The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-02
The Fugitive Visited Two
Ranches to Procure
- Supplies.
-.
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ALLOWED TO DEPART IN
!: :.....=.> PEACE.
Farmers Who Gave Him Shelter
Knew. Nothing of His
j.. !" { Crime.
PUSHED A. BICYCLE THROUGH
.:.:..>. THE BRUSH.
Broad Marks. Left by the Tires On
Mountain. Paths-Citizens Form
+ .:.. ...=.. a Safety Committee.

SAN JOSE, CAL, June 1.--Sheriff Lyn-
don. and his 1nan-hunters returned to
toWp tonight from the mountains after
having. com pletely lost the trail of Muir
deTeT Dunham M: But they were destined
fo@s5on recover it again, and late tonight
the chase had become hotter than ever
Before, and something tangible to guide
The. .=pJlrsuers. Durham had been seen,
*.:zand that recently.
@=> Iosnight a meeting of citizens, respond
to an Invitation from committee of
Ell safety was held at the courthouse behind
zzclosed :doors-to all net having an invita-
>1@ztilnzzto take what measures may seem fit
to=tlem. under the circumstances.
.:.r#I:fe1 circumstances provoking the call
Was of=course, the failure OF the Sheriff to
..caRtu re: this man. Neither the Sheriff or
s any of his deputies received an invitation,
!. y were they present.
~ ~ I1}fs Hooked like direct blow at Lyndon
81. q protest against his management OF
tile case. Under Sheriff Benson made
sGme protest against the action of
:s=tl1e= committee, and thereupon an
INVITATION was sent to Lyndon and him
@z@Seif, alter the meeting had been organized,
4 butt they refused to attend. There were
>: about 100 of San Jose's leading citizens In
!. attendance.
** No direct reflection was cast upon the
::ltieTals referred to, but the general ex-
Preston was strong in favor of an active
movement to bring the murderer to
Justice.
!: 1t was determined as the sentiment of
= the meeting that a reward of $4,000 be
Offered for the body OF the murderer, and
.. that a mass-meetipg be called, TO be held
on the steps of the courthouse tomorrow
evening.
: A large sum was subscribed by those
present, and committees were appointed
to canvass every ward of the city for Sub
+; scriptions tomorrow. There was talk
also OF urging the Sheriff to call for 1000
volunteers to guard the mountain passes
':-:@aIld sweep the surrounding country This,
mo doubt, will take form at the mass
Injecting tomorrow night.
The people ofthe city feel q deep chagrin
and. impatience that the murderer of a
whole family should have ridden away
from his awful work out of the country to
:*:safety-a man with a bareback horse and
no. provisions.
== The big offer of $4,000 for the murder
.z=.er''s:body is an exact index to the temper
:--*of the masses. The offer does not say
.**..itt he arrest OF the murderer" IL calls for
his tsbody." And this from gathering of
1.-the: representative citizens under an un-
4 signed call from "a Committee of Safety"
=.' ::~ There has been protest all along from
the@ofticIdls against any suggestion that
i alynching would follow the arrest of the
murderer. The fact is, however, that there
f: has been a deep current setting in that
.d0ection from the very first.
he staid old farmers about Cam pbells
o. are not given to sudden passion, have
=.9=I1 ad deS- no secret of their thoughts in the
nlaeter: The citizens of San Jose, how
:*eRer,*+ have seemed willing to wait
Upon: h the course of justice-if the
crowds Of idlers on the street corners on
the nighteof Friday, when it was supposed
hewas already captured, may be excepted.
Withthe return of the Sheriff's legIons,
bootless. and empty handed, to-day, from
a traiEthat at one time seemed to lead
close: upon the murderer, the feeling of i'm
patience. and chagrin has run more deeply
and made Itself more manifest
:%.Butwhile this meeting was being held,
alld:Sheriff Lyndon and his men were
criticized. the Sheriff had received new in
,telllgence of most interesting character
to=Bim and was already preparing to go
back whence he had come.
Even before the meeting was over the
Sheriff and his posse had mounted their
horses =. and ridden out of town
toward the noun tain. The in
formation was definite and to the
effect, that the murderer had been seen
last Friday at the Coe ranch, ten miles
south of Indian Gulch. On the following
night he made his appearance at the
ranch of James McHraith, short distance
from The Highland schoolhouse.
The Information concerning Dunham's
movements was brought to San Jose by
Wood. Wadams, a resident of Santa Clara
He has for some time been employed upon
:. the Newell ranch, in San Felipe Valley.
The owner of this ranch is the teacher of
the San Felipe school.
" The mail reaches these mountain ranches
only semi ccasionally from Evergreen
and Madrone. 1t is usually brought out
BY one of the ranchers of the neighbor-
hood who may chance to come to the
postoffice. =:
9: C., In consequence sometimes a whole week
passes without any news being received
. from the outside world. This happened
last week, and nothing concerning the
murder al Campbefls was known to those
who lived upon the Coe and McIlrath
ranches last. Friday and Saturday nights
when Dunham, driven to desperation by
hunger, made his appearance there.
On: Sunday morning some papers,
:: among them San Jose Mercury of Fri
day morning, was carried to the Coe
ranch, and Charles Coe, the owner
!. Of the place, was astonished to
:. read the account of the chase after