The record-union., 1893-04-03
HABDRICH'S VISITORS.
Were They the Men Who Killed Louis
Todhunter
The Suspicious-Looking Pair Seen on
Wednesday at the American
River Bridge.

Opinion seems to be about equally di-
vided on the question as to whether the
nlurderers of Louis Todhunter perished
in an attempt to swim from the island in
the river on which they took refuge, or
succeeded in making their escape.
1t does not seem at all probable that the
men ever reached the shore by swimming
or wadlng, and there has been no satis-
factory evidence that they had a boat in
which to escape. 1t is true they might
have found log or plank in the brush on
which they could have reached the shore
before Washington's citizens became
sufficiently aroused on the night of the
| tragedy to patrol the river bank.
! The story that on the afternoon of
| Wednesday-the day succeeding the
shooting-two bedraggled and suspicious
looking men were seen at the American
River bridge was published on Friday,
but did not seem to be given much cred
| ence, for some reason. On Saturday,
! however, Mr.. Haedrich, the man who
claimed to have seen the men referred to,
was in the city and insisted that the state
ment was true.
AND so It WAS.
Sheriff O'Neil was informed of the
story, and with a RECoRD-UNIoN re-
porter yesterday went out to Haedrich's
saloon. In getting there 1t was necessary
to drive through water between the
levee and the bridge which in places is
about four feet deep.
Haedrlch, when interviewed. said the
day after the murder two suspicious
looking fellows called at his place, bought
some cigarettes and took a drink of
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bacco, which article Haedrich did not
have for sale. He never saw them after
that time.
The younger of the two fellows, Haed-
rich thinks, is about p years of age, short
in stature and without beard or mustache.
He was wet up to his hips and despatched
with mud.
WAS HE WOUNDED?
Mrs. Haedrich said the young fellow
held his hand on his side, as though he
might be wounded, and limped in walk
ing, but this escaped her husbands
notice.
The other man appeared to be about 30
or 40 years old. He had black whiskers,
trimmed rather short, and wore a black
coat, dark blue overalls, and dark slouch
hat. He was wet up to his waist, but not
covered with mud like his companion.
The younger of the pair wanted to
know where he could buy some tobacco,
and Haedrich told him he could get it at
John Morrison's place, on the other side
of the bridge, and he started over there
about ten minutes ahead of the other
man. 1t was then between 4 and O'Clock
in the afternoon.
WENT TOWARD ROSEvILLE.
Antoine Workman, who works for Mr..
Morrison, gave similar description OF
: the younger man, adding that he wore
= dark overalls and a dark sack coat. He
? bought some tobacco, tarried a minute or
so, and then struck off on the road going
north toward Roseville.
The description given by Workman OF
1 the elder man of the two is somewhat
f different from that furnished by Haed-
rich. Workman describes him as being
about 80 or 40 years old, rather tall and
having light mustache He said the
man wore black frock coat, blue pants
, with stripes, and dark slouch hat.
: He simply said, "How do you do?" to
those sitting in front of Morrison's sa-
loon, and walked on. Workman said il
he came up the American River he must
have rowed up in boat, because he was
not wet nor muddy.
TOOK NO NOTICE OF HIM.
; Mr.. Morrison, proprietor of the saloon
said he took no particular notice of the
0 young fellow who was covered with mud
6 as hunters frequently pass his place in tha
4 condition. He does not place much cred
ence in the belief that these two fellow!
were the murderers. He says the young
5 man might have walked a little lame, bu
9 to him he did not appear to be wounded
Z There was nothing, said Mr.. Morrison, t
show that these tive fellows were com
5 panions, because one was fully ten min
2 utes before the other in reaching his place
8 but they both travelled in the same direc
. ton.
! A BOAT FOUND.
) While walking down the river banl
2 som9 five hundred yards from the bridg
I q young son of Haedrich's found a duck
< boat, painted a greenish tint. In it wer
q found an old pair of pants and a coffee
5 pot
5 If the story be true that boat wa
stolen from some person up the Sacra
= mento River, it may be possible that th
= boat found is the missing one, and that i
7 was used by the murderers to effect thei
escape, and that the fellows seen by Haed
rich, Morrison and Workman are non
others than the counterfeiters. Shoul(
Ii they have adopted this means of escap
} they would have been able to keep them
IS selves pretty well secluded in the thicl
% underbrush and willows along the Ameri
can River.
Sheriff O'Neil went over to Washing
IS ton yesterday afternoon to see if the re
'e port that boat had been stolen could b
~ verified, and If so, to see if the owne
e Haedrich.
Il THE DROWNING THEORY.
On the other hand, coat was found b,
= man named Reynolds on Saturday i
n the water near by where the men lande
l. on the island after the shooting, and b.
J. many it is believed to have belonged I
s. one of the fugitives, that he discarded
in the hope of saving himself from drown
3. ing, but that nevertheless he went dowr
Ie The coat was found lodged against som
m brush, was water-soaked, and one of tn
e. sleeves was turned inside out, as if th
Ts garment had been discarded in a hurry
The coat was dark and the clot
8. of check pattern. In tn
n pockets of the coat were found
OF small canvas coin bag, piece of soap,
small silk black scarf necktie and lot
loose smoking cut plug tobacco. A Gil
cular issued bya medicine company, cor
tanning the announcement that a lectur
40 would be given at Star Hall, Willows, o
T. March Ii, 1893, and three postage stamp
SIX were also found in the coat.
lv The garment may be merely a relic
the freshet that was cast off by someol
NJ living up the river, or it may have bee
O. worn by one of the counterfeiters, wi
are known to have operated up that wa
as recently. 1t would seem, however, th
- the bridge incident is of sufficient impor
ance to follow up.
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