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FIESTA AND CARNIVAL FOR POINT RICHMOND Business Men's Committee Plans Big Entertainment for Townspeople and Visitors. POINT RICHMOND, May Sl.-Point Richmond's business men are planning a Sesta and flower carnival for their town. A number of them met in Samuel Curry"3 office last night and chose tho following committee to plan for the fete: J. B. Semorile, chairman; P. M. Dean, \-ice chairman; E. J. Summerfleld, secre tary; J. G. Moitosa, R. H. Curry, B. E. Allen. Charles Greer, Sidney Lewellyn, directors: D. A. Mason, treasurer. Informal discussion of the project among the business men supplied tho committee, with suggestions for tho en tertainment features. Among these will be a flower parade, athletic sports anil bull fight. It Is proposed tbat the affair shall extend over a period .of eight or ten days. The committee has been assured of the support of all the townspeople. ¦ < i Licensed to Marry. OAKLAND, May 31.— Licenses to marry were issued to-day to Claude H. Allen, aged 22. and Clara Isabella Madison, 3S> both of Llvermore; Charles C. Sullingcr, 21, Oakland, and Grace E. Maghel, IS, Sac ramento: Ernest IT. numbers. 3S, and Jennie Hall. 39, both pf San Francisco; Carl M. 'Behr, 38, Oakland, anil Magdu lena Stoniteh. S7. Santa Clara County; George W. Eustice. 23. and Alice Co!e. 21, both of San Francisco; Joseph Oliver Jr., iS. Nlles. and Theresa Brown. . 1}, Oak land: tJeorge I-. Ireland. Zt, and Laura Rodefeld. ll». both of San Francisco; James Jordan. S7, fc'an Francisco, and An nie McLaughlin. C5. Oakland; Hugh u'Keane, over 21, Oakland, and Bridget O'Neill, over IS. Bakersneld. -"•"• : — . > • Blind Pupils' Concert. BERKELEY, May 31.— The annual con cert of the blind pupils of the State insti tution for the deaf, dumb and blind will be given on Friday* afternoon, June 6. at 2 o'clock. On the following Wednesday six graduates of the Institution will re ceive their diplomat. There are at pres ent 220 inmates of the home, of whteli number sixty-three are blind. ¦.-.'¦- New Gun Club to Shoot BERKELEY. May 31.~The recently or, ganized College City Gun Club will hold Its <irst handicap shoot to-morrow on the new range back of North Berkeley. Mer chandise prizes are offered for the com petltiors. - -v^ President Nominates Arm v Men. WASHINGTON. May Sl.-The President to-day sent the following nominations tu the Senate: Army: Colonels to be briga dier generals— Samuel M. WhiUidc ami Sumner H. Lincqln. Infantry: lieuten ant colonels to be colonels— AVilUam Qtiin ton and Jesse C. Chance. Majors to bo lieutenant colonels— Ralph \V. Iloyt ami George H. Cornish. Captains to be.ma jr.rs — Charles H. Boneateel, Lyman W. M. Kenefee, William Lassiter. Charles (j Morton. First lieutenants to be captains- George F\ Baltzell. Edgar T. Contey. Spa born G. Chiles, E. T. Collins and Xvniaii W. Welch. George W. Bh»b?e to b« Recetverof Pub lic Moneys at Orange City, Or. IS PRONOUNCED FORGERY. This bill, certified to as being correct by Commissary Foley and Warden Aguirre, is a forgery of the most pro nounced "type. It was written by the same prison hand that filled out the forged bills of Levi Strauss & Co. whereby a bill of goods for $11213, in cluding nightshirts, was procured by fraud and the State was made to pay for the same Toy- a bogus Item of a bale of cassimere for prison ctothing. The forged bill of Lebenbaum & Co.. dated "May 17, 19—," was written by the same prisoner who filled In the Levi Strauss & Co.'s bills and was done un der direction of officials of San Quen tin prison. The corrupt methods of procedure employed by Warden Aguirre and his skillful staff of prisoners at San Quentin were still further revealed yesterday by an investigation of the transactions with C. Grosjean & Co. and Burtchaell & Co., two of the principal grocery houses of San Rafael. It was at these two stores that Commissary Francis Foley purchased some of the supplies for Aguirre and his dependants and the inquiry yesterday developed that it was on the bills of these firms that the pris oners at the penitentiary were called in to use their skill. Photographic repro ductions of these forged bills are given in to-day's Call. When photographs of bills purporting to be of his firm were shown to E. S. Rake, president of C. Grosjean & Co., he straightway declared that they were not made out by him or any one in his employ. ; He said that Commis sary Foley had applied to him for a number of blank billheads. Foley gave as a reason for his request that he needed the billheads to make out tripli cate copies of each bill in order that one might be kept at the prison and two sent to Sacramento. FORGED GROCERY BILLS. Rake instructed his bookkeeper to furnish the commissary department with billheads, which was accordingly done. From the .evidence which has been obtained.^these bills were secured not for the purpose of making copies as was claimed by Foley but so that the prisoners could more-easily make forged bills to cover up the purchase of other supplies used by Aguirre and his de pendants. Rake said^he was informed that triplicate copies of each bill had to be made so that one could be retained at the prison and two sent to Sacra mento. As a matter of fact only one bill is sent ' to Sacramen to. Why Commissary Foley should demand three copies when only two were necessary is a mystery that could not be explained by Rake. Rake was greatly surprised when he was show : n photographs of the forged bills. One' of these bills was dated Sep tember 1, 1901, and made out for the following items: One ham at 52 48, two rolls of butter at 80 cents, six dozen eggs at 20 cents a dozen, 4 dozen eggs at 20 cents a dozen, one box of pears at $1, one box of apples at $1 25 and one box of peaches at $1. After carefully examining this bill Rake said that with the exception of the date line all the rest of the bill was written by some one who was not in his employ. The writ ing on the forged bills of this firm was done by prisoners. The writing on this bill, however. Is not the only portion of it to excite sus picion. The upper part of the bill, or the head on which Rake said the date line was in the handwriting of his bookkeeper, has been torn from another bill and affixed and pasted on a piece of paper on which were written the items above given. The second photograph of a bill which was presented to Mr. Rake for his in spection was for reventy dozen eggs at IS cents a dozen and two dozen Plymouth Rock roosters at $7 75 per dozen. As in the case of the first bill, Rake also declared this bill was writ ten by some one outside of the firm, ¦with the exception of the date line, "March 25. 1902." He was certain In his assertion that it had never been draft ed by any one" in his employ and-posi tive that he had not drafted it himself. GAVE FOLEY BLANK BILLS. When asked if he ever allowed any of his billheads which were not filled out to be. given to the San Quentin prison commissary' department, ha said: "Yes. In order to save my book keeper's time I instructed him to give them a number of empty billheads. You see they wanted triplicate copies and I thought they could make them out as well as my bookkeeper." In the case of the bill from Burtchaell & Co. the crooked work is even more perceptible than in the case of Gro3 jean's bills. Burtchaell & Co.'s bill m the first instance as made out by Burtchaell, proprietor of the store, was fcr the purchase of thirty dozen eggs at 40 certs a dozen, a total of $12. After the bill passed into the hands of prison officials it was changed. Three . more "items were adilod to \ it, ' making the total $15 30. When T. Finlayson, who is Burtchaell & Co.'s chief clerk, saw the photograph of the bill yesterday he immediately declared that the last three items had been added to it after the bill had been made out by Mr. Burtchaell. The date line and the item for. the thirty dozen of eggs, which were in Burtchaell's hand, were written in rather larg-j firm characters, while the three items which- were subsequently inserted were pasting together of sheets of paper was done in San Quentin prison. The photo graph "of the bill shows where the lower portion was pasted together. •written very lightly and rather closely together and in a hand that is very sel dom employed by a business roan. Tho forged bill was also the work of prison ers at San Quentin. Finlayson stated that Commissary Foley had also requested Burtchaell <<& Co. to give a number of blank billheads, but that the request had been refused* both by himself and Mr. Burtchaeil. Notwithstanding the refusal and the fact that no blank billheads were ever given to the prison commissary depart ment, Finlayson said that on one oc casion one of the men employed In that department showed up at the stora with one of the firm's billheads all filled out. Finlayson said that he was unable to say where the billhead In question had been obtained. As in tha case- of Grosjean & Co. Commissary Foley had always demanded that tha bills be made out in three copies al though but two were necessary. CAN AGUIRRE EXPLAIN? . It will be difficult for "Warden Aguirra and other officials of San Quentin prison to explain why bills purporting to be from the well Jxnown firm, H. S. Crocker Company, have been forged by unfortunate prisoners acting on direc tions, certified to by Aguirre and Foley and foisted on the Board of Prison Di rectors and the Board of Examiners and duly paid. .Inquiry made at the offices of the II. S. Crocker Company elicited the infor mation that in no instance were any of their bill3 to customers written In ink but were always typewritten. The Call to-day reproduces photo graphs of. two bills which are on file at Sacramento, the contents of which were filled in by prisoners at San Quen tin on blank bills of H. S. Crocker Com pany. \ . The information waa given at the of fices of the firm that Commissary Foley had often asked for corrected bills, and when told that it would take some time to make them out, the San Quen tin official would say that he had but a few minutes to catch a boat at the ferry and requested that he be given blank bills and statements, In order .that he might .flJI_ them out himself. Thi3 shows another instance of how bills have been forged at San Quentin on billheads of prominent firms of this city. ; The deliberate juggling of the books and records of San Quentin prison will make it a very difficult task to unravel the fraud, forgery and theft that have been carried on by members of the cor rupt ring that. controls that institution. It is the duty of an impartial investi gating body to spare no expense In cleansing the Augean stables of ths foul mass of corruption and criminality that has grown* up as the result of Gov ernor Henry T. Gage placing his bosom friend, Martin G. Aguirre, in control of the affairs of San Quentin prison. The people demand a thorough investigation of affairs and the swift punishment of the guilty parties, no matter what posi tion they may occupy. Blank Bill=Forms Are First Secured by Trickery From Mercantile Organizations DEMAND FAIR INQUIRY. President It. M. Fitzgerald of the Board of Prison Directors has stateG that no investigation can be held by ihe board until every member is able to be present. The board consists of Gov ernor Gage, ex-officio a. member, R. M. Fitzgerald, president- J. H. Wiikins, li.. T. Devlin, Don Ray and Warren Portor. If the Board of Prison Directors holds the investigation, it must do so in a thorough!> - impartial manner. If any member of the b<>ard, during his term of office, has received as a present or purchased any article made in San Quentin prison by prisoner labor other than jute bags authorized by law, he is disqualified from sitting on the investi gating board and the investigation must therefore be held by other State officials. President Fltzgexald says an investigation can only be held in the presence of all the members of the board. The State Board of Examiners may be also disqualified from holding an in vestigation of the affairs of San Quen tin prison. This official body and the Board of Prison Directors have had iarge numbers of forged bills presented to them and they have been duly pass ed for payment. The Board of Exam iners consists of Governor Gage, the Attorney General and the Secretary of State. When the Governor is absent, the •ecretary of the board, Dan Kevane, votes for the Governor. . - . . . • Gross carelessness could alone permit the foisting of forged bills upon tluj Prison Directors and the Board of Ex aminers. The people of the State, of California are ' entitled to a impartial body of investigators in .the matter of the San Qiientia prison frauds. Justice demands that when the ver* diet is rendered it should say whether the prison Board of Directors and th2 Board of Examiners are to blame for allowing forged bills to be foisted upon them. Th? Board of Directors arid the Beard of Examiners cannot sit in judg ment upon themselves. CANNOT JUDGE THEMSELVES. Justice demands that the investigat ing body should possess judicial power and be absolutely impartial. The in vestigating body should be able J.o •ubpena witnesses? administer oaths and compel the production of the books of firms that have sold supplies to San Quentin prisorL Jr. the course of its Investigations Tho Call has discovered a mass of evidence of fraud, fcrgory and theft at San QueniSn prison that would require many v. ceks to publish in detail. To-day this paper presents further positive proof of its charges that thr» corrupt rills' In control of iian Quenihi prison has Corced prisoners to forge billi and accounts: books and public rccortls have been falsified and altered; luxur ies have been obtained by members of • the ring, and payir.er.t has been made with pubiic funds secured by felony. ¦ Bills at:d aecouius prepnrrd by prison ers have bc-en passerby the Board of Prison Director*, the J3oard. of Exam iners and the State Controller. These bills have beer, duly certified to by Commissary Francis Fo'ey and War den Mfertin G. Aguirre. The cunning hands of r>riEoners were utilized to do the crooked work for th^ members of the corrupt ring that con trols San Qucntin prison. Bill-head.s have be«n cut from genuine bills of business houses and pasted by prisoners to blank paper in order to prepare forged substitute bills and thus Fecurc psyment by the State for unauthorized 'supplies. These supplies of every vari ety, from tabip deJicacira a:id snowy' narcry to silk underwear and ladies' rightgowiiP, have been obtained by fraud arid forgery, not for the usr of prisocers but for the: benefit of Warden M. C Aguirre and his band o* cronies and bosom friends. MANY CRIMES COMMITTED. The people of the State of California have tx-en ciiitated in order that thv! members of thf San «^u«ntin prison ring and their friends might \<;)l in lux ury and drf'ss in stolen finery. To cover up crimes, other crimes have been com mitted. The supplies huvc been charged '¦-¦'¦¦ J - ':-. ' Quentin prison has revealed; a gigantic mass of fraud, forgery and tXeft by State officials. The Call has demonstrated that pris oners sentenced to punishment at San Quentin prison, have been forced by Iheir official guardians to falsify public records and substitute rorged bills, in order that Warden Martin G, Aguirr.:-, the favorite and bosom friend of Gover nor Henry T. Gage, and others of Aguirre's malodorous band, might se cure public funds by felony in order to pay for unauthorized supplies for themselves and their mtimate friends. To-day The Call presents more proof of tne criminal acts of the, ring that controls San Quentin prison. The evi dence secured by this paper discloses the fact that systematic fraud, forgery and theft of public supplies have been carried on by the men in control of San Quentin prison. The vast amount of incriminating data secured by The Call is but an iota compared to what can be uncovered by an official investigation by duiy author ized State officials. When this official investigation is held, as it should be, the revelations will astound the people of the State of California. ¦ .. ,. URTHER invcrtigation by tig The Call of the criminal jjj J acts of the corrupt ring that S , controls the financial affairs -«. and administration of San FOLEY WAS HURRIED. Meyerfeld could not explain how blank bills of his firm had come into the possession of officials and prisoners at San Quentin prison, but the cashier of the firm was able to give the infor mation. He told how Commissary Folcy had often visited the offices of the firm arid .asked" for monthly statement k. When he would say h3 only had a few minute^ to catch his boat at the ferry depot', and the clerks would reply that they did not have time to inake out the bills, Foley would akli. for the blank bills and say he would fill them out liimself. Mr. Meycrfeld stated yesterday that his clerks were fully conversant with the •contract" and "non-contract" goods fiold to San Quentin prison and the articles were always separately billed. -'¦"'. A bill of Lebenbaum & Co. dated February 28. 1902, for $S1 91 shows that it was filled, In by the prisoner who prepared the forged Lev! Strauss it Co.'s bills, that are reproduced to-day by The Call. . This bill :s certified' to as being corrert by Commissary Foley ur.d Warden Aguirre. Another bi'l purporting to be from Lebenbaum t'z Co." is dated March SI, 1001. It is for the. sum of $18 G5. The bill-head was out off a. genuine bill of the firm and was pasted by a prisoner to a, sheet of ruled paper. An inspec tion of the r photograph Knows the right hand corner, of fhe lower part of the bill-head to be loose, clearly dis closing the work, of the prisoner who pasted the bill together. The' bottom , part of this bill chows that still further "We always send the original bill and a duplicate of it." , The 'dui'!icate bill is kept at San Quentjn prison while the original is sent to Sacramento, after being certi fied to. Whep Mr. Meyerfeld was asked if his firm ever gave any of its blank bills to customeYs. he answered: "We would on no account ever give our- blank bills to any one. It would open the door to fraud.:' When Mr. Meyerfeld/saw the photo graphs of the forged bills he at once declared that they were not written by any of the clerks in the employ of his firm. In one case where a bill-head had been cut from a genuine bill of the firm and pasted to a blank sheet of paper by a prisoner who then prepared the forged document, Meyerfeld at once recognized the handwriting of one of his clerks in the date line and the words "Cala. ¦ State Prison, San Quen tin." OBTAINED BLANK BILLS. Inquiries made of L. Lebenbaum & Co.. II. S. Crocker Company and Urosjean & Co. show that Com missary Fbley: had secured blank bills by stating to clerks that the firms had made an error in charging "con tract" and "non-contract" supplies on one bill, or that he desired a monthly statement. Foley was always pressed for time and would state that he had only a few minutes to catch his boat at the ferry depot. When the clerks would inform Folcy that they did not "have the tihfc to make out the cor rected Kill or statement the San Quen tin official would ask for th 3 blank bills and sav 4hat. he would. have prepared the desired bills. ' . . . : Bills of L. Lebenbaum & Co. and other^firms are reproduced in The. Call to-day as samples of the forgeries on filer, at Sacramento. They have been .shown to members of the firms men tioned and have been declared to be forged. To take all the bills on file at Sacrame"hto, purporting to be for prison supplies furnished by Lebenbaum & Go. and other firms and compare them with the books of the business houses, would take a vast amount of time. Jesse Meycrfeld of the firm of Leben baum & Co. was shown photographs of some of the forged bills of hte firm that were certified to as being correct by Commissary Feley and "Warden Aguirra and foisted on State officials for pay ment.; • ; Mr. Meyerfeld was asked what was the custom of his firm in making out bills for goods supplied to San Quentin prison and replied: to various prison accounts and. by di rection of their guardians, the unfortu nate prisoners have been forced to fur ther jeopardize their souls. A fw days ago The Call presented in close detail the evidence showing how goods had been obtained by tl:a ring at San Quentin trom L-evi Strauss & Co.- and forced bills substituted and foisted on the Prison Directors and Board of Examiners for payment. The forged bills of I,evi Strauss & Co. are reproduced to-e:ay In The Call in order that the public may judge and compare the-Avriting of the prisoner Who filled them out with a number of bills purporting to be troni well-known business houses, that are also printei herewith. The hand of the prisoner who Avas directed by his official guardians to forge the bills on Le^'i Strauss & Co's bill-heads, cut from gen uine bills, has been used by his jailors to forge other documents purporting to be from L. Lebenbaum & Co., H. S. decker Company, C; Grosjean & Co. of San Rafael, and Burtchaell & Co. of the same city. In some cases bill-heads have been cut from genuine bills and used for the purpose of preparing the forged docu ments. In other instances blank bills w<?re secured from the business houses by Commissary Foley and used by the prisoners at the direction of their cus todians, v Original Accounts Sent by Shippers Are Changed for Others Prepared in Prison W XT PAR DEN AGUIRRE, did you on July i, 1899, succeed Warden Hale as the chief ¦ ll/slx executive "officer y of the State prison. at San Quentin? . y y . Did you thereby assume official, responsibility for the proper and legal man agement of that State -institution "on the date mentioned, and has your responsi bility continued uninterruptedly f to the present. time? .•'Jfls any other- official responsible for the' conduct, of the State prison at San Quentin? Warden Aguirre, did you/ On the ,15th day of August, 1899, install Prisoner Virgin on the second floor of the sash and blind factory building at San Quentin prison, in a carpenter shop,, fitted up for the Warden's especial beneri't? ;.;- Did you not relieve Prisoner John Hagerman from duty in the jute mill at San Quentin and assign him to be an assistant to Virgin? .' Warden Aguirre, were .not two inlaid tables, in September, 1899, taken to the Warden's house and from there to the water front s at San Quentin, irt the commissary wagon of the prison,. and thence shipped away from San Quentin on the steamer Caroline-? ; . Will. you deny, Warden Aguirre,. that six inlaid bird-cages, made -in December, 1899, and one inlaid tablej made in February,^ 900, were manufactured by the prisoners under your charge aL San Quentin prison? s . \ \ jrr- -Did 'you. not cause one' horn hatrack, fully eight feet high, to be shipped from San Quentin prison on the steamer Garoline? ; ! : - Were there not in March, 1900,, four inlaid picture-frames and four bird-cages"that were /made by San Quentin prisoners taken to the Warden's house? v.; ; Did you not cause one inlaid 'table to be shipped from San Quentin prison to San Francisco in April, 1900V " ; • ; - , ; — ' Is it not true, Warden Aguirre, that in May, 1900, two. picture-frames, the handiwork of State prisoners at San Quentin, and also four prison-made bird-cages', were taken to the Warden's house from the prison? navc shipped, from theSan Quentin water front, in June, 1900, a wardrobe and a hatrack. which were first, taken to the Warden's house, and which were carried to the water front in the prison commissary wagon? < . Is it not true, Warden Aguirre. that, with your knowledge, one inlaid table made by Prisonei Irwin was, in July, 1900, taken to the Warden's house : -and from there shipped to Governor Gage at Los Angeles? Warden Aguirre, was not an inlaid table, made by prisoner Irwin, shipped t6 San Fran cisco from San Quentin prison in August, 1900? : ';; -Is it not true, Warden Aguirre, that in September, 1900, an inlaid table was sent to San Rafael from San Quentin prison in a. wagon, the driver being your cousin? Did you not, Warden Aguirre, cause a looking-glass frame six feet high, inlaid, to be shipped to Governor Gage's residence at Los Angeles in October, 1900, from San Quentin prison? • /.;'¦ •¦'''¦•, ¦'*,.. '\ \ Warden Aguirre, did you not have one dozen horns, brass mounted, and two bird cages, in the shape of a house, shipped from San Quentin prison on the steamer Caroline for Governor Gage's house at Los Angeles? . - ... ' Warden Aguirre, did not- Prisoner Murphy make for you in prison, in January, 1901, two bowie-knives and one hunting knife, the 'handles of which were inlaid with pearl? 'Did not Prisoner Alviso make JnH he prison, for the Warden, in January, 1901, two Spanish bridles? - , .;• . : : '••-, 1 ( • ..,.--- ¦ „*"•-' Will yolrdehy that*thrcc pictiH'e-fraiiies and- one inlaid table were made by prisoners at San Quentin and shipped from the San Quentin prison to San Diego, by the Warden's brother, in February, 1 90 1? ' v ,• Did you not have shipped from the prison at San Quentin to the Governor's residence, in March, 1 901, a, bedstead", carved by Prisoner Saville, on the head-piece of which was the letter G? . Was not a duplicate of the carved bedstead that was made for the Governor in the San Quentin prison in March, 1901, made for the Warden in the prison in April, 1901? Did not the prisoners under -your control at San Quentin make a double set of harness and one single set in the prison for Governor Gage in 'May, 1901? Warden Aguirre, were not one-half dozen chairs, of walnut, made in San Quentin prison, in June, i 901, for Governor Gage? . In the same' month, last mentioned, was one rolling-desk shipped from San Quentin prison to San Francisco? . ¦ .." Did not Prisoner Virgin, in July; 1901, make in the prison at San Quentin four inlaid checker-boards and four crib-)ioards? Were not. six brass crib-boards made in the machine shop in the prison and takeivto the Warden's house? Is it not true. Warden Aguirre. that .one- bedroom set was shipped to Los Angeles from San Quentin prison in July, 1901? Warden Aguirre, why does not the wharf shipping-book at the San Quentin prison show the shipment of these ai tides before enumerated or of others that have been sent out to beneficiaries of the prison management? Is it not true that Prisoner Earl ,has been employed in making a dress-suit case for Shipping Clerk McDougall, and that the leather for the same was cut in the shoeshop by Pris oner Wilson? . . Warden Aguirre, did you cause Prisoner Martin Lyman to do the upholstery work on all the furniture that was made at San Quentin prison, for Governor Gage? Warden Aguirre, will .you deny that when two representatives of The Call visited the 'prison to inquire "about the manufacture, in prison, by prisoners, of furniture, you had the : prison-made furniture hidden away? ' • / Is it not true that hardwood that has been received at the prison for v the purpose of being converted into furniture for the beneficiaries of the prison has been charged up in the San (Quentin prison books to the jute mill? . ¦ Js it not true,. Warden Aguirre, that at this "time Harry Hawes is installed in the Warden's house and is engaged in painting chinaware, landscapes and other pictures for the Governor of California? ¦ -.Warden Aguirre, when the representatives. of The Call were inquiring- at San Quentin for. information concerning furniture manufacturing at San Quentin prison, week before last, is it not true that there were then being completed by prisoners the following named articles for the .Warden of the prison: Nine covers for inlaid tables, tops all finished; one rosewood bed, carved:. one sideboard, carved; ten large armchairs, partly finished; twelve fancy chairs, carved? Warden Aguirre, have not the prisoners in San Quentin prison' been ; making for Gen eral Overseer J. A. Aguirre a complete set of furniture to be used in furnishing a house' for him in Berkeley?, V ; ': .'•¦"' • ¦' ' Warden Aguirre, have not the prisoners in San Quentin prison" been recently engaged in making for Mr. McClur'e of Los Angeles, a friend of the Warden of Srin Quentin, the fol lowing articles of furniture: One desk, one bookcase, six chairs, one dressing-case, one tabfc, the articles being made of quarter oak? , Warden Aguirre, did you not constantly employ two life prisoners, named Pedro and Gonzales. in making valuable Spanish lace? . Did you not as Warden, of San Quentin 'prison detail Pedro and Gonzales as cell-tend ers, in \yhich position they would only have to work about one hour a day, so that they could put in .the balance of their time^ making lace? " .' .. Was not : the lace. Warden Ag-uirrc, sent to your house and given by you to many friends in Los Angeles? ¦"¦;•-. , ; . s Is it hot true, Warden Aguirre, that you assigned Prisoner Virgin to the duty of ship ping furniture from -the Warden's house. that had come there from the prison wrapped in blankets?/. _'•"'.; ., ¦ , ;; - v ;. Warden' Aguirre. was not th'e upholstering, material and hair that was received at San Quentin for the manufacture offurniture charged to repairs?' . ' .' Warden Aguirre', do you not know that. each and every one "of such acts as is indicated in the' foregoing questiov:, is a violation .ofi law of the State of California/ and the' majority of such acts is designated by the Penal Code as felon v? WARDEN AGUIRRE ASKED MANY TIMELY QUESTIONS ABOUT SHIPPING FURNITURE Bills of Numerous Firms Are Forged by Prisoners and Certified To as Correct Public Records at Capitol Reek With Documents That Point to Felonies GLARING EVIDENCE OF CRIME BY SAN QUENTIN PRISON RING SHOWS COLOSSAL OPERATIONS ON PART OF STATE OFFICIALS THE SAX FEANGISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JUXE1, 1902.' 30