I stumbled onto this database today.
Is this the son of James Alvin Cooley? Age, name and place match...
http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cdnc/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&cl=search&d=SFC19131215.2.30
&srpos=20&e=-------en--20--1--txt-IN-cooley----
San Francisco Call, Volume 115, Number 13, 15 December 1913
JAILED FOR 14 YEAR OLD CRIME
Wanted for a murder committed In Oregon 14 years ago, Aaron R. Cooley. a
brewer, 47, was arrested this morning by Detectives Thomas I Maloney and
Policeman T. B. Mahoney and booked at the city prison as a fugitive from
Justice. Northern authorities were immediately advised of Cooley's arrest.
He was taken into custody in Folsom street.
Received on Wed Oct 31 2012 - 19:59:00 MDT