The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-21
HUNTERS vs., HUNTERS,
A Long Pending Case That Will
Be Decided To-Day at
Fairfield.
New Schemes Said to Have Been Con
cocted by Gamekeepers to
Annoy Hunters.

The sportsmen of this City and Solano
County are in hopes that the long pending
injunction case which will come up again
to-day before Judge Buckles of the Supe-
rior Court of Fairfield, Solano County,
will be decided either in favor OF the pre-
serve men or the great mass of sportsmen
who are now debarred from shooting on
the marshes.
Assem- blyman Bassford of Solano Coun-
ty is of the opinion that the clubmen have
no legal title to the marshes, which are
now posted with notices warning tres
passers not to shoot thereon. He says
that in the purchase of marsh lands from
the State the purchasers must conform
with certain conditions, one of which is
that of retaining them. AS the marshes
in question have not been improved the
conditions of purchase must consequently
have been ignored.
The clubmen contend that their title is
first class in every particular, and if such
be the case they certainly have right to
exclude all trespassers-that is, if they
conform with the law in other respects,
such as fencing, etc.
Captain Lees-not the well-known de-
tective, but sportsman who has sailed
over many miles of water-is now anxiously
and steam launch up the Cordelia Slough
to place called Cooks Pond, which is at
the northwest end OF the Ibis Club
grounds. The captain cannot reach the
spot where he is DESTROYS of locating ow-
ing to blockade in the slough, and his
friends are very anxious that he should
have this matter of slough blockading
brought to the attention Of the proper
authorities and then apply for right of
way.
The Teal and Cordelia clubs have sta
toned armed keepers near the place where
the slough is blockaded, with instructions
not to allow any person to injure any part
of the obstruction to navigation. On the
Frank Horn Slough is another blockade
distant about two miles from Espinosa
station. A bay schooner is now waiting
an opportunity to land some freight at
Espinosa station, but it is matter of con-
lecture when the craft will reach its
destination.
Sportsmen who have recently returned
from the Suisun marshes state that the
keepers have hit upon new and happy
idea to give hunters all the annoyance
possible. The scheme concocted is that
two or three of the keepers surround a
lone hunter and remain with him until
he has concluded to leave in disgust. If
he should persist in holding his ground
for any length of time he is liable to be
detained over and charged with having
attempted to pepper keeper in mistake
for duck, and all kinds of devices are
said to be employed by the keepers to
deter hunters from trespassing on the mud
flats.
Mr.. Robinson, the Under Sheriff of
Solano County, paid visit to Captain
Chittenden, the head keeper of the Cor
della Club, last Sunday and admonished
that individual severely fer having taken
the law into his own hands few DAYS be-
fore by relieving young hunter of his
gun and game. The gun was subse-
quently returned to its owner, but the
game was confscated by the head keeper.