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of Tamalpais said that the only, parson
named Frank whose name appeared
on the payrolls of \u25a0 the company w«.s' a
joung Englishman, named Frank Batt,
20 years of age. who was with the
company in various capacities from
August. IHO9. until January.
Wrong Identification Made
Mrs. Josephine Munnendin of 1607
Grove street. Berkeley, created a sen
ration at San Rafael yesterday after
noon by identifying the remains of the
deceased as those of her -daughter,
Bpllo. of Rawhide. Nev. That identifi
cation lost its force directly, however,
as other members of the family de
clared that the murdered woman could
not have been their sister, for in no j
physical detail does the description
tally with that of the sister. They also
.-ay that the mother is not familiaa
with their sisters olothing and would
be in nowise competent to identify the
remains.
Little credence is placed in the report
that the murdered woman was Miss
Kllen Jensen of Denver. The only
tliir.Rs to support that belief is the
fact that no word has been heard from
Miss Jensen by her Denver fri«nds for
some time lul that a trunk bearin «
the initial -K. J.. Denver," is lying
unclaimed in a transfer company's of-
Hce here. There is nothing to suggest
that the trunk might belong to Miss |
Jensen, the missing Denver girl, as the
transfer company has refused to open
the luegrage. Also, it is not known that
Miss Jensen is in San Francisco and j
tlure is no reason for believing that
she is, as she left Denver for southern
California in search of a warmer cli
mate, which her health required. No
one in Los Angeles, where she was last
l;rard of, has reported the girl as
missing.
Located by The Call
The police had considerable difficulty ,
yesterday in learning anything definite j
Lbout the case of Mrs. Koch, to whom
Mrs. Littlefield. the manicurist, had re
ferred. The Call was able to lot-ate
the '"woman after tracing her from
yl Miss Xi P tUe e ßracken of 1T54 O'Farrell
street who had been one of the girls
connected with Mrs. Llttlefield's mani
curing and hair dressing establishment
in the Westbank building, gave the
police department assurance that the
tnrl to whom Mrs. Littlefield had re
ferred was alive as recently as the lat
ter rart nf December. Miss Bracken is
s manicurist now employed in the Me
chanics* barber shop.
told the police yesterday that she
had known the girl as Mies Jergeson
«t the Westbank building shop last
\pril After she had worked there a
short time the other girls lost track of {
he "Shortly before last Christmas," said
Miss Bracken yesterday. "I met Claudma
in Fillmore street near Eddy, bhe told
me that she had been married two
weeks. I do not think that she is dead,
and I know that she was not the girl j
murdered on Tamalpais several months
a£ Mrs Koch was located by The Call at
the Victor apartments, 230 Douglass
street, yesterday afternoon. She was
rr^-atlv "disturbed over the story told
l>v Mrs. Littlefield and said that she in
tend. d to confer with her husband over
the case and see if Mrs. Littlefield could
not be punished for her glibness. Koch
is an elevator constructor. He is at
present in Sacramento. Mrs. Koch came
to San Francisco from Omaha, where
her uncle, F. Duhrsen. lives and is in
business. The firm name is F. Duhrsen
& Co. and it is located at 3015 Sherman ;
avenue, Omaha.
Was Called "Dutchy"
•When I came to San Francisco four
years ago." said Mrs. Koch yesterday.
"••l went to live with my cousin, 1.
Duhrsen Jr. in Twenty-second avenue.
\t first I did housework, but I wanted
to fit 'myself to be a ladies' maid and
«o started to learn manicuring and
liairdressing. Unknown to my family
I went to Mrs. Littlefield's place In the
Wrstbank building. While there I was
called -Dutchy.'
•My uncle, H. Bielenburg, who lives
at the Jefferson hotel, learned of my
work and persuaded me to stop it. I
went back to my cousin's place. Later ;
1 met Koch and married him December
U last. We lived at 1614 O'Farrell
street for five weeks and then moved
to our present home in the Victor
apartments in Douglas street.
•Mrs. Littlefield misrepresented every
thing about me. I had no watch when
I worked /or her. and the only watch I
have- was given me by my husband on
our wedding day. Mj,* bracelet is not
like the one found on the dead girl's
body. The entire story Is false, and I
feel very bad about it. When my hus
band returns I think that he will take
some steps to have Mrs. Littlefield pun
ished.' t
H. Bie-lenburg was very much dis
tressed yesterday to learn that his niece
had been even remotely involved in^ the
Mount Tamalpais mystery.
"It is an outrage." he declared, "and
this Mrs. Littlefleld should be made to
suffer for her acts."
WOMAN SAYS MURDERED
GIRL IS HER DAUGHTER
BERKELEY, Feb. B.— Although Mrs.
Josephine Munnendln of 1607 Grove
street. North Berkeley, visited the San
llafael morgue today and identified as
her daughter the remains of the woman
found on the slope of Mount Tamalpais,
other members of the family do not
«shar« in the belief.
"ily mother, since the mystery first
came out in the papers." said her
daughter. Belle, this morning, "has been
possessed of the Sde* that the dead
•woman was my sister, Mrs. Mabel
Putelnon. who has been living in Ne
vada for several years. In the first
place, we have heard from my sister
within the last two months, so -this
woman could not be she.
"My sister, who is married to a res
uurantman, was in Hawthorne, Nev..
siccording to the letter, and she did not
express any intention of coming to this
city or vicinity.
"The whole thing seems to me to be
preposterous, but still my mother
thinks that the murdered woman is her
daughter, although her Bole moans of
identification is a wash drawing of " the
supposed woman, seen in a morning
paper.
"My sister does not in any way an
swer the description of the woman
found. She is short and of rather a
small build. Her hands and feet" are
exceptionally small. She never owned
a watch that I know or. and my mother
could not have identified her. by her
clothing, as we have not seen my sister
for at least three years, although we
have heard from her at intervals."
Cecil Munnendin. or Newman, as the
family call themselves as a contraction
of tiioir right name, supported the
opinion* of his elstpr. He said that his
mother had been wois-ying about her
daughter for several days since reading
of the accounts of the Mount Tamalpais
mystery.
CAR WRECKED, NINE
INJURED IN COLLISION
OGDEN, Utah, Feb. 8. — A headon col
lision between a Malad valley motor
car and an Oregon Shore Line train
from the north occurred today as the
southbound train was entering the Og
d«n yards, resulting in injuries to nine
passengers on the motor car, which was
completely wrecked.
RELIEF IS GIVEN
TO KING GUSTAV
Operation for Appendicitis Is
Successful and Surgeons
Predict Early Recovery
— -..
Inflammation Threatented Life
of Ruler, but Action Was
Prompt \u25a0
STOCKHOLM, Feb. S.— The condition
of King Gustav, who was operated on
for appendicitis last night, was reported
as entirely satisfactory tonight.
The following bulletin was issued»at
9:30 p. m. by physicians in attendance
on King Gustav:
"The king passed a quiet day and
slept well. Anodynes have been, neces
sary. Pulse 56. temperature 95.2. The
wound presents no unfavorable symp
toms. His majesty's general health is
satisfactory."
In discussing the case surgeons said
today that the inflammation around the
appendix v/as in an advanced stage and
that a few hours', delay in operating
might have proved fatal.' When his
majesty was informed that an opera
tion was necessary be consented- with
out the slightest hesitation and ordered
that all his relatives then in the city
be summoned."
The king was under the influence of
the anesthetic a little more than an
hour. When he was placed in bed he
fell into a gentle slee'^ and today he
was in excellent spirits.
Bulletins of the king's condition will
be issued at noon and at night. Attend
ing physicians pay that his majesty will
be up again in a fortnight. The re
gency, under Crown Prince Gustav
Adolf, will continue possibly three
weeks.
The queen left Karlsruhe tonight for
Stockholm.
CALIFORNIANS HOLD
FEAST IN NEW YORK
Seventh Annual Dinner Attend=
ed by One Hundred and
Fifty Members
Joseph Redding Causes Home*
sickness by His Eloquent
and Humorous Speech
[Special D'upatch to The Call]
NEW YORK. Feb. S.— The seventh
annual dinner of the California society
of New York was held at the St. eßgie
hotel at Fifty-sixth street and Rifth
avenue tonight and was one of the best
attended of any dinner the society has
yet held. Fully 150 members of the
society sat down to the flower laden
tables at 7 o'clock and it was near
midnight when the banqueters arose.
The large banquet hall was festooned
as usual with the California colors,
with the great bear prominent over the
president's chair. All grew homesick
as they listened to an eloquent and
humorous speech by San Francisco's
former lawyer, clubman and bon vivant,
Joseph Redding.
President Redding said that Califor
nia was the "last inspiration of God
almighty when he made the earth," and
everybody applauded heartily. He in
troduced Clay M. Greene, a dramatist,
as the first child born in San Francisco
after California had become a state,
thing Greene read a long poem de
scribing the San Francisco of his boy
hood and the magnificence of the new
city.
James F. J. Archibald, a former Cali
fornian and a % correspondent who has
done a- great * deal of work in the
orient, made an address, in the course
of which he told his hearers that
America was misjudging China by
founding an opinion based on knowl
edge of the coolie labor class in this
country. Seven hundred years ago, he
said, China had dug a canal bigger than
the Panama canal. Incidentally, he
said that this was big news to most of
those present. Other speakers were
! Colvln B. Brown and James Clarence
Harvey.
Brown is one of the best known of
the Californians now residing in New
York. .He but recently returned from
a prolonged visit to San Francisco
and told the banqueters of the wonder
the rehabilitated city. Brown- was
earnest and - eloquent and heartlly
cheered. . •
EXPOSITION MAY GO
TO HUNTER'S POINT
Site Skirting Bay Near County
Line Recommended by
Improvemept Club
:
Another site was offered for consider
ation yesterday for the Panama-Pacific
exposition. The stretch by land skirt
ing the bay from Hunters point. toward
the San Mateo line was recommended as
offering advantages .that could not be
duplicated. The suggestion came from
the San Bruno avenue improvement club.
The organization called attention first
to the tract at Islais creek. It proposed
as an alternative the Hunters point lo
cation. In reference to the latter, the
secretary of the club wrote: \u25a0
"At different times this place has been
favorably mentioned for park purposes
by the city fathers, only the expense
being the objection. We have practi
cally no fog here. The main line of the
Southern Pacific is right here, and the
waters of the bay are of sufficient depth
to allow the freight to come right to its
proper place. In fact, the advantages of
this location can offset those of any spot
mentioned."
A letter full of good cheer came yes
terday from R. F. Summerville of pay
ton. O-, Imperial ruler of the Ancient
Mystic Order of Bagmen of Bagdad., He
suggested that San Francisco was the
best place for such an exposition and
predicted an unprecedented attendance.
, The directors of the; exposition are
concentrating their attention* for'the
present on the question of finances and
legislation. The most important task is
the - collection of the . necessary .-' funds,
and all other matters, for a, time' at
least, will Jae subordinated |to this. * In
a few days'tho.plan of stock subscrip
tions will he announced.
AUSTRALIA . RENEWS MAIL CONTRACT—
> MeHxajnse. Feb. $.~ The commonwealth . jrov
' ernmeht bat* * renewed the ' contract for .-.. the
V«ncoor«r mail Bcrrico for one vcar- from
: -Julj SI.: \u0084;\u25a0.„-...:,;.,.. ..:,.-\u25a0,...;.,,',.; \u25a0->
THE SAN FBANCISGO CALL; OVEDNEBDAY, FEBRUARY 9. 191 U.
BARKINGSON-WATCH
ONLYCLEWTHUSEAR
Continued From I'njie I
foot%vear, and unless the coat was made
to order, which appears improbable, it
\v.ould be equally, difficult to trace the
purchaser. In the one remaining clew,
however, the watch,* are positive ele
hnents through which the mystery will
be solved if it ever is. The numbers of
the works and of the case of every
watch 'are' recorded by the manufac
turers and a note of each timepiece in
each separate consignment to retail
ers is kept. The watch found on the
skeleton is of a type manufactured 20
years ago, and for that reason its iden
tification will be extremely difficult,
even if the manufacturers have re
tained their records. The repair marks,
however," offer the possible and only
tangible solution. Any jeweler who has*
repaired the timepiece will undoubtedly
remember his markings. It is on this
that we base our hope of a solution.
Jewelry Only Hope
"The pulbication of the different, re
pair marks on the timepiece will un
doubtedly attract the attention of jew
elers and will probably result in some
one of them positively identifying the
timepiece. Detective PrOll will prose
cute his search among the jewelers of
the city, and I have already communi
cated with.* other points along the coast
asking that the markings be called to
the attention of the jewelers. We hope
to be successful. If this clew falls
there is little hope of ever identifying
the woman or capturing her murderer."
Detective William R. Prpll, who has
been working on* the murder mystery
since the skeleton was discovered, ex
presses the same opinion of the mys
tery as his superior.
"So far as anything we have learned
up to the present time is concerned, the
murder is a baffling mystery," said
Proll last night. "I 'place no reliance
In the identifications which have been
made. The watch and its markings
seem to offer the only solution, and wo
will follow up that lead."
3 DEAD; VICTIMS
OF CRAZED MAN
Love of Girl Drives Cook to
Murder Two and Take
Own Life
Crazed with passion, John Allen, a
lumber camp cook, 30 years old, room
ing at 1317 Natoma street, first shot
Axel Anderson, a laborer, and the
father of Ceries Anderson, 15 years old,
of whom he was enamored; and after
a chase of three blocks, during which
the mother and daughter cried for help,
shot the girl, then turned the weapon
upon himself. All three died, in cots
side by side at the Central emergency
hospital a half an' hour later.
Allen, who wanted to marry Miss
Amlerson, first^caljed at the house of
the parents, 2258 Union street, Monday
night at 6 o'clock with a loaded re
volver. For five hours he argued #ith
the girl and her mother, Mrs. Anna
Anderson, demanding that the girl
marry him at once or that he would
kill both and himself. The mother
finally persuaded him to think better
of his rash threats, and he went away
in a repentant mood.
Last night he returned. He appeared
to be still repentant, and invited the
family, to a nickelodeon. They declined
the invitation, but requested him to re
main. After a sociable chat of an hour,
Allen left the house, returning again at
10 o'clock. He was met at the front
door by Anderson, who returned yester
| day from Fresno, x where he was em
ployed in a nursery.' ,
It was then Allen opened 'fire, shoot
ing the father .through the heart and
breast. Mrs. Anderson and Ceries,
hearing the shots,, fled from the rear of
the house. Ceries/ pursued by the ma
niac with thesmoklng weapon, and fol
lowed by her mother, was finally over
taken at Filbert near Fillmore street.
Catching her in his arms Allen shot the
pleading girl through the breast. He
then placed the weapon to the back of
his head and blew out his brains.
A pitiful scene followed. The mother
knelt beside her dying child until an
automobile arrived to take her and the
father to the hospital. Everything was
done to save tljeir lives by Dr. W. C.
Eidenmullef, but ' the bullets had all
penetrated vital points, and the slayer
and his victims were soon dead.
Mrs. Anderson conducted a restaurant
in Golden Gate avenue near Franklin
street, and the daughter waited at the
table. It was there that Allen met her
some months ago. The child often
brought meals from the restaurant to
the central emergency hospital for the
sick, and was well known to the sur
geons and attendants. Mrs. Anderson
has a son, Carl, a cook at* the Clement
dining room, Clemenf street and Thir-.
ty-second avenue. He was notified of
the tragedy by telephone. \u25a0»
Shoots Wife and Self
C. Christodulom, a Turk, who con
ducts a fruit and candy store at 1197
Turk street, in a drunken rage shot and
killed his wife at their store last night,
then turning the revolver on himself,
committed suicide. The couple had
been quarreling for some time past.
Christodulom, .who- also runs a store
at 1018 Fillmore -.'« street, had been
drinking heavily for the past week.
His wife, fearing that he would do her
bodily harm, had locked up the Turk
street store and sought, the advice of
a friend of her husband, G. Pappas,
815-tHayes street.— .Pappas advised, the
woman to apply to; the Greek consul:
The woman had probably returned to
the store to prepare tb ; visit the con- i
sul when ; her husband arrived; The
woman had locked the door, bearing his i
motives, but. after waiting 'some time
Christodulom succeeded in making
'entry. . - "... .•. /" : . '\u0084 : -- - ' : ":- r fi
The .shooting was not heard by : the
neighbors and it wasnot until sev
eral hours after thetragedy that sus
picion was aroused.^; Samuel Lexer,'.' a
tailor, whose shop is, next to the fruit
and ; candy/ store,; made • several trips
Into the store,' and,; finding no one
/there, glew; 'alarmed .and called Po
liceman/O. : H.; Roedlger and 5 -, : D..' >~J.
Dwomey. The ofilcefs; investigated and
found the 'corpses in the bedroom., The
woman had- three r : - "shots'- in-. her\ head,"
while, the; man .had • one.; A 32 • caliber
revolver was . found near .the-bodies.
Coast Brevities
PHONE TO CONNECT MINING TOWNB— KIk'o.:
\u25a0 Nov.. Feb. S.— ln order 1 to establish; direct tel-'
< '\u25a0'. oplmne , ci«nmnnic«tUm j between ) Elto | iid<l : Jar
\u25a0>" MURe.' the new. jrold camp," a \ company, has been
/iorganfredito, build * a.- line" to >' the camp. A The
. company, is; capitalized at. 5500,000.
NEW PLAN TO RULE
FOREST RESERVES
Wilson and Ballinger Submit
Joint Proposals to Presi=
dent for Approval
Secretaries Aim to Create Har=
monious Action Between
Various Departments
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. — A plan mu
tually arranged b^ the interior and ag
ricultural departments, which has been
submitted to' the president for approval,
outlines the general policy to be fol
lowed by the* forest service and the
general land office in determining lands
•to be classed within the national for
ests. . . .
The policy, evolved at a joint confer
ence of officials of the two departments,
has been taken under advisement by
the president. It alms to create harmo
nious action between the offices con
cerned in the administration of the pub
lic domain. As outlined »in a joint let
ter, to the president by Secretaries Wil
son and Ballinger, the plan contem
plates the following lands to be re
tained, within the national fdr"ests:
Those containing brush or under
brush which protects stream flows or
checks erosion on the watershed of
any stream Important to irrigation or
to the water supply of any community
and open lands on which trees may be
grown, unless their' permanent value
.under cultivation is greater than their
value as a protective forest. , '
Lands containing timber or under
growth; cut over lands and areas
densely stocked with young trees which
are more valuable for the production of
trees than agricultural crops.
Areas containing no timber or, under
growth which are located above the
timber line within the forests; small
bodies ,of lands scattered through the
forests,' making elimination impractic
able, and limited are*as which are
necessarily included in the reserve for
a proper administrative boundary. ,- :
Senators Discuss Bills
The senate committee on public land
proposes to re-enact a section of the
agricultural bill of 1907, which pro
vides that no forest reserve shall be
created except by act of congress in
the states of Montana, Idaho, Wash
ington, Oregon, Colorado and Wyoming.
Senator Newlands today renewed his
opposition to the reference of the
federal incorporation biil to the com
mittee on the judiciary . and made a
speech in support of his position.
While advocating the national in
corporation of interstate railroad com
panies Newlands expressed doubt as
to the wisdom of such a course in
volving trade corporations..
Newlands' protest was in vain, for
the bill was referred to the judiciary
committee In accordance with Clark's
motion.
A resolution introduced in the senate
today by Senator Borah directs the
committee on the judiciary to inform
the senate whether the income tax
amendment submitted at the last ses
sion of congress. would have the effect
of authorizing congress to lay a tax
upon incomes derived from state bonds
and other municipal securities or of
giving congress the right to . tax
salaries of state "officers or the instru
mentalities and property of the states.
Secretary'Ballinger is again persona
grata with the, senate. A note from
him explaining that he had not in
tended to contravene the senate rules
by sending up a bill for its considera
tion as he did last week and promising
"not to do it again" was read to the
senate today and was received with
satisfaction.
Wknts Money for Peace
Representative Bartholdt of Missouri
today offered an amendment to the
diplomatic bill appropriating $5,000 for
the interparliamentary union.
The bill introduced in the house by
Representative Scott of Kansas ex
tending prohibition to the Hawaiian
islands has been referred to the ju
diciary committee.
Determined to defeat the administra
tion ship subsidy bill recently reported
to the house, the minority members
of the house committee on merchant
marine and fisheries met today and de
cided on a substitute for the Humphrey
measure. The minority bill was. sub
mitted to Representative Champ Clark,
the minority leader, and Representative
Underwood of Alabama, the democratic
"whip," who gave their approval toi it,
and it will therefore receive the united
support of the democrats. ' .
PREHISTORIC VILLAGE
UNEARTHED IN ARIZONA
V — —
Ditch Workmen Find Traces of
an Ancient Race
EL PASO, Feb. B.— Another prehis
toric village has been unearthed in
Arizona.
Frank C. Erwin, while digging, an
irrigation ditch 14 miles from Cochlse,
unearthed a number of * utensils and
skeletons and then found a wall 20
feet long and tablets bearing remark
able hieroglyphics.
Work at the place was stopped and
the Smithsonian Institution has been
notified of the discovery.
MARRIAGE OF DAUGHTER
OF LATE SUGAR MAGNATE
Miss Havemeyer Becomes Bride
of James Watson Webb
NEW YORK, Feb. B.— Miss Electra
Havemeyer and James Watson "Webb
were married in St. Bartholomew's
church today before a* notable "gather
ing of New- York: and -Newport 'society. 1
'The bride is a daughter of the late
Henry O. Havemeyer.
Webb Is a son of W. Seward AVebb
and a grandson of, the late William
H.' Vanderbilt. Mr. and Mrs. Webb will
spend their honeymoon abroad, and
will live in Chicago.
Telegraphic Brevities
DECLINES COLLEGE PRESIDENCY— St. : Taul.
Minn., Feb. B.— Dr. A.' Itoss Hill, president of
the University of . Missouri, has declined the
-presidency of the University of Minnesota.
TRAIN STRIKES * OPEN SWlTCH— Louisville.
' Feb.' 8. — Kngineer Dudley was killed and t two
j other trainmen "Injured today " when a .north
. -bound passenger. train on .the Southern railway
-struck an open switfh at Waddy, Ky., and
. crashed into a freight train. _ : -
SANTA ANA'S SWORD FOR SALE— Mexico
. City, . ' Feb. \u25a0 y.— A-'Bword \u25a0 presented - ! by.- the
United ' States government -in lSiio Ito General
Santa Ana. then ; president : of Mexico,'- is now
,belns hawked around Mexico among curio deul
; \u25a0 ers and has been offered t<* the Mexican gor
"?eminent-for $2,000.;. ".. . :
FINED FOR CARRYING -MATCHES-^ unnison.
Colo.; Feb. : B.— Three.: minors; from the 'Colo-'
• rado fuel and Iron company's big: coal > mine: at
Crested;Butto:today were found Kiiilty, of Car
rying matches In the mine and each was; Dned
\u25a0 .;S2T» and > costs.' ? mine superintendent "was
.the complaining \u25a0 wltnrsw. \u25a0 V \ - 1 ! ~ \u25a0\u0084."*'.
KAHN TO SPEAK ON "SHIP STJDSIDY"—
-Wu shine ton. • Fob. '\u25a0"' S.— Representative Knlin,
• who has : just" returned ;to - Washington ." from
California, will .]eafp' toraorrntr.r for ' Detroit/
where he will-'deilvcr an address -on , "Ship
- 3 Subsidy". 1 on •: Lincoln's birthday, i"; Kahn : will
. algo " trt<eak . at : I'ontlac, -Mich., *on "•Oriental
• Trade.". -. :\u25a0.-:\u25a0 ..-\u25a0'\u25a0'\u25a0:\u25a0\u25a0•' \u25a0:\u25a0. •:' \u25a0--\u25a0\"-
OPIUM SMUGGLERS* JAlLED— Seattle, ! Feb.: B.
YvTliree Chinese Bailors.*; members of the crew of
.-: the * British - : stpamer \u25a0 r 'Ayra«?rl<\ := were *? arrested
.'yesterdays while-- attempting 3 to k "impose ?of 15
:5 tael-^cjinj of opium;T«lued at $700.*;,. \u25a0'.\u25a0„\u25a0
CONBOY WITNESS
ALLEGED PERJURER
Blumberg Said to 1 Have Con*
f essed to Assistant Dis
trict Attorney
Cigar Clerk Issues Sweeping
Denial of McNutt's Ac
cusations
Continued From Page 1
along the street. When. Brooks went
back to play the slot machine and just
as Blumberg got over the counter
again, or was about to get over, he
heard a shot. He rushed out to the
entrance as the other shot was fired.
"Blumberg returned to my office yes
terday (Monday) with Judge Ferral,
attorney for Conboy," said McNutt,
"and we read over to him . the state
ment he had acknowledged the day
before, after it had been read over to
him three different times Blumberg
buried his face in his hands and said
that in some ways he had told the
truth and in other ways he had not. He
begged for 24 hours to think over the
matter and then make a full statement.
He did not come back today."
Blumberg D nies Co.if ession
After the district attorney had an
nounced his intention yesterday of lay
ing the matter before the grand jury
Blumberg consented to make a state
ment Rafter first refusing to see any
newspapermen. His statement denies
that there was any material variance
in his testimony at any time. It reads
as follows:
I went to the district attorney's
office upon a statement made to me
by Officer Murphy that Mr. McNutt
. wished to see me. I called there on
Sunday, February 6. Mr. McNutt,
in the presence of District Attor
ney Fickert and Mr. Hogue, asked
me a great many questions with
the evident intention of having me
contradict the statements I had
heretofore made at the coroner's
inquest and at the preliminary ex
amination. I was told by Mr. Mc-
Nutt and the district attorney that
; all they wanted was the truth.
THROUGH Til 10 THIRD UKOHKIO
. I remained there two and a half
hours, during which time they
propounded a large number of
questions and promised me the pro-
I tection of the district attorney's
office if I -would tell the truth. I
reiterated the statements made at
the inqxiest and at the preliminaryi
examination and I do not believe
that there was any substantial va
riance from either, though I was
put through the third degree in
first class shape. I made no con
fession and never made the state
ment that I had committed perjury
on the two former occasions re
ferred to.
The next day, Monday. February
7, I -again went to the district at
torney's office, upon the sugges
tion of Mr. McNutt, when they fur
ther examined me in the presence
of' Judge Ferral and other persons,
and I reiterated what 1 had said
the day before, and adhered to my
.two former statements/ Any state
ment; suggestion or intimation that
• I jmade- a . confession or admitted
that I. had committed perjury is
false'and untrue. Any. threat made
: that the matter would be presented
-to the grand' jury or other legal
proceedings had, will not deter or
intimidate me and will not, in the
,least, cause me to change my testi
tmony, except such natural changes
dv eto forgetfulness as length of
time might have brought about.
R. H. BLUMBERG.
In his opening statement to the jury
in Judge Dunne's court yesterday
morning Assistant District Attorney
Maxwell McNutt told of the shooting
of- Bernard Lagan by Police Captain
Michael Joseph Conboy in Ellis street
near Fillmore shortly after 1 o'clock
the morning of June 23, 1909. He as
serted that Conboy was under the in
fluence of liquor at the time and had
shot Lagan after the young man had
assisted him to his feet and that the
shooting was unprovoked.
Johnson Aids Prosecutors
Seated beside McNutt for the prose
cution were Hiram >W. Johnson,' as
special prosecutor, and District Attor
ney Charles M. Fickert. At the de
fendant's table were Joseph Dunne and
Robert Ferral. Conboy's daughter and
the mother and sister of Lagan oc
cupied seats in the crowded courtroom.
Cross examination by the defense. of
the people's witnesses indicated that an
effort would be made to show that
Lagan had advanced toward Conboy in
a threatening manner and thus prompt
ed the officer to firo the shot that
caused the youn gtnan's death.
After Sergeant George Russell had
identified diagrams of the scene of the
shooting. Dr. John R. Clark, the au
topsy surgeon, told of removing a
bullet ' from Lagan's spine below the
eighth rib. The wound indicated that
Lagan's left arm was raised at the
time he was shot. Dr. John H. O'Con
nor told of attending Lagan in the
hospital. lie located- the bullet with
an X-ray, but could not remove it. The
bullet caused the paralysis of the
lower part of Lagan's body. '
COMPAXIOA TESTIFIES
George B. Greenwood, a waiter, who
was with Lagan at the time of the
tragedy, carefully, detailed the inci
dents preceding the shooting. He and
Lagan were returning from a visit at
the home of ; Mrs. Ralston and had
taken six or seven glasses of beer on
the way,- but neither was intoxicated.
According \o Greenwood, they saw-Con
boy fair down beside a lamp post in
Ellis street. -Lagan went back to pick
Conboy up, although Greenwood ad
vised him not to do so. After Lagan
had lifted Conboy up, the police cap
tain accused him of being, a thief and
a ; pickpocket. . Lagan turned back and
asked Conboy what he meant, explain
ing that' he had been trying to* do
Conboy a kindly act. i Conboy drew his
pistol and fired two shots, one of
which took effect. '
Dr. John Lagan, uncle of the young
man, : saw both Conboy and young
Lagan' at the central- emergency hoa
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Irecommend it heartily to all who are
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food's Sarsaparilla effects, its won-
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"contains /sarsaparilla, but because it
combines the utmost/ remedial values
"of V more . than " twenty :' different ingre-
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pital. The boy told him that he had
been shot without -cause.
"Conboy shouted out that he \u25a0 never
shot the boy. and would not hurt a
hair In his head," said Doctor Lagan.
"Conboy was holding on to the railing
of the; bed supporting himself and was
apparently under the influence of
liquor."
Arthur "W". Williams, a newspaper re
porter, testified . that Lagan told his
uncle that : he had been shot without
cause and that Conboy was denying
in the hospital that he had shot, the
boy. He said Conboy was intoxicated.
ARM COVERED WOVXO
Doctor^ Pinkham of the emergency
hospital said Lagan was conscious at
the hospital. The wound was such
that it was covered when the left arm
was down. He also testified that Con
boy was intoxicated. Lagan recog
nized Conboy as the man who shot him.
Edmund McKenna told of seeing Con
boy reel to the ground. Then two
young men came along and one picked
him up, whereupon Conboy accused the
young man of trying to rob him. La
gan walked back and insisted that he
was trying to do Conboy a favor.
"Conboy said. 'Stand back or I'll
shoot,' " said McKenna. "With that he
pulled his gun and fired twice. Lagan
was stepping back as Conboy tired.
Conboy was very drunk and told the
officers who took him away to keep the
crowd back or he would shoot some of
them."
\u25a0 Edwin H. Williams, an attorney, was
attracted by the shots and testified
that Lagan's left arm was out of his
coat sleeve.
Raymond S. Harris, a Call reporter
who was among the first attracted to
the scene, told of the dVunken condi
tion of Conboy and the other happen
ings after the shooting.
The case will be resumed at 10
o'clock this morning. The prosecution
hopes to be able to complete it 3 case
today.
OFFERS TO HOUSE
MEASLES PATIENTS
Stanford Treasurer Purposes to
Turn Cedro Cottage Into
Temporary Hospital
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Feb. B.—
A partial solution of the danger that
is threatening the campus In the form
of an epidemic of measles was sug
gested today by Treasurer C. G. Lath
rop, who offered the use of Cedro cot
tage, property belonging to him in San
Mateo county, for the patients, if the
consent of the San Mateo county offi
cials could be secured. At the uni
versity conference meeting a com
mittee was appointed to enrleavor to
secure a permanent detention ward.
No new cases of measles have devel
oped today, although Doctor Williams
says that it will be nine day or two
weeks before it can be certain that
danger of an epidemic has passed.
*. * •
The February issue of the Sequoia,
which has long been awaited with in
terest because of the stand taken by
the editor last time about corrupt poli
tics in the university, is to make its
appearance either Thursday or Friday.
Editor Leaf promises proof of the state
ments made •in the last issue about
political conditional college, and the
dealing with that matter is
from the pen of R. J. Miller '11, the
originator of the accusation.
• * •
The gross receipts from the Sword
and Sandals production, "The Man
From Home." held Saturday night were
$1,079.50, an unusually large sura for
an assembly hall attraction. Most of
this money was spent by the club in
providing a new curtain for the hall.
• • •
J. W. Howell of Los Angeles was
the only nominee for the position ol
editor of the 1912 "Quad," the junior
class annual, at the sophomore meet
ing held today. Howell registers in
the law department and is a member
of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity.
Two names were put up for the posi
tion of manager c£ the publication,
those of B. J. O'Donnell of San Fran
cisco and J. W. Doron of Corona.
Although the book is not published
until next May, the election is to take
place* Friday. '
\u25a0• • •
While wrestling in the gymnasium
today F. W. Plaskett had his collar
bone broken accidentally. This makes
the second accident today In the gym,
as-R. J. Miller, *11. was rendered un
conscious while boxing, and it was
feared that the accident might prove
serious. As Miller is one of the Carnot
trio, there was considerable apprehen
sion that this might prevent his enter
ing the debate Saturday, but the at
tending physician says tlYat hte will be
well in time to participate.
Murray to Be Prosecuted
PALO ALTO. Feb. S. — That Alfred C.
Murray, the Stanford student who es
caped quarantine from scarlet fever
in the students* gui«'d hospital last
Wednesday, would be prosecuted by the
state board of health was the state
ment of James E. Gardner, attorney
for the board, today.
Gardner said that, the board had first
intended to let the matter pass, but
decided upon action when they learned
that the refractory patient had been
warned a number of times before 'he
escaped.
Murray is a resident of Woodland.
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RENEWS ATTACK
ON "JUNKETERS"
Representative Macon Indirect
ly Terms Bennett of New-
York a Coward
Flays Congressional Immigra
tion Commission for Ex*
, travagance on Tour
v —
WASHINGTON. Feb. B.— Demanding
an "investigation of the immigration
commission as provided for in the res
olution he had Introduced, Represent
ative Macrfh of Arkansas renewed his
attack upon the commission in the
house today. Macon vigorously defend
ed his informant. J. H. Patten. s«cre
tary of the immigration restriction
league, who was severely arraigned by
Representative Bennett of New York,
a member of the commission, in a re
cent speech in the house.
"It Is characteristic of the man to
proceed in the cowardly way in which
the gentleman from New York has pro
ceeded." thundered Macon. referring to
the New Yorker's attack on. Patten.
Bennett was quickly on his feet.
"I object." he said, and the members
were all attention in anticipation of a
lively scene.
"I withdraw the remark." quickly
responded Macon, and the tension was
dissipated.
AXSWEUS BE.XXETT\S DEFE.\!*E
Macon's speech was made in response
to Bennett's defense of the commission,
and he renewed his charges that the
committee had been extravagant. He
declared official reports and expense
accounts corroborated his assertions
that its trip' abroad in 1907 was a
"junket," and that the government had
had no 'adequate return from the ex
penditures of the commission.
"Six members of the commission and
seven* employes made the trip to Eu
rope," he said. "They drew $90,000 en
which to make the trip, while, in their
report, they account, for only J20.675.
"The expense accounts are made up
of steamship and railroad charges, car
riages, fees and tips, hotel bills, tele
graph, wines, whisky, cognacs, mineral
waters, lemonades, glaces, siphons,
citrons, cigars, cleaning and pressing
clothes, shaves, shines, hair cuts, sham
poos and rubs.
AUDITOR COMPROMISED
"Such luxuries as wines and whisky,
cognacs, lemonades, etc., were allowed
by the auditor, but he disallowed when
it came to shaves, hair cuts, shampoos,
shines and clgar3."
He suggested that to have gone to
Bennett for his information, as Ben
nett suggested, would have been as
practicable as to hunt "devils In heaven
or saints in hell."
Election to congress, he continued,
was not conclusive evidence of Integ
rity, nor did it make Bennett Immune
from attack.
"The commission defends" Itself
against the charge of extravagance.'*
continued Macon, "and so did the capi
tol commissioners of the state of Penn
sylvania defend themselves against ex
travagant expenditures in the construc
tion of that building. Morse of New
York and Walsh of Chicago, both high
up in life, defended their extravagant
expenditures of trust funds. One of
them is now serving time in the pentl
tentiary at Atlanta and the other at
Fort Leavenworth."
WILL VOTE ON ANNEXATlON— Burlingmne. \
Feb. S. — The annexation of suMl»l<«ion9 t. 2 ]
and Sof Burlinjrame Park will be Toteil on at I
tbp next meeting of the board of trustees of t
r.urlinsrnnie. March 7.
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