The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-26

| coming with the rest, when friend called
his attention to the fact that he had left
his sack behind. He went back, picked it
up, and as he was getting off the car
| dropped his burden. The robbers grabbed
and made off with it, shooting Clark in
! the ankle.
1.-THE highwaymen began firing shots as
soon as the car was held up. Altogether
some fifteen or sixteen shots were fired,
the object apparently being to disconcert
the passengers. The latter were: H. c.
Saunders and wife w. B. Peck, 81 Vernon
Place; ]. F. Bronner, Pacific Coast Jockey
| Club.
at appeared to me that the robbers
knew Clark was aboard and only desired
to get his sack.
"Officer Joseph, who had been especially
detailed to the track for the day, was
quickly on the scene and learned that the
| robbers shot him as he was trying to arrest
them in their flight with the booty"
| The passengers on the car, 1861, held
up by the desperadoes were Reuben H.
| Clark, who carried the hand-satchel of
money; B. A. Johnson, restaurateur;
| w. b. Peck, manager for Johnson; HI. c..
Sanders, the owner of the horse Ransom,
one OF the days winners at the track, and
also the horse Schnitz; the wife of Mr..
Sanders, and John F. Bromner, clerk of
the Jockey board of the Pacific Coast
Jockey Club.
Henry McCready of 1894 Dolores street
was the motorman of the car and E. A,
Trellut was the conductor. McCready is a
rather old man and was easily overawed
by the shout of the man on the track and
the muzzle of his gun. 1t was the last
trip for these two car men for the day.
"The loss to the association" said Sec
rotary Leake last night, will not exceed
500 or $500. Fortunately we send all the
gold into the City before night, so the
amount stolen could not exceed the figure
named.
"While have not consulted with any
member of the association yet. will offer
reward of $1,000 for the capture and con-
vlction of the highwaymen. What the
association will do l am not prepared to
say, though l think it will increase this
offer"
News of the hold-up was first received at
police headquarters from the branch
County Jail, 10 the effect that a man had
L
lowed by telephone message from Cap
tain Gillen at Seventeenth and Howard
streets that an electric car had been held
up, and that he and Sergeants Martin and
Perrin and a posse would start immedi-
ately for the scene.
Captain Lees, as soon as apprised of the
hold-up, sent Detectives Reynolds, Wren
and Campbell to the racetrack to hunt for
the robbers, and Captain Whitman, accom-
panied by Detective Crockett and Police
man Harry Hook, drove out in a hack in
the direction of the park and the Aims
house road, in the hope that the robbers
would come into the City in that direction.
A telephone message was sent to Chief
Crowley and he arrived at police head
quarters just as Captain Whitman was
leaving. He remained in consultation
with Captain Lees for some time, and both
waited for hours in the hope of receiving
information that the robbers had been
captured. The Chief was particularly
anxious about Policeman Joseph's condi-
ton, and kept the telephone busy till
notified of it. He also sent an officer to
the Palace Hotel to inquire as to Clark
condition.
1T is my BELIEF said Captain Lees,
that the robbers must have had two bug
gies in readiness not far from the scene of
the hold-up, and after doing the deed they
ran to where their horses were stationed.
They could have concealed their rifles in
the bottom OF the buggies by covering
them over with a blanket or rug, and
driven into town without being suspected.
There were three roads open to them
The Almshouse road and then through
the park, the Corbett Road that leads to
the head OF Sixteenth street and the Ocean
House Road past Barney Farley's.
at looks like the work of the men that
held up the stationmaster at Palo Alto
Station and robbed him of $50 or 500.
They made tracks for the City and were
overtaken by deputy sheriff in corn
field. They held him up and took his gun
from him. Deputy sheriffs came here
after them. but could not find them.
"What leads me to that belief is that one
OF them was tall man answering the de-
scription of the tall man in the present
bold-up."
Captain Whitman and posse returned
to the Central station about midnight,
having been bushwhacking. so to speak,
for several hours. He had started in upon
his search on Ashburv Heights, skirted
along the hills by the Almshouse road and
down by the macadam quarries and
through the gum trees to the Ingeside
with the idea that possibly the robbers had
headed north toward Golden Gate Park,
From the Twin Peaks west toward the
ocean is rough stretch of billy country
heavily wooded with gum trees and
covered with heavy brush. West of this
are sand dunes with thousands of hollows,
affording opportunities for escape and
hiding. Scattered through this country
are dozen or two vegetable ranches, milk
ranches and small farms. The police in
quired at every house from the park to
the old Ocean House, but were unable to
learn of any suspicious characters having
been seen during the day or within several
days.
GOOD paper, well sewed, fiat opening, strongly
bound ledgers cash journals etc. Mysell-Rol-
Inns Company, % Clay street.