~~~~~~ Billie C. & Anita 'Jean' Reynolds Family Researcher of "The Last Frontier" Modoc County, California --- Our outgoing mail is checked by ZoneAlarm AntiVirus. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Betty" <betty@unisette.com> To: <norcal@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 4:59 PM Subject: [NORCAL] Sac Bee March 31, 1906 > The Saturday Bee > Sacramento, Cal. > March 31, 1906 > Page 6 > > MRS. LE DOUX TOOK GREAT CHANCES > Put McVicar's Body In Trunk And Left It In Room While She Went To Purchase > Rope > STOCKTON (San Joaquin Co.), March 31 - The inquest into the cause of the > death of A.N. McVICAR, whose body was found in a trunk at the Southern > Pacific depot last Saturday brought out some facts that even the > authorities > did not know. Of course, the man's death was laid at Mrs. LE DOUX's door, > and the causes were from chloral, morphine (probably administered as > "knock-out drops") and asphyxiation by being forced into the trunk, where > there was not enough oxygen to sustain life. > The various acts of the woman have demonstrated that she had taken great > chances and possessed reckless nerve. In the first place she gave the name > of Mrs. A.N. McVICAR when she purchased cyanide of Potassium in San > Francisco. One of her acts, however, nearly resulted in her being > discovered > while arranging to have the body carted away. It was shortly before noon > on > the day of the murder. The woman had evidently placed her victim's body in > the trunk, after which she informed Mrs. A. ENGLEHARDT, the proprietress > of > the California lodging house, that she and McVicar were going away on the > 3 > o'clock train. > She then went down the street to purchase the rope with which to tie the > trunk. While she was away a person called for a room. Mrs. Englehardt took > the prospective roomer to Mrs. Le Doux's apartments. The door was open, > and > directly behind it was the trunk in which was McVicar's body. A hasty > examination of the room was made, but no attention was paid to the trunk. > McVicar was then probably breathing his last. The alleged murderess > returned > in a few minutes, had the trunk tied and carried to the depot. > Now that the Coroner's jury has charged Mrs. Le Doux with the murder of > her former husband, there are not many more steps in the case. The Grand > Jury will be drawn next Monday from the special venire summoned a few days > ago, and will immediately meet for the purpose of considering the horrible > murder. > There is little doubt but that the woman will be indicted. Her trial will > be held shortly after, as Judge NUTTER stated to-day to a Bee > representative > that he has a clear calendar for the April session, and can take the case > up > at any date. The District Attorney and officers have gathered about all > the > evidence necessary, and are anxious to get through with the case. > > Men Employed in Mines of Shasta > REDDING (Shasta Co.), March 31 - Deputy County Assessor PETERSON, making a > tour of mines and smelters in his district, which embraces only > one-quarter > of Shasta County, to collect poll taxes, finds the following number of men > on the payrolls at the places named: > Mammoth Mine, near Kennett, 214; Mammoth Smelter, at Kennett, 325; De La > Mar Mine and Smelter, at Winthrop, 200; Afterthought Mine and Smelter, at > Ingot, 150; Reid Mine, Old Diggings, 357; National Mine, Buckeye, 30; > Balkalala Mine, Kennett, 40; Uncle Sam Mine, Kennett, 36; Friday-Lowden > Mine, Kennett, 10. > Other large mines in Shasta County not included in the above are the Iron > Mountain, near Keswick; Gladstone, at French Gulch; Midas, at Knob or > Harrison Gulch; Delta Consolidated at Delta; Bullychoop, on the western > boundary of the county. > > Preacher in Luck > GRASS VALLEY (Nevada Co.), March 31 - Word has reached here of the good > fortune of Rev. F.A. KEAST, who was ordained a Methodist minister in this > city several years ago. By the terms of the will of the late Jemimah > PARSONS, who died in San Francisco recently, Rev. Keast is bequeathed the > sum of $5000. His wife is left $400. The minister is now located at Santa > Clara. His life has been an interesting one. For a number of years he > toiled > at day's pay in the mines of this district, but put in his spare moments > studying for the ministry, with the result that he finally attained his > desired end. > > W.H. Dietrick Dies at Roseville Home > ROSEVILLE (Placer Co.), March 31 - William H. DIETRICH, Constable in > Township No 1, and proprietor of the Roseville Livery and Sale Stable and > Junction Saloon, died here last night of quick consumption, aged 37 years. > Last Summer, during the haying season, Dietrick contracted a severe cold > which settled on his lungs, and in the early days of last Winter he was > compelled to take to his bed, since which time he continued to decline > until > his death. > He was appointed Constable for the Township last summer to succeed Perry > HERRING, resigned, and during his active term made an ideal officer. He > had > been a resident of Roseville for ten years and by his honest and upright > dealings made a host of friends. He leaves a wife and little daughter, and > a > brother here and another in Humboldt, to mourn his death. The funeral > services will be held to-morrow, and interment will be in Roseville > Cemetery. > > FIERCE FIGHT FOR A WIDOW > Two Rival Lovers Come To Blows Over Woman Who Is Unable To Decide Whom She > Loves Best > CEDARVILLE (Modoc Co.), March 31 - Word was just received here of a fierce > hand-to-hand struggle between Joseph KNUCKS and Edward LAIRD in Warner > Valley, which is just across the Oregon State line. > It seems that ill feeling has existed between these men for some time, > growing out of a jealousy because of a pretty widow residing in that > section. Both men had been paying her attention. She was unable to decide > between them, as she said she loved both. This assertion fanned to flames > the smoldering embers of love-fed hatred, and when the two men happened to > meet at her house war began in earnest. > She tried to separate and pacify them, but such efforts were in vain. > After brutally hammering each other with fists and chairs for a time, > Laird > seemed in a fair way to become victorious in the battle. Fate decreed > otherwise, for Knucks seized a shotgun and leveled it on his adversary and > would have blown him out of existence had the gun been loaded. > Finding the gun could not be fired, he used it as a club, knocking Laird > out. During the lively encounter the pretty widow was screaming > frantically > for help. > Friends arrived and carried Laird away to another home, where he regained > consciousness in about three hours. As it is more than sixty miles to > Lakeview, Oregon, the nearest Court of Jurisdiction, it is probable that > this mode of settlement will stand as law. > It is thought that Knucks will soon make the trip to Lakeview with his > prize and be married to prevent any other rivals entering claim to the > love > of one so dearly won. > > Pretended He Was Badly Injured > YREKA (Siskiyou Co.), March 31 - John SWASEY, a well-known horseman, was > brought to Yreka last night on the train from Dunsmuir in what was > supposed > a dying condition. He was immediately hurried to the County Hospital. At > Montague he was taken off the Southern Pacific train on a litter, and > carried to the depot waiting room, where he was recognized as the > well-known > horse trainer. He was then thought to be dead, but he moved his head a > little, which convinced those who surrounded him that he was still alive. > What to do with him was the next question, and as the Yreka train would > not leave for ten minutes, Frank MILES, a Constable of Montague, > telegraphed > to the Coroner as what best to do with Swasey. He was ordered to put him > on > the Yreka train. The Bee representative, on hearing that Swasey was in a > dying condition, hurried to the scene to ascertain the correct report of > the > various rumors about his condition, but from the passengers, nothing > definite could be learned. > Swasey's wife, who was visiting her parents in this city, was informed of > his condition, and she immediately went to the hospital, expecting, no > doubt, to find her husband in the throes of death. Such was not the case, > however, for Swasey's time had not come yet. > Dr. McNULTY, the county physician, last evening was interviewed, and he > informed The Bee representative that Swasey was not badly hurt, and that > no > bones were broken. He thinks Swasey fell while intoxicated, and pretended > to > be badly hurt, in order to get a free ride to Yreka. > > Only Two Students Left > ALTA (Placer Co.), March 31 - County Superintendent of Schools SHANE, of > Auburn, stopped here last night on his way to Emigrant Gap. The public > school at Blue Canyon is about to commence, and a consolidation is to be > effected between that district and the Emigrant Gap district. The Emigrant > Gap school is an old one, but it has gradually dwindled in size, until > there > are but two students left. This, of course, renders the continuance of the > school impracticable. > > ROB SIX HOMES DURING A NIGHT > As Many Watches Taken From As Many Houses By Couple Of Bold Thieves > Operating At Dunsmuir > DUNSMUIR (Siskiyou Co.), March 31 - Six gold watches were stolen from as > many Dunsmuir homes by two burglars Friday night. The thieves worked so > stealthily that none of the occupants of the six homes was disturbed in > his > slumber. The losses were not known until the next morning, when the owners > awakened and found their gold tickers missing. The burglars made good > their > escape, and were seen only by the occupants of the seventh home they > attempted to raid. They were frightened away and disappeared in the > darkness. > The parties losing a gold watch apiece are Harry CARPENTER, chief train > dispatcher; A. LEVY, pioneer merchant of the town; Mrs. James WRIGHT, > Charles IBACH, David BAXTER and W.R. TUCKER. The homes robbed are widely > separated, though in the densely settled part of Dunsmuir. The watches > stolen range in value from $200 to $40 a piece. > The thieves were content to take only gold watches, for in Harry > Carpenter's home they left untouched a purse that contained $60 in coin, > though it lay on the bureau by the side of the ticker they appropriated. > At 3 o'clock in the morning one of the burglars entered a room in the > home > of Mrs. Mary SCOTT, probably the last dwelling they attacked. The room was > occupied by R. BRANSTETTER and Walter SCOTT. They were awakened. They > demanded the intruder's business. The burglar made a jesting reply, and > took > to his heels. Branstetter and Scott saw a second thief on the porch. He > had > probably stood on guard, for he flew with his comrade. This is the only > evidence that there were two burglars concerned in the remarkably > successful > night raid for gold watches. > Deputy Sheriff GONGIVER spent all day yesterday in trying to get some > trace of the thieves, but he got not a single clue. > > > > > > ----------------------------------------- > Visit: > NORCAL LIBRARY http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/norcallib.html > NORCAL Genealogy Resource Center > http://www.sfgenealogy.com/norcal/resourcecenter/toc.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORCAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >