The San Francisco call., 1905-01-11

love any other man. Baddeley reverts
to the hope of spending some months at
Hot Springs for the benefit of the
health of both of them, assuring her
that he would have bunch OF money
by that time
According to the detectives Baddeley
as a member of the train robbing gang
was known as George Evans. Mrs.
Segger's story is that he was ,associat-
ed with three other men in the holdup
business, which was carried on during
the summer months. The leader of the
gang, she says, is Joe Palmer. also
known as BLACK joe" The other two
members she knew only as Zip and
Pete. and according to her best infor-
nation Zip was killed in New Mexico
a short time ago. The headquarters of
the gang were in ST. Louis and their
operations were chiefly on the Rio
Grande and Iron Mountain railroads
Mrs. Segger was unable to go into de-
tails, for she could not remember them,
and the three letters, in which Badde-
! ley had written fully of his exploits,
were out of her possession unfortunate
ly. She felt bitter toward her former
lover because of his prosecution of her
self, and did her best to give Captain
Burnett all information possible against
him. She said that If she were guilty
out intent, for she did not know but
that the interlocutory decree absolved
her altogether from the bonds of matri-
mony.
SUSPECTED OF MURDER.
AS to the Oakland murder charge,
the detectives said last night that they
have suspected Baddeley from the
start but have been unable to obtain
any evidence against him. Detective
| nd Of nd 10
| in San Francisco trying to get some
| clew connecting him with the crime,
/ but was unable to do SO. Baddeley has
/ been living at S33 Howard street with
! asman known as Mickey" The prison
: er first said his roommate's name was
I Ed Quinn, but later changed it to
| Finn.
Il am a hard working carpenter"
! declared Baddeley. in his statement
! last night, and he exhibited calloused
hands in evidence. Il am not a train
I robber and have never been one. Joe
| Palmer is a blacksmith and carriage
/ maker in Frankfort, Missouri and is
| an intimate friend of mine. We worked
! together on the Fair buildings in St.
! Louis, and that is where / became ac-
! quainted with him. l do not know of
! any men named Zip and Pete.
That woman must have been read
! ing too many of these yellow novels.
! She is simply spinning this yarn to
| get even with me. We lived together
! for about eighteen months and con-
/ Quoted a dance hall at Newman. We
i had a row and she gave me the worst
of it in settling up the business. All
/ she gave me as my share in the dance
hall was $50. / then went to st. Louis.
She was married to Harry j. Segger.
/ cakewalker, at Reno five years ago.
She sued for a divorce last year in
Stanislaus County, was awarded an in
| terlocutory decree, but before the year
expired and after / left her she mar
ried this prizefighter, Bobby Johnson.
Yes, it is true that tried to play even
! with her for jilting me, and this talk
of hers that / am a train robber is
only an attempt on her part to re-
taliate in kind.
EXPLAINS FALSE NAME.
Asked why he lived under an as
sumed name, the prisoner said he did
so because he did not want his right
name associated with the womans
name, nor with the line of business he
making claim to relationship with
Chris Evans. and gave his birthplace
| as Napa. AS to the suspicious letter in
Captain Burnett's possession concern
| ing the growth of his beard and the
danger of being run to EARTH" Badde-
ley SAID ne was merely Strlng1ng the
woman to hold her affection. Refer
ences to death and the coffin might ap-
peal to her sentimental side he thought
The prisoner has scar on his arm
that Mrs. Segger says is from a buck
shot with which he was wounded in a
getaway" from one of his crimes
He denies this emphatically
In searching Baddeley's effects a
| newspaper clipping was found, giving
the account of the birth of child al
San Quentin. The mother was Mrs
Worthington, who killed Harry Badde-
ley at the Jackson-street wharf about
eleven years ago. The prisoner said
| the victim of the murder was his
brother.
A dispatch from Modesto states that
| Baddeley is wanted at Newman as q
witness against a man accused Of keep
ing his wife in house of Ill repute
i 1t is said that last summer Mrs. Seq
ger was living with another man, whom
she had arrested for desertion from the
army in order to get rid of him.
4 Bob johnson called at the prison las,
night to give sympathy and aid to his
wife. He has retained an attorney fol
| her.