The San Francisco call., 1896-05-30

from the hotel at Smiths Creek. This story
was shortly supplanted by another, TO the
effect that the murderer had been corralled
in cabin some twenty-five miles from
where he was first seen last evening. In
these and the haIf-dozen tales that fol-
lowed, bloodhounds figured in each in
stance with picturesque effect.
The fact appears that the bloodhounds
have at no time taken the trail of the MUIR
derer, as until t. IS morning he has kept
to his horse and they had nothing to work
upon.
New detachments of Deputy Sheriffs
and independent adventurers have been
starting for the mountains at intervals all
day, every man of them heavily armed
and all certain that they will bring down
the reward. Groups of men who gathered
at every street corner, centered at the cor
ner of First and Santa Clara streets and In
front of the Courthouse, where the tele-
phonic messages were said to be coming
N and whence the man-hunters made
their start for the mountains.
The first intelligence of any progress in
this hunt thai seemed to be tangible came
to town over the wire at o'clock and re-
ported the return of posse with the horse
away. The horse was found in what is
known as Indian Gulch, an almost i'm
penetrable thicket in the mountains lead
ing up from Smiths Greek toward the
summit.
This story was quickly followed by re-
ports of the calling in of the scattered
deputies and the concentration of the men
IN the canyon, and, of course, the starting
nf IL
there was the report of pistol and the
expected discovery of the body of the
fugitive with self inflicted death wound.
None of this could be corroborated by
direct communication with the men at the
Smiths Creek Hotel, except that the horse
had been actually found. The vagueness
of all else, the indirectness of answers to
questions, gave rise to the next rumor
which took the form of a theory that Sher-
If Lyndon had in fact captured his man
and was trying to conceal the fact from
the anxious people OF this city in order
that he might the better get his man to
town without having to meet the disad-
vantage of an excited mob in the street;
for these crowds on the street corners are
something that must be taken into every
calculation with regard to the capture of
Dunham. Nobody has said plainly that
his capture would be quickly followed by
his lynching, but everybody freely says
that it ought to be. The difference between
those two expressions is not very wide
one.
The passing OF the hours has intensified
the interest and excitement. The course
OF trade has been greatly affected. There
seems to be one thought in mems minds,
but one question upon their lips:
What is the news from the noun.
tains2''
Out at Campbells the funeral of the five
victims of the murderer was under way
Throngs of people LIFT this city for the
place and the procession of vehicles repre-
sented every variety or conveyance and
left the livery stables almost empty.
When that procession turned its head this
way again, after witnessing the most
touching and impressive ceremony that
has ever taken place in California, it was
several times its original length. The
people who had gathered at Campbells
from the surrounding country, when they
had seen the five butchered bodies laid
side By side in that one big, wide grave.
waited, perhaps, until they had filed it
up. Then they turned their horses
heads toward san Jose; they wanted to
hear something of the capture of the muir
derer then.
So as the hours wore on the crowds on
the street corners were increased by these
newcomers. 1t was said that "all of Camp
bells was in town.
With the confirmed report of the cap-
ture OF Dunham's horse, with the added
statement that the Sheriff was close unon
the heels of the murderer, the evening
papers issued extras that were eagerly
bought up and excitement became greatly
intensified. Momentarily the added news
was expected that the murderer had been
captured.
As the afternoon ran down toward dusk
the greatest impatience was manifested
because that news did not come. It was
even reported that the Sheriff was making
arrangements for a long siege. Then came
descriptions of this Indian Gulch, of
what mass of brush and underground it
was. and how difficult it was to make any
progress through il, and how it might be
possible for man to conceal himself in
the brush for days. It was then that the
theory was started that Sheriff Lyndon
was taking precautions; that he had really
captured his man ana was probably on his
way to the city with him, but that he
feared the effect of making the fact known
So the crowds Kept their places and waited
and watched.
Tonight under the electric lights the
crowds were still there, still more ex-