Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-04-06
PACIFIC COAST DISPATCHES.
A MIDNIGHT TRAGEDY.
Murder Followed By Suicide.
The Water War In the Courts.
SAN Francisco, April 5.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 5.
Captain A. F. Souther, master Of a
schooneri in the Puget Sound trade, shot
and killed his wife and committed sui
eide at III O'Clock last night, at ~ Ma
tOma street. The first officers who
answered to the police call went to the
premises, a one.story and attic frame
dwelling, and at the head Of the stairs,
stretched at full length in q mar
row hall, they found the dead
woman, and in the bed in a
real room they found Souther with
an I X l. revolver in his right hand
and a bullet wound in his neck. The
woman was found to have received a
wound in The back of the head and
another on the right side of her chest.
The woman was alfred in her night
clothing, and her gown is powder
burned, which shows that the weapon
was held close to her body when it
was discharged. From the position Of
the bodies and the condition of the
room, it appears that after the husband
and wife retired, he occupying the side
of the bed nearest the wall, he turned
and fired ut his wife, wounding her in
the head. She arose and turned facing
him, when he fired again, wounding
her in the breast. She then passed out
of the room and fell in front of the
threshold of the door, which is close
to the stairs. He, after shooting her,
placed the Weapon toward his neck
and fired, the ball ranging upward.
The other occupants of the house were
asleep when the firing commenced,
and know nothing of the circumstances
or the motive which prompted the act.
This afternoon the Spring Valley
Water Company filed a petition in the
Supreme Court, asking for a writ Of
prohibition. restraining the Mayor and
Board of Supervisors and all other
city officials from making connections
with the mains Of the com pany or in
lettering in any manner with its water
pipes, etc. The Court granted an altern-
alive writ and the matter is to be
heard next Monday, at 2 o'clock.
Meantime, the Mayor, Board, etc., are
temporarily restrained from interfer-
ing in any name with the company's
mains.
1t is reported that the city banks,
creditors Of Isaac Friedlander, have
intimated their willingness to grant
him such accommodations az may he
necessary to- enable him to tide over
the present crisis i'm his affairs.
Indictment Or the Chico Assassins-
AOme Dissatisfaction About the
Work of the Grand Jury.
ORovILLE, April 5.
The Grand Jury to day presented
their report, after a brief session of
three and a half days. They found
indictments against +. II. Roberts,
John and Charles Slaughter, I. w.
Stainbrook and f. L. Conway, for the
murder of each of the four Cinnamon
killed at LENS ranch, near Chico, and
for arson against Wright, Jones and
Foy, the three Slaughter boys, Rob-
erts and Conway, and for an attempt
TO commit arson against Roberts
John and Charles Slaughter and Hol-
derbaum. Those charged with ar
son will probably be arraigned on Sat-
urday, and the trials will commence
on the 10th inst. The report of the
Grand Jury closes as follows: 1--WE
find there has been in our midst an or
ganiZed band of incendiaries and as
sassins, whose crimes may be COM
pared to those of the worst criminals
aver brought to justice, and we believe
that some of them are still at large;
we urge upon those whose duty it is to
pursue them with relentless vigor,
and use every clueto their identity and
punishment. A great deal of dissatis.
faction is Q expressed at what is consid-
ersd the hasty and superficial
in which the jury has conducted its
inquiry, very little effort having been
made to secure the indictment of a
number of prisoners, including several
members of the Council of Nine, who
have been set at liberty, and have re-
turned to Chico. A correspondent
hints that by virtue OF their presence
there, additional items of interest may
soon be expected.