Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-06-20

SPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE REcoRD-UNIoN.l
FLOSSIE LORD.
Her Sister Nettie and George Steward
Charged With Deep Laid-Plot.
GRASS VALLEY, June 19th.-The murder
OF little Flossie Lord is the most sensational
tragedy that has occurred in this vicinity
for many years. While there are some
who adhere to the theory of suicide, the
majority of our people are of the opinion
that the little girl just blossming into
womanhood was murdered and that in
cold blood
There Is strong inclination on the part
of the populace to visit vengeance upon the
dastardly cur who took her innocent life.
No stone will be left unturned to unravel
| the now almost impenetrable mystery, and
| If the villain is caught the Courts of Justice
| will not be called upon to try his case, but
Judge Lynch will act with his usual
| promptness.
The fact that no powder marks were
found upon her face is evidence that at
| once precludes the possibility of sui
| eide, and that she fought for her
! life is evidenced by the two empty
chambers of her revolver and the bullet
holes in the side of the house and the
| wagon which stood some distance from it.
Her father, prominent member of the
| Grand Army of the Republic, is frantic
| with grief and he and his son declare that
Flossie was a Gght-hearted and happy
child, who had no occasion to be morose
or melancholy, and they scout the idea of
suicide.
That there were those who intended to
| ruin her life or take it she had on several
| occasions stated, but no one could believe
that such villain did or could exist
The man whom it is intimated knows
more about this horrible child-murder
than would be safe for him to disclose is
George Steward, who has an alias of
Stevenson. He worked in this vicinity for
time and at his door is laid this awful
| crime. He is boatman who has lived
both in Oakland and San Francisco, and it
| is stated also that for a time he was a resi-
dent of Los Gatos.
STORY OF THE SISTER.
SAN Francisco, June 10th. - Officer
Anthony was seen, and when asked about
Flossie Lord, said:
About two months ago Chief Crowley
received dispatch from Grass Valley in
curing for a sixteen-year old girl named
tlossie Lord, who had left her home to
come to this city. The case was given to
! officer Holbrook and myself and after
short search we found her in her sisters
| room, at $40 Third street. We placed her
under arrest, and the next day put her
on the train and sent her to her fathers
home
''She objected to being sent back, saving
that her father maltreated her and did net
provide for her decently"
do you know her sister,"
YES, do. She is waitress in saloons,
and is known among her associates as Big
Susie She has worked in dance halls and
saloons for about seven years, and is noted
for her quarrelsome disposition.
"a short time ago she had her hand
badly cut, being struck by a man with a
beer glass during a scuffle"
Did Flossie work in the saloons when
in the city,"
she went out nights, for l think her sister
was keeping her in hiding"
FLossIE LORDS SISTER.
After a search through a number of
saloons, Nettie Lord, or big Susie" as she
is famlilarly known among her compan-
ions, was found in the saloon and bowling
alley on the southeast corner of Kearny
and Jackson streets. She is not an attract
i've woman, is fully five feet ten inches in
hight, and when spoken to about her sis
ters death did not betray any emotion,
and at first pretended to know nothing
about it.
After severe questioning she said 81
first heard of my sisters death through the
papers. About two months ago received
letter from her stating that she was dis
satisfied with her condition and that she
wished to come to this city to live | i'm
mediately wrote to my father, offering to
provide for her if he sent her to the city.
" He answered me, stating that if l sent
her passage money he would allow her to
come and live with me- | Immediately
sent up the money by telegraph, and he
went to the telegraph Office with my sister
and had the order cashed
As soon as she arrived here l took her
to my room, at $40 Third street, where
fitted her out with new clothes and shoes.
" She STAYED in town a few days, during
which | took her around TO see the sights
in company with number of friends. But
during her entire stay she was not on the
street out of my sight and was not in bad
company. She was a perfectly innocent
girl, and one that would be hard to lead
astray.
ARRESTED AND SENT HOME.
After she had been with me short
time my father changed his mind and sent
dispatch to Chief Crowley asking him to
arrest Flossie and send her home | did
not expect anything of the kind, and was
greatly surprised when | returned from
work one night and found her missing.
went to the police station, and found that
she had been arrested. She was sent to
Grass Valley the next morning, bnt before
she went she SAID that she would not re-
main, but that she would return as soon as
possible
Have you heard from her since then ?'
'Oh, yes, wrote to her regularly. In
her letters she said that she would leave
home at her first chance"
DO you know a man named Stevenson
or Stephens2"
There is a man named Stephenson in
Grass Valley, but my sister was of quiet
and retiring nature; she did not associate
with him.
How long is it since you have heard
from Flossie?"
well, let me see; l think it is about
week since saw fellow from there, who
told me he had seen her and that she told
him to tell ME that she would soon be liv-
ing with me again, and that my father was
not treating her right"
What is the mans name?''
81 don't know his name l think he
| went by the name of George
GEORGE STEWARDS BOAST.
How did he come to meet your sister
at Grass Valley ?"
He was working on Brockingtons
| ranch, which adjoins my fathers place"
Was he well acquainted with Flossie?"
"Oh, he just knew her slightly"
Where did he see her frst?n
g He first met her when she was visiting
| this city. He was a boatman at the time,
working for Fletcher, the boatman. l was
| acquainted with him, and got him to take
us out boating on the bay. We made sew
eral trips, among others we took ride to
| Tiburon in a sailboat"
You say his name is George. Are you
sure it is not George Stephens or Stephen
son ?"
81 am sure it is not but l think it is
Steward"
| How did this man come to go to work
on the Brockington ranch ?"
"0h, he went up there soon after my
sister went home. guess it must be as
much as six weeks since he went up
| there
| 'sIs IL not a fact that he went nm there he