Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-02-19
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PACIFIC COAST.
San Francisco News.

SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 1Sth.-Case of
Woodruff alias Miller, charged with
embezzlement of funds from the Gen.
trail Pacific Railroad Company, was
set for this morning in the Municipal
Court.
About two o'clock this morning an
italian named Nicholas Se,estan,
while under the influence of liquor,
went out on the end of Meiggs' wharf
and commenced discharging his re-
volver at imaginery ducks in the bay.
After firing couple of shots, his pis-
tol, a self-cocking one, missed fire aud
he turned it around to examine ii,
while looking at the weapon, one of
the cartridges exploded and the ball en-
tered his stomach. The shock threw
him into the water and he was fished
out by officers who conveyed him to
the city prison hospital. An exami-
nation showed the ball had entered
below the heart and could not be found.
He will propably die.
The San Francisco branch of the
firm of Charles Larue & Co., of Put
and Call fraternity, has collapsed. 1t
was represented by one Shedd, who
had desk room at 400 Montgomery
street. He came to this place about
the middle of January, advertised
moderately in the city journals, but
held out glowing inducements through
seventy-iive newspapers published at
various points in the interior. He
never did flourishing business and
last Saturday he disappeared entirely
from the public eye, leaving advertis-
ing bills unpaid and various claims
of persons who had taken chances with
him unsettled. 1t Is not known how
much has been lostthrough his means.
In the United States District Court
to-day Judge Sawyer in the big suit of
George w. Kinney against the Con-
solidated Virginia Company, over
ruled defandant's demurrer to the
amended complaint, and gave the de-
dendant ten days in which to answer.
Daring Robbery.
SUMNER, Cal, February 18TH
A most remarkable robbery was
committed last night at Bakersfield
upon the Kern Valley Bank, by which
about $27, in gold coin and gold
notes belonging to the county was ta-
ken. AS yet there is no surmise
whatever as to who committed the
daring deed. From all the informa.
tion we can obtain upon the subject,
it seems that Mr.. S. J. Lansing, the
Bank Manager, and the Deputy
County Treasurer was in the office at
late hour transacting some business
with Mr.. Colsus Brewer, and that Mr..
Brewer left the Bank about IL o'clock,
and Immediately thereafter some one
raped at the door of the Bank, and
Mr.. Lansing supposiog it to be the re-
turn of Mr.. Brewer unsuspectingly
opened the door, and it is supposed
was knocked down and stupified with
chloroform while the robbers quietly
picked up and carried off the money,
the vault and safe being open.
Lansing has no distinct recOl-
lection of anything after the
door was opened other than the appar-
ition of two men in the door way,
when opened the robbery was not
discovered until about five o'clock in
the morning, when Mr.. Park, the
agent of Wells Fargo & Co.'s express
opened his office. which is in the bank
building, and found Lansing in an al
most insensible condition and unable
to give any intellegible account Of the
affair. There is considerable excite
ment and the officers are dong all in
their power to unravel the mystery
that surrounds this apparently well
planned and daring exploit of some Of
the bold disciples Of Robin Hood or
Dick Turpin, who yet delight in trav-
elling about the precincts of Bakers
field. 1t is understood here that the
credit of the bank is not effected and
that all depositors will be paid prompt
ly.
parties in this city say this story is
too thin. The robbery of this bank
has been looked-for for some time