The San Francisco call., 1905-03-22
ROBBERY DRAMA FALLS UNDER GLASSES
WITH WHICH GIRL SWEEPS LANDSCAPE
Miss Mabel Perry Accidentally
Witnesses the HoId-Up p Of
DAILY and Roche.
Tells Her Strange Tale to Sheriff

been a witness to a crime To her
mother she Immediately reported what
she had viewed. The two women were
at a loss how to act. They waited un-
I'll an employe at the cap works
reached the house about noon and to
him Miss Perry said she believed there
had been some sort of a robbery at the
Southern Pacific crossing. The caller
confirmed her suspicious by telling the
girl Of the hold-up.
superintendent Els had gone to Mar
tineZ on the 1920 morning train from
Siege His absence left the women in
doubt as to further procedure They
did not want to make undue notoriety
over Miss Perry's astonishing expert
ence. But last night as soon as As
semblyman Ellis returned home he ad-
Vised immediate communication with
the authorities. Deputy Sheriff Bou-
quet was notified and in turn Sheriff
Neale was apprised To-day the Sher-
iff went to the ELS place and from
Miss Perry's lips heard the remarkable
narrative. AS she detailed the circum-
stances, her minute descriptions tally
ing as closely as her report of the
scene before her eyes. Sheriff Veale
was astounded.
Miss Perry was reluctant to talk
about the experience. She said her only
purpose in revealing it was to help the
authorities and to verify what she
knew from her own eyes to be the abb
solute truth Of Daily and Roche's state
ments. In recounting the circum-
stances to-day at the ELS home, Miss
Perry said:
The first objects that attracted my
attention were the horse and buggy
that stood tied to the fence in the road
across the railroad tracks. / thought
that was a queer place to leave a rig
Then 1 noticed a tall man with a rifle
moving about as if he were directing
the other three men. The tall man
seemed to be wearing some kind of a
mask over his face I saw the tall man
and a stout man go into the open space
and walk rapidly behind two other
men, one OF whom wore a light brown
coat lDaly). Then the tall man ap-
parently directed the use of ropes or
something of that sort with the man
I since know to be Daily. The man I
have learned to be Roche was not in
sight. He had been tied and was ly-
ing out of view in the grass.
Il saw the tall masked man carrying
a rife or long stick drop down the
railroad embankment opposite the tele-
graph pole, where Daily and Roche
were bound. The tall robber walked
along the railroad track. 1t seemed to
me then as If something wrong was
intended on the tracks. The thought
Of train wreckers, strikers or something
of that sort flashed through my mind.
Mr.. Els had left to go on the train,
which departed from Siege while was
looking at the men in the field. The
man on the track disappeared from
my view.
URGES HORSE TO SPEED.
Then the second robber, the stout
man, walked out from the embankment
and hurried over to the buggy (Daly's,
that contained the coin). He united the
horse, jumped in and turned around
so quickly that the rig nearly upset.
l saw il half tip over. AS soon as he
had the horse headed toward San Pablo
road he drove hard. The man was
sitting forward on the seat and acted
as if he were urging the horse as hard
as he could. The second buggy ap-
peared in view very soon from out of
Railroad avenue The man in this
buggy / recognized as the one who had
climbed down the railroad embankment
and had disappeared UP the track.
With what / had seen then and
what followed 1 imagined it was a
horse stealing affair.
Shortly after the two buggies dis
appeared, keeping my glasses on the
spot, / saw the man Roche wriggling
about in a half-raised posture Pretty
quickly he rose to his feet and l noticed
he was working his hands back and
forth. He seemed to be loosening
ropes. This man looked around and
then went over to his companion. who
was DAILY, because he wore a light
brown overcoat. The first man 1 could
easily make out unfastening ropes or
something of that sort. The two men
walked out of the enclosure quickly and
then started to run. / next saw them
running down Potrero avenue, and
there lost sight of them.
L wanted to call my mother, but I
was so interested in the sight that 1
did not stop to get her upstairs.
Il was puzzled and perplexed over
what / had seen, not knowing what to
do. l was sure some crime had been
committed. If Mr.. Ellis had been at
home he could have helped me out.
When he did return nv mother
and myself let him decide what should
be done. AS soon as the authorities
were informed / felt relieved. 1t was
almost ghostly, this experience, and 1
must confess it upset me quite a Bit
Assemblyman ELS and Mrs. Perry
supplemented the young woman's story
with confirmatory details.
SEARCH FOR HIDDEN GOLD.
The effect of Miss Perry's addition
70 the evidence is to settle definitely
the fact that there were two rigs con-
cerned. That the robbers drove away
singly and took the San Pablo road
hur Co.