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VOLUME 114. —NO. 142
"$100,000 THIEF" TELLS LIFE STORY
The Baby and the Slingsbys
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This family group, posed especially for The Call, is the first
picture of Mrs. Slingsby taken with Baby Teddy since
their arrival from England.
BERRY SURE
OFFICER IS
FATHER
Is Convinced Baby Is Real
Son of Lieutenant, Not
a Substitute
Out of the sensational Slingsby
ease four new features developed to
day.
Assistant District Attorney Fred
Berry asserted that he was sure
•'Baby Teddy" was the son of Lieu
tenant Charles Slingsby. He based
his assertion upon a careful -study of
the transcript of evidence, testimony
of witnesses and Information he has
gathered from various sources.
Attorney George A. Knight issued a
statement characterizing the action of
District Attorney Fickert in calling
the grand jury in special session as
a move to intimidate witnesses. "I
do not think Charles Fickert has any
right to interfere in this manner with
a case being tried by a foreign coun
try before a representative of that
country," said Knight.
Mrs. Hattie Blain, nurse, who says
Bhe witnessed the substitution of
"Teddy" for a baby boy that dif d at
birth and who refused to appear be
fore the grand jury last night, was
taken into custody at the instance of
District Attorney Fickert.
She was warned she would be ar
rested and held in Jail if she failed
to be present at the session of the
grand Jury tonight She promised to
appear.
MRS. SLINGSBY TO TESTIFY
It waa announced that Mrs. Dor
othy C. Slingsby, mother of the mil
lion dollar baby, would go before the
irrand Jury tonight and the entire
history of the case would be taken up
by that body.
In his statement against the action
cr Fickert, Attorney Knight today
Coatiaued on F»ge 3» Colon* a
THE San Francisco CALL
Lieutenant
Charles
Slingsby
with
baby on
knee is
really a
proud
father
Who's Who
AND
What's What
In Slingsby Case
"Teddy" Slingsby, 3 years
old, is the baby over whom the
legal fight is being made.
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Lieutenant and Mrs. Charles
Henry Reynard Slingsby
claim "Teddy" as flesh of their
flesh, blood of their blood.
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Mrs. O. Hattie Blain, former
friend of Mrs. Slingsby, is said
to be giving contradictory tes
timony at hearing before Brit
ish consul.
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Dr. W. W. Fraser, physician,
who swore that he assisted at
birth of "Slingsby baby,"
which he said was a change
ling, breaks down before the
grand jury and testifies that he
received $500 from Slingsby's
enemies to aid them.
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Assistant District Attorney
Fred Berry, who is very
familiar, with all testimony in
the case, says that "the Slings
by baby is not a changeling,
but the real son of Lieutenant
Slingsby."
SPY SENTENCED TO DEATH
AG RAM, Hungary, Oct. 28.—A Rus
sian spy named Jan Koopkoet was to
day sentenced to death after having
been convicted of espoinage upon the
principal military works of both Aus
tria and Hungary, . _
FOURTEEN IMAGES—SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1913—PAGES 1 TO 8
Teddy Slingsby sChild, Says Prosecutor
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MINERS KILL SHERIFF
U.S. LAND LOITERY
IN 40 MILE GALE
5,000 Brave Storm in North
Platte Parade Preceding
Homestead Drawing
NORTH PLATTE, Neb., Oct. 28.—
While a 40 mile gale raged the draw
ing for homesteads on the big North
Platte forest reserve on the Niabrara
military reservation began here to
day at 10 o'clock.
Reports show snow on all sides of
North Platte, but neither rain nor
snow was falling when the parade
which preceded the drawing started
at 9:30.
First there was a band, then came
the city officials and government land
commissioners, following were cow
boys and Indians and home seekers
in general, numbering 6,000. The
house in which the drawing took
place was filled with spectators long
before daylight, and after the parade
only the officials were able to gain
entrance.
Judge Whitten and two little girls
drew the numbers.
MISSOURIAN W r INS FIRST
OMAHA Neb., Oct. 28.—Marion Fitch
of Kirksville, Mo., drew No. 1 in the
drawing for government land, which
began here today.
Thug Slugs Sailor;
Takes His Wallet
Slugged from behind with a black
jack. Lawrence O'Brien, a sailor, fell
unconscious to the street early this
morning at the Embarcadero and
Clay street and was then robbed of
$25 by an unidentified assailant.
POISON PROBED;
HUSBAND IS HELD
City Chemist Investigating
Drug Found in Rizzo
Family's Food
Carmello Rizzo, 828 Greenwich
street, is held in detinue in the city
prison while the city chemist is in
vestigating what kind of poison the
prisoner used in an effort to kill his
family at dinner last night.
As the family took their places at
the table they noted a strange taste
in the soup and wine. The police
were notified and Rizzo was arrested,
being removed to the detention hos
pital. Surgeons of the central emer
gency hospital treated members of
the family and averted any serious
effects from the poison.
For the last two weeks Rizzo has
been out of work and his actions have
■caused his wife to seek to have him
examined as to his sanity. While his
family were suffering from the poison
it is alleged he attacked his wife with
a hammer.
Seeks Probation on
Lies; Sent to Prison
"W. D. Bowers, who told Judge Don
ahue in Oakland a fantastic tale sev
eral weeks ago in an effort to obtain
his freedom on probation, was given
a year in San Quentin this morning
for passing worthless checks. Bowers
flrst told Donahue that he was a civil
engineer and a graduate of an east
ern college. Probation Officer Leon
ard Compton, after Investigation, in
formed the court that Bowers had
falsified in nearly all his statements.
TROOPS RUSH
TO BATTLE
GROUND
"Disarm Every Man in Dis
trict," Mandate of Colo-
rado Governor
DENVER, Oct. 28.—-At 1 p. m. a
recheck of the oasualities of today's
battle between mine guards and strik
ers in the mines near Ludlow is one
killed and five wounded. The man
killed was Angus McDonald, a dep
uty sheriff. He was shot near Ludlow.
Another guard was wounded, as well
as three strikers. The strikers insist
that they killed 15 guards, but the
company says ft can obtain no ln-
JU»rn>ation to verify this statement.
• Governor Ammons has instructed
General Chase, in command of the
troops, to disarm every person in the
district, close all saloons, keep mine
guards on mine property and prevent
strikers from trespassing on mine
grounds. In short, a condition of mar
tial law will obtain from now on.
TWO CHII.DKEX UOl .VDED
Telephone communication with Ta
basco camp was restored at noon. Two
children of J. A. Wootton, a machinist
at the mines there, were wounded dur
ing the attack on the camp this morn
ing by the strikers. Neither will die.
The trouble this morning has
aroused Governor Ammons, and he
declares he will suppress lawlessness
even if he has to call upon the na
tional government for military assist
ance.
According to a telegram received
by the captain of the guards at Hast
ings, Town Marshal Robson of that
place, with a score of deputies, has
been surrounded somewhere in the
hills by strikers and may have been
killed.
STRIKERS CONTROL 3 TOWNS
The strikers are in absolute control
of the canyon, which embraces the
towns of Hastings, Ludlow and Ber
wind.
The governor odrered the troops to
the scene at 2 o'clock this morning.
As soon as the flrst of the guardsmen
reached Trinidad they were ordered
at once to Berwind canyon. They
were hissed by women at the station
as they left the train. The militia
men carried 100 rounds of cartridges
and complete field equipment.
Gov. Johnson Attacks
President Wilson
ELIZABETH. N. J., Oct. 28. —Gov-
ernor Hiram Johnson of California at
tacked President Wilson at a rally
here last night for sending William J.
Bryan, secretary of state, into New
Jersey to campaign for James F.
Fielder, the democratic candidate for
governor.
"We are not asking you to elect a
man governor so that he may uphold
somebody else's hand far away," the
speaker said.
Wealthy Arizona Man'
Missing in New York
NEW YORK, Oct* 28.—William H.
Worthington,- copper mine owner of
Douglas, Ariz., and a man of large
wealth, ls missing from the Hotel
Gregorian, where he is registered, and
friends today sent out a confidential
police alarm for him.
Discharge Corporal
For Police Ball Row
Fred C. Turner, commissioner of
public health and safety of Oakland,
this morning ordered the dismissal of
Corporal James F. Flynn from the po
lice department on charges of insub
ordination, resulting from the sale of
liquor at the policemen's ball.
FELIX DIAZ IS
REFUGEE ON
U.S. SHIP
General Flees From Huerta's
Assassins; Bryan Asks
Him What He Wants
BULLETIN
WASHINGTON, Oct. 28.—Secre
tary Bryan today stated that Great
Britain, France and Germany have
promised the United States not to
take any further action in the Mexi
can situation until they receive a
formal statement now being prepared
by President Wilson as to the future
foreign policy of the United States.
Mr. Bryan stated the three powers
adopted, this course at thc-request of
the United States. The United States
tonight will dispatch a warship to
Mazatlan, on the west coast of Mex
ico, to protect the French colony at
San Ignacio.
BULLETIN
WASHINGTON, Oct. 28.—Secre-
I tary Bryan this afternoon cabled to
Consul Canada at Vera Cruz to in
quire of General Felix Diaz what he
desires of this government in connec
tion with his safety. Diaz' reply is
expected to reach here tonight and
the secretary of state then will
talk the matter over with President
Wilson.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 28.—A new and
startling complication in the Mexican
situation was presented today by
dispatches stating that Felix Diaz has
taken refuge on the United States
gunboat Wheeling at Vera Cruz. It
is officially admitted that any de
mand by Huerta for the return of
Diaz to Mexican soil, or any attempt
to take him by force would be the one
thing needed to stretch the tension
between the countries to the break
ing point.
Rear Admiral F. F. Fletcher, com
manding the second division of the
Atlantic fleet off Vera Cruz, Mexico,
today wirelessed the navy department
details of General Diaz taking refuge
on the gunboat Wheeling. The mes
sage reads:
"I a. m. Tuesday Diaz and two
friends, with Williams, an American
newspaper correspondent, got on
board the Wheeling. All asked for
protection. Will hold them awaiting
instructions from Washington as to
their disposition."
HUERTA TO SEEK RECOGNITION
MEXICO CITY, Oct. 28. — Having
complied with the request of Presi
dent Wilson expressed through Envoy
Lind that an election be held in Mex
ico, Huerta is preparing to make an
other appeal to the United States to
recognize his regime. It was learned
today that Senor Moheno, foreign
minister, is engaged upon the draft of
the note, although there are negotia
tions in progress with European
powers which may prevent its pre
sentation. It is believed if the
Huerta administration is able to se
cure a big loan, it will not insist upon
recognition by the United States.
U. S. GUNBOAT SHELTERS DIAZ
GALVESTON, Tex., Oct. 28.—Ad
vices received early today indi
cated that conditions in Vera Crua
are serious. L Blum, an American
citizen who accompanied the Dlax
party from Havana to Vera Cruz, is
said to have been arrested by Mexi
can officials.
CAPTURE MONTEREY OUTPOSTS
BROWNSVILLE, Tex., Oct. 28.—The
constitutionalists captured the out
post of Monterey and are concentrat
ing their forces for a final attack
upon the city.
5 KILLED, 2 INJURED
FREDERICK, Okla., Oct. 28.—Five
men were killed and two seriously in
jured today when the walls of a well
being dug for the city caved in.
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Bees Desert Car
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Shipper 'Stung 9
LOST—A few million bees
of both sexes somewhere be
tween Ontario, Cal., and Og
den, Utah. Finder please
notify the Southern Pacific
company and receive blessings.
Mr. Bee Raiser shipped 125
colonies of the insects from On
tario to Ogden several days
ago. He shipped •them in
wooden crates with holes in
them in a freight car. "When
the car arrived at its destina
tion all but a few cripples and
drones "had went." The ship
per sued the company for $600,
but he lost in the Utah courts
today. The Southern Pacific
put up a masterly defense, al
leging that "a large number of
bees without the knowledge or
consent of defendant left said
car and departed to parts un
known and did not return to
said car in time to take passage
thereon."
Run Down by Auto
Truck and Injured,
Will Sue Driver
Victim Declares Serious Accident
Was Due to Criminal Negligence;
Wants Damages
Arthur Alves, an Oakland bakery
driver living at 3440 Hollis street, was
run down this morning by an auto
truck driven by L F. Baker and was
removed to the Oakland emergency
hospital with a lacerated scalp, pos
sible fracture of the skull and many
bruises and cuts. Upon recovering
consciousness, Alves declared that he
would !%ie Baker for damages for
criminal negligence. Alves was rid
ing a motorcycle at Thirty-second
street and San Pablo avenue, and
claims that the truck driver made no
effort to avoid the accident.
Fair Portia Pleads
For Women Seeking
Probation in Court
Miss Marguerite Ogden Secures De
lay and Investigation for Girls
Who Robbed Another
Miss Marguerite Ogden, attorney at
law and daughter of Superior Judge
Frank B. Ogden of Oakland, won the
first step in her first case before the
superior court of Alameda county this
morning before Judge Donahue on be
half of Miss Grace Ullrich and Miss
Mary Ahem, who pleaded guilty to
having robbed Mrs. Lawrence Atkins
of $70. After a plea to the court, in
which she said that this was the first
offense of the defendants. Judge Don
ahue agreed to refer the matter to the
probation offlecr. Miss Ogden is the
first woman attorney to practice in
the criminal department In the Ala
meda county courts.
Slayer Schmidt Takes
Blame for Money Plot
NEW YORK, Oct. 28.—Impassively
reiterating his confession of the mur
der and dismemberment of Anna
Aumuller, Hans Schmidt, on the stand
before federal Judge Hooker, today
absolved Mr. Muret, the dentist now
on trial, from all complicity in the
counterfeiting plant found in an up
town flat. Schmidt took the entire
blame on his own shoulders.
Strike Collapses, No
Men to Be Taken Back
NEW YORK, Oct. 28.—The strike of
mail truck chauffeurs collapsed this
afternoon. When the strikers found
the mails were being moved on sched
ule time under police guard they made
overtures for peace. Officials of the
postal transfer service notified them
that no striker would be given work.
PRICE ONE CENT
era of
"RAFFLES"
111
EQUAL
Bastian, Describing Robber
ies and Motives, Displays
No Bravado and Admits
Talents Were Wasted
MARY ASHE MILLER
William Bastian, self-confessed bur.
glar, has become a human document
more fascinating than the most won
derful Action ever written.
Police officers say that never in the
history of criminology has a parallel
case bfen known. But beyond his
crime, a man of Bastian's frame ol
mind is something that is too rare tc
have been recorded.
He will tell of himself, his motives,
his crimes, with absolute frankness,
yet with not the tiniest particle of
bravado, with no pride in his achieve
ments. Modestly, gravely, regretfully,
he will analyze his career and tell
why it has all been a mistake.
Born in southwestern Germany.
Bastian is the son of a jeweler, ami
he acknowledged that the remem
brances of his childhood had aided
him in his work with the Jewels he
stole.
Until he was 14 years old he went
to school and at that age began the
study of law.
STUDIED LAW THREE YEARS
For three years he devoted his time
to the dry Intricacies of legr.l lore,
but always with his heart responding
to the call of the sea.
"To be a sea captain, that was al
ways my thought," he said. It took
me a long time to get away from
home, but at last, at 17, I did."
For three years he followed the sea,
% member of a German sailing ves
sel's crew. His first voyage was to
San Francisco.
"Even then I loved lt so, this San
Francisco," he said. "I came back
when I was nineteen and a half. I
never loved any place in the world sc
much, and that is one of the things
I most hate now—to think that I have
disgraced myself and my name in s
city so dear to me. When it is ovei
and I am once more free I hope I ma;
come back here to live always. If 1
find I must go away and live somt
other place, ah, well, it is a part of
my punishment which I must bear."
LEARNS PLASTERER'S TRADE
On his return to San Francisco Bas
tian lived by one means or another
He did odd Jobs at the Risdon Iron
works; he went north as steward on
a coasting steamer; he even, he con
fessed with a smile and a shrug of hia
shoulders, worked for a time as a
waiter.
Then he began to learn the plaster
er's trade. For two years he worked
at that, and then the plastering trade
fell upon barren times.
"It is not always like other trades,"
explained Bastian. "Sometimes you
will get good work, then again you
will be idle for two or three months.
Just now is a very good time for plas
terers, but lt was not so then."
He was advised during his period
of idleness to join the Milk Drivers'
union, which he did.
Fifty dollars out of his entire
worldly possessions, amounting to tfiO.
he paid as admission fee. but there
were no vacancies among the men
who brought the milk.
Soon the $10 was gone. There waa
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