July 29, 1893 (34:51) (continued) Another Supposed Weiland Robber A man named Wm. S. Butts, was arrested near Modesto and brought to jail last Monday night by Sheriff Gregory. Butts is suspected of being implicated in the robbery of the Weiland store in this county last March. It is not claimed that Butts was at Weiland when the store was robbed, but his connection with the matter, as an accessory, seems to consist in the fact that he hired and paid for the use of the wagon and team that was used by the robbers, and received a horse that was taken from a stable near the store, and also a gun and pistol and some other articles that were taken by the robbers, but the fact that he "bought" the horse at night and kept it locked up in his stable for several days, and then took the animal to a distant ranch at night for pasturage, has a tendency to throw some suspicion as to how he "bought" the horse. He admits that the gun and pistol were left at his house by the robbers, but claims that he did not know, at the time, that they were stolen property. The Sheriff thinks he has sufficient evidence to prove his connection with the robbery as an accessory, but for obvious reasons, does not wish to make the testimony public for a while yet. A Shooting Scrape at Sutter Creek The unusually peaceful town of Sutter Creek had its tranquility somewhat disturbed last Monday morning by one of its citizens, named Andrew Riley, and his better half opening a lively fusilade with pistols and shot guns, upon a young man named Lawrence Botto, as he was passing along the street in front of the Riley residence on Chichizola's delivery wagon, which he has for some time past been engaged in driving. Mrs. Riley took several shots at him with a revolver, and Mr. Riley also took a pop or two at him with a shot gun; but allthese shots resulted in nothing more serious in the way of death-dealing than the wounding of one of the horses, the driver having very wisely jumped off onto the ground on the opposite side of the wagon as soon as possible after the firing commenced and continued to drive along on foot until he was out of the reach of the leaden missiles. Riley and his wife were then arrested, and placed under bonds of $1,000 each to appear and answer to a charge of assault with intent to murder, whenever they were called upon by the Court to do so, since which time the matter has been in status quo. The cause of the trouble, according to current rumor, was the refusal of Mr. Botto to cease his visits to the Riley household after being repeatedly ordered to do so by Mr. Riley. August 5, 1893 (34:52) Died --- In Jackson, July 30, 1893, Mitchell Stanicich, a native of Austria, aged about 63 years. Married --- In Jackson, August 2, 1893, by H. Goldner, J.P. Guiseppe Boitano to Miss Tillie Bianchetti. Sudden Death A man named John Baptiste Christofaro, a native of Italy, about 50 years of age and by occupation a scissor grinder, was found dead in his room at Cassinelli's boarding house, on Broadway Street last Tuesday morning. He was following his usual occupation around town all day Monday, but went to bed early in the evening complaining of feeling a little unwell. On retiring he requested the landlord to call him up early in the morning as he wished to leave on the stage. When they went to his room the next morning about 3:30 o'clock, to wake him up, it was discovered that he was lying dead in his bed. As no noise had been heard in his room during the night, it is not known exactly at what time he died. Coroner Churcch was notified of the death and came over and held an inquest Tuesday morning. The testimony taken at the examination revealed the fact that he was subject to fainting spells caused by some disease similar to asthma, and that he had a wife and two boys residing in Italy. . . . etc. Town Talk Facts, Fancy and Fiction Relative to Doings in Jackson We would suggest that tug of war pulls should be postponed until after church --- especially so, on quiet Sabbath evenings. The loud cheering may have a tendency to divert the minds of worshipers to worldly affairs, and cause back-sliding. In a community no larger than Jackson the feelings of all should be respected --- so, if pull you must, boys, pull late, pull hard, pull altogether, but put your pulling and tugging off for weekday evening amusement. We could not help but observe, that if some of these stalwart men who work hard all the week were compelled by law to tug and pull every Sunday, until great beads of sweat roll down their manly brows, they would think this a cruel world, indeed, and would feel like emigrating to China or some other country where needed rest could be obtained. The writer is neither religious or pious, but does believe in respecting the feelings of others who are both. Draw the line somewhere, boys, but do not make draught mules of yourselves tugging at a canal boat line on what is considered by a respectable portion of our community as the Lord's day --- the day to don your store clothes and enjoy a soothing rest. Tovey's Murderer Confesses William Evans, who was arrested by Sheriff Thorn, of Calaveras, near Burson, on the 12th of July, on suspicion of being the murderer of Messenger Tovey, on the 15th of June near this place, is said to have made a full confession of his guilt to the officers of that county last Tuesday. In his confession, he says he burned the grass under the tree where the shooting was done in order to get blacking to black his face with. He claims that he had no animosity against Tovey, but that his object was robbery. He also cliams that he was induced to commit the crime by a man named Frank Rooks and wife, with whom he lived, near Burson. Rooks and his wife were arrested by Sheriff Gregory of this county on Wednesday, and are now in jail in this place, while Evans is still in jail at San Andreas. It is suspected that he was also one of the men who attempted to rob the stage near that place several months ago, at the time a young lady named Miss Roddesino was killed, but he has not yet made any confession of that crime. He claimed that he rode from Rooks' house on the morning of the shooting of Tovey and rode back home after the shooting. He said his horse was hitched in the brush a short distance from where the shooting was done. Evans is well known to many of our people in this county and it is said that he was seen in Jackson on the day that Tovey was buried, but at that time no one suspicioned him of the crime. Man Drowned at Volcano A young man named Albert Cottingham about 30 years of age was drowned in a reservoir last Friday afternoon. We are unable to get the full details of the sad affair; but it seems that he was engaged in teaching some small boys the art of swimming, and it is supposed that he was taken with the cramps while in the water and drowned before aid could reach him. The boys of course were unable to render him any assistance as they could not swim, and it is said that one of the boys barely escaped being drowned himself. They ran to town and gave the alarm as soon as possible, but before any one could reach the reservoir young Cottinham's body had sank to the bottom of the water. His body was soon recovered however, by means of grappling hooks. The sad affair has cast a gloom of sorrow over the whole neighborhood, as he was very highly respected by all who knew him. He was a brother-in-law to Hon. Robert Stewart. That's all for awhile. Steve p.s. I appreciate all the hard work everyone is doing, and the hurdles your are crossing to meet your goals with this project.