Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-07-07
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PACIFIC COAST

Ing, There IS me son-Ol-a-D- who stole
 my watch r The pistol was handed to
 nim and he threw 1t down on Hancock
 but in the meantime Hancock's bar.
 keeper threw his pistol down on Coon.
 skin Charley, and told him to throw up
 hls hands but instead of obeying he
 turned on Jones, shooting him through
 the back, the ball entering near the arm
 on the right side. He fired a second
 shot at Jones, missing him. He then
 turned and shot twice at Hancock. h
 the meantime Hancock, the woman and
 Jones emptied their pistols at Charley
 with no other damage than injurine
 Cooks house. Charley's pistol had only
 four loads. and after emptying his pjsto
 be stood the fire with unconcern. Nc
 arrests have been made.
 LoRDsBURG, N. M., July 5.-A railroad
 man fe ] fr'm the cars yesterday and
 was seriously iaj jlred. He was brought
 to the section house at this place and
 will probably die.
 SALEM, July 4-Oae of the prisoners
 yho broke from the peniteDtiary here
 vss recaptnred to-day.
 SAN FRANCISCO. JuIy 3.-A fire at As toria destroyed six salmon canneries
 md a number of other buildings in ad-
 btion, the property of the Oregon rail
 say and Navigation company. A rough
 s,timate fixes tie losses at S225,0O0; in- surance, S7O,OUO.
 SAN FRANcIsCo. July 5.-Yesterday' s celebration was remarkable for the lack pf serious accidents from fireworks. In all twenty fire alarms were made; dam-
 .ge s3,245.
 Early last night Thos. Fogarty struck Robert Hart blow under the ear, for refusing to desis' shooting fre-crackers,
 md felled and then kicked him while
 Town. Hart managed 10 get into a
 'aloon near by, here he soon expired.
 Two hours after the incident Fogarty surrendered to the police. Hart was a crippled Englishman, aged forty year.
 OAKLAND. Jay j.-While Austin H aiis wife and year old son were driv- tug in buggy from Oakland to Moraga valley. the hur-e fell. Hill and wife
 nmped. and he child fell out. The
 ,orse ih trying to regain its feet rolled
 Iver on the head of the child, who died n the buggy just before physician's $ louse was reached.
 A collision occurred last night at 1920 | clock between the Oakland local and Alameda local train. The Oakland
 rain is due at the crossing first, but
 vas behind time few minutes. The ,witch-tender saw both trans approach
 ing and went up the track TO signal the | Oakland tram to stop, but his lamp vent out. Four coaches of the Oakland train were badly damaged. The Ala neda locomotive was thrown from the track. Three men and one woman were injured; none seriously.
 FL PAso. July 6.-Joseph Brinsto was hanged at Ysleta to-day, for rape of Hattie McDavIs, at Fort Davis B year and half ago. He died game, and made a speech of half sn hour protesting his innocence, but declared he had fair aud square trial and said the evidence vas against him and he would have con victed any man on the evidence if he had been on the jury. He hoped to 90 to heaven and that there he would be vIn dicated. Not quiver of a muscle WAS observed nor a qusver in his voice. His speech was sensible and spoken in a clear loud yoIce. He himself dr pped a handkerchief as a signal to the Sherifi that he was ready for the springing Of the drop and fell seven feet; but the knot slipped around under his chin and after hanging three miD- utes and breathing hard he call. | out in smothered tone, "Say, boys " and began struggling violently. It becoming evident that he would not choke to death for long time, he was lowered to the platform, after hanging seven minutes. The knot was read iusted, and he was dropped a second time The knot slipped again, just as before, but his neck was dislocated, and he was pulseless in eight minutes. He was allowed to hang twenty-six minutes. About four hundred people were present, including many women and children. The catholic priest was on the scaffold and took cbsIge of the body. Brinsto 1 was his army name, and he would not | give hIs real name, saying he did not | wish his friends to know of his fate. He l acknowledged to your reporter that he had escaped from the Columbus, Ohio, | nearly three years ago, where he had served three years on a | twenty years sentence, for killing his | wiies seducer in 1874 For this former pifense he had been sentenced to hang, but obtaninei a new trial and was then sentenced to twenty years.
 CLIFTON, A. T., July 6.-Jsmes Lewis has been arrested in Silver City, N. M., at the request of the authorities here, who believe him to be one of the mur- ierers of G. W. Gray, who WAS assassin ated here last month.
 The contract to build the new Graham county court house at $, lom nvi'le has bsen let to J. W. Donglafs for S1I,7OO. The building is to be completed next March.
 SAN FRANCIsCo, July 6.-Annie Hoff- man, aged l2, a servant in the family Of Mrs. Schroeder, out Of revenge for al eged Ill treatment, set fire to Mrs house nine different timef ln the third, fourth and fifth inst. The alarm was always gwen in time 10 pre- vent serious damage. She has been charged with felony.
 The Chinese shoemaker strike is over. It is not known which side gained the victory, both workmen and bosses being reticent.
 A democratic mass meeting is to be held Saturday night to take measure Tor demanding an extra session of tho legislature for considering the conduci of recresnt railroad commissioners.
 James Casey, aged 2l, painter, com nitted suicide by taking a dose Of strychnine rumored cause, disappoint- nent in love.
 Emerson's minstrels have rendered 8 benefit to aid the Triennial Conclave The kind offer has been ac- ,epted, and the performance will take -leea ,,,, Er;la,, -;,,bt ,ba I2.b mat