Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-10

ignorant of the fact that Sutherland
had a revolver, and did not anticipate
any resistance on the part of the
young man.
The contents of the package which
was carried by Sutherland were a new
revolver and an outfit such as is COM
mon to drug users, consisting of hypo-
dermic syringes, drugs and such stuff.
After an examination had been made
of the premises of the Walters home
Shurtletf, Hendrickson and a number
of other deputies followed the blood
spots to a point on Eleventh, near FL
gueroa street, where the trail was lost
All cellars, outhouses, rubbish piles and
feed bins, in that vicinity were exam
ined thoroughly, but no traces of blood
could be found
Shurtleff rode around ottawa street
directly opposite to where the trail
ended on Eleventh street and picked up
the trairon the south side of the street,
slightly more than quarter of block
from Figueroa street. The spots We're
faint and not nearly so plain as those
at the beginning of the trail. They
were visible along the walk to the cor
fler of ottawa and Figueroa, and there
they ended.
While this party was searching for
Sutherland peculiar circumstance oc-
Cured. After losing the trail on Elev-
enth street the posse walked east In
hopes of picking up the scent, and was
rewarded by finding a new trail of ap-
parently recent make. The blood looked
brighter and more profuse than that
of the old trail, but the mystery was
soon solved when the searchers came
upon a small boy holding a handker-
chief to a bleeding nose.
1t Is not known just where the trail
terminated. Some are of the opinion
that the man lodged between the
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way through the yards to Ottawa
street, boarded a street car at the cor
ner of Ottawa and Figueroa streets,
allghted from the car at the end of the
line in the western outskirts of the city
and made his way to some hiding spot
where he could wait until dark and
make his escape from this part of the
4 country. There are three car lines
passing this corner, and it is believed
| he boarded the first car that came
along. The cars passing this point are
the West Jefferson, the West Elev-
enth and the Washington street lines.
Any of these cars would have taken
him to the sparsely settled parts of the
city, and his escape could have been
made, but the chances were much
against him on account of the force of
officers scattered about the city search
Ing every suspicious place.
Rumor BusiIy at Work
AS in all cases of similar nature,
rumors will float about. One was to
| the erect that q man answering the
description of Sutherland was seen near
Redondo. Fearing that the man might
escape and all chances of capturing
him be lost, several hounds belonging
| to negro, with the owner were load
ed into an automobile and, with sew
eral men armed with repeating rifles,
hurried away In the direction of the
ocean, the officers being determined to
| run down the clew and find Sutherland
| IL he should be anywhere in that vicin-
| ity. The plan of the searchers was to
reach the place where the fugitive was
supposed to have been seen, put the
| dogs on the scent and follow them until
the ran down the man.
Owing to the day being a holiday and
many people free from the cares of
work an unusually large crowd gath
cred about the central police station.
1t was orderly though eager to learn
the latest news regarding the condition
of Capt. Auble. Whenever an automo..
bile would dash up and a party enter
the station the crowd would be aug
| mented by fresh recruits, who evidently
through and hoped that the fugitive
had been captured.
Patrolmen who were off duty hurried
to the station when they learned of the
occurrence, and all were anxious to get
| description of the much wanted fugi-
tive and hurry out to search for him.
The men were much downcast because
or the shooting, and there was hardly
a man but had occasion to wipe tears
| from his eyes. % When the news that
capt. Auble was dead had been an
nounced the officers were overcome with
emotion, and each one swore a solemn
| oath to do all in his power to bring the
slayer to justice.
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Sheriff Hammel and Chief of Police
Kern aboard, having finished tour of
the Westlake district and the country
In that section, returned to the Georgia
street house, where the officers desired
to make further examinations, a small
boy rushed up and excitedly exclaimed:
"They have caught the man. / saw
him in the automobile patrol wagon
going toward town. He was handcuffed
and four or five policemen were holding
him to keep him from jumping out"
The officers quickly re-entered the
big motor car and were hurried to the
central station, where they found that
the man who was supposed to be Suth-
erland was motorcycle rider who had
been injured at Agricultural park.
They gave up the search for a while
and entered the office of Chief Kern to
formulate plans for making a syste-
matte search of the city. Shortly after
ward Mayor Harper and members of
the police commission arrived and were
soon in consultation. Horning was
taken into the chiefs office and closely
questioned regarding the circumstances
leading up to the tragedy, and as to his
past record and that of his pal
Later in the afternoon some one sug-
gested that a packing plant beyond the
western boundary of the city was an
admirable place for a fugitive to hide
In, and 1t was decided to make a thor
ough examination of the place. Sew
eral citizens offered the use of their
automobiles, and Detectives Ritch and
Roberds were detailed to accompany
one of the motorists and make a search
OF the premises and territory in that
section.
Posse Visits Hollywood
A report was received by telephone
at the sheriffs office shortly after
o'clock last night that a. man answer
ing the description of Sutherland was
seen near Hollywood washing his
hands at a pond. Three posses were
quickly formed, and, armed with re-
entered large touring cars and were
hurried out to make Investigations.
OFFICERS were on duty at all railroad
stations in Los Angeles, and the nearby
towns and all roads and bypaths were
closely guarded. A number Of deputies
were on duty at Burbank and all trains
were thoroughly searched. The author
tiles left no stone unturned to run down
the slayer.
At o'clock last night the official
police bulletin, on which appeared a
cut and printed description of Carl d.
Sutherland, was handed to each officer
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