The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-07-18
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D.fFLY' I.fTELLEGEyTER.
CALIFORNIA.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 16-A horrible
murder took place Saturday night last
at small house located at 81! Garden
street, small street running west Of
Sixth, between Harrison and Bryant.
The victim was Mrs. Noah Lynch, a
woman of "a, who for over forty years
past has lived quietly with her bus-
band, the murderer, the two having
raised a family of five children, four of
whom were married. The husband,
Timothy Lynch, is a woodsawyer by
trade, and during late years has spent
large portion Of bis earnings in drink.
Saturday night last he visited the
house of one of his daughters and took
sundry drinks there. He was called
out by fire on Brannan street snd
went to his home about eleven o'clock,
partly inebriated. He sent out one of
the children for more beer, despite his
wife's protests, and endesvored to
make her drink . portion, aud she re-
fused and went into her bedroom. He
became so violent iu his actions and
threats that his wife came from the bed
room and began to call for help. He
seized her and struggle ensued, he
cursing and threatening, and she
screaming in terror. She struggled to
get away aud knocked him over This
so enraged him that with an oath he
snatchsd his jackknife, which lay on
the table, and stabbed her with it
again and again, she moaning and
bleeding and struggling for her life.
When the neighbors arrived, who were
attracted by the noise made by the
quarrel and the screaming children,
who ran into the street, they found him
muttering in drunken rage at the
table. and the wife lying on the bed
room floor, whittier she had staggered
mortally wounded. He was arrested
and charged with an assault to murder
a woman. She fingered until l45 this
morning when she died from slabs.
To-day charge of murder was made
against Lynch. lie claims to know
nothing of the occurrence excepting
that he was stupidity drunk at the time
SAN Francisco, July 16-The Brit
ish ship Egremont Castle. which ar
rived yesterday afternoon from Valpar-
also, reports that on July 18th. at 7 p.
NJ. lat. 500 N. long; 1902 To- W., she
passed the hull of vessel which look
ed TO be about 900 or 800 tons register,
from appearances lumber laden and
entirely dismasted They saw no signs
of life. 1t was blowing heavily at the
time and she passed on. About half
an hour later saw brig steering west
ward and heading directly for the
wreck, but apparently did not see it.
SAN Francisco. July II - William
Oaks was found last evening in a sa-
loon on Bay street in All insensible
condition from fracture of the skull.
4 check for six hundred and fifty dol.
lars and some coin were found on him
by the officer, and it is said some
money belonging to him was seen in
possession of n person who had been in
the place where Oaks was discovered.
Oaks was removed to the hospital,
where he died this evening.
SAN BUENAvENTgRA, July 10 In
the More case. after recess, the court
concluded to admit resolutions denun.
ciatory of the murder passed at meet
ing gotten up by Sprague within a few
days after the tragedy, and w. Z.
Shepard, of the Ventura Signal, was
called to prove that Sprague sent them
to him. On ross-examination, Shepard
admitted that he might have written
them himself and sent them to Spragus
to be adopted by the meeting. The
remainder of the afternoon was devoted
by the prosecution to picking up and
weaving in the loose threads and ends
of the testimony to corroborate those
of Johns, and for this purpose they
called Akers, Meek, N. NJ. Jones,
Storke and others, who repeated their
previous testimony. The prosecution
then rested.