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tl$tlatlt; tlt;San Quentin Escapes Flee to HilFs With Arms: Posses Ready to Do Battle With Two DesperadoesfiitiSalt;£XIArme.j with two pistols and a rife. ( tFrank Melville and James Hurley. 5 ectthIIarwho escaped from San Quentin last Tuesday night, are hiding today in the hlils near San Rafael ready to give battle to the posses of 100 men who are scouring the country. |Made bold by desperation, the twomen made a raid last night on thehome of Mrs. Eva Koenig, in Irwin street, San Rafael, and robbed the ! place of tl rearms and clothing.Then they beat a hasty retreat to the hills again, where they have beeneluding the man hunters since Tuesday nighl , ■- ;-•*EAT WHILE IN HOI *EResides robbing the house the men left evidence that they were famished when they came there. They lt;ooked eggs on an oil burner and helped ttrenuelve* to other food.One of the convicts left a pair of J overalls and took a suit of brown clothes and a hat. One of the fugitives wore overalls when the two escaped from the prison Tuesday. ;That the men were looking for j Disiweapons more than anything else is proven by the fact that they tirst entered the house adjoining Mis. Koe- ; fnigs. A fur coat found there was carried by the robbers into the Koenig : *house and abandoned. As a pawning article the fur coat would have been worth more titan any of the loot.POSSES ARE WARNED.Sheriff Keating this morning paled when he learned of the robbery of the Koenig home and that the convicts were armed. He sent warnings to his } men in the hills. Hearing that the men can not now be captured excepting after a bloody battle, the man hunters } are taking extra precautions in their search.Both of the convicts are desperate gunmen. Before he was captured two years ago near Sacramento Melville, standing waist deep in water, held ofT the pursuers for two hours.When they escaped Tuesday night | both were armed only with knives. *They were seen on the roof of the cell house by another convict, whom they threatened to kill if he gave thealarm. The convict obeyed their commands.REVOLVERS IV LOOTJust when the robbery occurred is ! not known, but the time has been !by circumstances between 9 and 11 o'clock last night. Besides the two revolvers and the rifle the robbers took a red sweater and a fur j coat belonging to a woman.The fact that the convicts were in the vicinity of San P*afael was established yesterday by a chicken rancher near the town, who saw both of them, end whose description tallied closely with that of Hurley and Melville.Gl dent Mrs. andand e.xtir Xevi Th i Chid: I riuin bileI the iHe endgreel»eMl%ilW Jamlt; the 1andMr.assuthatDi£Nineteen Drowned inAf digg walh 441 the 1panyburpthatburg
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San Francisco Call and Post
San Francisco, California, US
Fri, Dec 26, 1913
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