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§ L A R i AT e s S R vl e the Library.++++ SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, MAY 14, 1899. {ORBE LIVES °F TW® i murder of Renowden Majors was convict- o % ed he was saved from the death penalty by the jury. This did not satisfy the pub- lic or Morrill. It was decidéd to try the men for the murder of Mcintyre. He was a placed before a and found but they were only a few years old their father deserted them. M T 1 a divorce and ble to find the rec did find him he her family and cisco Judg "y e e decree of di- guilty, with the penalty fi at death. fulf the ‘decree ‘of di It was the desire of Majors’ counsel to “\pc and Archie were t up in ig- have the ond trial come off -in Oak- no me of their father's land, where Jocal prejudice was not so lieved that four ers w strong. It availed- him nothing, for the children c Wagner i { meda County jury séntenced ‘him to Went by that name, and not until Chri { th. A few davs hefore: ho: was to. awoman tell the bovs of the secret of thel: : mount the scaffold in the Oakland court- birth. From that moment the boys wer rd he succeeded in breaking out o « nged. ¢ no longer 1 iy changed. They d not run a-block hefore he was the ble, cbedient children who lived red’ by the firemen, of the Siy street engine-house., In this. advent one of ‘his arms: was broken, and with \ !:A\"T‘\:\, “Hello, Abe,” he ING) ORS-\WWAGNER,, ] it 7 here? [ 1S) newspaper boy was fo Abe Majors | MOTRER OF THE "hen \Hdme o tHe - boyd® ! contasion. | 5 3 R Twenty-two burglaries and safe jobs had i 5VY rsmmlTs 5 been carried out by them under the very police. The boy burglars kept ing. All their plunder that was found i she n the rear ind the boys told remarkable s which resulted in the st of Mrs. Willmore. Nothing definite a happy something of trunk of ano farm being. It was only i could be proved against her and she w er home and the upper j released. The 1 were tried 3 v helped to fix the crime on th o ie whao For tawo Ons thrge no Curiously mixed the criminal an of trage rs of Archie Abe Majors is a =4 10 was 16 when : of w was cut short, was desperately the g with Tna Willmor: Sheriff being sent to Folsom Ina exerted : much as possible to obtain a E he T that = Majors’ the fractured member in splints he was ey Eonsloner bCReTeln oG s 2d 1 ridden violently hanged sted by her in Abe \A(Vlf\i!"‘. town Majors, the p'the day Majors was hanged Majors’ Dy e £ t led to the yoart-hroken wife was at home with their b lingr I RO cts MBJOTS . pio ohild. SRISE i BBt hufn ' so0n a men, lawyers and jurists a of the murder. would | co oSG UGk TREEL i e i o that h roled several m; M i daylight, but if he could get to oo o' nonihe o1a on that',black morr S sto the cabin and set It on fire the men would . gp o it 1t had) never orfed & 8 arthn anve deatiifngithe ha na f be found burfied fn the zulr and several physio wagithe more e M e impossible. ORI 1L & + He struck out for him- hat gathered But T 1 e e self after he > realize that his o been shot SR bUEN g0 quaintance with the Willmores was not : t t had sped off benefiting. him. He procured a horse and 2 K Lot went down into Texas.and Mexico 1 s m t as discovered that for some-time was a cowboy. About two 4 AL i vears ago. he appeared in Oakland and phisin then followed (o C, stayed wi < mother for a short time. S g ueted (O AL, t ind loved a Salvation ¢ th 1 hy Such was the start cenerally T'Y]]\]mmw(lr;\( n made their home in O i = I s happy widow marriec [5.pno¥Rd tieanore 4 ke L3 e b ey ; d Miss Stone I ' B » Stockton, where they o . which stamped a short time ATl A iobar Kieiite > € t in the scheme. nt if no s in Mrs., tacad well Thaw was trial for the ife. Two children we v B : ppear to have r Majors is supposed to a t with her baby. hsl nothing was heard JORS‘ FUGHT is mbther, but early this year he appeared in Oakl nd - met s 3 b Abe, who on parole and was appa- FR‘>P$\ THE rently striving earn to live an honest life he presence of Archie unsettied % BURNING CABIN . Abe, and some time in March the two ; lads disappeared. They gave their , mother no inkling of what they were go- ¢ ing to do, but this did not surprise her, ; i as they had long been accustomed to ! please themselves. No attention was : aid to Abe Ma til the Ist of April, : on which day he should, under the terms { e parole, have reported to the Oak- s LR USSIe TS '-i«» land police authorities. His failure to do T Y A desperate. S S W this was .communicated to the Board of < steadily for some.time. but each day 1 Pprison Directors and notices were- issued them wande 1g farther into forbi ! that he was 4 itive from justice. paths. P : Four years ago Archie went to Chief of | o vavqay the newspapers published an | Police Lloyd and told him a pecullar .....ni’of highway robbery and murder 5 At story. He¢ said that a Mrs. Willmore, an_ 4, pangits at a little town in Utah. Near : : A active memher of the church, was liring m some, commerclal travelers: bad blmand s brother Alig ronitihar “' . Deen*held up by bandits. From a neign- She was doing this partly with the aic 9% ng town came a similar story. Sheriffs ‘ ag her attractive yo laughter Ina, then 13 T DOSREN: ¥ Stk ont: troro: sevaraiob s - olas Tha Loy “"”",‘“‘"""_”“‘r:‘ T~ 4ies to capture the two band! After a 1 hedett Baxl 1 St Bl e i) \ge’ 25 they were about to enter a mountain a He same AB€ ,5s. Both were heavily armed, carrying as Abe. Chief Lloyd did all in his power Paoo FOtd W > AR Rl s o s revolvers in their belts and Winchesters . R e e TR over their should To wait for day- T - i L L light would probably mean the loss S puee Ao the opportunity to capture the robbers. CAEEnY Sl ST i oy They W ursued into the pass. ldren. He would play v be useless for them to attempt to do any- . ¥ 5 a8 bas eir childist . but follow in their father's foot- ' iin i Of hcle dam tped ed t Arct A any times they started to work, O their pursuers and ope 1 te R but each time they soon tired and sought taller of the bandits was s e SN b Cleastiie of the AieesE but the voufger one, apy ly worked ¢ > b7 N UPA - i Vg e up to.desperation by.the death of his com- - N i ? 159 Oakland panion, stood his ground manfully and // Z HeA B EarTes 0t the s 1 mly fired at the officer nearest him. 1t ; v" \ ¥E . b8 & 4 i | erly planned and suc Brown of the U S Y \ E : g robberies and safe cracking joby second later he, 14 9 of in any city. Night after night from CCTPSe ral guns one to six places would be visited ana Dim the bandit threw up' his cleafetiscas s wonld el dracked. ik | Atms and himself to be taken ! Majors soon y e DOLICE ‘WEIR < He told"his captors. that theln name was known as a common i - two fnnocent MOrgan and that Chicago was their home, 5 o ety I EBE Dava a policeman but he refused to N more partic- It ns near Los Gatos lived on the water L e s 8 information, 2500 lived. S Mmr b morning the bandit was left in his cell. An ex- : 1 ol Beition: aneisco, and scores of AMination was made of his dead com- around to be sent on their Pan In onayor hie ts were two ier routes. When spoken to ohs. One wa young woman . ¥ the policeman the two lads promptly and written on the back was the simple : said they paper boys and the declaration of love: “My wife, office R ¥ iwcatens Lena.” The photograph bore the imprint was He noticed of an Alamed 4 aut the ho: close The other photograph was that of a oL e by him. He called to his brother officer baby in .long clothes. The picture was Samta Clarn and asked him what the bovs had told taKen in Seattle. With these two remin- Ir it + him. . The reply was somewhat in the na. * iscences of his happler life the bandit had I ns ture of a sneer for payving any attention 8On€ out to gain stolen fortune or death. 5 2 to a couple of vaper. boys whose later the photograph of a business was so very evident. This an- nt to Alameda. The iden- " gered the other officer, and more out tity of its original was at once discovered y ounta o brought the pique than intuition he ordered tne boys by a friend. It was the picture of Lena 4 bt b to show him what they had in their Stone, the “dear wife" of Archie Majors. s antracell A Shels an pockets. The rest was soon told. The “Morgan™ 2 s The contents of the two young lads’ brothers, the bandits of Ufah, were Abe : Crbtabt b pockets was a revelation to those two and Archie Majors of Oakland. v ia i e the L officers. There were some sticks of dyna- : STUART W. BOOTH. el Ay Al mite, one with a fuse attached; some e roiig, CH L TR AYO N e nitro-glycerine cartridges, two 1 xperience acquired in b could do nothing several_chisels and jimmies, a_ br with Spain, the United States - et e el some bits, a couple of masks and a few naval authorities have decided in future g e e minor artic The boys were taken to to paint their battle-ships a dead gray o e L Sl the City Prison. - Bert Willmore gave his color with a yellowish shade. This mix- AN i A right name: the other boy was “Ralph ture is said to approximate most nearly Aaate earioh Gaiohi s e T eveal o For to the color of rock and of the obscure When the Chief of Police saw the boys horizon.