Richland beacon., 1877-07-21

the Labor Union, was cognizant of the
intended burning. The night following
Wright told me that he and Jones. the
carpenter, went to Chinatown and laid
in wait to fire it, but several men were
around and they thought they were de.
tectives, so they didn't dol it. The night
BidwelPs soap factory was burned saw
Wright in the crowd. He called me to
one side and said that he and three OF
four Others had "done little Job" he
did not say who the others were. On
March Sd, John Slaughter told me that
his brother Charles, Henry c. Wright,
the carpenter Jones and Thomas Stein
brook were to burn both Chinatowns.
when, he did not state distinctly. When
the boys intention was made known to
me, wanted to turn back, but dared
not, believing then and now that they
would have killed me. l make this
freely, voluntarily and without fear,
menace, or hope of reward. This state
ment is sworn to, on oath, the same as
the verified complaint, on March "a,
1877, before A. Hallett, justice of the
peace. The detectives then had the off.
GERS arrest the Slaughter boys, Stein.
brook and Roberts. The Jail having
only three cells, the detectives billeted
the prisoners around in private rooms,
with keepers to keep them separate.
sTEINBROOK's CONFESSION.
The next confession was Steinbrook's.
His confession was sworn to also, on the
oath of March, and comedies exactly
with the preceding one. The additional
facts are as follows: live in the house
near Slaughter's, which l rented from
c. NJ. White. AT Z o'clock, on the
evening of the 18th, 1, John Slaughter
and Fred Conway went from Slaughter's
house down Eighth street. Shortly after
we went out on the Humboldt road
and met Eugene Roberts and Charles
Slaughter, who Joined us. We then
went up the road, and turned towards
the Chinese camp. At Lemm's Ranch,
Roberts and John Spangler went ahead,
and got over the fence into the field,
where they stepped and talked about
who should lead into the camp. Roberts
agreed to. John Slaughter first entered,
and then all rushed in. Roberts pro-
posed shooting but and Conway OBJ
jected. When the other boys entered !
stood outside. None were disguised.
Roberts gave me the word to shoot first.
When first heard of the intent was at
the fence. When Roberts and Slaughter
proposed the robbery, near the camp,
Roberts proposed killing. 1 think, for
safety. Roberts had bottle of kero-
sene, the contents of which he threw
over the Cinnamon. When the firing
commenced, some one asked: (Which
one do you WANT"
The five con'essing to murder are the
two Slaughters, Roberts, Steinbrook and
Conway. The other confessions are by
Holdenbaum and Wright, of incendi-
arism. H. T. Jones. a third Slaughter
boy named Pleasant, and John Mahoney,
are in Jail as incendiaries. These have
not yet confessed, but doubtless will.
Wright says he and Jones fired the soap
factory. The three Slaughter boys,
Conway and Jim Fay, burned the Chico
creek laundry and Mrs. Roberts's barn
and the Chinese tenement near Chico.
HOldenbaum was arrested in a lumber
camp thirty-five miles from here. Fay
and Pleasant Slaughter were arrested
here. The two Slaughters, Conway,
Holdenbaum, Wright, Steinbrook and
Mahoney were taken before Justice Hal
let and waived examination. The five
murderers were held without bail. The
incendiaries were held to bail in $4,000
each, and were committed in default.
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