Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1879-06-22
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4 OssSy llaz Acts ~ II hs Committed the |
nurdsrsss Assault On tho Two Young Ladies' |
II whsstland.
WHEATLAND. June 1s-To-day
1T noon, NJ sheriff Mccoy was about
% hoard the train for Marysviilr,
he was accosted by N Frenon Cana
dian named Frank ChcQuette. who
asked to spesk tn hin privately.
They were seen talking b. lefty to-
gether and then Ch"Q ac0om-
panied the Sheriff 10 Marysvilie.
An hour subsequently, 1t transpired
that Choquette hal .queste'i tn I've
lodged iu the Msrysviiis J Ill, say
ings that when safely there he
would confess crime. He 10 thir
ty-throe yeArs 1T age, aud has lived
IA this victutty for three or four
yenrs. Fur long time past he has
been employed on the ranch IT DIR.
d p. burst, who speaks Of him ss
sober and quiet mnn, very f,ugsi
In his habits aud remarkably re-
served. especially Ia the presence
Of wnmrn. He has been In the
hxhit OF sending all his earnings to
Canada, where liz ami his broiher
have been paying for y farm. A
few days previous tn the ROldtn
tragedy he deci,lesl to leave Durst's
upl0y, having som etliinK else IN
view, hut no time WAS fixed upon
for dircUn,inuing work. On the
day after the Tragedy it rsinei and
NO WE, k war done; bnt on the nexi
day, when Durrt requested him I"
do something, he intimated that
he had quit work. Declining an
invitation 10 breakfast, he Came tn
town ami stripped at the Ame' icsn
III tel, where his actions attracted
notice. He remained in his room
\ great deal aud seemed tn Ire very
much troubled about something,
aud was frequently heard to be
MOANING AND wEEPiNG.
His reputation heretofore has
been excellent, aud he cuuid Hlw as $
get en-, .Ioym-nt. This aft-ru. oD
his room at the hotel was s-x rciie,i,
and m NY letters written III FreEcli
were found, but no information was
elected. AT the Durst rMucl, h.
slept In csbin In company with
Richard Smith, n young man late
~ from Iowa, each having a he'd.
Smilh stat Ell tO y Chronicle report.
er that Chnqnette cert amy slep'
ia the csbiu the night 0f the trage-
dy, but might possibly have got up
IN the night aud returned agaia
vi hOut Smiths knowledge. The
ko.t,iau ranch IL at least lhree miles
distaut fr0su the eabiu. ChoYustte
has often been there, but wa, only
siightly acquainted with the in
mates. Smith WAS ssthOn;sbtd To
learn of CboQmette's surrender, aud
{ hp0ke very fsvnr.biy Of him. Two
or three days sitter the tragedy one
OF CbOQu-t,e's s.qu aintAiices jest.
iuxiy retnark.d: II believe you ate
the mnu that dud NJ" upon which
ChOQuetie m .hifesL, d much emu
ti0i,, exclaiintug. Eyes, everyb.Hiy
tIliuks IL was me.n The general
opiuinn here Is that he IL crazy, but
the resem blsncs Of the tragedy To
the work 1T mani &C suggests that
pstssibly he may have cUin itte,i 1t
Ina snsddrned freak. His surrender
has created u sensation. 1t IL now
divulged that the ne H day after the
tragedy . bar OF iron was found
sticking UPRIGHT in the ground
where Tia Dunn was pickle ! up. II
has not beeu mentioned heretofore.
tits
OVER A FOOT LONG,
With . strong cord attached, so a.
~ he used something iu the msn-
ner Of sIung-shot. In the hope Of
getting some iufor nation about II,
two Cinnamon who work Oh the
Rtrtsisn rxuch have been arrested
aud taken TO the Mary ,viile j.ii.
ROdsiah's father has six other Chi
nsmen IN his employ, vino are
cAmped about half . mile from the
s0eue Ut the tragedy. A detective
who arrived from Sacramento to-
day states that no report has yet
been made by the chemist who IL
examining the supposed blood spots
on the cl0.htng Of the negro Wit
llAms. When Choquette reached
the MarysviIle Jail he WAS over
powered with emotion, and falling
on tue floor, dropped of into a stu
pr. n WAS th. u locked up In u
cell. He answers the description
Of the man Roddan Jaw in the gar.
den the night of the tragedy. Ida
Dunn 10 rational, but Is not alto wed
to talk The latest Intelligence
from Msrysvills by telegraph il
that Choquette refuses to say any