The San Francisco call., 1896-04-06

said-that they were away from his place
on the night of the shooting. He Will not
be likely to swear either way, though ne
has already committed himself.
"There is no mistake as to the ldentlfl-
cation of Pittsburg Jack. In addition to
his strongly marked and easily recognlz-
able features there were other marks
which could not be mistaken. One of
these was bit of tattooing IN blue ink on
the inside of his left arm consisting of
the letters IN. O. D." with sunburst
above and double bracket below. Such
work is rarely if ever done on a sailors
arm.
'He never had been sailor and he was
not hobo, as will be shown in due time.
l fully expected the result of my investi-
cation to be laughed at and discredlted by
the police, but that does not alter the facts.
1.-THE police went away off at the start,
and took great pains in trying to establish
the fact that Miller was not only double
faced traitor to his master but murderer
besides. One of the papers said that the
police had woven around him web OF
circumstantial evidence that would re-
quire good deal of proof to rebut."
The statement made to the effect that
Riley had left his picture with Kline be-
fore leaving was incorrect. The CALL did
not get the picture from Kline.
Detective Kline has been served with a
subpoena to appear in Judge Lows court
this morning.
Captain Lees and 1.-THE upper Office"
were not at all pleased with the story of
the Franklin burglary which appeared in
yesterdays CALL. He denounced it as a
fake Just as he had laughed to scorn the
man who came to him with a story that
Ivan Kovalev and his gang were the muir
derers of the Webers. But it turned out
that the man was right, and afterward
Captain Lees took all the glory and asked
for 5000 reward for Kovalev's conviction OF
murder in the first degree.
The captain yesterday said that he
would afford Private Detective Harry
Kline the opportunity OF proving his alle-
cations in court.
He thought enough of the story, how
ever, to detain Handsome Riley" until
Private Detective Kline shall have had an
opportunity OF making complaint
against him.
Riley called at the Southern police sta
tion yesterday morning and offered to sur
render himself He was advised to go
to police headquarters to Captain Lees,
ana he at once did SO. He will be de-
tained, Captain Lees says, until Kline
either prov es or disproves his charges
against him.
"It is not true" said Riley, yesterday,
''that l testified at the inquest that had
been a tramp for fifteen years. l am an
architect by profession, and came to this
City in 1887, and worked for four years for
Charles Mau in Oakland. Afterward 1
worked for Southtield & Colburg, on
Kearny and California streets; Clinton
| Day; James Seadler, Sacramento. and w.
H. Waugh. l left Waugh's employ July
last, and since then l have been drink
ing, which has been my only fault.
at is not true that l am a criminal.
have been twice arrested for vagrancy
within the past year, but each time the
charge was dismissed. | have been living
with nv parents here right along and it
was my mother who advised me this
morning on reading THE CALL to sur
render myself.
Il never heard of 'Pittsburg Jack till
read it in the newspapers and never saw
any one who knew such person. l have
known Hayes about six months and first
met him in a saloon where they sell
| cheap beer and give free lunch. l never
knew Hayes to be arrested for any crime
/ but he was once arrested for begging.
never heard of him being criminal from
the crowd we associated with and he was
never looked upon as a crook.
81 never went to Franklin's Office and
never saw him till at the inquest. l also
never heard of Hayes being at franklin s
Office.
"Kline says I gave him my picture. He
| does not tell the truth. l never saw him
/ in my life. The only picture Of me that
sion Of girl to whom l was engaged to be
married five years ago. 1t was taken when
l worked for Mau in Oakland.
About the Franklin burglary, did not
know anything regarding it till l read it
in the papers. can prove that was in
bed at home at the time the burglary was
committed"
1.-The whole story" said Captain Lees,
"is a fake from beginning to end and |
will give Mr.. Kline the opportunity to
bring forward his proof. l will detain
Riley meantime and will subpoena Kline
to appear in court and substantiate his
charges.
about week after the burglary re-
ceived information that this man Kline
knew something about the dead man, and
/ sent Detective Wren to find out what he
knew about him. Acting upon the infor-
nation Wren got from Kline and his
brother-in-law, l wrote on February "a the
following letter to the Warden of the peni-
tentiary at Jefferson City, Mo-:
Herewith inclosed find photos of burglar
killed while burglarizing a residence in this
! City on the 14th inst. l am informed that
under the name of Clark-think his right
name is Dougherty-he was an inmate of your
prison and was discharged in 1883 OF 1889
| that he worked in the eharness-shop when man
named Strauss had the harness making con-
. tract. Please investigate at your earliest con-
| venience and inform me of results.
"Not receiving an answer wrote again
and received the following letter from
Warden Pace. which is dated March "a:
Incosed we hand photos sent us. We do not
keep pictures of prisoners hence have nothing
to compare with. Employees who have been
here over twenty wears fail to identify him