The San Francisco call., 1897-08-12
No Tongue Yet Speaks
the Name of Scho-
fields Slayer.
Failure of the Officers to Un-
cover the Slightest
CleW.
Attention Is Being Directed Toward
Mrs. Schofield'S First
Husband.

SAN JOSE, CAL, Aug. 1.-THE mys-
terry surrounding the death of George w.
Schoheid, the rancher. is apparen lily still
iar from solution, and the officers, while
not willing to acknowledge defeat, are ur-
easy with the fear that none of the pris-
oners Will make the revelations necessary
10 make clear case against the unknown
assassin. There were no important de-
Velopments to-day although the still
hunt for evidence. which began the day of
the tragedy, is still being vigorously
prosecuted. Sheriff Lyndon was out OF
town all day and 1t is known that he was
absent on official business connected with
the Schofield case.
The recent history of Albert Mann, bet.
ter known as "Budd' Mann, Mrs. Scho-
fields former husband, is now OF para
mount interest to the officers
1t will be remem bered that the widow.
IN an interview soon after the tragedy,
said that after the first bullet was fired
her husband said that he believed "Budd"
Mann fired the shot. At last accounts
Mann was residing not far from Watson
vile. A week ago Monday Schofield was
in Watsonville and the officers are now
anxious to know whether Schofeld and
Mann met and had any trouble on that
day. Thus far the inquiries and inyesti-
CATION made at Walsonville have not
| brought out any facts 10 support the
theory that Mann had anything to do
with the murder.
Mrs. Schofield says that she lost all in
terest in Mann when they were divorced
and insists that she does not know
whether he is alive or dead. When ques.
toned as to his oaceer she said that a
dozen or fifteen years ago her former hus-
| band killed an Italian in a row, bit was
acquitted of the crime by the court of
Santa Cruz County.
During the last two days Mrs. Schofield
has refused to talk OF the murder and is
obeying the instructions OF her attorney
to te letter. She does not grieve any
over her captivity and daily grows more
con ntident that lack of evidence against her
will soon force the officers to open her cell
door and restore her to freedom. The
present outlook justifies her confidence, as
all signs point to dismissal at the pre-
| liminary examination.
Affairs have become com plicated for the
prosecution and sumo of the officers be-
lieve that a mistake was made in arresting
all three of the persons who were on the
| Schotield place at the time of the tragedy
The prisoners stick to the same old story
and the prosecution can have no evidence
complaint against at least one of the pris-
oners is dismissed. The officers are re-
| luctant to take this course, but will be
forced into it unless something unex-
pected happens within the next few days.
Dan butcher is in Jail ut Morgan Hill,
twenty miles south oil this city, and Irving
Mann and his mo her in different floors of
the county jail.
Their only possible means of communi-
cation is through their attorney and, on
account of the distance to Morgan Hill,
butcher receives lew visits from his legal
adviser. Irving Mann seems to have
re ached the age of discretion at IL years
Represen atives of the District Attorney s
office have tried all allowable methods of
eliclting information from this boy, but
each time he has stood the bonn bard me mt
OF questions like a veteran under fire. He
gives the same old replies over and over
again anc sometimes it seems evident that
he is re citing lesson.
When the officers would cease question:
ing hun even for few moments he would
reach calmly over to the table, and pick
ing mp newspaper, would read with evil
dent interest until another question was
asked.
Dan butcher main ta1ns a sphinx.like
silence such as has come over the wild ow
and the son. He was taken to Morgan
Hill in the hope that the officers at that
place would be able to get him to confess,
but the plan has been without result.
Dulcher is not bright but he is convinc-
ing all Investigators that he knows
enough to obey his attorney.
The officers are unshaken in their be-
lief that Mrs. Schofield had hand in the
klling-that Is, as an accomplice. AS one
cf them said to-day: when that first
shot was fired the light from the room
sire AIMED through the open door, and she
must have seen the assassin before or
after the shot was fired. She knew who
killed Schofeld, but she won't tell, and
there you are."