The San Francisco call., 1906-10-15

have obtained to the identity of the
gaspipe murderers. Scanlan SCOTS at
the charge that he had anything to do
with that bloody crime. He declares
that he is ready to submit proofs that
will convince any court that he was
day of the murder.
DUKE SATISFIED.
While the confidence of the prisoner
is a factor in his favor, it cannot offset
the positive identification. Captain
Duke is so well satisfied that he has
the right man that he intends to hold
him until the truth of the young man S
alioi can be estats.s.led.
I am positive" says Policeman Jor-
dan. that Scanlan and another young
man left Friede's store a short time
before the crime was discovered. 1
was riding on a car at the time, but 1
was close enough to recognize Scanlan.
I have known him for many years as
a newsboy around Powell and Market
and at Kearny and Market streets. As
he was leaving the store 1 thought that
he was acting suspiciously, but 1 had
no idea that he had been engaged in
crime.
"As soon as the facts of the Friede
murder were published I suspected that
Seaman was the murderer. Since then
for him. AS he has changed his haunts
since the fire I had some difficulty in
locating him. as did not know that he
had taken up the transfer business.
Yesterday I learned that he had been
seen in the vicinity of the ferry depot
waited there throughout the after
noon and was finally rewarded by find
ing him. 1 placed him under arrest
and turned him over to Captain Duke.
he osS+a lre in
tion. I realize that have charged the
young man with a serious crime, but
1 cannot conscientiously do otherwise.
JORDAN KNOWS SCANLAN.
If 1t were not for the fact that Jor-
dan knows Seaman so well there might
be some doubt as to the Identification.
He has not only known him for num-
Der of years, but he was impressed al
the time he noticed him at Friede's by
the mans queer actions. To further
strengthen the charge against the pris-
oner is the fact that his description tai
lies with that of man seen by others
in the neighborhood Of the store.
In appearance Scanlan does not look
much like a murderer. While his face
is pinched and hard, he has neither the
furtive eye nor the crouching demeanoI
of a criminal His clothing is well
kept, his linen clean and his general
appearance that of hard working
man Of more than ordinary intelli-
gence.
Before the fire he lived with his
mother on Williams street. At that
time he had horse and wagon of his
own. which he used in a business
which he conducted under the name OF
the Capitol Transfer Company. Since
the fire he has been doing a small
transfer business on a commission.
The fire destroyed his mothers home
She met with an accident shortly after
ward in which she sustained a fracture
Of the leg. For time she was a refu-
gee in Golden Gate Park, but for a
month has been living at 523 Freder-
lex street. Scanlan says that he has
been giving all his money to her, but
the police have learned that he has
been living at the Terminal Hotel,
Haight and Stanyan streets, with Mar
gle Ryan, wayward telephone girl.
sCANLAN's STORY.
81 don't see why Jordan should have
arrested me-" says Scanlan. He has
seen me at the ferries for two days,
but he never said anything to me until
yesterday afternoon. If he thought ]
was the man why didn't he arrest me-
1 know Jordan we'll, but ne is mistaken
when he says that he saw me in front
OF ElcQ6 store. 4 was never IN
the place in my life, and on the day OF
the murder 1 was working at the
transfer business. have given De-
tective Ryan the stubs of my receipt
books, which will show where / was
on that day.
II am not afraid to face the courts
although I don't see why I should be
forced 70 make defense. Ny mother
is sick in bed, and / have been giving
her all the money 1 can earn. Yes, II
is true that I have been living at the
Terminal Hotel with a woman, but J
do not know where she is at this time
I'VE lived in the park for a time
but recently we have been at the Ter
minal. 1 feel confident that I car
clear myself of this accusation. but the
police, I suppose, will try to stick II
on me for no other reason than because
they cannot find someone else. If they
try, however, to force the charge
against me / am sure that my alibi will
be sufficient to save me-"