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VOLUME riX.—NO. 33.
LISSNER IN
PLOT FOR
WORKS
Legislators Asked to Disregard
Advisory Vote Under the
Primary Law
SPALDING'S SUPPORTERS
ASKED TO BETRAY PEOPLE
Sacred Name of "Progressive
ness" Used to Defeat Choice
of Constituencies
PERFIDY IS URGED AS
A MORAL PROPOSITION
GEORGE A. VAN SMITH
\Special Dispatch to The Call]
Call hoaflqnnrtcrs, SACRAMENTO,
Jan. I.—That the members of the legis
lature Instructed by their constituents
to vote for A. G. Spaldlng for United
States senator are under no moral ob
ligation not to betray the people who
nominated and elected them. Is the
plea Meyer Lissner is using- tonight
In a desperate attempt to nullify the
direct primary election law and bring
about the election of John D. Works
to the United States senate.
Reinforced by Alfred Greenebaum
and Thomas S. Williams of San Fran
cisco, J,issner has devoted himself to-
JilSht to attempting to. pair down the
Jnembers of the San Francisco dele
gation. * • '
The San Francisco men, like those of
the country districts, have been worked
on singly and in concert.
Asked to Defy Law
They have been begged to defy the
law in the sacred name of "progres-
BlvPimß' and those that have flatly
refijsed to listen to Lissnea's pleas have
that they "are not yet pro-
la a manner caJdilated to
" convey the Idea that the price of the
favr.r of the self constituted dictator
f<f the republican party is the betrayal
of their constituent*.
According to Lisgnes and his coarl-
Jutators "progresslveness" means legis
lative perfidy. No one pretend* to
question that Works was defeated for
his party nomination under the terms
of thf> direct primary election law, but
Lissnes Is attempting to win men over'
to Works on the theory that they did
not sign a pledge, and therefore• they
may "morally" disregard the recorded
wishes of their constituents and must
'do so If they would continue in his
favor.
Against Advisory oVte
The possible vengeance to be
wreaked by betrayed constituencies is
a matter of no moment to Lissner. who
Is personally conducting a great moral
movement. The legislators may settle
with their constituents afterward.
Lissner made Works a candidate for
the United States senate and he pur
poses to elect him if he can compel a
sufficient number of legislators to turn
traitor to their own people and to obli
gations placed upon them )>y the pri
mary Taw.
I.lssner's men are declaring tonight
that they have effected two or three
secessions from the ranks of the men
instructed for Spalding by the votes of
the districts. One of the men who It
in <!»riared has thrown down his dis
trict advisory vote is Marshall Black
of Palo Alto. Assemblyman Flint of
San Benlto is another.
Admits Spalding's Strength
The Spalding people on the scene are
not dismayed by the claims from the
Lissner camp. They scoff at Llssner's
claims of fS votes on the first ballot
and Insist that they still have a ma
jority of a Joint session.
That Llisner does not believe he has
much more than half of 75 votes for
Works is indicated by the fact that he
ig not talking about a senatorial cau
cus. That is one of the things "we
have not considered," according to
Lissner.
That In Itself is a confession of his
recognition of the seeming fact that
Spalding has a clear majority in the
republican caucus if not in open Joint
session, and that Lissner believes that
a single rauclis vote would bind the
republican membership to the
S«a l)iPß'i man who won the nomina
tion under the primary election law.
A San Diego committee consisting of
Senator Leroy A. Wright, Assemblyman
Hinkle. John Forward Jr., Rufus
\ liavidson and F. W. Jack
son is on the ground tonight in behalf
of A. (J. Spalding.
Johnson Writes Message
Governor elect. JohnßOn will be Gov
ernor Johnson Tuesday, if the plans
now under way are not materially
changed tomorrow. Johnson, accom
panied by his «on Archie arrived In
tfacramento shortly after 8 o'clock to
night. He went Into conference with
some of the party leaders who are
loitlDuH on I'age 0. Column 2
THE CALL
ENDOWMENT WILL
REBUILD HOSPITAL
$1,000,000 for St. Luke's From
Mrs. Louis Monteagle and
Mills' Heirs
Through the co-operating generosity
of Mrs. Liouis Monteagle, niece and
heiress of the late Calvin Paige, and of
Mrs. Whitelaw Reid and Ogden Mills,
heirs of the estate of their father, the
late D, O. Mills, St. Luke's hospital,-in
Valencia street near Twenty-seventh,
Is to receive an endowment which will
make its rebuilding possible on an im
posing scale. One million dollars is to
he given to the hospital, and the pres
ent buildings will be razed and on the
site TV-ill be ererted a group of modern
structures, with all the latest sanitary
devices and conveniences. This build
ing will be a memorial to D. O. Mills
and Calvin Paige.
When Mrs. Louis Monteagle received j
$2,000,000 from the estate of her uncle
she decided to make a generous gift to
St. Luke's hospital, an institution in j
which Calvin Paige was much inter
ested. She net apart $400,000 for the
hospital. The Mills heirs understood
that their father desired to aid the
hospital to the extent of $400,000 and
they decided to double that sum.
rOMBIXE ENDOWMENT!!
The two groups conferred with the
officers of the hospital corporation, and
as a result the endowments will be de
voted to a common purpose of rebuild
ing the hospital. The Monteagle dona
tion will be used in the construction of
what will be known as the Paige
group. The Mills gift will be devoted
to another group of buildings.
Work upon the group of new build
ings is to begin In two months and it
is expected by the end of this year that
they will be ready for occupancy.
Nothing that the ingenuity of man can
conceive to make the hospital quar
ters comfortable, feasible and up to
date will be overlooked and the $1,000.
--000 hospital will become famous for
its perfection of basis and finish all
over the United "States.
WORK TO BE RUSHED
"It Is to be an entirely new group of
buildings." Mrs. Monteagle said yes
terday. "We are looking over the
plans and work will begin at once.
St. Luke's hospital, established in
1871 by the Episcopal church. Is non
sectarian and a general hospital, with
Dr. Fayette Blrtch as resident physi
cian and surgeon.
Among the members of the corpora
tion are: James Rolph Jr.. Rev. John
Bake we 11. Rev. Davis J. EiaJM,-B*v-
3. W. Oresham. Rev. Edward I* Par
sons, L. M. Ringwalt, W. A- M. Van
Kokkelm. Charles E Green, Sydney M.
Van Wyck Jr.. Whitney Palache, Gen
eral Charles E. Greenleaf, U. S. A., R. A.
Holcombe, Francis Avery and Dr.
Henry C. Davis.
WOMAN IDENTIFIES
HUSBAND AS THIEF
Proprietor of Restaurant, Ar-
rested for Burglary, Calls
It a Joke
{Special Dispatch to The Call]
SAN JOSE. Jan. I.—Because his wife
recognized him running away in the
darkness after he had broken Into and
robbed the home ofTony Rosslch at 442
South Eighth street thin morning, Frank
L. Taylor, one of the proprietors of the
Dining Car restaurant spent New Year
day in the city prison and probably will
be charged with burglary.
Charles Watts, aged 20, a well known
young man about town, who acted as
lookout while the restaurateur was
emulating Raffles, is also in custody.
Rosslch is a wealthy saloonman and
proprietor of a fashionable cafe. Tay
lor's wife had spent the evening with
Mrs. Tony Rosslch, and after seeing the
old year out and the new year In they
walked home together without male
escorts.
A man wu noticed standing at the
grate of the Rossich residence, and h«
fled as the two women appeared. Mrs.
Taylor recognized this man as her hus
band, and she was puzzled by his con
duct. "WTien they entered the house it
was discovered that it had been ran
sacked.
Mrs. Rosslch had taken the precau
tion to carry all the family Jewelrj
with her, as well as what money sh«
had on hand for household expenses.
The police found that the robber had
forced his way into the place by
breaking a window. As far as could
be ascertained, the only loot obtained
was a bottle of whisky and another of
hair tonic.
While the policemen were talking
with the women Taylor appeared on
the scene, ostensibly in search of his
wife, and was arrested. The hair tonic
and liquor missing: from the Rossich
home were found later in Taylor's
house .
Hosßich has expressed a determina
tion to press the prosecution. The ar
rested men want to treat the whole
matter as a New Year's Joke. Taylor
said that he had visited the Rossich
home frequently and that his sole pur
pose In breaking into the place in the
absence of the owners was to obtain
the liquor.
Chief of Police Kidder said that it
was reported to him that the house
had been thoroughly ransacked and
that a search had been made for valu
ables. He added that the affair was
no joking matter.
SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, JANUARY 2, 1911.
AUTOIST KILLS
BERKELEYAN;
SPEEDS AWAY
Frank Lothrop the Victim of
Richard Eaton's Sixty Mile
Gait in Oakland
Driver of Machine Flees After
Inflicting Death Blow to
Pedestrian
Tragedy May Result in Police
Receiving Orders to Shoot
Lawless Chauffeurs
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
BERKELEY, Jan. I.—Frank Loth
rop, aged 22, living at 2019
Prince street, Berkeley. was
struck by a speeding automobile at
1:55 o'clock this morning as he was
stepping from a Shattuck avenue car
near his home. The automobile, which
was driven by Richard Eaton, 621
Eighteenth street, Oakland, is said to
have been going 60 miles an hour when
It struck Lothrop. It struck the young
man in the back with such force that
It hurled him Into the air over the
speeding machine and 30 feet into the
gutter and the machine passed on in
its flight without shopping. Batoa %v;:S
not arrested until 10 o'clock tonight.
He was booked at the Oakland city
prison.
The circumstances of the fatality
were such that the police of the trans-
( ontlnned on Pace 2, Col. .".
CARDINAL ROASTS
'HUMAN ICEBERGS'
Prelate Denounces Selfish and
Inordinate Gain as Enemy
of Christian Charity
[Special Dispatch to The Caß]
BALTIMORE, Jan. I.—Cardinal O!h-
TTohs held his usual New Tear recep
tion after celebrating high mass In the
cathedral today. There wan a great
outpouring to greet the cardinal, per
sons of all religious denominations
calling to pay their respects. To all
the cardinal gave a cheery greeting.
The cardinal's sermon was based on
"Christmas Charity." He denounced
selfish and inordinate gain as the en
emy of Christian charity. That "hu
man icebergs" ■were walking in the
midst of people all over the world was
the opinion expressed by the cardinal.
"There is nothing more repulsive or
chilly than the human icebergs," said
the cardinal, "who go about the world
chilling those about them with their
cold, haughty demeanor. There are
many icebergs in the family circle, but
it should not be so. Let your hearts
be g!ad. Radiate j(jy among others.
Be not, my dear friends, I beseech you
again, icebergs, but be charitable and
happy and do not chill those among
whom you move.
"For my part, were I investigating
respective claims of the various sys
tems of religion that spring up in the
course of the centuries, much as I
would be attracted to the Catholic
church by her admirable unity of doc
trine, Banctity of her moral code, her
worldwide catholicity and that unbro
ken chain of apostolic succession which
binds her Inseparably to the primitive
church, I would still be more irresist
ibly drawn to her by that organized
system of charity."
TENNESSEE FACES FIGHT
FOR FEDERAL SENATOR
Election Laws to Be Changed
and Debt Refunded
NASHVILLE, Term., Jan. I—The
general assembly of Tennessee -will
begin its fifty-seventh biennial session
tomorrow. The session promises to be
momentous, Inasmuch as a United
States senator will be elected, provision
will be made for funding the state
debt, and the election laws will be
changed.
It was asserted this afternoon that
the regular democrats would have a
majoriy on Joint ballot The fusionlsts
say that they will have one majority in
joint session.
The senatorship is in doubt. Neither
former Governor McMlllen nor Senator
J. B. Frazler have as yet shown that
they could get a majority. General
L.uke E. Wright, former secretary of
war, has not Mid whether he will
enter the race.
Californians on Travels
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
NEW YORK, Jan. I.—Callfornians
have registered at New York hotels as
follows:
I i From ', San - Francisco— h. W. Rom, Waldorf-
Astoria; .T. Kahny Hotel Colllnewoofl; F. J.
Archer. Hotel 5 Victoria; }. H. Deerlnfj. Mr*.
r«f><?rinf. Hotel 1 Grenoble; ' MUs 0. K. s Fox, • Mr*.
A. N. Fox. Martha Washington hotel; Mma.'Mul
ler. King Edward hotel; F. W. Sherwood, Grand
hotel. .-• ..-■'*.•-■■■.■ -' .. ' f "■'.-■.'•'! .
1 ' Los, ABReleg—J. - 11. \orris. * Herald Square.
h«fel; ;A. T. - Darirtiion, Hotel Bre#Un;'. Jlisa M.
Mayer., Hotel ; NaTarre.'-."> .
. Hanford—G." C. Aj-delatt," Mrs. Aydnlatt, Ho
tel Serllle. -.».., ". ■ • •. ■-.■. .; -; b ■ ,
i-Santa Monica— r Holland home. ■'
Rolands—A. Budd, Hotel G«nird. . .
THUGS ROB AGED WOMAN
VICTIM FATALLY HURT
MRS. ELLEN JOHNS, FATALLY WOUNDED BY ROBBERS
D.J. KEEFE'S OFFICIAL
PAPERS STOLEN; FOUND
Bag Containing Documents Taken From St. Francis Hotel,
but Afterward Located in Doorway of Vacant House
A handbag: containing many official
papers embodying reports on labor con
dition? h-ire and in :i the islands made
by Commission'- Oeneral of Immigra
tion Par. M ,T V **• **wa£tretnl«n-from
the lobby of the ?t."TP'ranWK*notei yes
terday morning. A prompt inquiry was
made Into the mysterious disappear
ance of the bag by the hotel manage
ment, and with the aid of Sergeant
Bob McGrayan It was located late in
the afternoon In the doorway of a va
cant house at Sutter and Hyde streets.
Keefe left his apartments at the Pt.
Francis about 9 o'clock In the morn
ing, carrying his hag. Before going
STORY OF GIRL'S PLIGHT TOUCHES
MAN AND HE WRITES MARRIAGE OFFER
\Spccial Dispatch lo The Call]
xf.wark. N. j., Jan. L,— Nineteen
year old Katie Neturoskl, after tramp-
ing hundreds of miles in boys' clothes,
reached here and is tn the house of de
tention. She. arrived almost frozen and
famished.
The girl's story reached Oakland, and
a letter came f; ra a man there signing
himself "F. Chlnell,' 1 who desires to
DRUGSTORES OBSERVE
NEW YEAR HOLIDAY
Physicians Co-operate in Plan
v for Half Day's Rest
The medicine men Of thp rity de
clared a half holiday yesterday, the
first the profession has had in the
community's history. This New Year
resolution was suggested by Prof.
Franklin T. Oreen of the University of
California.
The majority of the retail druggists
of the city adopted the plan and phy
sicians, without a dissenting vote, said
aye. Practically all the drug-stores of
the city were closed between the hours
of 1 and 6 in the afternoon. It is said
to be the first time that the holiday
experiment was tried In a big city, and
It met with success.
Professor Green proposed it .some
months ago to a committee of the
clerks' association, and suggested that
It could be made effective with the co
operation of the druggists and phy
sicians.
The plan was taken up at a meeting
of the druggists, who arranged with
the physicians to provide their offices
with medical chests and to urge pa
tients to have prescriptions filled be
fore and after the closing hours.
Ninety-eight per cent of the drug
stores are reported to have remained
closed during the hours agreed upon.
VICTIM OF BLOW IS
SERIOUSLY INJURED
[Special DUpatch lo The Call]
SANTA ROSA, Tan. I.—John Finley,
a laborer, was knocked down and
seriously Injured this morning In a fUt
fight with Williams Barnes, son of a
politician. Finley Is lying at the point
of death at the Jessie hospital from the
result of the blow he received when his
head struck the pavement.
ACTOR WHO PLAYED
WITH BOOTH IS DEAD
NEW YORK, Jan. I—Charles H.
Webster, an actor of the old school,
who at one time supported Booth and
played with Barratfs famed St. Louis
stock company, died today of heart
failure. He was 62 years old and was
born at Hartford, Conn.
to the dining room for breakfast he
left the hag with a bellboy, who de
posited It in an out of the way corner
Jn the lobby. When Keefe returned
froa breakfast U was gone.
Thomas Keating, superlnt«nfle"nt of
service of the hotel, and Detective Ser-
Boh MrGrayan took up the
search, and relying on the theory that
the alleged tlilef was a drunken man.
searched the streets. Through the ef
forts of the Bush street station the bag
was finally located. Keefe examined
the bag when it was returned to the
hotel and reported that nothing had
been extracted.
marry lier. He says he will pay her
railroad fare.
The letter was written on the sta
tionery of the Argentine concrete pay-
Ing company and'displayed F. Chinell's
name as presluent; and manager. ,'he
girl is gravely considering the offer,
but says she wants to know more about
ChineU- ore v she deride*.
LISBON REPUBLIC IS
WAVERING IN BALANCE
I-ONDON,.Jan. ,2.—The special' cor
respondent of i the Chronicle-at Lisbon
says that |he hears from a trustworthy
source';that j the life 'of the '• provisional
government hangs by a thread.
Senator Black's Stand
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
PALO AUTO. Jan. I.—State Senator
Marshall Black of Santa Clara county
on the eve of his departure for Sacra
mento announced, that he would cast
his ballot for .Judge John D. Works for
United StatPn senator.
"I realize that In favoring Works for
the senatorshlp I am disregarding the
instructions of this district, which in
dorsed Spaldinsr in the advisory vote,"
sa,td Black, "but I consider the law
governing the case as a farce and
therefore will l.se my own Judgment."
Senator Black will introduce appro
priation bills for the support of Agnew
state hospital and the $an Jose state
normal school. He spent most of to
day conferring with constituents in
San Jose.
Cold in Oklahoma
OKLAHOMA CITY, Jan. I.—From an
average temperature of 38 degrees yes
terday, the thermometer dropped today
until at 10 o'clock it registered 8 de
grees. The cold weather prevails all
over Oklahoma.
Exercises Abandoned
CHEYENNE, Jan. I.—Owing to Jhe
sudden drop in temperature here, plans
have been abandoned for the outdoor
exercises tomorrow in connection with
the inauguration of Joseph M. Carey
as governor. The inaugural exercises
wll be held in the capitol.
By United Wireless
■' •' '■■ ■ ; Sunday, "January 1 '--■*
STEAMER ' QUEEN—January -1,. at ,8- p. m,, *2l
•; miles - south ?of Points Sur; i fresh ••■ westerly
7 wind;'.moderate sea; barometer 30.21 •"temoer
.;■ «tnre 51. -- s .;■-'..'"- - ■ :i' ■ ■;■•"..?.!■■' .
STEAMER 1 VTHITTIER— January r 1, • at 6 n '• m
-•. off i Point. Bur; ; weather: clear; , fresh northwest
wind: barometer 30.16;,: temperature 34 ■■ -
STEAMER VMATIIXA-January 1, at 5 V m
; off.; Point Buolion:;.moderate northwest breeze*
. all. well ; expect to arrive 8 a. m., January 2.
STEAMER ■ MARIPOBA -From : San Rranciwo,
- for Taitl. i lWember ; 31 ; 8 f p. 1 m.. 1 OSI = miles
from San FranclFpo lightship;-, fine weather
\ wind j and • sea i moderate s from < east 2 northeast •
, barometer 30.16; temperature 63.-. ■•. , . '
THE WEATHER ?W\
AY—Highest temperature. 58;.,
A toh>s§t ISamfday night, 44.
FORktA^t TODAY—Fair; light
A tprliiprly wind: * I
BRUTAL ROBBERS BEAT
WIDOW ON HEAD WITH
PISTOL AND RAID TILL
Frail Keeper of Grocery Store at 96
Haight Street Pleads in Vain When
Ruffian Inflicts Fatal Wounds
PREMONITION PROVES WELL FOUNDED
Savings Taken From Money Drawer and Victim
Is Left in Pool of Blood; Fireman and
Bell Boy Are Accused of Terrible Crime
A THUG armed with a heavy revolver brutally beat Mrs. Ellen
Johns, a widow 65 years old, until her head was crushed and
left her for dead on the floor of her grocery at 96 Haight street
yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock, after which he emptied the till of
$^0 and escaped.
Two hours later policemen, acting on the general order of Chief
of Police Seymour that the city be dragged for the perpetrators of
the crime, arrested James Burke, a marine fireman, and George Ross,
a bellboy, in Kearny street. Burke answers the description of the
bandit, while Ross fits the description of the boy who acted a?
lookout at the door of the grocery.
The unconscious form of Mrs. Johns was found in a pool of blood by
children 15 minutes after the attack. They became frightened at the bleed
ing wounds on the head and face of the woman and ran to their home?,'
spreading the alarm.
Mrs. Johns was taken to the St. Joseph hospital. Small hope was
entertained for her recovery. Her skull was fractured and face lacerated
frightfully. By the use of stimulants Mrs. Johns revived sufficiently to
tell of the details of the attack.
BOY LEFT AS LOOKOUT
She told of a swarthy man and boy who had entered the store earlier
in the afternoon, about 5 o'clock, when she was alone. The boy took up
his position by the door and the man went forward to make a purchase.
The attack was sudden, but not altogether unexpected. Mrs. Johns
told of having been possessed of a strange premonition of a grave danger
threatening her. When the couple entered the store she instinctively drew
away and sought a side door. The man divined her fear and intention to
ilefand leaned rrrer the counter. sayfriß he wanted to make a purchase at
once. He called for an article on an upper shelf. As the woman stepped
on a short ladder and turned her back she was seized an.d jerked roughly
to the floor.
The man had a pistol in his hand and he said:
"Get down, mother, and be quick about it."
AGED WOMAN PLEADS
Mrs. Johns bravely faced the thug and pleaded not to be robbed.
You wouldn't rob an old woman, would you, my son?" she cried.
"Think of my gray hairs, of your mother, and have pity on me."
"Come now, old woman, step aside. I haven't time to waste on this
job," the thug said angrily. At the same time he reached over trying
MARINE OFFICERS
HAVE MERRY TIME
Six Young Lieutenants En Route
to Islands Enjoy Holiday
Revelry
A group of young lieutenants in the
United States marine corps by happy
chance arrived in this city a few days
ago on their way to their posts in the
islands and have enjoyed the holiday
cheer and carnival spirit of the town.
They are at the St. Francis and will
leave on the steamship Lurline, which
sails for Honolulu Wednesday morn
ing.
This is the first trip to the islands
that these marine soldiers have made.
To most of them it is the first peep
they have had of San Francisco and
the sunny winter days nf California.
If one might, haiard a guess it Is very
probable that they wish that the man
in Washington who directs their trav
els and destination had stopped short
at the Golden Gate.
Tn the group is Lieutenant Gerald A.
Johnson, son of the well known east
ern newspaperman. Frederick A. John
son. He recently was transferred
from the naval station at Port Royal,
S. C, where he has served for the last
two years. Through the influence of
his father he has moved extensively In
governmental circles in Washington.
In fact he was brought up In the cap
ital city. Military service is with him
a vocation. He has attended national
political conventions and seen much of
the social life of the big cities of the
country, but prefers a berth In the
marine service In Honolulu.
With him are Lieutenant Miles R.
Thatcher, Lieutenant Roy D. Lowell,
Lieutenant F. S. Kennedy. Lieutenant
R. P. Pierce and Lieutenant Oliver
Floyd. These five are bound for Cavite
and will serve in the Philippines.. They
will await, at Honolulu the arrival of a
transport, in the meantime being Lieu- I
tenant Johnson's guests. 'The entire
party Intended.to take a transport from
this port, but as every bunk was taken
they decided to take the Lurline as far
as Honolulu. They have been enter
tained considerably during their stay
here. The New Year's eve celebration,
San Francisco's carnival night, ap
pealed to them particularly.
-^jPRICK FIVE CENTS.
to seize the till with the money.
Mrs. Johns was on her knees
wringing her hands and sobbing. In
the till was about $50 -which she had
saved for payments she would have
to make on Tuesday. She begged the
robber to go away and not touch her
money.
I ROBBER WIELDS PISTOL
For answer sfic was hurled to the
floor. She became panic stricken and
made a dash for the street door. Her
age was against her, however, and
she was no match for the agile and
active robber. He vaulted the counter
with an oath and dealt her a blow
! above the ear with the butt of his
pistol.
As she fell he struck her again. Mrs.
Johns was able to scream twlre and
| then was silent. She lay on the floor
j with a fractured skull. Not content
with his work the man battered her on
the head and face until a dozen deep
wounds were sending out streams of
blood.
MONEY TAKEN FROM TIM.
The money was taken from th« tilt
and the man and boy left the scene of
their crime. The body of theimvirtlm
lay near the street door where It had
fallen.
Fifteen minutes later Clhrfna and
Anita Creely, children 5 and 6 years
old, living at 145 Haight street, ap
proached the store attracted by the
moaning of Mrs. Johns. They became
frightened and ran away. They met
W. A. Carman of 11 Haight street, and
j told him what they had seen. Carman
ran to the grocery store and summoned
aid.
DESCRIBES ASSAILANTS
Doctor Morrissey of ICIO Masonic
street attended Mrs. Johns and had her
sent to St. Joseph's hospital. An ex
amination showed the critical nature of
her wounds. For some time it was
believed she would, die without making
a statement. When she told of the
attack she grave a detailed description
of the men.
The police were already searching
all parts of the city for the robbers.
Detectives Andy Gaughran . and GeK
mann were put in charge of the case.
They vt«lted the hospital and obtained
a description of the men.
It was then that Detective Geimann
furnished th* direct clew that led to
the arrest of Burke and Ross. He
remembered that these men had been
arrested on a charge of vagrancy sev
eral weeks ago and he was struck with
the remarkable resemblance of taa
