The San Francisco call., 1896-06-04

followed the previous day close to tn e cor
raj. They went down over the mountain
toward the Santa Ana Valley. We fol-
lowed these for ten or fifteen miles, when
we came upon the sack in which one foot
had been wrapped. worn through by the
heel and sole of the shoe. Shortly after
the discovery we lost all trace of the
tracks in the grass. Gardner, McAvoy and
Rives however, will stay with 1t, as we
are confident we are hot on the fugitive s
trail. He had but one days start OF US, II
the man seen at the Mountain House
is he.
Mansfield and Hayden were detailed 10
go down the east side of the mountain to
watch the trails of the San Joaquin SIDE
Dunham, however, has evidently gone
south-following the range right down.
He probably makes fifteen or twenty miles
q day and has no difficulty in getting 1000
in that country. There are plenty OF
camps and the rule is for hungry man to
help himself at any camp he strikes we
obtained food in this way. .,
"a posse lded by Sheriff Lyndon,
continued Harrison, with McAvoy and
Ballou, have gone direct to HoillsteT ana
will work upward from the south with the
intention of heading off Dunham II ne IS
travelling in that direction, as we hrmIy
believe. That he is armed there seems no
doubt. The vaoueros at the Mountalp
House state that they saw revolver IN
The belt of the man who leaped out of the
manger and made oil.
s'These mountain places are so remote
from anv means of communication that
at most of them the news of the muir
ders and Dunhams fight was unknown.
We lest descriptions and photographs
everywhere We went.
Deputy Harrison was compelled by his
duties at the jail to give up the chase tenn
porarily but he will return as soon as he
has looked after affairs here.
Sam Bane, who has been with Erwin
Frosts party, came in to-day from the
same place, also eloquent with news OF the
trail in that direction. He uses the name
of Dunham freely and without qualitica-
ton as being the man who stole certain
tea and pork and such things from cabins
along the mountain trails. He works In
the pointed-toe shoe that has made such a
conspicuous imprint all over the face OF
the everlasting hills. He goes further; he
brought with him the exact dimensions OF
the tracks in black and white on paper
and is sure that no other man than Dun
ham could have made them. Mr.. Bane
gives as his reason for turning away from
this hot trail that he wanted to notify the
Sheriff's otfice-the Sheriff being at this
time working on this very trail near Hol-
lister. For this he left his chances on that
even intimate that he preferred immediate
and certain fame to merely possible for
tune. However, he tells an interesting
story.
Alter detailing how Dunham broke into
q shanty occupied by Japs on the Little
ranch (the Japs being away and stealing
some provender, he says:
The next definite trace we found of him
was by following along the Monterey road
10 the Twelve-Mile House. Here, a boy
named Roper saw. him. In passing the
house, Dunham took to the barley field,
bending down as he moved through the
growing grain. Before you reach Coyote,
there is a ravine off to the left of the county
road. Dunham got off the road into the
ravine to pass the night there. He was
not aware that house stood back in the
Iavine, hidden by trees, until he came
right upon it. A Spanish girl named Con-
stance Soto lives there with her father.
'Old man Soto had not yet come home
for his supper and Constance stood outside
the shanty watching for him. Instead of
her father she saw Dunham come down
the ravine, slowly, looking to the right
and left for good place to sleep. When
close to the house Dunham looked up,
discovered the shantv and the girl His
appearance was the reverse of reassuring,
and as he made move toward her the
girl turned, ran into the house, locked the
door and, womanlike, watched him
through the window. He turned YEARLY,
retraced his steps, gained the county road,
and bore off to the right into barley field
toward Coyote Creek. That night he
. lay among the willows by the creek.
From the willows we traced his tracks
back to the county road as he made for
the Coyote bridge, which he desired to
cross. He was unable to do so, as three
men were working on the bridge, so he
hung around Fisher Lake. At o'clock
the men left work and Dunham left the
willows. crossed the bridge and is now
making his way toward Llagas, where he
has friends. We followed his tracks along
until after dark and the balance of the
posse have camped upon the trail and will
follow it to the end. L have come in to
notify the Sheriff's Office"
The balance of the posse who are follow
ing these tracks toward Llagas are Erwin
Frost, Tom O'Toole and Spaniard named
Friacca Fisher. Sam Bane, after making
his report, will return to the posse to as.
sist it. He does not anticipate any soft
snap.