The San Francisco call. [volume], September 01, 1907, Page 6, Image 6

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Woodbury S. Brintnall
ASK. any man who Is really fa
miliar with the inside working
of roulette wheels, and other
similar gambling prices what
the chances are of winning, what sys
.tem to follow in order to win, what
percentage to play, and you will . note
the contemptuous, half pitying smllr
and a shrug of the shoulders that is
eloduent beyond words. SIS
Once men were content to satisfy
their inherent craving for gaming by
simple contests of skill, but that time
has passed, and now the most intricate
of devices are employed in combination
with gambling machines especially de
signed for the purpose of gratifying
the seemingly insatiable desire of all
humanity to take a chance.
SFrorn the simple looking little table
on which reposes the ordinary and fa
miliar stationary wheel having a re
volving arrow and operated by the
plausible street faker on city corners,
to tlfe beautifully inlaid and orna
mented wheels of fortune presided
over by befrocked individuals of suave
address and easy manner, in gilded
palaces, one and all are alike— all ara
capable of being manipulated, and the
majority In operation, like the men
who run them, are crooked.
In every great city, sometimes in the
rear rooms of out of the way places,
again under the very eyes of the law,
(Tames of chance are conducted and are
patronized by men in all walks of life,
who. notwithstanding the certain fact
that the proprietors must win . more
than they lose in order to continue
their game, are Invariably certain that
i they have , a system that will beat it.
Day after day these men watch the
kaleidoscopic merging of colors as the
wheel is swiftly revolved, witness with
bated breath and momentary elation
the gradual stopping of the arrow over
the number and color they have played
their money on, only to see it come to
a dead stop, perhaps but a hair's
breadth away from the number chosen,
yet sufficiently far away to prevent a
winning. Occasionally a man wins but
to . spend the amount gained and more
before he quits the play.
There is little difference In the char
acter of the machine, whether it be
•ne which yon- play for cigars,'. for
which purpose counter machines are
\u25a0renerally employed, the mechanisms
•f which are -exoeedlnx simple, or* the
elaborate aJtalrs of polished metal and
plate class, patterned' after the roulette
wheels, which pay amounts of money.
ranging; from 10 cents to $50. All are
alike In that every one is fixed to pay
a certain percentage and that percent
age is always in favor of the owner.
furthermore, the greater number are
known to' the initiated as crooked; and
without exception roulette wheels and
ether devices of like character beiong
to the latter class. All are looked nson
with suspicion.
The writer . has secured the confes
sions of two men who for. years have
exerted their remarkable tnvenuve
ffenius. combined with a thorough
knowledge : ' of "mechanics and - elec
tricity, in producing all manner " of
rambling paraphernalia.* In talking
with these men two facts are eloquent
tn their statexs»xts, their oomplete and
pertCrte ' knowledge of . the . crookedness,
the otter fraud employed in the
manipulation of gambling devices in
general, and their absolute distrust of
the gambling fraternity, as a whole.
" Learning by bitter and costly experi
ence never to place" any.: trust. in ' the
men who came' to them with; flattering
offers and promises effective on t*e?
outcome of some particularly , difficult
proposition instructed to their care,
payment; was .invariably ' demanded in'
advance of the. completion of .the work.
Irrespective of . the c amount : of money,
promised when the" machine should be
wo r king.
. Prior to April, 1806, the firm con
sisting of these two- men,' father and
•on. had In all probability the finest
equipped machine ship "in San,- Fran-^
clsco. and owing to , the peculiar nature
of much of the work' produced, neces
sitating specially designed machines
and tools, the loss to '; the ' firm . through
are . was sueh r as \u25a0 to^ virtually; make *t '
impossible ", to . carry *on - the .business
again, at least' for years to 'come. * Up
to-tbe time named * the? firm ""derived *an
y \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0.
enormous revenue irom gammers
throughout 'the. country.
"Take it to old man— — -'s place; If
they can't do it nobody can," became
an - everyday saying among .the men
who operate gambling devices. 'For
years the firm enjoyed practically a
monopoly in the manufacture of fake
gambling devices of; every, description.
This firms-s hop became a rendezvous
for professional gamblers \u0084 and race
track. * men, - whose : suggestions'^ and
ideas they embodied In tangible form.,'..
I Parts 'qt machines were so' altered as
to enable them : to be. manipulated- by
unseen ' forces '• arid V: agents. • Repairs
were made on others -manufactured by
different concerns elsewhere Mn the
country, and all ~ were found .to be .
crooked in a lesser or greater decree.
"But withal, so • cleverly , rras the werk
done that no suspicion attached to the
machines, nor in the minds of many \u25a0is
there any: today, for the -man who
plays the ; roulette wheel and almost
but' not quite: wins merely imagines
the system ho has evolved to be at
fault and seldom blames the machine.
.The firm \u25a0\u25a0 referred •. to : employed only
the most . skillful workmen; many; of
themi were~ Frenchmen and Oennans;
all. were; experts.:; \
Machines ;; were built, to order and
shipped to New Tork, PI ttsburg, Cin
cinnati. Chicago, SL I*ouls, Galveston,
Phoenix. Nome,/ and i were l even trans
ported and pltced in commission In
foreign lands.' In not a single Instance
were they.; legitimate, .J but \u0084; in every
case crooked. : Invariably they were so
arranged as - to : pay *a ; fixed . percentage
in favor >of the owner, ' and ; always a
heavy one." Sometimes r the manipula
tion was accomplished : by the : means of
hidden- mechanism,- , : the ' operation . of
whtok ' was' j actuated . ' automatically,
again by means of hidden electrical de
vices controlled ! by carefully.' concealed
switches. ' ' :;.'\u25a0 ; - -:.:- \u25a0".->.:\u25a0 \u25a0; . • - -.;.- \u25a0>... v 
*On * the corner of 1 Broadway \u25a0 and • an
other street in Berkeley there is a
little square - bungalow. \u25a0'-. i- There : Is
nothing, about the ; outside 'of the ' place '
to suggest otherj than- passing Interest, -
but the:lnterlor, of *the; home Is quite
as interesting , as \u25a0 the : occupant himself :
He is T the c former,; ; head ' of : the firm
which i made Z. gaming, ?, machines.^ Call -
him: Jones.'; There are most surprising
thing* about thatlllttle- houxe; disap
pearing \u25a0 beds j. that I fold into the * wall,"
in ; some, unaccountable s manner, and an
innumerable'number;of .handy," original =
sort of contrivances, all of which have
emanated . from Jones', mind,*; to' the evi
dent satisfaction of his wife. In the
basementlis r a^gas!englne;which';drlves
several shafts,. operating: an , altogether ;
remarkable": amount iof S machinery." - : Ixu- •
cldentally.^; Mrs.^ Jones/churn and ; sew
ing, machine are made to Lwork : without :
labor through "this" same "small' eas;
engine.': ' y \u25a0:- \u25a0. . -\u25a0.\u25a0.\u25a0•/\u25a0\u25a0• ;\u25a0,*..; ;
I*' To Btate^what; Jones -has VdoneVis'to
tell; what he is;a : keen minded. man' far*
ebove the average mechanic '.There ils
a quiet . determinations about * his 5 m«a
MORE ABOUT
THE CROOKED
MACHINERY
OF GAMBLING
ncr, a certain reserve that bespeaks the
trained mind! with; years' of
.1 talked \vrith ; him one morning while
he made pVhcir drawings "of i the * gam
bling devices ; appearing! on? this? page,
meanwhile ~i explaining ? the^detalls/" : ?.
- There is no question. -In: the? mind 'of
Mr." Jones "-"concerning ith«^ futility Jof
playing a ; system v to;, win' ' in j roulette. 1
nor does; he hesitate £ to , say." that the
man Is ; a\ f ool\; who * plays i the \u25a0". roulette
wheel- in- the f that -helcan^wln.'p 1 ?
v* Qam biers [operating^ such 1 : devices ' are,
according to Jones, unconvicted crooks
wearing stripes in their shirt fronts in- \
flteaa or on their . batcks.^ His aavtce.w
*ny;^one <j. who J thinks .- otherwise if *to
have a guardian appointed immediately.
?Ji Bntirely|a«lde '5 1 rom'iJ; the ?£ f»et %i that
through !! r ' somewhat Ss peculiar! business
relations ivitft the gambling fraternity
Jones Is certainly In a position to know
.dennitel jr;iWhsr«of i h«) speaks,! ths cor
: recthess ;': of 5 his k tlsws^ oas &bs s deter
mined '• by even ' a cursory glance [ at i the
gambling devices 1 pictured i herewith.
; v The I number yipt^ different .forms s ot
; garablln g I machines] and devices fin 1 ex
istence is almost beyond; estimate 'and
there^ varefsoS nianyjj type* £of .4 roulette
wheels \as toj make ] the \ enumeration of
; them difficult, bu t all are I bull t'* on the
same ; principleriaThs g flr«t ?ri twoMy pes
Illustrated gln| this $ page j are;; the I ones
: more commonly }% tn f gamblin«
, halls ; and Iso called I clubs, although in
the [strict! sensslofithslwordltWlar*
not i roulette! wheels;;-"-'
iFiThe * morel f imlliari one rls I that ' *sh©wa '
mi the ! firsts illustration 7 and ; in 5 many;re-r
•pects 1 itldlffcrs | bat? ltttl«] fromlth«told ;
blere wio^frsquentsd ji th«V palaUal !
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» exeamer* •» the SCissiastppl ' river r—s* I
ii > m4fo.rf^rr^v:,:v< :.:-.>:. *\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0': ;ViV \u25a0\u25a0v-:p\:'-£ -\: \u25a0> :
Ordinarily the table «»ed for the pwp-j
': pose is mbst i, subataaMally bailt f re-'
> jauently •on • exceedingly graceful , line*.
.Thetpp is made either, round or square
and the diameter of the olrole. known
,>\u25a0 tho wb.el is MttaU»:lMnehe*; ; This
circle or wheel Is divided inte 18 oum-
I berei gti&fma&i
blaak.;ao4Um»4e flush'.wtthlthemu
k2%§3£&^ ' v : \u25a0:•"•- ' . r-,
;K^The j topi ef s trtls'^^twMalOw I
|wheel^andStheltable£«d«eiiit|divWed|
g into I equal ! twhich , ar e in - turn *
| subdivided
black. •--\u25a0-- r \u25a0--
P" f Slnljths |eenter,-'of . ithe r wheels ai> metal 1
mtow.^ made %*s% revol yVC freely. H on fat
pivot.l ll l raised |tbl aj sufflcient & hel ght 1
|tof psrmitl its Itouehins; j s>i line Xof f metal |
|pinsfencirt4lnK|thtl»dtf«4Tb«7plns ! arel
an infchj in -and oneUsplaced^in'
|theTcenter|ofreachls«ct!on£Onstheledgel
h I the "arrow • and -
Ss^? t J .* r * OT »« integral piece and imtyjMi
with the ;: utmost 'ease, :
.thereby, permitting the closest of scru
tlny of the exposed \u25a0 bearing, the ! device
t* Islonsl of xths "i easlst ind f its
?i crookedness) the * hardest to Vdetect. "! .'
;tSiTb» i moat powerful i factor ; known In
% •aechanlcs,' the -\u25a0 inclined "plane, • is
I brought 1 Into \ use * In '; this machine 1 and
the '^ method "employed ; in "controlling
the fplayi because off: lts trsry; simplicity
islsuch jaa \ to 1 defy I detection i In I almost
•veryi; Instance. . 'A' ; hole ?is \ bored * from
the); middle ! j of ?the;f edge of v the £ table
top ' to the bearing \ ln> which? the 'spin-;
„ dlel>.works^ In^turnr connecting vwith
I the corner.^ of the 1 table '•\u25a0 and I extending
% a-1 short |dlstance .V down % the J Ug:<" steel
<» rods) haying 5 beveled % ends * are <-. then*; in^
-serted. "care -being ;> taken to :, provide
against excessive ' play."* The " manTcon-"
I pressure^of I his S knee |oause sends !
. of the successive rods to engage, each
j lenffth< forcing the one ; ahead' the ' frao-'f rao-'
I tlon lot i an inch, which [i»> entirely; suf- L
I flclen t to 1 transmit Tthe pressure exerted
and stop the arrow at any point desired
fbysthe^operator."P-, \u25a0':-,..:\u25a0'\u25a0:».•-:- \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0^v-:^ : ;
i>The [diameter! of , ta« \u25a0 bearing scarcely
•y^p^exceedßlthreft^eigrhthsrofr^jnch,
frtvieiitlyilt! lafeyihi Ifcis^ and [always
Is ?, of S sufficient $ depth 'i to % prevent^ tjie
•adJoflthtfi-od^beinigiteensbyliitiylln
auliltlva penoa who t might 1 feel ? callad
upon|tOtearryi6a£ an 'investigation;
a s Asia^furtherjprecautlon,tanysdetoc
tloa^ is I mad«|yrlrtually| Impowlbl^ by
«»• imanTnacturer^who.'-atf ter « inserting
»1 rod I inK al hdle \ previouslyjetrilledS In
th«" side; s proceeds I toYnil I the :<enter i of
thel bearing^Wlth?Babb!t s metal,* 5 ? which
1«1 mter^drllled E out.^ leaving ?| the'S ln
«lde; surf ace "p«rf»otly smooth, io uhat
there ; Is ; absolutely no iladlcation [of ; the
presenc«fpfjth«|rod|ln|thef completed
machine. . \u25a0. \u25a0' :•". -*:"-> v ;- "^ ; -:\u25a0-\u25a0--*-•\u25a0\u25a0
>. -; Money| ls\ wagered '[i on ; the i different
numbers and r colors^on" a -wheel of Uhis
Oharacter^ and tjbecausel of | its i simple '
cpnstrueUon Rthei men ! whof playjj tt |be
Tribal Traditions of the Indian
S" EARCHING among \u25a0 dusty, record?
- I found the .transcript of tha last
Indian murder case^ tried In Mari
.- posa . coun ty. Ht ' is_ dated ;" September,
1S?O, ,17 years ago. Hon! John M. Cor
- eoran,' judge. '
Two Indians had killed a medicine
i man: whom : they believed : lnstrumental
' injdolng : away, with four : captains and
"other imporUnt'members of thelr'trlbe.
• one of : the deceased being Baptista.
- their last hereditary chief. The case
was attest' The Indians claiming the
act a tribal rite, en obligation \ imposed
upon male. relatives of one stricken; by
the = doctor's \u25a0 "stuff," ' insisted that U the
... matter, should . be left entirely to them
' selves and, not tried , by apaleface Jury
, Incapable of : comprehending , their tra
ditions.':'^HßCStfßfl9BßßHVwHHß
they; eo'nvlcted. re
• eel vin g a sentence so severe that, while
% prlor^to ;this their troubles had been a
great '\u25a0- expense ,\u25a0 to ;.the county, since
•they; have been virtually iunknown.
.^Before /the ;deed ; one iof
: the defendants asked : District 'Attorney
18.8. Stolder what the.whlte men, would
\u25a0do should he follow, the mandats of hl3
fHank you,". wasTthe reply.
. cVjJThey^do > not ido that "way, down -In
t Fresho,"c the Indian* said. "Indian *doo-
I killed \ down" there and white men
\u25a0 do : n oth In g." , ;.
Hi the *> law :is "different In thir
;. county.'i I Mr.' Stolder ;• answered laugh
ing.~ "If jyouvdoit^you will certainly
berhanged or: •entUo the \u25a0 lUU prison
ifor;llfe.'*" v >.. v. ;• -*:^ \u25a0\u25a0 : " : ''
rwThree."; moons later,' . where pine * and .
'\u25a0 fir trees ; mingle I and - maples • cast quiv
ering- shadows in tha sunlight, near
; Abridge ! that -spans; the imerry,' musical"
water fc of Big creek on .the road between:
Marlposa^and kWawbna; , they shot Bul
lock, the doctor, aa he passed, peace
• f ullyi carrying ; a string; ; of fish' he ; had :
caught \ tot). the -hoteL .. . '\u25a0'&•",'
: iln i the I evening 'the Clndian' who 'i had •
'.questioned ithe\dlstrlot; attorney came
t to| towxi?l where , he I had?, been engaged :
t to s5s 5 ride * a'jljorserace.Yand. . In'i room 7 No.
iT.of the: Sch.lageter, hotel/ told tQ6 Bt ory_
to" Under. Sheriff Schlagreter.i adding -bis"
opinion" that,' as ißn.Uock':h~ad -pow'er .and
, doubtless; in tended . to" 'destroy a t he~,wh ol e
"they *,;had' done a^ righteous 'act *
and % should ;'. not '1. be ; held "c to {
American . law. , . \ He f; repeated h his tale
to > Sheriff > Turner.! who trusted i him to
]«oi arid 'bring :in:the other :men,: which
hefdid.* ? t;r': i ;\u25a0"-..' \u25a0;,;.-. .;-.-,.-;. \u25a0
"* Ihfelicltins' ttetimony.rdn 1 tbe'.recog-
S^onTof itrlbal [relations \b/ the United
Sta{e>«overnment.Uhe attorney for the '
defensajcalledito: the 'stand [Captain- W.
/•^ Howard,^ who.t In U 85 0,-af terUhe In- '
dlan iwar, l ,that * led to the ; discovery of
jYoseml te; saw. the istgnlns; 1 of the" treaty
; of ,' peace * between i the? Indians land the
government.",".:.. ".. ; ;,-. v .t".>.V-:..,..' f- :\u25a0 . •.-
f-^From?!that-day..;Captain*.Howard" has
ibeeniheldlbyJtheUndian»;as a'man of
f ttttorityfand oftenjcea»ttlte«^oni cab- "
Jects of imporUneifcfaSa \u25a0:. 7- '
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\Tlib : San • Francisco Sunday CaEL
•lble for thalr loisei/whn«, v » maN
ter of -" fact, .neither chance nor ' luck
• nter Intoths gan«.
The principle employed in the manip
ulation of tha wheel shown .to the
\ second . Illustration -' is /, Identical - with'
that of i the ; flrnt and the machine 'is
designed especially with a view to cU
: eeive the man who has been previously
stung: and wno,. tor. one reason or. an
other, may be extremely wary of plac
ing his money on any gambling devioo.
§To \u25a0 divert ' suspicion. • the v small wheel
directly , under - the arrow is mads • leas
.than; an inch -In thickness and is !at- v
tached directly to the angle pieces
which are fastened to the table top
with setae rews. "As in the former ease.
•the, arrow and .spindle are made la
j on© "i lntegral; part and r may be readily
taken from tha Searing and' exhibited.
."^The point of the spindle revolves on
» small - square .of ' plate glass In full
\u25bclew, of , the . player. The most car«^
ful examination will fail to discloao
anything , apparently in the least way
:. crooked and investigation is courted, am
. cleverly is the method of operatic «
conoaaled. The angle pieces ar« hollo%«
-and / inclose steel' rods .governing the]
action of . the spindla as in the other
\u25a0wheeL Underneath the bottom portion
of eae-h of the two angle pieces resting
•-'on -I the -table apd whtcb ar« held In
place *by sstscrews, la a cleverly con
'; struot«d ' little : sliding 1 metal , plate ac
tuated by springs. If at any time a
player < evinces ,a * disposition to bi at
. all * suspicious • of \u25a0 th» machine, tha
dealer proceeds to demonstrate the.im
possibility of the devic* bslng tnanlpu
lattd, and in substantiation will r«
mov«th«spin<2l» for examination and
•Yen go so far as to unclarap ti« «ntlr«
devica from the tab! a.
Tha mopont the elamp«d aagls piiotM
•fs lifted 'from the. table top tha slldlas;
* metal ;\u25a0• plates r referred to clos« th«
opening through which th« stsel bar*
operat*. leaving i to ' view only tht ex
posed screw holes. In replacing th* d»
jvlee the deal »r has but to prwi doirn
, %n the plates, which Instantly snap baok
'into their for mar places. The actual
chances of winning ara not difficult to
detjrrnine on machines of tills ch&Yao
tsr.- .-. \u25a0 '~ . .
\u25a0 . Roolstt*. said to b« th« most fs.*cl
nating of all 'gambling devices. Is
known to be more crooked than- the an
, seen course ' of the steel '\u25a0 ball, which,
\u25a0hot from a point/ on the outer rim of
the bowl, follows a devious routs,
thrugh Us wall and then, falling on • j
•wlftly revolving wheel, is carried th I
way and that.' only at last, to roll tn j
a pocket between the metal brld;«j
which are' placed at equal distaso«a
along the Inner wall of the bowl.
Electricity is . mad a to play a promi
nent « part In the • manipulation of rou
lette wheels and by mean* of concealed
magnets, the course of the ball may be
defieoted at will, with small chance of
discovery. rßotrlette wheels are differ
ent » from those , previously referred ; to
In that the wheel itself. Instead of being
stationary. \ Is ; made to revolve at a
high 'rate of speed. '
' The wheel' I* . Inclosed by a - wall,
.known as the bowl, and usually rlalnff
two or three inahes above the surface
of the wheel, which is ordinarily set f n
notion by the hand of 'the dealer.' al
though | mechanical ' means > are som«
tlmcs: employed for this purpose. The
' steel ball is caused to rebound from one
bridge ;. to another through the rapid
circular - motion. The wheel is often
regulated by tha same method employed
In the spin- the-wbeel devices described.'
\ .Frequently the brass .bridges which
form so essential a portion of the "ma
chine are*. slotted in the center and
filled with lead, thereby preventing any
rebound of the , steel ball and eaustng
It to remain in the pocket. Such bridges
are : placed "on " either side of \u25a0 the low
numbers," reducing -the winning percent
- age of the player. Again, the pockets
may be depressed* or raised at will
through the medium of a mechanical
\u25a0 ; contrivance underneath controlled by
the pressure of the hand or knee of the
. operator. 'Jf^BBHBHni •
! Not ; only . Is : the winning percentage
absolutely In the power of the man or^j
eratlng'the. wheel, but he can lower df*!
raise lt'without fearlif detection at an?* 1
stage of the play.
'.-. The , story ?he told .- that dreamy Sep
H teva ber \u25a0 afternoon in • the airy ©Id court
.room in ilarlposa'has never before beei
printed, although it is a part of Call
f ornla's history.
"We .wish to, prove by, this witness.*
tha attorney.' began, "thatfrom 1850 tc
1852 ' the tribe from which ; these twe
defendants was regularly or
ganized and recognized by the govern
ment of the United States and that th<
' tribal organization ; continues at th<
time. When you say> these
"treaties, were written, do you mean that
they were lald-before the senate of th:
-United and confirmed by that
\u25a0body, ; .or were merely written agree
; nients between the government agenti
and 'the Indians?-: '.!••» "
\u25a0'- ''.'These negotiations were written.
'The'iwar that led. to the discovery oi
Yosemite valley by Major Savage. and
the Marlposa battalion had baen a vic
tory \u25a0 for the .whites, and the Yosemit*
Indians : were afterward called th«
Marlposas. Tha tarrltory between tan
: head waters of the Tuoiumna and th<
.wide .waters iof the San Joaquln. ' ex
tending ..from the plains to the summit
of jthe Sierras,; had been theirs.' About
'1 1.500 <of them. * led . by their -: chief ;\u25a0 Ba j>
\u25a0: tista. ; came toi a place far down ' on tin
Merced river to : meet the commission
ers, ' Colonel Reddlck. McKea, Bsrboux
and Woozencraf t, ' and \ the agent. ; Adam
; M. ; Johnson. Baptista was ; spokesman,
Major Savage lstarpreter. fltf^H
\u25a0 !^y the treaty, they were placed upon
reservations, where they remain-si two
years. , - George - Belt and * myself wer*
-••^pointed .by.^the .'government to fur
nish ( them with beef and'- flour. Bui.
preferring .• freedom "\u25a0 to com for t, , tn \u25a0, 1552
they scattered, forming many separate
tribes, all of which acknowledged tha
•supremacy of . Bap Una, , who." until 1 hla
death, .' SO . years -af lerward^ exercised
undisputed " authority over ' them. Ha
waa supreme. HMSRvfI
jL-;J!X>n ; one 'occasion .. he killed his young
T.-i;e up there on the Mercel. pinning her
to the gTOcnd .with'a" sword run through
her;, heart.; 'Colonel • Johnson thought
best .to leave the matter with the In
d lans, "so from • the Tuoi untn« * and Ban
Joaquln lesser chiefs gathered in coua?
sel. but they could.net try him. ; When
jho called Ms tribe obeyed.^- Ha Ce
rcrecd where, they -shoaldmove to «am
; mer, and where they should llv«.
"Once : the agent; with Samuel Ward
and "Hall ' McAllister, -took him : to San
FranMsco and showed him as the great
chief of. the Mariposaa."
\u25a0VThe big.; black .bow, of Bullock, .who.
It la claimed. =by .wlchery ended Bap
tista's life.; hangs * among : the , snake
skins, "'.- bear -,rugs - and gorgeous 'Yo
semite. paintings In Hill's, studio at
iWawoaa, near, the woods Vwrhere ' both
• thos«T savage; Olives vsreat out. The re
mains of ytiib Indian who fired flve^shot:
into; ; Bap tlsta's reputed '" slayer lie In
the cemetery .f at i San Quentln, wher»
\u25a0 the sound ' \u25a0of the waters , doubtiesa
brought back to him Mission days. For
many marks - of , civilization and ] many
strange recollections on their part in
dicate that these Marljoaaa were once
\u25a0Jtflaalon: Indians.