Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-18
POSSES CLOSE IN
ON MAIL ROBBERS
Two Men Missing from Lonely
Cabin are Suspected of
the Crime
AMOUNTS STOLEN NOT LARGE
Desperate Thugs Sent Engine
Wild After Crime and
Endangered Lives
AMOUNTS STOLEN NOT LARGE
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gine a road leads to the east bank OIL
the slough. They ran down this road
to a row boat they had concealed III
the bushes. The four sacks which they
did not take with them we're found
later by other trains along the track.
They evidently had fallen from the en-
gine after it had been uncoupled from
the train.
From the point where their boat was
moored the bandits rowed directly
across the bay to Bullshead point, one
and n half miles cast of Martinez
There they abandoned the boat. III
climbing the bank one of the men SIP
ped and lost a .3S-caliber Colts reyoi-
YER and a pair Of field glasses. rms
morning these clews for the otticers TO
work on in the identification of any
suspects were secured.
The point where the boat was taken
is the last trace of the men until they
reached MARTINEZ A horse and buggy
were stolen, supposedly by the robbers,
from a man named Hoagley. Between
2 and 4 in the morning George Frazier,
n farmer living three miles out of Mar
tinez, heard a horse and buggy being
driven past his house at wild pace.
All this has lent definite direction 10
the chase, which early in the afternoon
centered in the hills and open country
leading to Oakland.
ARMED POSSE TAKES TRAIL
Sheriff Veale, of Contra Costa coun-
" was the first official to start AFTER
the bandits. With a posse of men ne
left Martinez before o'clock IN the
morning They jumped into launch
on the west shore of the bay ana
crossed quickly to a point near where
the bandits embarked for the west
shore. So quick and accurate was the
pursuit that it is thought the bandlts
aud officers passed each other IN the
dark and that the hunted men were
kept aware of the whereabouts of their
pnrsuers by the noise made by the
launch. The oars were dipped quietly
and bv the time the officers found that
the quarry had escaped the robbers
were crossing the open field on the
Martinez shore and hunting for horse
The sheriff and his men found little
to aid them on the east shore.
At daybreak they crossed over again.
and began to run onto clews thick and
fast. mhe first WAS red rowboat
hidden under a bank two miles from
Martinez This rowboat forms an I'M
portant link in a theory connecting
the robbers with two unknown young
men who had been living in a cabin
a mile from Martinez. supposedly hsh-
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SEEK TWO SUSPECTS
In he rowboat the officers found six
registe ed letters not opened. Three OF
these letters were addressed TO 81.
Louis. Two TO dAicago and one to New
Work Two return cards were also
found, addressed TO san FRANCISCO
firms.
found in the bottom of the boat
The theft of the horse and buggy
points more strongly to the two young
men who lived il the cabin near Mar
tinez. their names are not known. In
:, General way they answer the descrip-
ton If the robbers as given by the
feriyman.
Ofi7ors were sent to this cabin upon
the tin of Hoagley that he had seen
them loafing around the place ana
knew where they lived The men were
gone. in a field nearby suitcase was
found filled partly with shotgun
shells and coils or Iuse Ior uyHdillitlA5'
and some soap. -.
one elew to the plans and ldentlIy
OF the robbers which the railroad ofl-
cials consider a hoax Was found IN the
Docket of tho coat left by one or the
robbers in the engine after the nasty
exit with the mail sacks. A letter was
found detailing the manner Of the
divided. which was a saloon in Sacra-
mento. A map Of Texas also was found,
with several cities marked with a
cross.
CTjgXys POINT TO MISSING MEN
THE finding Of the dynamite fuses
lends more color to the theory that the
men were the robbers. Half a mile
back from the place where the man
was stopped by the robbers twenty
sticks Of dynamite were found peslde
the track. One stick had been set ull-
derneath tie, with fuse attached, ana
the train had gone over this. The rob
hers also had mentioned dynamite
when threatening to kill the mail car
men after Black and Clancy had re
fused to give up the mail sacks at the
first demand.
Because of tho finding of this dyna-
mite. the theory is held by some tnat
third man was engaged in the ROBBERY
With the last definite clew giving
the men dashing by the Frazier farm
before daylight, posses started out
from all sides 10 surround them, II pos
sble.
POSSES CLOSE IN
Sheriff Vealo and his men went to-
ward Oakland from Martinez in auto
mobiles. Volunteers formed other
posses. In all, twenty or twenty-five
men started from that end Of the
scene. Sheriff Barnet Of Alameda
county started out from the other side
with his posse, closing in OF the coun-
trv where the robbers are supposed TO
he hiding from the west end The
Southern Pacific officials took up the
hunt at once Chief Detective 7. j.
KmdeHn is on tho scene with his men.
Henry B. Hall, chief postal inspector
for the division, With five assistants,
started out TO trace up the mail that
was lost.
1t is Believed the amount Of booty
secured was not large, as tho registered
letters probably carried little cash. and
the drafts checks and other valuable
papers which they contained would be
useless to the robbers.
There are uinetY-four separate pack
ages of registered mail missing. In
each Of these packages are several
letters.
The railroad officials have posted a
reward Of $4,000 for the capture of the
robbers. The government has offered
$1,000.
THE SERVANT PROBLEM
How about that new seryant?" said Mr.