The San Francisco call., 1910-02-13
SLAIN GIRL MAY
HAVE BEEN HALF
BREED INDIAN
CIew Furnished by Eureka Jew
eIer May Solve TamaIpais
Murder Mystery
Repaired Watch for James
Mckay, Whose Daughter Is
Among the Missing

The watch which was found on the
body Of the girl victim Of the Mount
Tamalpais murder was at one time
in the possession Of James Mckay, who
lived in Eureka seven years ago. That
fact was established yesterday by
Frank Wansly, Eureka jeweler.
From Eureka Mckay went to Trinity
county. and in tracing him in that
county last evening The Call learned
from Sheriff J. H Boyce of Weaver
Vile that a James Mckay who had
come to Trinity county from Humboldt
died several years ago
The deceased Mckay had a daughter,
a halfbreed Indian girl who ran away
from her home at Hyampon, Trinity
county. two years ago and was then
lost trace Of.
Sheriff ". P. TAYLOR of Marin county
is now endeavoring TO trace this girl
and learn if the murdered woman
might have been the daughter of James
Mckay Of Hyampon.
SHOWED LITTLB TRACE OF BLOOD
Although a halfbreed Indian girl
James McKay's daughter was light
conpleNioned and showed little traces
Of the red race. When she left home
she ned from the far western part Of
Trinity county down the Sacramento
valley. Her brother, who now lives in
Trinity county, pursued her, but could
not overtake the fleeing sister and
little has been heard of her since. II
is believed that she made her way
down the valley toward the bay coun-
ties.
The Identification of the watch was
made positively by Wansky, the Eu-
reka ieweler. r. f. Cloney. chief Of
police Of Eureka, telegraphed yester-
day to Sheriff Taylor:
'Wansky positively identified watch
as repaired by himself; says he will
swear 10 it."
Il repaired this watch on September
l6 1902" said Wans1y to the authori-
ties of Eureka yesterday, after ne had
closely examined the timepiece, which
had been forwarded TO the Eureka chief
Of police by Sheriff Taylor. The repair
numerals were made by my father. who
is now dead. I am sure that the num-
bers 1OS9W' were put on by him, as
recognize the peculiar figure which he
made"
The movement number of the watch
found on Tamal lpais is 109520 and the
case number Is 216l149- The record in
WaBsky's books showed similarity in
the numbers. The number of the move
ment was the same. only there was A
figure instead Of the figure 5 in the
number 1O9520. The page had been
torn so that part of the number Of the
ease was missing. Instead Of the full
number 2l61l49 the torn page read,
-6l149
WATCH NUMBERS GIVE CLEW
Wansky also declared that he re-
paired mans watch for the same
James Mckay The numbers on that
watch were: Repair number, 1074W:
movement number. 7S760224, and the
case number 2930S96- Wansky said
that he could identify that watch if he
saw it,
Another clew toward the identity Of
Mckay and possibly of the murdered
girl was the discovery in Eureka yes
terday thar in September. 1903. the year
after the watch was repaired, James
Mckay closed a. small account which
he carried in the Bank Of Eureka.
Through that fact there is increased
chance Of the authorities being able to
locate the Mckay TO whom the watch
belonged.
The officers Of Humboldt county had
scant information yesterday regarding
the whereabouts Of Mckay, further
than that he had left Humboldt county
for Trinity
CIeElH j. Il. f5ONce OF FlnlIK county.
however. made the following state
ment 10 The Call last evening:
A James Mckay came to Trinity
county from Humboldt county about
seven years a go and settled in Hyam-
pom. which is near the border line
between Trinity and Humboldt He
had Z daughter and two sons The
daughter was q half breed Indian girl,
very fair for one of her class. She
left home about two years ago. One
Of her brothers traced her down the
Sacramento valley. but lost track of
her and came back to Hyampon with
out the girl. So far as I know moth
ing has been heard of the girl since
that time.
SEEKS KNOWLEDGE OF MCKAY
James Mckay of Hyampon is now
dead. He died two years ago. but two
Of his sons are living in Hyampon.
7 can not say that this James Mckay
is the same man whose watch was
repaired by the Eureka jeweler, but
he is the only James Mckay I know
Of in Trinity county, and if there
were others probably would know of
them"
Sheriff Taylor Of Marin win imme-
diately Communicate with Sheriff
Boyce and seek TO establish definitely
something more about the daughter Of
James Mckay
DENT IN WATCH
James Mckay. who had the watch
repaired in Eureka, is believed by some
Humboldt county people TO be the same
man who lived in the vicinity of Hyam-
pom. according to word received from
Eureka late last evening. Mckay was
a half breed Indian who lived in a
remote section of Trinity county and
who came TO Eureka only occasion
ally. He had a brother who was a
surveyor.
The .McKays, living as they did in
the very backwoods. traded through
money order houses. The watch chain
found with the watch on Tamalpais
was purchased in a money order house
in the east.
In his examination OF the watch at
Eureka Wansky discovered slight
upward dent in the rim of the cover
of the watch. such as might have been
made by some instrument used 10 prY
open the case. This mark may serve
as an additional Identification mark
The dent is located three-quarters Of
an inch from the stem.
There are many people in Humboldt
county by the name of Mckay but
there is no record OF a James Mckay
beyond the bank and the jewelers. rec
ords
While the investigation into the
identify Of the dead woman of Tanlal-