----- Original Message ----- From: "Betty Loose" <betty@unisette.com> To: <NORCAL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 5:00 PM Subject: Sac Bee July 11, 1906 > Evening Bee, Sacramento > Tuesday July 11, 1906 > > TELLS HOW DORA CHIPP SHOT BABY > Mother of Murdered Infant Takes Stand and Describes Indian Woman's Fiendish > Attack on Her. > YREKA ( Siskiyou Co.), July 11 - As told in The Bee last evening, Dora > CHIPP, the young Indian woman who killed the infant child of Mrs. William > BEALE, was held to answer as the result of Court proceedings held here > yesterday. > The preliminary hearing commended in the morning before Judge W.M. THOMAS, > District Attorney LUTTRELL appearing for The People, and Attorneys James D. > FAIRCHILD and F.W. HOOPER for the defendant. > The prisoner was escorted in to Court by Sheriff HOWARD and Deputy GANEY. > The first witness called was Mrs. William Beale, who described her meeting > with the defendant on the road about two miles distant from her home. Words > passed between them and Dora CHIPP tore the reins from the head of Mrs. > Beale's horse. Then, alighting from the horse which she was riding, as Mrs. > Beale left her rig, both women started to scuffle in the road, the white > woman being twice thrown to the ground. > The Chipp woman and Mrs. Beale struggled for possession of the latter's > revolver. They arose and separated, the defendant gaining possession of the > weapon as they did so. She then shot Mrs. Beale in the chin. The white woman > ran toward a neighbor's house, but fell. While on the ground she thought she > heard another shot, which is presumed to be the shot that killed the child. > Arising, Mrs. Beale continued to the house, where she was followed on > horseback by the defendant, who emptied the revolver at the house where Mrs. > Beale had taken refuge. In the meantime the baby lay in the road. The next > time Mrs. Beale saw the child it was dead. > Mrs. Cinda CRAME, Dora Chipp's half-sister, testified that she had > informed the defendant that Mrs. Beale would visit Mrs. THACKERY's house on > the day of the shooting, she having learned of the fact from Mrs. Beale some > three days prior thereto. It proved that Dora Chipp, having received the > information of the proposed visit to Thackery's, laid in wait for Mrs. > Beale. > The preliminary hearing was reopened in the afternoon. Dr. McMULTY, County > Physician, was called and testified as to the results of an autopsy held on > the remains of the Beale child, which showed that two bullets had entered > the brain, one from the back and the other from the side of the head, either > of which would cause death. The witness also identified one of the bullets > extracted from the brain, also the powder-stained hood with bullet holes > through it. > Henry F. GENEY, Deputy Sheriff, identified a loaded revolver found among > the personal effects of the defendant at the time of her incarceration in > the County Jail here, and also testified that at a subsequent time, when > asked why she had killed the child, she answered, "I had reason to do it." > The People closed the case, and the defendant did not offer any defense. > Justice THOMAS carefully summed up the evidence and ordered the defendant > held to answer to the charge of murder without bail. > > CLOUT IS HELD FOR SHOOTING LE VALLEY > BECKWITH (Plumas Co.), July 11 - The trial of Albert Clout for the shooting > of George LE VALLEY, of Marysville, early on the morning of July 2d, was > tried before Justice of the Peace Frank L. NUTTER Monday afternoon. The case > was rather an extended one for Beckwith, requiring five hours for the > examination and cross-examination of witnesses, the pleas by the attorneys > in behalf of plaintiff and defense, and the rendering of the verdict by the > Judge. > The charge brought against Clout was wilful, unlawful and felonious > assault upon the person of George LE VALLEY. Deputy District Attorney > M.C.CURR handled the case for the plaintiff, Attorney JONES, of Reno, did > all in his power for the defense. > The decision of the Court was that Clout is guilty of the crime attributed > to him and that he be held under bail of $10,000, waiting the session of the > Grand Jury. Later it was decided to lower the amount inasmuch as it would be > impossible for the defense to raise such a sum. > > FRANK ROSS COMES BACK TO SACRAMENTO > CHICO (Butte Co.), July 11 - Several important changes and additions in the > local management of the Northern Electric Company have been made. News of > the appointment of A.G. SCHINDLER, formerly connected with the interurban > lines in the neighborhood of Los Angeles, as general Manager of the Northern > Electric system has already been made in the Bee. Mr. Schindler has already > assumed the duties. > Following this announcement comes that of the appointment of Mr. DIMMICK, > Vice-President of the Company, and present manager, to the position of > General Superintendent, vice F.A. ROSS. F.A. Ross, former Superintendent, > has been transferred to Sacramento, where he is employed by the Company in > another capacity. > The constant increase of the work and the creation of new departments is > bringing many able men to Chico. > > CONFESSED TO SAVE HER LIFE > Mrs. Dorka Denies Wrong Relations With Tillotson and Tells of Her Husband's > Threats to Murder. > AUBURN (Placer Co.), July 11 - The Last Chance tragedy, which occurred > Saturday, will probably end without a prosecution of any of the > participants. Attorneys predict that the hand of the law will not be laid on > TILLOTSON, or even DORKA, who killed William POLIFKA by mistake. > The most that Dorka could be held to account for would be manslaughter, > and in his blind, helpless condition, no jury would convict the husband, who > sought out the alleged destroyer of his home, and in his jealous passion > mistook an innocent man for the tempter who, he claims, alienated his wife's > affections. > The full details of the conditions and events which led to the shooting > were not given in the first reports of the tragedy, and while the wife of > Dorka protests her innocence of any criminal intimacy with Tillotson, she > tells rather a remarkable story. According to her version she left the dance > hall at Last Chance the night of the tragedy at 11 o'clock in company of > Tillotson, and did not return to her home until 3 in the morning. Dorka had > been waiting for several hours and demanded an explanation. A quarrel > ensued, and it was then, she says, that Dorka began choking her and > commanding her to confess her criminal intimacy with Tillotson. This she > says she did in order to save her life, but she now declares it was not > true. Dorka told her to leave, and said he would kill Tillotson and her and > then commit suicide. He started back to his saloon, where he began drinking > heavily. > Mrs. Dorka gave the alarm as to her husband's intentions, and several > friends tried to intercede and dissuade him from his purpose, but he drove > everyone away from him. A warning was sent to Tillotson at the Home Ticket > Mine not to come to Last Chance until Dorka's anger had subsided, but it was > only a few minutes after this that Dorka arrived at the mine and the tragedy > occurred. > Dorka's story agrees substantially with his wife's in the important > particulars. He is lying at his home, attended by his wife, but those who > visited the place say that there is no air of wifely devotion about her, and > that she does not appear to regret the awful predicament of her husband. > It will be several weeks before Dorka's condition will be so he can appear > in Court. > The sentiment in the mountain neighborhood where the killing occurred is > in favor of Tillotson. > The people of Last Chance were highly incensed over the killing of > Polifka, and threats of lynching Dorka were made. > > DEAD BODY THAT OF SISKIYOU MAN > WEAVERVILLE (Trinity Co.), July 11 - The Sheriff and Coroner are still at > Hayfork making a thorough investigation into the case of the dead body found > buried in the sand there, as told in yesterday's Bee. It is now clear that > the corpse is not that of William VIENAS, and everything points to its being > that of Turner PALMER. Vienas had red hair, while that on the body found is > light brown, and the frame work is much larger than his. > Not much is known of Palmer. He came from the Klamath River section in > Siskiyou County with a man named CAMPBELL, whom the officers are now trying > to locate. It is reported here that a bullet hole has been found in the > skull of the dead man, and suspicion is directed to Campbell, who was > Palmer's associate and who seems to have disappeared. > > ______________________________