The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 2, 1895, Page 1

LN T VOLUME ILX _VOLUME -0 ). 113. SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 2, 1895. PO 0T EKS Rather Sensational Suit Begun in the San Pedro Court. SAILORS AS DEFENDANTS It Brings Up the Story of the| Wreck of the Steamer 7 ew- bern a Year Ago. WAS THE VESSEL BU'NED!? Charges. That She Was to = scane Detection as-a: Smugs n the Sotithern Coa | 1.0S ANGE = 1. ‘Bhas been. Over. a_ye v since ihe. came t ashore off . Point - ineent al- wreck; but th t f been- revived afres ad- : disaster has t ditional details. Down ‘in-the S: F 0 ourt & suit has been cor. € ip company to re d"to have been rec d by | when .an electric' car crashed-. into. his wagon, throwing him tnder -the : wheels; which mangled him frightfully before the car conld be stopped. - The injured man is i still alive, but he will undoubtedly die. Bes Debs Left for St. Lowuis. LOS 'ANGELES, -CaL., April L-E. V. I?chs left for St. Louis this evening via the Santa Fe ronte. ' During the afternoon he, accompanied by Colonel Blanton Dunean, Visited the strikers serving sentence in the County Jail and extended encouragement :xlzlt;vdn.xpathy. The prisoners were greatly His Injuries Proved Fatal. 3 I'IOS ANGELES, Caw.; “April: L=E. J. iriner, 73 years of age, attempted to drive in front of -a rapidly moving electrie-car in Fast Los Angeles to-night.. The car struck the buggy with sufficient force to demolish t.and Griner received injuries which re- sulted in his death five hours later. A Linéman’s Fall. ‘LOS ANGELES, Caxr:, April 1.~Frank Tedford, an “electric light lineman, fell | from a pole this evening, about twenty feet, and sustained a compound fracture of thie thigh and a bad sealp wound. - He will ecover, | Kicked by a Horse. LOS ANGELES, " CaL., April ‘1.-<Nichol- | son _Stephenson, - a farmer of ‘Bonita Meadows, was kicked by a horse this after- ncon and fatally hurt. —_— —_— HAPPENINGS AT SN JOSE, Shio il & ortion o8 ”ijeorge Ba}rron _Object.s to After striking on t s the | Delay in Settling His fired, the flames 10t Judgment. 16f the hull. : BRI G A sailor named Sjorberg, in conpany | A Dead Footpad Identifled — Sult ome companion wmnasrflilr w; T to Annul a Marriage 3 sold fo $230. ok th Contract. Sk et up ininswer 2 i 5 = t the prop: adoned a:d that | - SAN JOSE, Cai., April 1.—Late this urned to esc pe de- the steamer I tection as a smugg GRAND LODGE OF THE 4. (. U. . The Delegates Ave Tendeved a Barquet at Los Angeles. CLES, CAL.,; April 1.-Nearly mple. e State were present. =5 b J< W Yard-of st, “Ciir Be- ;" and ride an loved Order and. Its F interesting addre ng_the: hisory of r and ctinig a pra<isrous rand. Recorder ‘D. 8. H.: hbedg an elogieut raspinse 1o ( and mad *Degree of Honor.and.It Rela~ | He oy 3 Unt S T 97 "W asal fe o Rév. A.-C. Bané, past ;rand responded ‘to thetoast, ' “in a menne that honor was: to her husband, ster -work .. Barnes, edifor ‘of the Watchma, the . 'W. organ. - The toast, ‘‘Stre.of was happily T Master - Workman Honored Dead’” ras a sponded to by PastMas- r of Hercules Lodge San Malloy, Golden Gaté entertainec the veral ‘recitations.” ‘The ed by Our Order” »as a led - to- by Past Grand Mister més-Booth. eman D. J. Toohey-résporded ‘The ' Ladies,” ‘and W..R. B k, editor- of the Tos Angeles ord, respondéd to the: toast, “The: Pre s ns-of - the Grand Lodge begin »n pramises-to be lively <6 far delegates to the Su , which convenes in C! next . It is stated upon good authority th James Booth of this city will be one of t three honored ones, and a hard fight = be made to elect Captain A. F. Mackey of nd overseer. If Los Angeles this much’ she wiil. be perfectly satisfie: SUED THE MINISTER: / Miss Kelso of Los Angeles: Objected ia Remarks in_His Prayer. LOS ANGELE CAL.; April 1. —J Clark in the Superior Court overruled 1 demnurrer-to-day in the case of Tessa Kels City Librarian, vs. Rev. J. G. Campbell ar allowed the usual ten days for the defenc ant to answer-in. The case isa remark: ble one and promises many amusing fea ures when it comes to- trial. Rev. Mr arch in this city and is also the father of young Campbell, who participated in the incident at Berkeley not. long since. he course of his public prayer one ing . the pastor referred with feeling Kelso and asked the Almighty to Lier a'woman worthy of her office. 0 is a young lady who has a char- ¢ habit of getting off the streetcass | isking the conductor to stop-and d upon Dr. Campbeli’s unsolicited r with disfavor ‘and at once began damages for slander. to Mi Plumbers Out - on - Strike. ANGELES, CAL, April - 1.—The between “the journeymen - and lumbers was widened to-day and a LUS ach s as- declared by the former. The 8 is caunsed by a reduction from $4 to $ 1y for eight hours’ work. Master plumbers.claim that their patrons insist on lower chargesand . thatin order to reduce ces for work wages of journeymen must . Meanwhile'the strikers insist that reduction means-st on wages. An Unknown Man Killed.} 08 ANGE CalL., April 1L.—An un- run over and killed by a venna, this morning. The walking on the trestle and evi- not see or hear the cars ap- Crushed Under a, Electric Car. A} 28, Car., April 1L.—John W. ¥ aresident of Burhank,was seriously ipbell is pastor of the First Methodist ! | afternoon George Barron, by his attorneys, | Delmas & Shortridge and H. V. More- |'house, filed a petition in the County Clerk’s office asking that the order of Judge Rey- { nolds. granting a stay -of ten days inthe taking of judgment be set-aside and that he-be given judgment as rendered by the jury on March 7. A FOOTPAD IDENTIFIED. He Was One of a Gang That Tnfested San Jose and Vieinity. SAN JOSE; Ca pril 1.--The. inquest on'the'body of the footpad who was killed while holding up William Dowdigan, the grocer, has- been . postponed until:to-mor- TOW. % Nothing. new has been brought to light by the investigation of the police and they have 1o clew as to ‘the whereabouts-of . his | pals.* A. J. Sargent of this city has identi- | fied the dead:footpad as a'man’ ke kiiew.in Sai Luis Obispo about & year ago. He was employed as a “bouncer’’in ‘a”saloon' ‘fre- quented by the meén working on the rail- road- in that vicinity, and was known as ‘Jack the Thumper.” His reputation in |-8an Luis Obispo was bad and hé was-ar- | rested several times for battery. -Sargent says he has- not the least doubt that the. San - Luis- Obispo bouncer -and the dead footpad are one and thé same person. The footpad was one of a gaiig' who have been engaged in similar: criminal exploits in’this city‘for more than a -week past.. On the night of March 23 H. W. Edwards, the vice-president of the Union Savings Bank, swas on his way home to 694 South Second street_and had. almost reached: his: resi- shadow- of a -tree, confronted by:two rien. While holding pistols upon him they-éom-, pelled Mr. Edwards to give up the ¢ontents of one ‘pocket; $88 in silver. One: of the robbers madé a grab for his watch,. but when he made & rémonstrance the watch was put back in-its. owner’s pocket- again. A search was not made of his person and Mr: Edwards was. fortunate not-only in're- taining his watch; but also about $30 ‘in money that was:in-another pocket. The victim acted. very good natured:during the operation;. and ‘after”telling him"that he imight-pass on the robbers seemed inclineda to-apologize for-their actions. They .said they could not get work and had not been able to get anything by begging, so they had been compelled - to steal or starve, They then walked slowly away. The mat- ter was not reported .to_the police at the time.. Shortly before this hold-up the foot- pads had been seen skulking around by F. 8. Campbell. - He identitied the dead foot- pad as the leader.of the two'men who did the holdup over a week ago. A MARRIAGE. TO SET ASIDE Sam_Beggs Regr: Having Been United by Contract. SAN JOSE, Car, April 1.<~A petition was filed"in thé County. Clerk’s- office to- 'day. for :Attorney G, A. Knight of San | Francisco,.in which it ‘is asked that the I'contract marriage - between Samuel A. Beggs of Lios:Gatos and: Ethel ' M. Knowl- ton of San Francisco be set aside. The couple were married by contract on July 6, 1894. ‘The ‘contract is a unique docu- ment, as the parties’ agree to obey, cherish and love one another, yet they never were to assume any marital rights, duties or obligations'and should never live together as man and wife. . Ethel M. Knowlton' is “about 22 years of age andis . the daughter of Professor Knowlton of ‘San Francisco. It was while spending the summer at Alma that she met Sam . Beggs. -They became lovers and when she went back to-San Francisco ihie had a copy of the eontract among her wossessions. Beggs” copy of the contract vas destroyed by fire. He has evidently tired of such married life and asks the court to set the contract aside, as it is a great annoyance and & restraint to him in his pursuit of happiness he says. - Suit was brought here to save publicity of the mat- ter, as Ethel’s parents reside in San Fran- cisco. Want to Be Game Wardens. SAN JOSE, Cav., April 1.—At a meeting of the Board of Supervisors to-day peti- tions were received from- E. F. Northam, John Holloway, W. W. Kifer, Walter Brad- ford and William Donovan, asking to be appointed game- warden of Santa Clara County. The Gilroy Sportsman Protec- tive Association recommended Holloway, and the Garden City Cyclersindorse North- 'am, Bradford and Donovan. The selection of 2 game warden will be made some time du the month. ¥ In Need of & Guardian. JOSE, Cav, April 1.—Charlotte D. J1Rson, & minor, has filed a petition inthe iniured this affernoon in Bast Los Angeles. Fisher was driving along the street Buy ‘Court, asking that a guardian be ap; 'structed. derice, “when he-'was -suddenly,. in: . the | to manage her affairs. Charlotte | PRICE FIVE CENTS. DWELLERS N THE VALLEYS OUGHT TO ’SIGN THE AGREEMENT. Harbor Commissioner Colnon Heaftily Indorses the “Call’s” Suggestion in Aid of the People’s Competing Railroad. The CALL'S ‘suggestion for receiving pledges from the shippers of freight over the proposed valley road is an excellent idea. The proposition is founded on justice and sound business principles. It can be illustrated for instance, if I ing 'a paper in a ty or thirty years were making objec they did not get and some new man offer to start a grade that would them a fair chance," nomore than I had seems to me that be willing to give support in advance cation. If they from any cause it "Hon. E. L, Colnon, President of the Board of Harbor Commissioners. [Sketched from life for the “Call” by Kahler.] very easily. Say, had been publish- community fortwen- and the .- people tions and saying what they wanted, should come in and paper of proper suit them, and give and would charge been charging, it the people would an assurance of to such a publi- declined to do so would show that they did not deserve to. have what they had been clamoring for so long. As.I understand the CALL'S plan, it ‘is that the people who live in the San Joaquin and Santa Clara valleys shall express a willing- ness t0 give the new road the preference, where the conditions are equal. If they how hesitate or decline to do that much it would appear to indicate that a great deal of their talk in the past has not been entirely sincere. tion will bring forth a hearty response. I have no doubt, that the CALL'S sugges- It may be that, for pru- dential reasons, .some of the people who live in those valleys may hesitate at present to have ‘their names made public, but the CALL'S] plan deals with that view of the case and meets any objection that might be offered on that account. much they needed a competing road for a long time. People have been talking about:how Now they have a chance to 8ay whatkind of support they would give it if it were con- ]ff they do.not avail themselves of that'opp’ortuhity and the promoters of the present undertaking should become discouraged 'and give up the enterprise, the people would, have only'themselves to blame for the failure of the proposition. : From what I have heard I have no doubt the road will be built without this assurance being| given, but it would be a substantial encouragement to the projectors of the new enterprise i"f- they receive in advance friendship and support. = . assurances of E. L. COLNON is 17 years of ‘age: and Teceives $10,000a year froni hér father’s estate- and has § due her from other sources. ~ - ; Killed by a Stray Bullet. Chinaman.who! lives in ‘a.cabin:on the marshes near. Alviso, was:killed Saturday by a" stray bullet:from & hunter’s gun, while standing in his doorway. The Cor- oner of Alameda County took charge of therémains, and aninquest will be heid. —_— SAN MATEO ERVISORS: . They -Will. Consider a Proposed’ Change of the Township Line. 5 REDWOOD CITY, CAL., April 1.—At a | meeting of the County Board of Supervis- ors to-day P. F. Canavan of Colma applied for & license to sell pools on foreign races, the cost of license not to exceed $300 per month. The application was. simply filed -and no action taken. 5 2 The matter of a new boulevard . through the county was not considered, as a full board was not present. The board ad- journed to méet on. Monday next, April 8, when the question ‘of changing the town- ship line between the first and -second townships will come up for consideration. The proposition involved. in such a change is so that. all the roads in the immediate vicinity of Burlingame will- be” within the Second roaa district, instead. of being di- vided between the first and second as at present. It is then thought the road ap- proaches to Burlingame may be greatly improved and kept in better repair. - bttt BREAK AT SHN QUENTI Murderer George Bullock Tries to: Escape From the Penitentiary. He Was Caught on the Roof and s_urrenderad to Captain 3 White. S8AN QUENTIN, Cax., April 1,=A skill- ful but unsaccessiul attempt to escape from San Quentin Prison was made about 2 o’clock this .morning. George Bullock, serving ‘a life sentence for murder, from’ Banta C.uz, attempted to escape by cutting: through the top of his cell, He succeeded in getting through and on to the roof, his cell being on the upper tier on third floor of the cell building. On Sundsys the con- victs are locked up at3 ». m. Bullock im- mediately began work on going to his ¢ell and worked for six hours, making the open- ing by which he went through and onto the roof at 2 o’clock A. M. He had provided' himself with a rope of sufficient length to throw over the wall, which is distant about twenty-five feet from the cell building, and had made a grappling hook to catch and prevent it from slipping. He was discov- ered by Guard Grady, who immediately notified Captain’ White, who is in charge of .the second watch going on duty at 12 o’clock midnight. Captain White imme- diately went on to the roof and Bullock surrendered, saying, ‘‘All right, I give up.”” Bullock is the person who shot through a | window and killed a man earlv in 1893 near Boulder Creek, Santa Cruz.County. (SINTA CLARK READY, SAN JOSE, CaL., Avril' 1.—Wah Song; &/ Its Eeoble Welcome the Great Boulevard Project. ‘VALUE OF THE HIGHWAY it will Connect With the Finest Roads in Cali- fornia. SAN iOSE WARM IN PRAISE Indorsement of the Plam by the Pro- gresslive Citizens of the Garden City. - BAN JOSE, CaL., April 1.—Santa Clara County gives welcome to the boulevard project.. It has not yet been popularly discussed. much, for the reason that the people of Ban Jose and the county gener- ally have been so keenly absorbed in the valley railroad enterprise. The enthusiasm for the competing road and the anticipa- tions of a consequent new prosperity are a3 great here as at Stockton, and when the boulevard idea came along in the midst of all this railroad hubbub the public-spirited people all said, ‘“Yes, that's a grand thing and we want it,”” and kept vigorously talk- ing and working for the railroad. The citizens here who lead popular sen- timent in public enterprises and work for them, and the progressive part of the community, which is large in Santa Clara County, are all enthusiastically in -favor of the proposed boulevard. There appears to be- every ‘promise that when the projeet -progresses a little further it will be not only taken up with enthusiasm here, but that the section of the splendid driveway -that runs through Santa Clara County will be the finest part of it. But for the over- shadowing interest in the railroad it would now be a live issue here. 2 That” Santa Clara County should take hold of such a magnificent enterprise is no | more than is to be expected. Everybody heére believes in fine roads, and is willing to pay for them. -The county is proud of its roads, and has learned the value of them. Its roads are worthy of the rich and incomparable region throtgh which they run. ~The Santa Clara Valley ‘is as .famous for its roads as for the vast garden they run through, and the béauty which nature has created here. They have been its best - advertisement,-a great factor in its prosperity, and the reason for a great |. deal of its wealth and population. Tourists drive for miles in every direction, among -the magnificent orchards, the flowers, the. lovely homes, the fruitful foothills and the grandeur of the mountains. Everywhere hey sgedwu finely nmdn._\)iled’ high- ways; that are a delight in themselves and that make everything élse seem lovelier. “Some years ago the county. spent nearly $100,000 on ‘a fine driveway to .Mount" Hamilton, twenty-six miles fror: San Jose; and'the investment. has never been re-- gretted. Thousands of people come. here yearly to enjoy .the world affords.} 5 S The portion of the boulevard that is to extend thirough the Santa Clara Valley to San Jose would be one of the most delight- ful sketches. of the drivewvay and- would afford an enchanting change of “scene. Through San Mateo County. the splendid estates, beautiful towns, picturesque hills and canyons, the view of the bay, the oak groves, the. great’ expanses ‘of green and the gentle airs would not grow monotonous for a_moment, but many miles north of San Jose the ‘surrdundings would change. The Santa Cruz Mountains would rise still higher, with: their redwoods .in - relief against the sky. "The valley with its orchards and- gardens and grainfields and the fertile, broken foothills would open to view. The magnificent estates and - the pretty houses would still be passed, but the charming beauty'and bounty of the won- derfully fruitful orchards of the Santa Clara Valley would stretch -for miles in every direction. No section of the State ‘would more please the stranger or better show California’s bounty, and nothing would present that region to the world better than the boulevard that must be- come world-famous as soon as it is built. “A splendid proposition and a great thing for San Jose,” says Paul P. Austin, the progressive Mayor of that city, who is just now working tooth-and-nail for the new railroad. He further says: ‘As a business proposition it wonld be a great thing for this whole region. It would bring a great many péople here. who never come now, and people who do come woitld come oftener. It would be a good business investment for. Santa Clara County.to pay its share;, and. I would like to see this county take hold of it and do its share to bring it about. A broad, sprinkled highway, running through a beautiful country, would be a.popular-and grandest drives the famous drive, and there would be an immense. amount of travél.on it between here and San Francisco. It would.be the finest drive on the Pacific Coast. It-would do agreat deal to build up & large. suburban population, both in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties. . ° The Mount Hamilton road illustrates what a good road will do. I have forgotten how many thousands visited ‘the Lick Observatory last year, but the number was -surprisingly large. ‘With a ‘poor toad up the mountain-pnly a frac- tion of that number would have made the trip. There is no ‘question that good- roads help greatly to populate. a. country, and such a boulevard would be a big' factor in doing that - work for the west side of the’ bay. - Everybody Ihave heard mention it has spoken of it ap- provingly -and’ I believé a majority of the people will favor it. Ithas not been taken up yet because everybody likely to push such an enterprise has been absorbed in the new rail-’ The drive between here and Menlo Park is delightful now all the way,-going on s well macadamized road, beneath spreading oaks, past beautiful houses and ricl orchards. The | boulevard would “be still more attractive ard | ‘would be a fine road all'the year round. W. C. Andrews, President of the Board | of Trade, is one of the most active and in- fluential workers for everything in the line of progress and he indorses the boule- vard in this way: ~ ST 2 Iam decidedly in favor of it. I enthuse over everything that will bring us to the front. It is a thing that I am sure the people of this county will take hold of, and would have done 50 beforc now if they had not been so intensely interested in the valley road. While it has not yet been widely discussed, I have heard many people speak of it, and all have favored it and would bond the county to get it. I talked the other day with & man who own as large amount of land northiest of here and :he said, ““I'm a boulevard man.’ He was more in- terested in it than in the valley road,and de- claréd that he would give the right of way through his property Sucha grand driveway would build up the entire valley. - There is no driving out of San Francisco now, and it would bring people down the bay constantly, and clear toSan Jose, just as it would constantly take a great number of people north from here. Along the whole stretch of country between here and San Francisco there will, some day, be one villa after another and the boulevard would do more than anything else to bring that about. Thousands of people have heard of San Jose because of the Lick Observatory and its famous drive.. The boulevard .would be more famous and people. in_the East would say to their friends bound for - California: “Don't fail to take in the San Jose boulevard.” We have the finest roads’in -America and I know the people here will favor so: great and valuable an improvement as this. The value of fine raods to any attractive region and especially of such rare drive- ways as the boulevard would be and as the Mount Hamilton Toad:is now, is slightly illustrated by the récent remarks of W. M. Hahn, seretary of the National Republican Committee and Insurance Com- missioner of Ohio, who visited San Jose and its valley a few days ago. He said: My wife and I enjoyed a trip to Mount Ham- ilton to-day and the opportunity we had to see the country made the trip quite a revelation tous. Thetrip over the fine grade with its multitudinous turns was a delfghtful one. A great advantage California has over Ohio is the splendid road system. It is not to be wondered at that San Jose is becoming famous for bicycle riding and racers. Such roads I never saw before anywhere. The boulevard was briefly discussed at a recent meeting of the Board of Trade and was generally favored. “There is no need,” said C. M. Hatcher, “of neglecting this project because we are working for the valley railroad. We want everything good in sight, and ‘this is too good to let go without an effort.” “Not only will it be a'great.benefit to the residents along the line,” said Robert Summers,-‘‘but it will-bé a good'.thing for everybody living in ‘the counties through which it passes.” it The board decided that it was too early for definite action, but the project is only slumbering here for a brief time.. The ex- pressions of leading and progressive men everywhere show that the boulevard pro- ject will: be taken up enthusiastically here when- the time comes, and that there is every promise- that Santa. Clara County will cordially do its full share toward build- ing a splendid - driveway between the Golden Gate and the Garden City. A FUNERAL AT TACOMA, It Was the Largest. Ohe Ever Held in the Northern City. Trouble Among jthe Indlans: ‘Over the Killing of a Medicine i Man. TACOMA, Wasn., April 1.—The funeral of Abraham Gross, who shot himself Satur- day morning, occurred to-day and was the largest.ever held in the city. - The Superior Court adjourned and. business = houses closed from 10 to' 1 o’clock. “The-Jewish synagogue was.crowded and -the- street filled for a block with ‘péople. unable to gain . admittance. . In ~accordance . - with Jewish custom, Ellis. Gross, ‘the oldest brother, as head of the family, read the preliminary services. He was assisted by Rabbi Lincer and Rev. A, W.. Martin: The procession was several blocks long, be- ing formed of carriages, two abreast. The City €ouncil, city and_county .officials, a platoon of . police and- delegations - of Masons, - Shriners, Elks, - Knights of Pythias, the Chamber of Commerce, Ta- coma Atnletic Club’ and the. Hebrew Benevolent Society walked cession. . Honorary pall-bearers - were chosen from these organizations, Con- gressman Doolittle being one of them. The Masons conducted services at the grave. The deceased had no insurance on his life as had been supposed. TROUBLE AMONX INDIANS. An Uprising Against the Murderer of a Medicine Man. TACOMA, Wasn., April 1. — George Leschi, a cousin of Jim Bouchett, the Nisqually Indian medicine man who was murdered three weeks ago, has been haranguing the Nisqually tribe, and says that forty of them will march this week to the Muckle-Shoot Reservation, and de- mand a big indemnity of the relatives and tribesmen of Jerry Dominic, who killed Bouchett because he failed to cure Dom- inic’s children. If the indemnity is not paid Dominic and his relatives will be liable, according .to Indian custom, to be killed-at any time. G THE STEAMER WASCO DISABLED. After Drifting Helplessly About She Was Rescved by a Tug. TACOMA, WasH., April 1.—The steamer Wasco was disabled and' went adrift off Browns Point at 11 o’clock this morning. A steam pipe connected with the furnace gave way and the escaping steam.put out the steamer’s fires. She was left helpless with a strong southwestern breeze blow- ing. She was kept upright until she drifted near the shore. Two anchors were then let go. The passengers and two men rowed to Tacoma and secured the tug Fav- orite, which towed her into port. For a time the passengers were badly frightened. L A .WRECK AT CUYLERS HARBOR. The Sloop Liberty Went . Ashore, but No . Lives Were Lost. SAN MIGUEL ISLAND, March 30, via SANTA BARBARA, CAL., April 1.—The sloop Liberty went ashore on the south beach of Cuylers Harbor last night. A high gale was blowing and there was a heavy sea in "the harbor, causing her to foul and drag her amchor. No lives were lost, but the sloop is a total wreck. The Liberty was formerly registered at Wilmington and ran in and out of San Pedro harbor. Five years .ago she became the property of Captain W. G. Waters, the owner of San Miguel Island, and has since been used as a freight boat, plying back and forth between the island and the mainland. She wasa stanch little craft, a splendid sea boat, but framed for strength and safety rather than tpeed. # g s/ in the pro- | STILL ON THE TRAIL, Detectives Are Follow= ing the Murderers of Bogard. THERE WAS ATHIRD MAN An Observant Passenger Tells How the Officer Was Shot in the Back. WATCHING THE HAGGIN GRANT. The Murderer Belleved to Be Hid= ing There—Excitement In Gridley. SACRAMENTO, CarL., April 1.—The de- tectives have not yet relaxed in their efforts to find the partners of the train- robber killed by Sheriff Bogard last Satur- day morning, for it is now believed that three men were concerned in the affair. The belief is founded on the statement of a passenger, who says that immediately after Bogard shot the tall robber he was shot from behind by a third man who entered the car behind Bogard just as Bogard was taking aim. This statement is corroborated by the physician who per- formed the autopsy and who found that the Sheriff had been shot in the back di- rectly from behind, and that it was a phys- ical impossibility for him to have been shot from any other position. The examination of the dead Sheriff’s pistol shows that only one shot had been fired out of it. The p; nger who saw the third man says that the shot fired by the Sheriff and the shot which killed him were in quick succession—not more than a quarter of a second intervening. The town of Gridley is excited over the news that at midnight last night a man rode on.a bicycle through that town at the top of his speed. The detectives were notified and started in pursuit, but they had not succeeéded .in catching him at the time of the writing of this article, for a man on a bicycle on a good road can run away from a racehorse in a long-distance contest with a mile or two start. The Haggin Grant, otherwise known as El Rancho del Paso, is now being watched by a corps of detectives, they having traced thither the murderer of Sheriff Bogard. This is a large ranch to watch, for one must travel by road twelve miles before he can pass through it. . It contains about 100 square miles and in places is very brushy. It lies between the American and Sacra- mento tivers and is well watered by sev- eral small streams, A fugitive could sub- sist there a long timé by killing stock. The fence-riders and cowbovs employed on the grant cannot_and do not penetrate the brush, and a man could live there for. years without ‘being seen, .and without seeing ‘a single human being, the only luman occupants of the ranch being a few vegetable-gardeners and hop-raisers.on the American River bottom lands, and the ranch employer- who live in a hamlet in the bottom about: eleven miles from this city. - The -suspicion: that the Wheatland rob- bers'are the same who attempted to rob a train. near Ben "Ali about a month ago ls now almost a certainty, and it is for that reason, - chiefly, that the detectives are keeping such a strict watch over the Hag- gin: Grant. Shortly after the Ben Ali hold-up the de- tectives learned that a tramp had seen two men digging a hole at the foot of .an old oak tree, and that when they caught sight of the tramp one of them threw a coat over the hole and covered it. This was on the day of the hold-up and a few hours before that occurrence. Acting upon this information the de- tectives visited the locality indicated, and after digging about eight inches down dis- covered a-board. Lifting the board they found under ‘it an eémpty five-gallon coal- oil can. The can had been placed there, it is thought, either for the reception of dyna- mite or of money. It was the robbers’ intention, . no doubt, to deposit their plunder there, the can being fixed in the hole beforehand in order to save time, and take it away at their leisure after the affair had time to blow over. OROVILLE, Car., April 1.—Special Offi- ‘cer W. M. Ahern, accompanied by several local officers, arrived here this morning from Gridley, following the supposed trail of Robber Johnson, who murdered Sheriff Bogard of Tehama. A bicycle rider was seen at Gridley at midnight headed this way. A farmer, living about four miles from here, says his dogs made considerable noise about 4 o’clock this morning, but he could see no one. They lost the trail close to town. Sheriff Wilson made inquiry, but could not learn of anyone living here having been to Gridley on a bicycle. Johnson is supposed to be in-hiding near here. The officers went out on the different roads to- day, but could find no further track. Me- Guireand Williams were here about a week ago representing themselves as bicycle agents and rented a store. They registered at the Union Hotel as J. Williams of Marysville and S. Brownis of San Francisco. ‘They._ left here Tuesday, stating they were going after stock. MEXICO, Mo., April 1.—A telegram from " San Francisco reported that the parents of the men who beld up the Ore- gon express, which resulted in the death of Sheriff - Bogard and one of ths robbers, lived in this city and that the outlaws were known there as the McGuires. In- vestigation shows that no such families ever lived in this city. i3 Bailey and Brackett Safe. SAN DIEGO, Can., April 1.—L. N. Bailey, Deputy County Assessor, and his companion, 3. B. Brackett, who were sup- posed to be lost on the desert between Yuma and Campo, are safe and sound. Their horses arrived at Banner about ten days before fn an. almost famished con- dition, and there being no trace of the men nor wagon they were believed to have met with disaster. The horses had escaped, but the men were fortunate in securin, two mules, and soon afterward ruchea‘ Coyote Wells. [#or additional Pacific Coast news see Second Page]