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"The Daily Humboldt Times" Eureka, California
Wednesday, March 21, 1894

WHISKY, WHITE & WOMAN

A Ditch Mixes Them With a Horse, Buggy & Doctor Serious Runaway Accident

Emery White, a shoemaker of Rohnerville, white haired & 72 years of age, hired a horse & buggy at Fortuna yesterday & came to Eureka for a little celebration. His celebration, however, had a diastrous termination about 8:30 o'clock last evening & came near to costing his life that of a female companion.

White had secured the company of one of the denizens of lower Fourth street, known as Miss Finlancer, & started up Fourth street for a moonlight drive. All went well untill reaching E street, where an excavation for a sewer is being made across Fourth street. Here White, who was in a maudlin state of intoxication, paid no attention to the dangler lights displayed, & drove the buggy into the ditch. The result was that the occupants were bounced over the dashboard but in some unaccountable manner their feet caught under the seat and there they hung head downward at the horse's heels. At the same time the horse started to run up the street & was not stopped until reaching the corner of F street.

Here the pair were extricated from their perilous positions, when it was found that the woman was insensible. The man, however, was not much hurt & was still able to stagger around, too drunk to realize the narrow escape he had experienced or to care for the fate of his companion.

An examination of the woman by Dr. Harris, who had her taken into a private house nearby, showed that she was suffering from a concussion of the brain, but no fractures of any bones were found. Her condition was not considered serious & after she had regained consciousness whe was removed to her home in a hack.

White hovered about the house where the woman had been taken making himself obnoxious until he was taken in charge by a policeman. The policeman, however, did not lock him up, & not long afterward he was seen wandering about Fourth street, falling down at nearly every other step. He was finally taken away by a couple of men who probably took pity on his condition.

It would have been an act of humanity as well as duty for Officer Chamberlain to have locked White up.

"The Daily Humboldt Times" Eureka, California
April 20, 1894

The little girl of Mrs. Roney, widow of the late James Roney, wandered into the hog pen on the Shanahan place on Elk River, last Tuesday, & was bitten by a sow. The animal, having a litter of pigs, evidently resented the intrusion of the child, biting her in the face & it is said disfiguring her for life. The father died last March 21, 1894.

"The Daily Humboldt Times" Eureka, California
Saturday, April 14, 1894

Emma Way, the dusky drunken dame arrested Thursday evening, was brought up before Judge Carr yesterday morning. His honor taxed her $10 which was paid & Emma went her way. James McGowan, arrested later that night, was not so Mush with money & was charged only $6. This was paid & James also went his way.

"The Daily Humboldt Standard" Eureka, California
Saturday, August 28, 1886

POLICE PICKINGS

Police Judge Sevier mounted the judicial bench bright & early yesterday afternoon with a smiling face, & a regretful shadow stole over his features as he saw the broad chin & inexpressive features of Thomas Costelli in the dock. Thomas had reclined in the Mission blankets in the city bastile the previous night, having been incarcerated therein on a charge of petty larceny. Thomas demanded a jury trail, & the panel having been completed, Costelli appeared unrepresented by any member of the bar, preferring to plead in his own behalf. Andrew Anderson, who preferred the charge, stated in substance that himself & a sailor friend had been out the night before having a "glorious time" & finally having too many schooners of beer in tow, they agreed to fight, & handed their coats to the defendant, who had been following the in-search-of-joy couple for the drinks. He told Costelli to be careful with his coat at it contained $15.

The fight having been completed satisfactorily & in a manner to suit the most fastidious, Anderson put on his coat & immediately missed his three half-eagles, & accused the defendant of taking them. A denial promptly came forth from Costelli. but Anderson had been too long on this mundane sphere to accept such statements where in his golden ducats were perilously concerned. He dived his hand into Costelli's side pocket & lovingly brought forth a five dollar piece.

"Will that satisfy you?" asked Costelli, to which question he received an emphatic negative answer.

Costelli then brought forth another $5 piece & reluctantly handing it to the plaintiff, iterated "will that then satisfy you?" "No" shouted Anderson & failing to get the other gold piece, he proceeded to headquarters & had a warrant sworn out against the alleged pilferer.

The defendant then spoke for himself & agreed with the preceeding statements with these exceptions: He admitted he took the coats but human naturly trifled with his coat & accommodative intentions & he then threw down the coats to witness the exciting fray. Subsequently his eye was attracted to the ground by a couple of pieces of money which he supposed to be quarters & deeming this "find" as a premeditated act of kind providence for the benefit of his cheerless stomach & vacant pockets, he appropriated the supposed two-bit pieces & afterwards relinquished them to plaintiff in a manner as previously stated.

These were the facts brought before the jury & there being a lack of positively convicting evidence, the petitioner at the bar was acquitted.

"The Ferndale Enterprise" Ferndale, California
Tuesday, June 14, 1898

Comrade H. H. Niebur is a sly old fox. He won the old soldiers Nail Driving contest at the Woodmen's log-rolling in Ferndale a week ago last night, but it is intimated that he resorted to a little strategy. Each veteran was given 10 nails to drive, & the janitor of the hall reports that right at Niebur's station he found two nails on the floor the morning after the contest. Stand up, comrade, & explain.

"The Ferndale Enterprise" Ferndale, California
Friday, April 29, 1898

Bert Bailey, the Eureka printer, who is now working at his trade at Skaguay, Alaska writes as of April 9th that a night in Skaguay is a sight never to be forgotten, & as one visits many dance halls & gambling rooms he will see men of every walk of life. The slums of the large cities seem to have opened their gates & deposited here some of the very lowest types of moral depravity.

He writes that "Soapy" Smith, a noted sport, has been working a very smooth game at Skaguay, whereby a number of men were robbed of what money they had about them. When the first news of the trouble between Uncle Sam & Spain reached Skaguay, "Soapy" & his pals announced that they would immediately organize a military company to go to the front to battle for the stars & stripes. Smith was to foot the bills, & the organization was to be known as "Smith's Skaguay Guards." A recruiting office was opened, & as the applicants for enlistment presented themselves they were taken into a dark room & there told to undress for a physical examination. While these examinations were in progress the victim's clothes were rifled of all valuables they contained, & after a short delay he was told that he could not pass the examination, etc., & was dismissed, a wiser but a poorer man.

"The Daily Humboldt Times" Eureka, California
Tuesday, May l2, 1914

YOUNG BRIDE'S CHARGE BRINGS ABOUT ARREST

W. E. McCall is Released on $5,000 Bonds --- Charged With Criminal Assault

W. E. McCall, proprietor of a rooming house at the corner of Cedar & Broadway avenue, was arrested yesterday afternoon by Constable J. A. Montgomery on a warrant charging him with criminally assaulting the seventeen year old bride of George C. Dillon. McCall was taken before Justice John Grey & released on $5,000 bond.

Dillon, who recently returned to this county from San Jose, obtained the warrant yesterday after District Attorney Hill had been consulted. When it was served by the constable, McCall retained Attorneys Coonan & Kehoe & they secured his bond.

Mrs. Dillon alleges, according to the District Attorney's office, that McCall attacked her while her husband was downtown on the afternoon of May 4th. The Dillons were rooming at the McCall home at the time. Mrs. Dillon said she struggled but did not scream, fearing she would be choked to death.

McCall is well known in Eureka having been prominent in Church circles & has always had an untarnished character. For some time he conducted a small grocery at the corner of Cedar & Albee streets. About a year ago while driving his auto he had a collision with Melvin Christie & subsequently sued for damages. The suit is now pending in the Superior Court. McCall made no statement when taken into court yesterday.

"The Daily Humboldt Times" Eureka, California
Sunday, April 23, 1882

TOO MUCH MARRIED

In the year 1844 William Kirkham, now deceased, married in Kentucky & getting the California fever, like many others in "49 & '50, left his old home & came to this state, & located on Wilson creek. He left behind him a wife & two children, the eldest of which is now 24 years of age. Kirkham lived the life of a bachelor here until four or five years ago, when he took unto himself another wife (a dusky maiden), by whom he became the father of two more children. Wife number 1 hearing of this, came from her old home in ~ Kentucky for the purpose of commencing an action against her truant husband for bigamy, & arrived about one year ago, living at Arcata since the time of her arrival. But the second marriage being not properly solemnized, being performed by Lieutenant Halloran, then an officer in the U. S. Army, at Camp Gaston, the proceedings against the much married husband were not commenced. Wife number 1 finding that the law would not sustain her in proceedings for bigamy, was about to commence an action for divorce when Kirkham died, & left surviving, a wife at Arcata, number 1, & two children, the issue of said marriage, & a wife, number 2, at Willow creek, & two children, & an estate of the value of about $4,000, which was willed to wife number 2, & A. Norton, of Mad River, was named as the executor of said estate.

Now wife number 1 comes & petitions the court to be appointed administratrix of said estate, & Norton not wishing to have anything to do with the proceedings requested that 0. H. Spring be appointed administrator, which the judge would not grant, knowing that there was a will in existence, & which no doubt, will be filed & the court will be called upon to decide which wife is entitled to the property of deceased.

Thursday, May 4, 1882

We referred last week to the case of William Kirkham, deceased, who, at the time of his death, was the paternal head of two families. He came to California, as stated, in 1850, leaving a wife & two children in Iowa, a third child being born to him soon after his departure for the far west. For more than a quarter of a century Kirkham lived as a bachelor, but four or five years ago took to wife a half-breed damsel, by whom he had two children. The marriage was performed by lieutenant Halloran, then stationed at Camp Gaston. After the ceremony had been performed, lieutenant Halloran learned that Kirkham had left a wife in the states years before, & in order to protect himself required a statement of the facts. Kirkham acknowledged his former marriage, but stated that his wife had died in 1864. Mrs. Kirkham number 1 left her home in Iowa & came to Humboldt arriving in November 1881. The matter will come up in the Superior Court on the 15th of May. In our former notice we stated that Mrs. Kirkham's oldest girl was 24 years of age. To this the good lady objects, stating that her oldest child living is past 34 years of age, the lady herself being 57. Kirkham was a native of Ohio.

"The Daily Humboldt Standard" Eureka, California
Wednesday, September 7, 1898

AT FORT HUMBOLDT

In company with Major W. W. Heuer, U. S. C. E. & J. C. Bull, U. S. Grant was driven out to old Fort Humboldt in the southern part of the city, this afternoon, where his illustrious father was stationed nearly half a century ago, when the present U. S. Grant had scarcely opened his eyes on this world. There is little left now of the military buildings that occupied the site in those days except the old assembly hall, but the son was at least enabled to tread the same ground that once was pressed by the feet of his sire & to look out over the broad Pacific as perchance his father did in the days when this was little more than a wilderness.

In the afternoon the party drove around the bay to Arcata returning here in the evening.

This morning U. S. Grant accompanied Major Heuer & Contractor Bull on their official visit to the jetties on Humboldt Bar. The party also included Collector of the Port S. A. Campbell.

"The Daily Humboldt Standard" Eureka, California
April 24, 1884

Ordinance Number 54 of this city makes it unlawful for any female person, between the hours of 8 o'clock P. M. & 6 o'clock A. M. to be in any public drinking saloon, etc., where vinous, malt or spiritous liquors are sold or given away. Upon complaint under this ordinance in Judge Howard s Court, Mary Lockhart, Gertie Gilmore, Mollie Mallory & Lizzie Maybers were convicted, & sentenced to a fine of $10 each, or five day's imprisonment. The fines were paid into Court.

William Schallard was committed to jail for ten days, on failure to pay a fine of $10, for using indecent & offensive language on the street.

"The Daily Humboldt Times" Eureka, California
Saturday, January 26, 1918

ANNULMENT of MARRIAGE ORDERED BY JUDGE SEVIER

Frank Parsons of this city secures annulment order on Wednesday.

By order of Superior Judge Sevier yesterday, the marriage of Prank Parsons of this city, & Rose Parsons was annuled. The young husband was 22, & his bride 19 at the time of their union, which resulted in a matramonial shipwreck.

It was alleged by Parsons that Mrs. Parsons was too friendly with another man before their marriage & the result was embarrassing, especially in view of the fact that it was not until 6 or 7 weeks after the marriage that he ascertained his wife's condition.

The couple married in May of last year, in Oregon. After hearing the evidence, Judge Sevier thought the circumstances gave sufficient grounds for annulment & he so ordered Attorney Pierce H.

Ryan handling the case for the applicant.

"The Daily Humboldt Standard" Eureka, California
Monday, September 28, 1891

LIGHT AT LAST

The Missing Mrs. Maillard Found At Last

She is Living With the Farm Hand Who Also Mysteriously Disappeared --- Occupying an Humble Cottage With William Ingram the Man Who Works as a Laborer in Newburg Mill --- Mrs.

Maillard Seen by Sheriff Horton. Admits Her Identity --- The "Mind Deranged" Dispatch of Her Husband a Ruse.

For several weeks past the San Francisco papers have contained sensational stories about Mrs. Maillard's mysterious disappearance, which occured on August 31st. A man who gave his name as William Ingram & who had been working on the Maillard ranch near San Geronimo, for about a year, left the ranch on August 30th, & although Mr. Maillard & the parents of his missing wife scouted the idea that she had eloped with him, the discovery of her whereabouts by Sheriff Horton of Monterey on last Friday seems to prove that they were mistaken.

It seems that Sheriff Horton got a clew that the missing man, who said he was going to Southern California, had really taken the opposite direction & found his way to Humboldt with the wife of his former employer. From Captain J. C. Cousins who had an interview with Sheriff Horton on Saturday morning, the "Standard" representative gained some information that the San Francisco papers have been searching for in vain. The whole detective force of the city of San Francisco have been on the alert since about September 5th to get a clew to the missing woman's whereabouts, but without avail.

They were stimulated to the search by the following which appeared in the "Examiner" for several days.

$1,000 REWARD

The following described lady disappeared from San Francisco on the afternoon of August 31st, & her friends fear she has met with some accident or has wondered off under some temporary aberration of minds Height, 5 feet 4 inches; weight, about 190 pounds' complexion, dark; hair, dark' eyes, dark brown' a prominent mole on chin, & one side of nose. The above reward will be paid for such information as will lead to her discovery & restoration to her family any time within sixty days.

Communicate with E. A. Byram, 604 Filmore street, San Francisco.

In another column of the "Examiner" was the following:

$100 reward for information that will lead to the recovery of the trunk described below, which was removed from the S.F. & N. P. C. R. R. Company's depot, San Francisco on or after August 31, 1891. A large wooden Saratoga trunk, white metal trimmings marked. E. H. M.

The "Examiner" contained a picture of the woman, & every detective was on the alert to find the stout lady who, as the "Chronicle" said, had disappeared as suddenly as if the earth had swallowed her up.

Last Wednesday evening the husband of the missing woman sent a telegram to Captain Lees of the detective force which reads as follows:

San Geronimo, September 23rd, 4:30 p. m. To Captain Lees, San Francisco: Please stop the search. I found Mrs. M. mind deranged.

Joseph Maillard

This put a sudden stop to the search for Mrs. Maillard & the reporters of the daily papers went tumbling over one another to visit the residence of M. M. Tompkins, the father of Mrs. Maillard, at San Anselmo where the husband & two children of the missing woman had been staying since her disappearance. But to all inquiries they could only get the information that Mrs. Maillard had been found, & the idea conveyed was that the woman had been temporarily insane. The "Chronicle" even contained a detailed story of her return to the parental roof in a state of mental abberation, in company with a female friend who would not allow her to talk with friends she met on the way. These stories were probably given out to cover up the facts in the case & save the family unpleasant notoriety.

Sheriff Horton arrived in this city overland last Friday, & having located the man Ingram at Newburg mill went out there in the afternoon & waited at the cookhouse until the hands came to supper when, as he informed Mr. Cousins, he met Mr. Ingram whom he knew, & going into the dining hall had a talk with him. After supper he went with Ingram to the house he was occupying where he found Mrs. Maillard well & hearty & with no insanity apparent. The woman acknowledged her identity, & seemed at home in her modest apartments. They have been living in the house formerly occupied by James Trainor & family, who have been living at Mr. Byard's house since the death of Mrs. Byard, who was Mrs. Trainor's mother. Sheriff Horton, having found the pair, & ascertained the facts which he came to learn, took the morning train Saturday at Fortuna & came to Eureka, hoping to arrive in time to take the steamer "Los Angeles" for the city, but arrived too late & in the afternoon started overland for the city. These are the facts in the case as learned from Captain J. C. Cousins, formerly master of the schooner" Ruby A. Cousins, "who resides at 795 Stephenson street, San Francisco, & who was on the train with Sheriff Horton when he came in from Fortuna Saturday morning.

An interview with Captain Cousins & E. Cousins, Superintendent of the Eel River Valley Lumber Company, of Fortuna, at the residence of the latter on G street this morning brought out the further fact that the man Ingram & the woman had been occupying the Trainor cottage for a week or more past; but as Mr. Cousins did not employ the man, & had no suspicions that the woman was the missing Mrs. Maillard, he had paid no attention to her. He confirms the fact that she bears the description printed above, & there is no doubt that the woman is the identical Mrs. Maillard. That an intelligent & educated lady, of higly respected & wealthy parents, having a fine home, kind husband & two young children, should so completely mystify her relatives, elude detection by the police & settle down contentedly with a laborer in a mill camp in the woods of Humboldt county, is indeed strange. But truth is often stranger than fiction. The wild chases, surmises & sensational stories told in the great dailies of San Francisco illustrate how little of truth will suffice to make a great story & create a sensation which can be nursed & kept alive from day to day by the sketches of enterprising correspondents & reporters.

How many a stout woman has been shadowed & dogged to her dwelling or stopping place by the vigilant detectives of San Francisco, how many a clew has been followed, to end in disappointment to the police & news gatherer, the world will never know. This Ingram-Maillard elopement is one of the strangest of all strange escapades, & proves that there is no accounting for tastes.

LATER

A telephone message from Fortuna this afternoon says' "The man who was living with Mrs. Maillard, near Fortuna engaged work in the woods on Friday, September 4th, giving his name as W. H. Ingram, but said he could not go to work until Monday, the 7th, as his wife was at Springville & he must have her brought up to the place.

They have been living together in the Trainor house since that time until Friday last when Sheriff Horton visited them, since which time nothing has been seen of Ingram, & it is supposed that he has fled. Mrs. Maillard was seen in Fortuna yesterday looking for someone to arrive on the steamer "Humboldt", or for some information by mail from the city. It is supposed that she is yet at or near Fortuna awaiting tidings from home. The "Examiner's" theory in regard to the matter as expressed in the Saturday's issue is about correct. How they came to Humboldt is not known at this writing.

"The Ferndale Enterprise" Ferndale, California
Friday, October 9, 1891

From the "Sacramento Union" we learn that Mr. Maillard is suing Mrs. Maillard for a divorce. Mrs. Maillard, it will be remembered, ran away from Mr. Maillard with a ranch hand, & was located at Fortuna week before last.

"The Ferndale Enterprise"
Friday, October 30, 1891

The "Examiner" of the 26th contains a seven column account of the Maillard-Ingram scandal, of which interviews with the woman fills most of the space. She still insists that she cannot & will not live without Ingram, nor will he face a cold & curious world without her at his side. Verily --"What fools we mortals be."

"The Ferndale Enterprise"
Friday, November 20, 1891

Married at Fortuna, November 14, 1891, William Arthur Ingram & Emily H. Maillard. .... And thus endeth the last chapter ......

"The Humboldt Daily Times" Eureka, California
Tuesday, October 9, 1891

Joseph Maillard commenced suit for divorce in Marin county & asked for custody of the two children. They married December 27, 1881 at San Raphael, Marin county, California. .....continued

"The Daily Humboldt Times" Eureka, California
Friday, October 30, 1891

THE MAILLARD DIVORCE

Judge C. B. Darwin of San Francisco, representing the plaintiff in the divorce suit of H. F. Maillard vs Emily H. T. Maillard, arrived on the steamer "Los Angeles" yesterday to take testimony in the case. Strange as it may appear, it is impossible to obtain any evidence to be used in the case anywhere but in this county, the detectives in San Francisco being utterly in the dark concerning the movements of Mrs. Maillard & Ingram after leaving Marin county. As nearly as can be learned both parties to the suit are anxious to bring it to a speedy termination. ~

Judge Darwin, accompanied by J. H. G. Weaver, Esq., of this city, will start this morning for Fortuna, where the couple have resided since coming to this county.

"The Daily Humboldt Times"
April 9, 1892

Mr. & Mrs. William Ingram took passage on the steamer "Pomona" yesterday, their names appearing on the passenger list as W. Arthur & wife. Mrs. Ingram was closely veiled & remained in her stateroom until the vessel had left the dock.

"The Ferndale Enterprise" Ferndale, California
Friday, May 13, 1892

Mrs. Maillard-Ingram's grandfather is dead. The people of this county would never have known she had a grandfather had she been a faithful wife. ------ Such is modern fame. ---

"The Daily Humboldt Standard" Eureka, California
June 18, 1888

Now comes a startling rumor from the banks of Dean Canyon on the upper South Fork. A party of Eureka campers there had selected a high & dry location for their tent, but the stove was planted near the bed of the canyon for the sake of having water handy. That June storm which was inaugerated last Wednesday brought a lively flood during the night, & at breakfast time the next morning, the stove was missing. The campers went to board at a neighboring farm.

"The Daily Humboldt Standard"
Thursday, June 14, 1888

Last Monday morning George Gerrott complained that his arms were lame. We don't guess that he lamed them turning the leaves in his Sunday School book.

"The "Ferndale Enterprise" Ferndale, California
Friday, August 24, 1888

A Negro cook in a logging camp near Fort Bragg was taken out recently by a crew of men & hoisted up to a tree 2 or 3 times by the neck & then ordered to leave the "Diggings". When released by his abusers, he imediately sought an officer & caused the arrest of the men, all of whom were fined $50.00 apiece for their deviltry. It seems the Negro did not run the cook house to suit the crew.

"The Ferndale, Enterprise"
Friday, June 15, 1888

Alfred Edward Manning, who married his adopted daughter, aged 14 years, in Eureka, in 1884, & afterwards moved to San Francisco, commited suicide in Philadelphia on June 3rd. He adopted the girl when she was a little child, reared her, & married her after the death of his first wife. He left a note stating that infidelity on the part of his wife was the cause of his rash act, but the wife thinks he was insane. She states that he was subject to fits of temporary insanity. He leaves 2 children.

"The Ferndale Enterprise"
Friday, April 18, 1888

William Carson has been called upon to appear before the Humboldt Harber Commisioners to show cause why he should not be fined for violating certain harbor regulations, relative to dumping of ballast into the bay.

"The Ferndale Enterprise"
Friday, April 18, 1888

John Dias, who was recently deprived of his retail liquor license by the City Council of Eureka, has opened up a temperance saloon in that place.---A little soda with a stick in it please.

"The Ferndale Enterprise"
Friday, May 25, 1888

Mrs. William Flowers & her 10 children, on the Island, were all down with the measles last week. Mr. Flowers surely had his hands full. They are greatly improved.

"The Ferndale Enterprise"
Friday, April 25, 1888

Ayres, of the "Watchman", admits that he was robbed in San Francisco, but denies that he was in anything but a respectful lodging house.

"The Ferndale Enterprise" Ferndale, California
Tuesday, April 6, 1897

It rained 26 days in last month & for 5 days it didn't rain for some reason or other.

"The Daily Humboldt Times" Eureka, California
Thursday, December 1, 1898

BORN WITH A NEEDLE in HIS LEG

Mrs. Oscar Stanley of Anderson, Indiana, gave birth to a baby boy nine days ago. When it was placed in care of the nurse, she found a rather peculiar pimple on the inside of its thigh. She thought nothing of it at first, but it began to get very sore & also became very large. Yesterday when she was bathing the child her hand came in contact with a sharp projection. She called a physician, & he found that there was a needle in the child. It was finally extracted & proved to be two inches in length. It was in the child when it was born. He thinks the mother swallowed it probably many years ago. The child is sound as a dollar today & will never be bothered because of the fact that he was born with a needle in him.

"The Daily Humboldt Standard" Eureka, California
Monday, August 22, 1898

WANTS TO BE SINGLE AGAIN

Adolph Adams has brought suit in Superior Court to obtain the annullment of his marriage with Eve Nelson, the ceremony for which was performed by Justice Duff on August 9th, 1898. The plaintiff avers that the marriage is null & of no effect, he having been forced to marry the defendant against his will & solely by reason of the threats, force & coercion of her father. The plaintiff asks to have this marriage annulled in accordance with Subdivison Five, Section 82 of the Civil Code. The case is novel in that it is the first on record in this state where the husband has sought annulment of marriage on these ground. Gregor & Connick are Attorneys for the plaintiff.

"The Daily Humboldt Standard" Eureka, California
Friday, November 18, 1898

C. W. Hill is reported off his feet as a result of separate encounters with coons & wagon wheels. Coons are plentiful in the neighborhood of his home on the Arcata road near Eureka & they have played havoc with his chickens. The other night he was awakened by a disturbance in his henery & going out detected the coons endeavoring to reduce the chicken census of his premises & naturally sought to prevent it. In the melee that ensued Mr. Hill suceeded in getting one of the coons down & proceeded to stamp the life out of him when the coon sunk his teeth into his foot. The wound proved very troublesome & made that foot rather tender, so much so that a few days later he was unable to get out of the way of a wagon with the result that one of the wheels ran over the other foot & he is now completely disabled.

"The Ferndale Enterprise" Ferndale, California
Tuesday, June 7, 1898

In 1897 Humboldt county produced more butter than any other county in the state.

"The Daily Humboldt Times" Eureka, California
Wednesday, September 13, 1893

Mrs. Hannah Edwardson, the buxom wife of first mate Alexander Edwardson of the schooner Esther Buhne, knocked out second mate John Peterson of the schooner Corona on Merchant street, San Francisco, last Saturday. The women's only weapons were he- fists, but she blackened Peterson's eyes, & drove away his friend who tried to interfere. Peterson is a lodger at the Edwardson house, at 41 Jessie street, & during her husband's absence had tried to make love to his landlady. A few days ago when the husband returned from Humboldt Peterson had him arrested on a trumped up charge of stealing his shirt. Saturday while the devoted wife was on her way to visit her hubby in his dungeon cell Peterson met her near the Jail & tried to prevail on her to elope with him, with results as already stated. The woman who whipped Peterson weighs 175 or 180 pounds & has a daughter 17 years old. She is accustomed to hard work, is very strong, & says she can whip any ordinary man.

"The Arcata Union" Arcata, California|
Saturday, December 1893

The little daughter of William Miller, a resident of the hill, concluded she would have some fun, & accordingly built a fire in the middle of one of the vacant & unfinished rooms of the house. The fire was discovered & extinguished but not before it cracked all the windows in the room.

"The Daily Humboldt Standard" Eureka, California
Friday, March 10, 1893

C, E. Bailey, who was arrested Wednesday for an assault on the members of his family, by turning them out, etc, had his trial before Justice Handay this forenoon & was discharged, the justice announcing that his court was no place to settle little family jars.

The evidence shows that Mr. Bailey (who has only one arm) was tickleing & playing with his little son when the daughter told the boy to run away from him. The father then spoke sharply her & Mrs. Bailey interfered. Mr. Bailey conducts a pop-corn stand on 2nd & F streets & does all he can to support his family, to all appearances. He was confined 2 days & is glad to be at liberty to pursue his business.

"The Ferndale Enterprise" Ferndale, California
May 12, 1893

Suit was commenced in Superior Court by the people vs Edna Fardner of Ferndale. The complaint alleges the defendant purchased land in the town of Ferndale on which she erected a dwelling which was completed on or about the 16th of January 1893 which has since that date, it is alleged, been conducted as a house of ill fame.

"The Humboldt Daily Times" Eureka, California
Friday, March 20, 1891

Deputy Dog Destroyer, Hank Peterson, called on us last evening & desired us to correct an error which appeard in the "Standard" last evening, & which he says is likely to create a false impression on the minds of the tax-payer in reference to his efficiency in the responsible position which he fills. Instead of there being but 2 dogs in the pound as stated, Deputy Peterson informs us that the pound is taxed to it's utmost capacity. There are now 8 dogs in the pound, & in order to have accomodations for possible new comers, he has been forced to sell 2 of the dogs.

Sunday, March 22, 1891

The insinuations against his efficiency as an officer of the law, complained of by Deputy Dog Destroyer, Hank Peterson, were scattered to the winds on Friday night by the testimony of the dogs themselves. There in not a resident within a radius of 4 blocks about the City Hall but who will not swear that there must not be less than 100 dogs in the Pound, instead of 8. The imprisoned dogs took the witness stand about dark Friday evening & their examinations & cross-examinations by the free dogs quartered at the various residences about the City Hall was continued until late Saturday morning. Evidently the examination ended in a triumphant acquital of the Deputy Dog Destroyer for when the "Times" reporter fianlly dropped off to sleep the witnesses were singing a wild, wierd Wagnarian selection from the opera of Lohengrin, in the chorus of which every dog-gored dog for miles around seemed to join.

"The Daily Humboldt Times" Eureka, California
Friday, August 25, 1892

LOVE ME, LOVE MY DOG

William Robb, first mate of the schooner "Alice", lying at Vance's wharf, was arrested yesterday on a charge of battery prefered by Captain Kindlen of the name vessel. The trouble occured Wednesday afternoon aboard the vessel, when the Captain kicked the ship's dog. The animal belonged to the mate, & he resented the treatment of his property in a homeopathic manner, as it were, by attempting to administir the same treatment to the Captain. The result was that the two indulged in a go-as-you-please slugging match, no rules to govern, & the Captain received the worst of it. The little Canine controversy will be investigated before Judge Carr this morning.

Saturday, August 26, 1892

At the trial of Mate Robb for battery of the ship's Captain, the testimony submitted by both sides was so contradictory that Judge Carr took the case under advisement.

"The Daily Humboldt Times" Eureka, California
Sunday, January 20, 1894

SUSPENDED FROM SCHOOL

Boys Accused of Snowballing Their Teachers & Using Bad Language School Boys Suspended

A number of boys attending the E street school have gotten into a peck of trouble. On Tuesday last after school was dismissed, a number of them are accused of gathering on the corner of Ninth & F streets & snowballing their teachers, Miss Dickey & Miss McGowan. The ladies retreated to the schoolhouse, & Mr. Hill, one of the teachers, went with them to escort them by the boys, when it was stated that the snowballing was began again & that vile profane language was used towards Mr. Hill. Yesterday Principal G. W. Warren suspended the following youths' George Donahue, Ray Davis, Elmer Devlin, Fred Mc Gonegal, George Carr, Edgar Torrey, Vincent Rutledge, James Dunn, William Foley, Henry Biddle, Charles Devlin, Joseph Bispoon & Frank Long. Thirteen in all. The ages of the boys range from twelve to seventeen, nine of them being between the ages of sixteen to seventeen years. Principal Warren gave the following account of the affair yesterday.

On Tuesday a quanity of snow fell & the boys were very much excited over it & had a great deal of fun snowballing each other & passerbys on the street. At the noon recess they were allowed the priviledge of leaving the grounds for the purpose of gathering all the snow they wished. I knew that it did not occur often & was willing that the boys should have all the fun they wanted. After while some of them went into the air's yard & began snowballing them, to which I put a stop. During school in the afternoon they must have made it up to snowball their teachers, for on their way home, Miss Dickey & Miss McGowan were vigorously snowballed on the corner of Ninth & F streets. When Mr. Hill went with them, the boys renewed the snowballing, at the same time applying insulting & profan epithets to him.

Miss McGowan is in the first grammar grade, & Miss Dickey & Mr. Hill in the second grammar grade. I consider Miss Dickey & Miss Mc Gowan two of the best teachers we have in the department. Mr. Hill, I have not known long, but his work is in every respect satisfactory & he is a perfect gentleman. He has charge of the boys on the playground & in the basement & some of them have a spite against him because he enforces the rules of the school.

I investigated the matter very throughly on Thursday, heard both sides, & today suspended the boys whose names have been given. With one exception they are boys who have given trouble before & have been borne with patiently in the hope that their conduct would improve, until this affair took place. I consider it simply a question of whether the hoodlum element in the school shall rule it, or whether it shall be conducted by the properly constituted authorities. Some of the parents have called on me & told me that their children, whom I had suspended, have given them more trouble than all the others. Others have been indignent & said that because they paid taxes they would insist upon their children going to school. After I sent the boys out they gathered on the corner opposite the schoolhouse & yelled & hooted, as I supposed in derision of the sentence passed upon them. In anticipation of any difficulty I sent down town for a policeman, but there was no necessity for his services, the sight of him being enough to make them behave themselves. As far as I am concerned, my action in suspending them is final for the term.

"The Daily Humboldt Times" Eureka, California
Tuesday, August 21, 1894

A SERIOUS CHARGE

Madeline Evans, a French courtesan was arrested yesterday afternoon charged with battery against city dog marshal! Hank Peterson. The woman & a man, supposed to be her paramour, were walking down the railroad track yesterday afternoon, accompanied by an unlicensed dog, when Marshall Peterson pounced on him. Of course the woman tried to regain possession of her dog & while struggling for it the man took a hand in the row, picking up a cobblestone he struck the marshal! on the head with it, felling him, when the woman threw herself on the prostrate cripple, & while she scratched & gouged him, the man put in a kick whenever an opening was offered. While the dog was no less active in trying to get a piece of the unfortunate marshall's flesh. There is no telling what the outcome would have been had not some men from the depot come to the marshall's assistance & driven off his assailants, including the dog, who took their heels down the track. Between gouging, biting & kicking, Hank was a sorry looking spectacle when the rescuers assisted him to his feet, & he was compelled to seek the services of a surgeon to sew up a bad looking cut on the top of his head. The woman was locked up in the county jail last evening in default of $100 bail, but her paramour had not been captured up to an early hour this morning.

"The Daily Humboldt Times" Eureka, California
Wednesday, August 29, 1894

Gus Flurie, convicted of assisting Madeline Evans & her dog in assaulting Dog Marshall Peterson at the depot last week, was yesterday sentenced to pay a fine of $40 or go to jail for 40 days. He was forced to take the alternative.

"The Daily Humboldt Times"
Thursday, October 17, 1895

SWAPPED AWAY HIS WIFE

Gave Her In Exchange For Farmer Thompson's Daughter

The very unusual story of swapping a daughter for a wife is reported from Toledo, Washington. A farmer named Thompson lost his wife a short time ago. She left him a little baby girl. The child he took to a neighbor of the name of Putnam to be cared for. Of course frequent visits were made to see how the baby was getting along.

Mrs. Putnam was quite a comely person & very soon attracted the attention of the widowed farmer. Then he soon learned to love her; but, worst of all, his love was reciprocated. The husband discovered the situation. The lovers naturally expected a scene, but there was none.

Instead of making the neighboring hills resound with jealous rage Putnam called upon Thompson, & they discussed the matter in a businesslike manner. Putnam professed to be tired of his wife & said he would as fief that some other fellow would take her away as not, but he wanted something in return. He wanted someone around

to minister to his wants, someone he could learn to love. Thompson had a daughter who suited him very well, & if it was just the same he was willing to trade his wife for her. That suited Thompson, & the girl too. So a bargain was struck & the exchange made. Thompson & Mrs. Putnam went to Aberdeen & the girl to Castle Rock.

"The Daily Humboldt Times" Eureka, California
Thursday, March 30, 1893

A DEPARTED PAYNE

For some months past there has been employed by the Eureka Street Railway Company a man named Richard W. Payne. He was a driver on the car that runs up H street from 5th, & he was familar to all who travel this street. He wore a long faded overcoat, a white slouch hat & a green patch over his eye, & when the car was in motion he was continously lashing his mules & calling out "Git sap, git sap! in a voice which resembled the noise made by a buzz saw coming in contact with a piece of scrap iron. He was not melodious surely. But it had the desired effect of making the mules "get sap."

The H street car is now relieved of this Payne, he having left this city last week, taking with him his green patch & buss saw voice.

Hearing that he had deserted a wife & three children, a "Times" reporter traced the matter up & the result of his investigation is as follows, the story being learned from a gentleman who has been acquainted with Payne for several year: Payne is a native of Virginia, in which state he was married about fourteen years ago. -A year or so after his marriage he left his home in Virginia & went to Texas, but whether or not he was divorced from his wife is not known. Shortly after he arrived in Texas he was married to his present wife, who has lived with him twelve years, & bourne three children, all girls, the oldest being between ten & eleven years of age. Payne came with his family to this city several months ago & for some time past has been in the employ of the railway company. About eight months ago, it is said, he commenced corresponding with a woman in Virginia, & later his wife discovered the fact & adcertained for the first time he had been married before. Whether or not she remonstrated with him is not known, but that is not a matter of public interest. It is known, however, that he left this city last week, & the supposition is based on the reading of the contents of one of the letters he received from the woman in Virginia, which his wife accidently discovered. It is barely possible he may have gone off on a trip & will return, but the evidence in the case does not indicate any such intentions on his part. On the contrary, it indicates that he has cruelly deserted his wife & children.

Mrs. Payne who was seen by this reporter, is a lady of pleasant appearance & address, & she has taken her loss philosophically, & whatever feelings she might have in the matter she has kept to herself. When asked if she was in need of any assistance she said that she was not. Her friends & neighbors had been kind to her & she had the promise of work enough to make a livlihood for herself & little ones.

"The Arcata Union" Arcata, California
March lO, 1894 Saturday

ROLAND RAMSDELL DEAD

An old resident of Arcata died in San Francisco, February 1894. Deceased was an old settler here, & in the early 60's he & his brother took up a ranch on upper Mad river. The brother, who was by far the better business man of the two, was drowned in Mad river a few years after they settled on the ranch. Roland never amounted to anything afterwards, He worked the bottom & in the woods for some years, earning a precarious support. He was rather weak minded, which misfortune became apparent more as he grew older, & became addicted to drink. For two or three years before he went from here to the home he was a religious crank, & aired his religious views through the columns of the Eureka papers when he was permitted. With all his faults he was an honest man.

"The Arcata Union" Arcata, California
Saturday, March 3, 1894

The first school "took up" in Arcata August 1850, a lawyer named Leander Holmes was the first teacher. The building was a 10 x 12 shake shanty north of the plaza, comprised of 15 pupils, nearly all of whom were the children of the families of the two Kelseys & the Stansberrys.& William Lindsay. John A. Kneeland owned the schoolhouse.

"The Arcata Union" Arcata, California
Saturday, June 30, 1894

One day last week one of the daughters of Pat Leveque went a short distance from home to pick berries & in her rambles came upon a family of 5 kittens. The little girl made friends with them & they all followed her to the house, & into the kitchen where Mrs. Leveque was engaged in her work. The little girl called her mother's attention to the cats, when Mrs. Leveque made the discovery that the little animals had a handle to their name. They were skunks. They were perfectly tame, & purred after the little girl like house kittens. They were all killed.

"[he Daily Humboldt Times" Eureka, California
Thursday, January 25, 1894

The sentry box which will be sent to the Midwinter Fair as the original Jacob's Sentry box from Fort Humboldt when General Grant was stationed there as 1st Lieutenent, is arousing considerable controversy among those familiar with the facts. Mrs. E. J. Chamberlain says that the box was presented to the Mother Superior of the convent by Captain Tomlinson & not by General Grant, while Justice F. S. Duff, who was here when Humboldt Bay was a duck pond & helped enlarge it to its present size, states that there was no sentry box at Fort Humboldt when Lieutenent Grant was here.

"The Daily Humboldt Times" Eureka, California
Sunday, March 31, 1895

MISPLACED CHARITY

The crippled Negro who has atracted some attention on our streets by the absence of his feet & a portion of his legs, is now making his rounds soliciting subscriptions for the avowed purpose of purchasing artificial limbs for himself. Instead of dragging himself about on his knees as heretofore he now has wooden substitues for feet attached to the stumps of his legs, & with the aid of his crutches, which have been lengthened, he manages to get around quite lively.

He is a pitable object to look at, but a tough customer to deal with, There is something radicaly wrong about this fellow's actions which can be excused only by a mental weakness. He appears to think; that he has a legitimate lien upon the purses of the people. His demand for aid is meek enough, but should it be refused his meekness vanishes & he becomes insolent & at times abusive. Too well, authenticated instances of this are known & doubtless others could be found upon inquiry.

"The Daily Humboldt Times" Eureka, California
Tuesday, April 23, 1895

A VENGEFUL SWEDE

Ben Severance, foreman for the L. E. White Lumber company in the Elk Creek logging camp, Mendocino county, narrowly escaped death last Thursday evening from an explosion of dynamite. A Swede named Abrams had been oredered out of the camp for assaulting the cook. Abrams was slightly intoxicated at the time & blamed Severance for the order. After the foreman retired for the night, Abrams secured a stick of dynamite & placed it under the house occupied by Severance. The explosion was touched off & blew Severance into the ceiling & wrecked the house. The injuries to the foreman are not dangerous, but until this fact was ascertained preparation had been made by the woodsmen to take the law into their own hands. Abrams is now in jail.

"The Daily Humboldt Times" Eureka, California
Sunday, March 31, 1895

Bessie Gordon, an inmate of the house of ill-fame at the lower end of Main street in Rohnerville, was horribly burned about 3 o'clock Friday morning. Her clothing caught fire from a cigarette, & before assistance could be called she was enveloped in flames. Whether she will recover is not known.

"The Ferndale Enterprise" Ferndale, California
Friday, April 1895

The woman who was so seriously burned in Rohnerville last week is recovering. She is being cared for by the good ladies of that town who by their acts show a comendable Christian spirit.

"The Daily Humboldt Standard" Eureka, California
Wednesday, August 12, 1885

TRAGEDY AT NORTH FORK

H. D. Benner Kills a Woman & is Dispatched by an Angry Crowd

Intelligence has been received of a double tragedy at North Fork yesterday. It appears that one H. D. Benner & Amanda Town have been living together for some time, although not married. She it is said, had a husband below, but had never been divorced from him. The relations between the two have not always been of an amicable nature, as about two months ago, he was arrested for striking her. Lately she has been cooking at a camp at North Fork, & yesterday morning Benner left Arcata for that place. Yesterday afternoon Amanda Towns' little girl found her lying on the floor of the house dead, her throat cut & her hand also slashed in several places.

SUSPICION

pointed to Benner at once, as the perpetrator of the crime, & later on in the afternoon he was arrested by the constable, who found him at Le Counts Hotel. Orders were telephoned from Arcata to the constable to bring the prisoner to Eureka, & a team had been gotten ready for that purpose, when the justice who was holding an inquest over the body of the woman at North Fork, sent word to bring the prisoner there.

QUITE AN EXITED CROWD

had congregated at that place, & on the arrival of Benner they riddled him it is said with bullets. The woman was about thirty years old & Benner about forty. The latter had been for some time past working on a ranch not a great distance from Arcata & was well-known in that section. The above are the facts in the case as near as we could get them.

Thursday, August 13, 1885

SEEKING HIS CHILDREN

An Interview Last Evening With Mr. Town

Learning that James E. Town, the husband of the woman recently murdered at Blue Lake, had arrived on the steamer yesterday & was at the "Vance," a reporter of the "Standard "knocked at the door of room 18, last evening, & was soon ushered into the presence of a quiet, plain-looking man about fifty years of age. Mr. Town, who is a 1aboring man, very kindly consented to communicate to the reporter all the latter wished to know, & did so in a straightforward intelligent way.

"The sad tragedy at Blue Lake, I suppose, has brought you here" remarked the reporter.

"Yes, I have come after the two children that were with my wife."

"How did you hear of the murder?"

"My lawyer, at San Francisco, sent me a newspaper containing an account of the murder & lynching. I then telegraphed Sheriff Brown to find out where the children were & upon learning, immediately started to bring them to my home at Walnut Grove in Sacramento county.

..... continued.....

"Will you be so kind as to tell all you know about the affair, when you first met Mrs. Town & how she happened 'to leave you?"

"She was a native of Missouri, having been born there in January, 1850. She, with her parents, removed to California in 1863. I first met her in 1865, & we were married in October 1866. Her maiden name was Amanda M. Markwood. The wedding took place near Rio Vista, Solano county."

"How long did you live there?"

"Until July 1878. I then went to Walnut Grove & bought an interest in a butcher's shop, leaving her at Rio Vista because there were no houses in Walnut Grove at that time to rent. In 1879, however, I removed the family there, & in June 1880, sold out my interest in the meat shop to Frederick Wichers, my partner. Shortly after I was attacked with sciatic rheumatism & I was unable to do much work for about six months. However, I rented some land of one Eastman & a dwelling house of W. Hazen. We lived there until September 1882, at which time she left me."

"Why did she leave you?"

"I haven't the slightest idea, unless she was partially insane."

"Did she ever show symptoms of insanity?"

"Often. She was a monomaniac, first on one subject, then on another. She would frequently fly into a violent passion at me or threaten to kill the children. She also made three attempts to commit suicide"

"What methods did she choose?"

"The two first times I do not care to describe. The last time she got very angry over a trivial circumstance, left the house after dark & went towards the bank of the river, declaring that she would drown herself. I sent the oldest boy after her to see where she went, but she eluded him & did not return until about half past 11 o'clock. She then rushed into the room where I was lying down, using some very profane language, & struck me once or twice in the breast. She then went into an adjoining room, & fearing that she might kill one of the children, as she had often threatened to do, I followed. There she seized a paper of strychnine & thrust it into her mouth, declaring she would die before our very eyes. But, by seizing her by the throat, my oldest boy & myself prevented her from swallowing it."

"You say she had no cause for leaving you?"

"None. "

"Did she declare she was going to desert you?"

"No, she said she was going to visit her uncle."

"Did she go alone?"

"She took the two youngest children with her. There are four altogether. Instead of going to her uncle's, however, she went to her cousin, Eli McCray's, at Rio Vista. McCray kept a saloon & lodging house. She consented to cook for him & they conducted a sort of hotel. There she met Benner. She remained at the hotel until January or February 1883, when she went to keep house for Benner, living with him in Rio Vista, until September, when she & Benner removed to Benicia. They lived at the latter place till June 1884, when I lost track of them."

"Was she angry when she left you in 1882?"

"On the contrary, she appeared in excellent humor & kissed the remaining two children & myself goodbye."

"Did she ever bring suit for a divorce?"

"Three times. She first sued me in Solano county. The case came up in May 1883 & my lawyer, after hearing plaintiff's witnesses, moved for a non-suit which was granted. Next time she instituted legal proceedings at San Francisco. The case was still pending in January.

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