The morning call., 1892-06-12

square black derby hat and straw-colOred
duster. / should say he would weigh 16O
ounds.
THE second man was not quite as tall. He
had grizzly black mustache and his face
appeared to be blackened for a disguise.
He wore a low soft hat, common blue
Jumper and pair of blue 0veralls. should
judge that he would weigh 140 pounds.
The man who was disguised reminded
me of a man who used to work at the fac
tory. He did not speak, however, so l
could not recognize him by his voice. The
first man gave the order to us to throw up
our hands, and he repeated the order sec
ond time.
The disguise of the silent robber was very
complete and he had not a word to say.
Neither Of the men looked to me to be work
ingmen
they separated. remaining about 10 ieet
apart while they were moving. could not
tell whether they cut the rope by which the
horse was tied. Some people told me that
the horse and buggy had been standing
near the station since 6 80 o'clock this
morning. The horse they had was flyer,
and they were out of sight in minute"
Mrs Lewis, lady living at 1l6R Ninth
street IN this city, was On the train, with
her mother ana a little daughter, on their
way to some friends in Emeryville. This
lady was not in the ear in which the robbery
took place, but was in the one next to 1t.
and was able TO give clear account OF
same features Of the affair. She said that
she saw a man in Chinese clothes on the
platform of the car, which was the second.
She noticed that the palms of his hands
were white, and that his haiI was not like
Chnaman's. She said to her mother:
That's not Chinaman-he'S white man
blacked up."
"The fellow must have heard that" said
Mrs. Lewis. "fOr he turned around and
looked me in the face. Then he turned
back again. stopped down to look through
the window into the car in front In 6.
minute he went into the front car. This
was at the B-street Station.
''In a few minutes we heard the pistol
shots and saw the people rushing IRON the
car.
"The man who was dressed as a China
man had on overalls and a Chinese hat.
He was a rather short man, and the other
one was tall with a thin face, and he was
dressed in q light suit.
Every avenue of possible escape from
Oakland was guarded since i O'Clock yes
teTday. kilograms were sent to the Sheriff
Of Contra Costa County and all the conSta-
bles in Alameda County. Detectives were
! placed on every boat. The police Of this
| city actively cO-Operated with the Oakland
| police. On the ! O'Clock boat Detectives
Dan Coffey and Raymond Silvey went to
| Oakland, and at once proceeded TO work on
! the case. Captain Lees is of the opinion
that the two robbers either are or were in
some way connected with the JudsOn Iron
Works. Their operations showed them
] thoroughly cOnversant with the locality and
| the movements Of the cOmpany's pay
master. He does not believe that they have
been able to cross TO this side Of the bay.
One theory is that the arinOr and clothing
| found in the buggy by the detectives was
| worn by one man. The armOT-Dlate was
/ last night fitted on CALL reporter, together
with the pieces OF the rubber lfe-preserVeT
and was found to join perfectly. The two
J. pieces Of IRON are cut off at the top so as to
TT under the arms, and this fact alone is
| conclusive that both pieces found were
! worn by one man; otherwise the cut on,
! say the plate, for the right side of the body
! would be at the bottom Of the armOy il worn,
| as was first supposed, by the second man
! over his heart
| 1t is now believed that when the two men
! drove away from the B-StTeet depot they
! drove hastily to some secluded spot, where
one Of them jumped out Of the buggy with
| the money and disposed Of his disguise at
| leisure. The other man drove the buggy
/ downtown and undresSed himself OF his ar
NOR aud disguise on the way.
This theory is borne out by the bullet
/ hole, as it is believed to be, in the right
! hand side Of the Oyeralls, for had the men
| only worn armOr on O0e side of the body,
! tile left. or had they worn it on the breast
| alone, the bullet would undoubtedly have
entered the body of the man wearing the
! oveTallS. AS it IS. it is almost self-eyident
that the bullet entered the oYeralis, struck
the armor and glanced, tearing the cloth
ing.