The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-05

n ENADA CITY, April 4.-DeSper-
N ado Moore is still successful in
VI Guiding pursuit. Thus far the
i ! lone bandit has bafled every eff
fort of the scores of man
hunters who have been on his trail
since Friday morning to get even the
slightest trace of his hiding place. The
authorities here, including Sheriff Get
cheu Under Sheriff Pascoe, City Mar
shall Tompkins, Deputy Sheriff Ash
burn. District Attorney Powers and
Captain Niheu of the National Guard,
though discouraged over their repeated
failures, have not. given up hope. They
feel that Moore is still within a few
miles Of the scene Of his crime and they
scout all theories advanced by the few
who believe that the man has made his
way to freedom. The Sheriff and his
posse believe that Moore is still
hemmed in by the rugged mountains
surrounding the thickly wooded coun-
try to which he was last traced, and
they refuse to entertain the theory that
the desperate has made his way to the
foothills In this they are strengthened
by the attitude of the citizens, who al
most without exception believe ii would
have been impossible for man OF
MOOTe's peculiarities and disadvantages
70 make a successful flight TO a place
OF temporary safety far from the scene
of his crime. The natural conditions Of
the country over which Moore would
have TO travel, the fact that he is par
italy deaf and his striking appearance
ali tend TO diSprOVe the theory that
Moore has got out Of the county, TO say
.H..e Of Ia
ing parties which have been guarding
every road and trail.
Sheriff Getchell and his posse were
out again at aybreak and after search
ing all day without success returned
tonight foOtsOTe and weary. A large
posse Of men armed with military rifles
left the Union Hotel this morning and
started afoot to search the country IN
the vicinity of Banner Mountain. 1t has
not returned as yet and the indications
are that the posse viii remain in the
mountains all night, hoping to find the
lone bandit in the darkness by the light
OF his campfire The blood money Of
fered for Moore, dead or alive, has
proved a strong incentive to brave men
who are willing to risk their life in
quest OF the fugitive and there are any
number of them in the neighbOring
country tonight hopeful of discovering
his whereabouts
a damper has been placed on the dis
position of people of the outlying dis
tricts to send reports TO town TO the
effect that they had seen Moore. For
the first few days subsequent to the
shooting of officer kilroy every other
person coming into town reported hav-
ing seen Moore or man answering his
description. Since the reward of $1,000
has been offered for the body of Moore
only one man has been foolish enough
10 admit having seen the fugitive. That
individual is John Nettleship, a rancher
in the Clear Greek district below Grass
Valley, and now everybody is asking
NeJtleship why he did not make an at
tempt TO capture the desperate. Net
teship says he saw Moore on the road
this morning about five miles below
Grass Valley heading for the lower
country. The authorities here do not
place credence in the story. Three
Deputy Sheriffs went over that country
thoroughly yesterday and they doubt
that Moore would attempt TO come out
in the open so near his pursuers. He
is by nature a WoOdsman and the
searching parties adhere TO the belief
that he viii stay in the woods as long
as his provisions last.
The Sheriff's posse Will return to the
hunt early tomorrow morning, thor
oughly rested and perhaps bit more