A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > California > Sacramento http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=587 Also visit our new sister site: http://www.Genealogy101.com Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=38399 Submitted by: California Contributors Article Title: The Evening Bee Article Date: July 23 1906 Article Description: Happenings Around the Bay; more from the Webber trial; and misc. northern California news Article Text: The Evening Bee Sacramento, Cal. Monday, July 23, 1906 page 6 Denounce Man Who Made Fraud Charge LODI (San Joaquin Co.), July 23 - A controversy, wherein J. Nelson WATT, of San Jose, made an effort, it is charged, to injure the Horne Cold Distillery Company by making certain charges against it, was probably ended by a public meeting of the Horne interests here Saturday night. Mrs. WHITFIELD, the local promoter of the concern, was the principal speaker, and she called WATT anything but a gentleman; coward, sneak and liar being some of the principal words used. The trouble started last Monday. The Horne Distillery Company is trying to interest local capital in an effort to have a distillery built here. WATT heard of this move and came to Lodi "to keep the people from being buncoed," so he said. He charged that the company was "no good," had no assets, was deeply in debt, and had never paid a dividend. He also claimed the concern's patents, as its secret processes had long ago expired. The meeting was called Saturday night by Horne interests in an effort to disprove these statements. W.L. HORNE, his son, Will HORNE, and the bookkeeper of the company, told of the condition of the concern. They stated that WATT had at one time been a promoter of the company and charged that while acting in such a capacity he had attempted to embezzle part of the funds of the company. He had collected a little over $1000, they said, and failed to turn in $525. The company, to secure this sum, had Mr. LEVINSKY, of Stockton, collect it. Hard feelings already existed between Horne and Watt over other transactions, and this served to widen the breach between them. Since then Watt has done all he could against the company, so it was charged. The trouble culminated when WATT stated in one of the local papers that he had shares which he had taken over from one of his friends who had been induced by him to buy them for 50 cents, and which he now offered for 7 cents. The Horne company says that as far as it knows, WATT has no shares and never had any. Mr. WATT does not like certain statements circulated by Mrs. WHITFIELD concerning him and he says he will commence proceedings against the company for libel should she say any more. Two Young Women Seek Same Office LOYALTON (Sierra Co.), July 23 - The political pot in Sierra County has at last begun to boil. The Democratic primaries have been called for July 28th and the County Convention is called to meet at Downieville on August 11th. The Crawford plan will not be used, it is presumed, by either party. The Republicans have not issued any call yet, but it is expected they will in the near future. So far as is now known, there is the promise of but one fight for nomination among the Democrats. There are two candidates for Superintendent of Schools, namely, Miss Bella ALEXANDER, the incumbent, and Miss Clara N. DEVINS, now on her way to Europe as a guest of The Bee. The rest of the state seems pretty well made up. DEAF AND DUMB HE FACED DEATH Little Boy Falls Into River, And Unable To Cry Out, Would Have Drowned Had Brave Lad Not Seen Him. YREKA (Siskiyou Co.), July 23 - While out Saturday swimming in Shasta River, a party of boys from this town, ranging from 7 to 15 years of age, had an experience long to be remembered. One of their number, G.A. POOL, aged about 7 years, accidentally slid into the river from a smooth rock some distance from where the rest were bathing. The lad, being both deaf and dumb, was unable to notify his playmates. One of the number, however, had witnessed the accident and yelled lustily for help. Another of the crowd of boys, Frank JONES, a youth 14 years of age, had strayed down stream some distance. Hearing the cries, he discovered POOL in the swift-moving stream, sinking. Jumping into the river, he swam towards where the drowning boy would pass. He saw him rise to the surface and sink for the second time, and redoubled his efforts to reach him, which he did as the POOL boy was sinking the third time. JONES, catching hold of him as best he could, struck out with his left arm for the opposite shore, and nearly exhausted, both reached land. In the meantime the other boys, wild with excitement, were running along the bank and shouting all kinds of friendly advice to their drowning playmate - who could not hear. After relieving POOL of the water he had swallowed and himself getting his second wind, JONES pluckily waded into the stream, and placing POOL on his back returned to his companions, who, after a hearty cheer for the lifesaver, scampered for their homes. Is Exonerated by Dismissal of Case WEAVERVILLE (Trinity Co.), July 23 - The case against Clyde BENNINGTON, charged with resisting an officer, has been dismissed in the Superior Court, on motion of District Attorney GIVEN. BENNINGTON was arrested over three months ago on the charge of violating the game laws. He was fined $50 and spent a day or two in jail before he could raise the money. He was no sooner released than he was arrested for resisting an officer. He was held to answer to the Superior Court under $2000 bonds. He could not give this surety and so he was remanded to jail again. The Bee has told how he got married while in jail, or rather while he was released for fifteen minutes under bonds furnished for that length of time. He spent a month in jail after his wedding. Then his bail was reduced to $500 and this sum he could raise, or rather his wife got it for him and he was released. And now, after all this the case against him has been dismissed, the prosecution virtually admitting a conviction could not be secured. BENNINGTON and his friends insist that he has been persecuted and the outcome of the case bears out their contention. Meat Inspectors Were Not Named MARYSVILLE (Yuba Co.), July 23 - Some forty or fifty butchers, representing different sections of the State, came to Marysville Saturday expecting to be made full-fledged meat inspectors for the Government under a new law passed by Congress. They were here to undergo examination, but went home a disappointed lot. Owing to the fact that the list of questions prepared at Washington did not arrive, there was no examination and Clerk ZUMWALT, who was to preside over the class of applicants, had a busy time of it making explanations. The matter will have to be readvertised, when a new date is set for the examination. Page 7 IN OPEN COURT, TREBLICOX ASKS THAT HE BE HANGED FOR MURDER Wife Slayer to Be Executed at San Quentin on August 9th. NEVADA CITY (Nevada Co.), July 23 - Just before he was sentenced in the Superior Court here this morning to be hung at San Quentin Prison on August 9th for the murder of his wife, William J. TREBLICOX, after his attorney had told the Court the prisoner wished to make a statement, arose and calmly and in a clear voice said: "No one is more sorry for the act (the murder of Mrs. TREBLICOX) than I am. I did not know what I was doing. If I committed the act, I know nothing about it. I only ask that my stay on earth be made as short as possible and that the date of my execution be set for August 10th. While my wife lived, life was worth living; now that she is dead, there is nothing to live for." TREBLICOX concluded by asking that he be allowed to remain in the County Jail as long as possible, in order that he might be near his relatives. The Court took no open notice of this request. He asked the prisoner if August 9th would not answer as the date for execution as well as August 10th, and on receiving an affirmative reply from TREBLICOX's attorney set that date, with an order that the prisoner be taken to San Quentin at least ten days before the time fixed for the hanging. As sentence, the second passed upon him for his crime, was pronounced TREBLICOX gazed steadily at the Judge. During all the proceedings in Court he was cool, apparently the most collected man there. He was accompanied by his father, brother and attorney. As fully told in The Bee at the time and since republished in detail, TRELIBCOX killed his wife in March, 1905, in cold blood, and also attempted to shoot her cousin Charles ALLEN. One thing TREBLICOX wants the public to know before he dies is that his wife was as good, true and pure a woman as ever lived. This he declared on his way here from San Quentin, when he discussed the case with the officers in charge. At the trial the defense attempted to besmirch the character of the dead woman, making nasty allegations and insinuating before the jury in an endeavor to convince that body that she had been untrue in her marriage vows, having thus goaded the husband to the terrible deed. This, TREBLICOX now declares, was false and unjust. It was his insane anger, induced by heavy drinking, he said, which prompted him to commit the deed. He has promised to write out all the facts in the case and give them to the world that there may be no wrong impressions after he is gone. WEBER WILL BE SECURELY IRONED Sheriff To Rush Him In Buggy Across Country To Folsom Prison As Soon As Sentence Is Pronounced AUBURN (Placer Co.), July 23 - Little new developed in the WEBER case yesterday. The convicting jury is still being importuned to sign a petition to Governor PARDEE for a reduction of the death sentence to life imprisonment. The jurymen are scattered in many directions and the WEBER attorneys will have to cover a large territory to reach all of them with the petition. It is predicted here now that at least five of the jurymen will sign the petition, but this is a mere guess, and no well defined reasons are given for making it. The defendant's attorneys, as already told in The Bee, are claiming now that the pistol found in the barn was "planted," and the RECHENMACHER affidavit is the foundation for this showing. But RECHENMACHER's misunderstanding of his affidavit may weaken this. He wants to make a new affidavit or withdraw it entirely. Nothing has yet been intimated that the testimony of Henry CARR, the San Francisco pawnbroker, who sold WEBER the pistol, will be changed or impeached, but the defendant's attorneys do so, since the pistol plays an important part in the case. The remitittur did not arrive until yesterday. The prisoner will be brought into Court to-morrow morning. Immediately after sentence is passed upon him, Sheriff KEENA will take his prisoner across the country in a conveyance to the Folsom Prison which is less than twenty miles from here and there he will be placed in a condemned cell to await his execution or the Governor's reprieve. It is now anything to save the prisoner from the gallows, and WEBER's thousands will be spent lavishly in the next few weeks. The handsome legal fees which he has already handed out, are said to be but the beginning and sensational developments are looked for in the next few days. Should Governor PARDEE see fit to commute the death sentence, it is very possible that the prosecution of the other murder charges against WEBER may follow. Three more charges of murder still stand against him, and in the event that such a thing should happen, the prisoner would be tried for the killing of his sister, Bertha, who was sitting at the piano when she was shot. In view of a possible commutation, District Attorney ROBINSON was asked if he would proceed with the other prosecutions. "That I am unable to say," replied Mr. ROBINSON, "as I should have to first consult with the Attorney-General and be guided somewhat by his advice and wishes. It would be manifestly unfair for me to make any statements of future intentions at this time, and I have nothing to say now." All preparations for WEBER's final farewell to the Auburn jail have been finished, and it will be but a few minutes after Judge PREWETT pronounces the fatal sentence before the prisoner will be on his way to Folsom. WEBER will be closely guarded as he leaves his cell for the Court-room. He will be handcuffed, and after he is placed in the buggy for his trip to Folsom leg irons will be securely fastened upon him, and in company of Sheriff KEENA and two deputies, WEBER will go to the final scene of his life. Western Nevada State News CALIFORNIA MAN DROWNS HIMSELF Deliberately Walks Into The Truckee at Reno And Is Swept By Swift Current To Certain Death RENO (Nev.), July 23 - D.A. McINTOSH, a mining man representing Eastern and California capitalists, with headquarters in Oakland, Cal., drowned himself yesterday in the Truckee River near the eastern edge of the city. He had been stopping at the Overland Hotel in this city, and had intended to leave yesterday morning for the northern part of the State, but missed his train. About an hour afterward, he walked into the Truckee River, and was carried off his feet by the swift waters. He made no attempt to save himself, and drowned before he had floated 300 yards. Several people saw him walk into the water, but were unable to rescue him. His body was recovered about an hour after the suicide. It had lodged in some willows on an island in the center of the stream. McINTOSH was an elderly man, and has relatives in Oakland. He seemed to be an expert mining man, and had several acquaintances in this city. He had been drinking heavily of late, however, and it is thought that he was temporarily insane when he took his life. Coroner John REID will hold an inquest over the remains to-day, and word has already been sent to Oakland to his relatives and friends. Kick May Kill WINNEMUCCA (Nev.), July 23 - Milton VARGES, an eight-year-old boy of this place was kicked in the face by a horse yesterday and may not recover from the injury. Even if he does recover, he will be terribly disfigured, as his forehead is open, his nose broken and his mouth fearfully cut and bruised. HAPPENINGS AROUND THE BAY Steamship Purchased - The Pacific Mail Company has purchased from the White-Star line of Liverpool, England, the steamers Coptic and Doric. Western Pacific Tunnel - Rapid progress is being made in the construction of the Niles tunnel on the line of the Western Pacific Railroad, and the contractors are confident that the portion of the work to be finished by the end of the year will be completed on time. Found Daughter Dead - Mrs. Mary BARRY, of Oakland, turned to arouse her daughter, Miss Nellie BARRY, who lay, as she thought, sleeping by her side, Saturday morning. The mother was horrified to find her dead. Miss BARRY had been stricken with heart disease. Graft Charges Denied - President W.C. MURDOCK, of the Western National Bank and Attorney A. RUET have denied all charges of graft in connection with the Hilbert Mercantile Company, which recently failed, and in relation to certain whisky transactions which have recently been the subject of scandalous charges. Murdock says the bank's only connection with the Hilbert company was in the regular way of business, and that the loans on bills of lading were repaid. Former owners of tenderloin saloons declare Grand Juror Myrtile CERF used RUEF's name to sell them whisky, and guaranteed them police protection. They also say they were told to patronize the Western National Bank. Great Store of Honey - An immense store of honey has been discovered between the beams and joists of the residence of Mrs. J.U. NAZRY, in San Francisco. It was evidently the accumulation of years, for the honey formed a solid mass six inches thick, two feet wide and fourteen feet high, completely filling a section of the wall. Fight Over Crap Game - In a fight near the Greenwich Street entrance to the Presidio yesterday afternoon over a crap game, Private Joseph ROSS, of the Coast Artillery, had his skull fractured and another soldier was badly beaten. Seven civilians and five soldiers were arrested. Lumber Freights Refused - The Southern Pacific Company has instructed its agents in Portland, Ore., to refuse all lumber freights for San Francisco. There are about 5000 cars of lumber at the bay awaiting unloading, and owing to this congestion no more will be received. Leaves All to Wife - General R.H. WARFIELD leaves an estate valued at $50,000, mostly in the form of securities. His will devises the entire property to his wife. There is no specific provision for either of his two sons. The testator merely recommends that his wife make suitable provision for them. At various times General WARFIELD had made deeds of property to his wife, disposing the bulk of his estate. Wants Many More Men - The Western Pacific officials, together with the contractors building the new Gould line, are endeavoring to secure 7000 more laborers in addition to a force of 10,000 men now at work in Utah, Nevada and this State. Co-Boarding Objectionable - The faculty of the University of California does not favor boarding-houses that permit male and female students under the same roof. A letter of protest has been issued, signed by President Benjamin Ide WHEELER, Professor Geo. C. EDWARDS and Lucy SPRAGUE. Transcribed by Betty Loose ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ CA-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com