Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-09-28
rHs scorr MURDER,
Further Particulars Corroboration-An-
other Of the Defendants confesses


Now that Anderson and O'Brien have been
held for the killing of officer Scott, on the
9TH day of December, 1873, considerable in
quiry is being made as to how and when the
officers got clue to the identity of the MUIR
derers. The facts. as brought to light during
on the morHiug of December 10, 1873, Ham
ilton, OBrien, Anderson and Edwards met
James Ivey, an old convict, in Stockton.
Edwards related to Ivey that while in Sacra-
mento they "got into tight place" and had
to shoot man. Ivey, after giving the four
men money to pay their way to Benicia,
parted company with them. Ivey next
makes his appearance in San Francisco, and
on the 14sh meets with detective Dan Cav
to whom he relates the circumstances told to
him by the murderers at Stockton. This
much the public has been Informed of already
by the confession of Hamilton, as published
in the RECORD. UNION, but
ITS REPETITION
La necessary now. as it is the testimony of
be officers that Hamilton told the truth in
his confession, as from Gay the Sacramento
officers received the information that put
them on the track of the murderers. 1t has
been stated that the clue was obtained by the
remark of a convict at San Quentin, when in
quarrel with one Of the defendants, but
that was an error it now appears.
Robert Harrison, a detective for the rail-
road company, received the information from
GAY that Ivey had communicated to him,
and Gay accompanied the information with q
photograph of Eddie E1wards-one of The
murderers. At that time Edwards and An.
dersop, it appears, were confined in a county
,.sl fn,,l ,,.f Ahah nf T,1
lace. Harrison went to see them. and they
told him they were emigrauts and had Just
arrived in the State. He confronted Ed
wards with his photograph. Mr.. Harrison
SAYS Edwards "colored up" hesitated, and
said, THE police gave you that picture"
| Harrison requested the jailer to guard his
prisoners closely, as he knew them to be des.
pe-ate men. The next morning Edwards and
Anderson
BROKE JAIL.
| Anderson was afterwards recsptured, but
Edwards was not found. The officer did not
ask for the removal Of the prisoner to the
| Sacramento jail, as his case was not suf-
fciently developed to warrsnt il, and he
knew that the charge Of burglary would re
suit in conviction. Mir. Harrison notifie
| police off ePr O. c. jackson, of this CITY. OF
what DO had discovered and of the escape of
the prisoners, whereupon four men he'd in
| this city on suspicion of being the murderers
were released, and jackson began to investi-
| gate the case, in company with Harrison and
Gay, and the two former have ever siuce
bad charge Cf the matter, thu full
history of which has not until to. lay
been published. Gay died shortly after,
| tbs investig bfgan. Nothing was said
about the matter for a long time, and it
almost passed from
PUBLIC MEMORY.
| D..
tina were at work on the case. They say
that the detective force of Wells, Fargo &
Co. have sidel them By constant watch and
search in their travels for the missing Ed
wards. r. G. Gilchrist, of San Francisco,
| has also durisg the pest three or four years
rendered the Sacramento officers assistance in
the matter. The three men, Anderson,
| O'Brien and Hamilton, were sent to State
| Prison, and the terms OF two of them have
already expired. AS already stated, they
we're brought from San Quentin and
| Folsom for examination, and while here
| Hamilton made the confession published in
the RECORD UNION last week. During the
81 working up" of the ease jackson and Hsr.
risOn have recsived aid from Chief Crowley,
| of San rsncisco Marshal Bloom. Of Peta-
! luna. and District Attorney Buckley and g.
| L. Jones, of Sacramento. Officer Jackson
and Mr.. Buckley have made several trips to
various points in connection with the case,
and by that means all the facts brought out
| on the recent examination were gathered.
| Since the coming of Chief Ksrcher into office
he has permitted officer jackson to have leave
of absence at various times to "work up the
| case and ha,. rendered assistance as needed
This is, 10 brief, the history of the case, one
thai in many respects is remarkable one,
and that hinged almost entirely on circum-
staatial evidence up to few days ago, when
Hamilton made his confession.
ANOTHER CONFESSION.
! The latest phase in this criminal recital ia
now to be related. Day before Yesterday
Anderson several times sent for Jackson to
come to his cell. The officer refused to talk
with him alone, and finally sent for Messrs.
| Buckley and Jc1es. and told the prisoner he
would converse with him only 10 their prs.
sence. The man was taken into the Office of
Chief Kareher, and voluntarily made full
statement. He began his narrative as Hsnii-
ton had, at the time the four men met at
| Whestland. and followed the recital much as
| Hamilton had given it, except that he gave
more detailed account, and said that he, An.
derson' was the man who went
time the latter was shot. He says
the purpose of the four in coming
1 to Sacramento was either to burglariz3
| house or garrOte some one, IS they were out
OF money and determined to procure it. Be
| fore they parted on the corner of Seventeenth
and | streets TO assault Scott, Anderson says
| O'Brien asked him Auderson) for his pi- FOL,
| saying he WAS coward and afraid to shoot,
! bu5 Anderson refused to give up the weapon.
! Their plan was thas Anderson should con-
! from. Scott and order him to
! ''HoLD UP HIS HANDS,"
/ While Edwards was to "go through his
/ pockets. Anderson says lac does not believe
officer Scott made any effort to draw his Ii5-
toI, and therein he differs from Hamilton.
! Scott did, however, make an effort
TO seize Elwards' pistol, whererpon Edwards
fred at him. Hamilton says he heard Scott
cry out. :. My Go3," but Anderson says it
was not Scott, but himself who thus ex.
claimed, and that they then began to run.
He say that after they had ran a short dis
lance OBrien stopped and looked over
! fence in tie direction of the spot where Scott
| fell. Citiz 5ns have been found wac saw
man stop and look over fence, and thus the
| statement is co-Tob0rated and the identity of
the murderers still more firmly fixed. Ander.
son corroborates Hamilton in all other par
ticulars-the trip to Stockton, the meeting
with Ivey there, the statement he made to
| him, the borrowing of the money, the fight
| TO SonOma county, the arrest there the e.
cape, etc.
IT HAS DEVELOPED
TDas Hamilton, since his confession of last
week, has revealed the reason why the four
nurterers remained together, and did not
| separate, as is usual wi n such criminals He
slys the truth is that ne, Edwards and
O'Brien resolved not to lose sigh. OF Auder-
son, for he was young, ard they were afraid
he would fall down On them" They de-
terminea to remsin together to take Amber
son into the coast mountains, AMI there Ed
wards was to kill him. Anderson now says
be never could understand why they kept SO
close wstCh over him, and why his comrades
constantly sought to induce him 81 give up
his pistol. These would seem to be faal
links in the chain of circumstances that fix
upon these men the murder OF officer Scott.
As to thu whereabouts of Edwards it IS qr;ts
certain that the officers know where he is.
ENTERTAINMENT AT TURNER HALL The
TurnschwesterD Verein, of this city, gave
fan party az Turner Hall last evening. TIE
following committees had charge OF the en-.
tertsinment: Arrangements-Nisses Dsla
Hsgelstsin, LOttie Bauer, Emma Dohn,
Laura Ksebs. Floor-Mlssss Bertha Rsessr.
Emma Weber, Emma Krsbs. Emma Meisser.
Floor Director-Miss Emilia Fuchs. The
party was quite largely attended, and was
successful and enjoyable affair throughout.
LATE ARRESTS The following names ap.
peared on the slate at the station-housa last
night at u o'clock: John Fitzpatrick,
drunk, by officer Ferral; jack Ryan, for