Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-12-11
The Wham Case.
San Francisco Notes.

SAN Francisco, D. cember 10th.-Colonel An
drews was elected President of the local Tam
many Society.
Siam as a missionary. There will be meeting
of minis ers tomorrow night to bid him fare
we'll
Brown was treated at the Receiving Hospital
this evening for pistol wound in the head He
said he he'd discussion over politics with
stranger who drew pistol aud shot him. He
will not tell who shot him and the police think
that the shooting was the result OF quarrel
about woman.
some time ago William Allan, a brakeman
employed on the Southern Pacific, while at
tending to his duties on top of q freight train,
when appros ching Bantas, was caught by
telegraph wire and injured. He commenced
suit against the Western Union Company for
So, 900 damages alleging neglect in hanging the
wires too low. The suit was dismissed to-day
for lack of prosecution.
TUCSON "a. t., December 1Oth.-The Wham
case, which has been on trial for four weeks, is
fast nearing the end. The defense rested their
case this morning, and objections to the in
structions for the Judge to give the jury have
been going on all afternoon.
Colonel Hening of Tombstone will open for
the prosecution in the morning, his arguments
taking probably four hours. He will be followed
by Frank Hereford for the defense. United
States Attorney Jeffords will close for the Gov
ernment and Ben Goodrich will close for the
appellants The case will be submitted Friday,
probably.
TOOK Even His Goat.
OLYMPIA Wash }, December lO.-Last evening
at 7;30 o clock S. A. Linnox, rancher. while on
his way to Olympia, was halted by two armed
men between this city and Tpnino. who pre-
sented revolvers at his head and demanded his
money After dispossessing him of $3.50 in cash
and gold watch and chair valued at $3.50, they
compelled him TO strip off his clothes, which
they appropriated, leaving him to go his way
entirely divested of clothing. No clew has been
found to the robbers. A posse of men are now
in pursuit.
Peter Olsen Arrested Again.
SPOKANE FALLS Wash }, December 10th.-At
Garfield, Whitman county, Sunday evening.
California detective arrested man supposed to
be Peter OlSen, the notorious murderer, whose
capture has been repeated always with the
same result, mistaken identity: The detective
is sure he has the only original Pete Olsen this
time. He has been in this neighborhood for
more than a month working up the case, and
claims to have made the arrest only after con-
vincing himself beyond all question.
Serious Charge.
NAPA, December 10th.-John Bisby. trainer
and driver of H W. Crabb at Oakville, was
brought to the County Jail at Napa at a late
hour Monday night, and incarcerated on the
charge of rape; Two months ago an ll-year old
sauited, it is alleged, by Bsby. She did not
confess until Monday last. At lountville, three
miles from Oakville, a mob was FORMED, and
Bisby narrowly escaped lynchlng.
The Warsbip Alert.
SAN FRANCISCO, OeCeulDeT lVtu.--A LS CuitSu
States steamer Alert. Captain Green, which lett
this port short time after the wreck OF the
United States vessels in the harbor of Apia last
March returned to port this morning, seven
teen days from Honolulu. 1t will be remem
bered that the Alert left here to assist the
W. ecked Nips,c, and succeeded in towing her
TO Honolulu.
Napa Farmers Trouble.
NAPA, December 10th.-A warrant was sworn
out Monday chargirg John Helm with assaulting
G. W. Gildersleeye with a deadly weapon. Both
are farmers of he Napa redwoJds. Glider
sleeve says he was driving home behind Helm,
when the latter stopped and Gildersleeve drove
by He was ordered TO stop by Helm. to which
he paid no attention. Helm then fired at Glide :
sleeve with q shotgun, but missed. Helm was
arrested to-day.
Repairing the AmphiOn.
VICTORIA (B. C }, December 10th.-Word was
received to- day that the contract for Ter airing
the damaged war ship Amphion has been
awarded to the Albion Iron Works of this CITY,
The contract is worth between SIS, ,0O) and $780,
0e0.
Killed by Locomotive.
SANTA Rosa, December 1Oth.-This evening
laborer named McQuade, formerly OF Kings
Civ walked in front of locomotive near the
trestle close TO the mouth of the river He was
struck, thrown fifteen feet and killed,
Wine Cellar Destroyed.
NAPA. December 10th.-There was fire at
Louis Christin's wine cellar early this morning.
Part OF the building, fifteen tons of cream tar
tar thirty-ive cords of wood, the boiler, engine
and other machinery were destroyed. The loss
is IS Co.,