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WAR ON BOSSES
!S ROOSEVELT'S
PUBLIC POLICY
Every Species of Corruption to
Meet Strenuous Opposition
From the Colonel
Special Interests, He Says, Must
Be Subordinate to Good
of People
statement referred to the New York !
situation only and had no bearing on
the situation in national politics.
Two stanch progressives had lon^
talks with the colonel today. Senator
Cuntniins grot on the train at Ames,
lowa, and stayed there until he reached j
Omaha. At that point James R. Gar
li*»M of Cleveland, former secretary of
Jhe interior, joined the party. He is
toing to Cheyenne.
Pinchot's Departure Delayed
Gifford Pinchot, former chief for
rsttr, who was expected to be at Chey
enne.* was not able to leave Washing
ton until today and will meet Colonel
Jloosevelt in Denver.
Congressman Walter I. Smith, a stanch
supporter of Speaker Canno*n. also
talked with Roosevelt today. In in
troducing him to the people of Council
Bluffs Smith referred to the colonel as
'"the greatest American."
When Colonel Roosevelt left New
York al] the members of the party
traveled in two cars which were at
tached to the regular trains. The num
ber of cars has grown until now there
are six of them made up in a special
train. At Chicago yesterday • one car
was attachej carrying a party of men
xvho are going along merely to see
what happens?. George Ade is one of
th«?m. Three more cars were added
today and the Tailway officials gave
up all hope of hauling them on the
regular trains.
Asked to Settle Strike
The mayor of Galesburg. 111., tele
jrraphed to Colonel Roosevelt today a
request that he try to settle the strike
in the bituminous coal fields. • The
colonel remarked that it was the fourth
etrik*? which he had been asked to
settle since his return from . abroad,
and that he could not consent to act
as ho would be obliged to devote sev
eral weeks to such a task and he has
not the time to spare.
Archie Roosevelt met his father in
Omaha this afternoon and rode with
him as far as Fremont, Neb. He has
been staying on tfeth Bullock's ranch
in North Dakota.
TAFT TO KEEP OUT OF
FIGHT IS NEW YORK
BEVERLY. Mass., Aug. I'6.—lndica
tions continue to multiply, here that
President Taft's participation In the
New York state fight is ended for good.
The president is not a resident of New
York and does not feel - it to jbe the
province of the president to Interfere
in local politic*. '.'', ,*J
Taft was drawn into New York poli
tics reluctantly. He was glad to see
the various loaders as they called and
x he urged upon them the importance
of an amicable adjustment of affairs
prior to the state convention. This,
it appears, was impossible, and now the
JiKlit goes to the convention. Taft
\u25a0will keep ""hands off."
Tlie president, it is said, feels far
more keenly that he let appear in his
letter to Griscom the false light he
was placed in by anonymous state
ments from Oyster Bay and New York.
He had ©very reason to believe that
leaders close to Colonel Roosevelt knew
exactly what his attitude was and that
They had first hand knowledge that
Taft had done none of the underhand
things attributed to him.
Roosevelt to Be Delegate
MINEOLA. L. 1., Aug. 26. — Colonel
Roosevelt will be chosen as a delegate
from Nassau county to the republican
state convention, republican leaders
say here today. It is. further proposed
that the colonel will head the delega
tion from Nassau.
TEACHER STARTS FOR
/; ALASKA TO BE BRIDE
Miss Chat Hathaway of Santa
Rosa on Nuptial Trip
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
SANTA ROSA, Aug. 26.— Miss Chat
Hathaway, a former teacher in the
• Fanta Rosa high school, who has re
cently been teaching at Llndsey, Tulare
county, left her home here today for
San Francisco, en route to Cordova,
Alaska, where she will be met by Fred
fehaupp, formerly of the Union works,
but now a hardware merchant of
<'hitina, Alaska, and. claimed as a
bride.
Miss Hathaway is the daughter of
K. M. Hathaway of this city and a very
charming and popular teacher.
Schaupp is the son of Mrs. Rose
Schaupp of this city, and grew to man
hood here. It is expected that the
•wedding will take place September 6,
as that its the date for the vessel to
arrive "at Cordova.
Y. M. I. OF PETALUMA
HOLDS CELEBRATION
Twenty-fifth Anniversary Ban
quet Given to Honor Occasion
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
PETALUMA.. Aug.. 26. — Pctaluma
Young Men's Institute celebrated its
twenty-fifth anniversary with a ban
quet at its hall. Several charter mem
bers were present. Thomas O'Rourke
is president and was master of cere
monies.
During the evening J. V. Long, the
first president, was presented with a
Jewel emblematic of the order.
Among the spectators were: Rev.
Father E. J. Doran, Attorney F. A,
Meyer. Dr. J. T. Stone. J. C McLaugh
lin, Thomas ClHie, J. W. Murphy, Ray
McNally, J. J. King and many other
prominent Petalumans.
OAKLAND PAINTER FILES
BANKRUPTCY PETITION
Two Others Claim to Be Finan
cial Wrecks
Max Dohrmann, Oakland painter and
paper hanger, filed a petition in bank
ruptcy yesterday, giving his debts as
$7nS and his assets as $46.
No assets and f 1,810 in debts was the
statement in bankruptcy made by Rob
ert R?inhart, a local advertising writer.
Frank E. Warren, a Glendale, Hum
•cldt county laborer, filed a bankruptcy
petition, giving bis debts as $253 and
4*9 «m*U |2 7S.
LACK OF DISCIPLINE
FOREST FIREMEN LOST
MORE RANGERS NEEDED
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26.— Gifford Pinchot of the National
conservation association and former head of .the government forest service
in a statement issued this morning said:
"Forest fires are preventable. It is a good thing for us to remember
at this time that nearly or quite all of the loss, suffering and death the
fires have caused n>as wholly unnecessary.
"The forest' service has done wonders with its handful of men. It
has put out every year many thousands of small fires, any one of which,
under favorable conditions; might have developed into a conflagration
tyhiclt 10,000 men could not stop: This year, because of the great
drought, there were many fires and the rangers were top few.
"The lesson from these fires is perfectly clear. When a cily suf
fers from a great fire it does not retrench in its fire-department, but
strengthens it. That is what the nation mus do in the national forests.
"The men in congress like Heyburn, Carter and Mondell, who
have made light of the efforts of the forest service to prepare itself to
prevent just such a calamity as this, have in effect been fighting on the
side of the fires against the general welfare. If even a small fraction of
the loss from the present fires had been expended in additional patrol and
preventive equipment some or perhaps nearly all of the loss could have
been avoided." \u25a0.'.-,
Gifford Pinchot Declares That Destruction
Of Timber Should Be Prevented
MISSODIiA, Mont., Aujs. 26.— The
ralnMne Halm parly of 16 ban been
found safe, according; to a dispatch re
ceived tonight by D^tti-lct Forester
Greeley from Bonner, Idaho.
109 Dead and 60 Missing
MISSOULA, Mont., Aug. 26. — A revised
compilation made today by the office
of field district No. 1, forestry service,
embracing the entire burned district in
Idaho and Montana, gives 109 as the
number of known dead .in the employ
of the service.
Sixty more employes are missing
and still unaccounted for. Complete re
turns have not yet been received from
the Coeur d'Alene region in the vicinity
of Wallace, Idaho. . •
When these are in it is thought the
list of missing will be materially re
duced.
The missing include the following:
Ranger Thenon's crew at Indian lake,
34 men.
At the Setser creek camps, five men.
Ranger Halm's crew, 16 men.
The discrepancy in the number of
men in Halm's crew, which has been
reported from Wallace to consist of 70
men, and which, .according to the rec
ords of the district office, is only com
posed of 16, can be explained through
the fact that the original party con
sisted of 70, but after starting out
many were transferred and some dis
charged, reducing the number of the
party to 16.
The district office is still hopeful that
the Halm party is safe.
W. M. Bennett, connected .with the
Coeur d'Alene and Montana mining
company's workings near Trout Creek,
reports a distressing condition in' the
Trout creek district. In that terri
tory hundreds of persons have lost
everything they, possessed,, many fam
ilies being. entirely destitute.
All of the mining and lumber camps,
together with sawmills and other com
mercial enterprises, have been de
stroyed. The property and personal
loss is enormous. The forestry station
on Trout creek is lost with all the
stock and equipment.
Trout Creek town was saved* from
destruction only by the efficient assist
ance rendered by a force of * 100
laborers.
Charred and unrecognizable bodies
have been found on Swamp creek and
the search for others who are missing
is still being prosecuted,
Xear the mouth of Swamp creek all
property for miles was licked up by
the flames. In that district there are
still between 25 and 30 persons Who
have not been accounted for.
The Button family was saved by re
maining in a well until the flames
passed. Other families protected them
selves by seeking the center of the
river, where they remained immersed.
One man carrying a bundle of cloth
ing, apparently crazed by heat, dashed
into the river with his burden strapped
to his back.. He sank and was not
seen again. .
SPOKANE, Wash., August 26. — "It
is impossible," said Forester Silcox
today, "to give any estimate of the
area of the timber burned or its value.
Not until after the rains come can we
make an estimate. We know, however,
that 100,000,000 feet on the Lolo, re
cently sold at $4.50 a thousand is wiped
out, entailing a loss of $450,000, and
counting $10 a thousand for wages of
cutting into lumber, the loss to the
community on. this one tract alone is
$1,450,000.
"The loss of another 100,000,000 feet
on Big creek, just sold and then de
stroyed, is $1,400,000. Some saving of
dead timber can be made,but compara
tively little.'
"After the rains crews will be sent to
estimate the losses by townships, and
the forestry bureau will tabulate the
losses and extent of the burned dis
tricts."
Stories told by survivors indicate that
if the employes had been under disci
pline and had obeyed orders the loss of
life would *have been much less. One
ranger kept his men from stampeding
by threatening them with a rifle.
Near Avery 20 men, warned to flee
for their lives, started down the moun
tain until they found a clearing, went
into camp and perished. On Setser
creek the 24 men who died had been
warned to leave, but they were com
fortable in camp and declined to move.
On Setser creek, also, one man who
disobeyed orders was obliged to shoot
himself to escape cremation, while his
89 obedient comrades were only singed.
A home seeker at St. Joe today de
scribed the death of. 12 men, mostly
foreigners, on Big creek. These were
probably not forestry employes.
On the north side of the St. Joe river
the area burned . over, is 15 \u25a0 miles ;in
width and 30 miles. long. On the south
side of the St. Joe -river the fires are
very serious and. -extensive. ..
Big Guns Not Rain Makers
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26.— Estimating
the cost of the experiment at about
$100,000, the war department" officials
today declined requests to order a
bombardment, of the skies by all its
guns on Puget sound and at the mouth
of the Columbia river In an effort to
bring on rain- in the burning forest
districts of the northwest.
Fort Bragg Timber/ Burns
ISpccial Dispatch to The CalV.
SANTA ROSA, Aug. 26.— Hundreds of
acres of timber land are burningr fierce
THE SAN FRANCISCO GALL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 1910,
ly about fifty miles northeast of Fort
Bragg, according to information tele
phoned to this city tonight.
Fort Bragg can only be reached by
stage line. Much of the timber prop
erty is owned by the Fort Bragg mill
and lumber company, which has an im
mense mill in the country just above
the town.
Small settlements in the vicinity of
the fire cannot be reached by telephone
and it is feared that many ranchers
have been burned out. Aid probably
will be sent from Willits and other
nearby towns tomorrow.
Heyburn Answers Pinchot
WALLACE, Idaho, Aug. 26.— After
reading Plnchot's statement Senator
Heyburn said:
I feel highly complimented to be
criticised by Pinchot. His judgment
is not worth consideration. Why
do the papers print a lot of talk
\u25a0 from one who has been turned out
of office and who. has shown incom
petency in more ways than one? As
a private citizen Pinchot's judg- '
ment is worth no more; it i 3 worth
less than that of any other private
citizen.
Forest Supervisor Weigle said today
that if there had been trails through
the Coeur d'Alene national forest the
fires would not have escaped from con
trol.
Santa Clara Report Denied -?
SAN JOSE, Aug. 26.— Information re
ceived here today from Almaden is to
the effect that the reports concerning
forest fires in the hills of western Santa
Clara county are incorrect. For a short
time Wednesday a brush fire- burned
near the Guadeloupe mines, but was ex
tinguished by a force of miners. The
blaze had been started by farmers who
desired to clear their land of the un
derbrush. There have been no fires
in the foothills west of here since last
year, when Wrights was threatened by
a, big blaze. -\u0084;.
Blaze Near Hot Springs
FRESNO, Aug. 26.— Reports from
Porterville tonight are to the effect that
a forest fire broke out near Hot Springs
in the mountains back of here this aft
ernoon - and at latest advices was
spreading rapidly toward the Hot
Springs- hotel, and seemingly beyond
control. The origin of the fire is un
known. *
Humboldt Road Fire Serious ,
CHICO, Aug. 26.— Late reports indi
cate that the Humboldt' road fire Is
again beyond control. Appeals have
been received here from Berdans post
office asking Chico to send assistance.
It is not believed that the postofflce,
hotel arid barns at Berdans can be
saved. ' »
Lumber Company Suffers
ST. MARIES. Idaho, Aug. 26.— Fires
are raging fiercely in the great for
ests south of the St. .Toe river, owned
by big lumber corporations. On the
headwaters of Marble creek 170 men
are fighting fire under direction of
the Coeur d'Alene protective associa
tion. There has been no loss of life.
Washington Towns Safe
SEATTLE, Wash.. Aug. 26. — Reports
received here today indicate that the
fires which have been threatening
many sawmill towns in western Wash
ington have abated in their fury and
the setlements, for the present at least,
are free from danger. More men are
being sent into the forests to aid in
keeping the fires in check.
Governor Asked for Aid
WALLA WALLA, Wash., Aug. 26.—
According to Assistant Forester Unzer
of tho local office Governor Hay will
be aeked tomorow to detail Company
X of the Washington national guard
to assist in* fighting forest fires in
Looking Glass canyon, near Toll gate
in the Blue mountains. A heavy wind
is driving the flames and the situation
is rapidly growing more serious, with
flames less than two miles from the
settlement at the Toll gate.
Appeal Sent to Taft
SEATTLE, Aug. 26.— President Taft
has been appealed to j for an order in
structing the war department to com
ply with the request sent yesterday by
Senator Piles and Congressman Hum
phrey asking that the coast forts in
the Puget sound artillery district unite
with the warships at the navy yard in
firing their big guns in the hope of
starting a general rainfall over fire
swept forests of western 1 Washington.
Oregon's Loss Heavy
PORTLAND, Aug. 26.— 1t is estimated
that in Clarke .'and "Cowlitz counties,
Washington, $2,000,000 no more than
represents the aggregate -loss by forest
fires this season. \u25a0 Eight', hundred per
sons have been rendered homeless, and
2,000 men have been, thrown out- of
work temporarily. Nowhere in the <lis
trict around Portland or Vancouver,
Wash., has there yet been known ' loss
of life. Six men, 'however, are; be
lieved to" be. dead at Wild Boy camp'
near Vancouver. ;;'.. .", ..;;'; •.'';' \u25a0.V-,^*,"" ... ;
In southern Washington the= worst
fires are now under control, with the
exception of that at Etna; Mason plain.
Cowlitz county, \u25a0. where the . settlers fled
after burying their;furniture. V
•,:'\u25a0 The destruction eastl of .Portland is
hard to estimate. At least two summer
hotels have been burned,' as well as a
number : of ranchhouses/' : ';. !
A company^, of militia .left Albany,
Ore., early today, for. Brownsvil le, where
a fire;;that: has 'already covered several
sections \u25a0 of timber, land r continues "to
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Along the lowers Columbia, .'river, sev
erar destructive '. fires, are .raging^ one
having destroyed a lumber mill valued
at $30,000 at Goble, Ore.'
CONTKACT'FOE NEW RAILROAD— i^s Angeles.'
\u25a0' \u25a0Ang.O 26.-r-ConstrnctJon -,{i contracts-^' involving
about $ft,000,000 . were signed . yesterday by the
B San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt I^ake railroad
for the new ! "hljtb line" - between : Guclph and
v CrestUo*, * distance of* 60 mile*. .-,.,.. .^^
HARSH CRITICISM
'SHATTERS PEACE
City Officials Defend Building
Inspectors, but Charges
Are Reiterated ?
Work Excellent, Declares Board ;
"Very Poor," Asserts Mer=
- chants' Association
Continued From Page'l
been somewhat tainted with personali
ties, Secretary L.M. King of that or
ganization declines to be drawn into
the controversy further than to say
that 'inspectors in the employ of the
city bureau of architecture, which de
partment has under its supervision
the erection of public buildings, are
"careless, lax and incompetent."
Report Causes Split
The rupture has been caused by the
sarcasm. and critical comment on pub
lic work contained in the last bulletin
published by the association's depart
ment of inspection, which is In charge
of , Engineer Henry A. Campbell.
Against King and Campbell are ar
rayed President Cagey, Acting City
Architect J. L. Fisher and Commission
er William A. Newsom. Fisher and
Newsom do not hesitate to characterize
Campbell's report and King's comment
as "ridiculous."
The breech between . the city of
ficials and the association , has long
been threatened. On numerous occa
fions association inspectors have been
patched up by compromise and confer
ence. The report'for July proved to be
the last straw. The smoldering vol
cano burst forth and just how far" the
civic temblor will carry is a question.
The Merchants' association bureau- of
inspection has no official authority, but
was organized to oversee public work
and safeguard the expenditure of pub
lic money by making periodic reports.
Six inspectors are employed by the as
sociation to' view public work and par
ticularly municipal bond issue expen
ditures for sewer and school construc
tion. The charge of the cityTnspectors
on the different jobs Is that v the asso
ciation men claim credit for all dis
covered defects and that the monthly
reports are merely attempts to steal the
administration thunder.
Inspection "Farce"
In the July report attention is di
rected to the Sheridan primary school.
Denman grammar school. . Farragut
primary school and McKinley primary
school, all. ',of 'which are in -course of
construction. In the case of the Sher
idan and McKinley schools the associa
tion declares the city inspection a
"farce."^. The supervision on the Den
man school is reported "very lax,"
while fault is found \u25a0wKh the cement
used at-the Farragut. In summing up
the work of city inspectors the report
says:
In general, the inspection of
work on public buildings has been
grossly neglected by the inspec
tors, the city- getting about what
the contractor's superintendent is
pleased to give in the way of
quality, workmanship and ma
terials In some cases the inspec
tors have been entirely absent from
the work while concreting has been .
going on. The inspection-has been t
particularly lax ....
In reply to the indictment that the
city inspection of the roofing of cer
tain schools was careless, and that the
work was to be accepted until a. bureau
inspector noted defects. City Inspector
A. Caldewood declares that he reported
the roofing defect two weeks before
the Merchants' association Inspector
made " the discovery. Commissioner
Newsom yesterday criticised tlie effi
ciency of the association's inspections,
and mentioned the hall of justice job
and the Bryant street school contract
as fair examples of association work.
While the association had passed fa
vorably on the structural steel work of
the hall of justice, the city department
men refused to accept the work until
the en-tire building had been reriveted.
In the case of the Bryant street school,
Newsom insisted that it stands today
a monument to the incompetency of
the association's bureau of inspection —
a thoroughly bad job.
BANK OF ELK GROVE
SECURES CERTIFICATE
Superintendent of Banks Alden
Anderson yesterday granted a cer
tificate to the Bank of Elk Grove at
Elk Grove. / The capital"">f the new
institution is to be $25,000. Permission
has been granted to the Bank of Al
varado to change its name to Bank of
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MRS. STARBUCK ON
STAND AT INQUEST
Coroner's Jury Returns Verdict
Accusing Henry Yamaguchi
of -Murder ; v
Japanese Volunteered to Spy on
Keridalls;; Charged Them
With Selling Stock
Continued From ; Page 1
have said she entertained for the mur
dered family. The- witness was asked
concerning the legal, difficulties she
had with the Kendalls,'; but there the
inquiry stopped.-; Mrs. '- /Starbuck de
nied that she contemplated selling her
place to a : Japanese organization.
Mrs. Starbuck and her husband were
the chief witnesses at the.inquest, and
the coroner's jury did not hesitate in
bringing, in a -verdict charging Henry
Yamaguchi with the, murder of Enoch,
Eura and Thomas* A. KendalL Tlje
verdict stated that the. crime was com
mitted about July 23 and .the .victims
"presumably were shot."- . Dr. -S. S.
Bogie of Santa Rosa \ testified that
bones of three individuals were .found,
of which some were the bones "of a
.woman, and an affidavit presented by
Dr. Charles D. Goodman, a dentist of
Oakland, identified the jaw bone found
as that 01 Thomas Kendall.
Visited Woman's Lawyer
James M. Thompson, an attorney of
Santa Rosa, furnished the sensational
testimony of the inquest. He declared
that prior to the murder Henry Yama
guchi called at Thompson's law office
to see his son. Attorney Robert Thomp
son, who was Mrs. Starbuck's counsel.
At that time Yamaguchi said that he
was on, his way to Oakland to see Mrs.
Starbucfr. On the following day the'
Japanese returned, to the office and
saw Robert Thompson.
Mrs. Starbuck had previously testi
fied that she had not seen him between
the early part of June and. July 25.
when he went to the house in Oakland
and told her the story of his "fight"
with the Kendall family.
Mrs. Kendall was accompanied to the
courtroom by Attorney Brunt of Ber
keley, but her /legal adviser had no ob
jections to offer to the district at
torney's questions.
- Lea's attitude in the matter was that
the coroner's inquest was not the place
to- delve into the ramifications of the
tragedy, but simply would serve to "get
a verdict against the suspect Yama
guchi.
Balks Cameras
Whfen Mrs. Starbuck was called to the
stand she shielded .her face with a
shiny black -handbag against .the fire
of a brace of cameras.
She said that she had difficulty with
the Kendalls since they took, posses
sion of the place, shortly after she had
purchased it in 1908.'
"Do you know whether or not Tom
Kendall had ill feeling toward you?"
asked Lea. -- :;..:•;: ;..:•;\u25a0 .._. . .. •
"It was reported that he had." re
plied the- witness, so low that she^ had
to be requested to speak louder. The
last conversation she had with -Tom
Kendall was April 24, 1909. v •" " *\u25a0'-"'
"Were you acquainted with Henry
Yamaguchi?" Lea asked, and the crowd
; in*! the courtroom leaned forward to
catch the answer. #•
"Slightly," replied the woman. The
acquaintance dated from April 24, 1909,
when Yamaguchi was employed on the
place cutting tanbark for the con
tractor, Mayeda.
Knew of Movements
This "slight" acquaintance was de
fined under questioning to mean V t
the Japanese worked for her not
frequently at her Oakland home and
she was able to tell of his various
movements.
"Did you know when he came to
Sonoma county in this year?" asked
Lea.
"On June' 20 or il," Mrs. Starbuck
replied. "He said he was coming to
jSanta Rosa and would go to Cazadero
and work for Mrs. Collins."
"Did you say anything to him about
performing a service for you, looking
after stock?"
"No," said Mrs. Starbuck decidedly,
giving her veil a fresh twist about her
shouldqrs.
"Anything about the Kendalls?" in
sisted Lea.
"Ho sald^that if he heard anything
about the Kendalls selling stock he'd
telephone " to Mr. Thompson. We had
been talking at the" table about the
stock, and I presume he heard us. He
said he'd let me - know and I said,
'Don't tell* me; tell Mr. Thompson.' "
"On July 7," continued Mrs. Starbuck,
"he telephoned me from Santa R*osa
Jack Carkeek, Who .
-Is; Said to Be a
Much Wanted Man
•\u2666-__ — . . ,, — __
that the cattle were being disposed of.
Latejr he wrote a letter to me."
' Mrs. Starbuck's memory of the let
ter was very hazy until District Attor
ney Lea had stimulated her recollec
tion. He had written - that Thomas
Kendall didn't want him on the place.
.It was on -a Monday evening in the
latter part of July, July 25, that Mra.
Starbuck next saw Yamaguchi. That
was when he returned to. Oakland and
related his version of the tragedy. With
him was the Kendall dog. Mrs. Star
buck testified that in answec-to her
questions Yamagruchi said: "I had a
fight with the Kendalls. Tom struck
me and knocked me down and shot
me." "•"j,r
"But there was no mark of a bullet
on his coat," the witness commented.
"He then said he hadchanged his coat."
Yamaguchi's narrative was contin
ued:. "'They ajl attacked me,' " Mrs.
Starbuck quoted. '"Then I shot them.'"
"Did he say 'kill'?" asked Lea.
"No," replied Mrs. Starbuck. '"He
made use of some little word, said he
had 'done them up.' or 'put them away."
He said the woman tried to hit him
with an ax.
"Then he said, 'Now I kill myself, I
kill myself.' >•.;'-''.'
"He said he 'w^ould come back the
next day and tell me all about it: that
was the last I saw of him."
PURCHASE XOT PROPOSED
In response to questions by Lea Mrs.
Starbuck declared that Yamaguchi had
never said anything about buying the
place and that there never were any
negotiations carried on with any "Jap
anese organization."
Mrs.- Starbuck said that on the morn
ing following Yamaguchi's confession
he had telephoned to her that he was
very sick." . . -^
Henry Starbuck. Mrs. Margaret Star
buck's husband, testified that he had
seen^Yamaguchl on the night of his re
turn to Oakland with his tale of the
fight with the Kendalls, but he consid
ered the story "too preposterous" for
belief, since there had been no report
of any tragedy. He said he did not
question Yamaguhi particularly about
the crime, but gave him a dollar and
told him to get a good night's rest.
Other witnesses examined were Will
iam Cockrill, Judge F. D. Trosper. Dr.
S. S. Bogle, Arthur Collins. Mrs. Jean
ctte Thompson, Arthur L. Trosper. Dep
uty Sheriff Donald Mclntoah. William
Churchman, Sheriff Jack Smith and At
torney James M: Thompson. Their tes
timony went toward establishing the
fact that the' Kendall family was skilled
and implicating the Japanese, Henry
Yamaguchi. The verdict was returned
in accordance with the evidence.
The members of the jury were:
James. W. Ramage. foreman: R. L.
Johnson. L. W. Burls, Al Shea, F. C.
Newman, W. 11. Summers. Frank P.
Bane, W. C. Maguire and F. C. Steiner.
May Be Near Fresno
Sheriff Smith received a communica
tion today from Jere J. Croxon of Hol-
Hster telling of the movements of a
mysterious Japanese wayfarer who was
seen on the road to Los Banos or Fres
no, August 20, by Allle Green, Hugh
French and' others. The Japanese an
swered the general description of Henry
Yamaguchi. The sheriff will inform
tho Fresno county authorities to watch
for the traveler.
Sheriff Smith early tonight swore to
a complaint before a justice of the
peace charging Yamaguchi with the
murder of the three members of # the
Kendall family. A warrant was issued
for his arrest.
MAYBRAY GANG
MEMBER CAUGHT
Famous Principal of Celebrated
Band of Swindlers Held in
the City's Tombs
Although He Denies Identity, the
Police Are Certain They
Have the Right Crook
Jack Carkeek, a formerly active
member of the famous May^bray gan?
of swindlers, is now in the city tombs
waiting to be taken into custody by
officers of the federal government. The
detectives are sure of the identity.
Although* the man alleged to be Car
keek persistently denies his identity
and refuses to discuss the charge on
which he is held, hia absolute identi
tication % by four men who knew th?
wily operator before the Maybray
gang was exposed lead the police to
believe that they have in the toils tho
swindler who has been sought tb«
world over.
\u25a0Since the memorable day of Septem
ber 23. 1909. when the Maybray pans
was brought to -book at Couiwll Bluffs,
la., by the indictment of S5 of the gang.
Carkeek has been a much hunted man.
Until a few days ago he was success
ful in eluding the police, and although
29 of the members of the swindling
gang were arrested. Carkeek seemed to
bear the charmed life and consistently
escapetl arrest. o^9l
About 9 o'clock Thursday evening:
the man believed to be Carkeek was
taken into custody at the Hotel -Dale
by Detectives William Cavanaugh and
George Geimann. Yesterday morning
Inspector James O'Connell, who re
quested the police to detain Carkeek.
called at headquarters and by tome
clever work soon succeeded in making:
the identification of Carkeek so stronjc
that the authorities at Council Bluffs
were wired., , • '•
Carkeek is wanted on the char.st* of
conspiracy to defraud In the use ot the
mail. On this charge a complaint will
be drawn up by the United States dis
trict attorney today and the prisoner
will be turned over to the federal au
thorities. *
The arrest of Carkeek furnishes one
of the peculiar angles In the continuous
hunt for a noted criminal. Last
Saturday night Carkeek. hunted the
world over by the United States gov
ernment to answer to the charge of
conspiracy, was arrested in this city
on the charge of "vagrancy. Under the
circumstances vagrancy was alleged by
the police to be the most serious, charge
that could be brought. A week ago
tonight Carkeek was taken into cus
tody by Detective William Cavanaugh
and gave the name of John Fletcher.
The arrest was made at the instance
of L. W. Gay. a Honolulu planter.
On the day previous to the arre3t
Gay was approached near the German
hospital by a well dressed stranger.
who let Gay in on a wire tapping
scheme. All that was required was
$2,500, which Gay promptly secured
by wiring to his bank at Honolulu. On
Saturday last Gay became a little
suspicious antl notified the police, who
sent Detective Cavanaugh -to shadow
the case. The stranger, whom Gay
first met. did not appear, but the man
giving the name of John Fletcher kept
the appointment. Gay announced that
he had the money and Fletcher un
folded the wire tapping scheme. Cav
anaugh. who was concealed so as to
overhear the conversation, made the
arrest. Strange to relate. Instead of
charging Fletcher with a more serious
offense, the charge against him was
made vagrancy and Fletcher was
promptly released on $25 bail.
In some manner Chief of Police Mar
tin learned that Fletcher might be
Carkeek, and immediately notified
Postal Inspector O'Connell. On looking
into the case O'Connell asked the police
to apprehend "Fletcher." and Thursday
night Detectives Cavanaugh and
Geimann again took "Fletcher" into
custody. At the city prlsfen yesterday
the prisoner would make no statement.
He admitted that Jeannie Fletcher, a
singer at the American theater, was his
wife, but refused to disclose his iden
tity- Inspector O'Connell declares that
the identity of Carkeek is absolutely
complete.
PRESSMAN INJURED;
WILL LOSE FOREARM
~ Alexander McLean of 206 D Larkin
street, a pressman on a morning paper,
had his right hand caught -In the cog
wheels of a press yesterday afternoon
and will lose part of his arm. He was
taken, to the harbor emergency hos
pital and later removed to McNutt's
hospital, where an amputation of the
forearm will be performed.
