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Number of Sports
Items in Yesterday's
CALL 108
Chronicle 77
Examiner 49
VOLUME (XL—NO. 172.
POLICE AFTER
TWO TO SOLVE
MURDER CASE
i>aac Cohen, Victim, Last Seen
Talking With a Stranger at
11 o'Clock Monday Night
Card Bearing Name of "Gussie"
of Underworld Is Found at
Scene of Crime
Evidence of Woman's Complicity
Strong; Diamond Deal Be
lieved Lure Assassins Used
ISAAC COHEN was murdered after
11 o'clock last Monday night. This
is borne out by the information
furnished by J. D. Steinman of
I<>l9 Post street, whi said yesterday
that he saw the murdered tailor talk
ing to a stranger dressed in a light col
ored suit of clothes and overcoat late
last Monday evening. The two were
standing at the corner of Fillmore and
Geary streets between the hours of
10:30 and 11 o'clock.
Steinman has known Cohen for years
and is positive that he made no mis
take in his observation, nor as to the
day he saw Cohen and the stranger to
gether.
In talking of the matter last night
Steinman said:
"I was returning from a meeting at
a labor hall and was walking up Geary
street, when, on the opposite side, at
the corner of Fillmore, I saw Cohen.
He was engaged in conversation with a
man who was middle aged and well
dressed in light colored clothes. I
should judge they were having some
earnest discussion, as Cohen seemed
very attentive, not noticing me as I
went by.
Can't Identify Stranger
"I paid no particular attention to the
matter until I read in The Call that the
last .-een of Cohen alive was 8 o'clock
Monday night, and then I began to re
rail the night I saw him. I am posi
tive it was Monday and that the man
was Cohen. I do not. think I could
identify the man he was talking to."
The police late last night began a
search for this strange man, as it is
believed he may prove an important
factor in the solution of the mystery.
ITe may be implicated in the crime, it
is also believed possible, as his ap
:ance in the case dovetails with one
• • the theories being worked on by
i c police—that of a diamond deal un
r cover.
That a woman named Gussie, for
merly of 10 Bartlett alley, may be
ahle to throw some light on the kill
ing of Isaac Cohen has caused the
police department to bend every effort
to locate this woman. A card bear
g the foregoing name and address
t found beside the body of Cohen
b turday.
Police Look for Woman
Investigation revealed the fact that
a woman by the name of Gussie lived
at 10 Bartlett alley three months ago.
At that time she left, ostensibly for
Portland, Ore. No trace of her has
been found since that time, and au
thorities in Portland have been unable
to get any line on her.
The presence of the card on the floor
of the room in which Cohen met his
death may lead, it is believed, to a
clew to the identity of those who mur
dered the wealthy tailor's employe.
These were the only new develop
ments in the mysterious case that up
to this morning has baffled the entire
detective f.orce of the city. The mys
tery that surrounds the brutal beat
ing, robbery and shooting to death of
Cohen, whose body was found Saturday
morning in a vacant house at 1338
Steiner street, is no nearer solution
than it was in the beginning.
No Light Thrown on Tragedy
Though every clew that was obtained
by the detectives was run down, no
light whatever was thrown upon the
tragedy.
The police are satisfied that a
woman was implicated in the crime.
The woman's gloves, handkerchief, hair
pin and a piece of a boa, found in the
room where Cohen was shot, together
with the long strands of hair found
about his neck and in his hands sub
stantiate this theory. The detectives
believe that possibly two men were
confederates of the woman.
Knowing that the motive of the deed
was to steal Cohen's money, a large
sum of which he carried around with
him at all times and display*, 1 freely,
the men detailed on the case devoted
their time yesterday trying to decide
upon the method resorted to in luring
tne man into the vacant house, in the
.J.ad of night.
In trying to solve this angle of the
BS«, theories were followed
i>■ the police.
One of the theories the detectives
have been working on is that, upon
the pretext of having son.c diamonds to
sell, the woman and man, or men, got
Cohen to meet them in the empty hoi—c,
implying that the stones were stolen.
Thus a feasible excuse for luring him
into such an unusual place at night
might have been invented. It de
veloped through the day that he car
ried with him Monday night a sum of
Continued on Page 2, Col. 5
THE San Francisco CALL
Call's Fight Every One's Fight
All Demand Better Baseball
General Sentiment !s,
"it's Up to the
Management"
WILLIAM J. SLATTERY
The whole town is with The Call
for a winning ball club. You can hear
the topic discussed on street corners,
in the cars, among the clubmen, in the
hotels, cafes, stores, shops and every
place you go. Tt is a battle cry and
they have all taken it up. It is a cam
paign that appeals to rich and poor,
great, humble, young and old. Civic
pride is asserting itself.
The fact that a noticeable change
has come over the San Francisco ball
players is proof positive that the fight
has already had its good effect upon
the team. Now let the management
act. The "fans" expect that Cal Ew
ing and Frank M. Tsh. the moving
spirits of the Recreation Park associ
ation and the San Francisco team, wi'!
do something. They have been mak
ing promise after promise for month
after month and season after season,
yet our baseball team is still in the
ruck. What are they going to do
about it?
The "fans" were all asking these
questions of one another yesterday
afternoon as they witnessed the down
ing of the home team by the Oakland
contingent between showers.
X c ~**L*ri na.s Dccn m.3.0c to correct tnc evil.
The people were forced to fight their way up to the box offices where the
grandstand and the bleacher tickets were on sale. Some of them were wait
ing for nearly half an hour. They wanted to see the game, for they are in
tensely interested in the sport; otherwise they would have left in disgust. The
management knew this, but rather than spend a few dollars it made the
crowd suffer.
The two men who were dealing out box office tickets fumed and fought
with the crowd. It was nearly as hard on them as it was for those who were
looking for their tickets. Of course, those who had made their reservations
■earlier in the week were quickly served, but "many can not do this. They are
forced to wait till the last minute and then they are kicked around and tram-
Continued on I'hkc 2, Col. 4
TONGMAN MAKES
ESCAPE IN AUTO
Chinese Eludes Hanford Police
After Slaying Countryman
in Front of Store
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
HANFORD, May 18.—After shooting)
down an unidentified Chinese as he sat
in front of Sue Chung Kee's store in
Chinatown, a countryman, said by mem
bers of the local colony to be a gun
man of the Stockton tong, late last
night escaped in an automobile in the
direction of Stockton.
Four shots were fired into the body
of the victim, and he fell from his
chair lifeless. Waving his revolver the
assailant fled and when the police ar
rived he had disappeared.
Officers here say that the shooting
is a continuance of the Stockton tong
trouble. Sue Chung Kee stated a few
days ago that his life had been threat
ened by tongmen and it is believed
that the victim was mistaken for the
storekeeper.
1 HURT IN CRASH
OF MOTORCYCLES
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
SAN JOSE, May 19. — Riding in a
blinding cloud of dust at terrific speed,
Charles Chapman of Oakland and Jesse
Harris, a prominent member of the San
Jose Motorcycle club, crashed together
today in the Monterey road and both
were hurled high in the air. Harris es
caped with slight bruises, but Chapman
was carried to the Women's and Chil
dren's hospital in this city, where an
examination showed that he was seri
ously injured, including a badly frac
tured leg and lacerations of the face,
limbs and body.
OCTOGENARIAN DOCTOR
IS FATHER OF TWINS
Proud Parent Is Theorizer in
Science of Eugenics
NEW YORK, May 19.—Dr. Allen Gor
ton, at the age of 80, is the proud father
of twins. Gorton is a theorizer in
eugenics.
But the babies? Let science wait a
minute. y
These babies are the most wonderful
babes in the world. At least Doctor
Gorton and his wife, who is approach
ing middle age, believe they are. The
infants are said to be as perfectly
formed and healthy as any two babies
could be and each weighed axactly six
and a half pounds when they arrived
at the Gorton apartments.
SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, MAY 20, 1912. ,
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"Kid" Mohler, captain and sec
ond baseman of San Francisco's
| baseball team, the "Seals."
GRIM FIGHT FOR
LIFE REVEALED
Robber and Victim Believed to
Have Drowned Together in
Death Grip
SPOKANE, Wash., May 17.—The mys
tery surrounding the disappearance two
weeks ago of Antone Warger, a well to
do landscape gardner, aged 66 years,
and the later recovery of his body from
the Spokane river, was deepened today
when the body of another man was
taken from Long lake, into which the
Spokane river flows. The body recov
ered today was that of a man younger
than Warger, and in the pockets of the
clothing were bank books and deposit
slips bearing the name of Warger. The
body found today has not been identi
fied. Detectives are of the opinion that
Warger was lured to the river bank
and robbed and then engaged in a fight
with his assailant and both fell into
the river and were drowned. The heads
of both corpses indicated that they had
been battered.
SHIPS HEELS SHOD
WITH $1,000 DEFI
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
GLOUCESTER, Mass., May 19.—With
|1,000 in real bills tied to the tail of its
main boom, the fishing schooner Mary
P. Goulart, 120 tons and 104 feet over
all, will race a course on the grand
banks.
Captain Antonio Goulart has tied his
wad in defiance of Captain Joseph Sears
and the Mary F..Sears, a trifle lighter
in build.
Captain Sears has taken up the gage
and drawn out of the bank $1,000 in
brand new certificates which will
swing at the heels of the Mary F.
Sears, defying Captain Goulart to catch
up and lift the money off the boom.
OIL COMPANY MERGER
VIRTUALLY DECIDED ON
Bear Creek Would Be Absorbed
by General Petroleum Co.
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
SANTA BARBARA, May 19.—At a
meeting of the board of directors of
the Bear Creek Oil company It was vir
tually decided to close the deal with
the General Petroleum company where
by the latter absorbs the former. A
vote of the stock holders showed that
about three-fourths favored the deal,
which has been pending for several
weeks - -
T. R. COMPARED
TO LOUIS XIV BY
PRESIDENT TAFT
"The State, I Am It," Quoted as
Representing Roosevelt's
Conception of Himself
Colonel, Says Executive, Would
Seek to Wreck Republican
Party If Defeated
CINCINNATI, 0., May 19. — In a
bitter and scathing denunciation
of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt,
President Taft tonight declared
that the "certainty of his (Roosevelt's)
defeat for the republican nomination
must be a source of profound congratu
lation to all patriotic citizens," declared
that his predecessor in the White
House would seek to wreck the repub
lican party if not chosen by the repub
lican convention, and compared Roose
velt to Louis XIV. of.-France, who said:
"The state, I am it."
The attack was «in the form of a
statement in which President Taft said:
"On Thursday last I gave a statement
to the press in which I said that with
520 Taft delegates then elected to the
convention, and with the immediate
prospect of the election of enough to
exceed the necessary 540, the success
of the cause of constitutional govern
ment seemed assured. The delegates
elected since that time have confirmed
this conclusion.
"The arrogance of Mr. Roosevelt's
statement that he is the republican
party, and that failure to comply with
his views and wishes puts those doing
So in the attitude b't bolters, finds no
parallel in history, save in the famous
words of Louis XIV, 'The state, I
am it.'
"It is on a par with his declaration
that 'I typify and embody' the pro
gressive sentiment of the age.
"With clearly traceable premedita
tion, be projected contests without the
slightest reason therefor, in many cases
weeks after the regular conventions had
been held, merely to make a basis for
a campaign of bluff and bluster. Now
he threatens that unles* this campaign
thus carried is to be recognized as suc
cessful and unless honestly elected dele-
l ontinued on Page 4, Column 6
COUPLE HELD FOR
DEATH OF A BABY
Mother Tells Conflicting Stories
and Dairyman Denies Her
Accusation
OAKLAND, May 19.—The baby of
Minnie Sllva, housekeeper for Charles
Bomberg, of San Leandro, was born
alive, according to Dr. O. D. Hamlin,
who performed an autopsy tonight in
the San Leandro morgue. The body
was dug up last night by the police
after Bomberg, the supposed father,
had led them to the grave he had dug.
Assistant District Attorney W. H. L.
Hynes and Chief Deputy Coroner Bert
Sargent were present at the autopsy
and Miss Sllva was arrested and placed
in the hospital ward of the county jail.
Bomberg is still in the city prison, but
may be removed to the jurisdiction of
the county authorities if a serious of
fense can be charged against him. The
inquest will be held tomorrow after
noon. The findings of the coroner's jury
will decide If murder charges are to be
placed against Bomberg and the
woman.
Miss Silva is Silent concerning the
case. She told conflicting stories yes
terday regarding the manner in which
the infant met its death. Today she re
fused to discuss it when questioned by
Hynes.
The child's body was burled in the
orchard in a box, and it is thought the
child was born a week ago.
Misr Silva says that Bomberg took
advantage of her, promising marriage.
Bomberg denies that any Illicit rela
tions existed between them. He was
arrested after the affair had come to
light through the woman fainting in
a drug store In Elmhurst.
Bomberg owns five acres of land in
San Leandro, where he operates a dairy.
AMERICANS ASKED TO
SALUTE BRITISH FLAG
Proposal for Centenary of War
Arouses Tempest
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
NEW YORK, May 19. —A tempest has
been raised in military society circles
by a proposal made by Colonel Asa
Bird Gardiner that the British flag be
raised and saluted at the battery on
June 18, the centenary of the war of
1812. Colonel Gardiner suggests that
the act would be one of international
courtesy and would show to the world
that the hard feelings against England
of a century ago had disappeared for
ever. The suggestion is opposed by the
military society of the war of 1812 and
by the patriotic societies and hardly
will be considered by those in charge
oi the celebration. i
Richeson Resigned to His Fate
Prepares to Die Without Sleep
Peace Is Made,
Declares
Slayer
BOSTON, Mass.. May
19. —"I have made my
peace with God; I am
resigned to my fate. I
wish now to go to my
death as soon as pos
sible, the quicker the
better.'"
These words, spoken
today by Clarence V. T.
Richeson, former Bap
tist minister and con
fessed slayer of Avis
Linnell, to Rev. Robert
S. Johnson, his spirit
ual adviser, expressed
the mental condition of
the condemned man,
whose tenure of life is
measured only by
hours.
There is much rea
son to believe that he
will go to his death in
the electric chair short-
ly after midnight Mon
day.
Reclining on a cot in
his death cell. Richeson
talked long and earn
estly with Rev. Mr.
Johnson and the prison
chaplain. Rev. Herbert
W. Stebbins.
"I do not want to
sleep. I have so lit
tle time to live and so
much I want to say
that I must talk," he
said.
When the hour of ex
ecution arrives Rev. Mr.
Johnson, his spiritual
adviser, will precede
him in the short walk
to the electric* chair.
Three physicians, the prison doctor, the county medical examiner and tiie
surgeon general of the commonwealth, will attend as the legal witnesses. The
prison chaplain also is entitled to attend. Besides these there may be three
Continued on Page 2, Col. 5
JENNIE CROCKER'S
DOGS MAY BE SOLD
Report Has It That Famous
Wonderland Kennels Are to
Be Put on Market
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
•HILLSBOROUGH, May 19.—1t Is re
ported here on good authority that
Miss Jennie Crocker has decided to dis
pose of her famous Wonderland ken
nels, which include some of the most
noted French bulldogs and Boston ter
riers in the United States. Miss
Crocker left for the east a few days
ago to meet Malcolm Whitman, her
fiance, to whom she will be married
in July.
John Cawkwell, manager of the ken
nels, refused last night to affirm or
deny the report that Miss Crocker had
decided to put the dogs up for sale
and dispose of them before her mar
riage.
Miss Crocker has kept about 100 dogs,
French bulldogs and Boston terriers
being her specialties. The kennels are
the finest on the Pacific coast and are
known all over the country. The value
of the kennels has been estimated in
six figures.
Among the most noted Boston terriers
are Sir Barney Blue, Frisco Cinders,
Dick Dazzler, Wonderland Bluebell and
Wonderland Pansy. Chief among the
bulldogs are Halcyon Alexandre. Won
derland Pierrot and Wonderland Bonds
man.
BREAK IN LEVEE
THREATENS TOWN
BATON ROUGE, La., May 19.—Mel
ville was threatened today when the
levees broke on the west bank of the
Atchafalaya river, 16 miles north.
Less than half of the town's 1,100
population remained.
Captain Logan, in charge of the fed
eral rescue corps, dispatched the steam
ship Minnetonka with a barge to Mel
ville to rescue the people.
MILLION DOLLAR BLAZE
IN HEART OF HOUSTON
Early Morning Conflagration in
Business District Disastrous .
HOUSTON, Tex., May 19.—Fire which
started this morning at 4 o'clock in the
Stowers Furniture Store building, cor
ner of Main and Capitol streets, is be
lieved to be under control after having
wrought damage approximating a mil
lion dollars in the central business
district.
Clarence V. T. Richeson, confessed slayer of girl.
HISTORY OF RICHESON CASE
October 20—Rev. C. V. T. Richeson arrested (or
the murder of Avis l.lnncll.
.November I—lndicted (or the murder of Avis
I.lnnell.
November -—Resigned as pastor of Immanuel
Baptist church, Cambridge.
November 7—lmmanuel Baptist church refuses
to areept resignation.
December 20— Endeavors to commit suicide In
jail.
January 6— Confesses the murder of Avis I.ln
nell.
January 8— Sentenced to death In the electric
chair.
May 14—Attentats report accused sane.
May 10—Governor Fosa refuse* to commute the
sentence.
SOUTH COAST IS
SCENE OF MURDER
San Pedro Harbor Yields Ghastly
Find; Attire of Victim That
of Clergyman
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
SAN PEDRO, May 19.—The body of a
man was found floating in the inner
harbor this morning by a fisherman.
The man had undoubtedly been mur
dered, the hands being tied together
with heavy cord, the skull fractured in
two places and the body weighted with
an iron bar six feet long and weighing
40 pounds.
The body is that of a man about 45
years of age, six feet one inch in height
and weighing 300 pounds. The clothing
was of excellent broadcloth, such as is
worn by clergymen. A long black over
coat lined with silk was also on the
body.
;.-;■ Apparently ; the . body had been in the
water about a week. There was noth
ing found on the body or in the clothing
that would lead to an identification. A
copy of the Christian Science Monthly,
dated April 1 and obtained from a read
ing room in ; the I. W. Hell man building,
Los Angeles, was in a pocket of the
#»ercoat. , «' y \ *
That the man did not give up his life
without a terrific struggle was evident.
The right arm was broken and badly
discolored and several fingers on the
left hand were fractured. The body was
removed to a local morgue to await the
coroner's inquest.
MRS. I. I. MOORE
REMOVES TO CITY
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
SAN MATEO, May 19.—Mrs. Lillian L.
Moore, widow of the wealthy clubman
who was shot recently by his chauffeur,
left here this afternoon to take up her
residence in San Francisco, where she
has engaged apartments. Some secrecy
surrounded Mrs. Moore's removal, and
it is not known generally here that she
is to live in San Francisco. Her address
there was not given out.
A {rip to Europe is contemplated by
Mrs. Moore, it is said. Through a com
promise of the contest over the will of
her husband, she received $35,000 from
the estate.
Mrs. Moore was under the care of a
nurse when she left here. Her health
is said to be impaired, as she has suf
fered from a threatened attack of pneu
monia.
THE WEATHER
\fE§TERDAY — Highest temperature, 60;
lohest Saturday night, 50.
FOR&AST FOR TODAY—Cloud});
-pro\)jibly showers; light southwest wind.
i For Details of the Weather See Par* M
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PRICE FIVE CENTS.
MARTIAL LAW
PROBABLE IN
SAN DIEGO
Crisis Quickly Is Approaching in
Southern City's Fight Against
I. W. W. Element
STREETS ARE PATROLLED
BY POLICE AND CITIZENS
Governor's Special Commis
sioner Explains Basis on
Which He Made Report
COLONEL WEINSTOCK SAYS
THAT UTLEY IGNORED HIM
[Special Dispatch to The Call}
SAN DIEGO, May 19.—1t Is the
belief of many In San Diego
that martial law will be de
clared here during the next
few days. The practice of making a
forecast of peace has been given up.
Citizens and police alike patrolled the
city last night. Tonight the same
condition prevails.
Attorneys Fred H. Moore and Mar
cus W. Robbins, with William S. Raw
lins, their stenographer, are still in
the city. While six so called vigi
lantes patrolled the front entrance of
their hotel last night the three men
made their way out a rear entrance
and spent the night in the residence
district. Robbins was the only one
seen today.
Officials Hold Conference
'We will be in court tomorrow
morning," said Robbins. "And we
hope that as a result of the hearing
protection will be given our clients
and ourselves."
Mayor James E. Wadham, Superin
tendent of Police John L. Sehon, Chief
of Police J. Keno Wilson and other
city and county officers held a con
ference this afternoon, but would not
give out any of their plan's.
"I have nothing to say for publica
tion, regarding the things that have
been and are being said respecting
my report of San Diego conditions
made to Governor Johnson other than
that which will be found in the text
of that report, and the accuracy of
which I reaffirm."
Colonel Weinstock Returns
The foregoing statement was made
by Colonel Harris Weinstock for The
Call on board the Panama excursion
steamer Sonoma, immediately after
that vessel docked yesterday morn
ing on the return from Panama.
The commissioner sent by Governor
Johnson to make an investigation of
San Diego affairs with respect to the
I. W. W. and its contention for un
restricted street speaking was told of
the affair of Attorneys Moore and
Robbins and the police and vigilantes
of the day before. His first question
was with regard to what had occurred
in San Diego during his 21 days of
absence without news.
Conditions Not Surprising .
After having heard a brief outline
of the occurrences during that time,
with respect to the I. W. W. situa
tion, he was asked whether a rela
tion of those events, in view of what
he already knew respecting the I. W.
W. teachings and attitude against or
ganized society, surprised him.
"Not In the least," was the ready re
ply, "I think what you have told me
tallies very closely with what might
have been expected in the light of n.y
report to the governor concerning I. W.
W. principles."
Will Not Express Opinion
"Did you anticipate that anything
of the sort waa likely to occur here at
the time you were making your in
vestigation for the governor?" he was
asked.
"No; I only said that It might have
been expected, as any one might ex
pect the occurrence of the violence
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