Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-11-15
PACIFIC COAST AOvICES.


rrhe following dispatches are taken from
the Territorial Enterprise Of yesterday morn.
ing. The news they contain, being published
simultaneously in Virginia City and San Fran
cisco, reaches here "a hours, in this way,
ahssd Of the San Francisco papers. With u.s.
for the present, at any rate, it 10 either this or
nothing. The Enterprise has our thanks for
this p1under.-ED. SENTINEL
The Colton-Stanford Suit.
SANTA Rosa, Nov. 13.-The suit Of Mrs.
David D. Cotton vs.. Leland Stanford ct
al. began here to-day before Judge Tenn
pie. Col. Hays, counsel for plaintiff, re-
viewed the history Of the case, and de-
tailed at length the negotiations OF
Crocker, which ended, as he stated, in
giving Mrs. Cotton Southern Pacific
bonds representing only 500, 900, and ex-
acted of her securities representing more
than So, 600, 900, which she found in her
dead husbands desk. Mrs. Cotton was
induced to make this compromise by state
ments that her husband had been an en-
bezzler, and that the Western Develop
ment Company, Of which he was the
head, was insolvent. This statement was
made Aug. 81, 1879. Two years after the
widow found that the securities represent
ed to her as worth only fifty-two cents on
the dollar we're selling in New York for
ninety-two cents, hence this suit. After
the opening statement the deposit
| ton Of Charles Croker was read.
The substance Of il has already
been published, but 1t contains some
new points, the chief Of which are that
N~ooI,4s lno1oroa &1ox xrAnn kl,o cnkxlnvrnrk
was made with Mrs. Cotton the Central
the other stocks held by the corporation
were valueless. He Indignantly denied
threatening Mrs. Cotton, adding: "We
never threaten anybody" On cross-ex-
animation, Crocker stated that it was his
conviction that Colton's crimes sprung
from the book-keeper's report that double
entries had been made and vouchers were
missing. He was asked whether the cor
poration ever paid money without
vouchers. He answered no, and that the
sums expended without vouchers were
duly numbered and registered.
A stage RObber Dies OF Fright.
BENSON, Arizona, Nov. 13.-Frank Car
penter, who was recently admitted to bail
in Florence on q charge of being accessory
to the Riverside stage robbery, and who
has been living on his ranch, some twenty
miles from here, died to-day from nervous
ness and fear. The banging OF Redfeld
and futile 80 worked on him that he
imagined every person he met was going
TO hang him, and this go affected his mind
that he died Of fright.
A Pacific Coast Man in Trouble.
SAN Francisco. Nov. 13.-The Chronicle
calls attention to the fact that Luther B.
Martin, one Of the three counterfeiters
arrested on the 18th instant in New York,
was for many years a resident of this city,
and well known as the Oldest turfman on
the coast. OF late years he was superin-
tendent Of e. j. Baldwin's running horses
at Santa Anita. Martin only left here for
the East a few months ago.
The Boss Case Of the Coast.
SAX FRANCISCO, Nov. 13.-In the Cotton
Stanford case, involving some $4,000, 900,
which opens at Santa Rosa to-day, it is
| said that the preparations for the trial
| cost each side $4,000. The dispositions of
Stanford, Huntington and Crocker cover
1000 pages Of printed matter, octave. The
books and papers filled two express
wagons. 1t is estimated that the trial will
occupy three months.
A Railroad Connection.
SAN Francisco, Nov. 13.-The South
Pacific Coast Railroad Company are en-
| gagged in surveying a route from their
present terminus in Oakland to Berke-
ley. 1t is stated that the object is to
| make connection with the projected Cali
fornia and Colorado Railroad.
An Aged Saint.
SALT LAKE, Nov. 13.-Cordelis Stalker
Of Southern Utah attained her Tooth
birthday a few days ago. She belonged to
the Methodist Church till her 95th year,
then embraced Mormonism. She greeted
so grandchildren on this occasion, and has
214 descendants in Utah.
Aggie In the Mill.
SAN Francisco, Nov. 13.-The evening
papers say that the Grand Jury has cited
Miss Aggie Hill to appear before the
Criminal Department of the Superior
Court and nswer to a charge of forgery
and conspiracy.