The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 30, 1903, Page 1

’ 16 be taken fre the Library «+e m . Call, VOLUME XCIV—NO. 60. SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1903. FOLSOM CONDICTS HIDE IN THICKETS OF EL DORADO COUNTY AND MANHUNTERS CAUTIOUSLY C Dorado County, July 29.—At a trifle after 6 o'clock this evening about 100 men of different posses went on Is near here in search of the convicts, who are reported to be in this vicinity. J. C. Collins and Walter Jackson ported to-night that while going through the brush in the district two miles southeast of here they heard three con- talking, son a Iso d. men the assembled wwithdr wecount of darkness. i but could not sce them on account of the thickness of the undergrowth. manhunters divided into three parties and began a systematic search. Parties composed of W. 0 other men and a Call correspondent found the trails over the hills as stated, but were compelled to Harry Gray of ‘Lincoln states that he sazw two men whom he took to be convicts on the road Guided by the directions of these cclared that a body of militia is pursuing these convicts along the ridge extending from.Cool toward ~ arkness has put a stop to further operations herc until daylight. ¥ yiag — Armed Men J‘éarcfi the For- ests Dhere Murderers Had Their Camp. R Special Dispatch to The Call REENWOOD, July —Somewhere it ion of for- Imost 1m- able fastnesses f the eleven escaped are secreted, 1 whose er to the to the armed of the h the in the seek- ggers, the overpowered the t ties at the penitentiary. CONVICTS SURROUNDED. t this the con- g ces e been seen near Cool, a tance from here, and have en pursued ToOps e Dry Diggings, mil Cc has just ared here 1 mation ee s d by his se at 2 ck rning. e € g they ere eg s convicts swung 1 their rifles, converse hemselves for at then fled to MAN-HUNTERS AFIELD. e visit of he con- p to lip e head burn and vood is offers I very small ng generally vo and a farm , dusty and infrequently i roads connect the little 1 There are y ravines in which the convicts might remain for months undis- There are wooded re- gions which the foot of man has never touch On every hand are almost impregnable thickets of chemise, manzanita and chap- a use or ty 10n turbed. eace officers fully realize | endous handicap under abor, but remain ir work. The heat ostrating them. *Hour aced men are settlements for moment est of news and hen re the searcli. They travel or sixes, ])repaer zen of the desper- se of their homes es utlaws are known them no more than ons, which they wery at Pilot plenty of game in ns, but the report of a is a summons e the convicts eir only chance lies in a successful raid from well- mtec “ a wam fear to shoot ection | nj stocked farmhouses or country stores, and that move is"just the one for which the manhunters watch. GUARDS AT THE ROADS. The escaped prisoners travel by night, but it is impossible to main- e pursuit in the darkness. s are stationed at every | oo LOSE IN ON THE s SrResr Jc;/y 7] PLACERVILLE., crossroad, and this makes rapid progress by the convicts impos- | sible, as the advance through the | brush is wearisome and slow. One of the convicts is known to be sick | and was an additional drag up to |the time the party was lost | sight of. | The search is conducted by day- | light almost entirely. Thus far it | has been unproductive of results, | but there seems no other way to conduct the campaign. A small guard is stationed in every village. The different detachments in pur- ;suit of the jailbreakers communi- | cate with each other thrice daily, |that the chase may progress smoothly. Sheriff Keena left for Chinese { Camp at 10 o'clock this morning |on a still hunt, with a posse of twelve men. It was thought that | the convicts, being addicted to the use of opium and familiar with the locality, might make for the dig- gings, in order to receive a supply - L of the baneful drug. Nothing new was discovered, however, and Sheriff Keena will now work toward the north. Posses Hurry to the Scene for a Combat OLSOM, July 29.—At 9 | o'clock to-night a telephone message was received at the prison from Deputy Sheriff Bosquit at Placerville, saying that he had re- ceived word from his father, Sheriff Bosquit, that eight of the | convicts had been located at Black Hawk Canyon, and that three of the convicts, including Seavis, the colored man, were at Pilot Hill. The message also stated that | scouts had been thrown out from { the posse. Shortly after the above message arrived a telephone message was received here from Harry Wilkin- SreRIFF " Jor PTANSFIELD A A R A VT s Hour for a Battle Now Rapidly Nearing. % son, the Warden’s grandson, say- ing that the band of convicts were heading for Butcher’s ranch, and that the posses were ready to give them battle if they appeared. —p Unconfirmed Reports of a Small Batile OLSOM, July 29.—A mes- sage was received at the prison this morning stating that the posses under the direction of Sheriff Keena of Placer and Sher- iff Bosquit of El Dorado had a brush with the fugitive convicts, and a number of shots were ex- changed, but this has not been con- firmed. The story says the fugitives were located on Greenwood Creek, north of Granite Hill postoffice and above Greenwood, where they had evidently camped over night. Ote posse was on one side of the creek and the other posse on the other side. The posses were a considerable distance away when they dis- Continued on Page 4, Column 1. % o OLSOM, July 29.— The F startling news was received i here to-night that a consid- erable number of ex-convicts have gathered in the region where the murderous fugitives from the penitentiary are supposed to be hiding, and are supplying the runaway jailbirds with food and ammunition. It is related from an authorita- tive source that some men who were at one time imprisoned here have associated themselves with independent posses and are se- riously interfering with the work of the official pursuers. This news has caused consternation among the law officers, and efforts are CouNTRY R ~EAR GREENWOOD GEORGE rewh- 4 GrReenwoon ~ T GRANITE R HiLk ‘ + MAP SHOWING THE COUNTRY OVER WHICH THE FOLSOM CON- VICTS HAVE PASSED, AND SCENES AND PERSONS IDENTIFIED WITH SENSATIONAL HAPPENINGS WHICH BEGAN AT PRISON. FUGITIVES RECEIDE HELP FROM FRIENDS Former Criminals Are Suspected of Aid- ing the Runaway Band. Special Dispatch to The Call. secretly being made to apprehend the alleged friends of the murder- ous band. It is not doubted here that the convicts have received some aid already, because, with scant pro- visions and very little ammunition at the time of their rapid depart- ure from Pilot Hill, they have succeeded in keeping well under cover. Had they been dependent solely upon the food they pos- sessed at that time they would surely have raided a farmhouse or sought by some means to replenish their inadequate store. The officials here are convinced that friends of the desperate men are near at hand, and no effort FUGITIUES DIGILANT * EYES ARE ON CELLS 'Guards at Folsom Now Take No Chances. Convicts Confined | Behind Bolts and Bars. Special Dispatch to The Call | OLSOM, July 29.— At the prisor every- thing is now quiet. All the convicts are locked in their cells be kept The | staff of guards consists of forty- and will | there for an indefinite time. five men, exclusive of the force of executive officials, which numbers [ twenty-four. Of the regular iguarrls more than half are now [out with the posses, and their places are being temporarily filled by outsiders. It is not deemed i wise to put the convicts to work in the rock quarries for the present. All the prison officials laugh at the statements that have been pub- lished in certain quarters that the plot to escape was a wide one and embraced many dozens of prison- | | €rs. DENTAL BY CONVICTS. Warden Wilkinson and Dis- trict Attorney Seymour of Sacra- mento County have questioned a number of the convicts, but they all deny that they knew of the ex- istence of the plot to escape. Some of them said that if they had been lin the plot they would not be in the prison to-day, which is a good ‘pmof that the plan was confined to the men who escaped and per- | haps two or three others who got [ away. The statement made by Convict Woods to Guard Klenzendorf, when the latter was a prisoner of the convicts on their way to Pilot Hill, which was published in The Call to-day, is looked upon as be- ing very close to the truth. The plot was undoubtedly the work of the thirteen men who broke from the prison, and Convict Al Myers, who failed to get away, was also one of the band. That a general prison delivery was planned is not thought of here as ever having any existence. DRAWN INTO PLOT. The identity of the convict who was killed in the affray at Pilot Hill on Monday evening is not now disputed. It was Convict Al- lison, who was serving a four years' sentence. He was drawn into the plot at the last moment, according to the statements made by some of the convicts to-day in the prison. It was stated to War- den Wilkinson that Allison had never mer.tioned a word as to be- ing in the plot, but was always talking of the time when he would be set at liberty. Joseph Cochrane, the officer who was wounded in the fight that took place on Monday morning in the office of the captain of the guard, is a little better to-day, but l'his condition is very serious. The doctors fear blood-poisoning. @ it @ will now be spared to locate and punish them. The officers at the scene of the search have been no- tified to watch for persons upon whom suspicion may rest.