The morning call., 1894-03-27
CREDIT is GIVEN.
Fredericks' Captors Are
Complimented.
Captain Lees Satisfied That the Man
Who Murdered f1errick Also Muir
dered Pascoe and Bruce.

William Fredericks. the bandit Who mur.
dered Cashier Herrick Of the San Fran.
cisco Savings Bank branch on Market and
Fell streets, would have more callers than
any other Individual in the City Hal
building if Chief Crowley would permil
them to enter the City Prison. Women
and men are constantly pestering the
clerks in the Chiefs Office with all sorts OF
excuses to get into the prison, for no other
purpose than to satisfy their m orbid crav-
ing to have look at the desperado. But
their ruses do not meet with the success
they hoped for.
Fredericks would DO doubt be glad to
see them, as he smiles and talks as freely
as ever to the few who are permitted to
approach him.
Captain Lees said yesterday that he was
more than ever convinced that Fredericks
killed Sheriff Pascoe and Brakeman Bruce
in June last.
81 have felt certain all along" said the
captain yesterday afternoon. that Fred
ercks went north instead of south, and
that he was in Nevada County about the
time OF these two murders. l have OBJ
tanned sufficient information to that effect
already, notwithstan ding his statement
that he was in MaripOsa County. But we
ing Herrlck, and there is no use bringing
other charges Of murder against him.
II have not yet received Fredericks'
notebook, which was found by Mr.. LOTUS
of Shasta County. bui expect 1t by every
mail. 1t may throw some light upon Fred
ericks' movements after he left Folsom
penientiary."
Frederlcks will appear in Judge Joachim
sens court Tomorrow morning for ar
raignment
Policemen Gallagher. Shields and Flynn
were ordered to appear at police head
quarters % at noon Yesterday, and when the
whole watch was assembled they were
cOmplimented by Chief Crowleys upon
iheir bravery in effecting the arrest of
such desperate character as Fredericks.
An unintented injustice has been done
TO Policeman Gallagher, as all the credit
of the CAPTURE was given in the first re-
ports to Policeman Shields. But the facts
show that Gallagher is entitled to equal
credit with Shields.
Gallagher was sent by Corporal Heggerty
OF the Seventeenth-street station at the re-
quest of a man in a buggy in pursuit of
The fleeing bandit. They drove to the va
cant building on Mission street, near Four
teenth. where Fredericks had taken shell
ter. Gallagher searched the washhouse, but
found 1t empty. He then drew his revo-
yer and crawled through the hole into the
cellar. He could moi see Fredericks in the
darkness, but heard his stertorous
breathing. He crawled cautiously in
tho direction of the sound and saw
Fredericks crOuched in the corner. Gala
CHER ordered him to throw up his hands
and Fredericks replied. "Don't shoot, I'm
shot" just as Gallagher was drawing
near to him another man crept close to
him and both pounced upon the murderer
at the same time. Gallagher asked the
man, who was In plain clothes. wnen he
saw him pull out a pair of handcuffs,
"Who are you ?" and the man replied, Il
am an officer" The man was Policeman
Shields.
In the first reports IL was stated that
Gallagher kept watch outside the building
while Shields crept into the cellar and
made the arrest.