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last, & I have heard nothing of it since. The third suite was brought in Humboldt. In all three suits she complained of ill treatment, desertion, etc., on my part."

"What do you suppose caused Benner to take her life?"

"I think he did it to get an opportunity to ruin the oldest girl, Esther, now thirteen years old, who with the youngest child, a boy, was taken along when she deserted me."

"Do you think he went there for the sole purpose of murdering her that day?"

"I am not certain that he did, but he probably quarrelled with her & she, I think tried to use the knife on him, for she was a very resolute woman, & the knife described is as one that would be used about a kitchen. In the scuffle that followed, I think he must have taken the knife away from her, & then killed her with it."

"Do you know anything of the antecedents of Benner?"

"I am told he married a young lady at San Jose, that two children were the fruit of the union, & that ill treatment & drunkeness on his part caused her to go back to her parents, where shortly afterward she died. I blame Eli McCray more for my wife's misconduct than I do anybody else. He is far more culpable, I think, than Benner." After saying this the speaker fell to meditating & the reporter, thinking he had the most interesting part of the narrative, bade Mr. Town goodbye & withdrew.

"The Daily Humboldt Standard" Eureka, California
Monday, June 17, 1895

YOUNG BIRD ACQUITED

Our readers will remember that almost a year ago a young man giving the name of Bird visited this city & after a two week's sojourn left very suddenly for Oregon, followed by officers of the law who had a warrant for his arrest on the charge of seduction. Bird, whose real name is Cameron, was never captured, but finally after two years of suspense he returned to his home in Nebraska where he gave himself up to the officers & stood trial. The "Nebraska State Journal" of the 7th instan contains the following account of the outcome of the matter.

The case of the state against Irwin E. Cameron was nolle prosquied yesterday by County Attorney Woodward. Cameron came to Lincoln to attend the state fair in September, 1893. He was accompanied by a young Tecumseh girl named Daisy Ward. After viewing the sights all day they went to the Capital hotel & remained overnight instead of returning to their homes. During this time young Cameron accomplished the girl's ruin. He left the country immediately afterwards as he heard that her parents intended having him arrested & prosecuted for seducing a girl under the age of fifteen. Sheriff Miller followed him to Illinois & later to California, but was unable to catch him. Finally Cameron tired of dodging the officers & came to Lincoln & gave himself up.

In the first trial the defense sought to prove that Daisy Ward was over the age of fifteen & depositions were taken from her former home in Pennsylvania, which showed that she was almost sixteen years of age. This nettled the jury & it disagreed when the case went to it. Since that time the defense has filed additional affidavits, which make their case so much stronger that the state despaired of convicting him & concluded to drop the charge.

Attention is called to the ad in the Union of to-day of the Happy Day Dental Company in Eureka. Those of our acquaintances who have had work done at these rooms are all satisfied with it.

"The Daily Humboldt Times" Eureka, California
Sunday, October 14, 1894

TWO STRANDED FAMILIES

MRS. Ollie Vick, with five children ranging in age from six months to fifteen years, & Mrs. Nellie Cousins, with six children ranging from sixteen months to thirteen years, accompanied by a mangy dog & a distressed canary, were among the earliest callers at the Mayor's office Thursday, says the San Francisco Examiner.

The mothers lost little time in saying that they had been deported from Eureka, Humboldt county, & that they had Just reached the city, by way of a schooner, at the expense of the Humboldt county authorities,

They said they had been in Eureka several months without employment & with no means of support. Mrs. Cousins is a widow, but Mrs. Vick says she is a deserted wife. She believes her husband is now in the Sacramento valley, but has no idea of his exact whereabouts.

The party had breakfasted on the boat & was wandering aimlessly about the waterfront when Sergeant Mahoney made a few inquiries. His next step was to take the families to the Mayor's office.

Mayor Ellert gave each mother a small sum & later in the day five of the children of Mrs. Cousins were sent to the San Francisco Orphan Asylum, while three of Mrs. Vick's little ones were sent to the asylum at San Rafael. Temporary provision was made for the remainder.

The Humboldt county officials will be asked to explain their actions. Supervisor Swortzel, from whose district the families were sent, when seen about the matter yesterday gave the following facts'

Mrs. Vick & Mrs. Cousins are sisters & with their families came to the county overland from Red Bluff about a year ago. They were accomppanied by Mrs. Vick's husband & another man & were peniless when they arrived at Hyedesville, where they took up their residence. The unknown man was soon lost sight of, while Vick, who proved himself a good-for-nothing getting hold of some money, soon left the county, leaving the women to shift for themselves. Handicapped with their large families they Were unable to do much for themselves & soon became county charges. They had been drawing monthly allowances from the county for nearly a year & would have continued so doing had not they importuned the supervisors to pay their passage to San Francisco whence they represented that they could easily reach their father who they claimed was able & willing to take care of them. Accordingly tickets were purchased for them on the last outgoing trip of the steamer Humboldt & from the account in the Examiner it is evident that they reached San Francisco safely.

"The Daily Humboldt Times" Eureka, California
Wednesday, December 19, 1894

CUT OFF HER FOOT

Two little children of J. Spencer, who resides on Elk river, were playing with an ax yesterday. One of them, a little girl, aged 6 years, thrust out her foot & told her brother to cut it off. The little fellow promptly obeyed orders & the heavy ax descended, crushing through the bones & almost completely severing the right toot back of the toes. Surgical aid was summoned from the city & when the doctors arrived the amputation was completed & a further amputation of the bone made in order to properly prepare the wound for healing. The little one underwent the operation safely & no serious results are expected, but she will have to go through life with only half a foot.

"The Ferndale Enterprise. Ferndale, California
Friday, April 27, 1894

Mrs. Anna Berkovitz, who a couple of months ago arrived at Eureka & claimed that Charles Berkovitz a hatter of that city, was her faithless husband, has commenced nun' in the Superior Court to compel him to pay $25 a month permanent alimony. Mrs. Berkovitz alleges that they were married in Paris in 1878, & that he has several times without cause deserted her, she following him from place to place over the greater part of the world. Berkovitz claims that he left his wife because he learned soon after their marriage that she had 2 or 3 husbands living, from none of whom she was divorced & asserts that he has went everywhere in an endeaver to get away from her, but without success. He was at one time in prison in Australia for refusing to comply with the order of the court to pay her alimony .

"The Ferndale Enterprise" Ferndale, California
Friday, January 5, 1894

A poor old horse that had been abandoned by someone, sought shelter under a church shed at Grizzley Bluff a week ago Sunday evening, & the next morning was found lying at full length dead. He no doubt listened to the services within & hearing no prayers for the unfortunate dumb, concluded at best to turn up his toes.

"The Ferndale Enterprise. Ferndale, California
Friday, February 16, 1894

Mrs. Theresa Hurlbutt of Eureka, is the possessor of a bible printed in London in the year 1607, & a fire shovel which at one time belonged to her great-grandfather, Captain David French, with which General Washington used to punch the fire while visiting at the Captain's home at Valley Forge during the memorable winter that the American troops were camped there.

"The Ferndale Enterprise. Ferndale, California
Friday, February 14, 1894

Nash's saloon on the corner of 3rd & E streets in Eureka has been haunted for some time past, 2 men, who were recently employed to remain in the building overnight being nearly frightened to death by the sudden appearance of several ghosts, who, after playing a game of cards, turned in & upset things generaly. . The men solemly declare their story to be true, & an offer of $7.50 is still open to anyone who will stay in the saloon over night.

"The Daily Humboldt Times" Eureka, California

J. J. Shepherd has commenced suit for divorce from Mary Shepherd upon the ground of cruelty & desertion. Shepherd is the man who was struck on the head with an axe by John A. Haukernsen near Freshwater in July 1893. When he was in the hospital recovering from his wound his wife eloped with Haukensen & he now claims that she conspired with Haukensen to kill him. The couple have one child, a girl aged 6 years.

"The Daily Humboldt Times" Eureka, California
Sunday, September 23, 1888

A CASE FOR INVESTIGATION

Last Tuesday about 10 o'clock a. m., some ladies of this city, whose names we will for the present with-hold were gathering huckleberries in the vicinity of the Glatt place, back of Eureka, when they were approached by a little girl of about eleven years old who said she was hungry & would help gather berries for something to eat. On questioning the child she said that her name was Adalene Francis Groff & that her uncle had brought her from Germany to San Francisco, & there died in a hospital. A man by the name of Adolph Fisher took her from there to Arcata, & she has resided with him & his wife since. She says that they abused her & the woman told her that she was not wanted there anymore & that she must go back to San Francisco. She left the house & walked around the bay on Monday evening & became lost in the woods, & finally laid down under a tree & went to sleep.

Her sincerity impressed the ladies who found her, & they offered her some of their lunch, but at first her stomach was too weak to stand it, & it was only after drinking some tea, that it could retain any food. She had eaten nothing at all on Monday, & was very much exhausted.

The ladies brought the child home with them, & are giving her every attention. She seems very happy, & seems determined not to return, in fact we are informed that she is on the alert for the presence of Fisher & ready to run at the first appearance of him.

The underclothing of the child bore evidence of the grossest neglect, being perfectly filthy. She has been provided with the necessary clothing, & steps will be taken to see that she is properly cared for.

The following from the "Arcata Union" of yesterday will throw further light upon the subject:

Something of a sensation was created in the neighborhood of the Janes Creek mill last week by the disappearance of the little 8 year old daughter of A. Fisher, who lives near the Faylor place. Up to Thursday the child had not been found but it is known she ran away from home for she stopped one night at the house of a lady in Arcata, where her father traced her, but did not succeed in getting possession of her. Mr. Fisher was for a long time foreman of the pile driving operations on the Arcata & Mad River Rail Road. He returned from a visit to Europe less than one year ago, bringing with him a wife & his little girl, the daughter of his first wife. Later he left the employ of the railroad & bought a piece of land just beyond the Janes Creek mill. He is a hard working, industrious man, but the neighbors charge him with cruelty to the little girl, & say that was the cause of the child running away. Whether this be true or not it is proper for Mr. Fisher to know that his neighbors believe it to be true, & that a resolution has been found among them to have him arrested & punished if any more acts of cruelty are practiced on the child in case of her return. There is much indignation in the neighborhood at the alleged acts of cruelty on the part of the father.

The child is bright & interesting, having been a kindergarten pupil when the family lived in Arcata, &: was a general favorite among the little people. She speaks English fluently, although she has been in this country less than one year.

.... Continued ....

"The Daily Humboldt Times"
Tuesday, September 25, 1888

THE OTHER SIDE

Adolph Fisher visited us yesterday & satisfied us beyond a doubt that he has been placed in a false position by the conduct of his child, Cecilia Francis Adelaide Fisher, of whom we made mention in the "Times" of Sunday. The statements made by the child in regard to her being brought to this country by an uncle, who died in San Francisco, & that A. Fisher is not her father are controverted by the marriage certificate & certificate of the birth of the child, which were shown us by Mr. Fisher. Mr. Fisher states to us that the child was left by him in the old country when he first came to this country & he went to Germany for the purpose of bringing her to this country at the request of her grandmother, who had charge of her, & who wrote that the child was more than she could manage in her declining years. When Mr. Fisher went for her, he met & married his second wife, the child herself introducing him & choosing her for a mother. Mr. Fisher has given the child every opportunity since her arrival in this State to acquire a good English education, & says that while she is very headstrong & hard to manage, she is very bright. He also says it has been necessary for him on several occasions to punish her severely for gross disobedience & untruthfulness. It has been two weeks since she left home, & has been wandering around, which accounts for the untidiness of her clothing. She made a trip to this city & back last week, but still did not go home, nor could Mr. Fisher find her. He complains that parties harbored her when she -should have been sent to her home, or sent word to him. Mr. Fisher is well known to us as a hard working, industrious & sober man. He says that his present wife has never punished the child & does not complain of her. He came to this city as soon as he learned of her whereabouts & secured her, & is perfectly willing to pay for her keeping if anyone will take her.

"The Daily Humboldt Standard" Eureka, California
Tuesday, January 5, 1897

Hector McKinnon of Scotia sends the editor of this paper an abusive, threatening & indecent message on a postal card. This will be turned over to the proper postal authorities who will determine whether he has committed an offense against the postal laws & if he has, he must take the consequences. Mr. McKinnon need not take the "Standard." He is a "Demo" with a big D, & probably knows what a democrat is, but the "Standard" would give two red apples for his written definition of democracy. He will hear from his postal card later.

"The Daily Humboldt Standard"
Tuesday, August 17, 1897

Dallas T. Shinn of Petrolia was examined as to his sanity yesterday by Drs. Ruddock & Felt & it was decided to commit the unfortunate man to the asylum. His insanity is believed to have been brought on by the use of tobacco. He has a wife & three children.

"The Daily Humboldt Times" Eureka, California
Tuesday, September 11, 1894

ANOTHER YOUNG LOCHINVAR

Contract Marriage, A Beligerant Brother, & An Irate Father

Last Saturday afternoon, Farris in his normal capacity paid Cupid when armed with his seal as a bow & his pen as an arrow, he united Hiss Lottie D. Tracy & Robert L. E. Kennedy.

The loving couple had come from Arcata in a buggy, & as soon as the contract was ready, tried themselves back, where they engaged room 10 at the Union hotel & retired. But the course of true love, it is said never runs smooth, & this was no exceptional case, for about 8 o'clock that evening the happy pair were rudely disturbed by a vigorous knocking at the door of their apartment. Sounds of angry voices filled the hall, & at last when the newly married benedict reluctantly opened the door he was confronted by the irate father & a brother of the bride, accompanied by nightwatchman Murray & landlord Clinton & quite a lively family row was soon in progress. The father wanted his new son-in-law arrested, the young brother, who is Just about half as tall as his new brother-in-law, wanted to mop the floor with him, & all wanted to talk at once. For a few minutes things were quite interesting until Kennedy produced the marriage contract & proved that everything had been done according to law, When he was allowed to return & comfort his trembling bride, & the father & his forces withdrew, all but the younger brother. The young man was not satisfied with the turn affairs had taken, & insisted on trying to get into the room where his new relative was. But after he had been somewhat roughly handled & his clothing considerably torn he was disuaded from his purpose. The leading characters in this sensational drama are Robert L. E. Kennedy, aged 23 years, a teamster' & Lottie D. Tracy, aged 15 years, daughter of John Tracy, brick maker of Arcata. Kennedy had been keeping company with the girl about 6 months & his attention to her during that time had been so assidious as to excite general remark. He is not altogether a stranger in the family of whom he has now become a member, for his young bride was already a sister-in-law to his younger brother.

"The Daily Humboldt Times" Eureka, California
Wednesday, September 19, 1894

John Rankin, the tramp printer, who was released Monday from the county Jail after serving his second consectative sentence was arrested again last evening. Rankin found his way into the H street Gospel Mission, where instead of the words of peace soothing his turbulent spirit, they aroused his warlike passions, & he wanted to cut the hearts out of the congregation.

"The Daily Humboldt Times" Eureka, California
Wednesday, October 3, 1894

At the City Council meeting an ordinance to comply with the law to acquiring the Glatt track was adopted, & in this connection it was decided to call the tract Forest Park. Note, This was later named Sequoia Park.

"The Ferndale Enterprise" Ferndale, California
Friday, August 23, 1889

The postmaster at Swauger's Station is accused of tying tin cans to the tails of stray dogs in that section & setting them on the jump along the county road. We wish the Ferndale postmaster would follow suit, & see if he could not rid this place of some of its worthless curs.

"The Daily Humboldt Times" Eureka, California
July 1892

Hazel Pauline & Lena Johnson, two soiled doves from 1st street, became so much enthused over the celebration that they forgot to go home Saturday night. At 10 o'clock Sunday morning they were on the streets still celebrating in a loud & boistrous manner, trying to drown the sound of the church bells with their voices. As the police believed that the celebration proper had ended at midnight, the foolish females were gathered in. In the Police Court yesterday morning each was sentenced to pay a fine of $10 or go to jail for 10 days. Having spent all of their loose change on the celebration they are now occupying perches in Sheriff Brown's bird cage.

"The Ferndale Enterprise" Ferndale, California
Friday, January 8, 1892

John Dean, one of our up-country citizens, was treated to an unpleasant surprise on Christmas Eve. He had procured a large chunk of maple for his "yule log", as the family sat around the hearth enjoying their Christmas presents, they were startled to see a rattlesnake, which had taken winter quarters in the hollow log, come crawling out of the fire. His snakeship was imediately killed, but it was some time before the family got over their scare.

"The Arcata Union" Arcata, California
1893

People in Ferndale do not dwell together in unity. A house of ill repute in that town has been the cause of much trouble for several months past, & for the removal or abatement, of which a suit is pending in the Superior Court, was burned to the ground last Tuesday night. The house can well be spared, but the loss of the hall adjoining is rather serious. The Ferndalians have a peculiar method of dealing with suspected evil doers that sometimes get them into trouble.

"The Arcata Union" Arcata, California
Saturday, November 18, 1893

Mollie T. Finley has been granted a divorce from her husband, Edward P. Finley, in San Francisco because the latter claimed her education had been neglected by her mother & tried to supply the deficiency The duty in which the maternal parent had been wanting, according to Finley, was a deficiency in the number of spankings administered which he endeavored to supply in spite of the ladie's averment that she had received the proper number. It has now been judicially decided that her husband does not stand in "loco parentis"

"The Daily Humboldt Times" Eureka, California
Wednesday, January 11, 1893

A foolish man at Napa last week made a wager that he could touch a live electric wire without injuring himself. Aside from being instantly killed the only injury he received was a trifling burn. It would be just as well if the keepers at the Asylum did not let the patients wander around town.

"The Daily Humboldt Times. Eureka, California
Sunday, November 20, 1892

PABST'S PERFIDIOUS WIFE

She Leaves Her George for a Handsomer Man

George Pabst was a resident of this city for two or three years, & will be remembered as a hardware merchant, doing business on F street. These readers will also remember that he had plenty of trouble in a business way, & that he finally left here because of his troubles. They may not know that domestic afflictions have befallen him since his departure last April, & that Mr. Pabst is now an "orphan" with two small children to care for. On leaving Eureka, Mr. Pabst went to San Francisco, where he opened a small hardware store. About this time the Pabsts became acquainted with one C. M. Simpson, a florist. The acquaintance frew very rapidly, & after a hard struggle for peace & without knowing the cause of his wife's coldness & ill-temper, consented to a separation. The terms & conditions of the separation are as follows'

San Francisco, October 22, 1892

I, Cora Mable Pabst, wife of George Pabst, both residents of San Francisco, State of California, release my husband for the sum of five hundred dollars & division of household goods. I will not hold in any way him responsible from the time I leave our home for any debts & I will promise not to sue him for a divorce or separate maintainance at his expense. She does not in any way interfere with me or claim what I may accumulate & that he also releases me, that I am free to conduct business independent of him.

This is a mutual understanding between us, as we have come to the conclusion that our marriage is a failure & a mistake, there being nothing but discord & contention between us. Therefore we agree to separate by mutual consent & live apart, neither one to interfere with the other. Should either one of us break this contract, said contract will not hold good by law in any court in California.

Signed: Cora Mabel Pabst
George Pabst

On separating Pabst gave his wife $5OO & half the furniture. This latter she stored, & last week Simpson had the furniture sold, packed his gripsack, said goodbye to his own wife & child on a pretense of a business call out of town & decamped with Mrs. Pabst. The deserted wife & child are said to be in destitute circumstances. Mr. Pabst feels guilty over the whole affair. He expresses much sorrow for the deserted woman, & says if he hadn't made that $500 contract Simpson would still be in the bosom of his family. He declares that his wife had been married 4 times before, that when she tied herself to him she committed bigamy' that he will have her arrested for that crime, get a divorce & that he will never again waste his shympathies on a woman.

"The Daily Humboldt Standard" Eureka, California
Wednesday, May 16, 1888

Antone Durant, whose wife was committed to the city prison Monday on a complaint sworn out by himself, took passage on the steamer Humboldt" today. When asked by officer Boyle if he was going, & in regards to his wife, Durant replied, "Yes, I guess I go back" & She got a job." The incarcerated woman had three pet cats when she arrived on Sunday.

"The Daily Humboldt Times" Eureka, California
Sunday, January 7, 1894

THE HOUSE IS HIS CASTLE

The stars do not always move smoothly in their orbits, that is John Starr & his wife do not' Yesterday when the lady returned to her home on 3rd street, between I & J, she found her spouse in possession, & she alleges he vowed most strenously that if she attempted to enter he would manufacture a galaxy of stars from her with an ax. The lady was justly indignant & sought the District Attorney with her tale of woe. She was told that her husband had control of the community property, & the only way she could oust him would be by legal proceedings. Mrs. Starr herself is not a bright & shining light, having made her debut in the Police Court for fracturing the statutes concerning the peace & dignity of the people of California in such cases made & provided, & doubtless it was the terror of the law alone which prevented her from wading into the premises & bringing her husband to a just sense of his position in the domestic economy of the Starr household.

"The Daily Humboldt Times" Eureka, California
Tuesday, March 6, 1894

Her three year old daughter of C. B. Stone had two of her fingers cut off with an ax, wielded by her five year old brother, at Bucksport, Saturday afternoon. The children were playing & the accident was caused by the little girl unthinkingly placeing her hand upon a stick of wood which her brother was about to cut.

''The Daily Humboldt Times" Eureka, California
Friday, May 25, 1894

Orville Judson Greene, the ex-Union soldier, who imagines he is full of bullets, was examined by Drs. Wallace & Rae Felt yesterday & committed to the Napa asylum. Other than his hallucinations as to his numerous bullet wounds, he has no other delusions & is not particularly dangerous to the public, but only to himself. Greene is a native of New York, aged 54 years, a farmer by occupation & single. He came here from Oregon about 8 years ago, & has resided in Ferndale.

"The Daily Humboldt Times" Eureka, California
Sunday, November 25, 1894

Christ Brown & his cat were arrested on 5th street Friday evening for drunkeness. When found the pair were enjoying a meal, tete-a-tete, on the sidewalk, the cat daintily lunching off a package of fish under Brown's arm, while Brown was trying to appease his own hunger from a bag of peanuts. The cat was not as "far" gone as Brown, but his evil association got him into trouble, & as Brown demurred to parting with his feline companion, they were locked up in the same cell. Yesterday Judge Carr allowed the cat to go on his own recognazance, but Brown was sent up for 5 days in default of paying $5 fine.

"The Daily Humboldt Standard" Eureka, California
Monday, March 14, 1898

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FROM: "The Daily Humboldt Times" Eureka, California
Tuesday, April 11, 1899

Adjudged Insane

Commissioners E. J. Ruddock & R. Felt yesterday examined Anthony W. Inman, of Ferndale, as to his mental condition. The examination left no doubt as to his insanity & they reccomended his commitment. The cause of the unfortunate man's condition was the hardening of the wall of his blood vessels which affected the brain. He imagined among other things that some person whom he thought was the devil, took the head off of his father & buried it under a log in the woods' he claimed that he himself died a short time ago & that the angels came & climbed on his knees. His strangest hallucination is that he went to heaven & got half of the money there, consequently he believes himself the richest man on earth. The amount secured he believes to be a million tons of gold, & that in exchange for a thousand pounds of honey he took it with him to the abode of the angels. While in jail he presented Deputy Sheriff Ferrill with a $10 gold piece, telling him that he had plenty more, & asking the latter to expend the sum in behalf of the poor.

"The Ferndale Enterprise" Ferndale, California
Tuesday, February 3, 1899

Jerry Lanini, the baldheaded bungstarter at the Milwaukee Saloon, Main street, Ferndale, took a bath Saturday morning. A keg of Buttle's Cider blew up, & Jerry came within an inch of being drowned. He spent several hours in bed, waiting for his clothes to dry, after the accident.

"The Daily Humboldt Times" Eureka, California
Friday, July 6, 1894

MILLIE'S MONEY MISSING

Millie Bryant had Alice Smith arrested yesterday on a charge of appropriating $175 that had been entrusted to her for safekeeping. Both the women are of Ethiopian extraction, Alice being the proprietor of a house on the lower levels, & Millie one of her boarders. Some time ago Mille gave Alice a toy savings bank containing $175 to keep for her, & Alice has evidently taken her at her word, for she is still keeping it, & now Millie wants it & can't get it. When called on to explain to Justice Buff yesterday, Alice said that she had deposited the bank & its contents in the safe of a real estate agent, & that the agent had advanced her $40 on it. In other words, she had "soaked" it & couldn't produce it because she hadn't the $40 to redeem it with.

An investigation showed that this story was only partly true. Alice had really deposited the bank & obtained the $40, but had afterwards redeemed it, paying the $40 out of the bank & taking the rest away. When this showing was made Justice Duff gave Alice till this morning to produce the money or go to jail.

Saturday, July 7, 1894

Alice Smith, accused of embezzling $175 entrusted to her by Millie Bryant, & who was given the alternative of producing the money or going to jail, came before Justice Duff again yesterday morning. She had evidently thought the matter over, & when she had appeared, the toy bank which had contained the money was forthcoming. Justice Duff says the bank is suspiciously light in weight, & is inclined to think that it was "over trained" during its retirement. Alice will have a preliminary examination at 2 p.m. Monday. In the meantime she will enjoy her liberty on her own recogizance.

Wednesday, July 11, 1894

Millie Bryant, the lady of color, who had Alice Smith arrested for appropriating $175 left in her charge, was herself arrested Monday upon the complaint of Frank Schlong, who charges her with stealing a diamond from him. Millie was taken before Judge Duff & released on her own recognizance.

Saturday, July 28, 1894

The examination of Millie Bryant, charged with having robbed Frank Schlong of a diamond ring, will be held before Justice Duff today. The ring which the woman returned, claiming it was the one in question, was submitted to the jeweler from whom it was purchased, who pronounced the setting glass, & very poor glass at that. Schlong the complaining witness, claims that this piece of glass has been substituted for the diamond, which the ring contained when Millie obtained the ring.

Sunday, July 29, 1894

The case of Millie Bryant, charged with purloining a diamond ring belonging to Frank Schlong, was on trial before a jury yesterday morning, & resulted in an acquital of the accused. By the prosecuting witness's own testimony it was shown that he had given the ring to another woman other than the defendant. It was also shown that

this woman, who has since left the city, gave the ring in its present condition to the defendant & it is presumed that she is the one who substituted the paste for the genuine. The jury quickly returned a verdict of not guilty. The case throughout created considerable amusement for both spectators & participants.

Friday, August 10, 1894

BANKED BEER CHECKS

Yesterday, was the day set in Justice Duff's court for rendering a decision in the case of Alice Smith accused of appropriating the contents of a savings bank entrusted to her care by Millie Bryant, but the justice again put the time off until tomorrow morning, as he desires to look into the case further.

The receptacle which is supposed to have contained Millie's money is one of the small savings banks issued by the People's Home Savings Bank of San Francisco to its depositors. It is a heavy nickel plated box, oblong in shape, about 2 x 4 x 6 inches & locked with a Yale lock of which the bank retains the key. Marks about the rivets & fresh solder about the joints on the bottom of the box would indicate that it had been tampered with & the theory of the prosecutor is that the money had been removed through an opening made by prying the bottom up. Owing to the safeguard placed beneath the slots in the box & the absence of the key, it would have been impossible to abstract the contents in any other manner. In the present condition of the bank, a faint metalic jingle is heard when it is shaken, but not enough to suggest the amount that is claimed should be in the bank.

A reporter was allowed to have the famous bank in his hands yesterday & with the curosity natural to his profession commenced an investigation of the contents by careful manipulation & getting the light at just the right angle the interior of the box & its contents were plainly visable through the slots & instead of Millie's $175, all that could be seen were three brass checks, each good for a glass of beer at the Mechanic's saloon, a small copper cent & a silver quarter.

Justice Duff, however, intends to satisfy himself as to the contents of the bank & for that purpose will have it opened in court Saturday by a locksmith.

Saturday, August 11, 1894

Millie Bryant's famous savings bank was opened by Ed Burnett with a cold chisel & hammer yesterday & in addition to the beer checks mentioned, was found to contain a Mexican gold dollar, an English penny & two more copper pieces. What was supposed yesterday to have been a silver quarter turned out to be a Canadian half-dollar. There was also a receipt from the People's Home Savings Bank of San Francisco showing that Millie Bryant had paid one dollar for the safe. The case will be in Judge Duff's court this morning.

"The Daily Humboldt Times" Eureka, California
Tuesday, January 1, 1884

STRANGLED by a MOB

No event has ever occured in Humboldt county that created such intense excitement as does that of the hanging of William Richardson on Saturday night, the particulars of which will be found in our local columns, telegraphed from Ferndale last night. Mr. Richardson stood charged with a crime --- a very hienous one --- which he voluntarily met, having returned from the Eastern States & surrendered himself to the officers of this county when he learned there was a warrant out for his arrest. He was tried at the October term of the Superior Court, one of the best criminal lawyers in our county being employed to aid the District Attorney in the prosecution. The jury disagreed & the second trial was set for the 14th of this month. The accused was out on bail, & was virtually in the hands of the Superior Court.

Whether Mr. Richardson was guilty of the act of which he stood accused or not formed no basis for the crime perpetrated. The good name of the county has been disgraced & a blot placed upon her character that can never be wiped out. While we heartily condemn this outrage we would advise people to act calmly in the matter, & neither talk nor act harshly until cooler counsels prevail. There is scarcely a doubt but the perpetrators will answer for the crime, before this proper tribunal, & for that result let us wait.

Thursday, January 3, 1884

THE FATE of RICHARDSON

The strangling to death of William Richardson on Saturday night was the general topic of conversation among our people yesterday & the day before. Small groups of men were seen standing about the streets earnestly discussing the matter, & from all quarters outside of the immediate neighborhood in which the outrage was perpetrated there seems to be a universal sentiment of condemnation of the act. Considered in all its surroundings it was certainly one of the most disgraceful & daring murders ever perpetrated in the State.

Richardson had lived the better part of his life at his home, near the place where he was hung. There his children were born --- there his wife died. His reputation up to the time the alleged crime was committed, for which he was awaiting a second trial, was as good as that of his average neighbors, as was proven by the sworn testimony of those who lived near him, at his first trial. He was prosecuted by one of the best criminal lawyers in the State, before an impartial judge, & jury of his peers. After an exhaustive trial & a long deliberation of the jury, no verdict could be found, & the jury was discharged, standing nine for acquittal & three for conviction. Pending a new trial which was set for the 14th of this month, & eight months after the alleged crime which cost Richardson his life, was committed, the fury of the mob culminated.

To frame any shadow of excuse for the crime of lynching, the men who did it must have known that he was guilty of the offense charged. Did they know it? Can a single man that took part in the proceedings of that fatal Saturday night put his hand on his heart & say that he knew Richardson was guilty?

What makes the act more surprising is the fact that it was comm

itted by men who have hitherto been known as peaceable & lawabiding citizens. Many of them, perhaps all, transgressed the laws of God & man on this occasion, probably for the first time. The annals of lynching in the history of the State furnishes no cases except this, where a criminal, however hardened, was not allowed time to make some preparation to meet his fate. Not so in this instance. Torn from the house of a friend in the dead of night, no time allowed to arrange for his business in this world or reception in that to come, denied the small privilege or allowing Mr. Broderick to take his watch & money from his person, he was hurried to his doom. If he made any appeals for time to prepare for death, or left any message for his aged father & mother, his unmerciful persecutors have them locked in their own breasts. But the time will come when the world will know all. The attempt of these people to override the law, to disgrace our standing at home & abroad, must be met & the law vindicated. The people & the press must speak up & help to ferret out & punish all attempts to violate our legal safeguards & bring our people into disgrace. This mob, although it boasts of being 150 strong, will find they cannot "bulldoze" the strong arm of the law, the courts & the press. Warning the reporter of this paper, in a threatening manner to "be careful what you say --- be careful what you do," goes but a little ways with us. Other evidence of bravery than endorsing the act of pulling at the tail end of a rope, to help hang a man with his hands tied, will be required before we see proper not to speak as we feel of the cowardly act of the Ferndale mob.

"The Weekly Humboldt Standard" Eureka, California
Thursday, January 3, 1884

Saturday night, a man named William Richardson was lynched near Ferndale, Humboldt county, & the circumstances are such as to leave great doubt of his guilt of any crime. He was accused of an infamous outrage on his own daughter, but he had been tried, & ten of the jury voted for acquittal. This is conclusive evidence that the proof of his guilt was not clear, for, in a case of this nature, jurors are never weakly inclined to leniency; a natural feeling of indignation impels them to convict if the evidence will warrant it. --- It is stated there will be no difficulty in idenetifying the perpetrators, & if so, they should be sternly dealt with. There may be some who feel no stirrings of indignation at such outrages as this --- who are indifferent enough to be willing to assume Richardson's guilt, in spite of facts pointing to his innocence, or who think it really does not matter much whether he was guilty or not, since the work cannot be undone. But such persons are not to be envied their total lack of the sentiment of justice & humanity. A mob-murder like this is ten times more abhorrent to persons of right feeling than the crime of the solitary assasin who kills to rob, because in the former case there is, not only the great wrong to the man, whose life is taken, but also an infamous travesty on justice, in whose name the deed falsely assumes to be committed.

"The Daily Humboldt Standard" Eureka, California
Monday, December 19, 1898

AN UNATURAL MOTHER

The police today raided a house of ill fame known as #53 D street & took from the house Cora Belle Hixon, a fourteen year old girl. They also arrested the propriortress, a woman known as Nellie Raymond, & charged her with harboring a minor in a house of ill fame.

The pair was taken before Police Judge Melendy this morning when the child admitted that she had been an inmate of the house for several months. She also told the Judge that she was first introduced to the life she had commenced by her mother who put her in a house kept by colored women. The police had been aware of the chid's presence in - the D street house for some time, but being unable to find her there when search was made, had to content themselves with warning the propriortress against harboring her.

The Raymond woman was fined $75 this afternoon & a warrant was issued for the arrest of the unnatural mother of the child, Mrs. Martina McNeil, who resides at South Park. She is a divorced woman & enjoys an unsavory reputation in her neighborhood. The child is locked up in the city prison & it is probable that she will be taken in charge by the Salvation Army or Penial Mission & sent to some rescue home in another part of the state.

Thursday, December 20, 1898

MRS. McNEIL ARRESTED

Mrs. Martina McNeil, mother of Cora Belle McNeil, the fourteen year old girl who was taken from a house of ill fame by the police yesterday, was arrested yesterday afternoon & spent the night in the lock-up. This morning she was brought before Judge Melendy on a charge of permitting her daughter to reside in a house of ill fame & pleading not guilty & demanding a jury trial, her case was set for January 5th., the court allowing her to go until then on her own recognizance.

The woman denies that the child was in the house with her consent & in a rather melodramatic way thanked God when she was told that the child would be taken to a rescue home. She claimed that the child was willful & while admitting that she knew the girl was at the house on D street said that she had told her not to go there. Against her story is that of the police who say that both mother & daughter are known to have been visitors to & have remained over night in the same house on the lower levels, while the girl herself says that her mother has compelled her to go out on the streets & solicit in order to obtain money to satisfy her craving for drink.

The girl is now locked up in the county jail, but will be taken down to the Salvation Army home on the steamer "Pomona" Thursday.

"The Arcata Union" Arcata, California
Saturday, October 28, 1899

Amos Lunt, the San Quention hangman has become insane. He claimed that the ghosts of the numerous criminals over the necks of whom he had affixed the noose were after him. Frank Arbogast, a native of Arcata bottom, & a young man well & favorably known here, was appointed his successor.

"The Arcata Union" Arcata, California
Saturday, February 25, 1899

FORGOT HIS FIRST LOVE

Willie Childs, an Indian woman, has laid claim to a half interest in the estate left by William Childs, a Humboldt pioneer. According to her complaint, her marital relations with Childs commenced at Trinidad in January 1855, & continued until January 1886, in which year Childs left Humboldt to return to his old home in Massachusetts where he had come into a fortune of $50,000, & where he had married Christina Childs, a white woman, to whom he transferred all his property, before the close of his earthly career. The deserted Indian woman claims that the property was transferred for the purpose of defrauding her of rights in the property & she asks the courts to declare that the white wife is entitled to only one half of the property so conveyed & that she is holding the other half in trust for the plaintiff. The suit only affects the property in Humboldt county. The estate consists of stock & ranches valued at $15,680 & about $3,000 for the personal property. The complaint was filed last Saturday, the action being entitled Willie Childs vs Christina Childs.

"The Arcata Union" Arcata, California
Saturday, January 28, 1899

Several ladies who attended a play last Saturday evening made a step in the right direction by removing their hats, & thus giving those seated behind them a free & unobstructed view of the stage. This is a custom we hope to see become general in Arcata, & there is no good reason why it shoud not. In the future, managers of all entertainment should request the ladies to observe this excellent custom as they do in larger places.

"The Arcata Union" Arcata, California
Saturday, March 11, 1899

FORCES A RAISE

The price of meat having this day been raised upon me from 6 to 71/2 cents by the quarter, An increase of 25%, it is impossible for me to longer furnish firstclass meals for 15 cents. I am therefore compelled to raise the price of meals to 20¢, from this date.

P. F. Antonsen Dewey
Restaurant

March 9, 1899

"The Daily Humboldt Times" Eureka, California
Wednesday, October 5, 1887

There was a scene on the corner of E & First streets yesterday afternoon which is not frequently met with Mr. Mann, the sign painter, had painted a beautiful sign on the brick wall for McNamara & Son. Yesterday morning there was some trouble over money matters, & it culminated in Mann taking a brush & a pot of paint & undoing the work he had done. The beautiful letters & ornamental work were soon covered with an effacing coat of paint. A warrant was sworn out later for Mann's arrest, on a charge of mischievous mischief.

"The Daily Humboldt Times"
Friday, September 9, 1887

There is probably not another city of its size that has as many typewriters in daily use as has Eureka. The following offices have them: J. Russ Estate, E. Sevier & A. W. Randall, the "Remington"; T. B. Cutler & S. M. Buck, the "Hammond"; J. J. DeHaven, the Clerk's Office , J. D. H. Chamberlain, W. F. & Company's office, J. D. Ackerman, George Pierce, Jno. A. McQuaid, H. L. Atkinson, N. S. Phelps & W. K. Strong, two "Caligraphs". A total of sixteen.

"The Daily Humboldt Times"
Thursday, May 19, 1887

The trial of the Indian, William Ketcham, for the murder of another Indian & the wounding of a squaw near Blocksburg will come on regularly for trial in the Superior Court Monday morning. This is the first case in the history of the county where an Indian has been tried for the killing of one of his own race & tribe.

"The "Daily Humboldt Times"
Friday, November 4, 1887

The county jail is crowded at present, so much so that the Sheriff has taken Mary Faulconer out of jail & locked her up in a room on the second floor. The prisoners seem to have a number of acquaintances & entertain a coterie of their female friends almost every afternoon.

"The Daily Humboldt Times"
Thursday, May 7, 1891

Yesterday, John McGrath commenced suit in the Superior Court against William Gibbons for $10,000 damages for malicious & defaming libel. The case grows out of the publication of a marriage notice in the newspapers of this county of the plaintiff to one Maggie Hammit. The plaintiff avers that the defendant knew that Miss Hammit was a lewd & indecent woman & did willfully cause the marriage notice to be published in the "Eel River Advance", & to have it believed by his friends that he had become the husband of a public prostitute, that said publication was & is false, that the plaintiff has been greatly injured in his good name & character to the sum of $10,000.

"The Ferndale Enterprise" Ferndale, California
Friday, January 4, 1890

Twenty-two of twenty-four applicants went down on the arithmetic test at the recent teacher's examination.

"The Daily Humboldt Times" Eureka, California
January 16, 1880

SALARIES of COUNTY OFFICERS

Senator Satterwhite has in preparation a bill which he will submit to the state Legislature, having for its effect the division of the counties of the State into three classes, the object being to establish a uniform system of Government. Its provisions are as follows'

To prevent officers from incurring indebtedness in excess of the income of the counties.

All county officers, except Assessors, School Superintendents & Superior Judges to be elected next fall as follows: Counties of the first class, seven Supervisors' second, five' third, three.

Provision in law applicable to Recorders & County Clerks, in accordance with the new Constitution.

Townships to be allowed one Constable & one Justice of the Peace.

All county officers, except Coroner, Surveyor & Public Administrator, to be paid salaries.

Superior Judges are to be paid as at present.

District Attorneys of the first class, $2,000: second, $1,800; third, $1,500; & to be allowed one assistant, whose salary shall not exceed $900.

County Treasurers--- First class, $2,050; second, $1,500; third, $1,000. Mileage to remain as at present.

County Clerks --- First class, $3,000, & a deputy whose salary shall not exceed $150 per month; second, $2,500; third, $2,000, & the third class shall also be ax-officio Auditor & Recorder.

The Auditor shall be of the first class, & shall receive $1,800.

Sheriff, first class, $3,000, & a deputy at $250 per month.

Second class, $2,500, & a deputy at $200 per month.

The third class ax-officio Tax Collectors are provided in the fee bill for mileage.

Tax Collectors, first class, $2,400; second class, $1,800.

Recorders, first class, $1,800; second, $1,200.

Assessor, first class, $2,000; second, $1,500; third, $800. And $100 for contingent expenses.

School Superintendents, first class, $1,500; second, $1,200; third, $800. And $100 for contingent expenses.

Supervisors allowed $5 per day during the time that they hold session.

"The Humboldt Times" Eureka, California
Tuesday, October 25, 1904

Dan Cameron, a member of human footgear, was before Judge Melendy in the Police Court yesterday morning charged with drunkenness & dismissed. Cameron was on one of his accustomed sprees Sunday & was locked about noon.

Sunday night he was given a companion with whom to while away the weary hours in the person of a Scandanavian, who had also imbibed too freely. He too, was dismissed yesterday morning.

"The Daily Humboldt Times. Eureka, California
Saturday, September 3, 1898

Mr. James Worthington & wife, of the Blue Lake section, have been spending a few days in the Ferndale valley. The gentleman is a brother to W. R. Worthington, of the Grizzley Bluff section, & notwithstanding they live in the same county, the brothers have not met before in 25 years.

Sunday, October 16, 1898

James Worthington, whom Eureka people will remember & whose wife is proprietor of the Worthington House in Blue Lake is lying at death's door. His brother, a prosperous farmer of Eel river valley, has been attending his death bed.

NOTE: James Worthington died October 24, 1898 at Blue Lake.

"The Daily Humboldt Standard" Eureka, California
Saturday, June 4, 1898

WANTS HIS CHILD

E. G. Tinkey this morning applied for & was granted a writ of habeas corpus in an endeavor to regain possession of his minor child, Randolph D. Tinkey, who, he alleges, is now in the unlawful possession of his ex-wife, Nary S. Van Horn. Mrs. Van Horn recently obtained a divorce from the pettioner in this city & during the pendency of the action signed an agreement giving the custody of the child to the father, but shortly afterward forcibly took the child away from its grandmother, the husband's mother, in whose care it had been left by the father. The matter at the time was litigated by habeas corpus proceedings & the custody of the child during its minority was awarded the father. Immediately after securing her divorce Mrs. Tinkey want to Oregon to avoid the State law against the marriage of divorced parties within a certain period after a divorce & there married Van Horn & returned to Eureka, & last Friday, as alleged in her ex-' husband's petition, visited the home of his mother, & after knocking her down & bruising her, took the child from her in such a hurry that it was not properly clothed, & she still retains possession of the child.

Tuesday, June 14, 1898

The Humboldt Superior Court decided in favor of E. G. Tinkey to obtain possession of his child from his divorced wife. This makes the third time that the custody of the child has been awarded to him by the courts.

"The Ferndale Enterprise" Ferndale, California
Friday, October 30, 1891

It took the Graves family, who recently arrived at Eureka 2 1/2 months to make the trip with their wagons from Grant's Pass to Eureka, they being compelled to travel 700 miles. Had the road from Redwood to Crescent City been completed they could have made the trip in less than a week.

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