Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-11-24

scraps here a few moments ago. One man dead, one seriously wounded, and another had his skull fractured with a bottle and not expected to live. Will send pai ticulars tonight.
 LATER.
 WILCOX, Nov. PA serious shoot ing scrape took place in l. H. Roses sa- To n, in this place to-day. l.. D. Law rence, a sergeant in the Third Cavalry, shot and dangerously wounded sergeant Duffy, also of the ThIrd Cavalry, and then shot and killed W. NJ. Hill. After shooting Hill be struck Albert Porter
 with an empty whisky bottle, fracturing his sku above the eye. There was au o ieud existing between Lawrence and Duffy. Lawrence was drinking and te came very qIarrelsome; Duffy tried t" control hIm, when he was shot. Hill was also trying to quiet Lawrence, anu when killed was unarmed. A cOroner's inquest was held, and rendered a verdict iu accordance with tine above facts. Law eace Is held without bail.
 ToMBsToSE, Nov. 23.-A Mexican named Bsnetacio Jaime arrived at the county jail yesterday under sentence by Judge Britain, of Bisbee, of 250 dsy- for beating his wife. The Mexican soaked a rope in water to make 1t plisble aud compelling the woman to strip. peat re- in a f,ightful manner.
 The trial of J. O. Dunbar for forgery ol sed last night in the district court' The case Was given to the jury at 9 o'clock this morning who are still out with DO prospects of an agreement. The general impression is that the jury will not convict him if they agree.
 George Chquet charged with murder. is under examination to-day for insanity
 SAN FRA CISCO, Nov. 2l.-The Chron | iclr's CnicagO special quOung from tue Iribune's Washington special says: Sec reary Teller will refuse to grant the ap- plIeat on of the Southern Pacific RaIl- road Company to the Texas Pacific land grant, ana will refer tue matter to Con gress. The President concurs Tn this course.
 SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 21.-The Su preme Court has affirmed the judgment of The lower courts in the case of l Wheeler, strangler of Adella J. TIlson, his sister in law, sentenced to be hanged Saturday next. Wheeler will be brought ] C.. time since the murder, the sentence of 1 death will be passed upon him. To- morrow was the day for execution of the other strangler, Wright Leroy, but a. be has filed notice of appeal and execu- tiOn has been stayed.
 SAS FRANCIsCo, Nov 2l.-William NJ. i Nelson thIs morning presented an affi- iavit in Judge Toohey's court, request ing the court to instruct the grand jury. | The affidavit alleges as follow: As H reason why the court should further in- struct said grand jury, am informed and believe that William Sharon, who l. accuser ID regard to charges tO which refer, has, while investigation IS pend l ing, held sundry lnteryIews with several members of said grand jury calculated ] to affect the result, and on information of Charles D. Cushman l name grand | iur, man John C. Merrill as one of the jurors who IS acting improperly as afOre slId. aud on information of Said Cush man l allege that said Merrill openly admitted, while the accusations Tn ques tion were pending, but before testimony had been takeH, that he, the said Mer rili, had been shown by the said Sharon evld nee that had convinced him in re gard to tine question pending before said grand jury. Furthermore, the qurs- tiun now being investigated before the grand jury, m which said Mrs. Shar"I and myself are accused, IS at this present moment on an issue made mp Tn one of the departments of the court of which you are one of the judges, and will be tried at the very earliest date at which we can have it called up. Being thu under contract and jurisdiction of your honorable court, 1 respectfully submit that the same court ought not to practl cally superc de one of its department, that has acquired prior jurisdiction iu the premises, and I respectfully prhy yOn wlll SO instruct the present grand jury Respectfully submitted.
 Signed WI. M. NEILsoS. SAN FRANCIsco, Nov. 22. - Dennis O'Nrll, who on the 23i of September last tlrew a burning coal oll lamp at his wife, causing her death, has been fonu0 guilty of murder m the second degree The verdict. it is sad, was brought abOu' by one juror, who stood out against all the rest, who found for manslaughter. SAN FRANoIsco, Nov. 22-In a quarrel at an early hour this morning Victor Ferreira, Portuguese, stabbed Michael Johnson to death. The trouble arose ID a dispute respecting a Russian waitress. named Maria Alexandria, she clsimIng that Ferreira struck her and Johnson took her part and was in consequence stabbed. The unfortunate man was re- moved to the receiving hospital but died before reaching there.
 SAN FRANCISCO, November 23.-As sn offset to the move of Senator SharOn's counsel to have The Sharon-Hill case transferred from the State court to the United States circuit coTri, II IS stated this morning, that Miss Hills counsel will move the Superior court 10 submit the followinS issue in the cause tO jury: Did the plaintiff and the defend ant enter marriage in the year 1880 and are they now husband and wife?
 SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 23.-A Chicsso special says: Capt. AntonIe Pelletier, of Prescott, A. T., has been arrested, being charged with obtaining money aggre- gatiug several thousand dollars un Ter false preteDses, from Mir, Pitney.
 SAN FRASCIscO, Nov. 23.-The Call ID sn editorial on the wholesale landing of the so-called Chinese traders says: The records of this country furnish no parallel for the violation to which the Chinese restriction act has been sub iected. The work commenced in the Cabinet and has been continued ID the courts until under the present rulings the law only puts our officials to some trouble and the Chinese six companies to some expense.
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