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SAVED FROM DROWNING
Narrow Escape of William S.
Ballard and E. A.
Crennan.
IN THE BAY OFF LIME POINT.
Their Boat Was Upset by a Squall.
Rescued by Four Young
Men.
William S. Ballard of 113 Larfein stieet
and E. A. Crenann, who is in a real estate
oilice in the Mills building, had a narrow
escape from being drowned in the bay off |
Lime Point yesterday about 11 o'clock.
Their boat was overturned by a squall
about a mile from the shore, and had it
not been for the heroic efforts of John J.
Gormley, Charles "Wedde and \V. F. and
H. Koch, the two young men would have i
been washed from the boat and perished
miserably before other help could have ar
tired. Aa it was Ballard was about to give i
up the struggle for life when the rescuers j
PLEASURE-SEEKERS RESCUED FROM DROWNING OFF LIME POINT.
[Sketched by a "Call" artist.]
reached him. There was a third party in
the boat, a fisherman named Mike, but he
was in no great danger, as he sectired a
comparatively safe position astride of the
keel.
Crennan and Ballard went to the foot of
Franklin street early in the morning and
hired Mike's fishing-boat for a day's sport
with hook and line along the Mann -
It was their intention to meet another
party of iishers on the bay who had en
gaged a steam launch. Mike set sail, and
as a stiff breeze was blowing the two men
enjoyed a lively sail across the bay. The
launch was nowhere to be seen, and as all
the bait and lines were in that craft Bal
lard and Crennan decided to return to San
Francisco. Mike was ordered to turn the
boat back to the city.
As he was doing so a heavy squall struck
the sail, and in an instant the boat was
turned bottom up and the men struggling
in the water.
The other fishing: party, Gormley, Wedde
and the two Kochs had anchored their
boat close in shore, and their attention
■was called to the men struggling in the
oav by the cries and gestures of some
children on the land.
They cast their lines overboard, to save
the time it would take to wind up, cut the
anchor-rope, for the same purpose, and
pulled for the wrecked boat.
About this time the keeper of the Lime
Point fog-signal station saw the over
turned boat, and the dangerous position of
the men. He gave the whistle signal,
whice told the men at the life-saving sta
tion, situated near Fort Point, that their
services were wanted. Three minutes j
ater the small lifeboat was pi owing
hrough the water.
The rescue though was effected by the
four young men who started out first.
Gormley, in speaking of how he and his
companions saved the drowning men,
modestly said: "We reached the over
turned boat just in time to save Ballard,
who had Decome exhausted by his long
struggle to keep his hold upon the keel of
the overturned boat. Crennan was not so
badly used up, and he could have held on
for a short time longer.
There was not room in the boat for Mike,
and as he said he could cling to his position
astride the keel of the overturned craft
Ballard and Crennan were taken to the
shore and cared for at the fog-signal sta
tion. A return was made for Mike and he
and his boat were pulled to the shore.
The life-saving crew reached the spot a
few minutes later.
The young men speak very highly of
the quick response the life-saving crew
made to the call for help. Of their own
heroic work they had little to say, and that
little with great modesty. Gormley is a
salesman for George P. Plummer & "Co. at
54 Steuart street. He lives at 2002 Taylor
street. W. F. and H. Koch are painters in
the employ of their father, William Koch,
the well-known painter, at 115 O'Farrell
Btreet. They live at 1815 Mason street.
Wedde lives in Alameda.
OHUECH AND BEFOEMS.
Rev. Mahlon Wilson's Address to the
Good Citizenship Club.
Rev. Mahlon H. Wilson, pastor of the
Alameda Christian Church, in response to
an invitation issued by the "Good Citizen-
ship Club," delivered an interesting lec
ture at Metropolitan Temple yester
day afternoon. Mr. Wilson is a pleas
ing speaker, and was fortunate in se
lecting so popular a theme as "The Church
and Social Reform." In the course of his
remarks the reverend gentleman said :
"The church and social reform, accord
ing to Mr. Gladstone, is the question occu
pying the best thought and closest atten
tion of all religious assemblies in the
United States and Europe. There is but
one question, and that is the gospel. This
can and will correct everything needing
correction. My only hope for the world is
the bringing of the human mind into con
tact with divine revelation.
"Rudolph Todt, on this same line, says:
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'Whoever would understand this great
question and contributes to its solution,
must have on his right hand the works of
political economy, and on his left the lit
erature of scientific socialism, and must
keep the new testament open before him.'
"In considering social questions we are
not inquiring simply what can be imme
diately done for society; what is likely to
be done in the correction of evils, but also
what are some of the remote points to
ward which progress Is to be made."
Following this line of thought, Mr. Wil
son delved deeply into his subject, pictur
ing in graphic language the mistakes of
the church and showing where social re
forms were most needed. In closing his
remarks the speaker said :
"The race cannot rise except through
sacrifice. Crucifixions are the ransom that
progress always claims of men. Sacrifice
is life's lajy. None of us can even pay the
{>resent what we owe the past. 'There
ore, love one another as I love you.' "
MISSION FOOTPADS.
John Cooney Was Held Fp on Twenty-
Fourth and Capp Streets Sat
urday Niplit .
John Cooney, a section boss on the South
ern Pacific Railroad, was held up on the
corner of Twenty-fourth and Capp streets
shortly before 10 o'clock Saturday night by
two footpads.
One of them grasped him by the throat
and the other began to search his pockets.
Coonev yelled for help, and some men who
were In the saloon of Christiansen &
Meegan on the opposite corner cam? to
his assistance and the two footpads ran
along Capp street in the direction of
Twenty -third.
A tail man who was standing on the op
posite side of the street came forward and,
in a tone of authority asked what all the
noise was about. Thinking he was a police
man, Cooney began to explain and the
crowd listened. This was what the tall
man wanted, as it gave his two confed
erates time to get clear away. Then he
walked hurriedly away before it dawned
upon the minds' of Cooney and the others
that he was in the job. Cooney, fortu
nately, lost nothing.
A NOTED DIVINE.
Rev. Professor Momerie of London Xow
Speaking in This
City.
Rev. Professor Alfred Williams Momerie
of England, who is now visiting this city,
is one of the best known divines in the
British kingdom. He holds the degrees of
M.A., Sc.D. and LL.D., and also holds the
appointment of select preacher before the
University of Cambridge and other posi
tions of honor.
He is now in this city on his way from
j Australia to England. He is an eloquent
Rev. Alfred Williams Momerie, D.D.
[From an engraving.]
preacher and profound scholar, critic and
author — broad in his views, but a church
man at heart — and is one of the most ad
vanced and probably the most far-seeing
churchman of the day.
His books, nine in number, have at
tained immense popularity. His first,
"The Origin of Evil, is in its seventh edi
tion, and the last, "Church and Creed,"
though only published at Christmas, is in
its tnird. All are eminently readable —
more interesting, indeed, than many
novels — clear, trenchant and vivacious.
His style is like that of Emerson and of
the best French writers.
Socially, the professor is a host in him
self, a mo.st cultured and agreeable com
panion, brimming over with anecdotes and
instructive stori'-s of English and Ameri
can life and people.
Yesterday the professor delivered an in
teresting lecture in Trinity Church.
He will lecture before the Geographical
Society of California on Wednesday, the
24th inst., at Golden Gate Hall, choosing
as his subject "Medieval Science," an ideal
topic with the professor. On Sunday, the
28th, he will preach at Leland Stanford Jr.
University and lecture to the students on
the 30th. This sums up his engagements
prior to his leaving for England.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, APRIL 22, 1895.
DR. BROWN'S HOT SHOT
He Attacks Professor Herron's
Weil-Known Themes on
Sociology.
WILD CONCEPTIONS OF ORDER.
Agitators Who Are Frightening Cap
ital and Paralyzing
Trade.
Nearly every seat in the First Congrega
tional Church was occupied last night by
people interested in the somewhat defiant
stand taken by the pastor of the church,
Dr. C. O. Brown, concerning the teachings
of that great disciple of sociology, Dr.
Herron. The majority of the vast audi
ence expected something in the nature of
a bomb, and they were not disappointed.
The following is the full text of Dr.
Brown's address as delivered last night:
Eight months ago it was proposed that the
B«y Association of Congregational Ministers
Should invite hither Professor George D. Her
ron to deliver a series of lectures, as he is now
doing. That proposition was defeated by au
almost unanimous vote. When it was renewed
in the Monday Club it was opposed on the
ground that his teachings are largely the same
as those of the "sand lots," though he comes
with the sacred phrases which are sanctified by
centuries of association with the cross of Jesus.
I would not impugn any man's motive.
Professor Herron has all the apparent en
thusiasm which usually characterizes one who
has espoused a great error La the belief that it
is a great truth. He is sometimes caught un
consciously in the toils which charm the dema
gogue, as when in the same column he appeals
to the mob by decrying competition and to the
stockholders of the valley road by commend
inb it as a new incarnation of Christianity.
On the whole, however, he is doubtless sincere,
though utterly wild in his conception of social
order.
Professing to speak for a social order which
should realize the teachings of Jesus Christ,
he, in fact, invites a revolution, which would
result in anarchy. Calling upon individuals
and the State for a reign of self-sacrifice, he
would, in fact, introduce a carnival of plunder,
lvmandini; a new economic system, based on
benevolence, his proposed revolution could
result only in such expressions of selfishness
as would "carry us back to the days of the
Cses&re.
Decrying wages as "slavery," his theories re
alized could only introduce a system wherein
"department bosses" and "labor checks" would
represent such tyranny as the world has not
Men since the Pyramid* were built. Thunder
ing against competition^ he derives his impor
tance from the fact that he is a leading com
petitor among those who would make our laws
of sea foam and rule us with a crank. Decry
ing property as a prey, he would encourage a
barbarism, which would leave no social order
to prey upon.
But sincerity will not excuse any man for
such wild utterances as characterize his printed
works: as have characterized his lectures in
this city.
The following are but a few of them— samples
from great number*: "We are a fallen nation—
an aj>ostate people"; "As a nation we have be
trayed our trust"; our economic system is
"Organized social wrong"; "Christ is becom
ing the social ideal of the mob." He sneers at
our public schools: "Christ spent the entire
tirst year of his ministry in trying to get con
trol of the State"; "Society is moving quickly
to revolution"; "Politicians will be fuel to the
burning that is coming": "The blood of that
revolution will be laid at our doors"; "Noth
ing in the past that will compare with the
awt'ul anguish to come" (unless we ac
cept Professor Herron'a views); "Our
boasted liberties were born not in the
faith of our Puritan fathers, but of the
atheism of France"; "This nation is to-day In
a state of awful social anarchy"; "This is the
most critical hour in all human history";
"This is the day when the Messiah has ap
peared. He is here in this room now. Him
hath God raised np in tne social movements of
to-day"; "These voices are warning us to be
getting ready for the social baptism of the
Holy Ghost"; "Forces are marshaling for
their supreme agony"; "The only way in
which Christianity can fully be put into prac
tice is to possess the State" ; "A new holy Cath
olic church is yet to be realized."
With the exception of the last quotation all
of the above were in my hearing.
Look for a moment at the bearing of such
words (with others that follow quoted from his
books) on the public mind at a time when gen
eral business depression strains the relations
between employers and wage earners. Feeling
is already sufficiently tense. Unless there v
distinct and deliberate intention to stir up
mob violence, is this the time to affirm that
"our economic system is organized social
wrong:" that "society is moving quickly to
revolution"; that "politicians will be fuel to
the burning that is coming"; that "forces are
nmr^haling for their supreme agony"? I say
that we have reason to be devoutly grateful
that this young professor was not hen- with
such sayings last July, when this city and
Oakland were trembling on the verge of riot.
The price of such words at such a time might
easily be fire and blood.
I opposed his coming, both before the as-
Eociation and before the club. While I love
my country and its sacred institutions, I shall
w fth whatever influences I have oppose the ut
terances of any man who makes war on its in
stitutions. I tried to show that the institutions
of this country are the unfolding of God's
thought, working upward to the light through
ages of struggle. As a result we are free. The
man, who, though unintentionally, would
frenzy the mob against these institutions ap
pears to me to be a public, enemy. He who
casts reproach upon our constitution as the off
spring of French atheism is not only untrue to
the religious life and heroic self-sacrilice of
our fathers— he is guilty of contempt for the
nation.
Yes, I opposed this man's coming. I did not
want such things to De said in San Francisco,
especially under the auspices of Congregation
alism. I thought the time had come for some
man, at whatever cost, to say that such utter
ances are largely the cause of our present dis
tresses.
Every drop of my blood throbs in sympathy
with the sufferings of the poor and the burdens
of earth's toilers. Born into a home of toil
and reared to a trade which I learned while
still a boy, I know the heart and the aspira
tions of the toiler.
Let this newcomer, who is here to tell us how
to relieve all poverty, keep step with me a few
days amid the homes of poverty in San Fran
cisco and he will learn the difference between
theoretical and practical relief of the poor. It
in because I want the present distress of the
unemployed relieved that I oppose the agita
tors who are frightening capital and paralyzing
trade.
I am well aware that I)r, Herron's lectures
are full of references to Christ and his gospel.
He means well ; but, it seems to me, the most
fearful and dangerous element of this whole
matter is his use of the name of Christ to give
weight to such destructive teachings. Our
liberties are all from the spirit of him who
said, "Call no man master." The touch of his
nail-pierced hand is on our freedom-giving
constitution. It embodies the heroic Christian
sacrifice of immortal past and the fragrance of
names that will never die. It is the embodi
ment in secular form of a great and divine
truth. To invoke its destruction in the name
of a "New Redemption," in the name of the
holy Christ, seems to me little short of blas
phemy.
Let us ask for & moment what would be the
result if at the close of Dr. Herron's lectures
here we should gather about him aud say, "All
right, professor, wo believe. Now we are for
you and your scheme." Suppose we should
destroy our national Constitution and our eco
nomic system and say: "Now for your dream.
We have as a nation 'sacrificed' our national
life and destroyed.our Constitution. As indi
viduals we are ready to sacrifice ourselves for
this ' New Redemption. 1 Now put us to work
along the lines of this co-operative and sacri
ficial system of inriustry. The factories are
silent. The railroads are waiting. The mills
are not grinding. The mines are asking for
orders. The lunatic asylums and orphanages
want to know what shall be done with their
empty larders and their occupants. Law and
the courts have 'sacrificed themselves,' and
want to know what to do with their prisoners.
How shall we go at all this? How can sacri
fice go to work to set all these wheels in
motion?"
Probably the professor would be compelled
to say: "I don't Know," or. as he actually did
say on one occasion, "God forbid that I should
attempt to set up any plan."
But. suppose he should try to outline a plan
for the ongoing of things under the law of
"sacrifice." He would probably tells us that
the men who know how to run railroads must
sacrifice themselves and run the railroads;
that the man who is fitted for such a task and
knows best must be at the head and have
charge, go that there may be timetables to
keep tne trains from colliding. Some one must
have charge of the shops or nothing will pit
on, even under the law of sacrifice. So ia the
mills. So in the mines. So in the asylums.
Kverywhere there must be direc.l ion arid gov
ernment. But government implies power to
enforce orders. That means law; that requires
constitution.
The sum of these constitutions would need to
be a constitution of the whole, recognizing and
denning the rights within which all ol the
institutions should subsist. That would be
the national constitution. Any plan would
make "institutions" necessary. We should be
under a new "institutional dominion." And
the mortar of the new afl'air would not be dry
before more people would cry out against its
iniquities and tyrannies than are crying out
to-day. I prefer the American constitution to
the Herron constitution. It has far less of
tyranny— far less of poverty.
You may ask how he can consistently make
war on institutions and advocate such a view.
I do not know. Here, surely, is institution
alise! "with a vengeance." theory and
his other theory consume each other like his
praise and his condemnation of competition
almost in the same breath. But here are his
words:
"It is through the state that the church of
God must organize the kingdom of God on
earth." "The state is a religious organism."
"Christianity needs the state as surely as the
state needs Christianity." "There can be no
actuality of Christianity in the world unless it
realizes itself in the nation." "The people can
never become Christian until the state become
the o»ganized Christianity of the people." Do
we wonder, after all this, to hear this lecturer
affirming in the close of his fifth lecture on
"Christian State," that "a new holy catholic
church is yet to be realized?" Is he asking
his misstatement to foster his hopes when he
says that "in spite of all our statistics Roman
ism is gaining ground and Protestantism is
relatively losing ground?'
What does our author mean when he affirms
that "Jesus has become the ideal of the mob."
"The mot>" is not a happy expression to be so
fn t, ut-ntly on the lips of one who would appeal
■trongly to the common people if, by the word
he nu'tins to designate them. The vast mass of
common people— the plain honest work-a-day
folk, " h«>, without demonstration, are bearing
tin* ii a and tmrdenof the ds>y> never gather
m in. .hi. It was not the "mob" that heard
Jem nindly in the days of his Galilean minis
try liv- mob of to-day find! its inspiration ill
saloons and its opportunity in times of peril.
The mob'l Instinct is violence and its finished
work la tire and blood The mob marches with
a red flag at the head of its procession and
honors Spies and Parsons as martyrs. Is this
the throng to whom Jesus has become the
ideal? The mob howled its approval when he
hung upon the cross. It would as surely do so
to-day. In the name of my master I protest
most earnestly against the statement that he is
"the ideal 01 the mob." No doubt the mob
would gladly shout for Jesus if it can be made
to believe that he approves of anarchy.
The practical result of such teachings, if they
should gain any headway, would be to set the
people over against each otner in a deadly war
of classes. Dr. Herron's appeals and denun
ciations do not have the effect of calling for
righteousness from all classes. He stirs the
passions of class against class. This aid not
Jesus. Our Lord, born among the poor and
wearing the garb of a peasant, never appealed
to class prejudice. He denounced all sin and
appealed to all righteousness. He was as care
ful to say to common people as to the rulers,
"Except'ye repent ye shall all likewise perish."
No part of Dr. Bushnell's great argument for
the divinity of Christ is ruon- powerful than
that in which he shows that the method of our
Lord was the exact opposite of that unworthy
appeal to class prejudice which characterize*
Professor Herron, He did not embitter class
aeainst class, but was so faithful in his appeals
thai his disciples were found among all classes,
and so impartial in his denunciations that his
enemies, too, were in all social ranks.
My reason for opposing Professor Herron has
in if nothing personal. I never saw him until
last Monday. I have been impelled only by a
profound conviction that the time has come for
some one to point out the tendency of his
teachings and the evil results that must follow
if the church of Jesus Christ should adopt his
theories. I would not willingly injure the
feelings of any disciple of my Lord. Hut when
interests so vast are in issue, and when it is
sought to attach the church of my Lord to the
wildest of revolutions, I most Hit my voice. I
gladly concede that there is much in Professor
Herron's writings which, if it could be de
tached from other parts which are ut
terly wild, would be most helpful aud
spiritually stimulating, but it cannot be
detached. The mischief is that it is
so inwrought with what is destructive that
the good lends its whole force to propelling
the evil. Ido not for a moment think that he
would approve of dynamite. His theory is de
structive of government, but he would not con
sent to violence.
SLICK BURGLARS CAUGHT.
Two Men From the East Whose
Operations Are Now
Cut Short.
A Copy of the "War Cry" Gives a
Clew That Leatfs to Their
Detection.
The capture of two clever burglars and
safe-crackers on Saturday night afforded
great satisfaction to Chief Crowley in the
midst of his delicate work in preparing for
the hearing to-day of the charge of murder
against Theodore Durranf.
Since April 6 the police have been aware
of the fact that two slick operators were
in the city. Their work showed that they
were not novices, and had carefully ar
ranged their plans before carrying them
into effect.
On the night of April 6 the jewelry-store
of Henry Meyers, 1396 Market street, was
entered by burglars. Entrance had been
effected from the rear by prying open the
iron shutters. A lot of plated jewelry was
stolen. The police were notified of the
burglary.
Two nights later the pawnshop of S. &
H. Lichtenstein, 11 Stockton street, wa 3
entered. The burglars had sawed O ut a
hole in the side of the building large
enough for them to crawl through. They
stole a quantity of clothing and jewelry.
When they took their departure they left
behind them a pair of old trousers and a
"jimmy," and, more important to the de
tectives, a copy of the War Cry. One of
the burglars had also his band cut.
Their next job was in the pawnshop of
G. Abrams, 77y Mission street, where they
stole a quantity of clothing and jewelry
and several revolvers. This was on
April 13.
On April 19 they broke into the store of
George W. Shreve, gunsmith, 739 Market
street, and stole about $800 worth of guns,
revolvers, fishing-tackle and other articles.
Their last job was on April 20, when
they entered the photographic gallery of
D. Sewell, WMy 2 Market street. They
pried open the money-drawers, but got
nothing for their trouble. Then they pro
cured a ladder, which was on the roof of
the building, and by it climbed down to the
roof of the adjacent building, No. 1020, oc
cupied by Mrs. Lewis aa a furnishing
store. They broke the transom and en
tered the store. They had knocked off the
safe combination, when they were ap
parently frightened off, as nothing had
been taken from the safe.
Detectives Bee and Harper were detailed
by the Chief to find the burglars. From
the fact that a copy of the War Cry had
been left in Lichtenstein's store, the detec
tives suspected that the burglars had some
connection with the Salvation Army.
Policemen Ryan, Moriarity and Murrin
were detailed to shadow som» men who
followed on the skirts of the army and
were known to be the associates of thieves.
These men had been seen hanging around
pawnshops.
Bee and Harper recovered a portion of
the stolen property, and from the descrip
tion of the two men who pawned it they
were satisfied they knew the burglars.
The three police officers were accordingly
instructed to arrest them, which was done
on Saturday night.
They gave their names as John Howard
and Frank Barlane, alias C. E. Seymore,
and said they were both strangers to the
city.
Early yesterday morning the officers
ascertained that the two men roomed in a
lodging-house on Stevenson street, near
Third. The room was searched and a
large quantity of the proceeds of the burg
laries was found ami taken to the City
Prison. They stole altogether about $2000
worth of goods.
Howaro is a man about 30 years of age.
He is an Englishman and says he came
here from the East in 187t>. Since then he
has spent most of his time in Tuolumne
County in the lumber camps. He met
Barlane, alias Seymore, two or three weeks
ago in the Salvation Army mission on
Grant avenue. Barlane is about 20 years
of age and looks the cleverer of the two.
He Bay* ho. came here from St. Louis in
IHB7 and followed the sea. He has been in
the city since last Thanksgiving day.
I There is an article on this market seldom
equaled and never excelled— Jesse Moore Whis
key. Moore, Hunt & Co. guarantees its purity.*
TWO BRAVE YOUNG GIRLS.
They Thwart the Bold Plans
of a Would-Be Kid
naper.
TRIED TO STEAL HIS SON.
The Boy, a Nephew of Alice Niel
sen, Given to His Little
Protectors.
Little May Kingsbury, the niece of Alice
Nielsen, a pretty opera-singer, is at pres
ent the heroine of the Hotel Langham.
Though only 13 years old she accomplished
by her bravery and perseverance what
many mature women would not have had
the courage to undertake. This was the
prevention of the kidnaping of her three
year-old cousin, Tommy Gavin, by his
father, Thomas J. Gavin.
Gavin's wife separated from him some
six months ago. Mrs. Gavin was given
the custody of the child by the court, the
only provision being that it should rot be
taken from the city.
Later Mrs. Gavin, who is also a singer
and is known on the stage as Hortense
Nielsen, joined C. W. Pyke's Opera Com
pany. She is now on the road doing the
Brave Little May Kingrsbury.
[From a photograph.]
"northern route." In her absence her
sister Alice and her mother have assumed
the care of the child, whom they have
grown to regard almost as their own.
The youngster was taken out for the first
time in months on Friday afternoon. He
was in charge of his cousin, May Kings
bury, who, though 13 years old, does not
look more than 10, and Ettie Robinson, a
friend of the same age. Evidently the
father had been waiting for them for they
had gone only a short distance when he
ran up behind and seized the boy, attempt
ins: to carry him to a hack that stood wait
ing.
The little girls cried for him to stop.
"I want my boy," was the answer.
"He's not your's," cried little Miss
Kingsbury. "He's my grandma's boy."
She ran to her little cousin's aid, but was
roughly thrown to the sidewalk. Nothing
daunted she sprang to her feet and ran at
Gavin, catching her little cousin by the
feet and screaming for help.
The other little girl caught the would-be
kidnaper's coattails with one hand and
beat a lively tattoo on his back with her
little list, as she also screamed. The fright
ened baby joined in the clamor ana a
crowd gathered.
Among them were two policemen. The
story of the little girls made the officers
demand of Gavin his authority for taking
the child. By the order of court which he
showed, they saw that the child had been
given to the mother. But as the father
would not release the youngster, the offi
cers took Gavin, little Tommy and the two
girls before Judge Murphy, by whom the
order had been made.
In the meantime Gracie Plaisted had
leached the street just in time to see the
queerly assorted crowd disappear. She
ran back and told Miss Nielsen's mother.
The latter promptly proceeded to faint
and was prostrated with anxiety ana grief,
as she thought the baby had been struck
by a cable-car and was being carried to the
hospital.
She did not recover till the little girls
came home an hour later with little
Tommy safe and sound. They had been
before the Judge and told their story. He
grasped the situation at once. He saw
that Gavin, who refused to give up the
child, was under the influence of liquor.
Asking the man to step into another room
to look up the records of the case, he sent
the baby home with its two little pro
tectors. Now Baby Gavin is safely domi
ciled with his grandmother.
BACK TO HIS AUNT,
The Court Orders the Father of the
Collius Child to Let It
Alone.
The custody of the child, John Henry
Collins, was awarded Saturday to his aunt,
Mr 9. Congdon, by Judge Bahrs. The
father, who had taken the boy from her on
Thursday, was told to let his sister and his
son alone.
When the habeas corpus proceedings
came up the aunt was present and was
allowed temporary possession of the child,
which it seemed to enjoy. Afterward, how
ever, the father forcibly took possession,
hurrying from the room. He only retained
the child until the afternoon.
Mrs. Congdon gave the following ex
planation: "The boy is nine years old
and has been in my care for five years. I
have treated him a? one of my own child
ren. His father, my brother, gave me a
written contract, in which he allowed me
to l:»ve full control. His father wanted
that ne should not know who his mother
was. So it was necessary for me to tell the
child that. I would be a mother to him, at
which he signified much pleasure.
"I have learned that the father forcibly
possessed himself of the child while the
boy was returning from school last Thurs
day. I did not learn where he was until
yesterday. His father is not able to take
care of him and I am."
This statement her daughter, Miss L. H.
Congdon, substantiated, adding also that
during the last two years her mother had
given the boy's father about $1000.
Judge Bahrs thought that the father had
hot taken possession of the child for its
best interests, and accordingly gave it back
to its aunt, who will at once proceed to
adopt the boy.
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Robbed a Printing Office.
At 3 o'clock yesterday morning two men en
tered the office of the California Catholic, at
934 Howard street, through its rear entrance
by a small alleyway from N'atoma street. In
the back room of the building a colored porter
named Jackson wns sleeping. One of the men
stood over him with a club and his confederate
went into the printing office, took all the type
in the naes, dumped them on the floor and
"pied" all standing matter on the stone. They
then took a bottle of benzine and scattered it
all over the premises, after which they took a
number of valuable papers from a desk. The
burglars escaped through the frontdoor, which
the pried open. Some twenty cases of type
were destroyed, and the estimated damage is
$500. Henry I. Fisher, the editor and pub
lisher, stated last evening that despito the
burglary the paper will appear as usual next
Saturday.