Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-09-17
aCatICornia Tragedy.

NOM sonic persons passing near Oa[Seut slaue"
,bont two miles from Rockln, Placer couHty'
heard several pistol shots, and as they ap
preached the house saw two men, who sealed
the fence and ran away. On entering The House
the body of Mrs. Oder, who, With her hus.
hand and Sargent, occupied the premises; was
found on the floor. She had been shpi twice
and her head split open with an axe. An alarm
was given and a party Of cnDstahcs and cl'izehs
began a search. About fifty yards IRON iG 10,
house the body of Mr.. O!er wsS ionnd. lac
had received three pistol shots. The l'aryIth?n
followed the trail Of the iOen VINO ",r: seen 10
lump tue fence Their tracks showed that !';'J
wore Chinese shoes. After crossing raV'o
three quarters o! mile ircm the hon:"j 10
cump Of willows they found Sargent h'tfdirH
ifcm wounds 10 the head aud bod j. ll1 was
CONSCIOUS, and stated hat~tVo Ctlhamen han
called at the house shortly after noon au'i de
sired to purchase certain ibininE calui from
him. He accompanied them To rho Claim, and
while returning they shot him hVr Iiii' 5 III tn.
holy and head and lett him for dead. II >ail
the assassins were from Pcuryn, neish'.'rlug
village, Quo Ct them belrr cook i: Hlan:
boarding house. near the Peuryn quarics. lie
had received $l20 from another Chlnahan l
vas in trunk 1T tbs Reuse, ;,ni i' presume
that the object OF the u,tnd lcts was 10 Obtain
the money. Tie party followed the tracks ol
the murdcrers TO Q Chinesc cabin uc&r al hand
where they captured three Chlnamen. one OF
whom was 10 bed but persplilng freely es
though he had been runnlog. Several ether
Cinnamon living near Ivy were arrested, and
one of them, who was much frightened, voun.
teercd Information that ALI Sam and An jim
had murdered Sargent, but would say no more.
Doe CT the prisoners had $l2O in his poss rsscu.
1t was touot that the trunk in which Sargent
deposited the money had been cut open and
robbed Sargent died this uorning.
Hundreds CT citiz,ns viewed the dead bodies
10 day. The excitement was iuteus. during he
night, and had the evidences against the prison
ers been deemed conciusiv. they would donbt,
less have been lynched at orc,. The cock at
Grants boarding house could not b. found
though the country ANU towns Tor mics around
we're secured Ia the pursuit. This morning
meeting Of citiz ,Ds was held at ROtkhn, and
all the Uhoesc notified to leave the place by
xix u'cl,ck u. m. Before fur o clock the last
squad Of Cinnamon, burdcDcd by their baggage,
filed out of the town, Including those employ cd
hy the railroad Company, the prisoners hclng
the only Chinamen remaiul2S. The" " re In
no way M 1cstcd by the excited crowd. AT i
y. IN. the citiz,ps marched TO the Chinese
ulsrt,r aud dem 1lishcd all the buildings, TWEEN,
ty iiv, ia onm5cr. including store, the o"ncr
of which had moved his stock Of g)oa- A fire
broke ont during the work Of demolition, from
a shark lett 10 one of the houses. tut the hal1"S
were cxiagu;shcd by the railroad en- p!oyccS.
At tie irurest on the bodies Of the murdered
persons 20 day facts were dcVelopc! which led
the sheriff to believe that four Of the Cbiuamcn
10 custody arc implicated 10 the murders, and
he ordered their removal to the county jail.
At Auburn crowd collected whcn The officers
ssith their prisoners boarded the trlln, and tho
muttcrincs Of the lhroDg broke out into excla-
nations such as Haul them ont J 'llaDg
them !" a rush was then made Tor the doors OF
the car, and tho sheriff aud his deputies seized
upon, aud but for fir show OF pistols by the
officers aud conductors Of the train, the purpose
OF tic mob would have b "a scoGmpshcd. The
crowd was funlIy forced Lack and the tram
moved out OF the station. followed by the ytlS
Of the ihrong. The moderation displayed By
the citizens, with the exception of the above
incident, was partly due to the fact that through.
out the day, an hy common consent, all saloon
keepers closed their places otherwise serious
conscuuences would undoubtedly have ensnad.
The coronrr's jury lound that the murder oil
Sargent WAS committed by \. II. Sam and ~.
Ii. Jim and another Chinaman unknown. Sar
gent having mentioned third assaiIant subse-
auent 10 his first statement. The jury failed 20
indicate the murdcrcrs Of Oder and his WIFE,
and the other prisoners were liberated for want
of evidence against then. Sargent was al old
and respected resident. Oder was = Bavarian,
and his wife had relatives in Trenton, N. j.
About eight clock this evening the buildings
connected with Chinese garden about mite
from Eocklir, we're burned. 1t il positively
denied that the fire was caused by the whites,
and it is probable that the premises were aban
doned and fired 10y the Chinese.