Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-08-11
SUICIDE IDENTIFIED.

count of the Identification of the young man
who was recently drowned at that place, and
who proves to have been former resident OF
this city It says:
The man who was drowned in Napa river
on Friday last under circumstances thas IN
Dictated suicide. has been fully tdentlhsd.
The envelope which was found in the pocket
of the coat he left on the river bank furnished
the clue. It bore the address of j. z. Quelos,
1O4S Howard street. Deputy Coroner Gridley
teleeraphed to the Chief of Police OF San
Francisco for information regarding such a
person, and a reply was received that Quelos
was a resident of Sacramento, where his wife
resided. Later the Coroner received another
dispatch from the firm of SchoGeld, Taylor h
Co, asking to bs Informed when the body
was discovered, as q man OF the same name
was once in their employ Sunday morning
the remains Of the unfortunate man were
brought to the surface by j. Toutellot, who
was dragging the river for hin. Deputy
Coroner Gridley was promptly notified, and
summoning a jury proceeded to Snscol to
hold an inquest, in which a verdict OF suicide
in accordance with facts published was rem
dered The body was removed to Mellor Il
Sons undertaking rooms in this city. From
Mr. Graham, who was sent by the above
named firm to identify the remains, we learn
the following particulars Of the life Of the
young man:
He was native of Cleveland. Ohio, aged
about 27 years. For many years he was
connected with large oil company OF that
city, from which he came highly recon-
mended to the firm of B. +. Taylor & Co..
San Francisco. He was Immediately taken
into their employ as book-keeper on a hand
some salary. His business tact and careful
habits won the esteem of his employers until
an unfortunate day, when ne formed the &C
auaintaucs of fast woman, who, like de-
stroying angel, racked his faculties and lett
him an inmate of the Insane Asylum. For
several months he was under treatment at the
asylum in this city, and when discharged he
returned to his former employers. pledged his
honor to reform, and was again taken into
their service. For time all went WE'LL and
| he was transferred to Sacramento to branch
store. Here again his tempter beguiled him
| from the paths of rectitude, and he plunged
| into debauches, which caused him to lose his
position. He was still befriended by the
| firm, and promised situation as soon as an
opening occurred. On Thursday last he was
at their office and obtained money with which
| TO pay lis board This was the last seen of
him by his benefactors. On Friday the tel.
egram announcing his fate was published,
and Messrs. Schofeld, Taylor & Co., suspect
| ing it was their former unfortunate employee,
sought information that they might give him
decent burial, for which Mr.. Graham has
made arrangements.
CoMPLAINTs.-A party represented at this
Office yesterday that an extremely lively
smelling dead dog has held undisputed occu-
pancy of the alley between n and o, Seven
teenth and Eighteenth streets, for several
days past, and that three repeated complaints
made to the Health Officer has failed to Sc
cure attention to the matter and the much
needed removal. Complaint is also made
that an old white horse that has been turned
out to die, but which has just life enough left
to get into everybodv's yards, when gates are
left open, and which is general and prolific
nuisance to that part of the city between NJ
and L, Sixteenth and Twentieth streets is
allowed to roam at will. The complainants
state that the Poundmaster will not touch it
because there is no money in his doing So
nobody will redeem it-and hence it rotates
under his nose and gets in the way Of his dog
cart, etc, but is perfectly safe. They also
claim that the same section of the city is
overrun with worthless and outcast dogs, but
that, inasmuch as no one viii redeem them if
captured, no attention is paid to them by the
| Poundmaster or his deputies, but that If they
were valuable dogs they " uld have been
taken up long ago.
Knows How IT Is HINsELF.-The old and
widely Unknown detective, j. B. Hume, of
Wells, Fargo & Co., who has long been en-
gagged in succe siully ferreting out and taking
in stage robbers, has had the tables turned
upon himself by this same class, and in their
old-time methods. The Maria County Tocsia,
referring to the affair, says: Last week
stage was robbed near Duncan's Mills and
Wells, Fargo 4 Co. detective, MIR. Hume,
was promptly dispatched to work up the
case. AS the gentleman was travelling along,
and when almost at the scene of the former
depreciation, the stage was again. stopped, and
the detective being covered before an oppor-
tunity of resistance was given, he was forced
sorrowfuliy to throw up his hands. This
method of turning the tables was certainly
bold stroke. The thieves have particular
reason to feel proud, as Mr.. Hume is one of
the coolest and bravest men In the State"
ARRESTS IN YoLo.--John Damiama and
frank Lewis, Of Yolo county, had a quarrel
about possession Of an old house, when the
! former beat Lewis severely with club about
the head. Deputy Sheriff S. 2. Doane on
Tuesday arrested Damiama upon charge OF
| assault to murder, and the examination will
be held before Judge Hodgdon to-day. Dep
uty Sheriff Doane has also recently raided
the tramp headquarters just below Washing
| ton and other places in the vicinity, and ar
rested about twenty. One showed fight and
WAS shot through the leg by the officer.
DoSovAN's DEATH-At the inquest held
| by Coroner Vermilya last evening in the case
of John Donovan, who died in the city prison
Yesterday, the jury rendered verdict that
| the cause of death was, first, by excessive
use of alcoholic stinulants, and second, by
dslirium tremens. The deceased was native
Of Ireland and ~ years Of age. The officers
of the Ancient Order of HiberuiaDs desire to
| have it stated that the deceased was not a
member Of that Order, as has been Incorrectly
announced.
IMPRovING THE LEvEE. The railroad
company has large force of men and teams
at work on Front street hauling sand and
raising the railroad tracks south Of X street
eighteen inches from their former level. This
il done to raise and strengthen the front levee
| The same hight of grade is being extended
several feet outside of the track toward the
river, underneath the wharf the planks upon
the wharf being removed for this purpose.
REMAINS REMovED.-The remains Of Geo.
Walker, the convict at Folsom State Prison
who was shot and killed while attempting to
escape last week. and which were inferred at
that place on the following morning, have
been removed, and were taken through yes
Eterday for reinterment at San Francisco. He
was serving term Of fifteen years for stage
robbery at the time the fatal affair occurred.
UNDELIvEBED MFssAGEs.-There are at
the Western Union telegraph Office messages
for Ida Atchison and John w. Barrett.
TELEPHONE NoT1cE.-The American Dis.
trict Telegraph Company Of Sacramento Is
the sole licensee at Sacramento of this com.
pany, and no ether party in that city is au-
thorized TO furnish or rent the telephones of
the American Bell Telephone Company. All
persons in Sacramento having such telephones
In their possession are hereby notified that
they must surrender the same to our said
licensee or this company. or make arrange
ments to obtain the right of use. Pacific
Bell Telephone Company, by Geo. s. Ladd.
President San Francisco, August 10, 1881
The BUSINESS of yesterday was antici-
pated. Our hands were foil the live long day.
Hales Grand Central Depot is always busy
LADIES fancy border, pure linen handker.
chiafs x cantz each Mt Hales Grand Central