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more street branch, were un
der surveillance:
Second only in importance
to the. arrest of Bartnett and
Brown were the sensational
revelations made by' Gustave
Chevassiis, accountant, and
Albert ;.AV Gabbs, .payingj
teller, at-the -Fillmbre street
branch' "of tljfe deposit com
pany's bank. They said that
of the deposits received at
the":£iljmore street depart
ment' $300,000- had \beeri. let
out^ l)y Brown in ' loans-;- of
whi'cli"s22s ? 000 were on prac
ticaihv worthless security.
Every* fresh development
added to the scandal;.' ; .
The arrest of Brown and
Bartnett was decided /Upon
after a consultation with
Assistant District Attorney-
Hertey. When the factsAvere
laid.M&re the prosecutor, he
said:,. / • ' ' '-\u25a0,'..:
is the most conclUr
sivc case of embezzlement
tha^.ha-s ever come to my no.-
A 'xxiirfrnivJee of depositors, composed
of R. A. Crothers'. A. J. Pon, Samuel
Kosenlieim. B. A. Weyl; J, : M. Raphael
and .'S. . *"<iige.nbaurn; had called upon
ller.4^-«arly in the day. Later" Attor T
neys 'Bjirclay Henley, .r.-F. Riiey and
Critteriden Thornton, representatives of
the contestants of the Colton will, joined
the conference at Heney's office. After
a three f.6iys" discussion the conclusion
was roYi'ehed thai immediate action was
ne<v«ssryr"A rumor already had spread
Thar.Ero'wn was preparing to leave the
c:ty v ' .-\u25a0-.• -•-\u25a0'\u25a0
The delegation visited the police sta
tion ar.d summoned Judge Cabaniss and
Judge Frank Dunne.. The latter signed
the warrant and Detectives Ed ODea,
.lames Dow, D. J. Driscoll and William
J'roU were dispatched to BrownV resi
der.eV, while Dc-^tives George Mulca
liey and Thomas Murphy -went to Manln
county to place Bartnett under arrffiL
BROWN IN PRISON •-\u25a0 \u25a0
Brown was the first to arrive at the
rrison. lie pulled norvously at his
cipar'and paced uneasily about tlv**cor
ridor. He refused to talk until he had ,
conferred- Vith his attorney. After Ills
name had been formally entered on the
prison register, l-.e was thrust "Into a
large cell with' the day's collection of
drunkards. - Brpwn* had sent word to
his attorney. iKrarh'Jonnson, who-soon
reached the prison, -ai»d h>ld>a long
confer^nc6"'\vitfi' tli'e disgraced banker.
The attorneys ihtereste'd'TtJ-tne pros
fcution declared " "fhat the case
against Brown and Bartnett was
complete. That part of the Colton
estate^ .Which-, figures^ in: .the
ment* proc.?'edings consists of- $205,000
5n frt^Vclkss railroad b'otodsl- In the lot (
\vpi4' Wo'stern Pacific bonds"- ' .to Vlhe:
nmoiTnt of, 5i0b.900.? Tl|«
madV w 4r ;-Jof •'fcni<sn Pacific-Solith-ern "Pa 1 -"
firn-j-tTlpc'k^'lsrahd;^^ 1"'1 "' <st^" er._rallrpade r. _rallrpad
s> M'uViTioS. •' Tliis sum- was.-s.' ; par t"Of the'
amo'y^t^ fpr sWfiicJi, -Helen; M. 'B-^SasheT,' ;
the;;j^pa| -;£ranild.augti ter . jof '.Mrsi. t Col R \
ton. itas been contesting. It is a\kr i ar£
part >of th« origin-alesrate of DrDTCbI- 1
ton. the associate of Leland Stanforil'jin
the great railroad enterprises tit ~ the'
/•arly days. ; - . \u25a0*.. ;"• :* " ''..." . .. ,!:•\u25a0• .
By jheordor of -the" Santa Cruz court
the \u25a0y^wJ^rvJiad ;>ee'n d^ppslltea, jjj^lth,
xh<i.&niii6i-f\if. -'saps^deposit* and.^trust \u25a0
< omfeiiy:;' bartnett;" 'as 'truftecof- the
(f'.p'to. and 'J. 't>aliell "Brown, as man
a^pr <?f v t}-)e. bank, were resp.oji*lble' for
Its safe : Jiec3>in3- The charge alleges
ti:at Brown ..and Ba.rtniett \u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0 se"ht | the
securities to New York 'ln an attempt
to r*i-Re \u25a0 funds to' bolster up the. safe
deposi.t^b'aiLk. Attorney; Barclay T Hen^
ley asserted- last night that' there' :
could-; be no 'doubt as to the guflt' of
the lie said that the'admls-
Fionsi'-Vircady made by Bartnett
amounted' to a confession.
HENEY TO PROSCCUTE
The prosecution will be carried on
by Francis.; J. Honey.- It will not entail
tiio-^ffng "itruggle for evidence.. that
has.-'wavkej. the . graft j proceedings.'
The'&ooks of the banks will kf'Conil
riiarid&erctf.-Yrs' evidence ariti^lald before
the 'courts ' The attornej^f whb.-mird'e
the Ass< "charges against tJarthttt '-•will
be cgl'lt-d'-as v.'itriesscs.' v *.'.'' < . .'•.*,'^-'V.
.li:st^ys s lii>t; defense will ibei^ittempted
has 'fiSi '%^f n 'divulged.' 'TJi'e c :"laiTis\. > rc
garityiH-.th'e .ousted}' of trust furuls'-are
extrma»te 'strict. J The- remdvaP"of " the'
tru!*?- fuq^fe frofrt the state, .which the
defendapjjs -'^idmit, constitutes^ an of
fense in Itsolf. The suggestion has
been made that the accused men can
serve/ tjivTMsclvcs "best •by confessing
and-asUTng for as light a sentence as
possible. \u25a0 The penalty- for. embezzle
ment' -1s one -to 10 years in the peni
tentiary. " '-'"( 'i* v* -'SV '•' « '
It -became known early in tlie "day
that .ct lininal proceeding's would be. in
stituWl against Brown 1 , and .Bartnett.
The tw<j»\ roori had boon kept under po
liop surveillance during the night. De
tectives on foot and in automobiles had
trailed-, them. Da.vJd F: Walker, who
resigned rfii:>Saturday "as president of
the baKltT atfTo was watched.
Di;TE<-fI\ES.'.*iCARE BROWN
Bro«\-n was in tlie drawing room on
the second floor of his. home when'the
detectives «a»ne Xo . arrest; him last
nlßiit.V. As thojS walked Into the room.
t:\ore-pn tiie horls of T. Otway Sadlier,
a fri«*ul and fownor associate with
lirown, in the banking business, who
had h&m with iho'dov/nfallen financier
dining the t-ntire day. Brown rose to
liis toet-with the startled "exclamation,
*'\Vha.t,<To S<o\i i \v2intT'?' i^ t ? < *
yCv want* you. Mr. Brown." said De
t«cti<-^ ODea, who, with D. J. Driscoll,
also"i£rom the central office, had been
assigned to arrest the banker. "We
have -a.' warrant for your arrest. With
your permission I will read.jt."
"If «you please," answtred Brown;
Who bfg-an Valking to and fro about '
tho room, pausing once in a while to
lister. to # ihe words droned out by the
detective. "When the reading of the
warrant was finished. Brown turned to
his son lind only ohihi. T©m, who had
b^en standing close to his father's
chair, and said:.
"Don't say t anything about this to
your mother, boy." *• •-
lo the detectives he added:
•\May I have "pomething to eat before
\\(i loave here? Dinner 1s almost ready
anrt I was just going down."
Accompanied by the officers, Sadlier
ar«! his son, the accused man walked,
to the dining room on the floor below
and spent the next 15 minutes eating.
During the whole, course of the meal,
which was eaten "in, almost absolute
silence, save for the.'sobbing of the boy.
who is not yet. 20 -years old,' Brown
seemed dazed at ihesuddenness of the'
:\u25a0- : : \u25a0 \u25a0' t.' jg«>Jß|Bß ' '" * ' '
"I cant understand why they should
have taken this- step," he said to Dris
coll. "Surely they kn«?W that, they
couWi find me here at. any time they
wanted mo. Sunday • night is s a Mxad,
bad tim<* to get bail, and I am afraid'
thai I shall be unable to procure a
Lordsman." =',
As soon as the dinner was finished
Brown asked permission to telephone
\u25a0to Illrajta W. Joliasoni his; -attorney.'
Wbcn. that, was accomplished and an
appointment liad been made, the entire
party'leTt the house. At the front doo*
Mrs. Brown, who had" heard of the:arm
rest of her husband but noneof the de
tails, these having, been kept front: her
on account of her 111 health, came hur
rying down the stairs. She threw; her
arms about her husband's neck : and
kissed him. She was not crying, and
3aid nothing. : ...
Standing at the. curb,. on the opposite
side of, the street, were two autorho.
iiJles belonging to. the police depart-
Rient;one of which had been on ,. duty
the entire day with the men watching
the house. The entire party, consisting
Sof Brown, Detectives- Driscoll, William
Proll. J. J. Dow and Edward ODea,. T.
Otway Sadlier.. and several newspaper
men who had been waiting about the
place most of the day, crowded into the
two machines, and were taken to the
city prisoji, where Brown was locked
.up. \u0084 • ... 'X}& \u25a0 X
> Following the formal booking of the
•.prisoner, he was searched by Proll, al
though at first he objected strongly to
the proceeding, sayjag .that there, was
no need of it. Brown then was given a
chance -to talk to the newspapermen
who clustered about him, asking him if
*he had 'any statement, to make. _
\u25a0 "Nothing, • gentlemen;' . absolutely
jiothing .to say until "I have seen iqy
Mr. Jonhson." . was his reply. ,
SAYS CHARGE l£ FALSE
• When Johnson, arrived, a few mo
ments afier^'hls client had 'been locked
~up, He held a short conference with
Brown and. 'then " m^fle the following
statement: *•_•' * . -• " \u25a0
There lg no doubt in my mind that Mr. Brown
Is absolute!/ innocent of the charges which have
been made, "against him. He has done nothing
wrong. I am -snre.and I feel certain that if the
matter ever .comes to trial be. will be cleared.
•ho sudden arrest. of a man in his position late
Sunday evening and the fixing of a prohibitive
ball bond of $200,000 or $100,000 cash, Is in
comprehensibly to-, me.
Driving through th« woods and
swamp which surrounds the beautiful
home of Walter J. Bartnett on Silver
island, the locality which the Chiawah
uee boat' club' made famous for years,
two detectives came to the door just as
the lights were put out for the night.
They were Dave Mulcahy. and Daniel
Murphy from the central office in San
Francisco, and without waiting they
went ' at once to the- door, rang and
•were" admitted after a short wait by
Mrs. Bartnett, wh<j. had been sitting
In the drawing room. - v «\u25a0« \u25a0 "
From newspapers the family had
learned of tlic issuance of a warrant
for the arrest of the father and were
prepared for the coming of the- officers,
although the hour was so late — after
10 o'clock — that Mrs. Bartnett .said she
had thought that the arrest had been
postponed for the night.
BARTNETT TAKEN FROM BED -•
Bartnett, who had 'retired, was sent
for and came down the. stairs fully
drensed after keeping thfe officers-wait
ing about 10 minutes. They were wait
ing for'-mm m-the drawing room and.
as he enter^l, Multahy. who had the
\u25a0•warrant, advanced to meet him, saying:
"Mr; Bartnett, we have a warrant for
your arrest on the charge of felony
embezzlement Will you. listen to its
reading?" ... • :
In a nervous tone and plucking at his
clothes, Bartnett answered:. "Very well,
gentlemen, I am in your .hands.".
After the -reading, of the warrant he
told the officers that It was then too
late to catch the last boat to the city,
and asked permission to spend the night
in his own home, w.hich,-.the detectives
granteS, with the proviso' that one of
them should be in their prisoner's room
throughout the night. f i-
After his arrest j Bartnett, who had
spent the entlrei'day "In. Sah.-- Francisco
attending to hisVaffair.s'on- this side of
the bay, made*"tt»e foJlowing ir statement
fo a reporter^ ff 6 r-.The^Call;; who was
with the offlcers:fj- :;';/', ,;"•' V
lam not guilty- er'anj crime' arid* 1 the charges,
which have been ,auicte. 'agalosi m» atf absolutely
sfttndut foundatkM.;. 1 U^tyiYe nypothleated no
bonds nor stock >nfl.-,lv*ijive&tJtbln£ :t jq-fear from
thoße-who say \u25a0roat*! '4»ve'.«B*en:vjntrue to any
trust. The estate '!«f !^i<a »#.*<»* vfbfc 'special
administrator Is sto 'ts \u25a0 good-. c6hdltfdn j : now . as
the day I received." lt.- ' '•";•, ' . . ; '~ /
Bartnett then v called.i)p , his lawyers,
JJarcel, CeHfl&r'dV-'^ag'feStt-ji-MfcEn^rney,
\vho' will a<r^W>thi»>^fls^**p^V
REVELATIO^'^'STARTLING*? V. i!'-^ft
The questl6h\ng^ff. the..--bank..^em
ployes by thieVcoinmijtee of" depositors
brought out.'vstatements yesterday of
such a startling . character. - that, ' If
true, they" form a chain of transactions
unexcelled Tiy former achleve
njents" "in frenzied finance. The two
witnesses were Accountant Gustav
Chevassus, and .'-Teller Albert .Gabbs,
both of the Fillmore street branch
bank. According .to their testimony
the". Fillmore* Btreet'f bank was receiving
an average of $30,000 monthly in. de
posits-andloanlng out less than $2,000
a morfth. . The balance was sent to the
niain bank in Montgomery street and
would" J>e accounted for on the books
if the Fillmore street bank with notes
on the Eldorado lumber company, the
Central \u25a0 Counties land company, the
Central California traction ' company
and others of a- like character ' owned
by the bank itself. . - \u25a0 \u25a0
! In one instance they . testified -that
a.n entry was- made on • the.- books-* of
the Fillmore street bank of. a $35,000
loan to Charles A. Gray, secured by
stock in the Lorraine mining company.
Gray was an attorney* in the office of
Bartnett. •\u25a0 \u25a0 . . : '' \u25a0 - ' • ''.\u25a0}??,
DU.VSMOOR NOT A BORROAVER
They said further, that they , had
heard that former Bank Commissioner
Dunsmoor had borrowed - $20,000 ! from
the bank. This statement was subse
quently disproved byDunsmO'or.- :„' '
•In all, the two bank clerks testified,
that $300,000. worth^of. notes was.en
tered on the Fillmore street} bank
books to replace the same amount of
money deposited in the main bank, and
after an investigation the committee
has come to the conclusion that of this
amount about $225,000 was loaned on
almost valueless securities.
1 The examination of Gustav Che
i*assus was continued last night, when
he declared that sums aggregating
about $250|000 had. -been .loaned on
3oldflcld and Tonopah mining stocks.
The specific charge on which Brown
and* Bartnett were arrested resulted
from' the disappearance." of • $280^000 ;ln
stocks und bonds belonging to! the Col
ton estate. .*'-».,\u25a0;
On hearing the evidence/in this mat
ter Heney declared that.. It was as
strong a case of "embezzlement as had
been brought to.' his ~ notice. •.Julius
Raphael, chairman of the' depositors'
committee, in his statement to the^de
posltors said: 1 -." - •,' t
"We have! taken hasty 'action be
cause were not going to take any
chances. This committee has enough
evidence to push the case and believes
that a further investigation of the
books will clear up a number of trans-
actions of what are Seemingly of a
doubtful character."
MANY WOMEN' DEPOSITORS
: The .list of stock holders- of the de
funct financial institution, i which will
be made public today, shows some in
teresting features in connection with
the inner workings of the bank. Fully
SO per cent of the. stock holders are
women. * Many purchased ': the now al
most worthless securities ", tor. invest
ment purposes alone, while there are
large numbers of "others v who have
tak^n shares of stock to cover loans
made to the bank.
. Aijwng the- women holding stock in
tho" Institution .are. Mrs.^ Louis Glass;
wj'e ol the convicted "telephone "official,
who has 60 shares, and Mies May Glass,
who has 20 "shares. Louis Glass him
self <is the owner of 40 shares,; so that
the loss-'in'' hlsj-family ; with > stock • pur
chafeAli;ati $125 a ' would 4 amount
to J16;000. ' Judah Boaa Is the owner ot
25 shares, wl)ile hli : son, .Benjamin
Boa s, holds ; ; 2sO shares.. \ \u25a0 • Mrs. .Amelia
Chabot of Oakland;' isVthe {pledgee^ of
33<i slfareson^aloan; Charles W.lClark>,
son of Senator Clark, ; is' pledgee lot
'the; sak;^
2SO shares;" Louis Fatjo is- the owner.
of :.500 shares;Tthe ; ; Firemen's /F.urid ?ir>i
surance comp&nyj holds 600* shares on
a loan; R.:D. Fry.is- the.owner of 600
shares ; O. H/ Greenwald \is * the i pledgee
of 500 shares; Isaac "Colin holds? 1.375.
shares on a loan ; ; Solomon .' Lewis lias
10.0 shares; Captain "J/B.;Overto'n holds
250. shares; M.~ Ai ; Murphy/ is the -owner
of Soo ; shares; Charles Wesley Reed; the
attorney, has 200 shares; Andrew Sbar
baro, the banker, holds; 250* shares; N.
T. Smith, treasurer of the Southern Pa
cific company, is the owner.of 25 shares,
and John Spruance owns 550 shares.; .
,J. Dalzell Brown, manager of the
bank, who was arrested last night on
a charge of embezzlements Is -on' the
books ,for.Boo shares/though he is sup
posed to have larger holdings through
other persons. Norton C. Wells, man
ager of the Fillmore: street branch of
-the company, is the" owner of 100^
shares. '
A. D. Sharon is the owner of ,50"
shares of stock in the institution and
Mrs. Charlotte .Sharon of 40' shares.
The latter's daughter. Miss May Shar
on, holds 20 shares.
MAY ME MORE ARRESTS
Whether additional prosecutions will
be instituted against officers of the
bank.has not been decided. This will
depend upon the developments of the
present week. One of the .most. sensa-,
tional revelations relates to a loan of
$200,000 made a few days before the
bank closed. An investigation will be
made to , ascertain to. whom this loan
was made. The bank commission will
resume the Investigation this morning.
The commission so far has made no
explanation, either on behalf of itself or
its predecessors in office, asto the fail
ure to report the bank's condition at an
earlier date. The books show that the"
mismanagement has covered a long pe
riod of time.'.- Just how the facts have
escaped the attention of. the commission
is one of the greatest mysteries of the
amazing situation.
The stock holders in the corporation
have been called together for a meeting
to.be held today at the office at Califor
nia and Montgomery streets. It will be
a sorry wreck on which the stock hold
ers will be invited to -gaz^ The presi
dent, David F. Walker, has resigned.
The manager, J. Dalzell Brown, is in
jail. The attorney, Walter" J. Bartnett,
ls a p'rfsorie'r guarded by two detectives..
Norton C. Wells, manager of the Fill
more street branch, Is. under surveil
lance. The assets, of the corporation
amount to a little more than' a third of
the ja.000,000 due the depositors. Resur
rection ia deemed a hopeless task.
• An examination of the books of the
company yesterday, showed . that the
corporation had expended some $5,000, J
000 on its Industrial enterprises. In
addition, it has ?nade loans in excess of
$3,000,000 on these same "companies.
The Carnegie brick and pottery com
pany, on^- of the industrial companies,
is regarded as the' most valuable of
these assets. However, there is little
chance that, any substantial sum can
be realized on even this property at the
present time.
In addition* to the money lavished on
such, companies as the Eldorado lumber
company and the Pacific window glass
company, " more: than' $250,000, was
loaned on" Nevada mining a
large part of which is of doubtful value
a^t best. • . .
l The list of loans is astounding. It
appeared to be the policy of the bank's
management to lehd first and ask about
the security afterward. The loans
were, .made with' small r.egard to the
welfare of. the j depositors. {
Proceedings will be begun In the su
perior court today by Attorney General
Webb, for the appointment of a" re
ceiver to assume charge of the bank's"
affairs. Webb said yesterday that the
proceedings would be carried forward
without delay. 1 .After the court names
the receiver the affairs ,of the concern
will. pass.-troitt!=private jurisdiction to
the Control of 'the courts.
EICHORN* F r OUN*D ROTTENNESS
According; to the triends of David i*.
Walker/president of. the California safe
deposit? and trust company, it was a
man named Eichorn, recently brought
to: the coast '6y Walker" to take'qHarge
of the loan department. of the company,
who first discovered- thel rottenness ex
isting in the bank and gave Walker his
first intimation of the true) state of
affairs.
Walker came to San Francisco early
in November with Bartnett.' who had
gone east in the interests of the bank..
It was Walker's idea that the need of
money -in San Francisco for recon
struction purposes offered awide field
for the enlargement of bank acti\'ity.
especially. in the direction of loans, and
with this end In view he ' secured
Eichorn, who was one of Harriman*s
bond clerks, and brought him west at
same time. Eichorn was to become
manager of the loan department of the
bank, taking the burden of this work
from J. Dalzell Brown/ but he had only
been in the city two days when he re
ported to Walker, that the bank was
rotten to Its y^ry core.
WALKER PROTECTS, SEIiF
Eichorn himself was angry at hav
ing been drawn Into a connection with
the institution' at such *a : time, ' f#id
according to Walker's friends, it was
the information 1 given Walker. 'by
Eichorn which broke' the former's
health for .a time. .
Acting on the information glv^n him
by Eichorn, It is. said, Walker : put-his
private fortune into the bank, but was
later advised by Attorney W.H. Chick
ering to withdraw it/and did withdraw
It. Walker. since has : transferred all
his property, including that in ; this
city and his beautiful country estate
at. San Mateo... to his wife, Althea
Walker. . \
PROMISES PUNISH3IENT \_
John B. Dahlgren. whose wife, Caro
line Dahlgren, -Is a beneficiary;: under
the will -of Mrs. Ellen' M. Colton, de
clared last night.. at his. home. 2425
Charming way, that those
guilty, of abstracting : the- Colton bonds
from - the' California .safe deposit arid
trust' company's bank would ' be put
behind the bars of the penitentiary. He
said:
The" party or partlfi jfullty of stealing ' the
securities .will be- prosecuted, to tbe full extent
of . the . law. -I - urn . Ignorant of • their, identity,
but, mark my; words, the matter will\be sifted
nnd the guilty punlßliod. : .-.'\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0>. \
The first Intimation.- 1 -had- that 'the bonds
and stocks- and .money had been stolen was
when' 'l, went over to *- San \u25a0.. Francisco yesterday
morning.- -According; to m->-' custom, I bought
The Call,' rand there -read * the account ; of ,\u25a0 the
stealing: of -the secoritles.
I Immediately telephoned- to Mrs.- • Dahlgren
and we ~l called upon : our \ attorney, Charles \u25a0> W.
Slack.- \u25a0 '\u25a0 .\u25a0 \u25a0-..-• -" \u25a0-\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 . c ' •\u25a0•' ;; .
While - 1 cannot ' lay \u25a0my ' hand on -, the parties
guilty of thls.felonr-'beeauiie. I do not know, 1
will, gay. that - Dalzell * Brown;, the ; cashier^ and
manager of itbe -bank,. jshould, know what h&s
beeorof^of' thPrbondiC '»>: ' • \u25a0 /
Ereri if a board'of ifirectoni of the institution
has done, away J J wltb'S|tlie.} bonds- for "their own
uses, Brown .would ftnow Kin- hIR capacity.' a*
manager 'of ;tlie" bunk what has become ' of ; the
securities antl'other property- placed in the bank. '
There Is not; « member, of 4 the ; board of directors
or : any, offlejal -of athei-liank who : could .take a
dollar ont of .that- 'bank? and Uie manager' re
main Ignorant of It.V ." ;1 •-...• \u25a0; \u25a0•- \u25a0
- As far as. l can we lv this matter, Mr. Brown
muxt know* what \u25a0 has 'become of :\u25a0 the--Colton
bonds and other; moneys and stocks' of i the 'es
tate ' placed in ? the^ bank by : the order } of .": the'
court.-,'-- \u25a0 - -' . ' \u25a0 -\u25a0" \u25a0 ' \u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0--\u25a0.'"" .-;''-.--
., EXPECTS 31AXV SUITS
i I cannot beileTe \u25a0 that Mr. Bartnett '. hadVany
thlngTto do wllfi the. stealiug of thoColtoo bonds."
He is a ninn who has been a friend of , my. wife's
family. -:for many -years.'.; In* fact*be ' was s the
attorney for Mrs. Ellen M. Colton. /.He has been
a most welcome guest, in \ the i Colton ; house.'^ §&\u25a0.
- ' The ' court which placed : the bands in . the ; keep-
Ing of. the bank will prosecute; the criminals; foe
the act'ot-steallngthera. '••\u25a0 lt:wllUr« > st,".bowcTer,
onitho" eßtate; to recorerithe ; t>onds from "- the
partlei \u25a0 wbo now - hold ; them.: This', can \u25a0 bo ; done
only at a. great expense and pxliaustlve litigation
in ;: which Innocent • .parties i, who i purohased X the
papers ' will ,. likely .n be ! drawn .-. Into ; the i contest."
Although '\u25a0\u25a0 they ' know ; that: the; bonds are - not i le
gally i tbelr own ; they . will not ; give .; them , up ! with
out sa- lawsuit. "\u25a0 :It > remains for * the 5- estate ito
bring ;the enlt for th«* recovery of \u25a0 the ! bonds ' and
moneys ; and stocks; of (the; estate. : . - . • "\u25a0,\u25a0\u25a0:\u25a0"\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0-:
:;-Whlle Ivhave'not^a;record'at-.'I v have'not^a;record'at -.' hand "of thf
bonds, .stocks and ' money j placed ' in ' the California \u25a0
safe :" dcposl t-, and \u0084 trust ; com pany, as ( . Dear -j as : I
can : remember there '. was placed : with . them * the
following:-. ,' \u25a0 . \u25a0 -.. ; \u25a0 . -
Ccupua bonds to Uk amount of about J201. 000
or $203,000; "stock of which the face 'ralue'was
«bont "*T5.000 ? was in- nrintng.rrSprlng Valley,-
Smelters,'; Amador • mining : company, / lone ; coal
and -, iron : company and ;> Eocky Mountain \u25a0 Iron
company." UesMeg this there warplaced in ca*n
something |,between; $98,000 ,and/SIOO,qOO. This
also has not been accounted \u25a0*•/ <* ,'~£-.'o
.There should be at this. Urn/ about ?20,000 in
terest on the . bonds if the i coupons :. hare been
clipped by the; bank offlcWls as j they, have the
right. '' Where f this additional money has gone ; I
cannot ' say.- r a oi ! In ignorance of the \u25a0 whole
matter except that the securities are gone.. The
guilty ones will be found, \u25a0 however, and the veil
over the mystery ; will bej raised. \u0084
BELIEVES ? IX ' BARTNETT
1 ; That". Mrs-. iHelenev.Coiton dahlgren
had ; borrowed more > than ; $15,000 ; from
the defunct {.California? safe: deposit: and
trust company was' asserted yesterday
by Attorney Charles WT Slack. ;
Slack * was V asked if • Brown or Bart
nett "had ever 1 admitted that such a
thing; had vbeen done, ..and Jhe said "in
reply?; that Bartnett ; had told him on
one occasion- that Mrs. ?Dahlgren owed
the bank about $15,000 on her unse
cured note of i hand." iln .view of the
fact. that: Mrs. Dahlgren would receive
half of the j total rColtoh -'estate which
[was in litigation, Judge_ Slack said that
he. supposed the bank Considered;; lt a
good- loan and" had- pald« no' further.jat- :
tentionjtoithe, * matter^'-Slaek continued: \
> : I nover doubted Bartnett and .wish to repeat
that I'do not,- doubt -him now.' \u25a0' His associates
in. business have been bad and have got him into
this trouble.- Xothlng;but the Justifiable action
of ; the ha n k commission 'In standing behind the
bank enabled that Institution to- continue :as
long .as it did. >In view of ' the facts as they
have since developed I believe that the animosity
which Bartnett told me was at the bottom of the
slightly chilly attitude of. the commission was !
a justifiable one on - the' part'*of. the. banking \u25a0
lastitutlons in < the city which were doing a
square and fair business. ' ~ : '
OLXEY TELLS OF; INTERVIEW
? v ßegarding. ,the removal of the se
curities-from' the California- safe de
posit and. trust company, Warren Olney
Jr. last night said:, v, : ;
My only' connection with the case was- the*
fact. that I happened to be in J. Dalzell Brown's
office when Slack came In , yesterday morning.
Slack had asked me to come in .with him and
Interview. Brown "concerning the securities.-- 1
\u25a0was present during * the interview, which al
ready has been .published. ;-- • • .
Bartnett trtld Judge Slack and me that per
sonally he bad. nothing to do wl(h the removal
<)f the 'securities; that he had only learned're
cently that they had been. taken. <He said that
he had asked Brown about them, and- Brown :
said that they had been taken away, and would
be retooled. The only reason Bartnett did , not
'ask for ; an ; accounting or make public the re
moval ? of the~ securities was- because of ' the
critical, condition, of local financial affairs.
!t ' My Interest In the bank !rvas \u25a0 simply that it
was used by the Western Pa dflc railway as a
financial Institution.,' '.'
Olney spoke In highly, commendatory
terms of Bartnett', ' mentioning- him fas
a close personal friend. When- in
formed that a warrant had been issued
for the^arrest of Bartnett he was
deeply moved. • • -
COLD MEAT FOR BROWX *•"' V \u25a0
Late, last night J. JDalzell Brown told
the police he T" ; a s hungry and a sup
per of j cold vekl was 'purchased from \
a nearby; coffee ' house. \u25a0 Brown waß ;
allowed ..' the .use of ." the -city prison
office In' which to eat his. meal. \u25a0
: As soon- as. they learned of his need
the persons, off ered to go.
on the bond of Waltej-, J. Bartnett and
notified him.of their' intention at his
home:. W..C. Peyton, president of the
Peyton chemical, works "in Martinez:
Mr. and , Mrs. John ; B. Galvln and Mrs.
Catherine Martin, the last named being
the largest single" legatee under, the
Colton will. They, will be on hand this
morning to provide S bonds for the re
lease of Bartnett.
ARMS AND DYNAMITE
SEIZED BY GOVERNMENT
Mexican's Shack Floor. Cov
\ ers Weapons for Up-: \u0084\u25a0 - : 't
rising
SPECIAL'ijiiisPATCa TO THE JCALL
«| HOUSTON, Tex.. Dec.^ B.— Acting un>
'der' instructions; from"- the 'department
of. justice at Washington, ' Judge ' Lock
McDaniel, -United States district attdr
ney, 'accompanied .by two deputy
United . States .marshals, went yester
day to-Rancho Viejo, nine miles' north
of the city, where he found-eight army
carbines with 500 pounds of ammuni
tion and 60 sticks of dynamite, with
caps and fuses, : concealed "under the
floor of a house occupied by Almaslo
Santago and Ramon Martinez, citizens
of, Victoria, state of Tamaullpas,
Mexico. •
When^ the news reached the city
there was great excitement over tho
discovery. Judge •: McDaniel was not
inclined to talk much about his in
vestigation, saying that h,e was acting
under instructions -from the depart
ment in Washington, .'Until he makes
his ' report upon the matter -.lt is not
probable that any further action. will'
be taken. ' '_
Judge M.cDahieX_brought with him
the instructions . from Washington to
investigate a report made to the offi
cials of 'tho government that and
ammunition . had -been stored near
Brownsville and" that. the men, who had
thei guns and ammunition were In a
conspiracy tot make' a '.revolutionary
movement against the town, of Mata
moros,' opposite Brownsville.
/The department's instructions were
to seize the supplies and have the
Mexicans taken, -before the United
States grand Jury. In the event that
he : found, no immediate necessity -for
such action he .was .to report' the re
sults of the^ Investigation to Wash
ington.^ This -.latter course , w.as de
cided upon. V •-'/',
ANOTHER BIG DISCOVERY
: OF GOLDON THE YUKON
Miners Paid $50 a Day to Shovel on
New Find at Mouth of Mel
bzzi'River'
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL
: TA(X)MA,' Dec. 1 B.— A Dawson- dispatch
says news* has "been ~ received' that
high as ; $60 i a * day; to r sho"vel has been
secured opposite'the ' mouth :of Melozzl
river on the lower Yukon. „ T.he'Mplozzl
enters "the "Yukon" on" the : right, limit
between the' mouth : of -Tanana and the
mouthof Koyukuk. : -tyheril the'season
of -navigation was 'drawing to a "Close
many, miners had campod-ln the vicinity
of.. Melozzi and i were said . to be pros
pecting there.* Members of steam crews
reported rseeing -their f tents; in the
cinity. \u25a0? The Melozzi ; Is in \u25a0> line ; .with the
Innoko pay streak, and is thought to
be associated with .it. .It > is said this
section has never before been thorough
ly prospected. ;.- Some miners { will go ;. to
Alelozzi. over, ice; this from; Nome
and" Fairbanks. .'.Thei finding "of gold
there ; makes '\u25a0 a; second limportant dis
covery 1 1 his ; winter. rj,The ? other i Is t Va I
dez^creek,; a tributary i of .Tanana: river,
20 0 1. nUlea^.f rom ;*,Valdez,«to > which , 500
miners are' going riowj from , Fairbanks
and! Vafde'z.'-^^.^'-'^^^^-"'^ .-.'': \u25a0'• \u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0/'•\u25a0"
I^USITAIVIA'S ROUGH . TRIP
\u25a0; ..NEW; YORK;*'. Dec;* B.'-^-Buffeted by
storms that! retarded -her 'passage. from
.the time! she ;>left 7 L.iverpbol: until rshe
; the* Crand /banks,; the'" Liusltania
|of;the Cunardiine came into port today.
I .TheV-time .;. of "^passages- was : ;',5 :'days *22
hours, and: 25 i minutest The iLusitanla"
made ' an average; speed%"6f ID.s2 ; knots.'
MISS SCHEXCIC AS CORESPONDENT
Special dispatch to, the caix
. ; NEW . YORKJI Dec. ; B*.— Miss .Florence
Iv Sehenck; who ! went abroad last;year
with the, . G..; Vanderbilt . estab-"
lishment- that'; won honors at _'.the ? Lon^
don; horse ;show,ns named In" a suit* for
divorce brought' by; Mrs:) Elizabeth
son -of Orange, N..J.;i against^ Charles
U." Wilson, Mr.tVanderbllt's whip. "I. :
MVADA MINES TO BE "
REDPENEO WITHIN WEEK
Continued from . Pose 1, Column . 3
the ; Florence mine. ; . Reynolds explained
that it - ? was .not convenient to- encamp
his ; entire ; command in one section of
the :cifjv arid that i he selected the Com
bination; property as .offering the best
site,* it being sheltered from the stiff
breezfes "that blow through the moun
talns':at":thls time of 'the year. Rey- :
nolds maintains j his position that "it is
a serious business to fight, not talk,"
and declines to discuss his future ac
tions.;- r
UNDER SHERIFF IRATE
..Unfcer Sherifl! Bart Knight, who has
charge of the deputies in the absence
fromuhe city 'of .Sheriff AY. A: Ingalls.
has -taken a decided stand. :He said
today, .that the l sheriff -had wired to
Governor Sparks for information re
garding the, expected arrival of ;troops
and; had; not received a reply, Jthough
the message was sent before, thej troops
left; San ' Francisco. He: said that he
and his deputies were well able to pre-*
serve the . peace" and that; they would
see that ; no violence took place.
"We would arrest a 'drunken.soldler
as readily as any : other s man "who vio
lated the law," said he tonight. "Our
duty Is plain. "We have only to see!
that order and quiet prevail in : this
city and so far there has been no
.trouble." ."
There is considerable bitterness be
tween the offices of the sheriff and
Constable Claud Inman.' 1 Several
deputy constables who have been ap
pointed by Inman have been warned
;by the sheriff not to attempt to act in
the capacity of peace guardians. The j
sheriff .maintains that they have no
right to do so, In view of the fact that
the sheriff- is the chief executive offi
cer of, the county and of Goldfleld,
which is not incorporated.
RIVAL GUARDS AT MIXES
Constable Inman has sworn in a
number ;of extra deputies since the
beginning of tJ\e -present strike and
some "of these men are stationed ,at
the leading mining properties, although
\u25a0deputy;sheriffs also have. been detailed
to see that no damage is done to mills
ajid workings. . .- \u0084 ,
"While no serious clash of these fac
tions is expected at this time, both
sides are determined In the stand they
have taken and this complicates the
unusual condition now existing here.
Miners Issue a Statement
Denouncing the President
Federation Calls Upon Union Labor
to Join In Protest
DENVER. Dec. S.— The executive
board of the western federation of
miners issued tonight the following
statement concerning the present con
troversy between the Goldfteld mine
owners' association and the Goldfield
fniners' union: H ;>;<; ;:'-.VO.
On December 0 President Roosevelt Issued a
proclamation orderinK federal troops to proceed
to Goldfleld. Ner.. ostensibly for the purpose of
protecting life and property. - That there • was
erer any danger to either person or property Is
emphatically denied by the officers of Esmeralda
county and by the merchants and - citizens of
Goldfield. The only reason . for the ' present
trouble -was the decision of the mine operators to
force upon the miners a scrip that would not b«
taken at par by the railroad company, the Wells
.Fargo , express company, the postoffice, the
store* or V the., boarding houses.' : Neither would
the mine owners agree to guarantee that . they
would redeem ;. this %crlp at any time In the
future.,- • .• \ -\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0'\u0084\u25a0
. In refusing to accept thin worthless scrip in
exchange for their -hard labor, the miners of
Goldflefd, are taking a manly stand against the
usurpation of governmental functions by unre
liable banking firms, which assume -the right to
set a»!de the Icjrnl monor of. the nation.-, \u25a0 .
' We desire to'call the attention of. the American
people to the awful disaster at Monong-ah. W.
Va.,» where 500. eqal mlncrsrwere murdered by
the -capitalist 'system In Its -greed for profits.
Had > President Roosevelt been so anxious to In
.force the mining" laws ;of •• West Virginia ; had hp
considered as well . the "protection of the lives of
those .miners by demanding that the mine owners
safeguard their employes against unnecessary
dangers as he lß'to>send the regular , army to
crnsb an organization whose only aim is to better
the conditions and make happier the lives of the
working class, 000 blackened corpses would not
today be laid upon the altar of greed at Monon
gah, W. -Ya.". around which weep widowed wives
and orphaned children. ,
\u25a0 We -protest against this- action of President
Koosevelt, knowing that he was animated -by
personal hatred against the western federation
of miners and its officer!. ' • The moving of
troops upon . a peaceable' community : mnst . be
regarded at least «s hasty and ill advised and we
rail upon -the; working class of the -country to
protest against this - nnwarranted and unpre
cedented action of mimic warfare. >
PRESIDENT IS "dUTE,"
VERDICT OF ANNA HELD
Actress Visits the White House and
Is Delighted With Versatility
, ' of Roosevelt
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL
WASHINGTON, Dec. B.— President
Roosevelt is "cute," according to Anna
Hold, the actress, who was escorted to
the White" House yesterday by Senator
Hopkins of Illinois. . The party includ
ed Florence Ziegf eld, Anna Held's hus
band and several other members of her
company.. ; ._. --\u25a0;>:; \u25a0' '.".** .' ' '.
'" While the republl9ari national com
mittee was in the throes of selecting a
place and fixing 'the time for the re
publican national ; convention. Senator
Hopkins and. the theatrical party,
reached the -.White House. Miss Held,
with- characteristic impetuosity, greet
ed the president, who responded brief
ly.-As they were departing, Hiss Held
was heard "to exclaim:
% "Isn't :he cute? . And he has such a
delightful faculty of saying , the right
thing.". - \u25a0'.' ;v-.;. v ! '.---•.=\u25a0 -
RANCHER'S YOUNG SON DROAVNED
CENTER VILLE, Dec. 8.-^John Chand
ler Jr., the 3 year old son of John
Chandler, \ "a/ wealthy rancher, was
killed this "afternoon by a fall into a
tank- well on "his father's place, eight
miles from here. -;
TAFT'S DEPARTURE DELATED
BOULOGNE, Dec. .B.— The steamship
President Grant, .on which Secretary
Taft; and; party -are passengers, .which
was to have sailed from this port to
day, has' been delayed by heavy weather.
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MURDERER CUTS THROAT
OF UNCONSCIOUS VICTIM
Killing of Jack Riley Near
MNapa an Unusually
Brutal Crime-
WEAPON IS FOUND
Officers Pick Up Razor-Used
v by Umbrella Mender's
Slayer
_ . SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL
.NAPA, Dec. B.— There were several
Important developments today in the
investigation by Sheriff Dunlap -and
Coroner Treadway into the murder of
Jack , Riley, the wealthy umbrella
mender of San Francisco, and the quest |
of the mur/lerer. ;Sheriff Dur.lap found
this morning the razor with which the
crime was. committed. It was lying in
the stone culvert near Napa Junction.*
where the murderer had placed the
body offßiley.
-...The . officers - believe that one man;
committed the crime, stunning Riley i
with a blow on the head and then cut- !
ting his throat as he lay unconscious, j
The murderer wore No. 7 Vs shoes and
an examination of the tracks showed
that the shoes probably were new.
7 \V. Ml.M 1 . Thompson, who lives on a
farm near where the murder was com
mitted, said, today that he heard quar- |
rellng on the railroad track at S o'clock '
Friday night and heard a man cry out ;
for help; then all was quietf Thomp- ;
son did not investigate. Coroner Tread
way summoned a Jury of six men to
day and the jurors were taken to the
; scene of -the killing. The Inquest will
be held in this city tomorrow.
:;..• Officers Dunlap and Otterson believe
I that the murderer has blood on his
clothing, as his tracks in the mud in
dicate .that' he dragged, the body of
Riley to 'yards, holding the body by
| the head and shoulders.
BODIES OF ENTOMBED
MINERS WILL BE BURNED
Fire Again Checks Work
of Rescuers at the .
Fairmount Shaft'
MONONGAH, W. Va., Dec. S.-r-But 53
bodies had been recovered from mines
Nos. 6 and 8 of the Fairmont coal com
pany when darkness -closed over tha j
little town of Monongali jtonlgh.t. . On
account of fire In mine No.. 8 and im
minent danger of the explosion in mine j
No. 6 all rescue work has been sus- !
pended for the night; Fifty-six hours !
had' elapsed since the awful explosion. '
and a majority of the bodies Brought to
the surface were in a terrible condition,
necessitating almost immediate burial.
It is now believed that the number of
dead will not be more than 400.
A thorough investigation was made
by the company today, and it was dis
covered, that many . miners believed to
have been entombed escaped because
they had not gone to work Friday after
Thursday's iiol&Wy.
;\u25a0 A score or more of these men report
ed to the officials during the past 21
i hours. \u25a0 •• : - x r :'\u25a0-.,' \u25a0". : , ••'•\u25a0\u25a0 : >\u25a0}
Shortly after S^o'clock this" afternoon
fire broke out again, in, mine No. 8, and
the rescuers were 'at once ordered to
the surface. \. .-. , . >
It was said by members of the rescu
ing party that more than 100 bodies
had been located in both mines and that
they would be brought to the surface
as soon as the fire had been extin
guished. It is believed the fire will
reach many of these bodies.
Heartrending scenes, and incidents
crowded fast; upon one anohter in this
sorely afflicted mining community today.
Funeral processions were in sight in
all directions during the entire day.
PHYSICIAN'S MYSTERIOUS DEATII
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 8. — Dr. Edwin
A. Welch of 3204 Grifflth avenue was
killed by a Southern Pacific freight
train early this morning at Fifty-fifth,
and Alameda' streets. Trair.hands, who
were the only witnesses, report that
the physician was •walking on the track
and did not heed the warning whistle.
His , wife is notj satisfied with this
statement and believes her husband
was the victim of'fpul play. .
NEW YORK'S "BLUE" SUNDAY
NEW YORK, (Dec. B.— New York
treated its- millions of residents and
tens. of • thousands of week end visitors
today to the novelty of a thoroughly
"blue" Sunday, the first and probably
the last in! the history of the metropo
lis. The aldermen will meet Thurs
day to modify the ordinances so far
as their authority goes.
FAMOUS PAINTING ST6LEN
; COURTRAI. Belgium, Dec. B.— One T>f
Van Dyke's great- masterpieces, "The
Erection of the Cross," has been stolen
from the church -of Notre Dame. The
thieves carefully /cut off the canvas
from the frame and carried it away.
FIRE SWEEPS VII.I*AGE
JACKSONVILLE. 111., Dec. B.— New
Berlin, 18 miles east of -Jacksonville,
was swept by fire early Sunday morn
ing.. The loss is $75,000.
BIDS FOE NEW CITY HAlX— Berkeley. Dec.
8. — Bids • for ; the construction of . the new town
hall, to cost $120,000, at the. corner of Allston
way and Grove street, will be submitted to.th<*
town board tomorrow night, when the name of
the successful bidder will be announced.. '
! COLLEGE ' EXAMHTATIOKB— BerkeIey, Dec.
8. — Examinations for the fall semester .of the
University of California commence tomorrow
morning at 0 o'clock and will , be \u25a0 held for th*
next two \u25a0 weeks, when \u25a0 the regular Cbriatmaj
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,2200 *FILI,MOBE. STREET -V
Woodward's Branch.
.533 lIAIGHT STREET
Christian's Branch.
SI3CTEEXTH • AXO ' MARKET ' STS.- ;
Jackson** Branch.
1108 VALENCIA STREET.
. _ -Blake's Bazaar. -
• 874 VALENCIA STREET .. - .
Halllday's Stationery Store. - ,
SOU lttTH ST. COR. MISSION
International Stationery Store.
2712 MISSION. STREET _
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