The morning call., 1891-02-11
A FIENDISH DEED.
Shocking Tragedy on a Ranch
in Napa County.
An Old and Highly Respected Couple
Bound, lrusged and Shot.
A Farmer Seriously Wounded and His Wife
Brutally Murdered Robbery EYl-
IDENTIFY Intended.
Special TO THE MORNING CALI.

.NAPA, Feb. 1o.-A crime, which is too
horrible to be depicted by words, was COM
mitted at the Greenwood Ranch. six mi,es
south OF this city, last evening, the news of
which was brought to town this morning.
About 6 o'clock last evening. as Captain
j. u Greenwood was on the way to his
house from the barn, where he had been to
milk his COWS, he was met by two we'll
dressed strangers, and upon meeting him
they each presented a pistol at him and
shouted, Throw up your hands" Being
entirely at their mercy. he complied. and
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 a LIQUID from a
bottle which they had. This proved to be a
drug to take away his senses, for he gradu-
ally 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 mail, and about the time
the two men had him well tied and drugged
she returned. AS she came up on the norch
one of the men met her and made grab at
her. She lodged quickly back and fell off
the porch. The other man then came to the
assistance and Mrs. Greenwood was dragged
into the kitchen, when she, too, was bound
and drugged.
BY this time Mr.. Greenwood had become
unconscious.
Mr.. Greenwood partially recovered con-
seriousness about IL o'clock, as near as he
can tell, and after great struggle broke
the cord from his leg 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 robbers
and they then shot him twice, both
bullets entering his left cheek. One
ranged downward and he spit that out of
his mouth With tooth which 1t tore out,
and the other went upward and the physi-
clan removed it from his scalp this morning.
He will probably recover, though the ner-
vous 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 in the hall where he
was shot until this morning, when he
reused little and crawled out to the road
where passing neighbor was given the
alarm and assistance was called.
The house had been ransacked from top to
bottom and IL is evident the men were 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 respected. he being a wealthy farmer,
and they have lived here many years. He
is 60 years old and his wife was few years
younger.
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 aud they may possibly help solve the
question.
The horse which Mrs. Greenwood drove
TO the neighbours last evening was found
near the barn this morning. The whole rig
shows hard driving and it is presumed that
the men drove IL long distance after COM
hitting the crime and then turned it loose
to come home alone.
The murdered woman was the aunt of
Supreme Court Clerk l.. II. Brown OF this
city. He went to Sunol this morning in
response to telegram.