~~~~~~ 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: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 11:36 AM Subject: [NORCAL] Sac Bee Jan 25 1906 > The Evening Bee > Sacramento, Cal. > Thursday, January 25, 1906 > Page 6 > > INSANE OVER RELIGION, AGED MAN ATTEMPTS TO KILL WIFE > Attacked Her With Axe While in Bed and His Own Feeble Condition Was All > That > Prevented Tragedy > GRASS VALLEY (Nevada Co.), January 25 - Overcome with a religious mania, > Thomas HART attempted to dash out the brains of his wife at 2 o'clock this > morning, as she lay in bed at their home just off Harper Street. Only the > feeble condition of the aged man and the presence of mind of his wife > prevented a terrible tragedy. Hart was placed under arrest shortly > afterward, his wife escaping, severely injured, to the home of a neighbor. > Cries of "Help!" and "Murder!" and screams of pain and fright roused that > section of the city, and by the time the neighbors gathered, Hart and his > wife were outside, where she wrested an axe from him and finally escaped. > The neighbors were fearful to interfere, because in the darkness they did > not know but that the maniac might have a revolver or a knife in his > possession. James STEAD, fearing the worst, hastened downtown in search of > an officer. Unable to find one on the moment, he, in company with Fred > COMPTON and Fred THOMAS, started back. The trio determined to capture the > insane man. To their astonishment Hart was observed coming along Main > Street, dragging the axe by the handle. He offered no resistance, but said > he wanted an officer, as he had killed his wife. Nightwatchman FRANK came > up > and soon placed Hart in the city prison. The old man, aged 73, tottered as > he walked and his eyes were wild and staring. He said he had killed his > wife > because she would not get up and wait on him in his illness. > The Bee correspondent was with the party which reached the Hart home > before the officers had arrived. It was found deserted, but Mrs. Hart was > located at the home of James JONES, a near neighbor, to whose home she had > fled for protection. She was in a pitiable condition and was evidently > suffering severely. Blood covered her face from a gash and an ugly bruise > near the right eye, where the madman in his fury had struck her a glancing > blow with the axe. Half an inch farther back and he would have stretched > her > lifeless as she lay. > She stated between sobs that her husband had suddenly gone insane over > religion. Prayer meetings had been held in the house for several nights, > and > the effect had not been peaceful on the already sick man. She said he was > unable to sleep, and that she got up and built a warm fire and placed food > on the table, returning to bed, after making him comfortable. She was > dozing > when he entered the bedroom. She asked if he required anything else. He > replied with an oath that he wanted her. With that he struck her across > the > legs with the weapon, but the heavy bedding broke the force of the blow. > She > sprang up in bed just as he aimed a blow at her head. Luckily it caught > her > with little force, near the temple. She then sprang out of bed and as he > raised the heavy axe again she caught the blade with both hands. For life > she fought him back, through the bedroom and living-room to the front > door, > screaming for help. Once outside she managed to wrest the axe from him and > throw it into the gutter. He then knocked her down and kicked her, varying > this by pulling out several handfuls of her hair. > How she managed to regain her feet Mrs. Hart does not know, but she did, > while the neighbors stood outside the fence, afraid to interfere. With all > her remaining strength she managed to shove the maniac, who was jabbering > incoherently in his fury, through the open door. She then slammed the door > shut and ran through the mud, in her nightdress, to the Jones home, where > she was tenderly cared for. > Hart was out a minute later, found the axe with a lighted candle, and > started downtown to give himself up, firmly convinced that he had actually > murdered his wife. > The family has lived here for many years, having come here from Virginia > City, Nevada, where Hart once worked in the mines. He had never before > exhibited indications of insanity. > The old fellow, who is really very ill and feeble, has not long to live. > He will be examined at once as to his sanity. > > FOUR STAGE DRIVERS MISSING > Believed To Have Been Lost in Snows of Modoc County - Have Not Been Seen > For > Several Days > ALTURAS (Modoc Co.), January 25 - The recent snows in this county have > caused much delay and trouble in staging and freighting. The snow has > fallen > deep and the roads, especially over the mountains have been pretty > generally > obstructed. On the stage line from Madeline to Alturas four horses were > used > on a coach with the result that in plunging through some of the snow > drifts > on the mountain, two leaders broke away, leaving the driver to resume his > journey as best he could, with only two horses. > The mail route between Alturas and Cedarville is impassible for teams. > The > stages from these places have been going as far upon the mountain road as > they could in sleighs, and then one driver takes the mail on horseback > across the summit. A couple of days ago the horse ridden by one of them > slipped off the trail and was quickly precipitated to the bottom of the > ravine below. After being left out over night, the animal was rescued next > day from its unfortunate position. > The stage has not run for more than a week, from Madeline to Surprise > Valley, and the people there have been shut in from communication with the > world during that time. Four stage drivers on that route are lost and have > not been heard from. Three of them started through with stage coaches and > no > word has been received from them, while the fourth man started through > from > Madeline to Surprise Valley on snowshoes, with the result that he, too, > has > not since been heard from. > The country over which they had to pass is for the most part a desolate > waste, and they may have become bewildered in the blinding storms and > lost, > or possibly they may have reached some station and are there waiting for > the > weather to moderate so that they can resume their journeys. Great anxiety > exists concerning their welfare. > > EDITORIAL STAFF OF NORMAL PAPER > CHICO (Butte Co.), January 25 - The sixth, seventh and eighth grades of > the > Chico State Normal School have elected the following editorial staff for > the > Normal Record, the school's monthly journal: > Miss Mabel HALE, Editor-in-Chief; Misses Alice CANN and Frances PERDUE, > Associate Editors; Miss Pearl TAYLOR, Exchange Editor; Miss Mae MONLOIT, > Alumni Editor; Miss Alice BROWN, Social and Athletic Editor; Miss Ella > CAMP, > Editor of School Locals; Clifford McKNIGHT and Miss Erie WOODS, Business > Managers; Miss Ella Zoe MILES, Subscription Manager. > > PRINCIPAL RESIGNS > OROVILLE (Butte Co.), January 25 - J.W. GRACE, Principal of the Oroville > public schools for several years past, has tendered his resignation to the > Board of Education, having accepted, it is understood, a responsible > position with the Northern Electric Railroad Company. The resignation does > not take effect immediately. > A.E. CAMP, Principal of the Gridley schools, has conferred with the Board > of Education and will accept the position formerly occupied by Grace. > > VISITORS PLEASED WITH OROVILLE > OROVILLE (Butte Co.), January 25 - A party of emigrants from Oklahoma, > thirty-three in number, who are to settle around Gridley, paid Oroville a > visit yesterday. They were much impressed with the sight of the orange, > olive and lemon groves and were delighted with the town. Rev. Alfred > BRUNK, > pastor of the Christian Church at Gridley, accompanied them on their trip. > > OROVILLE LODGE WON FIRST PRIZE > OROVILLE (Butte Co.), January 25 - Oroville Lodge, No. 40, A.O.U.W., feels > justly proud of a check received from the Grand Lodge of the Order a few > days ago in payment of the first prize offered by the Grand Lodge for the > largest increase in membership of any Lodge in the State during a given > period. Special Deputy BOYD, who was here yesterday complimented the Lodge > very highly on its excellent efforts. > > BURGLARS BUSY > MARYSVILLE (Yuba Co.), January 25 - The blacksmithing and wagon-making > shop > of C.A. BARNES on Third Street was visited by burglars last night, who > carried away bits, gimlets, two drawing knives, screw-drivers and a lot of > braces. The visitor entered from the rear of the establishment. > Last Sunday night the shop of KATZNER, RUSSELL & CHASE was also visited. > At that time the burglar made a close inspection of the tools in the > wagon-making portion by laying them out on a bench. He did not carry any > away, evidently having been scared away before he secured the booty. > > ACQUITTED OF BATTERY > MARYSVILLE (Yuba Co.), January 25 - In the case of The People vs. J. Wm. > JOHNSON of Sutter County, charged with committing battery on the person of > Attorney J.C. THOMAS, a collector, the jury yesterday returned a verdict > in > Police Court of not guilty, after a brief deliberation. > A damning letter which Thomas wrote to a son of Johnson was at the bottom > of the affair, and the wording of the missive is what operated most to > influence the jurymen in reaching a verdict. > > > MUST STAND TRIAL > MARYSVILLE (Yuba Co.), January 25 - Thomas DICKENSON, who emptied one > chamber of his revolver at Jos LOPES in the Palm Saloon last Monday > evening, > was last night held by Police Judge RAISH to answer in the Superior Court > to > a charge of assault with a deadly weapon, bonds $2000. > > WOMAN ACTS AS COUNSEL > Mrs. I. Martin Represents A Client In First Appearance Of A Woman As A > Lawyer In Trinity County > WEAVERVILLE (Trinity Co.), January 25 - For the first time in the history > of > Trinity County a woman appeared in Court as counsel. Before Justice of the > Peace BALL, B.A. MANSFIELD, of Canyon Creek, was brought on the charge of > using threatening language over the telephone to L.H. ANDERSON, the > complaining witness. Mansfield was unable to secure the services of an > attorney in Weaverville, but he got Mrs. Isabelle MARTIN to represent him. > She makes no pretention at being a lawyer, though she has had enough > litigation to make her pretty well posted on the law. She figured in the > celebrated Martin will contest that attracted wide attention on the Coast > and involved some of the millions made out of the Brown Bear Mine at > Deadwood. > It is to her credit that she made a good showing before the Bar and > negotiated a compromise that is quite satisfactory to the complainant and > defendant. Mansfield was released without bonds on the promise that he > would > not use offensive language over the phone. Should he keep his promise good > for thirty days, the case will be dropped from the calendar. > > BIDS WERE TOO HIGH > MARYSVILLE (Yuba Co.), January 25 - The bids recently submitted on the > contract for carrying the mail between Marysville and La Porte having been > declared by the Government officials as exorbitant, Postmaster SWIFT has > ordered that a new lot be presented between now and February 27th. The > mail > is at present carried on the stages, except where heavy snow prevents and > then sleds are used or the carrier takes to snowshoes. > > > ==== 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. >