, 1883-02-24
OUR sEsWORTh BUDGET.
The Hammond Examination A Dishonest
Employee Change Of Superlntendents,
aad a wholesale Discharge of Workmen
&c

lFEoM OUR EE,ULAE CORRESPONDENT
AINSwoRTH. February -, lSo;i.
a slight storm Of slsct has prevailed for
seyera, hours, rendering peiestrianiSm ~.
cee.isncly diiIisult and dangerous.
The excitement caused by the shooting ii
II. II. Grnr,li 10y Frank G. Hammond Is
su;,>i,lns. Slb,. qu-nt 10 Grinuelis leath
the conglain: which La | been filed against
Hammond was aruendcd so that, INST al q!
charging him with an attempt t, kri, |;
CHARGE: hum with tn. crime Of murder, ami
upoI the Ia. ter charge ms examination was
begun before Judge Clark on Friday after
noon and concluded Saturday egenin5, re
sutiug IN lis being ordered 20 ap! ear before
the grand Jury to ansaer 10 the chaFs: spe-
Gifted, without hail. Prosecuting Attorney
{. :. voorhees, represented the people at
the preliminary examination, ard Mr.
Maycs. Of The Dalies, defended the accused
The prisoref has
EyINCEp ~ ,MuUNT OF NERVE
Throughout the afur that ii shown In
better cause. woali challenge the profound
est admiration, while his eheerfulness, hope
fulness and app-rent urconcern have been
surprising. Ia fact, the only time Nhen be
has shown inriiva.ions of breaking down Ma
when, at the urgent request ot Mrs. Gri.
nell. he was taken befOr. her and rendered
full forgiveness .or the terrible dee,i. The
scene was heart rending AMI understandable,
and time and circumstabc can never erase
its impressions from the heart OF him who
caused it.
Hammond is about - years Old. He l.
possessesi of good education and Is prr-
possessing IN person and department. He
was born in Walia Walla, where bis mother
died aad vas buried in his early chi'inood.
HIS father also died several vars ago. He
has no brothers or sisters or other relatives
on this coast. except his grandparents On
his mothers side, vino reside IN the Villa
mette Valley, and are said TO be in easy cir
curnstanees. They are probably not yet
aware Of III ir graa isoGs mis- ortune. Ham
mond had confidently expected il not GIs-
clarc- On his examination. 10 at
LEAST BE ADHIITED To IAIfr
which he seemed % hope his grandfather
would furnish The result, consequently,
was a bitter disappointment Z" han, and
caused his 5, iTits TO perceptIbly ii -. Dep
uty Sher fl Geo Young i here and wlli take
,h= prisoner 70 Colfax to-day
Last saturday night The night watshman
for the railroad company, and bridge suPef-
inteadent discovered same empty boxes lying
nu.si he OF freight car tha. sto d On the \
! track La ling to the inrlrn-, bat while they
were gone for ltnterEs 20 make an investigs-
ton the boxes were removed. Tney were
able, however, T. track the direction In
which thsy we're tax by tracks IL the
snow, anl were No; long in discovering
them. a. also their contents-sanned black
bs.rries-In tie rom nf DIN Dlyis, IN the
old car shoC. Nhsn discoYeTec, DAVIS was
in the &C. Of packing the cans away He
had taken the cans from the boxes to facil-
Itate their removal to his room, and had
carried away the boxes Afterwards. He had
entered the car through an open end window
and cor segaently could not be accused of
breaking into l. Davis mas
BEEN A YARD BRAKEMAN
for some .w1 years. and Was gene rally liked
and vas generally coniided in IL is thought
this Is no. his first act o, the kind. he was
arrested on complaint Of local sgent, John
Garner, confessed the act, ani WAS held bY
Justice Clark g answer TO charge Of fel-
any with bail set at si00. He also will 20
10 CoIiax xith Deputy Sheriff Young.
Capt Edward Spencer arrived yesterday
from Portland and Immediately assumed the