Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-06-11
The Red BLUFF Tragedy-Death of Abra.
ham TaMnsend.

CALIFORNIA.
The Red BIun Tragedy-Death of Abra.
ham Townsend.
RID BLUFF, June 10th.-Abraham Town.
send, shot yesterday sftern DOH by Charles 4.
Montgomery-both newspaper publishers
died little before 10 o'clock this morning.
No reaction took place in his condition from
the time of the shooting to the time of his
death. immediately upon the announcement
of his death, Montgomery was taken in
charge by the Sheriff and locked up in the
jail. The Coroner held al inquest at l P n,
and returned a verdict IN accordance with the
facts, although an autopsy was not held until
this evening. The funeral will take place to-
morrow. Public sentiment is still high or
both sides.
PARTICULARS or THE SHOOTING.
RED BLUFF, june 10sh.-The homicide was
the result of personal attacks through the
Sentinel rejecting upon the character and
parentage of Montgomery At 1:20 o'clock
yesterday afternoon Townsend was seated at
a card table in the Palace Saloon writing ont
an advertisement when Montgomery entered.
He walked up t. Townsend and said, You
are the man who called my mother q -"
Drawing Smith & Wesson pistol ct the
same time, he fired. The ball entered the
abdomen, about three inches above and a lit
tie to the left Of the navel, ranging downward.
Montgomery then walked out of the saloon
and gave himself up TO an officer and was
taken to jail. He then made statement, in
which he said that Townsend made remarks
on the streets reh=ctine on his psrentsge, and
basely slandered his mother. The exact lam
gusge which was used in the statement is not
fl. for publication. Montgomery states: 81
saw men that heard Townsend say this. l
do not carry pistol. 1 then got one, self
cocker, sDd looked around the streets TO find
him. [ incidentally walked into LaHge's
Palsce and saw him. | walked up to him
and said You called my mother -, did
you? pulled my pistol and fired"
UnsUccessfuI Attempt at suIcIde-A Fatal
Fall.
RED BLUFF, June 10.h-We had another
sensati0n last night, caused by q woman Of
the town named Jennie Coffin. alias "Piping
Jennie, swallowing d0ss of lsudanum with
suicidal intent. This makes the third at
tempt she has made ON her life in the past
two yesrs. The dose last night wss INSULT
Gent to cause death.
John Redden, sheep-herder in the en-
ploy of j. S. Cone, fell from the bridge across
the Sacramento river Sc this place at 6:30
and was Immediately killed. He was sitting
EQDDl2G
over and fell about forty feet to the abutrneat
of the first pier, striking on the back of his
head on the sharp granite rocks, and died
Immediately. He was under the influence of
liquor at the time, and the strong south wind
must have overbRlsnoed him. He was well
known 10 Orland, Willows and vicinity.
Boy KilIed-RaIIrOad Work.
YREKA, June 10.h.-An 11-year-old son
Of w. H. smith. of Cottonwood, died this
morning from injuries received by being run
over by hay Wagon, which he was driving
yesterday in o hay field along with the men
at work.
Two hundred Cinnamon sre at work on the
approaches to the Si.kiyou mountain rail-
read tuanel near the Oregon lire, and lot
of carts sre to arrive from Portland in q
couple Of days.
shooting Agray in Napa County.
NAPA, June 1Oih.-At Yountvills this
morning, Alonzo Hutl shot Philip Lunney,
who is still alive, but is not expected TO sur
vive. Il seems that Lunuey bad lease of q
farm from one Butler. Butler sold part of
his fam to one Roney, and Hull was en-
ployed as foreman by Rol eT. Lunney and
Hull have had several disputes about the
ownership of a corral on the premises, and q
few months ago Lunney was arrested for as
Quilted by the jury. Ill-feeling has existed
since, and this morning the parties again
quarreled, which eude1 in the shooting Of
Lunney. Hull gave himself up to the officers,
and is now in jail.
Woman Burned TO Death.
RocKLIN, June 10th.-Y esterday after
noon some boys started fire in the grass
near the residence of Mrs. NJ. A. Davis. In
81 q
Mrs Davis clothing took fire, and she was
burned so severely that death ensued few
hours later.
Affairs at Emigrant Gap.
EMIGRANT GAP, June 10th.-Ths mills
have commenced operations. Considerable
lumber is now on hand waiting teams, the
latter coming to the mountains very slowly
this summer Talk has been going the rounds
here Of late thst the mill companies Intended
putting in q grade for the purpose Of running
steam wagons, but the expense of building
beiGg great it is entirely abandoned. The
hest has been so intense thst no snow lies on
the ground-an unusual occurrence for this
time Of year. The Thermometers has ragged
az about SOP 10 the shade for the past few
days.
Rendered Insane by the Heat.
Los ANGELES, June 10th.-D. L. Phillips,
farmer from Salina. Kansas and en- route
to Oregon, jumped from the west-bound emf.
grant tran at Volcano station, on the Colo.
rad1 desert, at / o'clock this morning, while
deliious from the heat. He showed evidences
Of dsiirium while at Yuma, and his fellow
passengers advised the Sheriff there to take
charge Of him, which the Sheriff declined to
de-. He imagined that he was assaulted BY
thoee who tried to restrain hin. An # oft
will be made by the men at the station to find
him, but little hope can be entertained of
getting him on the trackless desert. He has
family at Salina.