The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-31
THE MURDERER'S FLIGHT
MOUNTED ON A BICYCLE HE
REACHES SACRAMENTO.

SACRAMENTO CAL. March 30.-The
murderer of Sheriff Bogard is in Sacra-
mento unless he has managed to make his
escape since his arrival. He came in at an
early hour this morning, entering the city
by way of the Twelfth-street bridge. Since
that time no trace of him has been ascer-
tanned, although the police and Sheriff's
deputies are distributed all over town en-
gagged in running clews to earth.
1t is stated that the man was seen pass
ing the Twelve-mile House on the Marys-
vile road at an early hour this morning.
He was mounted upon bicycle and was.
flying along the road at the top of his
speed, seeing no one in the vicinity and
evidently believing that at such an early
hour, 4:30 A. NJ, no one would be stirring.
He stopped at an adjacent well, got
drink OF water and then resumed his way
toward this city, working the pedals of his
machine as rapidly as possible He was
seen by an early riser, whose attention
was drawn by the suspicious actions of the
man, and who declares that he fully an
swers the published description of the
smaller train-robber.
At o'clock this morning he was seen
crossing the Haggin Grant, short dis
lance from the entrance to the Twelfth
street bridge, by Waterman of the grant
a man named William Brissel. For some
reason he failed to notify police headquar-
tiers until a late hour this afternoon, prob
ably because he had not heard of the fact
that the murderer made his escape on
wheel.
Detective Thacker telegraphed to Super
intendeut J. B. Wright this morning that
he was positive the dead robber and his
comrade were the Identical men who held
up the express at Ben Ali station on the ID
of this month.
1t Will be remembered that on that occa-
sion the men were traced to this city over
this same Twelfth-street bridge, and at
that time, as now, all trace of them was
lost until the following evening, when
they are supposed to have committed the
Schel brewery robbery, made a circuit of
the County Hospital and returned to town.
1t is supposed by the local officials that
the men have hiding-place somewhere in
Sacramento, and that the surviving robber
has returned to it and gone into hiding.
Sheriff Johnson and his deputies have
been satisfied for some time that this is
the case and have been working hard to
discover the nest, but refuse to state what
success they have achieved. One of the
Sheriff's depaties received a telegraph
message tonight from Sheriff Johnson
saying the bicycle rode by the dead robber
had been discovered hidden in the brush
about six miles from Marysville, close to
the place where the hold-up took place,
and is now in the possession of the officer.
That the officers have some knowledge
of the murderer's whereabouts is evinced
by the fact that they openly declare that
they expect to capture the man before
morning. In the meantime the most
trusted men of the police force have been
detailed by Chief Drew to aid in running
the train-robber to cover, and if his where
abouts is ascertained he will be captured
or killed, as the men detailed by the Chief
are known as fearless officers.
1t is claimed that the two men are we'll
known about Marysville. Their connec-
ton with the attempted robbery which
took place at Castle switch, near Gait, has
been settled without chance of doubt by
the finding of revolver on the person of
the dead man that was taken from the
messenger who was in charge OF the ex-
press-car at the time of the Castle switch
robbery was committed.