The morning call., 1892-10-29
FROM ACROSS TIE BAY.
Huntington Wants to Either
Move or Improve.
A PETTY OFFICERS FANCY.
Charges Against Portuguese Thought TO B.
6roundless--Attfmpt to Win Glory in
he kltamrnt Mystery.

. Some Improvements, in the interest OF the
Southern Pacific Company, are cOntem-
plated down 10 the West Oakland railroad
wards, provided the waterfront suit ter
inmates favorably for the railroad COM
panv. There is a stretch Of many acres OF
water front, where the yards are located,
that will be affected by the decision. II
the company gets it, uBqualifedly, new
freight slip will lie built 10 deep water, and
the shipping transferred to it from the
Long wharf
An expensive new roundhOuse and other
buildings will also be erected. as the com
pany has outgrown the old ones.
On the other hand, if Cameron and DOane
get the water front the shops may have TO
be removed altogether. The company is
waiting TO see how il comes out. Some peo-
pie hope that they Will have TO move.
A great saving on coal could be made by
unloading the immense amount of such fuel
used directly at the proposed new freight
slip instead Of by the present pOnderOuS
method Of hauling il from the Long wharf
and stacking ii up in the yards. And as
Mr. Huntington IS economical this is what
lie will try TO do. be IS already econ omlz-
ing in fuel by bringing out a lot of discarded
compound engines from the East for his
road. They are heavier, but do not con-
sumo so much material as the "deerhound"
engines. There are eight compounds on
the Western division, and tWenty-seYen IN
all on the road.
Adeputy sheriff named Carleton is chiefly
responsible for the announcement made
Yesterday that John Baptiste. an innffensiye
Portuguese living near AltamOnt was 70 be
arrested before night on q charge of muir
dering James Launtz, the man whose BODY
was found buried IN gulch near Baptiste's
ranch.
The officers must have thought better of
the matter as no arrest was reported up 10
late hour last night The only evidence
is that man resembling the description Of
Launtz is reported TO have ridden with Bap-
tlste in a wagon on March q last He had
been oveTiaken on the road from Byron
Springs 10 Liyermore by a ranchman named
Cockley and rode with him until they met
Baptiste turning into the rood that branches
of to Altamoft The man supposed to
have been Launtz got into the wagon Of
Baptiste, saying that be wanted to 90 to
AtamOnt
There is no known motive as to why
Baptiste should have killed him, unless they
got into quarrel The stranger appeared
to be little more than a tramp and stated
that he was looking for work. Baptiste. in
stOlid surprise, has denied that he knows
anything about the murder and the matter
rests thus at present.
Carleton Is an officer hailing from West
is TIE same 'Old sleuth" who arrested
Glover and his nephew some time ago under
suspicion Of being the Berkeley train
robbers and who brought S25, 000 damage
suit in consequence. Carleton found an old
piece of railroad iron near the scene Of the
Altemont mystery and has tried, in some
iuscruta bic way, to connect Baptlste with the
murder. Cartoons word, yesterday. was
all there was to rely upon. But after a
thorough investigation tie Carleton charges
are believed to be utterly groundless. No
one, including officers at Liyermcre. puts
any confidence In them whatever
Old Walter Young, a lOw-brOwed, sus-
picicus-eyed fellow. limped nervously up
and down bis cell in the Alameda County
Jail last evening. quarrelng with other
prisoners when they approached him, and
refusing TO talk 10 all who came to see him.
Jacob LinklateT his employer, whom he
attempted TO murder in cold blood, was not
anxious TO see him and did not put in an ap-
pearance.
Young says he will not talk about his
deed until his trial comes. After he bad