Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-08-08
PACIFIC COAST.
Mysterious Case Of Drowning.

MySterlous Sasc OF DrOWnfng.
NAPA, August 6th.-Yesterday afternoon,
about half-past 8 o'clock, man was noticed
struggling in the river opposite Stanley's
ranch. few miles below this city. A boat
put out to his assistance, but before it could
reach him he sank and was drowned On the
bank OF the river, a short distance below
where the man was seen, a light-colored
Derby hat and q sack coat of light-colored
Scotch tweed were found In the coat pocket
was found a Western Union Telegraph Com
panv envelope numbered 10, addressed to ].
2. Queloe, 104S Howard street, dated August
Sd. The body has not been recovered.
Tenacious OF Life.
PORTLAND. August 6tb.-Matt Mckay, a
longshoreman, while discharging railroad iron
from the ship Countess of Derby, was struck
on the top OF the head by piece of iron
slipping out of the string, crushing the skull
and making a hole in his head big enough to
put mans fist in. He has preserved con-
seriousness and talks intelligently to the hos
pital physician about his recovery. His re-
covery is doubtful.
A Story Pronounced False,
Tucson "a. L. August 6th.-Don Julian
johnson, an intelligent citizen of San Mar
cial, Sonora. row in the city. states that the
story of the alleged capture of Ambrose Lom-
prax, a railroad engineer, by the Apaches,
telegraphed from San Francisco, is false from
beginning to end. 1t is well-known fact
that Victorio is dead. Instead of forty, thelo
were but thirteen Indians in the attacking
party. No murders have been committed
about Ures, nor have any Indians been in
that locality; neither could they have
reached the Gulf of California without cross
ing the country of the Meeyo Indians, who
are sworn enemies of the Apaches The best
evidence of the absurdity of Lomprax's
statement is that the Indians held him pris-
oner for ransom. They will fight for plumber
and for scalps, but care nothing for money.
Remains Observation-Disclosures Mischief.
STOCKTON, August 6tb.-On the 25th of
June man was found dead on ranch above
Locust Ford. An inquest was held, but the
remains were not identified, and were imme-
diately buried. They have since been ex-
humed, and woman identified them as
those of Edward Chalette, her husband. He
was a blacksmith from San Francisco.
The officials yesterday induced several
boys, supposed to be implicated in the killing
of the China boy Gou, by drowning him in
Mormon slough on Wednesday night, to go
before the Police Judge and under oath tell
what they knew of the affair. Leland Sulli-
van, aged Is years, stated that he and James
and George Summerville, Eddy Barry and
Nelson McGuffick, all under Is years Of age,
were the ones that ran the car against the
China boy and knocked him into the water.
The case was postponed to allow the boys to
be provided with counsel. No arrests have
as yet been made.
Probably Fatally Injured.
OEovILLE, August 6th.-George B. Rogers,
a prominent citizen and mill owner at Moore
town, in this county, was very seriously, and
probably fatally, injured yesterday by saw
log rolling over him. No particulars are yet
received, as the attending physician has not