Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-04-07
l'ttaIuillR Politics.

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Ptta,uina Politics.
PETAGUMA, April CA commit.
tee Of citizens, composed of ter
Democrats and ten Republicans
last night made the following nom
nations for city officers: Daniel
Egan, Marshal; J. H. Crane, Treas
urer; Thomas III. Bryant, Assessor;
J. II. Preston, Recorder. City
Trustees-J. NJ. Charles, L.G. Nay
q. NJ. Lightner. School Directors
IN. A. Hedges, +. Il. Maynard
The Workingmen have not YET
made their nominations. Theil
Club will meet tonight.
The More Murder TriAi.
SAN BUENAVENTURA, April g.
Owing to the attempted secrecy of
the proceedings it was impossible
to obtain more than a skeleton of
Nickerson's testimony in the More
case last night. He testified in
substance as follows: 1 had some
conversation with F. A. Sprague,
one of the prisoners, about the
death of T. Wallace More and the
manner in which he died; have no
recollection of more than Que con-
versatiOn, and that was when we
were watching on the road at night
between Sprague's house and the
Sespe, to repel mob reported COM
ing up to mob the lower part of the
Sespe settlement. l cannot recoi-
lect the whole conversation as it
took place, as my memory Is not
sufficiently good. Mr.. Sprague
stated to me that Mr.. More
came to his death by gun
shots; 1 do not know the
date. In this connection Mr..
Sprague told me that party of the
citizens of the Sespe had gone to
More's ranch house near midnight,
found everything quiet and the in
mates apparently asleep, and that
they proceeded, some of them, to
the back of the barn and set it OH
fire, and when Mr.. More and Fur
gesOn came out to the
barn to secure the property,
and while carrying out an arm
full of harness, after releasing
some horses, some one fired Il
shot, whether at More or at ram
dom he did not know; that Fergu.
son, seeing the condition of things
before More did, halloed at More
to run for his life, and to come this
way. Both of them ran out of the
back of the barn, Mr.. More behind.
AS they ran out somebody
fired, and he thought he saw
Mr.. More clap his hand to
his side and run as though he was
hurt for some hundred and fifty
yards, then falling on the ground.
Mr.. Sprague, Mr.. Curlee and Mr..
Churchill followed up to where he
had fallen. AT that time he was
lying partly supported on his elbow.
He asked them for Gods sake not
to kill him, and then laid back on
his back on the ground and put his
hands over his face. Mr.. Sprague
said to Mr.. More, "God damn, you,
die,n and at the same time
fired rifle-ball through
his forehead, which killed him ~
stantly. They stood for ~ second
and saw that the man was dead,
when he said to those with him:
"Come on boys, lersgo." On start
ing to go he found himself unable
to move, having been subject to u
lame back at times, his back gave
out. The other two men
took him; one on each
side, and assisted him away.
When they reached the house aud
the grapary they found the rest of
their crowd still there. Some of
them started to run, when he called
out to them that If II single one ran
he would shoot him down, when
they all went back to where they
started from in the first place. The
physician of the. witness here for
bid further examination as he was
too feeble to talk.
Nickerson has heretofore stood
we'll in the community, but his
statement shows that he knew the
particulars of the murder two days
after it was committed. Since that
time he has been member of the
Grand Jury which examined
McCart, whom he now accuses, and
was also sworn as witness him.
self, and testified strongly as to
McCart's innocence. His reason
for divulging the facts, as he now
states, is that he was afraid to tell
the truth, az he would not he safe.
1t appears tina. he expected to die,
and sent for N. Blackstock to make
his will, when the latter, getting a
hint of what he knew, induced him
to consent to communicate with
the More family. A great deal OF
comment Is caused by the fact that
the prisoners are prosecuted by six
good lawyers and defended only by
J. M. Brooks, who never argued a
case involving three hundred dol.
lars in his life. His partner, Mr.
Hines, who is an able lawyer, sits
by his side but never addresses the
Court.
San Francisco Markets.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 6.-Floul
very uulIi extra 90. AolDo. Joo'
bling family $700@7.lS. Whea
inactive and easy; choice milling
So. l0@2.l24: shipping $l.95@2 CO.
Barley very dull; feed $l.l73@l.2O
Oats quiet; feed $L.30@1.45. Corr
light stock and firm; large yellow
Sl.60@l.65; choice white $500
Hay plenty and very dull at 500
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| ratiOns.
SAN FRANCISCO, April G.--Louii
Aibischer, u young man of muel
notoriety by reason Of his many
persistent attempts and failures il
dramatic assumptions in this city
committed suicide last night by
taking strychnine. He died at tn,