The San Francisco call., 1897-10-16
Travellers Near Corte MADEIRA
Made to Surrender Their
Purses.
CONSTABLE MAHER CAP
TURES THE CULPRITS.
Oae Shows Fight, but Is Cowed by
the Sight of the Officers
Revolver.
Special Dispatch to THE CALL

SAUSALITO, CAL, Oct. 15.-Three men
giving the names of J. Mccarthy, ?. Mon
ohan and w. Francis are behind the bars
OF the Sausalito Jail, and will TOMORROW
be charged with highway robbery by Dis
trict Attorney Z. b. MartineiH. They
were arrested by Constable John B. Ma
her, manager of the Mill Valley Patrol,
near Corte MADEIRA station. They are
hard looking customers. During the
hours between II o'clock this morning
and this afternoon they caused a reign
of terror near Corte MADEIRA, holding UP
people in the vicinity and committing va
rlous depred dations.
Fred Schluter, a restaurant-keeper in
Mill Valley, was driving along on the hill
side road near Corte MADEIRA to-day when
suddenly two men jumped out from the
thick brush on either side of the highway
and in true desperate style com PEELED him
to give up his money. One seized his
horse by the bride while the other made
Schluter give up his belongings. Alter
Schluter had emptied his pockets the
men allowed him to depart, and he drove
toward Mill Valley to inform the Con-
stable.
Mrs. Charles Dowd, wife of liveryman
OF Mill Valley, was the second victim.
She was driving along the road when
three highwaymen compelled her to stop
and turn over to them what money she
had in her possession. She emptied her
pocket of lone 50.cent piece, all she had
with her, anc the men permitted her to
drive on. The woman was badly fright
ened and she put the whip to the horse
md drove rapidly toward her home in
EH Valley
I The highwaymen were in nowise dis
guised, and while they treated their VIC
Tins harshly they made no attempt to do
them bodily injury. In each case they
were satisfied to obtain what money the
unfortunates had i'll their possession.
N. Alexander was also held up near
Corte MADEIRA and robbed. His descrip-
ZION of the highwaymen taIlies with that
kOf the others who were unlucky enough
to meet them.
Emil Frey of San Rafael was Another
victim of the robbers. He is EN- ployed by
a liquor firm in San Rafael, and was on
the county road near Corte MADEIRA this
afternoon, when the three men came after
him and compelled him to draw up and
help swell their fund. After being re-
ieved of his change he was allowed 10 go
on his way without injury.
1t was about 2:30 o'clock when Schluter
the first victim who had been stood up by
the trio, came tearing into Mill Valley,
his horse almost ready to drop from
exhaustion. He told the story OF the 70 b.
berry, and Constable Maher, mounted on
horseback, started from NJ i'll Valley over
the hills to Corte MADEIRA. The distance
by the wagon road is about four miles.
over a steep hill, but the constable covered
it in few minutes
He arrived near Corte MADEIRA shortly
after 3 o clcck, and made a search for the
men, Finally he located them on the
road about a quarter of a mile from Corte
MADEIRA, and overtakipg them. placed
them under arrest. Two of the men su b.
mitted, and the constable put handouts
upon them. The third man showed fight.
Maher drew his revolver from his pocker,