The San Francisco call., 1901-10-13

and again confronted with Buckley and
Donnelly, but he persistently denied hav-
ing been at Twentieth and Howard streets
Later Moran made statement to Cap
tain Seymour, in which he admitted being
in Maloneys caloOn with the others and
leaving it to go to Twentieth ct an and How.
he said When the car stopped at Twen-
tieth and Howard streets he and Dom
nelly got off the right side of the car. He
and ran away. He saw another man run
ming away, but did not know who he was.
He ran because he did not want to get
mixed up in the shooting.
Duncan was arrested yesterday after
noon and made statement to Captain
Seymour He lives over Maloney's sa-
loon. He said he was union machinist
He sometimes tended bar for Maloney.
and he served drinks to Donnelly, Moran
and Buckley Friday afternoon. He de-
ned SAYING dins ony get t4
Left the saloon with them and went as far
as Third and Brannan or Bryant. He did
not get on the Howard street car with
them. He got on a car between Eleventh
and Twelfth streets and got out at
Twentieth street as he wanted to find a
man named Edward Angelus, who owed
him money He did not find him till the
shooting took place and saw him in the
crowd He was on Twentieth street when
he heard the shots. Then he saw several
Twentieth street into Shotwell and mail
carrier was chasing them He did not
know any of he men who were running.
Erline Piatt Saw Buckley Shoot.
The men have made so many contradic-
tory statements that Captain SHymeIr fed is is
the murder To give strength to his con-
viction Erline Piatt, little girl. the
daughter of w ]. Piatt, 2496 Howard
her father yesterday afternoon. Buckley,
Donnelly and Moran were placed along
side of three other men, and the little girl
picked out Buckley as the man mar she saw
fire the four shots at Rice She said:
was riding with my papa out on the How
ard street car at about o'clock last night.
A girl was sitting next to me and when the
off There man standing on the step
in front Of her holding to the pole. She
noked him in the back but he did not notice
ber T then saw a man clubbing another man
near the car and the man who was poked in
shots she DsA at the man who was being beaten The
man with the club then ran. The man fired
two more shots and then he. too, ran. The
man who fired the shots was the man that I
saw in the City Prison just now. 1 an
other in the City Prison who looks like
the man who did the clubbing.
Donnelly was the man whom the girl
identified as doing the clubbing.
Rice made an ante! lortem statement to
Sergeant Duke at the City and County
Hospital, which was witnessed by Edith
John J. Prepdergast and James A. Kelly.
He said:
I believe I about to die. Tonight I rode
oi1t on the car on the inside and a man who
was asitting on the outside of the car got off
when did and he shot me. My best impress
sion is that he wassa man of medium height,
about five feet seven inches and smooth shaven.
and that he had white hat and thought
he was dark complexioned.
This answers Buckleys description
When Buckley was taken to the hospital
by Detectives Ryan and Bailey, with
Warrant Clerk Burke to make a state
ment, Rice was not in condition to
make a statement. They asked Rice If