Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-03-12
Nerada CIT, Murder Case.


OF imprisonment for life, has filed motion
for a new trial.
Much damaging evidence was introduced
by the prosecution to-day in The C9mmings
murder case, showing tho defendant Collins
TO have been 10 this neighborhood both be.
fore and after the murder. On the day the
deed was committed Michael Lynch swsars
positively TO having seen him close to where
the stage was stopped with a gun in his hand,
which the same witness identifies as the one
borrowed from Frazer by Thorne.
Death of Union Veteran.
NEVADA CITY, March 1Osh.--Dr P. E.
Hughson, prominent citizen, died last
night. Deceased had been a sufferer with
rheumatism for many yesrs, and this, with
other causes, occasioned his death. He was
q soldier 10 the Union army, and will be
buried with military honors tomorrow by the
Nevada Light Guards, of which company he
was q member. He also belonged to the
Masonic fraternity.
Gamblers Must Pay Their Fines.
NAPA, March 10Th. In the Superior
Court to-day, in the st. Helena gambling
cases, on writ of habess corpus, Judge
Wallace held that the local ordinance against
gambling was legal, and the guilty parties
who had not paid their fines were returned &c
jail.
Killed by a Runaway Team.
MARYsvILLE, March 10th.-John Martin,
farm laborer, was found dead in the road in
Suffer county to-day. It is believed that he
was killed by a runaway team.
sonoma County Notes.
PETALUMA, March 10Th. - Mrs. Nancy
Hinkston, aged 20 years, who has been acting
in strange manner for several months was
I.c,. = n
macy to-day and pronounced insane. She will
be sent to Naps.
John Holmes, aged about % years, who has
been i'll in San Francisco the past month,
died on the steamer Donahue, on his way to
Petaluma to-day.
The weather continues clear. No damage
has been done TO the grain crops so far from
the prolonged dry spell. The heavy fog
nights ind mornings has answered the pur-
pose of light rain, and the grain in this Sec
ton is looking well.
Hotel Burned.
STOCKTON, March 10sh.-At 2 o'clock this
morning the hotel at Bouidin Island, about
fcrty miles down the river, caught fire and
was destroyed, with all its contents. The
place was kept by William Wrobiesff, who
had barely time to save himself and family.
The building was large two story structure
and well furnished. The loss is about S4 0OC
to So 600. The origin Of the fire. ia unknown.
Board of Trade-Fire Department Eiec
Hon.
Los ANGELES, March 10th.-A Board Of
Trade has been organized here, with the fol.
lowing Board Of Directors G. w. Gibson,
A. Haas, J. e. Seymour, II. Newmark, I.
N. Van Nuys aud J. r. Mathews. The
Board elected G. W. Gibson, President A.
III II II
Treasurer. The rules and bylaws Of the
San Francisco Board were adopted in so far
as applicable.
At the annual election of officers Of the
Fire Department tonight Walter s. Moore
was chosen Chief Engineer by reclamation.
and l.. Chich and V. Hernandez were elected
respectively First and Second Assistants.
A Woman Drops Dead-Chinese Trouble.
SAN Francisco, March 11th.-Mary Deis.
tel dropped dead in her room at GA jackson
street to-day. The cause OF death is sup
posed to be heart disease.
The following was found written on piece
of paper inclosed in bottle which fioated
ashore a few days ago at West Berkeley
Lost oars off the North Heads. March l,
1883. tSigned) j. K. Murphy"
A few nights ago Wing Long, Chinese
cook, was stood up" by two Chinese high.
binders at the corner of Stockton and Clay
streets, and robbed of SIS. Wing recognized
one of his assailants as Sing Wing, a notori-
Gus highlander, and on meeting him last night
in room on Jackson street, proceeded to get
even by beating him over the head and body
with an iron bar. The two Cinnamon were
asrested, Wing Long being charged with
assault with deadly weapon, and Sing Wing
with robbery.
Shet and Killed In n Bar.reOm.
AUBURN, March 11th.-ShortIy before G
o'clock this morning Stephen Richards sho,
and almost instantly killed Thomas Nichol.
in the American Hotel barroom. From the
testimony given before the Coroner, it ap.
pears that Richards was gambling last night,
and lost few dollars. This morning, meet.
ing his participant in the game, he attempted
to provoke q quarrel with him, saying he had
been robbed, challenging the man TO fght,
etc. Nichols, standing near, rebuked him
for creating disturbance, and remarked
that he had been in Auburn many times, and
had never been robbed. Richards turned
upon deceased with an oath, asking il he took
il up. end almost Immediately fred one shot
at Nichols, who wac turning TO leave, striking
him in the uppar right breast, breaking
the collar bone cutting q large blood vessel
and the windpipe. Nicbels fell, and died
without speaking Richards was immedi.
ately disarmed and taken to the Sherif's Of.
flee by Dunnam, manager Of the hotel. The
Coroners jury returned a verdict in accord.
ance with the above facts, finding that the
shooting was done without cause or provoca
ton. Deceased was aged about thirty. He
and his murderer were both natives of Cora.
wall, neither having family. Richards has
a bad record report making this his third
murder. He was sentenced to the Nevada
State Prison, at Carson, for life, for a muir
der near Austin, New, but was pardoned out
for assistance rendered during fire. When
searched by the Sheriff he had two pocket
knives on bis person open and ready for use.
weather Reports.
RED BLUFF, March 11th.-We had light
shower of rain this afternoon after o'clock.
The indications are strong for more. The
barometer is falling. The farmers feel good,
ss the rain is coming about the right time.
The wind is very light.
DIXON, March 11th.-A strong south wind
is blowing, and the weather is much cooler.
These are regarded as favorable indications Of
an early rain.
YREKA, March 11th.-There was a slight
rain shower here this evening.
NEVADA.
A Pr0fitless stage Robbery.
TUscARoRA, March 11th.-TEe stage which