Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-21
BELIEVE OSWALD
FLED in AUTO TO
SAN FRANCISCO
POLICE GET NEWS0F FUGITIVE
TENDERL DIN BOSS
SECRECY MAINTAINED REGARD
ING INDICTMENT
Detective Browne Returns from san
. Diego with No News Of Former
RedIight king-Fred-
erIcks Silent

ruHAT Nick Oswald and Will
liam Lawrence Vetter, for
Il mer kings of the tenderloin
who have fed to escape the
grand jury investigation, left
Pasadena Monday in an automo-
bile and arrived safely in San
Francisco Thursday is the belief
of the Pasadena police. Accord
ing to this information. Vetter
rented an automobile for $3.50 on
Monday, obtained driver and
picking up Oswald at Saugus
proceeded unmolested to San
Francisco.
No word of information was vouch-
safed yesterday by the district attor-
ney, his deputies, men connected WIN
the sheriff's office or private detectives
working under instructions or Samuei
L. Browne, head of the bureau OF
criminal investigation. regarding the
identity OF the person whose name ap-
pears on the Indictment returned Fiji
day by the special grand jury.
Belief that Nick Oswald, former ruler
OF the redlight district. is the accused
man became almost certainty when
Investigation revealed the fact that
every other person against whom q
grand jury indictment might De re-
turned by the present body has oeen
accounted for.
Detective Browne returned to Los
Angeles at z o'clock yesterday morning
after a fruitless search In San Diego
and Tia Juana for Oswald and his
lieutenant, William Lawrence Netter.
"Oswald is not within a hundred
miles of Tia Juana," the detective de-
elared, positively He may be IN tne
City of Mexico, and / have already
taken steps to have him arrested II he
makes his appearance In that city IL
would be comparatively easy matter
for Oswald and Vetter to leave Los
Angeles in an automobile board "a
train several hundred miles from the
city and ride to FL Paso. going thence
to the Mexican capital"
Bolicve They Left Pasadena
The days surprise came. however,
when it was learned that a man an
swering vetter's description hired an
automobile In Pasadena Monday morn
ing. paying $3.50 for the use of the ma
chine and its chauffeur, and ordered the
car sent with all speed northward. An
other man was picked up at ,Saugus.
whose appearance resembled Oswald.
Frequent reports We're made to Pasa-
dena by the driver OF the car, messages
being received by the owners from An
tioch. Fresno and other places.
The probability that Oswald and Vet
ter are now in San Francisco or that
they left that city yesterday tosescape
arrest first occurred to the mind of II.
III. Favour, chief of the Pasadena police
force, whose suspicions were aroused
when he noted the absence for several
days of hired machine from its day
stand in front of Vincent's pharmacy,
northwest corner OF Colorado and Ray
mond avenues.
Chief Favour made Inquiries of Alpha
T. Little. manager of the Pasadena
Automobile livery. which controls the
automobile, and learned that man
whose appearance tailed with that of
vetter rented the machine at IL o'clock
Monday morning for a trip to San
Francisco The stranger engaged the
services of Percy e. Heidner and paid
Lifts $3.50.
Boards Car at Saugus
The driver was ordered to put on all
speed Immediately after leaving the
city limits. Later a message from the
chauffeur sent from Saugus gave the
information that another man was TAX
en- aboard the car at that place. This
man. 1t was reported, bore marked
resemblance to the missing Oswald.
Reports of the cars progress were
made by the chauffeur from Antioch
and Fresno, and finally from San Fran
cisco, Thursday noon. After making
some repairs and preparations for the
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