The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-04-21
Leaves Abruptly When Told
That His Order Will Be
Filled by Telephone
Begin Search for Laundry That
Put Mark on the Garments
Found in Robbers Cabin
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

ire benlcla tfSln robberS obtained the
dynamite left by them in their hurried
fight across Carquinez straits and into
the Contra Costa hills the active search
for the bandits on clews followed thus
TAR practically came to an end and
the ground was gone over again and a
new start made.
Frank de Pue. state identification
expert. was called into the case again
and some imprints Of finger marks
We're taken 10 be compared with those
Of convicts who have come under his
scrutiny.
Sheriff r. r. Veals Of Contra Costa
county ended today the unraveling of
many clews and started his deputies on
new survey of the ground. Patrick
j. KindeIon. chief Of the Southern Pa
cifc secret service. returned to san
francisco. leavin ghis men in the field.
Francisco. leaving his men in the field.
A suit of underwear abandoned by
The robbers in their cabin near Mar
t.ucz on the Frazier ranch and care
fully hidden under the stairs leading to
The place was found today by Sheriff
Ncale. and tho police Of San Francisco,
Oakland. stockton and Sacramento viii
be sent letters apprising them of the
laundry mark on the garments-D IS.
The sheriff entertained for a time the
plan OF securing bioodhounds. giving
rhen. the scent Of the undercIothes and
putting them on the trail. AS the rob
bers are supposed to have left in
buggy they stole from the Headley
ranch, If was not thought that the doss
could follow the trail. especially as
three days have passed since the rob-
berry and light rain has fallen.
II was established beyond doubt that
the dynamite dropped by the bandits
along the railroad track at the scene of
the holdup and that found hidden be-
f-tsath the floor OF the cabin they occu-
ried here was stolen from the ware
house adjoining the store of J. J. Nc
..ncama. located about q mile from the
center Of Martinez in the Alhambra
VALLEY.
DYNAMITE STOLEN
When Sheriff VeaIe learned that Will
liam J. Mccain. a clerk in McNamara's
second store in the business district
OF Martinez. had received an order for
dynamite from a man answering the
description of the taller OF the two
bandits. early last week. he had an
interview with Mccain and this morn
ing ascertained that ~ sticks Of dyna-
mite had been taken from the ware
house
Mccain told his customer that the
store down town was not allowed by
city ordinance to carry dynamite, but
mat he could telephone to the store
farther out and have some Of the explo-
sive delivered. At this the man turned
and left the store without word.
Veale went to Mcnamara today and
the store keeper looked at his stock Of
dynamite One box had been opened
and - sticks taken. The box cover
had been replaced and a fun box of
dynamite placed over the rified box.
Six cans Of oysters. Mcnamara dis
covered. also had been taken from his
storeroom. The brand was the same
as the brand on the five cans found in
tRe cellar Of the robbers cabin.
- Frank de Pue arrived here early in
The afternoon. took finger prints from
me sticks or dynamite the DON from
which the robbers stole the explosive in
McNamara's store, the shotgun dropped
bv the fuRitives in the marsh near
Goodyear. discovered yesterday, and
other articles
RELEASE SUSPECTS
The two suspects jailed by Constable
Collins At PinOle yesterday were re-
leased this morning. Sheriff Neale OBJ
tanned from Pinole today the informa-
he description given of the robbers had
beer. seen at that town Sunday.
Louis Brandt, a resident of Pinole.
said that two men, driving in red
zeared buggy. stopped before his house
sunday night and asked the wa yto San
Pablo. He directed them and they drove
away at a furious pace, beating the
horse and looking over their shoulders.
II. G Mackay Of Pinole also saw the
men.
John Inbbe, the Martinez liveryman.
WHO had personal relations with the
robbers while the occupied the cabin
affare was taken to Benicia yesterday to
look at r. A. Schloeman and Frank J.
Scott. the suspects jailed there four
hours after the train robbery.
Lubbe said emphatically that they
we're not the men who occupied the
Frazier ranch cabin. Sheriff Veale ex-
sa4nined the camp Of the bandits dis
covered 8 Z the edge or the SulSun marsh
near Goodyear and brought with him
= - his return to Martinez this afternoon
az sawed of shotgunt discovered I'M
.seat the Goody year bridge. 1t is Fox,
Fseil known to sportsmen, and the same
make Of gun that Roosevelt took with
nm 10 Africa. Frank de Pue took the
Vs&apon with him to San Francisco for
examination
sheriff Veale said today that he now
believed that in all probability the rob-
hers had gone 20 Oakland and that they
are in hiding.
iIRAG SLOUGH
Constable william Hyde OF Benicia,
szrith several Of Kindelon's men TO assist
( lin spent today in dragging the slough
below the robbers camp at Goodyear,
tFfere the sawed off shotgun was found.
tbs believed that some Of the missing
mail opuches may have been thrown
- eyerboard from the boat occupied by
b the bandits during their trip down the