The San Francisco call., 1910-08-07
CHASTITY RELIC
PROVES YOUNG
KENDALL DEAD.
Authorities Convinced Son Was
Shot From Ambush and
Pursued Down Hillside
COrOner's Jury Is Dismissed, but
Owner of Ranch Will Be
Summoned to Testify

fed bleeding down the canyon side
toward the house. Trosper found a
place behind an oak tree near the
gate where some one apparently had
sat, lying in wait Across the road
from that point he picked up a bloody
trail made by a man who, it is judged,
was running. The trail leads TO the
open corral, where it is lost.
Ran Toward Home
1t is natural to believe" said the
district attorney today, that when Tom
Kendall was shot he would run toward
his home, where his family and arms
were. That would account for the
trail leading TO the barn"
Kendall must have been followed
down the hill by his assassin and after
he had been killed the murderer burned
his remains and scattered portions that
could not be consumed.
District Attorney Lea spent busy
day in examining witnesses and visit
ing the points which hgure in the
crime His most important informa-
ton was that received from Arthur
Collins, q II year old boy of Cazadero.
Young Collins statement is as follows:
"On Saturday, July %, about 9
o'clock in the morning. I was up In the
hills near the old cabin on the Star
buck place. The cabin door was locked
on the inside. I thought no one was
there and went around to the back. 1
saw no one and climbed in the window.
1 irst saw big knife on the floor and
spoke Of It to Mr.. Thompson, who was
with me. Then under the bed I saw
Henry Yamagachi. knew him well.
for he worked for my father and
mother at the hotel He spoke to me.
I asked him what he was doing under
the bed and he replied that he was lust
playing.
Don't tell anybody you saw me
: here he said 10 me. At that time he
was dressed in brown overalls of a sort
Of khaki and wore a yellowish shirt.
] did not stay long at the place. l did
not notice any blue overalls around.
though they might have been there
Statement Important
The district attorney believes Arthur
Collins statement to be most impor-
tant as it goes to establish the fact
that the japanese acted guilty before
the crime. Another detail Of the case
against Yamagachf is furnished bv
Mrs. A. f. Collins. mother Of vouog
Collins Mrs. Collins made the follow
ing statement to the district attorney
. today:
Henry Eamagachi returned to GAIA
dero on June 2e. He had been away.
When he met me he said. Where are
the boys? meaning Enove (dfss wan
and Mayeda. I told him that Enove
was at Mesa Grande and Mayeda was
At Mrs SteTbuck's place. He asked,
What is Mrs Starbuck's addressT /
told him and he took out a note book
and wrote IL down very carefully Then
he said gOOdbx TO US all and said he
was going away and would not return" +"
Now, il is kaown that Yamagachi
came from Mrs. Starbucks to Cazadero.
and that he should make play of in
nocence over her address is considered
very significant
Evidence Is Strong
We have an excellent case against
n
torney Lea this afternoon before he
departed for Santa Rosa We can
establish the fact that he came UP here
IN the employ of Mrs. Starbuck and
taht he knew her address and Vet
sought to give the impression that he
did not know II. We can also estab-
lish that he admitted he was sent I'D
here TO look after stock on the Ken
dali place. Furthermore. that he tried
TO convey the idea early in July that
he was going away from here and
would not return.
Then coming up to the day on which
the crime must have been committed
we find that he was hiding in the cabin
IN the hills above the Kendall Gotta ee
From the ridge near the cabin he could
have spied on the Kendall place and
seen when Thomas Kendall left his
home TO go to town. Or he might
have watched the house from closer
point Of vantage. Then, of course. we
viii have Mrs. Starbuck's statement
that the japanese admitted to her that
he had "odne up the Kendall family.
We can also prove that Kendall was at
the cabin in the mountains on the day
Of the following date. when we be-
lieve the crime was committed He
was busy preparing to leave the place
and threw out a can Of rice. which we
discovered today.
Seen on Road
Then we can prove that on the
afternoon Of Sunday, July "a, he was
seen walking along the road from the
direction of the Kendall place with a
suitcase. He boarded the afternoon
train at Elm grove at 2:3O O'Clock
Sunday afternoon. At that time he
had suitcase and a heavy telescope
basket. He went to Santa Rosa with