The Placer herald., 1874-07-11
ANOTHER CEAPTER OF MIsHAPs.

bodies full particulars of the sad affair, together
with the official verdict of the jury is as follows
Ihe Coroners Jury met at the house of Geo.
Ballard, in Dutch Ravine Placer county, CAL,
July 9TH, 1874 to inquire into cause of the death
Of Mary A. Lyons. The first witness examined
was Thomas w. Lyons who testified that the
name of the deceased was Mary A, Lyons, aged
| fifteen years, seven months and Ave days; that
she was born in El Dorado county, California:
came to her death by taking arsenc she obtained
It from John Lower, two or three weeks ago; said
soon after taking the poison that she got it
to kill some dogs; took the poison between six
and seven o'clock P. NJ July 9Th said that she
took it because her mother would not allow her
to marry John Lower, and she would die if she
could not.
g. s. Adams testimony-I know deceased to
be Mary A. Lyons; between seven and eieh,
| O'Clock, yesterday evening, Mr. Ballard came to
| my house, in haste. for me to come and see Mary;
that she was dying; that she had taken poison.
came Immediately; found Mary in convulsons.
with her Jaws set; gave her mustard in warm wa
ter to produce vomiting, Zone cup fully she lived
| about twenty minutes after got here; she died
lying on the ground in front of the house; she
was not able to talk after saw her, only to say:
" let me die"
Mrs. c. T. Adams testimony-I was not pres.
| ent when the deceased died; do not know cause
OF death; know that John Lower gave her some
| strychnis.e about the first of May to poison some
dogs that were very troublesome; the strychnne
was found in the blacksmith shop when Mr..
Adams moved on the place.
John Lowers testimony-Think deceased died
| from poison; was here about six O clock p. NJ,
Monday night, and saw deceased, apparently in
good health; left at that time, and went home;
she obtained strychnine from me about two
months ago, TO poison some dogs that belonged
to Mr.. Ballard; she told me afterwards that her
mother would not let her poison them; when
left here at six o clock did not see her, and did
not know that she intended to take poison; about
half-past seven heard that she had taken poison
when l came to see her, she did not say anything
but "let me die;' there were no ill-feelings be-
tween us; she never told me that she would take
poison but has told me that she would marry
me If she had to die the next minute.
John w. Lyons, recalled MARY told me that
she wanted to marry John Lower on Sunday
night; Monday evening she heard her mother
| and John Lower having some angry words in
| the Kitchen in regard to her marrying him; that
she heard her mother tell John to leave the house
and not come back again; Mary felt very bad
about it. and said that she would never see Jack
again; and said that she would die if she could
not marry him; she soon went into the kitchen
| to get supper and in few minutes went in
! and found that she had been taking something
| from the appearance of a cup; she then told me
| that she had taken poison and wanted to die;
sent for Mr.. Adams, and for the Doctor the
only words that she would speak was "let me
die"
There being no more witnesses the jury, after
remaining out few minutes, brought in the fol-
lowing verdict:
We, the undersigned jurors. summoned to ap-
pear before NJ. Sweet Coroner of the county of
Placer, at Dutch Ravine, the seventh day of
July, 1874 to inquire into the of the death
of Mary A. Lyons, having been duly sworn ac-
cording to law, and having made such inquisi-
ton, after inspecting the body and hearing the
testimony adduced, upon our oaths, each and all,
do say that find the deceased was named
Mary A. Lyons, n native of El Dorado coun-
ty, California. aged fifteen wears, seven months
and five days, and that she came to her death on
the sixth day Of July, 1874, in this county, by
poison, administered by her own hands, all OF
which we duly certify, by this inquisition, in
writing, by us signed, this seventh day of July,
H. Huckins Berry Mitchell, E. Goodrich
BADLY Hunr.-Last Saturday. the 4th, some
Indians, who were spending their holiday by
drinking whisky, "alle same Mclean man, got
into row, at Auburn Station, with some Por-
tugese, in which one, a son Of Captain Tom
hit over the head with bottle, and ser
ously hurt. Up to Wednesday last he remained
in sem-unconscious condition, refusing all
nourishment. 1t is thought the blow will not
prove fatal, but fearing it will, Captain Tom is
very much exercised. He feels bad. He says
he wants his boys, his girls, his wife, and him
self to die in bed like good people.
ANKLE BRoKEN.-Mrs. Mcclure, widow Of the
late Col. Mcclure, who, with her only daughter,
has been making her home in Auburn, for the
past ten or twelve months had the sad misfor-
tune last Wednesday, to break her ankle. 1t
seems she was in the act of going down tier OF
two or three steps from the porch to the ground,
when she slipped, and in the fall fractured
bone near the ankle. DR.. Todd was summoned
Immediately, who set and splintered the limb,
and at last accounts she was doing as we'll as
could be expected
CELESTIAL Row.-Last Tuesday evening two
Cinnamon got into quarrel about one of the
more tender sex of their own race, which threat
med, at one time to result rather serious.
When loud words failed, one of the heathens
,lrew pistol and instantly fired at his antago-
mist. the bal hitting him in the side of his face,
but. unfortunately, the prominence of cheek
caused it to glance around the skull bone, COM
ing out at the top of the head inhicting only
bad sore, without any prospects of proving fatal.
The Chinaman who did the shooting and anoth-
who lent him the pistol, were arrested on the
spot, and lodged in Jail.
AT Palisade, New, July 4th, the eldest son OF
John Perry. formerly stase-driver between this
place and Placervlle, was over by the cars,
and instantly killed. The body passed through
here, on Montay last en- route to Placerville for