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Xo clue has yet been foil inf to the man who shot Toni Beasley, brake-mau on the Southern Pacific, aiSc hertz yesterday morning. Captain John Wilkins and Deputy Sheriff W. F. Green arrived in the city 011 the delayed passenger train from the east(M-day afternoon on their turnfrom Scliertz, where they put in the day with Captain Wilkins’ bloodhounds trying to get ia trail to the shoot ist. The dogs found a scent leading from the railroad embankment but lost it in crossing a dry field. Captain Wilkins and Deputy Sheriff Green had to pay transportation and nlsoi charges for the blodhounds on the train. District Attorney Carlos iBee took an ante-mortem statement from the wouiided man at the Santa. Rosa hospital. Beasley said that he was going to the rear end of the train at the time. Ho bad just climbed down from a box ear and had stepped onto a flat ear loaded with machinery. Just as he stepped on the car a man rose several feet ahead of him and sbot. . He felt the bullet strike and said to the tramp, “You'veshot ‘me.” He said that after lt;bein shot he gave the usual signal to stop with his lantern, but failed to attract the attention of the engineer, as he supposed lie was looking ahead. He then crawled to the end of the flat car to where the air valve was located. Reaching there he lay flat on hisstomach and holding to the car with bis hands he succeeded in opening the air valve with his foot ami bringing the train to a stop. He did not remember anything after that.
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San Antonio Daily Light
San Antonio, Texas, US
Wed, Mar 07, 1900
Page 13
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