The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-01-20

trying to persuade her to do differently
from what he accused her of doing, and
when she refused to be influenced he
drew up his gun and fired.
She fell where she stood, backward
from her murderer, her father, and
when found was lying on her back. gasn-
ing her last breath, with arms and feet
wide extended, and charge OF shot In her
heart.
HE ATTEMPTS SUICIDE.
Immediately after Eubanks shot his
daughter he turned the muzzle of the gun on
his own head and pulled the trigger Of the
other barrel. The gun went off and did the
murderer no harm, further than slightly to
Durn MS lace, either because he had by mis-
take nut all the shot in one barrel. or he
cause he did not get his head in range. He
said he made the mistake of putting hoth
charges of shot in one barrel. He fell bnt
while those who had been attracted Nv the
SHOTS were attending to the daughter
ne got up, went into Dulion's saloon. asked
Fred Ferris Tor glass of whisky. drank it.
went upstairs in the saloon and attemntpd
TO cut his throat with razor In this he
miSerably failed, making cash about three
Inches In length above the larynx but moi
teacblhg an artery or doing himself any but
temporary Injury.
de was found sitting on chair by Con-
stable reynolds. taken in custody and hur-
ried TO San Jose to escape the Vengeance of
tne people OF Los Gatos. On the road
miner he complained because the people
did not hang him then and there as we'll as
any other time. "o'- -
WHAT LED TO THE TRAGEDY.
While DR.. Buck of Los Gatos was axao,.
ming the wounds that the murderer had
inflicted on himself he drew from his
pocket memorandum-boo and tore ont a
leaf on which he had written the following
statement:
Los GATos. December 22d.
l. tnls morning. have orders from E. Raw 10
take my children from his place. ] nave tried
LOT a"o Years TO get along, but have lived in hell
since my'felations being here. | am going IA
Xii Ada today also myself. Mary is lust as
pad as Ada, but she has got a good man the only
man that Is related 10 The Eubanks family
leave three small children which love dearly
ana want some Que outside of the family n
lake charge OF them and see that they get good
homes for don't want TO see them abIISad
would like for MIR. Hmes TO see to them MI
thIee. He is an entire stranger to me but
, ,ni. MIN coed man am nuisance TO the
word so l leave 1t In disgust, hut could gel
along In 1t some time yet if l had no children. So
sood-by. God bless my children.
JAMES EUBANKs.
This statement gives an inkling to the cir.
cunstances that filled his nina with IA de-
termination to murder his daughter.
HIS FAMILY HISTORY.
Nearly two years before the tragedy his
Vile died, leaving him with five children.
the eldest, Ada, then IA, aud the Youngest
about years. He was a common laborer
gwen 10 drinking and gambling, and un-
Thrifty. lie neglected his children. Re.
turning from time 10 time from bis uucer-
tain engagements, he became displeased
because the eldest daughter had not cared
for the younger children as he thought
was proper. They were finally taken care
OF by the relatives of his deceased wife
But he became more and more dissatisfied
with the conduct of his eldest daughter, Ada,
who had gone to work as waitress for j.
w. Brace, the proprietor of the Heath
House. He accused her of improper CON
duct with different young men, and particu.
larly with Fred Farris, to whom it was said
she was to be married on the following
Christmas. He frequently demonstrated
with her, and on occasions would chastis e
her, and once his brother-iu-hW Dan
MenascO, projected her from her father
violence by holding him until she could
escape. This occurred month or SIX
weeks before the murder.
HIS BEAsTLY PERSECUTION.
1t was said at the time of the murder that
his bloody determination was caused by her
unconQuerable resolution not to yield to his
lncestuOuS propositions, rather than be-
| cause he had any proof that she
was leading an improper lite with
the young men with whom he
was continually connecting her name. The
District Attorneys Office was informed OF
testimony touching this feature of the case
but did not find it necessary to the interests
OF justice to drag all the stories that were
limited ut to the light, but the thorough de-
pravily OF the victim of to-day's execution
was so well known at the time that there
were many at Los Gdtos who accepted this
as the real moving cause in his nurderous
determination. Certain it is that on the
stand during the trial Mrs. Mary Eubanks,
his brothers wife, said that the girl had
told her that her father had made incestu-
GUS advances toward her. but afterward had
denied that he had done so.