Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-10
SUTHERLAND TRACKED AS
WILD BEAST BY HUNDREDS
Slayer of Captain Aube Hunted Down by Policemen Deputy She
ifs and Civians-No Effort Left Uned to Bring Murderer
to Justce-Trailed from His Room by Blood

livery available man in the ponce ue'
partment was detailed on the case
when the circumstances of the shooting
We're briefly reported to the central sta.
ton by Captain of Detectives Paul 70
Flammer, who had turned over his
prisoner Fred Horning, to Patrolfnan
james McGraw and hurried on after
the assailant of Captain Auble. Suth-
erland, after shooting Captain Aublt
three times, started on q slow run wes
on Ninth street. The man did not ap
pear to be wounded, but ran In a sorl
of jogging manner. When he reached
the corner of Hope street he turned
south and was lost to view. 1t Is be-
lieved he stopped after getting out Of
sight of the place where the shooting
was done and loaded his revolver Will
fresh cartridges.
Sutherland went directly to his room
at g37 Georgia street, where he ano
Horning occupied an apartment to-
gether. He rushed up the stairs, hur-
riedly entered his room, jerked Off his
coat, vest and hat and donned articles
of clothing of different color and ma
terial. Then, looking cautiously about
to make sure that there were no pur.
suers near, he dashed down the stairs
carefully opened the front door ant
ran away as fast as he could.
Tracked by Blood
He evidently turned and ran south
on Georgia street to Eleventh, thence
east on Eleventh to within half a block
of FfguerOa street. He was trailed
along these streets by large drops OF
blood. There the trail abruptly ended
A vacant lot Is directly opposite the
spot where the last sign of blood is no
ticeable. The trail was again picked VI
on Ottawa, the next street north OF
Eleventh street, where a faint sign OF
blood was visible, and led to the cor
ner of Ottawa and Figueroa streets
where 1t ended
Immediately after placing Captain
Auble aboard an automobile and seeing
him on his way to the receiving hospi-
tai, Flammer hurried in the direction
taken by the fugitive and quickly
reached Georgia street, where the two
men occupied room. He arrived but
short time after Sutherland had
made hurried departure. Captain
Elammer made hasty examination of
the room.
While Captain Flammer was follow
ing the trail of blood leading from the
Georgia street house the officials at the
central police station were organizing
searching parties. The sheriff's office
was notified Of the shooting, and the
big red automobile, with Sheriff Ham
mel and several deputies aboard.
reached the station in record breaking
time. 1t took Chief Edward Kern to
the scene of the shooting and to where
the men occupied room. They made
an investigation of the premises and
tralied the man on to Eleventh street,
where they picked up Captain Flam-
mer, and taking him aboard. made a
thorough search of the Westlake dis
tr1ct After making a tour of that
section Captain Flammer left the auto
mobile and came into town and back
70 the station, while Chief Kern and
Sheriff Hammel returned to the Georgia
tions.
Forces Hurried to Scene
Meanwhile all available detectives.
patrolmen and plain-clothes men were
hurried to the scene of the shooting.
and In a short time a large number of
persons were making a thorough
search of that section of the city.
Officers were detailed to watch street
cars and seek information from mo-
tormen and conductors. The floors of
all street cars were ordered examined.
IN order to ascertain If the fugitive
mad boarded a car and left n trail
of blood that would lead to his ap-
prehension.
When the detectives reached the
Walters home at 937 Georgia street
they were given instructions by Cap
tesha Il anu each man was al
lotted a certain territory. The news
was carried quickly and soon people
began to.arrive. on motorcycles, horse
back, automobiles and on foot. In
short time the neighborhood of the
rooming place of the murderer was
thronged with those eager to find the
man responsible for the shooting.
Each nook and corner of the neigh
borhood where the trail of blood end
ed was searched. Many theories were
advanced and each person hunted ac-
cording to his own method, Vacant
houses, stables and cellars were ex-
amined thoroughly, but not trace of
the much wanted man could be found.
BY this time typewriter copies of
the description of Sutherland had been
made. and each officer or person
searching for the murderer was given
a copy.
One thing that puzzled the police
and searchers was the fact that there
ing to Sutherlands room, while a
heavy flow marks a distinct trail on
his journey from the place.
Motorcycle Patrolman Wallace was
placed on duty at the Walters home
and given instructions to allow no one
to enter the place without a written
order from Captain Flammer, and not
to allow any photographs of the place
to be taken. Mrs. Walters was told
by Captain Flammer to allow no one to
enter the room occupied by Sutherland
and Horning without permission from
him.
Shortly after II o'clock a party of
deputy sheriffs and newspaper men
reached the place where the trail of
blood commenced, and began to make
Investigations. Mrs. Walters was in
a semi-hysterical condition. and when
asked to tell what she knew concern
Ing the two men, refused to make
statement She would not allow pho
tographs to be made of the interior
of the room occupied by Sutherland
and Horning.
Special officer Jack Hendrickson and
Major Fred Shurtleff of the California
Rangers were given permission to en-
ter the room where Sutherland changed
his clothing. These officers made an
examination of the blood stains on
the floor and about the furniture in
the room in an effort to determine just
Where Sutherland was wounded. While
they had but slight clew to work on
they decided that the man was wound
ed In the left hand or arm, and that
a small vein had been severed. The
clothing that was discarded bore no
traces Of blood and 1t has not been
explained just how the man succeeded
in keeping his clothing from becoming
soaked with blood, inasmuch as. from
the appearance of the trail leading
from the house. his wound was bleed
ing profusely.
Apparent Wound a Puzzle
Another thing that is puzzling is
how Sutherland came to be wounded,
as neither Captain Auble nor Captain
FIammer fired shot and Ii is Thought