Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-15
Los ANGELES HERALD: MONDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER

half walk and half run east, stop Just
an instant at an alleyway forty yards
east of the livery stable and then run
south down the alley. Others corrob-
crate her statements. She gave the
same description of the murderer as
given by Kupfer.
Policeman Claibourne told of his
connection with the shooting last night
for the first time. He said:
Il had been riding my wheel and got
stuck in the mud about 200 yards
south of Twenty third street on
Thompson street. l jumped off and
started to the sidewalk. Just as |
mounted and started to ride towards
Twenty third. l heard two quick shots.
At first l thought it was the exhaust
from a motorcycle. When l got under
a big pepper tree l heard another shot.
| jumped off my wheel, crouched down
and waited possibly fifteen seconds.
Then / heard another shot.
PatroIman Stops Woman
Still 1 waited, crouching in the
darkness. l could not locate the shots
exactly, but figured that if the shoot
er ran north, south or west l would see
him. After waiting possibly thirty
seconds 1 jumped on my wheel and
rode to Twenty third, turned east and
ran onto Carlsons body. 1 jumped off
my wheel and as l did so saw a wo-
man coming across the street. She had
one hand inside her long coat. I halted
her at the point of my pistol, jerked
open her coat. supposing that she had
done the shooting and was concealing
a revolver 1 soon saw my mistake
and ran back to the body
Il saw the man was dead at the very
first glance, for his eyes were CLASSY.
Somebody said. The man who did the
shooting ran east l followed that
direction to Scarf street, but seeing
nobody. ran back to the body. l then
ran west a block or so. BY the time
in an auto to get help and give chase,
other officers were on the scene. After
coming back to the body the second
time | remained there.
Wherever the man or men who did
the shooting ran they probably had
full knowledge of their whereabouts
for dragnet search of the neighbor-
hood failed to give us the slightest
trace of their track"
Carlson Has Police Record
According to the police Carlson had
police record. for he was arrested
and fined for indecent exposure at one
time. Whether there are other crimes
Of this nature charged against him
will be most carefully investigated by
Detectives Zeigler and Mcnamara,
detailed on the case.
That Carlson had enemies who
sought his life is advanced as a rea
son for the change in his name. 1t is
an unusual thing for a man in a hum
BILE walk of life to assume an alias un-
less he wishes to hide his identity for
a special reason. Carlsons friends and
relatives declare that he assumed the
alias because he did not wish to have
his mail confused with that of other
Carlsons in the city. The police look
at this more or less askance. 1t is said
that they will go to the bottom of Carl
sons reason for changing his name,
and it is believed a clew to the muir
derer may be found therein.
Sheriff Hammel has taken some in
terest in the case, according to his
statement yesterday afternoon. He adj
mitted that he has a certain theory in
regard to the case, and although he
will not admit it, ii is believed the the
cry is based on CaTlson's arrest some
months ago. The sheriff has not de-
tailed any special men on the case. as
he thinks it is not within his jurisdic-
ton. Whatever information he re-
ceives he will give Chief of Police
Dishman.
The police declare they will go to
the bottom Of the case and will not
give up until they have solved the
mystery. Chief Dishman will make
the Carlson killing the basis of a re-
hewed appeal for an increased police
force, which he says is needed sorely.