Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-11-29
PACIFIC COAST ADvICES.
Especial TO THE SENTINEL
A Fatal Accident.

SAN RAFAEL, Nov. 2S.-The particulars
of the fatal accident which occurred yes
terdsy at San Rafael are as follows: G..
II. Thomas, Edward O'Donnell, Frank
Donovan, George Harding. James Burns
and Mcnamara, we're in a double buggy,
and had almost crossed the railroad at o
point about 400 feet from San Rafael
Station, when the cow-catcher OF q pass
ing train struck the hind wheel of the
buggy. No warning note OF danger was
sounded, as the engine bell is not rung
until the road on which the buggy was
is passed. All Of the occupants were
hurled high in the air, and the vehicle
was dashed to fragments. G.. 81. Thomas
fell a corpse, and O'Donnell received
fatal injuries, from which he died three
hours afterwards. Harding had his lower
limbs so frightfully mangled that he is
not expected to live. Donovan escaped
with slight bruises and q fracture OF the
arm. Mcnamara was slightly injured.
Burns, who was thrown 80 feet across the
track, did not receive a scratch.
Wine. Women and DefaIcatfon.
SAN Francisco, Nov. 2S.-No traces of
Robert Crichton, the d~efaulting Secretary
of the Odd Fellows Bank, have been dis
covered. Crichton is married to . niece
of David Hunter, one Of the bank Di-
rectors. 1. is said Hunter will make good
all Of the absconder's populations. Before
the departure of Crichton he wrote to d.
Hicks, another of the Directors OF the in
stitution, and in his letter endeavored TO
show that his wife was the cause OF his
disappearance. The reports OF the fast
life which he was living reached her ears
and, he claims, that she acted toward him
more like an insane woman than q for
giving wife. OF late Crichton had led a
very fast life wining and dining with dis
sipsted women and men.
Hard Blow to MOrmOnism.
PRESCOTT, A. T., Nov. 28.-The jury in
the case of the United States vs.. Ammon
NJ. Tenny, indicted for polygamy, returned
last night q verdict of guilty. This is the
first conviction ever had in Arizona for
that crime. The Mormons, fearing the
moral effect of the conviction of SO promi-
nent a member Of their church as Tenny,
on the coming of emigration TO the Terri
tory from Utah, had imported the most
eminent counsel for his defense. After
the conviction bail was offered to any ex-
tent, which was refused by Judge Howard,
who remanded Tenny to jail.
Memorial Services.
SAN Francisco, Nov. 25.-The obsequies
of the late Stanford, Jr., who died in Flor
ence, Italy, took place yesterday afternoon
at Gov. Stanford's Palo Alta residence. A
special train of four cars and an engine,
all draped in mourning, left Sacramento
at 7 O'Clock in the morning and reached
Palo Alta q little after midday. Only the
immediate intimate friends Of the family
were present. Rev. DIR. Newman of New
York read the funeral services.
Settled and Unsettled.
SAN Francisco, Nov. 28.-It is settled
this evening that Robert Crichton, Secre-
tary of the Odd Fellows Bank, now in
liquidation, is a defaulter to the extent OF
So, 1000. An examination Of the books Is
now in progress. Crichton has been miss
ing since Monday last. 1t is believed that
he escaped on the last steamer to Australia.
Reinstated.
SALT LAKE, Nov. 28.-Postmaster Nc
Kean of Boise, who was found 5000 short
in his accounts by Postoffice Inspector
Bannerman, has resumed his old position.