Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-03-22

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Report says: The rumor in political cir
Giles this morning is that another important
arrest in connection with political frauds
was on the taps. At police headquarters
they denied the knowledge of anything of
the kind. So did Mr.. Marshall, Assistant
Attorney General, but Controller Dunn
admitted that important arrests were to be
made. The reporter said he had been
told that they would overshadow in i'm
p~ortance the arrest Of Gray; that the peo-
pie, when they heard of them, would for
get all about Gray.
Dunn said he did not think they would
from a financial point of view.
From q social or political standpoint"
suggested the reporter.
Well" said Mr.. Dunn, "that may be,
but Of course, as no arrests have yet been
made, it would manifestly be improper
for Inc to mention any names, and so give
warning OF our intentions. In Gray's
case it was impossible to lay the founda-
ton 0. a charge without exciting his sus.
picions, and SO giving him warning, but
in this case no warning need be given"
when will the arrests be made" asked
the reporter.
TOO day or tomorrow" replied Dunn.
1t is IN indubitable fact that the papers
have been issued, and that everything is
ready for the arrest of a very prominent
citizen, and perhaps of several prominent
citizens, and that the police are aware Of
the fact and have the papers"
Killed Her Husband to Save Her
Fathers Life.
SHASTA, CAL, March 2l.-Mrs. Barnes,
the woman who shot and killed her hus-
band at Arbuckle yesterday, has stated
that her husband abused and beat her,
and then, loading a gun, said to her that
he intended to kill her father, sitter which
he went to bed. Upon her husband wax
ing up yesterday morning, she asked him
if he still intended to kill her father. lie
replied, ''Yes; 1 intend to kill him."
whereupon she picked up the gun and shot
aud killed him while hs was lying in bed.
She says she killed her husband to save
her fathers life. Mrs. Barnes is now in
custody in the County Jail at Shasta.
Coroner Farhnern has gone to the scene
OF the tragedy to hold an inquest Oh the
body.
Arrest of Officers.
san FRANCISCO, March 2l.-Thomas c..
Van Ness, Commissioner of Imnigra-
ton under Governor Irwin, was arrested
to-day on a charge of e~mbezzling S14, 600
during his term of office. Van Ness says
there is nothing i'll the charge, which is
based on a technicality.
1t is understood that other arrests of
officials will follow.
W. II. Crane, Register of the S~usanville
Land Office, and formerly State Senator
from Lassen County, was brought here
under arrest by the United States Marshal,
charged with u~ttering forged receipts from
settlers and appropriating public moneys
to his own use. Crane says he can salts.
factorily explain the charges.
Spread of LeprOsy in Hawaii.
San Francisco, March 21.-The Com.
mercial Advertiser Of Honolulu saws regard.
ing the reports of the general spread of
leprosy in Hawaii; that the districts of
Wailuka, Waikee, Makswao and Ulupala.
kua of the island of Waui, comprising an
area OF 300 square miles of the most
densely populated portion of the Kingdom,
with 10000 inhabitants, has been thor
oughly searched for lepers by the Board Of
Health. The result was that 20 native
and no foreign lepers were found. There
were 10 foreign lepers at the leper settle.
ment at Molokai, most of whom contracted
the disease by licentiousness.
Suicide of T.. X. Holmes.
SAN Francisco, March 21.-Ensign K.
Holmes. limited Ststea Gsuesr oor r,;.,aa
sn;c;ae bv sbootine b;nse,f a. II, ,.th..-
in.,sw,s residepce tbis morr;,o H. ~,
bean moody and Iasnnnaan. no na
Tina Tsst Jnjv bs H., H. some
foreman Joiner in the Cons.ruction IA.
partment Of the Mare Island NAVY Yard.
which he had occupied for IA years. In
september, whlie IN vallejo, he attempted
10 poison himseii by taking strychnine.