Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 24

ihm All THE SPORTS VOL. LXXI OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 9, 1909. PAGES 23 TO 30 NO. 78. 99 Says Fiancee of ing Man re Me HachetU Owing Miss Mannering $60,000, Asks to Be a Bankrupt HIS FELLOW MARY MANNERING.

rj-i-." tA v- 'Miw, Sk WJ- mm, I STOP i 4. MRS. MARY BLACKBURN. -o 4 7 0 I mw' i 's Lh Sy '-f I I 1 nil ret; i i iw SHAW ANDISAVES LIFE BY IS. SON TO III I I I II Had Planned to Be Married Whnn RriHpnrnnm.frho Is Nearly Killed SOLVES MYSTERY OF HER CONNECTION WITH CASE At 61 Years of Age Expected to Become Bride of Man of 49 "He told me that If anything should happen to him I was to receive all hismoney." Those were the words of Mrs.

Mary Blackburn at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Fv Nathan, 1979 McAllister street, San Francisco, yesterday, when discussing the brutal assault upon Rancher Winslow, who Is now lying? In a precarious condition in Providence Hospital In this city, as the result of a murderous assault In the tank house In Sunol last Tuesday night. Wlnslow may die, and if the statement referred to can a substantiated the woman undoubtedly Will be a' claimant for the jnoney which the rancher may leave in the event of his 'death from the Injuries which he sustained at the hands of the assassin, has disappeared and who has hus far eluded the officers- Cousins Living This statement of Mrs. Blackburn as coupled with another to the ef fect that Wjnslrw has a number of cousins wly might have something to say about the disposition of his property in the event of his death, fjt the woman, at the same time, de clared that those cousins were not on friendly terms with thel'famlly of the injured man, ad, more' than that, the mother of the unfortunate: rancher 'hated 'them. in making the admission that she was expected to receive Wlnslow'S money, Mrs.

Blackburn modestly ad mitted tliaf she was to become the bride of the rarher and. that the nuptials were to take place some time this month. That at least was thfe plan agreed upon between herself and Winslow befor the assault upon him. In her 61st Year k- Mrs. Blackburn Is now In her 61st year.

She does not, however, appear to -more than 50 years of age. She Is there is a clearness la her cmplexlohs. which woujd be dearly prized by many a younger -woman Is. tut-49 years of age. i Irmeed, for years he has been importunate in the matter of bringing about the marriage Blackburn steadily declined to enter the state and becom the wife of a man who was making his Jiving on a ranch in the country- -At the, same time she loved the rancher, but he could not bear the drudgery of the life on the ranch.

It wns witli pleasure, therefore, that a little more than a week ago she accompanied Winslow from the ranch, which he had Justlsold, to Sunol, at -which time they made plans for their wedding. Packed His Valise Mrs. Winslow's story shows that she had the closest conlldence of the rancher, and that It was she who packed Window's valise, and that in a pocket of one'of his coats she hid tho certificate of deposit In the Bank of rkasanton for $1600. which was in-; "Tided to be honored In a bank In fcYfl Francisco, as also a receipt for JC00 which the rancher had deposited with Trlmingham Brothers in Sunol for safe-keeping. Ho far as known at this writing these Instruments represent the actual property of the rancher, but where they are at ils time is -unknown, for xne reason satked and coUld since hat the grip was ran-nelther of the' articles be found.

They were presumably taken by the robber after he had left yUnfiIow for dead In that lonely room in the Sunol tank house. When Last Seen Wlnslow dropped out of sight. It seems, some time last Tuesday afternoon in Sunol. At least none of the residents of the place who know him could state positively, when questioned on the subject, when they had last een. him.

As a conseauence ther was considerable interest evinced amfng the people of the town as to wliit was the latest time that Mrs. Blackburn had seen him, for the reason that It was considered strange that after the two had been seen together after. tho ranch outside Sunol had been abandoned, she should have dropped out of sight, and Winslow should remain behind to be ssaulfed In a most outrageous manner. DEBTS OEACO Dan Frohman and Dan Hanna Are Among Those to Whom He Owes Money NEW YORK, May 8. James K.

Hackett, through his attorney, filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy toaay. Hackett says that he owes $126,457, and that he has only $393 with which to pay his debts. He says that his heaviest creditor is his wife, Mary pMannering, and that she claims she has loaned him $60,000, but he 4o.es not think it is as much as that. Hackett had always expressed with great frankness the opinion that Mr-y Mannerlng's success was due in her earlier years to the fact that she was his leading woman, and later, when she was under his management, was known to be his wife. Successful Actress Since they quarreled Miss Maniier-lng has been successful.

Hackett has been eminently unsuccessful. His-latest effort to regain his lost money'and prestige has been a revival of his old plays. Dan R. Hanna of Cleveland, son of the late Senator Hanna, is set down as a $10,000 creditor for money loaned, William Morris and David N. Taylor are secured creditors.

Among the others who Hackett says he owes money he can't pay are Dan Frohman $2500, and E. R. Thomas $2000. Bars Alimony If the application passe's the. court Hackett cannot be.

forced to pay fiis wife eithgr alimony or the money he says he owes her. Mr. Hackett, when asked about his future this afternoon, said: "This action was inevitable. It was the only means of protecting mycred- itors without preference, or prejudice for one over the other. I hope ultimately to pay my just debts-collar for dollar." General Declares He Will Tell Startling Story When Case Ends JURY MAY PASS ON VERDICT ON MONDAY Briefs Have Been Submitted to Judge Garretson By Both Sides NEW YORK, May 8.

The Hains trial has seeminglv opened an army feud of the Major, who is Still in the service, of four officers from widely separated posts to testify for the state is looked upon by General Hains and the Major almost in the light of personal insult. The Hains, 4xth th6 old General and the Major, wtu Is still in the service, have talked without reserve about their enemies in the arrmy. They have given the details of a happening some years ago when General Hains commanded an army corps, and a man who now. finds himself in power was under him. No" matter what tho verdict is, General Hains has promised to tell, this story as soon' as the case ends.

It means the reopening of an army scandal at least ten years- old and one that has never before broken the barriers hat surround -government reservations. May Go to Jury Monday The case of Captain Peter C. Hains, charged with the murder Of William E. Annis at Bayside, L. last August, will go to the jury late Monday afternoon or Tuesday morning.

The efcact time depends entirely upon Judge Garretson. John P. Mclntyre, for the defense and Frederick tie Witt for the state have been allotted three hours each for summing-up. juuniyre proposes to. aai nis time.

Attorney de Witt says he will talk less than two hours. 4 This will still leave on Monday, and Judge Garretson may take it up in charging the jury. On the other hand, he may decide not to turn the Case over to the jurors until Tuesday morning. The attorneys on both sides submitted briefs to Judge Garretson today outlining the particular legal points on which they want him to charge. The defense is -most particular about the insanity phase of the.caise.

WILL COMMENCE SUIT TO DISSOLVE COMBINE SAN FRANCISCO, May 8. Testimony will be taken in this city Monday on behalf of the government in the suit brought in the Utah Federal Court to dissolve the merger of the big transcontinental Tailroads. Special Examiner Sylvester G. Williams, who acts as United States Commissioner, will hold court in the Grand Jury room "of the Postofflce building at 10 o'clock. Assistant Attorney General Arthur and a big array of lawyers will be present to look after the interests of the railroads.

Thedefendants in the suit are the Union Pacific, Oregon Short Line. Great Northern, Southern. Pacific Atchison, To-peka Santa Northern Pacific and San Pedro, Los Angeles Salt Lake railroads, Edward H. Harrlman, Jacob H. Schiff, Otto H.

Kahn, James L. Stillman, K. N. N. C.

Frick and William R. Clark, NT TRIAL TS Sophomore Said He Had Steal to "Hold His End Up" CONFESSES TO POLICE AFTER HE IS ARRESTED Reports He Is Robbed in an Attempt to Throw Off Suspicion BERKELEY, May 8. The mystery ot a series of startling thefts and burglaries, at the Atherton Club, a well known college; organization at 2435 Piedmont way, Berkeley, was solved today when the police i arrested Albert Y. Dollen-mayer ft sophomore In the college of civil engineering, and charged him with grand larceny. Dollenmayer was taken into custody at the annual field day of the Amateur Athletic League and after xa half hou of sweating broke down and made a complete confession to Sergeants.

A. S. J. Woods and Henry Jameson. He waa taken to the county Jail to await action for bail on the part of his relatives In Watsonvllle.

Jewels Stolen Dollenmayer admitted the thefts of a $90, fromt the rooms of John E. Best, a graduate and first year medical student from Grass Valley, a jewel valued at $30 from Louis J. Joubert of CamptonvlUe, a sophomore mining student, and a $20 jewel from the dresser of P. I. Duff, a freshman in the mechanical college whose home Is In Tacoma.

Dollenmayer, as well as his victims, were members of the Atherton Club and made their home' there. i Best's watch disappeared about a month ago and a' few days later Dollenmayer notified the police that he had lost some Jewelry In similar manner. Then camfj the reports of the thefts of Joubert's and 'Duff's rooms and other students complained of missing smaller articles. The officers were at first puzzled and for over a month have beea shadowing a number of members of the Dollenmayer told the police that his own report of being robbed was for the purpose of drawing suspicion himself. He said he was in need of money and resorted to robbery to secure funds to "hold his end up." Famous Commander of Ore gon in Late War Starts -V-For Seattle SAN FRANCISjCO, May 8.

Rear-Ad-miral Charles Clark, who won fame by taking, the battleship Oregon from this coast around to the West during-the Spanish in time for the war-j ship to participate in the annihilation of Cervera's fleet, was a prominent passenger sailing in the liner President today for Seattle. Admiral Clark, with his wife and daughter, came from a Los Angeles port in the President, and was in San Francisco only during the brief stay of the steamer. Other notable passengers In the crowd of 450 which sailed in the President, leaving here at 2:30 o'clock in the af ter-j noon, -were Mr. and Mrs. L.

N. Wilson, of G-oidfleld, Mr. and Mrs. C. JohnstonrrMr.

and Mrs. T. H. Collins, Mr. and Mrs.

William C. McTurnham, all of San Francisco; Mr. and E. F. Schofleld of Philadelphia; Mr.

and Mrs. L. F. B. Kroeger and Mr.

and Mrs. William H. Phipps of Seattle; E. Roger and H. R.

Mack of Carson, and Mark McEllestren of St Paul, Minn. 1 Changes in Fleet An order was received from Washing ton today directing a change of divisions' in the Pacific fleet, to take place in this harbor May 15th. At that time, according to present i plans, the pennant of, Rear-Admiral T. Swinburne will coma down on the West Virginia, and the flag of Rear-Admiral Uriel Seebree will be hoisted to the main on the Tennessee. The Tennessee 'becomes the flagship of the fleet and head of the first division, and tie West "Virginia becomes the flag- ship of the second division.

The first division to sail from here on May 1.7th for Tacoma, where they will remain a few days- in tompany with the Japanese cruisers. The second division will leave San Francisco on May 21st for Seattle, to be present, with the vessels of the first division; and the Japanese, at the open- -ing of, the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Expo- -sltion on June' 1st. Picked-Hour Later stPtcken- with apoplexy. He was found by other' employes of the hostelry, who tried in vain to restore him. Anson was well known in San Le-andro, and had been employed with the hotel for the pasv eleven years.

He has no family so far as Is known. The funeral arrangements have not yet been made. BOY FATALLY HURT WHILE AT PICNIC SAN JOSEU May James Nelso, a member of the- Meredian Sunday School class, upon a jplcnic to Alum Rock Park, was seriously Injured this afternoon by falling from the hillside to the foot of a. canyon, nearly forty feet. He was brought to this city an automofeile and is being attended at "a loca lhospital.

His condition; is extremely critical and he may not live more than a few hours. Th boy Is an orphan and Is Id yews old STUDEN SilESFOTI of College Girls, to Secure Large Fortune PROF. MILLER'S WIFE 7 AN OTHER BENEFICIARY Left in Trust By runicaqo Mercnant hor Five Children CHICAGO, May 8. Otho Sprague, late president of Sprague, Warner who died February 20 at Pasadena, left an estate valued at 300,000, according to a petition filed With the will in the Probate Court last Tuesday. More than $300,000 is given to charity outright, and under certain conditions this sum will be increased to $1,000,000.

Albert A. Sprague, brother of the testator, and Azra J. Warner, his busi ness associate, are executors and trustees under the will. The estate consists of $3,000,000 per sonal property and $300,000 In real estate. The principal, beneficiaries are the testator's Albert A.

Sprague and I. Sprague, and his three daughters, Mrs. Mary Spragne Miller and Miss Lucy Sprague of Berkeley, and Nancy A. Sprague. Mr.

Sprague created several trust funds for his children and the charitable organizations he remembered with bequests. The Northern Trust Company is trustee for these funds, $500,000 Each BERKELEY. May 8. Tw.o of the chief beneficiaries to the extent of $500,000 each under the will of the late Otho A. S.

Sprague are Miss Lucy Sprague and Mrs. Mary Spragiie Miller of Berkeley. Miss Sprague is the wrell- known dean of the college w-emeft at the State' University and Mrs. Mary Sprague Miller is the wife of Professor Adolph C. Miller of -the sdepart-ment of mechanics.

Sprague died in Pasadena on February 20 last, Miss Sprague and Miller being at his deathbed. At the time it was Intimated that there was a vast fortune coming to the two women, but their frieiras were not expecting tbat the sum would be so large as the pastern reports Indicate. i Beloved at College; Miss Sprague, has been at Berkeley for six years and 13 very popular among the college girls -and the alumnae. i She is a graduate of Bryn Mawr College, is a very accomplished vounsr woman and very hignly re garded by the members of the Board of Regents and the Her position as dean is one of the most im portant In the faculty, placing her in an advisory capacity to about young women from all parts of the coast each college Her broad sympathies for the co-eds has made her dearly beloved by them. Miss Sprague has just been granted a year of absence and is preparing to spena a year traveling in Europe.

She will leave tserneiey aooui june x. At her home at 2 425 Ridge road tonight she refused to discuss the terms of her father's will. A.WIERD REVEL Cave in Wildcat Canyon Is Scene of Might Exercises of Great Secrecy EERKELEY, May S. Nearly a hun dred prominent college people this even- ins relebiiated the' annual initiation of the Theta'Nu Epsllon, the sophomore in- terfraternity: The- weird exercises were held in a cave in Wildcat canyon, six miles over the Berkeley hills, and the utmost secrecy was observed. This Theta Nu Epsllon Is one of the choicest flowers of college secret orders, inasmuch as active membership Is one of the secrets of its organizaton.

It recruits its members front six well known fraternities ths Delta Kappa Epsllon, Sigma Alpha Epsllon, Theta Psl, Phi Gamma Chi Phi and the Sigma Cht, none but second year men become active membfrs, and their' names ave never known until they become juniors. Those who have been secret members for the past, year and are now blossoming forth as honorary members' are E. A. Freeman, C. W.

W. A. Richardson, H. E. Springer, J.

O. Bacon. M. SUuinan, J. Shoupe, W.

D. Cooper, C. Curtis Hayden, L. D. Whitney, J.

A. Wells, A. F. Bray, Lawrence Lynch and H. W.

Jack. It is understood that there were about twelve initiates this evening, whose identity will remain a for another year. RAILROAD COMPANY WAIVES JURY TRIAL SAN FRANCISCO, May 8. A stipulation was? filed today wherebv It was agreed to waive a jury and submit the case involving the safety appliance law against the Northwestern Pacific Railroad to Judge De Haven. The question involved is whether an interstate shipment after being divided within this state is covered by the act of Congress.

A shipment of lumber was made from Oregon to this state. After reaching California it was transferred to other cars. One of the cars was not properly equipped. Assistant United States Attorney Black, who represents the government, holds that it is an interstate shipment after it leaves the starting point and until it reacnes its destination. Miss Lucy Sprague, Dean STUDENT 1 WILLIAM H.

WINSLOW. Printer Barely Escapes Being Mangled By Train on Seventh Street Trestle IS STRUCK REPEATEDLY BY STEPS OF COACHES IS Finally Rendered Uncon scious and is Taken by. Train Crew to Hospital Caught walking In the center' of the Seventh street bridge, shortly before o'clock yesterday afternoon, by an Overland John Leadmund, a printer. living at the Broadway hotel, made a desperate 'attempt to save himself from being ground death by lowering him self to a hanging position jfrom the end of one of the cross ties. No sooner had the man swung him self over than the train bore down- upon him, and the steos of the first passenger coach, atter he had successfully' dodged the protrldlng parts of the engine, struck the man a terrific blow on the head almost knocking him from his position Leadmund clung tenaciously to the end of the tie, however, and as the train rusted past him, the steps of the cars that he could not manage to duck rained blow after blow upon him.

When the train passed, bleeding and practically exhausted, the Injured man pulled himself up to the and had no sooner reached the top than he dropped unconscious, nearly rolling into the waters below. Fortunately the second train had been blacked by the slowing down of the Overland that struck Leadmund. Men were sent back and the Insensible victim carried to the endof the draw and later taken to the Receiving Hospital. The man's Injuries were attended to by Dr. Irwlnj and aTcordinfe to the hospital physicians.

It Is a miracle that pLeadmund did not have his brains dashed out. The lacerations on his head are ksald to be of a very serious character. TOWER TELESCOPE TOO IPIISBN Will Be the Largest Construction of Its Kind in the World PASADENA, May 8. Ground has-been broken at Mount Wilson for the construction of the tower telescope which is being built by the Carnegie Solar Observatory Company. The structure will be the largest of Its kind in the world and cost $50,000.

The dome of the tower will be 175 feet above the ground and will In reality be two towers Instead of ne, one inside of the This metfiod of construction is to eliminate vibrations. They will be built three I inches apart and will not be connected in any place except'at the foundation, i WANTS NO OUTSIDERS IN SAN FRANCISCO JOBS 1 SAN FRANCISCO. May 8. The Labor Council, Friday night, received a protest from J. Golley of Printing Pressmen's Union No.

24, directing attention to working people earning their livelihood la San Franclseo and living In outside counties. He considered such a practice a great evil and suggested that steps should be taken to see that preference be given by employers to wage earners who spend their money where they earn it. i 1 dark gray grip. They Included a check for $1600 and the Trlmingham receipt for $200. "Mr.

Wlnslow had several cousins. They were not good friends. Two of them. Christy and Edward, reside in Martinez. His mother told me she hated the ousins." REHEARSES Austrian Nobleman and Bride-to-Be Go Through With Practice Ceremony COUNT WILL SECURE LICENSE ON MONDAY Arrangements Will Be More Gorgeous Than Preceding International Affairs NEW YORK, May Ise-lin this afternoon went through an Informal wedding rehearsal with Count Colloredo Mannsfeld of Austria, whom she is to wed on Monday at 4 o'clock, in the home of her uncle, Columbus.

0Don-nell Iselln, No. West Fifty-second street The rehearsal was to set aside the report that thee would be a change In the plans for the wedding. All the members of her including, her father, C. Oliver Iselin, were present. The Count announced that: he would make application in person for the marriage license at the City Hall Monday morning.

The final arrangements were not completed until today and the wedding will surpass in point of decoratibns any of the previous marriages of New" York society girls to European noblemenf And this In spite of the fact that it will be almost exclusively a family affair. Early Monday mornings the Iselln house will be given pver to the floral decorations and in carrying tout' the idea of May time Miss Iselln will be Weeded amid the color and fragrance of 10,000 apple blossoms. Boughs and entire femall apple, trees in bloom' will be used. The wedding ceremony will be per formed under a canopy formed of apple trees with graceful blossom boughs inter mingled and with bac kground of pink blossoms. The guests will number about fifty.

WEDDING r4 Leave Santa Barbara and Hide Themselves For Time in Pasadena. 4 RESERVE APARTMENTS ON SANTA FE LIMITED Father Accompanies Woman Who Ran Off With Husband's Chauffeur 11 L.OS ANGELKS. May g. Mrs. Ne'ttlfei B.

Phaw. wife of State Senator James F.j Shaw of Boston, who i recently made sensational elopement with B. Keno' Marble, her husband; chauffeur, arrived; InJLos Angeles today from Santa Barf' bara. Accomnanlng Mrs. Shaw was her; father, J.

Fisher Eldredge of Portsmouth' N. her 11-year-old son Eldredge and her maid. The party took great painsi to cover their whereabouts and had their; luggago sent on to Pasadena, where Iti was taken to a house at 424 Arroyo Trm Shnw and hnr father, wlthi the other members of the party, arriveii a short time later. They bad enterfid closed carriage at the Arcade station; here and telling the driver would re-i celve Instructions later, left before crowd had gathered. Arriving at the: Pacific Klectlon station, they purchased! tickets and boarded a car bound for Pasadena.

Frequent; attempts were made hf news-; paper repotis to get Interviews, but all members pf 'the party refused to discuss their appearance in Pasadena or make any -statement In regard their future, plans. Shaw, her spn "and Eldredge all appeared to be- li the best of spirits seemed delighted with the' prospect of separating themseive from the, observance of the; public. Reservations hav been made by Eldredge for two eprirtments on the Santa Fe Limited leaving forv Chicago on May 12, where. It is rumorea, Marble will await the arrival of Mrs. Shaw and her party.

'i haircloth furniture which belongs to me." "What was the last thing that he said to you before you left him at Sunol?" she was aked. and the reply was: j. Feared Death "He told me that if anything should happen to him .1 was to get all his money." "Did he expect that anything, would happen to hlrr'lwas the next query. "He felt very and thought he might be killed," was the answer. Wlnslow certainiy felt that, there was danger In having money on his person and did all he could, to get out of the district with; as; little coin as possible, but the unfortunate man failed to escapre- the attention of a scoundrel who was finally 'the agent of his undoing.

Mrs. Blifekburn was the nasked if she had any documentary evidence or any witnesses to the statement Uiat in the event of anything happening to him she was to have all his money, and re-, plied that she did nfet have e'ither, but that Wlnslow was about to sign a statement to that effect; but It was too late as she was about to catch the "I lived with Mr. Winslows mother. I attended her when she was sick. She died three months ago." vqlunteered the woman.

"Are you a relative of Mr. Winslow?" she w'as asked. "No," replied the woman "but we were going to get married." a Woman Weeps The admission was made in a moa- est manner and waa accompanied by tears. 1 "When did you and Mr. 'Winslow expect to marry?" the woman was "We were to be married this month.

He gave me an engagement ing." "Why did you not marry him before this?" "He wanted to get married before, but I would not live in the country. I could not stand the people! and the i "We were to live here in San Francisco and in this house. Mr. was 49 years of age. He was born In San Francisco.

His birthday la on the of August. My birthday was yesterday. No, he Was never married. Did I love him? Yes. I loved him for twelve years.

I put all his checks In a red pocketbook and put that In a CHICAGO i L- I '3 Drop in Ice Box and Is Up Dying Half an i Accoruingiy, iur I pertaining lnformat kne of the first qu Mrs. Blackburn ylhe had last seen answer that it wm Accordingly, fur ertainlng Information rn answer that It was the purpose of as- on? the subject. uestrons propounded was as to when the rancher. The on last Tuesday, wnen sne naa called at I'rovidence Hospital In this city, when she saw Wlnslow with his head swathed in bandages, unconscious, and, of course, unable to recognize her or any other person. Tho woman then asked when he had last seen Winslqw before the assault and replied that it was on Monday night of last week.

J3eaf Mute SAN LEANDRO, May 8. Found unconscious and dying, in an lice box where he had lain for al most half annour, jonn Anson, an employe of" the Eotudillo House, was hurried to the County Infirmary, where he died today, Anson had gone to the ice box to get some meat, when he was suddenly TRACTION COMPANY SUES TO TEST FRANCHISE TAX May 8. A suit' brought by i the California Traction Company against the Beard of Supervisors of this city, to test the legality of the' statute which provides for the sale tOf -fran-chiseSj taxing the' Toads two per cent, on -the receipts for. the use of tht franchise, Is now: pending in the Superior Court. -4 Mrs.

Blackburn has been deaf and dumb aince childhood and the lnter-V view between the representative of pthis paper and fhe lady was by means of penciled question and answer. She was asked If she had gone to Fan Fran-4 tlsco the same night, and replied: if "Ye. I came home right awav on Monday night. I asked him to come along with tn. but lk said, that had to wait In bunol to try to sell a parlor aet of 1-.