Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-03-13
PACIFIC COAST DISPATCHES.
FROM
SAN FRANCISCO, March

assignee of J.. l.. King, bankrupt,
against III. IL. TOland, administrator,
and the trustees of the same estate, Is
still OH trial in the Fifth District
Court. The plaintiff claims S3I2,OO0,
and there are ninety-iive issues OF fact
for the jury to try.
Edward Smith. who killed John
Famine, cook on the schooner Grey
hound, was convicted OF manslaugil-
ter in the United States Circuit Court,
and will be sentenced next Monday.
\. L. Gordon, Il resident OF Oakland,
accused of the crime of incest with
his daughter, Il girl aged fourteen,
was to have been examined i'll that
city to-day, but the case was post
porcd till next Saturday, to enable
him to better prepare his defense:
The assertions of his daughter and
her lover, William Robinson, are
very positive as To- his guilt the lat
ter declaring that he caught them in
the act Il da" or two before Gordon's
arrest. Gordon saws that Robinson
came to this State on a steamer with
his wife. and that he had cause
to believe their relations then and
afterward were of an improper char
acter. He quarrcleu with his wife
about Robinson, and says the present
prosecution Is part of Il conspiracy to
get him out of the way. The daugh-
ter SAYS the first act OF her father i'll
their lnceStuous intercourse was conf
mittcd nearly two years ago, in this
city. To-day, prominent citizens of
Oakland, who think him innocent,
started a subscription for his defense.
Robinson was seen on the streets with
the girl, chatting and laughing as if
nothing had ever occurred to interrupt
their happiness.
y story was started this afternoon,
and spread like wildfire W. the city
and through the country, that Laura
ID. Fair had shot jacob Shew dead,
visited the Police office, but only to
learn h Il The story was a hoax
SACRAMENTO, March u.
Mortimer, indicted for the murder
of Mary Gibson, was arraigned for
trial in the Sixth District Court this
morning. Counsel for defense read
an affidavit and a letter setting forth
that important witnesses tor the de-
tense We're absent, and that they
could rot be produced at present 4; he
therefore asked that Il further cOntin-
uance of the case lie granted. The
Court decided that the affidavit was
insufficient, and the motion was de-
MED. Much difficulty is experienced
III procuring Il jury; a renn'e of four
teen jurors was exhausted, only one
being accepted.
1t is iillilmated that q recount will be
demanded of the votes cast vester-
day for Fire Commissioners, as re
CARDS Kirk and Rhoads. The report
OF the election gives Rnoads fourteen
majority.
Z. Pickett, of Washington, shot by
ii. Woods last Saturday evening. is
reported by his physicians to be sink.
ing fast, without hope of living more
than the day out.
The Governor has commissioned
Cha>. G.. McAlmond Pilot Commits.
>ioner of San Diego.
SANTA CLARA. March II.
To-day, S. +. Eoss shipped per ex-
press SIX pounds of straw berries, the
first Of the season.
Los ANGELES, March l..
The San Bernardino GuHrdidn says
that the Fox surveying party have
completed d survey of the line
through San Jacinto, Potrero, and
san GorgoniO. They profess to be.
lieve inthe existence ofan understand
ING between Stanford and Scot.
The e%pizoOlic is represented spread
ing rali ~ in the Owens River min
ing district, lnyo county.
UTAH.
SALT LAKE CITY, March -,
\ girl about seventeen Years of age
named Maggie Eldridge, attempted
suicide this afternoon at the Occidpn
tai Hotel. iN shooting herself THROUGH