Show tllfl FOE N OFHCE SmallSize Riot Occurs m San Francisco ROW OVER COLLECTORSHIP Tax Collector Shcohan in Pace of Contest Over His Successors Election Elec-tion Refused to Deliver TJp His Office Tho CollectorElect when Befused Possession Attempted to Take it by Force His Deputies were with Him In Riot that Occurred j Oc-curred Jack OBrien was Shot San Francisco Jan 8TodaY the officers I I of-ficers recently elected under the terms of the now city charter took charge of their respective olllces and with one exception the transfers wore made with dispatch and order the retiring ofllcers affording their successors every facility 1 facili-ty for the uninterrupted carrying on i of the citys business The one exception was the attempt of J Harry Scott to assume the duties of Tax Collector In the face of a contest con-test over Scotts election Tax Collector Sheehan refused to relinquish his of flco on Scotts demand and the reading of the certillcate of election held by ScoLU I Scott consulted with his attorney who accompanied him and who advised bla client to use force to possess himself him-self of the office Scott jumped over the counter and struck Sheclmn in the face A smallsized riot was In progress within a few minutes and Scotts deputies depu-ties headed by a notorious prizefighter prize-fighter Alex Greggalns used sections of gas pipe chair legs and other weapons weap-ons to put to flight Sheehans clerks who were defending themselves with ledgers and oilier office furniture During the molee one Ben Salomon or some one else took a sabot at Jack OBrien one of Sbeehans men Inflicting Inflict-ing a perhaps fatal wound in the neck By this lime a squad of police had arrived on the scene and by 1 a liberal application of their clubs succeeded In restoring order though Sheehans office of-fice was a wreck Salomon was arrested ar-rested with another man named Broad the lattor being charged with assault with a deadly weapon Salomon was released from custody on furnishing t ball Many witnesses assert that bo vas not the man who fired the shot It is likely other arrests will occur This afternoon Attorney Ruef who I represents J Harry Scott the new Tax Collector appeared In Judge Bahrs court mid made application for a writ to restrain Kdward J Sheehan from hampering him In carrying out the duties du-ties of Taj Collector Judge D3ahr Issued the writ Acting on the advice of his attorney Sheehan this evening abandoned the attempt to retain possession of the office of-fice of Tax Collector and tinned over the ollice to his successor J II Scott Mr Sheehans action wa taken after n derision by Superior Judge Uahrs that f lie wax not entitled to the ofllcc of Tax Collettor lie then decided to lake the mlvhp of bis attorney and abide by the decision Ben Salomon who Is held under bond t Charged with the shooting of OBrien IH i t oon of former SurveyorGeneral Salomon of Utah |