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M'CLURE WILL
ESCAPE GALLOWS
DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED
TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT
Man Who Shot One and Stabbed An.
other It Reprieved at Eleventh
„".*-.' Hour by Governor
Pardee
Throußh the Intervention of the
Judges of the supreme court the sen
tence of death recently passed upon
John McClure of Los Angeles wns yes
terday commuted to life imprisonment.
McClure was to have been hanged at
Snn Quentln, May 8.
Just why the change was made is
rot fully stated by the supreme court
Judges except that the old miner had
always borne a reputation for gentle
ness and did not kill Zodlcoft and
Jerry O'Shea until nfter he hnd been
Jeered and made sport of nnd had been
driven to the rash deed.
McClurß was a peculiar type of the
old western Bchool. He spent his time
quietly and finally started away to the
mines. Before he went he sold a
horse and wagon to Zodlcoff, a livery
stable keeper. In an argument over
the halter the old miner shot and killed
the stableman nnd his assistant. Mc
.Clure surrendered himself, escnpo be
ing impossible because of his being a
cripple.
The following dispatch from Sacra
mento received late last night tells the
change of sentence In detail:
Judges Recommend Change
• Upon the recommendation of Chief
Justice Bentty nnd Associate Justice
■ Shaw, Governor Pardee hns commuted
Ito life Imprisonment the death penalty
;of John McClure. the crippled old
prospector who, In December, 1904, at
Los Angeles; shot nnd killed two sta
blemen, Zodlcoff and p'Shen.
', The shooting' grew out of a dispute
over a halter which McClure claimed
■was not Included ln the sale to Zodlcoff
of his horse and wagon. The old man
visited the "stable several times to de
mand his halter, but was put off and
made sport of each time by Zodlcoff
and O'Shea. On his last visit, smart-
Ing under the supposed wrong' done
him and goaded to frenzy by tho treat
ment received at the hands of the sta
blemen, he shot both his tormenters.
.In a letter to the governor Judge
Beatty reviews the facts of the crime
and concludes that the ense is not on«
in which the extreme penalty should
be meted out.
Says Crime Provoked
i Judge Shaw strongly, urges the com
mutation. In his letter to the gover
nor he says:
; "The shooting of Zodicoff was very
much palliated by the fact that It. wns
done under extreme ' provocation by
Zodicoff himself; that as O'Shea had
previously joined In the jeering at the
old man, he naturally supposed that
O'Shea was assisting- Zodlcoff and at
tributed O'Shea's actions to a desire to
attack,', and being still controlled by
the rage into which he had been
thrown by Zodlcoff's goadings and in
the frenzy to which human nature is
subject when once so aroused, he
turned his weapons upon O'Shea. His
subsequent stabbing of O'Shea, while
they were down, may or may not have
been done in resisting O'Shea's attack.
but the most that can be said is that
Jt was done In' the heat of passion pre
viously provoked In' -him, in the ringer
of battle, so to speak, and 'riot coolly
or deliberately.
Bears Good Reputation
"But the crime of murder so commit
ted is not the kind that calls for the
Infliction of the dealth penalty. The
only recourse to correct the error of
the. jury is the pardoning power. I
most earnestly urge the commutation
of his sentence so. that he hn impris
oned for life. I am informed that he
has- nrevlously hornf a good reputa
tion for peace and quietness and is not
the brutal and ' vicious person who
would commit a double murder without
provocation or compunctions of con
science. There was certainly nothing
in "the evidence to indicate such
viclousness."
There were filed with the governor
affidavits by trustworthy persons in
Arizona nnd in Los Angeles to the ef
fect that before the shooting of Zodi
coff and O'Shea McClure had never
been in any trouble, but had always
been a peaceable, kindly old man.
POSTMASTER FLINT GOES
AFTER MORE SINEWS
forms one of delegation to
mVstic shrine
Proceeds Later' to Washington to
Secure Appropriation for Postal
Service— Growth of Malls Makes
Increased Facilities Necessary
Postmaster Flint will start for Chi
cago Thursday to attend the meeting
of the Imperial council of the Mystic
Shrine.
After the meeting he will go on to
Washington, where he will make an ef
fort to have the appropriation for the
Los Angeles postoffice increased.
He also will try to secure an adjust
ment of salaries, additional carriers,
and the establishment of several new
substations. ,
The business of the local postoffice
has Increased to such an extent that
additional money and facilities have
been made absolutely necessary.
Mr. Flint will be accompanied as far
as Chicago by. Leo Youngworth, who
g-oes to attend the .Shrine meeting.
Other Angelenos who will attend the
Imperial council are Fred Hlnes, W. D.
Stevens, Perry Weidner,- P. W. Jeffries
and W. W. Lovett. ■ "
» /I^^SHIRTS
r~\/ are given firjt plice. They
, v— '^ , please the dealer ind utiify iho
wtaier. In whito | and color-Uit fabric*
$1.00 and $1.25
ClvhTT, Peaboiih & Co,
lMtgmt tititn at Ooll&n «a Hhirtj la |U WorMi
mammmmm—mmmmmmmuM
VETERAN WHO KILLED TWO ESCAPES GALLOWS
JOHN McCLURE
IOSES A PINE PANAMA BUT
GAINS HALE A DOZEN KITTENS
STENOGRAPHER HAS SERIO
COMIC EXPERIENCE
Places New Summer Tile in Closet
and Mother Cat Appropriates
Hat for Purposes of
Her Own
Among the thousands of young men
of Los Angeles who are walking tho
streets resplendent in light clothes and
straw hats there is just one of that
great number who, alone and dejected
in the clerk's office of the appellate
court,' dally mourns the loss of a mag
nificent panama and refuses to be com
forted.. ' ; ■'r.'Wr. '-7:
The man Is James Crumrlne, other
wise known as "Jim," a young benedict
of Los Angeles who is stenographer for
the appellate court. Crumrlne has al
ways been known for his love of fine
cats, but that love has ceased to exist
and "Jim" awaits the time when he
will again be happy with his straw
sky piece.
Crumrine secured several fine cats
and took them to his home. His
"eatery" prospered and the young
stenographer was happy.
Then came spring and with it warm
weather. "Jim" bethought him of a
nice hat wherewith to adorn himself.
After much consideration he bought
a "panama," the kind marked several
dollars at least. When he took tho
tile home all the neighbors were in
vited to see it.
But the rain came and the clouds
CARS BLOCKED HIS VIEW
Now Father Sues Railroad Because
His Son Was Killed by
Engine
J. M. Byers filed suit for $5160 dam
ages against the Santa Fe railroad, ac
cusing the employes with having run
down and killed his son.
Ray Byers was killed April 2. The
young man was employed as a gravel
digger In the Lob Angeles river bed
and was driving, his team across the
Santa Fe tracks when a yard engine
crashed into the wagon and hurled
him fifty feet, killing him almost in
stantly.
The father alleges the railroad com
pany was careless in allowing a num
ber of freight ars to stand on the
tracks at the Seventh street crossing,
thus blocking the view.
BETHLEHEM TENDERS
RECEPTION TO REFUGEES
Decidedly unique and successful was
the reunion and reception given the
San Francisco refugees at Bethlehem
Institutional church laßt evening.
The parlors were crowded with
friends of the church, relief workers
and many of the refugees, who had
helped at the church at the time of their
arrival from the stricken cities.
Addresses were made by C. C. Des
mond, in behalf of che general relief
committee: Mrs. Nelsser, woman's re
lief committee; Mrs. Gibbs, employment
committee, and Rev. Dana W. Bartlett,
who extended the hospitality of the
church and institutional hotel for the
comfort and welfare of the refugees.
An excellent program was rendered
by some of the best known artists from
San Francisco.
Mrs. Howard and Dr. Molllca gav«
piano solos and Mr. De Rosa of Re
pone's Italian opera company gave two
selections from Italian opera. Mrs
Cr.rlotta Boff a gave vocal selections and
Miss Bertha Boffa gave violin solos.
Master Ralph fialnaburg, who gave
a violin solo, was the o:.ly contributor
on the program who did not come from
San Francisco.
Following the program a delightful
Informal time was had.
DENTISTS RECEIVE DIPLOMAS
The college of dentruty of the uni
versity of Southern California held th»
conferring of degrees last night at
Simpson auditorium on Hope street.
President George F. Bovard, A. M., D.
D., presented the diplomas. In all thera
were twenty-six graduates.
Th« amphitheater was decorated In
green, and re<l, with I lie luslgnia '"08"
in a bed of (lowers tit the back of the
sUge., ■■ •'..,.,.'" ,'i » .' ■
Addresses were made by the president
LOS ANGELES HERALD: FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 1, 1906.
drifted and the hat was put away In the
top of a closet.
Two days ag. the weather became
warm again and Crumlne bethought
him of that hat. He forgot where he
put It and it required an extra day to
remember.
Yesterday he looked out of tha win
dow and saw the fine sunshine and
started for the closet to get his hat. He
had Intended to look for one of his cats
which had strayed away, but he gave
up the Idea in order" to enjoy a stroll
wfth that new hat.
He flung open the door of the closet
and tried to reach the hat. It had been
pushed baekjn the corner of the upper
shelf, and he got a chair and stood on
it. Then he stopped. A plaintive
"meow" came from the dark corner and
then a succession of little grunts and
whines and Crumrlne was startled.
Then he began to see better in the dark
and he noticed the head and paws of
his pet lost cat sticking above the rim
of the panama. The fine straw wrig
gled a,nd cracked, and the "meows" be
came Insistent.
With great care Crumrlne reached
over the felt inside that hat and then
well, the neighbors flocked to the house
to hear the language. The fire depart
ment was held in readiness to hurry to
the place, for the air was "blue."
There were six of the dearest, cutest,
sweetest little cats Just one day old
and still with their eyes shut and all
were enjoying a breakfast when Crum
rlne interfered with the feast.
Only the quick wit of people In the
house saved the cats, for they were
about to go out of the window when a
rescue party arrived.
Now Crumrlne Is saying things to
himself about his fine panama, while In
the dark corner of the closet, with a
few rags on the bottom, lies the costly
panama and the kittens daily enjoy
remps with that fine white straw.
and , several of the university faculty.'
The program was also made up of mu
sical selections.
. Those who received their degrees:
Henry Frederick Boeckman, John
Hiram Boege, Anson Ralph Brown, Leo
Wentworth Burdette, Stacy Wendell
Clapp, Garrett James Crandall, John
Howell Darby, William Manna Poster,
Edgar Eugene Goff, Clyde Lafayette
Holcomb, John Copel Hopkins, Robert
Braxton Houston, James Amos Justice,
John George Kanouse, jr., Campbell
Parrls Kineaid, Richard Carlson Lane,
Richard Crooks Lockwood, Charles
Olney Mcßean, William Henry Mcßean,
James David McCoy, Thomas Wheeler
McKenzfe, Lawrence Eberhurd Nichols,
James Albert Oates, Vincent Adelbert
Rossiter, Alden John West, Frederick
Stephen McDonald. srjSS
NUPTIALS FORM SEQUEL
TO GRAND CANYON ROMANCE
As a sequel to a Grand canyon ro
mance which had its beginning three
years ago, J. M. Gouldlng of the Grand
View hotel at Grand canyon, and Miss
Stella Rose, a graduate of Stanford uni
versity, were married'yesterday in Pas
adena at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles D. Blaney. The Rev. Dr. Mere
dith of the Congregational church offi
ciated. Only the most intimate mem
bers of the family were present.
After the marriage ceremony Mr.
Goulding and his bride came to Los An
geles and took apartments at the Lan
kershim hotel, where they will remain
for a few days. Their honeymoon will
take them to the most Interesting points
of Southern California, after which they
will return to the Grand View hotel, as
the summer tourist season Is Just open
ing there.
Three years ago Mr. Goulding estab
lished the Grand View hotel, which pre
vious to that time was a deserted house.
The first summer that Mr. Gouldlng had
charge of the hotel Mlsb Stella Roaa
visited the canyon and stopped at the
hotel for several days. During that
time the pair het-aine much attached to
eaoh other and the wedding yesterday
was the result of the friendship that
grew warmer each year.
Mrs. Gouldlng Is one of the best
known young women of Oakland and
other cities In California. She wa»
graduated from tho Stanford university
with the claßß of 1899. Since that time
she linn taught In that Institution and
for a long time wbh In charge of the
young women's gymnußlum. The past
year she spout In traveling about the
country.
Today Mr. and Mrs. Oouldlng will
visit the many beaches. Although liv
ing not farther away .than Grand View,
Ariz., Mr. Guoldlng has seen the Pacific
ocean but once before.
JUDGES PREPARE
TO RESET CASES
SUPERIOI^COURT WILL SIT ON
MONDAY
All Civil Cases Will Be Reset on Mon.
day— Next Day Law and Motion
Calendar! Will Be
Heard
The first stop In Himivfillltiß tlie legal
tangle Ofcnslnnrd by tho hnlidnys wns
tnken yentcrdHy when Jihlko Conrcy,
presiding Jihlrp nf iho superior Court,
ordered thai nil Judges meet ln ilopnrt
mont !) or the superior court Monday
to discuss the situation.
The following noilce wns posted by
the Judge's dork.
"nellPVliiK that Monday, Juno 4,
1908, will not be n holiday the judges
of the superior court of I^os Angeles
county mnko the following- announce
ment:
"At 10 o'clock n. m. nn Juno 4, the
judges will nit en bnnc in the court
room of dopartme|it n for th« purpose
of resrttinjr for trlnl all civil ruses on
the trial calendar which shall have
been passed hy reason of the present
series of holidays.
"On . Tuesday, June "., 10$G, the law
nnd motion calendars will be heard In
the Severn 1 departments at 10 o'clock
n. m. All matters beloiißlnp to the
law and motion calendars which have
been filed during the holidays nnd
prior to June 5 will be placed on (lie
calendars for June fi, following the
other matters now on said calendars.
"Jury trials will begin In department
1 on the morning of June 4."
NURSES GET DIPLOMAS
AT CALIFORNIA HOSPITAL
The «?lf?hth nnnunl commencement
of the School of Nurses of the Califor
nia hospital wns held at Blnnchartl
hall last evening, when twelve nurses
were grH diluted from the Institution.
There was a lnrge attendance and the
nurses presented a pretty appearnnce
as they sat upon the platform, attired
In whit p.
Dr. Walter Lliulley announced the
opening- of the exercises. , -
Rev. W. S. Young, pastor of the
Knox Presbyterlnn church, offered the
invocation, which was followed by or
chestra music.
Dr. Lindley referred to the untimely
death of Dr. Charles Taggart In San
Francisco upon introducing District
Attorney J. D. Fredericks, who deliv
ered an Instructive address to the grad
uates. He said:
"The great idea of the work of a
nurse is to do it well. The field is open
for great development. The work is
much divided into specialties. Time
was when the physician was the nurse,
doctor and all. But now it is all
changed. The nurse has her duties as
well as the physician and she is at his
right hand for work and is trained to
•do It successfully.
"Your responsible positions as nurses
bring you in contact with many rough
places and much depends upon your
success by the preparation you have
made and the determination you main
tain In the prosecution of your work."
District Attorney Fredericks con
tinued in a helpful address to the grad-.
uates. ■•
Dr. M. L. Moore read an interesting
paper in behalf of the faculty of the
hospital. This was followed by a few
remarks by Dr. F. T. Blcknell, president
of the board of directors, and the de
livery by him- of the diplomas to the
following graduates:
Miss Minnie Allen, Los Angeles, Cal.;
Miss Carolyn Arnold, Portland, Ore.;
Miss Ruth E. Arnold, Portland, Ore.;
Miss Inez Gayle Blackledge, Pomona,
Cal.; Miss Edna Carter, Anaheim, Cal.;
Miss Margaret Henze, Los Angeles,
Cal.; Miss Katherine McKay, Saticoy,
Cal.; Miss Sue C. Miller, Los Angeles,
Cal.; Miss Pauline M. Sudow, New
York City, N. Y,j Miss Gertrude Tuck
er, Sierra Madre, Cal.; Miss Ida West
over, Indianapolis, Ind.; Miss Margaret
J. Willis, Etiwanda, Cal.
The following nurses, in uniform,
acted as ushers: Misses Mary ffew
kirk, Bertha Gilbert, Bessie Hughes,
Laura Cochran, Lillian Bartels, Ethel
Doherty. Mae Cresse, Alice Robinson,
Emma Mulvey, Stella McDowell, Theo
Pickett, Victoria King.
Following the exercises a reception
was held at the California hospital, fol
lowed by a dance at the home of Dr.
K. D. Wise, 1351 South Grand avenue.
VICTIM BLAMES MOTORMAN
Suit for $25,750 damages was filed
yesterday in the superior court by Mrs.
Louise Shepard against the Los An
geles railway co.npany.
Mrs. Shepard allege3 that on May
15 she boarded a Maple avenue- car
and asked the conductor to stop . the
car at Twenty-fifth street.
She charges that she was carried
three blocks beyond her destination
and that when she tried to alight the
motorman stopped the car, then start
ed It suddenly, and she was thrown
to the ground and sustained painful
injuries.
WAKE ENDS DISASTROUSLY
Mrs. Petra Hidalgo, a Mexican
woman, was severely burned at the
Hidalgo home, corner of Sixteenth and
Alameda streets, late last night. A
Mexican wake, a little too much liquor
and a large bonfire were the causes of
the woman being burned, it is said.
The woman became hilarlus and ap
proached the fire, which caught her
skirts. As s»he tried to extinguish the
flames her hair caught fire. Her shoul
ders were badly burned. Her Injuries
are painful, but the police surgeons
believe not fatal.
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WOMAN PLEADS
TO SHE BLAKE
IN BOSTON SHE INTERCEDES
FOR PRISONER
Having Followed Man She Loves to
California She Precedes Him East
to Stifle Prosecution of
Possible
It was learned laat night that
Thomas AV Blake, alleged embezzler of i
$10,000 worth of securities, belonging
to Hornblower & Weeks of Boston, did
not meet his mysterious young woman
friend at' the Arcade ■ station Wednes
day afternoon, but traveled alone in
the company of the Boston Inspectors.
It was; asserted by a police official
that "Mrs. May Richards" went to
Boston last week with an expressed in
tention of settling the amount of
Blake's alleged defalcation.
If- the handsome young woman is the
Boston woman whose name has been
coupled with Blake's, as has been in
timated in eastern dispatches, it is
said that she is easily able to make
good the alleged shortage.
"When Blake left Boston, April 30, n.
beautiful young widow, the pet of
farhionable Back Bay society, also dis
appeared. She was known to be
friendly with Blake.
When the young man was arrested at
Long Beach he was in the company of
a pretty young woman who gave the
name of "May Richards."
Her Visits Ceased
During the first few days of Blake's
Incarceration his companion was con
stant in her vislta upon Blake and
then suddenly disappeared.
Wednesday afternoon, It was sup
posed that she would accompany Blake
on his Journey east, but she was not
on the train, according to a detective.
It is believed that she is now in Boa
ton endeavoring to stifle prosecution of
the man with whom she eloped.
If she is the wealthy young society
woman she is supposed to be, police
officials express the belief that her ef
forts may result In finally freeing the
man she loves.
Blake was confidential clerk for
Hornblower & Weeks for six years. Ills
alleged larceny occurred last year. In
order to make good heavy Investments
in the stock market, it Is claimed.
Woman Was Shocked
J^Blake admitted to a reporter that his
companion was Ignorant of his alleged
embezzlement when she lett Boston
and was greatly shocked to learn of
the charge against the man for whom
she forsook uociety.
She told a police official that she
wou\d do everything in her power to
free Blake and while here aided De
tective Captain Flammer in recovering
a portion of the alleged stolen securi
ties.
It Is firmly believed at police head
quarters that "Mrs. May Richards" is
even now pleading: with the Boston
stock brokera to forego criminal'prose
cution at their former clerk.
Owing to tlir rush o( business tho
Talk-o-Phap* department of tha South
ern California Music company will be
open Wednesday and Saturday evenings
for the accommodation of Herald sirb-
Bcrlber>. '
Santa CataMna Island
Dally steamer Bcrvlca leaving San Pedro at 10 n. m., making direct connection*
with Southern Tactile, Salt Lakn and Pacific Electric trains from Loa Angeles.
Extra iteamer Saturday evenings.
Hotel Metropole Open All the Year
Banning Company Pacific Electric Bldg. Both Pfatmes 36
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Via San Francisco, Low Rates
to Eastern Points
June 6 and 7 — Return Limit 90 Days
Round Trip Rates as Follows:
Chicago $72.50 Omaha $60.00
St. Paul $70.00 Louisville $75.75 /
Kansas City $60.00 Memphis $67.50 '
St. Louis $67.50 Boston $109.50
New York city... 5108.50 Philadelphia $107.50
Washi'ton, D. C 5107.00 Baltimore $107.00
Rates to Many Other Points
on Similar Basis
For further information n» to rate* <o other polnta, atnpnver
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I'rrißlit nnd I'iin*. Agent Southern I'lu'llic.
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an unusual opportunity and will last for a few days only.
See our show window for prices.
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