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Note: 1880; Census Place: San Francisco, San Francisco, California; Roll 79; Family History Film: 1254079; Page: 155A; Enumeration District: 207; Image: 0071. Nancy A. Wood 33 Fred B. Wood 34 Nancy A. Doud 60 mother in law Frank Doud 27 brother i law actor PA NY PA Daisy Doud 3 sister in law CA PA NY THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JANUARY 17, 1897. HOMING PIGEONS TO ASSIST IN THE CAPTURE OF BUTLER The Coming of the Murderer to Be Heralded by Doves. NOVEL USE FOR HOMERS Speed of Birds Will Be Pitted Against the Craft of a Monster. WILL FLY FROM FARALLON. As Soon as the Swanhilda Is Sighted the News Will Be Winged to This Ciiy. This morning there will start for sea on the pilot-boat Lady Mine, otherwise known as the bar boat, a cote of doves, or homing pigeons, their destination being the Farallone Islands. Their mission is unique� for they have a mission� one of importance, and of singular and timely interest. They are sent out to do some- thing unparalleled in history. Journeying toward San Francisco on the four-masted ship Swanhilda, Frank Butler is, supposedly, approaching a crisis in his life. Reputed to be the most atro- cious of all modern murderers, public anticipation has by him been put on edge, and there is much anxiety to learn as early as possible of the first appearance of the Swanhilda. Strangely enough, and beyond all probable chance of failure, the gentlest of all animate things, a dove, will bring in the earliest news of the coming of the most ferocious murderer. It is for this purpose that the homing pigeons will to-day go out on the Lady Mine, which will make a trip to the Farallones for the sole purpose of carry- ing them. Mixed in with the generally grewsome (sic)flavor which attends this exciting man hunt on the high sea is something of romance in the combination of methods of communication for tbe purpose in hand when considered in the light of the peculiar circumstances attending. Foremost among the birds to be carried to the Farallones as message bearer is Daisy, which is supposed after many tests of speed to be with very little doubt the most rapid homing pigeon on the Pacific Coast. It has won laurels by flying from Fresno and all intermediate points and from Oroville and all intermediate points to the lofts of A. Carlisle in Berkeley. Strong of wing and remarkably sagacious, Daisy was selected to bring the first mes- sage ever sent from tbe Farallones to San Francisco by wing power. Consequently Daisy knows the way and has proved it�s great reliability. Now when the Swanhilda comes booming along the first place from which she will be seen is the Farallones. High above the surface of the surrounding ocean rises the lighthouse, the base of which is between 300 and 400 feet above the sea level. At the lighthouse there is a powerful telescope, with which objects coming to the horizon line can be made out clearly. The Swanhilda is of a peculiar rig. The nautical eye could easily distinguish her among other sailing ships. The descrip- tion of her has been sent forward to the Farallones, so that she cannot well be mistaken for any other vessel whenever she may loom into view. From the lighthouse a telephone line leads down to the houses in which the lighthouse-keepers and their families live and the line is also connected with the schoolhouse in which Daisy Annette Doud, who recently went to the Farallones, officiates as schoolteacher. So when the observer at the lighthouse sees the Swan- hilda, which in all probability will be earlier tban any other person near the California coast line, he wil! be able to signal the fact instantaneously to Miss Doud, who, already practiced in the flying of pigeons, will hold herself alert to dis- patch Daisy in a few seconds to this City. The dovecote recently established by A. Carlisle at the Farallones for the benefit of shipping and the weather bureau is only a few steps from Farallones school house. In this dovecote the fifty pigeons to be taken out on the Lady Mine to-day will be placed before to-night. The sec- ond that Miss Doud hears the message over the telephone from the lighthouse she will run to the dovecote, and in five minutes from tbe time that the Swanhilda is sighted, she will have dispatched the interesting news by Daisy. The distance from the Farallones to Berkeley is forty-five miles. ___Daisy knows every foot of the way and has flown it. If the west wind blows Daisy will be in Berkeley in a very little more than an hour after the Swanhilda is first seen. This time is reasonably fixed from recent tests taken as examples. Daisy has flown over the course, with a northeast wind blowing at the rate of twenty miles per hour, in one hour and twenty-five minutes. Therefore, under ordinary circumstances, Daisy will be in her cote within the time mentioned. There will be no mistake about the arrival of Daisy in Berkeley and no delay in making known the arrival. On the cote to which Daisy will fly there is a bell which the pigeon must ring when it enters the cote. This is an electric bell, so that wben it is rung a signal will be immediately rung in Mr. Carlisle�s house. Every one in that house will be on the alert. Upon the ringing in of this signal the message will be taken from the champion messenger and the facts in it will be immediately telephoned to Mr. Carlisle at his place of .business on Montgomery street in this City. Mr. Carlisle will. therefore be in the enviable position of knowing first of any one in San Francisco that the Swanhilda has actually been sighted. In fact the pigeon, Daisy, ought to be the means of receiving the news here hours before it can come by any other means or route. Supposing that the Swanhilda is first sighted at 10 a. m. the time schedule would be something like this: 10:00i/2 � Miss Doud notified. 10:02 � Message written. 10:05 � � Daisy� flies for home. 11:05� � Daisy� Reaches Berkeley. 11:05 1/2� Telephone Rings for Sunset. 11:10 (at latest)� News Reaches Mr. Carlisle. Total time, 1 hour 9 minutes. The message which will be brought by the homer Daisy will be inclosed in a watertight aluminum cylinder, weighing only eight grains, which� will not impede the speed of the messenger. Miss Doud has a supply of these cylinders convenient for use, and also the paper prepared especially for the reception of messages. To make sure that everything shall be arranged perfectly, T. D. Yarrington, an expert with pigeons, will go out with the birds on the Lady Mine to-day. Mr. Yar rington goes under the directions of Mr. Carlisle. He will give the birds to Miss Doud, pointing out Daisy to her, that the champion may be selected to make the flight. Mr. Carlisle said last night that this opportunity to get into prompt communication with the Farallones on this interesting occasion has been afforded through the courtesy of the Pilot Commissioners, especially Captain Charles Mayo and Captain Barker, the efficient secretary of the commission. Through them the pilot boat was provided especially to carry out tbe homers. Mr. Beemer, the principal ligbtkeeper at the Farallones, will undoubtedly co-operate. The birds, other than Daisy, will for the most part be used for bringing in messages from the Farallones concerning ships and weather for the use of the commercial community and Weather Bureau. Several birds may be used to send in news from the Swanhilda describing her prog- ress. This is probably the first time on earth that a dove has been employed in helping to bring to justice a fugitive murderer. Captain Merry, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, who has largely helped to establish the pigeon line at the Farallones, is much interested in this exploit. 1898 Langley's San Francisco Directory Dowd, Daisy A. Miss principal Farallone School res. Farallone Island 1899 Langley's San Francisco Directory Dowd, Daisy A. Miss principal Farallone School res. 2211 Steiner 1900 Doud, Daisy A. Miss teacher Sherman Primary School, r. 2211 Steiner 1901, 1902 Doud, Daisy A. Miss teacher Hamilton Gram. School, r. 2211 Steiner 3 Dec 1901 San Francisco Call Marriage licenses Harry A. Wiess 27, Waialua, H. I., and Daisy A. Doud, 25, 22211 Steiner strret. 1910; Census Place: San Francisco Assembly District 39, San Francisco, California; Roll T624_100; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 216; Image: 303. April 27, 1910 Harry A Weiss 35 carpenter Annette A Weiss 33 married 8 years Burrage Weiss 6 Everton A Weiss 5 Clearly a divorce occurred between 1910 and 1920 1920;Census Place: Westwood, Lassen, California; Roll 31109_4293701; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 35; Image: 833. John J Wilson 54 born Canada carpenter Annette D Wilson 43 Everton D Wilson 14 Step son born in Hawaiian Islands Ruth A Neilson 19 Lodger Maude M Campbell 33 Lodger Kathryn M Fitzsimmons 42 Lodger 1930; Census Place: Sepastopol, Sonoma, California; Roll 221; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 1; Image: 895.0. John J Wilson 64 age at marriage 50 born Canada in 1886 farmer Daisy A Wilson 52 age at marriage 39 Margaret Edwards 62 housekeeper George Ashenbrenner 19 roomer California Death Index, 1940-1997 about Daisy Annette Wilson Name: Daisy Annette Wilson [Daisy Annette Doud] Social Security #: 0 Sex: FEMALE Birth Date: 21 Oct 1876 Birthplace: Illinois Death Date: 8 Aug 1959 Death Place: Sonoma Father's Surname: Doud
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