The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 1, 1903, Page 4

4 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, . . SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 1908, VICIOUS RUBICON'S HILLS MAY BE HUNTED Posses Are Heading for New Scene 0f Search. —_——— Tracks of a Convict Gang Thonght to Have Been Discovered. Georgetown Becomes the Headquar- ters of Many Pursuers of Criminals, LML % to The Cail " July 8L—There t now that the & wWho escaped from | Prison last Monday have va d robbers’ trall” lead- ng he ¥ country. The chase bber Creek 8. The gen- headed for h the posges TRACKS OF A PARTY. erchant of George- JEALOUSY IN POSSES. exclusive s MOB TRIES TO LYNCH NEGROES OF LYNCHBURG Holds Up Train, but Engineer Opens Throttle and Runs It Away to Safety. N, W. Va., July 3 express train No. 1 HUNTI ) men near Clifton erate but take two Over a mob. The started e mob, train was and are shot the kot e OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC COAST | Several New Postmasters Appointed ad Other Changes Made in the Postal Service. N, “July 31 Postoffices ng County, mail Harney County ( t wen inste: ster appointed Miramar. Lacrdix Calitor- San Diego resigned. cond Lieutenant W, 1 from Pre E. Gools- dio of Will Walk to Cape Lisburne. CHIC July 3L—Robert M. Wilson, of the Durand ( Clipper, plans rt at moon to-morrow and walk to Cape Lisburne on the Arctic Ocean, $000 miles away. He will go through Min- nesota, through Canada, - following the coast from Vancouver to Cave Nome, thenée to his destination beyond the Aretie Circle. He expects to be gone fifteen_months, i Medal for Cockswain Fadden. WASHINGTON, July 3L.—An crder was issued at the Navy Department to-day directing that a commendatory letter be sent to Cockswain Fadden of the Adams for saving the life of a saflor who fell oVerboard from the Adams at San Diego, Cal. He also will get a medal of honer. GO, militia around ¥ T I— CRIMINALS MINGLE THE LACERVILLE, July 31.—A telephone message received from Lotus to-night says that a posse of Folsom prison guards fired on 2 man supposed to be the colored convict, Seavis, at Orelli’s ranch, about two miles from Lotus. The guards had driven up in a wagon to the ranch shortly before dusk, and they were standing on the porch of the house, when they saw a man coming up the road in the direction of the house. back. The guards went after him and called on him to halt. He failed to do so and the posse opened fire on him just as he disappeared in the dense brush. guards will patrol the road all night, as it is clear and the moon is bright, and further help is to be sent from Lotus as soon as dawn arrives. When the man saw the guards he started to go The 7 h 7) I i SCOU TG SQLLAD UNDEXR SERGEAINT SE AR CKING TV CHZE= 0 IS Ve THOITAS coremie Fears ofa Woman Arouse Many Pursuers. OTUS e pursuit of the bo made the break penitentiary | last Mc t a standstill. A few me out hunting for > | clews, but mos sheriffs, their f the ia are resting from for it 1 the pos a fru | way organized and there is dissension ranks. ‘The - convicts would perfectly safe from attack. cions of 2 woman were_re- atherings of the man- four miles from Lotus, heard on Tues- asserts that The woman is nervous with excitement and dec uncertain regarding the visit of w she speaks : GUARDS ARE PLENTIFUL. This story was the cause of the rush | orders sent over this county and parts | of others. All roads in the vicinity of | Lotus were closely guarded last night. | Two hundred men eagerly awaited the “:,;r;)eurancc of dawn as the rumor was hat five convicts were surrounded. At 4 o'clock this morning the town was | astir and mounted men were hurrying | hither and thither. Before sunrise a | small' army in -various detachments | marched on the Webber Creek district. That was all there was to it. excent sun- burn, aching joints and profanity. The 'militiamen had a vigorous wran- gle with men of the Sheriff's posses last night over the fruitlessness of the chase and spent to-day resting in the shade at Lotus. No one has any defin- ite ideas as to the whereabouts of the escaped felons. Theories are as num- erous as manzanita bushes. Jasper Jurgens has asserted that he heard about ten shots this morning two miles from the postoffice. Sheriff.Bos- quit heard the same rifle reports and | investigated It is thought that one of the Salmon Falls detachments fired the shots. After thoroughly canvassing the situation the different posses returned to Lotus. Sheriff Mansfield and ex-Sheriff Con- roy departed late this afternoon in a buggy for Georgetown. The veteran officers plan to scout through Black Rock and Red Rock canvons and Greenwood Creek for several days. SEARCH TO CONTINUE. Lieutenant Kipp with -six Folsom guards will join their fellow employes here to-morrow. This party will search the Webber Creek district more thor- oughly than has been done® previously. T. C. Collins and William Jackson tel- ephoned to Lotus this afternoon that they had tracked two supposed con- ces are in no day that the convicts had escaped from the prison. Wedne: night two men, one of whom carried a gun, called at her house for a drink of water. . She knew immediately that they were convicts. . The men remained. conversing her for-half an hour. One wore overalls and a jumper. Both had hats low on their foreheads. The woman said yesterday that she could not see the faces of either. She identified -a photograph of convict Howard as that of one of the men. for the supposed conflict without result.- Shérifi‘s__ Believe Some of the Fugi- . tives Are Still in Hiding in . the Dense. Brush. victs to Coloma Creek. Actirig on this information Sheriff Keena and his men will leave at midnight for the Alpine | mine in order to be on the scene at-day- break % . All the officers believe that the con- victs have separated and are now: trav- | eling in pairs. It is also believed that the negro has been dropped. Two men { are said to have held up and robbed a man Tuesday night at the Myrtle mine near Coloma. Sheriff Keena of Placer County said to-day: 3 “I believe the convicts have Separ- ated and skipped out. I presume some of them are already riding brakebeams to the -East. I thought several days fngo that the men had escaped the | posses and I believe the search will be | fruitless. I shall keep at it awhile | longer, however, in hopes -that I will | be able to land something. It is a puz- | zle to me to account for these rumors which are floating about regarding the presence of convicts in various places. To tell the truth I do not take much stock in these reports.” OPINIONS OF SHERIFFS. Sheriff Mansfield of San Mateo County said: 8 3 . “I do not agree with Sheriff Keena | that all the convicts have -passed through the lines. Three or four of them are still in this section. Ten | thousand men could not catch them | the way we are hunting now. The only th hole neighborhood | ne 10,912, 4 8 £0 place ey I Loe e wi i | men in every lonely house and have | them shoot the convicts when they ap- pear for food as they will have to do eventually. I'think the negro must be alone and that the ‘dope’ fiends are in a separate party. Some of the rascals avill be caught in the long run. T will keep after them awhile on my own hook.” Charles Jolly, who commands the Folsom guards, remarks that “the con- victs or at least a part of them are still here. We are getting trace of them occasionally. I want to get a shot at them, particularly the negro. We shall keep pushing along with reinforcements and we expect to do something before we're done.” “I do not think the thing has been managed quite as it should have been,” said ex-Sheriff Conroy of Placer to-day. “Part of. the .convicts are still in the hills between Webber Creek and Georgetown. The posses will undoubt- | edly keep after them and get some of | them before-long. I shall keep up the hunt on my own account for several | days yet. I am now going ‘to ‘the| Georgetown district.” 2 Sheriff Bosquit of El Dorado Coun- ty, stated in an interview: “This thing is all in my county and I feel badly to think those fellows are loose in this neighborhood. It's most peculiar that'we get no definite new of the whereabouts of the desperadoes. | We have made a careful search and the{ only thing we can do is to keep at it. | I am positive that four of the convicts | are somewhere around Webber Creek. We ought to get a man or two before long. My shoes are worn through and my feet are blistered, but I shall keep at it” M n REPORTS AT FOLSOM TELL OF PROGRESS | OF THE MAN HUNT OLSOM, July 2l.—Secretary Brainard | F. Smith of the State Prison here has - completed his collection of reports for the day and at 10:30 o'clock to-night gave out the following summary: Sheriff Keena telephones from Lotus that he has found ro trace of the escaped convicts and that he is coming home, as his official duties require Him to be .in Auburn on the first of the month. He will leave his posse at Lotus and will return there as soon as his officlal dutles will allow him to do so. SEeENS Sheriff Bosquit telegraphs from Placer- ville that he has not definitely located the refugees, region in which they are located. not given up the search. At 9:30 to-night I received a telephone message from J. F. McDonald, a guard ! from this prison, saying that he took two shots at two prisoners at Orilli's place, near the Webber creek bottom, this evening. It was in the dusk and the men were not close at hand. McDonald was confident of his men. One of them was the negro, Seavis. This proves to us that the convicts are still in the Webber creek country. We place reliance on what hfcbonald says about seeing the two con- victs. At 10 o’clock I received a message from J. 8. Spencer, who is at Cool, declaring that he is positively certain that all but two of the escapes, who have reached the He has but he thinks he knows the |- s T STATE TROOPS IN THE FIELD PURSUING THE RUNAWAY CRIMINALS. | + | chaparral, are still in that section of the | country, as they have had no chance, in | his opinion, to get away. The two men who got through the cor- | don have escaped by the way of George- town. He learns that last Wednesday two armed men stopped a miner seven | miles above Georgetown and asked him | about the lay of the road. They told him | that they ‘were officers In search of con- | victs who had escaped from Folsom. At | that time thé miner had not heard that | any convicts had escaped and his suspi- clons were not aroused. Since hearing of | the escape and having the men described, he is confident that the two men were | convicts. This is confirmed from the fact | that no officers hunting convicts have gone that far in the mountains. S— % SACRAMENTO SHERIFF 2 CONFIRMS A REPORT OF FIRING AT NEGRO OTUS, July 31.—Sheriff Reese of Sac- ramento County®confirms the report | that the negro convict, Seavis, was seen at 3:30 this afternoon. A mem- ber of the posse saw him come out of the woods on the top of a mount- tain about four miles and a half south of Lotus. Several shots were fired at him, but he darted back and escaped’ injury. The officers immediately sur- rounded the place and awaited reinforce- ments, They believe that the entire body of conviets, with the exception of the two who are supposed to have gone out by way of Georgetown, are secreted in the neighborhood of the place where Secavis made his appearance and that he was sent by them as a scout to see if the . N Soldiers at Home After Arduous Service. Special Dispatch to The Call. LACERVILLE, July 31.—Sheriff Bosquit and some of his posse ar- I rived here to-night, and the mem- bers of Company H of the Second Regiment of the National Guard also came home, under command of Captain Swisler. They were all greeted by the entire population. The posse of the Sher- iff and the soldiers were tired out. Sheriff Bosquit tells a thrilling st, of his men tracing footprints in the wldest and roughest country, and says he {s pos- itive three or four convicts have lost themselves in this sectlon. Asked what he thought of the convicts taking tRe ““0ld robbers’ trail” Sheriff Bosquit said that he belleved that some of them had made in that direction. Bosquit is forced to rest, as he is almost exhausted. @il @ coast was clear before venturing out. The base of the mountain will be closely guarded to-night and the officers wili go through the entire mountain top at an early hour in the morning. The men on the ground are the Deputy Sheriffs from Sacramento and -Placer and El Dorado countles and some of the prison guards from Folsom. P NEVADA COUNTY MEN MAKE PREPARATIONS FOR POSSIBLE CHASE EVADA CITY, July 31.—The opinion here now is that the escaped con- victs are headed toward 'Nevada County and active preparations are being made at the Sheriff’s office to respond to the first information received that the desperadoes are within the county bord. ers. Sheriff- Walker, who was born and raised here, Knows every foot of the ter- ritory for miles around. He Is a de. termined man and a quick and dead shot It he takes the field he may be countag upon to make a showing against the band. The cause for fear that the escapes will head this way is that Convict F‘nl?: is known in many portions of the count; . Many Virginla City, Nev., people ,13'; here. Fahey is a native of Virginia City and visited here two years ago. He might depend on a boyhood friendshi, for protection from pursuit, . The reported appearance’ of resembling Gordon turns out (o %ec:n:‘if take. The fellow was traced and wag found to he a woodchopper seeking work A number of hunters here have decided not to go into the woods for fear they might-be mistaken for convicts and shot. R IRE_ WITH_MERCY | ALARMING TALES ARE BASELESS 'El Dorado Conditions Continue Mys- ferious. Busy Manhunters Are Now in an Uncomfortable Situation. Shots That Wers Fired From a Ranch May Lead to the Capture of the Men. Special Dispatch to The Call ‘ LACERVILLE, July 31, midnight.— At this hour the events of the past four days summed up the situation as to the whereabouts of the escaped convicts in a perfect state of uncertainty. Since the battle of Pilot Hill on Monday night everything has been based on ru- mors dnd nothing el at first to be a good r- ward turned out to be use Every one is in the dark as to the whereabouts of the convicts. leaves The clew found by Sheriff Bosquit's posse, consisting of underciothes in dense thicket near the South Fork of th. American River, ma cate the pr ence of some convicts there. The shots fired to-night by the Folsom guards suspicious man near Orilli's ranch got away m the~ brush y develop something worth a pursuit. Reports from Georgetown near the * robbers’ trafl” indicate the presence of six or eight con- victs heading for the Rubicon country The final situation is that itively seen any of Monday night and been secured. Every one is at sea in the matter, and, all things considered, it seems that t convicts were heading miles away f the territory in .which the Sher operated. the no po: 31.—Dist rict At R. J DISTRICT ATTORNEY SAYS TWO CONVICTS PLAINLY ARE GUILTY ACRAMENTO, July Murphy have completed t tigation of the conspiracy among oners to break jail. The case against Convicts Meyers and Leverone was ma even stronger than It was WIth the clusion of the evidence taken last Mor night. Seymour says neither of th have a leg to stafid upon w the charge of conspiracy to court. About a dozen of the nearly all of whom he said had see standing near the chapel when th sault upon the officers was made, examined. It is a point that they desirous of shi g Me: an opportunity to cons themselves as to what their should be. The resuit was they al conflicting stories. Not one of them he had seen Meyers anywhere near chapel. Evidence of Turnkey Cochrane's fid: to duty was brought out at the exam tion. One of the witnesses to the as in the captain's office testified that whe Cochrane fell, sorely wounded, he crie “Tell Caray to lock the prisomers. up!" showing he was thinking only of his duty at the tragical moment. [ — SPANISH CARDINAL IS ILL. Dr. Lapponi’s Services Already Re- quired in the Conclave. ROME, July 31.—Dr. Lapponi’s duties began immediately after the opening of the conclave, much fear being expr 1 concerning the health of Cardinals Mo- cenni, Creton! and Langenieux, who are already ill. The first Cardinal to be taken to his bed was Cardinal Herrera y E nosa, Archbishop of Valencia, wh years of age, and was appointed a Ca dinal at the consistory held in June la: He is prostrated by over fa e. The doctors have ordered him to take a rest Although Cardinal Herrera y is confined to his cell by illne: be allowed to take part in the conc voting if he is not able to get up. At midnight the news from. within the precincts of the conclave is to the effect that after prayers the Cardinals took supper at a common table, with ception of nine of them, who had wer ers, but had not It him or among ity > is §1 ve by meals served in thel~ c Cardinal Herrera y Espinosa, with the assistance of a cordial administered by Dr. Lapponi, is reported to have gome quietly to sieep. PPl ., ¢Sttt Fee for Pope Leo’s Doctors. ROME, July 3L.—The Sacred College to- day approved the paymen $10,000 to the doctors and others who attended the late Pontiff during his ' st iliness. —_— e James McCorwuck Passes Away. NEW YORK, July 3lL—James McCor- mick, one of the foremost Stock Exchange Fish and Belden many traders for Gould years ago and also lector, died suddenly Brooklyn to-day active on th aged 58 years. oor of the exchange until the close on yesterday, when he told a friend he was going home to die. Many of the most famous art treasures in the museums in New York were brought from Europe by McCormick. —————— Railroads May Increase Rates. EL PASO, Texas, July 31.—The Mexican Government has issued a decreee permit- ting the rallroad systems of the republic to increase by 15 per cent their rates for the “carriage of freight and passengers, that their receipts may be nearer the gold values contemplated in the original con- cessions. —_——— Deepening Honolulu’s Harbor. HONOLULU, July 31.—The Board of Public Works is engaged In the work of deepening the harhor thirty-three feet and Is rearranging the wharves, These improvements are made necessary by the increase In the shipping here within the last few years. ——— WASHINGTON, July 31.—Secretary Root to-day directed ‘the sale of the military reser- vation known as Columbus Barracks, at Co- lumbus, Ohfo., sixty days trom date, &t its §290,000, ised valuation of