The San Francisco call., 1906-09-16

bleeding body of the man was found
by the AndertoD children at three
o'clock Friday afternoon. Chief Oman
still believes that Freide was assaulted
by the murderers of Johannes Pfitz-
nerf
This the police know: the men they
want escaped from the store out Mar
ket street toward Castro. The watch
which was torn from their victim
vest was found on Market street be-
tween Cough and Laguna Friday after
noon, by Walter Wittkoph, a boy liy-
ing at 312k Castro street The watch
was identified as Freide's by young
Wittkoph's mother yesterday morning
when she saw In The Call the picture
of the Freide family. print of the
picture had been pasted in the case
of the watch. Mrs. Wittkoph showed
the watch to the patrolman on Castro
street and on his advice the timepiece
was, brought to Chief Dinan. The
chain ring of the watch was broken.
The watch was found near the car
track and. in the opinion of Wittkoph
had been dropped by a. passenger on a
street car. The Castro street line is
the only, one operating on that part of
Market street. Late last night De-
tectives Bert Wren and Harry Rey-
nolds went to the barns of the Castro
street line to interview motormen and
conductors in an effort to learn if any
of the carmen would be able to con-
tribute clew toward the solution of
the case.
The watch had stopped at $50. That
might have been the time at which it
was dropped. Wittkoph says that he
found the watch at 2:30. but the police
believe he is mistaken in that particu-
lar for in their belief the attack was
made on the storekeeper about clock.
|. N. Eisenberg. proprietor of the shoe
store adjoining Freide's place. says that
the Anderton children told him of the
finding of Freide's body about o'clock
or earlier.
At police headquarters the Wittkoph
boy made statement to Chief Dinan
and Acting Captain of Detectives
Wren In substance as above narrated.
CLENS COME TO NAUGHT.
All day long Detectives Tom and Ed
Gibson T. j. Bailey. Mulcahey. Bert
Wren and Harry Reynolds followed
Reynolds had a trip to make over to
Alameda, but returned without light
on the case Walter Giffen, a pupil
various clews which came to naught.
at the Lick School, who lives at 2150
Pacific avenue, Alameda had reported
front Friday night that he had seen
something CHASTITY while passing a
store on Market street, near Seventh.
1t happened that Giffen had passed the
store at o'clock. while the police were
putting Freide's limp form in the am
bulance Other clews received were as
valueless. The suspicious looking
character which Patrick Torlney.
watchn,an for Duffy Brothers, saw loi-
tering about a scrap-iron pile, proved
to be an inoffensive man He was
found yesterday morning by I'd Gibson
and gave a satisfactory account OF
himself.
In fact. nothing developed in the case
beyond the finding of the watch which
contained print of the picture pub
lished in yesterday mornings Call. 1t
was filled gold of the Hampden make.
1t was not costly aff-lr and may have
been thrown away by the rohber in
chaerfn On that theory it is pre-
sumed thatlthe man who beat Freide
was a seasoned criminal familiar with
the value of loot.
MERCHANT FRIGHTENED.
Last night G. A. Alexander of the
Aiexander-Yost Hardware Company.
Is1435 Pine street, applied at police head
quarters for a permit to carry a re-
volver. saying that he feared thieves.
He related that at 10 o'clock Thursday
night. while alone In the store. two