The morning call., 1891-09-19
Belief That the COVardly Assas-
sin Is Located.
Suspicion Points TO a Professional Gam
bier, Named Clarke.
Tracks Into Which Clarke'S Boots Plt Nicely
Discovered Near The Scene Of the Mur-
der-A Posse In Pursuit.
srecial to THE MORNING CALI.

NEVADA (CaL), Sept 1s.-Sheriff Dunst
and ex-City Marshal Neag.e reached home
at O'Clock this morning, after sixteen
hours hunt for the murderer Of Superin-
tendent Galavotti of the Derbec mine.
FIR ON here they went direct to the scene of
the killing on the South Yuba grade six and
half miles above the city and found the
track of a No. or boot leading from the
point on the hill where the shouter stood
down to the road Here they were joined
by parties from North Bloomfield. seven
and half miles above, who gave them In
town. Upon arriving there they were noti-
fed that George Clarke. gambler. who has
made that place his home for five years, had
left his home about dark the evening before
the killing and had not returned until noon
of yesterday. Constable Penrose had gone
to Clarke's house just as he arrived and
found him travel-stalned and weary. Clarke
has reputation of being an expert rifle
shot and afraid of neither man nor devil,
and when the news of the shooting reached
North Bloomfield his general reputation in
the community had led to the common in
quiry, where's Clarke?"
Constable Peurose had upon his return
at noon detailed men TO track him from the
house, aud few hours later they returned
with intelligence that they had found foot
prints Of the same size as his along the trail
from his house to South Yuba Canyon, in
the vicinity of the killing. Guards were
then placed by Dunster and Neagle around
the house. Two hours later Constable
PenrOSe went into the house, but Clarke
had disappeared from the premises.
Armed men went out in different direc-
tions to ascertain his whereabouts, If pos
sibe, but when the Sheriff started for home
they had not been heard from. Clarke has
n mining Location in SeQuestcred spot near
Missouri Bar, four miles from North Bloom-
field, and recently he built gOld-meltlng
furnace there, saying he wanted to work up
rich specimens, which he found from time
to time. As the claim has never been known
to yield any gold. the building of the fur
mace has caused that move to be viewed
with distruSt from the first
SUSPICIOUS TRACKS.
To-day tracks, into which George Clarkes
boots Mt 10 a nicely, were found in the road
a mile east Of North Bloomfield, and leading
toward the wilds of the Meadow Lake
Mining District in the eastern part of the
county, where his brother John has been
not George murdered Galavotti, his sudden
flight from home last night and his success
in dodging posse of armed men appointed
by Sheriff Dunster to keep him under
espionage, was probably the best thing he
could do. Public sentiment had been stead
lily growing more bitter against him
from the time it was discovered that he
was away from home when GalavOtti was
shot. The best citizens were openly and
loudly expressing their suspicious of him,
and it anly needed leader sc SET il full
motion lvnching party that would have
asked for no more evidence of Clarke's
guilt than it already had. To an outsider
his flight might appear TO be nothing more
than an admission OF guilt, but to those
familiar with the stern and rugged natures
of the men of North DlOomfi Id, whose
feelings bad been stirred to the utmost
depths by the peculiarly astrocious circum-
stances of the killing, and who. from their
long knowledge of Clarke's character. stood
ready to believe anything against him-the
fact of his running away also indicates that
perhaps the fugitive simply deemed discre-
tIGn the better part Of valor.
A PROFESSIONAL GAMBLER.
George Clarke ia professional gambler
and somewhat refined IN appearance and
dress. His brother john is combination
of mining prospector and what is known as
'coarse sport" and they are bo tn mag
nifcent specimens Of physical manhood In
their stockings, are brOad-shOuldered,
straight as Indians and active as CATS They
are unerring shots with rifle aud pistols.
and have never yet been worsted in fight
with weapons or fists. Three years ago
they jumped quartz claim in Grizzly
Canyon. this county. A day or so later
eight men armed to the teeth went to the
mine to dlSpOsSeSs them. The Clarkes
charged upon the invaders and put them to
lgnomnious fight without firing shot
John was arrested and sentenced to a term
in the County Jail, and while he was wrest-
ling with the courts, from which ne escaped
a day later on writ Of habeas corpus,
George alone kept possession OF the mine
against all comers. They held the fort a
few weeks, till they tested the ledge and
found it valueless, whereuDon they volun-
tarily sought pastures new. Four years
and half ago GrisselPs stage, while coming
by two men twelve miles above here. The
driver and passengers were robbed of S4G0.
George, who had been hanging around
Washington, disappeared just after; he was
suspected of having had hand in the
crime, but no direct evidence against him
was ever obtained. II George Clarke de-
sires TO evade the officers Of the law, and
can once join forces with his brother job n
in the Businesses Of Meadow Lake, his
capture could not be effected without des-
perate conflict. Men who have known them
long say they could stand off a small army
for an indefinite period They always go
well armed, and are perfectly familiar with
every foot of the country from the summit
OF the Sierras TO the Sacramento Valley.
Add 10 this their shrewdness, bravery and
powers OF endurance. and they could main
tain their freedom against any ordinary
odds.