The morning call., 1895-01-03
MUST LEAVE SACRAMENTO.
Citizens Alarmed on. Account of
Numerous Grimes
COMMITTED DURING LAST MONTH
Because the. Police Cannot Locate
Criminals All Homeless Men
: Must Go.


aroused oyer the carnival Of crime now
existing in: Sacramento and. have deter
mined to band together and drive out the
criminal element. There has been
double murder and innumerable burglaries
and highway robberies have been COM
mitsed within. the past week.
=: The police force is too small to cope
with the subject, and the taxpayers pro-
pose to take matters into their own hands,
: There will also be meeting tomorrow
afternoon"of the. Citizens Protective AsSo-
citation, which did so much good in pre-
venting tioting last July during the great
railroad strike. The following call for
the nfass-meeting was issued this after
noon: -.
!. "Cfiizens" Ito the 'front.'! = Cit zens are
hereby requested to meet tomorrow after
noon at:2 o. clock in the old pavilion for
the purpose. of preventing crimes of vio-
]. lence in: our midst. A CITIZEN
! '!'Sac ramento, Jan. ., 1885,
~ Ex-PolIce Captain William II. Bradley
is actively engaged in organizing citizens
commtteeof. safety. Captain Bradley said
: to a Bee reporter that he would propose
general rounding up and driving out. All
suspicious characters must give good ac-
counts Of themselves. 1t is his intention,
he said. to suggest the immediate driving
out Of General Charles Kelly and his So
called Industrial Army. No excuse will
be heard from them. There will be no.
::dilIy-danyfng They will be treated like
any oIhey tramps who are without visible
means of support and who will not work.
These are trying times" said Captain
Bradley. mkt y eek the Legislature is
TO meet in Sacramento. The most promi-
nent men of the State will be here and we
dom want them to see that the capital is
at the mercy of a mob of ruffians. There
must be clearing up and 1t must be done
atonce."
Among .oiher: things which the COM
mittee of sa fety proposes to do will be to
request Mayor Steinman to appoint 1000
extra p 0lice officers. to work without CON-
pensaton.. These special policemen will
be members of the committee. and they
will have i ower to make arrests and the
power to enforce their demands in conf
polling the bobos TO move on.
Ever since the murder of f. 81. L.Weber
and his wife#last SATURDAY. night the police
officers and the Sheriff and his deputies
have been. making Investigations to
secure a cleweas to the identity Of the
murderer or muTderers. A most impor-
tant cew was discovered last Monday and
it was considered to Ce of so much i'm
portance that the fact has been kept
secret
Last Monday afternoon Luther T.
Weber, son of the murdered people, was
engaged in taking the stock of the grocery
and PREMISES. In the yard back of the
store are a number Of barrels and boxes
In one of The barrels. which was covered
with piece of mating from tea chest,
he found a lot of clothing which had beeu.
discarded. by the murderons robbers-a
old black SLOUGH hat, parts of suits of
rough clothing, the kind generally worn by
tramps, and paris of suits of red flannel
Undertaking. One of the suits of clothes
anda portion of one Of The suits of cloth
ing was literally oaktng with blood, indi-
eating that the horrible butchery had been
done by ore mar while the others stood
guard 10 prevent interference or were en-
gagged in the work of ransacking the house.
1t was known that the robbers had car
ried from the house "a large bundle of
clothing. 1t is now plain that after COM
hitting their#@he ltish work they delbe-
rateiy went o.the: back yard, where they
cast off their@oId and bloody lelltale gar
ments:and donned the ones which they had
purchased at the price of the murder.
In additfon:to $1,000 reward offered by
Governor Markham for the arrest of the
mrrderers of: Mr.. and Mrs. F. II. l..
Weber. Luther T. Weber and c. q.
Beesly, son" and son-in-law, respectively,
of the dead peoples have offered a reward.
Of $500.
At special. and executive session of
the Board Of Trustees this afternoon a
resolution was passed authorizing the
Chief of Police to EN- poy fifty extra police
officers to assist in Kidding the city of the
large criminal element now here. 1t was
also arranged to appoint as special officers
all good citizens who. sy volunteer. and
will work without conversation. It is
expected that thereswill be great mum.
Der of volunteers from the conn ittee of
safety, which is now organizing. q.
At the meeting of the Trustees Presi-
dent Lawton spoke OF the lawless condi-
ton that had existed for the past month,
and stated that he had been Informed Of
eleven attempts at burglary during the
past night. -"
Every man found upon the streets after
IL o'clock midnight will be arrested and
locked up unless he can give good &C.
count of himself.
This afternoon about half-past 1 o'clock
q woman named Mrs. Mellis, who resides
in: the old postof1ce building at Fourth
and K streets: started to 60 to grocery
at Fourth and L streets TO make some pur-
chases. Just as she had crossed the alley
on the east side of Fourth street, between
K and L. rough-looking man whom she
met suddenly made rush toward her and
grabbed her purse. Mrs. Mellis screamed.
but managed to hold on 10 the purse. The
footpad became alarmed. loosened his grip
upon the purse and ran up the alley and
managed to make his escape. Mrs. Mellis
was so agitated over her thrilling expert
ence that she could not give a good de-
scription of the robber.
A number of burglaries and highway
robberies were reported TO the police dur
ing the day.
This afternoon Deputy Sheriff Ben
O'Neil and Constable Brissel did some
splendid WORK. They went out to Tenth
sha lavaa or,d rai6ad a