Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-08-08
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MoJAvE, Aug. 7th.-Mrs G c
OvermaD, Capt Poole, wife and
nurse, j w Shanklin, III M Wright,
J Ecklofi,, w NJ Sexton, Mrs N S
Peck, j Trip, Mrs Hyde, w Klock.
enbrink.
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Yuma.
YUMA, Aug. 7.-On Monday
night a drunken Indian entered a
corral where a number of persons
were sleeping and stabbed boy
aged sixteen in the body, breaking
the knife off Mt the hilt. The In
dian made his escape. The wound
is considered dangerous.
Considerable excitement was
caused here last night by a report
that the Indians intended raiding
the town. A son of Mr.. David
Neahr, who understands their Ian
guage, overheard them planning
the attack. Many strange Indians
have been noticed In the town
lately. They have become iusolent
and aggressive in behavior, their
passions being infiamed by whisky
and the vendors not dscoverable.
The withdrawal of troops no doubt
encourages them. The citizens,
to the number Of forty or fifty,
armed themselves with shot
guns and rifles, and ordered
all Indians out of town and posted
guards on the outskirts to give
warning of any demonstrations by
the reds. The night passed with
out any trouble. The same pre-
cautions will be observed until all
uneasiness is allayed.
The TuIneI and the 3.ss.s.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 7.-Ru.
mOrs are being circulated on the
street TO the effect that n compro-
mise has been, or is about being,
arranged between the various min
ing companies of the Comstock
and the Sutro Tunnel Company,
involving concessions on the part
of the Tunnel Company from their
previous demands AT the Office
of the Tunnel Company these ru-
mors are stated to be nothing but
stock jnbbipg talk, and no disposi-
ton is evinced to recsde from what
is claimed to be due the Company.
The Tunnel people say they are in
no hurry; that the tunnel is not
yet in working order, and that
meanwhile they can afford to bide
their time, using due diligence TO
complete the work.
r;, @,-aa Mus.ca TrIa,-.
VENI URt, Aug. 7.-At the open
Ing oi Court, this morning, his hon
or dir' cted that J. u. Curlee be
brought into Court for sentence.
The prisoner being directed TO
stand upth Court addiessed him
in the usual terms, reciting that he
had been found gully of murder in
the first degree, the jury fixing the
penalty of Imprisonment for life.
On being asked whether he had
any legal reason to offer why judg-
ment should not be pronounced ac-
cording to law, Mr.. Raymond, his
counsel,' arose and moved for
u new trial, first on the
gtound that the Court misdirected
the jury in matters of law; secnnd,
the verdict was contrary to law aud
the evidencC; third, on the ground
of newly discovered evidence,
which could not have been pro-
duced at the time of the trial.
Counsel presented affiiavits of Mrs.
Il. Ransom, John G. Tompkins,
Mrs. May T. Tompkins and John
Curlee, that Farrell was in Ventura
county four days after the
murder. He submitted these pa
pers without argument; alao gave
notice that OH Friday he would
move for new trial in the case of
Sprague, on the ground that tho
jury had received evidence outside
the courtroom, through the me-
dium of the Deputy Sheriff in
charge. The prosecution asked and
were granted until to morrow at
nine O'Clock to present counter
atiidavits, and sentence was post
poned until that time.
The trial of Lord was then pro-
ceeded with, and more testimony
taken as 10 the mysterious wagon
load of men W hich was seen pro-
cesding towards More's ranch on
the evening preceding the murder,
and heard to return therefrom at
and near Santa Paula about three
o'clock next morning. All the
witnesses swore that the men and
team Were strange in that part of
the country. The prosecution has
not traced up this wagon at all nor
accounted for it,. The defense then
rested, and the prosecution called
several witnesses to impeach Cyrus
Kenny, whose evidence created
such sensation yesterday.
Lp"isiana Democratic rIaisosuH
BATON ROUGE, Aug. 6th.-The
Democratic State platform recon-
mends the levee system; calls for
aid to the Pacific Railroad and the
Brazilian Steamship Line; endors-
es Nicholls's government; ap-
proves the fraud investigation by
the Federal House; asserts that the
interest of the industrial and
wealth-producing classes is of par
amount importance to the people
of The United States; those whose
labor and enterprise produce wealth
should be secured in its enjoyment;
expresses sympathy for the labor
ing classes who have been thrown
out of employment by the ruin
Gus financial policy and unjust
legislation of the Republican party,
and pledges the Democratic party
to reform these wrongs upon Its
ascendaney to power; demands that
the national banking system should
be abolished and national bank
notes retired, and in lieu thereof
that the government Issue an equal
amount of greenbacks; and we also
demand the unconditional repea
of the laws imposing II tax upon
! the circulation of the State banks
We demand also the immediate auC
unconditional repeal of the resum D.