The San Francisco call., 1906-11-27
SUPERVISOR HAS
TAKEN SUDDEN
DEPARTURE
Friends Say He Has Gone
to Arizona, but Theory
of Mexico Is Advanced
QUITS THE CITY
OF LOS ANGELES

l.
Effort to Locate the
Missing San Franciscan
Supervisor w. w. Sanderson,
who left San Francisco nearly
two weeks ago for Los Angeles,
has dropped out of sight with
a suddenness that has puzzled
the detectives and led to a belief
that is fast growing to GER
tainty that he has secretly left
the jurisdiction of the California
courts. It has been given out by
his friends in Los Angeles that
he is at the Lakeview Hotel, too
i'll to be. seen. A Call reporter
found him several days ago and
obtained a brief interview with
him, but since then all inquirers
have been referred to his physi-
clan, who declined to permit him
to be disturbed.
is now stated that he left
the hotel surreptitiously the day
following the interview and that
his relatives have given out the
information that he was i'll in
bed in order to give him an op-
portunity to- get out of the State.
Efforts of the newspaper men
and detectives to locate him have
been without success, and the be-
lief is now current that he is the
first of the San Francisco gang
to emulate the St. Louis boodling
contingent and seek a cline
where he can at least delay the
hour for facing Heney's inquisitors and
make terms with his accusers.
Sanderson was permitted to go TO Los
Angeles on the plea that he wished to
take his invalid mother to the south
ern city and with the promise that he
would return at once. Once out of the
sight of Burns and Heney he found
variety of excuses for not keeping his
word. Since Friday Burns men have
only been able to get the word of his
physician that the much-wanted Super
visor was unable to appear and would
return to San Francisco only at the
peril OF his life. s
Burns was far from satisfied and in
structed his ALos Angeles agent to find
Sanderson at all hazards. He has as
yet been unable to do so ana reports his
belief that the object of his quest Is
across the line.
The departure of Sanderson from
Los Angeles was coincident with the
arrival there of Morris Levy. fight pro-
moter and administration pet. Sander
son is chairman OF the committee which
controls prizefght permits. concern
| ing which there is more than sus-
picion OF graft.
While statements given ont in Los
Angeles by friends of Sanderson would
lead to the impression that he had
taken passage for Arizona for his
health, the detectives are working on
the theory that he purchased ticket
for Mexico. II this theory is correct.
| Sanderson by this time Is on foreign
soil.
1t is known that Sanderson was
watched from the moment he left San
Francisco for Los Angeles 1t was re-
called that when the boodling scandal
broke in st. Louis the principals had
| immediate business in other climes
| The hot countries Of the south drew the
/ heaviest delegation Mindful of this,
| the fear has been entertained by the
local prosecutors that the persons in
volved in the San Francisco scandal
would HE them to the eighteen cor
! ners of the earth. For this reason San
derson was placed under surveillance
He has, however, succeeded in eluding
his shadow.
Although the telegraph wires have
been kept warm between San Francisco
and points in Arizona. the detective
! force is not hopeful of results from
| that field. Another report has 1t that
/ Sanderson is still in Los Angeles in
hiding. but Burns has little faith In
/ this.
! Sanderson's divorced wife resides in
/ San Francisco, but she knows nothing
| of the whereabouts OF her former
spouse. In fact she is as anxious to
/ locate him as are the detectives, for she
| has a claim for belated alimony. Rela-
tives of Sanderson ins San Francisco
profess absolute ignorance as to his
destination.