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VOLUME CIL— NO. 180.
CHIEF ELMER
SAYS STRONGEST
LINK IS FORGED
Intimates That Bellows Was
Poisoned in the Klein
schmidt House \u25a0
GIRL'S STORY PROVED
Details of Miss Kerfoot's
Visit to Basement Said
to Be Confirmed
THEORY OF POLICE
Hold That the Young Man
Was Given Deadly Drug
in a Drink
Chief of Police Vollmer of
Berkeley has reached a point in
his investigation of the death of
Fr?_nk Bellows at which he is
ready to make the unqualified as
sertion that the strongest link in
the chain of circumstance has
been forged. This link, according
to Vollmer, is nothing more nor
less than the visit of Blanche Ker
-jSoot to Harry Kleinschmidt the
Iwght after young Bellows died,
'as she had described it Vollmer
*'M yesterday that her wretched nar
: <ivp was true and that he could
• ;•: >v» it.
J can prove by ample corroboration
!'»« truth of Blanche Kerf oofs state-
i •-\u25a0;\u25a0>>*. t." sai<J Vollmer, "and that proof
nil send Kleinschmidt to the gal
*'•"••i-.--»r stopped there and refused to
.:•\u25a0 further into th*>. record which, he
• he«n eompllinVjto meke good his
s« fixation .of murder.
DEAKI.YG UPOX CASE
That Blanche K<?rfoot visited Klein
schmidt and that the visit and her ex
porienres as sh«» rHated them bear
tr^mendoucly upon the strength of the
prosecution's case there can be no
doubt, 5n view of Vollmer's utterances.
His words <-arry pigniflcantly a deduc
tion which cou?d not be overlooked by
those \u25a0wiho have been making inde
r^ndent inquiry into all of the facts
and circumstances of this remarkable
affair.
The basement of the Kleinschmidt
home becomes a center of importance.
If the fact of Blanche Kerfoot's pres
ence, tfcere is of such vital concern to
the detectives there arises the theory
that- Harry Kleinrchmidt met Bellows
in the same place on the night the
• j oung: Chlcajroan died. Chief of Police
Vollmer vould not admit directly yes
terday that he would try to prove that
Bellow* and Kleinschmidt had talked
with one another in the basement or
that Bellows ws6 there given a lethal
drug. It is current among the men
close to the district attorney and to
Vollmer'6 office that the theory of the
authorities Is that the poison was not
forced into Bellows* moutu, but was
administered through some seemingly
harmless medium.
POLIC^ CHIEF RETICENT
Vollmer evaded a direct answer to
the jgjiery yesterday whether or not he
voul<3 be able to prove directly that
the poison was administered by Klein
fchmldt.
"I will not discuss that at this time."
District Attorney Brown has re
quested Dr. O. D. Harnlin to give him
an opinion as to whether or not valu
able evidence could be obtained by
rrtklr.jr an analysis of Bellows* stom
ach or other organs. Dr. Hamfin said
that he would not be able to decide un
til he could determine If th« process of
embalming the body after death would
Vjmervene in caee Bellows had been
and if any other circum
stances would prevent results from
such an examination.
TO COMBAT HABEAS CORPUS
Affidavits are being prepared In the
district attorney's office at Oakland to
he presented In behalf of the prosecu
tion when Kleinschmidt appears be
fore Judge Harris to seek release on
habeas corpus. These will be eub
srribed to by Chief Vollmer of Berke
ley, District Attorney Everett J. Brown.
Deputy District .Attorney Phil M. Carey
and Robert M. P.eck> Carey and Brown
will present their reasons for not hav
ing placed a formal charge against
KJeinschmidt, although detaining him
in the county Jail. The doubtful status
of legal proceedings on holidays and
the nature of th* evidence against
Kielnscnmidt will be adduced in sup
•port of this position.,
Vollraer will give facts concerning
the unearthing of evidence said to im
plicate KJeinschmidt in the alleged
murder of Frank Bellows, and PeclC
mf the man who last talked to B*llows
JttTore his meeting with • Klelnschmidt.
| rtsy be -expected to depose regarding
CoatlAtt«4 on Paso S% Column X
The San Francisco Call.
BANK PRESIDENT
CUTS THROAT TO
AVOID DISGRACE
Released From Prison Cell,
Howard Maxwell Ends
His Own Life
REDUCED TO POVERTY
Surrenders Fortune to Save
Institution From Which
He Stole
DEATH MADE CERTAIN
Severs Windpipe With Razor
and Gashes Wrist- With
Penknife
NEW YORK. Nov. 26.— Howard
Maxwell, deposed president of the
Borough bank of Brooklyn, who was
under indictment for grand larceny
and forgery and was last night re
leased from jail on $30,000 bail, com
mitted suicide today. He cut his
throat and left wrist with a razor and
penknife in the bathroom of his home
in Brooklyn and died tonight at Long
Island hospital. Maxwell, who was
locked up Thursday, had felt his
humiliation keenly and during his in
carceration had appeared hopelessly
despondent. He had, however, given
his family no intimation, so far as
known, that he contemplated suicide.
His wife was prostrated by th« tragedy
and was under the care of a physician
tonight. '
Maxwell was released late last night
from the Raymond street jail, where
he had been held a prisoner since the
three indictments charging him with
misdoings in connection with tlie man
agement of the suspended bank were
returned. There was some difficulty In
obtaining ball and officers of. the Jail
reported that Maxwell was greatly
broken »ip. All yesterday and the day
before he lay on- his bed and appeared
to" be oblivious to his' surroundings.
He declined to receive any visitors ex
cept'his wife and counsel. lAst" night
Justice Burr signed, an order, for Max
well's release when ball to the amount
of $30,000 was furnished.
CUTS THROAT WITH PEXK.MFE
Maxwell, in company with his coun-
sel, t LTI. Oeland, was driven to his resi
dence at IS2. Congress street. Maxwell
spent this afternoon* Quietly at his
home. This afternoon he announced
his Intention taking a bath and go
ing for a walk." Shortly before 2^o'clock
a maid heard a sound as of some one
falling on the second floor. Hurrying
upstairs she discovered i the banker" ly
ing on the bathroom floor, half dressed,
with gaping wounds in: his throat arid
left wrist. On a washstand near/by
lay ; a white bone handled razor;, half
open, and a penknife with blades open
at eaoh end^ both covered with blood-
As she turned to r summon help -Jtne
maid stepped on a second ra»or. which
lay half opened in ; the hallway: leading
to the bathroom.- Maxwell* was con
scious and tried to articulate, but failed
to make himself understood.
Dr. C. E. Brown,, the family iphysl-.
' Comtlnued oa> Paso 3, • Column a
SANrFRANCISCO, ;WED
THAW EXPERT IS
CHAMPION OF
MRS. BRADLEY
Dr. Britton D. Evans De
nounces Brown on
Witness Stand
;. ... - -.\u25a0 :\u25a0 ' * ' . •
DEFENDANT ' -INSANE
Man She Killed . Blamed for
Condition of Woman's
V Mind at Time
ALIENIST CAUTIONED
Judge Stafford- Tells "Him
He Must Not Attack
'WASHINGTON, ;NovJ; 26.—
Dramatic scenes>rnarked: the. pro
ceedings today in" the trial of Mrs.
Annie M. Bradley, charged with
having murdered: former ; United
States Senator Arthur* Brown , of
Utah in this city last December.
Dr. Britton D. Evans of New
York, th c al ieni st .who \ .test ifie d : in
the Thaw' ; case,- not only declared
that . Mrs. 'Bradley was insane
when she shot Senator Brown,
but was; so vigorous in denuncia
tion of the conduct, of the dead
senator tliat Judge Stafford reminded
the witness that, the late Senator
Brown' was not on-trial and not"- there
to defend himself, and admonished him
to' refer to the dead man only when
necessary to show the effect of his
acts upon the mind ! of the. defendant.
SON OP BROWN TESTIFIES
The appearance o^ the stand; of Max
Brown, son, of the -dead \u25a0 senator,- who
was called in rebuttal, wag. affecting
in the extreme.. The' young man,; tall,
slendsr and fragile 'in physique, ":tot
tered. as' he made his ;way to > the -wit-
ness stand- ; He carefully 'avoided look-.
Ing ttoward th« defendant, who >"' sat
within 10; feet of ! him: VWhen.he. told
of seeln g his father . and '\u25a0• Mrs. Bradley
In the kl tchen" of " their "homes with 'Jars
; of : f rul t they, had , brought from" the cel
lar ; at ; a . . time when ' hla mother '" had
beenj called' away- from .the city >to \ the
bedside " of her^dying^sister, the def end-"
ant : laughed . and . lowered her head 'in j
confusion. But * there ' was no sign* of
merriment on the face ' of • the witness,
who: replied briefly/ to .all Questlona put
to , him and lowered : his eyea during ln-
Veryals.in the giving i of ; his teitlmony. j
Dr. Charles B. Hill, professor of ncr- j
vous . and ' mental . diseases ; In the ; Balti- j
more medical, college, declared that In
his opinion " Mrs. ' Bradley^ was ' Insane
when she did j the shooting. \[ The -many
abortions' performed -on* her, {the suf
fering " and';, disappointment : and *\the
Continued •\u25a0 , Pace 8, Column 8
HENEY ATTACKS
S. P. IN PLEA FOR
DIRECT PRIMARY
Speech Rouses a Berkeley
Audience to Great
STAMPEDES HEARERS
Remarkable ; Demonstration
Following Appeal to :
V ' the Voters •
BOSSISM DENOUNCED
Lincoln - Roosevelt 'League'
Opens Campaign* in ; ;
College .Town -
r BBRKELET, Nov. ;27.—-With'.thc'.fa
miliar snap, _and directness,- of - * the
Francis-, J. -Heney. of .the',' recent ;. cam
paign. . Langdon's .right \ bower jsalled
into -the Southern Pacific", and .kindred
public • service ' corporations itonight, not.
mincing "hisv. language , nor balking - at
any ;term •• which*, might ,": described his
opinion^ of - the' man • and : methods be
longing, toUhe railroad." \u25a0 ;"'-..•.' '
''Twenty-flve hundred >pebple r.gath
ered | in v the \u25a0 Berkeley skating , rink in
,Allston^way, k under, the .auspices'of the
Lincoln- Roosevelt' lea gue, )to hear him
d0.« 1t," and'-. they i cheered themselves
\u25a0hoarse ;> 'long the iron voice : of
.thejspeaker, -was j tired and. he stepped
back .tothis chair on the;pJatrorm.
<f Every., word '\u25a0\u25a0'_ Heney uttered \u25a0• was >.a
plea - for = direct jprimarles-^-the ;dtrect
election -of the - senators tby *th c - people'
themselven.' not throusrh«some-. inter-'
medlary," such .as 'a';leglslature. .. '.
It. was an} elementary -.lesson '\u25a0 in, civil
government and. thft-thing tp'be demon-
strated - was the r desirability of direct
primaries.! HeKhammered \u25a0\u25a0 that at -.the
people, j showing by example what : had
been ' accomplished 'In - other states \by
the practical workings of the principle.
He '! showed 3 how = there was In every
city .In : the United V States an "unholy
.wedlock between vice and the .public
corporations -who . have something un
lawful to ask from the powers that: be,"
and he - tongueiashed " the man; who
stays away- from the .primary, saying:
"He- is not fit to-be an American citi
zen."' :- . \u25a0 \u25a0'.'.-- ' l^'/'^V
Nor did ; he ', attempt tx spare the.feel
ings of "\u25a0his: hearers. That is snot the
Heney of It "You— you;who think that
there iis no other .'> nation on. the face
of "the ear th^ as^f ree : and big; as. you—
you fail ' to remember' that only . a ' few.
short rcenturies ago] there were people
in England *'\u25a0 who. \u25a0 wore other; collars
than' the one you wear.; True they! were
not marked v'S.^ P.' R-?R/'^ but they were
just] as^ good.**, - '".".."-/\u25a0\u25a0' ' '.'
i^crric^'PoiaTicsy : ; . ;r :*;
.-'\u25a0; H« talked (."practical politics" to ; the
people ; and^they stood , up in the seats'
and ; yelled ; approval. ; , When at_ the end
'of '»n hour and = a"' half of steadyjspe!ak- x
lng^ h« steppedlback ; and \ declaf ed-; t§at
he .'had ; spoken' long enough ; , they
shouted ? ; again,' and f again : "No ! : - No !
Go', on, * go ' on !" '--And eh c . went \u25a0\u25a0• on; ; tear
ing ? down t the , flimsy \u25a0• structure \ of, pre-
Unse- •which !ithe \ railroad- -and pother
\u25a0seif-BeekingKcorporatlons^hadv reared
between" themselves ': and; the , people. ;.
\u25a0^>T hey*!! Vtell. you^that : if iyou^ attack
Continued to' Page Column 5 '
'4 Scenes of the Elmhurst =• horror, • pictures of : objects ; that add
to the i chain of evidence and portraits of the principals and wit
nesses mentioned in the tragedy. Atjthe.top is Mrs. Anderson,
whose dream ledto the discovery of. the crime. Below her; to
the^leftr is M.^ A: Wilkins, the accused' 'Mrs. Wilkins, the mur
dered woman, is in the lower right hand corner. On the left, at
the top, are the. prescription, jewel case arid lumber bill, bearing
oruthe crime,; and below, the diagramof the scene of the murder
is a; photograph of the investigators digging in Wilkins' barn.
Mrs.Belchee (lower left) fixes the date of the murder and Mrs.'
Bennett tells of Wilkins' conflicting stories.
Fantastic Stories of
Revolt Are Denied
Portuguese Premier Says Cabal
'Circulated "Reports \ for-a*/.
Political^ Purpose :\u25a0 '\
' SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE. CALIiV.j
LI SBON, No v. 26.--So sensa
tional,, not; to say fantastic; have j
been the^reportSi concerning Por
tuguese' internal i affairs which the
newspapers ; abroad have" been |
publishing* y; for; some :tirhe '4 past
' that* l, solicited' an interview with
I- '' V- t-] '\u25a0'\u25a0'''\u25a0;:\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0:\u25a0 ;;\u25a0- "; -\u25a0 v. V \u25a0 \u25a0'. :\u25a0\u25a0'. ' ••'•'\u0084 -\u25a0"
i SehonFrancb, who said:
* "you -i can* Judge for, 1 yourself 1 what
I, truth! there": lijin' 1 the reports circulated
among^theV foreign press. Does.,. this j
look-like a city on the eve of a revolu- <
Won/: "as the-, government's; enemies will i
have you 'believe?^ ,'...' I
\u25a0"Of course, "the recent financial crisis j
abroad 'has made' itself felt "here, but |
proportionately less so than in many
of the ' other J'countrles,' and notta single
ibusiness - firm has to ; grief
througij^iti •}. Public order has not.been
'disturbed;', nor* does it lehow -any; signs ;
otfbtiag'BO.-* ' ' ' ' ' ' "; •"
. Maybe you ; have a very steep Sinai
yourself, but have you thought about
|pther \u25a0 people's Sinais ? They tell about
jlhem in some interesting confessions in
£\u25a0\u25a0: The Sunday; Call
Impertinent Question No. 27
l\
I For; the^rnost^originaUor wittiest answer to this ques
n vtionT^ancl the briefer the be tter— The Gill will pay
FIVE I^I^ARS. For the next five answers
\u25a0 jl^eCaU
winning-answers will be printed next Wednesday
v V and -checks mailed to the winners at once Make
-yoiir answer. sKprt and address it to
questions,
; : lrili LALL
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. • \u0084"••..".\u25a0 - <-\ / ' - ( Huabandr". .
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- -\u25a0;' ;TeH i me= and- keVp^th e^ five/ .-•: \
i|l«^« toMrf.-E.' Wood, 9O4vßotUi I ; ttre«t.\S*a : Jot.' .
.;*;. .- ; Because \t6o many of \u25a0 his ; friends are .telling him • how~to
\u25a0 '".;; manage "niel *. _\u0084 i r ; .
. - |1- prU»to:MliV;q.''Frle, > ,1322j'Urkla.itrt«t. eitj.
ask-an- old maid!
: i fi .prtae " to(Mr«> W«U*^ 2730;H*it«T«treet B«rteley.
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i j |1 1 prta« ; te> A:^ 1 V.Ti VrUU&m*, ' 2O0S " B<i«» . itree t, B»r*«l«r- ; .
\u25a0 I'm • a',bronco; buster: . A ;woman ain't a hoss. .
>'|liprtt«' to'J.'jß.' .Walfctr",: box \u25a0 SMi'-yresao.
' Shetis'so'unexpected.'
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
IS WILKINS
AN ARCH
FIEND?
Horrible Evidence
Found in Search
for Clew
Gra ve Dug in Advance
i for Murdered Woman
Cannon Missing and
Another Grime
Foretold
Kimmons May Be Victim
of Man Who Killed Wife
Wilkins' Victim Wife
of Another Man
KAJTSAS OTY, Mo., Xo-r. 2eV—
The woman who had passed as
M. A. Wllkln** wife la beUered
here to he ytrm. Verale l<tndermaa
Cannon, daughter of Henry **•
lilndermaa, proprietor of the
Fraln Hot*!. 0833 Waahtn*ton
Park boulevard, thla city. Shi
wu married eight years ago to
Lonl* Carman, now engineer on
the St. lionls and San Franelaco
railway, running oat of Spring
field. Ho. Mr*. Carmo* waa then
24 yearn old and Cannon waa . 50.
They had one child. They Tan a
restaurant at ' 6819 Waahlngton
Park honlerard for a while. The
Cannons left Kanaaa City about
a year xnd V half ago. Th»
woman's father refuaed to dlaeuaa
the,- ease. ' I«oots Cannon, the
wemsn'i buib«rd,.ti»« »nt «a Mi
run tonight and could mmt^bfL
reached.
In-M. A. Wilkins, now in cus
tody in Oakland under suspicion
of having murdered his wife with
strychnine in their home in Elm-
hurst on the night of July 21, the
Alameda county authorities be
lieve they have a fiend whose
atrocious crimes have been those
of a second . Johann Hoch, i.whose
methods have equaled in. hideous
ness those of Luetgert, the Chi-
cago sausage maker, and the ter
rible secret of whose past may
never be revealed until his own
lips are at last unsealed in con
fession.
Who was the woman whose de
composed remains were found
Monday night in the grave lined
with quicklime under the floor of
Wilkins' Elmhur^ barn? .Was
she his wife? -.".'
What has .been the fate of the
three or four other women whose