Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-02-02
PACIFIC COAST ADvlCES
ESPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL
Execution of u Murderer.

Execution of u Murderer.
NEVADA CITY, Feb. John G. P. Col
Inns, alias Patterson, was hanged this after
noon for the murder of VIM. F. Gum
mings in September, 1879. The execu-
ton took place during a rainstorm, and
was witnessed by a large number of peo-
pie, the jail yard being crowded. Collins
showed no signs of nervousness, but main
tanned his usual composure, n contin-
ued to assert his innocence. The drop
fell at half-past /, and in IL minutes he
was dead. The crime for which Collins
paid the penalty was n of the most
memorable ever committed on the coast.
Two parties were implicated, viz: Charles
Thorn and John G. P. Collins. The
former was convicted of murder in the
first degree, and the penalty fixed at i'm
prisonment for life. The murder perpe-
trated by these men occurred on Monday,
Sept. l, 1879, at Moore's Flat. The stage
was stopped by W masked men. In the
stage was a small satchel belonging to
Cummings, the banker, at Moore's Flat,
which contained bullion worth about
1000. A struggle for its possession en-
sued between one of the men and Cum
mings. Cummings drew his pistol and
was about to use it, when a man with a
shotgun approached and shot him through
the heart, inficting a horrible wound and
caused instant death. The highwaymen
made their escape with the bullion, and
covered their tracks so successfully that it
was not until the Summer of 1882 that
their arrest was effected.
Brutality Kills His Wife.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. Ia Cincinnati
special says: Patrick Hartnell, aged 80
years, a laborer, living at Mount Auburn,
brutally killed his wife. and endeavored to
chop her body to pieces and hide it under
the floor. Hartnell resisted arrest, defend
ing himself in his house with an ak. He
was SO badly injured that he had to be
taken to the hospital. An inquest Of
lunacy was held on Hartnell. On the testi-
mony OF the n%eighbors he was declared in
n
A Preference for Soldiers in the
War;.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 1.-Senator Gull
lom to-day introduced a resolution, and
adopted by Lincoln Post, G. A. R., of San
Francisco, asking that a preference in
making appointments to all offices be given
to those who were soldiers in the war.
They say that under the present civil
rules school children stand a much better
chance of passing civil service examina-
tions than do men of practical knowledge
and experience.
An Old Land Suit Settled.
SAN Francisco, Feb. 1.-The great land
suit of Emeric vs. the heirs of Ex-Governor
Alvorado, has been decided by the Su-
preme Court in favor of the defendants.
1t has occupied the courts II years, and
involves $4,000 acres of land in Contra
Costa, including the village of Santa
Pablo. The whole is valued at So. 000, 900.
Failures for January, 1854.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 1.-Bradstreet's
Mercantile Agency reports SO failures in
California, Oregon, Nevada, Washington
Territory and Arizona during the month
of January, 1884, involving S1,153, 1888,
with 81 ,765, 500 assets. The list includes
SO failures in California and 81, 1897, 900
liabilities.
Mint Employees Discharged.
SAN Francisco, Feb. Under instruc-
tions from Mint Director Burchard of
Washington Is employees in the different
departments of the Mint in this city we're
this morning discharged. The reason as
signed is that the reduction in coinage
makes a reduction in the force necessary.
Nickel Coin Poisonous.
SAN Francisco, Feb. IA Calls Chi
huahua special says: President Gonzales
has issued a decree ordering the retirement
Of the ive-cent nickels. In some of the
Mexican States the politicians have fos-
tered a belief among the laboring classes
that nickel coin is poisonous.
A Reduction i'm Tariff.
SAN Francisco, Feb. LA Washington
special says the Chairman Of the Ways and
Means Committee announced that he
wonld introduce in the House on Monday
his bill, which is approved by a majority
of the committee, making a horizontal re-
duction Of 20 per cent in the existing