The San Francisco call., 1909-12-14
THUG BELIEVED
TO BE FORMER
COW PUNCH[R'
Victim Says Desperate High
wayman Walks and Looks
Like VaquerO
HOIdupman Sought to Gain ADJ
mission to WOman's Home
Alter Robbery

You had better get away from here"
AT that the man ran to the other
side Of the porch" Mrs. Parmenter told
the detectives. and leaned away out,
hanging on TO the pillars. to look down
Eddy street toward Van Ness avenue.
After quick glance he ran down the
steps and toward the avenue and I
went back to bed. feeling rather fright
ened at the fellows actions.
i was just getting into bed when I
heard what I thought might be the
report of pistol. and I spoke to my
daughter about it, She said it might
be an automobile. and we thought no
more about the matter until we read of
the murder next day"
Shot Supposed Pursuer
The bandit ran down the 100 feet of
sidewalk to the brightly lighted en-
trance Of the bathhouse. and into that
place. hoping, the detectives now firmly
believe, to find refuge there from the
crowd that had been on his trail. AS
he entered the little entrance way, it
appearance of what he believed was
some one approaching him, though in
reality it was his own image in the
looking glass that faces the door. He
thought some one was approaching him
with revolver. and. as Schneider
stepped from behind the mirror that
forms the door panel the bandit fired
Pharmacist David b. Green told the
detectives yesterday that he was
strongly Of the opinion that the bandit
had been a cowboy. because Of the
way he walked and his general ac-
tions.
The fellow had swarthy. or pasty
olive complexion, and his eyes were
dark and lustrOus,' Green said What
Impressed me first, and most strongly,
even before he attempted the robbery.
was the look Of determination and the
sneer Of a thoroughly bad man that
he wore on his face. Ny wife re-
marked this to me when I came behind
the screen for the mans order.
Walked Like Cowboy
Somehow or other the man i'm
pressed me as being a cowboy. 1 have
seen many of these men, lived among
them, and this man walks with the
typical gait Of the man who has been
on a horse much Of his life. and used TO
CARRYING heavy chaps on his legs when
he walked. His gait was long. with a
peculiar hitch TO il, and he swung, or
rolled, like A cowboy does. I did not
notice that the man was bOwlegged, I
but he may have been slightly so from
riding so much
William Taylor, sheriff of Marin
county. called on Chief Of Police Cook /
yesterday afternoon to aid in investi- I
eating the murder. in the hope that
the slayer VIII be found TO be the |
same man who killed Robert c. Black /
al Ross November - last. Taylor will |
send over Marin county citizens who |
obtained glimpse OF Blacks slayer, |
in the hope that they may be able to
pick the fellow from among the sus-
poets the police are bringing in daily. /
Doctor Gleason. Doctor Noland and /
the other men wEo were in the drug /
store Saturday night when the thug 1
entered We're kept busy all day yester-
day calling at the police station to /
look over the suspects brought in. A 1
round dozen suspicious characters an j
swering for the most part the descrip- /
tions given Of the bandit murderer /
were arrested and placed in detinue, /
but throughout the afternoon and early 1
evening no one was identified as the 4
thug.
With Detectives Macphee. Taylor. /
BallettO, Wren, Lord and Budd hard at 1
work, aided by an army Of special de- |
tail men, the whole city again was |
raked over yesterday. The robbers |
victims accompanied the detectives on /
many Of their excursions