The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-09-18

Particulars Of the 9Iurder aI Mar.
gents Ranche-NeYeFnl Chinn.
men Arrested and Identified MS
the MurdererS-A Narrow Es.
cape from Being LJnchetl-Chi.
nesc Quarters Burned and
Occupants Driven Out.
SAN FRANcI'oo, September l7.-Yes.
terday morning people passing near Sar.
gents Rancho, about two miles from
Rocklin, Placer county, heard several
pistol shots. As they approached the
house two men ran awIy, scaling the
fence. On entering the building the body
OF Mrs. Oder, who with her husband and
Mr.. Sargent occupied the premises, was
found on the floor. She had been shot
twice and her head split with au Ak. The
alarm was given, and constAbles and citi.
zens began a search. About fifty yards
from the house the body Of Mr.. Oder was
found. He had received three pistol
shots. The party then followed the trail
otthe men who were seen to jump the fence,
The tracks showed that they wore Chi.
nese shoes. After crossing ravine three.
quarters Of mile from the house,
they found Mr.. Sargent bleeding
from wounds in the head and body. He
was conscious and stated that two China.
men had called at the house shortly after
noon and desired to puIchase a certain
mining claim Of him. He accompanied
them TO the claim and while returning
they shot him five times In the body and
head and left him for head. He said the
assussins were from Peuryn, a neighbor-
ing village, one being "a cook in Grants
boarding house, near Peuryn quarries.
lie had received one hundred and twenty
dollars from the other Chinaman few
days before for mining claim, which was
in trunk at the house and presumed
the murders were committed to obtain the
money. The party followed the tracks Of
the mnrderers to Chinese cabin near
by, where they arrested the Chinamen,
one Of whom was in bed but perspiring
freely, as though he had been running.
Several other Cinnamon living in the
cabin were arrested and one who was
much frightened volunteered the
information that All Sam and All
Jim had murdered Sergeant, and
he then stopped, and would say no
more. One Of the prisoners had Sl20 in |
his possession. Il was discovered that
the trunk in which Sargent had deposited |
the money had been cut open and the |
money taken. Sargent died this morn
ing. Hundreds Of citizens viewed the
bodies this A. NJ. Great excitement pre-
vailed during the night, and had the
evidence against the prisoners been
deemed conclusive they would doubtless
have been lynChed at once.
The cook OF Grants boarding house
could not be found though the country |
and towns, for miles around, were scour-
ed in pursuit.
This morning a meeting d citizens
was held at Rocklin, and all Chinese no.
titled 10 leave the town before & r. NJ. By
4 o'clock the last squad, burdened with |
their baggage, filed out Of town, includ.
ing those employed by the railroad com.
pany, only the prisoners remaining They
were in no way moleSted.
At q Pm. the citizens marched 10 the |
Chinese quarter and demolished all the |
buildings, twenty-five in number, includ.
ing one store, the stock Of which had been
removed by the owner. A fire broke out
during the demolition from a stove re.
naming in one OF the houses, but was ex-
tinguished by the railroad employees
with an engine.
At the inquest held to-day the facts
developed led the Sheriff TO believe that
four Of the Chinamen arrested were i'm.
plicated in the murders, and it was de.
cided to remove them 10 the county Jail
at Auburn. A crowd collected when they
boarded the train, and the murmurs Of
the throng broke out into exclamations
of "Heave them out; hang themp A
rush was made for the door OF the car,
which the Sheriff and his deputies seized,
and but for free show Of pistols by the
officers and conductor Of The train the
purpose Of the crowd would have been
accomplished. The crowd was finally
forced back and the train pulled out from
the station, followed by the yells OF the
throng. The moderation displayed by
the citizens, with the exception of the
above incident, is partly attributable to
the fact that throughout the day all the
balOOl9 NGlG GAOSSu up3 OAueE Nlre SERIOUS |
consequences would undoubtedly have
ensued.
The coroner's jury found that the mur.
der OF Sargent was committed by Ah
Sam, ah Jim and another Chinaman un-
known, Sargent having subsequently
mentioned the third asssilant. In the
cases OF Oder and wife the jury failed to
fix the responsibility on the remaining
prisoners; they were allowed to leave,
there being no evidence against them.
About 8 o'clock this evening the build.
ings Of the Chinese garden, about mile
from Rocklin, were burned. 1t is posi-.
lively denied that the whites set them on
FIRE, and possibly the Chinese abandoned
and burned them.
Sargent was an old and respected resi-.
dent. Oder was a Bavariau; his wife
has relatives in Trenton, N. J.
A Rockland dispatch this morning says:
The body Of man was found in vine.
yard, near Sargents house, and shortly
before noon the body OF boy about 8
years old was found in the same vineyard,
both murdered by pistol shots. The most
intense excitement prevails. A hundred
armed men are drivingall Cinnamon from