Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-29
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Eseaps sr 0lssx mellow ell, the
Muraersv The whsl~ Thtng |
Eytdessly rresrrsaged Ne is |
Furnished Horses by Confed-
CRATES an shr Outside $500 |
Reward offered for his Cap
tur~.
bAx BEHsAHDIso. Cal, F.b ~. =
The town was thrown into state Of
great excitement this morning over the
discovery, about = o'clock, that w. X.
Mcdowell, tho murderer Of Maggie
O'Brien, had escaped from jail during
the night Mcdowell had been confined |
In an iron cell. From this he broke his |
way out by wrenching the door apart |
with aheavy wooden stick and hatchet.
From the cell he emerged Into the main |
corridor Of the jail. from which be made
his exit into tha open air through aweak |
doorcpening into the woodhouse. Anoth.
or prisoner, y young ERglishmsn, ramed |
Harry Ayre. escaped with him. A lady
living near the jill saw the two men
come out Of the yard about ! o'clock A.
NJ. and mount Il 'rtes, held ou'side by |
another man Al s!pr.n Of fire had Just |
been given for burning buiIdiDg ia the |
northrrn Iart oi ih. town tbs fire IL
supposed 10 have bren part Of the plan
of the confe,leriir- on the outside. Nc.
DJwell had lie Informed yesterday by
his counsel that all had been done for
him that WIS possible and that lie mnst
prepare to die. Sheriff Burkhart has
offered rewar.l Of $500 for the capture
| Of Mcdowell, deal or alive. The coun.
try Is being secured for the murderer,
but II Is believed that. ut this writing. he
In on Mexican soil, which Ia only about
l2O miles from San B,rnardino.
The stock Homra.
san faANcIsco, Feb. 2s. l,est 4
l,elcher, y2.55; Chollar, $225; Con
solidated Virginia. 10; Crown Point.
| $l.00; Eureka Con, $3.50; Gould 4
Curry. $l.75; Hale 4 Noreross. 81 80;
Mexican, ~. 10; Northern Belle. a; Ophir,
81 30; Potosi. LIS; Savage. 10; Sierra
Nevada, 81. 30; Union Consolidated.
$3O5; Yellow Jacket. S2.55.
wheat ssa Harley Market.
SAN FRAxcIsco, Feb. Wheat,
steady but dull seller, $l.62; buyer,
season, 81 .63. Barley, steady and active;
seller. season. b7&9. .S7a; buyer, 9Gs
9989, buyes. season. $50 .834.
Eatai sire.
sAN FKASuIsco, Feb. GA tire oc
CURED to day IN the building occupied
by the Spofford Packing Company, dam
aging the property to the extent Of
$1,000. A Chinaman was suffocated and
two Others almost asphyxiated. When
| the fire broke out the Cinnamon occupy
ing the upper stories sprang to the
awnings and then dropped to the ground.
Fsuud GaIity Of Crasity to
sailors.
| San Francisco, Feb. % Argument
Ia the case Of William Watts, mate Of
the ship Gatherer, indicted for cruelty
to sailors, was concluded to-day The
case was given to the jury at ten min
utes past 3 o'clock and at ten minutes to
o'clock the jury returned with YER
dict Of guilty of beating and wounding
Carl Rasmussen, on October lltb, 1881,
and also Of intiicting cruel and unusual
punishment on October 18th, 1881, on
Gustave Adelung, a boy, who lost his
sight on account of the treatment he
received from the Gatherer's mate.
Sentence was postponed until next |
Wednesday, ut II o'clock.
Dying COnvicts Pardonrd.
SAN Francisco, Feb. 2S. Governor
Stoneman has issued pardons to convcts
George Gleason, Pedro Ybarra, Andrew
Hansen, Indian John and Ramon Con.
zales, on the representations that they
are all in dying condition.
Fire nj san Beruardtno.
SAN BfRSARDINo. Feb. %. The resi-
dence oi Vim. Clark was burned at |
o'cloch this n, rnirg.
Apache u pir dat,""s 1" ss"ora
ruc~o>, Feb, -. The Apachts sre
ugain committing depredations in So
nora. On January 10Th they killed two
men and stole horses and cattle near
Chinapa; on the 3Oth they seriously
wounded a Mexican Vaquero near 1etu-
achi, stole the horses Of American pros
pectors and the stock Of Leonardo
Gomez, l'refect Of Avispe distr ct. The
authorities sent force in pursuit. No
news yet. Apaches are believed to
be crossing the border in several
place simultaneously. For the past
| few days they have been depredat.
killed Dolores Lopez and wounded
Lorenzo, Malendez, near Bamosi. Sew.
eral bodies of Mexicans have been
found on Mexican soil near the border.
| At Maritavi, the Indiani killed on the
same day Jesus Duarte and another at
| Chinavirachi. The mail carrier ON the Sa.
huarira route is missing and is believed
to have been killed. Large bands Of
cattle have been stolen from Los Piedras
de Lumbre. A federal force Is in pursuit
aud another seeking to head the maraud-
ers. Col, Garcia, with large force, is
out
Taken from British Omeets aad
Lynched.
VICTORIA, b c., Feb pa party of
lynchers from the American side took an
Indian murderer from the British officers
and hanged him uile this side of the
border. They were all disguised with
paint.
sawyer Decide. the Tax Cases in
Favor Of the Railroads
san Francisco, Feb. 2S. - Circuit
Judge Sawyer to day rendered decis-
ion in the railroad tax cases in favor of
the railroads. except in the cases repre-
senting Monterey. Santa Clara, San
Mateo and Colusa counties, which At
torneys Rhodes and Dslmas refused to
submit. Creed Raymond, the Railroads
attorney, stated that the companies
would waive Judgment and pay the face
value Of the taxes, amounting to about
1915, 900. This effects the loss to the
State, in the cases involved. of interest,
penalties, ETC., which approaches nearly
half million dollars.
OrexOn DemOc ratic Convention
PORTLAND, Or, Feb, 2s.-The State
Democratic Convention meets April 18th
ct the Dalles.
EASTERN.