The morning call., 1894-02-27
RIVER RAIDERS ARRESTED.
Another Blythe Claimant Crops
Up in England.
PLEAsANToN's INCORPORATION.
Fund for the Unemployed Nearly
Enthusiastically the PAGER"
field to Answer.

OAKLAND.-The City Council met in
committee of the whole last night to con-
slider the problem OF reducing the water
rates. By invitation Of the Council the
water companies were to be represented TO
present their side of the question.
The Contra Costa Com any, alone. ac-
cepted the Invitation, and when the Coun-
Gil was called to order Attorney j. G.
Martin took the floor and spoke at length
against Mr.. ManuePS report
At the conclusion of Mr.. Martins argu-
ment Mayor Pardee took the floor. He
said he had heard Mr.. Martin, number
of times, speak before Oakland Councils
on water rates, and sometimes when the
attorney was even more impressive than
this time.
"The Contra Costa Company had al
ways made promises" said the Mayor,
but those promises had proven as brittle
as pie crust"
Mr.. Martin said. ."Mr. Schuyler was not
hired man."
Said the Mayor. she got $1,000 for his
work. Is that not being hired?"
Proceeding, Mr.. Pardee said that he was
not so much astonished that the Contra
Costa Company had run its construction
account up to S6.059O00 as that they had
not made it more. 81 suspect" said Mr..
Pardee, "that they had reached the end of
their rope and did lot dare go any further.
These statements of the water company
should always be taken with great big
grain of salt" When the Mayor took his
seat he was loudly applauded.
The Council then adjourned without TAX
ing further action.
a Notable Capture.
Detectives Len Harris, Will Smith, Hol-
land, Downey ana ShOrsy on Monday
night last about midnight procured boat
in the estuary and went out to little
sloop anchored near the training-wall.
SO quiet was their coming that the occu-
pants of the sloop were taken completely
by surprise. and before they were aware
they were in the tolls of the detectives.
On board of the :sloop was found large
and miscellaneous assortment of plunder,
which was gathered in as evidence.
The occupants Of the sloOp, three in
number, were Harry Lynch, alias "Brick,"
Will Hatton, alias Hobo Billy" and
George Jackman, alias English Sea-"
The three men in the sloop were veri-
table bay pirates. fOraging far up the
bays and rivers and at the small towns
along shore, and bringing the plumber to
San Francisco and disposing of it.
But most important of all is the fact
that Jackman and Halton have been fully
iden tilted as the men who held up the sta
tier agent at Mountain View, Santa Clara
County, some four months ago. and robbed
him of $500.
The station agent at Mountain View
paid visit to the Jail and fully identified
Jackman as one of the men who robbed
him. He also identified one of the pistols
found on the soop as the one used by
Jackman in the holdup.
The men have covered a wide field in
their exploits, and charges of burglary
have been lodged against them in Solano,
Contra Costa, San Bernardino, Alameda
and Santa Clara counties. In SolanO and
Contra Costa counties they are charged
with breaking into cars, and they are also
charged with robbng a barn at Twenty
third avenue. taking a number of lap
robes.
Want Him Removed.