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The Evening Bee
Sacramento, Cal.
Friday, June 22, 1906
Page 7
Quiet Last Night, He Refers to Court
Decision to Sheriff This Morning
AUBURN (Placer Co.), June 22 -
The news of the confirmation of the death penalty of Adolph WEBER by the
Supreme Court, as published in last night’s Bee, while not a surprise, caused
quite a stir among the people of this city when the news reached here. Public
opinion has been almost unanimous in its belief that WEBER would never be
granted a new trial for the assassination of his mother. WEBER himself has
never expressed the belief that he would be given another trial, and it has
been apparent that he did not expect it, to judge from the general demeanor and
conversation. The history of the
terrible crime for which he has been convicted was given a broad circulation
over the United States and Canada at the time of its occurrence, and will stand
in criminal annals as the most inhuman killing in the history of California.
Early on the evening of November 10, 1904, a fire broke out in the home of
Julius WEBER, a retired brewer, and the first fireman to arrive on the scene
found Mrs. E.C. SNOWDEN, a sister of Mrs. Julius WEBER, outside the house
frantically crying that the WEBERS were still in the burning building. The
firemen found the doors and windows to the house locked, and had to break in
through a front window into the parlor of the WEBER home, where they discovered
the bodies of Mrs. WEBER, Bertha WEBER, her daughter, and Chester Earl WEBER,
the youngest son, all lying on the floor, and in a badly burned condition. As
the flames had not reached this part of the house, it was evident that the
WEBERS had been burned by the same hand that assassinated them, as all were
dead. These facts were not generally
known at the time, and it was the subsequent discovery of the stains of coal
oil on the clothes of the murdered people. The first general impression was
that the WEBER family was killed by the flames, but the discovery of bullet
wounds upon Mrs. WEBER caused a searching investigation to be made of the other
bodies, and it was soon discovered that the burning of the WEBER home was not
an accident, but that a cold-blooded murder had been committed, and the flames
started to cover up the crime.
The remains of Julius WEBER were
not found until the next day after the fire, when they were dug out of the
ashes, and even in their badly-charred condition a bullet wound was found which
expert witnesses declared could never have been self-inflicted.
Suspicion pointed to Adolph
WEBER from the first as the murderer of his kinsmen, and at the close of the
inquest on the night of November 12th Sheriff KEENA placed young
WEBER under arrest, and he was formally charged with murdering his mother, Mary
WEBER. The prisoner had four separate and distinct charges of murder against
him, and later it was discovered that it was he who robbed the Placer County
Bank, and a charge of bank robbery was placed against him, making five felonies
he would have to answer for. The stolen bank money was found on the WEBER
premises, but its identity could not be proven by the bank, so the prisoner
made an arrangement, it is said, to consent to a return of the money to its
owners if the charge of robbery was dismissed, which was done.
The crime for which WEBER will
hang is the murder of his mother, the other three charges, the murder of his
father, brother and sister, will go untried.
While all the evidence against
WEBER was circumstantial, it was as strong a chain of facts as could be
presented even had the evidence been direct.
Never before or since has there been the slightest scintilla of evidence
that the awful crime was committed by any one but Adolph WEBER. His actions and
behavior have always been cold and defiant, and he has never done or said
anything that could gain him the belief or favor of any one. Sheriff KEENA did not tell WEBER of the
Supreme Court’s action until last night, when he had taken the prisoner from
his accustomed cell, stripped and searched him and placed a death watch in
charge, composed of Ben DEPENDENER and R.F. LOZANO. The officers are of the
belief that the prisoner will destroy himself if possible, and the closest
guard will be kept over him to prevent him killing himself. WEBER took the news
quietly. WEBER, silent last night, was
more civil this morning. Turning to the Sheriff, he said:
“Well, you have gained your point, Mr. KEENA.”
“Not my point,” corrected the
Sheriff, “but a decision by the Court.”
“I don’t blame you,” returned
WEBER. “You have done your duty.”
The prisoner has wired for his attorney, Grove L.
JOHNSON, who is now at Santa Cruz.
It is believed that WEBER will be
hanged about the end of November or first of December.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 22 - The
Supreme Court yesterday reversed the judgement of the lower Court and remanded
the action brought by Adolph C. WEBER against Mary C. McCLEVERTY to recover possession
of a tract of land, for a new trial. Previously the Supreme Court had affirmed
the judgement of the lower Court, but on a petition for a rehearing reviewed
the case, and not only reversed the lower Court’s decision, but its own as
well.
MONTAGUE (Siskiyou Co.), June 22
- Fred FLORES pleaded guilty yesterday in the Superior Court at Yreka to the
charge of burglary placed against him because of the robbery of the Walbridge
store in this place on may 6th last.
James BRADLEY and J.C. REYNOLDS pleaded guilty of the same offense, over
two weeks ago, as told in The Bee at the time. FLORES, who was really the
leader of the gang, pleaded not guilty at that time, but finally concluded to
change this plea and admit his guilt. The three will be sentenced by Judge BEAD
some time to-day.
RED BLUFF (Tehama Co.), June 22
- The commencement exercises of the Academy of Our Lady of Mercy were held last
evening and a large crowd enjoyed the fine program prepared under the direction
of the Sisters. Miss Bertha ARCHAMBAULT was the sole graduate this year, and
her valedictory was a model address. Rev. Philip BRADY, of St. Mary’s Church,
presented the diploma of graduation. This is the twenty-fourth year of this
institution and the school has pupils from every part of Superior California.
MARYSVILLE (Yuba Co.), June 22 -
This morning John HOLLAND, accused of the murder of Josie ST. CLAIR, a woman of
the lower world, was found guilty in the second degree. He will be sentenced on
June 25th. HOLLANYD (sic) struck his victim with an iron bar. She
was taken to the County Hospital, where she died. HOLLAND is a stranger here.
RED BLUFF (Tehama Co.), June 22
- The marriage of Hattie L. DOYLE, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William DOYLE, of
this city, and George H. EXLEY, oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas EXLEY of this
city, which took place in San Francisco yesterday, came as a surprise to the
residents of Red Bluff. Neither of the parents of the contracting parties were present
at the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. EXLEY will reside in the University town, where
the groom is in business.
RENO (Nev.), June 23 - In the District
Court John EDWARDS, the young man who held up the Oberon saloon several weeks
ago, and who was captured after a running fight with the police, during which
thirty or forty shots were exchanged, entered a plea of not guilty.
He advances a novel defense. He
says that he was taking an evening walk toward the south side when several
policemen began shooting at him; that he thought they were highwaymen and
returned the shots as long as he had any shells, after which he surrendered
himself. He claims the $800 in gold
found upon his clothing was money that he had saved up or won from the gambling
houses on the evening of the hold-up.
CARSON (Nev.), June 23 -
District Attorney Sam PLATT to-day filed in the United States Court two
complaints against the San Pedro, Salt Lake and Los Angeles Railroad, charging
it with employing in interstate commerce a caboose and an engine with
inoperative apparatus, contrary to the Federal Statutes which require the use
of automatic car couplers. These are the first proceedings of the kind ever
brought in Nevada. The complaints were prepared at the request of the
Interstate Commerce Commission.
RENO (Nev.), June 23 - At his
own request Charles BRYANT, a young painter of good repute, living in Reno, was
sent to the County Jail by Judge BELL upon a charge of drunkenness. BRYANT
appeared in Court and made a strange confession.
“I was injured about six months
ago,” he said, “and for several weeks took morphine to alleviate the pain.
Since that time I have been a habitual user of the drug. It’s got a pretty good
hold upon me, Judge, and I guess the best thing to be done is for you to give
me a good stiff jail sentence. And I want you to tell the Sheriff to keep all
drugs away from me while I am being confined.”
The Court listened to the story,
made out a complaint which an attache of the Court signed, and upon his plea of
guilty BRYANT was sent to jail for sixty days, the Sheriff being instructed to
take great care to keep all drugs from him.
BRYANT is married, and has
always borne an excellent reputation. He has lived here for a number of years.
Submitted by Betty Loose betty@unisette.com
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The Saturday Bee Sacramento,
Cal.
June 23, 1906
CHARACTER AND HABITS OF ADOLPH
WEBER, UNNATURAL SON AND BROTHER
Vain and Cunning, Cruel and
Criminal, He Lived to Himself, a Repellant Youth, Plotting Evil Things AUBURN
(Placer Co.), June 23 - Thursday’s Bee told of the action of the Supreme Court
in refusing Adolph WEBER, convicted in the Superior Court of this county of the
murder of his mother in November 1904, a new trial, and the Bee of yesterday
told of the prisoner’s reception of the news and gave a brief history of the
awful crime, by which not only his mother fell, but also his father, sister and
brother. Following this, a short review of the prisoner’s life, habits and
character may prove of interest.
The life and character of Adolph
WEBER have come under more notice than those of perhaps any other California
criminal, unless DURRANT was the exception. And he is more of an enigma than
DURRANT. The latter was industrious in protesting his innocence, while WEBER
has never deigned to aver his, except when the direst question of his guilt or
innocence was put to him at the trial, and even then his answers were in
monosylables. He has not deigned to argue his innocence to anyone, as this he
would consider more humbling to himself than anything he could do. And Adolph
WEBER never knew what humility was. His whole being is based on vanity. Not
that offensive vanity which is continuously asserting itself, but a quiet,
reserved and self-satisfied vanity, which is secure in itself and which does
not seek praise.
Vanity, criminality and cunning
are the chief composites of his character, so far as observation shows. He has
no sense of humor or generosity. His mind has been so constantly on himself
that he has failed to observe the common things of life. He has always held
aloof from associates, so that he knows, in reality, but little of the merits
and ability of his fellow beings, and the ways of men as most people know them.
When you tell the prisoner something to smile over, he receives it coldly, and
at other times he laughs most unexpectedly.
Writers have sermonized that
WEBER’s early training and his lack of respect for his parents are the causes
which developed him into the murderer of his family, but this is an erroneous
idea. All the training and home influence in Christendom would not have changed
or altered him a whit from what he is to-day. He was born a criminal, just as
other men are born good and righteous. The law of Nature that applies to one,
is applicable to the other, only the results are opposite.
No woman ever had a kinder heart
for her offspring than Mary WEBER. No father was ever more ambitious for his
son to be something in the world than Julius WEBER. Yet this murderer grew
steadily along the course of the assassin and struck down his kinsmen in the
most fiendish manner. No earthly influence could have deterred him as his very
heart and soul were seared with the mark of Cain. His nature and composition
were simply that of a fiend.
Even in his hopeless condition,
his terrible spirit has not been broken, and he has held to his dogged silence.
No man ever had the confidence of the prisoner. Though he was defended by able
attorneys, they groped in the dark and knew no more than the detectives and
public of the awful crime, and no man in all probability, will ever know from
the lips of WEBER how the assassination was accomplished, or what its motives
were.
His little world never knew -
even his parents who watched over and cared for him in the years of his infancy
and boyhood - never knew, nor dreamed, of the incarnate wretch in Adolph WEBER,
youth though he was. His parents are dead, and the world stands shocked at
their murder, but, even so, it little understands his character.
The silent, undemonstrative
youth never gave the least indication of the awful intentions that were growing
in his mind. His family was a burden to him. There was nothing that he approved
in them, and for months he never shared a meal at the same board with any of
them. This conduct was not looked upon as significant, but merely an
eccentricity of a humored child. But in
these sullen silences were developed the plans by which WEBER calculated to
remove his family, an obstacle to him, and go into the world as he chose. With
the fortune of his people, which he would inherit, at his command, he would
have gained his damnable ambition.
WEBER is a student of Nations.
He believes that Russia is the coming power of the earth, regardless of her
recent crushing defeat by Japan. In his cell he has quite a historical library,
over which he pores a good part of the time, giving but little thought to his
impending doom. He also has an atlas and maps of the world and takes great
interest in discussing these subjects.
He has mapped out campaigns by Russia against the United States in which
he counts the Russians as the victors. He believes the Russian Empire will
eventually acquire India, but he does not explain how Russia would overcome England’s
objection to such an action. From early boyhood these kinds of problems have
been uppermost in his mind. It was from the plans of one of these military
sketches that the evidence of his handwriting were detected in the bank robbery
case.
To all visitors the prisoner is
uninteresting. He lacks the faculty to make his conversation interesting, and
his sharp, metallic voice soon becomes monotonous to the listener.
He is suspicious and
close-mouthed about his case, and a direct question about any of his actions in
the great tragedy is always met with resentful silence. He does not answer any
question with much satisfaction and more often his response is a counter
question.
visitors to speak of have seen
the prisoner. Even his old schoolmates have not seem him for many months, and
the confirmation of his sentence did not stir them to any visits nor
expressions of sympathy. WEBER chats with the men who are watching over him day
and night to prevent his self-destruction.
The prisoner has been a student in Spanish for some time and last night
conversed quite fluently in that language with Guard LOZANO. He realizes fully
the hopelessness of his case, but strange to say he has changed his demeanor
and is quite cheerful, so far evinces no signs of fear of his coming fate.
His guardian and business agent,
John ADAMS, who has managed the prisoner’s business affairs all during his
prosecution and imprisonment, has been ill for the past two months and shows no
signs of improving. His condition yesterday was reported quite serious, and
when the prisoner was told of it he replied, somewhat dejectedly: “I guess this
means death for both of us.”
Some speculation is being
indulged is as to what the prisoner will do with his money. Predictions are
that Miss Bertha HESS, a cousin, will receive a good portion of it. This is
based on the prisoner’s liking for the young woman though she was bitter toward
him and refused to communicate or correspond with him. Since his conviction he
has written several long letters to her, but there has never been a reply to
any of them. It is quite likely that WEBER will remember all of his relatives
in his will, though it is not known whether he has executed one yet. If he has,
it is safe in the hands of his guardian or attorneys and will probably not be
brought to light until after his execution.
city on July 4th
promises to be one of the biggest of the season. Secretary BARNETT, of the
local Club, has received many entries and has announced that all entries will
be closed next Monday evening.
Among the entries from Sacramento
are George L. BAKER and Charles LOMBARD,
both members of the Sacramento
Lawn Tennis Club; F.F. ATKINSON, of the East Side Club of Sacramento has
entered and has written that there will be four teams from that city.
The local players are Dewey
POWELL, Robert INGILS, Ed. HIGHBY and Walter
J.P. FRANCIS and O.J. LOWALL, of
Auburn, are also entered.
Quentin Prison and J.C. REYNOLDS
and James BRADLEY fifteen months in Folsom
Prison because they robbed the
Walbridge store in this place on May 6th. They were sentenced in Yreka by Judge BEARD
yesterday afternoon. FLORES was probably given the longer term because he was
the leader of the gang and because he did not plead guilty when BRADLEY and
REYNOLDS so plead.
twenty-seven years a business man
of this place, died yesterday morning from the effects of a scalding he
received last week in plunging into a hot bath at the Big Bend Hot Springs,
where he had gone for the benefit of his health. He was unmarried. Mrs. Dan
ZUMWALT, of this place, is his cousin.
REDDING (Shasta Co.), June 23 -
Richard BARNICOTT and Charles McVEY, who
have been held in jail since
January on a charge of robbery alleged to have been committed in Kennett, were
released from custody yesterday, the charge against them being dismissed
because the prosecuting witness, Fred COOK, has left the State. They were tried
once in the Superior Court, the jury standing eleven to one in favor of
conviction. The second trial had been set for next week.
city last night from San
Ignacio, State of Sinaloa, Mexico. Mrs. SCHINDLER was formerly Miss Anna
SCHLUER, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Otto SCHLUER of this city. SCHINDLER owns a
cattle ranch near San Ignacio and is also interested in the Candaleria gold
mine with Colonel Daniel BURNS, and other mining properties in that country.
They will remain some time
visiting relatives and friends before returning to Mexico.
annual teachers’ examination
before the County Board, one-half were
successful in procuring
certificates to teach, two of the successful ones,
this county, and Miss Lena
BONESTILL, daughter of Attorney C.K. BONESTILL, of San Francisco, announce their
engagement. The date of the wedding has not been set.
this, the home town of Alva
UDELL, when they saw in Wednesday’s Bee the telegram from San Francisco that he
had commenced action against the Finance Committee of the San Francisco relief
Committee, demanding that the funds in its hands be turned over to himself and
“10,000 other refugees.” The “10,000 other refugees” undoubtedly exist only in
the very fertile imagination of Alva UDELL. The people here who know UDELL so
well are reminded of the many old traits of this character by his recent
act. UDELL has always been an agitator
and disturber; always complaining of everything that is; always trying to get
hold of something that belongs to somebody else; devoting considerable
attention to looking up the flaws in titles to lands; getting into trouble
generally, but managing somehow or another to keep out of jail. He has been
arrested for land frauds and also for bigamy, but he has always succeeded
somehow or another in steering clear of losing his personal liberty.
Alva UDELL will have a very high
old time if the Courts would pass over that relief fund to him. But the “other
10,000 refugees” would probably not have such a high old time.
away last Tuesday. She was 83
years old, and the cause of her death was old age. Until recently she had been
able to look after the interests of her ranch, which is on Kidder Creek, Scott
Valley, where she has resided since she left her old home in Illinois and
crossed the plains with her late husband, William WALKER, in 1863.
She leaves five sons and four
daughters, all of whom are married and settled in either California or Oregon.
Her third son, B.F. WALKER, held the office of Sheriff for a term of four years
in Siskiyou County, and now resides in Oregon. She was respected by all of
Scott Valley. The funeral took place Thursday
at Fort Jones. A great many people from Yreka attended.
only a large number of children
have the disease, but several adults are afflicted. Otherwise the health
conditions are excellent in Loyalton.
barn yesterday afternoon started
a fire that destroyed the barn and contents, including a $100 colt. Mr. MATTOS’
dwelling near by was saved by hard work. The loss on barn, hay and colt amounts
to $500.
GEORGETOWN (El Dorado Co.), June
23 - D.W.C. BENJAMIN, a well-known citizen,
died at his home in this place
Thursday afternoon at the advanced age of 81 years.
He was born in Connecticut in
1826. When a young man he learned the millwright’s trade, and also received his
diploma as a physician, but followed the former occupation. He came to
California in 1852, and engaged in mining, lumbering and mill building, and for
a time was bridge contractor.
He served the county as
Supervisor some years ago, and was an active and enterprising man. In 1871 he
married Mrs. GROVER, who survives him. He also leaves one son, Clinton E.
BENJAMIN, of Pino Grande, and six step-children. The funeral took place in Georgetown this
afternoon, under the auspices of Acacia Lodge, F. and A.M., of Coloma, and
Georgetown Lodge, No. 25, R.A.M., of which Lodges he was a member.
Submitted by Betty Loose betty@unisette.com
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Sacramento Union
Sunday
June 24, 1906
NEWS NOTES OF INTEREST IN
WEAVERVILLE
WEAVERVILLE, June 23 - A.N.
WELLES, general manager of the Union hill group of mines, returned Tuesday from
a business trip in the interests of the mine, which took him to several Eastern
cities.
William R. BEALE and Henry
NEILSEN of the Hotel Lorenz, Redding, were at the Bullychoop mine this week.
Mrs. Mary PAULINE of Douglas City
left Wednesday for a visit with her daughter, Mrs. CARRICO of Sacramento.
Mrs. Morris COLLINS and son and
Miss Josie KENRICK of Indian creek are visiting in town this week.
Mrs. Charles HALDERMAN went to
the Union hill mine Wednesday. She expects to spend the summer there with her
husband.
Miss Daisy GAROUTTE, who teaches
the Douglas City school, left Wednesday for her home in Chico, Cal.
Mrs. George WILLIAMS and family
arrived in Douglas City Wednesday from their home in Redding. They expect to
live at the Union hill mine this summer. Mr. WILLIAMS has the contract for
running the big tunnel.
Laurence JORDAN of Ono, Shasta
county, is visiting with his grandparents in Douglas City.
George JUMPER, who is a student
at St. Mary’s College in Oakland, came home Thursday evening for the summer
vacation.
Mrs. James MORRIS, who left here
last Sunday to join her husband, who is under the care of physicians in Red
Bluff, writes that he is improving rapidly.
At
the meeting held by the Weaverville Fire Company Wednesday night a uniform
consisting of dark blue shirt and dark trousers and belt was adopted. The shirt
is to have the monogram “W.F.C.” in white appliqued on the bosom. The committee
appointed to take charge of the celebration on the Fourth of July has announced
that it will be principally for the juvenile population of the town. There will
probably be a parade in the morning. The literary exercises will be conducted
entirely by the children. In the afternoon there will be sports, and they hope
to have fireworks in the evening. A ball will conclude the day’s pleasures.
COLUSA,
June 23 - Frank REEVE received word yesterday from his attorney in San
Francisco saying that he had been successful in his suit against the Colusa Gas
and Electric company that has been pending in the supreme court. On September
25, 1901, REEVE was employed by the company stringing wires in Colusa, and was
working on a pole at the corner of Fifth and Jay street, and took a hold of two
wires that were heavily charged with electricity. From the testimony Reeve was
working with the understanding that the power had been shut off. Reeve’s hands
were burned in a frightful manner, crippling him for life, also falling from
the top of the pole to the ground, a distance of thirty-five feet. Reeve
commenced suit in the superior court and received judgement for $30,000. The
company appealed and the supreme court reversed the decision of the court here,
but Reeve’s attorneys were granted another hearing by the supreme court, which resulted
in favor of the plaintiff.
OROVILLE, June 23 - Mrs. C.L.
BILLS entertained her friends at a most delightful five hundred party yesterday
at her home in this city. She had invited nearly fifty of her friends to her
home, and a most enjoyable time was had by all. The first prize, a beautiful
cut-glass bon-bon dish, went to Mrs. A.F. JONES; the second prize, an exquisite
cut-glass vase, to Mrs. H.J. GRAHAM, and the consolation prize for the lowest
score made, a fancy vase, went to Mrs. George FETHERSTON.
The
list of invited guests was as follows: Mrs. A.F. JONES, Mrs. FETHERSTON, Mrs.
H.J. GRAHAM, Mrs. J.H. BOWERS, Mrs. T.C. LEE, Mrs. J.C. OSGOOD, Mrs. J.H.
KARSNER, Mrs. T.D. M. SLAVEN, Mrs. W.W. GINGLES, Mrs. M.E. LARKIN, Mrs.
BALDWIN, Mrs. W.E. DUNCAN, Jr., Mr. Charles HELMAN, Mrs. ALEXANDER, Mrs. J.M.
LONG, Miss Evelyn E. THOMPSON of Sacramento, Miss HALES, Mrs. E.H. NEWBOLD,
Mrs. E.F. ESTEN, Mrs. S.H. WILSON, Mrs. HAMLYN, Mrs. WOODALL, Miss SEXTON, Mrs.
LEGGETT, Mrs. R.S. KITRICK, Mrs. E.H. ORR, Mrs. G.W. BRADEN, Mrs. J.E.
SANGSTER, Mrs. W.P. HAMMON, Mrs. R.S. POWERS, Miss Georgia HAMMON, Mrs. J.A.
LAWRENCE, Mrs. Karl KRUG, Mrs. O.C. PERRY, Mrs. A.E. BOYNTON, Mrs. John GALE,
Mrs. T.B. REARDON, Mrs. R.H. DUNN, Mrs. DURBROW.
OROVILLE,
June 23 - Andrew PERSICH, a workman at the Wattis camp of the Utah Construction
company, was brought into the company’s hospital in this city yesterday badly
mangled and with about half a dynamite box distributed through various portions
of his anatomy. It appeared that Persich was unfastening a can of black powder,
using a wrench to accomplish this purpose. Having opened the can of powder he
carelessly threw the wrench into a box half filled with dynamite. The next
moment Persich, the box and the dynamite were so mixed up that the physicians
had not finished separating them at a late hour last night. Despite the fact
that the wounded man is most seriously injured, the physicians report that they
expect he will recover.
REDDING, June 23 - Volney FOX,
contractor, carrying the United States mail between Redding and Weaverville,
has had his bid at $4800 rejected three times, and the postoffice department is
calling for bids for fourth time.
The mail is being carried at
present by Mr. Fox for $1093, but he says that the price is too low. His
contract runs out on July 1st, but the Government has demanded a two
months’ extension and may make it six months.
Mr.
Fox says that he is anxious to get rid of the contract, for there is no profit
in hauling the heavy mail-wagon over the route, which is fifty-five miles long.
His are the only bids that have been made for the contract.
AUBURN
(Cal.), June 23 - Sherman DRESSER, a commercial traveler, who was brought from
Forest Hill last week suspected of being demented, committed suicide last night
in the county jail, cutting his throat with a bread-knife, dying in fifteen
minutes. He was born in Pope Valley, Napa county, forty-two years ago, and had
a sister living there. He was a resident of Rocklin.
AUBURN, June 23 - Auburn Parlor, N.S.G.W., has elected officers as follows: M.J. PREDOM, president; Alfred BOYNE, first vice-president; Alfred DIXON, second vice-president; John THRELKEL, third vice-president; Ferdinand MORGAN, marshal; J.F. HODGE, secretary; L.L. CHAMBERLAIN, treasurer.
Submitted by Betty Loose betty@unisette.com
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The Evening Bee Sacramento, Cal.
Monday, June 25, 1906
STOCKTON (San Joaquin Co.), June
25 - After being out six hours and twenty-five minutes Saturday night, the jury
in the case of Mrs. Emma LE DOUX, charged with the murder of her former husband
Albert N. McVICAR, returned with this verdict: “We, the jury in the above
entitled case, find the defendant, Mrs. Emma LE DOUX, guilty of murder in the
first degree.” This means that unless the Supreme Court orders a new trial, or
the Governor interferes, Mrs. LE DOUX will hang - the first woman in the State
of California to pay the death penalty.
The document containing the
verdict was presented to Judge NUTTER, who, after perusing it, handed it to
Clerk COMSTOCK with instructions to read it.
The Clerk read slowly and distinctly, and as he pronounced the words,
“guilty of murder in the first degree,” the defendant, whose eyes were fixed
upon the table in front of her, straightened up and emitted a short groan, then
placed her handkerchief to her face for a moment. Mrs. Charles CROCKER, wife of
Attorney CROCKER, was seated beside her, and placing her arms around her,
kissed her many times, telling the woman that the fight or her life had just
begun. Attorneys FAIRALL and CROCKER did not show any signs of disappointment.
Judge NUTTER set the date for
passing judgement for July 9th at 10 o’clock
in the morning. Attorneys
FAIRALL and CROCKER announced that they would move
for a new trial and if their
motion was denied would appeal the case to the Supreme Court. The fact that the
jury brought in a verdict of hanging, they believe, will help them get a
reversal of the case.
Mrs. LE DOUX is the bigamist
wife of Eugene LE DOUX, an ignorant Frenchman who resides in Jackson. She was
married to Albert N. McVICAR, a miner of good reputation, and after living
apart for some time made up with him. The two resided in the California House
at the corner of California and Main Streets in this city, and were registered
as husband and wife. McVICAR evidently never dreamed that the woman had married
another man. His death was planned some time in advance, as she telephoned Ed.
HEALEY, a San Francisco plumber with whom she had associated, and who had been
engaged to merry her, three days before McVICAR was killed that “Poor Al is
dying of miner’s consumption.”
On the evening of March 24th,
McVICAR’s body was found in a large trunk that had been sent to the Southern
Pacific depot by the murderess. The officers set to work on the case and
located the woman in Antioch on the following Monday, where she told a story
implicating a mythical Joe MILLER.
According to the evidence obtained by the prosecution in its increasing
efforts to unwind the mystery, Mrs. LE DOUX knew the time was about due when
McVICAR would learn of her marriage to LE DOUX, and in order to overcome the
storm and trouble that was in store for her she decided to poison him and ship
his body to Jackson in a trunk.
To His Own Life
OROVILLE (Butte Co.), June 25 -
Jew Jeung HING, a Chinese whose trial was to have commenced to-day on a charge
of murdering a fellow-countryman known in Chico as “Fat Charlie,” some weeks
ago, will not answer to the charge on earth, as his body was found hanging in
his cell in the County Jail early yesterday morning by Jailor BOTTZER.
The prisoner had hanged himself
to a bar of his cell by a strip of cloth torn from his undershirt. He had
planned for the deed carefully so as not to arouse any one. Blankets had been
hung over the bars so no noise would result when his body fell against them.
Blankets had been placed on the floor, also.
He then stood upon a bucket,
fastened the strip of cloth to one of the cell bars and kicked the bucket from
beneath him, leaving his feet about four inches from the floor. Prisoners were
sleeping all around him, but say they heard no noise.
When found he had evidently been
dead an hour or more. A Coroner’s jury returned a verdict of death resulting
from voluntary strangulation. The
officers say the man had been very despondent for some time. None of his former
friends had visited him, and that fact prayed upon his mind. The murder of which he was accused was a
particularly cold-blooded one. He had been discharged from a position as cook,
and “Fat Charlie” took the place. Jew Jeung HING waited for him around a corner
and thrust a long knife into him. The wounded man ran to his house, pulled the
knife out and bled to death. The murdered man was well known in Oroville,
having cooked at the Union Hotel at one time.
Money For Expenses
WOODLAND (Yolo Co.), June 25 -
As told in The Bee would be done, a number of swamp land owners of Yolo and
Sutter Counties met in this city Saturday afternoon and took steps to contest
the assessment of $50,000 levied by the Sacramento Drainage Commission.
G.W. CHAPMAN presided and D.A.
McGRIFF acted as Secretary. There were
about 100,000 acres represented at the meeting and all the land owners were
unanimously in favor of fighting the assessment. The Attorney-General will be asked for
permission to bring a suit to test the validity of the Act creating the
Commission.
A.C. HUSTON, of this city, will
act as attorney for the land owners.
Subscription lists will be presented to those who oppose the levy to
bear their proportion of the expense attached to bringing the suit.
E. POFFENBERGER, H.M. MILLER and
S.C. DEANER were added to the Executive
Committee who will have charge
of the matter.
This will be a fight to the
finish. These land owners have always been opposed to the law as it now stands.
And they are firmly of the opinion that it can be knocked out in the Courts.
arrived on the 5:15 train from
Sacramento yesterday afternoon, and were consigned to his last resting place in
the Odd Fellows’ plot in the Yuba City Cemetery. Burial services at the grave
were conducted under the auspices of the I.O.O.F. of this place.
The peculiar circumstances
connected with the death of BARRACLOUGH, as told in The Bee, have not been
satisfactorily explained to his relatives and friends, and they will make an
investigation as to why they were not informed of his accident and death. The
accidental fall on the street in Sacramento, causing concussion of the brain,
happened on May 28th, and on June 9th BARRACLOUGH died,
and was buried on the 15th. No one here was informed of the fact,
and it was by accident that it was discovered on June 21st.
Divine Service
MARYSVILLE (Yuba Co.), June 25 -
At the invitation of the pastor of the Presbyterian Church, Rev. W. Stuart
WILSON, the class of ?06, Marysville High School, attended the services at the
place of worship last night. It was made the occasion for the baccalaureate
sermon by the minister, who selected for his theme, “The Call of Life.”
The musical numbers were of a high and appropriate
order. Deserving of
special mention was the organ prelude by Mrs. G.L.
McINTOSH, the cornet solo
by Prof. A.B. MARTIN, the violin work of Prof. William
GERN, and the vocal
solos by Mrs. Edward F.
LUNSFORD, Mrs. Frank W. HANSON and Miss CONWAY, the
latter of San Francisco.
In his address to the graduating
class, which numbers fourteen, Rev.
Wilson said it was a peculiar pleasure at this time of year and at this
time in their lives to have the ambitious young people present. He impressed
upon the class the great need in which the world now stands for thinkers, for
thought-compelling men and woman who dare to go out and do. He said there is a
realm for woman with all her rich attributes greater than that which men aspire
to. He laid stress on the beauty of recognizing the spiritual in life’s work
and having in mind the glory of the soul. He pointed out the many unfinished
lives of great men who conquered all, but who in the end know not one moment of
real refreshing peace because of their refusal to profit by the life of the
Great Master. Opportunity, love, goodness, graciousness, respect for honest
toil, aversion to the tendency in life to put all on the body, and recognition of
the fact that there is no place in life’s economy for the idler were some of
the rounds pointed out by Rev. WILSON in
his word painting of the ladder of success.
The members of the graduating
class who will receive their diplomas at
Hopkin’s Hall on next Friday
evening are: Addie BLOCK, Edward BULL, Harry
BURCH, Ethel DOYLE, Frances
ENGEL, Clara HEDGER, Allen KIMBALL, Merrill LA
POINT; George McINTOSH, Ludwig
REHFUESE, Ralph SANBORN, Mary STAFFORD,
of Adolph WEBER, and made him
far more agreeable to those around him.
Defensive plans have been dismissed from his mind, and he is now only
looking into the near future which shall bring his end. With the decision of the Supreme Court ended
all the small liberties and privileges which the prisoner has enjoyed. His
meals have always been ordered by him from restaurants and hotels, but he is
not now permitted to buy his own food, and must live upon prison fare, prepared
under the watchful eye of Sheriff KEENA. Being of a dyspeptic tendency the
prisoner will get food that is appropriate for him, but everything that goes
into his cell is critically inspected. Since the prisoner has been transferred
to another cell he has had nothing but the cot upon which he sleeps in the way
of accommodations.
box in for him. “That’s good,”
said WEBER, “that will do for a table and chair also,” and he smiled rather
sarcastically as the Under Sheriff came out. The sight of a young man forth
$60,000 having to do his correspondence on a cheap grocery box must have
touched his fancy, as he continued to smile at the box after the officer had
gone.
Heretofore the prisoner has had
several bottles of medicine, which he uses, in his cell, but these have been
taken away. Now when he wants to administer his remedies he is obliged to put a
spoon through the bars and the death watch pours the medicine for him. There
have been expressions at different times that the prisoner’s health would not
stand the confinement until his execution, but this idea never found credence
with the officers. WEBER has dismissed
Attorney Grove L. JOHNSON, presumably because of the lawyer’s hint that the
insanity plea should now be worked.
Hide Her Shame
STOCKTON (San Joaquin Co.), June
25 - Bertha CAPPS, a woman between 22 and 23 years of age, is under suspicion
of having committed child murder. She lives in Oakdale, Stanislaus County, and
will probably be arrested and held to explain the serious charges against her.
The body of the babe was found
on the public road of the town of Knights Ferry last Thursday morning. It
evidently had been born alive, as the remains were warm when recovered and
blood was flowing from the mouth. It
seems that Miss CAPP made the trip from Knights Ferry to Oakdale Wednesday
forenoon and was on the streets of the latter town Thursday afternoon. The
District Attorney of Stanislaus County is of the opinion that the young woman
braved the pain and appeared on the streets to avert suspicion.
The Coroner’s jury returned a
verdict of death by unknown cause, and recommended that the case be carefully
investigated. The authorities are working the case.
Despite official suspicions,
Miss COPP’s friends stoutly defend her. She always has stood well and people
are loth to believe her guilty.
here Saturday afternoon when the
former jumped into Little Chico Creek in a desperate but vain effort to save
her sister from drowning and the latter followed to rescue both girls. The
boy’s name is WEBER and the sisters are daughters of Mrs. VAN HORN, who resides
here on Ninth Street. The youngest of
the girls waded into the creek and was soon beyond her depth. The older then
tried to save her, but failed, and young WEBER, who chanced to be near by,
jumped into the water and rescued both of them. He was just in time, as the
youngest girl was sinking for the third time and was unconscious when taken to
shore.
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The Evening Bee
Sacramento, Cal.
Tuesday, June 26, 1906
page 6
USED KNIFE ON HIMSELF
Butte County Man Winds Up Spree By
Attempting To End His Life While Delirious From Drink REDDING (Shasta Co.),
June 26 - August HAMMETT, a Swede, aged about 30 years, last night stabbed
himself in the wrist while in the rear of a local saloon and lost a great deal
of blood before his wound was treated.
HAMMETT had been drinking heavily and his strange actions led to a
warning being sent to the officers, but before they arrived he had stabbed
himself. He was taken to the insane ward
in the jail and soon became nearly sober as the result of the loss of blood. He
will recover.
HAMMETT is a Butte County man.
He came to this place from Chico and for a time was employed by George HARVEY
on a farm near Durham.
BEEGUM (Shasta Co.), June 26 -
The hotel and stage station here, long conducted by F.T. WOLCOTT, was destroyed
by fire Sunday. The loss is placed at $1800, partly offset by $1200 insurance.
The place was well known to travelers. It was on the road from Red Bluff to
Harrison Gulch, and near the Tehama line.
LOYALTON (Sierra Co.), June 26 -
Returns from Downieville, the county seat, show that as a result of the eighth
grade examinations throughout the county, twenty-four out of the thirty-five
who entered the examination two weeks ago were successful, and will receive
diplomas. The following is the list of graduates throughout the county:
Loyalton school - Niles MILLAR,
Maude RAINE, Annie CONNOLLY, Leone SCHROEDER, Berkley ANDERSON, Joel CONKLIN
and Joy BRADNER. Sierra City school -
Willard SITS, Lucius PELLOW, Clyde COOK, Frances COOK, Alice SCHUBERT and
Evelyn McGROTH. Sattley (Alpine) -
Adelaide FOWLES and Grace FOWLES.
Downieville school - Grace WALKER, Earl MEROUX, Charles MEROUX, Deliada
DOWNERS, Ross TAYLOR, Cora QUIGLEY and Elmer QUIGLEY. Clare District (Sierra Valley) - Charles
KNUTHSON and Margaret KNUTHSON.
Every member of the Loyalton
class passed successfully.
The matter of a High School is
still being agitated.
MARYSVILLE (Yuba Co.), June 26 -
The preliminary examination of John DAYTON and Frank MORAN, the men charged
with burglary, the stealing of a case of shoes from a box car at the local
depot, resulted last evening in the pair being ordered by Judge KAISH, of the
Police Court, to answer before the Superior Court, bonds of $1500 each.
WOODLAND (Yolo Co.), June 26 -
The engagement is announced of Miss Gertrude NOE, of this city, and John
Herbert MITCHELL, of Berkeley. The wedding will occur some time in July.
Miss NOE is a member of the
County Board of Education and taught in the Woodland Grammar Schools. Mr.
MITCHELL is the Coast representative of the Educational Publishing Company.
WOODLAND (Yolo Co.), June 26 -
Dean McCREW, who was recently convicted of assaulting an officer at Guinda last
Christmas, was brought before Judge GADDIS yesterday for sentence. He was fined
the sum of $500, which was promptly paid.
WOODLAND (Yolo Co.), June 26 -
Miss Daisy CAMPBELL, of this city, and Walter HUBER, of San Francisco, were married
at the residence of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. John CAMPBELL, this
afternoon.
SUISUN (Solano Co.), June 26 -
W.C. SHELDON, a pioneer resident of this county, died at his home in Suisun Valley
yesterday, his death being very unexpected. He had been sick for about ten days
with stomach trouble, but his condition was not alarming. Yesterday morning his
wife awoke and found him breathing with great difficulty. A physician was
hastily summoned, but Mr. SHELDON was dead before the doctor arrived. Death is
presumed to have been due to heart trouble.
Deceased was about 60 years of
age. Surviving him are his widow and three sons - Ralph M., Fred C. and Rev.
SHELDON, of Suisun; a step-daughter, Mrs.
Ed CONNELLY, of Fairfield, and two brothers - B.N. SHELDON, of Suisun
Valley, and H.C. SHELDON, of Fairfield. Deceased was well-known throughout the
county, having for years been a fruit buyer for the ERNST-LEUHNING Company. He
was a prominent Mason and Odd Fellow. The date of the funeral has not been
announced.
GRASS VALLEY (Nevada Co.), June
26 - The greatest tennis tournament ever held in this part of the State ended
here last evening when Fletcher ELLIOTT carried off the singles championship at
Empire court, winning from Raymond CLINCH, 6-3, 4-3, 6-3. The tournament,
Sunday and yesterday, attracted many out to the Court, where every arrangement
for the pleasure of the public had been made. During the playing refreshments
were served to all. ELLIOTT takes the KIDDER trophy, a handsome silver loving
cup. FRANCIS and LOWELL won the doubles, the NOCAK cup, for the second time.
The tournament was for the championship of Superior California.
OROVILLE (Butte Co.), June 26 -
The will of the late Benjamin RUSSELL, who was found dead in his residence a
few days ago, was filed for probate yesterday. The estate is valued at $41,500.
Of this, the property in Oroville is valued at $25,000 and in Fresno County
$1000; cash in banks to the amount of $11,755.91. The property is devised to
Miss Jennie COOPER, a niece, and to two brothers and a sister of the deceased,
the latter three residing in New York.
OROVILLE (Butte Co.), June 26 -
The preliminary examination of J.J.
GEUNTHERODT, the staff correspondent of several mining journals, for
settling (sic) forest fires in the Western Pacific addition to Oroville, was
held yesterday afternoon, resulting in the dismissal of the case and a clear
vindication of the defendant. There was absolutely no evidence offered to prove
the accusation or to show any motive for the crime.
STOCKTON (San Joaquin Co.), June
26 - Bert ADDIS, an aeronaut, was badly injured Sunday afternoon while attempting
to make an ascension at Oak Park, near this city. A stiff wind was blowing
while the balloon was being inflated, and the bag did not fill well.
When ADDIS cut loose the
balloon, instead of going up, dragged along the ground. ADDIS clung to his
trapeze, and was thrown against a fence with much force. In fact, he struck the
fence so hard that several boards were knocked off. He was also hurled against
the barbed wire on the top of the fence, and after struggling hard, managed to
free himself from the balloon. A
physician found that ADDIS had a gash over one of his ears, both arms were cut
and scraped badly, the left forearm was badly torn and the ligaments of the
left wrist were torn and cut. His back was also badly injured, and it will be
many a day, if ever, before he will be able to make another ascension.
STOCKTON (San Joaquin Co.), June
26 - Judge SMITH, of the Superior Court, yesterday set a case for trial that
has been in the Courts for thirty years.
It is that of the estate of George ROACH, deceased, and for more than a
quarter of a century the heirs have been fighting the matter and delaying the
trial. The estate, years ago, was very large, but now consists of about $7500
in coin and $20,000 in land. According to the will left by ROACH, Mrs. COPSEY, a near relative, was to care for the
estate until she died, when it was to be given to ROACH’s other heirs. The
point now is to ascertain before Mrs. COPSEY dies who the heirs are. This trial
will commence on August 28th.
GRASS VALLEY (Nevada Co.), June
26 - Effort will be made to apprehend the miscreant who has been desecrating
graves of late in the City Cemetery. A number have been despoiled of flowers
and vines, while vases left on the mounds with flowers in them have been
maliciously broken to bits against adjoining headstones. One grave has been
thus treated three times. The guilty wretch seems to have a personal grudge
against this family and is taking it out in this unseemly manner. A watch will be
maintained and if the fellow is caught, prosecution will follow, particularly
as the same complaint has been heard before.
Veteran of Civil War Convicted of Assault and
Sentenced to Sixteen Years.
Dismissed At Second Trial.
NAPA (Napa Co.), June 26 - After being found guilty
once by a jury in the Superior Court and sentenced to sixteen years in San
Quentin, J.T. MORRIS, charged with a felonious assault, managed to secure his
freedom Monday. MORRIS was arrested on
May 28, 1904, and charted with assaulting May PENRICE, a girl scarcely in her
teens, and after languishing in jail until September 14th, of that
year, was finally tried and convicted of the crime on the first ballot. An
appeal was taken to the Third District Court of Appeal, with the result that
the case was remanded back here for trial, resulting in the dismissal.
When the case was called this
afternoon District Attorney BENJAMIN presented a motion for dismissal on the
ground that the witnesses had left the State and could not be subpoenaed and
brought back. It was stated that they were in Toronto, Canada. Before granting
the motion for dismissal, Judge GESFORD stated: “If ever there was a person
guilty of a crime, the defendant is the man. I believe hanging too good for a
person guilty of such a crime, and I only regret that there is not some law by
which you can be prosecuted.”
The crime for which MORRIS was
arrested was one of the most heinous imaginable. The young girl had been given
into his custody to care for and he had subjected her to the grossest abuse.
MORRIS is nearly 60 years of age
and was a Captain in the Civil War.
MARYSVILLE (Yuba Co.), June 26 -
What appears to be an attempt to rid this city of one of its old landmarks, the
KELLY Bros.’ feed stable, at the corner of Fourth and C streets, opposite the
new Packard Library, was called to the attention of the police and Fire
Department shortly before 12 o’clock last night.
A man named William GEE, living
near the stable, rushed into the police station, and with difficulty, on
account of an impediment in his speech, and because of being excited, told the
officer on duty of a blaze in the premises mentioned. The chemical engine was
despatched to the scene none too soon to prevent a fire of goodly proportions.
It was found that the straw
beneath a manger on the corral side at the northeast corner of the stables had
been set on fire. A man was found who says he saw another man running rapidly
away from the scene which leads to the conclusion that the attempt was
incendiary.
AUBURN (Placer Co.), June 26 -
Mrs. E. REINER was brought from Butcher Ranch last evening and charged with insanity.
The unfortunate woman has a homicidal mania and has been threatening the
destruction of her neighbors for several days.
On Sunday, ex-Supervisor
McANINCH had a narrow escape from being shot, as before he realized the danger
from the woman she placed a pistol to his head, and he only saved himself by
striking the weapon upward. She is
uncontrollable and has kept the neighborhood in a state of fear for several
days. A sad feature of the case is that the woman has a three-months-old baby,
which must necessarily be taken from her.
Left Editor Owen’s Home For
Bicycle Ride Sunday, And Has Not Been Seen or Heard From Since WINTERS (Yolo
Co.), June 26 - J. BLISS, a printer employed by Editor Frank N. OWEN, of the
Winters Express, disappeared Sunday, and no trace of him can be found. It is
feared he has met with an accident.
BLISS made his home in OWEN’s
home. Sunday morning, minus his coat, he mounted his wheel for a ride up Putah
Canyon, saying he would be back in time for supper. Since then he has not been
seen nor heard from by any one here.
There is nearly a week’s wages
coming to BLISS, and his clothing is here.
He is a man of good habits, and is well known in Chico and other places
where he has worked.
Editor OWEN has made as thorough
a search for him in this section as he could, but so far without success.
BLISS is about 28 years of age,
five feet nine inches in hight, weighs about 150 pounds, has brown hair and
eyes, and was smooth shaven.
GRASS VALLEY (Nevada Co.), June
26 - Bert MOUNDAY sustained severe injuries and almost lost his life yesterday
in a very unusual accident in the Central Shaft Mine. Part of one charge of
giant powder failed to explode, and this MOUNDAY proceeded to pick out.
Believing he had it all out, he went to work with a heavy sledge on the
boulder. The consucsion (sic) set off a portion of the charge which had escaped
his eye with the result that broken rock was hurled in every direction.
One piece struck him on the
forehead and another on the side of the head, while a third caught him on the
ankle. He was knocked down, but not rendered unconscious. The fine particles
peppered his face. He bled freely, and was hurried to his home in this city,
where Dr. JAMIESON attended him. His injuries, though serious, are not
dangerous.
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The Evening Bee
Sacramento, Cal.
Wednesday, June 27, 1906
Page 6
ACCUSED WOMAN OUT ON BONDS
Miss Bertha Capps, Charged With
Having Killed Baby, Will Have Preliminary Examination on July 5th.
STOCKTON (San Joaquin Co.), June
27 - Justice of the Peace ROLLS, of Oakdale, has held Miss Bertha CAPPS, the
young woman accused of having killed her newly born babe, for examination, the
date of the preliminary being set for July 5th. District Attorney
L.J. MADDUX, of Modesto, swore to the complaint, and Constable SWATZEL made the
arrest. Miss CAPPS was admitted to bail in the sum of $2,000, the bonds being
furnished by her brother, Charles E. CAPPS, and her brother-in-law, Ernest
WOOD. Miss CAPPS is a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. CAPPS, and is about 22 years of age. She has always borne a reputation
above reproach, and has many friends who stoutly maintained her innocence.
The evidence against the young
woman in purely circumstantial so far. It is known that she attended a picnic
above Knights Ferry and there became suddenly quite ill. She was hurried to
town, her two sisters occupying the rear seat of the vehicle with her. Later a
dead baby, that had been born alive, was found in the road traveled by the
wagon containing the picnic party.
On the way to Oakdale Miss CAPPS
suffered great pain. On reaching town she was taken to a hotel and Dr. LOWE
summoned. He made no examination, it is said, but gave her medicine to
alleviate the cause of her distress, as she explained it.
The next afternoon Miss CAPPS
appeared on the streets. This was done, the officers contend, to allay suspicion,
the girl enduring the agony bravely.
Justice ROLLS says she did not look ill when brought before him, but
that she was in great distress and cried constantly.
STOCKTON (San Joaquin Co.), June
27 - Attorney FAIRALL stated to-day that he is quite sure he will secure a new
trial in the LE DOUX case on errors of the Court. The applause indulged in by
the jurymen when they reached the death verdict is an element he will make use
of in his appeal. In case the Supreme Court
grants him a new trial he will apply for a change of venue to Calaveras County,
alleging bias and prejudice on the part of the local officers, as well as the
general public.
Sheriff SIBLEY permitted a
Catholic priest to visit the murderess yesterday afternoon. The priest spent
some time with the woman. Her attorney scoffs at the idea of a confession and
still strongly maintains her innocence.
MARYSVILLE (Yuba Co.), June 27 -
In a runaway accident near Wheatland yesterday, W.G. JASPER, a well-known
farmer of this county, met with injuries which will place him on the retired
list for some time. He was hauling a load of supplies to one of the dredgers on
Bear River. He had driven his team through a gateway and then went back to
close the gate. While he was doing this
his horse started off and in his efforts to catch up and check them he stumbled
and fell. The result was the front wheel of the heavy wagon passed over his
right leg and hips. The accident happened at 4 p.m. and it was 6:20 o’clock
before assistance came to the injured man.
MARYSVILLE (Yuba Co.), June 27 -
Sol LEWEK, the well-known hotelman of this city, has received the sad news of
the death of his mother, which occurred in Schwersenz, Prussia, Germany, on the
5th instant. She lacked seven months of reaching the 80th
anniversary of her birth.
George W. Hilderbrand Dies In
Hotel Room After Active Life Spent On The Pacific Coast NEVADA CITY (Nevada
Co.), June 27 - Late yesterday afternoon George W. HILDERBRAND passed away in his room of the
National Hotel, this city, after a short illness. His death was due to
over-exertion, traceable to the recent earthquake.
He was at Boulder Creek, Santa
Cruz County, at the time of the shock. From there he walked to San Jose, though
77 years of age. Then he went to San Francisco, walked all over the burned
district, and later took passage for Portland, Oregon, to visit his family.
Thence he returned to Allegheny, above here, to visit his former home. The
exertion he had undergone proved too much, however, for his age, and he came
here for medical attendance on the verge of collapse. A week ago he took to his
bed. He was an early-day school teacher
at San Francisco, leaving there for Allegheny twenty-nine years ago. He was
interested in mining in that section, owning considerable stock in the famous
Tightner, one of the richest producers in the upper country. A few years ago he
moved with his wife to Portland. He was a native of Germany, having come to
this country at the age of 15. His daughter, Mrs. HEGELE will leave to-day with
the remains for Portland, where they will be interred.
MARYSVILLE (Yuba Co.), June 27 -
News has reached here from Dobbins of the death of Jesse E. ROYAT, a well-known
young man of this county, aged 24 years. He was a married man, and, besides his
wife, an aged mother, and four brothers survive him. The obsequies were held at
Indiana Ranch.
Overturning of Freight Car Sets
Off Explosive With Terrific Force, Much Damage Being Done ANGELS CAMP
(Calaveras Co.), June 27 - The overturning of a freight car of a train running
on the Sierra railway between Jamestown and Angels yesterday afternoon exploded
one and a half tons of dynamite and killed two brakemen on the train named
HOAGLAND and BROWN. The conductor, named HAWKINS, was injured, and a passenger,
E.A. ROBERTS, of Sausalito, was severely hurt, but will recover.
The explosion wrecked the
chlorination works at the Jones Mine and although the explosion was heard here
no damage as done in this town. Word comes from Milton, twenty-one miles west
of Angels, that the shock was felt there, and window-glass was broken in that
village. Strange to say, the railroad track was not badly damaged by the great
force of the explosion. STOCKTON (San
Joaquin Co.), June 27 - The jar caused by the explosion near Angels Camp
yesterday afternoon was felt here distinctly, and caused considerable alarm.
Many thought another earthquake had come. It was late before the truth was
learned, and even then details were lacking.
TOWLE (Placer Co.), June 27 -
Robert J. TRIMBLE and wife arrived from New York last week and will go to the
Southern Cross Mine in Humbug district, near here, and start work at once. Both
TRIMBLE and wife are stockholders in the mine, which has laid idle for some
time, owing to other business requiring the TRIMBLE’s attention. A good
ten-stamp mill is ready for operation and ten more stamps will be added at
once. Tunnels will be driven ahead and cross-cut work done to see just how much
ore can be found. When worked in the past the mine paid well. It is in a rich
mineral district.
WOODLAND (Yolo Co.), June 27 -
The attention of Judge GADDIS in the Superior Court was taken up yesterday with
the case of J.S. McGRIFF vs. E.S. YOUNG.
The case is one in which the plaintiff seeks to recover $2250 alleged to
be due on a contract entered into between himself and defendant. The contract,
it is alleged, was one by which the plaintiff was to farm 200 acres of land to
be furnished by defendant, who was also to furnish a herd of milk cows, six
horses, a lot of hogs, feed and farming implements. The plaintiff was to
furnish the labor and each was to share equally in the proceeds. YOUNG, the
defendant, filed a counter claim, alleging that McGRIFF had violated the
contract and that there is due him, the defendant, the sum of $4301. The case
was submitted without argument and taken under advisement.
YREKA (Siskiyou Co.), June 27 -
Silas GOULD, who has been on trial for the past week on six charges of stealing
watches in Dunsmuir, as already told in The Bee, was found guilty on the
charge. The jury brought in a verdict of burglary in the first degree. In the
second charge, in which C.W. IBACH was complainant, the jury, after being out
from 9 o’clock p.m. to 10 o’clock a.m. the following day, returned a verdict of
burglary in the first degree, recommending the prisoner, however, to the mercy
of the Court. Two of the six cases at
issue were dismissed. District Attorney LUTTRELL considered that inasmuch as
GOULD had been convicted on two charges, it would not be desirable to put the
county to further expense. The last two charges against him will be dismissed,
also, as no evidence has been secured.
Judge BEARD set Thursday, June
28th, for pronouncing judgement in each case in which GOULD has been
convicted.
During the early part of July
there are two important cases set for trial.
SHAW, charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to commit
murder, and Pietro FERRARI, charged with setting the forest afire at McCloud.
BROWNELL (Siskiyou Co.), June 27
- William R. BEALE has requested that the preliminary examination of Dora CHIPP
on the charge of murdering his baby girl be deferred a week out of deference to
his wife, who will be the most important witness in the case.
Mrs. BEALE is suffering from
great nervous prostration as a result of her experience in the tragedy. The
family physician thinks she will be quite well enough to take the stand inside
of ten days, but not on any day this week. It had been decided to hold the
examination this week before Justice of the Peace RICHARDSON at Picard, but
District Attorney LUTTRELL, learning of Mrs. BEALE’s condition, willingly
consented to fix the date at July 5th. The examination will probably be held in
Yreka, as by the later date Mrs. BEALE
will be well enough to travel from her home near this place to Yreka, a
distance of sixty miles. Holding the examination in Yreka will obviate any
danger from lynchers. There is no telling what would happen should Dora CHIPP
be brought to the neighborhood where the murder was committed.
YREKA (Siskiyou Co.), June 27 -
Mrs. Lydia A. PIPES died on Thursday, June 21st, at her residence.
She had been ailing for some time past. She was 72 years old, and leaves a
husband and three daughters. Mrs. PIPES left Ohio in 1870 and crossed the
plains with her husband, arriving here in 187*. She had lived here since that
date.
Submitted by Betty Loose betty@unisette.com
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The Evening Bee
Sacramento, Cal.
Thursday, June 28, 1906
Page 7
Belief That He Has Not Yet Given
Up Hope, But Will Fight For His Life As Long As There Is Hope AUBURN (Placer
Co.), June 28 - Is Adolph WEBER’s opposition to having the insanity plea
entered in his behalf a sham or does he really resist the idea? There are times
when his conduct is inconsistent with his claim that he is mentally a normal
man. The prisoner has developed a keen dislike for most of the press
representatives here, and he becomes as calm as an oyster in their presence so
far as conversation is concerned. Yesterday The Bee’s correspondent induced an
old schoolmate of WEBER’s to make a short visit to the prisoner, but even the
old-time companion of his youthful days could not elicit any expression from
WEBER, either about himself or any other subject. The prisoner lay in his bunk and indulged in
the same wild and insane rolling of his eyes that he is wont to do sometimes,
though for what reason no one can understand. WEBER”s old-time friend plied him
with questions for several minutes, but his only response was grunts and
monosyllables. His recent announcement
that he had given up the fight against his prosecution is not believed, as he
now has transcripts of testimony in his cell which he is reviewing, and his
sending for one of his attorneys is looked upon as significant that he does not
mean to give up the case as long as there is a ray of hope to encourage him.
Insanity is the only refuge he
has, and his seeming opposition to it is not looked upon as sincere. If the application
for a rehearing before the Supreme Court fails, further defense will
undoubtedly be the insanity plea, and the fact that WEBER opposes this will be
pointed to as the strongest evidence of his mental unsoundness.
COLUSA (Colusa Co.), June 28 -
Two deaths is this morning’s record. Gerry MYERS, who resides on the East Side,
passed away suddenly at 7:30 this morning. He was in town yesterday and
appeared in his usual health. Heart disease was the cause. He leaves a wife and
nine children. At his home at College
City, Moses STINCHFIELD, a pioneer of this county, passed away early to-day,
cancer of the stomach causing his death. He farmed in this county since 1853.
In 1867 he joined Colusa Lodge, No. 133, I.O.O.F., and was the last surviving
charter member. A wife and several children survive him. The funeral will occur
Sunday.
CHICO (Butte Co.), June 28 -
Alfred HAYNES was found dead in his room yesterday afternoon by G.W. CARNEY. He
evidently had been dead several days. He
was last seen on the streets Sunday. He was about 75 years of age and had been
a resident of this city twenty years. He was a cobbler and in very poor
circumstances. An inquest will be held to-day.
CHICO (Butte Co.), June 28 -
Yesterday at Barber, Miss Nellie Edna CLOUGH, youngest daughter of F.M. CLOUGH
and wife, was married to Wm. A. PERLEY at the home of her parents. The bride’s
father is a high official of the Diamond Match Company and the groom is in the
employ of that corporation.
CARSON (Nev.), June 28 - The men
employed at the Harris Mine at Washoe City, have quit work on account of the
quality of food that is being served to them. They declare it is impossible to
digest the grub furnished them by the company cook and the entire force is
idle. The management is trying to effect a settlement.
RENO (Nev.), June 28 - Carl S.
WHEELER, one of the wealthiest young sheepmen in Nevada, a son of Daniel S.
WHEELER, and Miss Gladys PARRY, daughter of Robert W. PARRY, a mining man and
politician, were married last evening in the Congregational Church by Rev. C.L.
MEARS. The wedding was one of the most fashionable that has taken place in Reno
this year. A reception at the Parry home followed the affair.
RENO (Nev.), June 28 - It is
feared that the body of Luke WHITE, a young San Francisco fireman, who was
drowned in the Truckee River while visiting here ten days ago, has been carried
into Pyramid Lake. If this has occurred there is little likelihood that it will
ever be recovered. Hoping that it is still in the river, his friends have asked
the caretakers of the various dams on the river and the Indian fishermen to
keep a lookout. They will be suitably rewarded if they make the recovery.
WINNEMUCCA (Nev.), June 28 - A
fossil that is believed to be the tooth of an unknown prehistoric animal has
been discovered near Loco by C.B. CARPENTER, who is sinking for water through a
lava formation. He found the fossil just above the lava in a deposit formed
during the quaternary period. The tooth is 14 inches long, about 10 inches wide
and one and one-half inches thick. It
has been forwarded to the Smithsonian Institution.
ELKO (Nev.), June 28 - The
officials who are investigating the matter say that gross carelessness caused
the death of the young miner named MAGEE, from Mokelumne Hill, Cal., who was
brought here in a dying condition from Tuscarors, where he was employed in one
of the mines. When taken to the County
Hospital at Elko those in charge of the young man said he had been overcome by
powder smoke. He was pulseless when the hospital physician examined him.
The Coroner, who is investigating
the death, says there is strong evidence that young MAGEE was allowed to lie in
a neglected condition after being overcome and that he received little
consideration until it was apparent that he was in a dying condition.
The words of the officials have
created considerable feeling and a strict investigation has been demanded.
RENO (Nev.), June 28 - William
B. YATES, a San Francisco man, formerly employed by the United Railroads as
cashier and dispatcher, was sentenced to-day to one year in prison, pleading
guilty to a charge of bigamy. He
deserted his first wife, Ella YATES, and married Emma PETRIE, an employe of the
HASS candy store in San Francisco. The marriage took place in Reno.
The two women and both the
attorneys for the State and defense pleaded for leniency.
YATES is a nephew of ex-Governor
YATES, of Illinois, and a son of a wealthy lumberman at Lyle, Wash.
WINNEMUCCA (Nev.), June 28 -
L.D. VARY, aged 91 years, a pioneer of Nevada, having settled in the State over
fifty years ago, is dead, having succumbed to an attack of smallpox. His last
days were spent in the pest house, apart from his old friends to whom he was
deeply attached. Mr. VARY is believed to
have made one of the first mining locations ever recorded in Nevada. In the
early ?50s he took up a group near Humboldt which he operated for many years.
The town of Varyville, in this county, where he once operated a large mine, was
named in his honor.
Submitted by Betty Loose betty@unisette.com
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