The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-01

to believe that the murderer has taken to
the brush at this point is an incident that
has been made public to-day for the first
time.
1t seems that the day after the attempt
was made to rob the overland passenger
train at Ben Ali on the grant Fred Goto-
bed, who resides in that section, unsxpect-
edly discovered two men in an old out
building. One Of the men was stretched
upon the floor, and was sleeping soundly,
while the other was leaning against the
wall, and apparently keeping watch over
his sleeping companion. Having heard of
the attempted robbery Gotobed s suspicious
were aroused, and he inquired of the
taller individual, who was awake,
what business they had in that out
house. The man retorted in an
evidently disguised tone of voice that they
were resting. Gotobed drove off and OBJ
tained assistance and returned to find the
men had disappeared He notified the de-
tectives and the Sheriff's forces imme-
diately, giving a description of the men
that tailed exactly with that of the train
robbers. Yesterday, by request of the
railroad officials, Mr.. Gotobed went to
Marysville and positively identified the
body of the dead robber as the man whom
he had addressed in the clubhouse. The Of
ficers have also known that these men were
seen on the day previous to the attempted
Ben Ali robbery preparing hiding-place
in which to secrete the treasure, they ex-
pected to obtain from the looting OF the
train. The story as related by the officers
is as follows:
A young rancher who resides beyond
the grant proper, had occasion to drive
into Sacramento, and as his horse turned
sharp bend of the road which at that
place ran through thicket of brush and
liveoaks he saw two men, one of whom
seemed to be engaged in digging hole in
the earth at the base of large tree. On
seeing his approach one of the men threw
his coat over the excavation. AS soon as
the young man heard of the attempted
robbery he Immediately drove into town
and notified the detectives of what he had
witnessed. They accompanied him to the
spot and turning over the ground at the
place he designated, they found a cleverly
constructed ehiding-place evidently to be
used for the concealment of treasure. 1t
was covered with boards and contained an
empty coal-oil can.
Now, the detectives reason that the
hiding place of the robbers cannot be far
from the place in which they intended to
secret their treasure. Under these clrcum-
stances part of the detective force claim
that the murderers of Sheriff Bogard is
secreted on the grant and it is claimed that
he could have ridden on to the bridge,
which is only six feet above the ground,
being intended for use in the winter season
when the surrounding country is covered
with water from the overflow, lowered his
wheel at any point of the bridge and rode
off by way of some of the trails that thread
their way through the dense underground.
Ii this theory be correct it would explain
the absolute disappearance of the men,
who have easily been traced to this point
and lost. 1t is an absolute impossibility to
capture any person in this vast tract OF
Undiscovered country, filled as it is with
/ old abandoned mining shafts and diifts
without enlisting the services of an army
of men and carefully scrutinizing every
foot of the ground. In fact, it would be q
more difficult search than TO discover the
alleged needle in the hay stack. The de-
tectives claim that as long as he stays in
this brushy tract he is safe always, provid-
ing he has taken refuge there. But they
also claim that should he ever venture
into the open country they will effect his
capture, as his personal appearance Is ac-
curately known to all law officers.