Show placerville ERVILLE EXCITED OVER THE PURSUIT OF CONVICTS ervill cal aug 7 great excitement cit ement was created in short lv after midnight by the sound of f shooting on a lull just west of town john Witti ncr and sam martin who had hoan watching the 8 cumins MW iwo men break from the brush nd run through an orchard the itji fired at flemins figuerca fig urca hut did not briar them down beveral more shots were anrod in the brush in which the fleeing men took refuge but without result A acore of from town gathered on the fiill and acain the fugitives were wen breaking through tho brush at the lower end of th orchard shots vero again fired but all trace of the men wan lost A small army of men is now Rath cred on the hill and a watch will he maintained all night it is thought one of the men is caa who ia trying to et into chinatown for opium A roan supposed to bar a convict passed through eldorado today headed for this place |