The San Francisco call., 1899-08-17

~ GNEORALAllCIS~a was scQANeEed 10 the
] police. vest erday.that Charles Vivian
Il; I(gyl 6,#:jfli FIGW$trd, alias "Plunger"
IIl f.. tylllt& for *fraudllentl> OBTAIN
~ +. fi55ggS O5Q Q00 from NJ rHionaire' Willard R.
iire6ri1 3GIiTtr ( was not only lnt the city,
= b,ft :M.jllfi Surrender fiin1&eif. as soon as
i. lie.*wjls be :I4t:>fnStbility to- give him
=; SELF jlpg.aS> FenoTtGd TO. them, lies in the
g.: lGI1 tEat#>illi. isa .Nety .siGl. man, pros
t rated frs M. the :ireSsllrt> PUT upon him
&: Hi d: bSs :ttl4 eNposure following the issu-
g.. s6Tlj,e % tli H4arrafts for his arrest. Three
OFF ojiT:% yeei5S3. III .vas ..also. reported,
!. Would:@}2e. tire: :poksihl e:duration Of his ill
4. Tie police took the. information for
-: V hat 4 ( W as worth, docking upon it as
rs I5tlsSi]lIG fuse: pf the friends Of the man
II it, marry, aliases TO throw them off the
& track. in: order that the fugitive may make
~: good. BIS escape. Their vigilance, now
- %thorGuEhly aroused, was not relaxed.
=: IRey are eoahdent that, be he within or
"..<MoUt- the ciryH' they will ultimately
!. place. him ,usCfer arrest.
..:::DeteGtives Thomas Gibson and Ellis got
II d. search Warrant yesterday in Police
- - j jIg1l ge C:0nlams: court for any money that
- Ii 6Tard .rnight. have left i'll his flight.
:. Il Il hey: served IT on the management OF the
= .loank. Of commerce SOo Market street,
. -G#jtfiu. were alloW3d access to two safety
: : 5deposIr [. boXes renfeG IN Aoward's name.
=. -: III 3 at they.5seafched the rooms at 5l5
: :.Jtnes Street !. occupied by Handsome
::.<tIeorge[ Adams one OF Howard reunue
- OF *touts. = Il hey, iound neither Adams nor
moneys. and NOT f',scTdp or information
r. that would INDICATE tue present where
:.. BOUTS OF the missing Australian swindler.
< Neither. Mrs. howard nor ". A Beatty.
. = ler-husband's attorney, appeared TO know
- Anything more. pogt. the whereabouts OF
!" :the isPlunger beyond tnelr pe4eI mat
.s:'he was. in The CItys and when in posi-
,:..tlOiI to present his case would surrender
/: ;. htmself-t0 the authorities. Chief Lees
ma 4 At 1fstA f1GfF a
:' of thinking. Both confirmed the story
- published in yesterdays Can identifying
- Jimmie Murphy, Jimmie Kelly and Jackie
casey; The men imported from Australia
by Howard to do away with Green, as the
sa me. trio of crooks that had robbed the
=. treasure. room OF the steamer Aiameda.
-. .Ihel story created deal OF surprise
'am0ng>:the sports, among Whon the men
.::' had picked up a large acquaintance dur
=. ing: their short. stay IN San Fra3ielsco. Not
ss::one PERSON OF their many acqualntances
gan be. found. however, VINO thought they
:. We're the desperate criminals the police
:. records of Australia show them TO De:
:4"2Ihey We're known as money spenders of
1.-the: rapid sort, and to most people ap-
peated TO be on this side OF the water
Ilr.th sole purpose OF quenehlng seem
%:*lngly ineXha ustlble~th thirst. As long as the
. money was IN sight nobody cared where
~ lr.3came trern and none asked questions
s'.+between drinks. -. -.
j. TEDDY .Aiexander,. trainer and manager
30 piFSiHsts knew the trio. When they
:=,llrSu arrived. here Alexander met them
Il; at Billy Lyons saloon, us Post street;
IEE men Were Qrlnkulg al the oar ana
3 the :*barkeeper .Rointed Alexander out to
them, .remarking. that he was the we'll
:: known Austral an: trainer Casey, who
; :ltnew Alexander .bg. reputation, requested
" an Introduction; and the barkeeper pre-
T. + sented. all three, to Alexander.
:: They all said they came: from Austria
-. liza, ~ said. Alexander, and of course
- treated them cordially. l mad never heard
-..of them before; but they all seemed to
=: know me, not personally of course, but by
REPUTATION. They seemed to be good 1el-
: lows, and as they came around every
t.;<night We grew quite friendly. went
$.taround with them: great deal but
r*.knew absolutely npthing of the nature
-; Of their business here. They had plenty
{. ..@Gf money and spent ii freely We had
<.:lnany good times. together, but to tell you
: .:the truth / never inquired where or how
=: they got their meney; 1t was none of my
p: business. so / didn't inquire:
.s-' e: . As far as L know they had, split-up
r. and Murphy went back to Australia. The
:: other two said they. were going East"
-. In addition to the Alameda robbery and
:: the .Wells-Fargo- express wagon robbery
>sslast March, in which exploit Kelly and
Z. casey took part Murphy being then on
-. his way TO Australia prior to the: attack
i on the steamers treasure room, Chief
= Lees has information that the police au-
want Murphy, Kelly and Casey for the
%. robbery Of bank at that: place This
=. robbery took place Just prior::to the time
90 they. took passage for this country to
eHter into the deal with Howard to do
away with Green. They got. &lO00 from.
the sydney bank, which money they spent
The: present whereabouts.of the trio Of
precious crooks is unknown. Murphy and
~ one other Supposed to be Jackie Casey
are supposed TO be somewhere in China or
japan. The police. know now that after
the landing Of the Alameda's s stolen gold
at Honolulu, Murphy and the man sup
posed. TO. be Casey, travelling under the
name Of Swaey; took passage on the
Gael1c+for Yokohama. Murphy took steer
. age passage and appeared to have no ac-
quaintance with -SWaley, The first day out
he came up from the steerage told a pitt
iul story Of having been robbed at Homo
lulu of large sum Of money and all his
jewelry and having been compelled to
take steerage as consequence. He asked
the purser for credit for a cabin passage
p to Yokohama, where he said he would nav
for his ticket, He was on the point Of
getting a refusal when Swaley who han
pened TO be near by, stepped up ex-
pressed his belief that the man was telling
the truth, and produced the price of the
ticket ~
After the Gaelic had reached Yokohama
the Purser Of the Gaelic saw Swaley and
Murphy together in. front of the Bank of
India, Australia and China The descrip-
tion of Swaley, Since received by the po-
lice authorities Of, San Francisco. taliIes
exactly with that Of Casey
Another convict, who has been injected
into the story by Mrs. Howard and At