Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-12-22
WHOLE NO. 1O,5O7.
verdict of guilty of murder in the first de-
gree, fixing the penalty at Imprisonment

a verdict of guilty of murder in the first de-
gree, fixing the penalty at Imprisonment
| for life.
Mysterious Case of Violent Death in Oak
land.
SAN FRANCISCO, December 21st-A myS-
| teriouS case of violent death came to light
in Oakland yesterday. Two assistants of
McGinn, the undertaken of this city, called
ON Coroner Hamilton for a permit TO bring
body over to San Francisco. He refused,
and taking in the box containing the body,
made an examination of the corpse. 1t
was that OF man in the prime of life He
had tawny mustache and goatee, and
was of medium hight. A bullet
wound was found in the leit breast
in the range of the heart A CaR
reporter interviewed the undertaker's
assistants in this city. They state that
they were directed by an excited stranger,
evidently trenchman, 10 90 10 Q house
| N the corner OF Tcrba Buena avenue and
Wood street, Alameda and get a body
which was 10 be prepared To- burial They
! Wen! over They were me, in M elegantly
iurnishcd house ny q young md rather
! handsome woman, who showeJ them into
| 4 room where stood an old man The body
was lying ON n bed When tin took the
| corpse away nothing Wa said The man
ana woman locked ihc u50r ar left at the
same time as thev aid Ferther thoy
| knew nothing. AZ u,i,tnigh ne Cell was
! iuTUShed communication, stating that
| the dec2ase.!'S name was Charles L. Peron.
native of France ugel - wears. He had
| been suffering lrcAl disease of the heart. He
Was taken sick N Mastic station on Mon
day last. lie was attended up to the time
| OF his death by Or. l.. Weneudors. On
! Saturday the deceased called III a notary
and transferred aiishis properly to his wife.
In the evening ne sent out the nurse. and
when alone tool, 4 pistol out of a bureau
drawer and shot himself in the breast. He
died at o'clock Sunday morning. DR..
Wellendors issued = regular certificate of
death resulting from heart disease How
ever, an autopsy and inques, will be held
by the local Coroner.
Young Man FrightfuIly Injured.
CHico, December 21St.-N csterday after
noon, about o'clock, man was brought
into town with his face in terribly man
gled condition. The lower and upper Jaw
and part of the nose We're all blown away
by shot from y gun tt appears that his
name is William Morse, and he is nephew
of \. L. White, of Sacramento. His com
paniun is DR.. ChGs. Il. Merrill. lately from the
East. They left Sacramento few DAYS ago
for hunt on the Sacramento river. and had
been amusing themselves in the neighbor-
hood OF NinI. Yesterday morning they
started out to hunt ducks. and about S
o'clock they separated, going In different
directions. Some three hours afterwards,
when Dr. Merrill came back to camp, no
found his companion in the horrible candi-
ton in which he was brought TO town
Morse although unable to speak, shows
wonderful nerve. The wound is of the
most ghastly character. He cannot tell
how the accident occurred, but it would ap.
pear that the whole charge OF shot entered
under the chin and tore away the whole
/ .ower part of the face up to the bridge of
{ -he nose