The San Francisco call., 1896-05-23

about 35 or 36, weight about 100. very dark
complexion, long face, large mustache. thinks
ne had square jaws, dark clothes. standing
collar, and was foreigner, either German or
something like that, and wore q glove on one
hand cannot say which hand at present.
then showed q, Mr.: Bell your description and
was satisfied that that was the man who was
on his train and left it at Los Angeles.
Bell says he viii be in Los Angeles at 2 P. NJ.
tomorrow and will be there for two days, and
II Captain Lees wishes he will call on Chief
Glass, who is q friend of his, and do all he can
to find the man, whom he thinks is the man
you want. Since taking a good look at the
picture he is satisfied that it is the picture of
the man who was on his train last Saturday
night; but It was taken when he was younger
man. but still looks great deal like him.
He told me that If you wanted him to assist
the Los Angeles police to send them word and
meet him and he would do all in his power to
ges the man.
AS soon as the captain received this re-
port he wired to Chief Glass as follows:
Meet G. r. Bell, Pullman-car conductor. on
train leaving here tonight. Says he thinks
Blanther left here Saturday night with him and
saw him get off at Los Angeles. Says the man
kept one glove on. We believe the murderer chi
his hand while doing the murder.
Yesterday the Captain received the fol-
lowing letter from Chief Glass, dated May
2I:
note contents of your telegram of last
night that g. r. Bell, Pullman-car conductor,
thinks Blanther left San Francisco SATURDAY.
night with him and got off at Los Angeles.
Unfortunately your telegram OF Sunday was re-
ceived just too late for detectives to reach the
train, even at the last stopping place. But the
moment telegram was received Detective
Bradish got to the Hollenbeck Hotel and met
the bus just as it got from the depot, and at
once visited all of the other hotels
that run buses from the depot, and 1
all of the detectives and we have been on the
lookout for the party ever since Will have
detectives meet Bell to-day.
To verify the statement of Pullman Con-
ductor Bell, Captain Lees yesterday got the
following statement from the brakeman on
the overland train, No. 10, between Oakland
and Fresno, which left Saturday afternoon
On Saturday evening we left the Oakland
pier at 5:3o and sitting in the local
smoker, about the third or fourth seat from the
rear, was man l am sure was Blanther
came down for the tickets with my conductor,
Dolan, and this man asked for a ticket for FL
Paso: told him that we did not sell any tickets
for Ell Paso; that he should pay his fare as fs
Port Costa and get his ticket for Fl Paso there
When he paid his fare sized him up pretty
thoroughly, thinking him a spotter. He read
his paper and only lifted his head up little
wnen taking. noticed that he wore dark
redolsh gloves and believe q black derby hat
and he wore eye glasses.
When we got to Port Costa he got off to get n
ticket, but the agent did not have it ready and
waited some time and then hollered "All
aboard and told him he could buy his ticket
at Martinez and telegraphed up there to have
1t ready. When Conductor Dolan and myself
saw the picture in yesterdays Chronicle we
both agreed at once that he was the man
wanted. We stopped at Martinez and the other
conductor went out with him and he bought a
| ticket for Ell Paso at Martinez. He looked like
foreigner, with dark complexion and sandy
reddish mustache, slender fellow. Decker
another conductor on the Pullman palace-car,
said to me that he noticed this man eating
with his gloves on, and he noticed him parti-
cularly, as he had never seen q man eat wit
| his gloves on before. We asked him why he
did not get ticket and he said he had lust
missed the boat, but we knew that he did moi
get on the train un til IL was moving, after the
train mad pulled out.
A message was at once sent to r. B.
Borland. ticket agent at Martinez. as fol-
lows:
| Telegraph me name, number and form of
! ticket sold for train 10 10 FL Paso; the ticke.