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The Evening Bee
Sacramento, Cal.
Monday, August 20, 1906
Page 6
THREE KILLED AND ONE FATALLY INJURED IN POWDER
EXPLOSION
Four Boys Out Hunting Use Powder House For Target and
Results Are Disastrous YREKA (Siskiyou Co.), August 20 - Three boys lost their
lives and a fourth is fatally injured from a terrific powder explosion that
occurred yesterday morning at the powder house of the Hercules Powder Company
about a mile and a half from Yreka. The bodies of the dead have not yet been
recovered, although remnants of clothing and a foot and other portions of a
human body have been found by a searching party.
The body of Bertie HOLLAND, who was fatally injured,
was found about 100 yards from the powder house, where it had been thrown. The
boy was unconscious, and so badly injured that there is no hope of his
recovery. HOLLAND’s brother, a boy named
HAGADOM, and an unknown lad were killed outright.
The cause of the explosion is said to be from a bullet
from one of the small rifles with which the boys were hunting.
Felt for Miles
The concussion was felt for miles around, and rocks
and debris were hurled for a full mile and a half from the scene. Great damage
was done at Yreka. Every plate glass
window in the town was broken, and chimneys were shaken. The jail was so badly damaged that prisoners
could not safely be confined therein last night. The High School building was
also damaged. The damage here would have been enormous, and possibly there
would have been some loss of life, were it not for the fact that Yreka was
protected by a hill. Dr. O.B. SPAULDING
and his wife happened to be on the road near by the powder house going outfor a
fishing trip when the explosion occurred. They met James D. FAIRCHILD within
100 yards of the scene a few minutes before the disaster. They stopped and
conversed for a short time. They both noticed four boys coming up the road. The
boys were firing their rifles at different marks on the road, and Dr. SPAULDING
remarked that it was dangerous to be about when boys were discharging their
weapons in that way. Having said good-by they parted, and had but separated for
more than three or four minutes when the explosion occurred.
Had Narrow Escape
Luckily for them, they both happened to be in a small
gulch and escaped injury. It is supposed the boys used the powder house for a
target. The powder houses have a grate ventilator on the top of the building,
also one on the floor. It is claimed that during the hot weather the
nitro-glycerine runs out of the boxes and some of it must have leaked out and
reached the bottom ventilator and the boys used that for a target.
Holland’s Body Found
One of the boys, M.H. HOLLAND’s son, was found about
200 yards from the destroyed building unconscious. He was at once removed to
the city. He cannot live. The other three boys have not been found so far. A
foot and some flesh were found about 250 yards in an opposite direction from
where HOLLAND’s body was found. Pieces of clothing and a shoe have also been
found.
Dr. and Mrs. SPAULDING and James D. FAIRCHILD consider
themselves lucky that they had not remained conversing any longer, otherwise
they would have lost their lives. There are two more powder houses within a
short distance of the destroyed one. Luckily, the nearest one contained only
about fifty pounds of powder. The roof was lifted to one side and several of
the large stones were broken.
Railroad Track Damaged
The railroad track runs within a few feet of the
houses. It was completely wrecked for about 200 yards. Some parts of the rails
were found three hundred yards away. The telephone and telegraph lines were
completely wrecked for some distance. The railroad people are in hopes of
having a train running to-night. The Scott Valley Stage Company sent out their
four-horse stage to Montague to meet the north-bound train and bring in the
mail and express.
Horse Killed
Not a trace of the powder house can be seen. Its parts
have been scattered in all directions for miles around.
A horse belonging to Job MILLER, which was a mile away
from the scene, was killed by flying rocks.
E.N. STEVENS was driving a double team a mile and a
half from the scene, and one of his horses was knocked down. He was thrown from
the rig, but escaped serious injury.
Found Helpless By the Roadside
GRASS VALLEY (Nevada Co.), August 20 - Found in a
helpless condition by the roadside, where he had landed with a broken collar
bone and other serious injuries as the result of a runaway accident, E.H.
THOMPSON, an aged and widely known rancher residing south of this city, was
taken home, where he now lies in a serious condition.
THOMPSON started for Auburn, driving a colt and a
well-broken farm horse. The day being
hot he raised a large wagon umbrella over the seat. The jolting of the wagon
flung if from the socket and landed it on the back of the colt. Both horses
started on a wild run. Fearing that they would collied with a barbed wire fence
THOMPSON jumped and was dragged some distance before relinquishing his hold on
the reins. The horses finally became entangled and halted.
Some time later the Auburn mail carrier came along and
found THOMPSON by
the roadside in a helpless condition. He took the
runaways in charge and
lifted the injured man into his rig, returning with
him until he met Levi JOHNSON, who took THOMPSON home. Dr. ROBINSON was
summoned from the city. He found THOMPSON suffering from a bad fracture of the
collar bone and serious injuries to his left hip and leg, and it is possible
that he has also sustained internal injuries.
Child Dies From Burns Received
CHICO (Butte Co.), August 20 - The 2-year-old daughter
of Charles WEBER, of Forest Ranch, sixteen miles east of Chico, died early yesterday
morning from fatal burns received Saturday afternoon. The little girl was
playing with matches and in some manner the matches became ignited and her
clothes caught fire. Before her screams brought assistance she was enveloped in
the flames and was so severely burned that death resulted at an early hour
Sunday morning. Dr. ENLOE was summoned from West Branch but could do but
little.
Badly Bruised in Runaway Accident
MARYSVILLE (Yuba Co.), August 20 - Chas. HAMPTON, of
this city, sought to conquer an unruly horses which he was driving on Eighth
Street last evening by lashing the animal with the buggy whip. In a twinkling
the horse locked the bit in his teeth and brought the rig up against the fence
of the southeast corner of D Street and Eighth. Miss Boena KORB, who was riding
with Mr. and Mrs. HAMPTON, was thrown from the rear seat of the buggy over the
fence and through a sapling. Mrs. HAMPTON was forced by the impact to one side
of the horse and her husband landed on the opposite side. All three were injured but none seriously.
HAMPTON has several abrasions on his face and a piece of the picket which was
broken was extracted from his forearm. Both woman are suffering contusion and
bruises, besides the effect of the shock to their nerves.
Submitted by Betty Loose betty@unisette.com
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The Evening Bee
Sacramento, Cal.
Tuesday, August 21, 1906
Page 6
Patrolman Burton Dismissed, Marshal Wilson’s Resignation
Requested, Curran Suspended and Jenkins Reprimanded OROVILLE (Butte Co.),
August 21 - After the Board of Trustees, sitting as a Board of Equalization,
had adjourned yesterday, they immediately reconvened as a Board of Trustees in
special session on police conditions.
City Marshal WILSON was called as a witness and virtually corroborated
his evidence given before the Board previously. He again declared that Officers
JENKINS and CURRAN knew where the money was coming from that had been paid to
them. The most money ever brought him in one week was $31. When asked if
Constable REILLY had ever given any money to him since the incorporation of
Oroville he said no, and if he had made a statement of that kind he had lied.
Officer BURTON, who it is alleged collected the money,
when called refused to be sworn on the ground that it was not a regular
meeting, and, further, that he did not have to answer any questions that would
incriminate himself. He was asked several
questions but refused to answer. Officer
CURRAN swore that a Chinese restaurant keeper had told him that Constable
REILLY had demanded $5 of one of the women of the under-world. He still
declared that he did not know the money he had received was graft money when he
took it.
Officer JENKINS swore that when WILSON handed him the
money he said, “Here is some pin money,” but further than that he knew nothing
of where it came from.
Burton Dismissed
The Board then adjourned until the evening session,
when a resolution was introduced and unanimously passed requesting the
resignation of Marshal WILSON and summarily dismissing Officer BURTON from the
force. The resolution also provided for the suspension of Officer CURRAN for a
period of thirty days while Officer JENKINS was reprimanded for conduct
detrimental to the service.
Marshal WILSON stated last evening that he would
refuse to resign, the resolution of the Trustees to the contrary
notwithstanding. It is not thought the Board will take any further action in
his case until the Grand Jury renders its report.
Other Changes
After the adoption of the resolution the Board
discussed the policing of the city. Officer TOLAND will be taken from the jail
and placed on day patrol and County Jailer BOTTJER will be given charge of the
City Prison at a salary of $30 a month. An ordinance will be immediately
introduced providing that the salaries of policemen be increased from $65 to
$75 per month. A special officer was appointed to serve in CURRAN’s place
during his suspension.
A large crowd of citizens was present at the meeting
and evidently approved the action. Much interest is being manifested as to what
the outcome of the Grand Jury’s investigation will be.
Constable REILLY has returned from Santa Cruz and
declares he is ready and willing to face any charges that may be brought
against him.
Powder House Built With Double Walls
REDDING (Shasta Co.), August 21 - The disaster at
Yreka caused by boys shooting through the ventilators of a powder house Sunday
morning and exploding 32,000 pounds of giant powder stored within calls
attention to the construction of the powder house one mile below Redding. James R. HOLT, the building contractor,
speaking of the construction of this house, says it is impossible for the Yreka
disaster to be repeated in Redding by thoughtless boys. The Redding powder
house, like all others, is built with double walls, a two-inch space for
ventilation between. Ventilation holes
pierce these walls, but the holes in the outside walls are eighteen inches lower
than the holes in the inside walls. So it is impossible to shoot through the
holes into the powder magazine, even though boys or men should try to do so.
Had the Yreka powder house been built with this precaution, the disaster of
Sunday could not have happened.
HOYT’S SLAYERS RELEASED FROM CUSTODY
Perjury Charge Against Ben F. Crabbe and J.D. Finnicum
Dismissed on Motion of District Attorney RED BLUFF (Tehama Co.), August 21 -
Ben F. CRABBE and J.D. FINNICUM, the two young men of Chico who were arrested a
few days ago on a charge of perjury, and later had the additional charge of
manslaughter placed against them, were to-day discharged from custody after a
preliminary examination on motion of the District Attorney.
The young men admitted that they concealed the fact
that CRABBE had accidentally shot Harry HOYT for a bear while hunting, but as
it was shown that the inquest was held over the line in Butte County there
could legally be no crime of perjury committed, as the Tehama County Coroner
had no jurisdiction to administer a legal oath in Butte County. The evidence showed so conclusively that the
shooting was accidental that the District Attorney could not do otherwise but
move that the manslaughter charges be dismissed.
Harry HOYT was an employe at the Sierra Lumber
Company’s mills. He was shot and killed near West Branch Mills, Sunday, August
5, by CRABBE, who mistook him for a brown bear. At the inquest held by the
Coroner of Tehama County, CRABBE and FINNICUM failed to tell the truth of the
killing. They afterwards broke down and made a complete confession, and were
arrested on a perjury charge.
JUDGE BEARD GAVE WETZEL THE LIMIT
Yreka Man Gets A Heavier Dose In Superior Court Than
He Got When Tried By City Recorder YREKA (Siskiyou Co.), August 21 - The case
of Joseph F. WETZEL was settled by Judge BEARD yesterday when he sentenced
WETZEL to pay a fine of $100 or fifty days in the County Jail. On January 9,
1906, WETZEL was arrested for violating a city ordinance by building a fence
extending about eight feet on one of the main streets of the city.
The case came before the Recorder and a jury trial was
demanded by the defendant. The Court exhausted three days in trying to get a
jury of twelve men. Almost every available man in the city was summoned for the
jury, outside of about thirty witnesses who were called in on the case. The Recorder exhausted the city for the jury
and then had only six men in the jury box. He asked the defendant if he would
accept that number, but WETZEL wanted a full jury of twelve.
The Recorder took the matter under advisement and
decided not to let the case drop but to try it without a jury, and so ordered.
He found the defendant guilty and sentenced him to pay a fine of $75 or serve
seventy-five days in the city jail.
The case was appealed. It came up before Judge BEARD
in the Superior Court and a Jury was obtained. The defense subpoenaed about
thirty-five witnesses but only put about six on the stand. The case was
submitted to the jury on Thursday. The jury remained out all night and brought
in a verdict of guilty and recommended the mercy of the Court. Judge BEARD
fined WETZEL $100, the maximum.
Red Bluff Couple Wed at San Rafael
RED BLUFF (Tehama Co.), August 21 - Word comes from
San Francisco that two of the most prominent people of Red Bluff’s younger set
have been married in San Rafael. The prospective marriage was hinted at last
week but denied. The news, however, reached here to-day that Isaac KARMEN and
Miss Frankie LIVENGOOD had been married in San Rafael. They will reside in San
Francisco.
SEVERELY BURNED WHILE TRYING TO SMOKE
Six-Year-Old Girl Sets Fire To Her Clothing While
Lighting Her Father’s Old Corn-Cob Pipe REDDING (Shasta Co.), August 21 -
Trying to smoke mountain balm in her father’s corn-cob pipe, as she had seen
her brothers do, Pearl WATTS, 6-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James WATTS,
was nearly burned to death Sunday at Bella Vista.
She went behind the barn to make the experimental
smoke. In lighting her first match her light cotton clothing caught fire. She
ran screaming towards the house, her body enveloped in flames. Mrs. WATTS, the
mother, met her half-way and snatched off the burning clothes, burning herself
severely about the hands in doing so.
The little girl’s body from the waist line to the neck
was burned to a blister, the worst places being beneath the arms. The attending
physician says that the sufferer will recover although recovery will be slow,
painful and tedious.
Killed Rattler But Nearly Lost an Eye
REDDING (Shasta Co.), August 21 - William KEENEY, head
clerk in the Nash Mercantile Company’s store, killed a rattlesnake Sunday, near
Balls Ferry, but nearly lost an eye in doing so. Seeing the reptile coiler on a
rock by the roadside he stepped up close to it with his shotgun in his hands.
He fired one shot which killed the snake all right, but the fine shot of the
charge scattered sand and gravel in his eyes, almost blinding one of them. His comrade tried to remove the foreign
substance from the injured optic, but failed to do so. It was feared that the
sight was permanently destroyed. KEENEY
was brought to Redding, twenty miles, before the services of a doctor could be
secured. The physician says the sight is not destroyed, but KEENEY will have to
wear bandages for weeks.
Asks Court For Prohibitive Writ
WEAVERVILLE (Trinity Co.), August 21 - The preliminary
examination of J.B. GRAVES, of
Carrville, under arrest on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon with
attempt to commit murder, was not held here yesterday in Justice of the Peace
BARBER’s Court, the attorneys for GRAVES applying in the Superior Court for a
writ of prohibition, which will be heard Saturday. The case was transferred from Carrville to
Weaverville on the ground that Justice COFFMAN was not qualified to hold the
preliminary examination because he was to be summoned as a witness. The point
now raised is that instead of transferring the case to Weaverville, Justice
COFFMAN should have called a Justice of the Peace to Carrville to hold court
for him. The Superior Court will decide whether the Weaverville Justice has
jurisdiction. Carrville is thirty-five
miles from Weaverville.
Have Killed Five Mountain Lions
KENNETT (Shasta Co.), August 21 - J.P. SCHULTZ and
Marion SIMMONS have the scalps of five mountain lions they have killed during
the past week in the mountains across the river from Kennett. Hunting stories
should be backed up with affidavits or scalps. SCHULTZ and SIMMONS present
indisputable evidence. Furthermore, they will receive $7.50 for each scalp, the
county paying $5 and the Stock Association $2.50 additional.
The Evening Bee Sacramento, Cal.
Tuesday, August 21, 1906
GRASS VALLEY (Nevada Co.),
August 21 - A brief dispatch was received here late yesterday afternoon
announcing the death of Mrs. Minnie P. RELLEY at Springfield, Illinois, whither
she had gone eight weeks ago to visit with relatives whom she had not seen in
nearly a quarter of a century. Her death was due to acute Bright’s disease.
Mrs. RELLEY, according to
letters received from relatives, was taken ill the day before she was to leave
for this city. She grew rapidly weaker until death summoned her. Prior to leaving
here for Springfield she was warned by the attending physician, but decided to
make the trip, that she might see her dear ones for the last time. The body
left Springfield this morning. Interment
will be made here.
Mrs. RELLEY was the youngest pioneer
woman in California. She crossed the plains in 1849 with her parents when only
5 years old. The family resided for a few months in Napa Valley before coming
to this county. Her father was a miner, sawmill owner and hotelkeeper, amassing
a fortune which went to her in the main, there being only one child. She made
her home here ever since the year the family landed in the State. Her husband,
the late Dr. J.W. RELLEY, died four
years ago. Mrs. RELLEY leaves no relatives closer than an uncle and several nephews
in Illinois. She leaves a valuable estate, consisting of residence and mining
interests in this county and lots and residences in Oakland. She was aged 62.
of Ben POPE, was completely
destroyed by fire last evening. The crew had finished a day’s harvesting of
grain in a field just at the outskirts of Linden and retired for the night.
POPE says he was awake at 10 o’clock and at that hour there was no indication
of fire. An hour later he was awakened by a bright blaze, but before assistance
could arrive the big machine was a mass of flames with no hope of saving it.
The harvester was operated by an
engine and a big tank of oil fed the hungry flames. It was with great great
difficulty that the field of grain was saved from destruction.
Company’s machine shops here,
was painfully injured yesterday afternoon by having his left foot mashed by a
falling piece of iron. VETTER was working at one of the machines when in some
manner a 200-pound piece of channel iron fell mashing his left foot before he
could get out of the way. He was taken to the Sisters’ Hospital where the
injured member was dressed.
YREKA (Siskiyou Co.), August 21
- Since the terrible powder explosion Sunday people have been searching for the
bodies of Jesse CRAWFORD and Carl SCHMIDT, whose lives were lost. Several human
bones have been brought in and handed over to the Coroner. Thre shoes and
pieces of shirts and pants have also been found.
Mrs. HOGGARDINO, mother of Carl
SCHMIDT, has recognized a shoe that was found as her son’s. It had an iron
brace, which was put on the heel only a couple of days ago. A hand of one of
the boys was found at Dr. McNULTY’s Ranch, three-quarters of a mile from the
scene of the disaster. There has been
considerable damage done to buildings in the city, especially to the Court
House and County Jail, several windows being broken. The casing of the window frames was thrown
from 2 to 5 inches out of plumb.
Large cracks were made in the
plaster at the Court House. The Mayor of
the city issued circulars yesterday instructing the citizens not to light any
fires in their residences until their chimneys had been first examined by H.
SCHOOK, Chief of the Fire Department.
yesterday afternoon that John
KENNEDY had fallen down the shaft of the Koch Mine, and was killed.
He was engaged in building a
hoist over the shaft, and slipped from the plank on which he was standing and
fell to the bottom, a distance of seventy feet.
He was Secretary of the Miners’
Union here since its organization. On the 14th of this month he was
selected by the Socialist Party to represent El Dorado County at the State
Convention, which meets in Oakland on September 3d.
The remains are now at Coroner
WINCHELL’s undertaking establishment where the inquest will be held.
this morning while swimming with
some companions in a pool near town. He took a high dive, and in some
unaccountable manner broke his neck. He was taken to his home and physicians
summoned. They declared the unfortunate lad could not live as his neck was
broken at the first vertebra.
SCHOLL, was drowned in the
Mokelumne River Sunday afternoon. The little fellow sank in the presence of his
brother and a dozen other school-boy companions without a struggle being made
to save his life. The body was recovered
yesterday afternoon by William LUPTON.
long story of George B. DUNLAP,
his marital troubles and the Isis Mine at Washington, this county. Robert
MAGEE, wife and child have arrived from new York to investigate the manner in
which the Isis has been running. MAGEE knew nothing of DUNLAP’s troubles until
he reached this city, but came out as a large stockholder in the property to
look into its management. He was decidedly surprised to learn of the charges
made against DUNLAP by the woman who claims to be his wife, and still more
surprised to learn that the mine had been tied up in attachment proceedings. He
will investigate affairs and then take steps to straighten out the tangle.
DUNLAP’s affairs have been given attention at length in The Bee of late. There
is nothing new relative to him in the matter. He is still absent.
NEWCASTLE (Placer Co.), August
21 - While Mrs. E.C. COBURN and Mrs. Ed. G.NARIMORE were driving off the
Newcastle Southern Pacific Railroad crossing the horse took fright, ran against
a mid-road telephone pole throwing both women out and wrecking the buggy. Mrs.
COBURN escaped with a few severe scratches and bruises, but Mrs. NARIMORE is
believed to be seriously injured.
Jugular Vein
LODI (San Joaquin Co.), August
21 - One of the most distressful accidents that ever occurred in this county
happened yesterday afternoon on the NOLAN ranch, west of Acampo, when young
HARTMAN, aged 15, shot and killed his little sister, Rosie HARTMAN, aged 7.
The bullet from a 22-caliber
rifle entered the little girl’s throat near the windpipe, severing the jugular
vein, death resulting before Dr. TOWER, who was called, could reach the scene.
The HARTMAN family are recent
arrivals from Dakota and are reputed to be wealthy. The mother yesterday
afternoon was working in an orchard two or three miles distant. The father had
come to Lodi on an errand and the two children were left alone.
The boy and his little sister
had just emerged from the front door and as he stepped onto the porch the rifle
in some manner was discharged just as the child came in range. The trail of
blood shows that after the shooting she walked to the end of the porch then
retracing her steps entered the house. She again returned to the porch, where
the body later was found by neighbors.
The brother, instead of hurrying
for a physician, started for the orchard where his mother was at work. At
Acampo he stepped into a merchandise store and informed one of the clerks of
the shooting. The clerk in turn telephoned to Lodi for a physician and the boy
continued his journey to the colony where his mother was cutting fruit.
She was frantic when informed of
the accident and later was prostrated with grief.
NEWCASTLE (Placer Co.), August
21 - Miss Louise CORKHILL, of Newcastle, one
of the successful Bee trip
contestants, started for Lake Tahoe to-day for a ten-days outing at the Bee’s
expense. Miss CORKHILL’s large circle of friends, both here, in Oakland and in
Nevada, rejoice in her success.
PLACERVILLE (El Dorado Co.),
August 21 - Mrs. SWEENEY, of Granite Hill, died
very suddenly at her home on
Sunday from injuries received in a runaway a short time ago. Mrs. SWEENEY was
believed to have been recovering and her death was quite a shock to her
friends. She was 72 years of age, and has lived in this county since early
days.
Submitted by Betty Loose betty@unisette.com
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The Evening Bee Sacramento, Cal.
Friday, August 24, 1906
GRASS VALLEY (Nevada Co.), August
24 - The second golden wedding anniversary
in this city to be celebrated
within a week will be observed this evening, when Mr. and Mrs. William KOHLER
throw open their hospitable doors. The event will be in the nature of a
home-coming of the children and other close relatives, and among the latter are
Mrs. William ZADOW, son and daughter, of Eureka, Nevada, who arrived last
night.
Both Mr. and Mrs. KOHLER are
pioneers of this State, and have lived here almost continuously since the early
days. Mr. KOHLER sailed from Hamburg in 1849 on the small two-master Julia, for
San Francisco, and the almost unknown land where gold had been discovered.
After a stormy passage around the Horn, the little German ship finally reached
San Francisco late in 1849. There the
young German saw a chance to go into business. Being a baker and confectioner,
he opened a shop and made money rapidly in the lively but scattered town of
rough-board shacks among the sand dunes. It was there he met Miss Sophia
Dorothea MAU. They were married August 24, 1856. Of this union a number of
children were born, four of whom survive.
In 1859, Mr. and Mrs. KOHLER
moved to Nevada City, where Mr. KOHLER went
into business. He was burned out
in the big fire of 1863, but soon afterward erected a brick structure of his
own. Ill health took him to Virginia City, Nevada, in 1869, but in 1874 the
family moved to this city, where it has resided ever since. He retired from
business in 1889. He owns considerable valuable property here.
Happily married, Mr. and Mrs.
KOHLER have come down through the long stretch of years to the sunset of life,
still happy in each other’s presence, keen and bright, hale and hearty,
surrounded by the hosts of friends and highly esteemed throughout the entire
county.
resulted in the discovery of
$250 of the money stolen in the Union Hotel
Wednesday afternoon from Ed
NOLAN. The money was found in a saloon deposited
to the credit of one PRICE, one
of the men who is under arrest. Where the remainder of the money is, the
officers have been unable to determine so far, and they are still searching for
another man supposed to have been implicated in the theft. It is supposed the
money was divided and he received half. PRICE asserts that NOLAN only had $250,
but NOLAN denies this, and avers he was robbed of $500.
YREKA (Siskiyou Co.), August 24
- District Attorney LUTTRELL closed the prosecution’s side of the Dora CHIPP
murder trial half an hour after the opening of Court this morning. It is now
believed that the defense will close by evening. To-morrow will be devoted to
arguments, and by Saturday evening the case will rest with the jury.
The witnesses examined yesterday
were R.O. OLIVER merchant at Piacaid;
Mrs. Ida SEAVERS, Mrs. Cinda
CRUME, William BEALE, A.D. SLEEZER and Silas
OBENCHAIN, Sheriff of Klamath County,
Oregon, who captured Dora CHIPP at Bonanza three days after the tragedy.
The most important evidence
taken yesterday was that of Mrs. Cinda CRUME, half-sister of the accused. She
visited Mrs. BEALE on the Thursday preceding the Sunday on which the murder
took place. Mrs. BEALE then said that she and her children would visit with
Mrs. THACKER on the following Sunday and would stop on the way to pick up Mrs.
SEAVERS. Mrs. CRUME, when she reached home Thursday evening told Dora CHIPP
about Mrs. BEALE’s proposed Sunday visit.
This establishes the fact, then, that Dora CHIPP did not meet Mrs. BEALE
by chance on Sunday morning in front of Mrs. SEAVERS’ home. The testimony of
the half-sister is deemed important because it established or tends to
establish that Dora CHIPP’s attack upon Mrs. BEALE, which resulted in the death
of Mrs. BEALE’s baby girl, was premeditated.
TAYLOR, died Tuesday at her home
south of this place after a long illness and decline due to old age. The
funeral services were held yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. TAYLOR was born in
Yorkshire, England, in 1831, and was married in 1854. Her husband survives her.
The ceremony was performed in Sheffield with the customary ring service of the
Episcopal Church. The ring, which is now worn to a fine wire, still adorned the
now wrinkled hand, and except by accident on one occasion, the ring had never
been off since placed there over a half-century ago.
Mrs. TAYLOR has resided in
Corning six years and on November 6, 1904, celebrated with her husband their
golden wedding. Except the husband, no
relatives reside in the United States.
COPLEY (Shasta Co.), August 24 -
Colonel Arlington C. ELLIS, veteran of the Civil War and one of the best known
mining men in Shasta County, died here yesterday afternoon from asthma at the
age of 65. For thirty years past he had lived in this county and for
twenty-five years he was connected with the great Balaklala Mine, of which he
as one of the original locators. This is the mine for which a smelter costing
$1,500,000 is now being erected at Coram.
Colonel ELLIS never realized
much money from the mine that is worth millions. When it passed into the hands
of the present owners a little over a year ago he received a check for $10,000,
which represented all that he had left to show for his twenty-five years’
connection with the great copper property in which he was always a part owner.
He stayed by the Balaklala through thick and thin and knew the mine one end to
the other. He enlisted in the Civil War
in 1862 as a Sergeant of Company B, Fifth Minnesota Infantry. After fourteen
months’ service he was discharged on account of disability. He was never
commissioned Colonel, but the title was his by general consent of all who knew
him in this part of the State. For
several days it had been realized that he was approaching the end, and a
brother in Minnesota was notified. The brother telegraphed that he would leave
for Copley at once. He arrived here this morning, but too late to see Colonel
ELLIS alive.
position of guardian of the
persons and estate of the four children of the late John J. and Jane McGRATH
when the matter is brought before the Court.
>From present appearances Robert McGRATH, a brother of the children’s
father, and Mrs. Louis HICKESON of Honcut, a sister of Mrs. McGRATH, will be
the petitioners.
A meeting of the parties
concerned including a number of relatives on each side, has been held without
an agreement being reached.
Until Subdued
GRASS VALLEY (Nevada Co.),
August 24 - A supposedly mad dog created a reign of terror yesterday on North
Church Street. The brute was finally captured and tied up. It seemed to
recover, but its master, Geo. FOUTZ, declares he will kill it, fearing another
outbreak.
Mrs. FOUTZ’s attention was
attracted by the snarling and snapping of the dog, a fox terrier. As she appeared
at the door the brute, with foam dripping from its jaws, sprang at her throat.
She managed to slam the screen shut just in time. The dog struck it and fell
back, snapping with rage. The shock overcame Mrs. FOUTZ, who fainted away.
Others in the house telephoned for Dr. CHAPPELL to attend her. Before the
physician arrived, however, FOUTZ appeared. The terrier dashed at him and
sprang over the gate straight for his face. Instantly realizing that he had a
mad dog to deal with, FOUTZ struck out and was lucky enough to strike the
infuriated beast a hard blow, knocking it into the street. It then ran down
toward Main Street, turned and came back and ran into the yard. It continued to
run around the house, snarling and barking.
Meanwhile the people in the
neighborhood had hurried inside doors and were watching events through the
windows. Finally the dog caught its head in a hole in a wall and was lassoed
and dragged away vainly endeavoring to bite its captors. Its owner says he will
not take a second chance with it.
MARYSVILLE (Yuba Co.), August 24
- Ed. WARREN, of Yuba City, employed by the
Sunset Telephone Company as
lineman, had a thrilling experience and lucky escape from fatal injuries
yesterday afternoon. As it is, he will be unable to attend to his work for a
week or ten days, on account of a bad scalp wound and injuries to his right
foot and ankle.
WARREN was leaving town to
repair some lines in Linda Township, and had driven only a short distance on to
the D Street bridge when his horse became frightened at a large drilling
machine drawn by four horses. The horse cavorted and pranced, and finally
landed in between the two spans of horses.
This caused a general mix-up, and finally WARREN’s rig was upset,
landing him beneath the driller, the near wheel of which ran over his right
leg. When picked up he was in great
pain, and was bleeding from a bad gash in the forehead, the result of his head
coming in contact with the bed of the driller.
considerably on the increase and
shows three weddings slated to take place in the near future. Miss Margaret
SPEER, daughter of Mrs. Emma SPEER, of Yuba City, and Thomas RIDDLE, of Sutter
City, will be married at the residence of the bride’s mother next month. The
young couple are well and favorably known.
Mr. and Mrs. William H. STOKER
issued wedding invitations yesterday to a number of guests to be present at the
marriage of their daughter, Miss Pearl, to Fred O. SIMMONS, the happy event to
take place at the residence of the bride’s parents on Wednesday evening,
September 5th. They will reside in Yuba City.
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Committee is to be held here
to-morrow to select delegates to the State Convention. The Democrats are
enthusiastic here this year, and a number are anxious to attend,
notwithstanding that heretofore it has not been an easy matter to get delegates
who would always go in person. There are six to be chosen. Among those who
desire to go are H.P. ANDREWS, W.F. IRWIN, J.J.
WELLS, Ed. F. LENNON, W.B. MILLER and R.F. MILLER, of Red Bluff; J.A.
FLANAGAN, of Corning; J.J.
WORTHINGTON, of Tehama; B.F. KAUFFMAN, of Paynes
Creek.
issued to Grant SOULE, a native
of Ohio, and Mrs. Clara CHILDERS, a native of Missouri. Both are residents of
Anderson. They were married by Justice BRANSFORD in the evening. The groom is a
section foreman at Anderson. They departed on their honeymoon early this
morning, and will visit the northern parts of the State before returning to
Anderson.
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The Saturday Bee
Sacramento, Cal.
August 25, 1906
Page 6
A Well-Known Marysville Couple
United In Marriage At Pacific Grove - Engagement Announced MARYSVILLE (Yuba
Co.), August 25 - Cupid is still enjoying a vacation as far as Yuba County is
concerned, but from a distance comes the news of splicings-up by her citizens.
At Pacific Grove this week, Daniel GRAY and Mrs. Rose BLOCK, both of
Marysville, joined heart and hand, both entering on the matrimonial sea for the
second time.
Albert H. ARMSTEAD, of
Wheatland, was married at the First Baptist Church in Oakland this week to Miss
Kittie HOPKINS, of the latter place. The
approaching nuptials of Leon B. BREEDAN, of Chico, and Miss Irene SMITH, of
this city, is announced, the date fixed being September 12th.
REDDING (Shasta Co.), August 25
- Four marriage licenses were issued this week, the couples receiving them
being Nathan F. ARNOLD, aged 23, and Grace REID, aged 23, both of Oak; Rudolph
H. ANDRES, aged 23, and Kate REID, aged 17, both of Oak; Benjamin D. PINKHAM,
aged *1, of Coffee, and Mrs. Elizabeth E. FLOWER, aged 37, of Trinity Center;
James L. MARSHEL, aged 27, of Oak Run, and Dillie STEVENSON, aged 21, of
Millville. Jacob PENTURF, of Iron
Mountain, has instituted an action for divorce from Lucretia PENTURF.
WILLOWS (Glenn Co.), August 25 -
A marriage license was issued this week to C.N. JACOBS and Miss Bertha E.
LADUKE, both of Hamilton City.
CHHICO (Butte Co.), August 25 -
Word has reached this city of the marriage of A.J. EATON and Maggie L. DELANEY
in Roseburg, Oregon, Judge G.W. WANNACOTT
performing the ceremony. The groom is the son of I.F. EATON, of the Parrot
Grant, and has been for a number of years foreman of those extensive holdings.
They will reside at the ranch.
CHICO (Butte Co.), August 25 - From
present indications there will be no dearth of candidates for the position of
Constable of Chico Township in the coming Conventions, as five have already
announced their candidacy - three subject to the Democratic Convention and two
subject to the Republican Convention. There are J.L. BARNES (incumbent), F.L.
MARTNETTE and Jesse H. HARDEN,
Democrats, and James P. CARROLL and Frank C. McENESPEY, Republicans.Thomas
HINDMAN (incumbent) is also expected to make his announcement in the near
future.
Chico Township is entitled to
two Constables and, as the position is recognized as being remunerative, there
are many desirous of securing the office.
Dora Chipp Gives Her Version Of
Killing Of Sylvia Beale - Indian Girl Was Only Witness For Defense YREKA
(Siskiyou Co.), August 25 - The Dora CHIPP murder trial is at an end so far as
the taking of evidence is concerned. The defense closed yesterday afternoon. At
the evening session of the Court District Attorney LUTTRELL put up two
witnesses in rebuttal and then made his opening argument. To-day will be devoted to argument and the
case will go to the jury before evening.
Dora CHIPP, the Indian
defendant, occupied the stand a good portion of the day yesterday. Her story is
that the two shots that were fired into the head of Sylvia BEALE, the
18-months-old daughter of Mrs. William BEALE, were fired by accident, her
pistol being discharged accidentally. Each of the two times it fell out of her
pocket while sh was struggling with Mrs. BEALE.
The Indian girl was the only witness put on the stand by the defense.
She proved to be a good witness, and answered the questions of the District
Attorney on cross-examination without hesitation. She stuck to her story, and
could not be twisted. She showed no emotion whatever, when telling of the death
of the baby girl, which she said was accidentally shot. She showed remarkable
courage for a woman. Several times while on the stand she forgot instances and
distances, but these did not materially affect her story. The Court-room was crowded with spectators
while she was on the stand. Many women
were present, and the room was unable to hold all who sought to hear the evidence.
The general opinion is that if
the Indian girl’s attorneys succeed in saving her neck, she will be exceedingly
lucky.
Declares He Has Never Thought Of
Such A Deal - Construction Work To Begin As Soon As Possible SAN FRANCISCO,
August 25 - John MARTIN denies emphatically the report sent out from Marysville
that he had sold his California Midland Railroad, which is to be built from
Grass Valley to Auburn and Marysville, to the Northern Electric Railway
Company.
“I cannot imagine,” he said to
The Bee’s correspondent yesterday, “how such report originated. I have never
thought of such a deal, and if Mr.
BUTTERS has, he never told me of it.”
“It is true that Mr. BUTTERS did
speak to me relative to handling construction work on the Midland, but that is
all. Why Colonel FORBES accompanied him on the trip to Grass Valley, which the
dispatch speaks of, I don’t know.”
Mr. MARTIN said he proposed to
begin the building of the Midland as soon as right of way matters were in
proper shape. The labor scarcity, he added, would cause some trouble but beyond
that he saw nothing to delay work on the railway.
RED BLUFF (Tehama Co.), August
25 - A civil suit for damages was tried in Justice of the Peace BRANSFORD’s
Court yesterday, in which Mrs. Cordelia VOSS was the plaintiff and Henry
GRONEMEYER defendant. The case arose out of a disagreement as to the ownership
of two calves which GRONEMEYER testified he marked several months ago. Witness
for Mrs. VOSS claimed that the calves were only recently branded and earmarked.
A number of prominent businessmen of Red Bluff testified to the good character
of the defendant, while some of the people of Hunter thought that the general
reputation was not good. The defense endeavored to show that GRONEMEYER had
placed his brand on the calves belonging to the old woman, and that she was
entitled to damages.
MARYSVILLE (Yuba Co.), August 25
- Henry RACKELBUSH, an aged farmer of the Prairie district, who was admitted to
the Yuba County Hospital yesterday, escaped from that institution some time
last night while in a deranged mental condition and at an early hour this
morning was found by Officer BECKER, hatless and coatless, wandering along the
Fifth Street grade en route to Sutter County.
There is a suspicion on the part
of RACKELBUSH’s relatives that he is losing his mind. He will be examined by a
commission in lunacy if there are no signs of improvement this week. The
patient is 78 years of age, according to the register, but he claims to be 96.
DELTA (Shasta Co.), August 25 -
C.D. O’FARREL, of San Francisco, who has been working in the mines above here,
was very severely injured by a train early this morning. He fell beneath the
wheels and his right foot and right hand were cut off. He was taken to Redding
where he was placed under the care of a physician. He will recover, although
his injuries are exceedingly painful.
Over $250,000 IN Gold Taken From
The Lagrange Mine In Trinity County Since Last January WEAVERVILLE (Trinity
Co.), August 25 - The final clean-up for the season at the Lagrange hydraulic
mine, four miles west of this place, was completed yesterday and amounted to
between $150,000 and $160,000 in gold. Two other clean-ups were made earlier in
the season, the first yielding $76,000 in gold and the second $32,000. The
second clean-up was made on July 11th as an object lesson for
several of the Eastern stockholders, who were then visiting the mine.
The three clean-ups or the total
for the season, give over $250,000 in gold as the result of operating three
giants since early in January. The shut-down is made now because of the
shortage of the water supply. Work cannot be resumed until the rainy season,
when water will again be plentiful, which will be in December. This season’s
run was shorter than usual because the heavy snows last Winter made it
impossible to open up as early as usual.
The cost of operating the
Lagrange this season was $60,000. The production of over $250,000 in gold
leaves a wide margin of profit. Forty men are all that are required to operate
the mine and attend to the long ditch, the reservoirs and the flumes.
The Lagrange is always spoken of
as being the greatest hydraulic mine in the world. The anti-debris law does not
interfere with its operation, for the debris passes into the Trinity and
Klamath Rivers, along which there are no ranches that can be overflowed.
WEAVERVILLE (Trinity Co.),
August 25 - The Republicans are holding primary elections in every precinct in
the county to-day to elect delegates to attend the County Convention that will
be held here next Saturday. the Democratic County Convention will meet here
next Tuesday.
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The Evening Bee
Sacramento, Cal.
Tuesday, August 28, 1906
Page 6
Greek Hold-Up Men Tell Victim
They Are Sorry, And Ask Him Not To Prosecute And Add To Their Grief OROVILLE
(Butte Co.), August 28 - Ben SALVATORI and L. MILLIGI, the two Greeks who
robbed A.M. ANDERSON, the jewelry peddler, last Friday, were up before Justice
WARD yesterday and were bound over to answer before the Superior Court on a
charge of robbery.
They both confessed to the theft
and gave full details of the crime. The
had seen ANDERSON make a display of his money, they said, and plotted the
hold-up. They told where they had thrown
their guns away, and all other particulars.
After the examination Justice
WARD inquired of them through the interpreter if they had any questions to ask
ANDERSON. They held a whispered consultation, and finally stated that they
wished to apologize to him for robbing him.
They begged ANDERSON to let them
go, as they had apologized. But the officials did not see it in that light.
CHICO (Butte Co.), August 28 -
The marriage of several well-known Chico people in other cities has been
announced here, and in most cases the news has come as a surprise to their most
intimate friends. Last Sunday Frank
RIFFE and Mrs. Annie SCHNEIDER departed for Sacramento, where they were married
later in the day. Mrs. SCHNEIDER is the well-known proprietor of the Dooley
restaurant of this city. The married couple will spend their honeymoon in San
Francisco and Santa Cruz. The marriage
of W.H. WADE, a former well-known young man of Chico, to Miss Gussie May HOOK,
of San Jose, in that city last Tuesday, has just become known here. The young
couple will make their future home in Chico.
Yesterday a marriage license was issued in Oroville to Walter Lee
LAWSON, aged 21, and Sarah J. LETTERMAN, aged 17, both of Chico. The consent of
the mother was given. Later it was learned that that parent is the mother of
twenty-one children, and is contemplating marrying again soon. She resides on
Nord Avenue north of Chico.
RED BLUFF (Tehama Co.), August
28 - The JEFFRESS property on the northeast corner of Walnut and Jefferson
Streets was sold yesterday for $4020, the previous bid of $3750 being raised by
Mrs. Mary A. FORTIER. Judge ELLISON in the Superior Court confirmed the sale at
this figure inasmuch as the property was sold by Public Administrator E.F.
LENNON for an estate. This sale marks a
new high-water mark in values of Red Bluff real estate, and while some old
residents declare that other values will not keep pace with this figure, still
there are many conservative investors who hold that desirable property here is
cheap at the present prices. It will be remembered
by Bee readers that this same corner was settled upon as the site of the
proposed Carnegie Library, but this movement was defeated by certiorari
proceedings, and then the gift of a $35,000 building from Mrs. Elizabeth KRAFT
ended the proceedings. This last-named building has not been commenced on
account of legal difficulties in securing the site on the opposite corner.
MARYSVILLE (Yuba Co.), August 28
- The right-of-way agent for the Northern Electric Company has purchased of
William GERN the latter’s lot at the southwest corner of Fifth and I streets
used recently for holding open-air dances during the Summer months each year.
It is understood negotiations
are under way whereby the same company is to become the owner of the A. WEISS
row of cottages in Fifth Street, between G and H Streets.
These deals and others under way
seem convincing proof of the railroad people’s determination to widen Fifth
Street to 100 feet instead of eighty where their main line of double track for
both freight and passenger service will be laid.
93-Year-Old Man Enjoys the
Circus
REDDING (Shasta Co.), August 28
- The oldest person who attended the circus yesterday in Redding was Frederick ROCHON,
aged 93 last March. His home is in the County Hospital. Yesterday his heart was
as young as that of any 6-year-old boy, and he walked with light step two miles
to see the big show. ROCHON is famous
locally as the discoverer in 1870 of a nugget worth $3725, which he picked up
on Spring Creek, near the site of the town of Keswick.
RENO (Nev.), August 28 - There
will probably be no prosecution resulting from the death of Charles DELANEY, a
gambler, who was fatally beaten by Julian SECORD, formerly of Napa, Cal., in a
street fight on July 15th.
DELANEY died last night. SECORD has not been arrested. DELANEY exonerated SECORD before death and
mrs. DELANEY asks that there be no prosecution, saying that her husband was to blame.
DELANEY was a bad man and had a record of killing a man in Colorado.
OLD DIGGINGS (Shasta Co.),
August 28 - The two-story dwelling occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Kirby P. STOWE and
owned by the Bank of Tehama County was burned Saturday afternoon. The fire
originated in a defective flue. The loss on building is $500; contents, $250;
no insurance.
Mr. and Mrs. STOWE were married
only a week ago, and the wife was cooking the first meal in the new home when
the fire started from the defective flue.
PLACERVILLE (El Dorado Co.),
August 28 - The body of a Chinaman known as “Crazy Sam” was found on a trail
leading to the Landecker Mine. The Chinaman had been dead for a couple of weeks
and the corpse was dried and shriveled, there being nothing much left but skin
and bone. No inquest was held, as the old man had unquestionably died from
natural causes.
PLACERVILLE (El Dorado Co.),
August 28 - Mrs. James KEANE, of Lotus, died at her home on Sunday evening
about 8 o’clock. Mrs. KEANE was a native of Ireland and an early settler in the
county. She was 60 years of age. Two sons and four daughters survive her.
No Papers In Pockets To Establish
Identity and Body Is Badly Decomposed After Week’s Exposure ONO (Shasta Co.),
August 28 - The badly decomposed body of a middle-aged man was discovered
yesterday morning on Jerusalem Creek, twelve miles west of this place by Roy
McFARLIN, little so nof (sic) A.J. McFARLIN. The lad was so badly frightened by
his grewsome find that he did not stop to take a second look, but scampered off
over the hills two miles to tell his father about what he had seen.
Word reached here at noon and a
telephone message was sent to Coroner BASSETT at Redding. He arrived here last
night and left early this morning to hold an inquest.
Nothing is known here except
that the body of the dead has not been identified by those of the McFARLIN
neighborhood who visited the spot yesterday. No papers of any kind were found
in the pockets. No one could recognize the features. The man had probably been
dead for a week, but who he was or where he came from is a matter of
conjecture. Possibly the Coroner may be able to get more definite information.
MARYSVILLE (Yuba Co.), August 28
- Judge McDANIEL and a Commission in Lunacy
pronounced Henry RACKELBUSCH, an
aged farmer of Prairie district, of unsound mind last evening. He was taken to
the State Hospital at Stockton to-day.
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The Evening Bee
Sacramento Cal.
Thursday, August 30, 1906
Page 1
New Evidence May Save Weber’s
Neck
CARR IS CALLED A PERJURER
Swore Against Accused to Square
Himself
F.P. TUTTLE of Auburn, counsel
for Adolph WEBER, awaiting execution for the murder of his father, filed a
sensational affidavit with Governor PARDEE, and also filed a petition asking a
reprieve for his client for thirty days.
The affidavit is that of Alfred
P. WHEELAN, an attorney of San Francisco and a brother of Fairfax WHEELAN, the
political reformer of that city.
WHEELAN’s affidavit is to the effect that Henry CARR, the San Francisco
broker who testified that he sold WEBER the pistol with which he slew his
father, mother, brother and sister, is a perjurer.
WHEELAN brought the affidavit to
Sacramento to-day, together with one by Isaac WILLIS, of the same tenor.
The affidavit recites that
several days prior to the final determination of the motion for a new trial in
WEBER’s case, which was then before the Supreme Court, WHEELAN was returning to
San Francisco on the ferryboat from Oakland, when he met Isaac WILLIS. WILLIS
informed WHEELAN that he wished a friend of his named Harry WILLIAMS, who then
resided in San Francisco, would consult with him regarding the WEBER case. An
appointment was made by WHEELAN to meet WEBER, and a few days later WILLIAMS
called at WHEELAN’s office, then located at 510 Montgomery street, San
Francisco. WILLIAMS told WHEELAN that
for many months prior to the arrest of WEBER he had been very intimate with and
upon very friendly terms with Henry CARR, the pawnbroker. He said that one
evening, after the arrest of WEBER, he called at CARR’s pawnshop, where he
picked up a copy of a newspaper containing the statement that detectives were
searching Sacramento, San Jose and other cities to ascertain whether WEBER had
purchased the pistol with which he killed the members of his family at any
pawnshop. At that time, the affidavit
recites, CARR was under indictment by the Grand Jury for having received stolen
goods and was greatly worried over the case against him.
WILLIAMS told WHEELAN he said to
CARR that the WEBER case offered a chance for “a good piece of money” and that
at the same time he could “square” himself with the authorities in the criminal
case, then pending against him, by becoming a witness against WEBER.
WILLIAMS said CARR replied to
the suggestion that he knew nothing of the WEBER case; that WEBER had never
purchased a pistol from him, nor did he have any knowledge of any of the facts
connected with the case and that he was in trouble enough and did not propose
to mix up any more with the law or the Courts.
WILLIAMS then left the pawnshop
and the next day left San Francisco on a business trip and did not return for
two or three weeks. After his return,
WILLIAMS told WHEELAN he saw in a San Francisco paper where CARR had testified
that he sold WEBER the pistol and identified the weapon.
WILLIAMS went to the pawnshop
where he taxed CARR with having committed perjury, and CARR ordered him out of
the place.
WILLIAMS then consulted WILLIS
as to what steps he should take to bring the facts of the case to the attention
of the proper authorities. The meeting
of WILLIS and WHEELAN followed and the appointment for WILLIAMS to meet WHEELAN
was arranged.
In his affidavit, the deponent
says he took notes of WILLIAMS’ statements and reduced them to writing. The
statement was read to WILLIAMS, who, after some minor corrections, approved it
as correct.
This statement was destroyed by
the great fire of April 18th.
WHEELAN deposes that he went to Edward LANDE, a practicing attorney in
San Francisco, and imparted to him the statement made by WILLIAMS. The affidavit recites that having seen in the
papers that Attorney TUTTLE was seeking clemency for WEBER at the hands of
Governor PARDEE, WHEELAN telegraphed to TUTTLE notifying him that he had
valuable information for him, and on Tuesday, August 28th, TUTTLE
went to San Francisco, where WHEELAN told him all the facts set forth in the
affidavit. WHEELAN deposes that he does
not know WEBER and has no interest in the case whatever, and makes the
affidavit solely in the interest of justice.
WHEELAN deposes that to the best of his belief WILLIAMS is now a
resident of Colorado Springs, Colorado.
WHEELAN telegraphed to that
place to-day in an effort to locate WILLIAMS.
The affidavit to Isaac WILLIS relates the conversation he had with
WILLIAMS, which is the same as that WILLIAMS had with WHEELAN. TUTTLE filed a petition for a reprieve of
thirty days to enable him to locate WILLIAMS.
The Evening Bee
Sacramento, Cal.
Thursday, August 30, 1906
Page 6
Though Buried, Man Not Officially Dead
GRASS VALLEY (Nevada Co.), August 30 - Dead and
buried, yet not officially dead, the body of Juan LAZUNA will be exhumed next
Saturday at Truckee by Coroner HOCKING of this city, in order that the office
may be able to present a legal report and allow Public Administrator TAYLOR to proceed. LAZUNA was run over by a train in the Truckee
yards recently, his head being cut off. Judge HILL, the Deputy Coroner, chanced
to be in San Francisco at the time, having left his affairs in the hands of
Charles OCKERS, a Truckee undertaker. The latter, believing himself authorized
to conduct the inquest, did so.
When Coroner HOCKING finally ascertained how matters
stood, he consulted District Attorney JONES, who yesterday informed him that to
enable matters to proceed the body should be taken up in order that an inquest
be conducted by one clothed in official power. LAZUNA leaves an estate worth
nearly $600.
Family at Circus and House Robbed
CHICO (Butte Co.), August 30 - Mrs. Jerome MOORE, residing
south of Chico, reported to the local police yesterday morning that while the
family was at the circus Tuesday afternoon some one effected an entrance to the
house and succeeded in getting away with quite a quantity of silverware and
jewelry. The house had been securely
locked when left Tuesday and the theft was not discovered until Wednesday
morning when it was found that two trunks had been pried open and the contents
dumped on the floor. Officers have the matter in hand.
Gets Five Years
OROVILLE (Butte Co.), August 30 - Ah Jim, a Chinaman
who was arrested on Monday for stealing amalgam from one of the boats of the
Feather River Consolidated Company, had his preliminary examination yesterday
and was bound over to answer to the Superior Court. In the afternoon he came
before the Court, pleaded guilty and asked immediate sentence, with the result
that he was sent to San Quentin for five years.
City Buys Engine
WOODLAND (Yolo Co.), August 30 - The City Trustees met
yesterday and closed a contract with R.S. CHAPMAN, who represents the American
La France Fire Engine Company, for the construction of a one-third size
Metropolitan fire engine. The cost is $5386, and the delivery is to be made by
January 1, 1907. This engine is to replace one that was destroyed by fire.
Lewis Getting Well
WOODLAND (Yolo Co.), August 30 - It is now reported
that young LEWIS, who was shot by James ARMSTRONG in Washington a few days ago,
as told in The Bee, will marry Ada ARMSTRONG. The father, it is said, has
expressed his willingness for the match.
LEWIS is getting along nicely, and will soon be able
to leave the hospital. ARMSTRONG is still confined in the County Jail.
Will Wed Sunday
WOODLAND (Yolo Co.), August 30 - The marriage of Miss
Bessie H. PRICE, of this city, to Charles R. HOPTON, of Yolo, the announcement
of which was made in The Bee a few days ago, will be solemnized next Sunday at
1 p.m., at the residence of the bride’s mother in this city. Rev. PICTON,
pastor of the Christian Church, will officiate. The young couple will leave on
the afternoon train for a short wedding tour of Del Monte, Santa Cruz and Ben
Lomond.
Drowns in Klamath
YREKA (Siskiyou Co.), August 30 - B.F. ROUSE, an
employe of a United States Geological Survey party, lost his life in the
Klamath River last Friday. His body has been recovered and will be shipped to
(not legible).
Holman-James
GRASS VALLEY (Nevada Co.), August 30 - A pretty
wedding was solemnized here yesterday when Miss Mary A JAMES became the brie of
Frank C. HOLMAN. The happy event took place at the home of the bride’s parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Noah JAMES. Miss Lizzie JAMES officiated as bridesmaid and Miss
Beatrice JAMES as ring-bearer. Simon CRASE performed the office of groomsman.
The marriage was performed by Dr. George W. BEATTY, of the Methodist church, in
the presence of many relatives and friends.
Sudden Death
NEWCASTLE (Placer Co.), August 30 - While John ERTLE,
former Postmaster at Rocklin, and a prominent G.A.R. man, was planning to
attend the funeral of his comrade, H.L. HOWARD, Tuesday, he shoved back his
chair from the table where he was sitting, threw up his hands and immediately
expired. Heart disease was the probable cause.
Tore Locket From Neck of a Woman
MARYSVILLE (Yuba Co.), August 30 - George MEYERS,
alias “Blackie,” - a notorious character, was booked at the Police Station last
night on the serious charge of attempt at robbery.
“Blackie” visited a crib on Oak Street and tore from
the neck of a Creole named Annie BROOKS a gold chain and locket. Frightened by
the woman’s screams, he ran to the saloon conducted by Edward WALLS and was in
the act of forcing open a screen door locked on the inside when the barkeeper,
Joseph BROWN, came out and laid him low with a blow on the head with a
revolver.
The police have thus far failed to locate the locket
and have only a portion of the chain.
“Blackie” was in jail here last Winter on suspicion of
being an accomplice in the crime of relieving a Sutter County farmer named
PRITCHARD of his watch. There was not sufficient proof at the time to convict
him.
Buy Horses For Fire Department
GRASS VALLEY (Nevada Co.), August 30 - The day of hand
power in the local Fire Department is about at an end. Two magnificent horses
were purchased yesterday by the Special Firemen’s Committee for $400, and will
soon be brought here and turned over to the city. One of the animals is
unbroken, but will be thoroughly trained by the farmer from whom the pair was
purchased before the firemen attempt to work the horses. Each is four years old and will weigh over
1300 pounds. Protection Hose Company will be given one of the animals and Eagle
Company the other.
New Spelling Has Another Champion
MARYSVILLE (Yuba Co.), August 30 - Principal A.B.
MARTIN, of the Marysville High School, has come out in favor of the new method
of spelling and promises to go into print in explanation of his stand. He claims that he recommended the phonetic
form to his pupils last term in the way of suggestion that they become
acquainted with a system he felt would soon come into popular favor.
Boy’s Leg Mashed By a Falling Car
IONE (Amador Co.), August 30 - Lawrence FORBES, a boy,
had his left leg mashed and later amputated yesterday, and to-day lies in a
critical condition. He was pushing a car near the clay bank when it struck the
bank and went over the grade. Young FORBES glove became caught and he fell with
it, his leg being mashed almost to a pulp above the ankle.
Charges Fraud
OROVILLE (Butte Co.), August 30 - W.B. VAUGHN, an
employe of the Ohio Stables, was arrested late last evening by Constable REILLY
on the charge of defrauding a lodging-housekeeper. VAUGHN has been rooming at
the Melborne lodging-house, and N. EUSTAHIW, the proprietor, alleges that he
left the house failing to pay his room rent and was on the point of leaving town. Therefore he swore to a complaint against
him.
Town’s First Church Will Be Dedicated
KENNETT (Shasta Co.), August 30 - The first church
built in Kennett will be dedicated to-morrow evening by Bishop J.W. HAMILTON of
San Francisco, assisted by Rev. Fay DONALDSON of Redding.
The church, built by the Methodists, is a handsome
frame edifice, costing $1000, and is a great credit to a new camp like Kennett.
The building is paid for. The Mammoth Copper Company donated the site.
Pioneer Miner Dead
LOYALTON (Sierra Co.), August 30 - Charles Edmund
FISHER died Sunday in a local hospital of old age and was buried Tuesday. He
came to California from Maine in 1859, and followed mining for fourteen years.
He was quite well to do at one time. He was 74 years of age and never married.
A cousin from Nevada County was the only mourner. He had a brother and sister
in Maine who are still living.
Nearly Killed
NEWCASTLE (Placer Co.), August 30 - A very distressing
and nearly fatal accident happened near Penryn Sunday. M.R. STRUBLE and three
children were going to church in a light spring wagon. Two were on the seat
with the father, and the other in a small chair just back of them. By a sudden
lurch the chair upset throwing the boy between the wheel and wagon, where his
head was rapped on by the spokes. Stopped quickly, the horse began backing,
throwing the little fellow to the ground, where wheels and horse both backed
over him. When picked up it was though life had gone, but it proved only a
swoon, and unless internal injuries develop nothing but severe bruises will
result. How he escaped instant death will ever be a mystery to those who saw
him fall.
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The Evening Bee
Sacramento, Cal.
Friday, August 31, 1906
Page 6
FALLING LUMBER PILE KILLS BOY
Topples Over As He Attempts To Climb To The Top And
Life Is Crushed Out Of Him In Twinkling LAMOINE (Siskiyou Co.), August 31 - Willie
DRAPER, the 6-year-old son of D.K. DRAPER, was accidentally killed here last
evening about 7:30 o’clock. With a
number of playmates he was running about one of the lumber yards, and in
attempting to climb to the top of one of the lumber piles was crushed to death,
the pile falling upon him.
The boy’s companions screamed for help, but it would
not have been possible to have save his life even had men been on hand at the
moment. The body was taken from the debris and carried to the DRAPER home.
W.P. Harkey’s Will Filed For Probate
YUBA CITY (Sutter Co.), August 31 - The will of the
late W.P. HARKEY, drawn on January 27, 1906, has been filed for probate in the
Superior Court here and September 15th is the time set for hearing the petition
of Mrs. Clarinda HARKEY for letters testamentary.
The estate is valued at $43,084.95, consisting of the
following items:
Promissory notes, $12,300; levee warrants, $7140;
corporation stock, $5900; cash in banks, $10,944.95; furniture and house and lot
in Yuba City $6800.
The devisees are Mrs. Clarinda HARKEY, his wife;
William S. HARKEY and Mrs. Ida V. CAMPBELL, his children. Some time ago Mr.
HARKEY deeded to his son, W.S. HARKEY, 800 acres of land in Butte and
Sutter Counties, and to his daughter, Mrs. Ida CAMPBELL, the HARKEY and GELZHAUSER
Tracts, north of Yuba
City, the value of these lands being $80,000.
WENT TO KESWICK AND DROPS OUT OF SIGHT
Engineer Mallory Writes To Oroville He Will Stop In
Shasta On Way Home, And That Is Last Heard OROVILLE (Butte Co.), August 31 -
James S. MALLORY, a mining engineer now in the employ of the Western Pacific in
this city, is missing, and the greatest apprehension is felt for his safety.
About a month ago MALLORY was sent to Portland for the
purpose of purchasing machinery to be used on a steam shovel. He fulfilled his
mission and wrote that he intended to stop over at Keswick upon his return, to
look at some mining property, after which he would proceed here at once. This was over two weeks ago and since that
time he has completely dropped out of sight.
A Bee dispatch from Redding, dated August 30th, in
regard to the finding of a dead man twelve miles from Ono, still more alarmed
his friends here, but upon conferring with the Coroner of Shasta County it was
found that the description did not tally with MALLORY’s.
Last night John SCHREINER, a particular friend of the
missing man, who had dispatched him upon his errand to Portland, left for
Keswick, where he will attempt to locate him or at least secure some trace of
him. MALLORY is a man of exemplary
habits. This increases the alarm of his friends, as it makes more probably a
fatal accident of some kind, since otherwise he would have been heard from by
now.
WARREN PENNIMAN DROWN IN LAKE
Seized With Cramps He Sank To Death Before Companions
Could Reach and Rescue Him ALTA (Placer CO.), August 31 - Warren PENNIMAN, of
Berkeley, aged 19, was drowned in Lake Alta about 4 o’clock yesterday
afternoon. With several companions he
was swimming in the lake when he was seized with cramps and sank. Every effort
was made to save him, but to no avail.
His body was recovered half an hour after the drowning. It will be sent
to Berkeley.
PENNIMAN’s father is President of the California
Powder Works and his family is a prominent one at the Bay. The young man
himself was very popular and had a promising future.
Will Become Nun
MARYSVILLE (Yuba Co.), August 31 - Miss Clara CONRATH,
a well-known young woman of this city, has announced to her relatives and
friends her decision to enter the order of Notre Dame as a nun. This move is in
accordance with a resolution Miss CONRATH made prior to the death of her
father, ee-Supervisor (rest of article cut off).
NEW HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING IS NEEDED
Growth in Attendance Makes Necessary Better
Accommodations For Pupils of the Gridley District.
GRIDLEY (Butte Co.), August 31 - The Gridley Union
High School will open on September 11th with the same corps of teachers as were
employed last year, vis: Principal, E.E. WOOD; assistants, Misses Elisabeth
KEYEAR and Schoene KURLANDSIK.
The Grammar School begins on September 17th with the
following teachers” Principal, G.R. HUNTER; grammar department, Miss Sue
WILKINS; intermediate, Miss Lottie CHANNON; primary, Miss Ann WELCH. With the increase in the enrollment induced
by gain in population during the past year the matter of a new High School
building is soon going to be a vital question in this community. At the present
time the High School occupies two rooms in the grammar school building, but the
later school is soon going to need all the rooms for its own pupils, in which
event the High School must hunt new quarters.
Realizing these facts, the Board of Trustees of the
High School has already made prevision for a site, having purchased two acres
of land immediately west of the public school building for the purpose of
erecting a new structure when occasion shall demand.
LARGER ENROLLMENT
YREKA (Siskiyou Co.), August 31 - The Yreka High
School opened its doors last Monday. Mrs. BALFREY, County School Superintendent,
feels very well satisfied with the showing the graduates made last year, all of
whom have entered the State University with high averages, one of the graduates
receiving a scholarship.
The Yreka High School has the standing of one of the
very best in the State of California. It opened Monday with sixty-one pupils.
Comparing this year with last, it shows an increase of twenty-two pupils. The Annual Teachers’ Institute will be held
at Etna this year from October 2d to 5th. The citizens of Etna intend doing
their best to entertain them. It is the
second time that the institute has been held there. F. LIDDEKE is Principal here for the fourth
time. Miss G. TICKNOR will have charge of the English and Chemistry
Department; Samuel BEAUMANN, History and German; Andrew OLIVER, Latin and
Greek; Miss Helen STAPLES, Elementary Algebra, Drawing and Commercial
branches. The Etna High School commences
its term for this year on the 3d day of September. G.H. HARKBERWOOD is the
Principal; Miss Ma LEMON, Science and Mathematics; Miss Helen HENNY, English
and History.
Arraignment of Accused of Officers
OROVILLE (Butte Co.), August 31 - City Marshal WILSON
and former Officers BURTON and RIPPEY, who are charged with extortion, and Constable
REILLY, who is charged with protecting gambling houses, will be arraigned next
Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock.
The arraignment has been delayed owing to the great
mass of evidence the Court reporter has had to transcribe, and which will not
be completed until Saturday.
The date of the preliminary examination will also be
set at that time.
County Delegates
WEAVERVILLE (Trinity Co.), August 31 - Among the
delegates elected at last Saturday’s primaries to attend the County Republican
Convention are the following: Weaverville - James MORRIS, A.L. PAULSEN, C.S.
WILSON, C.H. NEWELL, G.T. DAVIS, J.K. ACKERMAN, H.C. INGRAM, C.D.
WOODMAN and John WHITMORE; Dedrick - Napoleon NESBIT and Fred REED;
Hawkins Bar - Jere SMITH and George IRVING; Cox Bar - Thomas C. PATTISON and
Thomas TRELOAR, Jr.; Indian Creek - John A. ROGERS and John WILLIAMS;
Hayfork - William THOMPSON, Frank MARINGER, J.H. KELLY, J.L. HIALSTONE and M.B.
PARLIN; Junction City - Jesse LYONS, Geo. CHAPMAN, Charles BRADBURY and George
DOUGLAS; Trinity Center - Elias ELLERY and John LARSON; Lewiston - J.W.
PHILLIPS, W.A. HAMPTON and James WILSON.
SHOT WOMAN WHO SHUNNED HIM
Mexican Bootblack Makes Fatal Attack On A Former
Placerville Resident Who Was Seeking Police Aid STOCKTON (San Joaquin Co.), August
31 - Cruze MIRANDO, a Mexican bootblack, fatally shot Mrs. Belle CROOKS, an
American woman, on the Court House grounds yesterday afternoon at 4 o’clock.
The assault was most cold-blooded, as the assailant waited until his victim
passed him, when he commenced shooting her in the back. He had been persecuting
her with his attention for some time, but the woman would have nothing to do
with him. Mrs. CROOKS was accompanied by
Mrs. ALNSIE and the two were walking around the southeast corner of the building
when MIRANDO puled his revolver and shot. He fired three times, two of the
bullets taking effect in the woman’s back.
Chief of Police BAKER heard the shots and rushed out
of his office just in time to catch MIRANDO as he slipped and fell. It was
first thought that the assailant had shot himself, but he was merely stunned
from striking on the pavement. The patrol wagon was summoned and the bootblack
was hauled to jail.
A couple of men caught Mrs. CROOKS as she fell. She
was taken to the Emergency Hospital but the physicians state that she cannot
recover. Mrs. ALNSIE told the District
Attorney the following story of the shooting:
“I saw the Spaniard approaching us. I said to my
friend, ?It’s all off.’ She said, ?What and I told her that dirty Spaniard was
there. He then shot at her and she ran toward the police office while I hurried
in the other direction.
“I saw the man only once and that was this afternoon
before the shooting. Mrs. CROOKS said he
had followed her on the streets for the past two months much to her annoyance.”
Mrs. CROOKS has lived here all her life. She was on
her way to the police office to complain of MIRANDO when shot. Her mother
resides in Placerville and has been notified of the shooting.
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