The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 14, 1896, Page 4

4. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1896. VAN KOVALEVS DEATH WATCH, The Weber Murderer to Be Closely Guarded After Monday Next. STILL CHERISHES HOPES. Cannot Understand That He Has No Possible Chance for His Life. NO DOUBT AS TO HIS SANITY. Warden Aull Will Take Every Pre- caution to Prevent Self- Destruction. SACRAMENTO, Car., Feb. 13.—Mon- day next the death wateh will be set over Ivan Kovalev, and from the time that he is transferred from his solitary cell, which he now occupies, to the larger one, where be «will spend the last few hoursof life which the stern mandates of the law al- lows him, he will not be allowed a single moment of solitude. At the present time he still cherishes hopes that there may be a possible chance that the law which has condemned him to die an ignominious death on the scaffold will relent and allow him to try to prove that ke is innocent of the ghastly crime of which he has been convicted and for which he will pay the full penalty one short week hence. There has as yet been no attempt made upon the part of the prison authorities to disabuse his mind of the hope that there issome chance left that he will beenabled to gain a new trial, for the absolute cowardice of the man is so apparent that the suthori- ties fear that should he know of a surety that there is absointely not one atom of hope for him the man would cheat justice of her prey by dying outrigkt of sheer fear. For some time past Kovaley has devel- oped a spirit of sulkiness, and his only de- sire seems to be that he be left entirely alone. He does not care to mingle with his fellow comrades in misfortune, nor does he seem to care to ho!d converse with any .of the guards or officials of the prison, but like ‘the symbol of the wild beast he in reality it he only desires to keep apart from his fellows till the hand of the executioner of the law’s mandates falls upon his shoul- ders and he is led out upon the scaffold to swing off into eternity. Every other day Kovalev is led out into the open air and for some hours he is allowed to enjoy the bright sunshine which he is soon to bid farewell to forever. He seems to enjoy these brief respites from the confinement and gloom of his cell and in- variably eats beartily after ‘one of these brief strolls, but the majority of the time he isa very slight eater, and at times he will absolutely refuse:to touch any of the eatables that are conveyed to him for days at a time. Warden Charles Aull when interviewed by a Carr representative to-day said: “Tlysically and mentally Kovaley is all righ: He possesses not one trace of in- sanity, and in fact openly acknowledges that he is not insane. ““He has not the slightest idea that there is no hope for him, on the contrary, he is living in the hope that circumstances will mitigate in his favor. I shall place a death-watch on this man next Mon- day, but should I discover that he has obtained any inkling of the truth and is becoming nervous, with indications that be might do himself personal injury, I will give him in charge to the watchers immediately.” NOTES FAOM PALO ALT Stanford Athletes Go Into Active Training With Vim and Enthusiasm. Last Year’s Lethargy Is Put Aside and Great Results Are Prom- ised. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CaL., Feb. 13. —If enthusiasm counts for any- thing Stanford should be able to put a pretiy good set of trackmen in the inter- collegiate meet this year. More men are now it work each evening than atany time before in the history of athletics here. It is no uncommon sight to see twenty men at work together on the ‘track orat the weights, while last season at this time it was frequently the case that the captain had but four or five men out, despite his eftorts. . On the cinders, in the short sprints, Cap- tain Toombs '96 directs the operations of some ten oradozen bare-limbed athletes. Johnson '96 practices at broad jumping. Dole '95 and Bunton ’99 show up credit- ably in the pole vault, ana- Reynolds '96, Dole ’98, with several untried men, are hurdling rezulm‘l{. Four men are walk- ing the mile, and Manager Daye Brown '97 nas a number of men under him trying the long-distan runs. Wilbur -’99, Fickert '97, Ha d 96, Freeman '99 and Carle 98 are toying with the weights. Stanford’s weakest point is undoubtedly the high jump. Al the athietes are work- ing persistehtly and the interclass matches will certainly develop the fact that Stan- ford has a number of good men. Baseball practice begins each evening at 4 o'clock sharp. Twice a week the men play a regular practice game, but on the other evenings the work is principally fielding and batting. A number oF the freshmen players are doing good work, but as yet there is no noticeably brilliant work on the part of any of the men. Probably ‘Wight, Leppo, Bell, Taylor and Osgood have made as much of a record on the dia- mond as any of the new playeérs, The junior class met yesterday and de- cided that the elass ~president, Chris Henne, shouid appoint a committee to take chnrge of the junior day preparations and exercises. A farce will probably be given; athletic entertainment will be af-, forded and a hop will wind up the festiv. ties. The senior Class have authorized the publication of a class book containing the photographbs of the graduates and faculty members, college teams and scenes about the university. ———— Angels Camyp Mine Changes Hands. ANGELS CAMP, Can., Feb. 14—Ex- Senator C. W. Cross, the San Francisco lawyer, was here last week and examined the” Pure Quill mine. Papers are now being made out by which he secures a con- trolling interest for himself and friends. A large sum is involved, and further de- velopment work will be pushed vigorously. ————— NIELSEN'S ABSENCE EXPLAINED. The Stockton Bookkeeper’s Accounts Sev- eral Thousand Dollars Short. 3TOCKTON, Cawn., Feb. 18.—It is now known that Edward C. C. Nielsen, the missing bookkeeper of Thomas & Buell, the planing-mill men of this city, is a defaulter to the extent of several thousand dollars. His peculations extend over six or seven years, and were covered up by false footings in the cashbook and ledger. Some months as high as $180 was taken, and at other times smaller sums, ranging down to $100. 3 Experts are now busy examining the books, but there are so many discrepancies that the full amount of the defalcation will not be known for several days. Before leaving Stockton he gave his wife a policy for on his life. This led to the belief that he had killed himself, but he was seen in San Francisco on Sunday by a Stockton man. He bas been gone now two weeks. Itis not likely that he will be prosecuted. S T VANCOUFER SILVER BOOM. Rich Strikes Near the City Causs Great Excitement. VANCOUVER, B. C., Feb. 13.—There is a great silyer excitement here. Just on the other side of the city limit line sam- ples of silver ore running $30 to the ton have been secured, and parties are pros* pecting and boring in the vicinity with good prospects. I\Fayor Coilins yesterday stopped following the lead witha bore in Stanley Park. This mine is a mile from the city reserve, being property belonging to the Dominion Government. Mean- while two companies, on the strength of numerous finds recently, are organizing to erect smelters in the city. Away from home, in the great West Kootenay dis- trict, gangs of workmen have been doubled and are working day and night., About $200,000 worth of ore has been shipped since Januas THE NEWS OF SAN JOSE, |J. Z. Anderson, Forced Into In- solvency, Files a Schedule of His Liabilities. They Amount to $r125773 67—The Principal Creditors .and the Assets. SAN JOSE, CaL., Feb. 13.—J. L. Ander- son of the Anderson Fruit Company, who was foreed into insolvency by his creditors, to-day filed a schedule showing his liabili- ties to be $125,773 67. The principal cred- itors are: E. C. Singletary, $14,000; First National Bank of San Jose, $15,000; B, N. Sheldon, Solano, Ual., $4000; California Fruiy Transportation Company of Chicago, $48,000, secured by mortgage on vlant of Anderson Fruit Company in this city; E. T. Crane, San Lorenzo, $970 83; West- ern Basket Company, San Francisco, $1501 20; Pioneer Box Company, Sacra- mento, $3585 90; W. L. Allen & Co., New York, $1000; Ah Suey, Court- land, Cal, $1000; D. D. Gammon, Courtland, Cal., $1800; C. B. Polhemus, San Jose, $963 43; E. E. Staples, San Francisco, $3000; G. W. Cozzens, San Jose, $3000. Among the liabilities is also a contract by which C. B, Polhemus agrees to sell J. L. Anderson and G.H. Anderson 116.78 acres of land near Coyote station. By the contract the Andersons were to pay Polbe- mus $963 43 eyery six months as rent and | $32,114 50 before January 1, 1901, or on failure to do so the land was to revert to Polhemus. The value of the assets is not given, but will probably exceed the liabilities. They consist of the factory and grounds in this city and land scattered throughout the county. . EXPELLED FROM COLLEGE. Fred R. Sherman, a Popular Student, Suspended for Insubordination. SAN JOSE, CaL,, Feb. 13.—The faculty of the University of the Pacific this morn- ing expelled Fred R. Sherman; one of the most popular students in the college, on a charge of insubordination. The suspension grows out of the cele- bration of Chinese New Year by the stu- dents of east hali. The firing of firecrackers during a recita- tion disturbed Professor Cross, and in his search for the culprits he ran across Sher- man. The professor addressed Sherman in a heated manner and received a sharp reply, and it was for this that Sherman was expelled. Sherman had been a member of the uni- versity for two years and a half and wasa great favorite. He was a leader of all stu- dent enterprises and a prominent member of the football team. The students_are agitated over tbe sus- pension, and will make an effort to have him reinstated. ARRESTED FOR WIFE-BEATING, A4 Southern Pacific Engineer Spends a Night in Jail. SAN JOSE, Cav., Feb. 13.—W. H. Ald- rich, an engineer in the employ of the Southern Pacific Railroad, was arrested on a charge of battery preferred by his wife, Mrs. Agnes M. Aldrich, last night, and in lieu of $500 bail spent the night in the City Prison. Aldrich, who is employed near Santa Margarita, came to this city yesterday to take his wife to Santa Marga- rita to live. ‘When he arrived here he foupd his wife employed as a typewriter in a business office. - While persnading her to accom- pany him to Santa Margarita, Mrs, Ald. rich says her husband became abusive and struck her. Mrs, Aldrich held a consultation with her husband this morning and the couple agreed to separate, after which Mrs, Ald- .rich went b-fore Justice Gass and had the complaint dismissed. ——— g The Crazy Woman Captured, SAN JOSE, CAL., Feb. 13.—The crazy woman who has been terrorizing the in- habitants of BelFs station was captured by Constable Robins and Rives of Gilroy last evening near Coyote station. She gave ber name as Mary Clary und said she had walked from the Sierra Nevada Mountains to this section. The woman is about 40 vears of age and says ghe came to this coast from Kansas about two years ago. She claims to have relatives in San Fran- cisco, ——— Another Cyeling Event. SAN JOSE, CarL., Feb. 13.—The Colum- bus Cycling Club will hold a five-mile Landicap roadrace over the East San Jose cotrse Sunday morning. This is the fourth of a series for a gold medal and is expected to be hotly contested. The fol- lome entries have been made: Fred Schiele, James Ferro, John Hourtieg, Zi Kunhardt, F. Cianciarulo, J. Spinetfi, N. Spinetti, E. Carillo, Ralph Pinto, V. F. Arzino, H. Perazzo. e Arraigned for Assaulting a Child. SAN JOSE, CAL., Feb. 13. — Martinez Messa was arraigned before Justice Gass to-da; on a charge of assaulting a seven- year-old child of M. Renaund, who resides above Evergreen. Messa's examination was sct for February 26, with bail at $1500, MARY HARRIS ~ STRANGE DEATH, Investigating the Methods of the Fountain Grove Community. THE HOUSE OF MYSTERY. Where the Girl Was Kept a Prisoner Before She Took Her Own Life. CARRIED BY FORCE TO A ROOM. Assistant District Attorney Butts’ Efforts to Throw Light Upon the Case. -SANTA ROSA, Cavn., Feb. 13.—The judicial probirg into the mysterious death of Mary Harris on January 2 at the Fountain Grove community has brought to light some very strange things. For instance, the dead girl was kept a close prisoner in_the “House of Mystery” for | amid such beautiful and healthful npatural surroundings life is very sweet, but this maiden courted death. Some of the rea- sons have come out during the Grand Jury’s investigations, and these seem to be almost sufficient to account for the rash act. She was kept a close prisoner on the second story of the big boarding-house. In a whole year she was permitted to speak to her younger sister, Pear], but three times. Both she and her sister were kept such close prisoners that scarcely any one in Santa ‘Rosa knew until the tragedy oc- curred that the two giris were at the com- munity. And yet almost daily the com- unity is visited by tradesmen and tour- ists, who are privileged to drive all about the grounds, and some of whom are enter- tained very handsomely by Nagasawa. Another fact that, has leaked out is that Mary Harris was detained at the ranch against her will. For_a year she had been trying to escape. When she jumped out of a window twenty feet high, as already admiited by Nagasawa, she was in desperate rebellion against what must bave been to her a most cruel and un- natural existence. Mrs. Clark complained to the Grand Jury that Mary was a self-willed girl who did not know how to mind, so she had to be shut up and kept away from all sym- Bath and love. These were not Mrs. lark’s exact words, but the inference that the jurors drew from them. The dar after the tragedy Nagasawa _apgeared at the office of the Republican, in Santa Rosa, and announced to its editor and proprietor, Mr. Lemmon, that “One of thoee alleged granddaughters of Har- i’ had committed suicide, and accom- panied the statement by the request that Mr. Lemimon should have the matter treated in his paper as briefly as possible. # Indeed, the tragedy was kept rather quiet for a time, and had it not been for the energy of Assistant District Attorney Butts no {ur:her investization would have been held. The people of this city and county are not greatly excited over the occurrence, for sensations and rumors of sensations in connection with the Harris community are old stories here. But they are anx- T. J. Butts, Assistant District Attorney of Sonoma County, Who Is Conducting the Investigation Into the Mysterious Death of Miss Harris at the Fountain Grove Colony. ten days before she summoned courage or desperation enough to teke the deadly draught that released her from her un- hapoy life. She was formerly kept under strict by force to the house occupied by the two Japanese, Nagasawa and Ari, and by Mrs. Parting, her sister and two dughters. This house gained its mystical designa- tion because it was the residence of Thomas Lake Harris, the founder of the colony, before he went to New York, a couple of years ago. Nagasawa and Clark carried Mary Har- ris by force to her prison-room in the “House of Mystery,’” and hLer meals were brought to her there until the end. All this was elicited by the cross-exam- ination of Mrs. Clark, who was asked why Mary was removed to the Japanese resi- dence. She said it was to guard her the better until word could be had from Thomas Lake Harris making final dis- position of the girl. Harris had been written to on the subject, and they were waiting his orders. ‘When the Deputy Sheriff went to sub- pena Pearl Harris for the Grand Jury Clarke refused to let the girl leave the community until he was threatened with arrest. It seems there were but two living wit- nesses to the death of Mary—Nagasawa and Miss Parting. The former has testified before the Grand Jury, but the latter is said to be too ill with nervous prostration to leave the House of Mystery at present. Mary Harris was a Catholic, the faith of ber mother, and resisted to the last the doctrines of Fountain Grove. g e BEFORE THE GRAND JURY. Possible Indictment of Persons Connected With the Tragedy. SANTA ROSA, CaL., Feb. 13.—It is ex- pected that the Grand Jury of Sonoma County will adjourn sine die by to-morrow evening, and that then there will come a report upon or possibly the indictment of some one connected with the recent trag- edy at the Fountain Grove community. Since Tuesday last this body has been investigating the cause of tbe death of young Mary Harris, and Assistant Dis- trict Attorney Butts has been most per- sistent in his efforts to throw some light upon the mysterious affair. And this has been no easy task. In the first place the Coroner’s investi- gations were of the most perfiinctory kind. 0 the day after the tragedy roner oung came from his home at Healdsburg to the community. He impaneled a jury of six men, all of' whom were either members or trusted: employes of the commaunity. He did not summon the attending physician, Dr. Thompsan, of this city, nor any _other medical expert. He heard the testimony of but three witnesses, all high members of the community, and then his jury of Fountain Groveites brought in a verdict of suicide while despondent. Now, as a matter of fact, although there is only the word of the Japanese manager (Nagasawa), corroborated by two women who reside in the Harris mansion with him and unsupported by 4ll the other fifty men and women on the premises, for the theory of suicide, the general impression here is that the poor girl really did take her own life. But why? To most maidens of sixteen who live ious that the truth should be known in this instance. The witnesses before the Grand Jury so far have been Miss Babcock, a sister of Mrs. Clark; Pearl Harris, the sister of | the dead girl; Kanai 'Nagasawa, the vice- watch in the Clark house, but was removed | 0 Mise R vrimate, and Miss Clark. An indictment is not seriously avpre- hended, for no witnesses have been heard or seem to be obtainable, besides the in- terested persons. Pearl Harris is only 14 vears old and has the innocence and igrorance of a girl eight years. She said her sister was always kind and gentle to her, but she knew from what others said that Mary must have been ob- stinate and willful. “Tn truth, Mary seems to bave been a highstrung, sensitive girl, who suffered much from ili health, brought on by confinement and an unsanitary way of living. It seems to have been a case for the So- ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children to handle, but 1t is too late now. Yet Pearl Harris is still a prisoner there. She lived in the house with her sister and yet was not permitted to see her. Even when Mary lay at the point of death and Pearl begged to be allowed to go to her, she was restrained. That last word seems to have been the keynote of the treatment accorded the girls, They were restrained in everything. They lived in separate parts of the big ‘“‘boarding-house’” habited by the Clarks, and dared nov even walk across to the handsome and luxurious residence of the vice-primste and the Partings, nor go out in the fields and enjoy the sunshine and the green things and flowers. They were always ‘“‘restrained.’”’ The Grand Jury, it is expected, will re- turn a report to-morrow evening criticiz- ing the management of the Fountain Grove concern for the unnatural existence and conditions it imposed upon the two orphan girls, and holding it moralty re- sponsible for the death of the elder sister. There are a great many rumors about to the effect that Mary Harris took her life as an alternative to indignities that were sought to be put upon her, but nothing that has leaked. out of the Grand Jury room seems to bear out this view. Dr. Thompson is authority for the statement that the dead girl led ‘a pure life. 3 AT PG E A PECULIAR INVESTIGATION. There Was No Expert Testimony at the . Coromer's Inqurst. SANTA ROSA, Oar., Feb. 13.—What was, to say the least, a very peculiar cir- cumstance in connection with the myste- rious death of Mary Harris at the Fountain Grove Farm, is the fact that there was no expert testimony addueed at the coroner’s investigation, and yet the cause of death, ‘“irom strychnine poisoning by her own band with suicidal intent, while under despondency,” is stated in the jury’s ver- dict with a certainty and in terms that coftild only be knowingly asserted either by the medical attendant who was present at the deathbed or by post morten ex- amination, Recourse was had by the jury to neither of these scientific sources of information, though both were available. It is true that there was Do autopsy held, but one might easily have been held, for the jury was impaneled and rendered its verdict on the day following the even- ing of her death. However, there wasa medical attendant, Dr. Charles L. Thomp-. son of this city. He arrived at the scene a few minutes. after the girl expired. .For the last eighteen years he has been the physician in attendance at the colony, and itis only fair tostate that his opinion as to the A cause,of Miss Harris’' death agrees in the main With the Coroner’s jury’s verdiet. However, Dr. Thompson does not state itasa fact that the strychnine was self- administered or that it was taken with suicidal intent, or that it_was taken dur- ing a fit of despondency. Yet Dr. Tbumg- son, a man heid in good esteem through- out the county, is inclined to believe that these were the circumstances surrounding the tragedy and that there are uo ill doings at Fountain Grove, no unlawful nor immoral practices there; that there never has been and could not be so longasthe colony is under its present management. But Dr. Thompson, the onlf expert wit- ness available, was not cailed upon to testify before the Coroner’s jury, And, as a medical man, he admits that he was surprised at not being- called upon. The truth 1s that the verdict was ren- dered in precisely the same words as those used by the Japanese vice primate and resent supreme ruler of the colony, anai Nagasawa. The jury was impaneled about noon of January 3, at Fountain Grove farm, and was composed of two inmates of the insti- tution, L. Cowles and Ray P. Clark, and four employes of the farm, S.C. Gum, F. M. Harris, John Fields and J. 8. Turk. Only one of #hese six names is on the Great Register of Sonoma County, that of Mr. Gunn. i The first witness heard was Kanai Nag- asawa, whose sworn and attested evidence is as follows: T am one of the firm of- the Fountain Grove Vineyard Company. Miss Parting heard screams and called me, so we, Miss Parting and myself, went upstairs and found Miss Har- ris sitting in a chair. She seemed to be in great agony, and I took her in my arms and placed her on the bed. I held her hands, as I saw she was having convulsions. She said she was going to die, and said she had taken poison [strychnine.] ‘We administered white of egg, mustard and warm water and sweet oil, but could not re- lieve her. She told us where the poison was to be found and we found it. She said she had only taken just a little, end I think she did not realize what she was doing. “Ilo not think she, intended to take her own fe. 1 think she only tried to frighten us. She has at times seemed despondent and in- sane. She at one time jumped out of & win- dow some twenty feet high. It was some three months ago. She was about 16 years of age and a native of Montana, and I know of no trouble she had ever had with lnf' one. Iam satisfied she took herown life while under despondency. Sworn to the 3a day of Januar. g Tox G. YOUNG, Coroner. Only two other witnesses were heard. Miss Parting came first. Her testimony was as follows: My name is Miss Parting, and I live here on the place. Iwas present at the time of Miss Harris’ death. I know nothipg more than that that Mr. Nagasawa has testified to, only we sent for Dr. Thompson. He came, and Miss Harris was dead. He said that there was no doubt she had taken poison. She has been ail- ing for some time, and Dr. Thompson has been ll&ndinx 10 her; and I corroborate the same testimony as that of Mr. K. Nagasawe. Signed, M. E. PARTING. Sworn to this 3d day of Jenuary, 1896. Tox G. Youxe, Coroner. Mrs. Parting, the mother of the preced- ing witness, testified asfollows: 11live here on the ranch, and know nothing more than has been testified to, and corrobor- ate the same testimony., EMMA PARTING. Sworn to this 3d day of January, 1896, ‘oM G. YoUNG, Coroner. This concluded the investigation, and almost before any one outside of the col- ony knew of the tragedy the following verdict was rendered and signed, all ac- cording to law: Death caused from strychnine poisoning by her own hand with suicidal intent while under despondency. Tox G. YoUNG, Coroner. 8. C. Gum, F. M. Harris, John Fields, J. 8. Turk, L. Cowles, R. P. Clark. Dr. Thompson was notified by telephone about 6 o’clock on the evening of January 3. He was simply told that he was wanted at Fountain Grove at once. It was impos- sible for him to proceed directly there, as he had an urgent casc elsewhere, and when he did arrive at the colony he found Miss Harris dead. Those about her, Nagasawa and Mrs. Parting told’ him substantially what they told the Coroner’s jury. A Crowd of Eager Democrats, Each One Anxious to Be Postmaster. But They Miscalculate the Time When the Incumbent’s Term Will Expire. ‘WOODLAND, Car., Feb. 13.—Lively in- terest just now is being manifested by a score of Democratic applicants and their friends for the postmastership of this city. Among those prominently men- tioned are Professor C. E. Dingle, E. T. Huston, H. Deaner and Attorney Byron Ball. Two of the number have already sent voluminously signed petitions on to Washington in the fuliest and firmest confidence that action will be taken and a successor to F. M. Rahm, the incumbent, appointed next month. But in this the petitioners are doomed to disappointment. in their eagerness to secure an annual salary of §2000 they have incorrectly figured on the expiration of the incum- bent's term of office. By reason of a disagreement by the re) resentatives in Congress in 1892'to decide on ex-Postmaster J. T. McConnell’s suc- cessor, Rahm did not secure his appoint- ment till March 6, 1893, and, as he was commissioned for four vears, his term of office will not expire till March 6, 1897. The would-be postmasters are still chas- ing hallucinations and are wondering who of their number will next nionth be awarded the coveted prize. But there will be a dawning when THE CALL reaches ‘Woodland to-morrow. Postmaster Ratm is hanpy in the thought that a Republican President will be master of the situation before his onst- ing time rolls around, and it is just possi- ble that he may continue to tarry. e it g TRUCKEE NEEDS A SNOWSTORM A1l That Is Necessary to Complete the Carnival of Attractions. . TRUCKEE, CAL., Feb. 13.—To-night 1s cloudy and a wind from the southwest in- dicates a snowstorm. This is all that is necessary to complete the list of attrac- tions at the carnival. A short distance from town sleighing is good and the road to Tahoe was never bet- ter. This trip to Tahoe in midwinter will be one of the chief features of Saturday and Sunday’s exenrsions. A The last few nights have been cold enough to put the skating rink in good condition, and to-day the toboggan slide was lengthened several hundred feet. This will make the ride an eighth of a mile in li‘ndgch from the tower to the end of the slide. Reno will send & large excursion part; on Saturday, and the carnival company is making preparations to entertain hun- dreds of people. FHE S e For Diversion of Water, SANTA BARBARA, Cawn., Feb. 18— Mrs. Mary Theresa Moore has brought suit against the Pacific Improvement Com- pany to recover $10,000 damages alleged to have been sustained by her property, Las Positas and La Calera Rancho, by the diversion from their channel of the waters of the Arroyo Buro Creek. The complaint also prays for the restoration of the waters to their natural channel. he property in question is a beautiful tract of farming land and mess, lying close to Santa Barbara on the west and extend- ing to the ocean beach. Itcomprisessome thousands of acres, and is one-third of what is known as the Old Hope Ranch. A CHAPTER OF MISFORTUNES, The Tragic End of a Once Wealthy Vancouver Pioneer. DESERTED BYHISFAMILY Wife and Daughter Both Elope, the Former With a Man of Sixty-Five. LIVING IN SAN FRANCISCO. Driven to Desperation the Unfortu- nate Man Fires a Bullet Into His Breast. VANCOUVER, B. ‘C., Feb. 13.—John Tapley Jr. shot himself this morning ana died to-night. His life was a chapter of misfortunes with a violent finale. He was one of Vancouver's pioneers, em- barked in business and succeeded. Besides a large confectionery-store he has a block of rvoms rented to lodgers. Some months azo his eldest daughter, a - beautiful giri of 20, ran away with an im- pecunious lodger. Then the tongue of scandal became busy with his family. The next calamity was the desertion of Tapley by his wife. She fled to San Fran- cisco with a gray-headed man of 65, and the guilty pair are now =aid to be residing there with Mr. Tapiey’s two remaining daughters. Tapley, broken down in health, became despondent and hopeless, and through some dishonest act was placed in jail This drove him 10 desperation and he de- liberately planned to take his life. Calling his aged mother to his bedside and speak- ing of his unfaithful wife he cried, *‘Flos- sie is the cause of all my trouble. and { love her yet.” He then gave his mother a long message for his wife and on his mother attempting to console him he continued: “Itis too late now; prepare yourself for something that is going to happen. Tell Flossie all about 1t.” He then placed the revolver to his breast and fired. His mother’s screams brought passers-by to her side. They took the dying man to the hospital. Though conscious afi day he refused to make any further statement, and it is said that he died in possession of certain secrets in connection with an alleged arson case that the authorities were anxious to get. BROKE HIS NECK. Strange Accident to an Arizona Wood- Dealer. PHENIX, Ariz., Feb. 13.—Yesterday aftérnoon Jose Imperiali, a Papago wood merchant, in company with an associate, left here for tha Sacaton reservation, where he expected to gather. a load of wood. His companion was driving and Im- periali sat in the rear of the wagon, let- ting his feet dangle. When out of town about ten miles the driver struck the | horses smartly and they commenced to trot. This caused Imperiali to lose his bal- ance and he fell squarely on his head, breaking his neck. Notwithstanding this fact he lived until he reached there this morning, after having traveled the dis- tance in a springless wagon. e i FRESNO, Car., Feb. 13.—The jury in the case of Gow Ah Gone, charged with murder, failed to agree and were dis- charged here to-day. This is Gow Ah Gone's second trial, The defendant killed a fellow-Chinese with a spade on a ranch near here about a year ago. THE ATTACHED MORELLC One Writ Dissolved Only to Give Place to Another Which Has Been Issued. Trouble over the possession of the horse Morello has not yet ceased, although Judge Seawell has dissolved the attach- ment issued Wednesday evening, which caused so much bitterness. At 10 o’ciock yesterday morning J. J West, who represented Beckett, the plaintiff in the attachment suit, moved to vacate the attachment because it had beer procured under a mistake. The order was made and the dissolution of the attachment was at once telephoned to the Sheriff of Sonoma County. fie was answered, however, that another attache ment had been issued, this time a valid one, and so the horse ix still tied np. To say that the attqrneys for Van Ness, the presumptive owner of the animal, are may to put it mildly. They swear they will'prosecute Beckett for perjury in swear- ing to an illegal attachment, and they ac- cuse Abram Ruef and J. J. West of unpro« fessional conduct. The attachment upon which the horse is now being held is one for $800 for medical services fo#Mrs. Van Ness. Julius Blum- enthal is the plaintiff. Ruef says he will buy $1,000,000 worth of attachments before he will lose sight of his horse. Porter Ashe wanted to sue the sureties on the bond for attachment, and he started to find the bond, but it had disap- peared. 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