~~~~~~ Billie C. & Anita 'Jean' Reynolds Modoc County, California "The Last Frontier" www.rh2o.com/modoc --- Our outgoing mail is checked by avast! AntiVirus. Avast! Is Free To Home Users. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Betty" <betty@unisette.com> To: <NORCAL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 2:24 PM Subject: [NORCAL] Sac Bee Oct 27 1905 > The Evening Bee > Sacramento, Cal. > Friday, October 27, 1905 > Page 12 > > IRVING'S FATE RESTS WITH JURY > YREKA (Siskiyou Co.), October 27 - The taking of evidence in the Jarratt > W. > IRVING murder trial was concluded yesterday noon. Irving was the last > witness called for the defense. He occupied the stand all morning and told > how he had to shoot and kill Captain CURRAN in order, as he believed, to > save his own life. Rigid cross-examination failed to shatter his evidence > in > material points. > The afternoon session of the Court was consumed in arguments by the > attorneys. District Attorney LUTTRELL opened for the people and B.K. > COLLIER > followed for Irving. A night session was held in order to close up the > arguments. L.F. COBURN made the closing speech for the defendant and > District Attorney Luttrell spoke once more for the prosecution. > At the opening of Court this morning Judge BEARD read the instructions to > the jury. The twelve jurors are Sam SIMON, Thomas JONES, F.N. PAYNE, > Leonard > JOSS, R.E. CAVANAUGH, D.S. CORSON, H.J. DEETZ, Actun G. CRAMER, Andrew J. > CALDWELL, John W. SHARP, Frank GRISEZ and Louis J. ROHRER. > After being out several hours the jurors were unable to agree upon a > verdict. They returned to the Court before noon and asked to hear further > testimony on certain points. They were assembled in the Court-room at 1:30 > this afternoon and the evidence requested was repeated. The jury then > retired, but a verdict has not yet been reached. > > SISKIYOU NEWS SOLD > YREKA (Siskiyou CO.), October 27 - W.D. CROW has disposed of his paper, > the > Siskiyou News, to Horace HOLBROOK, who, it as announced, will continue to > conduct it as a Democratic journal. Crow retires because of ill-health, > and > will reside on the coast. He formerly published a paper at Redwood City, > coming here only a few years ago from there, buying out W.S. O'BRIEN, > formerly of Yuba City, but now of Sacramento. > > GRAND JURY'S SNAP > RED BLUFF (Tehama Co.), October 27 - The Tehama County Grand Jury met in > the > Superior Court chambers of the Court House yesterday, but finding nothing > to > investigate, the members returned to their homes, after being dismissed. > The > last few sessions of the Grand Jury previous to to-day's meeting have been > busy ones, wherein the members dug right down into several affairs. > Through > their efforts largely the slot machines were banished and so far none have > been re-opened. The tendency of late has been to encourage law abiding > resorts and discourage the disreputable ones. This has had its good > effects > and lessened the work of the Grand Jury. > > ANDREW CARLSON DIES > RED BLUFF (Tehama Co.), October 27 - Andrew CARLSON, Sr., died yesterday > afternoon at this home in Red Bank, a few miles southwest of Red Bluff, > after a few days' illness. The deceased had passed his seventieth > birthday. > He came to California with the early pioneers and settled in Tehama County > many years ago. For years Mr. Carlson was foreman on the Blossom ranch, > and > for a time farmed a portion of this immense tract. He is the father of > Andrew CARLSON, Jr., and also Mrs. J.D. SWEENEY of Stirling City, wife of > the President of the Northern California Teachers' Association. > > ORMSBEE'S POSITION > CHICO (Butte Co.), October 27 - Daniel W. ORMSBEE, a former resident of > this > city, is now First Assistant Engineer of the Nevada Northern Railroad. As > he > is but twenty-one years of age, his advancement to this important position > is a promotion his family is justly proud of. In 1902 he graduated form > the > State Normal School here, and later was employed as a surveyor by the > Diamond Match Company, leaving that position for a better one with the > Nevada Consolidated Copper Company. > > SAM DE WITT DEAD > MARYSVILLE (Yuba Co.). October 27 - Samuel Price De Witt, aged 55, route > agent for a San Francisco paper, and formerly connected with the local > newspaper in different capacities, was found dead to-day noon in his room > in > the St. Nicholas Building. > > MAY LOSE EYESIGHT > LOYALTON (Sierra Co.), October 27 - Barton ENOS, whose skull was fractured > two weeks ago at a logging camp by being hit on the head with a "gin > pole," > has recovered sufficiently to be taken to Folsom, where he has relatives. > It > is feared he will lose his eyesight as a result of the accident. > > TWO MEN ARRESTED ON ROBBERY CHARGE > NAPA (Napa Co.), October 27 - Complaints were sworn out yesterday by > Martin > FURTER charging John TORREY and John STAPLETON with robbery and the men > were > placed under arrest. > The crime was one of the boldest committed in Napa for some time. Furter > was walking along the street late at night and was suddenly accosted by > two > thugs. They seized and choked him to prevent his making an outcry and then > forced him to walk with them five blocks up to the City Park on Seminary > Street. There they held him up and robbed him, stealing a silver watch and > $20 in coin. > Torrey and Stapleton made their escape and soon sold the watch, it is > said, to Victor MARTIN, who is employed near Napa, and the watch was then > recovered by Marshal THOMAS and Constable SECORD. The arrest of the two > alleged robbers followed. > > EDITOR TAYLOR NOW A TOWN RECORDER > FAIRFIELD (Solano Co.), October 27 - Some time ago the Town Trustees of > Fairfield appointed the well-known newspaper man, L.W. TAYLOR, Town > Recorder. Mr. Taylor had his first case yesterday, the defendant being > Captain BOYNTON, a rancher, residing in Suisun Valley. > Boynton is an old man and when under the influence of liquor is an > extremely obstrenerous and obnoxious character. A few days ago he cut > loose > in Fairfield and was arrested by Deputy Sheriff LENAHAN. Recorder Taylor > found Boynton guilty and fined him the limit imposed by the town > ordinance - > $50 - and an additional $10 for not appearing when the case was first set > for trial. > It is evident that Fairfield, the county seat of Solano County, will not > tolerate anynone coming into that progressive town and disturbing the > peace > of its law-abiding residents, under the new Recorder's rule. > > FEARED PUBLICITY > MARYSVILLE (Yuba Co.), October 27 - Several days ago William C. BERRY, a > recent arrival from Missouri, called on the local newspaper reporters and > confided that he and Mrs. Margaret KASH, of this city, had decided to wed, > but for reasons best known to himself and prospective bride he preferred > that the papers say nothing of the affair. He asked as a favor that the > granting to him of a license be not published. > This was denied him and yesterday the couple hied themselves to Yuba > City, > where the Clerk furnished the necessary document and the pastor of the > M.E. > Church, South, Rev. J.B. NEEDHAM, tied the nuptial knot. Berry gave his > residence as Portland when applying for the marriage license. > > NO FRAME HOUSES > ALTURAS (Modoc Co.), October 27 - The Board of Town Trustees has placed an > ordinance on record which prohibits anyone from erecting a frame building > within the fire limits, which includes all of the business portion of the > city. This ordinance is to be strictly enforced and all persons who > rebuild > property destroyed by the conflagration of last week must employ brick, > stone or cement in the construction. Most of the new buildings, it is > said, > will be built of cement and stone. The advisability of installing a > municipal water system is also coming up and steps will be taken at an > early > date to interest the Trustees in the matter. > > NORTON-WOOD > WOODLAND (Yolo Co.), October 27 - Chester L. NORTON and Miss Lottie L. > WOOD, > both of Winters, were married in the Christian Church of this city > yesterday > by Rev. T.G. PICTON, the pastor. Mrs. Norton is the daughter of Mr. and > Mrs. > C.A. WOOD, of near Winters, and Mr. Norton is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J.W. > NORTON, of this city. > The couple drove back to Winters in the afternoon, and will make their > home on the Henry ROBINSON ranch, of which Mrs. Norton is manager. > > ROSINE FREY'S WILL IS FILED > Leaves Wealth To Relatives and Friends > Bulk of Her Estate Goes to Jacob Ernst, a Grand Nephew - Two Charitable > Institutions and Churches Remembered - Legal Fight Over Property is > Expected > The will of Mrs. Rosine FREY, who recently died in this city, was to-day > filed for probate. It bears the date of October 17, 1903. Mrs. Frey was a > character of Sacramento for many years. She kept a resort of a > free-and-easy > character for a long time at Ninth and R Streets, and accumulated a large > fortune, over which, it is believed, there is likely to be a hot legal > fight > in the Superior Court among the heirs, several of whom reside in this > city. > Her estate is valued at $100,000. Thomas FOX was appointed special > administrator by the Superior Court and filed a bond in the sum of > $200,000. > Mrs. Frey set forth in her will, at the date of its execution in 1903, > that she was of the age of 71, and that she was of sound and disposing > mind, > and not acting under menace. She revoked any and all previous wills. She > directed that her funeral expenses should not exceed $200, and that a > tombstone be erected over her grave. > She left to her grand-nephew, Jacob ERNST, of Sacramento, real property > consisting of lot 4, in the block bounded by R and S, Eighth and Ninth > Streets; lots 1, 2 and 3, in the block bounded by R an S, Ninth and Tenth > Streets, and the east half of lot No. 3 in the block bounded by R and S, > Eighth and Ninth Streets. She also bequeathed to Jacob Ernst the sum of > $50,000, and all her household furniture. > Mrs. Frey bequeathed to her niece, Bertha ERNST, of Sacramento, an estate > for life in and to the real property known as lot 7 in the block bounded > by > R and S, Ninth and Tenth, in this city. > In the nest paragraph of the will she again makes a bequest to her > grand-nephew, Jacob Ernst, as follows: Lot 7, in the block bounded by R > and > S, Ninth and Tenth Streets, subject to the life-estate interest of Bertha > Ernst. > The sum of $2000 is left to Bertha Ernst. > Mrs. Frey leaves to Marie Ernst, wife of Jacob Ernst, all her jewelry and > wearing apparel. > She leaves to Charles E. KLEINSORGE, of Sacramento, who is designated as > her "friend," the sum of $5000. > Otto L. HEILBRON, of Sacramento, is left the sum of $1000. > To Marie KAISER, of Sacramento, step-sister of her deceased husband, Mrs. > Frey willed $500. > The sum of $1000 was left to the Foundlings' Home at Ninth and Y Streets. > To Rev. D.F. OEHLER, pastor of the German Lutheran Church, the sum of > $500 > was willed, for the benefit of the Church. > Mrs. Frey willed $1000 to the Protestant Orphan Asylum. > To Nancy CRANDALL, a friend, is left the sum of $2000. It is provided > that > in the event of the death of Nancy Crandall before the death of Mrs. Frey > the money shall go to Mabel Crandall. > Mrs. Frey left to her nephew, Samuel FUTTER, of Zurich, Switzerland, > $1000. > In paragraph 17, in closing her will, Mrs. Frey says she leaves the > remainder of her estate to be divided share and share alike, to Jacob > Ernst, > Bertha Ernst, Charles E. Kleinsorge, Otto L. Heilbron, Marie Kaiser, Nancy > Crandall and Samuel Futter. She nominates and appoints Jacob Ernst and > Charles E. Kleinsorge executors of the will, to act without bonds. The > witnesses to the will were G.A. WHITE, M.D., F.W. HATCH, M.D., and C.F. > DILLMAN. > > > ==== NORCAL Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from digest version, send a message to > NORCAL-D-request@rootsweb.com with nothing but the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the > body text. >