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STOLE
BRIDE’S NEW CLOTHING
Couldn’t Be Married In Wedding Garments Bought
Especially For Joyous Occasion
The bride was
not arrayed in an elegant trousseau, as was the original intention. Monday
evening the bride-to-be was in Stockton, and expended $60 on her wedding
clothes. She boarded the overland at the
county seat, and came to
They had only
gone a block, in fact, were just crossing the railroad track, when some nervy
petty larcenist purloined the valise containing the glad raiment from the rear
of the vehicle. It was not missed until some time after.
Then the
Constable was notified and now every endeavor is being exerted to restore to
the newly-made wife her wedding garments, including a late Winter hat.
NO
ROOM FOR CHILDREN AT THE
MARYSVILLE (Yuba Co.), November 16 - On account of the
crowded condition at the Home for Feeble-Minded at Glen Ellen, the authorities here
are at a loss to know what to do with a case that came to their notice
yesterday.
A Commission
in Lunacy, consisting of Drs. POWELL and HANLON and Judge McDANIEL, examined
into the mental condition of 18-year-old Georgia MOORE, of Oregon Hill, who appeared
in Court with her mother, and pronounced the young woman a fit subject for that
institution.
Sheriff VOSS
was notified last evening however, that there was no room at Glen Ellen for his
charge and that it will be useless for him to make the trip to the Home as a
number are now awaiting their turn to be admitted.
The mother of
the unfortunate girl, although loath to part with the child, is quite
disappointed at the turn affairs have taken, as her patient has become almost
helpless and is daily growing worse, causing great inconvenience.
OFFICERS
ELECTED AT THE BOARD OF TRADE MEETING
President, Max
MIERSON; Vice-President, W.E. MACKENZIE and Geo. A. RICHARDSON; Secretary,
Clarke HOWARD; Treasurer, M.Q. MEEHAN; Executive Committee, Hon. C.A. SWISLER,
Albert SHAFSKY, J.C .O’DONNELL, A.M. CLARK, N. FOX, Percy ALDERSON and D.S.
SIMON.
The report of
the Treasurer showed that the organization is in a healthy financial condition.
In addition to advertising the resources of the county extensively, the Board
has taken an active part in securing many public improvements, chief among
which were the adoption of the County High School proposition, the increase of
taxes for school purposes in this city and the lighting of the streets of this
city with 1200 candle power arc lights.
DEER
HUNTER SHOOTS MAN
Mistook Horse For His Prey, Threw Rifle to Shoulder,
Fired and Hit Peaceful Human Being
Dickerson and
Hampton were out hunting about two miles from town. Lutman was hunting also.
But while Dickerson and Hampton were hunting for deer, Lutman was hunting for a
horse. Lutman had found his quest and was leading his sorrel mare through the
brush down the mountain side about a hundred yards ahead of Dickerson, when the
latter spied the horse but not the man leading it.
Dickerson
mistook the sorrel for a deer, threw a rifle to his shoulder, took quick aim
and fired. The bullet struck Lutman instead of the horse. It hit him a glancing
blow, striking a button on his waist in front, and plowing its way beneath the
skin around the abdominal cavity and out at the back. Fortunately it did not
pierce the peritoneum. The wound was superficial but painful.
Lutman
shrieked with pain when he was hit, and Dickerson realized that an awful
blunder had been made.
The point where the shooting took pace was a
mile from the nearest road. Lutman had to walk this distance, Dickerson and
Hampton supporting him, one on each side. At the road a stop was made and a
wagon procured to haul the wounded man to town.
The physician
says that Lutman’s wound is not serious, if proper attention be paid to it for
several days. Lutman was taken to Weaverville this morning, so that he can be
under the direct care of the physician from day to day.
The shooting
of Lutman was an unfortunate blunder, and no one regrets it more than does
Arthur Dickerson, who made it.
ARMED
MEN GUARD GOLD
Rumor That Robbers Contemplated Hold-Up Cause Mine
Owners to Take Great Precautions
AUBURN (Placer Co.), November 16 - Citizens of this
city were surprised yesterday afternoon to see an armed cavalcade driving
through the streets, every man in the company being heavily armed and every
weapon being very much in evidence. The men were miners and Deputy Sheriffs who
were bringing the monthly cleaning of the Three Star Mine to the City Bank, and
the reason for their precautions was an anonymous report that an attempt would
be made to hold up the messenger who usually carries the treasure and relieve
him of his precious burden.
There was
upward of $20,000 worth of gold in the brick guarded, and no chances were taken
after the warning was received. Three wagons were used, the treasure being
placed in the second one, and all three being loaded down with guards “armed to
the teeth.” William REED, the assayer at the mine; George PATTERSON, the
book-keeper, and Deputy Sheriff Manuel LOZANO were at the head of the
procession that made its way in from the mine, the other side of Ophir, about
five miles out in the mountains. Ordinarily two men are entrusted with the
transportation of the precious gold brick, but in view of the stage hold-up of
yesterday, the warning given was taken into consideration.
HAPPENINGS
AROUND THE BAY
Eggs for Alaska - A movement is now on foot to form a
Company in San Francisco for the shipment of eggs to Alaska under a process
which, it is claimed, preserves the egg for six months without the use of cold
storage. The owners and inventors of the process are M.J. DUFFY of
Leaped to His Death - Crazed with morphine, a man
supposed to be Thomas LUBY, aged about 40, leaped from the sixth story of the
United States Hotel, at 123 Eddy Street, San Francisco, early yesterday
morning, and received injuries that caused his death a few minutes later.
Lady Yarde-Buller Dead - Mrs. Leila Kirkham
YARDE-BULLER, well known as Lady Yarde-Buller, died yesterday in
Venator Won - Ventaor, a 25 to 1 shot, upset
calculations at
The Eppinger Cases - Ex-Governor James BUDD appeared
in the Superior Court at
Japanese Bonds - Subscriptions to the new Japanese
loan have been taken by the Nevada National Bank to the amount of $1,250,000
and 2 per cent option has been offered to some of the successful bidders.
Finger Print System - Chief of Police WITTMAN has
inaugurated the finger print system of identification in San Francisco to be
used in conjunction with the Bertillon system, so that in the future there will
be no possibility of a mistake or failure in identification.
False Arrest - Vindication and a verdict for $1000
yesterday brought a triumphant smile to the countenance of Octavine TABOR, who
sued for $30,000 damages from the persons who had turned her over to a
policeman on a false charge of stealing a watch. The defendants were Charles H.
ROGERS, his sister, Teresa SHRINER, and her husband, George W. SHRINER, the two
latter being proprietors of the Hotel Regina, in San Francisco, where Mrs.
Tabor suffered her humiliation on January 31st last.
Insane From Worry - Martin LICHTENSTADTER, a deputy in
the office of Collector of Internal Revenue John C. LYNCH, was removed to a
private sanatorium yesterday for treatment of a mental disease. Lichtenstadter
has been occupying a busy desk in the Collector’s office lately, and the
various scandals there have upset his mind. He had been in the employ of the
Proposed Consolidation - The much-talked-about
consolidation of
Small Tax Bills - Tax Collector E.J. SMITH yesterday
sent to the Finance Committee of the Board of Supervisors at San Francisco a
communication asking that action be taken to relieve his office of the
collection of 21,294 tax bills, each of 2 cents or less, on unsecured personal
property.
Sensational Suit - A sensational answer and
cross-examination was filed yesterday in the suit recently brought by Tirey L.
FORD, through an assignee against R.G.
Thought It “A Crazy Will” - In the DOLBEER will case
yesterday there was some cross-examination of Mrs. Elizabeth C. PHILLIPS in
regard to the visits of the Johnsons to Mrs. Phillips. She said that she knew
she might lose her $10,000, and yet she voluntarily saw Hiram JOHNSON, who told
her that she would have to go on the stand. She had excluded all lawyers and
reporters until Johnson came. She answered what she says were “strong
questions” put to her by Johnson, in regard to Miss DOLBEER’s mental and
physical state, and all this with no prospect of any making good of her loss by
the contestants in case they won. She testified that she thought it was a crazy
will, and she didn’t believe Miss Dolbeer made it.
May Be Insane - The woman who brought herself
notoriety about two weeks ago by taking large bunches of violets to the Morgue
to lay on the body of the unidentified Kanaka boy who was found dead at the
beach with a bullet wound in his head was locked up at the Central Emergency
Hospital in San Francisco, yesterday afternoon, to await examination as to her
sanity. She is Mrs. Bertha CONNORS.
Dangerous Eye Disease - The
Married in Haste - Bessie May HOWELL, who became the
bride of Dr. Gardiner HOWELL on December 7th last, after a courtship
of but a few days, was yesterday granted an interlocutory decree of divorce by
Judge MELVIN in Oakland upon the ground of extreme cruelty.
$60,000
THE STAKE PLAYED FOR BY CHILDREN OF LORENZE HEINZ
Sons of First Marriage File Sensational Charges
Against Offspring of Second
The late
Lorenze Heinz was married in 1862 to
It is alleged
in the complaint that during her lifetime the late Mrs. Heinz resorted to many
things to poison her husband against his children, Charles and Theodore, and
that in this course her children assisted. Specific acts are alleged upon the
part of Mrs. Heinz against Charles, who remained with his father after his
second marriage, one of which is that she attacked him with a butcher knife;
another that when he was ill she purposely delayed summoning a physician to
care for him.
After the
death of the second Mrs. Heinz, it is alleged, the father became weak in mind
and body, being than at an advanced age and suffering from grief attending his
bereavement. In his condition he became an easier prey, it is alleged, for the
designing children of the second marriage, who continued their systematic
efforts to prejudice the mind of their parent against his sons, Charles and
Theodore. It is alleged further that the late Mr. Heinz was addicted to the use
of intoxicating liquor, which also had a tendency to weaken him mentally and
physically.
The trial is
proceeding before a jury, which was secured early in the day, the following
being sworn to try the cause: William BUTLER, L.H. TABER, A.C. BRAY, F.A.
KAUFFMAN, Isaac McGREW, R.J. GIBSON, Thomas BOURN, Edwin WAUNSHOP, R.G. HATCH,
Herman FREITAG, J.C. ALTPETER and Yuba CAVE.
Witnesses were
put upon the stand yesterday who testified that they had overheard quarrels
between the late Mrs. Heinz and her husband’s son, Charles. These quarrels, it
appears, extended as far back as thirty years ago.
Mrs. John
WOHLFROM testified to the decree of the Court in 1870 when the late Mr. Heinz
and his first wife were divorced, the purpose of her testimony being to prove
that his wife was awarded $4000, and his two sons, Charles and Theodore, $3000
each.
The case will
be continued to-day.
PECULIARITIES
OF YOUNG WEBER’S HANDWRITING THEME OF DISCUSSION
Officers Hard at Work on Bank Robbery Case - Prisoner
Arraigned Yesterday -
Peculiar Interview - Sheriff Displeased
AUBURN (Placer Co.), November 16 - Though everything
seems to point to young Weber’s guilt in the bank robbery of last May no
complaint had been sworn to early this morning and the officers have not
signified what steps they will take. The report of the handwriting expert,
declaring the manuscripts of Weber and the printed order presented at the bank
by the robber to have been written by the same hands came as no surprise to
those who had previously made a comparison of the two
The matter by
which the comparisons were made consists of drawings and specifications, which
Weber made some time ago, and contain printed and longhand letters. The
similarity of characteristics in the writings and the “bank check” are apparent
in several ways, even to an untutored eye, and bear striking resemblances.
Weber in all
his writing gives a free use of commas, whether correct or not, and the
punctuation of the “bank check” which the robber presented shows this same
undue partiality. The shape and angle of the points are alike, too. The
connecting strokes of his longhand letters are identical with those in the word
“Gordon,” on the check which is the only word written thusly.
Weber’s
Manuscript
The manuscripts
of Weber deal with a supposed invasion of
Those who saw
the bank robber on the day of the robbery now say that Weber tallies in outward
appearance to the robber, in respect to hight and build. Edgar McFADYEN, the
cashier of the bank, who was in charge at the time of the robbery, is positive
on these points. Mr. McFadyen has made a careful observation of Weber since his
arrest and states that he has the same sharp features the robber had, and his
movements are the same. The cashier is positive on these points, as when the
robber entered the bank he had not pulled his disguise over the upper portion
of his face. McFadyen was impressed with the features of the robber, which were
large and sharp and, in fact, very uncommon.
Weber’s claim
that he carried his little brother out of the burning building will be rebutted
by the testimony of four witnesses. The officers are confident that they have
substantial evidence to break down the accused man’s explanation of his
blood-stained garments.
Weber
Arraigned
The holding of
Weber’s arraignment yesterday was a surprise to many who had supposed this
would not take place until after the inquest. His attorneys made the usual
statutory demurrer, which was overruled, and his preliminary examination set
for this morning at
His health, which
is not robust, shows signs of the awful strain through which he is passing.
He requested
to see John STEINER yesterday, though there has never been any friendly
relations between them. When the latter reached the jail, Weber asked the Under
Sheriff to withdraw, as he wished to speak to Steiner privately.
When the two
were alone, Weber asked his visitor of the whereabouts of his son. Steiner
replied that he was in the
“Did you know
my sister was engaged to marry your son?’
Steiner
replied that he did not.
“Well they
were,” said Weber, “and my father was very much opposed to it.”
It is evident
from these remarks that Weber wants to make it appear that there was dissension
in his family.
The
Two Crimes
There are some
who advance the theory that there is a connection between the two crimes under
investigation. They argue that the young man’s parents were apprized in some
way of the bank robbery and that in fear of exposure young Weber committed the
horrible act that is laid to him.
It hardly
seems possible that the tall, slender youth, whose voice sounds almost
effeminate, and would seem more fitting to a boy much less his years, could
have committed such a deed. Even after his incarceration, the fear of
“something” seems to possess the women folk of this city. No deed is yet upon
record here that has put such a lasting pall upon the community.
Weber’s
bitterness toward those whom he considers his enemies has not abated even in the
great trials he is overwhelmed with, and he is said to be strong in his
expressions against them. His confinement is irksome to him and prevents him
taking the exercise he would like. He cannot take the ordinary food, being
afflicted with stomach trouble. Yesterday morning he asked for shredded biscuit
and milk, which constituted his breakfast.
Sheriff
Displeased
Sheriff Keena
is somewhat displeased that many of the points to the cases have been given to
the public, and announced to-day that no more news would be given out from his
office.
Although the
report on the examination of Weber’s trousers, said to be blood-stained, has
not been given out officially, from the tone and manner of the officials it is
evident that the investigation has confirmed their suspicions. To a question as
to what had been found on the garment one of the officials last night would not
give a direct answer, but he refered to the fact that the suspicions had not
been denied by any of the officers since the investigation, which is equal to
an affirmative reply.
The complaint
filed against Weber by the Sheriff charges him only with the murder of his
mother, Mary Weber, the names of the other victims not being mentioned in the
instrument.
Preliminary
Examination
Adolph Weber
has entertained strong hopes all along that he would be set free following the
preliminary examination, but this morning, before he was taken into Court, he
was visited by John ADAMS, his guardian, and told to make up his mind to the
fact that he would have to answer in the Superior Court to the charge that had
been brought against him. He received the announcement quietly.
“I see by last
night’s Bee,” said Mr. Adams this morning, “that I am quoted as saying the boy
was not getting fair treatment. This is a mistake. What I did say was that I
hoped he would be given a fair trial.”
The prisoner
ate a better breakfast than usual this morning. It consisted of cocoa, three
boiled eggs and toast.
The
preliminary examination began promptly at
At the
start-off, District Attorney ROBINSON announced that the evidence he expected
to have the prisoner held on was purely circumstantial.
On
Stand This Morning
Nothing new
was developed by the witnesses examined up to
The opposing
attorneys had quite a spat during the examination this morning. Attorney Tabor,
for the prisoner, objected to a number of the questions asked by District
Attorney Robinson, and the Court sustained him in several of them. This
appeared to anger Mr. Robinson, who threatened to dismiss the case and go to
some other Court. He contended that at a preliminary examination relevant and
irrelevant questions could be asked. Judge Smith did not lose his temper at the
criticisms. He said he had no desire to hamper the case, but that certain
questions could not be allowed. Tabor was quite sarcastic in his reply to
Robinson.
The
preliminary examination probably will last several days. This morning very slow
progress was made. Two days will be consumed, if not three. The inquest will
come up tonight.
Young Weber
watched the proceedings very closely this morning, and appeared to be
especially interested in a diagram of his father’s house that was submitted to
the Court.
Miller and
BOREN were taken before Justice of the Peace BUSH. They could not raise the
$1000 bail required and were remanded to jail.
Miller objects
to being confined in jail on the ground that he has a family in
THREE
REDDING (Shasta Co.), November 16 - Seldom have there
been so many engagements announced of prominent young society people as have
been made public this week. Three young men of
Professor
Frank T. SWEENEY, Principle of the
Dudley V.
SAELTZER, son of Reed M. Saeltzer, of the McCormick-Saeltzer Company, smilingly
announces that he is engaged to marry Miss Florence M. SENGER, of Berkeley,
daughter of Dr. G.H. Senger, Associate Professor of German at the State
University. The young people became acquainted while attending the University,
which is a great match-making institution.
Their marriage is set for early next Spring.
Charles
THOMPSON, of this city, and Miss Mabel HEAD, of Vacaville, not only make public
their engagement but say that they will be married at Vacaville on December
27th and take up their residence in San Francisco. Mr. Thompson is a young man
of fine character and a very popular Native Son.
BUSINESS
AHEAD FOR TEHAMA GRAND JURY
RED BLUFF (Tehama Co.), November 16 - A Grand Jury
will be drawn this month to consider various cases that will be brought before
it. The political feud which has been going on during the greater part of the
past Summer between the District Attorney’s office and other county officials
may come up for some discussion; whether officially or otherwise, cannot be
predicted.
The slot
machines doubtless will be given some attention, and in anticipation of this it
is understood that many saloonkeepers will remove the devices from their places
of business. District Attorney M.G .GILL contends that it is the duty of
Sheriff J.W. BOYD to remove the machines, and the latter claims that is the
work of the county legal advisor to initiate the campaign. The situation is the
same as outlined in The Bee some months ago, that one “dassent” and the other
is afraid to. So the wheels go merrily round, while the report of the preceding
Grand Jury is safely filed away in the Court House archives.
The death of
the late B.F. HILL, who received a blow on the head causing him to hit the
sidewalk with such force that his skull was fractured, will probably be brought
to the attention of the jury, although the Coroner’s Jury held that the blow
was not struck in anger or with the intention to do any bodily harm.
DEAD
MAN HAD RELATIVES IN THE
REDDING (Shasta Co.), November 16 - Jack BRADY the
teamster who was killed at Watson Gulch Monday evening, as told in yesterday’s
Bee, by the overturning of a load of hay, had relatives in the section
tributary to Marysville, it is said, but just where it is not known.
The Coroner of
Brady lay
under the weight of the wagon, the hay and three horses nearly twenty-four
hours before his body was extricated from the mass. One arm and one leg were
broken and he was otherwise injured.
NEW
EVIDENCE FOUND AGAINST ACCUSED MAN
MARYSVILLE (Yuba Co.), November 16 - Because an
important witness for the prosecution has been found since the preliminary
examination of John Joseph POWER, charged with
burglary, took place last week, the first information was dismissed in
the Superior Court yesterday, in order that there may be another preliminary
hearing. This time the testimony of the new witness, a bird of passage, will be
heard and then his deposition will be taken, which will allow him to go where
he will, and also exempt the city from taking care of him, and relieve the
county of the liability of paying him $2 a day witness fees until the time of
trial, which he can legally demand.
Powers is the
man who raided the pockets of a benefactor in the room of one of the hotels.
There is now a strong case against him, which is reinforced by the new witness’
evidence. He was arrested in
OFFICERS
ELECTED AT THE BOARD OF TRADE MEETING
MARYSVILLE (Yuba Co.), November 16 - The California
Northern District Medical Society, before adjourning yesterday, elected the
following officers to serve for the ensuing year:
President, Dr.
J.D. DAMERON, of
Vallejo was
chosen as the meeting place for 1905, the annual session to be held on the
second Tuesday in May.
At last
evening’s session Dr. E.W. WILDER, of
Governor
PARDEE sent a letter regretting his inability to attend this meeting.
ANGRY
NEPHEW TRIES TO KILL HIS AUNT
Schlueschen,
who was under the influence of liquor, had a quarrel with his aunt over money
matters and attempted to shoot her with a rifle. Seeing what he was about to
attempt, Mrs. Wooley ran into an adjoining room. Schlueschen fired at her, the
ball from the rifle lodging in the door casing.
Word was sent
to the officers. Justice of the Peace HERSEY was the first to arrive on the
scene. Schlueschen cocked his rifle and pointed it at the Judge, but he did not
shoot. At this stage of the trouble Deputy Constable COOK arrived and
Schlueschen was disarmed and placed under arrest.
Later in the
day District Attorney PETERS came over from
Submitted by Betty Loose betty@unisette.com
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UNITED
SPANISH WAR VETERANS FORM CAMP
The officers
are as follows: W.R. JACKSON, Commander; A.J. BARNES, Senior Vice-Commander;
Will LUCK, Junior Vice-Commander; D.B. BIDWELL, Adjutant; William METTENRY,
Chaplain; Will VORHEES, Quartermaster; David SCHOLTZ, Officer of the Guard;
W.H. BRISCOE, Officer of the Day.
JURY
FAILED TO AGREE IN WAH HING’S TRIAL
CHICO (Butte Co.), November 17 - Although it looked
yesterday as if the jury in the case of The People against Dr. Wah Hing, the
Chinese physician who was arrested at the instance of the Butte County medical
Society and accused for practicing without a license, would bring in a verdict
of guilty, such was not the case. When the jurymen filed back into the
Court-room yesterday afternoon, it was to announce that they had been unable to
reach a verdict. It was later learned that seven voted for conviction and five
for acquittal.
The report to
The Bee was sent in after the testimony had been taken and at the beginning of
the arguments. For the aged Chinaman, Attorney Jo. D. SPROUL of this city made
a most earnest and effective plea to the jury not to find the man guilty, and
it is presumed that his argument did much to hang the jury. It will be
necessary to try the case again.
SKIDMORE
NOT HELD ON BURGLARY CHARGE
WILLOWS (Glenn Co.), November 17 - Ike Skidmore, a
local resident who was arrested several days ago on suspicion of being
connected with the burglarizing of the saloon at Newville, has been discharged
by order of Justice LUCE. The Justice did not consider the evidence strong
enough to bind him over to the Superior Court. About $160 was taken from the
safe and evidently the robbers made good their escape, for with the discharge
of Skidmore the officers are entirely in the dark. It is probable that this was
committed by the same gang that appeared in Tehama a few days ago.
AGAINST
YOUNG
BLAIR A SPENDER
OROVILLE (Butte Co.), November 17 - President
Roosevelt will soon have a chance to sample some of
BURNED
BY HOT SYRUP
COLUSA (Colusa Co.), November 17 - Walker CAIN, a
former well-known resident of this place, was brought here from
LIQUOR
DEALERS CLASH WITH ANTI0SALOON LEAGUE
LODI (San Joaquin CO.), November 17 - The saloonmen
and their vigorous opponents, the Anti-Saloon League, are in a battle royal at
present anent (sic) the much-mooted question of whether a new firm is to be
granted a liquor license, and whether a man now engaged in selling liquor may
transfer his place of business and still continue in the vocation.
According to
the members of the League, every man now established in that business here may
continue in business, but he cannot sell his business and the new owners secure
a license.
C.M. RUSSILL
is going to vacate his location and move down the street, and in so doing may
lose his license. Keagle & Smith, a new firm, have rented the building
formerly occupied by Russill, and it is said that they will not secure a liquor
license. So this ruling means one saloon less for
The present
Board of Supervisors is friendly to the temperance people, and it was only a
few months ago that the most stringent liquor ordinance was drawn up. The new
law requires that the saloonman must obtain more names of qualified voters than
the League, but the number is not stated.
So, if this
regime continues,
MAY
LOSE LICENSE
COLUSA (Colusa Co.), November 17 - Tim MULDOWNEY,
proprietor of the Eureka Hotel in this place, may lose his license to conduct a
saloon in that building or anywhere else in the town, for that matter. He is
accused of grossly abusing his wife and this morning was placed under bonds to
keep the peace. His conduct aroused considerable resentment upon the part of
the public.
PROBABLY
FATALLY HURT
COLUSA (Colusa Co.), November 17 - While cutting brush
Tuesday at his ranch a few miles from this place, John CHENEY, aged 84, and
owner of the Golden Eagle Hotel in this city, fell down an embankment into a
slough. His hip was broken and he was otherwise so seriously injured it is not
believed, considering his age, that he will recover.
ILLEGAL
FISHING
SAMUEL
McLAIN FOUND
OLD
COMPANY WILL DISSOLVE
SUISUN (Solano Co.), November 17 - The Vallejo Gas
Light Company has filed a petition for dissolution in the Superior Court. The
Company was organized and incorporated in 1867. S.J. McKNIGHT is President.
G.W. WILSON, Secretary, and D. BROSNAHAN, T.J. O’HARA and J.J. McDONALD
Directors. This move on the part of the Company indicates a change in the
lighting facilities of
I will continue the business of my late husband, Dr.
F.F. TEBBETS, at
DID
JULIUS WEBER MAKE GOOD LOSS OF BANK THROUGH ROBBERY?
Institution’s Officials Emphatically Deny the Report -
Arrest and Release of
The Inquest and Preliminary Examination
AUBURN (Placer Co.), November 17 - Vice-President D.W.
LUBECK and Cashier A.L. SMITH, of the Bank of Placer County, when questioned
this morning by your correspondent in pursuance of wire instruction,
emphatically denied the story told by The Bee to the effect that the father of
Adolph Weber had made good to the institution which they represent the loss
occasioned by the robbery of last Summer, when a masked man secured a sum
exceeding $5000 from the bank and escaped down the Newcastle road with his plunder.
Readers of The
Bee are now familiar with the fact that Adolph Weber is suspected of the
robbery of the Bank of Placer County, but it will come as a surprise to them
that the information has been given out by one in a position to know what he is
talking about, to the effect that not only did young Weber commit the crime but
that his father learned of it and made good the theft.
Cashier Smith
was very pleasant and expressed a willingness to tell all he knew about the
robbery. He was very emphatic in his denial of the story that Julius Weber had
made good the loss suffered by his institution, and added that no such
arrangement could have been made with the bank without his knowledge.
Vice-President Lubeck was equally as positive. He said he wished the loss had
been made up.
While Mr.
Smith did not say in so many words it seems plain that he suspects young Weber
of the robbery. His conversation indicated this all through. Mr. Lubeck has not
been inclined to share this view, but he seems now to be coming around to it.
He did not say so, but that was the impression his remarks made. The officers
are still busy on the case, and the impression is that they are in a fair way
to gain more positive proof that Adolph Weber committed the bank robbery than that
he killed the four members of his family.
Constable W.F.
DEPENDENER went to Sacramento last night to take into custody and bring here
for examination a man by the name of Dan HENRY, who was placed under arrest in
the Capital City for pretending to have a knowledge of how the Webers were
killed. He intimated, it is said, that he could prove that Adolph committed the
unnatural crime.
After the
Constable had thrown a few beers into the fellow, while they were on their way
to this place, he admitted that he knew nothing of the tragedy and that all he
sought in making the talk he did in Sacramento was a free ride to Auburn. It
has been learned that Henry was in Colfax on the 8th and 9th,
where he registered at the Mountain View Hotel. He came here on the 10th.
He is a peddler and a beggar, and was seen soliciting alms while in
YOUNG
WEBER’S FAMILY WERE AFRAID OF HIM
Mrs. E.C. Snowden, Prisoner’s Aunt, Gives Positive
Testimony
J.G. BISBEE
was called to the stand at the afternoon session of the hearing as the first
witness. He stated that it was exactly eighteen minutes to 8 by the watch when
the fire alarm sounded on the night of the fire.
Mrs. E.C.
Snowden, aunt of the accused, her husband and niece, were present as
spectators.
Dr. R.F.
ROONEY was the second witness and gave a detailed statement as to the wounds
found upon the bodies and the bullets extracted from the bodies of Mrs. Weber
and her daughter.
Ed. H. ELDER
was among the first to arrive on the scene of the fire. He saw Mrs. Snowder.
Noticed Adolph Weber at the northwest corner of the building. Witness asked
Adolph if there was any one in the house. The latter replied that he did not
know. Witness noticed an indifference in his manner, which attracted his
attention at the time. Witness next saw Adolph throw the bundle containing his
old pants through the window. Did not notice the accused again until about ten
minutes later when he saw him sitting under a tree a short distance from the
house where he was having a wounded hand dressed. Did not hear the prisoner
make any remark about getting any of his folks out of the house.
Adolph watched
the witness closely and made frequent whispered suggestions to his attorney.
The first exhibition of his temper yesterday was during the testimony of George
RUTH. Ruth was describing how he picked up the body of Earl Weber and passed it
to George GEAR. Weber claims to have taken his little brother out, and Ruth’s
statement riled him.
Adolph jumped
to his feet and began to speak, but was pulled back into his chair by his
attorney who induced him to remain silent and not interrupt the witness. Ruth,
however, was not positive that it was Gear to whom he passed the murdered
child.
Guy LUKENS,
First Assistant Foreman of Hose Company No. 1, described the part he took in
removing the bodies from the house. Witness met Adolph Weber on his way to the
fire and he inquired where the fire was. Lukens told him it was his (Weber’s)
house. Witness did not know whether he arrived at the fire before or after
Weber, as they had taken different routes. He did not see Weber again in or
about the scene of the fire.
Lukens and his
companions were the first to enter the room where the bodies were found; had
effected an entrance by smashing in the window with a chair. The room was so
dark that he did not at first observe the prostrate forms on the floor but
stumbled on to them. When questioned whether there was light enough around him
to recognize his companions, witness replied that it was quite dark, but he was
not aware of the presence of any one in the room but himself, Ruth, Campbell
and Merrow. Witness noticed no unusual heat in the room at this time as the
fire was some distance away.
FIVE
CHARGES TO FACE
The prosecution
has charged Weber with the murder of only one of the victims, and is holding
the other three in reserve, which with the bank robbery and the pending
complaint, makes five charges which Adolph Weber may be confronted with .
Among the
rumors and theories here yesterday the latest one which is to the effect that
others beside Weber may be implicated in the charge before long. Just how much
foundation this theory has no one seems able to say, but it is among the
current comment on the trial.
Adolph’s bank
book was yesterday delivered by Coroner Shepard to the young man’s guardian,
John Adams. The book shows $930 in bank to the young man’s credit, placed there
by his father, Julius Weber, in 1903. It has been learned since the tragedy
that the elder Weber provided bank accounts for each individual member of his
family, placing a certain amount to the credit of each one.
The missing
will, which was drawn by Attorney Ben P. Tabor, some eight years ago, is one of
the puzzling problems on which the officers have been working. Whether its
bequests are known cannot be learned, but a diligent search has been in
progress several days and Public Administrator Shepard, who was appointed
special administrator of the estate, has about given up all hopes of recovering
the document.
The
announcement that startling testimony would be given at last night’s inquest
brought over 500 people out, and the Court-room was never before crowded to
such an extent. No startling testimony; in fact, no testimony at all, was given
touching the disappearance of the will.
The story of
Mrs. E.C. Snowden was listened to uninterruptedly, as she detailed relationships
about the Weber home and it inmates. Between Mr. and Mrs. Weber and their
children there has always existed affectionate regard for one another, and the
only unpleasantness, which the elder Weber ever caused, was by his quick
temper. Witness never knew him to threaten anyone. Weber loved his family and
was generous to his children. On the day of the fire, Mrs. Snowden met her
sister, they being near neighbors. While the witness was at her sister’s house
Adolph came home and his mother requested him to get her some meat at a butcher
shop. Adolph was surly and non-communicative and refused to comply with the
request.
Mother
Feared Adolph
His mother had
complained to witness about Adolph, saying his conduct was so mean and hateful
that it grieved her greatly, and that she was afraid he might kill her some
day.
“My folks,”
she said, speaking of the tragedy, “had come in as soon as they heard of the
fearful accident. My niece was with them and Adolph had been fond of her and
came over as soon as he heard she was there. The first thing he said to me was:
‘How are the folks?’
“ ‘Why,’ I
said, ‘they are all dead, Dolphy.’
“ ‘Why,’ he
said, ‘how did that happen?’
“ ‘Dolphy,’ I
said, looking at him, ‘you know how it happened better than I or any one else.’
“Then he
displayed a clipping from a newspaper and said he has come over to show it to
my niece, and he gave her the piece to read. Then he turned around and shook
his fist at me and said: ‘You are responsible for this piece, and I want you to
swear out a warrant for my arrest right away. I want you to go right away and
do it. Do it, I tell you.’ Again he shook his fist right in front of me and
close to my mouth and said: ‘Your turn is coming next.’ Everybody in the room
heard him say that, and there were several there, and they all know the exact
words he used - ‘You turn is coming next.’
“My brother
said to me, ‘You must not go around alone while that boy is around. While he is
at liberty I will keep close to you and keep watch on him, for he is dangerous.’
That was the only time he ever cautioned me, though he had been very angry with
me ever since he came back from
“His mother
loved him and she worried for fear he would arouse his father’s passion to a
point where his father would give way to his anger, but she was chiefly afraid
that Dolph would do some terrible thing himself. The very day before the fire
she said to me, ‘Dolph is so hateful and stubborn that I am always afraid
something will happen, and he is so ugly at times that I am afraid of him. I am
always afraid he will do some terrible thing.’”
Young Weber
had been angry with the witness for several months, the ill-feeling arising
form a trivial matter. The last time witness saw Julius Weber on the day of the
fire was about
Afraid
of Nephew
When the fire
was discovered, Mrs. Snowden ran to the Weber home expecting to see her people
in the yard. When she arrived there Chris Henry was the only person in sight.
Witness became frantic with fright, and was restrained from rushing into the
flames in search of the Webers. Shortly after she saw the bodies of her people
carried out, but did not see Adolph.
Young Weber
had been cross and sullen to his family, though why he should feel hard toward
them the Webers never knew.
Mrs. Snowden
said she was afraid of her nephew, and after the tragedy she wanted an
interview with him to convince herself of his guilt or innocence. When she charged
him with the crime he was defiant.
After the
first publication of his being suspected he visited his aunt and became highly
incensed, charging her with being responsible for the publication. He dared her
to have him arrested, and left her in a threatening manner, saying to her.
“Your time
will come next.”
The witness
was asked if there was any one she knew but Adolph whom she had any reason for
suspecting of the crime. “No, if I didn’t think Adolph guilty I wouldn’t say
so,” replied the witness. Mrs. Weber had expressed her fears to witness that
Adolph’s vicious disposition would result disastrously. The mother had a dread
of her son’s ugly temper.
Mrs. Snowden was asked if she positively believed that
Adolph Weber had murdered his people, and in a clear voice she declared that
she firmly believed him guilty.
During this
statement the crowd sat silent, listening, and her emphatic declaration caused
murmurings from all parts of the room.
A.B. SELLOWS
fixed the time of the fire at 6:40, which agrees with the hour the telephone
operator noticed the call on the Weber line.
Little Frances
Snowden told of her visit to the Weber home on the evening of the tragedy, as
has been described in The Bee already.
Weber’s
Strange Questions
John Adams,
young Adolph’s guardian, when asked if the boy had ever expressed a desire to
have the murderer of his family brought to justice, replied that he had, but on
being further questioned admitted that Adolph had only so expressed himself
upon being asked the question.
One of the
most startling features of the inquest was the introduction by Mr. Adams of a
letter he had received from his ward since the latter’s arrest. It was handed
to Juror Ivan H. PARKER and by him read aloud, as follows:
“If a person
had murdered his father, would he leave his brother alive? Earl was not shot;
Would he be left to tell on him?”
“If a person
murdered his family, leaving his brother unshot, would he rescue that brother
from death to tell on him?”
“If a person in
possession of his wits had murdered his family, would he leave the bodies in a
room where there was no fire?”
“If he had set
the house on fire to cover the crime, would he not leave the bodies in the
flames to burn?”
This document
Adrian WELLS,
young Weber’s steady friend, told of the prisoner’s movements on the night of
the fire, following the discovery of the bodies. He took Weber to his home, but
the latter was in a very excited state and insisted upon going back to the
scene of the tragedy.
The
continuance of the preliminary hearing this morning was not interesting and
nothing of importance was brought out. The witnesses examined told only what
the public is familiar with.
Submitted by Betty Loose betty@unisette.com
____________________________________
YOUNG
WEBER’S GUARDIAN TALKS OF ADOLPH’S TRYING POSITION
Hopes Against Hope That Boy Is Innocent - Prisoner Not
Disconcerted at Inquest’s Verdict of Guilty - Juryman Interviewed.
AUBURN (Placer Co.), November 18 - Satisfaction is
expressed by the local public in the verdict rendered by the Coroner’s Jury
last night in the Weber tragedy to the effect that Adolph Weber killed his
parents and his brother and sister. Developments since the night of the crime
have only served to strengthen the suspicion felt regarding him on the day
following the discovery of the dead bodies.
The Jury no
doubt felt as do the people. One of the members of that body in discussing the
verdict this morning with The Bee’s correspondent said that, in his opinion,
the feature which caused the positive declaration to be made by the Jury that
young Weber had killed his family was the number of lies which Adolph had told
concerning minor details. These lies, said the juryman, had been proved and he
could not see why they had been told, as, in his opinion, they could not have
been of especial advantage to the young man even if they had not been
discovered. In summing up the time in which the crime was committed your
correspondent’s informant said the evidence showed that the killing had been
done in a very short space of time.
Weber
Hears of Verdict
Young Weber
took the news of the verdict very quietly. He was not present in the room, nor
was his attorney at last night’s session. The prisoner does not appear to
attach particular importance to the action of the jury. He no doubt discounted
it, and probably expects a similar verdict to be rendered as a result of the
preliminary examination. As told in The Bee a day or two ago, Adolph’s
guardian, John ADAMS, warned the boy not to nurse the hope that he would be
acquitted by the Justice’s jury, and he appears to have schooled himself to
face the worst.
His demeanor
is certainly remarkable, especially in one so young, and is a constant source
of wonder to the officers. While many are prepared to consider him insane,
there are others who do not, and expert opinion has been expressed to the
effect that the boy has an abnormally developed but in no sense a defective
brain.
The
supposition is that once the crime of murder has been fastened upon the
prisoner, his attorneys will plead insanity in extenuation of the awful crime.
But, of course, neither the defendant nor his lawyers are willing to admit at
the present stage of the investigation that young Weber is guilty.
In justice to
Weber, it should be said that he is not without friends in this community, and
that several of his relatives show a disposition to stand by him. Yesterday
Miss Bertha HESS, the cousin whom the boy has always appeared fond of, greeted
him in open Court in an affectionate manner, and in addition August GEIGER and
family, of Sacramento, are here to show their sympathy for the prisoner, who is
related to them. In opposition to this display of cousinly aid, however, is to
be placed the attitude of Mrs. E.C. SNOWDEN, an aunt of the prisoner, and also
of Mrs. Charles HESS, of Sonoma, who bears out much of the testimony given by
Mrs. Snowden, her sister.
John
Adams Talks
Adolph’s
guardian, John Adams, was interviewed this morning for The Bee, and spoke as
follows:
“I can hardly
believe Adolph is guilty of this terrible crime, although at present things
look pretty black for the boy. I have not tried to shield him. I told him
frankly the other day that if he was guilty I wanted to see him hanged.
“Adolph,”
continued Mr.
Continuing,
Mr. Adams said he had been requested by Adolph to act as his guardian, but that
he had not consented to do so until he had consulted with the boy’s relatives
and had received their consent.
Some time ago,
said Mr. Adams, young Weber had come to him to rent a ranch of his on the
Mr. Adams has
applied to the Court to be appointed administrator of the Weber estate. Coroner
Shepard is now acting in that capacity. It will be some time, probably a week,
before the change can be made, if it is decided to supplant Mr. Shepard.
Those
Detectives
The detectives
employed on the case by the Coroner are to receive their pay out of the estate,
it is said, and the friends of young Weber do not think it is fair to use what
is now practically his property in an attempt to send him to the gallows.
Word from San
Francisco is to the effect that the expert employed by the Sheriff to examine
the pieces of cloth supposed to have been portions of young Weber’s trousers,
and to have been discolored by blood, has failed to prove the suspicion.
District
Attorney Robinson’s voice has pretty near failed him, and to-day his assistant,
Attorney LOWELL, will take the lead in conducting the preliminary examination.
It is not believed that any testimony of importance will be brought out to-day.
The story, so far as the witnesses can tell it, has been pretty well told, and
the public is familiar with it. Mrs. Snowden probably will go on the stand
to-day, but it is not thought she will give anything additional to what she
made public at the inquest.
CORONER’S
JURY HOLDS ADOLPH J. WEBER AS GUILTY
The
defendant’s manner is not changed and if anything he was more easy than the day
before. He was undisturbed by the evidence given. Only once did he show any
signs of being moved by what was passing around him and this was when reference
was made by one of the witnesses in seeing the body of his little brother being
carried from the building. Weber drew a white handkerchief from his pocket and
wiped his eyes. The emotion was but momentary, and was scarcely noticeable,
except to those who were sitting close to him.
The startling
testimony of Mrs. Snowden at the Wednesday inquest is the much-discussed
subject. The Snowdens are old and respected residents, and in high standing in
the community. While they are deeply grieved over the whole sad affair, they
have given unhesitatingly their honest convictions, even though it has cast
within the shadow of the gallows one of their own flesh and blood. Mrs.
Snowden’s manner upon the witness stand impresses her hearers with the
truthfulness of her statements. She appears entirely unbiased even with an
affair that has robbed her of a dearly beloved sister, and not once in her testimony,
either by tone or manner, did she display any prejudice.
Mrs. Snowden
was to have been called in the preliminary yesterday, but her testimony was
deferred until to-day.
The attorneys
got along comparatively peaceably yesterday, although several minor tilts
occurred. Attorney Tabor interposed several strenuous objections to the
irrelevance of some of the testimony and called the Court’s attention to his
former position in this regard. He stated to Judge Smith that while ordinary
Justices did not possess a technical knowledge of law, His Honor presiding was
an exception, being a fully qualified practitioner, and he hoped he would
consider his rulings in the same strict and careful manner that a Superior
Judge would, as the same law that governed the trial held good in the
preliminary.
Attorney
Tabor’s Objections
Tabor’s grounds
of objecting to incompetent testimony was that in case of the death of a
witness before the trial, his preliminary testimony could be introduced into
the trial, and he demurred against these errors going up on record, merely
because the District Attorney desired it. This caused a short set-to between
the attorneys. District Attorney Robinson retorted that it was not his desire
to have any false or incompetent testimony in the case in order to fix the
guilt upon his opponent’s client.
“I have no
desire to fix the guilt upon this defendant, unless he deserves it, but as
District Attorney I have a right to bring these matters out at a preliminary.
And as preliminary testimony they are not irrelevant.”
George
CAMPBELL was the first witness. He had not been close to the fire, and his
statements of the affair were brief. His brother, William CAMPBELL, did not
hear any one say that the defendant had rescued any of the bodies of his
family.
Tony NEVES
assisted Adrian WILLS in leading Adolph Weber away from the fire to the Wills
home. He had heard no remarks about Weber dragging bodies partially out of the
house.
“Did Adolph
Weber mention his little brother that night in your presence, or refer to him
in any way?” he was asked.
The witness
replied, “No.”
The
Night of the Fire
Lincoln MERROW,
who watched over young Weber the night of the fire, after he had been taken to
the Wills home, told of the defendant’s actions while there. He noticed no
unusual excitement about him, excepting that his breathing was somewhat
short. Weber had told him that the
action of his heart was not good. Witness had accompanied Weber and Wills on a
short walk after the fire. Weber wanted to go and look at the ruins of his
home. He did not ask the witness about his folks, or where they were. At the
brewery, near the Weber home, the defendant had telephoned to the Snowden house
and asked how his mother was.
During the
night after the three had returned to the Wills’ home, the defendant was
restless and did not sleep long. Merrow and Wills avoided the subject of
defendant’s people, as they did not want to harrow up his feelings
unnecessarily. Defendant’s hand was wounded and had been bandaged up, a small
stain of blood showing on the bandage.
Witness had
assisted Weber in bed but did not notice any signs of rock or ashes upon his
shoes. The bedroom was darkened and witness saw no other blood stains on
defendant’s clothes.
The next
morning Willis and the witness took the defendant to breakfast. Nothing was
said about the fire. After breakfast defendant and his companions visited the
Snowden home, but only the defendant went in, the other two staying outside. He
seemed somewhat downcast when he came out, but did not say anything about what
had been said in the house. Only comment witness heard Weber make was that it
was strange his family could not get out.
District
Attorney Talks
Chris HENRY, who
was the first to discover the fire and spread the alarm, said that the gate at
the Weber house was locked when he arrived. He also found all the doors and
windows locked.
Adrian WILLS
and Clifford PREDOM were examined along the common points of the case.
The Court then
adjourned until to-day. The District Attorney could not tell last night how
many more witnesses he might introduce, although he said he did not expect to
call many more. The prosecuting officer is sure that the defendant will be held,
and the prevailing opinion is that this will undoubtedly follow. Mr. Robinson
relies on the law which provides that a defendant may be held where a
reasonable suspicion exists.
“I think we
have established more than a reasonable suspicion,” he said to The Bee’s
correspondent, “and there is no question in my mind as to the outcome of this
examination.”
“What do you
think of the rumor about Julius Weber’s reported settlement with the bank for
the robbery attributed to his son?” he was asked.
“I do not take
any stock in the story. I have seen the bank officials about it, and they have
given me their personal assurance that it is untrue, and I believe them.”
The rumor that
the bank had compromised with Weber was the cause of considerable excitement
here yesterday.
A great many
questions have been asked as to why the Coroner’s inquiry has been made so
prolonged after the defendant had been formally charged. The jury desired to
make every possible research in hopes to render a direct verdict charging the
guilty party.
The
Verdict
Under Sheriff
William I. MAY, Mrs. Charles Hess, and Miss Bertha Hess were the final
witnesses, the latter two corroborating Mrs. Snowden’s testimony as to Weber’s
threat against her, when he said:
“Your time is
coming next.”
Both women
testified the former’s statements in an emphatic manner.
The Under
Sheriff gave graphic details of occurrences at the fire. He, like the other
witnesses, saw nothing of Adolph Weber when the bodies of the Webers were being
taken out. George RUTH had handed the little boy through the window to him. Was
positive that it was not Adolph Weber. Although great confusion prevailed and
men and women were running and screaming frantically about, witness was
positive of his assertions.
The evidence
was finished at
“We, the jury,
find that Julius Weber, Mrs. Mary Weber, and Miss Bertha Weber came to their
death by bullet wounds believed by the jury to have been inflicted by Adolph J.
Weber; the other, Earl, by a bruise in the head inflicted by a blunt instrument
and by suffocation.”
F.J. STEVENS,
M.J. COHN, T. JAMES, W.T. CROSBY, Ivan H. PARKER, R.M. WHALEY, J.G. McLAUGHLIN,
J.E. WALSH and Robert WAUGH composed the jury.
PURCHASE
GOLD BLOSSOM MINE
Valuable Property Changes Hands For Figure In the
Neighborhood of $30,000
The mine was
located by Mr. Jeffrey in 1893, and since that time he has spent several
thousand dollars on development work and machinery. Much dead work was done,
but in spite of it all Jeffrey was several thousand dollars ahead when the
offer to buy was made to him.
Jeffrey has
been unusually fortunate in mining speculation. Some years ago he bought a home
for $1200, and a few weeks later he sold the mineral rights under it, not
including the surface, for $3000. Everything he touches seems to turn to gold.
The Gold
Blossom is rich in gold. Only a few weeks ago the owner brought in a sack of
ore which he had taken from the tunnel and the yellow metal was sticking out of
it on all sides. It is believed that Mr. Jeffrey may go to
The new owners
of the Gold Blossom are men of considerable wealth, and will develop the mine
on an extensive scale.
SUDDEN
END OF THE HEINZ CASE
Efforts to Break Father’s Will By Sons of First
Marriage Unsuccessful
Judge Gaddis
in ruling, stated that he considered the testimony adduced insufficient to
establish a cause or to be submitted to a jury. The contestants will no doubt
take an appeal.
In his last
will the late Lorenz Heinz bequeathed all his property of about the value of
$60,000 to his three children by his second wife, deceased, who are August
Heinz, Mrs. Julia CASSELL and Miss Lucia Heinz, cutting off his two sons by his
first wife with a bequest of $50 each. It developed, however, that these sons
had been given $3000 each at the time their father was divorced from their
mother, who was awarded $4000.
The mother
subsequently married J. GREINER and has since lived a neighbor to the Heinzs.
One of her
sons, Theodore, was awarded to her custody in the decree of divorce and Charles
was awarded to the custody of his father and remained with him until about 17
years of age. He now lives in
FORAGING
HOGS CAUSE LAW SUIT AND BITTER FEELINGS
RED BLUFF (Tehama Co.), November 18 - An interesting
case was tried before Justice of the Peace Thomas SIMMONS at Tehama yesterday.
Dr. PARKER was plaintiff in a suit for damages against Hugh MOONEY, an old-time
farmer of this section of the county, on account of the alleged depredations
committed by hogs which are stated to be the property of the latter.
The unruly and
destructive swine aforesaid were declared, in the complaint, to have
feloniously and with malice premeditated invaded a twenty-acre corn field
belonging to Dr. Parker. The damages were assessed at $150 and a jury trial
demanded. The hogs were not introduced in evidence nor was the corn field
offered as an exhibit, but the identity of the animals was called in question,
and Attorney W.P. JOHNSON, who represented the plaintiff, secured judgement for
the full amount claimed by the aid of probabilities.
It was shown
that the hogs which Dr. Parker saw in his corn field were branded with Mr.
Mooney’s brand and hence the greater part of the cereal consumed had gone to
make the hogs belonging to defendant corn-fed in fact as well as in theory. The
jury carefully weighed the evidence and after an hour’s deliberation found for
the plaintiff as above stated. Mr. Mooney says he will appeal the case to a
higher Court.
GOT
DAMAGES FOR LOST CROP
SUISUN (Solano Co.), November 18 - In the suit of
Frank SIMONINI against the city of
ATE
CASTOR BEANS AND WERE MADE VERY SICK
Mr. BULLARD
raises these beans in his yard. A near neighbor, Mrs. FREEMAN, made the
Bullards a visit and while she was there Mr. Bullard sampled the fruit of the
bean. He found it very appetizing and ate three or four, as did Mrs. Freeman. In
a short time both were taken violently ill and a physician was called in. He
arrived not a minute too soon and worked with them all night before they rested
easily and were out of danger.
TWENTY
YEARS FOR CHINAMAN
Judge Gray Sentences Bunch of Criminals to Long and
Short Terms
OROVILLE (Butte Co.), November 18 - Notwithstanding
Judge Gray’s time yesterday was mostly taken up with the WRIGHT trial, he found
time to do a little business in the line of sentencing prisoners who had
convictions standing against them.
The Judge did
not show any leniency to Ah SING, who was convicted a few days ago of rape, in
having had illicit relations with little thirteen-year-old Clara NAGER, a white
girl.
When the
Chinaman was brought up for sentence, His Honor gave him twenty years. The
attorney for the defense appealed on points of law, but the Judge denied it.
The matter will be carried to the Supreme Court. The Chinaman seems to have
plenty of financial backing.
COSTELLO, the
man who a short time ago held up John BROWN and robbed him of 50 cents, and
also did other unlawful acts along the route of the Southern Pacific Company,
such as shooting at switch lights, etc., was given a sentence of twelve years
in State’s Prison.
BURKE, the man
who got caught in the act of burglarizing the house of Rev. WHITE, in Chico,
said he was drunk at the time, so the Judge thought one year would do him.
Evidence in
the WRIGHT case, charged with manslaughter in killing H.C. FARLEY, near Yankee
Hill, is being taken. The testimony is in substance the same as at Wright’s
former trial, with the exception of a portion which was cut out by the Supreme
Court.
Witnesses told
of Farley coming home and finding Wright at the table eating supper with the
family, and of Farley’s son taking him into a bedroom and talking to him in an
endeavor to avoid trouble; of how Farley, who had laid down his gun on entering
the room, picked it up and jumped through a window, after which the boy opened
the door and saw his mother standing in the front door with Wright’s gun in her
hand. He heard his mother tell Wright to get away through the fig trees, and
that defendant ran to get behind a spruce tree. Later he heard two shots and
went out and saw his father lying on the porch. Dr. KUSEL testified that the
bullet which killed Farley entered the head at the back of the ear.
Testimony in
the case will be concluded to-day and it will be given to the jury to-night or
to-morrow.
BURGLAR
MAKES HAUL
OROVILLE (Butte Co.), November 18 - Yesterday while Mrs.
Julius ALEXANDER was absent from her home a short time, someone entered and
stole $50 in cash and a gold watch and chain. No clue has yet been found on
which the officers can work. Oroville has been exceedingly lucky in this line.
This is the first burglary reported in a long time.
GUILTY
OF ROBBERY
SUISUN (Solano Co.), November 18 - Joe BURNS, accused
of beating and robbing Ah BING in
Bing said he
had been called to the barn by Burns at the time of the robbery and that when
he entered the building in which were Starkey and Leary, he was knocked
senseless and robbed by some one. He identified Burns as the man who took him
to the barn. The jury agreed on a verdict of guilty on the second ballot. Since
the testimony of Burns the officers would like very much to find Starkey and
Leary.
Submitted by Betty Loose betty@unisette.com
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