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ftien-pst Temperatnrc Yesterday. *-,}.* Lowest Midi-.
day:Vight; iO. For details of weather See rage li;
BAROMETER OF BUSINESS
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* San Francisco's bank clearings • vl
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yesterday were mot**-* than
Seven and a.H... ?"" ,'.*-*; dollar- .-■
% VOLUME" 114.—N0. 7.
JURY FINDS FRANK ESOLA GUILTY OF BUNKO GRAFT
Verdict Branding Former Police Officer Felon Reached After Four Ballots
UNITED PROPERTIES
TO SPEND MILLION
ON KEY ROUTE PIER
Immense Sum, Held in Trust
by Bank, Is Not Available
to Trustees of Smith Inter
ests, Says Report, Which
Is Denied by Officials
WORK WILL BEGIN
WITHIN 30 DAYS
City's Financial Circles Are
Much Concerned in Ability
of Advisory Board to Meet
the Payment of $2,500,000
Notes of San Francisco-
Oakland Terminal Roads
San Francisco financial?interests ar<
much concerned: in the ability *of tli<
. Smith trustees to meet payment of ;■ this
$2,500,000 -notes of the ;San Francisco-
Oakland Terminal railways, which ?fal
due" Thursday next. While? there was c
grain of comfort in the] statement ,o;
John S. Drum.* printed: in The Call yes
terday, to the effect that the kdvisorj
committee is working out a refunding
scheme to meet -the notes and he hat
every expectation they would be ' suc
cessful, there continues to be more "01
I (MB uneasiness on this?score, y s
That uneasiness was increased yes
terday by? a rumor that $1.000, nek
In trust tor one of the Smith companies
» would not be available; for use by th<
trustees in sctt'**-ment of Smith's af
fairs. According to a generally ac
cepted story, the trustees had ? endeav
ored to obtain this- , $1,000,000." but the
Cibank : with which it was deposited had
resolutely refused to give it up except
upon' the terms under which it had
been placed in their care. The* terms
required expenditure for" certain spe
cific improvements and not for pay
ment of debts. '
MORI IS SCOUTED* * ' ~ \
While the trustees and 'others con
cerned scouted this story a.-, wholly im
aginary sufficient information .- was
gleaned -from several authoritative
sources to show that the rumor,: In pari
at least, had a foundation. Publicatior
of the facts here may quiet one dis
turbing canard.
There is deposited with the Unior
Trust company of San Franciscc
$1,000,000 subject to the order of the
United Properties company upon cer
tain conditions. .This money was raisec
by release of three mortgages upor
the following properties:; San Fran
cisco, Oakland and San Jose railwaj
(first and second mortgages) and S. F
O. & S. J. Consolidated railways (.flrsi
mortgage).
The terms of this payment were thai
the $1,000,000 given for the release was
entirely to be used ln the lmprovemem
Of the Key Route basin. Those term
are about to be complied with.
CONTRACTS ARK LET
7. Within 30 days the trustees of th*
-United Properties company will begir
..the filling in, solidifying and Improve
ment of the -Key - Route terminal piei
3at Oakland. Contracts have been lei
and the expenditure of | all•". ofjythj*:
$1,000,000 will be made upon? the pier
fcThls- much was admitted yesterday* by
* a trustee of the United Properties ano
by a official of the Union Trust com
pany. . 7;; yy//
The latter, however, denied that any
request had ever been made by the
Smith trustees for the money. They
knew the terms under ' which it had
been deposited and that it could not b«
used for any other purpose, he said.
One of the Smith advisory commit
tee yesterday admitted that the pay
ment of the $2500,000 notes ;op Thurs
day was the crux of the- whole situa
tion. 7 ' y 7 7 ' 77
"That is why we are* bending every
effort to evolve a method of payment,"
he said.
TWO COMMITTEES AT work
Not only, is the advisory committee
holding ; daily meetings In, the Royal
8 Insurance building, but several local
financiers ? meet daily in the offices of
a prominent underwriting firm, V both
( sets of meetings engaged in finding
a. way out of the black hole.
"We have had financial offers ;. from
abroad, but we are not going to make
#ny 'bargain counter* sale.? The notes
for which we are arranging ■ payment
awe well secured and we will finance
the proposition-? right there,'* said one
of those interested, y '
' Securities for the $2,600,000 notes
total $26,777,200 made up as follows:
a 51.848,000 Oakland Traction General Conaoll
led 6a. '/./-.- '.('-'.-."■ '■ ' A.'-a y
51,413,000 San Franciaco, Oakland and San Jot*
Consolidated' Bi. y.' ~iyx ■' * _ . ■ ; .
.$11,200 preferred "A" , San Francisco,-. Oak
land Terminal R*ilw*T§ cumulative C<!.
V $1,000,000 preferred '''BY' ditto.
$18,710,000 common stock ditto. -, -■. ■'■
An ■ extension y lor 30 /days may;:-be
had tor payment' of the notes.
BOY KEEPS DOG;
COSTS MAYOR $2
- I Rolph, Pays Money io Pound
( (man When He Finds Lad Cry
in for Unlicensed Pet
"Wow. boo hoo, he's got my dog, he's
[got my dog," cried a'small boy at the
) 1 corner? of [Twenty- th street and San
I i Jose avenue.- .'-.'•• 7.7
I ' "What's the matter, little fellow?;'.,
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I asked a kindly man. 7 - v .. y •
' I "The poundman, ? he's got my dog,"
I whimpered the lad. "I took him out of
i my brother's yard for a run. -He? hasn't
! any license." **. , ~ /' y \
7 "Too bad," said the stranger. "How
, ! much for his release?" . - .
"Two dollars."? said? the poundman,
I turning around. His face fell. "But we
II never take dogs,from?crying boys," Mr.
• Rolph,"; lie stammered. •■-'■'.• "
Y•' "But you are only, doing your duty,?'
'■ [insisted the.'mayorl "Take your money.",
? The poundman obeyed, arid the boy
1 j took the dog and ran home.
■Mayor Rolph, a great lover of dogs
j himself,. modestly refrained from men
i j tlohirig the little incident, but it leaked
| out.yesterday when a witness told of it
:in the city hall. .7 ' 7
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! ARMS SHIPPED TO PEER OF
i NORTHERN IRELAND SEIZED'
j Sensation Caused', by Discovery «»f So
Culled 'Plot to Fortify Cnion
- Ist Centers
DUBLIN", Ireland, June 6.—A spnsa-'
1 tion was caused by the seizure today
jby the cystoma authorities of a con
t signment of 500 rifles and bayonets on
; board a steamer from Liverpool. The
! arm? were addressed to Baron Farn
{ ham, an Irish peer, at his country seat,
j Farnham,- county Cavan. '
■■", Baron Farnham, who is 33 years old, ;
j and is the eleventh'baron of the .line,'
J formerly was an officer in the regular?
army. 7He has taken a ~ pronflncnt, part
!in the campaign against horne 7 rule.
j•'.'■/ It Yds■ reported that the? authorities
, ha.- discovered "fen elaborate organlza-
I tion >in ? London for? supplying- the
1 unionist centers in Ulster with arms.
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FOLSOM CONVICT SUES TO
QUIET TITLE TO PROPERTY
/c£jb 7 ; ." AAy.-rXy .- y- -. ...... A y.-
Former: Ileal Estate Mam's Action
% .Necessary Before Foreclosure V
(an Be "Made
(Special Dispatch to The Call) -
SACRAMENTO, June 6.—The unusual
incident of a state prison convict suing
to quiet title to property occurred Am
the superior court today, when J. H.
Garlough sued William McNulty et al.
for valuable property in X street. Gar
lough ;is a former real estate.' man who
is serving time in Folsom ; prison for
embezzlement: It is necessary to clear
the title before a $5,000 mortgage held
by, S. Iser can be foreclosed. :
LUMBER FIRM TO TEACH
HELP TO SPEAK ENGLISH
Marlon Nine. Normal Graduate, em
ployed to Conduct Night School ;
Made lp of 200 Workers
(Special Dispatch to The Call)
CHICO, June 6.—The Weed Lumber
company has employed Marion Nine, a
graduate with this year's class of the
Chieo state normal school, to work in
its factory at ** Weed and at night to
teach 200 Italian employes how; to read
and speak English. The company pays
all? the expenses of , the night school
over.which Marion Nine? will preside.
TAFT VISITS WASHINGTON
Professor In Capital to Attend Memorial
Commlsson Meeting
WASHINGTON, June 6.—William H.
Taft, Kent professor in Yale,, arrived
tonight to pay ?' his first visit to the
national capital-since he retired from
the presidency. ;He is here to.'-_ attend
a meeting.of the Lincoln memorial
commission, of which, he is,' a } member.
Few were on hand to welcome Mr. Taft.
He was met by a few friends, Including
Miss Mabel Boardman. his hostess, and
Assistant Secretary* of? the Treasury
Sherman Allen and several secret" serv
ice-men. 'a " - , ■ -. '?--??■?
R. R. CLERK SHOOTS TWO
Slays Ticket Agent and Fatally Woanda
His Assistant.
PITTSBURG, June f—James UlcNaif;
ticket agent for the Pennsylvania rail
road ?at * the union Ystation,ft-was? shot
and killed at noon today and' his chief
clerk, Ralph Paully, > was : fatally shot
by O. C. Sage, a ; clerk who had failed
to be promoted in recent: staff changes
in the ticket department. y Sage es
caped. :- Ai a'"' yf/i;.
REPORTER CONVICTS MAN
Manufacturer In Guilty of '. Assault
When = Asked for Interview?
--y NEW YORK, June 6.David Dows.
a wealthy Iron; maifufacturer, was con
victed of 'assault today because when
Alva Johnston, a * newspaper reporter,
| made a midnight call:at /his. house to
! get an interview Dows and his butler
threw a blanket over, the reporter's
[ head ajid dumped him in the back yard.* j
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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL
( "The People*s Newspaper**
SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, JUNE % 1913.— PAGES 1 TO 8.
SYLVIA GUILTY OF
PLANTING A BOMB
IN CIVIC CENTER
Miss Spankhurst Had Noth
ing to Do With the Out
rage, but She's Con
victed, Anyhow
s Militant suffragettes and' a large
and' an exceedingly black? bomb? occu
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pied the center of the stage :at the
second annual; mock trial of the How-;
aid Men's club last night, ,when*"Syl- |
Continued .on " Page *3. Column 4: ' .■ I
MUSIC TEACHER
CONFESSES THAT
HE FIRED STUDIO
Prof. Max Bachmann of San
Jose Bares Arson Trail
Blazed From Coast
to Coast
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7vSAN 7JOSE, June 6.—ln ?Prof, y Max
Bachniarin,. head. of the Boston music
studio of this city and prominent in the
musical world as a teacher and orches
tra leader, both on this coast and; In? the
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east, the local police ;' believe-.they have
a dangerous firebug and a man who has
defrauded insurance companies out of
thousands of dollars in all parts of the
United! States. Professor Bachmann has
confessed to? three "jobs" on this coast
in which he set tire to buildings in order
to collect the heavy insurance he had on
what -he i said was* an .■ unusually valu-
collection of musical>> instruments,
and "the?police believe they can trace
other crimes to him. •. -"'-. <* '\~
Bachmann; was arrested here today
following an investigation' into a fire
which partially burned his studio at
321 tast Santa Clara street, May 10.
He? was; away at the time directing a
rehearsal of. an amateur orchestra.
He presented a claim $3,200 insur
ance and attempted by an inventory to
show; a loss of $4,939, $4,470 of which
he said was in valuable/ violins 7 and 1
cellos. lie made a full confession to
day before - 1 Chief Kd Haley of the' fire
department, County Detective W. ,J.
DreischmeyerYand City Detective' Ray?
Starbird. ■
;? Bachmann confessed also to i?having
caused a fire July 23. 1910, In An
geles and having collected • $2,104 in
Insurance for the loss of the same
articles he said he had ,losty here. An
other fire, at Coronado, where, he was
leading the orchestra, July 4, I*lll,
netted him $1,020. A third fire he con
fessed to was one. in Atlantic City,
N. J. * ■ ... .-'
Bachmann has been here six months,
and has a wife at present/in;, Spokane,
Fiwr*,-'
Frank W. Esola as he appeared just after his star was taken from him.
RAIL COMMISSION
ORDERS HUNT INTO
TELEPHONE RATES
Pacific Firm Must Show
Cause Why It Should Not
Be Regulated Through
out the State
, The Paciflc Telephone and Tele
graph company? within, the jurisdic
tion of the state of California has been
notified by the state board of railroad
commissioners to appear before the
commission June 27* and .' explain " why
rates and charges in the interchange of
telephone service in the state should
not be regulated. ;. _ . *
'? : The commission issued an order yes
terday that has direct bearing oh j , i the
telephone cases frequently brought to
public attention as to long distance
rates; and local services in the; towns
of -.the state.
.■ "It *Is -planned ? principally to 7 settle
the long distance situation that has
given a great deal of trouble .through 1
lack of adjustment,"*7said. Railroad
Commissioner Thelen. "We - had .to
bring this matter to an issue to estab
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lish the jurisdiction =of the ■: commission
concerning long distance charges, and
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we took the affairs under -advisement
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and by unanimous vote settled j it. y
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"The stand /of 7 the commission was
that? we should investigate into .rates
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and charges by the telephone I company
not' only in San Francisco, but in all
of California ■' *
The commissioners carried out the
Idea outlined by Mr. Thelen and con
curred In by all of the board in the
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following language: . ;.."•■ 7
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"It .Is hereby ordered that the com
mission institute on its own motion an
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investigation under the provisions of
section 6 of the public utilities act
an Investigation into the N rates and
charges', rules and regulations in con
nection with the interchange of the
telephone service .? of ', the j Pacific | States
Telegraph and Telephone company
within the state of California."
, The railroad commission, will fall
back upon the law that gives it power
to determine the rightful application
of rates fdr long, distance service. .
"An Independent Newspaper*'
ABSCONDER PAYS
BACK $1,400,00 0
AND SAVES BANK
He Eludes. All Detectives
| and Walks Into ) Court to ?
Restore Fortune He
.-. r Embezzled
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it PHILADELPHIA,'. June Walter F.
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Shourds,': a trusted employe of th&"Mer
chants' 7/Union-Y Trust company, y who
robbed that :.; bank 7of % $1,400,000 -. in se
curities and / $30,000 7in V cash and who :
has been hunted by f the | police, y the
Pinkertons ! and the Burns detectives,
came into court here/ today, confessed
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his crime and made srestitution. ■- 7
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Justice Hall then ordered the bill of ,
Indictment submitted and a verdict of j
not guilty. taken. The case was dropped ,
-y V 'AS i,:-A.-:';.-fi ft? Vy... Sy,\
because r the •officials; of ; the institution !
which was robbed said that 'if* they!
could not.'; drop the "case"and get*! their
stolen bonds back the bank would go
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to the wall. - - , , •
Shourds gave back all ■he took and ;
$5,000 in addition as a sop for the
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injured - feelings . of. the bank directors.
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George Burnham Jr., one of the offi
cials 'of the institution, spent $20,000
in trying to. apprehend Shoufds.
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In September, 1911. Shourds, who was
the * superintendent? of the vaults of the
bank, disappeared. ? When the officials
went to their offices that day they could;
fcn«r«.«aM- --. *;-'•»'.'-•'• '*'**■ **•• *.'':"*'■. *-'"™, vr;.-—;<>v,..* xtrnKswa^
not * open the J vaults. Shourds V was not
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to be -' found. lie was , sent for. His
■* .- - - , s-». - ~ * » - "• -» . .? - .--ia!jks»«*«s
wife sent* back "word that he was not
ln the house. Experts were engaged to
openYthe safes t and; the bank ■> began t the ■
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day's business with money from other
institutions. An investigation showed
that $30,000 in cash was , gone, and-"a"
few l days later >it was? discovered that
bonds to the extent of $1,400,000, al
most all of them negotiable, had been
stolen. -■-•-, «'-.»■'- -, • < • ,y, -
CHICAGO/COOLS IN A RUSH
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Mercury on Season's Hottest! Day Drops
From 91. to 150 In Hour
CHICAGO, June 6.—A sudden change
In; the direction of the wlnef sent the
mercury down 40 degrees within an
hour tonight. The day had , been the
f /:r.T!.ft-:/'* i-f-.-yft'&.ft/.// •/-.'■ft-/! MS
hottest sof • the year, - the thermometer
'-' ' * •'>■'-,»- *"*f-'
reaching 91 r degrees ;, at <* 2:30 o'clock
p. m. There was a strong south wind
"and several were overcome. The
change came shortly after 10 o'clock.
DEFENDANT GALMLY HEARS
PRISON DOORS ON BACK
Seveh Other Members of Department, Under Indictment
on Similar Charges, Sit in Courtroom When. Doom
of Comrade Is Sealed by Twelve of His Peers; Judge
Announces That He Will Pass Sentence on Convict
Tuesday Morning; Allowed to Spend Night in Prison
VOTE STOOD 11 TO I THROUGH THREE
BALLOTS; DELIBERATE FOUR HOURS
- I * Frank Esola,Vformer police/detective, was. found .guilty of grand
larceny at 12:25 o'clock this morning by a jury in Judge Dunne's
court. s( yy y--.7- < -y?;"--/?:?;...?;?',. ■ ?y ;
'■•• *-' The verdict-was reached on the fourth--ballot'after/the jury hat
remained ;in deliberation ; for nearly four hours. *' -
: : /-7 When the verdict /was announced* th defendant gave no sign
of emotion, but his attorneys were loud in their expressions of * sur
prise/; and /Esdla's several co-defendants in the police bunko cases
'all/of whom were present in the
court rod Yy were >y is ib 1 ; worried.
t After the first ballot the? vote
; in£the'• jury - "room stood 11 to 1
for conviction. juror U. M. Coch
rane being Ahe only one to hold
out for an acquittal. Cochrane
changed: his vote to guilty alter the
jury had returned to the courtroom
arid- listened •to , the .reading of a dis
puted portion of the testimony taken
during .the atrial. ?,..., ..-- ■■"• /
A. The trial, based ion a' grand 'larceny*
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charge growing, out of Esola's connec
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tion with the Italian bunko ring, be
gan on May? 26 and continued just two
weeks.*; - - *' ; 77/,-?. *.-,'-y. ;-■
WANT 7 FURTHER INSTRUCTION
The Jury-was locked up at 8:17
o'clock last night and remained in the
juryroom*7 until 11:30, when the 12
men filed in to; the courtroom and asked
for 7 further? instructions. .." : Foreman
George W. Pennington stated . that a
question "arisen as to the right of
the 'jury, to convict on circumstantial
evidence in the absence of direct cvi-
j dence. '...':.. 'V*' -/■ ' ■:^^®l
yJudge Dunne repealed his *r instruc
tions ■to : the ' effect that- circumstantial
evidence \ might serve as the; basis for
conviction, arid/.then Pennington raised
a?> point ; regarding - the evidence. :He
called*upon/Juror Cochrane as the one
who had raised the point.
WRANGLE THEN FOLLOWS
y Cochrane?? asked "if y the ..evidence
showed that a warrant or a complaint
had y been issifed for Mike Gallo, the
bunko man, ? or; for a man a resembling
him, and if such paper had -been given
to Esola to serve. ? There ; : followed a
wrangle -between" the attorneys, until
Judge 7 Dunne ordered ' a halt V and ?had
the testimony in /question ' read .from
the record, showing , that such 'a, com
plaint had been issued and given to
Esola.
s, ' The jurors * were ? sen * out ;; again and
five minutes later announced that they,
had reached a verdict. , Only one ballot
was necessary after Ythe mooted point
.was settled. They returned to the
courtroom ; and handed the clerk the
verdict finding the former detective
guilty as charged in the indictment, '"a
REMANDED TO SHERIFF
Following the. polling of the jury at
the" request of the- defendant's attor
neys. Judge 7 Dunne remanded Esola
into the custody of the sheriff and •he
was locked up for the night in the city
prison. The court set 10 o'clock Tues
day morning as the time for pronounc
ing judgment. ~*; .;-'.,; ' 'A'yXyi..'
' "This •is .only the beginning of
things," announced District; Attorney
Fickert* after the jury had been, dis
missed. * .■ ' '.. ~;>.-
"We have fa few more- surprises* in
store for .the future and are going
right ahead with the other cases. As
for .the verdict, -it is eminently just
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and nothing more than was expected at
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all times by the prosecution." y .:■■;.
SAY THEY WILL APPEAL „ "A, -A
'?The'attorneys for 7?Esbla declared
that they would appeal the case, but
formal motion to this effect is not ex
pected until after sentence is passed.
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Their statement was:
y*Y"The defendant was convicted >on a |
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charge of grand larceny by evidence j
that was entirely foreign to that of
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the charge 'against him. We will take
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immediate steps to appeal the case and
feel confident that the judgment of the
lower court wills:be" reversed -byy the
supreme court." ■ " ■ ,
Esola refused to make a statement,?
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ref erring?; questioners to •'his attorneys.
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iff As;.-■. the jurors <. passed _, out of the
■ A ..' '. • ',- . ' "- -*T««*rrs
courtroom f following their dismissal,
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Attorney Thomas O'Connor and Juror
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Jury That i Tried 8 Esola
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Who Sealed Officer's Fate
y The following jurors tried
Frank W. Esola:'.iy- 7
THOMAS rtIIKKELSEX, retired
merchant, COS Anza street. 7
kD. /DAVIDSON, retired, .1760
Eddy street
JOHN I'I.ATH, 14057? Steiner
• street:** ' . ' ■
I). BARRY, former-supervisor,y
Hayes street.
J. CHRISTEXSEX, retired. 438
Haight street. yx.
THOMAS B. ROSS, retired, 70S
Shotwell street; ■?>' y
XEI.SON ADAMS, retired, 1336
: Hayes street. 7?' ?■
/?7e % B. /CARR,? blacksmith, 329;
street. ; - ~;•
JACOB RHINE, retired ;• hard-:
ware dealer* 741 First avenue. ' :
y J. VOX STADEX, retired saloon
man, 553 > Sanchez street.
GEORGE .W. PEXXINGTOV.
* iron manufacturer, 1015 Shotwell
street."*- . •'x -'-./' ' ,
U. M. COCHRAN*, lumberman,.
200 Eureka street. ' ' ,
Ed, wrangle. They spoke in low tones,
however, and neither gave an inkling
of; the cause for the ; passage at arms;
The particular charge upon which
Esola was tried? was that of grand
larceny, but the attempt of the prosecu
tion was to prove that there existed
a , great conspiracy of the ' many bunko
men of the city and Frank W. : Esola
to perpetrate robberies and. that Esola
protected, 7 aided ; and encouraged the
confidence men ; and shared in the I pro
ceeds of their crimes. ?■"■?.".
I; The closing argument in the case was
made by Assistant District Attorney
James Brennan, ; who V spoke for four
I hours v and? seemed good V for four * more
when he stopped.?; Brennan summed jup
In detail the evidence for ; and against
the defendant and carefully ■; strung to-
I gether, t link by link, the .chain with
which he? purposed to shackle 5 Esola
I and fasten ; him " to prison; walls. " Bren
*w'■ wll wniiii Ui'ihw, n'rlii i| |. 'yi ri t.i HX iM i ' I*"
I nan's arraignment, of the defendant was
I scathing and merciless.
Attorney. Barrett, for the defense, had
given- the jury a vivid -.picture of Dan
te's 7 Inferno and. said ? that Gallo, the
bunko ; man and witness, for the de
fense, ought 7to be consigned to the
lowest circle. Brennan \ said he .would
admit that that was where Gallo ' be
longed, but that • there should be still
one more lower pit, in ; which ought to
be placed Esola,"who..was an ; infinitely
worse .man than Gallo.
- Judge Dunne's charge to the jury
Here Is a Rockridge Buy
That Makes You $1,000
Right at the Outset!
.-' «5 "~i feet of gently sloping frontage on,
i Broadway,"? just>» inside ' the I gates o* Hockf
*i ridge ;3 three blocks Cf rota -streetcars; V three
1 minutes* fc walk Sto J Oakland *& " Antioch sta
tion, with direct | communication service *.toJ
San I-'ranclsco: • magnificent marine view that
can never be cut off: > building bonus of $500/
? brings the 3 price down ;* to-$1,900, which la:
? sl,ooo* leas than a similar ? lot ■ could -"be,
| bought for , right "• across; the , street. '
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Go out and look at this lot. Ask
n salesman to -show It to you. Ask
■ the prices of i lota near by."7 Then * buy ■_
It and moke $1,000," ~'-y:.<
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1432 BROADWAY
Phona Oakland' 328.