The morning call., 1894-03-25
FREDERICKS' PLAN
What Herrick'S Murderer
Intended Doing.
BUT 1T DIDN'T "PAN OUT"
He Betrays No Compunction for
His Crime.
INTERPRETING HIS CIPHERS.
A Personal RecorG-Denies Killing
Bruce and Pascoe - Did He
Shoot Smith?
BUT 1T DIDN'T "PAN OUT
INTERPRETING HIS CIPHERS.

| William Fredericks. the murderer and
wOuld-be bank-robber, is study. There
| is nothing of the dime-novel style Of
desperate about him. He talks of his
| dastardly crime with an Openness and
| frankness that is revolving. To listen to
him one would think that in killing hu-
man being with the object of robbng
bank he had merely done something that
was of an ordinary. everyday nature.
We'll, I'll tell you." said be to CALL
reporter yesterday, what my plan was.
| | intended 10 back the two men into the
vault at the point of my pistol. Then l
was TO close the door of the vault on them
an after helping myself to the coin walk
away. ring for messenger boy and send
him to Captain Lees with a message to
send to the bank and release the two men
| from the vault.
"The bottle contained alcohol, which l
purchased the previous night from drug
store on the corner of Folsom and Six
teenth streets. l had piece of fuse with
a dynamite cap in my pocket, which in
tended to pull out and make them believe
| IL was nitro-gl glycerne in the bottle and
that | was to blow up the whole building.
''fhe same trick was successfully tried
in Denver. the robbers getting away with
| S21, coo.
MY plans were upset by the cashier
firing at me, which did net expect. Then
fired at him, but the cartridge snapped
He fired at me again and the bullet struck
me on the breast. leaving an abrasion, but
the singing pain made me think | was
shot, and | fired at him again and shot
him.
II gave him sufficient warning, and it
was through his own foOlhardiness that he
was shot. OF course. am sorry that he
was killed, but he has himself TO blame
| for IT,"
Such was the cold -blooded, Indifferent
way in which the bandit and murderer
! spoke of his deed, and there was a self
satisfied smile on his face as if he were
! glorying in the notoriety he has achieved.
He appeared in Judge Joschimsen's
| court yesterday morning. and there was an
| Immense crowd to see him. He was not
| represented by counsel and consented to
! allow the arraignment TO go over till
| Wednesday next. He was then taken
downstairs and Police Surgeon Somers
| dressed his wounded eye.
Captain Lees Is convinced that Freder-
! lcks Is the maG who murdered Brakeman
| Bruce on June %, and Sheriff Pascoe on
June 80. last. Ali Yesterday he and Clerk
! Reynolds were engaged in interpreting the
| ClpUcE NEittDP III the neutrality-suspicious.
| taken from FreGerlcks, which was found
to contain an account of his wanderiDgs,
with view OF obtaining any clew that
| would confirm that conviction.
The captain had Fredercks under ex-
animation in his room for over an hour
yesterday. He admitted that be had car
ried the arms 10 Folsom peDitentiary for
the prisoners attempt 10 escape in June
last. He purchased the ammunition in
Visalia, and got to Folsom on the night
q Ia
o'clock OF the morning of June % that he
placed he arms and ammunition in po-
stion, where they could be found By the
convicts.
Il then went to Sacramento" said Fred
ericks where L bought provisions and
which IjGurneyed to Merced. From there
l went to Bear Valley, in Marlposa
County, aud deposited the provisions and
clothing under some boards in en- old
stamp mill there. | got there on June 81,
and remained two davs waiting for the ap-
pearance of Sontag. Dalton and the othe.
cJnYicts, as that was the rendezvous agreed
upon.
LAS they didn't come | got uneasy and
began TO think that something had gone
wrong. So | went to Merced on June %,
and found from the papers that the break
for liberty had been failure. Meantime
/ had burnt portion of the clothing and
brought the balance with me. but left the
provisions under the boards at the stamp
mill.
Then went south TO Visaia, where |
saw Eva Evans, and from there 1 went to
Bakersfield and on TO Los Angeles"
This explanation was given to show that
he could not have committed the murders
of Brakeman Bruce and Sheriff Pascoe.
but Captain Lees is not satisfied that he is
telling the truth. and believes that it will
be yet proved that Fredercks went north
in nf ia I'd
these two men.
| 1t appears from the cphering that Fred
ericks went north 10 Portland, passed
from there to Seattle and Tacoma, visited
Idaho and Montana and then went to Colo
radO. lie had snjourned for some TINA at
Cripple Greek.
On his return journey he arrived at Sac
ramentO on March u, lett for Oakland on
that day, got to Port Costa on the morning
of March Il. arriving in this city the same
morning.
Dick Hanley. proprietor of the saloon
on Kentucky and Napa streets, Potrero.
called at the City Prison yesterday morn
ing and identified Fredericls as man
who arrived at his place on the morning
of March IA. He was dusty and tired and
had 10 money. AS security for drinks
and meals he left a handbag and sealskin
cap.
On the following day Fredericks re-
turned 10 the saloon, paid his bill and le IT
with his handbag and cap. He seemed
well provided with money and treated
everybody IN the house several times.
Captain Lees has an explanation of
where and how Fredericks had plenty of
money on the morning of March Is. 1t
will be remembered that on the night of
March II, about half-past IL O'clock, Mar
tin Smith of Truckee, who had been a
guest at the Graud Hotel, was held up and
shot in tine hand at the bridge near Alvord
| Lake in Golden Gate Park He was re-
turning from the Midwnter Fair to catch
a Haight-street car. He was relieved of
his gold watch. diamond pin and $3.50 in
coin.
The captain thinks that Fredericks was
the robDer, and his belief is strengthened
from an entry in his memorandum boo K
which corresponds with the coin taken
| from Smiths pockets on the night in ques-
tion. When taxed with being the robber
Fredericks laughingly said: "Why. cap
tain. how could l get away with $50 in so
short time?"