Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-09-16


An elderly Frenchman, name n
known, suicided yesterday evening at
the California Jnlel, on Montgomery
avenue, 10y taking strychnine.
Nomination for Congress.
San Francisco. Sept. 10.
1t is rumnred that ". w. Foote will
be The probable Democratic nominee
for Congress for the Second District in
place of y. Green Curtis. declined.
Ex-Assemblymau Bagge declines &c
allow his name 10 be used for the posi-
ton.
over 1000 Republicans turned ont o
receive Congressman Page at Oakland
last night. There was q grand torch
light procession, speeches, etc.
to"ar ~ Hurr.rr of n French
Woman.
san Francisco, Sept. 10.
Jennie Bonnet, a French girl. was
assa-siuatsd abnut 9 o'clock last night.
at the San Miguel Saloon, near a sta
ton of the same name on the San
Jose railroad. Deceased came to the
saloon. which il kept as a kind OF way.
side inn. Tuesday evening. in com
pany with aD1bhJr French woman in
- AA'@'' 'rSfs D1f tNiifCNbdF ~ boN
employed at a stable in the city whore
the vehicle was obtained. came to
the station and took the buggy
back to town, Jennie refusing
to pay for the use of il. Later on the
same day the stable keeper himself
went 10 san Miguel and told Jennie if
she did not pay him $40 he would put
a bullet through her. lie left without
his money. Last night Jennie had
Just gone To bed III "A room on the first
floor and her companion WAS prepar-
ing to retire, when a shot was fired
through 'be window, striking Jennie
n the breast, producing instant death.
During the confusion which enSued
the assassin escaped unnOticed. Off
GERS have been sent out to work up
the case. Deceased was a well known
character about town. having for many
years been in the habit of weEring
male apparel, for " hich she was fire
quently arrested. She always alleged
She did so for the greater convenience
in the pursuit Of her occupation,
which was catching frogs for use in
the city restaurants. She was about
20 years of age. Tie name Of the sta
be keeper has not yet been OBJ
tanned.
Farther of The Murder OF Jennie
E"nuet.
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 10.
Further particulars concerning the
murder OF Jennie Bonnet render the
theory possible that The fatal shot may
have been intended for her companion,
Blanche Benn0n, who was in the room
with her. The latter had recently been
living with a Frenchman named De
Neve, but they quarre!ed and sepa-
rated a short time ago, De Nevc going
to France. A man named Larnesl
Gerard was a particular friend of De
Neve, and it seems he was under the
impression that Jennie caused the sep
aration between them. According
to Blanche's statement Gerard made
threats that he would kill Jennie and
herself. She says she knows nf no
other enemy OF Jennie and her opinion
that Gerard had a hand in the tragedy
il strengthened by the fact that he took
every occasion to Insult her. 1t is no,
certain hut that the shot was intended
for Blanche ortor both her and Jennie.
The weapon appears to have been a
shot gun loaded with buck shot. No
arrests have Yet been made.
DnEffs EAoDNPEJ On tne tt9l ae0-
traI Railroad.
SALT LAKE, Sept. II.
This evening about 5 o'clock two
masked men boarded the Utah Central
Railroad train s miles north of here,
gagged Wells, Fargo & Co.'S messenger,
opened the safe, took fifteen thousand
dollars and escaped. Officers are in
pursuit.
Eatrr.
SALT LAKE, Sept. IS.
The particulars of the train robbery
reported in last nights dispatches are
as follows: "The car used by the
Express Company is in We compart-
ments, one occupied by Wells, Fargo
& Co., and the other for the U. 5. mail.
On the down trip last evening, VIII
liams. the express messenger, neglect
ed 10 lock the outside door of the ex
press car. lie attributes the nagleci
to thouEhtlessness, never having had
occasion to apprehend danger from
robbers on this line, which passes
through a thickly settled country and
the trains make the run almost wholly
in daylight. 1t was before s O'Clock in
the evening when Woods Cross, the
last station before entering Salt Lake.
- I'sNT0h 6iih DfbNHVFI t'tat HAhAiNi nv
this city there are only s miles of a run
TO make. When the train arrived at
the salt Lake depot and stopped at
$40, Mr.. Williams did not make his
appearance al the car door as usual TO
hand the express matter into the wag
on which conveys it to the Office.
Wells, Fargo Il Co.'S employe who
meets the trains at the depot with the
exDress wagon. Immediately entered
the car and there found Williams
firmly tied to the side OF the car and
gagged, being uuahie to speak or re-
feaSe himself. He bad the appearance
or ma wing struggled severely and had
extracted his right hand from its
fastenings. He was tied erect against
the side of the apartment with strips
of canvass, some of which also firmly
bound his mouth in such a name as
to prevent the possibility OF utttering
an audible sound flo was speedily
released and tells the following story:
" As the train was leaving Woods