Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-07-31

Crocker. They fought for $3.50 side.
The fight lasted one hour and four
minutes, IS rounds being fought, when
Nolan broke his arm and was unable
to fight any longer. Crocker was then
declared winner.
Trial of John ID. Lee.
| BEAVER City, July 30.-After recess
Spicer finished his speech. The first
witness for defense. Samuel Pollock
was sworn. Ezra Curtis, Lieut.. of the
Militia called me out from Cedar
! City to go to the Meadows. | was
told we were going to save the emil
| grants and bury the dead. We took
guns and spears with us. 1t was GUS
tomary in those days to carry arms
at all times when going from home on
account of the hostile feeling of the In
dians. Our party had no uniform
The day of our arrival we lay i'm camp
| in sight of the emigrants camp. Saw
no one but Indians who were shooting
| from various points. They were most
ly secreted in brush. That night we
! put out guard of four for safety from
| Indians. The next morning Lee ar
rived and more men, also more Indi-
They seemed friendly. They said
they had been fighting emigrants.
Lee addressed them in English and
they understood him. The day of the
massacre the whites left the camp and
went towards the emigrants. Wit
ness did not go. There were about
twenty-five whites in the party. A
flag of truce was sent out and the en-
| igrants messenger met it. We saw
| two wagons load up afterward. Wit
ness was not far of, saw emigrants
| come out, the women ahead and the
men walked with the militia. Heard
reports of guns but was not then look
ing. There seemed to be one voiley as
simultaneous. At that time we had
to go four yards to see over knoll.
When l got there 1 saw cloud, smoke
and Indians rushing in. VIM. Young,
a sick man and witness remained In
camp. A picket guard was on the
hills a quarter of mile off. Indians
seemed to rush upon the women and
head off the line of men. The soldiers
were then at the rear of the line. Male
emigrants and some alongside. None
of the soldiers were hurt. Screams of
women and yells of Indians rent the
air.
VIM. Young was then sworn for de-
fense. The defense offered to prove
that the day before the massacre Lee
besought Higbee, for Gods sake and
his sake to send back to Cedar for re-
endorsements to protect the emigrants
from the Indians. The Court ruled
out the offer. Defense then offered to
prove the declarations of Lee. Court
ruled them out and said the offers
should be reduced to writing. The
Court would not allow them to be
made in the hearing of the jury, but
ordered on record. The witness de-
tailed the massacre the same as he did
when on the stand for prosecution, h e
adhered to his statement that the In
dians did not appear on the scene un-
til after volley of gun shots were
fired. Saw none of the Indians fire.
Saw them striking at the women with
weapons. When the witness saw the
Indians they were coming on the en-
igrants on the same side on which the
soldiers were, so shot from the In
dians toward the emigrants had first
to pass the soldiers.
Letters are arriving constantly
throwing new light on the massacre.
Information was received tonight
from Southern California of the
whereabouts of a rope made of womens
hair taken at the massacre, also jew
els from their ears and neck, and the
whereabouts Of the men who took the
hair and jewels.
Storm and Less OF Life..
CINCINNATI, July 30.-A special
says cyclone passed through Har-
veysburg, Fountain Co., Ind. last Sun
day night tearing houses to pieces, up
roofing trees and sweeping things
generally before it. Five women were
killed. Among the names of those
killed thus far ascertained are Mrs.
Sewers, Miss Savage. Mrs. Patterson,
hired girl and little child of Mrs.
Sewers are also among the victims.
Greenback Retirement.
WASHINGTON, July 3Oth.-The Sec
retary of the Treasury has directed the
retirement of $1,0l6,472 legal tenders,
that amount being 80 per cent. of the
additional National Bank notes issued
last month.
GOld-StOcks-WOOI.
NEW YORK, July 3Oth.-GoId closed
to-day at 1l2s@l12a. Money easy.
Government bonds dull and irregular;
stocks actice and irregular. Pacific
Mail, 401; Panama, 1870.
PHILADELPHIA, July 3Oth.-Wool
is in moderate demand, and prices are
easier. Coarse, 27@32; California fine
and medium, 3O@35.
Healthy Reaction.
NEW YORK, July 3Oth.-The Eve,,-
ing Post says that financial affairs
have nearly if not entirely returned
to the condition they We're i'm before
the suspension of Duncan, Sherman
& Co. The markets are now subject
only to ordinary influences, and are
firmer for gold and foreign exchanges,
the explanation being that the news
in regard to the crops is more favora-
BILE here and in Europe, with pros
pect of continuance. The large ship
ments of grain are falling off.
J. II. Ford Il Co.
NEW YORK, July 30th.-The assets
of J. b. Ford & Co. are stated to be
$1,000 largely printing material,
stock and books. The assets are, how
ever, estimated at their cost value.
Their liabilities are given at $4,000.
Destructive Fire.
BANGOR, Me-, July 30th.-A fire in
Hamden, five miles from this city,
last night, destroyed the stores of S.
5. Stone, Sylvester r. Show and w.
+. Brown. Loss, $4,000.
Lost 1T Sea.
BOSTON, July 30th.--The bark Sa-
phire,. which arrived here to-day, re-
ported that VIM. H. Murphy, Second
Mate, was lost overheard in the Gulf
or LII. a