The San Francisco call., 1899-08-16

and Jimmie Murphy in a hack driven
by John Fitzpatrick with Frank Kelly,
son of the Pine-street Iiveryman, on the
box We're driven up to the bank in the
Flood building from his box in which
Howard took sack containing $4,000
in gold coin. Re-entering the hack he
drew down the blinds and rode with
Murphy to the courtyard of the Palace
Hotel, where he got out, leaving the
convict in charge of the money. How
ard then went to keep his dinner en-
gagement with the man he intended to
have murdered, and accompanied him
to the Mail dock when he returned from
the theater.
1t was the intention of Howard and
of the criminals he had employed to
knock Green on the head at the wharf
and throw him overheard, in which
event Howard would have gone on the
Alameda and sailed away This plan
was frustrated by the presence of Mr..
Porter, cousin to Green's wife, who had
come down to the dock to see him off,
1t was then decided that Howard
should not sail. and in order to make a
plausible excuse he telephoned for one
of his creatures, Eddie Kaufman, to
come down and represent himself as an
officer with a warrant for his arrest.
+ Kaufman appeared in due time
served the fictitious warrant and gave
Howard the opportunity he was seek
ing to tell Green that he lad been ar
rested as a result of litigation over the
famous running horse Yellowtail and
would have to make other arrangements
This satisfied Green, especially after
Howard had given him a promise that
as soon as possible he would go UP to
Victoria and t2 e one of the steamers
for Australia sailing from that port to
join him.
1t was Howard's plan that Murphy
Casey and Kelly should sail on the
steamer with Green, and when we'll out
to sea sandbag and throw him over
board. He saw the Alameda steam out
of port fri in the conviction that
Green was a doomed man, and that
Murphy, Casey and Kelly would leave
no telltale tracks behind them. Sew
eral weeks later Casey and Kelly called
upon Howard, told him that they had
disposed of Green on the way to Homo
lulu and had taken the steamer Aus
tralia back from that port to get the
remainder of the $4,000 blood money.
They said that Murphy had gone to
Australia. Howard paid them the
money and they stayed around the city
spending it until May II, when they
sailed away again.
Casey and Kelly had betrayed the
arch criminal They had not thrown
Green overheard as they stated. They
had voyaged with him to Honolulu.
without molesting him on the way.
whether from lack of opportunity or
not is not known. Not daunted by their
failure and being low in funds. they de-
cided to come back and claim the
money before Green, as he did. cabled
to Howard his safe arrival in Australia
Their companion, Jimmie Murphy
sailed on to perfect plans for the rob-
berry of the steamer Alameda. in which
they were to join him.
Tho C%aor,ar pohbar-
The first real step toward the robbery
of the Alameda was taken March last.
the very day that steamer arrived from
Australia on one of her up-trips. On
that day Murphy called at a second
hand store on Pacific street, near. East,
kept by a man named Williams. and
asked to be shown some keys for Yale
locks. He was shown large ring on
Which were fastened some 300 He care
fully examined the bunch and conclud-
ed his visit by purchasing half dozen
of them. That same night the second
hand store was entered by thieves. and
strange to say, nothing was stolen but
this bunch of Yale lock keys. Murphy
needed them to gain access to the treas
ure room of the Alameda, or any other
of the steamers that ploWed the Pa
cific.
is shown by the story of the robbery Of
| the Alameda, which became public here
on the next time the vessel arrived in
port Her treasure room had been vio-
/ lated and TO trace had been left behind
by the thieves, or thief, for Murphy had
done the job alone, until he got to
Honolulu, where he was met by Casey
and Kelly. who had gone there to reioin
him for that purpose.
Green was on the vessel on that up
trip, full of Indignation at the fraud