New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-12-18
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ine mails received by the Ell Dorado yestsy-
dsy furnish no later dates than prey;ousJy
received by the Prometheus, but we and h orr
mes some additional items Of interest. From
inc Alta California we extract the following:
Gen William II. Richardson, U. 8. Marsbar
ior the Northern District Of California was
baseiy assassinated in the streets 81 th;a ST.
on the evening Of the 17th inst, by desperado
named enaries Cora. Excepting a trifinv diff
Hcuisy IN Dar-room on the previous evening.
tso trinng that it gave rise to no apprehension
mat anything serious would grow out Of itI
. .nere was no manner Of misunderstanding be-
eWeen hleh ardson and Cora and even The diff.
nouasy ahuaed to was quieted and settled to the
Iiueua. satlsfaction Of the parties concerned
Just after explanations, and perhans anoloo;es
Which LOCK place at the ssBlue Winr. . an Mani,
gomery street, Cora and General RicL.rJso,,
walked down Clay street together, They stnnna5
near the corner Of Leidesdorff street whera
they were observed by at least two witnesses,
ana where Cora placed . pistol at Gen. Richard-
sons breast and shot him through the hal,
entering just above the left nipple Cen R;eh-
ardson fell dead upon the sidewalk. SCARCELY
breathing after the fatal shot. The excitement
Wnicn arose when these facts became known was
widespread and intense The Monumental hell
was tapped, and many Of the members Of the
oa vigilance Committee rallied to the call
aisnougn tnere Was some talk Of lynchine, vet
Tissf sounseis prevailed, and it was conceded
.has Ihe murderer was safe in the custody of
sne ofncers OF the law. Fifty men were aeIectad
from tine Vigilance COMMITTEES 10 onard ,ha
county jail, where Cora is now confined f,en
hichardson was 81 years Of age. He had heey
Iusrtermaster General of the California milf.
tia was member Of the Democratic National
convention IN 1897; and since March, 1858, has
oeen U. D. Marshal for the Northern Dsty;ct ~
a fasS -
oihcer, gentlemanly in his department, . GOOD
citizen, and warm friend He leaves a vcrr,
Wlie, VINO, IN her delicate situation, Ia brouoht
to the point Of death by this sudden and nal.
ancholy bereavement
Hon. Isaac b. Wall, Collector OF the port Of
Monterey, and 7. s. Williamson, an officer m
,ne ,ne, county OF monterey, were murdered on the
by express and telegraph, and produced M, in
tense sensation throughout this Community
Messrs. Wall and Williamson were on the road
from Monterey to San Luis Obispo. and we're
assasslnated when about % miles from the for
mer place They were both shot through the
nead' from behind-the wounds being anna
rentiy re- made 5y rifles. Wall had upwards Of
l'oou y, u pelt upon his person, and Wilsiam-
son Si5o, also in belt. None of this monev
was taken-from which an inference is dravn
InaI revenge was the motive Of the assasssnation.
IL may ne, however, that the murt,erers in.
tended robbery, but were alarmed when thew
accomplished their object, and to this ihypothe-
BIB tnere Is some evidence, to-wit: that Wallis
saddle bags were opened and his papers strevn
about; his pistol was stolen, as also was q ripc
which was taken from his finger. MI wal
was member of the Legislature in 1852 and
1898, and IN the session Of the latter year was
Speaker Of the Assembly. When President
fierce came into power, he was appointed Col
lector Of the District Of Monterey, which Office
ne held up to the time Of his death. Ha was
well known throughout the State, and had q
host OF ardent friends. At present there ia q
mystery hanging over this tragic occurrence.
which time only can clear up. 4 party of out
laws, presumed to be connected with the mur-
der, were traced to the Salinas river. where
they made stand to resist an arrest from a
company of men who were in pursuit OF them
a hght ensued, in which two Of the pursuing
party were killed and two wounded, according
to the accounts received by telegraph from San
Jose, although subsequent adyices represent
that but one was killed. The whole country
round about Monterey is in state of great ex-
cltement, and determined to arrest the MURDER
ers. They cannot possibly escape.
1t. Archibald McRae, commanding the g. s.
surveying schooner Ewing, committed suicide
on Saturday evening, on board of his vessel in
this harbor, while laboring under Temporary
insanity. Deceased was thirty-iye years old.
Three miners-Arthur P. Haven, Robinson
Dane and Nathaniel B1ock-were killed by the
eaving in of bunch Of earth at Ridgeyille.
Trinity county, few days since.