The record-union., 1891-02-11

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sassins, Who Succeed in Escap-
fng-Lynching VIII Probably Fol-
low Should They be Captured.
Special to the REcoRp-UN1oS.
NAPA, Feb. l0.-A crime, which is too
horrible to be depicted by words, was
committed at the Greenwood ranch, six
miles south of this city, last evening, the
news of which was brought TO town this
morning.
About o'clock last evening, as Captain
j. 0. Greenwood was on the way to his
house from the barn, where be had been
to milk his cows, he was met by two we'll
dressed strangers. and upon meeting him
they each presented pistol at him and
shouted: Throw up your hands, Be
ing entirely nj th2ir mercy, he complied,
ARD they took him TO the house. entered
the Kitchen, and there tied him hand and
foot, after which they compelled him to
drink three or four swallows of q LIQUID
from bottle which they had. This
proved to be a drug to take away his
senses, Tor ne gradually lost all feeling
and consciousness.
While Mr.. Greenwood was doing the
barn chores. his wife had driven to a
neighbours near by to get the mali, and
about the time the two men had him well
tied and dragged she returned. As she
came up on to the porch one of the men
met her and made a grab at her. She
lodged Qu;ckly back and fell off the
porch. The other man then came to the
assistance and Mrs. Greenwood was
dragged into the Kitchen, where she, too,
was bound and drugged.
BY this time Mr.. Greenwood had be-
come unconscious.
Mrs. Greenwood's body was found by
! him later on Z bed in q bedroom near at
hand. 1t is presumable that the robbers
took her there and finding that she made
resistance killed her.
Mr.. Greenwood partially recovered
/ consciousness about II o'clock, as near as
he can tell, and after a great struggle
broke the cord from his legs and made
his way to the bedroom to find his wife
dead.
AS he returned from the bedroom to the
front hall he was again met by the rob-
befS and they then shot him twice both
bullets entering his left cheek. One
ranged downward and he spit that out of
his mouth with a tooth which it tore out,
and the other went upward and the
| physician removed it irom his scalp this
morning. He will probably recover,
! though the nervous shock is fully as
severe on him as the injury received. He
was so weak from the loss OF blood and
the drugs administered that he lay on the
floor i'll the hall where he was shot until
| this morning, when he reused a little and
crawled out TO the road, where a passing
neighbor was given the alarm and assist
ance was called.
The house had been ransacked from top
to bottom, and it is evident the men We're
after plumber, but Mr.. Greenwood says
! there was only 81 in the house, so their
reward was small.
The victims of this awful affair were
highly respectable .citizens, he being q
wealthy farmer, and they have lived
here for many years. He is sixty years
old and his wife was few years
/ younger.
Much feeling is expressed among the
citizens of the county, and if the men who
| perpetrated the deed can be found it is
| probable no court Of justice viii have any
opportunity to consider the case.
Mr.. Greenwood says he never saw the
men before, and no clew as to who they
| are is left, save that one of them left his
| bloody shoes, and they may possibly help
solve the question.
The horse which Mrs. Greenwood
drove to the neighbor's last evening was
found near the barn this morning. The
whole rig shows hard driving and it is
/ tIdi lie IlCtl uTONc II q long
/ distance after committing the crime and
| then turned it loose to come home alone.
LATER PARTICULARS.
NAPA, Feb. 1O-The story of the crime
as told by Mir. Greenwood, who still sur
| wives, is that just before dark last night
/ he was doing some work near the house
in the rear, and two strangers approached
/ him and asked for work. Upon being
told that he needed no help they asked
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his wife was away and there was nothing
| prepared to serve them with.
! at this they both drew revolvers, and
one OF them said, ''Throw up your hands:
what we want is money!
! They then marched him to the house,
entering the kitchen. There they tied
his hands and compelled him to drink a
liquid which proved to be drug to take
away his senses.
About this time Mrs. Greenwood, who
! had driven to neighbours, returned.
One OF the men went out on the porch as
she came up, and dragged her into the
! kitchen, where they tied her hands and
feet and gave her some of the drug.
For some time after this Mr.. Green
wood was left in the kitchen alone while
two men went with Mrs. Greenwood in
the bedroom near by. He says they
were gone, he thinks, about half an hour.
when they returned and took him into
after going all over the house they took
the horse and buggy which Mrs. Green
wood had left standing in front of the
1 house and drove away
For about an hour he worked to free
himself, and finally broke the cord which
bedroom where his wife lay, but as his
hands were securely tied behind him. he
4 could do nothing but call to her. She did
not answer, and it is probable that the
drug had made her unconscious.
After some minutes he sank down be-
hlnd the bed nearly unconscious, and lay
there until he heard the clock strike Ii !.
About that time the men returned. and
hnding him in the bedroom, took him
back to the hall and retied and paooed
him, after which the leader of the two
placed his pistol close to his Green
wood's) left cheek and fired twice. One
bullet went through the cheek and tore
out a tooth, and stopped in his month
While the other ranged upward and was
removed from the back of the neck this
morning by a physician.
The fiends evidently presumed that he
was dead, and left him. They went into
the bedroom. where Mrs. Greenwood
was, and shot her through the head, kill
ing her.
Soon all was still, but not knowing
whether they We're really gone, Green-
! wood did not dare to make any move.
but laid there quietly until it began to
be daylight, when he worked his feet
loose and made his way to the road.
where he gave the alarm to a passing,
neighbor, who, after removing the gag.
called the neighbors to help and brought
the news to town.
4 Mr.. Greenwood presented a pitiable
sight. He had lain in his own blood ali
night, aud the blood and powder smoke
had so smeared his face that he was
hardly recognizable. 1t is thought that
with good care he will recover. He is a