Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-09-08
CALIFORNIA KUKLUX.
No FOOling = Business = Your Money,
Valuables and Other Personal
Property, or Your Life.
Wholesale Murder and RObbery-AlmOs
as Bad AZ aissOuri and Kentucky.

/ Hollister august 27th1 CORES spondence of the
San Francisco Alta.
AT eight o'clock eight Californian;
rode up to the store of Mr.. Snyder, about
| twelve miles from Hollister, at the cross
road from Tres Pinos to San BenitC
river. No suspicious were aroused, be-
cause the native Californians are very
numerous and generally inoffensive
| They dismounted and entered the store.
Some engaged in conversation, and 9TH
ers occupied the attention of the clerk,
/ John Utzrath, until all seemed to be in
| readiness, when they drew their revolv-
eTs and ordered the inmates of the store,
some three or four in number, to lie
down, which they did. So quietly did
they proceed that the clerk was sur
prised when he looked around TO see the
PROSTATE forms, and was still more so
when requested to lie down himself, with
two or three revolvers pointed at him.
He laid down, ana part of the robbers
proceeded to bind their hands behind
their backs, and piniOn their legs to-
gether. While this was going on with
in. the terrified prisoners were startled
at the report of three listol-shots with
out, which proved to be the death-knell
of Mr.. l.. Davidson, proprietor of the
hotel, Mr.. Bedford, teamster, and a
Portuguese sheep-herder, name un-
known. 1t seems that these three men,
being outside the building, did not read
lily obey the commands of the assassins,
or attempted to escape, aud were in
stantly killed, two of them being shot
through the breast and the other in the
mouth. The robbers then proceed
ed TO search for plunder and money.
Mrs. Snyder lives in the house ad-
joining the store, and the rob
bers ordered her to deliver up
all the money she had, which she did
readily. They then went to Mr.. SDy-
der, and released him on his promise to
give up all his money, which he did,
amounting to some five hundred dollars
in coin, and several hundred dollars in
checks aud drafts. After completing
their search for money and jewelry,
having ransacked the money-drawers
and the pockets of all their victims,
they proceeded to divest themselves OF
their clothes, and dressed up in Mr..
Snyder's best clothes, of which he has
plenty upon his shelves. Only one of
the band was masked, and two or three
of them are well known. All the time
they conducted themselves in a cool
and intrepid manner, proving them
selves to be the desperate band that
Nasquez has so long been credited
with leading. But little was said,
and that in a whisper. VasqueZ himself
remarked that five thousand dollars re-
ward had been offered for his head. At
ter completing the robbery they took all
the horses they could find and left, most
of them going toward the San Benito.
Some are apprehensive that the New
Idria stage may meet this band and suf-
fer at their hands.
LATER.-GOvernor Booth has tele-
graphed, offering one thousand dollars
reward for the capture of any or all of
the parties. Sheriffs Wasson of Monte
rey and Adams of Santa Clara arrived
at noon to-day, organized a party Of
men and started in pursuit at five in
the afternoon. The robbers were
seen at Willow creek, forty miles
beyond Tres Pinos, by camp
ing party at daylight this morning. Mr..
Davidson was in the sitting room of his
hotel, and or hearing the first shot
fire., which killed the Portuguese, he
started for the door, and was met by one
of the robbers, who told him to go back.
He was in the act of closing the door to
through the lower panel Of the door, the
bullet striking him in the heart, killing
him almost instantly. The first man
shot was q Portuguese, name unknown.
He refused to obey the order to lie down,
and was shot twice in the side and in the
mouth. He was driving drove Of bucks,
and had put up for the night at Tres
PinOs. Redford, the third man shot, is
a teamster that had also put up for the
night. He was driving Beach's team,
and was very hard of hearing; he is sup
posed to have misunderstood the orders
to lie down, and was fired at and killed
instantly. Mrs. Davidson is dangerously
i'll. She was behind her husband when
he was shot. They both fell together,
her husband in her arms. He expired
in thirty seconds. The wife was un-
hurt, except by the mental shock. An
inquest was held this morning; verdict,
willful murder. Davidson will be buried
in this town tomorrow, and the others
at Tres Pinos. The widest excitement
prevails, almost suspending business in
the town. The robbers took all the
horses and saddles that were good for
anything away, and shot an old blind
horse that was in the barn. The only
men that the robbers did not tie was
Mr.. Campbell, CT Hollister, and China
man. After the gang left young son Of
l.. G. Smith, who was not tied, got up
and cut his father loose, who then re-
leased the rest of the party. The rob
bers took away considerable quantity
of provisions and dry goods.