The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-04

Luis Obispo.s They camped at Pismo one
night and boarded the freight train at San
Luis 0bispo this morning. The two
tramps boarded the train at San Miguel.
:. Some of these statements are at variance
with letter found among the effects of
the. young bandit The date line and part
containing the address were torn off. The
letter. began, :.My loyeFi was the chlro-
graphy of a woman and evidently his
sweetheart. a number of times in the
letter he was addressed as Clayton and
asked when he was coming home. The
letter stated that the fare from San Fran
cisco to Portland had been reduced. TO. So.
(: The writer asked him to come home, as
there was a possibility Of getting a job on
the Northern Pacific, and continuing
said:
Maybe you can get work. Charlie Bishop
is still at SanJose. Why don't you write and
ask ifhe can get you ajob?
The.letter continued: az remain as ever
ifyou wish, Yours till death, Matte. Lots
of kisses and hugs"
In addition to this the robber had $50 So;
three pocket-knives, several specimens. of
sea moss, several songs, a manuscript with
the address, LA Grange Stanislaus
County" on it. a short candle and pair of
rubber oyershoes
Bishop stated among other things that.
he was asleep at the. time the officers made
the attack on the car and expressed regret
that his partner did not quietly surrender.
The CALL's reporter interviewed the
tramps, who are locked up as witnesses.
They said they got into the car at San
Miguel. They noticed that the robbers
were nervous, and frequently looked out
through peepholes. Their nervousness
increased as the train neared Salinas. The
robbers must have seen officers driving up
with team as the train slowed. The:
tra1mps thought the conductor had come 10
drive. them outwhen the shooting COM:
nlenced, and they were too badly fright
ened to give any account the affray, hav
: ing. hid in the. corners of the car.
s. Sheriff Matthews was warmly congratu-
y: lated;by mis- friends upon. his courageous
action in the fight, and his fortunate es-.
cape. Deputy Nesbitt also came in for a
share ofpraise.
THE crime for which the two fugitives.
were being hunted was the robbery on
March peat the.railway station at Arroyo
Grande, San Luis Obispo County. On that
hight two men entered the railway depot
: at $50 clock in the evening. One wore
mask and covered Agent H. E. Fry with a
revolver, and the other who had no mask.
. covered Operator Hartwell.
: Fry. was ordered to open the safe by the
masked man; which he did at the point OF.
the robbers pistol. Then he finished with
the safe and contents, which consisted of
the mountaineering, containing So 81 and
some checks: He did not take the checks.
The other robber kept his pistol nervously
trained on R. w. .Hartwell, who was at the
operating table near. by. The masked
man found small watch belonging to the
agents sister, which he put down, but de-
iberate1y took watch and chain of the
agent valued at 500 and bearing the name
q Harley E. Fry" in the case.
!. Sheriff Ballou of San Luis Obispo County
at once took up the trail of the men and
has been tireless in his search. II was not
until to-day that he finally located the
man on the freight train bound for Salinas
and at once wired to Sheriff Matthews to
intercept the men.