Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-02-04
Homicide Near San Jose-A Man Shoots
the seducer Of his Daughter.

Tic sedacer or his Daughter.
The San Jose Patriot of Thursday,
January 80, contains tho following par
ticulars of a homicide committed nea
that place on the night previous:
On the night of tho Goth of January,
at about IL o'clock, a young man, for
some months or q year past q. resident Of
and about San Jose, named W. Cooper,
came to the house Of Reeves, who lives
about q mile and q half south of the
city, and said he was shot, and re-
quested admittancc, saying that he
would not trouble them long, as he
could not live. He was admitted. The
facts of this affair, as near as we can
gather, are as follows: Some timc last
Summer and Fall, Cooper was ut work
for Orrin Dubois, q respectable farmer,
who resides near Reeves place. He re-
mained in Dubois employ some weeks,
and perhaps months, long enough to
form the beginning of an intimacy be-
tween Cooper and Dubois daughter, q
little girl not yet fourteen years Of age,
but which was wholly unsupported by
the parents. During the Winter Coop
or, who is we'll educated, lived in this
city, and spent much time around the
billiard saloons. He is said to be some
what of q dandy in his appearance, and
sported II fancy cane. He was in the
habit of frequently, but secretly, visit
ing the daughter of Dubois; at or near
the fathers residence. Deputy Mar
shall Ballou in some way become ac-
quainted with what was going on, and,
considering the childish age Of the girl,
and the useless life Cooper was leading,
felt it to be his duty to put Dubois upon
his guard, and so two days ago in
formed him of the clandestine intimacy
which existed between Cooper and his
child. The father was incredulous, but
was told that it would do no harm to
watch. Late last evening Cooper told
a friend, with whom he was intimate,
that he WAS going out that night to
Dubois. lie went-and 1t was q fatal
visit.
What the object Of the visit last night
was, whether to nbscond that night with
the girl, is not known. All we know is
that Cooper vas shot in the abdomen
and is nov in n dying condition. TIL
occurred ut or lea Dubois house-bu.
whether the girl was with him at .tr
time he was shot is not yet known.
Dubois came into the city about the
middle Of the night to surrender himself
to the authorities, but there wasnobody
to take charge of him aud he returned
to his home and waited there until
Sheriff Adams went out this morning to
arrest him. He got into the Sheriff's
buggy and started for the city, and on
the way the buggy upset in q mud-hole,
threw the officer and his prisoner out ;
the horses broke loose from the buggy
and fled, and the Sheriff went in pursuit
of them, while Dubois came on foot into
the city to consult q lawyer and prepare
for his defense by the time the officer
should appear. Cooper's parents reside
in New York, it is believed, and arc said
to be respectable people. He received
q draft from home recently. He was in
the army and came to California in the
service and was discharged here. Du-
bois was taken before Justice Barnett
about moor to-day for examination. The
Justice adjourned the examination Of
the case at his Office until tomorrow at
nine o'clock, and proceeded with Dis
trict Attorney Harrington to Reeves
house to take the dying declaration of
the wounded man. DR.. Brown was also
notified to appear and examine the
wound. Dubois, in the meantime, re-
mains in the custody of the Sheriff.