The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 5, 1903, Page 3

THE £AN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5. 1903 OUTLAWS SEPARATED INTO THREE FLEEING BANDS LEAVE TRAILS FOR THE POSSES AND BLOODHOUNDS C:nine Manhunters Eager for the Chase. "he Formidable Beasts| Were Trackers of Tracy. SUSPECTS ———— ON A TRAIN. osed Cflrn::s Escape. ADVEETISEHE}TTS " 0ak Poxsomng Sunburn, Mosquito and Insect Bites, Pnddy Heat and Hives quickly cured ydrozone c germicide is skin troubles that st stubborn cases— 'lvss Universally g physicians for the ists or trial size every bottle. 0«{ ehcttagtes 61.0 Prince St., New York Send for booklets ess is comfortable, customers like their goods—Schilling’s Best—and ire. glad to get them; com- fortable to boih sides, Busine Notifies Marysville Police, | erica called Cran ar Grorce FMOED By Cormvic LS7y A7 ges 75, ZZLY FZAT waicH LACERVILLE, Aug. 4—The chase of the escaped convicts from Fol- - is being carried on as relentlessly as’ever. Definite pl exterminate ave for el nd surro Setting ays terrorized this county ones. Ise rumors and only stworthy re- there are still icts in El Dorado e who partici- 1 cn Man- n two of any of Placerville were unted for in the south- of the county from llowed by the three pro- rs who were brought here These men L had ppines tates and they to the very end. They nd cocl headed fight cunning. vance the > of back- y is with his me ROUTES OF CONVICTS. From the location where the convicts must take the North ddle Fork of the Cosumnes work up the other forks will be unable to go of the waterfalls and heavy drops of the ravines. Sheriff Nor: of Amador County left | Jackson to- nd with fifteen heavily armed deputies proceeded to Plymouth. At Plymouth he will divide his forces and cover the ground tward toward Silver Lake. This district, known as the Cat Creek country, populated and | communication | mountea is very wild and thinly there are no means of with the outer world. A will accompany the posses ring news back to Jackson via Plymouth. Plymouth one communication with Placer- nd Jackson. | The district south of Pilot Hill where it |is positively known that the negro con- vict, Seavis, and Case are, and possibly a :!Mrd out v with them, is now swarming with armed men, The robbery of food from the Ingram cabin last night was without doubt the work of these two out- laws. The direction taken by the two con- victs was southeast toward Webber Creek, and it is in that district that they are expected to be located and killed by the officers of the law. PURSUIT FROM GREENWOOD. Two northeast of Placerville, between Mos- quito and Soapweed. Thelr trail was tak- en up some days ago and was foflowed by ex-Constable Bob Moherter of George- town. These two convicts were the ones reported early last week to have been seen near Greenwood. They have un- doubtedly beem working east from Green- wood, with the intention of heading for the road that leads across the county to | | Lake Tahoe, near McKinneys. In a quiet manner, the trial of the outlaws has been followed by Sheriff Mansfleld of Sa Sheriff Conroy of Placer County. Con- Valuable Discoveries Make for Success. Special Dispatch to The Call. being carried out to" bands of outlaws who | ' | Instructed to go to certain quarters f the convicts are known to be | 7 Mateo County, and ex- | S T i stable Sturman of Georgetown and three | men are with the Sheriffs, determined not | [to glve up the chase until the two mur- | | derers are rounded up and wiped out of | | extstence by bullets. Sherift Keena of Placer County has two deputies working westward to head off | the two convicts. The posses working from each direction are heading for head- | quarters, which are situated north of Pil-| ot Creek and below the south fork of the middle fork of the American River. The increase of the reward for each of | the convicts to $500 s been hailed with | | satisfaction here. The general opinion among the law officers is that an error | was made in not placing the hunt for | convicts In the hands of some one ex- perienced person. MISTAKES AT START. The verious Sheriffs and posses were by Clerk Brainerd Smith of Folsom prison, who continuously issued orders by tele- phone from the prison. Now that the Sheriffs have had time to think over the situation they see the absurdity of ever having accepted orders from Clerk Smitbh. Smith is an excellent bookkeeper and penman, but his physical disability | has prevented him from being®able to ever go through the country, and his knowledge of it is absolutely nil. It is the general opinion of the Sheriffs | and the members of the posses with | whom a Call correspondent has talked | in the past few days that if the militia company from Placerville and all the | posses had been ordered to scour the im- | mediate territory around Folsom prison | and then worked to a common center the | convicts would long ago have been wiped out of existence. Another fatal mistake was made when the convicts were located at Pilot Hill the evening they escaped from Folsom. It was known that they had mixed up ammunition. One clear head to direct af- fairs and it would have been possible to have drawn the fire of the convicts until their useful ammunition was exhausted. Surrender or death must have then been inevitable. Now that the Sheriffs see the errors that have been made definite plans and co-operation are being carried on. It looks now as if the chances of some of the con- victs escaping death are becoming slim. Sheriff Reese of Sacramento, Sheriff Jones of Madera and Sheriff Sibley of San Joaquin arrived here this evening and will consult with Sheriff Bosquit as to the best concerted plans to aid the posses now in the field. B WOMAN'S CLUB ENTERTAINMENT.—The Business Woman's Club will give a dance and a whist party this evening at 8 o'clock at 'As- sembly Hall, Red Men's bullding, on Post street. The following ladies have the affair | in charge: Mrs. C. A. Hubbell. Miss Alice Banner, Miss Dorothy Rojas, Miss Villa Rey- M. E. Hall and Miss Florénce M. { nolds, Mrs. Logan. NEXT SUNDAY’S ABT S‘UPPLEHENT framed either Eflectively Flemish brown, ebony or gilt il frame, about three or four [ |l inches; framed closely. | that lmpressive Funeral Ceremonies Held in Stricken County Seat of El Dorado. Special Dispatch to The Call. LACERVILLE{ Aug. 4—To-day has been a sad one for Placer- ville, for, with honors rendered by the entire community, the bodies of Festus Rutherford and Griffin Jones, the two brave members of Company H of the Second Regiment of the National Guard, who were murdered by the escaped convicts from Folsom - | THE CONVICTS WHO PURSUIT. HOME OF A RANCHER IN THE WILD EL DORADO COUNTY REGION WHICH WAS VISITED BY ONE OF SCAPED FROM THE FOLSOM PRISON AND PERSONS WHO HAVE BEEN IDEN- | TIFIED WITH INCIDENTS IN THE = Silent, Strong Men of Amador’s Mountain Region Assemble for a Campaign That Promises Battles. RYTOWN, Amador County, Aug. 4.—The trained mountaipeers of Amador County have at last set out upon the trail of the escaped conviets. It has been decided the chase shall continue un- til the lives of the outlaws are ended, for it will be a battle to death. The moun- taineers are determined to win success. To-night Sherift T. K. Norman and fif- teen followers are taking a course in the direction of Falr Play. To-morrow they will take the scent of the quarry on the middle fork of the Cosumnes River. Plymouth to-day presented a martial appearance. Mounted men with guns were ridig through the streets. Great supplies of provisions were being packed in bags and boxes by women, while men were cleaning rifles and examining car- tridges. Withal there was a feeling of expectancy pervading the whole town. Just before nightfall Norman and six fol- Towers arrived from Jackson. Four men from Plymouth joined them immediately. As the detachment departed after sup- per five half-breed trallers dropped into the company. Fred Jackson is chief counselor of the Sheriff. He walks with a limp, which has been his portion since the historic battle of Stone Corral when John Sontag went his way to death. It was Jackson, too, who fired the fatal bullet. Jackson has few words to say. He thinks his work is only a matter of interest to others. Af- ter much persuasion he said to-night: “We are surely going after outlaws and will stay with it. It makes no difference if it lasts a week, a month or a year. I shall do my best to wipe the scoundrels from the tace of the earth. I have no fear of being ambushed. No experienced mountaineer will' get into any such trou- ble as that. I have been trailing men all my life and do not dislike it. I have caught some and lost others. There is no telling from the start what will happen, and they may get me this time. It will be all right, anyway. “The last man- hun!lnx I did was after a stage robber, two months ago, and I did not get him. It might be the same way this time, but I do not think we will miss all of the rascals. We will interest them some, at least, before the wind-up. I do not want to talk until we come back, however, so you can walt until then and I will have something to tell ‘h(‘nfl Norman is a little fellow with a grizzly mustache and piercing eyes. He looks as wiry as an acrobat. In speak- ing of the prospective hunt he said: “We are in this thing to the finish. I do not care where we wind up. I know the mountains like a book. We have not yet marked out our campaign. We will that the whole crowd is com- posed of experienced trailers who are stickers as well. Nothing like that am- bush of National Guardsmen at the Grand Victory mine will happen to us. We go at it in a different way. I am not tak- ing out these boys to have them slaugh- tered. Some of the men travel on horses, some go afoot. I may possibly divide the detachment further on. Reinforcements will follow us from day to day, as many men we want are not able to go at pres- ent. A. Gignac, G. M. Wyatt and T. P. Col- bin, who started from Placerville last cap say victs to the posse. Norman and his men will try both to head off the fugitives and to overtake them, as need may be. The course will be to-night to a point six miles above Oleta.. After that no plans victs. A courfer on horseback will be sent to Plymouth or Jackson dally if practi- cable, but whenever anything interesting happens in any case. Sheriff Bosquit of El Dorado County will be apprised of the progress of campaign and will send as- sistance if necessary. It Is now believed that the convicts will make for the Blue Lake region. Norman and his men also expect to get to Slip- pery Rock at Red Lake grade on the summit of the Slerras. The Sheriff and Jackson will have with them, besides half-breeds, E. J. Bonestell of Sutter | Creek, W. R. Covert of Amador, T. M. Danelson, Robert M. Carroll, Otto Pack- ard and Julius Fragulla of Plymouth, P. W. Paller of Ione and Lawrence White of Amador. It is generally believed that the five convicts whom Norman and his men are pursuing are Miller, Murphy, Theron, Howard and Woods. Old man Easty, whose cabin near Copper Lead on the Cosumnes Rives, was robbed Sunday night, identified the photographs of the first four named above as those of his visitors. Woods was known to have pos- sessed opera glasses which were dropped on the hill near Grand Victory mine. have to be guided by circumstances. You | night, are to endeavor to drive the con- | have been made except to catch the con- | x3 prison last Saturday, were interred Flags have been drooping at half mast all over the city, the stores have re- | mained closed and people from far and | wide have flocked here to watch the fu- neral cortege pass along to the sound of dirges and the roll of muffled drums. The body of Rutherford was buried this morning and that of Jones was given burfal this afternoon. The funeral services took place in the Methodist Epis- copal Church and were conducted by the Rev. George C. King, the pastor. A sad feature of the burial of Jones was the absence of any relatives. The young man had only lived here for six months, his home having been in Tennessee. ke was separated from his wife, who Is supposed to live in San Francisco. The Coroner tried to locate her address, but failed to do so. This morning the body of Rutherford. which had lain all night in his parents’ bome at Missouri Flat, was brought ‘into Placerville. The hearse was followed by carriages bearing the relatives of the dead man and their grief was pitiful to behold. On- arriving at the lower end of the town the hearse was met by the members of Company H, under command of Captain Swisler. The coffin was re- moved from the hearse and placed upon the carriage of a six-pounder fleld gun and it was draped by an American flag. On the top of the coffin rested the uni- form, cap and the medals won in shoot- ing contests belonging to the deceased The number of floral tokens completely hid the flag from view, where it. was draped across the coffin At the sound of the bugle, the military cortege began its march through the town. Ahead, the military band played a dirge, then came the members of the militia, marching four abreast. The gun | carriage bearing the flag-draped casket was drawn by long ropes handled by twenty friends of the dead man. On each side of the coffin walked the pallbearers, | who were members of the military pany. They were John Harris, Mann, W. C Thomas Harris Warren Tobey and Major P. F. Simonds | of Nevada City. Men and women belonging to the fra- ternal brotherhood, Zenda Lodge, were in the sad procession. A number of the members of the Native Daughters of the | Golden West, dressed in white and with | bands of crape on their arms, dlso walked in the cortege. There was a long line | of carriages bearing relatives and friends | of Rutherford. The funeral service at the church was | most impressive and men and women | wept as the pastor feelingly offered up prayer and lauded the deeds of the de- ceased and his comrade who had so gal- lantly laid down their lives in defense of | justice. The interfor of the church was | far too small to accommodate those who | desired to be present at the funeral ser- vice. After the service in the church the coffin | was again placed on the gun carriage anc the procession re-formed and mar | to Union Cemetery. Sad indeed was the | final scene there and tears coursed down the faces of the men who had fought side by side with Rutherford on the fatal manzanita hill last Saturday afternoon. Many women were overcome by emotion | as the last words of the funeral service were uttered by the pastor and the cas~ | ket was lowered. The firing squad advanced and at the command of Captain Swisler three voileys were fired over the grave. Bugler Wal ters sounded “taps.” As all stood with bowed heads, the mournful sounds of the bugle were caught up by the surrounding hills and were echoed far and wide. To a lively quickstep the militia re- turned to town and the mourners and friends of Rutherford sadly wended their way home, to reassemble in the after- noon and pay their last honers to the comrade of the man who was to be buried in the afternoon. The scenes witnessed at the burial of Rutherford in the morring were repeated when Jones was buried Every honor was given to the memory of the brave fellow who had fought through many battles in the Philippines, only to find an awful death in this peace- ful community at the hands of the out- laws who broke from Folsom prison. 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