The San Francisco call., 1909-11-25

sister at the j. b. Cheda creamery in
San Anselmo, heard the hurried foot
steps of a man coming down the street.
The fellow was mud covered and run
ming heavily, as he well might be, for
he had covered half mile within
few minutes
Grandjean thought the man was run
ming for the last train to San Rafael,
so with a hasty farewell he darted out
of the house and started after the fell
low, running toward the station, about
1000 feet away
At this the murderer, probably be-
lieving himself pursued, darted to one
side and. rushing across the railway
track buried himself in the trees along
the Barber tract.
Grandjean says he arrived at the
station to find no train there, and he
began to be uneasy as he thought over
the strange actions of the muddy ap
partition that had flashed into view for
q moment past the house lights and
then dived into cover Grandjean was
relieved when the train, delayed by
slight accident, arrived a half hour
later.
Alex McKeegan, who arrived from
San Francisco on the delayed train,
bound for the home of Thomas Pollard
Jr., where he is employed as a coach
man, got off at Ross and started walk
ing toward the Pollard home This
was about 1:45 o'clock, and McKeegan,
so far as known, was the first to en-
counter Blacks dead body.
Il almost stumbled over the body
before saw it, McKeegan said yester-
day, and then | veered out into the
road. somewhat startled for the mo-
ment. Then / decided it was drunken
man, and, after considering a moment,
decided that / had better keep right on
and not -mingle in drunkard's busi-
ness. Had | known the true facts of
the case-and / wish l had-the alarm
would have been sounded sooner"
Undoubtedly Black was dead at that
time, however, for he was shot through
the right lung, the bullet ranging just
over the heart and through the left hip.
This bullet lodged in the right thigh
and Coroner F. f. Sawyer declares it
could have been fired only when Black
had dropped to his hands and knees.
1t is thought that Black started to
struggle with his assAilant, was shot
through the lungs and fell to his hands
and knees. A bruise on the abdomen
shows that his murderer then kicked
him and sent the shot into his hip
Stanton Hall, employed in the Sausa-
Tito office of the Northwestern Pacific
railroad, with G. F. Stevenson, presi-
dent of the Anacortes lumber company
ana MISS May Il dTTel1S employer, were
visitors at the Farrell home Sunday
evening also. Hall caught the 1910
train for his home and Stevenson left
for his home in Ross Valley, in another
part of the town than that occupied by
the Farrell residence. less than an hour
later. Stevenson went directly to his
home. Neither men saw any suspicious
character lurking at the lonely corner.
Stevenson, it is understood, was call
f,ocr Sod
ployed in the Ross Valley postoffice,
and Hall is a family visitor of long
standing.
David Thompson. also Scotchman
and friend of young Black at Glen
Fraser, in a conference with Coroner
Sawyer declared that A. Crawford of
Alameda, also a friend of Black. had
told him of Blacks experience with
footpads in aCnada and the convicted
thugs threat to get the engineer
This Sheriff Taylor considers an i'm
portant clew.
former deputy sheriff, is working on
the case end his efforts have unearthed
several valuable clews.
District Attorney Thomas p Boyd is
actively interested in the case, too. He
advised the trustees of Ross yesterday
not to offer the reward of $1,00 that
they have been considering. on the
ground that it would result only in
confusion.
Sheriff Taylor has cast aside the
statement that the lovers quarreled
Sunday night before parting, finding
that there is no truth in this rumor.
For a time the fact that Blacks.
pocketbook, scarfpin and money had
been taken from him led the authori-
ties to believe that robbery had been
the motive for the murder, but this
they have discarded on the discovery
of so many facts pointing to the con-
clusion that the murderer waited for
his victim. allowing several men, also
alone, to pass unmo1ested.
Coroner Sawyer received cabIegrams
yesterday from r. C. Black, the lads
uncle, a wealthy merchant of Dumfer-
line. Scotland, and from his mother.
Mrs. M. E. BiackA who is living with
her daughters at Clarkville, Kirk
Caldy, Scotland. They asked that all
necessary be done to prepare the body
for shipm EN- T. o. the lad 81 7oJ1l