The San Francisco call., 1905-04-07
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of a vacant fiat at 1910 Mason street.
When the gate to the place was open
ed the animals dashed in and shifted
around In an excited manner. In front
of this fat two bloodstains had been
found on the pavement. The bearer
of the dead had passed that way.
The dogs were led into the house,
but they failed to take up any scent
there. The posse made a careful
search of the place, but nothing to
excite suspicion was discovered. The
rooms were bare and there was no
evidence that the house had been oc-
cupied for many weeks. ALI efforts to
locate a clew here failed utterly.
From the Mason street house the
dogs followed the trail to vacant fat
at 729 Green street. They halted at
the doorway and shifted around at
some sand that was sprinkled there.
From here the animals proceeded next
door and after shifting around for
some time, lost the trail completely
and led the officers back to the black
smith shop on Vallejo street.
The animals shifted around the
place for several minutes and were
10th to leave the scene. The police
learned from Canton, the proprietor,
that several Italian vegetable peddlers
house their horses and wagons there,
but he did not know their names.
The police kept up their search in
the neighborhood for several hours,
but discovered no definate clew. The
posse went from one house to the
other and made careful inquiries, with
the hope OF gaining the name Of some
one who might have been seen wan
dering about the neighborhood In a
suspicious manner the night before.
OLIVIA GUIDES POLICE.
George H. DIVA, whom the police
expected would be Of invaluable as
sistancs in running the murderer to
earth, could not give them the assist
ance that was expected of him. The
ghastly spectacle he had witnessed or
the fear Of being drawn into the mys-
terry completely shattered the nerves
Of the young man.
When the police called at his home,
31s August alley, early yesterday morn
ing, their intentions were to take the
youth and have him lead the detectives
over the same ground that he had fol-
lowed the mysterious man over q few
hours before.
DIVA was IN a nervous state from
the shock Realizing that 1t would be
better to wait until the young man had
calmed himself, it was decided to have
III, +to LOT Il
in the afternoon.
Oliva's statements were misleading
in some particulars, and Captain of
Detectives Burnett was at first not
inclined to give them full credence.
Subsequent corroboration of his story
by Carlos Tore and John Carpertini
convinced the head Of the detective de-
partment that Oliva's statement was
straight.
Olivia is about 21 years of age, and
is employed in LIE Breton's law offices
on Montgomery street.
Accompanied by Detectives Braig
and Tom Gibson, he went over the
ground In the afternoon. He was taken
from the point where he first saw the
mysterious stranger to the point Of the
latter's sudden disappearance.
LOST IN THE PARK.
Olivia retold his story of following the
stranger as he went over the ground
with the detectives. He said:
MY suspicious were first aroused
when I saw a man going in a southerly
direction on the east side of Mason
street, between Green and Vallejo.
somewhere around 10:30 o'clock on
Wednesday night. He was carrying a
big bundle, wrapped UP In a blanket.
1t was such bundle as would cre-
ate suspicion. 1t was In the middle Of
the block when I first saw him. He
walked at fairly fast pace. I must
have been thirty feet behind him. He
turned east into Vallejo street and kept
on the north side OF the street until
about twenty feet below the lamp
post, which is about two-thirds of the
block down from Mason. He then went
over to the south side Of the street.
I'm front of the Bellevue lodging
house, where the stranger dropped the
body, it was dark, and I could see but
his outline. He emerged from this
shadow into the light of the grocery
at the corner. l at once noticed
that he had rid himself Of his bundle.
/ couldn't~tell what he had done with
it, and did not learn what became of
it until informed by Carlos Tore and
John Carpertini that a strange bundle
was lying on Vallejo street, near
Powell
From Vallejo street he crossed over
to the east side of Powell street and
turned along that street toward the
bay. / kept quite a distance behind
him and had quite a little difficulty IN
keeping track of him. Several persons
passed at the time and got them con-
fused somewhat, but made sure OF
my man when he passed store where
there was a light. I continued after
him and kept at about distance Of
fifty feet. When we came to Filbert
street lost track of him. believe he
went through the park, as there were
some other men going his way and
some of them went through the park.
I waited around for some moments,
then I concluded to go back I met
the two boys and they told me Of the
body In the bundle"
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