The San Francisco call., 1908-08-06
Believe Plot Was Arranged at
the Resort of Notorious
Anne Richardson
Expect to Arrest Three Wood
choppers Today Near the
Paiaro River TrestIe
Said to Be Implicated in Con-
spiracy to Derail Santa Cruz
Excursion Coaches
Southern Pacific Orders That
Every Effort Be Made to APP
prehend the Guilty

Anne Richardson, the mistress
of notorious establishment, was
arrested at Watsonville yesterday
in connection with the attempt to
wreck a Santa Crurz excursion
train on Sunday night at the Pa
jaro river bridge. After she had
been sweated by the Southern Pa
cifc detectives and the authorities
of the district, she made a state
ment which will lead to the arrest this
morning of three woodchoppers OF
the vicinity. The woman conducts a
disorderly house not far from the
scene OF the crime and the evidence in
the possession of the detectives indi-
Gates that the plot 10 deraiI the train
was concocted at her place during
drunken orgy in which number OF
woodsmen participated.
1t was only after careful investi-
cation that a decision was reached to
take the woman into custody. She was
arrested on a simple charge of va
grancy pending a further inquiry into
the matter. She is variously known in
the Pajaro valley as Anne Richardson.
Anne Williams and Anne Worth. She
is known to the police of this city.
where she lived for a time under the
name OF Anne Williams. She will be
subjected today to relentless exam
ination in the hope that she will break
down and make complete confession
WOMAN DISAPPEARS
Immediately after the attempt TO
wreck the train on Sunday night the
woman disappeared. 1t was known
that during the day her house had been
the rendezvous for a number OF woods
men of the neighborhOod who had en-
gagged in a general carousaL Her sud-
den disappearance created suspicion.
and detectives We're at once detailed
to trace her. 1t was learned that she
had come to San Francisco on Mon
day with the intention. it is believed.
OF establishing a possible alibi When
she returned to her home yesterday.
she was at once taken into custody
and placed in the jail at Watsonville.
When first questioned about the
matter. the woman prOfessed completes
ignorance, but when she was confronted
by the damaging evidence in the pos
session OF the sherifrs deputies. she
changed her attitude. Although no
details would be divulged, II was ad-
mitted that as a result OF the days
developments three men would be
placed under arrest today. These men
were at the Richardson wOman's house
on Sunday and are alleged TO have
planned the crime in her presence
DETECTIVES ON TRAIL
The Southern Pacific has ordered that
no expense be spared in apprehending
the guilty parties. 1t has developed
that the ties and fshplates were fast
eued TO the track IN such a manner as
to throw the train from the rails into
the river bed. That II failed was due
solely TO the fact that a locomotive OF
unusual size had been used TO haul the
crowded coaches. AS it was, the engine
swayed from side TO side and managed
by the merest margin TO cling to the
rails The bridge is a high steel struc-
ture. and IL the cars had gone over
hundreds OF human lives would have
been bfotted out The motive for the
attempted wreck is believed to have
been robbery. and the miscreants would
have found unusual opportunity in the
deep ravine eight miles from the near
est station of any size.
The special detectives in the field
have been placed under the direction oe
Peter Kelly, ticket agent at Salinas.
The railr0admen are cooperating with
the county authorities They are con-
fident that they are on the right track
and that they will have all the con-
spirators in prison before night.