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ProlesOilPosses Guard All Avenues ofEscape and Ranchers Are WarnedPOLICE FIGHT PISTOLBATTLE IN DARKNESSDozen Holdups Attributed to theFugitive in Last Two WeeksBOSTC(MilM'Rt ioidistinct to inatrl lege. ne« marrlauf cat hrred the elan*of the ather bon'or “not « The i that Ifai Priaeton hold tin Ntormlntheart*.A nioni nounred Ml** Cl to Arthi Mis* 4 A levandlyn.Ml** I port. N. Amherat Mias ander L versify.Mian IIII., to F Mlaa Pittahnr also of IROBBER POSES LIKEHERO OF DIME NOVELCALIF\ St‘Kid Dispatch to The Ca//]VALLEJO. June 15.—Exhausted and barred from obtaining: food by posses from Vallejo. Benicia and Martinez, possibly wounded as the result of « revolver battle fought In the darkness near the Three Mile house In the Napa road shortly after midnight last night. Frank Melville. a young desperado. Is hiding tonight somewhere In the hills between Vallejo and Benicia. All avenues of escape are believed to have been cut off by the various posse*.Sheriff J. J. McDonald, with Deputies Dor M- Whlnnie and D. J. Moran and Constable Joyce of Sulaun. are guarding one *fde of the tract Into whichM*lvllle I* believed to have gone.Posses \Natch for FugitiveDeputy William Armatrong is atGiem ove In a gasoline launch and the straits avenue of escape Is also guarded by Sheriff Veale of Martinez with a posse of deputies. Chi*f of Police W. T. Standford. with Policemen WilliamGehrman. George Frazer. O’Connell and Jack Deary, are guarding a part of the roadway near the Midway house •on the road to Benicia, while many other citizens from . Vallejo. Benicia and Martinez are scattered about thecountryside.Sheriff J. J. McDonald returned to the city late this evening to swear in more deputies. McDonald does not believe Melville has escaped from the tract of country that is now surrounded by the posses. He says that no boats are missing on the straits and thebandit bas not crossed the channelDozen Holdups Charged. McDonald thinks It possible that Melville may have doubled back over the route traveled last night, but unless he .did this within three hours after the duel with Frazer and Gehrmann, be could not have escaped the policemen after daylight.Possessed of nerve and daring which borders upon foolhardiness, young Melville has been the principal figure In a dozen or more of lone bandit holdups during the last two weeks1, and. although by no means a clever criminal, he has by sheer good fortune escaped the sheriffs of several counties.Melville cam* to Vallejo Tuesday, after the holdup of the Ferry saloon at Martinez Monday night.’ Charles W. Pick, the proprietor, and James Hamilton, a porter, were held up at the point cf a revolver, while Melville took 127.50 from the cash register, $5 from the two men. and two gold watches.Satchel Left at LodgingsIt was learned by Chief of Police W. T. Standford that Melville was in the city and had taken a room at the Maglll house in Marin street. His bicycle was found in front of the building and his satcheJ containing two revolvers, together with the picture of the girl of whom he is thought to be enamored, were found.Policemen kept watch on the room Tuesday afternoon and Tuesday night, but their quarry did not return. It was thought that he had been warned and made bit escape,The police kept the fart of Melville being In town Tuesday a secret, as itwas believed that he would come back for his belongings if he thought everything was safe.Landlady Warns PoliceLast night Melville came to this cityfrom Benicia and went to his roomabout 8 o'clock. He asked the landlady who had taken his revolvers, and when she told him that-4hey were atthe police station, he said he would go and get them.The woman immediately notified thepolice that Melville was in the house.but before a patrolman could reach theroom Melville had gone, taking the alley past the Elks' club in Sacramento street. . *y ARealizing that about the only avenue of escape left to the bandit was the road or the car line leading to Napa, the boats all being watched. Chief of Police Standford with Policeman LearyIN ICourt SiMultirlos a:people innot come divorces 1 by the coi words witdenied a c Davis, mian externNew Jerse The abr prepa ratio period ofpenditure the procee torney Do had concl and state Judge Wli his side, pause, the •There in this cat his decishtorneys awho crow Judge 5 Insufficien of Califor on which based. H plaintiff % only possi he could 1 at all tin dition wa! house in and the rangemen ■4 Judge^ plaintiff n an action his failuria permam acquire aidicated t! coming tc divorce.WOIVCLEVELj vorce was Britton he band. Mrs. St. Louis N and is the major leascountry.Mrs. BriOPPCCHICO. J 36 years ol ing he to] not agree v said at a pra In criticisi: himself Int knees andFORMERSTSister inContinued on Page 2, Column 5BLOOMI*E. Stevenscthe Unitedpresident c mining cot head of the president g the Americ in law of successor, the heavies for many y
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Fri, Jun 16, 1911
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