The daily Butte record., 1858-08-09
.pAlLY BUTTE CORP.

u.NGISG AT NiS ALA. st aug. affair
,.ok Mace a few days since. in NI,alit Ii
'.rsars that one S,apleford, had. for some
ssou gone to the East. Some reports say
,sst il vas 10 avoid paying certain habili
80. Before lenvlug he made a sham sa lie
.Ibis property, three miles from this city to
n. uncle, n Mr.. Dcprty.- Other reports
'sv that he lett 1t in charge for Deputy TO
II tr him THe uncle soli IL for some
s,O 900, and went to N4sajia Staple.ord
s.tiup no return, tme out aud employ ed
III lam Guverueur Morris As counsel TO get
n, rroceed- tor him Doputy was arrested
Ma, nothing 'utd be got out Of Linn Staple.
t,rd. Morris, aud two or three others then
,o,k Deputy out Ui Curt aud hung him up
,-o or three times, 10 make him confess
.her, the money was. The crowd then be.
zane tnraged with Morris aud would have
hing him hnd not the ofiic RS put hun in
;sl Fe afte wards attempted to escape,
tu was caul ht at it by the sheriff and pm
,oued. Deputy las been released from ar
rs.t. San Joaquin Republican .fug,
We huI in the Mariposa DemOc,dt. OF
Aug 5ih, the following:
trieud in Tuiare county furnishes us
With the following copy Of document put
10 CIRCULATION by the citizens:
To His EreeHency John b WeAer Cor
unor ot the state IF California;
The undersigned, ciuzens OF TuIare coun.
", respectfully petition yYur EXcellency TO
remove from his utfice rs Notary Pubic of
Tulare county, William Guverueur Morris,
Or the causes hereinafter set forth:
On the night OF the 27th Of July, 1858, the
A.. - in c,,tnponv ith nua Stnt,lafnrI
nj, c.leut. and several ether persons, took
native OF Deieware, aged 81 years, from
The custody OF II Sherif's guard, IN the town
Of fyisalia, aud having removed him TO a
uelphboriug grove, hangei hun three times
ul Yearly dead aud said Morris dii he e
mud then, wi b hi, own hands. Il Ihe said
Wm. {, Deputy on his bear back, Till it was
iubunmuly lnceiatcd, and compelled him
vhile writhing in torture, to CONSENT to sigu
. deed ail-uating and conveying to his client
Stapletord, real state OF gtent v'lue stu
steI ~ tue county f San Beruatdno Said
Deputy was then returned to the guard Of
the sheriff. And said Morris when day Ia !
come, again thre tined Deputy with death III
case he did not sigu the de wuen r,quir
I'd; ~ wituess WAS then introduced. ana The
irehlied old man Il ned the deed, when ie
ouired aud to save his lite, acknowledged
tnat he dad it yo,uut.rily; aud Wan. GOver
peur Morris signed the acknowledgment
although he knew thnt the acknUwted smcnt
was wrung from the Old mau by terror,
aud force, and torture, he himself being
the leading torturer
For the foregoing rea 'ons, the unde'sign
ID pray your ExceItcncy to dcplve OF his
commission as Notary Public Of fuIare C c'un-
y, the said VIM Govcrneur Morris, and J.
Is sea appoint mau OF leace7h I hhb-
It's whose ahauou Il course Of HE my not
keep community OF quite !a'me's Ia en-
slant alarm,
| do swear that the facts set forth in the
shove pet,on are true, So help ne God.
(Slgaed) WM q DtPury.
Sworn to nd eubscrihrd before me, on
thi. lday o. August, 1893. ut Vlsala.
iSgned) + L CALHOUN. County C'erk
We, the undersigned, believe the facts SET
forth IN the above petition are true.
JusHUA OWENS,
J. p MAJOR,
T. JoHN>roNE,
d. KICHE,
}. > MLC&LtY