Show A mystery mytte ry tracked to its source A fecu diat liar oase case nearly three ahree ago go the people of san francisco startled at the perpetration of A peculiarly bord bold outrage committed in broad daylight in ono one of the busiest aud and most fie quelled our leaders may not entirely have forgotten tile the outlines of the mysterious crime and the wonderful erfal and un nn account ablo escape of tho perpetrator harris meyers SIo yore kept a pawnbrokers pawn brokers shop on the ground floor of no commercial street near inton montgomery tg omery on a bright day in an august gust at half balf pant pa t two in the afternoon ho be left his hia shop hop to go to lunch leaving his bis son eon a boy of nineteen in charge tho the street was as usual 1 fall aau of pas passers m by and the shop door opened directly dire cily on the street at ten minutes to three lim iw ing been absent just twenty minutes meyers returned rel umed and on entering found his store in disorder di the goods beatter scattered ed about and the showcases show cases on the counter and in the aindow opened and rifled of their valuable contents consisting of a large quantity quantify of watches watch eg diamonds and jewelry estimated to 11 1 lie 10 0 worth about C A large safe containing watches and jewelry and n d drawer with in coin w cro untouched on the floor near tho the window N was a pool of blood from which a stream ran across tho the floor into the back bach room which was used as a b bedroom bed ed room tracing this ibis the old min man was horror struck to find his bia son lying near the bed in tile tho back room insensible and apparently dead with a ghastly wound in the back of the head from labich tho the blood flowed in a torrent near by the spot where ho licila i gun was found the barrel separated from the stock and evidently the instrument of the attempted assassination this so glaring bold and successful attempt at murde und and robbery aroused the most intense in iii san Yran francisco enco and no efforts effort sm w ere spared t to obtain a clue io fo the perpetrator the boy acy was insensible and 0 o remained at the point of deaths death for a long rime and could citeno account of what had bad happened the detectives were speedily at work but their efforts effort seemed of no avail some borne people le ie seeing a group of near the place just list before the outrage was discovered and a great number of chin chinese me were arrested examined and finally discharged one man tad ina noticed a white man evidently excited hurrying from the direction of the crime up the street with a bundle tied in a handkerchief A k hundred rumors were floating through the commini community ty but the police the public c the press equally and bowly at fault and all hopes of discovering the identity of tho the criminal vanished one cue by one as each clue traced to its end brought no light to the authorities then dark suspicions auspicious so horrible and monstrous as to overwhelm the poor old man who was watching by the bedside of his stricken son acro vcrs bruited bruised about on careless lips but the excitement died Aled away and so fco far faras as the public dumall knew all efforts to dip discover cover the discie ant who did the bloody dead had bad ceased but one of the most AMM slun fal 0 i I 1 t the hei KZ detect itts iT was quietly yet industriously following th tha strail trail ho he traced the man with frith the bundle to the san jose railroad cars care and to sau san jose but here the track became indistinct A few after he secured art an with a discharged soldier from new 11 mexico exico and lea learned med facts which induced him biro to communicate with kith paymaster clarke 8 A stationed at fort whipple chipple in the following extract from the san francisco times time tells the I 1 remarkable ablo sequel or of this most mysterious r and ad rc remarkable crime and crin criminal in nd november vember a reply was received from the major that a man giving the name of james ryder had haa been arre arrested near his station on a charge 0 ol 01 tit caling a and that on searching him a largo lao quantity of 0 jewelry had been found upon his i is person th the e list of which wo no vive give below every every item having been identified by mr myers or by tho parties who originally or ligin ally placed the property in pledge with a jiin following Is the list 3 2 enameled five stone istone cl diamond iamond rings I 1 single st stone one diamond rioe I 1 gold ring with 7 brilliants brilliantz brilli ants I 1 enameled cross brilliant ring I 1 yack hand with brilliant setting 4 gent s scarf pins I 1 black and pearl lcarl bracelet engraved 1 lizzio from george geoia I 1 vest chain enameled I 1 silk suk guard 1 ring set with 5 pearls and 5 rubies 1 single stone diamond ring I 1 breast pin enamel set with 21 24 2 1 diamonds I 1 pair diamond diamon dear car drops lingle kingl stone otone 8 heavy gold watches I 1 watch sot set with diamonds diamondi 1 set diamond tuscan jewels I 1 masonic square and compass 1 mingle stone diamond pin I 1 pin diamond cluster I 1 single stone enamel diamond ond ring this jewe was taken from ryder and detained e baill by tha military ry autho authorities ri tie s the r robber ob himself if was sent in bharga of a guard of soli soldiers licis to prescott olt city but escaped twice ey en rouk rout etho tho second timo leaping into T a canyon somo ed sixty feet in depth it was at once concluded that ho had been dashed to pieces and a party was sent down to brim bring up his remains asior searching tho the caloa canyon for two days daa however without finding any trace of tho the fugitive they ve vero compelled to givens the investigation and from that time to the present nothing has been certainly known of bcd criminal the ile stolen property ol at the post being transferred from one officer to another rival awaiting flug authority to turn it over to the proper person finally under orders from washington through general halleck the jewelry was tria sent to san francisco arriving thero there on the alth i ith of march tind and the articles hato hajo been identified by ayers and others who ho had pawned them to him thus been at last cleared up one ol of the iahost mysterious crimes of which wo have ever road rea and the cruel suspicions attaching to tho the old matt man ayers bioren to bo be entirely unfounded i what has become of the criminal may not ever be bola own iowa but if he be escaped death after his tremendous boap he be ig ie a wan wall rd crerand an outcast pursued and haunted ty IV the priory of his hia horrid crime leilur mur I 1 der S r will out T and crimp crime tile 1 l t R bo one day detected it would bo be interesting and profitable to know how bow step by ly step the vigilant ligi lant sau san francisco detec tho 0 cepl lees fOll follower Owea tho the crimial through toa hii tortuous tortu ou journe journeys aings 1 gs anti anil finally tracked hun him to hual I 1 leap in Ivri tho the result should prote A ng to avil vil doers crimo crime nta may bo be t d and hidden bidden for a timo betit 11 I 1 is rata ide ed that tho the cri criminal einal escapes pursuit and detection though long delayed for tuno time ri allots last sets a all 11 things en ean 0 n |