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FOLSOM OFFICIALS WHO
WERE TAKEN PRISONERS
BY THE CONVICTS.
BUTTE. Mont.. I July 29.— Attorney ¦ D. - W.
Cotter of the; law firm of Cotter & McHatton.
leading counsel t or the ' HeLnze Interests, died
of caralysla to-nixhu
r.; BERLIN, "July. 29. — A proposal is on foot to
amalgamate - th« National . Socialist party and
the Radical Union and it Is said : that a Na
tional Socialist ; Congress. - which will -meet at
Gnettlnger Augunt 21) and SO will undoubtedly
acree to the amalgamation.
KARAMIE, Wye. July 20.— Dr. Wilbur
Clinton Knight, professor of geology and min
ing engineering In the University of Wyoming
and curator of the Etate Museum, died last
night of peritonitis. He was born at Rochelle,
111.. December .13. ISM. and t<c«» . graduated
.from the UnlvertHy of Nebraska. .
pACRAMENTO^ July 29.— William L.
..« .Cotter, 'the guard who was killed at
Folsom prison, last. Monday, was
buried in this city to-day from the resi
dence of his daughter, Mrs. J. II. Byers.
A^large number of friends of the deceased
were' in. attendance. ' The -"guards of; Fol
sbm'prison sent two beautiful flo'ral pieces.
CLEVELAND, July 30— A special \ from
Meadvllle, Pa», says that A. B. Youngson,
who succeeds to .the chieftainship of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers,
died at 2:40 o'clock this morning. .;,•:;::;
Chief Arthur's Successor Dies.
NEW YORK, July. 29.— It was announced
at the . Jamaica /track to-day that ; Oom
Paul," which ' ran such a miserable race
on Monady, dled.to7day.0f acute gastritis.
Racer Oom Paul Is Dead.
Folsom Victim
Buried From His
Daughter's Home
War Improbable, Says Kcrupatkin
LONDON. July 3O.-The St. Petersburg
correspondent of the Daily Mail reports
thaf General Korupatkln, . the Russian
Minister of War. who has Just returned
from the Port Arthur conference is ereat
ly pleased with the ' results of his tour
and communicated to the Czar that al
though a fairly strong party .In Japan
wanted war with Russia, the majority of
the people- seemed against it; that the
Mikado was well disposed' toward Russia!
The correspondent says that General
Korupatkin considers that. the situation
has been cleared for a long time and that
war is very, improbable
f^OREST HILL, July 29.— A
<* report has reached here that
five of the escaped convicts, heav
ily armed, were seen north of
Cool, heading in the direction of
forest Hill. Armed, deputies ar t e
watching the river and hills south
of here to-night. The excitement
is intense and many think the mili
tia should be sent in this direction.
pACRAMENTO, July 29.— The Gov-
ernor's ' office has " been notified that
¦tt Sheriff Mansfield of San Mateo Coun
.ty and a deputy have. arrived at Auburn,
Placer County, and that they might join
in the pursuit of the escaped convicts.
Colonel Seymour , has received a tele
gram from Captain Bond, -Commanding
Company A at Chico, stating that the en
tire company could be assembled at very
short notice should Its services be re
quired^ in connection with the Folsom
pi-ribn break.
TACOMA, Wash., July 29.— A letter from
State Grain Commissioner A. R. Smith re
ports a great change for th« better in the
grain situation in the Palouse country
The Commissioner says the hot wave
which has beetf dp-ing up the wheat and
inflicting great damage came to an end
on the 26th. and that subsequent weather
conditions were satisfactory, allowing the
withering crops to entirely recover The
Commissioner is informed by farmers
that the regular thrashing will commence
in two weeks, and that a crop of 20 De
cent of the returns of last year is expect
ed. The grain, however, is of excellent
Quality.
Conditions Better for Grain Crop.
Forest Hill's
People Desire
State Troops
Sixty-four greyhounds of class were en
tered last night for the meeting to be
held at Union Coursing Park on Sunday.
The draw resulted as follows:
Presidio Boy vs. Vina: ' Flying Pasha vs.
Full Moon;; Real Article .vs. Cook's Water;
Doreen'vs. America: Concord Boy vs. Man
hattan King: Ruby Sankey vs. Balendlne; Rub
ber Ankleg vs. Melrose; Fancy Free vs. Sem
pronlus; Rector vs. Wedgewood; Idaho Boy vs.
Otto; Tyrone Prince vs. Eagle; Reckless Acro
bat vs. Frisky Barbara; Pepper Hill vs. Viking;
Los Angeles vs. Belfast; Braw's Hill vs. Fair
Oaks; Cremo vs. Modest Beauty; Clarice vs.
Sylvan; .Rural Artfst vs. Silver Heels; . False
Alarm vs. Ben. Porter; Queen's Motto vs. Gam
bit; Roman Athlete vs. Jack Shovt; Mickey
Free vs. Firm , Fellow ; :¦ Plowman vs. - Ragged
Actor;: Cascade vs. Lord. Brazen; E&?tlake vs.
Reno; My 'Bonnie King .vs. Red Rock; Fair
Tralee vs. TlUle R; Krishna vs. Flaunt; Tralee
Boy vs. Barge; Flying Fox vs. Liberator; Ren
egade Apache vs. Bonnie Pasha; Game -Boy
vs. Master , Rockot.
Sixty-Four Fliers Are Entered for
This Week's Competition at
Union Park.
Chico Troops
in Readiness
for the Scene
jpjBVRX, July 29.— Sheriff
•/X Bosquit of Placerville re
ports that three of the convicts
were seen at 5 o'clock this even-'
ine on the ridge south of Cool,
wrifc iili-iiiiiiiiir fc i ¦, ¦". ¦¦. ,- " V~%,~ - ¦ ¦ - - -
Sheriff Says
Convicts Are
Close to Cool
covered the convicts. Both sides
opened fire, but if any effective
shots were made no report of it
has been received here. The con
victs avoided a decisive encounter
and are supposed to have made
a circuit and are now thcught to
be working back in the general
direction of Coloma.
Brainard F. Smith, clerk at the
prison, has notified all points in
the vicinity of the scene of this
morning's encounter which can
be reached by telephone of the
presence of the convicts.
Continued From Page 1, Column 4.
y^ALLEJO, July 29.— Edward Davis,
# Vpne of the fugitives from Folsom,
was employed at Mare Island in 1901.
While under the influence of liquor he
robbed a man on a street in San Francis
co and was arrested by the police of that
city. He was sentenced to thirty-three
years In Folsom. .Davis Is a Spanish-
American war veteran, which fact partly
accounts for his employment at the navy
yard.
EVENLY MATCHED HOUNDS
IN COURSING STAKE
Convict Davis
Well Known at
the Navy Yard
The .passengers say that the Spanish
Consul requested the authorities at -La
Guayra to give him permission to attend
the meetings of the Claims Commission.
It is alleged, that the Prefect of the Com
mission replied In a letter in which he
spoke of the Consul as. "the son ; of ; pil
lagers" and subsequently distributed
printed copies of the letter in the streets
of La Guayra. The Federal authorities
are then said to have withdrawn the Con
sul's exequatur without notifying the
Spanish Minister.
PORT OF SPAIN, Island of Trinidad,
July 29.— The Spanish Consul at La Guay
ra, Venezuela, has been deprived of his
exequatur, according to passengers who
have Just arrived from La Guayra.' The
action Is the result of friction between
the Consul and the local authorities over
the Spanish claims in his district aganst
Venezuela, ' B8*
VENEZUELA INVITES
THE WRATH, OF SPAIN
Madrid's Consul at La Guayra Is
Insulted and Deprived of
Exequatur.
"Sheriff Reese of Sacramento is here
and will go out again soon. Sheriff Bos
quit of El Dorado County is in the coun
try near Cool. There is little prospect of
getting any of the convicts to-night, as
they will not dare to move in: the dark."
"If they once show themselves our fel
lows will soon dig them out of the brush.
This is. an immense country to hunt over
and it is rough beyond description. It is
covered with chaparral. In which a man
may hide so effectually that he might be
a few feet away and a eearcher not see
him.
"The convicts are traveling pretty fast,
considering the conditions, as they can
not move an inch except in the daytime,
owing to the chaparral. The difficulties
are so creat that unless some of them
know a good deal about the country here
they are in "danger of getting lost. In
that event some of them might make a
run for the open trails and then our boys
would quickly be on them. All that my
men are complaining about is that they
have had no chance to use their ammuni
tion. > s --lr.
of four and one party of three, but
whether' they are entirely Independent of
each other or whether- they have an un- 
derstanding as to their, general, move
ments we can only guess.
"If there have been any shots ex
changed with the convicts since the fight
at Pilot Hill we do not know it and have
not seen anybody who does know of any
such thing. Our men have been in all the
places where the convicts might be sup
posed to visit, but they have steered clear
of euch places. The houses in this coun
try are few and far between and It would
be thought that they would make for a
hoiye to get something to eat or drink,
bu^not one of them has appeared at any
farmhouse in this neighborhood. It seems
to me that they can'tkeep out much
longer, for our information is that they
have not much of a supply of grub.
ROUGHNESS OF COUNTRY.
this afternoon. He said
Guardsmen 'Pursue the Convict Gang
With Difficulty An the Woods.
w OTUS. July 29.— Captain Swissler
m who is in the field in command ol
m the Placerville National Guard
"•company, arrived here .:t 4 o'cloch
"We have not seen any of the convicts,
though the scouts have discovered traces
of them as they are making their way
through the country. The country is so
rough and hard that they make scarcely
any trail except where they make a stop
ping place. Our scouts have been in all
directions over the country in this neigh
borhood and from the signs they have
discovered we have hope of locating the
escapes. We are about to change our
plans and will make another round up
of the country.
"It is evident that the convicts kept
together for a time but the tracks now
Indicate that they have split up into at
least three bands, though they may come
together later on. These maneuvers on
their part may be fqr the purpose of
throwing us off our guard and keep us
from guessing their real purpose. But
though we have not seen them, we feel
confident that the scouts have discover
ed enough to make sure of the general
direction in which the ccnvicts are try
ing to travel, which seems' to be toward
Georgetown.
CONVICTS IN PARTIES.
"As near as we can make out the men
are about seven miles from this point, or
at least the main body of them are in
the district thus indicated. There are
still eleven of the convicts in these moun
tains somewhere. I don't know that any
have entirely deserted the others, though
that may be as we are not sure about
anything except the general direction in
which they appear to be pointing. We
think that there are probably two parties
9 'z—i — « r~4it ~« . • • • .* ¦* ¦¦• ¦¦* ¦¦« »- » ¦¦• — • — * t t • • ¦
making toward Auburn. He
also reports thlt the Placerville
militia are on hot trail of the
other eight at Greenwood Creek.
PHILADELPHIA, July 29.— Champion
Young Corbett knocked out Jack O'Neill
of this city in the fifth round to-night at
the National Athletic. Club. The first
three and a half rounds were tame/ O'Neill
avoiding the champion's rushes. In the
fourth round O'Neill hit Corbett three
glancing blows on the jaw and was about
to deliver a fourth one when Corbett
dropped to his knees to avoid it.
This gave the local man confidence in
the fifth round, which proved fatal to him.
He met Corbett's rushes and in an un
guarded moment received a terrific right
hand punch on the jaw which sent him to
the floor and he was counted out.
Philadelphia Lad Receives Punch on
the Jaw in the Fifth
Round. i.
- The only hope at present is that they
will be discovered at any minute when
compelled to get out of hiding or seek
water and food. It is • known that they
have but little ammunition with them and
that they were almost played out when
they set some of the guards'- free last
Monday evening. Escape for the convict
band is declared to be impossible by men
who know the vicinity of the ground 'in
El Dorado County in which the posses are
now working. %
CHAMPION" CORBETT
KNOCKS OUT O'NEILL
y^OLSOM, July 29.— This has been a
§4 day of keen' expectation and anxiety
at the prison. From early morning
hundreds of rumors filled the air. Clerk
Smith of the penitentiary has been kept
busy all day answering and sending tele
phone messages to El Dorado County.
Shortly aftea daybreak information
reached here that the convicts had been
surrounded at a point near Greenwood.
Then messages were received from Placer
ville that the convicts had been corraled
in a gully some miles from Pilot Hill, but
this was, proven to be false.
It is the opinion here that the convicts
have hidden in the dense brush and will
wait for the darkness of night to try and
"get through the guarded lines. It is evi
dent that the murderous gang has split
up into* a few parties and will try and
get away toward Lake Tahoe.
Special Dispatch to The CalL
STATE TROOPS FIND
TRAIL OF CRIMINALS
News Arrives
in Fragments
at the Prison
District Attorney Seymour and the
prison officials had one of the cellmate*
of Harry Eldridge, one. of the escapes,
before them yesterday afternoon. They
decline to give the name of this convict.
From him they learned that he had told
a trusty that something was wrong with
the men and that he had better warn the
lieutenant of the day watch: The trusty
told this convict to report the matter to
Guard Cochrane. but he was unable to do
so for the reason that illdridge and
Woods kept at his side afterward. El
dridge and Woods were among the first
to get out of the line and make the at
tack on the office of Captain of the Guard
Murphy.
Eldrldge's. cellmate told the officers at
the examination that last Sunday night
Eldridge questioned him about the coun
try in which the escapes have sought ref
uge. This occurred after the prisoner?
had all been locked in their cells for the
night. Eldridge then showed his fellow
convict the rifle balls which he had and
said he was to have received more of
them, but the person who was to have
brought them got "cold feet." Elrfrldge
told his cellmate that he was going to
"get out," and asked him to Join with
him. He Eldridge he would have
nothing to do with any jail break and said
Eldridge was foolish to attempt it. El
dridge then pulled a knife from under his
shirt and threatened to kill hla fellow
prisoner if he ever said a word to any
free man about what he had told him.
The next morning Eldrldge watched his
cellmate closely, but the latter managed
to hastily impart a word of warning to a
trusty, advising him to tell Lieutenant
KIpp of the threatening danger, but the
trusty did not pay any attention to the
warning, telling the prisoner to '»<££>
Cochrane. The prisoner said if Eldridge
saw him talking to a free man he would
kill him. Eldridge and came up
to the former's cellmate and he had no
further chance to talk to the trusty.
line to go out to work, when the asaault
°S C us"idon is directed to a convict named
Smalding as one who assisted In perfect-
In* the plans for the escape. The of
ficials are I Quite sure he placed the tfyna
mite^ so the conspirators could get it.
This Is the dynamite with which it was
Intended to blow up the armory post if
the guards made a fight. The investiga
tion on this line has not been concluded.
Juan Martinez, a convict, is given much
credit by the prison officials for the part
he took in assisting the officers. When
the attack on Guard Chalmers occurred
Martinez was standing near the captaln'3
office. He rushed to the guard's assist
ance and engaged In a struggle with one
of the convicts who was assaulting Chal-
One of the attacking convicts struck •*¦
Martinez with his knife, but the latter
dodged the blow and the knife blade
struck the cement floor and broke. Mar
tinez then grabbed the bell rope and gave
the alarm from that quarter. Dr. Flant,
the prison physician, says Martinez
fought like a demon. Martinez is totally
blind In one eye and the vision of the
other is defective. He lost his eye
through septic poisoning while nursing
one of the convicts. It is very likely hi*
loyalty ¦„ to the prison authorities will too
rewarded with a pardon or a parole.
"If you are going to try me for any
thing I will do it then, but will say no
more now. I am done."
Myers and Leverone were questioned by
District Attorney Seymour and Captain
of the Guard Murphy as to t.Vir :con
nectlon with the conspiracy to escape, but
they denied they, participated in it and
stoutly maintained they had no knowl
edge of it. They also claimed they, did
not assault Chalmers and had merely re
turned, to the prison through the gate to
avoid getting into the difficulty.
Guard Carey subsequently investigated
the cell which Leverone occupied and dis
covered a shirt of Leverone's from wnlch
several pieces - had been . cut on which
there were blood spots. . These pieces had
been thrown into the "waste can. Blood
was also discovered on the back of the
shirt, showing plainly he had participated
in the assault. Leverone was called into
the office to explain this circumstance,
but as soon as he was questioned about
it'ho said:
"Do you suppose I am going to r'.t
here and* answer nil the questions you
are going to put to me?"
"Why, yes," said District Attorney Sey
mour.
He replied that he would not dc- it then,
but at what he designated as t*>,e proper
time he would tell what he knew.
It was stated by some of the eye-wit
nesses that William A. Leverone; one of
the convicts, who Is doing forty-five years
for robbery, was engaged in assist in;
Myers in his attack on Chalmers. Both
Myers and Leverone returned to the main
prison through the gate immediately after
the assault upon the officers and guards.
This was rather puzzling to the officers,
for they could not understand why they
did not carry out their design of escaping.
It appears, however, that while they were
engaged In their attack some chots were
fired and it Is probable that Myers and
Leverone heard these shots, imagined that
the guards had opened fire and as &
matter of safety they rushed into' i.\&
prison. It was soon too late for them
to Join their confederates, who were
crossing the prison grounds on their way.
to freedom.
It appears that W. A. Chalmers, the
outside gatekeeper. -was attacked by two
prisoners and received a severe cut on his
right hand. "Andy" Myers has been
Identified by some as one of the convicts
who assaulted Chalmers.
The District Attorney examined a nuny
ber of convicts, and while no Information
was officially" given out by him or by-
Warden Wilkinson, it is positively learned
to-night that these two officials are satis
fied that there was no wide-reaching plot
for one hundred or more convicts to be
liberated by the plan carried out last
Monday. It was learned that the colored
convict, Seavis, only jumped Into the
ranks of the flghtins-eonvicw when he
saw that they had Warden Wilkinson and
other officials in their power.
In an Investigation of the outbreak.
Statements of several eye-witnesses,
guards and trusties were taken for the
purpose' of determining whether some of
the prisoners who ' did not escape had
been engaged In the plot to secure free
dom.
SACRAMENTO, July 29.— Pi3trlc.
ft Attorney A. M. Seymour returned
B from, the Folsom State Prison late
*^ this evening, bavins been engaged
Ssecial Dispatch to The Call.
Mrs. Holmes *as again shown the pho
tographs of the escaped convicts and she
rfcndily picked' out the photographs of
"Red Shirt" Gordon and Theron. It is
quite noHsible for Theron to have come
back from El Dorado and joined Gordon
yesterday in the vicinity of Folsom. The
officers of Sacramento are keeping a
rharp watch for Gordon on account of his
threats to murder Superior Judge Hart,
who sentenced him to forty-five years in
Folsom prison. .*•"¦"-
Jlrtned Men
JIre Searching
the Forests
"Bcrore they got to the corner where
the road turns I was surprised to see them
crawl under the barb wirt^ence and get
h.'.o the orchard. They crossed the ¦ or
tnard and o.eappcared. I thought It was
very strange that they should have
crawled under the fence instead of walk
ing on the main road which runs along
side the orchards. That is why I notified
the officers. -v
"One of 'he men wore a guard's coat
and the otucr had on a khaki coat. They
wore a. mixed lot of clothes: there was
nothing regular about their clothing.
They had something bulky under their
clothes, and 'rom the way they walked it
seemed as if tk.ey had rifles hidden. It
looked as if the barrels of the guns were
ptuffed down their trousers and the butts
of the rifles were under their coats."
"It was at 3 o'clocL yesterday when I
was in front of our place. This house
There we live is called Placerville switch,
as the trains switch here for that point.
The two me- were coming over the hill
toward my place and the railroad track.
1 was very ; lxious to get some news of
xny husband, who is out with the posses.
Whe - . the men came up to me they de
manded a- drink of water and wanted to
know the time. Thpv told me to go
quick and fir. i out w.'.at time It was. I
gave them t v e water and then they start
ed to walk back in the direction they had
come from. Then they turned round and
p. .reeded -:, ward the track and the wag
on road.
When Mueller responded the strange
man pquatud down on the steps as If to
o neeal , his height. Mueller turned h!s
back for~a minute and the man, unnoticed,
fled. Mueller followed his footsteps and
when he got to the top of a knoll he saw
the strange man running away in the dis
tance. The locality is close to the Ameri
.n River bottom and Mueller thinks the
man sought the brush nfar the river. His
description agrees with that of Gordon. •
Yes. rday two strange men called at the
house of Mrs. J. L. Holmes and demand
ed a drink of water and also asked the
time of day. The rough appear
ar.-.e of the men and their strange ac
tions alarmed Mrs. Holmes and she noti
fied Constable J. H. Donnelly of Folsom.
The Constable organized a posse and set
out on the trail of the two men. but
failed to find them. This morning the
same mm were seen near Perkins, which
1* six miles from Sacramento. They called
at a farmhouse and asked for breakfast
and then proceeded in the direction of
Sacramento.
Officers have been on the lookout for
the men, b*;* no trace, of them has been
reported up to this evening. Mrs. Holmes
was seen this afternoon and she made
the following statement:
.ASKED FOR THE TIME.
idenfty was not disclosed, had left
their fellow conspirators and were head-
V,g for Sacramento, much alarm has been
felt by the country people in this vicinity,
and they have been watching: for the ap
pearance of o-e or both of the fugitives.
The report reached the Police Depart
ment at a late hour this afternoon that a
f trance man answering the description of
Oordon hi^u appeared near Perk^is Sta
tion, a few miles east of. this city, secured
food and »*en mysteriously disappeared.
•""he Incident caused quite a sensation in
the neighborhood.
The Call correspondent to-night visited
the scene of the appearance of the str&ge
man and found that the subject /vad
greatly ajrltated the people of the lo<f| ity.
Max Mueller, who conducts a blacksmith
chop on the M-street road, said the man
appeared at the house of his sister. "Mrs.
F-rtha Puschel, this morning and received
lood. He asked for more and carefully
placed it in his pocket as If he Intended it
for another. Mrs. Puschel became alarmed
at th*» man'i. strange And' hunted look and
called to her brother from his shop.
MYSTERIOUS VISITOR.
smm ACRAMENTO, July 29.— Ever since
fi the report was given out that Con
jk vict P. M. Gordon known as "Red
*J Shirt, ' and another escape whose
£x*cial Dispatch to The Call.
Sacramento People
Disturbed by
Reports.
Blood Is Discovered
in the Cell of a
Convict
Jingry Lawbreaker
Calls at Resi
dences.
Conspiracy Is Said
to Have Been
Confined.
REVENGE,
CRIMINAL'S
PURPOSE
OUTBREAK
THE PLAN
OF A FEW
CONVICT "REDSHIRT" GORDON IS NEAR SACRAMENTO
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, tlULY 30, 1903.
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