The record-union., 1896-09-07
THE DEAD BANDIT At THE M0RGUE.

names would indicate that such might
be the case.
The dead robber was a powerful, we'll
built man. about 5 feet 10 inches to
6 feet high, and would weigh about lSO
pounds. He was apparently about 80
years old. His head was large and COW
cred with a full crop Of slightly curing,
reddish brown hair; he had straight
nose and small sized reddish mustache
His hands were not burned by the sun,
but bore callouses. He was dressed In
a cheap suitof dark gray tweed, wore a
soft black hat and had on buttoned
shoes that were kept fairly blacked.
There were no marks on his body.
THE BULLETS.
DR.. Ross, assisted by DR.. White, per-
formed an autopsy on him yesterday
afternoon They found that the first
bullet had entered the right side OF his
nose, which was badly blackened by the
powder, showing that Ingles pistol had
been held very close to it, passed
through the nose and out Of the cheek
without going through any bones and
lodged in the upper part of the left arm.
The second bullet had entered the right
side just below the floating ribs and
located and cut out half an inch below
the skin below the left hip joint
COMPELLED TO HELP.
AS stated yesterday, Immediately
after the receipt of the news, SherlH
Johnson organized a posse and went
over on the special train to the scene OF
the tragedy. Shortly afterwards While
looking for the body, they heard some
one whistle softly and commanded him
to come forward which he did. lie
proved to be a tramp who was conSlder-
ably perturbed and who said he had
been compelled by the robbers to take
part in the hold up. Being questioned,
he told the following story:
MY name is Edward Burke" he said.
II have been working for man named
Ulstine at Dixon, my employment pelng
'bucking' sacks. When we got through
my partner and I started for Sacra-
mento, in search of another job. we
had Just crossed the new trestle to-
night when saw two men sitting beside
the railroad track. When we came near
them, said: Hello, partners! ana was
going along when they arose. one
armed wiar a rifle and the other pistol.
One Of them wore a mask, and he asked:
What have you there"
only our blankets" replied.
Throw them down the embankment!
he shouted.
I'VE did as requested, as the guns
were leveled at US, and the men then
told us what was wanted. They SAID
they proposed to hold up a train soon
to pass and that If we did not assist
they would kill US.
"If YOU do as we say it will be all
right with you, and If you don't it will
be all wrong said one Of the men
II was then asked If / knew how to
uncouple cars l said that / could pull
pin in a freight train, but that was
all. The man doubted my word, but
explained how to uncouple passenger
cars, describing the air brakes, hooks,
levers, etc.
Then one of the men took me to one
side of the track, and my partner and
the other man remained on the opposite
side.
Both men wore masks. One Of them
was tall, but not a very heavy man; he
wore a black mask, apparently of cloth,
over his face. He took charge OF me ana
took me over to the left side Of the
track, coming towards Sacramento, and
when the train came up he stood pc
hind me- The other was about feet b
or Z inches tall and seemed to be a
young man. He was pretty stout in
build He had some kind or a
dark mask over the lower part Of his
face that fell down over his breast He
took charge Of my partner on the other
side Of the track and my partner squat
ted down.
when the train was heard the tall
man said in a low voice to his compan-
ion, She's coming, jerry to which the
other responded, All right AS 1t came
nearer the tall man said, I wonder if
he has fixed things all right and the
other man said, I don't know Then
when the train came close the tall one
said, Yes, it's all right and when it
stopped he said to me, Go ahead and
do as I told you
Il went back to the express car and
tried to uncouple the fastening, but the
lever would not work. My partner tried
to help me, but it was no go. Then the
shooting commenced, and I said to my
partner, Shall we jump?' and he said
Yes and we plunged into the tules and
underbrush
after the train had pulled out
called for my partner, but he did not
answer, so l ran to the section house
toward Davisville. / told them what
had happened. land informed the con-
ductor of train that had been tagged
that there was a dead man down the
track, but little attention was paid to
my statement.
when the train came up was
standing where the headlight shone up
on me and said, I will lie down. but
the tall man, who was behind me, said,
No, stand where you are
Burke, or Bercey, which is thought
to be his name, was taken to the city
prison, although the officers were dis
posed to credit his story. He said his
partner was a Swede, with whom he
had been travelling
THE SWEDE ALSO.
Yesterday afternoon Constable Hugo
Frommelt of Washington and Railroad
officer John King, who were among the
posse who went out on the train the
night before, searched the country to
see If they could find anything of the