The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 1, 1895, Page 1

’ @all XXVIL—NO. 112. SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY MORNING, APRIL 1, 1895. PRICE FIVE CENTS. i COAST, “tabbing of iOne of a Jrio of Fodtpads at San Jose. FIGHT AGAINST ODDS. The Robber Succumbs to His Injuries and Is Found 2 ~ Dead in a Lot. | RUSTRATION OF A JAILBREAK. <A Deputy Sheriff Discovers a Piot > of County Prisopers in the £ Nick of Time. +8AN JOSE, Cst., March 3L.—Three foot- pads held up William Dowdigan, a Santa Clara street potion dealer, late last night, and one of them is nowlying on a slab at the morgue, while the others are at large. ““Mr. Dowdigan was attacked while on his way home and a desperate strugzle ensued, dnring which one of the roobers was bbed by the man assailed. Dowdigan’s 1. cket, containing about $15, was cut vay and the three men fled. About 11 o’clock this morning the corpse ofone of the footpads was found in a —acant lot a short distance away by Mrs. Dowdigan and a girl who had followed the trail of blood. ‘t'he dead man was a Swede, sbout 35 years old, who had been seen bout town for some time and had been under police surveillance. His pockets were turned inside ount, and there was nothing about him by which could be identified, his companions k ng taken everything. The body of the man is 5 feet 8 inces in height, the hair is bown and the -nustache sandy. In an interview with a reporter Mr. iowdigan gave the following account of wis desperate encounter: As usual, $ciosed my store at 10 o’clock Sat- srday night, and immediately started east slong Santa Clara street for Nerth Eleventh street, where [ live. I accompanied Miss Bas- ham, who is employed in the store, to Ninth street, where she lives. Just after she crossed the street and went into her gate I resamed my walk “home. About this time a man passed me going quite jast—almost on & run. He looked at me rather sharply in passing. . 1 kept onmy way, and when I reached Eley- enth street I saw three persons coming down the street toward Santa Clara, on the west side of the street where I had to pass. It was quite dark, there being no electric lights near, and at first [ thou®s the (parties might be a man &nd two ladies, but wl. b Jsaw there were three men, srd noticed thaf mobody else was in £ight, 1 began to g3t my knife ready for use in ase I should haveito deiend myself. We met R Vs anst side of réet, shous joxty-tive feet above the streer paverd t. Imade a motion ast them. hat just then ome of the men « hafics’ on my shonlders and began to rip moand foree me down. As quick as I could Igave the man a thrust knife. Iam quite sure I struck him nly once, but it seems thatseveral more flesh nts have been found om the body. After I sruck I did not realize that I had hurt the wan much, as he did not let go of me. At Imost the same instant another man grabbed ae by the neck trom behind, and the two of hem forced me The men did perhaps, as I am « what they said. throw up my har my back on the ground. >t say anything to me, but, ewhat deaf, I did not hear v might have told me to After they had got me down the man th d stebbed sat upon my stomach while the other man kept such a grip upon my throat that I was atraid he would 4 ,chokeme to death. He also wrenched my neck so that it hurt me considerably afterward. I could not yell on account of the pressure on my throat. AsI fell down I dropped my knife s, thinking that if they saw it in my ght take it from me and cut me which Icarried the sack con- e $15 was cut comvletely out and peared with my moner. I suppose led man ran till he came to that when he fainted from the loss of vacant lot blood or his companions dragged him into the lot to get him out of the way. Last Friday the dead robber wenttoa ypawnshp and sold a lot of carventer tools he had stolen. He signed the register with the name W. Cadmyer. NIPS A JAILBREAK FPLOT. A Deputy Sheriff’s Timely Discovery in the County Bastile. Y JOSE, Cav., March 31.—A few more of an improvised saw, a half hour’s pted work and the Santa Clara Jail would have, last evening, been ered 6f am even dozen of its inmates. bout 7:15 o'clock Deputy Sheriff 2 teraporarily in charge of the prison a 3 entertaining Deputy Sher- Lt f Sacramento. - Above the conversation Black detected T o\ elight ras oise. He listened closely Bnd agan be Leard the monotonous ca- dence suggestive of g saw orfile. Seizing @ lantern hic rushed to the cell above. As he meared door he heard a voice cry, *‘Cheese it, hee is Black.’” 5 As the officer opened the wicket of the cell from wh the noise apparently pro- ceeded he saw a man jumppgutily ydi.vm from the top of a tall tier of .bunks which v]\'u swung around in front of a high win- dow. _ Black told them to move it back where it belonged, and he went down stairs and telephoned for Gardner. errived the men were taken from the cell onoat atime ana stripped. Their cloth- ing w mres:\h_\;] searched but nothing was ered. The cell was then 2 ined, and on the floor beneath the w?:::" where the bunks had been was a :ho"l knife which had a notched r;dgc Tl;e knife bad been tempered until i was saffi. ciently hard to cut through iron, In order 10 accomplish this the priconers had made a lamp out of some scraps of tin and the fat, which they , saved from i daily meat ration, gerved as tfh‘:l' The- bunks were again : . $ swung under the window in order to allow the officers to make an examination, They that one of the bars had been almost en. tirely cut through. Halfan hour's work would have completed the job. Strips of blanket had been used to desden the sonnd of sawing. This proved etlectual, as the bar remained solid, but as the completion of the work neared the noire became too loud to be entirely overcome, J Had the men succeeded in cutting % through the bar it would have been an { easy matter to have bent it le sufficient When the jailer!| found | | thtee footpads on Front street, to allow the passage of a man's body. Once outside they could have dropped a few feet to a singie story portion of the jail known os the tanks. From there they could easily have dropped to the ground. The men in the cell where the outbreak oc- was attempted consisted, with the excep- tion of Stephen Pollock, who is held for burglary, of petty offenders. There were, however, two ex-convicts there, Frank Wright, who served five years in San Quentin for robbing Hale's store in this city, and joe Wilson who served two and a half years for burglary in Stockton. OTTO FLOTO ARRESTED. He Is< Wanted in Montana for False Registration in Butte. DENVER, Coro., March 31.—Otto C. | Fioto, the manager of the “0ld Tennessee” company, has been arrested in this city, at the request of Detective Scott of Butte, Mont. The charge against Floto is per- jury, and the claim is made that he jumped his bond when he left Butte. His trouble in Butte was the result of the warm contest which took place last fall in Montana over the proposed removal of the State capital from Helena to Ana- conda. Floto, it is said, registered too often. He was arrested and put under $1500 bonds. His trial was set for March 24, the officers say, and he was not there to appear. Floto said he had been in Helena almost a year. Seeing an opportunity to make some money, he organized the “Old Ten- nessee’”’ company and started upon a tour with the company. He.went from Butte to Anaconda, Salt Lake and finally to Den- ver. He was much surprised, apparently, at being arrested” He said it was his in- tention to start for Butte to-day. Floto has been somewhat prominent in sporting circles as a manager of pugilists. TANCOUVER BIGAMY CASE ANTECEDENTS OF THE WIFE OF THE MAN UNDER AR- REST. INTERESTING PHASPS OF THE MAT- TER ON WHICH THE PRISONER Is SILENT. VANCOUVER, B. C., March 31.—The case of John Sewell Bates, arrested here for bigamy, as mentioned in last night's dispatches, may prove an interesting one. It is stated that Josephine Dauphin, the woman Bates married in Victoria some six years ago, is no less a person than the wife of the late M. A. Dauphin, president of the former Louisiana Lettery Company, and well known in the Sonthern States. Bates claims that when he met her she repre- sented that she was a widow, her haisband, a merchant, having died in Europe. Itis rumored here, however, that, Dauphin and his wife separated without being legally divorced. When asked regarding this matter Bates refused to either deny or confiym the story. PURIFYING THE FRASER. A Decision That Will Affect the Salmon Canners. VANCOUVER, B. C., March 31.—Justice Drake has given a decision in the case of the Attorney-General of Canada vs. Ewen & Munn. The action was to restrain de- fendants from polluting the waters of the Fraser River with offal from the canneries. The Judge gave judgment for the plaintiff, and granted an injunction restraining the defendants and their servants from cre- ating a nuisance by volluting the water. This decision is of great importance to salmon canners in this province, as the disposal of salmon offal has been a vexed question for many years. The case will be appealed, but unless the decision is re- versed it will necessitate the erection of costly works for the destruction of salmon offal, and this the canners claim they can- not well afford owing to the depressed con- dition of the salmon market. SHOT NEAB_SEERI&MENT[]. SAVAGE ASSAULT ON A MAN AND His WIFE BY A LAND- OWNER. Fires oN THEm Wue THEY ‘WEeRE PICKING POPPIES ON SACRAMENTO, Chr., March 31.—John Mitchell and his , well-known resi- dents of this place, while picking wild flowers in a field near Oak Park, on the outskirts of the city, were fired upon by the owner of the property and narrowly escaped with their lives. The man who did the shooting is & prominent and well- to-do farmer named Eugene Parmer. He has been arrested and charged with as- sault to commit murder. It seems that the children from the neighborhood have n in the habit of resorting to this field to pick wild flowers and have been a source of great annoy- ance to the owner.’ A short, time ago Parmer fired twice at a band of children, who became impudent when he ordered them away. This ificident created the greatr . indignation ify the neighboorhood at the time ot4hie decu ce. Yesterday, Mr. Mitdhell and his wife, not being acquainted ith these circum- stances, entered. the fiejd, which is unen- closed, and began gathefing poppies, when suddenly he heard some one shout and, looking up, saw Parmer advancing toward him with a shotgun. Mitchell inquired as to what was wanted. Without answering, Parmer'threw his gun to his shoulder and discharged one barrel, the charge striking Mitchell in the face, neck and breast. The latter thirew his arm across his face and begged Padmer not-to shoot, but heedless of the, a; , the sec- ond barrel was fired and 1y escaped hitting Mrs. Mitchell. This unprovoked attack s great indignation throughout borhood. It is stated.that a M who is employed as bookke firm of Holbrook, Merrill & city, was an eye-witness of the, and stigmatizes it as one of the t un- warranted brutal attacks he ever wit- nessed. 4, Victims of Footpads. SACRAMENTO, Oar., April L—At o'clock this morning » man named N. B. Norbig staggered into the pol and stated that he had been 1§ lh—om the station-house. After robbing him of $75 they knocked him down and walked away. The patrol wagon, with a posse of officers, was dispatched to the vicinity and three men were arrested on suspicion, whom they found in a neigh- boring saloon. S I b AMERICA ISRAELITES. The Grand Lodge of the Independent Order Elect Officers. NEW YORK, N. Y., March 31.—The United States Grand Lodge of the Inde- pendent Order of American Israelites held « session to-day in the New York Maen- nerchor Hall. The youngster among the Jewish fraternal benevolent associations had its originin an independent move- ment against the administration among the benevolent societies of the Sons of Ben- jamin.and which finally resulted in the institution of the American Israelites. The nomination and election of officers resulted in the election of Aaron Levy, grand mas- ter; Louis Borewski and Frederick Manya, deputy grand masters; Levy Mangus, grand secretary, and Moritz Englander, grand treasurer. Delegates from thirty lodges, which com- pose the order, were present. — - A TACUMA POLITICIAN’S VIEW. National Committeeman Wallace Booms Cleveland for a Third Term. TACOMA, Wasn., March 31.—Hugh C. Wallace, member from this State of the Democratic National Committee and the Democratic caucas nominee for United States Senator in the last Legislature, re- turned last night from a two months’ trip to New York and New England. Wallace says the fight next year will be made almost exclusively on the money question. There will be more or less new alignment of parties. The consensus of opinion, he says, is that Cleveland will be the nominee of the Democratic party. While the idea of again occupying the ex- ecutive chair would be utterly distaste- ful to him, it is believed the” people will force his nomination as the great exponent of sound money. e SHOOTING AT WHEATLAND. The Barkeeper of a Notorious Rookery Seriously Wounded by a Waiter. WHEATLAND, Car., March 31.—Bar- keeper Wallace was shot and seriously wounded in a row in “The Bowery,” a notorious and disreputable resort on the outskirts of town, early this evening. The Bowery is a low-class drinking and dance hall. A dance was in progress last night and revelry ran high until after mid- night. At 1:30 o’clock William Barrett, a hotel waiter, attempted to slap one of the women in the place, when Wallace, the barkeeper, interfered. Barrett drew a pistol and fired, the bullet striking Wallace in the center of the breast. There is little chance of his recovery and the waiter is in custody. Public sentiment is much aroused by this incident and the Bowery is doomed. NOT SEIZED AT GUAYMAS PASSENCER PIERCY'S STURY ANENT THE SAN FRANCISCO SCHOONER. CrarMs THAT THE OWNER ToLD HiM THAT ONLY H1s PROPERTY Was TAKEN, LOS ANGELES, Car., March 31.—E. M. Piercy, the lone passenger on the mys- terious schooner Vine stated in another in- terview to-night that he was misunder- stood as to the seizure of the schooner at Guaymas by Mexican authorities. The vessel was not seized, but the arms, ammunition and some jewelry belonging to him. At least he " alleges that Captain Burns, the proprietor of the schooner, informed him just before he (Piercy) left Gnaymas. Burns came to the train, Piercy says, just as he was on the point of starting, and told him that his property had been seized by cus- toms officers and he had better stay and help secure the things. Piercy told Burns he could get out of the scrape as best he could, as he doné with him until they should meet again in San Francisco. Piercy says all the property he had on the vessel that could be seized was a shot- gun, five cases of cartridges and a little jewelry. What Burns had in the mysteri- ous boxes, trunks and bales loaded at San Francisco he did not know. Piercy says Burns’ conduct was mysteri- ous throughout. At Guaymas he spoke about going to some island in the gulf to get a load of guano to take to San Fran- cisco. At another time he spoke of going to some island to get a cargo of gypsum, or to another island to load salt for Hono- lulu. At Guaymas, he says, Burns had trouble with the American Consul about his crew, who deserted the schooner. The Consul insisted that Burns should pay the men and let them go. Burns refused, and said he would stay and fight the case if it took a month. As Piercy was a passenger and had paid money to be taken on a cruise to the South Sea islands he objected to being detained in a Mexican port. He therefore demanded a settlement, and being unable to get it took the train home, to await the return of Captain Burnsto San Francisco. Piercy is resting here from the hardships of his journey and says he must be in S8an Jose by the middle of May to attend to some litigation, : A Professor’s Flight From Fresno. FRESNO, CAvn., March 31.—*‘Professor” R. M. Munro has fled the town, leaving a large number of small bills. He isa Scotchman, and since his arrival here a few months ago he has conducted a danc- ing academy. A month or soago he mar- ried a Fresno woman, and according to re- ports he tried to leave her behind, but could not elude her. He borrowed funds from several countrymen and these he took with him, together with a valuable pair of borrowed bagpipes. 2 e BEAOE Fire Near Woodland. ‘WOODLAND, Cav., March 31.—Fire de- stroyea the big hay barn of William Gib- son, half a mile south of Woodland, at 3 A. M. to-day. It contained about 150 tons of baled hay and nearly as much more loose hay. The barn was.valued at $1500, partially insured. The hay is a total loss. ‘The fire was probably of incendiary origin. Yy —_— REEDS' TRAIN ROBBERS The Bandits Game From San Francisco on Bicycles. LIVED ON GROVE STREET. They Are the Men Who Killed Cornelius Stagg at the Ingieside. ALLEGATIONS OF DETECTIVES. Sacramento Officers Believe That the Two Fugitives Are Hiding on the Haggin Grant. MARYSVILLE, OCan, March 3L— Sheriff Cunningham, ex-Marshal Gard, Detective Thacker and the officers who have been hunting up the train-robber John McGuire, the murderer of Sheriff Bogard, left for 8an Francisco this after- noon, having received reliable informa- tion that he bhad passed through Sacra- ‘mento. A special train arrived to-day with bicycle agents from San Francisco who had hired three bicycles to men answering the robbers’ description. It is understood they identified a Westminster bicycle found near Reed station as one of them. the other two being of the Cleveland type. Information has been received that John McGuire worked in a livery stable in San Francisco and that he had a photograph of a lady named Walters, who, he said, was the daughter of his boss. The dead robber, Samuel McGuire, whose true name is supposed to be O. S. Brown, formerly worked at Holt's harvester works in Stockton. Both men have been living at 305 Grove street, San Francisco, where their trunks are supposed to be. When the robbers worked on ranches in this vicinity they always wore gloves at work, which ac- counts for their soft hands. ' The dead rob- ber has a bullet-mark on the right side, which he said he received in the Indian Territory. It is thought, however, that he received the injury in a row in this State. He was identified by a man who stated he frequently met him at Conway’s saloon, south of Market, also at & saloon at 3 Fourth street, San Francisco, where he played cards. He also met his brother John frequently there. The conclusion is arrived at that the three men left San Francisco on the train with bicycles, of Wwhom the dead robber was one; that ons of thomy, rode the day previous to the reébbery to Wheatland; that they met on the aiternoon of the rob- bery near Reed station, concealed their bieycles and walked three miles to the scene of the robbery; that after the rob- bery Jack McGuire went throngh Nicolaus to Sacramento, the other men taking a dif- ferent route. A tramp riding on a brakebeam on the train stated that there were four robbers, and that two remained on the outside while two entered the car. When the shooting commenced he thinks one of the men outside entered the back of the car and shot Bogard. The officers, however, believe there were only three men. The officers are positive the McGuire brothers are the men who attempted to rob the train at Ben Ali station last Octo- ber, at which time the small man said, “Come on, Sam.” Coroner Bovard and Officer Meek have recovered the hat and pants belonging to the missing robber. They were found at W. H. Herrig’s place on Dry Creek, where he worked last summer. The officers are confident the robbers will be found at San Francisco or Stockton, where they are well acquainted. It isru- mored that two linen coats had been found near Nicolaus, the same as the Stagg mur- derers wore, but Sheriff Inlow saysthe re- port is not true. TRAILING THE FUGITIVES. BELIEF THAT THE ROBBERS ARE IN HiIpING ON THE HAGGIN GRANT. SACRAMENTO, Can., March 3L—It would be almost impossible to gather to- gether a more disgusted assortment of de- tectives, Sheriffs and officers than can be found in Sacramento to-night. The story of the flight of the survivors of the at- tempted train robbery yesterday morning, in which Sheriff Bogard lost his life and one of the robbers was killed, as published in the CarLL, has been found to be abso- lutely correct. The murderer entered this city at an early honr yesterday morning. Since that time no trace of his whereabouts can be ascertained. While the detectives and Sheriffs were engaged in tracing down numberless stories of wild bicycle riders the man wanted was quietly resting in .his hiding-place in this city, and recruiting his energies for another long night's ride | that would carry him in such close prox- imity to San Francisco that he could easily escape. In addition to the theory already related, that the robber headed toward S8an Francisco, it is believed by a number of the officers conversant with the topography of the Haggin grant, whose borders begin at the end .of this same Twelfth-street bridge where, on various oceasions, the trail of these same robbers haye been lost, that the hiding-place of the robbers is somewhere on this tract, which is con- ceded to be ten miles square and is covered in"‘part with impenetrable thickets of chaparral, which extends for miles along the bank of the American River. On this immense body of land a man could secret himself for months without enduring any privation save that of soli- tude, as a great portion of the grant isused for grazing purposes and numerous flocks of sheep and herds of e:ttetle are ;::n;:nntly on the range, where a steer coul shot and nm::'8e missed. The gardens of the farmhouses would be a source of supply from which to obtain vegetables and fruit, and one could easily procure other neces- safy provisions and necessities from the C se stores situated at Mississippi Bar, o old mining center, populuted entirely 1 : well known as a g e moli{chm en [ N ot which ledd the detectives : 7 to believe that the murderer has taken to the brush at this point is an incident that has been made public to-day for the first time. It seems that the day after the attempt was made to rob the overland passenger train at Ben Ali on the grant Fred Goto- bed, who resides in that section, unaxpect- edly discovered two mern in an old out- building. One of the men was stretched upon the floor, and was sleeping soundly, while the other'was leaning against the wall, and apparently keeping watch over his sleeping companion. Having heard of the attempted robbery Gotobed’s suspicions were aroused, and he inquired of the taller individual, who was awake, what business they had in that out- house. The man retorted in an evidently disguised tone of voice that they were resting. Gotobed drove off and ob- tained assistance and returned to find the men had disappeared. He notified the de- tectives and the Sheriff’s forces imme- diately, giving a description of the men that tallied exactly with that of the train- robbers. Yesterday, by request of the railroad officials, Mr. Gotobed went to Marysville and positively identified the body of the dead robber as the man whom he had addressed in the outhouse. The of- ficers have also known that these men were seen on the day previous to the attempted Ben Ali robbery preparing a hiding-place in which to secrete the treasure they ex- pected to obtain from the looting of the train. The story as related by the officers is as follows: A young rancher, who resides beyond the grant proper, had occasion to drive into Sacramento, and as his horse turned asharp bend of the road which at that place ran through a thicket of brush and liveoaks he saw two men, one of whom seemed to be engaged in digging a hole in the earth at the base of a large tree. On seeing his approach one of the men threw his coat over the excavation. As soon as the young man heard of the attempted robbery he immediately drove into town and notified the detectives of what he had witnessed. They accompanied him to the spot and turning over the ground at the place he designated, they found a cleverly constructed -hiding-place evidently to be used for the concealment of treasure. It was covered with boards and contained an empty coal-oil can. Now, hiding place of the robbers cannot be far from the place in which they intended to secret their treasure. Under these circum- stances a part of the detective force claim that the murderers of Sheriff Bogard is secreted on the grant and it is claimed that he could have ridden on to the bridge, which is only six feet above the ground, being intended for use in the winter season when the surrounding country is covered with water from the overflow, lowered his wheel at any point of the bridge and rode off by way of some of the trails that thread their way through the dense undergrowth. 11 this theory be correct it would explain the absolute disappearance of the men, who have easily been traced to this point and lost. It is an absolute impossibility to capture any person in this vast tract of brush-covered country, filled as it is with old abanconed mining sbafts and drifts, without enlisting the services of anarmy of ‘men and carefully scrutinizing every foot of the ground. In fact, it would be a more difficult search than to discover the alleged needle in the hay stack. The de- tectives claim that as long as he staysin this brushy tract he is safe always, provid- ing he has taken refuge there. But they also claim that should he ever venture into the open country they will effect his capture, as his personal appearance is ac- curately known to all law cfficers. STAGG'S MURDERER. CapTaIiN LEEs BELIEVES It Was McGUIRE, THE TRAIN-ROBBER. The two men who held up the Oregon Express were the same two men who com- mitted the robbery and murder at the Ingleside House on Saturday night, March 16, and what had at first the appearance of being one of the few mysterious crimes of a similar nature that have bdffled the po- lice in the past is now an open book. It was generally believed that the same two men also held up and shot Robert D. Hagerty in his saloon at _the Cliff House on the night of September 25, and made another visit to the saloon on February 21 and robbed Frank Hagerty and four cus- tomers. That belief isbeyond doubt cor- rect from recent developments. In each of these robberies the description of the two men tallied, and one point that led irresistibly to the conclusion that they and the train-robbers were the same is the fact that it was always the tall man who was the aggressor. Sheriff Cunningham of Stockton came to this city on March 19, three days after the murder of Stagg. He had been on the trail of the two robbers who held up the east- bound overland express train on March 3 at Ben Ali, a wayside station near Sacra- mento. Their descriptions corresponded exactly with the robbers who operated at the Cliff House and at the Ingleside House. The Sheriff remained here four days and took a hand in searching for the Stagg murderers, believing that if they were found he would find the two traia robbers. He was very much chagrined when the object of his visit was published, and bluntly said that there was no use of looking longer for them here, as they would have left the city. Captain Lees yesterday received informa- tion from Marysville that the two men be- longed to this city and had hired their bi- cycles from the firm of Baker & Perkins, on Van Ness avenue and Market street. The bicycle found at Marysville bore the name of the firm, and the fact was estab- lished when a member of the firm went to Sacramento yesterday morning and identi- fied the dead robber. The. captain received further intimation that the train-robber who made his escape lived at 305 Grove street. A visit to that place elicited the information that a young man had fived there since November last. His name was Jack Brady. “He had no settled occupation,”” said the landlady, “‘and used to go away fora day or two at a time for a visit to the country. He left altogether about a week ago, say- ing he was going either to Stockton or Sac- ramento, where he had often been before. the detectives reason that the | in his possession, but he may have had them. I would be greatly surprised to hear that he weos a robber, because he always acted like n perfect gentleman.” Captain Lees corroborated the landlady’s story as to Brady having lived there, and said that Brady was unquestionably the train robber who made his escape. “Sick as I am,” said the captain, “I have devoted the whole afternoon and night to thoroughly investigating this case, and I say unhesitatingly that the man who was killed at Marysville was the man who murdered Cornelius Stagg, and Brady was his companion in both cases. “They were both expert bicyclists, and I may as well say now what I have kept sec- ret since the Stagg murder, that traces of two bicycles were found, showing beyond doubt that they rode to the Ingleside House on their bicycles and rode away on them after committing the robbery and murder. That will explain what puzzled people as to how they disappeared so rap- idly and yet no vehicle was seen. ‘“There are other things, which I do not yet care to disclose in the interests of jus- tice, but you may say that I know for cer- tain from my investigations that the dead train-robber murdered Stagg and Brady was his accomplice. “The dead man’s name was neither Mec- Guire nor Johnston. I knew what his name was, bui at present will not di- vulge it. “I have made careful inquiries as to the supposed Miss Walters. There is no such person. The two men used to go out rid- ing their bicycles with two young girls, but Brady was not engaged to either of them. “It is correct that they got the bicycles on which they rode to Marysvillel from Baker & Perkins on Market street and Van Ness avenue. “I will examine Brady’s trunk to- morrow to see what I can discover in it. “It was reported from Marysville that Brady and his companion used to fre- quent a saloon on Twenty-ninth street and Potrero avenue at nights and play cards till late hours, but there is nothing in it. “It is possible that Brady may come this way, but I don’t think it. We will, of course, keep a sharp lookout for him and if he should make his appearance in this city and county he will soon be under arrest.” By the killing of the tall train-robber by Sheriff Bogard the perpetrators of three daring robberies, and perhaps more, in which a tall man and a smaller man wear- ing marks figured, have been discovered, and the reign of terror that has existed in the Mission and other outside districts may now subside. ROMANCE OF SANTA CRUL Two YOUNG LOVERS FROM BEN LoMOND WED ON THE HIGH SEAS. THE OBIECTIONS OF PARENTS QVvERCOME BY A BIr oF STRATEGY. SANTA CRUZ, Car., March 31.—Out on the swells of the Pacific Ocean, whose waters had the sheen of gold under the glare of a summery sun, in the domain that is of no country, and where neither law nor its minions could lift a restraining hand, two lovers to-day took the vows that made them man and wife, and yet that no law should interfere on their return, a representative of justice tied the silken bonds. Harry Easom of San Francisco is a youth who has seen twenty summers come and go. Some time ago he met a fair lass of Ben Lomond and she enmeshed his heart. Mary Hinckley was the name of this girl of the mountains, and she was just past “sweet sixteen.” It was the old, old story, and the two lovers were happy for a time, but when the youth proposed to marry his sweetheart he encountered an obstacle in the parents of the girl. They would not “He left his trunk here and said he would send for it as soon as he got settled. Two men used to visit him often, one of them being a tall man. Brady wasa bicyclist and took his bicycle} with him when he left, | about a week ago. . s “I know of nobody of the name # Miss. Walters and I never saw Bi - in the z:.nganyo! any hdi“i'th company with a n Pt:‘gut if sg.l vyus not a I never saw any o listen to the pleadings of the suitor, and sternly forbade him continuing his suit. The lovers were downcast, but the youth was not of a friable nature, and the oppo- sition of the parents only made him more determined to succeed. Many plans were considered. An elopement to the me- toprolis at the Golden Gate was not to be thought of, for there was lack of funds with which to travel, and the youth was not possessed of much of this world’s goods. But they finally decided upon a plan which was sure of success, and which involved but little outlay of coin. Ben Lomond is fifteen miles from this city, but the roads are good, and to people accustomed to the mountains it is but an afternoon’s jaunt to this city on foot. Bright and early this morning the two young people left their respective homes, and meeting at a trysting place they started on their journey to Monterey Bay. Arriving here they proceeded atonce to the beach after calling at the office. of Justice of the Peace Gardner enlisting his good offices in their cause. They were not long in finding a boatman, and the little craft was soon far out on the heaving bil- lows. -When the boat with its occupants ‘was far from the shore line and beyond the three-league limit, the lovers joined hands and thete on the boundless ocean the Justice in due and legal form made them man and wife. When the boat again made fast to the wharf two happy people clambered up the landing stairs and to-morrow there will be surprise in one household, and a chance for parental forgiveness and blessing,for the bold lover and his plucky little wife have surely deserved nothing less. AR San Diego's Missing Tax Collectors. SAN DIEGO, Car., March 31.—Nothing whatever was learned to-day regarding the fate of L. N.Bailey and J. B. Brackett, who are missing somewhere on the desert, either killed or robbed, or left on foot in the middle of the perilous waste. Search- ing parties have aiso left Yuma. FISHING SCHOONER LOST. The Laura Nelson Wrecked off the Shores of North Carolina. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., March 31.—Gen- eral J. M. Bail of the Life Saving Service, received a dispatch to-day from Bodie's Island, N. C., stating that the schooner Laura Nelson of Norfolk, on a fishing cruise, with a crew of thirteen men, had between that point and Nags Head yesterday afternoon. The crew was ‘saved in surfboats and by the life-saving men. ‘The vessel is a total loss. The Laura Nelson was built at Essex, Mass., in 4. She ‘is of nine tons burden and w: owned at Norfolk, Va. N MADERAS JAIL. Desperado Lawson Made Captive in the Moun- tains. TAKEN BY SURPRISE Loses His Freedom While Stilling the Pangs of Hunger. THE END OF A LONG CHASE. For Many Weeks the Fugitive Had Boldly Defied and Eluded the Officers. MADERA, Car., March 31.—James Law- son, a desperado, who has for the past two months terrorized the inhabitants of the foothills in the vicinity of North Fork, in this county, was captured last night by the Hamilton brothers, who have been on the lookout for him ever since he escaped from the jail here. The last time that Lawson was seen was at Reedley, when Constable Street chased him gcross the Kings River, after firing several ineffective shots at him while the fugitive was swimming the river and laugh- ing at his pursuer. After thisincident Lawson was seen no more in the vicinity of Reedley, and the presumption was that he had returned to his old haunts in the hills. This presumption was correct, and Mr. Deater of the Madera Tribune, whose efforts have heen untiring in the pursuit of Lawson, sent word up to North Fork to E. B. Hamilton, whom he had employed to be on the watch in case Lawson re- appeared in the hills. The message sent by Charley Walker, an Indian halfbreed, was that in all probability Lawson would soon be back there, as the Fresno officers had been vigilant in their pursuit and had found no trace of him. Three or four days ago Hamilton was told by some of the Indians that they had seen Lawson, and that he had been to their camp for food. Thisincreased the vigilance of Hamilton, and last night he received word from Mrs. Noddin that Lawson was at her house eating supper, and for the men to come over and capture him if pos- sible. The Hamilton boys took their guns and horses and arrived at the home of Mrs. Noddin while Lawson was still partaking of the first square meal that he has had for two weeks. Mrs. 'Noddin heard the men outside, and, going to the window, gave them to understand that Lawson was still, eating, so they quietly surrounded the house and waited for Lawson to come out. As soon as Lawson had finished his meal he went to the door, and as he stepped over the threshold he looked into the bar- rels of a shotgun in the hands of young Hamilton, who commanded him to throw up his hands, which he did without hesita- tion. The other men then proceeded to bind Lawson, after which they took him to their home, where he was watched dur- ing the night by two of the men. This morning he was putin the front seat of a spring wagon, firmly and securely bound, and with a man in the back seat with a loaded shotgun started for Madera, arriv- ing here at 4 o’clock this afternoon. Lawson .was lodged in jail, where he had a large Oregon boot fastened to his leg, which he will probably have to wear till he iseither lodged in the penitentiary or set free. He appeared sullen and morose and would converse with no one until ne had seen Mr. Rhodes, his attorney, who isat present in San Francisco. Not long since Sheriff Westfall, accompanied by Hi Rapelji, with bloodhounds, made a search , in the hills for Lawson, but they were un< successful in finding any trace of him, as he is supposed at that time to have been in the southern part of Fresno County. Rain in Dakota. HURON, 8. Dax., March 31.—Rain be- gan falling here at midnight and has con- tinued with light hail. Up to to-night over an inch of rain has fallen with good prospect that the storm will continue all night. This is encouraging to farmers. WE— GIVE AWAY A Sample Package (4 to 7 doses) of Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets Tv any one sending name and ad- dress to us on a postal card. (Quee_Used, They are Always in Favor, Hence, our object in sending them out broadcast s ON TRIAL . eesmm. They absolutely cure SICK HEADACHE, Biliousness, Constipa- tion, Coated Tongue, Poor Appetite, Dyspep- sia and kindred de- = rangements of the Stom- ach, Liver and Bowels. 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