Gourt and /Revive Memories^ of
Before Great V - ?
THE: I'klace-liotel,"' best loved of all^hostelries, awoke^trom. its -sleep o!
more -than ;three 'year's?. yesterday, when , with; the formal "opening of Uts
\u0084 . VdpOrsito^thVpubUclits' halls >were; filled .With.lifc.'andjthrough: it's corridors
•'ran; the 'm'usici of-'its •' own; peculiar making^' Promptly at 1 fo'clock'in the
fafte'rnoon"- a key , attached-, to' four tiny' balloons .was 'sky floaling .'above ;tbe
•rbof'of* the hotel.'. proclaiming to the \u25a0expectanrcrowd'gatheredrabout-its' doors
;that:;the; event" long f hoped for.had-conie .to 4 pass, thatVthe^Palace^hotel;: the
palace of the -'people "of ' the \u25a0' city, . had renewed - its t youth and. stood forth" at
, Idst,' complete* ih''its"*greater. beauty/. ,\u25a0'. ''\u25a0 > "\u25a0•' : - . .
THRONGS FMOM^ALL^ STATIONS YIEWGREA^ HOTEL
• "• 'A moment later; the' waiting, crowds-were- packing their .ways through
\u25a0the doors!. The spirit of-the celebratibn-to'ok'two.distinc't shapes.' . Th'eion«
during th'e '; afternoon," .when • hundreds' of persons, representing- every; phaseYot
the; life ,of the. city^- wandered^ through, the :*place'-. viewing AvitK^pleas^te': the
'marvels of r architecture, the- other iduring' the: evening? and night/ when the
conglomerate crowd; gave ' way to the'socially exclusive who •rne't*the.'focc3»iba
with /banquets/:,- ; , .' :' \u25a0-. '\u25a0'." ". "
. '•: Each 'crowd :ha_d 'its- own; particular 'meaning. \u25a0 That; wearing' the 'rough
and -ready clothing_ : of the • workday •' world, the "greater- 1 mas*, 7v\ ; hich, .{during
the?* afternoon ,walKed .through .the-carpeted .corridors and. in hesitancy-. and
diffidence* sought : the; chairs within -the court, -saw in the ' t hotel the", pride J. and
igloryfof, the which was theirs. What sentiment there was , with": them
• waspurely/ciyic inTnaturc.; \u25a0 \u25a0 . ' " '.
OLE i SCENES; RECALLEL ) AT HOTEL^OPENING :
*\;~ ; ? ; Far' ¥ different was the meaning; of the" gathering: during .-the night: . .rlcxf
•were-, present \ those - tol whom ; the Palace was- something greater than, ft
famou^hbstelry;tittwas'a:'spot : a.>sociatedUn, their.-^^mtnds (withjthc.meihojrtes'.of*
years.; Old: dinners,-; old^ friends,; old: loves, all -were part qnd 'parcelydf«the
evening-hours. \u25a0l.The.spruce^t^of , dandies -parading up and down, the" corridors
chuckled,^ bowed^and' smiled '•as-thejhandsome"gowns and jewels' flashed- by
;them. ;-, \..\r. \ '"'" '--- . ..-.•..'" ' ---\u0084.--
'. .;• "Old ; times, -.eh }">. they ; said.' And tHey • chuckled -again. ' '
;; v w "as • as'^if .; the hotels hail "taken: up ; its'; life, from the " moment -of • the
:•;.;•. r-^-.V;'--*^
EVER* 'HALL, CONVERTED INfo^DINING RvOAI
~ : -~' There 'were "1,469 : diners 'last night. >the greater number of them .being
old. patrons .of ;the Palace. 5 . Every hall ? in the ; hotel wa.^ converted ijnto a
dining : room. were \u25a0 everywhere and -from end -to end .there {were
masses; of j flowers. ""' ? - \u25a0 - : - .-'\u25a0'-'
t oid;Palajceclife;jea/serting itself.; ' The 1 beauties, 'of the-ipast
Ino^ longer, took : the front 'rank/ but in uheir fplaces were their "daugh ters.*
\u25a0 differences^ there wefej in i-no 'wav affected the spirit of ,' the hotel. . ;That
; .remained ,the f same. .... If * there -were changes jn. the --faces; if* hair- whkh 1 once v
Jwas -brown f was-now_ white/ jf "youth's \u25a0 beauty had -been touched by ttie'h'kh'd' of
age.fcha'iige:. there was none-in the. heart?..- These were ,asTbuoyant-as-.when i
iiiv 1875 ; there] commenced 1 the first promenade; of 'the. Palace :beauties = and the*.
fdandiesibf^hos^eJjimes.^llt'wasUhefPdlace'arid
i\yaV.an"dUs v and.wM
'\u0084 " ..'..'The* public '•\u25a0. inspection* in "- the at terhoon was : remarkable • for ; the - number
iwHo/enteredr the'; hotel. No count jyas .kept, and estimates . would ;be*wild .
guesses, t entered! from -every! door.- ,Eacii;ehtrance^wasj for; three; hour*
{filled --with it wot streams of humanity,: the ;onefgoing t out 'and the' other,coming
iin/^Court^aKdilobby. were .crowded, and ! there 'hall to; be. enforceH- the polic«
;.OtHerwise'Uie" corridqr s - woaid}tatv<B
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