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The Evening Bee
Sacramento, Cal.
Monday, September 17, 1906
Page 7
SPILLS BOILING WATER ON BABY
Little Brother Was Cause of Probably Fatal Accident, Losing
Hold on Kettle He Was Carrying OROVILLE (Butte Co.), September 17 - A horrible
affair took place here yesterday when the 6-months-old baby girl of J.E.
DONNELLY and wife of this city, was severely scalded. It is feared she will die
from her injuries. The baby was lying
asleep in a carriage in the kitchen when one of the smaller boys in the family
attempted to carry a kettle of boiling water from one part of the room to
another. In doing so he lifted it above the carriage in which the baby was
sleeping and as he did so stumbled and fell, the boiling water streaming over
the back and neck of the child. A doctor
was called and treatment accorded the infant immediately, but the scalding was
so severe, it is feared the child will die.
Candlestick Driven Through His Thumb
GRASS VALLEY (Nevada Co.), September 17 - His right
hand pinned to a heavy timber by a miner’s candlestick through the thumb,
William REESE gritted his teeth and with his left hand pulled the blade out and
released the hand and hurried to this city for medical attention. The injury
was purely accidental. At the moment REESE placed his hand against the timber a
fellow workman in the Brunswick Mine, without stopping to look, thrust his
sharp, round-pointed candlestick into the heavy beam. The thin blade passed
clear through the bone and flesh in the middle of the thumb and then into the
wood for a considerable depth. Prompt medical attention has saved REESE from
blood poisoning.
Stockton Man Has Left Leg Cut Off
AUBURN (Placer Co.), September 17 - Frank M.
McALLISTER, a young man whose home is in Stockton, was run over here yesterday
and his left leg cut off below the knee. McALLISTER, who had been drinking,
started to board a west-bound passenger train after it had left the depot and
was under considerable speed. He missed the car railing, and the force of the
train threw him beneath the wheels. He would have been killed but for the aid
of Byron O’CONNOR, who pulled him from beneath the train before his body was
crushed by the wheels.
SON IS FORCED TO KILL FATHER
Insane David Williams Made Threats Against Life Of
Family, And Is Shot As He Came Toward House RED BLUFF (Tehama Co.), September
17 - News was received here yesterday afternoon of the killing of David
WILLIAMS, an old and respected resident of the country around Paskenta, about
thirty-five miles west of this city, by his son, Tracy WILLIAMS.
Only meager details of this tragedy were obtainable at
first, and it was reported that the son had been compelled to shoot the old man
on account of the father being afflicted with a homicidal mania. Deputy Sheriff
W.E. FLORENCE was sent out to the
WILLIAMS place Saturday to take the old man in custody on the charge of being
insane, and the shooting took place before the arrival of the officer.
Sheriff Jud W. BOYD, Coroner Ed F. LENNON, District
Attorney M.G. GILL and Court Reporter Ed de St. MAURICE started in a automobile
last evening about 6 o’clock for the scene of the tragedy, and returned this
morning with the full particulars.
It appears that WILLIAMS, who was insane, had been
threatening to kill members of his family for some time. Yesterday morning he
was in an ugly mood, and for this reason a gun he carried was taken away from
him. About 4 in the afternoon the old man was seen making a stealthy approach
to the home of his son-in-law, John J. OSBORNE. He exercised great caution, and
every now and then would hide behind a tree.
From his conduct, the members of the household assumed
he had secured a weapon somewhere and was returning to put his crazed-brain
threats into execution. His son, Tracy WILLIAMS, after hesitation, picked up a
rifle, and stepping outside, fired two shots, killing the old man instantly.
One shot entered the left breast and the other the right shoulder. The Coroner’s jury returned a verdict of
justifiable homicide.
Mrs. M.E. Dittmar Is At Deaths Door
REDDING (Shasta Co.), September 17 - Mrs. M.E. DITTMAR
was stricken unconscious Friday afternoon and has lain in a comatose condition
ever since. A consultation of four physicians has been held at which it was
decided that she was suffering from cerebral hemorrhage. There is little hope
for her recovery.
The husband, M.E. DITTMAR, is editor of Mineral
Wealth, and managing director of the Great Western Gold Company. He was at Trinity
Center Friday evening, when he was advised of his wife’s serious condition. He
drove to Delta, where a special train was waiting to convey him to Redding. He
arrived at 4 o’clock Saturday morning, but Mrs. DITTMAR gave him no
recognition.
Mrs. DITTMAR was County Superintendent of Schools from
1896 to 1899. She was Miss BOYD when she was elected and was married to Mr.
DITTMAR during her term of office.
Western Nevada State News
ACCUSED CITIZEN DEFIES SHERIFF
Tired of Being Charged With Murder, He Calls On
Sheriff to Arrest Him If He Holds Proof He Claims TONOPAH (Nev.), September 17
- Newton CRUMLEY, a business man of Tonpah, has demanded that Sheriff Thomas
McMAHON either produce proof that CRUMLEY killed Stewart BURNEY and Ton KEENAN,
who were murdered recently on the outskirts of the camp, or else retract his
statements to the effect that CRUMLEY is guilty of the crime.
“For some time McMAHON has been openly charging me
with this crime,” said CRUMLEY. “In the presence of responsible witnesses he
says that he possesses evidence that will convict me, but that out of sympathy
for me and my family he does not wish to act. I have $500 which I will pay over
to McMAHON when he produces this proof or obtains my conviction. As an officer
he should act. If I am guilty I should suffer.”
CRUMLEY scoffs at the alleged statements of the
Sheriff and says that he is innocent of the remotest part in the crime.
Gambler Kills Messenger Boy
GOLDFIELD (Nev.), September 17 - One of the most
cold-blooded murders ever committed in a Nevada mining camp occurred at 2
o’clock Sunday morning, when john MORITZ, aged 19, was shot to death by Jack
THOMPSON, a gambler. MORITZ was a
messenger for the telephone company, and had occasion to visit one of the
notorious dance halls in the red light district. It is said that he
accidentally bumped into THOMPSON, who was dancing, and somewhat under the
influence of liquor. THOMPSON swore at the boy and threatened to “fix” him
later.
About 2 o’clock in the morning MORITZ was passing by
the Del Monte saloon on a wheel, when THOMPSON drew a gun and fired, one shot
striking MORITZ in the hip. He fell from his machine, and THOMPSON deliberately
walked up to the fallen boy, leaned over him, and fired another fatal shot. Indignation is at a high pitch, and there is
talk of lynching.
Doctor Is Accused of Criminal Act
RENO (Nev.), September 17 - A warrant will be issued
to-day for the arrest of Dr. E.E. WICHMAN, who is charged by Miss Lillie BENSON,
aged 16 years, with performing a criminal abortion. The girl says the physician
offered to do the work for $50 and that she paid him $25. The physician says
the girl came to him suffering from self-inflicted injury, that he called to
her parents and operated to save her life. The girl is said to be dying from
infection. WICHMAN is a prominent young man about the city.
One Miner Killed and Another Dying
GOLDFIELD (Nev.), September 17 - A fatal accident
occurred at the TRUETT lease on the Mohawk, last Saturday night, as a result of
which Thomas C. LEAHY, a miner, was
killed, and Peter McNULTY was seriously wounded.
They and two others miners were being hoisted to the
surface in a bucket. Before they reached
half way to the top the cross head from the hoist fell from the top of the
shaft, striking LEAHY on the head and crushing his skill. The heavy timber also
struck McNULTY.
There were both held in the bucket by their
companions, but when the bucket reached the surface LEAHY was dead and McNULTY
was insensible. The latter is at a hospital with slight chances of recovery.
Submitted by Betty Loose betty@unisette.com
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The Evening Bee
Sacramento, Cal.
Thursday, September 20, 1906
Page 6
FIND DECOMPOSED BODY OF JOHN McKEEL TEN DAYS AFTER
SUICIDE Lived on Freeman Ranch Near Smartsville With No Near Neighbors GRASS
VALLEY (Nevada Co.), September 20 - Ten days ago John McKEEL, an aged and
lonely ranch hand, committed suicide. His body was cut down yesterday in a
terrible state of decomposition. Word of the suicide was brought here last
night by Coroner HOCKING, who handled the case. McKEEL ended his life on the
Freeman ranch, eighteen miles below here, in the southwestern corner of the
county.
McKEEL had been employed about the Freeman place for
some time, being an old resident of that part of the county. When the FREEMAN
family went to the mountains on a pleasure trip he was left in charge of the
place. He slept on the second floor of a granary, the ceiling being but a
couple of feet above his head.
Tuesday Mrs. DEMPSEY, a neighboring ranch woman, in
passing through the place on her way to town was struck by the absence of life
about the premises. The watering troughs were empty giving evidence that nobody
had been there for days. She investigated somewhat, but the sickening odor from
the upper floor of the granary caused her to leave in a hurry. She told her
experiences at Smartsville, in Yuba County.
Captain BITTNER, a mine-owner, accompanied by a boy,
returned to the ranch, but were unable to approach the bed, owing to odor from
the decomposing body. They immediately sent word to Coroner HOCKING, thinking
that McKEEL had died a natural death. The Coroner and Dr. BROWN arrived in the
evening, but did not approach the corpse, after realizing the condition of the
body.
Yesterday morning they returned and to the Coroner’s
amazement he found that McKEEL had committed suicide. He had tied one end of
his suspenders to a rafter two feet above the bed, noosed the other end around
his neck and then lay down and calmly strangled to death. The body lay on the
bed, with the head slightly elevated. He could have saved himself at any time
had he so desired.
McKEEL was last seen alive a week ago last Sunday. The
ranch house is several miles from a neighbor’s and is seldom visited. It is
thought McKEEL that night ended his life. He was attired in his underclothes.
But little is known of the dead man, though he had lived around Spenceville and
Smartsville for many years. He was a native of New York aged about seventy
years. He leaves a nephew, Jake McKEEL, at Smartsville. The Coroner made a rude coffin out of ranch
lumber, placed the body in a ranch wagon and took it to Smartsville for
interment, after conducting the inquest.
RUNAWAY HORSES CHARGE DOWN GRADE
Stage Load of Passengers Narrowly Escape Mutilation
and Death on Steep Mountain Side YREKA (Siskiyou Co.), September 20 - Yesterday
as the Scott Valley four horse stage was coming up the mountain on the T. JONES
side, the driver, Frank NEILON, saw an immense cloud of dust about 300 yards
ahead of him, and from the rumbling noise he came to the conclusion that it
must be a runaway team.
MILLER Brothers are hauling logs down the mountain to
their sawmill, using large heavy trucks. It appears that one of the teams got
away from the driver and charged down the narrow mountain road. As soon as NEILON saw the team he pulled his
stage as close to a fence as possible, feeling certain that there would be a
collision. He had six passengers, none of whom had time to jump when the
runaway team reached the lead horses of the stage. NEILON reached forward and
cut them across the face with his whip, which turned them slightly up the
mountain side and proved the salvation of the stage and its passengers. When the heavy truck passed the stage one of
the passengers said that there was not a half inch of space between the hubs.
The passengers cannot say too much for the coolness and good judgement of
Driver NEILON.
STAGE DRIVER INJURED AND LIKELY TO DIE
QUINCY (Plumas Co.), September 20 - When the stage
from New Mohawk to Quincy, which is due to arrive about 1:30 a.m., was about twelve
miles from Quincy Monday night, the lead span of horses in some way became
detached and in an attempt to hold them Andy SWINGLE, an old-time stage man,
and one of the owners of the line, was dragged from the seat and seriously
injured. His upper jaw was broken it two places, and he sustained severe cuts
about the head.
Judge J.E. RAKER and two more passengers succeeded in
stopping the team. Medical aid for
SWINGLE was summoned as quickly as possible. Judge RAKER drove the stage to
town and SWINGLE was brought in the next day from the Pioneer Hotel, where he
was taken after the accident. He may not survive.
NOW FACES THIRD HEARING IN COURT
J.B. Graves, Accused of Assault with Deadly Weapon,
Must at Last Stand Trial on Old Charge WEAVERVILLE (Trinity Co.), September 20
- In the Superior Court yesterday Judge BARTLETT denied a writ of habeas corpus
asked for in the case of J.B. GRAVES,
the mining man of Carrville, who is now facing in the Justice’s Court the third
complaint for the same offense - that of an assault with a deadly weapon,
alleged to have been made upon Frank CHAPMAN at Carrville on March 19th last.
The case has had many ins and out. First GRAVES was
bound over for trial in the Superior Court, but his case was dismissed because
the earthquake holidays prevented his trial coming within the statutory time.
He was immediately rearrested on complaint No. 2. He was called up in Carrville
for a preliminary examination, and then for good cause the examination was
transferred to Weaverville. Objection was made by GRAVES’ attorney, who asked
for a writ of prohibition from the Superior Court. This was denied, and an
appeal was taken to the Appellate Court.
The District Attorney moved last week that complaint
No. 2 be dismissed. This was done, and
then complaint No. 3, alleging the same old offense, was sworn to. GRAVES’
attorney tried habeas corpus yesterday and lost. Now GRAVES must face a
preliminary examination in Justice BARBER’s Court in this place a week from
to-day. The appeal on complaint No. 2 is dead.
Found Dead in Bed After Several Days
NEVADA CITY (Nevada Co.), September 20 - News reached
here yesterday of the terrible death at Syracuse, New York, of Meyer C. DAVIS.
Davis at one time resided here and was widely known. He was engaged in mining
during his residence in this city and became popular on every side. He wooed
and won Miss May GOYNE, a charming and attractive girl of this city, and the
pair went East to make their home.
According to the news, MEYER, who occupied a room in
an apartment house, was missing for several days and the odor form his room
finally caused the janitor to break in. He found the badly decomposed body in
bed. DAVIS has been dead for days, and from the condition of the bed had died
in agony. It is thought his death was due to acute alcoholism, as of late he
had been drinking very hard. To gratify his desire for liquor he had sold
piecemeal nearly everything in the room. What has become of his wife is not
known, as they had not been living together for some time.
CREIGHTON SENDS NO WORD TO REDDING
Shasta Assemblyman and Attorney Is Given Up For Lost
and Rumor Has It He Is In Honolulu REDDING (Shasta Co.), September 20 - All
hope that Assemblyman J.H. CREIGHTON
will ever return to Shasta County has been abandoned by Department Two of the
Superior Court, where he has two cases pending.
As told in The Bee last week the A.H. NORRED case had to be continued
after Court and witnesses had waited two days for CREIGHTON, who was attorney for
NORRED, to put in an appearance. Judge BUSH appointed new attorneys yesterday
for NORRED so that the trial of the case may proceed on September 26th, the
date to which it was continued.
CREIGHTON’s disappearance has caused no end of comment among his friends
and members of the bar. He has left a wife and children in Redding and given
them no intimation, so far as the public knows, of where he was going or why he
left them. He had a good practice in the Courts and was honorable in his
business dealings. There was no cause so far as the public is aware, for his
sudden disappearance.
One rumor has it that he has gone to Honolulu, and
another that he went to Missouri. He was last seen in Redding two weeks ago.
Accused of “Doing Up” Cisco People
TRUCKEE (Nevada Co.), September 20 - Frank DuBOIS was
arrested here by Constable SCHLUMPF on an eastbound passenger train Wednesday
morning upon the receipt of a telegram from Constable L.S. KEELEY, of Cisco. He
was taken off the train and lodged in the town jail until the arrival of the
Cisco officer. DuBOIS is charge with securing goods under false pretenses and
endeavoring to escape with the property by stealing a two-horse team and wagon.
Constable KEELEY returned with his prisoner yesterday. DuBOIS denies the charge
and says it is nothing but spite work on the part of a few people in the town.
He was well dressed and had on his person nearly $400 in bills. He was on his way to Chicago.
The Evening Bee
Sacramento, Cal.
Thursday, September 20, 1906
Page 7
Diphtheria Afflicts Three of the Family
GRASS VALLEY (Nevada Co.), September 20 - Three
members of the family of Mr. and Mrs.
Louis PARDINI are suffering from diphtheria and the entire ranch has been
quarantined. Dr. J.T. JONES was called to the PARDINI home yesterday afternoon,
and at first glance pronounced the cases diphtheria. He is also County Health
Officer and immediately put the whole place in quarantine. The ranch is at New
Town, about three miles from here. It is thought the children became infected
at the home of an Italian at Nevada City, whose residence was quarantined a few
days ago. The boys seem to be doing nicely, though the little girl is in a bad
way.
Mayor Will Sue
VALLEJO ( Solano Co.), September 20 - After many weeks
of wrangling, Mayor MADIGAN has announced his intention of suing the George H.
TAY company of San Francisco for $7,500, the amount paid this San Francisco
firm for pipe for the municipal water system main line extension which is light
in weight. The charter provides that the
Board of City Trustees shall provide the funds to carry on such a suit, but up
to date the Board has refused to do this, as it is opposed to the actions of
the Mayor.
Horrible Suicide
REDDING (Shasta Co.), September 20 - F.A. BOYLE, an
electrician and recently from Sacramento, committed suicide this morning a mile
and a half this side of Anderson, near the railyard. Ill health probably was
the cause. He first tied a handkerchief round his neck and to a fence post but
not succeeding tied wire to the fence and then slowly strangled to death.
Forges Check
WOODLAND (Yolo Co.), September 20 - A stranger giving
the name of D.C. HOLBART yesterday
passed a bogus check for $6.50 on C.D. MOR__N, a local merchant, receiving $4
in change. He has not been caught.
Burglar Confesses
VALLEJO (Solano Co.), September 20 - Louis WEST, the
burglar, arrested in this city early yesterday morning, as told in last night’s
Bee, while acting in a suspicious manner, confessed late last evening to Chief
of Police STANFORD that he is wanted for eleven burglaries and one check passing
in this section of the State.
Since the first of September he has committed eleven
burglaries. He robbed stores in Santa Rosa, Napa, Sebastopol, San Rafael and
Oakland. He passed a forged check in Petaluma and stole a bicycle and held up a
Japanese in Napa.
G.A.R. Veteran Dead
LODI (San Joaquin Co.), September 20 - George HYDE, a
Civil War veteran and a pioneer of California, died yesterday at Woodbridge. He
had been quite feeble for some time and his death did not come as a surprise.
He was a member of Hartford Post, G.A.R., and the funeral will be held in
Woodbridge to-morrow under the auspices of that Order.
THROWN IN DITCH BY LOCOMOTIVE
Fred Meyer Knocked From Trestle and Seriously Injured
Fred MEYER, aged about 45 years, of 506 Rose Avenue,
Chicago, was struck yesterday afternoon by a train while crossing a trestle in
Yolo County, a few miles from this city, and was seriously injured. MEYER was walking along the trestle when the
train approached, and was unable to get across before the locomotive bore down
upon him. He was struck and knocked into a ditch alongside the track, where he
remained all night. He was found this
morning by two railroad track travelers, who walked into the city and reported
the matter to the railroad authorities. A locomotive was sent out, and MEYER
was placed on a car and brought to this city. He was taken to the Receiving
Hospital, where City Physician Dr. H.L. NICHOLS attended his injuries. He was
subsequently removed to the County Hospital.
MEYER had two ribs broken, and was internally injured. He also suffered
greatly from exposure, as he remained helpless in the ditch all night. MEYER says he is a blacksmith by occupation,
and that he has a wife and five children in Chicago.
HAPPENINGS AROUND THE BAY
Carpenters Fall - The staging round a new building on
Mission Street, near Seventeenth, collapsed yesterday afternoon, and five
carpenters fell with it to the ground, a distance of sixteen feet. Two of the
men, James A. HANSEN, 1006 Valencia Street and Van ALLSTEAD, 69 East Street,
were seriously injured.
What Is the Zone? - The Committee of seven managers of
the insurance companies which was appointed some weeks ago by the Board of Fire
Underwriters for the purpose of considering the request for a differential rate
for companies using an earthquake clause in their policies, has arranged to
obtain from a geologist a statement as to what part of the Pacific Coast is
subject to earthquakes, that it may define the zone in which the differential
rate can be used, the idea being to limit this low rate for earthquake-clause
companies in the earthquake zone.
More Hotels Wanted - A serious situation faces San
Francisco in the lack of hotel accommodations. Last night in eight of the
largest hotels not a room was vacant, and people were sleeping on cots in the
halls. The St. Francis turned away about _00 people during the day and the
other hotels were full before nightfall. The situation has reached that stage
where a traveler must wire ahead and engage rooms several days in advance if he
wants to be sure that accommodations await him.
Oakland Wants Size - Hereafter an applicant for a
position on Oakland’s Police force must stand 5 feet 9 inches in his stocking
feet instead of 5 feet _ inches as in the past.
Advising With Friends - Mrs. Hermann OELRICHS has all
San Francisco and New York society guessing. It is admitted that as a tentative
proposition she may want to contest the will of her husband on the ground that
the $400,000 or $500,000 bequeathed by OELRICHS to his blood relatives, friends
and dependents was not his own fortune, but was money derived from her own
property and that of her relatives. Mrs. OELRICHS is consulting her attorneys
here on that subject. Some of her prominent society friends have also been
brought into the conference.
Frat Dog Bites Girl - Miss Ruth McDONALD, daughter of
M. Jasper McDONALD, of Cloyne Court, Berkeley, was attacked and badly bitten by
a vicious bull terrier, property of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity. Threatened with
arrest by the irate father, the student who owned the dog had the animal
killed.
Ruins Still Falling - A wall about ten feet in hight
fell yesterday without warning at the northeast corner of Kearny and Sutter
Streets, and Frank TOPPIANO, an Italian laborer, who was working in the basement,
was buried in the falling debris. He was hauled out by his fellow workmen and
taken to the Harbor Emergency Hospital where Drs. HILL and MAGNUS found that
five of his ribs on the right side had been fractured.
Victim of the Drops - Hovering between life and death,
Michael S. GUNNING, a young man who lives at 1129 Steiner Street, lies at the
Oakland Receiving Hospital suffering from a dose of knock-out drops
administered to him by alleged hold-up men for the purpose of robbery. One of
the men has been arrested as a suspect.
Submitted by Betty Loose betty@unisette.com
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The Saturday Bee
Sacramento, Cal.
September 22, 1906
Page 7
Three Marysville Couples Made
Happy During Past Week - Other Young Folks Announce Engagements MARYSVILLE
(Yuba Co.), September 22 - Three couples were made happy here this week through
the issuance of marriage licenses by Cupid EASTMAN. They are as follows:
Charles MUNKITTRICK and Cora BISHOP, both of Colusa; George F. PIERCE and Addie
F. CHANNON, of Live Oak; Clark JOHNSON of Browns Valley, and Miss Elizabeth V.
HILL, of Bangor.
Invitations were issued this
week by Mr. and Mrs. S. LAWCK, announcing the engagement of their daughter,
Miss Sadie Dorothy, to Frank A. BITTINGSTEIN, of Oakland. The wedding will be
celebrated in this city Sunday evening, October 7th.
John BLUE and Miss Josie MURRAY,
both of this city, have announced their engagement and will be wedded here
October 5th.
Daisy Mary FIELDS was granted an
interlocutory decree of divorce from her husband, T.W. FIELDS, Jr., on the
grounds of failure to provide. An action
for divorce on the grounds of failure to provide was commenced by Maggie KOCH,
of this city, against her husband, Antone KOCH, of Sutter County.
WOODLAND (Yolo Co.), September 22 - The following
marriage license was issued the past week: Elmer L. LOSEE, of Elmira, and
Miss Josephine M. BETZ, of Winters; Clarence L. GATES, of Vacaville, and Miss
Andria UHLMAN, of Winters.
OROVILLE (Butte Co.), September
22 - Marriage licenses were issued as follows during the past week: George
Oscar HANDY, aged 35, and Miss Bessie MITCHELL, aged 18, both of Chico; Louis
DE BOW, aged 23, resident of San Francisco, and Tina EISNER, aged over 18, of
Oroville; Harry Clinton REYNOLDS, aged 25, and Grace May RALLTER, aged 18, both
of Gridley; Lee WALLACE, aged 21, of Berry Creek, and Mary JONES, aged 18, of
Berry Creek. Mabel E. HEDRICK has
brought suit for divorce from Harry J. HEDRICK, on the ground of desertion, and
Kate OWENS has brought suit from Frank OWENS.
The complaint alleges the defendant deserted his wife at Durham two
years after their marriage.
YUBA CITY (Sutter Co.),
September 22 - In the marriage column this week Cupid has outstripped his
opponent two to one, as the following will show:
Frank M. SIMPSON, age 40, of
Sacramento, and Mrs. M.J. PLUMMER, age 27, of Stockton, were secretly married
on Wednesday evening, September 12th, at the residence of C.E.
McQUADE, by the Rev. J.B. NEEDHAM. They will reside in Sacramento.
Percy W. McLAUGHLIN and Miss
Anna J. MUNSON, two popular young people of Tudor, were married Wednesday
evening, September 19th, at the residence of the bride’s parents,
Mr. and Mrs. G.O. MUNSON, by the Rev. W.A. JOHNS, of Sutter. They will reside
in Tudor.
Judge MAHON, of the Superior
Court, has granted to Mrs. Josephine MOORE, of this county, an interlocutory
decree of divorce from her husband, James F. MOORE, on the ground of desertion.
FAIRFIELD (Solano Co.),
September 22 - During the week, County Clerk HALLIDAY has issued marriage
licenses as follows:
Bennie F. HARRIS, 23, and
Josephine C. PETER, 19, both of Oakland; F.J.
DELEHANTY, 31, and Josie NOONAN, both of Vallejo; Lanie GRILLO, 22,
Black Diamond, and Nellie VITALIE, 18, Collinsville.
AUBURN (Placer Co.), September
22 - A marriage license was issued this week to Lars John NELSON, Tunnel 13,
29, and Elizabeth AXELSON, 23, Truckee.
Charles Helphenstine Is
Seriously Injured While Driving Traction Engine Across Rock Creek CHICO (Butte
Co.), September 22 - Charles HELPHENSTINE, son of a prominent farmer north of
Chico, was seriously injured late yesterday afternoon by being pinned between
the water tank and engine of a traction engine which crashed through Rock Creek
bridge seven miles north of Chico. The gritty young man was held down with one
leg crushed and the other severely burned for fully fifteen minutes, yet still
remained conscious and directed the work of rescue. He was brought to this city
for treatment and it is not known whether the crushed leg can be saved or
not. HELPENSTINE was driving a large
traction engine from one farm to another and was compelled to cross the Rock
Creek bridge which he considered safe.
The huge engine was on the bridge when the latter collapsed without
notice, the engine and water tank “buckling up” and caching HELPHENSTINE
between them before he could jump. His left leg was crushed up against the
large cog wheel, his right leg was pressed against the hot boiler. (Rest of
article cut off.)
Policy Holders Busy - The large policy-holders
appointed a Committee of seven at a meeting held yesterday to advise with and assist the
officers of the Firemen’s Fund Insurance Company and the Home Fire and Marine
and
Pacific Underwriters’ companies in carrying out the
proposed plan of settlement of losses. The Committee is headed by Henry T.
SCOTT, and includes Percy T. MORGAN, E.R. LILLENTHAL, Charles HOLBROOK, I.W.
HELLMNA, Jr., F.W. CAN SICKLEN and Joseph D. GRANT. While all these men are
large policy-holders in the company, none of them is a stockholder.
Militia Officers to Organize -
An important movement in the National Guard of the State is a proposition to
form a State organization of the commanding officers of every branch of the
service to the end that steps may be taken to lay before the Legislature at its
next session the needs of the citizen-soldiery.
Married Only a Month - Alleging
that within less than a month after their wedding his wife deserted him, George
Hiniman GURNEE, a wealthy real estate owner, filed suit for divorce yesterday
against Mrs. Lillian Keller GURNEE, in the Superior Court of Contra Costa
County. Mrs. GURNEE is making preparations to contest the action instituted by
her husband, and says her husband is continually drunk.
Mann in trouble - An assumption
by Harry MANN of power delegated to his attorney in a divorce case has cost
MANN his liberty for a short time at least, and may result in a term in jail. A
week ago yesterday an order was made by Judge GRAHAM in the divorce suit
brought by Rebecca MANN against Harry MANN for the latter’s attorney to collect
certain insurance money involved and hold it pending the order of the Court.
MANN collected the money personally - hence the trouble.
S.P. May Be Hurt - From and
after May 1, 1908, it shall be unlawful for any railroad company to transport
from any State or Territory to other State, Territory or foreign country, any
article or commodity other than timber and manufactured products thereof,
manufactured, mined or produced by it or under its authority, or which it may
own in whole or in part, or in which it may have any interest, direct or
indirect, except such articles or commodities as may be necessary and intended
for its use in the conduct of its business as a common carrier.” - Section of commerce
law which may force Southern Pacific to give up interest in California oil
wells.
Engagement Causes Surprise - The
announcement of the engagement of Mrs. P.E.
SOMPS, widow of the late millionaire soda-water manufacturer, to G.
TONNESON has caused great surprise. He is past middle age and before the fire
was employed as a teamster. His bride-to-be is more than 60.
Collins Seeks Release - Before
Judge A.G. BURNETT yesterday George D.
COLLINS appeared to explain some newly discovered technicalities in connection
with his conviction on the charge of perjury, and made an ineffectual attempt
to be released from custody.
The Saturday Bee
Sacramento, Cal.
September 22, 1906
Page 12
San Francisco Policemen Swear
Reputation of Carr Is Bad
Defense in Celebrated Case Makes
Further Attack on Prosecution’s Principal Witness Three affidavits were filed
by F.P. TUTTLE, counsel for Adolph WEBER, convicted of the murder of his mother
and now under reprieve, with Governor PARDEE to-day.
The affidavits are made by
George DUFFY, William COLEMAN and Michael BRADY, members of the San Francisco
police force, and all swear Henry CARR’s reputation is bad. CARR is the
pawnbroker who testified he sold WEBER the pistol with which the crime was committed.
DUFFY deposes he has seen CARR
entice girls of tender years into his shop, but when he would enter the place,
CARR would have them secreted. He declares in his affidavit that he is
convinced CARR’s intentions were sinister.
COLEMAN deposes that he has
watched CARR’s transactions with criminals and thugs, and believes “he would do
anything for a five-dollar piece or less.” BRADY deposes that he knows of CARR
having taught little boys to steal, and that when he remonstrated with him CARR
told him he (Carr) was not out for his health. BRADY adds that CARR’s
reputation for truth, honesty and veracity is bad.
Governor PARDEE is still at Lake
Tahoe, but will probably return next Tuesday, when he will again take up the
WEBER case. The reprieve granted WEBER
will expire next Thursday.
SUISUN (Solano Co.), September
22 - A young man giving his name as George OLSEN, drove a horse and buggy into
town last evening and soon after offered to trade the buggy and harness for a
saddle at a livery stable. The matter
was reported to Constable C.H. DOWNING, who took OLSEN into custody. Upon being
questioned by the officer OLSEN finally admitted that he had stolen the
property from a man named MEYER at Davisville. Constable DOWNING has communicated
with Sheriff GRIFFIN of Yolo in regard to the case. When first arrested OLSEN told a story to the
effect that the rig belonged to him and that he resided a few miles in the
country, giving a name that was not known in this section.
RED BLUFF (Tehama Co.),
September 22 - Sister CAMILLUS died at the Convent of the Sister of Mercy in
this city last night. She was well known in this community by her many good
deeds, and her death is universally regretted.
She had been at the convent here for many years. She was a native of
Ireland and 60 years of age. Her name before she became a nun was Miss MONA.
The State Board of Education, at
its meeting this morning, granted the following educational documents to
applicants in Sacramento and Superior California.
University documents - Mary
Alice KING, of Colusa, and Ruth M. STEPHENSON, of Sacramento.
Normal documents - Mrs. Orlena
S. FREEMAN and Julia Alouise RICHARDSON, of Chico.
Kindergarten life diplomas -
Ruby J.M. COOPER, Hetty P. DUNN and Winifred LEWIS, of Sacramento.
New life diploma - Lafayette W.
WARMOTH, of Tehama. Grammar School life
diplomas - Ella KLOTZ, of Sacramento, Ethel McKINNEY and W.T. REICH, of Yuba,
Carrie MOELLER and Florence M. MOSER, of Calaveras, Rosetta RICH and Annie May
SCHELLHOUS, of Placer; Edna RUST, of Amador; Mrs. Mary L. TODD, of Trinity, and Carrie L.
WHITE, of Colusa.
Dr. J.S. BROWN SECURES RELIEF
FROM SUFFERING BY DECREE Mental Agony Induces Him to Get a Divorce From Wife
for Whose Sake He Divorced a Previous Spouse On the testimony of Dr. J.S.
BROWN, that he had been slapped and cuffed and sworn at, and reduced to the
last ultimate perilous edge of self-destruction by the demands of his wife for
money, Judge HUGHES granted him an interlocutory degree of divorce to-day from
Lucy BROWN, who stated through the lips of her lawyer that with such a verdict
she would be well pleased. Attorney J.S.
COPELAND testified that he had heard screams issuing from Dr. BROWN’s office
above the Hoffman House Saloon, and had rushed up to prevent destruction of
life. He testified that he found Mrs. BROWN in no immediate danger, as she was wielding
a newspaper upon her husband’s visage and routing him all over the office,
while screaming at the same time that her life was being attempted.
Dr. BROWN himself testified that
he had been the meek recipient of abuse and torture from his wife for a long
time, that he had been slapped and cursed and struck both physically and
financially, until human nature could bear it no longer and he was reduced to
the melancholy contemplation of ending it all at one fell swoop.
The mental agony had been so
fearful that sleep had left him. And finally his wife’s cruelty had brought him
to the painful extremity of applying for a divorce.
A letter from Mrs. BROWN to the
doctor himself pungently expresses her disesteem for him, and also states that
she would be supremely beatified if only the doctor would keep his physiognomy
out of her line of vision and not seek an interview with her. She states that
her greatest joy in life is in the doctor’s long-continued absence.
Dr. Sylvester BROWN testified
that his wife was extremely expensive, almost exorbitant, and a luxury, for
which he could no longer afford to put up. She had cost him in a short time, he
asserted, between $5000 and $6000 in cold, hard, solid cash.
Dr. B.F. HAMMELL testified that
Mrs. BROWN was happy and cheerful when her demands for money were granted;
otherwise she was gloomy and morose. Dr.
BROWN, he declared, had long borne his cross in sorrow and silence, but
he had been finally forced to seek an escape from his woes by recourse to a
divorce suit.
Dr. BROWN was successful in
freeing himself from the embarrassing trammels of wedlock, two or three years
ago, when he divorced a deserted wife to make way for his marriage with the
Mrs. BROWN from whose cuffs and demands he was this morning liberated.
MARYSVILLE (Yuba Co.), September
22 - Word was received here to-day that P.N. CORCORAN, a former resident of
Marysville, died at the State Hospital at Stockton. His wife was summoned
yesterday to his bedside. He was committed about a year ago, and was afterwards
discharged as cured. He became irrational again and was committed again about
three weeks ago.
HAYDEN HILL (Lassen Co.),
September 22 - Henry KORF, a notorious character of this place, was shot and
killed yesterday morning by Constable HIGHETZ.
KORF had been drinking and firing his revolver (not legible). When the
Constable came to sight KORF drew hi weapon upon him, but HIGHETZ was ready
with his revolver and opened fire first. He shot KORF through the head.
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The Evening Bee
Sacramento, Cal.
Monday, September 24, 1906
Page 7
Asylum Authorities Say Man Who
Fired Armsby Plant, Windsor Hotel and Others Places Is Sane YUBA CITY (Sutter
Co.), September 24 - Sheriff N.S. WILSON left for Stockton this morning at 8
o’clock and will return this evening with Walter SILVERS, who will be tried in
the Superior Court here on the charge of arson.
Dr. A.W. HERSCHOLT, of the Stockton Asylum, in whose charge SILVERS was
placed by Superior Judge MAHON, has written the authorities here that SILVERS
is in his right mind, that he has been tried and found to be sane. He has notified the Sheriff to come and take
him away. As will be remembered SILVERS
is the man who confessed to burning the cannery and warehouse of Armsby Company
here and on two different occasions firing the Windsor Hotel. He pleaded insanity
and was tried by a jury on August 2d last, the jury rendering a verdict finding SILVERS insane and he was committed
to the Stockton Asylum. At the time of the trial there was a diversity of
opinion as to the mental condition of SILVERS and in addition to the testimony
of Drs. PERCY, KOSBY, COLE, POWELL and STRETSON, local physicians who held a
somewhat different opinion of the case, Dr. HERSCHOLT of the Stockton Asylum
and Dr. STONE, of the Napa Asylum, were called and testified that SILVERS was
feigning insanity.
RED BLUFF (Tehama Co.),
September 24 - A Richmond (Indiana) dispatch to the effect that one P.W.
STREET, aged 83, of this city, has written to the wife in that town whom he
deserted fifty years ago is attracting much attention here. STREET is said to
have deserted his wife and two infant daughters half a century ago. Mrs. STREET
secured a divorce in time and married Jonathan WOOL, who is now dead. She
refuses to notice STREET, but her daughters by him will take steps to protect
their interest in any estate their father may have.
CHICO (Butte Co.), September 24
- Chico went down to defeat in the last baseball game of the season here
yesterday between the Chico team, under the management of J.A. PECK, and the
fast Woodland team, by a score of 5 to 2.
The game was hotly contested from start to finish. Woodland was backed
up by fully 300 Yolo rooters. SALE and CAMPBELL for Chico and NAGLE and
NEHBRASS for Woodland were the batteries.
NEWCASTLE (Placer Co.),
September 24 - Martin NEVLINS one of the oldest citizens of Placer County, died
at his home in Penryn early Sunday morning.
He came to California from Wisconsin in 1849. He had one of the best
homes in Penryn, and will be greatly missed. He was about 80 years of age, or
older, and leaves an aged wife and married daughters. The body will be cremated
in Oakland.
CHICO (Butte Co.), September 24
- C.F. WENIG, a local bartender, was arrested Saturday evening by Constable
J.l. BARNES on a charge of selling liquor to a minor. The complaint charges
WENIG with committing the offense on August 18th by selling liquor
to a minor named WILSON, a lad about 15 years of age. WENIG was released on $50
bail.
NEWCASTLE (Placer Co.),
September 24 - The body of the late Mrs. M.A.
HOWELL, aged mother of Frank HOWELL, Assistant Postmaster of this place,
and Harry HOWELL, of Sacramento, was brought here from Santa Cruz last night,
and buried from the Newcastle M.E. Church at 9:30 to-day. Mrs. HOWELL was one of
the earlier settlers in these parts, and leaves a large circle of friends who
mourn her loss, and deeply sympathize with her bereaved children.
RENO (Nev.), September 24 - Lily
BENSON, who lies ill at the Sierra Hospital, suffering, she says, from the
results of a criminal operation performed on her by Dr. WICHMAN, a prominent
physician of Reno, is expected to die at any moment. The accused physician was
arrested and released on $1500 bonds, as was told in The Bee.
This case has stirred up
considerable comment among the people of Reno, since it is alleged that
criminal operations to prevent disgrace have been very common. In event the
girl dies the county will make a vigorous campaign against this form of
lawbreaking, and it is understood that evidence is being secured against
prominent physicians of this city who have thus far succeeded in escaping
public detection.
RHYOLITE (Nev.), September 24 - An exciting race across the
desert, in which an unrelenting mother won, overtaking a wilful daughter, Miss
Harriett DOUTHET, who was getting out of camp to join her lover, an unknown
young man, took place in the Bullfrog country. For forty miles the girl kept
ahead, her accomplice being a sympathetic stage driver, who whipped his horses
into a foam in the hope of outstripping the pursuing parent. The latter rode a
wiry broncho, however, and at Rosswell she overtook the stage and captured the
girl. Miss DOUTHET positively refused to give the name of her lover, but says
that she was to join him and go to Oklahoma.
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The Evening Bee
Sacramento, Cal.
Thursday, September 27, 1906
SAN FRANCISCO, September 27 -
The end of the Lombard Street wharf gave way some time during last night and a
valuable cargo of tea and salmon slid into the bay. The wharf was considerably
shaken by the earthquake. The Alaska Packers Association yesterday placed a big
consignment of salmon and tea at the end of the pier and the heavy load proved
too much for the weakened piling.
The Evening Bee
Sacramento, Cal.
Thursday, September 27, 1906
Page 1 & 10
Goes To Gallows With Nerve That
Has Characterized Him As Criminal of the Century Weakens For Moment Early in
Day and Begs His Attorney to Save Him From Death FOLSOM PRISON, September 27 -
Adolph WEBER met death on the scaffold at 12:26 to-day in expiation of the
crime of murdering his mother. He went to the scaffold with a firm step and to
the very last maintained the nerve which has characterized him as one of the
most remarkable criminals of the century. He was pronounced dead at 12:40,
fourteen minutes after his body shot through the trap.
FOLSOM PRISON, September 27 -
Until the last, WEBER never lost confidence that the Governor would save him,
either by reprieve or commutation, from death on the gallows to-day.
The remarkable courage of the
young man was illustrated by an incident which occurred last night. Dr. C.H.
GLADDING, the prison physician, played chess with him until 11:20. WEBER’s
interest in the game was so keen, Dr.
GLADDING says, he never played with more skill than he did last
night. About 8:20 o’clock, Warden F.J.
COCHRANE entered the cell and addressing WEBER, said: “WEBER, it looks pretty
black for you. We have had no word from the Governor and it looks like he was
not going to do anything for you.”
“Well,” said WEBER calmly, “that
is where you and I differ,” and he went on with his game. This was the only
reference made to his case last night.
At 11:20 Dr. GLADDING retired. WEBER was calm and his physical condition
was excellent. Dr. GLADDING took his pulse, which showed 63 to the minute,
which is the normal pulsation.
Shortly after Dr. GLADDING left,
WEBER rolled himself in his blankets, threw himself upon his cot, and in a few
minutes was sound asleep, apparently. He did not stir during the rest of the
night. The death watch, which out of abundance of caution had been doubled,
never took their eyes off the condemned man. One reason for this is said to
have been due to WEBER having boasted to Sheriff KEENA in the Placer County
jail that he could break his own neck in a moment, by merely grasping his head
firmly in both hands and giving it a sudden twist.
However, he made no attempt
during the night at cheating the gallows.
WEBER was awake early this
morning and there was nothing in his manner to indicate that this day was to be
any different from others of the prison life. He made no reference to his
situation, even when the death watch was changed.
At 6:30 o’clock a specially
prepared breakfast was taken to him. He made no comment, however, but fell to
with great gusto, dispatching the meal with evident relish.
The first move made that would
indicate that WEBER was becoming at all uneasy was at 9 o’clock, WEBER sent for
COCHRANE and stated that he wanted to telegraph to Attorney TUTTLE, his chief
counsel. COCHRANE consented and WEBER wrote this brief message:
Folsom Prison, Sept 26 - S.P.
Tuttle, Auburn, Cal.: Send me some word.
WEBER wrote this message in a
firm hand and those who watched him closely could not detect any change in the
youth’s demeanor. He wrote the telegram
with as much nonchalance as if he was signing a check.
Within an hour came this reply,
which removed the last hope upon which the condemned man rested.
“Auburn (Cal.), Sept. 26 -
Weber, Folsom Prison: Have heard nothing from the Governor. TUTTLE.”
Even this cold message did not
phase WEBER; but half an hour later he wired TUTTLE as follows:
“Folsom Prison, Sept. 26 - F.P.
Tuttle, Auburn, Cal.: Prevent execution; insanity plea. Anything.
A duplicate of this message was
sent to W.I. MAY, associate counsel.
After a wait of a few minutes TUTTLE telegraphed to Brainard F. SMITH to
deliver this message to WEBER:
“I have no reason to believe the
Governor will interfere. Any writing you have to do, do it, and give it to
COCHRANE or to Turnkey LAMPHREY. Whatever disposition you have to make of your
body, do the same.” TUTTLE told SMITH to send word to WEBER also that neither
he nor associate counsel MAY would attend the execution, but this was not made
a part of the formal message to the condemned man.
About the prison, TUTTLE’s
reference to any writing WEBER might have to do was for a time said to relate
to the possibility of a confession. The majority of the prison staff, however,
were positive WEBER would never confess.
TUTTLE’s reference to writing is
believed to have related to some minor matters which WEBER had not yet disposed
of.
Throughout the morning WEBER was
outwardly calm and confident. The last
ray of hope for him vanished at 11:45 when the following message was received
from Attorney MAY:
“Weber, Folsom Prison,
Sacramento, September 26th. Just left the Governor. Insanity pleas presented and denied. Governor
refuses to take any further action. (Signed)
MAY.”
It is known that WEBER made two
wills, but just what disposition he made of his estate cannot be ascertained at
this time. The first will was made when John ADAMS was his attorney in fact,
but it is said ADAMS displeased him and WEBER selected F.S. STEPHENS. Then he
made another will, revoking the first one. What the contents of this last will
are W.I. MAY, associate counsel, declared he does not know, as the will has
been in TUTTLE’s possession since it was executed. He believes, however, that
most of the estate is left to one of WEBER’s aunts, but what one he does not
know. In conversation with a Bee
representative late yesterday afternoon MAY said WEBER’s estate will not go
over $15,000. Originally it was about $54,000, and not $74,000, as has been
stated. MAY declared out of the estate approximately $20,000 has been expended
in WEBER’s defense and he has disposed of some for expenses of various kinds,
reducing the estate to about $15,000.
Rev. J.T. WILLIS, pastor of the
Westminster Presbyterian Church of Sacramento and Rev. THOMAS, a Presbyterian
clergyman of Fairoaks, visited the prison this morning. They asked to see
WEBER, who sent word that he did not care to see them, but later changed his
mind and when the clergymen appeared outside his cell WEBER greeted then
cordially, but said that he was not in need of spiritual solace.
After chatting a few moments the
clergymen left.
When Attorney MAY’s message
stating that all hope for him was gone was read to him WEBER merely remarked,
“That settles it.” He was the same cool, calm youth he had been throughout his
confinement. He did not refer to his case in any way and his keepers carefully
avoided all reference to is execution until a moment before they adjusted the
straps which held his hands before him.
Then he was asked if he desired
to make any statement from the scaffold.
“No,” said WEBER. “I have no
statement to make, no writing to leave behind, and I have no statement to make
regarding the disposition of my body.”
With this comprehensive
declaration WEBER had uttered his last words.
Shortly after this, the straps being in place, the march to the gallows
began.
WEBER stepped from his cell in
the death chamber upon a balcony leading to the gallows. He was attended by
Chief Turnkey George LAMPHREY, and J.R.
PRIGMORE, Lieutenant of the night watch. The trio walked with measured
tread, but WEBER’s step was light, his body erect and his head held high. WEBER faced the crowd of spectators in the
death chamber without flinching. His eyes rested for a moment upon those below
him, but there was no look of recognition for any of the upturned faces. After
this hasty glance at the crowd WEBER looked straight before him.
Not a muscle quivered, his frail
lithe body was as straight as a sapling and, and with a cool calculating eye he
measured the center of the trap and stepped upon it.
He was very pale, and once or
twice he breathed deeply as though nerving himself for the crucial moment, but
there was no flinching. Lieutenant
PRIGMORE stepped to the youth’s side and reaching the noose which hung over his
head placed it about his neck. As PRIGMORE drew the noose closer around his
neck WEBER inclined his head toward his executioner as if to facilitate the
process. As the knot was dexterously adjusted WEBER made no sigh, no movement,
and stood perfectly erect, looking straight before him.
The black cap was then adjusted
in a twinkling and LAMPHREY pulled the lever which sprang the trap. WEBER shot
down through space a distance of eight feet, his neck being broken in the fall.
The body brought up with a
sudden jerk and hung limp for a moment. Dr.
C.F. GLADDING, the prison physician, and Dr. George B. HESSER, of
Folsom, then commenced counting the heart beats.
After the first moment with a
pulsation of 94 a slight tremor passed through the body, followed by a barely
perceptible convulsion. From this on there was no perceptible movement of the
body.
The silence of the death chamber
was broken every moment as the physicians tolled off the rising and falling
pulsations of the heart. At 12:40, 14 minutes after the trap was sprung, Dr.
GLADDING and Dr. HESSER said the one word, “Dead,” and the spectators slowly
filed out of the death chamber. WEBER’s
remarkable vitality is indicated by the result of the heart pulsations for the
period between the springing of the trap and the time when life was pronounced
extinct; 94, 62, 68, 50, 62, 40, 34, 94, 76, 68, 64, 60, 54, 44. It was only a
few seconds after 44 was called that the physicians announced that WEBER was
dead.
As indicated in TUTTLE’s message
to WEBER this morning, none of his counsel attended his execution and none of
his relatives appeared to claim the body.
A San Francisco undertaker,
however, presented a letter signed by Mrs.
Bertha E. SNOWDEN of Auburn, requesting that the body be delivered to
the bearer. Captain COCHRANE has decided not to honor the request at present
and will hold the body until he ascertains if the disposition called for in
Mrs. SNOWDEN’s letter is satisfactory to
all of WEBERs relatives. If COCHRANE gives up the body in accordance with Mrs.
SNOWDEN’s request it will be sent to Sacramento and then prepared for cremation
in San Francisco. The execution was one
of the most successful ever performed in Folsom prison. As stated, WEBER’s neck
was broken in the fall. After the body
had been cut down, Dr. J.A. McKEE of Sacramento, Dr. A.B. MAYHEW and Dr. George B. HESSER held an
autopsy, which revealed the fact that death was due to a separation of the
atlas and axis and a fracture of the first cerdicul (sic) vertebra.
The positive announcement was
made to-day that Adolph WEBER, aside from paying to the Placer County Bank the amount
stolen from that institution in May, 1904, also reimbursed the bank for every
item of expense incurred by it in its endeavors to apprehend the robber.
Outside of the administrators of
the WEBER estate, few persons know just what this entails. It was stated to
Governor PARDEE a few days ago that the sum paid by WEBER, outside of the
amount stolen, amounted to several thousand dollars. Among the bills presented
by the bank was one of the handwriting expert employed by the bank Directors,
calling for $1000. WEBER also paid to the bank the $500 it gave to Coroner
SHEPARD as a reward for finding the money. Aside from these, he paid every cent
expended by the bank in telegrams, printing, etc., and also a large sum paid to
detectives employed by the bank.
This revelation made to Governor
PARDEE by Attorney-General WEBB, considerably astounded the Governor, who
called upon Attorney F.P. TUTTLE, who practically admitted that it was the
truth.
When Adolph WEBER paid back to
the bank the amount stolen, it was considered by many an open admission of the
crime. Still in the minds of many it was thought the action was taken because
WEBER and his attorneys considered it better than to stand for a long and
tedious trial. Thus the bank had received a judgement from the Court against
the WEBER estate for the amount stolen, but the judgement was never fought by
WEBER.
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The Evening BeeSacramento, Cal.
Friday,
September 28, 1906
Page
1
SAN
FRANCISCO, September 28 - Having completed the business arrangements which
brought her to this city, Mrs. Theresa OELRICHS, widow of Herman OELRICHS, will
leave for the East to-morrow.
SAN
FRANCISCO, September 28 - Malcolm T. VANCE and George W. SIMMONS, charged with
the murder of Heber C. TILDEN, a commission merchant of this city on April 20th
last, were acquitted to-day.
Both
defendants were members of the Citizens’ Patrol, organized after the earthquake
and fire, and were charged with shooting TILDEN for refusing to halt his
automobile when ordered to do so.
They
claimed they thought the city was under martial law, and that a shot was fired
toward the man in the automobile.
SAN
FRANCISCO, September 28 - Charles HUSBAND, a hostler, was found last night
lying near the car tracks on Sutter, near Laguna Street, with a badly fractured
skull and a severe wound across the top of the head. His injuries will probably
result fatally. He is supposed to have fallen off a car.
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The
Evening Bee
Sacramento,
Cal.
Wednesday,
October 3, 1906
Page
6
Unable
to Extricate Herself She Lay in Night Cold Until Life Fled
COTTONWOOD
(Shasta Co.), October 3 - Mrs. Helen SEEMEN, of this place, who was killed last
night, although the fact was not discovered until this morning, met death in a
most peculiar manner, being, in a sense, buried alive by a great barn door that
was blown upon her by the heavy wind of last evening. She was pinned to the
ground by it, and being unable to move it or crawl out, died of her injuries
and exposure to the chilly night air.
Mrs. SEEMEN temporarily was living alone, her husband and son having
gone to the mountains after stock. This, of course, will account for no notice
being taken of her disappearance last night. She was seen by neighbors about 6
o’clock in the evening going toward the barn, presumably to look after her
stock, and death must have come shortly afterward.
The
wind was blowing with considerable force and tore the old barn door from its
fastenings just as Mrs. SEMEN reached it. The weight carried her to the ground,
but from the way the door fell life was not crushed out at once. She was caught in such a way that she could
not extricate herself, however, and died of her injures and exposure. That she
made frantic efforts to release herself is shown by the manner in which she
scratched the door, her hands being torn and bloody when she was found. She
died in great agony of mind.
This
morning as William SHEEHAN passed the SEEMEN place, he noticed that the barn
door had been blown to the ground and a closer look showed him a portion of a
woman’s skirt protruding from beneath. This aroused his curiosity, and he at
once approached to investigate. A look told him the story. Old Mrs. SEEMEN lay
dead before him. He at once gave the alarm, and word was sent to the Coroner at
Redding.
In
addition to the son and husband now in the mountains, Mrs. SEEMEN, who was 60
years of age, had a son in the Southern Pacific service, and two married
daughters, residents of Delta. Word has been sent to the absent relatives.
MARYSVILLE
(Yuba Co.), October 3 - Joseph BRUNSON, a Sacramento waiter, said to be
originally of Davisville, went to an employment office in the Capital City and
accepted a position offered in a Marysville restaurant. To his wife he
represented that he was going to a place called Perkins, from which he would
send her $10 for the support of herself and babe, he said. When nearly a week had elapsed and neither
money or a letter reached her, Mrs. BRUNSON discovered the true whereabouts of
her husband and hastened with her offspring - a babe in arms - to this city.
She easily traced him to the restaurant which employed him, but found that, on
account of drunkenness, he kept his position there but one day. He was found at
work in a neighboring hotel and informed by Mrs. BRUNSON that he must mend his
ways and support his child, at least. The local officers will see to it that
BRUNSON acts the man while he is here.
GRASS
VALLEY (Nevada Co.), October 3 - To-day the finishing touches will be put to
the documents whereby the magnificent home of the late pioneer William CAMPBELL
becomes the property of Dr. J.T. JONES, who will add more rooms, reconstruct
the place and turn it into a modern medical and surgical hospital. The
residence is located in the heart of the city on beautiful grounds, and such an
institution is sadly needed here. The place will be open to the public in every
sense of the word, and will be equipped with every modern appliance. The North
Star Mines Company has endowed a bed for injured employes for five years, while
W.B. BOURN, of the Empire, has contributed liberally, as have Mr. and Mrs. O.H.
ROOT and George CAMPBELL, the latter two being the children of the late
pioneer. Dr. JONES will soon visit San Francisco to obtain ideas on fitting up
the place.
MARYSVILLE
(Yuba Co.), October 3 - As the result of a saloon row, which took place in a C
street resort at 6 o’clock last evening, Tim McCARTY, who has been following
the railroad camps hereabouts is an inmate of the Yuba County Hospital to-day
with an ugly wound, ten inches in length, across his abdomen, and Larry
DEMPSEY, another laboring man, who slashed McCARTY with a razor, is in the City
Prison, charged with assault to murder.
The men engaged in a dispute over a trifle, and as McCARTY walked to the
bar, DEMPSEY came up behind him and drew the razor across his abdomen. McCARTY walked to the Police Station despite
his condition, but because of loss of blood had to be carried to a physician’s
office on a stretcher. DEMPSEY was
captured by Officers BURROUGHS and SAYLES while fleeing from the scene of the
cutting. The doctors think McCARTY will recover.
CHICO
(Butte CO.), October 3 - “Bad” SUMMERS, an employe of the LOWE orchard near
here, is in jail as a result of an attempt on his part this morning to carve up
several of the clerks of the Sawtell grocery store. Officer Will WHITE chanced
to catch him in the act and put an end to it by taking him in. SUMMERS bought quite a bill of goods at the
store and then demanded a cigar on the ground that he was a good customer of
the place. He was refused and told there were no cigars on hand. Then he got
angry, finally becoming abusive and using vile language. At this one of the
clerks threw him out onto the sidewalk.
SUMMERS
picked himself up, and, uttering a few choice expressions, reentered the store
knife in hand, and started for two of the employes. It was about this time that
Officer WHITE came along and put an end to the bad man’s desire to shed human
blood.
VALLEJO
(Solano Co.), October 3 - Chief of Police W.T. STANFORD, of this city, who went
to Oakland on the request of District Attorney T.C. GREGORY to investigate the
cause of the death of Court Reporter HYATT, who passed away in Oakland from the
effects of a fall in a creek near Fruitvale, as told in The Bee, has returned
and announced that after a careful investigation, in which he was given every
assistance by the Oakland authorities, that HYATT undoubtedly met his death as
the result of a fall into the creek, and that no violence was committed.
DIXON
(Solano Co.), October 3 - An escape from the State Hospital at Napa was brought
into Dixon by Constable Dan McKINNON yesterday afternoon. The man’s name is
Eugene Joseph ARQUES. He was found about twelve miles southeast of this place
on a sheep ranch by W.H. HARRIS who, in moving his sheep into an unused pasture
field, found the insane man lying near an old pump, in an exhausted condition.
As the pump was out of repair, the mas was unable to get water, and the day
being very warm, he was nearly famished.
It is believed that he has subsisted entirely on fruits gathered from
orchards en route since his escape, until the last few days. While he was in
the locality where found, where there is no fruit, it is supposed that he had
nothing to eat. When found he was too weak from starvation and exposure to
stand up. The authorities at Napa have been notified, and ARQUES will be taken
back by them to-day.
OROVILLE
(Butte Co.), October 3 - No trace of the murderer who took John PERRY’s life
early Tuesday morning by blowing out his brains when he refused to throw up his
hands, as told in last night’s Bee, has been found. PERRY, the murdered man, was a halfbreed, a
native of Mendocino County, and had been employed at Camp 19, on Western
Pacific construction work. There were at
least twenty-five people sleeping within a radius of fifty feet of where the
murder took place and nearly all of them were awakened by the noise when the
murderer told PERRY to throw up his hands. Instead of doing so he yelled,
“Murder! Murder!” and was instantly shot.
A good description of the murderer and his companion was obtained from
parties who saw them running away and several of these men believe they could
identify the parties.
Submitted by Betty Loose betty@unisette.com
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The
Saturday Bee
Sacramento,
Cal.
October
6, 1906
Page
6
Mrs.
Mary Parr, Whose Husband, A Preacher, Ran Away With Daughter-In-Law, Is
Committed To Asylum VALLEJO (Solano Co.), October 6 - The commitment of Mrs.
Mary PARR, of Napa Junction, to the State Hospital at Napa adds another chapter
to one of the most disgraceful cases that has ever been recorded in this part
of the State. Mrs. PARR, who is an aged and respected resident of Napa
Junction, has lived in this section for years. She raised a large family, and
stood high in public esteem. Her husband was known for years as a traveling
parson, who called upon the sinful in the various towns and hamlets throughout
the Napa Valley to give up their evil ways. He ran away last Winter with his
own daughter-in-law, and took from the bank the savings of years which the
husband of the young woman had labored in the smoke and heat of the cement
works to save to have an operation performed for the relief of a broken knee
cap. At that time public sentiment ran high, and if PARR could have been caught
he would have been severely dealt with.
Mrs. PARR has worried over the trouble all Summer, and on several
occasions endeavored to make way with herself, until friends deemed it best to
have her taken care of at the asylum. The little homestead near the cement
works presents a desolate appearance now, with the only occupant the crippled
son - the mother away in the asylum and the father and wife out in the world
together in disgrace.
RENO
(Nev.), October 6 - John MICHAEL, news of whose death at Oakland reached Reno
last evening, was one of the most prominent citizens of Nevada where he lived
for nearly fifty years. He leaves a small estate, although at one time he was a
man of great wealth having owned completely the Fulton Iron Works, at Virginia
City and afterward the Reno Ironworks. For a number of years he had lived in
retirement looking after his little estate and interesting himself in the Reno
public schools of which he was a Trustee.
He was born in Inverness, Scotland and first settled in Canada after
coming to America. He worked as a machinist in his boyhood and this led him
into the iron and machine business when he came to Nevada. He was little more
than a boy when he founded the great plant at Virginia. He is survived by a
wife and a daughter Mrs. Edward LUNSFORD both residents of Reno.
Engineer
McGraw Seriously Injured, But Fireman Escapes Unscratched - Passengers Shaken
Up WOODLAND (Yolo Co.), October 6 - At 2:15 yesterday afternoon the north-bound
Oregon express ran into an open switch just as it was entering the Woodland
yards. A number of cars were on the siding and the train dashed into them
before the engineer could stop the train, although the brakes were set. Both
Engineer McGRAW and Fireman DUNN jumped. DUNN escaped without a scratch, but
McGRAW is seriously injured. His right leg is broken between the ankle and the
knee, his left instep badly fractured, his left knee cap was injured, and his
nose broken. He was immediately taken to the Woodland Sanitarium. No one else was injured, although the mail
coach was telescoped for about a third of its length. The clerks owe their
lives to the fact that the coach was turned end to end at Davis, and had they
been in the front instead of the rear end they would have been seriously
injured, if not killed. The front end of
the engine was badly smashed, and the tender also badly damaged. The collision
sent the cars with which the engine collided about seventy-five feet up the
track, but did not damage them. It has
not been learned who is responsible for the open switch, as the railroad men
refuse to talk.
It
is said that the engine had just come out of the shops, after being overhauled.
The wrecking crew arrived last night and cleared the siding.
YREKA
(Siskiyou Co.), October 6 - One of the most unique weddings that ever took
place here occurred in Chinatown last Wednesday. Fong Wing, better known as Sacramento,
one of the richest Chinese merchants in Siskiyou County, was married to a
Chinese woman from Happy Camp. The bride came from her home in a carriage with
two guards. The trip was made in one day with two relays of horses, the
distance being seventy miles. After the ceremony Fong Wing sent an invitation
to his white friends in Yreka who paid him a visit to offer congratulations.
They were entertained royally with champagne and a cold chicken lunch.
Miss
Olive Wilson Organizes Bucket Brigade and Extinguishes Flames That Threatened
Orphans’ Home VALLEJO (Solano Co.), October 6 - Alone in the schoolroom of the
Good Templars’ Orphan Home, two miles from this city, with only the children of
the institution there, Miss Olive WILSON, a well-known Stanford University
graduate and one of the best-known pedagogues in this county, who formerly made
her home near Elmira, proved herself a heroine yesterday afternoon when a
terrible fire broke out in the kitchen of the institution, adjoining the
schoolroom. Superintendent GOBLE and the men employes of the Home were away and
the weather was one of the hottest days that Vallejo has had this season. There
was a strong north wind blowing and conditions were ripe for a fire that would
sweep the big home out of existence. Miss WILSON soon quieted the fears of the
children and sent them all quickstep to the kitchen to provide themselves with
buckets and then stationed the oldest ones at the big pump, where they worked
with a will, while the long line of buckets were passed up to the heroic young
woman who stood near the heat and with water, wet blankets and table linen
finally conquered the fire after it had done about $400 damage.
Miss
WILSON was almost overcome by the heat and fire smoke but stayed at her post.
Week’s
record of Happy Couples Who Have Wedded And Unhappy Ones Who Seek to Live Apart
MARYSVILLE (Yuba CO.), October 6 - Only one marriage license was issued in Yuba
County this week, the parties being a Nord couple - Emery DENUIA and Miss
Byrtle HOWARDS.
Acy
ARMSTEAD and Miss Eva JONES, a Wheatland couple, were united in marriage at
Sacramento this week.
Relatives
of Miss Grace ORMSBY, of Butte County, residing here have received news of her
marriage at Deming, New Mexico, to James TAYLOR, of Arizona.
The
engagement of Arthur ZWANCK and May NORMAN, both of this city, is announced,
also the engagement of Nate MENTZ and Miss Zetta MEYER, also of this city.
Mrs.
K.A. MURRAY, of this city, has issued invitations for the wedding of her
daughter, Miss Josephine, and John BLUE on the 18th inst. at
noon. Hannah STENNETT has commenced
divorce proceedings against her husband, John H. STENNETT, on the grounds of
neglect and failure to provide.
REDDING,
October 6 - Marriage licenses were issued during the week to the following
couples: John W. MONTGOMERY, 67, and Margaret E. BROWN, 51, both of Red Bluff;
Byron G. EATON, 22, of Redding, and Alice AWBREY, 22, of Anderson.
Myrtle
A. RAPER, of Bella Vista, received an absolute decree of divorce from Charles
RAPER.
The
engagement is announced of William Charles BARKULOO, cashier of the Bank of
Anderson, and Miss Maytie Anna McKINNON, of Anderson. The wedding will take
place in Anderson next Wednesday evening, October 10.
WOODLAND
(Yolo CO.), October 6 - A marriage license was issued yesterday to Benjamin
Preston LLOYD of Rumsey, and Miss Lena E. CROSS, of Guinda. The ceremony will
be performed next Wednesday at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
B.F. CROSS. After the wedding the young couple will take a honeymoon trip, and
then come to Woodland to reside.
SUISUN
(Solano Co.), October 6 - During the past week County Clerk G.G.
HALLIDAY
issued marriage licenses as follows:
William
Charles EWING, 21, and Alice Rosetta CHISM, 19, both of Vallejo;
Andrew
C. ANDERSON, 28, and Mabel B. CURRIE, 24, both of Rio Vista; W.T. SWEENEY, 41, of Vacaville, and Ella THOMAS,
30, of Suisun; Tony MARTIN, 21, of Sacramento, and Julia JOSEPH, 18, of
Benicia; Warren A. PHILLIPS, 24, of Martinez, and Irene McCANN, 20, of Benicia;
Hugh A. MacGILLIVRAY, 21, and Edna HOWARD, 24, both of Suisun.
VALLEJO
(Solano Co.), October 6 - Three weddings of more than ordinary interest will be
celebrated in this city before Thanksgiving holidays. The first will be that of
George CADEN, a leading young vocalist of this city, and the accountant for the
Citizens’ Bank, and Miss Lulu M. LUCHSINGER, the daughter of Postmaster and
Mrs. J.J. LUCHSINGER.
Edwin
N. SAUNDERS, President of the Gaiety Club, a leading social organization, and a
well known young merchant, and Miss Marie Louise PIEPER, of Denver, Colo., will
soon follow the Caden-Luchsinger nuptials. The wedding is the result of a
romance recently begun at Denver during a visit of SAUNDERS to that city.
James
F. BROUGH, formerly of the firm of this city, but now engaged in business in
San Francisco, and Miss Bertha SCHULTZ, one of the prettiest and most popular
girls in Solano County, will be married during the latter days of the month.
YREKA,
October 6 - Marriage licenses were issued during the week as follows:
Harvey
D. HILL, Jr., age 33, of Dunsmuir, to Lulu M. WALLACE, age 30, of Hornbrook;
Caspa C. STACKER, age 32, of Cecilville, to Josephine HOPSON, age 24, of
Sawyer’s Bar; Pedro TOWELLI, age 27, of Sisson, to Corollina ROSSI, age 27, of
Sisson.
NEVADA
CITY (Nevada Co.), October 6 - But one marriage was solemnized here this week,
and none at Grass Valley. No divorce cases have been before the Courts in that
time. Miss Kate TREMAINE, one of the most charming and popular young women of
this place, became the bride of Joseph L. STENGER, also of Nevada City. The
happy event took place at the home of the bride’s mother, Mrs. C. TREMAINE. The
place was beautifully decorated in green and white. Rev. Francis E. LAMB, of
the Methodist Church, officiated. Mr. and Mrs. STENGER will reside here.
Was
On His Way To His Old home At St. Joseph, Missouri, And Was Waiting For A
Remittance DELTA (Shasta Co.), October 6 - Sitting upright and dead an aged
prospector named MITCHELL, a comparative stranger in Delta, was found on the
step at the rear entrance of Ed SANDERS’ store. This was at 9 o’clock in the
morning. He was seen an hour before alive and apparently well walking up and
down the street.
MITCHELL
came down here ten days ago from Trinity County, where he had been prospecting.
He was in straitened circumstances, though not penniless, and was waiting for a
remittance to pay his fare to his old home in St. Joseph, Missouri.
His
first name is not known. He was heard to say that he was 79 years old. In all
probability his death was due to old age, but the Coroner will make the usual
investigation.
WEAVERVILLE
(Trinity Co.), October 6 - The total number of registered voters in Trinity
County is 1409, a gain of 269 in two years. The increase comes mostly from the
Hayfork and Trinity Center precincts. The former is situated in one of the best
agricultural districts of the county and the latter has had a great growth on
account of the Bonanza King Mine, which is now employing over 200 men. Two
years ago it was not known as an employer of miners.
Another
cause of the increase in registration is the fact that voters always take
greater interest when county officers are to be elected, and many who did not
register two years ago have put their names down this year. The increase this year has been almost 25 per
cent of the total for 1904.
Submitted by Betty Loose betty@unisette.com
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