The San Francisco call., 1910-02-10
Eureka JeweIer Recognizes
Numbers in Murdered
Girls Watch
Important Development May
Result in Solution OF
the Mystery
San Francisco Detective Prose-
cutes Search to Establish
WOman's Identity
Marin County Officials Scored
for Laxity in Investi-
eating Crime

SdtlHS OlAluS
A S much IS now known OF the
~ identity OF the girl who was
murdered on Tamalpais as was
known one week ago today when two
San Franciscans, tramping down the
trail that leads from the Tama1pais
tavern to Muir wood discovered a
skeleton on an exposed shoulder of
the Marin county mountain The
watch found on the body stiII re-
mains as the most important c1ew
to the identification of the dead girl
Authorities Are Sluggish
The authorities, of Marin county
have not yet aroused themselves To
the urgent necessity of establishing
the dead girls identity. The only
progressive work that is being done
on the case, aside from the energies
OF the newspapers, is the work that
IS being done by Detective Sergeant
William Proll of this city. Proll,
working on this side Of the bay, is
handicapped and disheartened by the
difficulties against which he has had to
contend There is little cooperation
received from the authorities. of the
county in which the crime was COM
mitted, and scant enthusiasm is
aroused. Pro1l has complained of the
disadvantages under which he is work
ing. but has stuck doggedIy to his
task in the hope, singlehandedIy. of
solving the mystery for the san Rafael
officials Pron worked in Oakland yes
terday. but with no definite success. as
he did not have the watch TO show to
jewelers. he interviewed.
Inactivity Is S-.Own
1t was established through The Call
that the suit which the dead woman
wore was purchased in Portland. Ore.
but it is apparent that no request has
been made by the authorities to extend
the investigation into Portland
Mrs. Pearl Wells of TurIock. in a let
ter to The Call, published yesterday
morning. stated that she felt sure that
she could identify the jewelry and or
naments worn by the dead girl as the
same which were worn by a young
woman who had been her companion on
a trip between Davis. Cal, and Port
land. The Marin county authorities
have the articles in their possession
and Turlock is only ive hours journey
from San Francisco, but no one has.
up to this time, been detailed to take
the articles to Mrs. Wells for her in
spection. Mrs. Wells made the same
statement in a letter to Coroner F. E.
Sawyer of Marin county which she
gave to The Call.
JeweIer Identifies Watch
The most important development in
the case yesterday .centered about the
watch and the fact that Frank Wansky.
a jeweler of Eureka, believes that he
repaired the watch which the dead girl
wore. Not only does he say that the
repair number. '1OS9w" may have been
put on by him. but that the number of
the movement of the Seth Thomas
watch is idntical, with single excep-
tion with the number in the movement
of the watch repaired by him. At the
time he handled the watch. September
1s. 1902. it was in the possession of
James Mckay.
I'VE are expecting letter from Chief
of Police F. E. Cloney of Eureka" said
Detective ProI yesterday. and when
that comes we hope that it will throw
light on the identity of James Mckay.
If it does we. shall make every effort
possible to locate Mckay"
Message From ClOney
Chief of Police j. b. Martin received
the following message from Chief cIo-
ney yesterday:
Name of person who had watch re-
paired was James Mckay. on September
16, 1902. viii write letter.
81. E. CLONEY. Chief of Police"
The Call received additional informa-
tion on the Eureka watch last evening.
1t was learned by The Calls corre-
spondent that Frank wanskys watch
repair record shows that the name of
the person who had the watch repaired
was James Mckay. He brought it IN
September IS. 1902 The repair num-
Der corresponds with the number pub
Iished in the newspapers. The move
ment numbers, which are short two nu-
merals. owing to the tearing out of the
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