Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-03-11
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SAN FRANCISCO, March 10.-The
case of Dawson against the Evening
Post for libel was dismissed to-day at
Spaulding's court. Martial Morgan,
President of the Bank of British Co.
lumbla was the only witness exam
ined. The testimony showed how the
bank came III possession of certificates
amounting to S95, 900.
George Harris and Thos. Reardon,
two hoodlums, Were convicted Of an
assault on Aaron Davis and wife in
the Police Court to-day. The testi-
mony showed that they went to Da-
vis' place three different times, being
each time reinforced by others OF the
same ilk. The third time they came
back they numbered about q half o
dozen, armed with knives and pistols.
The phyricians who attended Mrs.
Dayis'testitied that she was SO severely
injured that owing to the condition OF
her health she was in at the tine the
assault was Wade it was fortunate
that she escaped as well rs she had.
E4Yat Sing, a Chinese woman, 26 years
of age, was before the 4th District
Court this morning on writ OF hebeas
corpus sworn out by Young ChaW,
who claims to be her husband to OBJ
tain her release from the Chinese Mis-
sion Home 9l0 Washington street.
The woman testified that the appli-
cant is not her husband; that she was
satisfied to remain et the home and
did not wish to go away. On this
showing, Judge Morrison dismissed
the writ.
Since The burglar William Cald-
well, alias Billy 5nlSthe escaped from
the custoday OF Sheriff Nunan, lie has
offered reward OF 5000 for his recap
tnre. AT an early hour this morning
Caldwell fell into the clutches of Off
GERS. Once more his arrest being
affected by Captain Lees and officers
Coffey, Mari and Jones. Captain
Lees having ascertained that there
was a man in the city, a hard working
mechanic, who had been acquainted
with Caldwell from his childhood up,
went to work to ascertain that MANS
whereabout In the course of the day he
ascertained that Caldwell's friend had
a room in a boarding house, III Minna
street. Conjecturing that Caldwell
might possibly seek the room of his
old acquaintance, Lees resolved to
searcn hat mouse at an early hour in
the morning, TAXING with him oni-
GERS he went to the house at { A. NJ.
Gaining admission they quietly made
their way up stairs, and nolseiessiy
opening the door of the bed room they
discovered Caldwell fast asleep on a
lounge, while his friend occupied the
bed. Caldwell had all of his clothes
on except his coat, which was under
his head. A six shooter lay on the
lounge near his head, which was i'm
mediately taken possession Of Cald-
we'll was then awakened and secured.
In connection with this it may be
proper to state that Caldwell is one OF
a gang Of thieves and murderers who
came to San Francisco in the early
part of November from Chicago.
Among the lot was Henry Moore, alias
Williams, who was sent over the bay
by Judge Blake for twenty-four years
for the burglary of Miller's jewelry
store. In letter which Captain Lees
received from Detective Allen Pinker-
ton, of Chicago, Williams i spoken of
as one of the worst characters in the
West. He is wanted in Chicago for
murder, where an indictment stands
against him. Another of the gang is
Morris Duval, who shot at Mr., RAN
som in his house last Winters and who
was sentenced to fourteen years i'm
prisonment for burglary committed
at the time. kenney, who was sent
for three years, is another member of
the gang. Caldwell is wanted in
Cleveland for murder and so is
Moore, alias Williams. The partic-
ulars of this murder are some-
thing like this: Henry Moore, alias
Williams, Jim Caldwell, Billy Cald-