This clipping from the San Francisco Chronicle of January 22 1900 shows a headline about the beating of two San Francisco Call reporters after they attended a meeting of the San Francisco Police Commission and gave evidence against Police Lieutenant Frederick L. Esola, who was a candidate to be appointed as city police chief. Meloney testified before the city's police commission, and the evening after his testimony was finished, he and another Bulletin reporter were beaten by two men in a saloon at 206 Sutter Street. Suspicions were raised that the beating was connected to the hearing, but n
This clipping from the San Francisco Chronicle of January 22 1900 shows a headline about the beating of two San Francisco Call reporters after they attended a meeting of the San Francisco Police Commission and gave evidence against Police Lieutenant Frederick L. Esola, who was a candidate to be appointed as city police chief. Meloney testified before the city's police commission, and the evening after his testimony was finished, he and another Bulletin reporter were beaten by two men in a saloon at 206 Sutter Street. Suspicions were raised that the beating was connected to the hearing, but nothing was proven. Source:
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