The San Francisco call., 1906-10-16
Police Arrest and Hold Two Suspects in Connection
With the Brutal Murder Of William Friede.
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Ian and Taylor appeared. Scanlan said.
Let's have drink" and Smith said,
IS here did YOU get the money!
That's eli right" replied Scanlan;
we got il. and that's enough for you"
During the examination Of the pris-
oners il was learned that on an oc-
casion some months ago a trunk was
stolen on the water front and that
Seaman had been taken into custody
on suspicion OF having stolen 1t.
Margie Ryan was arrested yesterday
morning by the detectives and held
for eXaminat tion" at the Park police
station. Seaman only yesterday morn
iue said TO the chief Of detectives. Can
tain Duke. that the girl would be able
to prove an alibi for him. but as Margie
Ryan refuses to open her lips on the
subject Of Scanlan's movements on the
day OF the Frie6e murder this is re-
garded as evidence that something z
happened upon that day that the girl
feels IN duty bound. by the strange
influence that binds persons OF her ilk
to- cue another. to conceal.
uMA FISHER TALKS LITTLE.
# may be that Margie Ryan knows
simply that Scanian has had q career
of petty crime and that she fears TO
talk because her words might give the
police an inkling TO some Of the fell
lows misdeeds-even though they be
not connected with the beating down
OF the Market-sfreot merchant and the
robbery OF his cash box. whether or
net the police have in their custody tho
man who killed Friede, the fact re-
mains that the chief of detectives and
his assistants have traced the record
or the prisoner who is under suspicion
which was certainly not emblazoned
upon the straight and narrow path
The fact Of the matter IS Ralph Scanlan
has been discovered TO be a thief and
associate OF eN-cOnvicts, and his al
legged express business has on most oc-
casiOns been nothing more nor less
than a blind for the purpose Of robbing
innocent persons who have been IN
fortunate enough to trust their goods
and chatteis with him.
Miss Alma Fisher. vivacious and
somewhat goOdlooking. is the second
woman in the Scanlan case. Alma is
IN the light Of as q wronged person
10 the Scanlan plot She is collectively
The avowed enemy Of the Ryan girl
q piQued sweetheart and an impOrtan
witness Miss Fisher lives with heI
parents on Stanvan street and is en-
ployed in a candy store on Van Ness
avenue as a saleslady. She used TO be
a telephone operator and her station
vas At the Park Office Of the telephone
ca1paus. She and Margie Ryan were
> ms and the police say that Miss
Fisher has been trying 70 get the Ryan
girl 10 break away" from Scanlan. as
she saw through his character more
clearly than the young woman who
was so blinded by love that she turned
a deaf ear to all complaint against the
man who IS now undergoing the nerve
twisting procedure Of the third de
gree"
THE police told re 70 keep my
mouth closed said Miss Fisher wher
Questioned yesterday afternoon. -
know Miss Ryan: 7 know Seaman. and
7 am anxious TO keep myself out OF this
trouble. I cannot answer questions.
sCANLAN STRIKES GIRL.
Miss Fisher was before the police in
the morning They questioned her
Closely and found that there had
been feud between her. Miss
RYAN and Scanlan ever since g
Quarrel that took place on Fillmore
street several weeks ago, at which time
ScanIan struck Miss Fisher a vicious