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THESE IS LITTLE DOUBT OF THEIR GUILT
The Police Sure of Having [
Two of the Ingleside
Robbers.
THE TALE OF THEIR TOOL
Fred Gardiner, the Gang's "Handy
Andy," Has Been Rec
ognized.
PRISONER JOHNSON LIBERATED. I
An Ineffectual Effort Made by Middle
miss and Welch to Prove
an Alibi.
Police Commissioner Gunst was one of
the first men to call in the City Prison and i
see the arrested men suspected of commit- |
tiiiL' the rohhery near Ingleside track. lie
was accompanied by Secretary Leake, of \
the Pacific Coast Jockey Club. Albert B»xe, !
formerly of the Chicago Pinkerton Detec- j
tive Agency, Captain John Curtin, the '
GA>D!>E 7 . * MIDDLEMISS. WELSH.
THE THREE MEN IX THE CITY PRISON.
: sk<tched by a " Call" artist.]
well-known local detective, and John F.
Farley, the manager of the Ingleside
refreshment deoartment.
All these gentlemen were dressed as
nearly alike as men of fashion usually are,
still, John Midillemis?, the dark com
plexioned and tali man of the trio, did not
hesitate a moment in his salutation. He
picked out the Police Commissioner, ask
ine: "How do you do, Mr. Gunst? "
">fr. Gunst lost his head." So said;
Detective Saxe, last evening. "If he had
pimply taken that fellow aside just then,
he would have made him give up his
'innards' by telling him: 'this is your
chance to square yourself, tell me all you
know and 111 be your friend.' "
But, as Mr. Gunst did not do the proper
thing at the proper time, the mystery of
the Ingleside robbery 13 a shade hazy still.
Just the same. Captain Lees sat back in
his armchair last evening, as comfortably
as any man could, tired by a twenty-four
hnur vigil, directing his men according to
to his icteas of the proper channel in which
to work to capture the thieves he believes
to be still at Jarge. He feels satisfied that
of the three m^n he has already captured
two are the fellows who shot the foot off
( ashier Clarke and carried away the money
bag discovered yesterday by Edward Wil
lis, superintendent of the Olympic Water
Company's works.
The prisoner whose guilt is doubtful is
Fred Gardiner. He is a young man, not
over 22 years of age. He is likewise one of
those m'entaily weak individuals who will
allow himself to be directed by any one to
do anything excepting, perhaps, that
which "might result in immediate physi
cal injury.
He is of that class of people who will do
the chores of meniais around saloons, run
errands of any questionable nature, anr
who is at the beck and call of the first
comer for a dime. His chief enjoyment,
apparently, has been to patronize the rum
shops nearest to the place where he re
ceived his tips.
Gardiner has been known for months
around this City as an artistic piano
player, and not unfrequently has he been
picked up' by rounders at the track and
elsewhere to* furnish them with cheap
amusement wherever pianos and drinks
were among the attractions.
Gardiner was positively intoxicated
Thursday night wiien he was arrested.
He had been so for weeks more or less, ac
cording to the amount of money dropped
into his hand by his employers.
When Captain Lees interrogated him he
was blear-eyed and maudlin. He remem
bered that he had come in on some car,
end that when he had been put off by the
conductor, policeman 413 had interceded
for him ana he had been carried to Third
street. Policeman 413 is Officer Rourke,
as capable and as honest as any man on
the force. On the night Gardiner claims
to have sat beside him on the car, Ronrke
was in the vicinity of Telegraph Hill,
working on the cases of the injured young
children who accuse Captain Lane of their
disgrace.
In his maudlin way Gardiner told many
little things that dovetail with the state
ments made by Middlemiss, but it is evi
dent that where their stories disagree it is
not Gardiner who is speaking the untruth.
Mi idiemiss on the day of the robbery
was at the track with Gardiner, and caused
him to cash a winning ticket for $20 on
oneof the races. That day Gardiner got
welt and drunk, and he states that when
it was time to leave the track he had
spent all his money and had not even car-
Middlemiss furnished him with 10 cents,
and it was on his refusal to give that up
for his fare that he had trouble with the
car conductor. Adding to this, he stated
to Captain Lees yesterday:
"As sure as I am alive, I had nothing to
do with this robbery."
There is no belief in the captain's mind :
or in those of the people who have ever]
met Gardiner that 'he is one of the cul
prits. But, there is this one thing that
reets against him: He was captured by
the detectives who went to watch the
cache under the Olympic Water Com
pany's pier.
Gardiner was too drunk to explain how
he came to be with Middlemiss at that
time. He knew that bifl friend had asked 1
him to go out with him to dig up some
thing on the beach, but that is all.
Some valuable evidence has been se
cured by Captain Lees from the conductor
and gripman of the car on which Gardiner
and Middlemiss went to the beach on
Thursday night when they were arrested.
The story they tell corroborates, to a very
great extent, "what Gardiner told the cap
tain yesterday.
It is to the* effect that Middlemiss and
Welch told Gardiner to inquire from the
conductor at what time the last car would
be going downtown. It was nearly 8
o'clock then, and the conductor answered
that the last car would not leave before
10:30 o'clock that night.
"That's fine," spoke out Gardiner in a
lond-toned voice; "we can have all the
time we want to sit in the sand and wait."
The other two men punched Gardiner in
the ribs to make him quit his prattle, but
he continued talking in a maudlin way,
and no more attention was paid to him by
the conductor.
These employes of the railroad have been
down to see and have identified the three
men in the jail as the ones on their car.
i\ow it remains to be seen whether tne
conductor and driver of the car that was
heid up will be able to do likewise.
For some reason or other the two last
mentioned car-company men have not been
able to see the prisoners. They dropped
in at the New City Hall once, but Captain
Lees was out at the time looking up the
case, and it was probably deemed advisable
by his subordinates before subjecting the
prisoners to the test. To-day, however,
the parties will be brought together.
It is out of the question to brine Cashier
Clark and the prisoners to a meeting.
Clark is in a very bad way. The opera
tion performed on his foot, following the
severe wounding and the shattering of the
bone, has caused a terrible shock and a
general breaking up.
As the thing stands now the man who
showed the most grit and who, after being
so painfully wounded, directed his asso
ciates to save the coin bag, is as helpless
and as weak as a babe.
The same thing may be said of Officer
Joseph, who did his best to arrest the
thieves. But he, &s well as Fitzgerald,
is hardly in a position to identity the
prisoners as the men who committed the
robbery, as they at no time got much
more than a rear, an imperfect view in the
darkness, of the retreatinc bandits.
The police are strong in their belief that
Patrick Welch, the man with the red
mustache, is the leader of the robber?.
The fellow is not favored with pacific
looks and he has the tough way of a har
dened case. He claims to be able to prove
an alibi, and, in his own way of showing
it before a number of detectives yesterday,
he tossed out a half-dollar piece, saying:
'There you are; go pay for the telegram
and I'll prove to you ducks I've got an
alibi."
He went no further, however, when
questioned at that time, receding into his {
shell as a snail might, realizing there was
danger ahead.
In their drae-net system the police
githered in a fourth man named Johnson,
but yesterday he was fully able to estab
lish "his whereabouts at the time of the
robbery. He, as well as a number of
others, was turned loose.
At low tide yesterday Detectives Gibson
and Codv patrolled and searched the beach
for the "\Vinchester rifles which the rob
bers carried, and which it is believed they
cast into the beach after using them to
intimiaate and wound their victims.
WITH THE PRISONERS.
The Three Men in Jail Have a Story
of Exculpation to Tell.
'•I have no doubt about proving an
alibi," said Middlemiss in reply to a ques
tion concerning hia movements on the
evening of the robbery. "Billy Wessley of
Pan Francisco saloon, at 863 Market street,
can testify that I was there at 7 o'clock. I
was there the greater part of the afternoon
and evening, and there met Patsy Welch.
I can bring forth all the pruui required to
satisfy the officers that I was not concerned
in the hold-up of the car and Clarke, the
barkeeper."
Harry Gardiner claims that he was not
within three miles of the racetrack
Wednesday afternoon.
"I went to the Columbia Theater, 1 ' he
said, 'and did not leave until the perform
ance was over at 5 o'clock. Then I went
to the San Francisco Saloon, f>r.d there met
Middleraiss and Walsh. I was there off
and on until 10 o'clock that night, and can
bring witnesses to prove that I was in the
place at the time the robbery took place."
|t"Yej, 1 was at the track and came down
town on the 5:10 car," said Patsy Welsh.
Middlemiss was on, and had some trouble
with the conductor about his fare and was
put off. I am a barber in Contra Costa,
and come down occasionally to play the
races. I got here Tuesday about noon and
when I went out to the track Wednesday I
won between $50 and $60. I left the track
at about 5:10 p. m. and I pot in town and
to the San Francisco Saloon at 6 o'clock.
I can bring two or three witnesses to prove
the truth of that statement aud also that I
was in the house at the hour when the
robbery is said to have taken place. I
knew Middlemiss and Gardiner in Kureka,
though I have not been there for two
yeßrs."
M iddlem is* admits that he and his friend
went to the beach Thursday night, but
says they were out for a walk.
They all expect to prove an alibi without
trouble, and Middlemiss has already been
iv consultation with a lawyer.
FOR AISING BILLS.
Counterfeiter Heusick Sentenced to Ten
Years at Ban Quentin and Fined
• 1000 Besides.
Ten years at San Quentin was the sen
tence United States District Judge Morrow
gave Ernest A. Heusick, who plead guilty
ot counterfeiting.
About a year ago Heusick was arrested
under the name of E. A. Meyers, but he
was let go then for want of evidence. The
second time he was taken in charge by the
Federal officers was in July at Livermore.
He was found with a large number of
nieces of $20 Confederate greenbacks in
his possession and four genuine $1 bills.
His particular "graft" was to cu,t the
figures and words denoting the amount of
money the Confederate note called for and
these he would substitute for the figures
and words on the genuine $1 bills. Lots
of these cuttings were discovered in one of
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1895.
his bootlegs at the time. He had suc
ceeded in passing three of his "raised'
bills in this City and Livermore.
Heusick's attorney, M. M. Foote, made
a plea for mercy to the court yesterday,
but Judge Morrow disregarded it, giving
him the ten years sentence and a $1000 fine
besides.
UNION CHRISTMAS SERVICES.
The Baptists of the City Hold Joint
Sunday-School Exercises.
The union Christmas services of the
Baptist Sunday-schools of San Francisco
was. held at Metropolitan Temple last
evening. The First, Hamilton - square,
Swedish, Emmanuel and Third churches
and Bethesda, Chinese, Galilee and Rich
mond missions participated.
A mimic fireplace and a large tree pro
fusely decorated attracted the admiring
attention of the hundreds of children who
tilled the auditorium.
The programme was as follows:
Organ voluntary, Hallet K. Mitchell; dox
ology, congregation; invocation, Rev. A. M.
Russell; Scrimure reading, Galilee mission,
Isaiah liii:l-8: Richmond mission, Luke ii:B
--16; Bethesda mission, Matthew ii: 1-11 ; hymn,
"Coronation," congregation; prayer, Rev. J.
George Gibson; response. "Children's Prayer
Song," Junior Endeavor, Emmanuel Church;
song, Chinese mission; male chorus, "Let Joy
ful Songs Resound," German church; recita
tion, "First Christmas Morn," Ethel Jackson,
Hamilton - square; anthem (selected),
Shining Star Mission band, First Church;
recitation, "The Whole Wide World for Jesus,"
Mildred Nelson and Charles Anderson, Swedish
church; kinder symphony, primary class,
First Church; recitation. "Christmas Bells,"
Clara Woods, Emmanuel Church; song, with
Delsarte movements, "Nearer, My God, to
Thee," children of Third Church; exercise,
Bethesda Mission; song, "God Is Love," chil
dren of German church; hymn, "Joy to the
World," congregation; benediction, Rev. M. P.
Boynton; distribution of gifts.
An Early Morning: Blaze.
An alarm was turned In through box 195
this morning at 12:13 o'clock for a email
blaze in the three-story brick building at the
corner of California and Montgomery streets,
owned by the Parrott estate. The fire was
caused by live coals setting tire to an a*h bar
rel. The damage will fi-iount to about $200,
fully covered by insurance.
WERE MARRIED IN HASTE
James Nolan Makes Pretty Miss
Pauline Foster His
Bride.
A Priest Would Not Perform the Cere
mony so a Justice of the Peace
Was Called On.
James Nolan, the 23-year-old son of P.
T. Nolan, the shoe-dealer, was married by
Justice of the Peace Kerrigan yesterday to
Misß Pauline Foster, the handsome 18
--year-old ward of Captain Madison.
The young couple were known to be
very fond of each other, but a slightdiffer
ence in religious belief and their youth
made those most interested in their
welfare frown somewhat upon the idea of
a marriage for Borne years to come, and
for some time the young people apparently
heeded the advice given them.
Recently, however, young Nolan became
impatient at the delay, and, as his lady
love was of legal age and willing, decided
to take the matter in his own hands and
marry before obstacles could be thrown in
the way. He therefore procured a mar
riage license in the regular way and called
at the home of the priest of a Western
Addition parish and asked that the cere
mony be performed without delay.
The difference in belief stood in the way,
however, and the priest told him that he
must first obtain a special dispensation
from Archbishop Itiordan. This would
take time, however, and not desiring to
risk being separated from hia prospective
bride, a Justice's marriage was decided on.
Justice Kerrigan soon tied the knot and
the newly married ones breathed a simul
taneous sigh of reiief as the words "I pro
nounce you man and wife." were uttered.
After sending messages to the guardian
of the young lady and to the parents of the
groom, telling of the course they had
taken, a marriage feast was partaken of at
a fashionable restaurant and a theater
party for the evening arranged. Mrs. Nolan
has been known on the streets of this City
for some time as one of the most fashionably
dressed ladies who appear on pleasant
afternoons, and has been admired by all for
her handsome face and graceful carriage.
The groom has been employed in his
father's establishment for several years
past. Parental forgiven ess is expected.
A Rheumatic* Museum.
A Fifteenth Ward man, who has been a
lifelong sufferer from rheumatism, has a
queer collection of alleged "cures" ar
ranged in a neat cabinet. One shelf is de
voted to a series of small, wrinkled objects,
which look and feel like large pebbles.
They are not pebbles, however, but pota
toes which have become almost petrified
through being carried a iong time in the
pocket of the rheumatic gentleman. Each
potato is marked with a small label bear
ing some such inscription as this: "Carried
from November 12, 1878, to May 18. IKBO.
Very efficacious." The collector claims
that the potato carried in the trousers
pocket has proved to be the best of many
remedies he has ever tried. He carries one
potato until the return of his rheumatic
twinges seem tr. testify to the decline of
the tuber's curative properties. Then he
takes a new potato and locks the old one
up in his cabinet. On the other shelves
of the cabinet are several shriveled horse
cheßtnuts, a string of amber beads, a dried
up rabbit's foot, the right foot of an "East-
Sho' Crow,'' a number of iron finger rings,
a few horseshoe nails and several other
odds and ends. *'All these things seem to
have given more or less relief, says the
collector.— Philadelphia Record.
It is said that there are but seven nine
lettered monosyllabic words in the Eng
lish langauge — scratched, stretched,
scrunched, screeched, squelched and
staunched.
ALL MONGOLS EXCLUDED
No Chinese, Says Federal Judge
Morrow, Can Be Nat
uralized.
A NEW JERSEY COURT ERRED.
Law Laid Down in a Denial of the
Appeal of a Celestial Who Also
Possessed a Passport.
Again and again the Federal courts have
been called upon to decide the question of
whether Chinese can be naturalized, and
as often these tribunals have declared that
they can not. United States District Judge
Morrow baa had to reiterate this judicial
question, and yesterday he rendered an
opinion in the case of Gee Hop which can
not easily be misunderstood.
Judge Morrow said practically what
Judge Sawyer once declared to be the law
of the country in the Ah Yup case, to wit,
that Congress in all its legislation has in
tended to exclude Mongolians.
Assistant United States District Attor
ney Bert Schlessinger covered the matter
pretty thoroughly in the brief he filed for
the Government on its intervention pro
ceedings in the case just decided. Gee
Hop arrived here from China on the City
of Peking September 16, this year. Col
lector of Customs Wise refused him a
landing.
The Chinese sued out a writ of habeas
corpus, and Commissioner Heacock's ac
tion on it was to recommend Gee Hop's
deportation. The Chinese had naturaliza
tion papers issued by the Court of Com
mon Fleas of Camden, N. J., May 1. 1890,
and he also possessed a passport signed by
Secretary oi State James Gr. Biaine. He
took an appeal to Judge Morrow, and the
United States District Attorney inter
vened. Mr. fechlessinger reminded the
court of the constitutional right of Con
gress to make a uniform rule of naturaliza
tion; of the derivation by the courts from
Congress o.f their authority to naturalize;
of the provisions of section 2169 of the Re
vised Statutes, which allow only while i
aliens and persons of African desceat to be !
naturalized, and of the decision of Judge j
Sawyer.
The court agreed with Mr. Schlessinger !
and sustained Commissioner Heacock's I
recommendation to deport. The Commis
sioner had given as his grounds the reasons
that there was no law conferring the right
of naturalization upon Mongolians or na
tives of China; that the judgment of the
Court of Common Pleas of New Jersey
naturalizing Gee Hop was absolutely null
and void for want of jurisdiction, and that,
tiierefore, Gee Hop was not and is not a
citizen oi the United States, as claimed by
him, and cannot be permitted to land in
this country.
In Judge' Morrow's opinion he proceeds
step by step on the naturalization ques
tion. Congress obtained its right to es
tablish a uniform rule of naturalization, he
observes, from section 8 of Article I of the
Federal Constitution. Section 2168 of the
Revised Statutes authorizes the courts to
naturalize persons in conformity with this
uniform rule, and by section 2189 it is dis
tinctly stated that the "provisions of this
title shall apply to aliens (being free white
persons and aliens) and persons of African
descent." Mongolians were excluded, he
explains, from the intent of Congress, for by
not even the greatest latitude of construc
tion could the title be made to cover Mon
golians.
With Commissioner Heacock's conclu
sion the court said it heartily agreed, be
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cause the matter of naturalization was ex
clusively within Federal control. Judge
Morrow's language was: "Persons of the
Mongolian race under American law could
at no time become naturalized. This was
the view held by Judge Sawyer in the case
of Ah Yup. Congress intended to exclude
Mongolians."
Judge Sawyer contended that the ex
clusion act meant to deprive them of the
privilege of citizenship; in fact, Congress
has gone far enough to expressly state in
the act of 1882 that no State court or court
of the United States shall admit Chinese
to citizenship. "It ia therefore," said
Judge Morrow, "on this ground that the
New Jersey court had no right to natural
ize Gee Hop and that his certificate of
citizenship is void on the face of it."
As to the passport, the court remarked
that it was not evidence that the plaintiff
was a citizen of this country. Judge
Thompson of the Supreme Court has
already decided upon 'this point. It is
understood, as a matter of practice, that
some evidence of citizenship is required
by the Secretary of State before issuing the
passport, says the learned Judge. This,
nowever, is discretionary with him. There
is no law of the United States governing
passports anyway.
This decision will not only cover Cni
nese, but Japanese as well. "All Mongo
lians" is the language of the opinion.
The Gee Hop case is one of three which
have been engaging Judge Morrow's at
tention for some time. It was not the
most important, but was important
enough. The particular case upon which
the Department of Justice at Washington,
several looal attorneys and a large num
ber of politicians have concentrated their
attention is that of Wong Kirn Ak. In
this case the question to be decided is
whether a Chinese born in this country is
a citizen or not.
Attorney George D. Collins caused this
question to be raised, and a test case was
made at the instance of United States
Attorney-General Harmon. Judge Mor
row decided on Thursday in tne case of
Ching Too that the McCreary act could not
be made to apply to a felon who had been
born in this country. As is well known
the McCreary act provides for the depor
tation of Chinese felons. The court held
that Ching Too. having been born in this
country, could not be deported. This may
be taken as some indication of what Judge
Morrow's decision in the Wang Kirn Ak
case may be. It can be looked for now
almost any day.
Why Pigs Squeal.
The true wild boars and the feral hogs,
which have escaped from captivity in
various parts of the world, go about in
herds for mutual protection, and when one
is attacked the others stand by him and
defend him. This affords an explanation
of the original use of the shrill voice of the
pig and ot his readiness to exercise it
whenever he is in trouble. In fact, when
ever you hear a pig squealing you hear a
testimony to the intrepid deeds of his race
in the pas>t es eloquent and emphatic as a
Fourth of July oration. In the wild state
it was his appeal far help, to which he
knew his brethren, one and all, would
respond with splendid loyalty and courage.
Many a hunter has had to climb a tree to
save hi 3 life after wounding one of a herd
of peccaries. Now the hog would not expend
his breath in ear-splitting squeals unless
he felt pretty sure of getting some benefit
from so doing. His squealing, therefore,
amounts to a lively expression of faith in
the noble moral qualities of his brethren.
It conveys precisely the same sentiment as
do the words of a stump orator when he
says: "Gentlemen, I well know your con
stancy and your courage ! You have
proved many times in the past that you
are no mugwumps who go to roost on a
lence when the party is in danger! I con
fidently look to you. therefore, to stand by
me in the present tremendous crisis." —
North American Eeview.
Mourning rings were greatly used in
Europe during the seventeenth century.
Alter the execution of Charles I his sym
pathizers in England wore mourning rings
in token of their grief.
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PLUSH FRAMES, also Imitation Leather.
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At 20 Cents.
CHROMOS, with gilt frames, excellent
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At 25 Cents.
FANCY FRAMES, with ribbon trimming,
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CHILIBEFS BOOKS!
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CHILDREN'S LARGE SIZE PICTURE
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CHILDREN'S STORY BOOKS, with illus-
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Store Closes Every Evening at 6 o'clock.
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Market and Jones Strafe
FISHING FOR FISHNETS
A Night Raid by Deputy Fish
Commissioners in Rus
sian River.
RECEIVED WITH RIFLE SHOTS.
During Their Trip They Captured a
Number of Nets Loaded
With Fish.
Last week three fishers went sailing
after fishermen. They were Deputy Fish
Commissioners Al Wilson and Manuel
Cross and a Call reporter, who went
along to see how the official fishers of men
round in their catch.
The scene of their angling was Russian
River, between Duncans Mills and the
sea, and the time was a night so moonless
and starless that the darkness of it had a
specific gravity and was so "thick" that it
"got stuck in your windpipe and strangled
you." The quotation is from an observa
tion made by Wilson, who is an authority
on fish raids and black nights.
A gang of railroad hands and lumber
men had just cut the big sandbar at the
mouth of the stream and let the backed-up
waters of the Russian out into the ocean.
But they let in from the sea thousands
and thousands of steelheads who had
been waiting cut in the breakers for a
fresh-water excursion.
"I tell you," said Deputy Cross, as they
were preparing to push off in their boat,
"whea the steelhead wants to go anywhere f
his desire is equal- to a whole page of
'Call wants.' The harder the traveling is J
the more anxious he is to be on the road, j
and he will strike out, though he knows a
doses nets are hung across the stream for I
an especial occasion, and he is that occa- |
sion. You should have seen those salmon j
out in the ocean waiting for the men to ;
dig out that sandbar. They floundered
and fought in the shallow water to get |
close to the breach when it would be
made, and often the little waves would
wash them up on the beach. Wilson had .
to stand with a broom for three hours |
sweeping them back in the water to aave
their lives. And when the imprisoned
river began to to rush out through the cut
that crowd of ateelheads came up that j
swift current just like a drove of cattle.
"They walked all over each other in j
their eagerness to get into the still water |
ana now the river near the ocean is j
jammed with fish. But we are not after |
ihe fioh this bleak night."
The deputies know well that the fact of
the lower river being full of steelheads
was not unknown to the fishermen who |
love nothing on earth so well as catching j
fish out of season when the sun has gone
down, and consequently the illicit nets
would be quietly and darkly imraeshing
the finny wards of the State.
The three men took their places in the
boat and began to feel their way down the
river. The great dusfcy hills on the banks j
threw their shadows— if anything could
make a shadow in that blackest of nights
down on the water and every object pres
ent was lost in obscurity as palpable as a
block of carbon. Wilson took the oars.
Cross sat in the bow as a lookout. Per
haps it is a mockery to call him a "look
out," for nothing but visual inspiration or j
occult power could pierce the gloom that !
closed in about them. So Cross simply !
sat in the bow and amused himself push- |
ing the boat off the sandbanks, logs and :
other obstructions which they ran into ;
ever on nn average of twice per minute the
whole night long. He had a rude hook j
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made from a redwood sapling, which ha
dragged in the water fishing in the dark
for nets, and when he was not working
the craft back into the channel with his
lishpole he did very well and caught a fair
string of fish—nets.
Wilson with the oars pulled so much
stronger with his right arm, and the re
porter being useless as a boat-steerer, the
craft every few minutes would plunge into
the muddy bank or go tearing into the
low-hangin brush, scratching their faceg
and. tearing their clothing. And to add
to their perplexities they were obliged to
keep perfectly quiet and be keenly on the
alert, as they expected to bump alongside
of some fishing-boat and have to fight
every instant.
" Pull with your left!" would come from
the lookout in a loud whisper as he felt
the branches of the trees raking him.
"Back water with your right oar! Gee!
Great Jupiter, gee!'' snorted Cross in hia
excitement, forgetting he was not driving
a team of oxen. Then the boat would
slide in under a thicket of willows grow
ine at the water's edge, and the rain
soaked foliage would pour down a gener
ous shower on them. The craft was small
and overloaded, and frequently she would
run up on a log, be whirled around by the
current and would tip half-over, taking in
a new cargo of several hundred gallons of
muddy Russian River water.
The water had to be thrown overboard
noiselessly, which maae the task of bail
ing more laborious. They were nearing
the ocean, as they could faintly hear the
roar of the surf, when a slight soumd came
to them out of the darkness. It was the
light fall of a net-float against the side of a
boat —the sound they had been straining
their ears to hear. To prevent making any
noise themselves, Wilson took in his oars
and the current floated them toward tho
place where the fishermen were stealthily
working. Suddenly their boat touched the
side of another craft, and in an instant
two pairs of strange Joars struck the water.
Cross tried to hold the other boat back
with his nethook, but she broke away and
was quickly gone.
They grappled around in the water, and
soon found a large, fine net literally bur
dened with fish. As they hauled it into
their boat they liberated all the living
catch by cutting the meshes that held
them, and threw the dead steelheads away.
Presently they grappled the second net,
and as they were taking it aboard four
shots were fired at them from the shore.
The reports followed each other in rapid
succession, and the surrounding darkness
was for a few instants lighted up by the
powder flashes. The three men in a boat
lay exceedingly low, and making not the
slightest noise furnished poor targets for
the angry fishermen.
Close to the bar they found several nets
full of fish all of which they emptied and
confiscated. It grew lighter as they
emerged from among the mountains
and consequently they were unable to get
near the fishermen. But the latter would
abandon their nets and hurry away leav
ing the officers to gather in the contraband
property. A number of shots were fired
from the banks showing that the lawless
fishermen were in a frame of mind to
make a fight if rushed into close quarters.
Russian River is one of the best fish
streams in the State and it is the intention
of the Commissioners to protect the game
in its waters, by such raids made among
the nets that will always be found in that
locality.
Found :i Remarkable I 'osiil.
One of the most curious carboniferous
fossils ever found in that part of the an
thracite coal fields was discovered in the
.Dodge mine, of Scranton, the other day
by John B. Davis, a miner living on Belle
vue street. It was the head and neck of a
woman's figure, the features being regular
and clearly defined. The fossil weigii3
sixty-five pounds and is composed of fire
clay. It is twenty-four inches high, four
teen inches from the tip of the nose to the
back of the head, and the neck is nine
inches in diameter. The convolutions on
the top of the head resemble curls of hair,
and they end in a knot such as is worn at
present in arranging the hair, the miner
found it embedded in a solid piece of fire
clay, and it dropped out entire when the
| chunk was broken.—Philadelphia Press.
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MIXED VESTS, high neck, long
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Market aid Jones Streets.
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