The morning call., 1894-09-07
CRIME UNVEILED.
Gambler Cash Murdered
for His Money.
TRAILING THE CRIMINALS.
Two "Cappers, Manderson and
Frye, Suspected.
DETECTIVES SEEKING THEM.
They Swore Falsely When Examined
by the CorOner-Important Evi.
dence Against Them.

anu COuuueEce mdU, clOe6u al the GeImaO
Hospital in this city on August d. He
waa shot in the back at Willows five days
earlier, and was taken to the hospital by
the wife who loved him in spite of his
faults, that he might have the best of care
and die in peace.
Cash's friends, who. like him, were hu-
man birds OF prey, spread a report that he
was shot by an unknown rObber con-
cealed in his room at Willows, but Cash
knew the report was false. A few days
before life left his Daralyzed body he told
his wife that be was struck by a bullet
from his own revolver. The Significance
OF that statement was not lost on the
woman.
"Who held that revolver, Billy" she
asked.
Nothing will be gained by telling you,"
was the reply.
And Billy did not tell. he took his Sc
eret with him to the grave, knowing per-
haps that If he told it and lived the ac-
cused could tell something about him that
the police would be glad to know.
Mrs. Cash told her story at the Coroner's
inquest, with the significant admission
made by her dead husband, and the Coro-
ner made an investigation that will prob
ably LEAD to the arrest of two of Cssh's
companions on charge of murder.
Cash left this city about the middle of
August with four men Of his kind-Ben
Irvine alias Levy; Gus Frye, alias Smith.
alias Dutch Gus; John Roberts and Aleck
Henderson. There was fair at Willows
and the quintet went there, hoping to
gather IN the dollars of the unsophisti-
Gated. They took with them the neces-
sary devices and implements for three
card monte. she'll game and wheel
OF fortune. Levy, who was the
capitalist of the five adventurers, bad
what he called a museum. 1t was
composed OF human skeleton, some wax
figures and a sign, by which the public
was to be Informed that the exhibition was
for men only. Arrived at Willows the
gang secured rooms at the Commercial
House, and rented a saloon and a small
room for a museum. Cash and Roberts
took charge of the show, which was
nothing more nor less than trap for the
rustlcs, who once inside were easily in
duced TO try their luck at craps or the
wheel of fortune. Henderson and FRYE
worked on the outside, finding to their
grief that suckers" were scarce. Irvine.
or Levy. who backed them, kept to himself
ready to collect his percentage of the
profits. The close of the second day
found the gang cast down in spirit The
museum" men had taken in but 81 30.
and MaDderson and Frye had done little
better. They proposed to enter the houses
of Ill fame and rob the keepers, but Levy
would not bear OF such thing. He told
them that the Town Marshal "had done
the square thing" by him, and did not pro-
pose to make trouble for the official. Cash
bad S120 in his pocket when he closed the
museum for the night, money that he had
won" at the crap game before he went to
Willows.
He and Roberts met Henderson and
Frye while on their way to the lodging
house, but parted before they reached the
place. Roberts and Cash went upstairs
together, and Cash, who was in advance.
entered the room. AS be opened the door
voice from the dark interior cried,
Throw up your hands u Roberts turned
back and ran downstairs, shouting for
help. Before be reached the outer door
he heard the report of a pistol, and going
back 10 the apartment found Cash lying
on the floor, shot through the back, and
paralyzed from neck to feet. Cash asked
him 10 take the S120 from his pocket and
send tor his wife. Roberts obeyed. and
the next day the wounded man was brought
to this city.
Manderson and Frye left Willows on the
day following the shooting and in due
time were summoned with Roberts TO ap-
pear before the Coroner. Each told diff
ferent story, but could not or would not
tell who the man was who held up and
shot Cash In his room. The Coroner be-
lieved that they knew all about 1t and sent
Deputy Jones to Willows for information.
Jones returned yesterday and his report
not only went to show that Frye and Man
dersOn had sworn falsely at the inquest,
but that they were probably implicated in
the murder.
He learned that Manderson borrowed
Cash's pistol on the day before the shooting
Then be went to the Commercial House
and interviewed the landlady. She told
him that when Roberts rushed downstairs
crying for help Manders0n was behind
him earnestly urging him to keep quiet,
yet Manderson had sworn that he was
with Frye on the sidewalk when Cash was
shot, and Frye had corro borated bis state
ment- The room occupied by Cash and
Roberts was on the second floor of the
building and could be entered without
overlooked a garden. Jones learned
that just after the shct was
fired a man who answers TO the
description of Frye leaped from this win
dow and made his way to a hole in the
garden fence. through which he emerged
upon narrow street 10 the rear OF the
lodging-house. AS the man crawled
through the aperture Thomas O'Brien, a
night watchman, passed and asked what
he was doing there. The man thrust a
pistol in to the watchman's face and said.
Throw up your hands, Tom. turn around
and get out of here quickv' O'Brien
obeyed. He told Jones that the man
looked like Frye.
The Deputy Coroner, as the result of his
investigation, believes that Manderson
and Frye plo tied to rob Cash OF the money
won at the crap game and that after leav-
ing him at the museum they entered the
lodging-house through the rear window,
and Frye, with the pistol, concealed him
self in the bedroom while Manderson lay
in wait outside. 1t was apparent that the
man in the room did not know that Rob-
erts was with Cash and that Manderson
had not time to warn him before the victim
entered.
1t is supposed that Cash, not knowing
that Roberts had fed, refused TO give mp
his money, and was shot in consequence,
and that the murderer hearing Roberts
cries for help left his victim unsearched
and Jumped from the window.
Jones report was turned over to the
Chlet OF Police, and detectives were de-
tailed last night to arrest FRYE and Man
derson, but the two worthies could not be
found. II is thought that they are at the