CLARENCE WHITE'S EXPOSE OF DARK DEEDSThe Slayer of "Wylackie

John" Gives the Lie toGeorge E. White.

WAS ASKED TO MURDER.

The"King"Made Several Propo-

sitions to Him to TakeHuman Life.

DAVE WOODMAN'S SETTLEMENT.

Reign of Terror That Is Driving MenOut of the Country for

Safety.

FORTUNA. Hmvoim County, Nov.3.—

: of The Call foundBt his home hereto-dayiiim with regard to the

y George E. Whiteline him 1 ( iarence White) touching

t:;e !. Wy'.ackie John and the

W hite himself. Iarrested Vinton once |myself when Iwas Deputy Sheriff on a Icharge of killingsome hogs belonging to a jpoor widow. He has been in continual \trouble. Isaw him attempt to shoot Lit-!tltrield. Joe Gregory, who was then ifriendly with Littlefield, caught him, or!perhaps it would not have been left for theofficers of the law. with some other assas- |sins, to be now charged with his murder. IIhave noticed one thing, that George jWiiite has never denied the charge that he !'pushed the queer.'

There is another matter that might beworth looking into. Tnat is the matter ofthe estate of Chris Sorenson— after he was ]murdered. Iremember quite wellhearing jWathen tell White that he wanted two;checks to produce in court; that he would j

Inot have to pay them, as they would be re- ;:turned to him. This was in the settle-ment of the estate. Sorenson had several ihundred

'dollars deposited in Henley's

stole in Covelo and White and Watben \Iowed him about $W> for work. Sorenson's jimurder occurred InTrinity County.

"White says lie never was before a crim-inal jury on his own account but once.' This may be tine, for when he wanted meto do some killing for nim^l asked him'why he did not do ithimself, and he saidthat if he killed a man it would cost him$100,000 to get out of it, but that if he gotsome one else to do it he could get the per-son clear for a trifle.

'•To show you what a reputation thisman has," continued young White, "it is

reign of terror at Round Valley, out of Iwhich itgrew.

The interview with George E. Whitetook place in San Francisco on the day

wing the publication of The Call'sgraphic story, the "Horrible History ofHound Valley,"in which history White

the pr.nce of evil, with John D.Wathen, alias "Wylackie John," as his: \u25a0 reliable agent.

During the While divorce trial, as hasbeen stated, a number of depositions were

at Covelo, in Round Valley, andWylac&ieJohn was particularly active inprocuring witnesses to testify falselya_-air.-t Mr-. White. It was afterwardshown conclusively that the witnesseswere guilty of perjury.

Clarence White. Mrs. White's brother,to enter the room at the Gibson

where the inquiry was eoing onwhen he was Btopped by Wylackie John.

rt, sharp colloquy ensued and bothiar;ed to pull their revolver?. White

first, the bullet passing through the- irator*s brain, kiiiing him almostinstantly. This version of the killingisthat developed by the testimony of wit-nesses at ttie trial of Clarence White and

which he was promptly acquitted.George E. White in the interview re-

ferred to Btates, notwithstanding, that thedoctor testified that Wyiackie's head wasturned so thai he could not have seen hisBlayer when he shot.

rence White, who is a distant relativeof George E.. was questioned regarding

statement. His answers were verypositive.

\u25a0n:e White knows that to be a He,"he said. '\u25a0There was uo such testimonyadduced, as any one can see who takes thetrouble to examine it. Ifthere had beendo you suppose the jury would have re-

I within eight minutes witha ver-dict of not guilty?"'

"White saya Wylackie was not his super-intendent. How about that?" •

"ffimplytb&t that too i3a lie. There isnot an Indian on the reservation but thatknows White never made a move withoutconsulting Wylackie. Kendricks, wholie says was his superintendent, wasmereiy a boss on the home ranch, Wv- !lackie superintended all of the vast do-main. It is true that Wylackie bad ahouse some twenty-five mile? away, on atract in which White and he were inter- j

a sheep n»nch— but he was very jseldom there. WylacKie left his family!there much of the time while he was away jcarrying out some of his schemes of mur- jder or arson, driving honest settlers out of ithe country

—murdering those who would \u25a0

not go. Ifyou believe White's own state-ments he is one of the lost babes of thewoods.

"BuiImight call to his mind a certaintime when he offered great inducementsto me to k:il I).T. Woodman so that he(White) could take his stock. Also an-

rcertain time 'when he offered me,:Iwould killBen Arthur-. Another

time when he proposed to me to kill;Geary, and another when he wanted I

me to killTom Hayden."Perhaps he may call to mind also."

continued yoimg White, "that he offeredVei rainier $IuGO to kill me. He also j

the same proposition to Alexander ,Befcgt, to George Anthony and to CharlesWatben."

With regard to George E. White'sdeclaration that Vinton's character is jabove reproach Clarence said: "Vinton is >as hard a man as any that Round Valley ,has known for years, except George E. j

only necessary to refer to the case of DaveWoodman, whom he charged withhigh-way robbery, or something of the kind.This is the same Dave Woodman whom hewanted me to kill. That was a trick hehad when he got into a man's debt. Heand Woodman were interested in a ranchtogether, and White got much the best ofit, as he always did. Woodman could notinduce him to settle, and the business ranon for years, until White owed him severalthousand dollars. Woodman kept clam-oring for a settlement until White wantedto get somebody to kiiihim.

"But Woodman turned the tables insome degree. One evening White wasriding to his home, just out of Covelo.There is a depression in the road where acreek crosses it, and as White rode intothis Woodman rose up before him with apistol sticking out in front, saying:"

'See here, George, Ihave some littlebu~iiess with you.'

"White was very docile. He knew that

Woodman meant business. He stoppedjand asked what was wanted."

'Ihave been looking for you for a longItime, George,' said Woodman, very

|quietly. 'I have been to your house, andthey tell me you are in the City or up in• the mountains. IfIgoup in the mount-

;ains they tell me you are down here.|When Ido chance to see you and ask forIa settlement you never have time. Now I

\u25a0 have got tired of it. You owe me $9000and, as Ididn't suppose you would havethat much about you.Imade out thesenotes, bearing dates of maturity that will

;give you ample opportunity to get the:money. Ihave pen and ink here, and Iexpect you to sign them right now, as of;course youknow the amount is due me.'

"Woodman handed White the notes!Iand the pen with one hand while he held

the revolver steady with the other. White i!signed the notes without a word. Wood- !j man thanked him and bade him goodnight; himself sitting still, however, un-

| til White had ridden a safe distance andj then he rode into Covelo.

"White had him arrested next day ofcourse. Instead of being sent to SanQuentin for life, however, as would have

:happened if he had perpetrated such ajhold-up on any other millionaire, Wood-Iman was acquitted. The jury thought it'

was a pretty good joke on White. Of|course the notes were not held to be bind-

ing on White, but it did bring about asettlement with Woodman subsequently.

"It is very true, as The Call says, thepeople who have, in any way incurred theenmity of White livein a state of terror.Yes Palmer, whom Imet a few days agoin I'kiah, was telling me how he camewithin an ace of killing a good friend ofhis because of this state of affairs. Hewas riding along a mountain trail onemorning when some one hailed and toldhim to 'hold on there.' Palmer whippedout his revolver like a flash, turned andwas about to fire

—with that unquestioning

way they have, and must have up there—but, withhis finger on the trigger, checkedhimself."

'Good God, man; don't yon know bet-ter than that?' he said when he saw whoit was. 'Don't ever do that again. Hesays he was as weak as a child for an hourafterward at the thought of the narrowescape he made of killing his friend.Palmer is a brave man. Nobody can sayotherwise. It was he who married Wy-lackie John's widow and prevented GeorgeE. White from confiscating his estate.

"He nas been persecuted in the courts onall sorts ofcharges, until he confesses thathe is practically ruined, and, besides, he isthreatened constantly with ambush andmurder, until it is no wonder that he isready to get out of the country. There isno doubt that his murder was planned andcontemplated the night after the murderof Littlefield,his head vaquero. He livesina constant state of apprehension.

"Some people knocked at his door thatnight, but ne refused to open it. Unlessthe assassins are driven out of the countryby the activity that has followed GovernorBudd's offer of a reward for the convictionof the murderers of Littleiield Iwould notgive much for Palmer's life. Yes; youmay use my name. Idonot want GeorgeK. Wnite's statement to stand uncontra-dicted."

Clarence White.[from a recent photograph.]

JOHN E. WHITE.[From a recent photograph.]

THE DAYIN SAN JOSEAnnual Chrysanthemum Fair to

Begin Under FavorableAuspices.

Dried-Fruit Shipments, Business Im-provements and Other News

Items.

SAN JOSE, Cal., Nov. 3.—The annualchrysanthemum fair under the auspicesof the directors of the Pratt Home and the \u25a0Catholic Ladies' AidSociety opens at Turn jVerein Hall to-morrow night. The hall |has been handsomely decorated with flow-era and evergreens, and large displays ofchrysanthemums have been promised byMesdames R. 13. Dunlop, S. A. Barker,Parsons, S. W. Boring, Schlaudt, Wilkesand Mr. E. T. Sawyer.

In the evening there will be a grandpromenade concert, after which there willbe dancing inan adjoining hall. The fairwillcontinue during the week.

DRIED FtiVXT BRISK.

Good Pricca and Ample Market for 8a»Jone Shippers.

SAN JOSE, Cat., Nov. 3.—The move-ment of dried fruitis brisk, and the year's

Icrop is rapidly going into consumptiveIchannels. Almost all the fruit from the!County Exchange is going forward inj fancy 25-pound boxes, and a large force of|girls is employed in packing it.

The East Side Fruit Union has senttwenty carloads East, and the stock iswell cleared out. The local price of driedpruneß has advanced a quarter of a cent

ilately. This makes the price of forties 5^cents per pound ana lifties 4% cents. TheIdemand in the East has greatly increased,

!and a few exportations have been made toEngland, France and Germany. Thereare about 300 or 4 tons yet throughoutthe valley that willprobably be brought tothe County Exchange warehouse.

SAX JOSK FIRM IXCORPORATETi.Mangrutn «C Otter Extend TheirBusiness

Affairs.SAN JOSE, Cal., Nov. Articles were

filed with the County Clerk yesterdayincorporating the firm of Mangrura &Otter. The capital stock is placed at $50,---000, divided into 5000 shares.

The objects of the incorporation is todeal in land, bonds, franchises and ma-chinery, and to conduct a general hard-ware and plumbing business in San Jose.The directors named are A. S. MangrumH. W. Otter, F. S. Campbell, W. D*Winslow and N. B. Herndon.

Confiscated Veal.SAN JOSE, Cal., Nov. 3.—Dr. H. A.

Spencer, City and County Veterinary In-spector, made a tour of the variousbutcher-shops and slaughter-houses yes-terday and confiscated two veals whichhad been killed under the prescribed ace.Two Chinese hogpens were also orderedabated. Next week the inspector willbegin making tests of the milk furnishedby the various dairies.

AID TO THE VALLEY ROADRain in the San Joaquin Loosens

the Earth, Making EasierGrading.

Will Also Facilitate the Work of theTracklayers, Unless It In-

creases.

STOCKTON, Cal., Nov. 3.-- Considerableapprehension has been felt here to-day lestthe rain which has been falling wouldinterfere with work on the Valley Rail-road.

The fear is unfounded. The railroadpeople suy that an all-night's rain in thevalley willin reality aid them in the work.The graders expect to find itmuch easierto handle the dirt, as the rain will loosenitup after the long dry spell.

The rain will also settle the grade andfacilitate the work of the tracklayers.Unless there is a downpour to-morrow,which is not probable, the work will go onwith the usual activity.

Accidentally Shot at Stockton.STOCKTON, Cal., Nov. 3.— Tom Ben-

nington, an electric-car motorman, wasaccidentally shot in the leg this afternoon.The limb will probably have to be ampu-tated. He was bringing his car in fromGoodwater Grove at the time of the occur-rence. Apassenger named George Hanselwas returning from a hunting trip andwa3 examining his shotgun, when it wasdischarged, with the effect mentioned. Itis surprising that some of the passengerswere not injured.

Big Sehrmr nt Angela.ANGELS CAMP. Cal., Nov. 3.—G. W.

McNear, the "Wheat King,"left here thismorning, after consummating arrange-ments for establishing a gigantic electricplant on the Stanislaus River, and furnish-ing motive power for his own mine andothers in this vicinity. Henry L. Smith,formerly w;ith the Market-street Railroad,ban Irancisco, willhave charge of the en-gineering work, which will commence im-mediately.

SEIZE STRATEGIC POINTSCanadian Forces Are Erecting

Barracks on the AlaskaBoundary.

ACTIVITY OF THE PATROLS.

Breastworks and Forts Constructedand Equipped in the Disputed

Territory.

TACOMA, Wash.. Nov. 3.—A large partyof miners who have just arrived fromAlaska on the schooner Mary Buhne,which sailed from Unalaska on the 20th,give reliable and sensational accounts ofthe maneuvering of the Canadian forces inthat country. The country along the lineof the supposed boundary is well knownto these parties and they report that theCanadian Government has constructed,and is constructing and equipping breast-works and barracks on all the command-ingbluffs. Every strategic point of van-tage has been secured along the disputedboundary line, and particularly in andaround the vicinity of the placer mines,which are rilling up with Canadian pros-pectors.

The Americans in Alaska do not seemto realize or worry over the ansiety andeagerness of the British to seize suchstrategic points. The mounted police inthe employ of tne Canadian Governmentare very kind and have helped the Ameri-

cans in a number of cases. In fact, theyhave done more for them than they havefor some of their own people.

The rivers along the roundary line arevery narrow. At the loop of Forty-mileCreek and at several points along theboundary near the creek small detach-ments of supposed Canadian militia incitizens' clothes have been reconnoiteringthe surrounding country for some time.

The detachments are all well pro-visioned, well housed and have large pack-trains. Surveying parties have been inthe field for the Canadian Government forsome time, and have been doing hardwork.

The party reports the condition of theminers at present in Alaska ina deplorablestate. Those on the Upper Yukon havesuffered greatly ;provisions are scarce^andprices high. A great many predict thatscurvy will breatc out among the minersthis winter, and great suffering will re-sult. Five deaths from scurvy had oc-curred when the ship sailed. There arehundreds of men who would come away ifthej' could, and the death and suffering inthe mining region this winter will beterrible.

ATZAXTIC AXI> PACIFIC SUIT.

United State a Trust Company Seeking Pos-session ofthe Property.

ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., Nov. 3.—Thesuit of the United States Trust Companyto foreclose the first mortgage on the At-lantic and Pacific Railroad will be arguedin the United States Court at this placenext Tuesday with some of the ablestlawyers of the county on each side.

The Trust Company holds, as trustees,sixteen and a half millions of the firstmortgage bonds and hopes to become theowner of the road in case the propertyis sold. This action grows out of the de-cision of the court about two months agorefusing to grant the motion for separatereceivers for the Atlantic and Pacific.

SACRAMENTO CANDIDATESBusy Day Among the Big Four

Who Desire MunicipalBurdens.

WRATH OF THE DEMOCRACY.

Citizens Claim Great Strength, but theRepublican Standard-Bearer

Still Confident.

SACRAMENTO, Cal., Nov. 3.—A1ldaylong the emissaries of the four candidateswho are ready and willing to bear upontheir shoulders the cares and burdens ofthe municipal office of this city have beenhurrying to and fro, endeavoring to whipinto line the faltering and weak-hearted oftheir constituency, who, swayed by variousstreet rumors, seem ready to bolt in vari-ous directions like a flock of stampededsheep.

Allday long the corral of J. W. Wilson,Republican candidate, has seemingly beenthe fold to which the majority have fled.Republican leaders claim that Stein-man's strength is going to pieceslike a ship on the rocks, beaten bythe waves. Hubbard's reported gain instrength willdrive a part of the Steinmanvote to Wilson, and, should it becomepainfully apparent that his chances ofelection are null and void, a large portionof his following will flock to Hubbard.

The Democrats are wrathful beyond

measure, and, it is claimed, withreason.At the meeting of the Democratic Centralcommittee held this evening a resolutionwas introduced roundly condemning theSan Francisco Examiner, which had beenrecognized as a Democratic organ, in thestrongest terms for the stand itHad takenin forwarding th? political interest of B.U.Steinman at the expense of W. D. Lawton,the regular Democratic candidate forMayor.

A rumor is prevalent this evening thatthe Citizens are claiming greater strengthfor Hubbard than they can deliver, butthere seems to be little doubt that Hub-bard is a dangerous opponent and iscoming down the stretch ina drive. Still,it is conceded to-night in all quarters thatWilson leads, and old politicians claimthat he willbe a winner by 400 or 500 ma-jority.

TULO ARRIVED AT TACOXA.

Some Fear Expressed a* to the Safety ofthe Edinburghahlre.

TACOMA, Wash., Nov. 3.—The Britishship Yoio has arrived, 171 days out fromLondon, with 13,000 barrels of cementconsigned to the Northern Pacific Rail-road and local dealers. Some fear hadbean entertained for her, as she had beenspoken but once during the passage.

Uneasiness is felt inshipping circles forthe British bark Edinburghshire, 215 daysout from London for this port, with acargo of cement.

DnlfjStill in Control.BT7TTE, Mont., Nov. 3.— Marcos Daly,

general manager of the Anaconda MiningCompany, inan article in the AnacondaStandard this morning, over his ownname, denies the general report that therecent sale of a fourth interest of the capi-tal stock would result in a change of man-agement, and says he will continue asmanager as heretofore. He also gives aninteresting history of the Anaconda mine,and denies the report that more than afourth interest had been, or ever would, beoffered for sale.

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1895.3

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