The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1868-12-31
THE LAST BOGUS WELLS.

During the month another victim 70 tn0 Gu
n;d;tv and officiousness of Smart AlecK Ia" VI
icers, who banker for the reward offered, na1
been lugged from his home and taken nunuto''
If miles to Sacramento, on suspicion that 10
,n.s Walls the murderer who killed the three
officers while they were taking him from Ma.
rvsvile to Sacramento in wagon SEVERN
wears ago. Of this last victim the Sacramento
Reporter says: -.
The anxiety of those of our officers ana citi-
IONS who have been awaiting the arrival OF inc
no rtv arrested at Santa Barbara, and sald 10
Ia tho veritable, celebrated, wholesale murder-
ar Wells. was relieved yesterday by inc ap
nearonce of the individual, in charge Of Depuy
Sheriff Sayits. who made the original arrest Oil
susnicion. A formal arrest was maze On
bench warrant issued by our County ouogo'
Clark. the Sheriff of Santa Barbara paying '!io
EXPENSES of Savits if he would bring the prs
oner to this city and take his chances as 10 HIS
beinq identified as the murderer. lie mas oeeh
pronounced most emphatically as not Delhg
Wells. the more especially that he is about ten
Years older than Wells would be at this tlthe'
and about FIVE or six inches shorter lie gives
his name Us John G.. Wagner, and states that
he was born in Westfeld Chautauque county,
New York; came to California IN le54' ana
had resided in different parts of the STATE ou,
only for short time in this vicinity, ana had
also resided in Oregon.
A few days after his arrest Wagner was
turned loose, after the following extraordinary
proceedings in the District Court, Judge NC
Kune presiding:
The District Attorney, addressing the Court
said: May it please your Honor, some years
ago on Indictment for murder was found IN thls
county against one Wells, and am informed
that the Sheriff has in Court man 10 be ar.
raigned under that indictment. Mr. Sherll
where is the prisoner Sheriff produces the
prisoner at the bar of the Court. District AT
torney T to Court THAT, sir, is not the man
who was indicted, and | decline to ask for his
arraignment The Court to District Attor-
ney do Won ask the Court TO discharge the
prisoner, sir 4! District Attorney ask
nothing, sir merely say in open Court that
| this is not the man who was indicted, and that
decline to ask for his arrangement. The
Court TO Sheriff The District Attorney IL
the law officer of the county has access 10 ali
the criminal books and papers and is supposed
| 10 know who is and who Is not indicted; he
has stated in open Court that your prisoner Is
not the man who was indicted. The Court
can give no advice on the subject but il | were
Sheriff, and the District Attorney made such
statement, | should open the jail doors and
let the prisoner 60. The Sheriff acted upon
this advice, and Wagner thereupon left.
The Reporter scnsiby adds:
| Ii will be remembered that two or three
wears since q man named Mcdonald was
brought to this city in irons, from Idaho, on
suspicion of being Wells, and proved TO be al
innocent party II is probable that the arrest
| of Wagner will be the end of all wild goose
chascs after Wells, who, if not dead, will prob
ably remain sufficiently distant from California
to avoid ,hc chances of Identification