The San Francisco call., 1896-06-09

terday stated that the citizens fund was
nearing $4,000 and that $1,000 OF this was
secured from the vicinity OF Campbells.
He expected the fund 10 steadily increase
as the days passed.
Deputy Sheriff Gardner yesterday stated
that he did not consider the slsns OF sacks
worn over shoes as evidence of the pres
ence of Dunham, as the custom OF placing
sacks over shoes in order to facilitate
rough mountain climbing was not new
or unusual one.
After thorough search of the noun
tains Gardner believes that Dunham prob
ably went south as far as the Mountain
House and then retraced his steps and
came north again in order to throw the
posses of the Sheriffs off his trail.
A general opinion seems to prevail
among the officers that Durham is in
hiding not very far from this city. This,
however, is given as merely belief, with
out any definite grounds to substanti-
ate it.
The following letter was received by
acting Chief of Police Robert Anderson to-
day:
BAKERSFIELD, CAL, June z, 1896.
Friend Bob: l am sure met Dunham Satur-
day. 1t was on section 10, twelve miles north
OF Bakersfield on what IS Known as tae kraz az
mer ranch. / have been at work there Tor the
p-'' '"'A'' O"'' WILL H. RUSSELL
P. 81 know him.
Russell is a railroad carpenter, who re-
sided in San Jose at one time.
The following letter was forwarded to
the Sheriff's Office by the Abend Post, a
German paper in San francisco:
PANOCHE, CAL, June z, 1896
German Abend Post, san Francisco, Cal.: The
murderer James Dunham, must unquestioua-
bly, keep himself around this vicinity. He was
seen by number OF people around here. Just
off ora CJVur AT0nnd h.
borhood by day and by nlght' questioning all
whom they meet in regard to Durham.
The fell ow slept at my brothers barn on the
night of the 4th to the 9th of June. On the
following morning I showed my brother Dun
hams picture as it appeared in the Chronicle,
when he Immediately recognized Dunham.
Thereupon we searched the whole vicinity,
but we lost his trail and no one seems TO know
what has become of him. Respectfully,
GEORGE BERG.
N.B.-Judging from the way the people
hereab bouts express themselves l do not be-
heve that the murderer can be taken from
here alive. G. B.
n. B.-A fellow who eyinces such an amount
of shrewdnesS in evading the officers our peo-
pie do not consider an insane man. G.B.
Sheriff Lyndon was in Panoche last
Wednesday and knows that if Dunham
strikes there at any time word will imme-
diately be sent to him by some of the of
fcers now in that locality.
W. J. Peall, who has a ranch on the
Kincaid road, back of Mount Hamilton,
came to the Sheriff Office tonight with a
rather startling report, which proved later
to be immaterial PealPs nearest neigh
bors in the mountains are the Scott fam
lily.
This morning he went over to the Scott
place and found on the front door of the
cabin string, attached to which were four
mice, all hung by the necks. Beneath the
mice was a piece of brown wrapping
paper, on which was written the follow
ing:
This is the way treat my family and this is
the way 1 will treat you If you are at home
when come along. J. c. DUNHAM.
The Sheriff compared this handwriting
in letters known to have been written by
Dunham, and found not the slightest SIM
ilarity.
The fact that Dunham is an educated
man, and that the person who executed
the writing on brown paper spelled fam
lily" with an re, and "come" without the
"e," was considered further proof that the
whole thing was the work of some thought
less person.