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Thursday, March 15, 1906
Wounded Four Times
REDDING (Shasta Co.), March 15 -
Particulars were received here only last evening of a serious stabbing affray
that occurred at Carrville, Trinity County, last Friday evening, and in which
Jack GRAVES, a prominent mining man of that district, thrust a big dirk knife
four times into the body of Frank SMITH, a miner.
Two slashes were made over the
heart, one in the side and another in the neck. The last was the most serious,
and came near being the undoing of Smith, who nearly bled to death. It was only
yesterday that he had recovered strength enough to come downstairs to his
meals. Graves, who is Constable at
Carrville, has been arrested on the charge of assault to commit murder and will
be given the preliminary examination next Monday before Justice of the Peace
COFFMAN at Carrville. In the meantime, Graves is under $2000 bonds.
The stabbing was the outgrowth
of a quarrel over a dice game. Both claimed to have won. Smith, who was
unarmed, offered to leave the settlement to bystanders, but Graves, according
to reports received here, would not submit to arbitration, and at once flew at
Smith with the dirk knife. The affair
has caused a great stir in Northeastern Trinity County because of the
prominence of Graves in mining circles, and also because he is himself an
officer of the law. Graves is one of the Graves brothers who took out the
$50,000 gold nugget a few years ago from the Bluejay Mine, a find that made the
Coffee Creek mining district famous the world over.
two saloons and endangering at
least one life Tuesday afternoon, Charles FOSTER, the man behind the gun, was
brought before City Recorder CARR yesterday on the charge of discharging a
firearm within the city limits, and then fined $25 or sentenced to serve the
fine out in jail at the rate of $1 a day. Foster chose the latter method.
citizen
of Shingletown, was found dead in his bed in the Goodman Hotel at this place at
6 o’clock last evening, when the landlord went to call him to his supper.
Rheumatism of the heart was probably the cause of the sudden death. Mr.
Whitlock had been suffering several weeks from rheumatism, and had complained
during the last few days that it was affecting his heart. The hour of his death is not known. He was in
the hotel office at 11 o’clock in the morning, chatting pleasantly with his
friends, but soon retired to his room. He did not come down to dinner, but
nothing was thought strange of that fact, for he often omitted the noonday
meal. The body was quite cold when it was discovered and he had probably been
dead for two or three hours.
The deceased was a teamster and
had lived in Shingletown for twenty years.
He came to Balls Ferry when last season closed to spend the Winter here in ease. He was aged 68 years and leaves several
adult sons. One of them, Wade WHITLOCK, is employed on the Northern California
Power Company’s pole-line construction near Tehama.
Coroner BASSETT is an extremely
busy official. A telephone message was sent to him at Redding last night from
here informing him of the death and asking him to come and hold the inquest.
Word came back that the Coroner was not at Manton, twenty miles east, holding
an inquest on the body of Joe BUSH, the Indian who was shot and killed there
the night before by “Firewater” GOULD. This morning word was received from
Manton that Coroner Bassett would come on to Balls Ferry as soon as the inquest
over Bush was completed.
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she had not been ill at all. Being missed by her children, search was made for
her and her lifeless body found. Dr. GATES, who was called, decided that she
had died from heart disease, although she had never been troubled by that
organ. Mrs. Shock was born in Hayfork (rest cut off).
the
JONES tract, west of Lodi. This discovery is interesting, as only a week ago
the same man unearthed the bones of a human being while digging a cellar. With
this latest discovery was found a small nugget of gold, and this has given
credence to the belief that the spot was an old Indian burial ground, and that
each deceased member of the tribe was buried with his earthly possessions.
DAVIS, wife of former Superior
Judge E.A. Davis, of this county, was received from San Francisco yesterday
afternoon. Pneumonia was the cause of dissolution, and the illness was of only
a few days’ duration. The remains will be cremated Friday.
was
instituted in Red Bluff last night, and it was well along this morning before
the work of instituting, installing and initiating was completed. The
institution was under the direction of Mrs. B.E. WILLIAMS, of Lamoine, Deputy
Grand Manager, assisted by her daughter, Miss Ina WILLAMS, and Mrs. George THORNTON, of Sisson.
The new auxiliary to the Knights
of Pythias will be known as Rathbone Castle, No. 92. It starts off with a good
membership and an enthusiastic corps of officers. At the close of the work of
institution a banquet was served in the hall adjoining.
Following are the names of the officers: Mrs.
Elizabeth M. ROGERS,
Excellent Chief; Mrs. K.B. ENGLISH, Excellent Senior;
Mrs. A.A. LENNON,
Excellent Junior; Mrs. Stella WHITE, Manager; Mrs.
Jessie ULLERY, Mistress
of
Records and Correspondence; Miss Bertha ARCHAMBAULT, Mistress of Finance;
Mrs. E. THOMPKINS, Protector;
Miss Sarah SMITH, Guard of the Outer Temple;
Mrs. Eva KARMEL, Past Chief;
Mrs. Barbette FRITZ, Mrs. Margaret WORLEY, and
Mrs. H. ARCHAMBAULT, Turstees.
Redding with Sam ZUCHUR, who was
arrested on a charge of stealing a bicycle from Harry GOEHRING of this place.
Zuchur admitted to the Sheriff that he was the man wanted and will be sentenced
in a few days.
a
first-class, up-to-date creamery, located in the center of town, and fitted
with the latest improved machinery. It has a capacity of 2000 pounds of butter
daily.
The creamery is the result of a
similar institution being started at Orland a couple of years ago. Corning farmers
were induced to ship cream to Orland, and thus found that their cows brought in
an average revenue of over $6 a month, after paying
the freight. This gave rise to the determination to have a creamery at home,
and now one has been installed. Over 600
acres are now planted to alfalfa in this immediate vicinity, and farmers who
have long labored to save a little in the culture of grain now see prosperity
ahead in the dairying business, especially as there is a good market for their
product near home.
of
the oldest and most historic landmarks of the place. The flames broke forth
shortly after 9:30 o’clock in the evening, and in a very few minutes the whole
place was a roaring pit of flames. Citizens rushed to the scene, but already
the fire had gained such headway that an entrance to the building could not be
made. No effort was made to save the house, and a silent crowd stood and
watched till the last timber had fallen. A strong wind was blowing, but the
amount of snow on the ground, and on the tops of the houses, prevented any
spread of the conflagration. The burned
building was originally the property of the famous Isa Bell Mine. Later when that
mine was closed down, and the mill removed, this house was remodeled and became
the residence of Captain William SHAW, upon the burning of the original Alta
Tavern. Captain Shaw lived here until his death, in 1904. Since that time, his
home has been vacant. That no person had occupied the place since Shaw’s death
was largely due to the rapid caving of the mouth of the old mine, which had
left the house upon the very edge of the 150-foot shaft.
The property is said to have
been uninsured. Nothing was saved, so the loss is total. Though some place
credence in the theory of arson, it is probably that the fire was accidently
started by tramps, who may have forced an entrance to the building, seeking
shelter form the blizzard which was raging.
Submitted by Betty Loose betty@unisette.com
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Friday, March 16, 1906
Wife and Son
GRASS VALLEY (Nevada Co.), March
16 - Eluding the attendants at the County Hospital last night, aged Thomas HART
made his way to this city to “wipe out his whole crowd,” as he put it when
taken into custody by Sheriff WALKER and City Marshall DEEBLE.
That Hart intended to make his
way up to his home on Washington Hill, where his wife and son reside, and make
an attack on them in his crazy fury there is little room for doubt. He was
observed by the officers as he stepped from the 9:20 car from Nevada City, and
was immediately placed in custody until the car returned, when he was taken
back to Nevada City by the Sheriff and lodged for the night in the County
Jail. During his short stay in town Hart
was furious at times, declaring against his wife and son, especially the
former, whom he accused of having caused him all his present trouble. “I’ll
wipe out the whole crowd yet,” he exclaimed, stamping the ground with his heavy
staff in anger. “They said I was crazy, but I was only starved.” Several times
he broke out like this, showing that the desire to kill had not departed.
Hart, it will be remembered, was
first arrested in the city about two months ago for attempting to brain his
wife with an ax late one night as she lay half asleep. A desperate battle
followed, and she finally escaped, badly injured. Hart came uptown and gave
himself up, saying he had killed her. He did not seem to care. At the time he
was suffering from religious mania.
After a short stay in the County Jail a reconciliation
was effected and the case dropped. Hart’s son came here from Colorado to guard
the old man. For a time all went well. Then Hart broke out anew and was
recently taken back to jail. He was very ill, and to give him proper treatment
he was taken out to the County Hospital.
There is little question now
that he will be placed in a State Insane Asylum.
Spider WELCH had accepted and signed
articles for a twenty-round bout in this city with Jack CLIFFORD, the popular
local lightweight. The Spider is expected here to-morrow to finish training, as
the fight will take place on the 30th.
reported
that one William CHAMBERLAIN was arrested, tried, convicted and fined for
selling whisky to an Indian named Gayhart SNELLING. In this the correspondent
was mistaken, having named the wrong man. He should have stated that the man
convicted was a barkeeper named Charles SWEETLAND, employed in the Miners’
Hotel by Chamberlain. Notice of appeal has been served in the case of
Sweetland.
few
days ago and placed in jail. He is charged with threatening the lives of Al
HYDE and Carl JOHNSON with a deadly weapon. Since his arrival here with the
officers his actions are very queer, and it is feared that he is insane. He is being closely watched at the jail.
Justifiable
REDDING (Shasta Co.), March 16 -
It was a great surprise to the people here to learn yesterday that the Coroner’s
jury at Manton, sitting on the body of Joe BUSH, the Indian killed Tuesday
night by “Firewater” GOULD, should return a verdict holding the latter guilty
of murder and recommending that the District Attorney prosecute him for that
crime. The evidence that had come to
Redding by roundabout ways indicated that Bush was an intruder in the Gould
cabin and had threatened to kill mother and son, when the latter picked up his
gun and shot Bush in the back. Coroner
BASSETT, who had got as far as Balls Ferry last night on his way back from
Manton to Redding, said over the telephone that he did not like to repeat the
evidence taken at the inquest until it had been delivered to the District
Attorney. He did say, however, that the verdict of the jury was based on the
evidence given by the mother, who was the only witness to the tragedy. He said,
also, that Bush had the mother by the hair when the son shot to kill. The
bullet went through Bush’s body, piercing the liver. “Firewater” Gould - his real name is Albert GOULD
- is aged 19 years and a cripple. He disappeared after the shooting but was
easily found yesterday after the Coroner’s Jury returned the verdict. He was
taken into custody at Manton by Deputy Sheriff RICHARDSON, who will bring him
to Redding to-day.
Shasta - will be called upon to
contribute territory to a union High School District the people of this remote
region are seeking to establish with the High School in this village.
The proposition is to take Little Hollow District from Modoc County, and Little Valley,
Rocky Comfort and Dixie Valley Districts from Lassen County. These, with sixteen districts in the
northeastern part of Shasta County, would make a respectable High School
District, and Fall River Mills is practically at the center. All the districts
included are remote from the county seats of their respective counties.
Advanced schooling is badly needed by the children of this out-of-the-way
section, and the only way the great majority of them will ever get it will be
by having a High School close at hand.
The proposition is being
agitated with vigor and is receiving hearty support.
place,
which has been closed for two years, has been sold to Sam LEAVITT of Yreka, who
will start up the plant May 1st and keep it running
continuously. As there are about
10,000,000 feet of timber to be sawed before it will be necessary to move the
mill, the revival of the enterprise means a good deal to this little canyon
village and Summer resort.
WHO SENT FAHEY TO FOUL DEATH?
Company vs. the city of
Marysville, Judge McDANIEL has denied the motion of plaintiff for a new trial.
It was just a year yesterday
since the Court rendered an overwhelming decision for the city in this suit and
Judge McDaniel now states that he sees no reason to deviate from the opinion
delivered by him at that time. The sewer
system installed by the city in 1903 is at the bottom of the litigation.
The case will now go up to the higher
tribunal and a final decision is expected by September next.
Submitted by Betty Loose betty@unisette.com
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The Saturday Bee
Sacramento, Cal
March 17, 1906
Page 6
Numerous Candidates For Position
Of Trustee In City of Redding - All Issues Are Purely Local REDDING (Shasta
Co.), march 17 - By next Monday all the candidates for city offices must have
their petitions filed in order to be entitled to have their names on the
ticket. The city election will be held on April 9th. Three Trustees, Marshal, City Clerk and
Treasurer are to be elected. Apparently
there will be no opposition to the re-election of City Clerk T.B. SMITH and
treasurer R.G. DUNN. L.D. POOLE, who has served two terms as City Marshal, is a
candidate for the same position, but he will have an opponent in C.W. BARKER.
Candidates for Trustee are
numerous. The City Board will have control of the expenditure of most of the
bonds, and for that reason the non-salaried position of Trustee is more
attractive than usual. Trustees W.C. POWELL and Fred HURST go out of office and
have no aspirations to serve another term.
Mayor Abb MERRILL, who is also a Trustee, goes out of office, but will
be a candidate for re-election.
Other candidates for Trustee are
H.V. REAVIS, George GRONWOLDT, W.P. BUCK,
W.J. GILLESPIE, Frank L. LAMMON,
D.N. HONN, J.H. HUNTER, D.R. McCONNELL,
Henry VEDDOR, Samuel T. HILL,
Chris STABLER, M.E. DITTMAN, W.M. HEROR, Frank
SCAMMAN and John ZEIS.
Politics will cut no figure. All
issues are purely local.
REDDING (Shasta Co.), March 17 -
H.A. GAFFORD, formerly a hotel clerk in Davisville, but more recently
conducting a bicycle repair shop in Redding, pleaded guilty yesterday before
Justice of the Peace CARR of stealing a shirt. He was caught in the act of
shop-lifting in the Chenoweth-Moore Company’s store by one of the proprietors.
He is now in the County Jail awaiting sentence, which will be pronounced
Tuesday.
OROVILLE (Butte Co.), March 17 -
The case of S. SABASTIANI, who is under arrest charged with tampering with the
United States mails has not been examined as yet.
Sabastiani now makes counter charges and claims he is being made the victim of
a conspiracy. On the other hand, the complaining witness is the case is
perfectly willing now to compromise the matter, in fact, he, it is said, would
much prefer that method.
More people are being drawn into
the case and it bids fair to be a spicy affair. The accused will not listen to
any talk of a compromise to effect his release, but
demands a hearing. What the outcome will be is hard to tell. District Attorney
SEXTON and postmaster LEONARD will try and sift the matter out in the next day
or two.
Driver, One Passenger And Eleven
Horses Are Snowbound - Rescue Party Sent In Search LOYALTON (Sierra Co.), March
17 - The recent storm which raged four days was the worst in years. The Boca
and Loyalton Railroad managed by using three engines together and a snow plow
to get through each day, though always a little late.
Word was brought here this
morning that the Sierra City stage, driven by JOHNSON, which runs out of
Sierraville, was lost, and that the driver, one passenger and eleven horses are
all fast in the snow somewhere in the mountains. The stage was left behind and
the eleven horses taken to break a trail and get the mail through.
There was about ten feet of old
snow on the ground and fifteen feet of new snow has fallen since Sunday. A
party left Sierraville this morning with provisions to go to the relief of the
driver.
If they had an ax and matches it
is thought the driver and passenger are safe. The passenger is a brother of
H.B. GOTT, of Loyalton.
MARYSVILLE (Yuba Co.),. March 17 - With the death of Mrs. Angeline SHELTON, of
Linda Township, which occurred in this city yesterday, an entire family has
responded to the inevitable in a very brief space of time, not one member of
which met with accident. The father, “Posey” SHELTON, died about ten years ago,
but it was the other members who followed one another in quick succession. It
is less than a year ago that the eldest son died in Stockton; then in about two
months his sister followed and then came the demise of the youngest son three
months later. Now follows the mother in her sixty-fifth year. Mrs. Shelton
leaves a brother, Washington SMITH, and a sister, Mrs. Josephine BAUMGARTNER,
both of Marysville, to mourn her passing.
MARYSVILLE (Yuba Co.), March 17
- The death is announced from Maxwell, Colusa County, of Cal DENNIS, a former
resident of this section. At one time he owned the tract of land near Lomo now
farmed by Matt SULLENGER. He had reached his seventy-third year. Chas. DENNIS,
of Yuba City, is a brother of deceased.
Nothing Has Been Seen Of Kid
Hulen Since February 23 - Relatives Fear He Has Met With Foul Play DIXON
(Solano Co.), March 17 - William F. HULEN, better known as “Kid” Hulen, the
baseball player who was raised in this town, has been reported missing since
February 23d. He was last seen on that date, when he took the train from
Seattle for Portland, where he told his wife that he was going to attend to
some business.
A letter from his wife, received
here yesterday, states that she has not heard a word from him since.
She is fearful that he has met with foul play, as he was never known to absent
himself from her for such a length of time without writing. The parents of both
Hulen and his wife reside in this town, but none of them have heard from Hulen,
and all are very much alarmed over his disappearance.
“Billie” Hulen, as he is
familiarly known to all the “fans” in this and many other States, was born and
raised in Dixon, where he married the daughter of Dr. UPHAM, of this place. He
has been a successful ball player, and has played in several of the Eastern
League clubs, as well as those on this Coast, and was signed with Seattle for
the coming season. Hulen was a member of
several fraternal societies, among which is the Elks, who have taken up the
search. Nothing is being left undone to locate the missing ball player.
REDDING (Shasta Co.), March 17 -
County Clerk BLODGETT issued his thousandth marriage license this week. It went
to two parties names HUNTER, who were in no way related. The list of marriage
licenses follows: James HUNTER, aged 38, and Sarah HUNTER, aged 37, both of
Castella; John C. GUISLER, aged 44, and Elizabeth THORN, aged 34, both of
Deadwood, Trinity County; H.P. RUCKER, aged 25, and Viola PHILLIPS, aged 20,
both of Whitmore; Lawrence C. MANOR, aged 27, of Red Bluff, and Jessie E.
LEACH, aged 21, of Redding. Helen C.
McCAULEY has begun an action for divorce from Albert McCAULEY.
MARYSVILLE (Yuba Co.), march 17
- Only one marriage license was issued in Yuba County this week, the parties
being: Lea V. SMITH of Lincoln and Mrs.
Elfa HORTON of Sacramento. The nuptial knot was tied yesterday. The engagement has been announced of Homer
HICKS of Bakersfield and Miss Ica MEEK, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D.L. MEEK of
this city. The wedding will take place in June.
Benjamin SHELTON, a former
resident of this city, now of Chico, has sent word to his friends here that he
was married in Stirling City last week to Miss Vivian HUSTON of the City of
Roses.
In the divorce case of Mary
BOGARD vs. Chas. BOGARD, the Court found it necessary this week to call the
defendant before him and insist that Bogart pay the alimony fixed. It is said
there is now prospect of a reunion.
SUISUN, March 17 - The following marriage licenses have been issued during the
past week: Bernard F. STRUMBERG, 65, and Jane NASH, 54, both of Vallejo;
Chas. H. WRIGHT, 21, of Cement,
and Edna L. LAMBERT, 20, of Fairfield.
WEAVERVILLE (Trinity Co.), March
17 - R.H.P. BIGELOW, Forest Ranger in charge of the Shasta and Klamath Forest
Reserves, who has made his headquarters in this place for the last six months,
has received word from Washington that he has been promoted to the position of
Forest Supervisor at a salary of $1600 a year and has been assigned charge of
the Klamath Reserve with headquarters in Yreka. He will remove to Yreka in a
week or two. Bigelow is considered a
very efficient forester. He had several years experience in the Sierra Reserve
before he was sent to Weaverville.
SUISUN (Solano Co.), March 17 -
The election for town officers which will take place on Monday, April 9th,
will be one of the most keenly contested that has ever taken place in Suisun.
For the three vacancies for Town Trustees there are six candidates. Henry BIRD, O.R. SHEPPS, Ernst LUEHNING, A.L. LA SHEILS, G.L.
NELSON and R.C. HALLE. For Town Marshall the fight will be a most exciting
one, the candidates being L.J. CHRISLER, J.F. SHIELDS and R. REESE. Town Clerk
F. Wm. GABRIEL desires to succeed himself and will meet with no opposition.
NEVADA CITY (Nevada Co.), March
17 - The remainder of the life of Thomas HART will be spent in the State Insane
asylum. He was examined before Judge NILON yesterday afternoon by Drs. MILLER
and SAWYER and adjudged insane. Hart is
the aged Grass Valleyan who some time ago tried to murder his wife during a fit
of religious mania, and whose latest escapade was his escape from the County
Hospital Thursday night, as related by The Bee yesterday.
NEVADA CITY (Nevada Co.), March
17 - After an enforced vacation the North San Juan public school has opened
again. Owing to the outbreak of diphtheria in that place among school children
the school was closed by the Board of Trustees several weeks ago. The afflicted
have recovered and as there are no indications of a fresh outbreak the order to
resume studies has been issued.
OROVILLE (Butte Co.), March 17 -
W.R. ROBERTS was brought to town Friday morning by Constable REILLY and lodged
in jail on a charge of burglary on complaint of John CLARK, of Yankee Hill.
Clark resides at Yankee Hill but has another place on the West Branch, where he
stays part of the time. Thursday he went
there and found that some one had broken into the house and ransacked things.
In looking around he discovered that a fire had ben built in the cook house and
pursuing his investigation he discovered Roberts hiding behind a tree. As
Roberts refused to give any account of his actions, Clark compelled him to
start with him for Yankee Hill, from which place he telephoned to Constable
Reilly who drove out and met him as Cherokee taking Roberts (rest of article
cut off).
COLUSA (Colusa Co.), March 17 -
P.C. KING, an employe of the PETERS ranch, was run over yesterday and so badly
injured that it is believed he will die.
King and a companion were hauling some wood and they drove into a
gully. King got out of the wagon and
while trying to start the load, the horse began to move and he was caught and
thrown under the wheel. The load passed directly over his body injuring him severely.
His right hip was almost torn loose from his body. It is not believed he will
survive.
WHEATLAND (Yuba Co.), March 17 -
The expert horse breakers who have been employed on E. Clement HORST’s hop
ranch to break horses this Winter have just finished breaking over a hundred
head of Oregon horses and the last lot will be sent to Sacramento to-day to be
used on the PERKINS hop ranch near that city. For the past few days this
company has been branding stock and taking an inventory of their flocks, herds
and bands at Horstville. Next week it will send from Tehama seven hundred head
of cattle to Wheatland. These cattle
will be fed up for hop picking season, during which time the Horst ranch alone
will consume on an average about two beeves a day.
Submitted by Betty Loose betty@unisette.com
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The Evening Bee
Sacramento, Cal.
Monday, March 19, 1906
Page 6
REDDING (Shasta Co.), March 19 -
The typographical Union of Salem, Oregon, is anxious to know whether M. HICKEY,
a member of the Union, perished in the landslide at Delta, February 17th,
with J.T. KEISER, the printer of Spokane, whose body was recovered from the
slide and was buried a few days later in Redding.
The Salem Union, through its
Secretary, writes to the Redding Union that Hickey and Keiser left Salem
together with the avowed purpose of going to San Francisco. Hickey has never
been heard from since. It will be remembered
that it was persistently maintained directly after the landslide that three
persons were killed - Engineer Dennis FREEL, J.T. KEISER and a third man, whose body was never
found, search for the dead being abandoned when all railroad property was recovered.
LAMOINE (Shasta Co.), March 19 -
Logging operations in this lumber camp were resumed to-day and the big sawmill
was started up also. The mill will cut $5,000 feet a day and is to be run night
and day throughout the season. The
railroad from the mill into the forests to the west will be extended this Summer five miles nearer the Trinity County line. Eighteen
new fial cars and a second locomotive have been purchased and two trains will
be run this season instead of one, as last season. The large increase in the
number of men employed will add greatly to the general prosperity of the town
of Lamoine.
KESWICK (Shasta Co.), March 19 -
Another landslide occurred yesterday afternoon half a mile south of the depot
at the same spot where the big slide of a week ago blocked the track for
several hours. A crew of forty Greeks and section men cleared the track in a
couple of hours, and the evening north-bound passenger was delayed only a few
minutes. The slide was of much smaller proportions than that of a week ago.
RED BLUFF (Tehama Co.), March 19
- The marriage of Mrs. Mary WINTER, mother of Assessor Louis WINTER, of this
city; W.H. WINTER, of Redding; Mrs. Ruel O. SNELLING, of Paskenta, and John
WINTER, of Truckee, to John C. TIPTON, a wealthy cattle owner of Helena,
Montana, greatly surprised the good people of this community out of their
Sabbath day peace and quiet. The
ceremony was performed Saturday in San Francisco and it is reported that Mr.
and Mrs. Tipton will make their home in Montana. The groom gave his age as 70
and the bride admitted to 50 years. Their many friends in this county wish the
couple a long life and much prosperity in their wedded career.
WOODLAND (Yolo Co.), March 29 -
Charles F. GERTH died at his home in this city Saturday, after a long illness
of consumption. Deceased was a native of Germany, 48 years of age. He leaves a
wife and daughter. The funeral services will be held Tuesday from the German
Lutheran Church.
WOODLAND (Yolo Co.), March 19-
Judge GADDIS this morning rendered a decision in the case of Dr. J.T. GRANT vs.
the Sunset Telephone Company. Grant was awarded $2500 damages for injuries
sustained in 1902. The original amount sued for was $11,000. The amount awarded
is said to be half what the Company offered Grant on a compromise.
LODI (San Joaquin Co.), March 19
- An evidence of the increasing land prices in Northern San Joaquin was
evidenced Saturday when C.E. BUCK and L.J.
THUYMER refused a cash offer of $24,000 - $600 an acre - for their
forty-acre Tokay vineyard in the Acampo district. The vines are four years old,
and will give a good crop this season. The owners base their refusal upon the
fact that this year 5000 crates will be taken from the vines and if these sell
for only 50 cents per crate the owners will realize 11 per cent upon the amount
they turned down for their vine land.
FLORISTON (Nevada Co.), March 19
- This morning an electrician named MORGANICO was instantly killed while
operating a motor in the mill of the Floriston Paper Company.
DIXON (Solano Co.), March 19 - A
petition is being circulated here remonstrating against the application of
George EASTON to the Governor for commutation of the death sentence passed on
him by the Superior Court of this county recently. The horrible nature of the
crime is still fresh in the memory of the people of this town, and they would
consider it a great miscarriage of justice if the accused should escape the
death penalty. It will be remembered
that the crime was committed in a questionable resort of one Josephine QUICK
more than a year ago. Easton crept up behind Charles HORIGAN and cut his throat
while the latter was sitting in a chair reading and, as far as could be learned
at the trial, without any provocation whatever. Horigan was an inoffensive farm
laborer and it is believed here that Easton cannot offer the least shadow of an
excuse why the death penalty should not be executed.
OROVILLE (Butte Co.), March 19 -
Marshal S.H. WILSON, who was assaulted on Saturday morning and received one or
two slight cuts on the hand from a knife in the hands of a Russian tailor, E.M.
BUKOWSKI, declined to place any charge against his assailant, giving as a
reason therefor that he probably had been a little hasty in striking the man
who had angered him by his abuse.
Wilson has come in for much
censure because of this and the further fact that, although Marshal of the
city, he ran away from this assailant instead of attempting to arrest him. He
is criticized for not using his club or even his revolver, as it is believed he
has set a poor example to the officers under him.
The man was arrested on the
river bank by H.B. STEWART, a private citizen, and Officers BURTON and
McDONALD, whom he called to his aid. Stewart reported the matter to District
Attorney SEXTON and asked that a charge be preferred against the tailor. The
matter was also reported to City Attorney GARDNER and Trustee GODFREY, so it is
not likely Buskowski will escape punishment.
VALLEJO (Solano Co.), March 19 -
Vallejo is mourning the loss of two of its oldest residents, Judge C.W. RILEY
and Mrs. Margaret WILSON. Mrs. Wilson
died last evening after a short attack of pneumonia. She was born in Ohio
sixty-three years ago. She had resided in Solano County for nearly half a
century and in this city for the last fifteen years. A husband, Joseph, and
three sons and two daughters survive her.
Judge RILEY, who passed away in Alexander Valley a few days ago, was for
twenty years, from 1864 to 1884, the Justice of the Peace of Vallejo Township.
RENO (Nev.), Charles D. HULBERT
and Miss Dorothy M. VARDEN, prominent young people of Auburn, Cal., eloped to
Reno Saturday and were married late in the afternoon, returning Sunday morning
to Auburn, where they were forgiven by their parents.
All day long they waited in the city
for a marriage license, the County Clerk having received notification before
they arrived not to issue the license, as they were not of age. They
immediately telephoned to their parents when told of the circumstance, but it
was not until many hours afterward that the necessary consent was given by
phone. Miss Varden is a beautiful young
woman of Auburn, and is not yet 18.
Hulbert is 21. The bride is
known to a number of the young people of Reno.
RENO (Nev.), March 19 - Allen
TRIMBLE, aged 70 years, a pioneer of Lassen County, California, is dead in
Reno, where he recently located. Mr. Trimble was one of the men that left the
East in 1849 for the gold fields. He lived in the various mining camps for a
number of years, and finally located in Lassen County, of which he was one of
the oldest and most honored residents.
He leaves a number of children and other relatives at Loyalton. The
remains will be interred with Masonic honors at Beckwith.
RENO (Nev.), March 19 - Before
the general assembly of the University of Nevada Friday, Mrs. BERRY, of Carson,
delivered a lecture on Mozart that was listened to with much interest by her
audience. She spoke for an hour, dwelling upon the difficulties he encountered
and surmounted and his final fame, which resulted from his skill as a composer
rather than that of a player, although he was skilled upon several
instruments. Mrs. Berry is quite well
known in Sacramento, where her sister, Mrs. James BERRY, resides. She has
visited there frequently. She is an accomplished musician.
RENO (Nev.), March 19 - F.
VOGLIOTTI, a prominent Italian rancher, left home a week ago, and has not been
seen since. He has a family and a brother, Felix Vogliotti, is a large real
estate owner in RENO. Vogliotti had about $500 in cash with him when he left,
saying that he was going to Genoa Springs. Inquiry at that place and other
points that he occasionally frequents brings to light no news from him.
GARDNERVILLE (Nev.), March 19 -
Francisco ROSSINI, aged 63 years, a well-known Swiss mechanic, was found in the
washroom of the Brown Hotel, where he had frozen to death during the night.
Rossini had been called to the hotel to make some repairs and is supposed to
have become ill and perished from the cold, the thermometer being at 19
degrees.
CARSON (Nev.), March 19 - L.A.
WEINBURG and a companion, claiming to be from Butte, and pretending to be
agents for large wholesale houses who have established a retail department
which is conducted through traveling salesmen, were arrested at Tonopah
Saturday evening, and have been returned to Carson, charged with obtaining
money under false pretenses. They separated here recently and are alleged to
have taken orders for silk dress patterns, collecting half the money. The
orders were never filled. They obtained many hundred dollars in this fashion,
the complaints allege.
CARSON (Nevada), March 19 -
George BACHELDER has brought a mandamus proceeding against District Judge
MURPHY to compel the trial of a suit for divorce which he brought against his
wife, who is confined to the State Insane Asylum at Reno. Judge Murphy had
continued the case indefinitely and Bachelder seeks to force a trial.
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The Evening Bee
Sacramento, Cal.
Tuesday, March 20, 1906
Page 6
Leroy Grieve, of Davisville and
Dixon, Meets Sudden Death While In Discharge Of His Duties DAVISVILLE (Yolo
Co.), March 20 - Leroy GRIEVE, well known here and at Dixon, his family being
one of the oldest in this section, was killed Sunday by electricity. He was in
charge of the plant of the Mariposa Mining and Commercial Company and the
accident, the details of which are not fully known here at this time, occurred
either at Bagby or Benton Mills. Leroy
Grieve was about 30 years of age and was born near here, in South Putah
Township. His parents were George N. GRIEVE and wife, who lived on a farm in
the township mentioned. His widowed mother, now living near Dixon, survives
him, residing with her sister, Miss Helen GRIEVE. Filmore GRIEVE, a brother,
lives on the old farm.
Leroy Grieve attended school
here and at Dixon, afterward going to the State University. He then entered the
employ of the Bay Counties Power Company, beginning as a patrolman. His advance
was rapid and at the time of his death he held a responsible position which
paid, it is understood, $2400 a year.
NEVADA CITY (Nevada Co.), March
20 - An unusual complaint in intervention was filed in the Superior Court here
yesterday by Byrom M. WHITE in the case of PEASLEE vs. HIPP et al. Peaslee
recently commenced suit to foreclose a mortgage given by F.H. Hipp and wife of
M.B. Peaslee on over 1000 acres below Grass Valley. White claims that the money
advanced on the mortgage was furnished by him, and
that Peaslee never had nor now has any interest whatever in the note and
mortgage.
Woodland Is Proud Of Her New
Health Officials And Expects Great Things Of Them From Now On WOODLAND (Yolo
Co.), March 20 - Woodland now glories in a Board of Health composed entirely of
women and great things are expected of them.
For three months the city has been without such a body, necessary as it
is known to be. This was owing to the resignation of Dr. BEEBE and the removal
of Dr. PROSE to another town, which left only Dr. Francis L. NEWTON of the old
Board.
She, however, stood ready to
carry on the work whenever colleagues were given her, and last night the City
Trustees concluded to act, appointing Mrs. C.W. BUSH and Mrs. Harriett
BROWNELL. These public-spirited women
consented to accept the appointments, convinced that Woodland should have a
Board of Health, and it is believed they will prove very efficient.
GRASS VALLEY (Nevada Co.), March
20 - Evidently William GREEN has a lucky star watching over him. Otherwise he
might now be dead. He fell from an apple tree which he was pruning, a distance
of twelve feet, and landed on his back on the blade of a pair of pruning
shears. The bare fact that he struck the blade a glancing blow was all that
saved his life. As it was, a deep wound ten inches long was gashed in his back.
CARRVILLE (Trinity Co.), March
20 - Jack GRAVES was given his preliminary examination yesterday before Justice
of the Peace COFFMAN on the charge of assault to commit murder, Frank SMITH,
miner, being the complaining witness.
Judge Coffman held Graves to answer to the Superior Court on the charge
named, fixing the bonds at $2000. Graves had no difficulty in giving the bonds.
The preliminary examination
lasted four hours, and was a great attraction in this mining camp because of
the prominence of Graves, who is one of the leading mining men of the county.
Five witnesses were called, two of them for the defense. Graves was not put
upon the stand.
Graves is charged with stabbing
Frank Smith four times a week ago Friday night in a quarrel over a dice game.
The wounds come very nearly proving mortal, and Smith has not yet entirely
recovered.
REDDING (Shasta Co.), March 20 -
The preliminary examination of Mrs. Mary SAUM and C.W. LANGLEY, charged with
the murder of Aser BRAND at Keswick, was continued yesterday by Justice of the
Peace CARR until next Monday. Mrs. SAUM asked for the continuance in order that
she might have more time to communicate with friends in the East and get money,
if possible, to conduct her defense.
PLEASANT GROVE (Sutter Co.),
March 20 - Word from Washington is to the effect that Mitlon HOGLE has been
appointed Postmaster at this place.
RED BLUFF (Tehama Co.), March 20
- Samie ZURCHER, a man about 25 year of age, pleaded guilty yesterday to a
charge of grand larceny and was sentenced to serve one year in San Quentin by
Judge ELLISON. Zurcher stole a bicycle from A. GOEHRING, a barber in this city,
about a month ago.
NEVADA CITY (Nevada Co.), March
20 - The funeral of the late Alexander RICHARDSON, of Columbia Hill, took place
to-day. Richardson, who lived by himself at the mountain town, died late on Sunday
night from acute pneumonia. He was found Saturday evening by a neighbor lying
in a faint by the stove in his house. Dr. ROGERS was summoned from Bloomfield,
but the aged man was beyond medical aid. He was one of the oldest residents of
that section, having located there fifty-four years ago. He leaves a valuable
estate.
WOODLAND (Yolo Co.), March 20 -
HARRINGTON and BALL, of this city, telephone linemen, are here and report that
eleven out of nineteen men employed in the Winters
section by the Sunset Company struck Sunday night because they could not put up
with the methods of Foreman DUEHREN. The trouble appears to be over payment for
extra time. The men claim Duehren will have a difficult time keeping a
sufficient force on hand unless he mends his ways.
MARYSVILLE (Yuba Co.), March 20
- In the matter of the Lincoln Rochdale Company, bankrupt, Referee BELCHER has
declared a dividend of 12 ‡ per cent for the creditors.
In the matter of J.W. JEWELL, a
bankrupt of Chico, a dividend of 20 per cent was declared in the Referee’s
Court.
Gruesome Find Made On The River
Bank At Rio Vista And Solano Officers Are Now Investigating RIO VISTA (Solano
Co.), March 20 - While Thomas REESE was walking down the river road from the
Elliott place last Saturday afternoon, he made a most gruesome discovery. A
large cigar box, with a string tied around it, attracted his attention. It was
on the river bank in front of the GARDINER property. Upon opening it he was startled
to find it contained the remains of an infant.
He brought the box and contents
to town and put them in possession of Judge F.J. KAIBU, who at once notified
the authorities at Fairfield, and was instructed to have the remains reserved.
An investigation will be made into the matter.
The infant was of the male sex
and prematurely born. It had been wrapped in an old shirt, put in the cigar
box, which had the brand of the “Silver Eagle” upon it, and, presumably, cast
into the river. It floated down stream and landed on the bank when Reese picked
it up.
From the condition of the
remains when found it is thought they had not been in the water for any length
of time, and the authorities will take immediate steps to ascertain where they
came from. It is thought it will not be a very hard matter to locate those who
are responsible for the throwing of the corpse into the river, and arrest them
on this charge, if not for some graver offense.
PLACERVILLE (El Dorado Co.),
March 20 - Hugh LARKIN, Chairman of the Democratic Central Committee of El
Dorado County, and for the last ten years one of the leaders of the Democracy
in El Dorado County, died last night of a low fever contracted in exploiting
some mining properties in which he was interested. He was ** years of age, and
was a son of the late Henry LARKIN, formerly State Senator, and a well-known
politician, who was one of the framers of the State Constitution of 1879.
RENO (Nev.), March 20 - Lloyd
BENOIST, the young man who was shot and severely injured at Pyramid Lake by his
sister, Mrs. Geo. BLUNDELL, is in a condition that is considered most grave by
his physicians. A number of the shot lodged in the back of his neck, near the
vertebrae and from these septic poisoning has set in. His face is paralyzed and
he is suffering from an attack of jaundice. To-day he is much weaker.
Mrs. Blundell, who shot Benoist,
still refuses to talk for publication, but her defense will be that she was so
cruelly treated by Benoist that she was rendered desperate. She will testify
that as a result of her quarrel with Mrs. Benoist her brother slapped and beat
her in the presence of the family and then kicked her repeatedly as she fled
into the house. She will say that he followed her into the house and repeated
his abuse and that as he left with a taunt she seized a shotgun near at hand
and fired a single shot that struck him in the face and neck.
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The Evening Bee
Sacramento, Cal.
March 21, 1906
Page 6
Takes His Daughter From Her
Mother, Whom He Finds Employed In Woodland Hotel, Running Away WOODLAND (Yolo
Co.), March 21 - Last night about 8 o’clock Jerry HAGAN, of Chico, kidnaped his
little 8-year-old daughter from the Barker Hotel, where the child was living
with her mother, who is employed at that place.
The Hagans have been separated for several months, but have not been
divorced. The wife has been in this city for the past three weeks. Hagan arrived in town yesterday morning and
at once went to see his wife and child. She says that he asked her to return
with him and she refused. Last night he
went to the hotel and grabbing the child ran down the street toward the depot.
The woman, as soon as she learned what had happened, started after him, but he
had disappeared. As the evening train had left and he could not get out of town
by the railroad, the mother thought possibly he had gone to his brother’s, who
lives just north of town. The family, however, denied all knowledge of Hagan’s
whereabouts to her when she asked them about it.
Mrs. Hagan applied to Justice
LAMPTON for a warrant to arrest Hagan for disturbing the peace, but as he had
not done anything that he could be held on it was refused, as was also a search
warrant to examine the premises of Hagan’s brother.
The Hagans have four children,
the three oldest being with their father in Chico.
Early this morning, it was
learned since filing the above, Marvin HAGAN, an uncle, returned the child to
her mother, but offered no explanation of the father’s conduct. The little
girl’s clothing was soaking wet, showing she had been kept out in the rain.
Mrs. Hagan says her husband left
Woodland on the noon train and that he will return to Chico.
WOODLAND (Yolo Co.), March 21 -
The case of The People vs. J.B. HUGHES was commenced in the Superior Court in
this city yesterday. Hughes is charged with forging the name of J.B. ANDERSON,
of Davisville, to a note for $450 given to the Bank of Yolo, of this city.
Hughes, it will be remembered,
left his home at Davisville shortly before he was charged with forging the
note, and his whereabouts were unknown for a time. He came home on a visit and
the officers, hearing of his presence, arrested him on the charge.
District Attorney Harry L.
HUSTON appears for The People and Grove L.
JOHNSON, of Sacramento, and E.W. ARMFIELD, of this city, represent the defendant.
MARYSVILLE (Yuba Co.), March 21
- Word has been received from Bremen, Germany, of the death of Miss Dina
KLOCKENBAUM, a former resident of this city. It was in accordance with a wish
which was uppermost in her mind during the half-century which she spent in
Marysville, that Miss Klockenbaum - 80 years a spinster - should breathe her
last in Germany, her native land.
Deceased was an aunt of Enno NESEMAN of this city. She left here about
two years ago with the avowed intention of spending her last days in
Faderland. Although four-score years she
withstood the long journey with remarkable ease. She died at the home of her
sister, Mrs. F. EHLERS.
REDDING (Shasta Co.), March 21 -
Frederick ROCHON, the man who made the first attempt to float logs down the Pit
and Sacramento Rivers, a pioneer of Shasta County, is now an inmate of the
Sacramento County Hospital. He is a very old man and expects to remain in the
hospital until the end. Rochon
constructed a boat in early days that was to revolutionize river navigation.
The boat was constructed in the old town of Shasta and was launched at the Reid
Ferry, north of what is now Redding. Hundreds of the old residents were at the
launching and for days the craft was run up and down the river loaded with
passengers at excursion rates. Then the boat was taken down the river to the
bay, but it never came back. Neither did it revolutionize river navigation.
That was the first and only
steamboat that ever plied the waters of the Sacramento above Iron Canyon. It
went as far up the river as Middle Creek, four miles above Redding, which is
stipulated by the War Department as the head of navigation on the Sacramento.
REDDING (Shasta Co.), March 21 -
Charles J. McCONNELL, of this city, died yesterday afternoon in an hospital in San Francisco, where he had lived for the
past twelve years, having been employed as watchman in the United States Mint.
The wife and two sons reside in Redding.
McConnell was a famous stage
driver of early days and will be well remembered by old-timers of Marysville,
Oroville, and throughout the Sacramento Valley. At one time he received $150 a
month for driving and when wages dropped finally to $75 a month, he laid down
the lines forever. He drove stage in Shasta County over fifty years ago.
Discovery Of A Lot of Clothing
Near Deep Pool, By Roadside, Arouses Much Talk But Few Facts GRASS VALLEY
(Nevada Co.), March 21 - In the opinion of some, another tragedy as grim as the
recent VAN HOETER murder mystery has been committed a mile or so south of this
city. The discovery of a heap of clothing on the edge of a deep pool twenty
feet from the road to the Button Mine and the mystery of its appearance has
convinced the miners passing that way that some stranger has been done to
death. A close search of the pool and the wood about will be made.
Sunday morning on their way to
work the miners found a black coat in good condition hanging on a barbed wire
fence half a mile south of the city limits. Nearly a mile farther they were
startled to come upon a pair of trousers to match the coat, a torn and
discolored white shirt and a man’s soft black hat, also in good condition, by
the edge of the pool. Though they
wondered much, the men said nothing until yesterday when the matter was made
public. The men who travel over this road every day, morning and evening, state
the clothing was not there on Saturday night, and how it came to where found
Sunday is a complete mystery. Rains have washed away all trace of possible
scuffle, of footprints and perhaps blood stains. None of the garments have been
examined closely, so it has not yet been determined whether or not they contain
blood stains.
Nobody is reported missing from
this city, but the matter will be investigated, as within the past few years at
least two murder mysteries have developed here to completely baffle the
officers. Some think, however, that a practical joker is at work and that he
placed the clothing where found that it might arouse suspicion of a crime.
GRASS VALLEY (Nevada Co.), March
21 - Death came to aged john ICARD as he lay alone in his home on Randolph Flat
yesterday. The body was brought to this city late last night and will be held
pending the arrival of Icard’s daughters from San Francisco this evening, when
arrangements will be made for the funeral.
Icard, a veteran of the Mexican
War, had been in failing health for many months. He was a native of North
Carolina, aged 86 years. He served through the Mexican War and was present at
the taking of Santa Ana. He settled at Randolph Flat, near Rough and Ready, a
few miles east of here, in the early ë50’s and followed mining until failing
health compelled him to desist. He leaves two sons and three daughters.
NEVADA CITY (Nevada Co.), March
21 - After attempting to fire the County Hospital, Charles TREANOR proceeded to
“fire” the breakfast dishes at the head of the day nurse and promptly had his
head punched. Treanor, who has been in the county institution for some time,
sneaked away Monday and came to this city, where he filled up on bad whisky. He
returned to the hospital in the night and raised such a row that Superintendent
STEWART was summoned from his bed. He was promptly met by Treanor in a
pugilistic manner, and only after a hard fight was the drunken patient locked
up in the hospital prison.
There he attempted to set fire
to the building, but was caught in time and relieved of his matches. Yesterday
morning he was taken his breakfast by Day Nurse FRIEDMAN. Because he didn’t get
poached egg on toast, and chocolate with thick cream
in it, he proceeded to throw the dishes at the nurse’s head. Friedman gave him
a few swift punches and all the “bad man”oozed out of the bellicose patient.
Last night he reported gently as a lamb.
Treanor is said to be the same patient who escaped some time ago to Grass
Valley, where he fell in a creek while intoxicated, removed every stitch of
clothing and crawled into a lumber yard, where he was found fast asleep and
nearly frozen early the following morning.
NEVADA CITY (Nevada Co.), March
21 - By little less than a miracle were Clyde COLE and W.L. WILLIAMSON saved
from death beneath a mass of falling earth and rock near Washington, this
county, yesterday. News of the accident reached here last night, to the effect
that the men were working in a tunnel in the Giant King Mine, owned by
Williamson, when, without warning, it caved in. Williamson was buried to his
shoulders, but managed to extricate himself after a terrible struggle. He then
dug Cole out. A heavy rack had broken one of Cole’s legs, however, and after
making him as comfortable as possible, Williamson hurried to Washington and
returned with a number of miners, who carried the injured man down the steep
hill on a litter to the home of his mother, where a physician was summoned.
Williamson was badly bruised, but his great strength was probably all that
saved both lives.
10,000 BEES UNDER COUNT
Interesting Experiments In
Progress At Governments Plant Introduction Garden Near Chico CHICO (Butte Co.),
March 21 - As an instance of the character of the work being carried on at the
Government Plant Introduction Garden here an experiment has just been half-way
concluded in which 10,000 bees have to be counted twice. The experiment is for
finding just how much honey is required to feed one bee, and two counts of the
10,000 bees are made during the extreme of temperature so as to get a good
average. The tediousness of the job can
hardly be imagined until it is known that a single glass tube must be watched
for four days, and every bee passing through it must be counted. J.M. RANKIN,
Government Apiarist at the Garden, is conducting the experiment.
Mr. Rankin is also busily
engaged in artificially rearing queen bees to send to the prominent bee men of
this State for breeders. Over 400 orders have been received for the queens,
which are of the Carniolan and Caucasian strains. The wet weather causes the
“workers” to rebel against providing extra food for the cells, and they
frequently destroy them. A choice
foreign plant at the garden which came from China, and goes by the name of “yang
tow” is doing exceedingly well in becoming nearly acclimated in one year, only
the tender tips being frozen this year, while the entire part above ground was
frozen last year.
The fruit, which in China only
the rich can afford, resembles the plum in shape, and the gooseberry in taste
and in size of seeds. The flavor, however, is striking.
OROVILLE (Butte Co.), March 21 -
Tossed around in the ice-cold waters of the Feather River, John CARO, an
Austrian, and an employe of a Western Pacific contractor at Berri Creek,
narrowly escaped being drowned in the raging flood on Monday evening.
Caro desired to cross the river,
although warned not to attempt it. He launched a small skiff and started off.
When about half-way across the skiff turned broadside to the stream and in a
second capsized. Caro grasped the boat
and hung onto it. He was carried down stream fully 100 yards, unable to aid
himself. Luckily the skiff swerved in toward the shore and momentarily stopped.
In that pause a rope was drifted out to Caro and he grasped it and was hauled
in to the shore, more dean than alive.
If it had not been for the fact that Caro grasped the boat and held on,
he would have been drowned, as no swimmer could have stemmed the raging torrent.
OROVILLE (Butte Co.), March 21 -
William JOHNSON, a negro who stabbed Ole HESBOT, a saloonkeeper, about a month
ago for ejecting him from his saloon, had a hearing before Judge WARD
yesterday, was bound over on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon with
intent to commit murder, waived time for passing of sentence, was taken before
Superior Judge GRAY and given five years in the Folsom State Prison.
LA PORTE (Plumas Co.), March 21
- The remains of Mrs. Emilie J.P. STOUT, who died here on March 11th,
will be buried in the Odd Fellows’ Cemetery at Sacramento, and are now on the
way to that city, having left here Monday.
She was born at Windham, Maine, fifty-eight years ago, and was a sister
of Mrs. M.P. BARNES, of this place; Mrs. George H. REED, of Tacoma, Washington;
E. PURINTON, also of Tacoma;
S.A. PURINTON, Longfellow, Texas, and Mrs. C.A.
PLUMMER, Portland, Maine.
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The Evening Bee
Sacramento, Cal.
Thursday, March 22, 1906
Page 6
YUBA COUNTY (Sutter Co.), March
22 - Sheriff WILSON received a telegram from Sheriff MOORE of Lake County last
evening stating that the latter had in custody at Lakeport, Henry MAYERS, who
is wanted in this county on a charge of arson.
About a month ago, it is alleged, Mayers set fire to a large barn belonging to
CORRELL Brothers, on the Sacramento River, near Kirksville. The building,
together with a number of horses and wagons and agricultural implements was
destroyed.
Sheriff WILSON has been
searching for Mayers since the crime was committed but no trace of him had been
found before the telegram was received from the Lake County Sheriff. Wilson
left to-day to bring the prisoner back.
YUBA CITY (Sutter Co.), March 22
- Babetta KELLAR, wife of Franc KELLAR, a well-known resident of Yuba City,
died yesterday. The death is particularly sad owing to the fact that Mrs.
Kellar leaves a week-old child. Deceased became the wife of Mr. Kellar about
two years ago.
COLFAX (Placer Co.), March 22 -
Mrs. Maria WELLS, of Michigan Bluff, died at that place last week. She was one
of the pioneer mothers of this State, and “came around the horn” in 1852. With
her husband she located at Michigan Bluff in the early fifties and a family of
six children was reared to manhood and womanhood, all of whom survive her, and
are as follows: James , John, William and Robert Wells, of Michigan Bluff; Mrs.
ARCHIBALD, of Madera; and Mrs. HOFFMAN, of San Jose. Deceased was a native of
Kalida, Ireland.
COLFAX (Placer Co.), March 22 -
N.T. GILBERT, one of the oldest pioneers of the State, died at his house in Yankee
Jims, this county, last week from natural causes. At the time of his demise he
was 76 years of age. He was the first teamster to ever go into the famous
mining town of Yankee Jims. He landed there in 1850 and resided there
continuously up to the time of his death. He was born in Lincoln County,
Kentucky, and leaves four brothers and two sisters to mourn his loss.
NEVADA CITY (Nevada Co.), March
22 - Reports are current of the mistreatment of boy pupils in the Washington
School, this city, by male instructors.
Yesterday, according to what has been learned, Harry COOK was the victim
of a teacher’s rough handling, being knocked senseless. The Cook boy, it is
said, was scuffling in a friendly way with another lad in the school house,
when he was seized by the teacher and thrown violently against a deck. His ear
was cut and he fainted from the shock. The teacher procured cold water which he
sprinkled on his face before the lad recovered. The boy, it was stated last night,
would be unable to attend school to-day.
It is claimed that this is the second case of rough handlings within a
week. The parents of the two lads in question are highly indignant and their
fellow pupils also express themselves in no uncertain terms over the
occurrence.
LODI (San Joaquin Co.), March 22
- The Western Pacific operations in this county seem to be followed with a more
than ordinary amount of ill luck. For the past thirty days only four and
one-half days of labor have been performed, due to the wet weather, and on top
of this comes the report from the camp, located five miles west of Lodi, that
influenza has broken out among the horses. There are eighty animals at this
camp, and a number have died lately.
Influenza is not confined to the
railroad horses alone, for in other portions of the county this deadly disease
is playing havoc. The weather conditions are just right for such an epidemic,
and for horses to contract the disease does not mean that they catch it from
other inflicted animals. It is in the
air and all animals are liable.
SUISUN (Solano Co.), March 22 -
William GOOSEN, who has leased his hunting preserve to the Field and Tule Gun
Club has brought suit against the club for $500 damages. He alleges that the
club has maintained flood gates since the close of the hunting season, and let
water in which destroyed his pasture. He also alleges that the club burned the
tule, also destroying the pasture. In addition to the damages, he asks for an
injunction to restrain the members of the club from doing the things complained
of.
RED BLUFF (Tehama Co.), March 22
- Late yesterday afternoon the Grand Jury indicted Peter McNEFF and W.E. SWAIN
on the charge of stealing and killing four hogs belonging to E.J. BLOSSOM. The
men were arrested and released on $500 bonds each. They were to have been tried
to-day before Justice BRANSFORD on this charge, which had been reduced to petty
larceny, but will now not have to appear as the hearing has been postponed.
WEAVERVILLE (Trinity Co.), March
22 - the Fire Commissioners of Weaverville have called a special election to be
held early in April at which the people will be asked to vote a special tax sufficient
to raise $1300, the money to be used in improving the fire equipment of the
town. The taxable property of Weaverville is assessed at $185,000. A tax of 6
2-3 cents on each $100 will produce the $1300 wanted. The tax will doubtless be
voted.
REDDING (Shasta Co.), March 22 -
Albert GOULD will not be prosecuted for the alleged murder of Joe Bush at
Manton on Tuesday of last week. Both parties are Indians. The Coroner’s Jury
found that Gould was guilty of murder and recommended that the District
Attorney prosecute him on that charge. Gould was brought to Redding Friday and
has since been held in the County Jail. No charge has been placed against him
and District Attorney DOZIER says he will not persecute him unless some of the
people of Manton who are interested swear to the complaint. The District
Attorney appears to think that Gould shot Bush when the latter was abusing
Gould’s mother, making the killing a case of justifiable homicide. The public
formed the same opinion, the Coroner’s Jury to the contrary notwithstanding.
AUBURN (Placer Co.), March 22 -
Robert FOSTER, a barber, well known here, has been missing for over a week, and
the opinion is that his lifeless body lies at the bottom of some prospect hole
in the Ophir Mining District. Foster has
been an excessive drinker, and it was to recuperate
from one of these drinking spells that the missing man went on a visit to a
friend in Ophir. Foster was in a high state of nervousness and during a heavy
rainstorm in the night he disappeared and has not since been seen. Searching parties have been out, but the only
evidence of Foster that has been found was his hat which was discovered in a
near-by orchard. Foster’s parents reside
in Placerville.
CHICO (Butte Co.), march 22 -
There have been no further developments in the case of the poisoning of Bert
CHESTER, the former Normal football player, except the verification of the
decision of the attending physician in regard to the nature of the poison,
which he stated was cocaine, by the rest of the local physicians.
Chester was upon the street
to-day, but at times was subject to coughing spells in which blood was thrown
out, presumably from the raw condition of the stomach after the violent strain
upon it during the convulsions from the poisoning.
OROVILLE (Butte Co.), March 22 -
Frederick LANGWAY, a rather speedy young man about town, who followed
bar-tending for a livelihood, is wanted by the local officers of the law, but
his whereabouts are not known. Langway
came here from Marysville about a year and a half ago and secured employment
with A.V. REYNOLDS, an undertaker. Being of good appearance and a neat dresser,
he made many friends, and when he left after a few months his departure was
much regretted. About three months ago he returned to Oroville and his friends
were not long in noticing a complete change in his demeanor. He tended bar in various places, mixed freely
with the gambling fraternity and consorted with women in the tenderloin
district. He was going the pace that brings disgrace and ruin.
Something over a week ago $150
was placed in his hands for safe-keeping by a woman with whom he was consorting,
and the next morning he left on the train for parts unknown. The few people who
were aware of the fact kept the matter secret as long as possible, but when the
woman could be kept quiet no longer and appealed to the officers, the affair
leaked out. It is doubtful if anything can be done to Langway for no doubt it
is merely a breach of trust. It is said that a number of Langway’s
acquaintances are also mourning his sudden departure to the extent of various
small sums of money borrowed the night before he left town.
OROVILLE (Butte Co.), March 22 -
W.H. ROBERTS, who entered the house of John CLARK, near Yankee Hill, during his
absence, and who was charged with burglary, yesterday entered a plea of guilty
and Judge John C. GRAY sentenced him to two years’ imprisonment in Folsom. He
declared he had no intention of committing a burglary, but entered the house
merely to rest.
RENO (Nev.), March 22 - Little
Annie, a Piute Indian, and another squaw, each took a drink of China gin in a
Chinese store yesterday afternoon, and within a few minutes Little Annie was
dead. The other squaw became dangerously ill but recovered. The Chinaman has
been arrested.
RENO (Nevada Co.), March 22 -
Roberto SANTICO, who killed G. AIMJANDO in Humboldt County, this State, on
February 15th last, was discharged to-day
by Judge MINER on the ground that the shooting was done in self-defense. The
only witness to the tragedy was a woman, and she cannot be found. Both the men,
who are sheepmen, came from Sierra County, Cal.
RENO (Nev.), March 22 - John
CRUTCHBERRY, a well-known French stockman, was thrown from a wagon in a runaway
at Golconda to-day, and instantly killed, one of the wheels striking his head.
RENO (Nev.), march 22 - F.
THOMS, representing a San Francisco wholesale house, was taken violently ill on
a Southern Pacific train from ptomaine poisoning and is undergoing treatment
here. He said that he was poisoned in an Auburn (California) hotel where he ate
a short time before boarding the train. Several other
who ate at the hotel were taken ill while coming to Reno, but Thomas was the
only one whose condition became serious.
TONOPAH (Nev.), March 22 - C.V.
McIVOR was shot and killed yesterday at Silver Peak by Al COOK, of Goldfield.
Cook was slightly wounded in the neck by a bullet fired by McIvor.
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The Evening Bee
Sacramento, Cal.
Friday, March 23, 1906
Page 6
ARRESTED BY OFFICERS FOR THE
KILLING OF MESSENGER HASKELL AND STAGE
White Sombrero, Showing Buckshot
Holes, and a Woman Lead to suspicion and Final Capture REDDING (Shasta Co.), March
23 - A white sombrero hat, with two buckshot holes in the crown, found two
months after the attempted hold-up of the De La Mar state and the killing of
Express Messenger HASKELL on October 9th, was the important clue
that has led to the arrest of two men, who the officers believe are the
would-be stage robbers and the murderers of Haskell. The hat was found half a
mile from the scene of the tragedy at a lonely spot in the woods where the
bandits had camped for a day and night, probably.
The men arrested are Charles
WHITESCARBOR and Con C. HARDWICK. The first was arrested at Stockton Wednesday,
and Hardwick, who was supposed to be at Clipper Gap, was arrested in this city
yesterday at the Court House, when he went to the Sheriff’s office to enquire
what he was wanted for. Sheriff RICHARDSON, it is expected, will arrive from
Stockton to-day with Whitescarbor in custody.
Hardwick is believed to be the
bandit who, from behind a shield made of barrel staves, and set up a hundred
yards from the road, ordered Ed DURFOR, driver of the De La Mar stage, to stop.
Durfor and Messenger HASKELL were the only men aboard. The highwayman’s command
was emphasized by a shot from his rifle. Haskell returned the fire, but shot
only once, for the bandit’s first shot wounded the messenger and left him
helpless. Haskell told Durfor to whip up the horses. Durfor did so, and the stage was soon out of
range of the bandits’ bullets. The robber fired seven times in all. Two bullets
struck Haskell and inflicted wounds that proved fatal two days later.
Durfor saw that the masked
bandit behind the barrel-stave shield wore a white sombrero. Only one robber
was visible. It was not until the officers examined the ground that evidence
showed that a second highwayman was in hiding. A hundred yards of strong twine
led from the shield to a point around the hill where the second robber could
see the approach of vehicles and signal to his partner when the mail stage was
coming. This twine was left lying on the ground.
For two months the officers had
little or nothing to work upon. It was in December that a cowboy riding the
brushy range half a mile from the scene of the hold-up found some cast-off
clothing and various articles, indicating that some one had camped there. Among
the articles of clothing was a white sombrero. The crown had been pierced by two buckshot, apparently. The holes indicated it. Express
Messenger Haskell fired once with his shotgun at the robber.
The hat was traced finally to be
that of C.C. Hardwick, a woodchopper living near Bert KRAMER’s, across the
river from Redding and twenty miles from the scene of the tragedy. Five
different parties identified it as belonging to Hardwick, but Hardwick was
gone. He had a partner in the woodchopping business. His name is Charles
Whitescarbor. They were associated
together a great deal, and were steady customers at George WHITAKER’s saloon at
the east end of the Redding bridge. They were in that
saloon a day or two before the robbery, and were overheard talking about hold-ups.
George Whitaker heard them, and after the hold-up he related his suspicions to
the officers. Whitaker was drinking hard at the time,
and little attention was paid to his theories. He since
committed suicide by jumping from the bridge into the river.
Hardwick and Whitescarbor
reappeared in the Kramer neighborhood after the robbery. They went to cutting
wood again, and were again patrons of the Whitaker saloon. They even came to
Redding and had their pictures taken together.
Hardwick’s
Sweetheart.
When Sheriff Richardson - and it
is to be remembered that he deserves all the credit for the detective work done
- settled to his own satisfaction that Hardwick and Whitescarbor were the men
wanted, his next problem was to locate them.
Hardwick had a tender feeling
for Miss KRAMER, daughter of Bert KRAMER.
The Sheriff learned of this and
surmised that Hardwick would write to her.
The officer was very diplomatic in getting the information he desired.
He finally learned that Hardwick was at Clipper Gap, Placer County, where he
has relatives living. At the same time he learned that Whitescarbor was in
Petaluma.
So on Tuesday a complaint was
sworn to before Justice of the Peace CARR, and
warrants issued for the arrest of the two men. Constable CRUM was sent Tuesday
night to Clipper Gap to arrest Hardwick, but on arriving there he found that
Hardwick had just left, and had probably returned to Shasta County to see his
sweetheart. Constable Crum so informed the officers here yesterday. They
hurried across the river to the Kramer home. Miss Kramer told them that her
brother and Hardwick had just gone to Redding. The officers returned to town
and hunted everywhere, but could not find their man.
Taken at Court House.
In the meantime young Kramer and Hardwick had returned
home unobserved.
Miss Kramer told them that Deputy Sheriff BEHRENS had
been looking for them. The brother was in favor of returning to Redding at once and see
what was wanted. Hardwick demurred. Miss Kramer insisted, and finally Hardwick
consented.
When he reached the Court House
Hardwick soon found what was wanted, for the Deputy Sheriff clapped him into
the strongest cell and there he is now.
Whitescarbor left Petaluma to go to Stockton,
and he was arrested there Wednesday and delivered yesterday into the custody of
Sheriff Richardson. The arrest of the
two causes great excitement in Redding. District Attorney Dozier, who has been
a close adviser of Sheriff Richardson, says he is confident the right men are
in custody.
WOODLAND (Yolo Co.), March 23 -
The sudden death of J.W. BANDY, mentioned in The Bee of yesterday, came as a
surprise to his many friends. While not in good health, having suffered from
cardiac asthma, still there was nothing to indicate his death was near. The
immediate cause of his death was pulmonary apoplexy.
Mr. Bandy was a native of
Illinois, 69 years of age. At the age of 15
he joined a party bound for California, and crossed the plains with an ox
team. He located at Sacramento in 1852.
After a few months he went to Placerville, where he was employed in the mines
for three years. He next became a driver on the stage line between Sacramento
and Virginia City. He afterwards freighted between the various mining camps. In
1850 he came to Yolo County and pre-empted a quarter section of land on Oak
Creek, in Hungary Hollow. This small
beginning grew until he owned 7000 acres of land in one body. He also owns
ninety acres of hop land on the Yolo side of the river, five miles north of
Sacramento. In 1888 he removed to a home he purchased in this city, where he
resided until his death. In 1893 he was elected City Trustee and served until
1897. He was elected a Supervisor in 1896, and served until 1900.
On March 26, 1870, he married
Miss Olive Jane ROOT, who survives him, as do three children - Mrs. G.N.
MERRITT and J.E. and Claude BANDY; two sisters, Mrs. Mary GARRETT, of
Marysville, and Mrs. Jane PATTERSON, of Portland, Ore., and two brothers,
Sylvester and Forest BANDY, of Bellingham, Wash.
The funeral services will be
held Saturday at 2 p.m. from the late residence of the deceased.
WOODLAND (Yolo Co.), March 23 -
At an “at home” held at the residence of Mr.
and Mrs. J.B. GRIFFIN, of near Winters, this
afternoon, the engagement was announced of their daughter Grace to Harry L.
HUSTON, of this city. The wedding will be solemnized at the residence of the
bride’s parents April 26th.
The bride-to-be is the only
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. GRIFFIN, and is well known in this city, where she was
educated at the Holy Rosary Academy. Mr. Huston is the youngest son of Mrs. S. A.
HUSTON, of this city, and now holds the office of District Attorney of this
county.
OROVILLE (Butte Co.), March 23 -
E.M. BUTOWSKI, the Polish tailor who stabbed Marshal S.H. WILSON a few days
ago, inflicting a slight flesh wound on his right hand, was to have had a
preliminary examination yesterday, but when the case was called it was
postponed until next Thursday. He has secured the services of an attorney to
defend him. Wilson refused to prosecute him, but pressure was brought to bear
and District Attorney SEXTON swore to a complaint charging the tailor with
assault with a deadly weapon with intent to commit murder.
CHICO (Butte Co.), March 23 -
Henry NELSON and M. DESPAIN, who secured the contract for hauling crushed rock
from the city gravel pits to the streets where the rock is used, are tired of
their job at the prices at which it was gained, and have applied to the City
Board of Trustees to relieve them of the work by paying them 85 cents a load
instead of 60 cents, the contract price. The Board was not prepared to grant
the change without first securing the opinion of the City Attorney, who was not
present. The matter was referred to him for settlement. The new price is still
2 ‡ cents lower than the next lowest bid at the awarding of the contract.
CHICO (Butte Co.), march 23 - Dr. C.L. BROWNING, a regular practicing physician
of Chico, has brought suit against the County of Butte to recover $108, the
full amount alleged to be due him for his services when holding autopsies at
four different places in the county. The Board of Supervisors had previously
scaled the bill down to $60 and mileage, as it is in the habit of doing with
all such bills. Heretofore, no contest has been made of such decisions. Dr.
Browning, however, believes that the bill is none too high for the services
rendered.
CHICO (Butte Co.), March 23 -
Two of the most popular students of the Chico High School - Earl OPSAL and Miss
Elma BOYDSTUN - were married yesterday at Sacramento, and then took the train
for Loyalton, Sierra County, where the young man is to engage in business with
his brother. The marriage was a surprise to the many friends of the young
people as they were not supposed to be thinking of entering the matrimonial
state at present, although they have been going with each other for nearly five
years. Each is 19 years of age. The consent of the young men’s parents was secured.
CHICO (Butte Co.), March 23 -
Three applications have been received so far by the School Trustees of Chico
for the position which will be left vacant by the resignation of C.W.
LEININGER, who was recently appointed Register of the Government Land Office at
Redding, over several competitors, by President Roosevelt. Those applying are
all graduates of the Chico Normal, and are teaching in the schools of this
State and in Oregon. They are Freedom HOFFMAN, Walker KYNOCH and Samuel ROBBINS.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 23 - The friends in this city of Miss Emily PARKS and Arthur H.
REDINGTON, whose engagement was announced not long since, will not have the
pleasure of attending their wedding, which is to be celebrated probably in the
early part of May at the home of Miss Parks’ sister, Mrs. WILSON, in Ottawa, Canada.
Miss Parks has spent the Winter there. Mrs. Parks, the
mother of the bride-elect, is at present at her home in Marysville, but expects
to go East later to be present at the wedding. After their marriage Mr.
Redington and his bride will have a brief wedding journey, and then will come
to San Francisco to make their home.
MARYSVILLE (Yuba Co.), March 23
- Colonel E.A. FORBES, of this city, publisher of the Appeal, yesterday closed
a deal for the purchase of the Chico Enterprise, told in The Bee of last
Friday, and to-day took possession of the property, B.F. and J. Clem ARNOLD
retiring. Forbes has made inquiries
looking to the purchase of the Oroville Register, but the paper, it is
understood, is not for sale, the BOYNTON estate proposing to run it for a time,
at least. There is a rumor to the effect that he contemplates putting a third
paper into the dredger city field, but how much basis there may be for this is
not known.
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The Saturday Bee
Sacramento, Cal.
March 24, 1906
Page 6
BUCKEYE (Shasta Co.), March 24 -
John Adams KELLEY, aged 84, died last evening at his home on the Stillwater and
will be buried to-morrow at Houston’s cemetery near by. Kelley was a pioneer of
the county and one of its oldest citizens.
GRASS VALLEY (Nevada Co.), March
24 - That the California Midland Railroad Company will not have things all its
own way in the condemnation suits which it has instituted against certain land
owners south of this city for rights-of-way is manifest by the defendants
having secured strong legal talent to fight the proceedings.
The attorney for BYERES Brothers
have filed a demurrer to the complaint in the Superior Court, declaring that
the complaint does not contain sufficient facts to constitute a cause of
action, nor does it state whether a road is to be built at all.
Mary Ellen SMITH, John M. THOMAS
and the Metropolitan Trust Company, Thomas SLEEMAN and Dudley DEDMAN have taken
similar action and will make a bitter contest.
REDDING (Shasta Co.), March 24 -
A wide range of matrimonial business was transacted in this county during the
week just closing. A marriage license was issued to Walter HOFFMASTER, aged 25,
of Stirling City, and Frances GILBERT, aged 20, of Millville.
A finale decree of divorce was
granted to Sadie J. WALKER from James P.
An interlocutory decree of
divorce was granted to Millie L. OSBORN from Edgar L. OSBORN. The couple reside in Redding.
Leornie COCHRANE has instituted
an action for divorce from Alexander B.H.
Emma J. LAWYER, of Old Diggings,
is sorry that she ever got an interlocutory decree of divorce from John W.
LAWYER, and the two joined in asking that the decree be set aside and the
divorce suit dismissed. This was done by the Court.
OROVILLE (Butte Co.), March 24 -
Two marriage licenses were issued from the County Clerk’s office during the
past week. Frank Leland OWEN, aged 20, and May Jane LUTZ, aged 17, both
residents of Thermalito; Ernest Leslie PARRISH, aged 24, and Ann Elisabeth
COOK, aged 22, both residents of Chico.
An interlocutory decree of divorce was granted Ora B. SHIELDS from S.
E. SHIELDS.
Plaintiff was awarded the custody of a minor child of six years of age,
Florence E. Shields, the defendant having the privilege of visiting the child
once a month.
WOODLAND (Yolo Co.), March 24 -
Mrs. Helen BREEN was granted an interlocutory decree of divorce from her
husband, J.J. BREEN, yesterday afternoon by Judge GADDIS. Extreme cruelty was
alleged in the complaint. The plaintiff and her mother, Mrs. Mary A. BUILOCK,
testified. The defense offered no testimony. Plaintiff was allowed to resume
her maiden name. By stipulation in Court, counsel fees and alimony were waived.
MARYSVILLE (Yuba Co.), March 24
- Although there were no applicants for marriage licenses in this county this
week there is evidence that Cupid is at work on Yuba countyites in other
portions.
The engagement was announced
this week of Miss Jessie WAPPLE, a charming native daughter of Marysville, now
of San Francisco, and Herman BURKHARD, of Santa Monica.
The wedding of Dr. E.W. HANLON,
of this city, and Miss Mamie KELLY, of Napa, took place in New York City
Monday.
The announcement that Arthur H.
REDINGTON, ex-City Attorney of this city, and Miss Emily PARKS, a popular young
woman of Marysville, will be married at the home of the latter’s sister in
Ottawa, Canada, in May, has been made.
MARYSVILLE (Yuba Co.), March 24
- The announcement has been made here that Harry L. HUSTON, District Attorney
of Yolo County, will be married on April 26th to Miss Grace GRIFFIN,
daughter of L.B. GRIFFIN, who lives near Winters.
CHICO (Butte Co.), March 24 -
Trouble was occasioned yesterday evening in a local Japanese restaurant when a
penniless stranger put up such a plea for a meal that the proprietor granted
his request. So far, so good; but when the stranger kept ordering more and more
dishes, and then compelled the Japs to bring them to him, the officers were
appealed to for assistance. The man skipped, however, before the officers
arrived.
CHICO (Butte Co.), March 24 -
What came very near resulting disastrously for an employe of the Street Railway
Company occurred yesterday afternoon when a piece of trolley wire swung around
in such a manner as to strike a worker just below the eye, cutting a raged gash
in the flesh. The fraction of an inch of hight in the swinging would have
caused the loss of an eye.
CHICO (Butte Co.), March 24 -
Two men have been captured in this city by the local officers and they are
being held on suspicion of being the burglars who recently entered the boarding
house at Hamilton. When charged with the crime, neither one, although taken
separately, would talk about the matter.
The men are probably the ones wanted, for it is alleged they were seen
to enter the store and a good description of them was gained. Their names are
Frank KINLEY and Joseph MALONE.
CHICO (Butte Co.), March 24 -
Ray MURPHY, a young man in the employ of the Northern Electric Railway Company,
was struck upon his gloved finger by a heavy piece of iron yesterday afternoon,
and his finger was badly broken. Murphy
was at work at an emery wheel, sharpening a knife, and some part about the
machine broke, throwing a lever back upon the spot where his hand was resting.
Dr. MOULTON attended the injury
and stated that if the heavy glove had not been upon the hand, the finger would
undoubtedly have had to be amputated.
OROVILLE (Butte Co.), March 24 -
The transfer of a valuable piece of city realty was made yesterday. P.A.
ANDERSON, of Sacramento, paid over the purchase price of $10,400 for a lot on Myers
Street, nearly opposite the site of the Union Hotel. The property was purchased
from Colonel R.M. GREEN, the two heirs of the HECKER estate, and it is
considered to be one of the most valuable pieces of property in the town. The
purchaser has given out no intimation as to what he intends to do with the
property, but it is not likely he will allow it to remain idle. The lot is now
occupied by a bowling alley, a shooting gallery and a restaurant, all housed in
tents. It is rumored that a hotel will be built on the lot.
OROVILLE (Butte Co.), March 24 -
Yesterday morning Earle D. BLOWERS, dredgemaster of California No. 1, was
ascending the stacker of the boat, and when near the top he slipped and fell.
He threw out his left hand to try to save himself, and his middle finger was
caught in the machinery and so badly crushed that it was found necessary to
amputate it.
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The Evening Bee
Sacramento, Cal.
Monday, March 26, 1906
Page 6
Mrs. Ledoux Arrested at Antioch
This Morning Believed to be Murderess of A.N. McVicar, Whose
Body Was Found in a Trunk at Stockton.
STOCKTON (San Joaquin Co.),
March 26 - The all-absorbing topic in Stockton to-day is the trunk murder
mystery - the finding of the dead body of a man in a trunk at the Southern
Pacific railway station Saturday night.
Early yesterday morning it developed that the murdered man was Albert
N. McVICAR, a timber
man in the Rawhide Mine at Jamestown. He occupied a room in the
California rooming house Friday night with a woman registering as A.N. McVicar
and wife, of Jamestown. The police are satisfied that the woman committed
murder, beating the man to death over the head with some such instrument as a
sandbag.
It was learned late last night
that the woman was the ex-wife of McVicar, but last August she was married to
Eugene or Jean LEDOUX, a teamster, whose folks conduct a miners’ boarding house
near Martelis Station, Amador County. As
the furniture purchased at a local store was directed to be sent to Martelis in
care of a man named Ledoux, whom she is said to have designated as her brother,
suspicion was directed to that quarter. Sheriff SIBLEY went to Jackson Sunday
and investigated but found that Ledoux had not been away, and that he was in
Jackson on the day of the murder. This at least relieves him of any direct
connection with the crime. He professed ignorance of it. The woman’s maiden name was Emma COLE, and
her widowed mother, Mrs. HEAD, resides between Jackson and Sutter, in Amador
County. She told Sheriff SIBLEY her daughter had left home two weeks ago for
Stockton or San Francisco. Where she was at the present time she did not know.
SAYS McVICAR WAS KILLED BY
CARBOLIC ACID Mrs. Ledoux Declares One Joe Miller Administered the Fatal Dose
STOCKTON (San Joaquin Co.),
March 26 - Mrs. LEDOUX, suspected of the murder of her ex-husband, A.N.
McVICAR, in this city last Saturday, was arrested at Antioch this morning at
the Arlington Hotel by Town Marshal Thomas B. SHARON on information sent from
Stockton. On being arrested the woman promptly admitted her identity and said
she knew what she was wanted for. A special
message to the Mall from Antioch to-day gives the statement of the woman as
follows:
She declares that carbolic acid
was administered McVicar Saturday morning by Joe MILLER, a sandy-complexioned
man with a smooth face. He and McVicar, so she said, came to the room
intoxicated Friday night and McVicar went to bed. She said that she was around
with Miller after that. In the morning about 9 o’clock they went into the room
and Miller administered the poison. She
does not go into details, but declares she had nothing to do with it outside of
assisting in putting the body in the trunk. Neither does she give the reason
for the killing.
She telephoned her mother this
morning in an endeavor to have the latter meet her in Lodi or Galt, and said
she expected to take the Santa Fe train for Stockton.
She admits that much, but told
the Constable she was to wait there for Miller, who had gone to San Francisco
with her Saturday afternoon from Stockton on the 4 o’clock train. They had
started for Stockton last night, Miller leaving her at Point Richmond, and
stating that he would meet her at Antioch, so she says.
Her statement is conflicting, as
she could not leave for her home in Amador and wait for Miller as well.
The woman will be turned over to
Sheriff VEALE, of Contra Costa County, and brought to Stockton this evening.
She takes her arrest very cooly. In so
far as her story mentions Joe Miller and carbolic acid, but little credence is
given her story here. Her statement does not account for the bruises on the
head, and as for carbolic acid, the autopsy surgeons did not discover any trace
of it. There was a slight but unimportant inflammation of the stomach, and it
is being analyzed. A bottle with some whisky in it was found in the room, and
the woman may have given him poison in a drink. It is hardly likely that
anybody would attempt to give another so active a poison as carbolic acid,
which would burn him badly and thus betray itself. A person taking carbolic
acid would not be incapacitated from putting up a hard struggle, and there was
no sign of a struggle.
Dr. HULL, one of the autopsy
surgeons, stated this morning that the blows on the head, causing congestion of
the inner lining of the skull, had caused death, and that there was absolutely
no evidence of poison. There was absolutely no evidence of carbolic acid and no
odor of alcohol, which would be the case had he been very drunk.
There is also a disposition to
doubt the Miller story, and it is thought she is trying to shield herself,
though the possibility of some man being indirectly connected with the crime is
admitted.
REDDING (Shasta Co.), March 26 -
Charles WHITESCARBOR, the De La Mar stage robber suspect, was brought up from
Red Bluff yesterday and for three hours he was questioned in the Sheriff’s
private office by District Attorney DOZIER, Detective John THACKER, Sheriff
RICHARDSON and Deputy Sheriff HUBBARD. The nature of the story told by the
accused has not been revealed to the public. The people, although interested, are
not curious enough to interfere with the officers in their investigations and
are patient enough to wait the proper time for all the evidence to be made
public. Whitescarbor was returned to the
Tehama County Jail on the southbound overland leaving Redding at 10:30
yesterday morning. There is not the
remotest fear of a lynching and guards at the jail have not been increased, all
published reports to the contrary notwithstanding.
NAPA (Napa Co.), March 26 - A
serious shooting affray occurred on the steamer Napa City, which carries
passengers and freight between Napa and San Francisco, at the wharf at Napa
yesterday. Mate O.B. TORGENSEN, of the steamer Scotland, perhaps fatally
wounded with a revolver Manuel COSTA, a dredger employed on the boat. Costa was
quarrelsome, and Torgensen finally knocked Costa down and carried him on to the
wharf. Costa, who is a powerful man, then attacked Warehouse-keeper J.
PENDERSEN and knocked him down. He then went back onto the steamer and tried to
secure a razor from a man who was shaving himself. Failing in this, Costa
picked up a large pair of scissors and started for Torgensen. After warning
Costa, Torgensen fired two shots. The first ball took effect in Costa’s right
arm near the wrist, and the second ball lodged in his left groin. Torgensen was
placed under arrest.
WEAVERVILLE (Trinity Co.), March
26 - John Stuart FISHER, of Junction City, a resident of Trinity County since
1852, died here last week at the age of 86. Ever since 1858 he was interested
in the famous Junction City placer known as the Chapman and Fisher Mine. He was
buried by the Masons.
VALLEJO (Solano Co.), March 26 -
Mrs. B. McCUZZONS, widow of the late former Senator James McCUZZENS, died
yesterday in San Francisco. She was formerly a resident of Vallejo, and was
well known here. She was the mother of Mrs.
E.B. EDINGTON, of Knights Landing, Yolo County, and of
John and Leo McCUZZONS, of Vallejo.
Louis S. NEWCOMB, an old
resident of Vallejo, died suddenly at his home here yesterday from an attack of
heart failure. He had been a resident of Vallejo for over forty years, and was
well known here.
AUBURN (Placer Co.), March 26 -
William H. HOUCHIN, an old resident of Auburn, died at his home here last
night. He had lived here a number of years, and was well known throughout
Placer County. He was also well known in Sacramento, where he resided some
years ago.
He was a native of Logan County,
Virginia, and 62 years of age. He came to California in 1862, and ten years
later settled in Auburn. He afterward became interested in a stage line between
Auburn and Georgetown, which was then a prosperous mining town. He conducted
the stage line until 1883. He was married in 1886 in Sacramento, and lived
there for two years. He was a prominent Mason and was also a member of the
Knights of Pythias. He leaves a wife and two stepsons, Lafayette and Oscar
HOUCHIN.
AUBURN (Placer Co.), March 26 - C.
GOMES, an aged Portuguese, was struck by passenger train No. 1 Saturday
afternoon and killed. The accident occurred at Bernhard’s crossing in this
city, and the victim was thrown a great distance from the track, his bones
being broken and his body badly crushed.
Gomes was well known here, having lived in this city over forty years.
The inquest was held yesterday. The deceased left a wife, brother and two grown
children, who reside in San Francisco. He was 84 years of age.
GRASS VALLEY (Nevada Co.), March
26 - Early in May a small colony of homeseekers will arrive at Chicago Park,
this county, nine miles south of Grass Valley, under the leadership of J.F.
SIEMS, who came out from Nebraska and purchased a home at the Park fruit
district. He is now in Nebraska arranging for the trip with a number of
families who are anxious to locate in a more genial climate.
P.D. BARKERMEYER, of Oak Park,
Ill., is now here, also looking into the possibilities of Chicago Park for
settlers of limited means. He is touring California in the interests of people
in his home city, and has already visited Southern California, but is not
impressed with that section for the purposes which his friends desire. He
states that the northern part of the State is more to his liking, land being cheaper and fully as productive as to the South.
REDDING (Shasta Co.), March 26 -
Barney CONROY, a pioneer of this city and county, died Saturday afternoon in
San Francisco at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Mary WISEMAN, and was buried
here this afternoon. He was one of the earliest settlers in Redding, building
and owning the old Reading Hotel and later the Golden Eagle Hotel. Of late
years he had resided at Mott, Siskiyou County. He was aged 82 years.
Officers Looking For Suspect
Expected Armed Resistance, But Found Man Beating His Wife REDDING (Shasta Co.),
March 26 - Constable CRUM, who went to Clipper Gap last week to arrest Con. C.
HARDWICK, De La Mar stage robber suspect, who was supposed to be at the home of
his father, a few miles in the country from Clipper Gap relates a remarkable
incident in connection. Sheriff KEEMA,
of Placer County, and a deputy accompanied Constable Crum to the Hardwick home . Leaving the Constable and Deputy Sheriff in the
surrey standing in the road in front of the house, Sheriff Keena walked towards
the dwelling prepared to arrest his man. The three officers did not then know
that the man wanted was already in jail in this city. As he approached the front door Sheriff Keena
heard a woman’s voice from within, saying: “Oh, don’t, John! Please don’t,
John!” The Sheriff retired to the road for his gun and armed re-enforcements.
He thought the Hardwicks, seeing his approach and divining his purposes, had
determined to make resistance, and that the cries of “Don’t John!” etc., were
the pleading of Mrs. Hardwick, mother of the suspected man who sought to
restrain her husband from shooting the officer on sight. Sheriff Keena revealed
the situation and his suspicions to his deputy and Constable Crum. Then the three officers, each well armed,
approached the house in a body. Not
stopping to knock, they entered unannounced. They found only two persons in the
house - a wood chopper, whose name is not known, and his wife. The husband was
beating the wife, and the cries of despair the officers had heard were the
woman’s appeals to her spouse to cease his blows. The officers quickly put a
stop to the wife-beating. Sheriff Keena said he would have arrested the husband
on the spot but for the fact that more important business was in hand. Having
satisfied themselves that Con Hardwick was not about the premises, and being
also assured that there would be no more wife-beating the officers took their
departure.
Developments Indicate That
Gilbert Jones Made Deliberate Attempt To Murder J. Parker LOYALTON (Sierra
Co.), March 26 - Further particulars with regard to the terrible tragedy here
of last Friday morning, as told in The Bee Saturday when Gilbert JONES killed
himself after seriously wounding J. PARKER by shooting him in the arm, indicate
that Jones had deliberately planned to kill Parker before shooting him by
administering poison in his food. A
bottle of strychnine was found on his person, two-thirds of which was used. At
noon on Thursday Parker says Jones ate dinner with him at the West ranch, and
refused to eat any of the potatoes. They tasted bitter, and Parker ate but
little.
Again at night the milk was
poisoned and Parker was made sick by it.
Coroner NUTTER, of Beckwith, viewed Jones’ body Friday night, and the
jury pronounced a verdict of death by suicide. The body was brought here. Parker is doing as well as could be expected.
No relatives of Jones can be
found by the authorities here, and the body was buried Sunday afternoon. Jones claimed to have three sons in Colorado, one (Hiram JONES) in
Pueblo.
Submitted by Betty Loose betty@unisette.com
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The Evening Bee
Sacramento, cal.
Tuesday, March 27, 1906
page
2
BELIEVE MRS. LEDOUX WAS UNAIDED
AND ALONE IN MURDER OF McVICAR
Accused Murderess Remains Cool
and Unconcerned in Face of Awful Charge - Grand Jury Will Investigate Matter.
STOCKTON (San Joaquin Co.),
March 27 - While the public is discussing the cold-bloodiness of the murder of
Albert N. McVICAR in the California lodging house in this city last Saturday
morning the consummate nerve of the one who drugged him and beat out his life,
the coolness and hardihood it must have taken to do the deed, to place the man
in a trunk purchased for the purpose and have it taken to a train for shipment
as baggage, Mrs. LEDOUX, the woman who is in jail here charged with his murder,
is apparently unconcerned and indifferent as to consequences.
Mrs. Ledoux passed a quiet night
in the jail and this morning ate her breakfast with apparent relish. Though on
the way to Stockton from Antioch she inquired whether she could have an
attorney she has made no attempt to secure one since her arrival. It is known
that the morning of her arrest she telephoned to Jackson for an attorney, but
was unable to reach the man she sought.
Was Unaided and
Alone.
It is pretty generally conceded
now that she accomplished the death of McVicar unaided and alone, and District
Attorney NORTON says he is fully convinced of it from all the known
circumstances. Norton denies that the woman has made a confession of the crime;
on the contrary, she has persistently declared that she was not concerned in
the man’s death, but has admitted a knowledge of it, and says she assisted in
putting his remains in the trunk which she purchased. As for the Joe MILLER,
who she says was the chief actor in the terrible tragedy, there is no such man.
She spent last Saturday night with Joe HEALY in a San Francisco lodging house.
Healy establishes a complete alibi covering the time of the murder, says
Norton. It is the belief of Norton that
the woman drugged the man and then beat him to death. He declines, however,
except by inference, to give out anything of the woman’s statement, which was
made to him at length.
Grand Jury to Act.
It was decided this morning to
call the Grand Jury together and the woman will unquestionably be indicted for
murder. This means that there will be no preliminary examination.
The date of the inquest upon
McVicar, whose body was been viewed by hundreds of people at the morgue, has
not been set, as Coroner SOUTHWORTH is in San Francisco getting the stomach
tissue analyzed. The theory of the District
Attorney that the man was first drugged by her and then beaten is borne out by
the finding in the woman’s effects of a small bottle of laudanum, about
one-third full. The report that the woman had made a statement to the effect
that the mythical MILLER had given McVicar carbolic acid is probably a mistake.
At least it is certain that no carbolic acid was administered. The autopsy
surgeons are positive of
that. The evidence of
carbolic acid poisoning are unmistakable and they were
entireyl (sic) absent. It is also pointed out that it would be ridiculous for
anyone to administer that poison to another, the taste and the burning
sensation betraying it at once.
District Attorney NORTON refused
to permit any newspaper men to talk with the woman in the jail. In discussing
his stand in this regard, he said to the Associated Press representative:
“I feel it my duty to protect
the woman in every way possible. There is yet to be a trial, and interviews
would serve to complicate matters. In addition to which there is the liability
that she might be made to say things unwittingly that would be used against
her. While I feel sure that she committed the crime and that she did it without
assistance, I feel it my duty for her sake not to permit her to be talked to.
If I allow one to see her I will have to allow all, and the office is disposed
to treat all the newspaper men alike. She has not yet secured an attorney. If
she does and he is willing to have her talk I have nothing more to say.
Accused Remains Cool.
“As for the woman herself, she
is beyond me. In all my experience I have
never seen her equal. She is a study from a
criminal standpoint. I never saw an accused person more cool or unconcerned.
She seems to take everything as a matter of course, and is as much interested
in what goes on about her as though she were on a pleasure trip or sightseeing.
At first glance she is rather good looking, but a study of the face soon
develops hardness and cruelty there. She seems to give no thought of the
terrible crime with which she is charged. She talks freely and answers all
questions. Of course she sticks to the accomplice story, but that may be set
aside entirely. There was no accomplice.
“Touching the crime, I will not
give out her statement, but I will say that she admitted having married a man
named William WILLIAMS and going to Arizona, either to Globe or Bisbee. While
there he died of some disease peculiar to miners, so she says, miners’
consumption, I think. She says his life was insured for $10,000 and she got the
money. “She then met McVicar and married
him and he spent the money or invested it for her in various ways. At least, he
got rid of it. She lived with McVicar only a few months, when she got a divorce
and married Ledoux, who is her present husband. She denies that she ever
married a man named BARRETT or BARRY.”
Questioned as to the motive for
the crime, Norton said he only had an opinion: it might have been revenge for
his having spent her money, or it might have been robbery - a desire to get
possession of the furniture which had been purchased and partly paid for, or it
might have been jealousy; possibly all three.
McVicar Had Good Reputation.
As for the identity of the
deceased, as suggested by the dispatch from the Cripple Creek Chief of Police,
Norton says there is no question that the dead man was Albert N. McVICAR, of
Jamestown - at least the man so known there for the past year and a half. If he
went under any other name previously it is not known here. McVicar’s reputation
at Jamestown was the best. Captain NEVILLE, of the Rawhide Mine, where he was
employed, as a timber man, says he was one of the best workmen he ever saw, and
could turn his hand at anything. He was handy with tools and thoroughly
conversant with all mine and mill work. He was a quiet, industrious fellow, who
took care of his money, and he was not a drinking man.
It is not believed that there
was any money consideration back of the murder. When McVicar and Mrs. Ledoux
bought the furniture and he paid $100 down, he said he had little money left,
but expected $200 by Wells-Fargo.
Inquiry shows he did not receive this. The woman must have known his
financial condition.
Sheriff SIBLEY, who has been in
Jackson during the past few days investigating the woman’s connections there,
says that the family, her husband, and her mother, are
“a queer crowd,” as the Sheriff expressed it.
When Mrs. HEAD, the woman’s mother, was notified that her daughter was
suspected of murder she received that information without the slightest show of
emotion, and LEDOUX, the husband, seemed undisturbed. He said he knew nothing
whatever about it, and Sheriff Sibley is satisfied
that he had nothing to do with it. He said he had expected her home any day during
the past week. She had been accustomed to go and come when she pleased and he
never worried about her. He knew nothing of the furniture, which at last
accounts was on the road somewhere. Ledoux had not received it, nor did he know
it was on the way; had never heard of it, in fact.
STOCKTON (San Joaquin Co.),
March 27 - A telegram was received this morning by Chief of Police BAKER of
this city from the Chief of Police BAKER of this city from the Chief of Police
of Cripple Creek, Colo., asking for full particulars of the death of McVICAR,
and to be sure that the dead man was McVicar.
It is believed by the Stockton
Chief that this information is wanted in connection with the shooting some
years ago of a Colorado newspaperman by a Wells-Fargo man named RUSSELL. A card
was found in McVicar’s effects which showed that he had been a Wells-Fargo
agent.
WICHITA (Kan.). March 27 -
Albert McVICAR, who was murdered at Stockton, Cal., worked for an express
company here until several years ago. His mother, three brothers and other
relatives are still here. They are well-to-do and highly respected. The body of
the murdered man will probably be brought here for burial.
CRIPPLE CREEK (Colo.), March 27
- John McVicar, proprietor of the Cripple Creek Laundry, believes that man
murdered in Stockton was his brother Albert, and he has wired the officials of
Stockton for full particulars. Albert
McVicar during 1886-90 was agent for the Wells-Fargo Express (rest of article
is cut off).
Submitted by Betty Loose betty@unisette.com
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The Evening Bee
Sacramento, Cal.
Thursday, March 29, 1906
Page 6
Accused Murderess Bought Six
Ounces of Cyanide of Potassium, the Poison Believed to Have Been
used in Murder of McVicar. STOCKTON (San
Joaquin Co.), March 29 - District Attorney NORTON stated this morning that he
had been informed that the discovery had been made in San Francisco that Mrs.
LE DOUX, charged with the murder of her ex-husband, A.N. McVICAR, had purchased a six-ounce bottle of
cyanide of potassium at the Baldwin Pharmacy about the 14th of the
month and traces of the poisoning had been found by the chemist engaged in
analyzing pieces of tissue from the dead man’s viscera.
“If they have found that,” said
Norton, “then they are ahead of us.”
“Isn’t it true,” was asked,
“that a bottle which had contained cyanide of
potassium was found, and also that a knife or
cleaver was also found among the effects of the woman?”
“I am not saying anything about
anything now,” was the reply.
“Will you deny that these were
found?” was the next question.
“I am not denying anything at
all,” replied the official, with a smile.
It is known here, however, that the authorities have
been working on the theory that cyanide of potassium was the poison used. The
chemists have been asked to test for it, and it leaked out to-day that a local
chemist whose name the authorities decline to reveal has been working along
these lines. What he had found has not
been given out. It is admitted, however, that he found no trace of that poison
in some whisky found in a flask in the room where the murder took place.
The officers still at work on
the case here, taking up loose ends of the evidence and the movements of the
man and the woman, have been closely followed with respect to time and other
matters.
The woman is not allowed to see
the newspapers and is notified of the progress of her case. There is no change
to her demeanor to-day and the officers have given up the idea that she will
break down or confess. District Attorney
Norton was shown an Association Press dispatch this morning relating to the
discovery that Mrs. LE DOUX had purchased cyanide of potassium for photographic
purposes at a drug store in the metropolis and was asked for a statement.
“I have nothing to say,”
declared the official.
Deputy Sheriff Carlton CASE, who
has been at work on the case, was also shown the dispatch. He at first denied
that there was any truth in it, but finally reluctantly admitted that it was
true.
Glen Cove Farmer Alleges Damages
To Crops And Pasture Land From The Fumes Of The Smelter FAIRFIELD (Solano Co.),
March 29 - The important case of C.B. DEMING a rancher at Glen Cove, against
the Selby Smelting Company was commenced in the Superior Court Tuesday before
Judge HARRIS at Fairfield. A jury was
secured after four hours. The jury is composed of ten farmers and two business
men of Suisun.
C.B. Deming claims $5200 for
damage to crops by fumes of the smelter, $300 for the loss of four horses and
$368 for loss of pasturage, all from the fumes.
Deming was the first witness and
testified to the damage done by the fumes, and George L. RYERSON, a neighboring
rancher gave the same evidence. The case
will last probably a week, and as many other damage suits depend on this one,
the outcome is looked forward to with interest.
WOODLAND (Yolo Co.), March 29 -
The case of H.H. SNOWBALL, of Knights Landing, charged with battery upon his
own son, upon a warrant sworn to by Dr. DIXON, was tried before Justice of the Peace
LAMPTON at that place yesterday. After being out two hours, the jury stood six
to six and was discharged.
It will be remembered, as told
in The Bee at the time, Snowball’s son broke his arm and was taken to Dr.
Dixon’s office for attention. Dixon set the arm, and as soon as Snowball heard
of it he went to the physician’s office and, it is charged, removed the
bandages from the boy’s arm and brought him to this city for treatment.
N.A. Lybeck Gets Judgement
Against S.W. Allen At Corning For Arrest Without Cause CORNING (Tehama Co.),
March 29 - The case of N.A. LYBECK vs. S.W. ALLEN, praying for judgement for
$299 as damages for arrest without cause and defamation of character, was heard
before Justice CROOKS and a jury of eight men. A verdict was awarded in the sum
of $122 to plaintiff as a salve for his wounded pride and damaged business.
The action grew out of the
arrest of the plaintiff by Allen in Red Bluff February 19th. At that
time a habeas corpus proceeding was brought before Superior Judge ELLISON by
Allen to retain the custody of his minor child, a lad of 14 years, who was
employed by Lybeck. The Judge ruled that the boy was free to go with whom and
where he pleased. On stepping from the Court-room after hearing the Judge’s
order, Allen jumped onto his son, and, after kicking him, caught him by the
throat and pinned him to the floor. The
lad, in fright, called for his employer, Lybeck, who intervened and endeavored
to prevent the irate father from continuing his unwarranted assault. Allen then
caused the arrest of Lybeck on a battery charge and the trial which was
conducted here was the result of the arrest at that time.
CORNING (Tehama Co.), March 29 -
Thieves broke into the T.J. McCONNELL jewelry establishment last Tuesday and
made away with a large amount of jewelry to the value of many hundred dollars.
The matter was kept quiet for a
short time in order to allow the constabulary every opportunity for the
detection of the thieves. One suspect,
William BRADLEY, was arrested during the day by Constable GUMBLE, but after
being “sweated,” was released. The stolen property consists of over 150 rings,
twenty-five gold chains, brooches, etc. This is the second time the McConnell
store has been robbed within three months, thieves having robbed the store
during the holidays. Local talent is strongly suspected but no clews have yet
been obtained.
CHICO (Butte Co.), March 29 -
The “Rose City” baseball team (colored) is scheduled to play the
“All-Sacramento” team in this city on April 15th. The local team has
been strengthened by a goodly number of imported players this year and the
members expect to secure the scalps of many of the best teams from the
surrounding towns during the season.
The Sacramento team will be a
hard aggregation to go up against for the first game, as the members are all
well-known players who have been seen here before on the various Sacramento
teams. Among them are the following:
BURKE, McMANUS, LOVERICH, STARLING,
CAMPBELL, McCABE, McCAFFERY and WHITE.
AUBURN (Placer Co.), March 29 -
The body of Robert FOSTER, who disappeared from the home of a friend about a
week ago, where he had gone in an endeavor to recuperate from excessive
drinking, was found last night submerged in an oil tank at the Bellevue Mine in
the Ophir mining district. Foster has
been a porter in a saloon here for several months and was addicted to drinking
heavily. To brace up, he was induced to visit a friend near Ophir, and spend a
few days with him. Foster was suffering from a high state of nervousness and
during a heavy rain storm on the first night of his visit, he left his friend’s
house suddenly and no trace of him could be found. Several searching parties investigated
the surroundings, but without success, and it was thought he had fallen into a
prospect shaft, until yesterday, when the news reached here that a dead body
had been discovered in the oil tank at the Bellevue Mine. Coroner SHEPARD was
notified and, arriving at the mine, Foster’s body was taken from the tank and
an inquest held.
Deceased was a young man, and
had many excellent qualities, his only fault being his weakness for
intoxicants. His parents reside in El Dorado County.
Submitted by Betty Loose betty@unisette.com
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The Saturday Bee
Sacramento, Cal.
March 31, 1906
Page 6
Put McVicar’s Body In Trunk And
Left It In Room While She Went To Purchase Rope STOCKTON (San Joaquin Co.),
March 31 - The inquest into the cause of the death of A.N. McVICAR, whose body
was found in a trunk at the Southern Pacific depot last Saturday brought out
some facts that even the authorities did not know. Of course, the man’s death
was laid at Mrs. LE DOUX’s door, and the causes were from chloral, morphine
(probably administered as “knock-out drops”) and asphyxiation by being forced
into the trunk, where there was not enough oxygen to sustain life.
The various acts of the woman
have demonstrated that she had taken great chances and possessed reckless
nerve. In the first place she gave the name of Mrs. A.N. McVICAR when she
purchased cyanide of Potassium in San Francisco. One of her acts, however, nearly
resulted in her being discovered while arranging to have the body carted away.
It was shortly before noon on the day of the murder. The woman had evidently
placed her victim’s body in the trunk, after which she informed Mrs. A.
ENGLEHARDT, the proprietress of the California lodging house,
that she and McVicar were going away on the 3 o’clock train.
She then went down the street to
purchase the rope with which to tie the trunk. While she was away a person
called for a room. Mrs. Englehardt took the prospective roomer to Mrs. Le
Doux’s apartments. The door was open, and directly behind it was the trunk in
which was McVicar’s body. A hasty examination of the room was made, but no
attention was paid to the trunk. McVicar
was then probably breathing his last. The alleged murderess returned in a few
minutes, had the trunk tied and carried to the depot. Now that the Coroner’s jury has charged Mrs.
Le Doux with the murder of her former husband, there are not many more steps in
the case. The Grand Jury will be drawn next Monday from the special venire
summoned a few days ago, and will immediately meet for the purpose of
considering the horrible murder.
There is little doubt but that
the woman will be indicted. Her trial will be held shortly after, as Judge
NUTTER stated to-day to a Bee representative that he has a clear calendar for
the April session, and can take the case up at any date. The District Attorney
and officers have gathered about all the evidence necessary, and are anxious to
get through with the case.
REDDING (Shasta Co.), March 31 -
Deputy County Assessor PETERSON, making a tour of mines and smelters in his
district, which embraces only one-quarter of Shasta County, to collect poll
taxes, finds the following number of men on the payrolls at the places named:
Mammoth Mine, near Kennett, 214;
Mammoth Smelter, at Kennett, 325; De La Mar Mine and Smelter, at Winthrop, 200;
Afterthought Mine and Smelter, at Ingot, 150; Reid Mine, Old Diggings, 357;
National Mine, Buckeye, 30;
Balkalala Mine, Kennett, 40;
Uncle Sam Mine, Kennett, 36; Friday-Lowden Mine, Kennett, 10.
Other large mines in Shasta
County not included in the above are the Iron Mountain, near Keswick;
Gladstone, at French Gulch; Midas, at Knob or Harrison Gulch; Delta
Consolidated at Delta; Bullychoop, on the western boundary of the county.
GRASS VALLEY (Nevada Co.), March
31 - Word has reached here of the good fortune of Rev. F.A. KEAST, who was
ordained a Methodist minister in this city several years ago. By the terms of
the will of the late Jemimah PARSONS, who died in San Francisco recently, Rev.
Keast is bequeathed the sum of $5000. His wife is left $400. The minister is
now located at Santa Clara. His life has been an interesting one. For a number
of years he toiled at day’s pay in the mines of this district, but put in his
spare moments studying for the ministry, with the result that he finally
attained his desired end.
ROSEVILLE (Placer Co.), March 31
- William H. DIETRICH, Constable in Township No 1, and proprietor of the
Roseville Livery and Sale Stable and Junction Saloon, died here last night of
quick consumption, aged 37 years. Last Summer, during the haying season, Dietrick contracted a
severe cold which settled on his lungs, and in the early days of last Winter he
was compelled to take to his bed, since which time he continued to decline
until his death.
He was appointed Constable for
the Township last summer to succeed Perry HERRING, resigned, and during his
active term made an ideal officer. He had been a resident of Roseville for ten
years and by his honest and upright dealings made a host of friends. He leaves
a wife and little daughter, and a brother here and another in Humboldt, to
mourn his death. The funeral services will be held to-morrow, and interment
will be in Roseville Cemetery.
Two Rival Lovers Come To Blows
Over Woman Who Is Unable To Decide Whom She Loves Best CEDARVILLE (Modoc Co.),
March 31 - Word was just received here of a fierce hand-to-hand struggle
between Joseph KNUCKS and Edward LAIRD in Warner Valley, which is just across
the Oregon State line.
It seems that ill feeling has
existed between these men for some time, growing out of a jealousy because of a
pretty widow residing in that section. Both men had been paying her attention.
She was unable to decide between them, as she said she loved both. This
assertion fanned to flames the smoldering embers of love-fed hatred, and when
the two men happened to meet at her house war began in earnest.
She tried to separate and pacify
them, but such efforts were in vain.
After brutally hammering each other with fists and chairs for a time,
Laird seemed in a fair way to become victorious in the battle. Fate decreed otherwise,
for Knucks seized a shotgun and leveled it on his adversary and would have
blown him out of existence had the gun been loaded. Finding the gun could not be fired, he used
it as a club, knocking Laird out. During the lively encounter the pretty widow
was screaming frantically for help.
Friends arrived and carried
Laird away to another home, where he regained consciousness in about three
hours. As it is more than sixty miles to Lakeview, Oregon, the nearest Court of
Jurisdiction, it is probable that this mode of settlement will stand as law.
It is thought that Knucks will
soon make the trip to Lakeview with his prize and be married to prevent any
other rivals entering claim to the love of one so dearly won.
YREKA (Siskiyou Co.), March 31 -
John SWASEY, a well-known horseman, was brought to Yreka last night on the
train from Dunsmuir in what was supposed a dying condition. He was immediately
hurried to the County Hospital. At Montague he was taken off the Southern Pacific
train on a litter, and carried to the depot waiting room, where he was
recognized as the well-known horse trainer. He was then thought to be dead, but
he moved his head a little, which convinced those who surrounded him that he
was still alive. What to do with him was
the next question, and as the Yreka train would not leave for ten minutes,
Frank MILES, a Constable of Montague, telegraphed to the Coroner as what best
to do with Swasey. He was ordered to put him on the Yreka train. The Bee
representative, on hearing that Swasey was in a dying condition, hurried to the
scene to ascertain the correct report of the various rumors about his
condition, but from the passengers, nothing definite could be learned.
Swasey’s wife, who was visiting
her parents in this city, was informed of his condition, and she immediately
went to the hospital, expecting, no doubt, to find her husband in the throes of
death. Such was not the case, however, for Swasey’s time had not come yet.
Dr. McNULTY, the county
physician, last evening was interviewed, and he informed The Bee representative
that Swasey was not badly hurt, and that no bones were broken. He thinks Swasey
fell while intoxicated, and pretended to be badly hurt, in order to get a free
ride to Yreka.
ALTA (Placer Co.), March 31 -
County Superintendent of Schools SHANE, of Auburn, stopped here last night on
his way to Emigrant Gap. The public school at Blue Canyon is about to commence,
and a consolidation is to be effected between that district and the Emigrant
Gap district. The Emigrant Gap school is an old one, but it has gradually
dwindled in size, until there are but two students left. This, of course,
renders the continuance of the school impracticable.
As Many Watches Taken From As
Many Houses By Couple Of Bold Thieves Operating At Dunsmuir DUNSMUIR (Siskiyou
Co.), March 31 - Six gold watches were stolen from as many Dunsmuir homes by
two burglars Friday night. The thieves worked so stealthily that none of the
occupants of the six homes was disturbed in his slumber. The losses were not
known until the next morning, when the owners awakened and found their gold
tickers missing. The burglars made good their escape, and were seen only by the
occupants of the seventh home they attempted to raid. They were frightened away
and disappeared in the darkness.
The parties losing a gold watch
apiece are Harry CARPENTER, chief train dispatcher; A. LEVY, pioneer merchant
of the town; Mrs. James WRIGHT, Charles IBACH, David BAXTER and W.R. TUCKER.
The homes robbed are widely separated, though in the densely settled part of
Dunsmuir. The watches stolen range in value from $200 to $40 a piece.
The thieves were content to take
only gold watches, for in Harry Carpenter’s home they left untouched a purse
that contained $60 in coin, though it lay on the bureau by the side of the
ticker they appropriated. At 3 o’clock
in the morning one of the burglars entered a room in the home of Mrs. Mary
SCOTT, probably the last dwelling they attacked. The room was occupied by R.
BRANSTETTER and Walter SCOTT. They were awakened. They demanded the intruder’s
business. The burglar made a jesting reply, and took to his heels. Branstetter
and Scott saw a second thief on the porch. He had probably stood on guard, for
he flew with his comrade. This is the only evidence that there were two
burglars concerned in the remarkably successful night raid for gold watches.
Deputy Sheriff GONGIVER spent all
day yesterday in trying to get some trace of the thieves, but he got not a
single clue.
The Saturday Bee
Sacramento, Cal.
March 31, 1906
Page 10
OROVILLE (Butte Co.), March 31 -
An accident occurred last night at Camp 13 of the Utah Construction Company on
the Western Pacific Company’s line about eight miles above here, which may cost
the lives of John NELSON and James WILLIAMSON. A third man, Olaf NELSON, was
also injured but will recover. The three
men were heating water in a nitro-glycerine can, which had been emptied of the
explosive. It appears, however, that a small quantity of the nitro-glycerine
was sticking to the sides of the can, and when it became hot it exploded with
terrific force. The injured men were blown quite a distance by the force of the
explosion.
John Nelson and Williamson were
brought to the hospital of the Utah Construction Company in this city.
They are suffering greatly, and it is not believed they will recover.
MARYSVILLE (Yuba Co.), March 31
- The Marysville Casting Club was organized last night with the following
persons as the officers: Dr. J.H. BAFF, President; Charles PEEL, First
Vice-President; Wm. FLANNERY, Second Vice-President; Leslie CROOKS, Secretary-Treasurer;
Executive Committee - H.A. NIEMEYER, H.S. STARK, Zan FRYE, Henry BROCK and W.S.
JOHNSON.
A Committee was appointed to
frame a Constitution and By-Laws, as follows:
Sheriff George H. VOSS, J.C.
COLLINS, F.H. McCORMICK, Chas. PEEL and G.W. HOLLAND. A copy of the by-laws of the San
Francisco Casting Club was given them as an aid in their work.
The honorary membership roll was
headed with the names of the late T.J. SHERWOOD and Albert GOLDSMITH, who, during their lifetime took a
deep interest in the sport of casting, as well as all other lines. Arrangements will be made for a field day to
take place shortly after the 1st of June, when the bass season
opens.
The Club has already received a
pressing invitation for the San Francisco Club to attend their outings and
receive instructions in the rules, etc., of casting.
The membership of the Marysville
Club will have Ellis Lake and the grounds of the Marysville Tule Hunting Club
on which to practice.
OROVILLE (Butte Co.), March 31 -
The body of an unknown man was found this morning at Pentz, about eight miles
from here. How the man came to his death is not known, and nothing was found on
his body to lead to his identity. A Deputy Coroner has been notified and has
gone to Pentz to take charge of the body and examine into the cause of death.
WOODLAND (Yolo Co.), March 31 -
Ray E. MURPHY, who was accidentally shot at Esparto by Troy BARR, as told in
The Bee yesterday, died here this morning about 5 o’clock. Barr is a son of Harrison
BARR, of Esparto. The shooting was entirely accidental and the affair is deeply
deplored.
REDDING (Shasta Co.), March 31 -
In the Superior Court here this morning, Judge HEAD sentenced Sid HORN, who
robbed a sheepherder at Cottonwood some weeks ago, to five years in a State
penitentiary. An effort was made by Horn’s friends to save him from prison and
the Probation Officer took charge of his case. But investigation convinced this
official that Horn’s record was a bad one and that the proper place for him was
behind the bars.
MARYSVILLE (Yuba Co.), March 31
- The marriage license bureau in Yuba County experienced a dull week since The
Bee’s last report, no application being received in the seven days.
Word came from North Bloomfield
that Dr. John B. ROGERS, a former resident of Marysville, and Miss Anna TROOD,
of the first-named place, will be married in May.
In the divorce case of Maggie
WILLIAMS vs. J.C. WILLIAMS, the final decree of divorce has been granted. The
parties formerly resided at Rockerby in this county.
William A. HOSKINS, a former
resident of this city, and Mrs. Effie FUGITT formerly of Yuba City, were married in Oakland this week.
RED BLUFF (Tehama Co.), March 31
- Between the unusual rains and the sessions of the Grand Jury, the matrimonial
market is below par and only one marriage license was issued this week. The
contracting parties were William W. THOMAS, aged 45 years, a native of Illinois
and a resident of Orland, and Miss Any Pearl FARNHAM, aged 22 years, a native
of California and a resident of Willows.
REDDING (Shasta Co.), March 31 -
Only one marriage license was issued during the week. It was given to Dr. J.F.
HELMS, aged 24, of Medford, Ore., and Maybelle F. CONNERY, aged 20, of Redding.
Six interlocutory decrees of
divorce were made final. The couples affected were: Sarah J. FOSTER and Henry
Clay FOSTER; Barbara A. ROSE and W.H. ROSE;
Mary G. JONES and Joseph JONES;
Louis DOCKERY and Mamie DOCKERY; Clarence
NEELEY and Winnifred NEELEY;
W.L. HARVEY and Anna L. HARVEY. The plaintiff
is
named first in each instance. It is noticeable that the plaintiffs are equally
divided between the two sexes.
SUISUN (Solano Co.), March 31 -
Marriage licenses were issued during this week as follows: L.D. MARTIN, 27,
Sacramento, and Grace WILLIAMS, 26, Suisun.
LODI (San Joaquin Co.), March 31
- Because Curtiss LARAWAY elected to apply local remedies in a wound he
received in his foot by stepping on a rusty nail, he is now threatened with
lockjaw, and is in a precarious condition.
His first act after the accident was to inject with a syringe a small
quantity of turpentine into the wound. He failed to get the looked-for relief
from this operation, and then cast about for carbolic acid. He found it and put
a small quantity into the wound. This caused the man insufferable pain, and a
doctor was speedily summoned. He may recover.
PLACERVILLE (El Dorado Co.),
March 31 - Patrick PAULETTA, who was arrested Thursday and pleaded guilty to
the charge of assaulting Gregoria GOMES, appeared for sentence before Judge
SPENCER yesterday. He was fined $30 with an alternative of thirty days in jai.
Pauletta’s mother paid the fine and he was released.
Submitted by Betty Loose betty@unisette.com
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The Evening Bee
Sacramento, Cal.
Thursday, April 5, 1906
Page 6
Prove Their Innocence to
Officers and Will Be Released From Jail REDDING (Shasta Co.), April 5 -
Although proved innocent to the satisfaction of the peace officers of this
county of the murder of Express Messenger HASKELL and the attempted robbery of
the De La Mar stage on October 9th last, Con. C. HARDWICK and
Charles WHITESCARBOR were not released from jail to-day, as it was announced
last night they would be, and considerable criticism of District Attorney
DOZIER is the result, since he left town to look after private legal business,
it is said, instead of remaining here to see that Justice is done as far as is
now possible to two innocent men.
Hardwick was arrested here on March 22d, as told in The Bee at the time,
and Whitescarbor at Stockton. The officers seemed to feel sure of their men and
the public was led to believe that the brutal murderers of brave Messenger
Haskell were at last in custody. But the prisoners have proved by
well-supported testimony and evidence that they were fully forty miles away
from the scene of the hold-up and that while the white sombrero found was at
one time the property of Whitescarbor he had disposed of it three months before
the killing of Haskell. The arresting officers no longer pretend to believe in
the guilt of the men.
Hardwick, Bee readers will
recall, was traced through a love affair he was carrying on with a Miss KRAMER,
and it was at her request, when she learned the Sheriff was looking for him,
that he applied at the Court House to learn what was wanted. He was promptly
placed under arrest, but assured the officers and his sweetheart that a
terrible mistake had been made. He has now proved it.
Whitescarbor was arrested by
Stockton police and turned over to Sheriff RICHARDSON, who brought him to Red
Bluff, where he was kept over night and subjected to a lot of questioning. He
was then brought to this city, where he and Hardwick have since been confined
in the County Jail. The two men will be
released to-morrow beyond doubt. It is felt here that it is adding injury to
injury to keep them behind bars when their innocence is no longer denied.
Driver Badly Injured, Two Horses
Crushed To Death and Freight Scattered Over the Mountain Side OROVILLE (Butte Co.),
April 5 - Another accident occurred yesterday on the Big Bar grade, one of the
most dangerous on the river - so much so in fact, that few teamsters will risk
their lives by teaming on it. R.J.
HASKINS was descending the grade with a six-horse team, having two of the
wheels locked with chains. When half way down, one of the chains broke and the
team was unable to hold the heavy wagon back. It kept crowding on to the
animals, and becoming frightened, they swerved to one side over the grade and
the wagon capsizing, pinning two horses under it and crushing the life out of
them.
Hasking was thrown from the
wagon and narrowly escaped suffering the fate of the two horses.
Luckily when the wagon capsized
it lodged against two large pines, preventing the whole outfit from rolling
into the canyon hundreds of feet below.
The wagon was loaded with picks,
shovels and other tools and about twenty kegs of nails, many of which were
broken open as they rolled down the hill, scattering nails everywhere.
Haskins, with a badly-wrenched
back, managed to get down to the camp and a force of men was sent up to collect
the scattered freight. Five head of
horses have been killed this season in nearly the same spot where Haskins met
with the accident.
MARYSVILLE (Yuba Co.), April 5 -
Rev. J.W. DANIELS, who is canvassing this section for funds in aid of a
Children’s Home Finding Society, has asked the authorities to help him locate
$45 in currency which he says he lost in Wheatland. He was careless enough to
lose his pocketbook containing his treasure. When the pocketbook was recovered
the currency was not in it, and there is no trace of the party who came into
possession of it.
CHICO (Butte Co.), April 5 -
Barney PACK, a well-known resident of Dayton, a small town six miles from
Chico, and a professed Socialist, who frequently speaks on Chico’s streets, is
now in the Chico Jail with a charge placed against his name. Pack was arrested
yesterday on a charge of disturbing the peace, but was released upon securing
bonds for $100. He went to his home at Dayton, and, it is alleged, drove his
wife and daughter out of the house by threatening to kill them if the charge
against him, which was made by his brother-in-law, was not removed. Upon
another complaint he was rearrested and charged with assault. His bonds were
placed this time at $5000.
After Twenty Years English Heirs
of Modoc Estate Demand Returns, Only To Learn Money is Gone ALTURAS (Modoc
Co.), April 5- Had not William T. CRESSLER, of Cedarville, away back in 1885,
taken the precaution to require of Charles MASON, at that time British Consul
at San Francisco, an affidavit as to his power of attorney to act in the matter
of the estate of George MALE, and also secured from him a receipt for certain
money paid over, he to-day would stand responsible for the sum of $2378, with
interest for all these years. By will,
Male left his estate to relatives in England, and appointed Cressler executor.
It required about three years to settle the property,
and when all debts were paid a balance in cash remained of $2378. Cressler took
this sum to Consul Mason, to be forwarded to England, taking a receipt for the
money. He then returned to Cedarville, and thought little more about the
matter.
But now, after all these years,
a demand has come to him from a firm of English solicitors for a settlement. It
is claimed that Consul Mason, who is now dead, having committed suicide, it is
said, never remitted to the heirs of Male, the money having been squandered in
riotous living in San Francisco. But however that may be, Cressler is safe, the
papers he secured from the Consul protecting him amply.
In a case of this kind, it is
said the British Government must stand responsible, since its agent in the
discharge of his official duties proved derelict.
LAMOINE (Siskiyou Co.), April 5
- Oscar LEASON, of 3026 I Street, Sacramento, who fell from a flume near here
last Monday, as told in The Bee at the time, and received terrible injuries,
will not recover, say the doctors at the company’s hospital at this place. His
back was broken and hope has been abandoned.
Leason, with a companion or two,
was walking along the flume on his way from the mill to Lamoine, a distance of
about five miles. He had gone but a little way, when, as he was crossing a
trestle, he missed his footing and fell to the rocks thirty feet below. He lay
there in an unconscious condition until help could be summoned to carry him to
the hospital here. His family was
notified at once, and several of them at once hurried to his bedside.
REDDING (Shasta Co.), April 5 -
News has reached Redding of the narrow escape of a stageload of passengers
traveling from Delta to Trinity Center.
The stage left the latter place on its usual run yesterday and had
aboard six passengers besides the driver. When approaching the Tollhouse, about
six miles from Delta, the kingbolt of the vehicle dropped from its place and
immediately the front trucks ran from under the stage. Among the passengers
were three tourists from Kansas and one of them, seeing the need for prompt
action, jumped from the stage and by superhuman effort stopped its momentum
just at the edge of a steep embankment. A serious accident was averted, for
there is a hillside drop of about 100 feet at the spot where the stage stopped.
REDDING (Shasta Co.), April 5 -
One more wreck has been added to the long list of Winter
accidents on the railroad through this section. It occurred yesterday evening
at the same point near Cantara where a wreck took place last Friday. Freight
train No. 221 was derailed, tearing up the track for quite a distance and
putting a stop to travel. The southbound Oregon express is ten hours late. No one
was injured.
REDDING (Shasta Co.), April 5 -
A huge pine tree fell, crashing through the house of Mrs. Mary FRICKEY, near
Shingletown, Tuesday. Nita CUNNINGHAM had just arisen when she saw the tree
falling. Shrieking a warning to Mrs. Frickey and her son, the girl ran to the
door, but could not get out. She sank into a corner just as the tree crashed
through the roof, tearing out the door and smashing the bed on which the girl
had lain. The house is a complete wreck.
Redding Hotel Man Arrested For
Keeping Device In Saloon, And Bitter Fight In Court Is Promised REDDING (Shasta
Co.), April 5 - Henry CLINESCHMIDT, proprietor of the Temple Hotel here, and
one of the best-known bonifaces in Superior California, was placed under arrest
yesterday for keeping a coin-paying slot machine in the saloon of his place of
business. He was released upon his own recognizance, and announces that he will
fight the case to the bitter end. Clineschmidt
makes no denial of the charge, nor does he say that his conduct was not
illegal, but he asserts that, as an example, the town of Kennett is allowed to
run on a “wideopen” basis, and that he objects to being signalled out when such
violations of the law as he is charged with and worse are permitted elsewhere
without protest on the part of officials.
He is not willing to be made a scapegoat, he declares, and will fight
the case from start to finish.
Clineschmidt’s defiance, in
addition to his prominence here, has aroused much public interest in Redding,
and the proceedings in Court will be followed closely, especially by the
gambling fraternity of this and other towns, who see in the promised contest
danger for themselves.
Court Gives Her Child Whom Good
People Had Cared For, But Without Having Ever Legally Adopted REDDING (Shasta
Co.), April 5 - Even officers of the law, inured to scenes of all kinds, were
affected yesterday afternoon in the Superior Court here when Judge BUSH
directed that little 5-year-old Wilma MORGAN, despite her tears and entreaties,
be returned to her mother’s care, leaving good Orville SMITH and wife, who had
tended her almost since very babyhood, desolate and full of grief.
Some years ago Mrs. Morgan’s husband
was killed. He left her with five children and scanty or no means of support.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith attracted by bright little Wilma, took the child to their
home and there brought her up. But they failed to take out regular papers of adoption, and that is
why Mrs. Morgan, who suddenly
concluded a few days ago that she wanted her girl with her, was given a
decision by the Court.
The woman has all she can do now
to care for her family, and Wilma would be much better off with the Smiths.
GRASS VALLEY (Nevada Co.), April
5 - The remarkable spectable of a girl in the pulpit will be witnessed in this
city on Good Friday, when Miss hazel BAWDEN, a charming young woman, born and
reared here, will deliver a sermon. Miss
BAWDEN is an elocutionist of great ability and is at present taking a course in
the Grass Valley Business College. She is an attractive, merry, brown-eyed girl
and the announcement that she is to preach on the occasion stated, has sent
something of a thrill over the town. The sermon which Miss Bawden has chosen
was written and delivered by Dr. John A.B. WILSON many years ago. It is
beautifully worded and gives rare opportunity for elocutionary effect. Dr.
Wilson, pastor of the local Methodist Church, conceived the idea of Miss Bawden
giving the sermon and after due consideration she agreed.
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The Evening Bee
Sacramento, Cal.
Friday, April 6, 1906
page
6
Men Accused of Holding Up De La
Mar Stage and the Murder of Express Messenger Haskell Prove Compete Alibi.
REDDING (Shasta Co.), April 6 -
Con. C. HARDWICK and Charles WHITESCARBOR,
who were arrested two weeks ago
in connection with the hold-up of the De La Mar stage and murder of Express
Messenger HASKELL, were released from custody this morning and the charge
against them was dismissed on the motion of District Attorney DOZIER, in the
Court of Justice of the Peace CARR, who issued the warrant of arrest.
The vindication of HARDWICK and
WHITESCARBOR is absolute and complete. The officers admit that the accused men
have established a complete alibi, as was foreshadowed in The Bee several days
ago.
Whitescarbor and Hardwick have
proven that they were at Joe HUFFORD’s place, near Millville, on October 10th,
the day after the robbery, and at the very hour that two men, supposed to be
the bandits, were seen by M. NEDROW crossing his field in the vicinity of the Balls Ferry Bridge
across the Sacramento.
Furthermore, WHITESCARBOR and
HARDWICK have proved that at the very hour of the hold-up and fatal wounding of
Express Messenger HASKELL, they were thirty miles east of Millville, or forty
miles from the scene of the tragedy.
The evidence that led up to the
arrest of the two was the finding of some clothing, blankets, a hat and a few
other articles in an abandoned camp half a mile from the scene of the hold-up.
The hat was identified as once belonging to Hardwick. It bore the marks of
buckshot, presumably fired from Dan HASKELL’s express shotgun.
After HARDWICK and WHITESCARBOR
were brought to the County Jail they were confronted with these articles. They
frankly admitted that they did own them all at one time, but they held that
they had traded them off three months before the hold-up. This contention was
corroborated by the testimony of Mike DAILEY, who was brought up from Red
Bluff.
WHITESCARBOR was arrested in
Stockton Wednesday, March 21st, and HARDWICK
was
arrested at the Court House in Redding the next day. It will be remembered that
HARDWICK, who had heard that the officers were looking for him, went to the
Court House to see what was wanted. It was then that he was taken. The
circumstances were such to indicate at the time that he was innocent.
DE LA MAR (Shasta Co.), April 6
- The Bully Hill Company’s smelter, which was shut down last week ostensibly
because there was no coke on hand, will probably remain closed for several
weeks. Not only are the extensive repairs to be made in the smelter itself, but
at the mine the shaft is to be sunk 200 feet deeper.
The ore bodies above the
800-foot level are pretty well exhausted, and it is necessary to open up to a
greater depth. With the shaft sunk 200 feet more, it will be 1000 feet deep, or
the greatest depth of any shaft in the base ore belt of Shasta County.
The company has other producing
mines than the Bully Hill. The Rising Star near this place and the Winthrop at Copper
City have large bodies of ore. These
mines are also to be opened up more extensively before the smelter starts up
again.
ROSEVILLE (Placer Co.), April 6
- Some interesting experiments made regarding the amount of sugar contained in
wine grapes, recently disclosed that grapes grown at Roseville show the highest
percentage of sugar of any grapes grown in California. Encouraged by these
reports, quite a number of the local people are planting vines, thus adding to
the already large vineyard acreage in this vicinity. It seems probably that
Roseville will soon be a second Vina or Natoma, thus giving employment directly
and indirectly to quite a number of people.
TOWLE (Placer Co.), April 6 - In
preparation for the coming Summer, TOWLE Brothers have
ordered the electric lines of this place connected with a power line to be run
from the Alta power house. A 300-light transformer is to be installed, and this
will be more than adequate for the demands of the town. C.W. HUTTON, of
Sacramento, has been here making arrangements for the installation of the line,
and a contract has already been let for the
poles. Heretofore, TOWLE Brothers have
always furnished “juice” for the town from their own dynamo. Last Fall, however, lack of water forced that dynamo to be
discontinued and since that time the town has been in darkness.
GOLD RUN (Placer Co.), April 6 -
At noon yesterday the staff system for train signaling was formally put in
operation here. For over a month the western terminus of the new system has
been at Blue Canyon. It is expected that by mid-Summer it will be working as
far as Rocklin.
RED BLUFF (Tehama Co.), April 6
- Mayor BRANSFORD announced yesterday that the town authorities and the
Antelope Creek Water Company had finally agreed upon the third appraiser to
determine the just and equitable valuation of the latter’s plant for a sale to
the municipality. City Engineer W.F. LUNING is the representative of the Town
Board and Philip E. HARROUN was named by the water corporation. The third
member of the Board of Appraisers will be Otto GUELDEN, a civil engineer of
some prominence on the Coast. It is not known definitely if he will accept. The
town appraiser fixed a value of about $45,000 on the Antelope Company’s
property and Engineer HARROUN’s figures were $165,000. It is presumed that the
corrected figure will be in the neighborhood of $100,000.
RED BLUFF (Tehama Co.), April 6
- The Board of Supervisors at yesterday afternoon’s session decided to approve
Expert MASLIN’s claim for $254.75 for the accounting of the official books of
the Town of Red Bluff, after District Attorney GILL read several sections of
the County Government Act which he held permitted the Board to raise the rate
from $5 a day to $7.50. There was some
little discussion over permitting the county’s law officer to be reimbursed for
his trip to Sacramento for the purpose of having the alleged antedated bonds of
Mayor-Recorder-Justice W.L. BRANSFORD preserved by a photographic negative.
District Attorney GILL presented a claim for $24.45 for this hurried journey,
and after some demur it was also ordered paid.
RED BLUFF (Tehama Co.), April 6
- The jury in the second trial of Charles BASLER, formerly a hotel man of
Cottonwood, who is accused of having committed a murderous assault on Peter
VONAH in the northern part of the county some months ago, could not agree at
10:30 last night and the members were discharged by Superior Judge ELLISON. It
is understood that the jurors stood on the last ballot nine for acquittal and
three for conviction. The first trial resulted in a disagreement and it now
seems likely that District Attorney GILL will ask that the case be dismissed.
Judge Gray Says The State Should
Not Care For Jap Who Was Insane When He Came Here OROVILLE (Butte Co.), April 6
- A Japanese laborer who has been frightening the women and children around
Berry Creek for several days past, was brought here yesterday and lodged in
jail and charged with insanity. He was
examined and committed to Napa. T. MYASOTE is the man’s name and he imagined he
is the Emperor of Japan and will not wear any clothing if not prevented from
disrobing. He also imagines he is a big contractor on the Western Pacific; also
that he is an architect and has several skyscrapers under construction.
Appended to the commitment is
the following note from Judge John C. GRAY:
“The unfortunate has been in the
country about six months, and was sent here from Honolulu. He was evidently
insane at that time, and was simply sent out here to get rid of him.
“He is educated and is a pretty
smart fellow, believing he can do great things in building and managing large
properties.
“The case ought to be reported
at once to the United States authorities and he should be sent back to his own
country. We ought not to be required to keep him.”
OROVILLE (Butte Co.), April 6 -
Minnie A. ELLIOTT, of this city, some weeks ago commenced suit for divorce from
her husband, J. Frank ELLIOTT, the well-known mining expert. On March 10th
an order of the Court was issued restraining him from interfering with
plaintiff or breaking up any of the household articles, as he threatened to do.
Mrs. Elliott filed an affidavit yesterday alleging that on March 31st
her husband had entered the house and injured a piano in his attempts to
destroy it. Thereupon Judge GRAY issued a citation commanding him to appear in
Court and show cause, if any he had, why he should not be punished for contempt
of Court in violating the restraining order made by the Court.
CHICO (Butte Co.), April 6 -
Ollie SNEDIGAR, the sprinter of the University of California, has been secured as
the official starter for the track events to be held here on April 28th,
and the choice has given universal satisfaction to the athletes of Northern
California. Walter CHRISTIE, the University of California trainer, who was
first asked, could not come to Chico on that date on account of the meet to be
held in Berkeley, and it was upon his recommendation that Snedigar was secured.
The track here has been put in excellent condition.
CHICO (Butte Co.), April 6 - The
home of Mrs. CHESTER was entered by burglars Wednesday night and $83 was taken
from a purse in a bureau drawer. Mrs.
CHESTER heard the noise, but when she endeavored to turn on the electric lights
the current was off, and it is presumed that the man heard her and safely
escaped.
GRASS VALLEY (Nevada Co.), April
6 - Rev. F.A. KEAST, a former Methodist minister of this city, must fight a
strong legal battle before he receives the $5000 bequest from the estate of the
late Jemimah PARSON of San Francisco. Her will left
him this amount. Her nephew has commenced suit to break the will, declaring it
was secured through undue influence of the legatees, who plotted against him
and poisoned his aunt’s mind to such an extent that she left him a mere
pittance. KEAST’s many friends here have every faith in his integrity, and do
not believe that he in any way influenced the aged, blind and bedridden woman,
and they will watch the outcome of the case with great interest. Keast is now
located at Santa Clara.
GRASS VALLEY (Nevada Co.), April
6 - Over on South Yuba, where a very promising strike was made recently by
“Wess” HOWARD and Robert KEMP, of this place, mining will be under way before
the middle of next week. Teams with loads of lumber and supplies left here this
morning for the scene. Headquarters will
be erected at once for the men. A tunnel will be run on the ledge, which has
been traced for over a mile on the claims owned by HOWARD and KEMP. Rock broken
from the croppings at random shows gold to the naked eye and some beautiful
specimen ore has been found amount these pieces. The claims will be developed
by private capital.
GRASS VALLEY (Nevada Co.), April
6 - By to-night the new electric hoist at the Central-Consolidated Mine, a few
miles east of this city, will be ready for operation. It is 1200 feet in a
tunnel, below which is a shaft 200 feet deep. It will be used to hoist ore from
the shaft. An electric pump is on the way from the East and may arrive any day.
When the shaft is pumped out it will be the first time since 1872 that man has
set foot in its bottom. The company is
operating in the upper workings and has a twenty-stamp mill running constantly.
NEVADA CITY (Nevada Co.), April
6 - The peculiar case of a man preferring jail to liberty developed here
yesterday, when George CLARK, accused of threatening Principal MARCH, of the
Bloomfield school, with a revolver, as already announced by The Bee, declined
to accept bail. His friends offered to secure his release, and were ready to
put up the money, but CLARKE declared he would remain in the County Jail until
next week, the time for his preliminary examination.
WEAVERVILLE (Trinity Co.), April
6 - Dollars are stronger than sentiment in Red Bluff. The Fire Commissioners of
Weaverville wanted to buy of Red Bluff an old hand
engine that had been housed in that place for years, though it has been
entirely valueless in that town since the construction of the water works. The
Red Bluff Fire Department at first objected to parting with the old relic,
because of its associations, but the Fire Commissioners here have received word
that the Red Bluff Trustees have smothered their sentiments and accepted
Weaverville’s cash offer for the old fire engine, which will be quite
serviceable here.
Weaverville’s newly-elected Fire
Commissioners are A.L. PAULSEN, C.H.
NEWELL and Charles EDWARDS.
The Evening Bee
Sacramento, Cal.
Friday, April 6, 1906
Page 10
WINTERS (Yolo Co.), April 6 -
Mrs. Johanna COCHRAN died this morning at the home of her niece, Mrs. E.S.
GRAF. Deceased was a native of County Limerick, Ireland, and was 88 years old.
She arrived in New York in June, 1846; came to San Francisco via the Isthmus,
and until her marriage made her home with the J.B. HAGIN family. She came with
her husband to Yolo County in 1852, and died on the farm they homesteaded.
Deceased was known to all early settlers, to many of whom she was a friend in
need. She leaves no children, and she is almost the last of a once prominent
Irish family. Her husband died in 1878.
JACKSON (Amador Co.), April 6 -
Mrs. Frank E. DUDEN, wife of Postmaster Frank H. DUDEN, died at her home in
this city early this morning, succumbing to an attack of typhoid fever.
Mrs. DUDEN was formerly Miss
Lottie DREESE, and had a wide circle of friends in Amador and neighboring
counties, and was greatly respected for her womanly traits. Her husband is well
known in Sacramento, where at one time he was Assistant Postmaster under J.O.
COLEMAN.
WEAVERVILLE (Trinity Co.), April
6 - Clyde BENNINGTON is having lots of trouble to square himself with the law.
Last week he was fined $50 in Carrville for violating the game law. He was
brought to Weaverville in default of the fine and was serving the time out in
jail. After serving four days in prison, he raised the money to pay the balance
of the fine and regain his freedom. He was at once arrested on the charge of
resisting an officer.
PLACERVILLE (El Dorado Co.),
April 6 - J.M. AYERS, the well known grocer of this city, is very ill at his
home from an attack of heart trouble. He has been in poor health for several days,
and on Monday he became much worse. The
last reports were that he is seriously ill and there is small chance of his
recovery.
COLUSA (Colusa Co.), April 6 -
Robert YARBROUGH, a well-known butcher of Colusa County, was kicked in the
right leg by his horse yesterday afternoon, and both bones of his right leg
below the knee were broken.
COLUSA (Colusa Co.), April 6 -
Mrs. Samuel KENCE, a respected resident of Sites, in western Colusa County,
died at her home last evening. She was 80 years of age. The remains will be
taken to Spokane, Washington, for interment.
A Terrific Knock-out - In the
contest at San Francisco last night between two heavyweights, Walter KIRCHNER
and Ed HARKINS, both local men, Harkins was knocked out in the first round of
fighting. His head struck the floor with terrific impact, and he was at first
supposed to be very seriously injured, but he soon recovered.
Another Western Pacific Suit - Condemnation
suits brought by the Western Pacific Railway Company have been many during the
past three months, but one that was filed at Oakland yesterday promises to
involve itself in long litigation before judgement is given. This is a suit
brought against the Oakland Water Front Company, an adjunct of the Southern
Pacific, for the condemnation of two parcels of tideland on that arm of the San
Antonio estuary, that is, in fact, the outlet of Lake Merritt.
McNulty Jury Disagreed - After
remaining locked up ten hours, the jury in the second trial of Lester McNULTY,
accused of attempted felonious assault on Dorothy OLSEN, at Berkeley, last
night reported that they were unable to agree on a verdict, and were
discharged. The case will be tried again as soon as possible. On the final
ballot the jury stood seven to five for acquittal.
A Curious Marriage Contract -
Mrs. Louise LEPONT, decrepit and in her 86th years, was married at
Alameda yesterday to Joseph Henry DUFOUR, aged 35, who had been her faithful
servitor and friend. Following are excerpts from the novel marriage compact:
“All the housework, such as cooking, sweeping and cleaning, is to be done by
the party of the second part (DUFOUR) or by some one else at his expense. He
shall always be kind and gentle toward the party of the first part. By this is
meant that the party of the second part shall be in reality that which rarely
exists, a model husband.”
Ten Years in Prison - Frank
JOHNSON, who did a wholesale business in helping ineligible aliens to become citizens,
was sentenced by Judge J.J. DE HAVEN at San Francisco to ten years in San
Quentin and to pay a fine of $400.
Student Gamblers - The State
University authorities have been informed that students are operating a
gambling game called “Klondike” in the basement of North Hall, and summary
action is looked for. The Klondike game is played with dice, and is looked upon
in the sporting world as a good thing for the “banker.”
Horse Farm Sold - W.H. DONAHUE
has purchased “Merriwa,” the former horse farm of Vounty VALENSIN, at
Pleasanton. Frank H. JENSYN sold the property for $31,000.
Missed His Aim - Peter
BORGSTROM, an aged tailor, yesterday walked into Union Square, San Francisco,
with the intention of blowing his brains out. He placed a pistol to his head and fired, but
in his agitation the bullet merely grazed his face.
A Large Purchase - The United
Railways Investment Company of San Francisco, which is the holding company of
the United Railroads stock, has completed its purchase of $121,000,000 of the
stock of the Philadelphia Company, which controls all of the street railroads
of Pittsburg and Alleghany, connecting all the adjoining towns, and having
something like 500 miles of track.
A Warm Day - The highest
temperature for April 5th in thirty years was reached in San
Francisco yesterday when the thermometer registered 76 degrees in the shade.
The nearest approach to this was in 186, when the mercury went up to 70.
Child and Parent - The Supreme
Court has decided that a child is not obliged in all cases to provide for the
maintenance of a destitute parent. Mrs. Sarah J. YORDI appealed from a decision of
the Superior Court which ordered her to contribute $20 a month to the support
of her mother, Mrs. Leonora DUFF, and the Supreme Court overruled the decision.
Mrs. YORDI alleged that she had been deserted by her mother when she was 6
years old. It was proved that two other daughters were taking care of the
mother at the present time, and that they had been able to do so without
outside help.
Petitions for Trolley - The
Greater San Francisco Club is circulating a petition to the Supervisors asking
that a franchise be granted for a trolley line on Sutter Street. Rudolph
SPRECKELS declares the Club is a creation of the United Railroads, and designed
to assist in grid-ironing the city with trolleys, when the only proper system
is the electric conduit.
Honors to Governor-General SMITH
- Preparations are under way for the reception that is to be given in honor of
the return of Governor-General Jas. F. SMITH, who arrives in San Francisco from
the Philippines April 14th.
The welcome to be given the General will surpass anything of its nature
seen in San Francisco for many a year.
A Leg Broken - William
GRANFIELD, while operating an elevator at 167 Fremont Street, San Francisco,
where he was an employe not accustomed to such work, pulled the wrong rope. The
elevator dropped three stories to the pavement and struck with such force that
one of GRANFIELD’s legs was broken in two places.
Automobile Victims - Two boys
were automobile victims in San Francisco yesterday, one sustaining a fracture
of the right leg and the other a fractured collar bone.
“Jim” Orndorff Marries - Dashing
and debonair, despite the seventy-one years he owns up to, “Jim” ORNDORFF, one
of the most picturesque figures in San Francisco, is married again. Wednesday last he was wedded to Mrs. Gussie HALL, a comely widow,
twenty-three years his junior. He was formerly well known in Nevada.
Submitted by Betty Loose betty@unisette.com
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The Evening Bee
Sacramento, Cal.
Monday, April 9, 1906
Page 6
SEEKS TO END HIS LIFE AFTER
TRYING TO MURDER WIFE AND FATHER-IN-LAW
Jack Allen Cut Down in Jail Cell
This Morning Just in Time to Defeat Plan to Suicide.
GRASS VALLEY (Nevada Co.), April
9 - Crazed from the effects of drink and brooding, Jack ALLEN early last
evening plunged a butcherknife into his father-in-law, Alfred JENKIN, Sr.,
fatally wounding him; stabbed his own wife ten times; severely injured Louis
GUENZA with a hammer, and held officers DEEBLE and PETERSON at bay with an ax
until the arrival of Sheriff WALKER, to whom he surrendered peaceably. Mrs. ALLEN has a
chance to recover.
ALLEN was hurried to the County
Jail at Nevada City. This morning about 9 o’clock he was discovered by Sheriff
WALKER and a deputy in an unconscious condition, with his suspenders, one end
of which had been fastened to a peg in the wall, tightly twisted about his
neck. He was quickly cut down and soon revived, fighting like a tiger as he
came to. He is in a serious condition and is being treated by the County
Physician. ALLEN has been drinking
heavily of late, but Thursday braced up and went back to his employment at the
North Star Mine. Friday evening he complained of illness and left the job,
returning to his home. He and his wife have been residing with his
father-in-law, JENKIN. How ALLEN spent Saturday is not known. Yesterday,
however, he was at the home of his brother-in-law, Harry JENKIN, nearly all day.
He drank several glasses of beer, but not sufficient to render him under the
influence. At 6:10 young JENKIN and ALLEN went to the home of JENKIN, Sr. ALLEN
seemed to be in his senses, but several times asked his brother-in-law to go
home. The young man now believes this was done to get him out of the house to
enable ALLEN to carry out his murderous intentions. Ten minutes after leaving
he was summoned by his little niece, Martha, who came running up the hill to
tell him of the terrible affair.
The wounded man, Alfred JENKIN,
Sr., retained strength enough to tell Assistant District Attorney LARUE of the
stabbing. With his wife and his daughter, Mrs. ALLEN, he was prepared to eat
supper. He went into the bedroom and asked ALLEN, who was lying on the bed, to
join them. ALLEN entered the dining-room, walked to the table, picked up the
pointed, keen-edged knife and said: “We might as well settle this matter right
now.” With that he plunged the blade into the aged man’s left side, narrowly
missing the heart and penetrating the lung. Despite his terrible wound, JENKIN
grappled with his assailant and wrestled with him on to the porch, where he
managed to obtain possession of the knife, though this right hand was badly cut
in the struggle. He threw the weapon aside.
ALLEN immediately rushed at his
wife. He chased her into the yard, knocked her down, and held her until he drew
his pocketknife. With relentless fury he plunged the blade into her body again
and again until ten stabs and slashes had been inflicted. The screams of the
women aroused the neighborhood and men came running from nearby residences. Mr.
GELEARY caught up a shovel on his way, vaulted the
fence and made at the fiend. ALLEN waited until GELEARY was within a few yards
when he broke and ran, climbed the fence and bolted
down Maiden Lane.
Mrs. ALLEN staggered to the edge
of the yard, blood streaming from her wounds, and fell into the arms of William
SUTHERLAND, who was hastening to her assistance. He carried her to his home,
adjoining, where Dr. JONES was called. The surgeon found her suffering from
wounds about the head, neck and bosom, the worst being a wound back of the
right ear a deep stab over the heart. He also dressed JENKIN’s wound, which is
a terrible one.
Meanwhile, ALLEN reached
Richardson Street and walked into the home of R.S. JEWELL. He met Mrs. JEWELL and demanded a
pistol from her. She attempted to push by him to reach her husband outside.
ALLEN shoved her back and again demanded the weapon. She had never seen the man
before and was terribly frightened, but managed to tell him there was no pistol
in the house. At this juncture JEWELL entered and to him ALLEN repeated his
request. “I don’t propose to be wronged” he cried. He said no more, but ran
from the place down Richardson Street and entered the livery stable of W.G.
LORD. Stableman GARCIA was feeding the horses. ALLEN grasped him by the
shoulder and demanded a pistol. For answer GARCIA caught up a pitchfork and
ordered ALLEN from the place. As ALLEN went he muttered something about
“killing the whole bunch of you.”
A block farther west on
Richardson Street, ALLEN entered GUENZA’s saloon and walked behind the bar.
GUENZA came up from the cellar in time to see ALLEN drawing out the money
drawer. He closed with ALLEN and forced him outside the bar, but the money
drawer was pulled out in the scuffle and its contents scattered over the floor.
ALLEN caught up a heavy hammer and flung across the bar, striking GUENZA on the
side of the head, knocking him down and inflicting an ugly gash. The pistol he
sought but did not find was concealed near the till. Several countrymen of
GUENZA took after ALLEN and hurled rocks at him as he dashed across the street
and ran down Auburn Street, where he entered a back yard and sent into A.
MAZZA’s saloon on Main Street. He walked up to the bar and called for a drink
of whisky, which he received. He then walked back to the stove and picked up a
long heavy iron poker, but dropped it for an axe in the corner. With this in
his hand he went out the rear door by which he had entered, but returned a
moment later and took up his position near the stove. He called for another drink,
which was served.
City Marshall DEEBLE and
Nightwatchman PETERSON entered at this moment.
The Marshal did not know what had happened, except that he had been told
ALLEN had hurt his wife. The officer advanced a step, whereupon ALLEN raised
the weapon over his shoulder and announced that the first man to come closer
would be killed. “I’ll give up to the Sheriff, but to nobody else,” he
announced. Not caring to shoot the fellow and knowing that Sheriff WALKER was
then on his way, the Marshal stood with drawn revolver to prevent ALLEN making
an escape. He was still puzzled, having no inkling of the terrible crime.
Sheriff WALKER entered a minute or two later. ALLEN immediately dropped the axe
and threw up his hands saying: “I’ll go with you.” Even the Sheriff was unaware
of the stabbing. ALLEN asked to be taken to see his wife, saying he had one
last request to make of her. He was escorted to the gate of the JENKIN home,
and there called out for a hat and his best suit of clothes. He had fled the
house hatless. William JENKIN, brother of the wounded woman, wild with anger,
made an attempt to get at ALLEN, but was kept off by the three officers. It was
there they learned for the first time what had actually occurred. ALLEN was
hurried to Nevada City for safety, as angry mutterings were heard on all sides.
After his arrest ALLEN declined
to talk. He has been married eight years and his domestic life has been very
happy. Of late, however, he has been acting strangely and brooding over fancied
wrongs, though his condition is believed to be due to drinking. When he left
the mine Friday night he informed one of the men on top that he was sick and
that “this is what booze has done for me.” While at work he is said to have
stopped “Judge” TREBLICOX, his companion on the big power drill, several times,
to inform him that everybody in town was against him. He had taken it much to
heart that his brother-in-law, William JENKIN, had refused to lend him $100
with which to engage in the saloon business here, and from this had become
“grouchy” toward JENKIN, Sr. William JENKIN states that ALLEN had become so
disagreeable over the matter that he had kept away from him for a day or two,
fearing ALLEN might pick a row with him. The wounded man is one of the oldest
and most estimable men in the city. His family was reared here and every member
is highly esteemed.
ISLETON (Sacramento Co.), April
9 - The dead body reported in Saturday’s Bee as seen floating down the river by
this place was rescued from the water later. Justice MEALER held an inquest,
but nothing as to the man’s identity was discovered. Drowning was the cause of
his death.
WILLOWS (Glenn Co.), April 9 -
The 4-year-old daughter of John MORDHURST, a farmer residing near here, was
drowned Saturday evening. The child wandered from the yard of her home, and
fell over an embankment into a slough which runs through the ranch and was
drowned in a few feet of water.
Marriage and Divorce Record
IN YUBA COUNTY
MARYSVILLE, April 9 - The
following marriage licenses were issued in Yuba County last week.
John S. SOARES, Oroville, and
Cordelia NELSON, Marysville; A.L. REIQUIERD and Lille E. BAHNEY, both of
Lincoln.
Miss Eva LAMME, of this city,
and Andrew WEST, of Oroville, were married at the residence of Miss LAMME’s
cousin, Mrs. MILLER, in the latter place, Thursday. Arthur BAILEY, of Tudor,
has announced to his friends that he was married quietly last week in San
Francisco to Miss NAGLE, a trained nurse.
AUBURN (Placer Co.), April 9 -
The following licenses to marry were issued here last week: John HARRIS, 30, of
San Francisco, and Gertrude LYTTLEKER, 26, of Fulton; Herbert B. DOBBAS, 31, of
Georgetown, and Anna L. LATHROP, 25, of Newcastle.
RED BLUFF (Tehama Co.), April 9
- Two marriage licenses is the record for last week. Both couples obtained
licenses on Friday and Justice of the Peace BRANSFORD had the honor and
pleasure or performing both ceremonies.
The first happy couple had every indication of being a runaway and the
groom was Samuel FLEISCHMAN, 24 years old, and the bride was Jessie GOODBURN,
aged 18 years, both natives of California and residents of San Francisco.
The second couple was composed
of William GILBERT and Mrs. Ida DE LANEY, both well-known residents of Vina.
The bride is the widow of a former Constable who was shot in a fight at the
“Vineyard Town.”
WOODLAND (Yolo Co.), April 7 - A
marriage license was issued last week to Ralph Miller COLCOUGH, age 22, and
Pearl E. FROMMELL, age 18, both of Broderick.
Judge GADDIS granted two interlocutory decrees of
divorce the past week.
Anna Jane WHEAT from Joseph William WHEAT on the
ground of extreme cruelty.
James McCLURE from Angie McCLURE on the ground of
desertion.
MARE ISLAND NAVY YARD, April 9 -
Electrician Robert STUART, now in charge of the Point Arguello Wireless
Telegraph Station, reports that he had connection with the Lawton 120 miles
out, but only a faint trace at 150 miles. Point Arguello is a Government
station operated by an employe of the Navy Department. Chief Electrician MAXON,
of the Pregle, is now instructing a class of fifteen at the mare
Island yard who are learning to operate the wireless telegraph. As they become
proficient they are sent to various ships and wireless stations of the
Government.
REDDING (Shasta Co.), April 9 -
Mrs. Rostina E. GILES, of Balls Ferry, widow of J.K. GILES and a resident of
Shasta County since 1873, died yesterday afternoon near Redding at the home of
her son, J.W. GILES, at the age of 71.
The funeral will be held at Balls Ferry Tuesday afternoon.
CORNING (Tehama Co.), April 9 -
Shortly after noon yesterday fire destroyed the residence of Mrs. M. MILLS in
this city. The fire was caused by the accidental overturning of the cook stove.
A rescue brigade was organized by Special Organizer CRAW, who came here to
attend the Woodmen log-rolling Saturday evening, and through his quick
judgement everything in the house was saved. The loss amounts to $1000,
partially covered by insurance.
WOODLAND (Yolo Co.), April 9 -
Mrs. Phoebe R. CARD, an old resident of this city, died Saturday afternoon. She
was a native of New York, 74 years of age. The funeral services were held
to-day.
WEED (Siskiyou Co.), April 9 -
The officers are working on a clue which they hope will lead to the capture of
the men who robbed the Wells-Fargo office here early Saturday morning, before
daylight, of $400. As soon as the robbery was discovered word was sent to the
Sheriff at Yreka and to officers along the line, both north and south. Just
what the clue is the officers are working on is not known, but it is believed
here now that the guilty men will be captured.
REDDING (Shasta Co.), April 9 -
James JOHNSON was found dead in a bed in the Alta House here yesterday morning.
Epilepsy was the cause of his death.
Johnson was a member of Olive Lodge, No. 81, I.O.O.F., of Dutch Flat. He
was a logger.
YREKA (Siskiyou Co.), April 9 -
The trial of Fred MOHLER, owner of the Drummer Boy Mine at Cherry Hill, who is
charged with using a deadly weapon with intent to kill, came up Friday
afternoon before Judge THOMAS, and the jury, after being out a few minutes,
brought in a verdict of not guilty. It
seems that the Drummer Boy Mine a short time ago was bonded to San Francisco
parties for a period of six months, only a small amount being put up to bind
the bargain. The bonders agreed to pay $40,000 for the property, but this they
failed to do and consequently MOHLER took charge of his property again.
Ever since trouble has been
brewing. Mohler has missed at various
times considerable rich ore, and was at a loss to know where it went. He
commenced to watch at night, and one evening discovered two men in the mine. He
fired two pistol shots to scare away the intruders. For this he was arrested
last week and brought to town, but allowed to go on his own recognizance. His
trial and acquittal yesterday prove his innocent in any intent to commit
murder.
The Evening Bee
Sacramento, Cal.
Monday, April 9, 1906
Page 10
REDDING (Shasta Co.), April 9 -
School elections were held Friday throughout the county. The Trustees elected
in some of the important districts were:
Redding, William MASTERSON;
Kennett, E.J. MILLER and E. TOBEY; Millville,
W.H. PUTZBACH; Anderson, W.L.
WENTWORTH; Keswick, Dr. G.W. SEVENMAN, Charles
McCUTCHEON and William BASCOMBE;
Shasta, Dr. T.J. EGDECOMBE and William
CRUM; Old Diggings, Edwin WHITE.
TONOPAH (Nev.), April 9 - Excitement
following the killing at Manhattan Saturday (as told in The Bee) of Sheriff
T.W. LOGAN by Walter BERIEAU has died down to a marked extent, but the feeling
against the latter and the gamblers is bitter, nevertheless.
BERIEAU struck a woman who then
called upon Sheriff LOGAN for protection.
The officer threw her assailant into the street. BERIEAU on getting to
his feet stepped to a window and shot at the Sheriff, but missed him. LOGAN
then went out and was shot twice by BERIEAU, but before dying grappled with his
slayer and beat him into insensibility.
Walter BERIEAU, the creole faro
dealer, who shot and killed Sheriff Thomas W. LOGAN at Manhattan, Nevada,
Saturday morning, formerly lived in this city, where he was well known in
sporting circles. He conducted the Pullman Saloon, on lower R Street, but
disposed of it, it is said, shortly before the great railroad strike of 1894.
He has relatives by marriage living here.
BERIEAU once put up a scheme with a Chinaman in this city whereby they
won $20,000 in a Chinese lottery, but the fraud was exposed, and BERIEAU never
got the money. On another occasion he was in the Police Court charged with
having stolen a woman’s jewelry, but the case against him was never pressed and
he was allowed to go free.
GARDNERVILLE (Nev.), April 9 -
Miss Esther TROTOT, the 16-year-old girl who recently moved to this place from
Georgetown, El Dorado County, and who committed suicide by drinking two ounces
of carbolic acid, as already told in The Bee, wrote a note to her sister a
short time before she swallowed the poison saying that she meant to end her
life, but assigned no reason, indicating in the letter that her sister was
acquainted with her troubles.
Investigation by the local authorities brings to light the fact that the
girl was infatuated with Ralph HARCOURT, manager of the telephone exchange,
where she was employed. HARCOURT says that he never made love to her, although,
he admitted that he was in her company a great deal and suspected that she was
devoted to him. Coroner’s jury exonerates every one from blame in connection
with her death.
GOLDFIELD (Nev.), April 9 - The
settlement out of Court of the famous JOHNSON grubstake case, involving $2,000,000
worth of property on Ladd Mountain, does partial justice to a suffering
prospector who had been cheated out of a vast fortune. JOHNSON, formerly a poor
man, is $50,000 better off to-day.
In 1904 H.H. CLARK and Zeb KENDALL grubstaked George
W. LADD and J. Otis
JOHNSON, who went into Bullfrog to prospect, the four
to share equally. LADD
and JOHNSON suffered frightfully from lack
of food and water, and finally,
when
they met BENSON and KENDALL’s brother, JOHNSON and KENDALL went back to
Tonopah for supplies.
While they were gone LADD and BENSON located the claims, leaving out JOHNSON,
who was refused an interest in the rich properties, although he was to share
equally.
EUREKA (Nev.), April 9 - Alfred
HOCKING, a young man of this place, had his left hand torn off Saturday by a
circular saw which he was operating at the Eureka Consolidated Mine. Only a few
weeks ago his younger brother became blind as the result of a dynamite cap
explosion.
Saloon Closing - What the Rev.
E.E. BAKER, of the First Presbyterian Church denounces as “a disgrace to
Oakland” is contemplated by the City Council. It has been decided that the “12
o’clock closing ordinance” is to be repealed, and to enact a new Statute
extending until 1 a.m. the time during which liquors may be sold in saloons and
restaurants.
Rev. L.M. Hartley Very Ill -
Rev. L.M. HARTLEY, Superintendent of the State Anti-Saloon League, and for many
years one of the prominent members of the Southern California Methodist
Conference, is lying at the point of death at his residence in Oakland.
Attacked a Girl - Three
highwaymen attacked Miss Mary WIESENHAVERN, a 16-year-old girl of West
Berkeley, last night as she rode on her bicycle. They dragged her from the wheel, attempting
by force to remove rings she wore from her hand. They failed and she escaped.
New Schoolhouses - The San
Francisco School Board has adopted a resolution asking the Supervisors to
authorize the construction of twenty-two new school houses and to set aside
$2,400,000 for that purpose.
Knocked Down and Robbed -
Charles MASERNS was held up, knocked senseless and robbed last night in Oakland
of a gold watch and money.
Bad Fire in Berkeley - A $45,000
fire which broke out yesterday morning in the Wright block, known also as the
Mason-McDuffie block, threatened for a time to get the better of the Fire
Department of Berkeley and sweep the business portion of the town. The new
gasoline engine was finally effective with its two powerful streams in
confining the flames to the Wright block and its annex on Shattuck Avenue. The
loss was about $45,000.
Suspected of Smuggling - A new
arrival from Mexico is in the San Francisco city prison on a criminal charge
that the police refuse to divulge. His name is Miguel L. CORNEJO. It is thought
the offense of which he is accused is the smuggling of pearls into the United
States.
Beheaded Himself - Despondent
because of his inability to refrain from drink, James O’CONNELL, aged 45 years,
deliberately took his own life by placing his neck under
the wheels of a freight train in the West Oakland yards. He leaves no family.
Gambling Den Raided - District
Attorney LANGDON and a posse raised the gambling joint at 35 Market Street,
known as “The Girl in Blue.” The place was under the management of Mike GOLDEN,
known as a “surething” gambler. GOLDEN
and his four cappers were arrested, also two women dancers and a number of
visitors. He has long flourished in swindling games, with the connivance of the
police.
Funeral of Judge Nye - The
funeral of the late Judge Stephen G. NYE, a pioneer jurist of Alameda County,
who died recently at his home in Visalia, was held in Oakland last Friday. He
was once County Judge in Alameda County, and also represented that county in
the State Senate, in which body he was Chairman of the Judiciary Committee.
More Owl Cars - Commencing April
14th, an all-night car service will be maintained on the Filmore and
Sixteenth Streets line of the United Railroads in San Francisco.
Boy Saved From
Death - The 6-year-old son of Charles W. HOOD was saved from instant and
frightful death Saturday in San Francisco by Officer Edward STANTON, who
stopped a fractious horse as it dashed down Castro Street, with a fruit wagon,
upon which the little one was seated alone.
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The Evening Bee
Sacramento, Cal.
Wednesday, April 11, 1906
Page 6
OROVILLE (Butte Co.), April 11 -
Charles STALKER, a young man under arrest on suspicion of being implicated in
the theft of a large amount of copper wire from the local power company a few
weeks ago, and of disposing of it in San Francisco, yesterday was denied a writ
of habeas corpus. In his petition for
the writ he averred that he was illegally detained and that he had been refused
an examination. In reply, Sheriff CHUBBUCK made answer that STALKER had never
asked for an examination, that the cause of the delay in the case was due to
the fact that STALKER had informed him that a young man who left Oroville for
Redding some time ago was implicated in the robbery, and that he had been
endeavoring to locate this man for the benefit of the defendant.
LODi (San Joaquin Co.), April 11
- The condition of Jeff THURMAN, a mechanic, is puzzling Lodi and Stockton
physicians. No less than a dozen doctors are working on the case. THURMAN, who
was in apparent good health, fell unconscious yesterday morning just after
kissing his wife and children good-by.
The physicians, who are unable
to revive him, are at a loss to know the cause of his illness. He is in a deep
sleep most of the time, from which it seems impossible to arouse him. His
condition is deemed critical.
OROVILLE (Butte Co.), April 11 -
C.M. PALMER, dredgemaster, while out riding with his daughter, Miss Ida, met
with a peculiar accident yesterday, but luckily, both parties escaped with
slight injury. One of the shafts in the vehicle broke, and the horse, becoming
frightened, started to run, capsizing the rig and pinning the occupants
underneath. With rare presence of mind, PALMER held on to the reins until aid
arrived, and he and his daughter were relieved from their perilous position.
With the exception of a few bruises, neither party was any the worse for the
accident.
OROVILLE (Butte Co.), April 11 -
Jack MASON and Ray FARMER, two railroad laborers, were scuffling in a friendly
manner in the Senate Saloon last night, a crowd watching their actions.
Although he had been laughing a minute before, MASON, who is a powerful man,
reached down and grabbed FARMER’s right ear with his teeth, biting it
completely off. He threw it on the floor and rushed out the back door with an
oath. A charge of mayhem will be placed against him.
W.M. Coward Making Determined
Effort To Get Out Of Institution And The Court Withholds Decision STOCKTON (San
Joaquin Co.), April 11 - One of the most sensational insanity cases that has
been called to the attention of the authorities of this city in many years was
heard yesterday in Judge NUTTER’s Department of the Superior Court. The
proceedings were instigated by W.M. COWARD, the alleged insane promoter, who is
seeking to obtain his freedom from the local State Hospital by the habeas
corpus method.
COWARD has been committed to the
local asylum four times during the past nine years and once was at Napa. He is
a remarkable man in many respects and has succeeded in puzzling the authorities
in numerous ways. His main trouble appears to be over the Souther Pacific
Railroad Company, which he declares has done its best for years to ruin him.
COWARD allegations while on the
witness stand were sensational indeed. He denounced Judge HART, of Sacramento,
who committed him to the asylum sometime ago.
COWARD answered the questions of
Attorney STETSON, of the State Lunacy Commission for fully an hour and for a
time had the attorney guessing as to what he was going to say next. He has been
a well-read man and seems capable of thinking for himself. He acknowledged that
he took an important part in the funding bill and said he was one of the
Committee of three that got the better of HUNTINGTON.
Constable DAVIS, of Modesto, was
present during the proceedings, armed with a warrant charging COWARD with
assault with intent to commit murder.
COWARD nearly killed the Constable at Modesto last December, when the
latter tried to arrest him. He struck him over the head five times with an
icepick. The officer states that if the
man is not crazy he is a criminal. Judge
NUTTER reserved his decision for a later date and in the meantime COWARD will
go back to the asylum.
GRASS VALLEY (Nevada Co.), April
11 - The town is resuming its normal condition, after being upset by the bloody
deed of John ALLEN last Sunday evening. Yesterday Mrs. ALLEN had recovered
sufficiently to permit her removal to the home of her father. The latter has a
fair chance to survive, and is being waited on by a trained nurse. The surgeons’ only fear that pus may form in the terrible wound in
the lung.
ALLEN, the knife-wielder, is
coming to himself again. He is still sorry he was not permitted to end his life
Monday, and declares that he would try it again if he had the chance. Yesterday
he was dejected, sick and sore in his bare cell in the County Jail, where he is
closely watched to prevent another attempt at suicide.
The course which the officers
will pursue depends on the outcome of the JENKIN’s injury. Probably no steps
will be taken until he has recovered sufficiently to prosecute.
Railway Laborer Dashes Out of
House With It and Is Blown In Air and Injured By Explosion SISSON (Siskiyou
Co.), April 11 - A. ROSELLE, an employe of the Southern Pacific Company here,
was severely injured this morning as the result of an explosion of giant
powder.
When the section gang went to
work this morning they found the door of the tool house open,
and on investigating found that a box of giant powder, resting on a shelf, was
on fire. The foreman called to the men to flee, but ROSELLE, instead of
running, picked up the box of blazing giant powder and started to carry it out
into the air.
He had hardly gone five feet
from the door when there was an explosion.
ROSELLE was thrown about eight feet by the force of the explosion and
when picked up was found to be suffering from the shock, as well as having had
his face and neck filled with sand.
All of the windows in that
section of the town were broken and the tool house was completely demolished.
GRIDLEY (Butte Co.), April 11 -
The 10-year-old son of Edward MORSE, of Biggs, was taken to a Sacramento hospital
to-day to see if it is possible to save the sight of one or both his eyes.
Yesterday the boy was
experimenting with melted babbit metal, pouring it into empty cartridge shells.
It happened that there was water in several of them and as the molten stuff
touched it an explosion followed. The
melted metal was driven into his face and as a result it is feared the boy will
lose the sight of one eye, if not both.
Peculiar Suit Holds Attention of
Gridleyites, Liveryman and Two Customers Figuring In It GRIDLEY (Butte Co.),
April 11 - Interest in frenzied finance, the rate bill and Mt. Vesuvias will be
secondary matters in Gridley for a few days or at least until Justice J.M.
COFFMAN unbosoms himself and renders a verdict in the case of MYERS &
McDONALD vs. Samuel
and Asahei GRIDLEY. The case came
on for trial in the Court of Justice L.T. ALLEN yesterday and the performance
drew like an Uncle Tom show. Briefly the claims of the contestants were as
follows: MYERS and McDONALD, who are liverymen, alleged that they hired a rig
to the GRIDLEYs and that because of carelessness on the part of the drivers the
team ran away, damaged the buggy, the horses and the reputation of the team as
safe family drivers, and they asked that they be paid the sum of $43.65 to
square the case. The GRIDLEYs filed a counter claim for $299 for personal
injuries, as in the runaway both men were considerably disabled, one sustaining
a fracture of a clavicle and the dislocation of a shoulder and the other suffering
a broken leg. A jury was asked for by
the defendants, and when the jurors were chosen they demanded their fees.
Defendants declined to pay and the jury struck.
Justice ALLEN discharged the tribunal and called in Justice COFFMAN from
Biggs to try the case. COFFMAN came down and heard the evidence, and took the
case under advisement. The plaintiff was represented by W.E. DUNCAN, Jr., of
Oroville, and the defendants by R.C. LONG, of Gridley.
RED BLUFF (Tehama Co.), April 11
- The Board of Town Trustees Monday night by unanimous vote passed a resolution
granting the Redding and Red Bluff Railway Company the right to construct and
operate a single track railroad, to be run by electricity only, the entire
length of Jackson Street. It is proposed
that poles shall be erected in the middle of the street, with the wire
suspended from iron brackets or arms. The poles are to be of dressed lumber and
painted. If the Trustees prefer to have the poles placed on the curb line and
the wires stretched across the street, this will be done. Suitable restrictions
are made in regard to where the trains shall stop, and it is expressly
forbidden that any making up or switching of trains shall be done on the
streets.
No provision is made as to the
speed of trains, and nothing is said about running freight trains at night. The
ordinance will take effect as soon as published.
Ex-Convict Who Shot Redding
Constable Jailed On Reaching Town and Later Is
Railroaded Out REDDING (Shasta Co.), April 11 - J.W. WOODEN was given a warm
reception when he arrived in Redding yesterday morning. He was locked up in the
city jail within five minutes after he stepped off the train and was kept there
until shortly before the departure of the northbound train in the evening. He
was made to get aboard and be gone. He was warned, too, never to come
back. The strange procedure was because
WOODEN shot Constable SEBRUIG in the leg in this city twelve years ago,
inflicting a wound that has made it necessary for SEBRUIG to wear a cork leg.
WOODEN was concerned in a hold-up of two pedestrians on the outskirts of
Redding. Constable SEBRIUG went to arrest him. It was then that the officer was
shot.
WOODEN was tried and sentenced
to San Quentin for five years. He served his time and also put in a term in the
Washington penitentiary for robbery. He
had not been in Redding since the shooting of SEBRUIG until yesterday. The officers got word that he was coming, and
they decided to take no chances. WOODEN has paid the penalty, so far as the law
is concerned, for shooting Constable SEBRUIG, but, notwithstanding, he will not
be permitted to walk the streets of Redding again.
REDDING (Shasta Co.), April 11 -
The final payment of $5000 on the $20,000 purchase price of the Reid Mine in
Old Diggings was made yesterday in this city by James SALLEE, who has been
operating the mine for over a year under a bond and a lease. The Reid now
employs seventy men and is a steady shipper of ore to the Mammoth smelter at
Kennett. It is wholly a gold mine and is the most important property in the Old
Diggings district.
KENNETT (Shasta Co.), April 11 -
John POTTS, a miner who has been working for weeks in the Mammoth, was taken to
Redding yesterday to be tried for his sanity. He was adjudged insane and
committed to Napa. POTTS insisted that he had been working in the Black Oak
Mine in Tuolumne County and could not be convinced that he had been working
until yesterday in the Mammoth Mine near Kennett. He had $80 in his pockets
that he had earned in the Mammoth while he was doubtless crazy.
RED BLUFF (Tehama Co.), April 11
- G.E. WOOTTEN, the former saloon man of this county who some months ago was
refused a continuance of his liquor license because of alleged disorderly
conduct in his place of business, and who was a short time later arrested by
the saloon firm of BURRIS & EPPERSON, of this place, on a charge of
obtaining money under false pretenses, has returned to Red Bluff to fight the
accusation. He was here on election day and did some
quiet work to defeat his accusers, who took an active part in the election, and
he expressed himself as anxious that his trial take place. WOOTTEN, it will be remembered, was kept in
the County Jail on the charge over forty days before his trial was set, and
although not found guilty has already served over ninety days in jail. He is
not out on bail.
Submitted by Betty Loose betty@unisette.com
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The Evening Bee
Sacramento, Cal.
Thursday, April 12, 1906
Page 6
Divorce Proceedings Punctured By
Furniture-Breaking Episodes And Court Restraining Orders OROVILLE (Butte Co.), April
12 - Developments in the ELLIOTT divorce case have been the cause of much
comment during the past week or two. As
The Bee published at the time, Minnie A. ELLIOTT brought suit for divorce
against J. Frank ELLIOTT, and a few days afterward secured a restraining order
to prevent him interfering with or breaking up any of the household goods,
alleging that he had attempted to ruin a piano. ELLIOTT was rebuked very
severely by the Court although he claimed he had not committed the alleged act,
and did not desire to interfere with the plaintiff in any manner.
A few days later, ELLIOTT turned
the tables and secured a restraining order from the Court to prevent his wife
from removing any of the household property or drawing any money out of a
certain bank account. Yesterday Mrs.
ELLIOTT came into Court again and alleged that ELLIOTT had again interfered
with and sought to damage some of the property. She asked that another
restraining order be issued against him. ELLIOTT was summoned to Court and
again denied the allegation of his wife that he had sought to cause her
trouble, and averred that she merely sought to persecute him. ELLIOTT was again admonished, and both
parties were warned to keep away from each other, and have no communication
whatever until Saturday, at which time ELLIOTT is to answer to the charge of
malicious mischief in attempting to destroy the piano.
OROVILLE (Butte Co.), April 12 -
A saloon has been conducted at Cherokee for some time by one J.A. SHAFFER in
what is known as lower town. There was no objection to the location of the
saloon in that quarter, but a short time ago SHAFFER bought a residence next
door to the Post Office and moved his stock of liquors into it, and established
a saloon there. A protest went up
against this move, but nothing could be done at that time. A few days ago,
however, he applied for a renewal of his license, and a remonstrance was at
once sent to the License Tax Collector. Yesterday was the day set for the
hearing, and a goodly number of Cherokee citizens presented themselves at the
Tax Collector’s office to make good their protest.
After a careful examination Tax
Collector BALDWIN denied the petition on the ground that the petition did not
contain the names of ten of the nearest freeholders, and Cherokee is now a dry
town.
LOYALTON (Sierra Co.), April 12
- A double funeral was held at Beckwith yesterday afternoon in Peck’s Hall.
Last Sunday night on the DEDMON ranch, Allen DEDMON, aged 74, who had lived in
this valley for a great many years, passed away of chronic heart trouble. He
was a member of the Hope Lodge, Beckwith, F.and A.M., and is the fourth one to
die from this Lodge inside of a month. He lived with two brothers on the ranch,
and none of the three ever married.
Monday afternoon Carrie Belle
EDE, wife of Stephen R. EDE, died in an hospital here
in Loyalton. They resided in Beckwith, where Mr. EDE is in business. Mrs. EDE
was a niece of Mr. DEDMON, and was married to Mr. EDE a little over a year ago.
Four months ago she lost a child at birth, and had been an intense sufferer
ever since. She was prominent in this valley as a school teacher, having taught
here about five years before her marriage. She was a member of the Lodge of Eastern
Star, Beckwith, and was 24 years and one week of age. The double funeral was
held under Masonic auspices, Rev. E.J. BRADNER of Loyalton making the address.
Stalker Appeared To Regard Junk
Dealer Lewis Almost As A Ghost, And His Nerve Rapidly Left Him OROVILLE (Butte
Co.), April 12 - Charles STALKER, the party accused of stealing a large amount
of copper wire from the power house of the Oro Light and Power Company several
weeks ago, was given a preliminary examination and held over on a charge of
grand larceny yesterday with bail fixed at $2500. STALKER came before the committing Magistrate
with bold air of assurance, but his mood soon changed, and there was a
different aspect to the case. It appears
from the evidence announced at the examination that STALKER thought the only
witness whose testimony could convict him was dead. LEWIS, a San Francisco junk
dealer, had purchased the wire and some time afterward, while gathering up junk
in the country, was reported drowned. LEWIS’ team was drowned, but he was not,
although the story was never contradicted.
STALKER believed him dead, and when LEWIS’ name was called at the
preliminary, and the man went upon the stand, STALKER was literally paralyzed.
He looked as if he had seen a ghost.
LEWIS positively identified
STALKER as the man who sold him the wire, and there was nothing to be done
after that but bind him over. It is
believed STALKER will now plead guilty.
Jack Allen Who Stabbed Wife and
Father-In-Law Seems Unbalanced But May Be Doing Clever Acting GRASS VALLEY
(Nevada Co.), April 12 - Is John ALLEN shamming, or is his mind actually
affected?
These are the questions which
the officials at the County Jail are asking.
ALLEN, who so fearfully stabbed and hacked his wife and father-in-law in
this city last Sunday, is either a clever actor, governed by the most fiendish
impulses, or else he is mentally deranged.
He sits in his cell, under close
watch, to prevent another attempt at suicide, and stares moodily at the floor.
He claims that enemies are after him, and occasionally he starts from his cot
and glares at unseen plotters, who he alleges are in his cell.
His victims are doing well, but
it is evident that his wife will never prosecute him. JENKIN, however, is in a
different frame of mind, and if the remaining members of his family have their
way, he will swear to a complaint against ALLEN as soon as it is determined he
is out of danger.
LOYALTON (Sierra Co.), April 12
- Election day (Monday) resulted in a great surprise
here. There were two tickets in the field. The Citizens,
which represented the old regime, and the Public Improvement Party ticket,
which came out for good roads, public improvements, etc. The latter carried the day, electing every
one of its candidates. There were 241 votes cast, distributed as follows:
Trustees - W.D. THORNE, 234 (on
both tickets); David CATO, 121; George WEST, 104.
Clerk - W.N. LEWIS, 126; T.F. BATTELLE, 110.
Treasurer - W.S. COLLINS, 237 (on both tickets.)
Marshal - R.H. PARKER, 132; B.L. JONES, 105.
SUISUN (Solano Co.), April 12 -
Daniel DEASY, who works at the stone quarry at Cordelia in this county, was
found dead in a creek near that city yesterday. Marks were found of a struggle
near the creek. The man had been paid off last night.
Mrs. Frank E. Mead, Joseph C.
Brown, and Stephen Lang Answer Final Summons At Yolo Homes.
WOODLAND (Yolo Co.), April 12 -
Mrs. Clara Etta MEAD, wife of Frank MEAD, died at the home of her parents, Mrs.
and Mrs. D.R. CLANTON,
in this city, last night.
She was a native of this city,
25 years of age, and was married in 1902 to Frank E. MEAD, who at that time
worked for A.S. HOPKINS Company, of Sacramento. Two years ago their health
failed, and both went to Albuquerque, N.M., but were not benefitted by the
change.
Mr. MEAD is now critically ill.
Mrs. MEAD leaves her husband,
her parents, an infant daughter, a brother, Clarence CLANTON, and three sisters
- Mrs. A.W. FOX and Mrs. W.T. CRITESER, of this city, and Mrs. J.H. BEERS, of
Sacramento.
Joseph C. BROWN, a Civil War
veteran, died at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Elmer OSBORNE, near this city yesterday. He was a native of
Pennsylvania, 73 years of age, and came to California while a young man. The
whereabouts of his son and relatives are not known.
Stephen LANG died at the
residence of his sister, Mrs. Nancy LAUNER, at Capay yesterday. He was a native
of New York, 74 years of age, and a veteran of the Civil War.
12-Year-Old Boy Leaves His Home
WOODLAND (Yolo Co.), April 12 -
Eddie, the 12-year-old son of Mrs. Mary
PIERCE, of this city, has disappeared from home, and it has been ascertained by
the officers that he took the afternoon train yesterday for Fresno. The
officers at Davisville and Sacramento have been instructed to look out for him.
The boy left home Tuesday and
spent the day with a colored boy by the name of Norman MACHEM, on a trip to
Yolo. MACHEM says PIERCE lost a quarter his mother gave him to make a purchase
and was afraid to return home. MACHEM
also says that he and the boy returned and that the latter slept in a barn on
the MACHEM premises Tuesday night.
As the colored boy had on
PIERCE’s shirt and also had a pocketknife belonging to PIERCE he was locked up,
but later released. Young PIERCE flagged
the train at Merritt Station and paid his fare with a half-dollar given him by
a workman, presumably going as far as that small sum would take him. He
probably will be located to-day and sent home.
MARYSVILLE (Yuba Co.), April 12
- The first case of lockjaw to attract the physicians of this city for a number
of year resulted fatally last evening at the home of Alonzo MITCHELL and wife,
when their eight-year-old son, Albert, passed away of the dread complaint.
About a week ago the boy dell
upon a rusty nail, which entered his hand. Apparently the wound healed, but on Sunday
last the symptoms of lockjaw made their appearance in the form of severe pains
in the back and a rigidity of the muscles in that portion of the body. The jaws
were set during the final illness, but not so rigidly
as is generally the case.
He died in intense pain, the
muscles of the body toward the end contracting so that the patient could not
breathe, producing suffocation.
MARYSVILLE (Yuba Co.), April 12
- Word has been received here that J.M.
CREMIN, who for nine years past has been manager of the circulation
department of the San Francisco Call, has resigned his position, to take effect
May 1st. This news is of interest to Marysville readers of The Bee,
as CREMIN formerly resided here, and is well known. It is said that Edward M. FARRELL and W.P.
O’BRIEN, also former Marysvillians, will shortly sever their connection with
the Call.
Alleged Watch Thief Of Dunsmuir
Given Hearing At Yreka and Strong Case Is Made Out Against Him DUNSMUIR
(Siskiyou Co.), April 12 - The man arrested in Redding last week for the
alleged theft of six gold watches in as many homes in Dunsmuir last Thursday
night was bound over yesterday afternoon in Yreka to answer to the Superior
Court on the charge of robbery.
When he was arrested he gave his
name as Charles GOULD, but he testified yesterday in Judge THOMAS’ Court at
Yreka, where the preliminary examination was held, that his real name is Seth
GOULD. He was held under $1000 bonds, which he could not raise. He was remanded
to the County Jail and will not be tried before May, as other criminal cases
have precedence. A.
LEVY, merchant of this place, identified positively in Yreka yesterday one of
the watches found on GOULD as the timepiece stolen from his residence a week
ago. The case against GOULD is considered very strong. It was shown at the preliminary examination
that he had sent and received telegrams in Dunsmuir under the name of Tommy
DIXON.
OROVILLE (Butte Co.), April 12 -
Barney PACK, a resident of Chico, who is under $5000 bonds on a charge of
assault with a deadly weapon, in threatening the life of his wife and his brother-in-law
by flourishing a knife in a threatening manner, as already told in The Bee,
pleaded guilty to the charge yesterday afternoon and 10:30 o’clock to-day was
set as time for sentence. But later he was brought into Court, waived time for
sentence, and received two years in the State Prison at Folsom.
Submitted by Betty Loose betty@unisette.com
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The Evening Bee
Sacramento, Cal.
Friday, April 13, 1906
Page 6
One of Jack Allen’s Victims
Takes Bad Turn For The Worse And Lies In A Critical Condition GRASS VALLEY
(Nevada Co.), April 13 - John ALLEN may have the murder of aged Alfred JENKIN
to answer for after all. JENKIN has taken a turn for the worst, and is very
weak.
It was thought he had a fair
chance to pull though, but now grace fears are entertained for his recovery.
The awful wound in his lung refuses to heal, and every breath is labored. His
condition is now critical. ALLEN is
apparently going mad. Yesterday he was wilder than ever and his condition is
such that he has been removed to the insane cell in the County Jail. He paces
the floor, howling and raving, cursing and supplicating. His great fear is that
somebody is after him to take his life.
He has slept but a few hours since Sunday and all the nourishment he has
taken is a little beef tea. His case is a puzzle.
It is just possible that ALLEN
is suffering from a bad case of delirium tremens.
OROVILLE (Butte Co.), April 13 -
Some time ago William HILEMON after several months of litigation secured
judgement against the Palermo Land and Water Company, the Company having
refused to furnish him with water for irrigation purposes.
The Court ordered that he should
be furnished with water whenever he deemed it necessary during the irrigating
season, and damages were placed at $25.
Now the company has given notice
to KILEMON’s attorney that it intends to move the Court to set aside the
decision and to grant a new trial upon the usual statutory grounds -
insufficiency of evidence and errors of law.
Ear Biter Is Given One Year in
Prison
OROVILLE (Butte Co.), April 13 -
Jesse HORTON, who bit a piece out of the ear of one Daniel LYONS, and who was
charged with mayhem, plead guilty to the charge and yesterday was sentenced to
serve one year in the State Prison at Folsom District Attorney BOSTON asked the
Court to be lenient with HORTON as he had saved the county the expense of a
trial by pleading guilty. He desired to have it understood that he proposed to
ask for leniency in all cases where the county was saved such expense.
OROVILLE (Butte Co.), April 13 -
It has been decided that Oroville is to have a baseball team this season, and
no pains will be spared to make it one of the best in Superior California.
Major A.F. JONES, O.C. PERRY, C.H.
MATTHEWS and W.J. SHARKEY will manage the club. The ball grounds have
been put in splendid shape, and the first game will take place on April __ when a Sacramento team will be brought
here. It is talked of forming a league of clubs in near-by towns.
GRIDLEY (Butte Co.), April 13 -
After an illness extending over a period of eight months, Cuno CLARENBACH died
here yesterday, aged 72 years. He came
to this county fifty years ago, and during the past three years made his home
in this city.
Mr. CLARENBACH was born in
Prussia in 1833, and the next year was brought to the United States by his parents.
In 1854 he started for California and engaged in mining at what is now called
Placerville, then Hangtown. In 1856 he came to Butte County. In 1858 he married
Mrs. Margaret BOLLER, of Dogtown, and until 1864 resided in Sacramento. Later
he went to Newcastle, and then back to Butte.
His wife died in 1902. He leaves
six children and ten grandchildren. The children are - Mrs. Rosa JOHNSON and
Edward, Cuno B. and Frank CLARENBACH, of this place; Mrs. J.M. COFFMAN of
Biggs, and William CLARENBACH of Durham.
Mr. CLARENBACH was an exempt fireman of Engine Company No. 3, of
Sacramento.
CHICO (Butte Co.), April 13 -
Henry SENG, a butcher who recently started a shop in this city, left for parts
unknown early yesterday morning, and his wife turned the keys of the shop over
to the largest creditor, a meat packing establishment of Chico, later in the
day. The condition of the finances of SENG’s shop has not yet been determined
by the experts.
San Francisco Man Awarded
Downieville Mail Privilege, But Is Up Against Transportation Problem.
NEVADA CITY (Nevada Co.), April
13 - The contract for carrying mail between this city and Downieville has been
let by the Postal authorities to J.S. WIGGINS for $3973.
The Downieville Stage Company,
which has been carrying the mails, put in a bid $500 higher, declaring that the
work incident to the job was worth that much more.
The most interesting feature
however lies in the fact that WIGGINS is a resident of San Francisco, and to
carry out the terms of the contract will be compelled to go to heavy expense to
procure horses and conveyances. The
distance is sixty miles and six trips a week are called for.
GRASS VALLEY (Nevada Co.), April
13 - Mrs. V.I. BLACK passed away yesterday afternoon at the family home near Rough and Ready, west of this city. She was stricken with
paralysis the day before while at work in her kitchen, and being alone at the
time, fell to the floor in trying to reach her bed. There she lay helpless until
5 o’clock, when her son, John, came in from the other end of the ranch. She had
lived at Rough and Ready since 1860. The funeral will
be held Sunday.
MILLVILLE (Shasta Co.), April 13
- The Shasta County Livestock Association, which includes in its membership
nearly all the large stock growers of the county, at a meeting held here
elected the following officers for the ensuing year: President, L.C. SMITH;
Treasurer, J.R. HUNT; Secretary C.W. HEREFORD; Executive Committee - Dan GOVER and John SCHULER, Balls
Ferry; T.F. DEMPSTER and Vint STEVENSON, Anderson; John LUTZ and George
THOMPSON, Redding; H.H. OUTTER,
Palo Cedro; Charley OVERMYER, Montgomery Creek; Peter HUFFORD, Whitmore; C.C.
BIDWELL, Cassel; Willis STONE, Manton; J.A. DUNHAM, Fred DERSCH, A.A. SHEARIN
and C.R. HERYFORD, Millville.
WAUGH (Shasta Co.), April 13 -
The only hotel at this place, which is best-known by its railroad name of
Middle Creek, has been sold by Mr. and Mrs. Andy CUSICK to their son-in-law and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Dom O’GARA of Red Bluff.
The Middle Creek Hotel has been
a famous stopping place ever since the early ë50s and retained its importance
until the railroad banished the stages.
Mrs. CUSICK is very ill. That
fact alone was the cause of the selling of the old home. Mr. O’GARA is
assistant railroad agent at Red Bluff. Mr. and Mrs. CUSICK will spend their
last days in the old home, notwithstanding they have deeded it away.
REDDING (Shasta Co.), April 13 -
The Student Body of the Shasta County High School has received a lot of daisy
plants, from Luther Burbank and they have been planted and will receive tender
care. The gift is peculiarly appropriate, because the students recently changed
the name of their school paper from “Purple and White” to “The Shasta Daisy.”
STOCKTON (San Joaquin Co.),
April 13 - Colvin H. BROWN, who recently resigned as Secretary of the Chamber
of Commerce, and whose resignation will go into effect the first of next month,
will probably be succeeded by Councilman A.C. OULLAHAN.
A majority of the Directors have
spoken to Mr. OULLAHAN about the matter and have offered him the position. The
Councilman has not given a definite answer, but it is believed he will accept
the offer. The position carries a salary of $200 a month. Mr. BROWN first
received $150 a month and expenses, but when he was offered a better position a
few months ago it was raised $50.
Mr. OULLAHAN has taken an active
part in the business of the City Council and is Vice-President. He is a member
of the Board of Directors of the Chamber of Commerce and was partly
instrumental in having the Council appropriate $35,000 for a right-of-way for
the proposed diverting canal.
HAYFORK (Trinity Co.), April 13
- The Carter Hotel was destroyed yesterday morning by fire. The two-story building is a total loss, but
most of the contents were saved.
The flames were discovered in
the roof while the guests were seated at the breakfast table and evidently had
been started by sparks from a defective chimney. The fire had gained too much
headway to be subdued by the ordinary bucket brigade. All that could be done
was to save the furniture. The fire burned slowly downward, giving plenty of
time to save the contents. The loss on
the building is $2500 or $3000; insurance, $700. The Carter Hotel, so-called from its builder
and owner, was one of the best-known hostelries in Trinity County and the only
hotel in hayfork. It was under lease to Thomas MONTGOMERY, County Surveyor.
WEAVERVILLE (Trinity Co.), April
13 - The two-story office building of the Union Hill Mining Company, standing
on the Last Chance Mine, near Douglas City, was burned yesterday morning.
Fire was discovered in the roof
while the occupants were seated at the breakfast table. The flames burned
downward slowly, giving the employes of the company plenty of time to save the
contents, though they could not put out the fire and save the building. They
saved not only all the furniture, but they ripped out most of the doors and
windows. The loss is over $1000, with no insurance.
WEAVERVILLE (Trinity Co.), April
13 - Justice of the Peace BARBER, at the preliminary examination of Clyde
BENNINGTON, held the defendant to answer to the Superior Court on the charge of
resisting an officer. Bail was fixed in the sum of $2000. This BENNINGTON could
not give, and he is held in jail awaiting trial.
Submitted by Betty Loose betty@unisette.com
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The Saturday Bee
Sacramento, Cal.
April 14, 1906
Page 6
BECKWITH (Plumas Co.), April 14
- Allen DEDMON, aged 74, a Sierra Valley pioneer, has passed away after a
prolonged illness. He came to this valley from Missouri in 1857, and has been
here almost constantly since. He came from Missouri.
LODI (San Joaquin Co.), April 14
- The local police officers thought they had a good charge of arson against a
South Sea Island negro yesterday, but an arrest was
not made, although the complaining witness was positive that the colored man
attempted to burn his restaurant.
From the reported facts, it
appears that the negro dined at the eating house and
he claimed the cashier charged him 75 cents for the meal. The regular price is
25 cents. The negro left the restaurant greatly
incensed at the proprietor, and made threats of vengeance.
A fire was discovered soon after
in the rear of the eating place, and but for the excited yells of a number of
Chinamen occupying an adjoining lodging house, the place would have been
totally destroyed. The Fire Department was called and quickly extinguished the
flames.
The entire back portion of the
restaurant was found to be soaked in kerosene, and to avoid the plans
miscarrying, the fire fiend placed a great quantity of coal-oil soaked kindling
wood about the place. Close by was found the five-gallon can used
for holding the oil. Had the flames spread they would have exploded the large
can of kerosene, and a most disastrous conflagration would have resulted.
ROCKLIN (Placer Co.), April 14 -
A fire broke out about 1:30 yesterday morning in the frame building owned by
L.L. CROCKER and occupied by R.S. SMITH,
a butcher, and L. WINTON, a harnessmaker. The flames shot high in the air, and
for a time the entire business part of town was threatened. It was only by
heroic work on the part of the firemen that adjoining property was saved. The
building and contents were totally destroyed. The loss will reach several
thousand dollars. The only insurance was that on the stock carried by WINTON.
It amounted to about $200. The fire is believed to have started from the
electric wires.
WOODLAND (Yolo Co.), April 14 -
Mrs. Susan MONTGOMERY died at her ranch near
Davisville early Friday morning. On April 1st
she suffered a stroke of
apoplexy, from which she never full recovered.
Deceased was a native of
Virginia, 78 years of age. Her maiden
name was Susan MARTIN, and she removed
early in life with her parents to Marion
County, Missouri, where she was
married to the late Alexander MONTGOMERY. They
came to California and
settled in Yolo County in 1854. MONTGOMERY
passed away in 1885. Fifteen
children were born to this union, of whom five
sons and six daughters
survive. They are W.S., L.J.S., J.C., and J.P.
MONTGOMERY of this county,
and
Andrew MONTGOMERY, of Sacramento; Mrs. Josephine JOHNSON and Mrs. Alice
RALLS, of Woodland; Mrs. Marilla
KING, Mrs. Minnie J. SNYDER and Mrs. Oriena GLOCKER, of Davisville, and Mrs.
Sarah E. JOHNSON, of Lincoln. Thirty grandchildren and twenty
great-grandchildren also survive her.
The funeral services will be held Sunday at 2:30 p.m. The interment will
be made at Davisville.
MARYSVILLE (Yuba Co.), April 14
- The fruit canneries in Marysville and Yuba City are preparing for a busy
season. The indications are that the peach crop, which is the one most depended
upon in this section to insure a long run, will be even better than last year,
and at increased prices to the grower. There will be good crops of cherries,
pears and plums, but apricots will fall somewhat short of last year’s crop.
The local cannery has added a
new cooker in anticipation of the increased business.
The two Association canneries
will handle dried fruits this season in addition to the regular business.
MARYSVILLE (Yuba Co.), April 14
- To succeed John U. HOFSTETTER as assistant to Cashier ECKART, of the Northern
California Bank of Savings. F.C. FARRANTS, a
recent arrival from England, who served for a time as shipping clerk at the
Marysville Woolen Mills, has been chosen. He will perform the clerical work,
principally, while Cashier ECKART is to give more attention to the business
management of the concern. HOFSTETTER was President and manager of the
institution and a stockholder when he resigned this week, as already stated in
The Bee. N.D. RIDEOUT, the well-known banker, has purchased this stock.
MARYSVILLE (Yuba Co.), April 14
- To benefit by the experience Marysville has had in installing a sewer system
under adverse circumstances, City Engineer J.L. EVANS, of Bakersfield, is a
visitor here. He says that the people of Bakersfield have decided to expend
$120,000 improving and extending their present sewer system, and as they have
water and quicksand to contend with after digging a certain depth, they want their
engineer to know how similar conditions have been conquered elsewhere. He has
inspected the sewer systems at Stockton and Sacramento, and he believes his
trip to this city has been equally instructive.
REDDING (Shasta Co.), April 14 -
A monkey-faced owl, the rarest specimen of a bird ever seen in these parts,
flew through a glass window of the school house Friday morning and was captured
alive by the janitor, who presented it to the landlord of the Temple Hotel,
where it is now on exhibition before many wondering gazers.
The owl is of a beautiful gray
color, but its face is the characteristic feature. In place of the usual round
face of the owl, this bird has the features of a monkey. The wings, too, are of
unusual length.
MARYSVILLE (Yuba Co.), April 14
- The marriage license bureau in Yuba County has experienced a dull week, not
one application being made by candidates for Hyman’s shrine.
Louie MANAUGH, of the Live Oak
district, has informed his friends here of his marriage to Miss Amanda BROWN,
of San Francisco, the ceremony being performed in the latter city this week.
REDDING (Shasta Co.), April 14 -
Not a single marriage license was issued in Shasta County last week, but one
final decree of divorce was granted and two divorce suits were begun. Alice L.
McCARTY received a final decree of separation from John L. McCARTY. Elizabeth
REICHARD applied for a divorce from Joseph L. REICHARD. Etna NICHOLS, of
Copley, also wants to be freed from George NICHOLS.
WOODLAND (Yolo Co.), April 14 -
Only one marriage license was issued the past week. Troy HARRISON BARR, age 20,
and Annie Bell LORANGER, age 19, both of Esparto.
OROVILLE (Butte Co.), County
Clerk BATCHELDER made five couples happy during the past week, by issuing
marriage licenses as follows: Marion GARDNER, of Darneville, aged 19, and
Minnie Mabel RUFF, of Rackerby; Olive HUNTER, aged 21, of Big Bend, and Ivie
CHRIYLE, aged 18, of Clear Creek; Carey CHAPMAN, aged 60m and Emilia TURNER,
aged 49, both of Chico; Frank MADEROS, aged 25, and Barbara AZEVEDO, aged 20,
both of Cherokee; Manuel CORDY, aged 49, and Isabel AZEVEDO, aged 22, both of
Cherokee.
Annie McGEE was granted a final
decree of divorce from Jos. McGEE. Mary C.
DAWSON was granted an interlocutory decree from John DAWSON. Eva LUTZ
was granted an interlocutory decree from Harrison LUTZ. An amended
interlocutory decree was filed in the case of Ora B. SHIELDS vs. S.E. SHIELDS.
Mary A. DOYELL was granted a final
decree from W.W. DOYELL.
SUISUN (Solano Co.), April 14 -
County Clerk HALLIDAY has issued during the past week licenses for the marriage
of the following persons:
Harvey L. TRISSEL, 34, and May H.
KEITHLY, 31, both of Napa; Arthur WATERFALL, 30, and Mary KOCH, 19, both of
Vallejo; Carl B. BROWN, 26, and Blanche BOOCK, 18, both of Rio Vista.
GRASS VALLEY (Nevada Co.), April
14 - Aged Alfred JENKIN, one of the victims of his son-in-law, Jack ALLEN,
still battles bravely with death, and has improved somewhat over yesterday,
when it was feared he could not survive many hours. His condition is still
critical, but the slight improvement is hailed as victory. ALLEN has calmed
down and is no longer tramping his narrow cell, shouting and cursing. The
delirium seems to have passed and it is now thought he will soon regain his
normal condition. He slept better yesterday and took nourishment with a relish.
Appellate Court Denies Motion For New Trial To Miner Convicted of Manslaughter REDDING
(Shasta Co.), April 14 - Word was received here this morning from Sacramento
that the District Court of Appeal has denied the application of George W.
GALLANAR for a new trial. GALLANAR was convicted of manslaughter for killing
Adolph GORMAN in Keswick in 1903, and was sentenced to ten years in prison.
The news that the new trial had
been denied gave general satisfaction in Redding, and
the matter was a common topic of conversation on the streets to-day. GALLANAR
was a Union miner, and he killed GORMAN during the big
strike at Keswick. He was tried twice before convicted. At the first trial the
jury stood eleven for conviction and one for acquittal. Since GALLANAR has been
in the County Jail, he has been writing to Unions all over the county asking
for help on the ground that he was being persecuted. It is believed he
collected several thousand dollars.
NEVADA CITY (Nevada Co.), April
14 - After carrying a 44-caliber bullet in his thigh for several weeks, Rere
MARDEVICH had it extracted yesterday at the County Hospital by Dr. TICKELL.
This marks the final chapter of a fight among a gang of Austrians at Floriston
the latter part of March, when John DUBROVAS was arrested on the charge of
stabbing a fellow countryman. He was discharged at his preliminary examination
for lack of evidence. In addition to the knife DUBROVAS was accused of wielding
a 44-caliber revolver, but MARDEVICH refused to make a complaint, though it was
evident he had been shot in the battle. He was brought to the hospital
yesterday in a serious condition, his wound having received little attention
since he was shot. Dr. TICKELL operated
at once to save the limb. He found the bullet, badly mushroomed, imbedded in
the thigh bone.
GRASS VALLEY (Nevada Co.), April
14 - Senseless, his head under water, and suffocating, James KENNEDY was
rescued yesterday afternoon in the nick of time by his companions, Bennett
PENHALL and Charles SMITH. They were tearing down an old sand plant below the
North Star Mine. A section of roof came down striking KENNEDY on the head,
knocking him senseless. He fell so that his head was immersed in a four-foot
ditch. PENHALL and SMITH rushed to his assistance and saved his life. He was
removed after a time and was given medical attention. He is badly injured, but
the attending physician, Dr. ROBINSON, believes he will recover, though paralysis is
feared.
Submitted by Betty Loose betty@unisette.com
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The Evening Bee
Sacramento, Cal.
Monday, April 16, 1906
Page 6
Other Buildings At Brokaw Mine
Destroyed By Fire and Residents Are Much Incensed Over Outrages YREKA (Siskiyou
Co.), April 16 - Several months ago The Bee published a dispatch from this
place telling about the burning of the A.C. BROKAW residence and other
buildings at his mine in Quartz Valley. The fire was supposed to be the work of
an incendiary.
Late Saturday evening, from a
man just in from Quartz Valley, The Bee representative was informed that at
midnight on Friday last the same enemy who has been pursuing Mr. BROKAW
completed his work of revenge - if it may be called that - by burning down the
remainder of the buildings at the mine as well as a large building belonging to
R.A. BYRAM, formerly
publisher of the Fort Jones Miner and Farmer. Mr. BYRAM lost everything
in the building, and in fact, had a narrow escape from the burning
structure. The suspected incendiary is
being closely watched, and if enough evidence can be secured in the next few
days to warrant his arrest he will be taken into custody.
The citizens of Quartz Valley
are much worked up over Mr. BROKAW’s recent loss, and it is hinted on good
authority that when the guilty party or parties are discovered, that “Judge
Lynch” will immediately try the case and save the county the expense of a
trial.
The only building that Mr.
BROKAW now has standing is his mill, and it is understood that a watch will be
kept over this property both day and night.
New buildings will shortly be erected on the site of the ones recently
burned.
REDDING (Shasta Co.), April 16 -
Frank LAMB, who was sent up from Shasta County to San Quentin to serve seven
years on conviction of cattle-stealing, is seeking release on parole. He has
served over two years of his time.
District Attorney DOZIER says that he will oppose the parole of LAMB.
Taken Into Court This Morning To
Answer To Charge Of Murdering A.N. McVICAR Last Month STOCKTON (San Joaquin
Co.), April 16 - Mrs. Emma LE DOUX, charged with the murder of A.N. McVICAR,
was brought into Court this morning to plead, she having been arraigned several
days ago. After the announcement that C.H.
FAIRALL had been associated as counsel for the defense, Mrs. Le Doux was
ordered to stand up. She did so and pleaded not guilty in a clear voice
hesitating only for an instant.
The ceremony occupied only about
one minute, but the Court-room was crowded long before the hour arrived for
bringing the accused before the Judge.
The crime of which Mrs. LE DOUX
stands charged is the murder by poison of Albert N. VICKAR in a lodging house
in this city on the 24th of March, following which the body was
forced into a new trunk, which the woman had taken to the station, but
neglected to check. The odor of the body was noticed by a baggageman during the
evening and the trunk was forced open by the officers. The trunk was traced to
the woman, who was arrested in Antioch two days later.
Balaklala Mining Company Puts Up
Cash And Secures Undisputed Title To Site For Big Smelter KENNETT (Shasta Co.),
April 16 - By judgements rendered Saturday in the Superior Court at Redding and
by settlements made outside of Court with adverse claimants, the Balaklala
Mining Company becomes the undisputed and indisputable owner of the locally
famous “Section 20,” a tract of land midway between Copley and Kennett on which
the Company will erect a 1000-ton smelter.
When it became known several
months ago that this section had been selected for a smelter site and the
Company located mining claims upon it, jumpers filed claims upon the same
ground. Mining notices were filed three deep on the section located by the
Balaklala, the Company itself putting on one plaster of notices and thus
jumping its own ground. These different sets of jumpers based their right to
their claims on errors made by others as to the dates upon which it was proper
to enter land on “Section 20,” which had been an Indian allotment.
Sixteen claimants adverse to the
Balaklala interests were satisfied with the settlement made Saturday and
judgements were entered accordingly and made of record. The “jumpers” received
a substantial payment in coin. The amount is not known positively, but report
has it that sum paid was $12,000. It was
only Saturday that the copper Company paid $1200 into the United States Land
Office in Redding that being the purchase price exacted by the Government.
The important fact is
established that the Balaklala Company’s title to “Section 20” is now perfectly
clear and no one can lay as much as a straw in the way of building the smelter.
The jumpers caused a delay in the work of several months, for the Company would
not make a beginning while there was a single cloud upon its title.
Crazed Jack Allen, Who Cut Up
Wife and Father-In-Law, Suspected Of Planning Wholesale Wreck.
GRASS VALLEY (Nevada Co.), April
16 - Did Jack ALLEN intend to blow up the home of his father-in-law, Alfred
JENKIN, Sr.?
This is the question which is
giving the JENKIN family and the officers considerable worry just now. The
finding of a stick of giant powder in the JENKIN yard,
has caused a feeling of uneasiness among members of the JENKIN family, who are
wholly at a loss to account for its presence.
One theory is that Jack ALLEN, who so murderously attacked his aged
father-in-law and his wife a week ago Sunday, had this stick of high explosive
in his pocket that night, intending to use it, and while making his escape from
the place threw it into the corner of the yard where it was found last
Saturday. Another theory is that ALLEN carried home a supply of the terrible
stuff from the North Star Mine, where he was employed, with the idea in his
drink-crazed brain of putting cap and fuse to it and blowing up the family
residence, and that he hid the stuff somewhere in the cellar, until such time as
he would be ready to use it. If he did hide the explosives, a rat could easily
have carried the stick found to the place where it was picked up.
JENKIN is still holding his own, but he is in a dangerous condition. Mrs. ALLEN is able to
be up. ALLEN has recovered from his recent outbreak, whether real or feigned,
and now is very quiet, but is developing a religious tendency, as he has been
frequently in prayer. If ALLEN is
brought to trial and acquitted, his life will not be worth 2 cents, as William
JENKIN, a determined young man, declares that if his father dies ALLEN will
never leave the county alive. He is a quiet, gentlemanly young fellow, who says
but little, but his words carry a terrible significance.
ETNA (Siskiyou Co.), April 16 -
At the regular election held here last Tuesday there was a full new Board of
Trustees elected to carry on the town’s business for the coming year.
Following is the Board-elect:
A.H. DENNY, Peter BLAKE, E.W. BATHURST. Ef.
Joseph CLARK was elected
Marshal; C.L. WILLARD, Jr., Treasurer, and B.J.
WALLACE, Clerk.
Refused Permission To Wed In
Jail, Prisoner Gives Bond and Weds, Afterward Surrendering To Sheriff
WEAVERVILLE (Trinity Co.), April 16 - Clyde BENNINGTON, who is confined in the
County Jail awaiting trial in the Superior Court on the charge of resisting an
officer, as told in The Bee several days ago, was married Saturday to Mrs.
Fannie DOEBLIN.
BENNINGTON had been unable to
raise $2000 bonds and was consequently in jail. He asked permission of Sheriff
BERGIN to be married, although he was a prisoner. The Sheriff, acting under the
advice of District Attorney GIVEN, refused to grant the permit.
But Love found a way to break
through the bars. P.M. PAULSON and J.H. BOYCE, substantial business men, went
BENNINGTON’s bond for matrimonial purpose. They went his bail for $2000 and the
bond was approved by Justice of the Peace BARBER, the committing Magistrate.
BENNINGTON was then released from jail. He at once got the license and then
Rev. W.C. DAY married him and Mrs. DOEBLIN. After the ceremony was over,
BENNINGTON went to the Sheriff and surrendered himself and is once more in
jail.
BENNINGTON and Mrs. DOEBLIN were
arrested over two weeks ago near Trinity Center for violating the game laws,
BENNINGTON for killing a deer out of season, and Mrs. DOEBLIN for having
venison in her possession. Mrs. DOEBLIN was fined $20, which she paid.
BENNINGTON, who pleaded guilty, was fined $50, which he couldn’t pay. So he was
brought to this place to serve fifty days in the County Jail. After he had
served four days Mrs. DOEBLIN paid the rest of his fine and he was given his
liberty. But he was at once rearrested on the charge of resisting an officer
when he was taken up by Deputy Game and Fist Warden HOTCHKISS.
BENNINGTON is having his share
of trouble, but the happy wedding, consummated in spite of iron bars, is a rift
of sunshine in the clouds.
Close To Forty Eight Hours Elapsed
Before Death Of Dr. George G. Willis Was Discovered GRASS VALLEY (Nevada Co.),
April 16 - An autopsy was performed yesterday on the body of the late Dr.
George O. WILLIS, found dead in bed Saturday night by Drs. JAMISSON and
CHAPPELL. They found the liver in fearful condition and the heart affected, but
as far as their tests could go they failed to ascertain the presence of poison.
It is thought death was due to heart failure.
Dr. WILLIS was last seen alive
on Thursday evening, when he purchased some bakery stuffs. These were found in
the package in which they left the bakery, indicating that he had died soon
afterward, as the stomach was absolutely empty. The body was found lying on the
bed, fully dressed, as though death had come easily during a nap. Dr. WILLIS
lived alone in a little cottage on Church Street, hence the fact that the body
lay for nearly forty-eight hours before being found. It was discovered by T.E.
PHILLPIS, a druggist, who became alarmed over WILLIS’ absence. Strange as it may seem, the body was noticed
Saturday morning and the man who saw it believed Dr. WILLIS asleep and left the
house without investigating. John CONNOLLY entered the cottage to invite Dr.
WILLIS to take dinner with him the following day - Sunday. The room was rather dark, hence he took no particular notice. Believing that
WILLIS was enjoying a nap, he did not step close to the bed, and left with the
intention of returning later when the physician should awaken.
A cable has been sent to the
only living brother, Rev. William Armstrong WILLIS, of the Monmouthshire
diocese, England. The body will be interred here.
Dr. WILLIS came here in 1894,
building up a magnificent practice. Soon afterward he married Miss Clara B.
KING, whose death occurred three years ago. Failing health finally caused the
physician’s lucrative practice to dwindle away, until of late he had a rather
hard time of it. He came of a distinguished family in England and during his
life held several Government positions in England and Australia.
OROVILLE (Butte Co.), April 16 -
The bluejay killing contest which has extended over a period of seven weeks,
closed at 6 o’clock Saturday evening.
The rivalry between the teams recruited from members of the Oroville Gun
Club, became intense toward the last and many wagers were made by friends of
they respective contestants. The two teams were captained by Wm. SCHNEIDER and
August JOHNSON.
Up to yesterday SCHNEIDER’s team
was ahead, but JOHNSON marshalled his forces for the final struggle, and won
out by forty birds. SCHNEIDER’s team killed 1586 birds and JOHNSON’s 1608,
making a grand total of 3176 bluejays killed in seven weeks.
The highest individual score was
by August JOHNSON, who had 490 birds to his credit. Sportsmen claim that the
killing of the bluejays has worked a world of god in the protection of quail.
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The Evening Bee
Sacramento, Cal.
Tuesday, April 17, 1906
Page 6
Davisville Section Selected By
Fate Monday To Receive The Grim Reaper And To Suffer
Sorrow DAVISVILLE (Yolo Co.), April 17 - The day following Easter was seemingly
an off one for this community. First, Elmer HARRINGTON, a young man who resides
with his parents in this city, lost the end of the index finger of his left
hand while holding to the handles of a big road plow that was breaking up the
roadbed for grading.
About 4 o’clock came the news of
the death of Charles BECKER, an old resident of Northern Solano, at his home
three miles southeast from Davisville. He was about 80 years of age. He
butchered in Sacramento in the latter 50s, and was there during a big fire.
Later he removed to Berryessa Valley, and about 1864 settled on the land where
he died, having accumulated a large estate.
About 4:30 o’clock Arthur
BRUNSON, who is employed in the shops of the Schmeiser Manufacturing Company as
a machinist, while engaged repairing a belt hammer, was floored by a blow from
the pitman of the hammer, it making a revolution from some unknown cause. He
was unconscious for an hour or more, but is now doing well.
At 5 o’clock Mrs. Deborah Alida
PUGH died at her home in this city after an illness dating over a period of
several months, her affliction being catarrh of the stomach and bowel. She and
her husband, David PUGH, resided at Swingles Station many years. He died a
little more than a year ago at the Sisters’ Hospital at Sacramento.
Mrs. Susan MONTGOMERY, aged 78
years, and one of the very old settlers here, was laid to rest in the local
cemetery Sunday. She crossed the plains in 1854. She and two other women of the
same train were attacked with cholera. The other two succumbed but she
survived, only, however, to be taken down with typhoid fever. In the same house
was a male member of the train stricken with the same disease. The man died,
and she again recovered. She was the
mother of fifteen children, eleven of whom survive her. Together
with a large number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Her
husband, Alexander MONTGOMERY, died in 1884 at Woodland. Her funeral was
largely attended.
WOODLAND (Yolo Co.), April 17 -
Judge GADDIS filed a modified decree yesterday in the case of Nettie ANDERSON
vs. Frank ANDERSON. In the original
decree, as was published in The Bee, Mrs. ANDERSON is denied a divorce, but was
awarded $50 for her support and $12.50 for each of the two children. In the
modified decree the wife is not allowed any support, but she is to receive $25
for each of the two children. The
modified decree is a result of a decision to which the Court’s attention was
called since the case was decided. It states that where a wife abandons her
husband a judgment for separate maintenance is unwarranted and will be
reversed. ANDERSON will probably appeal the case.
LODI (San Joaquin Co.), April 17
- An important business deal was consummated here Saturday when the interests
of E. OPPENHEIM and the Openheim Fruit Company were purchased by H. KLEINSORGE,
of Sacramento. The deal includes the largest store in Lodi, the immense packing
sheds at Lodi and Woodbridge, and all Mr. Oppenheim’s interests at Florin. Mr. OPPENHEIMER will install a substation of the American River
Power Company at Florin and Elk Grove.
REDDING (Shasta Co.), April 17 -
As already told in The Bee, Rev. A.L.
MITCHELL, of Redding, has been elected rector of St. John’s Episcopal
Church in Marysville, one of the oldest parishes in the State. Rev. MITCHELL
came to Redding from Ferndale last October and has given excellent satisfaction
in this city. St. John’s, in Marysville, is a much more important charge than
that of Redding, and although the parishioners here regret to see Mr. MITCHELL leave, they rejoice that he is
promoted. He leaves to-day for Marysville.
OAK (Shasta Co.), April 17 -
Frank GEYER, of this place, attended Easter services at Redding Sunday, drove
home in the afternoon, unhitched his horse, went into the parlor of his
father’s house, sat down in a chair, gave one gasp and died. He had not
complained even of feeling unwell. Heart trouble is the assigned cause of his
sudden passing. He was a fleshy man and was aged 27 years. The funeral took
place this morning from the Catholic Church in Redding, where he attended
Easter devotions Sunday.
HONCUT (Butte Co.), April 17 -
The residence on the WOOD place, one mile east of this town, burned to the
ground last evening. The fire started in the attic of the kitchen, while supper
was being cooked. J.F. VANCE and family
resided there and discovered the fire soon after it started. They devoted their
attention to fighting the flames for some time, so that when they decided to
try to save the furniture, the fire had attained such headway that but little
time was left to save household effects. They got an organ and some bed
clothing out, but lost several hundred dollars worth of furniture.
The building was owned by Mrs.
A.E. WOOD, of Sacramento, and valued at $2500. It was completely destroyed, and
no insurance was carried unless it had been places within the past two weeks.
There was no insurance on the contents.
OROVILLE (Butte Co.), April 17 -
George CARLSON, a native of Norway, standing over six feet in his stocking
feet, was brought down from Berry Creek by Deputy Sheriff DUBOSE and a charge
of insanity placed against him. When the
Court House was reached it took six men to land the giant in the padded cell,
so violent had he become. He was at once placed in a straitjacket.
Carlson has an idea that if he
could get rid of his head and his heart he would be all right. He was examined
before a Commission in insanity and pronounced insane and committed to the
asylum at Napa. This is the sixth laborer in the Western Pacific camps up the
river who has gone insane.
OROVILLE (Butte Co.), April 17 -
Fannie ROBE has brought suit for divorce against H.J. ROBE. Both parties are
residents of Chico and were married in Reno, Nevada, May 22, 1900. Plaintiff
alleges that the defendant deserted her at Stirling City in June, 1905, without
provocation, and since then has neglected and refused her with the necessaries
of life.
WHEATLAND (Yuba Co.), April 17 -
The old Board of City Trustees met last evening for the last time, and put the
finishing touches on a successful year’s labor by paying off all bills and then
turning their books over to a new Board, which was organized an
d sworn in at the same meeting. A.
REICHERS was elected Chairman of the new Board, after which he made some
appropriate remarks and then entered at once on the order of business by
appointing the following officers and Committees:
A.K. DAM, S.D. HICK sand (sic)
W.N. RICH were appointed as the Street Committee.
W.H. NIEMEYER, A.K. DAM and S.D.
HICKS as Auditing Committee.
Dr. BYRON, Dr. LUND, E.B.
LANGDON and G.W. MUNSON as the Board of Health.
Attorney E.T. MANWELL was
reappointed Water Clerk. James TAGGART
was appointed to take charge of the City Water Works until new rules can be
drafted and adopted governing the plant.
Attorney E.T. MANWELL was continued as City Attorney.
J.M. HICKS was appointed Fire Marshal, and J.F. DAVIS Night Watchman.
W.N. RICH, A.K. DAM and G.D. HICKS
were appointed as Committee on Rules.
MARYSVILLE (Yuba Co.), April 17
- A petition to remove a saloon business from on site to another, which was
twice refused by the City Council that retired early in the present month, was
granted by the new Administration, after a tie vote of the members of the
Council. It required the affirmative vote of Mayor HALL to decide in favor of
the petitioner, Edmund WALS. The latter will now occupy the two-story frame
building recently erected by him at the northeast corner of First and Oak
Streets, in the tenderloin district.
The petition of Bruce SUTLIFFE
for the removal of his saloon business from the corner of Third and B Streets
to an addition recently made to the DAWSON HOUSE, was granted by a unanimous
vote of the Council, all the property owners in the half block adjacent to the
new site signing the petition of SUTLIFFE.
Home And Champion Mining Trial
Date Set, And Latter Company Suggests An Outside Judge
NEVADA CITY (Nevada Co.), April 17 - It will not be long before the great legal
battle between the Home and the Champion Mining Companies will be under way.
Superior Judge NILON yesterday set the date for May 1st. The Champion’s attorney immediately filed notice
on County Clerk ARBOGAST, requesting him to communicate with Governor PARDEE,
asking that an outside Judge be sent to preside, alleging that the health of
Judge NILON would not permit him to sit through the case, which promises to be
long and very complex. Judge NILON being able to be in Court yesterday, the
County Clerk refused to do as requested.
The suit will be one of the
greatest, if not the greatest, in the history of mining in this county, as it
involves virtually the life of one of the mines in question, the dispute being
over the ownership of the ledge which both companies were working when their
underground forces came together.
GRASS VALLEY (Nevada Co.), April
17 - Henry STUART, an employe at the Union Hill Mine, lost one thumb yesterday
and part of the other through an accident. He was adjusting a shooe in the
battery at the mill, when the ponderous steel stamp dropped, though it was
supposed to be held safely, amputated his right thumb at the base and fearfully
crushing the left. Dr. JONES, who
attended the injured man, hopes to save part of the left thumb.
STEWART resides on the verge of
town.
ROSEVILLE (Placer Co.), April 17
- Jeremiah Cash GIVENS, an old and respected resident of Placer County, died yesterday
morning at his son’s home at Rocklin, aged 76 years. Mr. GIVENS had been in
feeble health for many years, and his death was not
unexpected. He was a native of Indiana, but for many years had lived in
California. The funeral will take place to-morrow, and the service and burial
will be under the auspices of the Roseville Odd Fellows Lodge, of which
organization he was a member.
TOWLE (Placer Co.), April 17 -
Charles SCHUNOVER, Southern Pacific agent here, has obtained a leave of absence
in order to accompany the body of his wife to her old home in Wisconsin. Mrs.
SCHUNOVER died here on the first of last December, as reported in The Bee. The
body was embalmed in San Francisco.
During his absence, SCHUNOVER’s
place is being filled by a man named SMITH. Night Operator MARTIN has also left
here. His place has been filled by Operator GIBSON.
TOWLE (Placer Co.), April 17 -
Mrs. Frank WEISMAN, of this place, has been suddenly summoned to the bedside of
her uncle, Rev. SHOEMAKER, of Santa Anna. His condition is reported to be very
critical. Rev. SHOEMAKER is one of the best-known members of the Presbyterian
clergy in this State.
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The Evening Bee
Sacramento, Cal.
April 18, 1906
Page 6
Burglars Attempt To Blow Open
Safe In Vegetable Store But Do Not Succeed And Escape
WOODLAND (Yolo Co.), April 18 - Sometime during the night burglars attempted to
blow open the safe in the vegetable store of M. MARTINELLI & Company. The
cap failed to explode.
Nitro-glycerine and soap were
used in plenty, and indications suggest that the men were old hands at the
business. It is supposed, after the failure of the cap to explode, that the
burglars were frightened off. The
discovery of the attempted robbery was made this morning when the store was
opened for business.
The affair was at once reported
to the officers, but at the wiring they do not appear to have found a clue.
LINCOLN (Placer Co.), April 18 -
Early this morning Frederick WASTIER, Sr., died at his home in Lincoln, from
heart failure, being sick only since yesterday morning. Deceased was 76 years old and a native of Germany. About forty years
ago he became a resident of Placer County and thirty years of this were spent
in Lincoln. Mr. WASTIER was well-known and highly esteemed and was the oldest
resident of Lincoln. He leaves a widow and two daughters, Mrs. Ed. FINNEY, of
Lincoln, and Mrs. A.H. PETTER, of Los Angeles, and a son, Frederick, who lives
in San Francisco.
After a long period of sickness,
Asa H. GATES, a pioneer of California, and a native of Massachusetts, passed
away Monday, April 16th, at his home, two and one-half miles from
Lincoln. Deceased had reached the ripe old age of 81 years and 21 days, and was
known far and wide. He leaves two sons still at home and two married daughters
who reside in San Francisco. The Native Daughters will attend the funeral in a
body as it is their custom to this honor all pioneers of the Golden State.
Funeral services from the Congregational Church this afternoon and interment in
Manzanita Cemetery. Following closely
upon this death, Luther JARVIS, another well-known citizen of Placer County,
passed away at his home about three miles from Lincoln. Deceased was a native
of Ohio and was almost 67 years old. He leaves a widow and one married
daughter, Mrs. Silas BERRY, of Lincoln, to mourn his loss. Funeral
at 1:30 o’clock Thursday from the late residence and burial at Manzanita.
NEVADA CITY (Nevada Co.), April
18 - Insane, a check for $500 in his pocket, across one corner of which was the
word “Void,” Frank MURPHY was lodged in the County Jail here yesterday by E.T.
WORTHLEY of Washington. MURPHY went to Superintendent MILLER, of the California
Mine, a day or two ago and demanded $500, which he declared was due him. He had
been hanging about the place for some time, and realizing his condition, MILLER
wrote him out the check, but was careful to include the word “Void” in large
letters across one end of it. MURPHY then left in high glee, saying he intended
to cash the check in this city. Officer WORTHLEY was notified and persuaded
MURPHY to accompany him, saying he would take him to Dr. TICKELL, who was the
only man who could cash the paper. MURPHY was so delighted that he failed to
observe where he was until he landed in jail. He will be examined by lunacy
experts.
Aged Charles T. Duval, Ill and
Weary, Drinks Big Dose Of Poison, After Writing Three
Notes GRASS VALLEY (Nevada Co.), April 18 - After writing notes to Coroner
HOCKING and to Undertaker HARRIS as to the disposal of his body, aged Charles
T. DUVAL deliberately drank enough
cyanide of potassium yesterday afternoon to kill a dozen men. He fell and
expired, in an instant. The body was not discovered until 6 o’clock last
evening.
Constable C.C. TOWNSEND was
called by a neighbor of DUVAL’s, Mrs. D.E.W.
WILLIAMSON, who said she feared something was wrong at the DUVAL home. TOWNSEND entered and found the body cold in
death, stretched at length by the side of the bed. On a stand near by sat the
glass from which the fatal draught had been drunk, and a bottle consisting a large quantity of the deadly poison. Coroner
HOCKING and Deputy HARRIS were summoned and took charge of the remains.
The Coroner found three notes -
one to himself, one to the public and one to the A.O.U.W. and the undertaker.
In his letter to the Coroner DUVAL stated that to relieve all doubt he would
state that he had ended his life on account of ill health. Had he felt that he
could recover, he wrote, he would not have considered self-destruction. He said
it required more courage to live as he had lived then to die. One of the notes
advised Dr. JAMIESON to make an autopsy, if he so wished.
It was about 2 o’clock that
DUVAL was last seen alive. At that time he was pacing his porch, muttering and
waving his arms, evidently out of his mind.
Mrs. WILLIAMSON spoke to him, but he only threw up his arm and made no
answer.
He was a native of Kentucky,
aged 69 years, and 11 months. He came here in 1855, and was always held to high
esteem. Since the death of his wife he had lived alone in his home on West Main
Street. DUVAL had long been an acute sufferer from asthma, and had threatened
before to end his life. He leaves one son, Lucius, who will arrive
to-day from the Gaston Mine.
CHICO (Butte Co.), April 18 -
Miss Lois STILSON, a graduate of the Chico State Normal School, and who has
been teaching in Paradise during the past term, has been appointed musical
instructor of the Chico public schools.
Miss STILSON takes the place of Miss Frankie NELSON, who had to resign
on account of ill health.
As an instance of the work which
the musical instructor may be called upon to carry through at times, the
services to be given at the laying of the corner-stone for the W.C.T.U.
Convention Hall in Chico Vecino to-day, well illustrates the point. Eight
hundred children must be trained and taught the songs which will be sung by them, and in the past the results of the unison and
part-song work have been very creditable.
In 1882 Knocked A Fellow Employe
In Head With Hammer and Threw Dead Body Into Simmerly Slough MARYSVILLE (Yuba
Co.), April 18 - A notice which was served on District Attorney BRITTAN to-day
to the effect that Matthias BLUMER, a prisoner serving a life term in Folsom
prison on May 1st will make application to Governor PARDEE for a
pardon, recalls the cold-blooded crime of which BLUMER was convicted in the
Superior Court of this county in 1883.
It was on November 16, 1882, that BLUMER with a hammer crushed the skull
of a fellow-employe named J. Fred SCHINDLER at the SCHUMPF dairy while his
victim was milking a cow in the early morning. He hid the remains of SCHINDLER
in a pile of manure until the cover of darkness came on that night and then
hauled the body to Simmerly Slough, weighted it and tossed it off a bridge into
the water. A Japanese who fished in the slough next
day hooked the remains and BLUMER’s crime was revealed.
BLUMER has twice escaped from
Folsom prison, once reaching Omaha, where he became intoxicated and revealed
his identity.
OROVILLE (Butte Co.), April 18 -
Frank STOFER, a young man who was sentenced to undergo a term of ten years’
imprisonment for taking a $20 gold piece away from an aged colored man, named
COLEMAN, was granted a new trial a few days ago by the Third District Court of
Appeal.
It appears very likely now that
STOFER will escape further punishment.
Yesterday he was brought before Judge GRAY, and his attorney made a
motion to set aside the information on the ground that the commitment was
illegal. Judge GRAY overruled the
motion.
District Attorney SEXTON then
made a motion that Judge GRAY vacate the order
disallowing the motion to set aside the information, saying that he believed
the motion was well taken.
The Court took the matter under
advisement until Thursday at 10 o’clock.
OROVILLE (Butte Co.), April 18 -
In the case of the Abietene Medical Company against R.M. GREEN, to recover
moneys received by him while President of the Company, plaintiff has given notice
that on Monday, May 7, 1906, they will move the Court for Judgement on the
pleadings on the ground that the answer heretofore filed by defendant admits
the first, second and third allegations of the complaint, does not deny the
fourth, and that there is no denial by the defendant to the allegation that
defendant at the time of the filing of the complaint was indebted to the
Company in the sum of $1388. Further, that none of the material allegations of
the complaint are denied.
WOODLAND (Yolo Co.), April 18 -
The trial of Dean McGREW, who is charged with resisting an officer, is now
being heard before Judge GADDIS. McGREW, as told in The
Bee at the time, had his altercation with Constable HARRISON at Guinda during a
Christmas entertainment held in the church at that place. McGREW, it is alleged, knocked HARRISON down
after the officer had placed him under arrest. District Attorney HARRY L.
HUSTON represents the People and P. BRUTON the defendant.
MARYSVILLE (Yuba Co.), April 18
- The 5-year-old daughter of City Clerk HARE is suffering from severe burns to
her hands, the result of toppling onto a hot stove while seated in a high chair
yesterday.
The screams of the child
attracted her mother to her but too late to save her from the injuries. One
hand is very badly burned, but the patient’s youth is in her favor.
Death Lays a Heavy Hand On Aged
Parents, Suddenly Taking Their Two Children >From Them REDDING (Shasta Co.),
April 18 - Mr. and Mrs. John GEIGER, living in Happy Valley, lost a grown son
and a married daughter, their deaths occurring within twenty-four hours of each
other. Both were sudden, and each was caused by heart disease.
The Bee of Tuesday told how
Frank GEIGER, the son, had died Sunday in the home of his parents after
returning from Easter service. He sat down in a chair, gave one gasp and was no
more.
When the bereaved father came to
Redding the next day to make arrangements for the funeral of the son, he was
given a telegram informing him that his only daughter, Mrs. Josephine LIMACHER,
had dropped dead the evening before in her home in San Francisco. She left two
children, one a babe of two weeks and another that had seen but one birthday.
The two funerals - those of the
son and the daughter - were held at the same hour yesterday afternoon, the one
in San Francisco, the other in Redding. Surely, aged parents like Mr. and Mrs.
John GEIGER are seldom called upon to suffer the double sorrow that has
befallen them. Mrs. LIMACHER and Frank
GEIGER - sister and brother - were natives of Switzerland, though both were
reared in Shasta County. They were universally respected. Strangely, too, both
had always enjoyed apparently perfect healthy, and that both should drop dead
so nearly the same hour and of the same disease is a coincidence most
remarkable.
HONCUT (Butte Co.), April 18 -
Contractor BARRIS, who stopped work on the Western Pacific grade between here
and Palermo several weeks ago, is preparing to resume operation in a few days.
General report has it that Contractor REED is to start work here in a few days,
but is cannot be verified.
YREKA (Siskiyou Co.), April 18 -
Real estate in Scott Valley, along the line of the proposed railroad, is on the
boom just now. Two of the biggest ranches situated near Fort Jones, were sold
this week. The first sale was made by BILLS Brothers to Emory HUNT for $10,000.
It consisted of 240 acres of rich grain and alfalfa soil. The second sale of
500 acres of grain land belonging to Emory HUNT was made to James WALKER for
$20,000. Word was received here last night that Bob WALKER had sold 320 acres
at the forks of Morritt and Durzel Creeks to George L. CRAMER for $5000.
YUBA CITY (Sutter Co.), April 18
- Attorney A.C. McLAUGHLIN last evening received a telegram from Los Angeles
announcing that J.B. PRICE had decided to pay the fine imposed by Judge MAHON
in the DA SHIELL case several weeks ago, and that a check for $500 had been
forwarded for that purpose. PRICE, it
will be remembered, was adjudged guilty by a jury in the Superior Court, of the
crime of seduction under promise of marriage, Miss Viola DA SHIELL, of
Marysville, being the complaining witness. Judge MAHON sentenced him to pay a
fine of $500.
Notice of appeal was filed, but
it appears that PRICE has abandoned that intention.
The punishment was considered a
light one, although there were mitigating circumstances connected with the
case.
PLACERVILLE (El Dorado Co.),
April 18 - Dr. W.R. RANTZ and Miss Bessie ROSS were married at the home of the
bride’s mother in Uppertown early yesterday morning. The room was very prettily
decorated in white carnations and ferns.
The bride’s gown was a beautiful creation of white chiffon, over white
silk. The couple were
attended by Mrs. F.W. ROHLFING as matron of honor (rest of article cut off).
Husband Loses temper When He
Sees Woman With Another Man, Row Follows And Divorce Is Threatened RED BLUFF
(Tehama Co.), April 18 - When Farmer LANGDON, an industrious young man, who
lives on Red Bank, about twelve miles west of town, came to Red Bluff last
Saturday, he found his wife wearing a new Easter hat, in a buggy with a young
man, the two having enjoyed the field day sports at the race track. He
proceeded to pull her out of the buggy, and taking the
new hat from her head, tore it up and threw it in the street. He then quietly
journeyed home.
He expected his wife to follow him,
but she did not. She started there yesterday, however, with her young male
friend, Charley BARLEY, but met her husband on the road and, after some words
had passed between them, both started for the Sheriff’s office.
The young woman reached there
first, and asking for the protection of that officer, was given a seat in the
inner office. When the husband appeared, a scene ensued between him and the
young woman’s companion, but the Sheriff soon quelled the fray.
There was evidently no fear of
danger on the part of the young woman because she soon left the office, and
with her male companion, strolled around town. When asked her version of the
trouble, she said: “I am not going to tell you a thing. No one will get my side
of the story until the case comes up in Court.”
In the afternoon the scene of
the trouble was transferred to the LANGDON home. Charley BARLEY and Mrs.
LANGDON started for the home place shortly after 1 o’clock to secure Mrs.
LANGDON’s wearing apparel. The husband, hearing of this, started about an hour
later, saying he would burn his wife’s things before he would let her have
them. The race on the road must have been a lively one, and as to what happened
at the LANGDON home when all met there the world is yet in ignorance.
YUBA CITY (Sutter Co.), April 18
- A number of the boys of the Grammar School of this place, went on the warpath
Monday evening, and as a result Professor KIMBALL, Principal of the school, had
a sort of “licking bee” last evening which will undoubtedly have a good effect
on the boys. The trouble started Monday
evening when two of the pupils undertook to settle a difference by resorting to
the :manly art.” The affair was not a draw and the boy
who was worsted collected his crowd, comprising about fifteen youngsters,
ranging from 6 to 16 years of age and followed the victor to his home where he
took refuge behind locked doors. Failing to entice him from the house, the boys
broke down one of the doors and were in the act of entering the building when
their intended victim appeared at the threshold, armed with a shotgun, and
declared he would protect himself. The effect was very quieting and the boys
dispersed, still swearing vengeance.
Prof. KIMBALL dispersed the miniature mob when they first congregated
and informed them he would punish each one if they caused any further
trouble. They separated, but after the
teacher disappeared they re-assembled and created the disturbance. Many of the
boys paid the penalty last evening after school closed by submitting to a neat
little flogging.
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The Saturday Bee
Sacramento, Cal.
April 21, 1906
Page 6
KENNETT (Shasta Co.), April 21 -
It is doubtful if any town in the State of the size of Kennett has given
anywhere near in proportion to what this place has done.
The Mammoth Copper Company alone
subscribed $500 and every miner in its employ has donated one day’s pay.
This means that over $3500 in
cash will be sent from this small town, in addition to provisions and other
supplies.
And what is more, Kennett is not
yet done, and if need arises will give even more liberally.
VALLEJO (Solano Co.), April 21 -
Admiral McCALLA has communicated with the Navy authorities in regard to sending
the hospital ship Relief to San Francisco from Mare Island. The ship can hold
500 homeless ones. It is expected the permission will be given.
Vallejo, up to last night, had
taken care of about 250 of the refugees.
All the Lodges have subscribed to the relief fund, which now amounts to
over $1500.
The Uniform Bank, K of P., has
been called by the Mayor for patrol duty, as many undesirable visitors are
arriving from San Francisco. Strict
precautions are being taken by the Health Board regarding the admission of
anyone afflicted with smallpox, as there are several cases in San Francisco and
no quarantine.
WOODLAND (Yolo Co.), April 21 - The
citizens of this city are putting forth every effort
to help relieve the sufferers in San Francisco. Yesterday afternoon a large quantity of provisions were sent, and this morning
another lot will be sent. The bakery in this city is turning out all the bread
it can.
The two Woodland Rebekah Lodges
have appointed Committees to solicit donations. The Chamber of Commerce also
held a meeting last night, and is ready to assist Mayor BEAMER in any way it
can.
Refugees are arriving on every
train from this city in increasing numbers, and are being taken care of by
relatives and friends. Many of them have lost everything except the clothes
they have on.
LODI (San Joaquin Co.), April 21
- This place has raised about $2,000 for the afflicted and homeless of San
Francisco. Thursday night the generous residents of Lodi made up a carload of
boiled eggs, bread, cooked chickens and baked beans. It reached Oakland at 10
o’clock this morning.
RENO (Nev.), April 21 - Mrs.
J.N. SHIVELY, a frail little woman with two small children, who arrived here
yesterday from Bucyrus, Ohio, learned last evening that Frank EVERETT, the
smelting man who shot and killed General Foreman M.E. MALONE at the Mina
(Nev.), shops, three days ago, was her only brother.
“I can hardly believe it,” she
said last evening. “Frank was always a good man, and came from a quiet, good
family. He went to Keeler, Cal., to build the smelting plant for the Western
Reduction and Smelting Company, and I was coming out to visit him. Now I will
have to call on him at the jail.” Word comes from Hawthorne that the State will
prefer the most damning evidence against EVERETT. The killing is said to have
been cold-blooded and with no provocation. EVERETT followed MALONE around an
engine, it is claimed, and shot him through the head because MALONE refused to
give him a special train to Goldfield free of charge.
ELKO (Nev.), April 21 - Great
uneasiness has been caused in this vicinity by the strange action of a large
hot water spring, 400 feet in diameter, located in the top of an extinct
volcano, one mile west of Elko. For years the water has been quiet and clear,
but immediately following Wednesday’s earthquake it began to boil furiously.
The turmoil of its waters still continues, and on the north side of the crater
a large section has fallen away. The spring has been frequently sounded and a
depth of 1200 feet reached, but no bottom was ever encountered.
DAVISVILLE (Yolo Co.), April 21-
Coroner KITTO held an inquest here over the body of Jerry HANDLEY, the painter
who was found dead yesterday morning, sitting on the steps back of the paint
shop, as told in last evening’s Bee.
According to the testimony taken, the deceased had been on a spree since
last Saturday and had not worked in the meantime. The verdict of the jury was to effect that he
came to his death of acute alcoholism. A. sister of the deceased, the wife of
E.J. CARRAGHER, of Sacramento, arrived and will care for the remains.
YREKA (Siskiyou Co.), April 21 -
SEAMAN and MARTIN’s Bonanza mine at Fool’s paradise, mention of which was made
in The Bee a few days since, telling of assays going as high as $850 per ton,
is now richer than ever, according to an interview had last evening with Fred
MAHLER, owner of the Drummer Boy Mine. He informed The Bee’s representative
that the ore now being taken out is believed to be tellurium, and if so would
probably assay $60,000 to $70,000 per ton.
The output strongly resembles
the cripple Creek tellurium ores. The other ores,
which adjoin the supposed tellurium, is a decomposed rock and assays, it is
claimed, $8,500 to the ton, while the first assays only went $850 to the ton.
The owners of the mine now have a tunnel in 150 feet on the vein, which is
about five feet thick. Mr. MAHLER says that the ores now on the dump will be
sacked and shipped to the Selby Smelter for treatment.
YREKA (Siskiyou Co.), April 21 -
The Sacramento Bee is the only outside paper received here with the news of the
great earthquake in San Francisco and other towns in California, that has given
correct reports of the sad calamity that has befallen the State.
Yesterday’s big bundles of Bees
did not last long after their arrival, and a thousand more copies could have
been sold if they had been on sale.
Yesterday morning’s train was late, but large crowds were ready to
secure a copy of The Bee, with the latest news of the disaster, and as several
hundred copies have been ordered in advance, extra carriers have been engaged
to deliver them on their arrival.
The Bee is much sought after and
it has so far contained the most correct reports of the earthquake. The
citizens appreciate the quick service rendered by its proprietors in the
delivery of this important news ten hours ahead of all other State papers.
YREKA (Siskiyou Co.), April 21 -
A very pretty wedding took place at McCloud Thursday, at noon, the contracting
parties being Ernest E. HARMON, son of John E. HARMON, the well-known livery
man of Yreka, and Miss Barbara BURKHALTER, the beautiful and accomplished
daughter of M. H. BURKHALTER, the well-known railroad contractor of McCloud.
The happy couple immediately
after the wedding left on a honeymoon trip, and after a couple of weeks’ travel
at sight seeing in Southern California will return to Yreka, where they will
permanently reside.
Is 72 and Husband She Has
Wearied of 82, But Years and Wedded State Seem To Count For Naught REDDING
(Shasta Co.), April 21 - Mrs. Jane PICKETT, aged 72, filed in Court yesterday
an action for divorce from Benjamin PICKETT, aged 82. She alleged failure to
provide and neglect as the cause for the action and asked to be allowed to
retake her former name of Jane HOVEY.
Her aged and decrepit husband who is almost
totally blind, accompanied her to the attorney’s office where the complaint was
prepared, and said he had no objection to his wife getting a divorce if she
wanted one. The story is a peculiar one.
The couple reside in the Whitmore country, a farming
district, twenty-eight miles east of Redding. Mr. and Mrs. PICKETT came to this
city three or four days ago and have been seen on the streets constantly every
day. Their apparent devotion to each other was marked. The husband walked with
a cane and was very feeble. Because of his poor vision the wife led him by the
hand. They were a picture of devotion. No one would have judged by looking at
them that they were any but the happiest of couples. They looked like lovers.
Benjamin PICKETT is a veteran of
the Mexican War and of the Civil War. He has resided in Shasta County since
early days, following mining in the days when the placers yielded heavily. At
one time he was rated the richest man in Superior California. That was when he
was a well-to-do farmer living on Cottonwood Creek, in Tehama County. Reverses
came, and for the last ten years he has owned and tried to work a small tract
in the Whitmore country. He and Mrs.
PICKETT were married twelve years ago, and to all outward appearances they have
lived happily together ever since.
Find Asylum Escape in
Washington, D.C.
RENO (Nev.), April 21 - Mrs.
Patrick WALSH, wife of a Goldfield miner, who escaped from the State Insane
Asylum here last August, disguised as a man, and for whom the authorities have
been hunting since, has been found in Washington, D.C., and placed under
arrest. She may be returned. She claims her husband had her confined because of
jealousy and says she is sane.
FRENCH GULCH (Shasta Co.), April
21 - Albert RICH, a miner aged 40, and employed in the Gladstone, died here
yesterday afternoon of tuberculosis. He is supposed to have a bother (sic) and
sister living in Oregon. He was buried here this afternoon.
Submitted by Betty Loose betty@unisette.com
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The Evening Bee Sacramento, Cal.
Wednesday, April 25, 1906
cut
by another colored man named D. MITCHELL, also a resident, on Monday night.
MITCHELL telephoned for CHASE to
meet him opposite a saloon in town, and when CHASE arrived attacked him with a
knife, the blade being four and a half inches long. He made a stab at CHASE’s
heart, but a thick jacket and vest CHASE wore saved his life.
MITCHELL then stabbed CHASE in
the back of the neck, inflicting a wound four inches long and a half-inch deep,
and another lesser wound in the head.
CHASE’s wounds were quickly attended to and the result will not be
fatal. MITCHELL is in jail charged with
assault with a deadly weapon. Jealousy regarding a woman was the cause of the
trouble.
resort,
and Jennie HURLBURT, a girl of 15, planned and executed an elopement in the most
approved style Monday night.
They did not get farther,
however, than Cottonwood, twelve miles north of here, where they were overtaken
by an officer and a warrant and returned here on the noon train do-day.
The warrant was sworn out by the
mother of the girl, who charged CLIFFORD with kidnaping. On their return here
the man was locked up in the County Jail and the girl was returned to her
mother.
between Hayfork and Weaverville
by way of Douglas City in an automobile, the first to be used in the
mountainous part of Superior California for public service.
George REID is the mail
contractor. He sent money yesterday by Walter DAY and Fred HOFFLEY, who left
for San Francisco with a commission to purchase anywhere they could a good
serviceable automobile. The distance
between Hayfork and Weaverville is twenty-seven miles. Some idea of the
remoteness of this place may be gathered from the fact that a San Francisco Sunday
morning paper does not reach Hayfork until Tuesday evening.
REDDING (Shasta Co.), April 25 -
Charles W. LEININGER and Lloyd W. CARTER
entered
to-day upon their four-year term in the Redding Land Office, the first as
Register, to succeed F.M. SWASEY, and the second as Receiver, to succeed
himself and enter upon his third term. Their appointments were made several
weeks ago, as was told in The Bee at the time, but they have just received
their commissions.
Passes Away
CHICO (Butte Co.), April 25 -
Three times during the last few months has death visited some member of the
ill-fated BARNETT family, which figured so prominently in the Stockton
poisoning case recently. At that time,
the father and two children were killed by poison in a mysterious manner, and
even yet the case has not been entirely unraveled.
inhaling
monoxide gas in her room at the home where she was employed as a domestic.
Now the sad news has been
learned of the burning to death of Miss Lulu RAMSEY, a sister-in-law of the
central figure of Stockton’s case, in San Francisco’s conflagration. The only
particulars received so far in Chico indicate that Miss RAMSEY, who was 17
years old, was at a hotel in San Francisco, where she went soon after leaving
Chico.
MARYSVILLE (Yuba Co.), April 25
- John HOLLAND, a young man who claims to
have seen six years’ service in the United States Signal Corps, is in jail here charged with assault with a deadly weapon. Yesterday he made application to the Western Union people for a position as operator, and later committed the crime for which he is imprisoned. HOLLAND visited a house of ill-fame on First Street, and because a woman named Josie ST. CLAIR would not return a dollar he had given her, beat her over the head with an iron bolt until she was almost unconscious. He