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"^Rather,' said I. 'What is the matter?' 



" *A shake !' said he. 



" *How can I get away from it/ said I. 



" 'Go down to the foot of Market Street and take 

 the ferry/ said the officer as he moved over toward 

 Kearney Street. 



"As I walked down the street I stumbled over the 

 paving stones and the warped car tracks. Few peo- 

 ple were in sight until I was near the ferry house. 

 By that time men and women were pouring out of 

 the lodging houses near the water front. 



"There were no boats running to Oakland but after 

 a couple of hours I found a man with a boat and 

 gave him ten dollars to take me across the bay. After 

 a long delay a train was made up for the east. I 

 climbed into a Pullman and cut loose for St. Louis.'* 



When asked about the statement that he had pre- 

 pared he said that it was no doubt burned in the fire 

 which followed the earthquake. However, during 

 this visit Ed Sanders gave me a signed statement 

 that he did something to Lou Dillon that would stop 

 any horse. He did not say what it was but added 

 that when he got his price he would tell. 



Millard Sanders was also in the Palace Hotel the 

 night of the earthquake. When I saw him during 

 the summer at Indianapolis he said that after get- 

 ting into the street he wandered about the city for 

 two or three days in a dazed condition before he 

 could get a boat to take him across the bay to 

 Oakland. 



In connection with the gold cup race Millard also 



