The San Francisco call., 1899-05-01
WILSON CAUGHT
At SANTA CRUZ
Mulatto Criminal Once
More in Jail.
SEEN RIDING ON A TRAIN
WAS ATTEMPTING TO REACH
MEXICO.
The Suspected Stranger Admits His
Identity and Will Be Returned
to San Francisco for
Trial.
SEEN RIDING ON A TRAIN
WAS ATTEMPTING TO REACH
MEXICO.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SANTA CRUZ, April 30.-Harry Will
son, the mulatto criminal who is
wanted in San Francisco for burglary
and who is suspected of having
strangled May McDermott and Bertha
Paradis, was captured this noon by
Chief of Police Rawle, and is behind the
bars in the County Jail. Credit for
this capture is due tohLee Rawle, son of
the Chief of Police. Young Rawle is
employed as watchman at Capitola,
four miles from this city. Last even
ing he was at Capitola Station as the
train passed through for Santa Cruz.
RaWle happened to glance toward car
window and got a glimpse of the face
of a colored man he thought resembled
the description of Wilson. He tele
phoned his father, the Chief of Police,
who notified other officers, and look
out was kept the entire night.
This morning shortly before 6 o'clock
young Rawle made the trip from Capt.
tola on his bicycle and started in
search of the criminal. He found his
man in the 20. X" a 15-cent reStau-
rant, and told Wilson he was an Off
GER Wilson seemed to be much per
turbed. He told the Chief his name
was Harrison, and that he was from
Watsonville, where he had been at
work for the past two years. He
could not give the names of any per
sons from Watsonville, and the Chief
accompanied him up the street, where
they met a Watsonville man who failed
to recognize the mulatto.
AS the City Prison was not considered
safe. Sheriff BeSSe was sent for, and
Wilson was placed in cell in the
c,ai1 hi 10
was Harrison.
Chief Lees of San Francisco was tele-
phoned to, and Rawle, after getting a
complete description, was positive he
had the right man. He returned to the
Jail, got Wilson into a private room
and told the fellow he knew his name
was Wilson, and there was no use
denying it. Wilson then gave in, say
ing:
my name is Wilson and I am the
man you want
He said if he had not been caught he
would have left tonight on the steamer
for Mexico A telegram was sent to
Chief Lees, telling of Wilson'S con-
fession, and the following response was
received by wire:
IT elective Gibson left 4 o'clock train
with warrant for Wilson"
Gibson arrived this evening on the 8
O'Clock train, and will leave tomorrow
morning with his prisoner.
Chief Lees received a dispatch yester-
day morning from Chief of Police
Rawle of Santa Cruz that colored
man answering the descriptionof Harry
Wilson, the suspected stranger, who
was released on straw bonds Thursday
night by Clerk Kelly of Judge Gra-
hams court, had been seen in his baili-
wick.
The Chief at once telephoned to
Rawle to take the suspect into custody
and endeavor to get him to confess that
he was the right man. Detective Ed
Gibson was instructed by the Chief to
take the o'clock train for Santa Cruz,
in the hope that the man was Wilson.
After Gibson had left the Chief was
gratified to receive a dispatch from
Rawle that the man had been arrested
and admitted that he was Wilson. He
will be brought back by Gibson this
morning.