Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-01-01

my whole record will attest to the truth o
has been robbed near Caiien:e. There is som,
comment On IL here, but none seem to have an,
| definite idea as 10 who the robbers are. Who
ever tiiey are If they dou't steer clear of thoS,
tunnels and cats down there they may vet thinI
Caiiente the most "caliente place they eve
| struck
| Feeling that already owe an apology for thi.
| lteslRsS on your time close, with very high
regard, Your obedient servant,
RICHARD PERKINS.
DICK AGAIN GAINS HIS FREEDOM.
On the 10th day of May, 1881. his term
expired, and he was liberated from prison.
He went TO Santa Cruz and got employ
ment rs solicitor for the Daily Echo. in
which he advertised as a teacher of the
Spanish language, but failing to get class.
left the paper and the town.
On the 18th of July, 1881, he robbed the
stage from San Luis Obispo to Solidad, get
ting from the express box only $40.
On Monday, the LIST day of August 1881
he robbed the stage from Duncans Mills Ia
Point Arenas. AT a point about Two miles
distant from Duncan's Mills. 1t being
Monday, and no train from San Francisco
en- Sunday. he found nothing in the box
except a Chinese letter. Hume was imme-
diately informed of the robbery. and
reached Duncan's that night. where he met
Mr.. Tullener, whom he had ;elegraphed 10
be ready TO accompany him. Tuilener being
thoroughly acquainted with the country.
Tullener had saddle-horscS for himself and
Hume, and, as Hume understood it. was
to go out TO The place of robbery with the
horses, Hume to follow on the stage with the
driver, in order 10 hear his detailed state
mept and to he shown the exact spot, what
occurred, etc. Instead of this Tullener left
horses l,o
stable, and went to the scene of the rob
berry unarmed and on foot. While wait
ing for the stage, an acquaintance came
along on horseback and asked Tullener
what he was doing there. Tullener replied
that the stage was robbed AT that identi-
cal spot the morning before, and he was
waiting for Jim Hume, who was on the
stage and together they were to see if they
could get any trace of the robber As soon
as the horseman got out of sight,
DICK RUSHED OUT FROM HIS HIDING PLACE
With mask over his face, and said to Tul-
lener. What in HI are you interfering
with my business for?'
Tullener, being unarmed, could do no bet
ter than TO stand quietly by and allow Dick
to escape into the dense redwood jungles.
When the stage cameup, and Hume learned
what had occurred, he sent it back to
town, and within an hour eight or ten
hOrsemen started out in the direction Dick
had taken. \ densefog prevailed all day, and
no clue was obtained. At this time no one
suspected that the robber was Dick Perkins
On the night OF August %, 1881, the stage
going north from San Luis Obispo was
robbed by one man near the latter place
\ Spaniard was arrested for the crime, but
it was developed that he was not the rob-
Der. On the 9th of the following Deem
Der the same stage going south was robbed
by one man near Soledad,,in Monterey
county. On the night of January >, 1889,
the same line of stages was attacked by one
man near Los Alamos, in Santa Barbara
county. The horses becoming frightened,
ran off, and the treasure-box was saved,
although the robber fired two shots after
the retreating stage, coming uncomfortablv
close to the driver. The robbcr, although
baked in his last job. did not despair, for
six nights afterwards, January 18th, he
again attacked the stage near the same
place and succeeded in bringing the driver
to a halt, and after breaking open the ex-
press box, he relieved the stage-driver,
George Richmond, of his watch, us
warning
NOT To RUN WHEN HE WAS CALLED on
AGAIN.
These robberics had become of such alarm
ing frequency, although the loss was nomi-
nal, that the express company determined
TO put stop TO it, if possible. Accordingly,
on January 10, 1889, Hume dispatched
Captain Charles Aull, one of their special
officers, to southern California, to bring the
bold highwayman to justice, or at least to
put 4 stop to his netarious methods of gain
ing livelihood. Captain Aull proceeded
overland, via Soledad and San Luis Obispo.
and began investigations at Los Alamos,
near the scene of his last exploit, and from
descriptions given by various parties in the
vicinity, the Captain determined, on the
following day, January 18th, that the rob
Der was the now noted Dick Fellows. Aull
went thence to Santa Barbara and
issued circulars describing Dick and offer
ing the usual reward for his capture: but
before the circulars were all printed, on
January l4th WOld came by telegraph that
the ubiquitous highwayman had gathered
in another stage near SOledad, 260 miles
north of Santa Barbara. That confirmed
Captain. Aull in his theory that Dick was
the man wanted and also that the Santa
Clara valley was the place TO effect bis cap
ture. Taking the steamer that night, Aull
came TO San Francisco, going by rail at
once 10 Soledad, and there formed the fol-
lowing campaign To take in all the towns
in the valley north of Soledad rs rapidly rs
possible,
LEAVING DESCRIPTIONS OF DICK EVERYWHERE
And interesting all local officers and as
many citizens as possible in the effort to
effect his ready capture. 1t was learned
that he had spent considerable time the
previous summer at Gonzales and Santa
Cruz. At the latter place he had advertised
for night school over the nom de plume
of &. Britt Lyle, Professor of Languages
Dick arrived at Santa Cruz about the 10Th
of January, took room at one of the
hotels. but kept himself secluded so well
that Captain Aull, who spent two nights
there. failed to find any trace of him. On
the oath of January Dick concluded it was
getting too warm for him, got up early,
paid his bill and giving the landlord his
carpet-sack to ship by express to Soledad,
left Santa Cruz on foot. going up the coast
towards Pescadero. So we'll had all the
avenues been guarded, that as soon rs the
express agent Dick Thompson, saw the
satchel he recognized it as coming from
Dick Fellows. The local officers were
started out and Aull was wired to come at
once to Santa Cruz. On the following day
it was developed that Dick had passed the
night at Pescadero, rode on the stage to
Spanishtown and had left the latter place
on foot about thirty minutes before the
dispatch reached there. 1t was clear that he
was making for San Francisco, and where
ever the telegraph reached full information
was wired of his possible movements. Aull
took the evening train and in company
with Sheriff Franks, of Monterey county,
came to San Mateo to
ENDEAVOR To SURROUND HIM on THE
PENINSULA,
Between there and San Francisco. The
night was spent by the officers in securing
the country between San Mateo and the
Industrial School, in San Francisco going
back to San Mateo at o'clock in the morn
ing. They were joined on the following
day by detectives Stone and Dan Cofiev, of
the city force. The four officers, while
lunching at San Bruno about l o'clock,
were astonished 10 learn by telegraph from
San Mateo that Dick had spent the previous
night quietly at the latter place in lodg-
ing-house almost adjoining the hotel in
which Aull and Franks had slept, and that
ne had been RECALLED by his landlady with
an excellent description of himself, and in
formed That a noted stage-robber named
Dick Fellows was in the vicinity, and that
the country between there and the city was
lined with officers trying to capture him.
Dick took the matter very coolly, told his
landlady to have breakfast ready by daylight
and he would go out and join in the
chase This information put the four de-
tective officers on their mettle. The tele-