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WOLFE IS QUESTIONED ABOUT THE MURDER He Wore Garments Like Those Worn by Theodore Durrant. I HIS HAT WAS SIMILAR. George R. King Tells What He Knows About the Death of Miss Williams. THE PRISONER GROWS ANGRY.

He Issues Orders to His Keepers, and Will Lose His Privileges In Consequence. Dark coats with long skirts and slouch hats, the fashion of the day, played another important part in the Durrant hearing yesterday. It was noticed by close observers among the spectators that when Elmer Wolfe was called to the witness-stand yesterday morning he wore a long dark blue overcoat similar to that worn by Durrant on the fatal Friday night and which now reposes among the gruesome articles which have gone to constitute the people's exhibits. It became patent that the coincidence did not escape the lynx-like eyes of Deuprey and Dickinson, for as soon as the witness was turned over to them by the prosecution Mr. Deuprey asked Wolfe to remove his coat in order that a comparison could be made between the two garments.

Wolfe objected at first He avowed that he had no particular reason for desiring to keep his coat on, but he displayed a certain amount of nervousness which became apparent as the counsel persisted in the effort to get the two coats side by side. The witness, who had chewed gum or some other plastic substance throughout his examination, gave a number of extra triturations and as his jaws increased their speed the sun and weather painted color on his cheeks deepened. He finally consented to oblige the defendant's attorneys, and his coat and that of the accused were placed side by side. Thru the similarity in shape and color became apparent, and to every observer the thought must have occurred that at night no difference would be noticeable between the two coats. The same is also true with regard to the slouch hats.

The incident, though having no particular significance so far as the witness is concerned, has a direct bearing on the general identification of the defendant. The coat and hat he is said to have worn on Friday night, April 12, are so common among young men who make any pretension to keeping in touch with the styles of the day that hundreds of them might have been noticed on any street in the City the same night without exciting passing notice or comment. So far the counsel for the prosecution has failed signally in establishing conclusively the identity of the accused with that of the man said to have been seen by several witnesses on the fatal Friday night in the vicinity of Emmanuel Church. Their case up to the present writing is weak. As has been said none of the witnesses called for the purposes of identification have been positive in their opinions or their recollections.

They have differed one from the other and not one has been able to say that Durrant was the man. though he did wear a long-tailed coat. They had all seen the coat, hue none have been able to say he or she saw his face. Then, too. they have been much in doubt as to his build, his height and his voice.

It will also be remembered that much of the evidence brought out so far differs materially from the stories told by the same witnesses to the newspaper representatives and at the inquest. For particular example it is understood that Dr. Vogel said when Durrant arrived at his house the latter was much excited and had blood on his hands. On the stand Dr. Vogel said Durrant was overheated and that his hair was disheveled, but not a word passed his lips under oath concerning his excitement and the problematic blood-stains.

He also testified under crossexamination that Durrant acted perfectly natural while at the church gathering that night. This latter statement was corroborated by all the other witnesses who were at the house the same evening. Elmer A. Wolfe was the first witness to take the stand. "What is your occupation?" asked Mr.

Barnes. "I am an accountant." "Where is your place of business?" "I am not employed just at present." "Where is your residence?" "At 630 Twenty-third street." "Do you know Theodore Durrant?" "Yes, sir." "Do you know Dr. Vogel?" "Yes, sir." "Did you attend the Young People's meeting at Dr. Vogel's on Friday evening, April 12?" "I did; yes. sir." "Whom did you go with?" "Miss Miriam Lord." "Did you see Mr.

Durrant there that night?" "Yes, sir." "Was he there when you got there?" "No, sir; he got there after the business meeting, at about half- past 9 o'clock." "What time did you leave Dr. Vogel's that night?" "About half-past 11." "Did you leave there alone?" "No, sir; there were MissFales, Miss Lord, Miss Stevens and Dr. Vogel." you see Durrant after you left the house?" "Yes, sir; he joined us about 100 feet from the house. He went with us as far as Twenty-third and Capp streets and then left for home." i "Did he say anything when he left you?" "He said something about going to Mount Diablo the next day, and that he must tret up early." "Where did you go after you left Miss Lord at her house?" "I went up Twenty -third street to our place of residence and changed my clothes, and then went to mv brother's stable, at the cornerof Twenty-fifth street and Orange alley, to get mv horse. When 1 got there I remembered that I had left my horse at the company's stable, and there I went subsequently." "Did you see any one standing near the Emmanuel Baptist Church when you passed there on your way home?" "Yes, sir; as 1 ncarcd the corner of Bartlett and Twenty-fourth streets I saw a man standing near the corner." "Did you recognize him as Durrant?" "No, "sir." "How was the man dressed?" "He wore a long dark overcoat and slouch hat." "Had you been in attendance at the Young People's meeting before?" "Yes, "Did you know Minnie Williams in her lifetime?" "No, sir." Cross-examination then followed.

"How far is your place of residence in town from the Emmanuel Baptist Church?" asked Deuprey. 'About a block, perhaps." Witness then described his movements on the afternoon of Friday, April 12. prior to the Young People's gathering at Dr. including bis visit to a barbershop on Valencia street and a stroll about town with bis brother. He ate supper at the reamerie between 5 and 6 o'clock and then went to look for a book which he desired to get for his sister.

He did not aucceed in getting the desired book, and took the Mission-street car a few minutes before 7 o'clock. "How long did you remain at your rooms?" asked Mr. Deuprey. "About five minutes." "What course did you take from the corner of Mission and Twenty-third streets to your rooms?" "I walked up Twenty-third street." "Where did you go to when you left your rooms?" "I came out of the house about 7:30 with my cousin, Walter Wooden." "Where did you go?" "Up to the corner of Twenty-third and Valencia streets. We separated at the corner of Twenty-second and Valencia streets." "Where did you go then?" "Down Twenty-second almost to Folsom street." "Where did you stop?" "At Mr.

Fit-Patrick's, 411 Twenty-second street, to deliver a note which I had brought from the house." "Whom was the note for?" "I think it was for one of the girls." "From there where did you go?" "To Miss Lord's house on Capp street, and from there we went to Dr. Vogel's house." "What clothes did you wear at Dr. Vogel's house that night?" "The same that I had bought downtown that afternoon." "Have you any part of those clothes at home?" "Yes, sir." "Is that overcoat you have the same you wore that night?" "Yes, sir." "And that hat you wore that night also?" "Yes, sir." 7V' "Would you have any objection to taking off that overcoat for a minute?" "Yes, sir, I would object." "Have you any particular reason for "No, sir; I simply don't want to, that is all." "Will you let me look at that hat?" Witness handed over his hat and Mr. Deuprey compared it with that worn by the defendant on the fatal Friday night. The hats were almost identical.

After handing back witness' hat Mr. Deuprey asked if the court would order witness to remove his overcoat for a moment. Judge Conlan said he did not know whether he had any authority to compel witness to remove his coat, but he could see no reason why the witness should not wish to oblige counsel for the defense in so small a matter. Then Mr. Wolfe took off his coat, the gum which he had been chewing during the examination suffering an incessant mastication as the jaws of witness received a nervous impulse in their action.

The coat was held up beside that of the prisoner, and the lengths and general style were found to be the same. There was a slight difference in the color, Durrant's coat being a darker blue, though at night the difference could not possibly be noticed. Coming around by a tortuous interrogatory route to the meeting at Dr. Vogel's asked: "Do you know the exact time that Durrant arrived at the Young People's meeting?" "About half-past 9." "Could not Durrant have been in the house some time before you knew of his arrival?" "I don't think so. I heard the bell ring and in a minute Dr.

Vogel said, "Here's "Where did you go after leaving Miss Lord?" "I went north on Capp street to Twentythird, and along Twenty-third to my house." "After arriving at your house how long did it take you to change your clothes?" "A very few minutes." time did you leave your room?" "About 5 minutes after 12 o'clock." y-' Then followed a series of questions relative to the witness' movements from the time he changed his clothes, went to his brother's stable at the corner of Twentyfourth street and Orange alley, and from there to the corner of Twenty -fourth audi Howard streets, where he took the car to I the junction of Twenty-fourth street and I Potrero avenue. When he got at the stable where he had left his horse he found two men William Potter and Robert Buchanan. "What did you do when you got your horse?" was next asked. "I saddled him and rode to our ranch in San Mateo County, a distance of five or six miles." "Did you come into town the next day?" "No, sir." "When did you next come into the City?" "On Sunday morning." "What is your height?" "I don't know." "About what height?" "About 5 feet and 8 inches." "What is your age?" "Twenty-live." "Do you know what your weight is?" "No." About 160 or thereabouts." Wolfe was soon after dismissed with the request that he remain in the courtroom, as the counsel for the defense thought he might be needed again. George R.

King of 521 Capp street, the organist at the Emmanuel Baptist Church, was then called. "How long have you been the organist at the asked Mr. Barnes. "About two years." "Have you had anything to do with the Sunday-school?" "Yes, sir; I have been the secretary and looked after the library and books." "Do you know Durrant?" sir." "Did he hold any office in the Sundayschool?" lie was the assistant superintendent." "Have you a key to the church, Mr. King?" "No.

sir." "Did Durrant have a key to the church?" "I think he did." "Did you have a key to the library?" "Yes, sir." "D.id Durrant also have a key?" "Yes, sir." "Do you know who put the new lock on the library door?" "Yes, sir; Theodore Durrant and myself." Witness was shown the broken lock and identified the same. "Do you repieraber when you and Durrant put that lock on the library door?" in "I think it was the last Saturday March." General Dickinson broke in with the question as to how witness could identify the lock. "By the nicks and the way in which it is cut," responded the witness, rehandling the brass mechanism and pointing out the features of identification. "What was the object in putting that lock on?" asked Mr. Barnes.

old lock was so simple that it was easily picked." "You kept the Sunday-school books in that "Yes, sir." "Who had keys besides yourself and "No one." "Were you in the church on the night of Friday. April 12, between the hours of 7 and o'clock?" "No, sir." "Were you in the church at any time that day?" "Yes, sir; I was there in the morning to "Did you notice anything wrong with the lock that morning?" "No, sir." f0.i.1 "You had to pass the door in going to the organ loft?" "Yes, sir." "How did you go into the church that day?" the front door." "Did Durrant ever say there was anything peculiar about the key he had to the lock on the library door?" "Yea, sir; I believe he "did. He said THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 1895. something about the way he had handle the key in making it work." "What did you do with the key you had to the door?" "I gave it to Sergeant Burke of the police force." t'. "Is this the key?" handing witness a key.

"I think it is, though of course I cannot positively identify it, as there are no particular marks on it." The lock was then handed witness, and, on slipping the key into the ward, it shot the bolt. Cross-examin ation General Dickinson handed witness two keys, one "People's Exhibit .1" and the other "People's Exhibit and the latter announced that they were identical and both operated the lock. No further questions were asked by the defense. On the redirect witness answered that by the lock in question the door to the library could not be fastened from the inside. "Do you know what tools you used in fixing the lock on the door?" "We used one of those combination handle and tool attachments." "One of those where several small tools come in the handle?" "Yes, sir." "Do you know whether there are any tools kept in the church?" "Yes, sir; Dr.

Gibson had two, a hammer and chisel. I have used the chisel." At 12:05 o'clock a recess was taken till 2 p. m. The afternoon session was opened with the calling of Officer Riel, but as there was no response Dennis Welsh, a police officer of Alameda, residing at 2076 San Jose avenue, took the stand. "Did you know Minnie Williams?" "Yes, sir; about two years." "Did you know Theodore Durrant?" "By sight, yes, sir." "Did you ever see them together?" "Yes, sir." "What was the last time, as near as you can remember, when you saw them together?" "About the 30th or 31st of March." "Where was that?" "On Park street and Encinal avenue." "When did you last see Durrant in Alameda?" "On the Bth of April." "Did you talk with him then?" "No, "sir." "When did you see him last to talk with him?" "The night of the 25th of February." "What occurred then?" "I was on watch at the police station and Durrant came in and said he could not get any place to sleep in the Park Hotel; that he had missed the last boat and wanted some place to stay.

He lay on a settee in the station until about daylight." Cross-examination "How long have you been a police officer?" "About eight years." "In Alameda all that time?" "Yes, sir." "How did you come to be a witness in this case?" "I came over here to the Coroner's inquest to see the body of Minnie Williams." "Why did you want to see the body?" "Well, because I was curious to see what kind of a butchering job had been done." "What day was that?" "I think it was Tuesday." what did you do at the Morgue?" "I went to a fellow at the Morgue and asked to see the body, but I did not see it." "Who was the fellow in the Morgue you saw?" "I don't know." "Was that fellow in the Morgue dead or alive?" "Alive, of course." "How did you come to be a witness in this case?" "Well, I told Officer Gibson that I knew the girl, and that I had seen her with Durrant in Alameda, and I asked him if Durrant was the fellow that did the killing." "How long did you know Minnie Williams?" "About two years." "Do you remember where you first met her?" -n "No; I cannot tell just where I first met her." "When did you see her last to speak with her?" "It was last October." "How did it come about?" "It was one night on the street, and she asked me if I would walk home with her, that it was dark and she was afraid." "How far away did she live from where you met her?" "About three blocks; and as it was on my beat I walked home with her." "Can you name any man, woman or child who ever spoke to you about Minnie Williams?" "That would be a hard matter for me to tell." "Then, how did you know who she was and where she lived?" "Well, it is our business to find out the names of people on our beats and where they live. "Where was she stopping at that time?" "With a daughter of Mr. Nolan's." "How do you know?" "The same way that we know anything, by inquiring." any one ever tell you that she lived with Mr. Nolan's daughter?" "That would be a hard thing to say." "Was this daughter of Mr. Nolan single or married?" "That I cannot say." "Did you ever see Mr.

Nolan's daughter with any children on the street?" "Not that I know of." "Do you think she was married?" "I think she was, though." "Do you know the name of her husband or what his business is?" "I cannot tell." "How often did you see Minnie Williams at Mr. Nolan's daughter's?" "Oh, I can't tell." "Was it once, twice, three or four times?" "Yes, I suppose so; and many more times, probably." "Well, your memory seems to be much clearer as to the times you have seen Durrant and Minnie Williams than on other subjects?" "Oh, I don't know. We brother officers have talked the matter over, but never as to what should be testified." "How long has Mr. Nolan's daughter lived on your beat?" "Oh, about a year and a half." "Have you seen Minnie Williams there any time lately?" I can't tell. I think it was about a year ago." "How do you fix that time?" "No, I can't tell.

I don't keep dates." "Did you use to see her going in and out as though she was going back and forth to the city?" "I may. I don't know whether she was working there or living there." "You knew her well, did you?" "Yes, tolerably. She was short and had dark brown hair." "What was the last time you saw her?" "I think it was the last of March or first part of April." "How do you fix the time?" because I was on duty then." "I you were on duty all the times?" "But we change our watches from day to night." "You haven't refreshed your memory lately, have you?" "No, sir. I said the officers sometimes talked the matter over when the papers came." "When did you first meet Durrant?" "Oh, I think it was some time last summer. I used to see him get off the train at Chestnut street, and then I have seen him and Minnie Williams get on the train?" "How long did you remain in conversation with Durrant the night last October when you saw Durrant at the Chestnutstreet station?" "Oh, I can't just tell; a lew minutes." "When did you speak to him next?" "In the latter part of December at the same station.

He took the twenty minutes to 12 train. 1 think he usually took that train'" "How did you know the last time you met him was on Sunday night?" "Because it was private business of my jwii which made me remember it." "Well, tell us your reason." Witness hesitated, and the defense asked court to compel an answer. The court instructed witness to answer fhe could, and witness said; "Well, I'll tell you. I was up to the Catholic church, and had to run to get back on my beat when I heard the train coming." "What officers came in the police station at the time Durrant asked to stay all night?" "Officers Chano and Delaney." "How do you know that was on the 25th of February?" rp. "Because an engine on the narrow-gauge broke down on that night." "Did Officers Chano and Delaney speak with Durrant at that time?" "Oh, I suppose so.

I think it natural they should." "You haven't thought about what you were going to testify to or refreshed your memory by consulting the records in the police station since this hearing was set?" "No, sir." After some further questioning witness was dismissed, and Dr. J. S. Barrett was called. Prosecuting Attorney Wakeman suggested that as the testimony of the next witness would be of a delicate nature it would be well for the ladies to leave the courtroom.

Judge Conlan took the same view of the matter, and a general hegira of the feminine portion of the spectators followed. Dr. Barrett took the stand and sat nervously stroking the down on his adolescent upper lip. evidently nursing a vain regret that the" gaudily attired female contingent had seen fit to leave the courtroom while waiting for the lawyers to have their traditional fling at the iEsculapian disciple. But the lawyers only consulted.

As the medical witness sat nervously and expectantly in his seat he might have been mistaken for a young dry goods clerk or a member of the Burlingame Country Club waiting for a lesson in drag-driving from Captain Wainright, or a leader of the Cotillon Club resting after the social triumph of an evening of unusual eclat anything, in fact, but a regularly graduated physician about to give evidence of a grave and important character at a trial when life and death were the stake. He was dressed with the exquisite grace and neatness of a dancing master and his hair, if laid under surgeon's silk plaster, could not be smoother or more glossy. His eye and lips smiled sweetly on counsel and court, and it was a bitter disappointment to him. when the smooth voice of Deuprey was raised in preferring a request to the court that an adjournment be taken until Tuesday morning of next week. Mr.

Deuprey thought it would be impossible to finish with the young medico before adjournment or midnight; and the court, glancing at the witness-stand, thought so, too, and an adjournment was ordered. The police have not relaxed their vigilance and wariness as to female visitors to the City Prison, who desire to Durrant and afterward testify in behalf. Though Mrs. Williamson was the only one who gained access to the courtroom, there have oeen several others who desired to inform the court that the accused was the wrong man. Four of them were at the prison yesterday and day before, two of them claiming to be the vicegerents of Jesus Christ wanted to bear witness to the prisoner's innocence.

One of them said she knew by the glance of his mild eye that he was as guiltless as the babe unborn, and still another thought the size and shape of his neck preclr. led all possibility of his being capable of even entertaining such indescribable and incomprehensible motives toward any human being, man or woman. The arrest of Durrant seems to have brought to the surface all the spiritualistic cranks in the community, and some new advocate of his innocence appears on the scene daily. Most of them never had an acquaintance with the prisoner and merely judge him by means of some esoteric or hypno-psychic system of their own. It is expected all the testimony for the prosecution will be in Tuesday, and from what the defense has allowed to be inferred, but little time will be consumed by that side before the case is submitted to the court.

Accordingly a decision may be expected from the court next Wednesday. IN BAD TEMPER. Durrant Becomes Very Insolent to the Ser- geant in Charge of the Prison. Durrant is chafing under constant confinement and has given several exhibitions of an ugly temper. Last evening he was as autocratic as a Czar, and gave orders to Sergeant Shields as if he were not a prisoner charged with murder.

Durrant's mother called on him early in the evening and was with him for some hours. When his mother arrived Durrant asked that his cell be cleaned and a waterbucket be removed. Sergeant Shields ordered a "trusty" to see that Durrant's desires were carried out. Durrant then said, in a most haughty tone: "I want you to see that you keep this place clean. It is what yon are paid money for, and you will have to attend to your duty better in the This caused some lively words between the sergeant of police and.

the arrogant alleged murderer, and Durrant flew into a passion which took his mother some time to overcome. It was not exactly the action of an insane man, so the outbreak on Durrant's part was attributed more to his ugly temper than to an attempt to prepare the way for an insanity dodge. In the future, however, Durrant will not be granted special privileges, and he will be treated just like an ordinary prisoner. He was never any too popular and his outbreak on Sergeant Shields, who is a most accommodating officer, has done him no good. Proof against misrepresentation always Price's Baking Powder.

The people know and like it. STRIKE OP THE SAILOES. Another Vessel for the Sound With Non-Union Crew. A number of vessels are lying at anchor off Meiggs wharf waiting for crews, the owners of which have declared their intention of keeping them there all summer until they are tilled with non-union men. The bark General Fairchild got to sea yesterday with a crew of non-union men.

The craw was furnished by John Cane, the new assistant shipping master of the Shipowners' Association. Cane got the men together on Thursday afternoon and kept them hidden until the early hours of yesterday morning, wken he slipped them aboard while the vessel was out in the stream. About noon yesterday word was received at the office of the Sailors' Union that two men had been shanghaied and were being kept on the Fairchild against their will. Secretary Furuscth immediately went to the harbor police and reported the occurrence. Sergeant Mahoney was on duty at the time, and he advised the secretary to go to Meiggs wharf and report the matter to Sergeant Bunner.

Furusetb started for the wharf and the sergeant telephoned to the police station. He received an answer to the effect that Officer Ferguson had boarded the Fairchild and mustered the crew, and that all of the men had declared themselves satisfied with their berths. Before Secretary Furuseth reached Meiggs wharf the Fairchild had gone to sea. Among the vessels lying off Meiggs wharf is the bark Arcturus. Her destination is Birds Inlet, where she is to take on a cargo of lumber for Santa Rosalia.

The schooner Azelea'is waiting for a crew, to take her to Grays Harbor, and the schooner General Banning will load for Seattle as soon as she can get a crew to man her. Among the vessels in other parts of the stream are the schooner Orient and the barks Sonoma and Chehalis. The Orient is destined for Grays Harbor. The Sonoma is bound for I the Sound, from where she will proceed to Unalaska, and the Chehalis has a cargo on board for Siberia. The Chehalis has all her crew in but two men.

It was rumored yesterday that Mr. Mighell, who recently threw all his vessels into the Ship-owners' Association, would remove several of his vessels from the "It is understood that the -ship Eiwell has been chartered to go to Australia. ROGUES HAVE GONE EAST. Sudden Departure of the Managers of the Royal Security Exchange. FOREIGN BOND SWINDLERS.

Hundreds Mourn the Loss of Securities Which They Had Purchased. The Royal Security Exchange, conducted by Morris Hirsch and Louis Waschmann in room 92, Donohoe building, appears to be a thing of the past, and hundreds of people who have had business relations with that concern are wondering where their money has gone. To the few who have made inquiries the answer was plain, that it went with the principals on the 7 o'clock overland train for the East Thursday morning. The circumstances surrounding the disappearance of Messrs. Hirsch and Waschmann, who operated the exchange, indicate that they left the city in order to escape the delivery to several hundreds of their customers of foreign bonds and other securities which were purchased on the installment plan.

Many of these contracts were about to mature, and, foreseeing Morris Hirsch. a photograph by D. trouble in the event of non-delivery of the goods, the firm closed its doors and went eastward, ostensibly to "open branch offices in New York and St. Paul." The office of the Royal Security Exchange was open for business until Tuesday, when a card was placed on the door announcing that the firm had removed to room 13, 530 California street. This notice was visible for two days, when it disappeared, and those who called yesterday on finding the office vacant indignantly denounced Hirsch and Waschman as thieves.

Threats were made to inform the police and attempt, if possible, to secure the arrest of the fugitives. In settling up their affairs here Hircsh and "Waschman employed E. J. Quillinan as their agent in the collection of various payments still due on contracts for bonds. This gentleman was seen yesterday and took occasion to deny that Hirsch and Waschman had been engaged in shady business transactions or that they had fied from the City.

"The office of Hirsch Waschmann, said he, "will hereafter be at 667 Broadway, New York. It will be in charge of Mr. Hirsch, while Mr. Waschmann will establish a branch at St. Paul.

I have their power of attorney to receipt for collections still due and act as their agent in this city. I must admit left no bonds with me. All persons who are entitled to them will receive them from New York on the expiration of their installment period." Mr. Quillinan could not give any definite information concerning the movements of the absent brokers, but it was his opinion that they would return in several months, He was not aware that Mr. Hirsch had on Wednesday evening made appointments with several of his customers to meet them at noon on the following day, when at that moment he knew that he would leave by the early morning train.

did Mr. Quillinan know that both Hirsch and Waschmann had announced to their friends that they did not expect to leave the city before May 1. A peculiar circumstance in connection with the closing of the doors of the Royal Security Exchange was the fact that Mr. Hirsch had a number of circulars printed announcing the approaching departure for the purpose "of establishing branch offices in cities." Although these circulars were printed three weeks ago, he gave them in charge of a boy with instructions to mail them on April 26. They were mailed yesterday, thirty-six hours after the departure of the members of the firm for New York.

Morris Hirsch, the senior member of the firm, has been engaged in the bond brokerage business here for two years. He was formerly agent for a notorious bondswindler in New York, and while in his employment gained an intimate knowledge of the business, which he put to practical use here. Although he arrived here almost penniless, it is said that he cleared up not ess than $12,000 in the two years, he was working the field. The business of the Royal Security Exchange was to sell foreign bonds, ranging in value from $12 to $130, on monthly payments. The time limit on the purchase of these bonds was twenty-six months.

They included the Royal Italian Red Cross bond of 1885, Hungarian Jo Szio of 1888, Holland White Cross of 1888, Royal Government of 1888. These bonds are legitimate and are good security to investors, provided the purchaser on the installment plan receives them at the expiration of the twenty-six months. Hundreds of persons have been paying from $1 to $10 monthly for these bonds to Hirsch Waschmann, but as they have not the genuine bonds to deliver, it follows that all who have paid them money in the past will be minus both their money and bonds. The firm has been the subject of frequent complaint to the police, out the evidence against it was of such a character that no conviction could be secured. They were arrested eight months on complaint of Miss L.

Moore of 2295 Sacramento street, who charged them with obtaining money by false pretenses. Miss Moore testified that she was induced by Mr. Hirsch to exchange a foreign bond of $100, which had been in her possession five years, for a certificate of $30u. Subsequently she found that the Royal Security Exchange certificate was valueless, and. she demanded the return of her bond.

The failure of Mr, Hirsch to comply with the request led to his arrest. No conviction could be secured in the Police Court, and Miss MoOre -brought a civil action, which has been set for trial on Tuesday next. Miss Moore charges fraud in the complaint and prays the court that the defendants, Hirsch and Waschmann, be adjudged guilty thereof, and be incarcerated in jail. Since the disclosures made in the trial of the Moore case the local business of the firm has suffered considerably. Agents were sent to the country, however, and for the past three months business was very lively.

"I expected this," said M. Solomon, the broker at 821 Market street. "The swindling methods adopted by Hirsch and were bound to be exposed some time. They advertised the sale of bonds and received money in that way without intending to furnish purchasers with the goods after they were paid for. They would sell a $100 bond for $50 in order to get business, for the reason that every dollar they received in this way was clear gain.

I have received numerous letters from their victims in the country, and my office at times has been besieged by people from this city, who have been victimized by them. The technicalities of the law, however, protected them, because they claimed that their contracts had not expired. They are about to expire now, and in order to escape of the bonds they have concluded to quit the town. Their victims are numerous, no doubt, but the individual losses are slight, ranging from $10 to $100 in each case. For this reason it will be difficult to get a single person to commence criminal proceedings, as the expenses necessarily will be heavy." The statement that Hirsch will open an office at 667 Broadway, New York, is looked upon as a joke.

This is the office of Bishop the well-known bankers and brokers. Some years ago Hirsch had his mail sent to that address, and since that time he has claimed it as his headquarters in Gotham. Mr. Quillinan is beginning to realize that he has a task on his hands in accepting the agency for Hirsch Waschmann. Many persons have already called upon him for hews concerning those srentlemen, but the only result of the interviews was a warm display of feeling on the part of the visitors, who declared that they had been robbed.

It is quite likely that these will pool their issues shortly, with a view of -vising ways and means for the recovery of their hard-earned money. FOGS AND THE FERRIES. How the Boats Are Steered in Murky Weather Across the Bay. Dangerous Rocks That Are In Mid- Channel Which Must Be Avoided. The summer has a drawback to the men i of the pilot-house who handle the spokes and steer the good boat clear of all obsta- cles.

It is the fogs, and those murky clouds which are manufactured outside the i Golden Gate are now beginning to make I their annual visits to the harbor. The Oakland pilots have not so many difficulties to encounter as their brethren of the Sausalito line, though at times even they have been compelled to suspend I traffic, so dense and dangerous was the fog. Captain J. T. MeKenzie, a veteran on I the Marin County line, explains how the ship may be securely steered in the thickest sort of weather.

The course differs several points with the boat. The San Rafael hauling out of her slip at Sausalito on a foggy morning will be laid, steering by the port compass, on a southeast course. Now eleven minutes are allowed the boat to make Arch Rock, keeping that dangerous spot well on the porthand side, and therefore passing it to the westward. Here the steamer's course is I changed to east-southeast, which will keep her pointing to the end of the Lombardi stree wharf. When this is made, she is brought to the southeast, and this course fetches her abreast of her slip.

Returning in foegy weather on a flood tide the course is northwest oy west, then i from Lombard street northwest by west half west, and passing Alcatraz well to the northward and eastward, then west by I north for five minutes, and lastly west, which will make the Sausalito slip. Dur! ing these trips two men are kept on the I lookout forward, the bearing of shipping I anchored in unusual places is taken, and the tides and currents closely calculated. The pilots are bitter in their complaints of that indifference of the Government which permits two such dangerous points i as Arch Rock and Shag Rock to remain in the harbor. The former has been the i cause of numerous marine casualties. The ship Flying Dragon struck on Shag Rock in a fog and sank.

The steamer Oregon, I with 600 passengers on board, has scraped against it, and the schooner Orient ran up on it last year. Those Sausalito pilots are hard worked, their watch being from 6 a. m. to 6 p. M.

every second day, and the tension in handling those boats when the safety of so many passengers is concerned is not easy on the nerves. The Government vessels Gedney and McArthur are now making a survey of the harbor, and their report will probably urge the removal of these rocks. Anita rock, off the Presidio wharf, and Mile rock, outside the Gate, should be included. Although I Blossom Rock is buoyed, there are 27 feet of water at the lowest spring tide over the i small pinnacle which was not destroyed in I the blasting. The majority of mortals rely upon others' thoughts and ideas.

Dr. Price's Pure Cream Baking Powder is the universal vicar of household economy and comfort. A COMEDY OP EEKOES. The Man Will Not Be Likely to Be led Away Again hy a Tea Gown. Mrs.

B. was summoned to the door one morning by an old-clothes man, but she resolutely told him that she had nothing for him, until he took out an old chamoisskin purse, and opening said: "Look, lady, I gif you gold for any old ting what you got to sell." This was too much temptation, and soon she had the contents of her wardrobe spread out for his inspection. Her heart misgave her, though, for her husband had positively forbidden her ever to sell any of her old clothes. She only hoped he would never find out. and with the money she could buy such fine new ones.

There was one gown that she did not hesitate to part with. It was a flowered tea gown, with a big bow on the side, and long sash ends of gorgeous ribbon, and Mr. B. particularly liked that dress because she had served afternoon tea in it for him often during their engagement. However, the man offered a good price for it and it went with the rest.

When Mr. B. came home in the evening his wife had a guilty look as if something lay on her conscience. But she ascribed it to a headache, and the old clothes deal remained a profound secret. A week or two later Mrs.

B. asked her husband to do the marketing. She usually attended to this herself, but was going to have company and could not spare the time. Mr. B.

accordingly took the market-basket on his arm and went from stall to stall purchasing supplies, when he suddenly saw his wife standing near him haggling over some vegetables. "Great Scott!" he said under his breath, "and in that tea gown, too. I wonder what next!" -Ui; He stepped up to her and gave her a vigorous rap on the back. The next moment he saw moons and stars. Whack, whack, whack, came the blows from a castiron fist, and a shrill voice screamed in his ear: "You impudent wretch, I'll teach you.

to know a lady when you see one. Take that, and that, and that." He escaped with his life and hurried home for repairs. The cat was out of the bag, and it had scratched him severely, but never, never again Mrs. B. sell any of her old Detroit Free Press.

The Turkish Government is the least enterprising of any in the matter of electricity. Enormous sums of money have been offered for electric lighting and telephone privileges, but they have all been refused. It does not appear that any baking powder, when presented in competition with the Royal, either at the Government tests or before world fair has ever received favor or award over the Royal or made an equal showing in purity, strength or wholcsomenesa. HORSES WILL BE HUNGRY. The City and County Treasury Empty and Supplies Exhausted.

CONTRACTORS CALL A HALT. A Grave Salaries of Employes to Be Withheld for the Purchase of Food. The theory that the treasury of this City and County would become exhausted in the course of so many days or weeks as result of reckless drafts upon it for election and other expenses has given way to a condition. The treasury is exhausted and tradespeople refuse to honor the requisitions of the Supervisors. Superintendent "Weaver of the Almshouse says his cattle are hungry, and within a few days, unless relief is given, the 900 inmates will be crying for bread.

Fire Commissioner Bohen says there is no food for the horses of the department and no coal for the engines, and none can be had until there is money to pay for it. The gravity of the situation was mado known at a meeting of the Finance Committee of the Board of Supervisors yesterday afternoon, at which both the Mayor and the City and County Attorney were present. Chairman Taylor announced that what they all knew would take place about this time had taken place. The contractors were refusing to deliver supplies with the knowledge that the treasury would be empty for some two months until the revenues from the new tax levy begin to come in; that it was absolutely necessary to devise some means for tiding over the interval; that he had conferred with the City and County Attorney and ex-Judges McKinstry and Rhodes with the hope of discovering some way out of the difficulty through the law, but without making any headway. Under the law the claims of every fiscal year must be paid out of the funds of that year, and the only way of making an extra tax levy to meet a contingency such a.

this is to get the sanction of the people by a special election so it is held. That takes time and is expensive, and some sanction of the law for other methods is desirable, and to that end it was hoped that some method of getting before the Court in quest of a favorable decision could be desired. Just how to get there and what to do in case they did was not clear. In the meantime the situation is strained. Mayor Sutro said something must be done and at once.

He presented the following letter which he had received from Superintendent Weaver of the Almshouse, and who was present at the meeting: City and County Almshouse, P. L. Weaver. San Francisco, April 28, 1895. Mayor Dear Sir: I sent this day a requisition duly signed by Jos.

King, chairman of the Hospital Committee, to Scott McCord for a load of hay, and they refused to deliver it on the ground of no money in the City treasury to pay the bill. Our cattle and horses are hungry and we have no feed. We have three days' stock of flour on nand and no more will be delivered on your contract when that is gone, and 900 people crying for bread. I ask you, with all others in authority, what I shall do in this emergency? Yours respectfully, P. L.

Weaver, Superintendent City and County Almshouse. Fire Commissioner Bohen, who was present, stated that the Fire Department horses were in need of feed, coal was running short, and the contractors had refused to supply any more. "We must provide for these things," said the Mayor. "Tor these and for the people in the jails and hospitals; that is first consideration. After that we can consider other things.

But we must pay our debts, all of them." Clerk John A. Russell explained the uation at length. He said it did not grow out of a shortage in the levy of last year as made to cover current expenses or those that could be foreseen, but from expenses that had arisen since and were in large measures beyond the influenca of the Supervisors, such as the election expenses, which had gone far beyond the limit placed upon them. As for the expenditures of the several funds for the operation of the machinery of the government they were well within the estimates, but there was no money, because it had been eaten up in other'ways. He thought it well to go into court with an agreed case and simply tell the truth about it.

It being shown that these expenditures were for the running of the government and beyond the discretion of the Supervisors the law would be found sufficiently elastic to permit of assuring the supply contractors that they could be paid with the funds of the future. So assured, they would continue to keep the larders of public institutions full. As it is now, however, it is almost a sign of insanity to asK or expect it of them, with the City owing them $210,000, and when they ask for it" being met with the declaration that their claims are illegal. City and County Attorney Creswell went all over the ground from a legal standpoint. He could see no way of getting before the Supreme Court without a case to go with.

He suggested as a means of tiding over the immediate difficulty that the clerks and other employes of the City and County be called upon to withhold their warrants till the end of the month and allow the money to be used in the meantime for the purchase of supplies. This was greeted as a practical suggestion, although Mr. Russell stated as a matter of his knowledge that the salary of many of the employes was already pledged to brokers. However, it was decided to call a meeting of the heads of departments to be held in Mr. Creswell's office this morning at 10 o'clock, when the plan will be discussed.

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