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THEY TRIED TO DIE
The Repeated Efforts of
Mother and Son to
Commit Suicide.
THE CAUSE WAS POVERTY
Arthur H. Dodge Planned De
liberately, but Failed in
Execution.
BOTH EXPECTED TO LIVE.
Wrote Letters to Friends Then Swal
lowed Several Doses of Mor
phine and Chloroform.
Arthur H. Dodge, a printer by trade, one
time editor and owner of the San Miguel
Courier, and well known in this City from
his connection with publishing enter
prises and his activity in reform move
ments, made several determined efforts to
take his life Wednesday night and yester
day at his home in San Rafael.
He is a single man and lives with his
mother. She not only approved the tragic
plan, but joined him in the effort to cross
the life line.
The intimation of the intended suicide
was contained in two letters which reached
this City yesterday evening. They were
addressed to well-known persons, who im
mediately set about to verify the state
ments made in them and to prevent, if
possible, the double suicide.
What the letters contained was found to
be true enough, but the efforts to stop the
rash act came too late. Already the poison
had been taken— repeated doses of mor
phine and chloroform— and it was only
fate that intervened and kept the would-be
suicides alive.
At half-past 6 o'clock Wednesday even
ing both the mother and son began their
tragic work. It was very deliberately
planned, but not so well executed. Aside
from these two letters, both of which were
mailed so as to reach this City nearly
twenty-four hours after the suicide, no
other intimation of their intentions was
given.
At the hour named Wednesday night
both swallowed rive grains of morphine
and then lay down to die.
The dose was too large, it seems, or the
stomachs o* the despondent ones too weak
to hold the drug long enough for it to
assimilate and enter the circulation.
A few hours later both regained con
sciousness and began vomiting violently.
"It was nearly 10 o'clock when we awoke
and began throwingoff the poison, "Arthur
Dodge told friends that went to see him !
last evening.
''Ail night long we suffered tortures and !
vomited at intervals, but the death we i
prayed for would not come. There was no
more poison in the house to take, and if
there had been, we were both too sick and
weak to have gone after it. So we must
lie still and suffer, hoping for the end that
would not come."
In the morning the son was strong
enough to get up. He went to the drug
store and purchased a bottle of chloroform.
This was just before noon.
Again mother and son tried what they
fGndly hoped would bring oblivion with it.
But again the vomiting commenced, this
time sooner than before. The poison re
fused to do its work.
At 2 o'clock Arthur Dodge went againto
the drugstore and bought more chloroform.
But even this failed. Life was hard to
drive away. Later in the afternoon, real
izing that it was useless to make a further
attempt with the means at hand, Dodge
set about to save his mother's life.
"I would have purchased prussic acid or
something like that," Dodge explained
last evening to his friend, "but I could not
secure that at the drugstore without a pre
scription. I thought the morphine would
be enough. I planned badly, after all."
Mrs. Dodge was in a very critical condi
tion when young Dodge decided not to
make any further attempts to die. His
own efforts to bring her back to conscious
ness were unavailing.
He called in Mrs. Gouldey, the landlady.
This was the first intimation she had of
tragedy oeing enacted in her house. Mrs.
Gouldey called in a physician, and after a
iew hours' work with the stomach-pump
and counteracting remedies he left Mrs.
Dodge in a very weak condition, but said
he thought she would live.
Supervisor R. Kinsella was notified, and
he made preparations to have the mother
and son, both of whom are very weak and
ill, taken to the Marin County Hospital
this morning.
In many ways this attempt at a double
TOicide is remarkable. The first intimation
of it came from this City. Last evening
two well-known citizens of San Francisco
rushed with all haste to the telephone and
made frantic efforts to communicate with
the man who had notified them of his in
tended suicide.
Alter many efforts they succeeded in get
ting a mutual friend at San Rafael to go to
Mrs. Gouldey's residence and tell Arthur
Dodge that he was wanted at the telephone
immediately on most vital business. The
boats had stopped running till late at
nieht, ana there was no way to reach San
Rafael short of chartering a tug. Tele
grams were sent, but these elicited no
answer.
Finally the mutual friend performed his
errand and returned to the telephone to
answer that "Dodge is too weak and sick
to leave his bed. He took poison last night
and again to-day. His mother is in a
critical condition. Both of them tried to
end tlieir lives."
And why did Arthur Dodge and Mrs.
Dodge seek death?
Poverty, is the answer.
But Dodge's own words, as contained in
the letters that reached this City last even
ing, best tell the story. In one of these he
writes :
San Rafael, Aug. 21, '95.
My Dear Friend: I've been drawing nothing
but blanks for the past two years, so I have
decided to leave it all and give up the struggle.
* * * I regret exceedingly that I can't pay
you that $5, but I leave about 500 books in the
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Good-by, my dear friends, the first to encour
age and assist me in San Miguel and the first
to do anything for me in my present troubles.
Very sincerely, Arthur 11. Dodge.
Later— My "last wish is that my few friends
will not throw away any money in defraying
our funeral expenses. If Single Taxers have
any money to spare let it be put into the Dela
ware campaign. My hypocritical, mercenary,
wealthy relatives can well afford to do this.
A. H. D.
The omitted portions in the above letter
contain references to purely personal and
altogether immaterial matters. In the
following letter Dodge discusses, in the ab
stract, the question and the causes of
suicide. He writes:
San Rafael, Cal., August 21. 1895.
My Dear Friend: * * * If you speak of this
aflair of mine kindly state that it is not due to
"despondency," hut a series of misfortunes.
A terrible drought, a panic and the foreclosure
of a mortgage striking me simultaneously, to
gether with failure to find employment,
renders this deed necessary. And suicides will
increase until every man and woman capable
of thinking about matters other than their
own petty affairs grapple with the social prob
lem, which, as some one truly says, is "the
man out of a job." Fifty years ago there was
no "labor question," because no involuntary
idle labor. Then is not the idle labor question
the idle land question? Yours very truly,
Arthur 11. Dodge.
Several years ago Dodge purchased the
San Miguel Courier, and conducted it ably
until two succeeding dry seasons brough*
the farmers and merchants of his district
to such a pass that they could not support
the journal.
Then Dodge sold out for what he could
get. or was sold out by the Sheriff. Any
way he secured some Ocean View lots in
exchange for relinquishing his newspaper
property. These were not worth much,
and he had long since disposed of the last
one before he reached the extremity that
made him court the inevitable that other
men shrink from and fear.
He was an active and enthusiastic single
tax advocate and the author of a book
called "The Socialist: Popular Errors."
He worked as a printer in this City, off
and on, quite recently, and spent most of
his time here. He is about 27 years of age
and comes of a good family in the East.
His health has been none the best for
some time past, and it is thought by his
friends in this City— by those who cannot
see a sufficient reason for the act in the
cause assigned by Dodge himself— that it
was a state of mind produced by his ill
health which brought him to make such
determined attempts to end his life.
Dodge is very well known in this City,
not only among the single taxers, but also
among the printers and publishers. They
speak well of him, and deplore what they
call his rash act. But evidently, from the
manner in which it was planned, it was
anything but rash.
lie has many friends here who would
readily have tided him over temporary
financial difficulties, but from some of
these Dodge had already borrowed. He
saw nothing ahead, so tried to die, but the
fates would not permit it.
The latest reports from Pan Rafael last
night was that Dodge would surely recover
and that Mrs. Dodge was yet very low and
in a critical condition.
PACIFIC CABLE SCHEME
An Important Meeting of Pro-
moters to Be Held
To-Day.
Z. S. Spalding, Who Recently Se
cured the Hawaiian Franchise,
Will Speak.
An important meeting, at which the Pa
cific cable scheme will be discussed, will be
held at the Chamber of Commerce this
afternoon.
Yesterday Colonel Z. S. Spalding, who
recently obtained a subsidy and an exclu
sive franchise from the Hawaiian Govern
ment for an ocean cable connecting the
United States and the islands, had a long
conference with General W. H. Dimond,
and the result was an agreement for a
meeting of the directors of the Pacific
Cable Company this afternoon at 2 o'clock.
The directors of the home corporation
are: Hugh Craig, W. H. Dimond, George
P. McNear, E. T. Allen, Louis Sloss Jr., L.
Parrott, E. B. Pond, M. Bishop, W. T.
Schenck, W. J. Adams, A. G. Hawes and
Colonel Taylor.
The bill granting this company a fran
chise was passed by the House of Repre
sentatives at the last session of Congress,
but failed to pass the Senate.
At the meeting this afternoon Colonel
Spalding will probably make a full and
comprehensive statement to the trustees
of the company relative to the exclusive
franchise which he obtained and the sub
sidy which he expects from the Hawaiian
Government. The question is one of so
much importance to the people of San
Francisco in particular that the Pacific
Cable Company's trustees will, it is said,
earnestly request a frank statement of all
the facts" in detail.
The Hawaiian Consul in San Francisco,
C. T. Wilder, sailed for Honolulu yester
day on the steamship Mariposa. Prior to
his departure he had an extended inter
view with Colonel Spalding. It is under
stood that his sojourn at the islands will be
brief.
Ex-Minister Thuraton is the attorney
for Z. S. Spalding.
FROM GENTILE TO JEW.
Rededicatory Services Held by Congre
gation Tifferes Israel at St.
Paul's Mission.
St. Paul's Church, on Mission street,
near Fifth, will be rededicated on Sunday.
The building has been rented by the Con
gregation Tifferes Israel, which formerly
worshiped in a hall at 1036 Folsom street.
Rabbi A. Hersoyitch of that congregation
will be assisted in the dedication ceremony
by Miss Ray Frank, who will give the
inaugural sermon. Music will be provided
by seventeen children from the Jewish
Orphan Asylum.
The hour of the dedicatory or inaugural
service has been fixed at o p. M. for the con
venience of the large number of Hebrews
to whom invitations to be present have
been sent.
Although the conversion of a Christian
place of worship into one for Jewß is some
what novel, the exercises on Sunday will
differ in no way from those used in the
inaugural service of a new synagogue.
The basement of the church was for
merly used for a mission school, and an
effort will be made to establish a perma
nent Hebrew school in those quarters
under the direction of the Congregation
Tifferes Israel.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1895.
ONE MORE JUROR SECURED
The Ninth Man Sworn In Yes-
terday to Try the Dur
rant Case.
DURRANT AND HIS EVIDENCE.
More Than Likely That the Defend
ant May Testify In His Own
Behalf.
THE DURRANT CASE IN A MINUTE-BRIEF
REVIEW OF THE PROCEEDS GS.
One more juror, the ninth, was secured in
the Durrant case yesterday in the person of
Warren Dntton, a retired merchant, residing
at 1328 California street. The morning session
was without peculiar incident, except in secur
ing the additional juror. During the after
noon session the defense exhausted its ninth
peremptory challenge in the dismissal of Peter
Lynch. Some interest was created in questions
put by Mr. Deuprey to two of the veniremen,
which led to the general beliel that it was the
intention of the defense to put Durrant him-
THE NEW JUROB IN THE DUBBANT CASE.
self on the stand. Seen later, counsel for the
defendant were not prepared to state just what
they intended doing in this regard.
The knife brought by Constable Palmer from
Walnut Creek, supposed by him to have been
lost by Durrant while camping in the barn on
the Moses ranch, turns out not to be Durrant's
at all. It is the property of Captain G. C.
Boardman of the signal corps, who was the
lieutenant when the trip to Mount Diablo was
taken, and has been identified and claimed by
him. The stains upon the blade are rust and
not blood. Captain Boardman purchased the
knife from Jonn Todt of 116 Leidesdorff street.
The newest thing in the hunt for wit
nesses and evidence in the Durrant case
cropped up in a general way yesterday
afternoon. A fairly well authenticated
rumor was current in the neighborhood of
Emmanuel Baptist Church that an ex
pressman had driven up to the church on
Saturday morning last and driven away
shortly afterward with a suspicious-look
ing bundle, at once supposed to be bloody
clothes cast off by the fiend who had so
murderously desecrated the church.
The first person prominently connected
with the Durrant case to hear of.it was Mr.
Voqel, father of the dentist in whose house
the Christian Endeavorers of^Emmanuel
Church held their meeting on the night
Minnie Williams was murdered. He at
once notified Detective Seymour.
He was first told of the circumstance by
Mr. Spalding of 405 Castro street. The
latter gave him the name of the express
man as Watson, residing on Turk street.
As the story goes, the expressman drove
up to the church at 8:15 and took from the
edifice two bundles, supposed to have con
tained clothing. Where he deposited the
bundles has not been stated.
The Dolice attach little importance to
the story. The expressman, it is under
stood, does not know Durrant.
Policeman Michael Murphy was seen at
the church last night, where he was on
duty. He said that no bundle of clothing
or any other article was taken from the
church or. Saturday during the hours he
was on duty there.
"I went on at 6:30 a. m. on Saturday,"
he said, "and I was relieved at about 2
o'clock in the afternoon by Policeman
Norton. No one came into the church on
Saturday, and there was no expressman
nor express wagon about the church. I am
sure there was no bundle taken out on
that or any other day that I have been on
duty here."
Policeman Norton said he went on duty
at the church shortly after 2 o'clock.
"Saturday was drill day," said Norton,
"and I was late relieving Murphy. 1
should have been there at 12, but was not
there till after 2 o'clock. lam positive no
bundle of clothing was taken from the
church that nor any other day that I was
on duty, nor did I see an express wagon or
expressman about there.
"I had been off the Emmanuel Church
watch two or three weeks and was recently
put on again. I remember that when I
was there betore there was a big bundle of
table-linen tnere, and it is not in view now.
If it has been removed it was not removed
while I was on duty."
NINE JURORS IN THE BOX.
One More Citizen Secured to Try
Theodore Durrant.
The traces of his recent illness were
plainly visible on Judge Murphy's face
when he took his seat on the bench in De
partment 3 yesterday morning to direct
the search for jurors in the Durrant case.
The courtroom was filled with veniremen,
who had responded in large numbers to
the Sheriff's summons, while that portion
of the room beyond the rail was crowded
with fair, spectators. The outside corri
dors were jammed with people clamoring
for admission, among them being many
absolute youngsters. Deputy Hughes
could not see now the little ones could be
benefited by attendance at the trial, and he
gave them a fatherly flight-about which
will probably keep them away in future.
"Dick" McDonald was on hand with his
cases and his attorney, Judge Darwin, and
as soon as court was rapped to order, Dis
trict Attorney Barnes arose and addressed
the court concerning them.
"In the case of McDonald, your
Honor," he said, "I would suggest that it
be continued till some other day when it
can be set."
"I do not think there is any probability
of this case being heard. Ido not care to
have trie McDonald case brought in this
department for some time to come," said
his Honor.
"I ask then," said the District Attorney,
"that it be ordered off the calendar, to be
transferred to some other department."
The court so ordered and "Dick"
McDonald and his cases wafted out of the
department forever.
After the jurors in the box had answered
to their names the court ordered the call
of the citizens who had been summoned
on the venire. The responses were liberal,
and his Honor was so well impressed by
this omen that he was a little less severe
in his laying down of the law of excuses
than usual.
"All those gentlemen who wish to be
excused will please come forward," he
said, and the usual spectacle of the whole
courtroom rising as one man was pre
sented, giving his Honor the daily oppor
tunity of springing his pet ioke about the
anxiety citizens were displaying to do
their duty. Fully three score of them
marched up in line to pour their tales of
woe into the judicial ear and about
twenty of them were let off, and the real
effort to secure jurors was begun.
Henry Michaels was the first venireman
sworn. He testified that he had no con
scientious scruples against the infliction of
the death penalty, but was certain that he
would not vote to hang a man on circum
stantial evidence. He was challenged by
the prosecution and excused. J. C. Bour
win was excused for the same reason.
L. Daly was challenged by the prosecu
tion and excused for the reason that he
had an opinion which would take evidence
to remove. The challenge was allowed.
Warren Button of 13^ California street,
a retired morchant.was next taken in hand
by the District Attorney. He answered
all the questions of the prosecution satis
factorily, stating that he knew neither the
defendant nor any member of the family.
In answer to questions by Mr. Deuprey he
stated that he had read what purported to
be the testimony taken before the police
magistrate and had formed an opinion as
to the guilt or innocence of the defendant.
"Have you that opinion now?" asked
Mr. Deuprey.
"I have," was the answer.
"Is it of a very positive nature?"
"Well, until I hear the evidence in the
case I have that opinion yet."
"Would you be in that state of mind
that it would require strong evidence to
.remove your opinion before you could be
in an impartial state of mind as to this
charge?"
"I think I could lay the opinion aside
and hear the evidence," was the reply.
•'And be guided by the evidence and that
alone?"
"And that alone."
"You would endeavor as best you knew
how to cast this impression aside and be
guided solely by the evidence?"
"I would."
"And take the instructions of the courf
as to the nature and character of the law
that should guide you in weighing the evi
dence?"
"Yes, sir."
In answer to further questions Mr.
Dutton stated that he viewed circum
stantial evidence, if it was connected, as
the very best form of evidence. He recog
nized, however, the liability of perjury and
the wrong inferences a juror was likely to
draw from such a class of evidence. He
was also firmly of opinion that circum
stantial evidence should be taken with the
greatest amount of caution.
"Mr. Dutton," said the District At
torney, "if by the evidence presented to
you here in court you become satisfied of
the guilt of this defendant would you find
your verdict accordingly and not be swayed
from your verdict by any feeling of sym
pathy or sentiment or compassion for this
defendant or any member of his family ?"
"No, sir," was the reply.
"And if," said Mr. Deuprey, "after you
were sworn as a juryman and your eyes
should light upon "the headlines of an
article in the newspapers that seemed to
be against the defendant, or if there was
any possible influence suggested through
the Police Department, you would not be
swayed either, would you?"
"No, sir," said the witness.
"Gentlemen," said his Honor, "what do
you say to Mr. Dutton? The people's
challenge first."
"We are satisfied," said Mr. Barnes for
the prosecution.
Mr. Deuprey then asked the yenireman
if he were not acquainted with Judge
Thompson. Mr. Dutton replied that he
was through some litigation in a Petaluma
bank in which Judge Thompson had rep
resented a Mr. Van Doren, who had evi
dently been opposed to Mr. Dutton. This,
however, tie replied in answer to a ques
tion, would not influence him in weighing
the evidence in the case.
"We are content with Mr. Dutton," said
Mr. Deuprev.
"Swear the juror," said Judge Murphy,
and the ninth man raised his nand and
was duly sworn to try the case.
Charles Gay stated that he had a very
decided opinion on the case, and was chal
lenged by the defense. The challenge was
allowed.
C. Nobman was challenged and excused
on the same ground, as was also C. A.
Castner. S. Mendelbaum, J. B. Whitney,
W. D. Hogro and A. H. Aubin.
F. L. McCormick and A. Meyer stated
that they would not consent to a verdict
involving a hanping where the evidence
was circumstantial. They we both chal
lenged by the prosecution and excused.
E. W. Butcher was excused by reason of
the fact that he had a strong opinion on
the case; and G. O. Staacke because he
would not hang a man on circumstantial
evidence.
H. H. Hartmann stated that he had such
an opinion on the case that strong evidence
would be required to remove it. He was
challenged by the State and excused,
whereupon the court took a recess until
2 o'clock.
The courtroom was cleared and a rush of
people was made to the stairway to see
the prisoner come out on his way to the
jail. For an hour, some of them waited,
but he failed to appear. He was safely
guarded in the ante-chamber to the court
eating the lunch ordered for him by his
father, safe from prying eyes till court re
onveued. This concession was granted
by the Sheriff as a means of baffling the
too utterly curious, and will be taken
advantage of during the trial.
The hunt- for jurors was renewed with
vigor when court convened after recess,
the fact that one more juror had been
secured in the morning adding new in
terest to the work.
C. H. Cohen was excused ny the State on
account of his conscientious scruples on
inflicting the death penalty.
Charles Dumont was passed by the
prosecution and challenged by the defense
because he said he thought the opinion
he had formed would require evidence to
remove it. In response to questions by
the court he said it was not a positive
opinion, but it could not be changed with
out evidence. The defendant's challenge
wns allowed.
M. J. Kern was excused by the State be
cause of his opinion.
N. Kitzmuller required considerable ex
planation of the theory of circumstantial
evidence. He said he could hang a man
on such evidence. He was passed by the
State, but, in answer to questions by the
defense, stated that he had an opinion and
was excused on that ground.
J. Bremer was excused by the defense
for his opinion.
N. Gallinger said he could not convict
on circumstantial evidence where the
Eenalty might be death. He was excused
y the State.
C. M. Arnold was excused by the de
fense on the ground that he had an opin
ion.
N. Wynne said he had given the case a
great deal of attention and did not believe
he could sit as a fair and impartial juror.
He was excused by the prosecution.
Peter Lynch Droved satisfactory to the
State, but was examined critically by the
defense. He said he was acquainted with
members of the Police Department and
though he had not read all the newspaper
statements concerning the case he had
heard it discussed and heard some very
strong opinions expressed. Yet he said
he had formed no opinion of the guilt or
innocence of the defendant.
"Would you be willing to be tried by
twelve men in the same frame of mind as
your own?" asked Mr. Deuprey.
"I would," was the prompt reply.
"You take and read The Call, Chronicle,
Examiner and the rest of the papers, do
you not?"
"No ; I take The Call and Post— with the
Monitor."
"Did you read the articles concerning
this case printed in the papers last week?
"No; I saw the Judge's charge and was
careful what I read."
"You are positive that you could try
this case?"
"Yes, I could."
Mr. Lynch was passed for the time, and
the court informed the District Attorney
that Mr. Lynch was then subject to per
emptory challenge. Mr. Barnes expressed
satisfaction with him after considerable
consultation with Captain Lees. The de
fense exercised the peremptory privilege
and fxcused Mr. Lynch.
Thiee more names were drawn from the
round box and the examination was re
sumed.
J. Miller said he was opposed to the
death penalty in any case, and upon being
questioned by Judge Murphy, expressed
the opinion that convicted persons, no
matter what the crime, should be pun
ished in life and be permitted to live that
they might be punished. He was ex
cused.
C. Klopstock was challenged by the State
because he was conscientiously opposed to
the death penalty on circumstantial evi
dence. He declared he did not believe in
circumstantial evidence. He was excused.
H. H. Hogan answered the questions
with a promptness and clearness of tone,
so unlike anything that had been heard
for many, many hours, that Judge Murphy
seemed surprised and greatly pleased. He
was excused as promptly by the defense,
when he said it Would require strong evi
dence to remove the opinion that he had
formed and still possessed.
It. C. Cunningham lent a deafened ear
to the District Attorney, and Mr. Barnes
was obliged to shout in a loud voice:
"You think you would not make a good
juror on account of your opinion ?"
"I think not."
"Mr. Cunningham," said Judge Mur
phy, in a still small voice, "you are ex
cused."
Mr. Cunningham passed from the box,
and the Judge in a court whisper re
marked, "He heard that."
John Connor proved satisfactory to the
State. When he was asked by Mr. teu
prey if he would be willing to be tried by
twelve men of the same mind as his own,
he hesitated, but finally said:
"There is nothing to hinder me from
giving this defendant a fair and impartial
trial."
Mr. Connor had about shown himself
qualified to sit when he recalled a circum
stance in which Mrs. Thompson, wife of
one of counsel for the defense, had made
an impression on his mind, yet he would
feel it a duty to act fairly. Mrs. Thomp
son had told him something in Durrant's
favor, he said, and while he would divest
his mind of whatever opinion he might
possess, yet he did not really feel that he
ought to try the case.
Mr. Barnes re-examined and challenged
him. The court then took him in hand,
and again Mr. Deuprey examined Him. He
stated that Mrs. Thompson had told him
she knew Durrant and knew he was in
nocent, and the impression of her state
ment was still in his mind.
The challenge was allowed.
George Kamerer was excused by the de
fense on account of his opinion.
R. R. Raphael said he had an opinion,
and was excused by the State.
J. Fields stated that he was not on the
assessment roll and was excused.
J. Fiegel stated that he had conscientious
scruples against the infliction of the death
penalty. He was excused by the State.
W. H. Lemon was excused by the State.
He stated that it would require strong evi
dence to remove his opinion.
J. M. Goey was easily passed by the pros
ecution, but he proved unsatisfactory to the
defense because he said he would not give
the same weight to the testimony of a per
son charged with crime as to other wit
nesses.
"You take it that a person is guilty be
cause he is charged with a crime,"*said
Mr. Deuprey.
"No; but if he is an interested party I
would look upon his evidence with more
doubt."
Besides that Mr. Goey said he had formed
an opinion. He was excused on defend
ant's challenge.
E. H. Knight said he had served as a
juror many times, had no conscientious
scruples as to the death penalty and no
prejudice against circumstantial evidence.
He was passed by the State. In answer to
questions of Mr. Deuprey he said that he
aid not consider newspaper reports as evi
dence, and that the opinion he had formed
was based on the merits of the case as he
considered it. In reference to the testi
mony of a person charged with a crime, he
said:
"In a case of this kind I would not give
as much weight to his testimony as to
other witnesses."
"Suppose," said Mr. Deuprey, "a dozen
witnesses corroborated the defendant's
testimony?"
"Then his innocence would be estab
lished by the dozen witnesses."
Mr. Knight said it would require evi
dence to remove the opinion he had
formed of the guilt or innocence of the
defendant in this case, and he was excused
by the defense.
P. Bethelheim and L. H. Eckart were ex
cused for th<»ir opinions.
W. S. Rainey was passed by the State.
In answer to Mr. Deuprey he said he
thought circumstantial evidence was a
good form of evidence. He said he would
consider evidence of identification with a
good deal of caution as he had been mis
taken for his brother, Samuel Rainey, a
number of times.
In regard to the question of reasonable
doubt and the instructions of the court Mr.
Rainey was not satisfactorily clear and the
State consented to the challenge of the de
fense and he was excused.
J. J. Hauser and J. Abraham both said
they had opinions and were excused.
G. Gibbe said he had never received a
tax notice and was not on the last assess
ment roll. He was excused.
The court then admonished the jurors in
the usual form and an adjournment was
taken till 10 o'clock this morning.
FORGERY IS THE CHARGE
Ciprlco Is Accused of Imitat
ing Prior Resident
Certificates.
A CLOSE CONTEST IS EXPECTED.
Stidgrer, the Government Witness,
Reveals AM the Facts In
the Case.
Ferdinand D. Cinrico was on trial in the
United States District Court yesterday.
He is charged with forging and issuing
Chinese residential certificates.
In his opening statement to the jury As
sistant United States District Attorney
Schlesinger said that between October,
1894, and March, 1895, the conspiracy was
formed to forge Chinese certificates. Be
tween the dates named Moses Greenwald,
Max Katzauer and H. L. Foss told 0. P.
Stidger, who was at that time in Govern-
BERT SCHELSINGER LAYS DOWN THE LAW.
ment employ, that it would be profitable
to engage in the manufacture of certificates
to be sold to unregistered Chinese.
Stideer was the only witness examined
yesterday, and among other things he told
of Katzauer's connection with the matter.
In fact, according to him, Katzauer had
more to do with the whole transaction
than any other man in the gang. "Kats
zauer," said the witness, "had some
friends in the north who were doing a
thriving business with the Chinese, and he
was satisfied that a great number of forged
certificates could be sold to them. Ac
cording to him (Katzauer) there were at
least 30,000 unregistered Chinese in the
United States, and it would be the easiest
thing in the world to supply them with
bogus certificates.
"Shortly afterward a Chinese named
Louie was introduced to Ciprico by Kat
zauer," continued the witness. "The lat
ter had by this time received the forged
certificates and was ready for business.
They were shown to Louie and he pro
nounced them as good as the genuine
article and promised to secure all the
photographs of unregistered Chinese he
possibly could.
'•At this time Mr. Foss became an active
partner in the scheme. Being an old
friend of Ciprico he was at once taken into
the fold. He brought a Chinese named
Sing Fat along with him, as he said he
(Sing Fat) could obtain 400 photographs
of Chinese who had not registered. In the
meantime the printing of the certificates
had been arranged for in British Columbia
and all that remained to be done was the
forging of the names of Collector of Inter
nal Revenue O. M. Welburn and Deputy
Thomas P. Cusick.
"A man named Grant came from Vic
toria, B. O.| with 400 of the fraudulent cer
tificates last December and after they had
been signed and sealed they were handed
over to Foss. They were shown to the
gang and pronounced a good job. Kat
zauer was the man who was to handle them
in Chinatown, but he was afraid, so I was
deputed to act for him."
Later on Ciprico took the matter into his
own hands and Stidger took up his role as
Government detective. The price set upon
the certificates was $250 for unregistered
males and $600 for unregistered females.
The conspirators had a full supply of blank
certificates and over 6000 photographs of
unregistered Chinese which they had se
cured before the Federal authorities
swooped down on them.
Stidger was on the stand all day and
Carroll Cook, the attorney for the prisoner,
contented himself with taking notes. Once
or twice he noted an exception, but as a
whole he was very unconcerned. After
the court adjourned the Government sud
denly discovered that it wanted Mr. Foss
as a witness. A subpena was accordingly
made out and a TTnited States Deputy
Marshal will start this morning for San
Quentiri to have him in attendance when
the court opens.
AN EDUCATIONAL EXHIBIT
Some Interesting New Fea
tures at the Mechanics'
Institute.
School Children Admitted To-Mor
row and Next Week— Fine Agrl-
cultural Showing:.
The crowds that visit the Mechanics'
Fair are so well distributed by means of
the admirable arrangement of exhibits and
aisles that there is no discomfort, no mat
ter what the number of persons. The ordi
nary stiffness of arrangemeut has been
superseded by an artistic and, in a meas
ure, irregular placing of the exhibits, so
that innumerable small side aisles and
divergent pathways are formed, providing
a network of channels into and through
which the stream of humanity may flow.
This departure in the grouping of ex
hibits is one of the most commendable
features among the novelties at the Me
chanics' Pavilion.
The last addition to the educational de
partment was sent yesterday by Professor
Hilgard of the Agricultural Experiment
Station of the University of California. It
was placed in an advantageous position in
the annex and consists of more than 300
sheaves of all varieties of grain and grasses
arranged about the wall and partitions, a
fine collection of Jforage plants, canaigra
seeds and roots and prepared tunnin,
specimens of coffee, camphor and cinna
mon plants and sugar-cane and beet.
In respecfto quality, number of speci
mens and arrangement it is one of the nn
est agricultural displays ever made in the
State. The art display from the university
occupies considerable space in the art gal
lery, and most of the original designs are
very meritorious. The bulk of this exhibit
is made up of designs and wood-carving,
in which those designs are cleverly carried
out.
To-morrow there will be free admission
to the students of the high schools, on the
following Saturday the University of Cali
fornia and the Leland Stanford University
will be extended the same courtesy. Next
week the pupils of the first grade will be
admitted on some day not yet decided
upon. Thereafter the various grades will
be admitted in their order.
The attendance yesterday was about
3000, the majority of that number tiling
out of the Pavilion as Scheel's band
was playing "Home, Sweet Home."
To-day the musical programme will bo
as follows:
Afternoon— March, "American Ideal" (Horst) ;
overture, "Franz Schubert" (Suppe); waltz,
"Wine.Women and Pong" (Strauss); patrol, "(I.
A. R." (Fassett); fantasia, "La Kamarinskaia"
(Glinka): overture, "The Mason" (Auber);waltz,
"New Vienr.a" (Strauss); "Indian War Dance"
(Bellstedt); grand selection, "Robin Hood" [(De
(Koven): harmonistie polka, "Joys and Sorrows
of Married Life" (Popp).
Evening— March, " Mechanics' Fair " (F.
Scheel); overture, "Ruy Bias" (Mendelssohn);
waltz, "News From Vienna" (Strai ss) ; cava
tina, "Der Freischutz" French hoin solo. ,T.
Reiter; medley overture (new) "On Broadway"
(Beyer) the latest popular melodies: "The Belle
of Avenue A," "I Don't Want to Play in Your
Back Yard," "Pretty Jennie Slattery," "Lindy,
Does You Love Me," "Girl Wanted," "Only One
Girl in This World for Me," "Four A. m. at the
French Ball"; overture, "Comique" (Keler
Bela); waltz, "Dresden Children" (Weiss);
trombone solo (selected) F. K. Tobin; finale
from "Ariele" (Bach); galop, "Carrier Pigeons"
(Sahan).
Free This Week.
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BRANCH STORES EVERYWHERE. ■
SUFFERING WOMAN
And Her Heroic Fortitude to Endure
Will Be the Subject of Professor
Hall's Lecture at Metro-
politan Temple This
P.M.
Onr Disobedience of Nature's Laws — To
Gentlemen Only— This Evening.
Seats Free.
Never before in the history of California
have such remarkable cures been effected
in so short a time as were accomplished by
the HUMAN MAGNETS at Metropolitan
Temple last night.
It was their introduction to the public of
San Francisco, and while the admission
was free still they were greeted by an
audience comprising the better element of
our population, which filled the vast
Temple to overflowing long before the-
hour of opening.
Apparently it seems almost incredible
to state that the paralytic, rheumatic,
deaf, blind and lame, whose infirmities for
years had defied the most learned medical
experts and whose afflictions had been
considered hopeless, were really cured
upon the public stage, and that, too, in a
few moments of time, but that such aston-
ishing cures were positively accomplished
is an incontrovertible fact, as thousands of
our best citizens who were present will
attest.
The successful treatment of chronic dis-
eases by animal magnetism is no longer an
experiment. In thi3 nineteenth century
of progress and enlightenment it is con-
sidered one of the most important discov-
eries known to the medical world, and the
rapidity with which it is being adopted in
all the colleges throughout Europe has no
equal in modern medical research.
This afternoon at 2:30 another demon-
stration will be given to which only ladies
will be admitted. Professor Hall will de-
liver the ladies a private lecture, the sub-
ject of which is. "Suffering woman and her
heroic fortitude to endure."
To-night at 8 o'clock a private lecture
will be delivered to gentlemen only. Sub-
ject: "Our Disobedience of Nature's Laws."
To-morrow, Saturday, from 10 to 11 a. m.
and continuing ail next week, the crippled,
those on crutches, paralytic and rheumatic
will be treated iree on the stage at Metro-
politan Temple.
Dr. Bryant has established permanent
quarters for the Pacific Coast Magnetic
Institute at 930 Market street, where those
who desire consultation, examination and
advice may receive same without cost any
day except Sunday between 10 a. m. and
4 p. m.