The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-12-15
Murder and Robbery in San Joaquin
County.

Our dispatches of Saturday contained
. an account of i've men having beer
murdered on the Mokelumne Hill road
: in San joaquin, on Thursday night,
November 9th. The following par,ieu.
lars of the horrible affair we find in the
Stockton Independent and San joaquin
Republicans:
The tIdings reached this city yester-
day afternoon that on Thursday night
last, at the store of Frank Medina, an
Italian, who resided on the Mokelumne
Hill old road leading to McDermon's
bridge across the Calaveras river, about
twenty miles from Stockton, another
terrible murder bad been added to the
list of bloody outrages in San Joaquin
county. II appears, from what we are
able to gather in relation TO the shock,
ing affair, that about eignt or line
O'Clock on Thursday night. Frank Me-
dina, who was the owner of country
grocery store at the place designated,
| his clerk, who was also an Italian, and
known by the name of Frank, two Mex.
icans-one named Lorietto and the
other Rosario-and an aged negro,
known as sold Boss" were taken from
the house to gulch, distance of
three quarrers of mile, and massa-
cred in cold blood. From John Will
liams, who has hog ranch in the
neigh borhood of the locality where the
terrible murder was committed, and
who SAW the bodies CT the FIVE men, rs
they lay in the cold embrace Of death
where they were slain, that their hands
were TIED and that they had been shot
through the heads. The ligature which
had bound the hands of one of the men
appeared to have been cut. The bodies
of Medina and his clerk lay together,
and close 10 them were those Of the
two Mexicans aud the negro. The
bodies we're found in the gulch or ra
vine, on ta!lings which had teen thrown
up by miners. About the time the
murder is supposed to have been perpe-
,rated, tie peighbors heard noise
which was thought TO be a drunken
squabble, and reports of firearms were
also heard; but it seems that this did
not create an alarm sufficient to lead
to any Investigation at the time. The
store was found closed in the morning, |
and when an entrance was effected, the !
owner, and those who resided with |
him, were not to be found. Search was
Immediately Instituted, and, in the |
forenoon, the bodies of the unfortunate
men were found as above stated. Ii is
believed that the motive of the per-
petrators was to obtain money, as the
cash was taken away but no goods |
missed from the store. The premises |
were temporarily taken charge Of by
General Douglas, who sent messenger
to this city to notify the authorities and
to have some person sent to attend to
the matter. Coroner Bond left for the
purpose OF taking charge of the bodies
of tie m1rGered men. and holding an
while Sheriff Mills sent two
men in quest of the perpetrators. 1t lie
TO be hoped that the villains will be
speedily Appreciated aud brought 10
Justice. Seven men murdered within
two weeks 10 San Joaquin county, This
is truly an alarming state Of affairs.
The blood of the slain cries from the
ground for vengeance, while the people
call for justice. Crime is fearfuliy on
Inc increase in California, and no.
where is the record of blood mere ap
Dalling than in San Joaquin county.
Last evening tidings were received that
me man had killed another at Liver. I
more.