A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > California > Sacramento http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=587 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=35966 Submitted by: California Contributors Article Title: The Evening Bee Article Date: June 6 1906 Article Description: Farquar-Weaver Wedding, Misc. Northern California News Items & Western Nevada State News Article Text: The Evening Bee Sacramento, Cal. Wednesday, June 6, 1906 page 7 SLAYER OF MAN IN MAINE YEARS AGO TAKES SECRET TO THE GRAVE Known As John Lang, True Name Was Walter Marvin Lancaster. GRASS VALLEY (Nevada Co.), June 6 - Walter Marvin LANCASTER carried his secret with him to the grave. He lived for nearly forty years in Bear Valley, this county, under the name of John LANG, and nobody guessed that it was assumed, until the facts came to light after his death. He blew his brains out with a big 45-caliber revolver early Monday morning, as The Bee has already stated. LANCASTER, for as such he must now be known, was found dead, stretched across the bed at 8 o'clock by Henry SCHRIEBER, an old friend who chanced to pass the place. He found that LANCASTER had placed the barrel of the weapon in his mouth and pulled the trigger. The top of his head was blown off, blood and brains spattering the wall. During the inquest held yesterday morning by Coroner HOCKING of this city, it developed that LANG was not the correct name of the decedent. A witness stated that a short time ago LANG called him in and told him that in case anything should happen, he wanted it known that his true name was Walter Marvin LANCASTER, and that he was a native of Maine. He did not state which part of Maine he came from. LANCASTER further said that he had killed a man in Maine many years ago, but had been acquitted. Fearing the dead man's friends would take his life, however, he said he had fled his home and changed his name to John LANG. It was under that name he located in Bear Valley, set out a little orchard and built him a cosy home. He was highly regarded by all his neighbors, with whom he was on very friendly terms, though of his past life none of them had the slightest inkling. For years he conducted the Culberston toll bridge at his home, but after it went out of commission, like many others, he still clung to the valley and seemed content to spend his days there. He was a man of gigantic build and would have attracted attention any where by his bearing, giving evidence of descent from good stock. He left a note stating that illness had driven him to the deed, but from what has been learned it is believed that medical aid could have saved his life without much trouble. This morning at 10 o'clock Walter Marvin LANCASTER was laid at rest near his cottage, and with him was buried his secret. Coroner HOCKING returned to his home in this city last night, after a very hard trip, in which he encountered a heavy snow storm coming out of the valley. He brought the first news of the man's strange life, and to-day it is known to the world for the first time. Annoyed Lady Love by a Rifle Patrol MARYSVILLE (Yuba Co.), June 6 - For disturbing the peace of the young woman by parading in front of the home of Miss VAN DYNE at regular intervals with his rifle thrown over his shoulder, L.C. MERRYAND, a colored man, has been fined by Justice MORRISSEY in the sum of $20. MERRYAND claimed that the patrolling of the street in front of the VAN DINE home was a show of affection for his newly-found Juliet. But the Court thought otherwise. MERRYAND has been out on bail of $10 several weeks. He disappeared from the city for a while but returned yesterday. Farquar-Weaver WOODLAND (Yolo Co.), June 6 - Miss Elaine WEAVER, of this city, and Benjamin H. FARQUAR, of Oakland, were married in the latter city at noon Tuesday. The bride is the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew WEAVER, of this city. The groom is the son of C.S. FARQUAR, an attorney of San Francisco, and holds a position with the Western Pacific. Offer $300 Reward OROVILLE (Butte Co.), June 6 - The Greek laborers in the employ of the Western pacific contractors who are minus $3000 in checks, which they turned over to a fellow countryman, George PALESTRO, to deposit for them, this morning offered $300 for his capture. If he is not apprehended soon, this sum will be increased to $500 or $800, although many of the Greeks think PALESTRO may have met foul plat. The officers here, however, place no credence in the murder theory and are doing their best to locate the missing man. The Greeks are wild over their loss. Trying to Get Jury STOCKTON (San Joaquin Co.), June 6 - The work of securing a jury in the trial of Mrs. Emma LE DOUX, who is accused of having murdered A.N. McVICAR and concealing his body in a trunk, proceeds slowly. The week is likely to wear away before twelve men are secured. The suicide theory advanced by the defense is not taken seriously by the public here, but it remains to be seen how the jury will regard it especially as the details of Mrs. LE DOUX's plan are not known. WESTERN NEVADA STATE NEWS Fled to California SPARKS (Nev.), June 6 - J.H. NICHOLSON, a prominent young man of this city, has fled to avoid arrest upon charges of obtaining money under false pretenses. He went to Reno yesterday and cashed a large number of checks at different stores. He then took a train for the West. Descriptions of the young man have been sent to the California police. NICHOLSON was a newspaper writer and fell into debt from gambling and other excesses. Peculiar Post Office Ruling Mail Contractor Fined For Using Train Instead of Stage and Delivering Letters A Day Ahead BULLFROG (Nev.), June 6 - The KIMBALLS, who hold the contract for delivering the mail overland from Las Vegas to Bullfrog, a distance of 120 miles, have just been fined for taking it part of the way by rail and getting it twenty-four hours ahead of time. They protested that they sent it a part of the way on the Las Vegas and Bullfrog Railway, now in process of construction, at the request of the people in Bullfrog who wanted their mail earlier, but the excuse was not accepted. The fine stands and they will hereafter stage it the entire distance across the desert, and it will arrive twenty-four hours later than it can now be delivered. The Department says it is paying for stage delivery and that the contract will have to be literally fulfilled no matter what the delays are. Not Dead Even If Services Were Held RENO (Nev.), June 6 - Recently the report was received here that William Leete HAYES, a graduate of the State University, had died in Montana. Services were held in his memory by his fellow students. Word of it reached HAYES through a newspaper account. He immediately wrote from San Francisco that he is still alive an that his name was evidently confused with the death of another person. HAYES was well known in Reno where he lived for a number of years. He is a mining engineer. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ CA-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com