Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-10-27

and Patterson had served time together in
prison. | could not imagine who Bob
was. and showed the letter to Charley Aull.
He guessed it right off. The man was
Rogers O'Meara-an individual who was
we'll known to US and the police. Patter-
son being located, detective Lees was in
formed and he and Aull, armed with requi-
sition papers for Patterson, and also Dorsey
because Aull insisted that wherever Pat
terson was Dorsey would be near, started
for St. Louis. Aull was right again, for as
soon as they arrived there and were about
to bring Patterson back, one Q. II. Thorn
forwarded affidavits from Union City, Indi-
ana, tending to prove an alibi for Patterson.
Aull suspected that this Thorn was none
other than Dorsey this was the first time,
though, that he turned up under the
name of Thorn, and he was right as
usual. 1t didn't take long
TO CAPTURE MR.. DORSEY,
Alias Thorn. He was doing fourishing
lumber business in Union City, and that
city was greatly shocked when he -was ar
rested for murder and stage-robbing. As
you know, they were brought back to Cali
fornia and tried. Patterson was hanged
and Dorsey, or Thorn, was sent to San
Quentin for life.
1T was at San Qaentin that Dorsey and
was serving time for train-robbery. Their
daring and successful escape from San
Quentin you are also familiar with.
Meantime our cid friend Rogers
O'Meara got out Of Jail at st. Louis, but
was not at liberty long, being sent to the
penitentiery sgain fer another ofense.
He finished his time on this sentence and
went to Chicago Early this year he rec
ognized Dorsey on the streets of Chicago
and in July last wrote letter to the editor
of the Nevada City Transcript saying that
he was sure he had seen Dorsey. | heard
of this letter and went to work again i'm
moment that ii was really Dorsey
| whom O'Msara had seen. | wanted to run
Dorsey down because l was satisfied that
he had been robbing stages again in Cali
| fornia since his escape from San Quentin.
Well, l went to Chicago, and the rest was
plain sailing. On the 15Lh AQf this month
we captured both Shinu d Dorsey al
though when l started ouN had no idea
of catching Shinn, tco Billy Pinkerton
| treated me with the utmost Kindness in
Chicago, showing me every consideration,
assisting me personally and putting at my
| disposal the very best talent in his employ.
On the 14th and 10Th of this month, Just
before we made the capture six of Plnker
tons men were helping me-"
LATER DAY DEPREDATIoNs.
| Excuse me, for interrupting, but you
said something about being satisfied that
| Dorsey and Shinn were engaged in some
stage-robberies after they escaped from San
| Quentin" suggested the reporter. why
do you think so?'
| Don't think SOL know SO" was the
detectives emphatic reply. Il do not care
to go into all Of the details just now,
| though, as l have not completed my in
vestigations. l am also confident that
| can show that they were implicated in the
Pixley train robbery, too. l have plenty
of testimony to prove what l say. Now,
for example, the stage from Quincy to Oro-
vile was stopped on the 10th of Septem-
Der, 1889, and gold bar valued at $73l 6S
was taken from Wells Fargo's bog; fol-
lowed the matter up and found that the
same bar had been shipped from the
United States Express office, at Chicago.
also traced the bar to the Mint, where it
was coined into money amounting to
| $731 70. This and descriptions and other
| little matters convinced me that our friends
| were the men. | can prove beyond all
doubt that Dorsey-and probably Shinn,
too-have been in California since they
located in Chicago. They were here at the
| time of those stage robberies, and also
when the Pixley job was attempted. l
| have been very fortunate in my investiga-
lions of these cases. But what use is it
all, except for satisfaction Dorsey has
| life sentence to serve, anyway, and it can't
| be made any longer. At all events, l have
| not decided what further steps l will take,
| or what propose to do"
CAPTAIN FISH INTERVIEWED.
At this junc.ure Captain Fish stepped
| ;pfO hot
awaited him, and the detective gladly
seized the opportunity to escape from the
reporter, leaving Captain Fish at his mercy.
| The Captain submitted with good grace,
ard complained of nothing except being
sleepy and tired.
Captain Reddy and l have alternated in
watching the men constantly" he said,
land neither OF US got very much rest. MIR.
Hume took turn now and then, too. The
prisoners gave US no trouble whatever dur
| ing the trip, bat that did not cause Us to
relax in our vigilance-not much. We
| have kept them in irons constantly. Each
wears 14-pound Oregon boot during the
day, besides being handcuffed together
At night, after putting them into their
berths, We put the boots on again, rehand-
cuffed them, and, as an additional precau-
ton, chained them together with leg.irons,
They were given no show whatever to at
tempt escape, and neither of them COM
planned of the manner in which We treated
them"
did you have any trouble in getting out
of Chicago with the menu" asked the re-
porter.
mo. But we expected some, though,
and may have had some had not the Chi
cago police authorities looked out for us.
We had heard that some of the prisoners
friends were going to make bold attempt
to rescue them, and you can rest assured
that we were prepared for them. A few
minutes previous to train time we all got
. into one of the big police patrol wagons
and were driven rapidly to the train. We
were well guarded until the train pulled
out, and no attempt of any kind was
made to rescue the men.
The men were quite cheerful all the
way over. Dorsey has talked freely about
everything that has occurred since his
escape from San Quentin, but stoutly de-
MED that be re urned to California at any
time since reaching Chicago. Both have
behaved well, and ate their three meals q
day regularly"
WITH THE PRISONERS.
The tram now pulled up at Suisun and
Captain Fish got Off to send some dis
patches to San Quentin informing Warden
McComb Of their coming.
The reporter wendell his way bsek to
; where the manacled prisoners were sitting
> and was invited to take a seat beside Cap
tain Reddy just opposite them. This po-
sition afforded an excellent opportunity fol
, closely studying their countenances and
general mske-ups.
Shinn is very ordinary appearing man
, of medium build, sandy complexion, rec
hair and heavy mustsche. There is little
about him OF the criminal stamp, excep
his tricky blue eyes.
Dorsey, however, is rare specimen.
.. His face is one of thousand. High
cheek bones, lantern jaws. stiff and stubby
gray mustache and snnken cheeks, all give
him a repulsive yet strangely attractive
expression. The eyes, though, are the
greatest feature. They are almost Goa
black, and very deep set. They appear tc
be constantly on the alert for some ap
l preaching danger, and are never at ease
Dorsey is fully six feet in hight, broad
shouldered, and muscular looking. He is
unusually intelligent and most interesting
conversationalist. Qaite the reverse o
Shinn.
How am l feeling?" echoed Dorsey
when addressed by the reporter. "Oh
pretty good under the circumstances
was Just thinking of the difference in my
,,artsI end ,bvsicai condition-the di fer