Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-09-10


at home when the girls went there. lie
saw them 90 into the woods to pick hazel
nuts and followed them within fifteen
minutes afterward. They were near the
edge of the cornficld when he came up
with them While talking with them he
saw Henry Knappenberger pass He then
induced the children to 20 farther into the
c0rntield and while the eldest was walking
in front Of him he shot her with a 22-cail-
Der ball. and when she turned around shot
her with Il 32-caliber ball, killing her in
stantlv. Then the smallest girl started to
run, when he followed and caught her.
She begged 50 hard for him 20 let her go
that he SAYS he came very near allowing /
her to do so He did let her so, but know
ins, she would tell he followed and caught /
her again. threw he down and cut her /
throat 1t WAS fifteen or twenty minutes /
after knappenberger passed before he shot /
the eldest girl. After killing the youngest |
cirl he went back to his first victim, out !
RACED her person, ana then mutilated her, /
TO create the impression that 1t was the !
deed of a crazy man. He relates that the /
eldest girl said nothing after he shot her, !
and that he held his hand over the mouth !
of the Youngest to prevent her cries beng |
heard He says that after all these hOrrl- !
BILE occurrences he went to the creek. |
washed his bloody hands, threw the knife |
into the stream and went home. When !
the father of the girls came to his house, |
he wanted to go and assist iii the search for |
them. but his relatives would not permit |
him to do so, as they thought he was i'll. |
The ficnd declares he was induced to con- |
| fess owing to the circumstantial manner in
which Henry Knappenbcrger had accused
him Of the crime.
Foul Play Suspected.
Do nav GnN+o,, 9th Io,Dps
! 7. Stevens, u clerk in the drug store of
! W. A. Irwin e Co.. of this city, left ON
| Monday in company with II. II. Hall, 10
/ 90 to Munday ranch, - miles from here,
! in Mexico, near the New Mexico line.
| Nothing has been heard from him since,
and Hall, with a man named Fred Delany
and Mexican boy, were seen three days
ago near the line of the Southern Pacific
road, going towards Arizona with Stevens
| horse. Stevens had about $500 ON his
person and fine diamond ring. Colonel
Saylcr and Il party Of Rangers lefc on the
train yesterday, with three weeks pro
visions on pack animals. Officers and
| citizens of Arizona are notified 20 keep a
| sharp lookout for these murdererS. 1t is
| thought Stevens was thrown in the river.
Halls party have Is horses. They killed
a COW on the trail, from which they cut
only the hind quarters. The Mexican boy
| should be taken alive, as he Is with them
under durcss. They will probably use him
to work in taking care of the horses, and
kill him when he IS no longer useful.
Admission Day in New York.
NEW YORK. September 9th.-The New
| York Association of California Pioneers
! celebrated Admission Day by an informal
! dinner at Glen Island About forty mem
bers, with their ladies and invited guests,
sat down on the piazza Of the rOOmy Glen
| Island Clubhouse, and at the end drank
to the days of 40.
! Nebraska Greenback and Autobiography
State Conventions.
LINCOLN, September 9th.-The Anti
! Monopoly and Greenback State COnven-
lions met here to-day. After converting,
passing resolutions favorng fusion with
the Monopolists and Democrats, the
| Greenback Convention adjourned and went
into session with the Anti-MOnOpolists
Both adjourned to receive and listen to
General b. +. Butler. and reassemblcd al 9
o'clock They arc still wrangling over pre-
liminarics. Butler spoke before the Con
vention and to The people III the open ar.
The Sunday Law in Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA, September 9th.-Phila-
delphians are mystifcd by the working of
the new Sunday law. The Times says
saloon open, 1913 persons were arrested for
| drunkenness. One week ago, with twelve
saloons in full blast, 81 arrests were made
| showing decline at wonderfully rapid
rate. Last Sunday with ten saloons at
| work 16j persons found themselves in the
lookup If this ratio of opening saloons
and decreasing drunkenness can only be
kept up for few weeks Philadelphia will
bc righteous city.
The Alleged Pauper Immigrants.
PHnADELpHIA, September 9th. - The
| Times SAYS Of the arrival of the pauper i'm
migrants mentioned in the dispatches
When the steamship Pennsylvania reached
her dock she was boarded and it was ascer-
tained that there were eightE-two Jewish
passengers on board. These passengers
| were separated from the others, who were
allowed to land on the wharf. The sus-
pectcd paupers were gathered aft and
| searching BEGAN Several names CORE
Spondcd to those Of the passengers by the
! Westphalia, but in every such case Simon
MUchr became responsible for them, and
in fact advanced the money for their pas
sage to their destination. Only one Of the
lot was sent back.
Tramps Capture "A Train in Connecticut.
New HAvEx, September 9th.-The $50
train from this city, on the Derby Rail
/ IbItl. Edo Stti'l'til " lisillil'o N'St'tNo'S
under peculiar circumstances. When the
train reached West Haven, three men were
discovered riding on one Of the forward
trucks Upon being ordered off. the tramps
produced revOlvers and refused to bulge.
The train men were unarmed, and the
tramps went through the cars, but tool,
nothing. The passengers. becoming panic
stricken crawled under the seats, ladies
tainted, and a scene of great confusion en-
/
their hiding place on the truck. The train
was started and run through to Derby
without stopping. Here posse of police
arrested the Migrants. Considerable money
was found on their persons, and it is be-
ieved they are professional burglars.
Hot Weather in Chicago.
! CHICAGO, September 9th.-The past ten
DAYS in this city have constituted heated
term in intensity almost unprecedented in
the history of the city. The thermometer
has rarely dropped under 75o and has risen
to go. The peculiarly of the season has
been the fact that the nights have afforded
a sultrincss continuing very evenly through
the full twcnty-four hours. At oclock
this morning the thermometer registered
so.
sad News for Son.
ROCHESTER, On. ", September 9th
The son of Attorncy-General Johnson, Of
Liberia, has received news that his father
has been mur5 cred.
DETAILS OF THE TRAGEDY
NEW YORK, September 9th.-A letter
from Liberia has TIE following details of
the death Of Henry W Johnson, Attorney
General of Liberia: He married for his
third wife Hester Simpson, and from this
time his life was made q burden to him.
HIS wife was 81 years Of age, and
boosted that she had married him
Tor his money, and would Kill
him in less than six months. His absence
from home while attending Courts, gave
her frequent opportunities for showing
her character, and many charges of
uniaithiuness were brought against her
II was while Johnson was demonstrating
with her in regard to her actions that
the woman became enraged, and attacking
thcold gentleman, she beat him mcrcilessly
and finally threw him from a high piazza
, She was restrained with difficulty from
shooting him. johnson died in a few hours
/, from the injuries received. The wife was
! arrested. tried twice, and sentenced to i'm
prisonmcnt for life.
Postal Matters.
WAsmyGroN, September 9jh.-GeoTre r
? snow, of sulphur Creek Cal, has been
2 commissioned Postmaster, and August