Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-09
RUSSELL'S EXPERIENCE
HE CAPTURES AN ALLEGED MUIR
DERER AT OCEANSIDE.
Roughly Handled by Local Officers of That
Place-He Sticks to His Man and Brings
Him in All Right.

''It was the toughest deal ever had, -
said Deputy Sheriff Russell to HERALD
reporter yesterday, speaking Of his ar
rest of H. X. Long, who is charged with
the murder of Oscar Crandall, at Red
Bluff, on April 23d.
"Sheriff G. E. Fish, of Tehama coun-
ty, came down some time ago and asked
Sheriff Gibson to look ont for the man.
l was detailed on the matter, and found
that money had been sent to Long here
under the name Of II. j. Sims. Long
went from here to Santa Ana, and
stopped at the Richelieu hotel; he reg
istered there under the name
of r. E. Young, and he left
the day before l got there. 1
went on to Tia Juana, and found
he had not been there, an d then went
around by Cotton and San Bernardino
and learned he had not got out that
way, SO l went back to Santa Ana and
soon got on his trail again. / found
that he had left Santa Ana in the night,
and had mused his bed up at the hotel
so as to make it appear that he had staid
all night. He had walked all that night
and part of the next day, and had got
work on dairy rancho, where he had
plowed and worked for several days.
He then made his way on to Oceanside,
where he went to the hotel and regis
tered under the name of @. E. Johnson.
He was broke and hardly knew what to
do. He had $3.50 here in Los Angeles,
but he was afraid to get it.
ut seems constable of Oceanside had
cvpf lacors,>fsnn Af khArn1,f
this man was the one he wanted, but the
fellow gave him a song and dance, and
he was not arrested. ] found Long at
the depot, and / said to him: L have a
warrant for you; you are under arrest; !;
and / pulled out my handouts, and just
then two men jumped on me. One of
them asked if l was an officer, and
said was, and had warrant. Consta-
BILE Keno Wilson then jumped ON me
and grabbed my arm and pulled me
down, and another man named McFar-
land jumped in too. As struggled up
pulled my revolver and warned them to
let me alone, or some one would be
hurt. Keno Wilson pulled his at
the same time, and things looked
corky there for time. There was
too much of a crowd between US, how
ever, for any shooting to be done, and l
hung on to Long with my left hand and
kept my gun leveled with my right.
Long was we'll scared himself. He told
me afterward that one time while we
were struggling the muzzle of my gun
was right against his belly. and it made
the cold shivers run up and down his
back. Then Wilson and / had hot
discussion, but told him there was no
use talking; / was going to take my
man. Then an old duffer, they called
Colonel Horne, came up. He said: L
am going to have something to say about
this; when we people of Oceanside take
a man, we don't allow any one to take
him from u.s. told him all right-to
muster all Oceanside if he wanted
to, but that I was going to
take Long. Well, Wilson with
his other men, all with six-shooters
strapped on them, kept close by me all
the time was there. Then fellow
named Hays (who said he was lawyerl
came and gave me song, but 1 stayed
with the procession, and landed Long in
the county Jail today. 1t was the dirt
lest deal ever got. In the struggle my
clothes were torn, and it was wonder
that no one got hurt. No, Long didn't
show any fight. He neither denies nor
admits the mn rderu