Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-08-29
mIDnlGA1 DISPATCHES
THE RALsTON INQUEST.
SAN FRANCISCO, August 20.

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concerning the proceedings of the
meeting of the Trustees of the
Bank of California. They are
still in secret session, and positive
ly refuse to admit any one. or give
out any hint as to the nature of
their deliberations.
The Pacific Stock Exchange this
afternoon adopted resolutions de-
ploring the death of Ralston as a
faithful friend, valuable citizen,
and champion of the city and State,
and extending the sympathy of the
Board to the family, and resolving to
attend the funeral in body.
The San Francisco Stock Exchange
appointed a committee to wait on
Mrs. Ralston and tender the sympa-
thy of the Board, and resolved to
attend the funeral in body.
The Trustees of the National Gold
Bank and Trust Company this after
noon authorized the President and
Cashier to borrow 100000 in coin
on real estate and securities. The
Bank is in excellent condition. If it
were to go into liquidation it could
pay stockholders a handsome premi-
UNI, after paying depos:tors in full.
The jurors on the Ralston inquest
were J. r. Garniss, C. L. Weller, H.
F. Williams, A. A. Cohen, R. F. Nor
row, J. r. Keene, Colonel W. H. l..
Barnes, J. c. L. Wadsworth, Joseph
Dankeny. The proprietor of the
Neptune Bath House testified as fol-
lows: Ralston came to take a bath
at 8 80; he usually came early in the
morning; my son-in-law received
him; did not see him enter the water;
had no conversation with him; two
young men went in with him;
shortly one ran in and said some
thing was the matter with that man;
they, with my son-in-law, went out
in boat and watched for Ralston to
appear at the piles but saw nothing
of him; he was perspiring freely
when he came to the bath house; my
son-in-law checked him, but he said
he would dry himself and take
shower before going in.
Clarence Richards, son-in-law of
last witness, testified: Ralston APP
peared smiling and cheerful when he
came to the bath house; waited on
him and cautioned him against going
into the water when heated; said he
would dry himself and take
shower; about fifteen minutes after
he went in a young man came and
told me something was wrong with
him; pushed out in boat when /
met another boat with Ralston's body
in it; Ralston was in the habit of
swimming some distance out when he
bathed; did not see him in the water.
Theodore S. Bee, assayer at Sell
by's Smelling Works, testified F.;
The Waterman on the wharf told
him a man was drowning; the body
was 200 or 300 feet from the wharf
in the water, face down; the head
appeared to be under water; got
Clark, engineer of the steamer
Bullion, lying near, to recover the
body; he brought him ashore; did
not see him breathe; used means Of
restoration; saw no signs of life;
sent for DIR. Newmark, who came
at once.
Michael J. Clark, engineer Of
the steamer Bullion, testified: Saw
the man in the water swimming as
if in q fit; he acted unnaturally;
was 200 or 800 feet distant; went
in a boat and got him in; though
he was alive when 1 reached him,
I feared he would die before reach
ing shore; laid him on his stomach
and pulled for shore as quick as
possible; noticed no signs of life
when got him ashore; when 1
first saw him in the water he was
struggling and making for the
shore.
DR.. Newmark sworn: When he
arrived he found the body on the
sand apparently lifeless; could de-
tect no breathing or beating Of the
pulse or heart; kept up artificial
respiration for an hour; the APP
pearance Of the body was that Of
man who had died from apoplexy;
face livid, eyes CLASSY, the pupils
dilated; sudden plunge when
over-heated would be apt to pro-
dace apoplexy.
DR.. Macrary corroborated the
testimony of the above witness.
One of the jurors here said it
was useless to examine any more
witnesses; if we do not know now
what that man died Of we never
will know