San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-10-05

inst below where Tullis was killed. and
all at once heard noise as If some ONE
was hammering on a board at the edge
of the river. The noise came from Tia
spot where subsequently the remains ~
the boat were found. His horse became
frightened and jumped from the leyee
That led up to the finding of parts Of
the boat in an eddy which held them in
some willows. Harrison brought the
boat pieces to Sacramento.
On one piece of lumber there was
some figuring. Sixty-four was multi.
piled by 8, and result was footed up.
after other computation, showing 1921
He was told "a feet of lumber would
build such boat. This led him to in.
uuire as to where the lumber was pur.
chased, as it was new redwood lumber
about five-eighths of an inch thick, and
planed on both sides. He went to the
iumber-yards, and at last Sheriff Drew
found that GA feet of inch lumber had
been sold from Walton's lumber-yard.
corner of Twelfth and j Streets, july
80. L. B. Lusk, salesman at the lum.
ber-yard, said he had sold the lumber
for duck-boat to Edward Anderson
and another man who was smaller and
whom he did not know; that it was
taken to q planing-mill and dressed
down to half or tive-eighths of an inch,
and then sent to the house of Troy Dive.
on I Street, between Twentieth and
Twenty-first. The man who delivered
the lumber put the first load through
the fence, seeing no one there. When
he came again the boards were gone,
but he saw no one there either time. The
drayman also said he met Anderson
and another man coming to the house
as he left the second time. The other
man, he thinks, was Dye, but it proved
to be stranger. Mr.. Lusk identified
the figures on the board as having been
made by him. 80,
Anderson was not in custody. When
Dye was engaged in the butchering
business in Sacramento, Anderson was
in his employment, and Immediately
preceding the building of the boat he
was, says Sheriff Drew, a boarder at
DYES house. Anderson is man about
five feet ten inches high, of tlorid CON-
plexion, reddish or sandy whiskers,
large feet, and had on, when last seen,
twenty-five cent calico hat. He is
Swede, about 80 years old, and butch
er by trade. Some two years ago An
derson committed an assault on man
across the American River, calling him
out at night, striking him, and leaving
him for dead. Since the murder of Tul-
lis, Anderson has not been seen or heard
of since about III o'clock last night
The officers have traced the matter
sufficiently to show that the murderers
left San Francisco in the boat built at
Dyes house, early on the morning OF
the murder, at daylight. They went
down the river, arriving at Tullis's
about 5 p. m. After the commission Of
the murder they passed down the river
short distance, passed over to the
mainland, and kicked the boat to pieces.
1t was held together by small round
French nails, which could easily be
drawn out by a kick of the foot. They
then broke the boat lumber to pieces,
consigning it to the current of the riv-
err. The fragments foated in to the
shore, and were held there. The muir
derers from there went up the Sacra-
mento side of the river to
point opposite Clarksburg,
where they stole skiff from
the ferryman, and crossed to the Solano
County side, at Clarksburg. Thence
they went to Merritt's Island. It's
alleged that following Dyes movements,
he has been traced to Merritt's Island
on Friday, with team and two horses
and the theory is that he might have
brought the murderers back to Sacra-
mento. Dye is farmer and butcher
He has heretofore borne an irreproach,,
able character in the community, and
holds responsible office, and his ar
rest has proved shock to the entire
community.
Dye and Anderson have since made
confession substantially corroborating
the theories already formed on the cir-
cumstantial evidence. The murder was
committed by Clark, Dyes partner IN
the saloon business, and by Anderson
They found Tullis in his orchard,
knocked him down with a sandbag, ana
finished him with bullets. Dye, VINO
met the assassins in the buggy, tooh
them to a place of presumed safety.
The object of the crime was to o.
tain control of Tullis's estate OF SON.
600.
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