The San Francisco call., 1901-11-11
MAIL BRINGS
DIRE THREAT
TO GOVERNOR
Unknown Persons Men
ace Life of Oregon
Executive.
Police Instructed to Watch
for Suspicious Char
acters.
Letter Dated in Northern California
Demands the Pardon of Prisoner
in Walla Walla
Prison.
Special Dispatch to The Call.


REDDING, Nov. 1O.-Governor Geer Of
Oregon has instructed the police and de-
tectives of that State, and particularly
those from Salem south to the Oregon
line, to keep sharp lookout for suspi-
cious characters, who may be those who
by letter have boldly threatened his life.
A missfve which he received may have
been intended as joke, but the Governor
has thought enough of it to place the in
formation in the hands of the officers.
The would-be murderers claim that they
live at DunsmUir and at Redding. The
threatening letter, demanding the release
of a prisoner, with the Governors death
as the alternative. is thought to have
been written by parties who wished their
demand acceded to but who may not have
meant to carry out the vengeance they
suggest.
Text Of the Letter.
The letter is written on a letterhead of
the Mount Shasta Hotel, at Dunsmuir.
Apparently it was not mailed for several
days after being written or else is dated
back. The full text of the letter is as fol-
lows:
"DUNSMUIR, Cal, Nov. 2, 1901.
ITO the Governor Of Oregon-Dear Sir:
We wish to have no trouble nor do we wish
to cause you trouble. We ask of you TO
pardon and turn out of the penitentiary
at Walla Waila, Or, Edwin V. Tuie-
man. who is doing a twenty years SEN
tence. You will please pardon and re-
lease him from said prison inside Of six
days from the receipt of this letter, and
if you do not comply with the above in
side of the time fixed above (six days.
you will be treated to the same medicine
Mckinley got. If you want to save your
self and family you had better act at
once. Act at once and save trouble. If
you do not do as above requested you
will be shot down without notice.
Redding Their Residence.
81 am writing this notice from the
above place. I live, or 1 should say, we
live, the parties who intend to carry out
this scheme-part of us live here and
part in Redding, Cal. They may live in
some other country. Good-by. Please obey
above and oblige,
"(Signed)
'SIX DIFFERENT PARTIES"
The writer is evidently under the i'm
preston that the Walla Walla prison is
in Oregon. while. as matter of fact, it
is in Washington. Edwin Tuieman is said
to have formerly lived in Northern Cali
fornia. If Redding parties are really in
terested in the letter sent to Governor
Geer the local authorities appear to have
no clew whatever to them.
@ : o
at the men with target rifle Cook
snapped his revolver five times, but only
two cartridges exploded. One bullet hit
the bigger of the convicts in the arm,
while Williams caught the other with
bullet in the leg. Then long chase eli
sued. Cook finally rounded-up at the
Wooster farmhouse, where the big con-
vict met him at the door.
Accepts Convict's Invitation.
Come in, or I'll kill you," commanded
the fugitive
81 went in," said the Sheriff. 1.-The wom-
an was screaming, Wooster was lying on
a couch unconscious. His skull was
cracked and his right hand broken. The
other convict was crouched behind door.
his revolver drawn upon me. Having
searched me, the big fellow asked if 1
was the Sheriff.
." I am looking for the Sheriff. he said
I want to kill him.
Under the circumstances told him
that I was only a farmer. Then he told
me he would take me along as a shield
from the men outside. Stahl and his men
had arrived by that time, and the big
man told me to call him into the house.
He said he wanted more guns and an
other shield. But Stahl remained where
he was.
Finally I was commanded to take Mrs
Wooster's arm. The convicts got behind
Us and in that order we marched to the
field. Mrs. Wooster was half-faintfng
She tried to scream, but 1 put my hand
over her mouth. They reached the hedge
the big man snapped the gun ineffectively
at me and both made off in the dark
ness"
Bloodhounds will be started out from
Lawrence in the morning.