Show I STOLEN SOLD IS FOUND I I I 1 Man Who Looted Selby Smelter Confesses t J L I TAKES OFFICERS TO CACHE Shows Them Where He Throw tho Bricks of Yellow Metal Into tha Water but a Short Distance From J th Companys Plant Of tho 280000 Worth Taken 8130000 Has Bcsn Recovered and Balanca Will Soon Be Dug UpHo Prosecution I Prose-cution to Follow 1 I h f Ssn Francisco Aug lOThe gold bars amounting to 250000 stolen from the strong room of the Selby smeltlrig works during Monday night last > have I ben located and over S130QOO worth of C HIP precious metal has been recoveroU fInd the balance will be taken from Its hiding place within a few houis rh0 Jetfcllvej MOiked on the suspect Jack 3 Winters nil yesterday afternoon and I thcgicater part of last night with the I j lestilt that he confessed his crime and I at an early hour this morning took the 1 detectives to the spot where he hid tho gold The spot chosen by him was a I poor ono for the secreting of so much treasure it being at the end of the f railroad wharf but n short distance I from the compajiys plant and but a few feet o water covered Its hiding place TOLD ALL HE KNEW Ulnteis hon he had I made up his < i mind to tell all he knew about th crime was exceedingly willing to give j z all the informatlpn that was necessary 1 i for the reeoVijiy oC the bullion He I i i practically assumed charge of the op I I cratlnm and led Capt Seymour and I I Superintendent HOp to the dock H IA acted more like one of the detectives C 1 employed on the cage than ef prisoner l As soon rfs he arrived at lhe waters I edge he willed the superintendent to his I Eldq and said Now watch what I am I going to show you Be careful I WATER BOUNDARY OF CACHE Stooping he pickedup three stones nnd pacing forward he tossed one of them into the water It fell to tho south of the spot where the prisoner I etood Another stone fell to the east f and the third was throVn directly in Jiont of Winters rQatmW the l prisoner iwJJl mnYkthe water boun 1 dary of the place where your gold is U hidden Stepping to the left I inter3 1 crew a nail from his pocket and asked t 131 for a hammer He then paced off a I few yards to the right and drovean t I other nail Into the timber The gdld 1 I he continued Vlll be between these two nut somewhere In line with the l spots marked by the stones 1 just f tossed Into the Water d j SEARCH FOR GOLD BRICKS 1 A small boat as secured and llito It l Sheriff Veale Detective KImball of the I PInkerton agency and two laborers were loaded Inters assisted in the r Fcarch for the bricks Pie talked glibly all the while The deep mud finally Hut a stop to operatlonu and It was I decided to build a coffer dam before trying to recover the rest of the treas teas ure ureROBBERY ROBBERY LONG PLANNED Winters told the officers that he planned the rbbbcry long ago with minute detail He had been wIh three months on the work In his little tunnel It had taken ltte I two nights la bor to cut th rough the brick wall of 1 1 the smelter Most of the boring wil the bottom of the vault had boon done on 0 the night when the gold was taken PLUNDER VERY HEAVY J He carried the plunder which was i very heavy from the vauL to the wa lei and deposited It Where the water was irtmi three to six feet deep at low iMo tide The distance from thevatilt to this cache was about a quarter of a mile and he made fourteen round trips lIe was at worMom hoI on Monday Ti on night Four small bars of refined slJal hals l gold 1C 0 gold concealed p1 among the stones of the l breakwater Just at the further mouth of the ftlthcl lallroacl mllonellunn l His pUrpose had needs been to ue this gold for present PEPPER TRAIL A BLIND r Winters on his lust trip had per ceiveil that daWn wa breaKlng Not darn 1 waSbretJg laid j n the sh9re lhe l t Th9rc twobrlcks which t obrlcJt > W ere 1fnd le 4 where nUQSflft morning at the point nere the I hiv c r bcrs < boat was supposed tft have landefl The trail of ted l lfr1he trai POP blle rt CI11HI JU thly I < IOInt had been 0 I WIJL NOT BE PROSECUTED m I OFCUTJ J t view w ofthe fact that promises of cIcrnenC y were mnlc Winters In fcbnsld craiion of his Unearthing the soW It is I I thougit n > vi tha thiS P lshment will be I 4 IIhL l iKni Detective Gibson < Is I quottdis 1 saying that It wtls Promised Winters J l relldent RalSton of the Selbv i nmeitlng works that ho should not only j InpOI cut a out hould receive 00 COULD N01 BE CONVICTED Winters cnnnot be prosecuted said ri DNccth GIbson fol there Iii no ei Ke agl hHt hInt All that HUH 10 been drwn from him CIM was secured by the ttc le und r Pidmlae that It would not bc Used < 1 aSan t bli Under such ohm aEulnSl llm 8u1 cunstinces it would be extremely I dllcUI to sccwe a corivlyllon |