New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-24
TOPICS IN CALIFORNIA.
A SENS TIONAL CRIME-HCNGRN MN
RAEIN-GRCWERs WANT \ TARIFF.
ipY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.J

san Fia cisco, sept. 2%.--ln years San iran
cisco ha, not Ina | a more sensational criminal
case than that which now engages the attention
of the rolicc and the pre>s-the murder OF Ad'u"
r. Gilnour, q. miilincr from Colu,I, Cal, Dy D'.
Eugene +. West, professional ana sell-cohiess 1t
rnalpractiOner. The discovery OF the CRIME ana OF
the murderer was curo lsy brought about fhs''
a head minus scalp and ears, an wrapped IN ali
improyied basket OF fine wire netting, was iouhd
near the Salsalito shore of the bay. 1t was
fastened TO the shore by twenty or thirty feet o.
conner wire, one end OF which was ticd 10 a Tree.
while experts were speculating about it tie rela-
tivcs of Addic GIlmour were searching the CITY
for her. They traced hcl to Dr. Vests place Oh
Turk-st. and secured from him an admission tha'
she had died under his hands. They then read
Of the m>steri,u, head, and on examination
identified il by traces of a surgical operation ana
hy the teeth a. that of the missing girl. West
read of this in the evening papers and flrd, nut
was caught the next day i'll friends house near
his Office Since the hIdlng Of the head fragments
of the body have come ashore IN various parts OF 'e
bay Al that j. needed TO complete the evidence
is information as 10 the manner IN wllich IN"
body was carried to the water and the iindlng
of the girls trunk and the clothing II contalhed
West. who lived like Il miser, has opened his safe
deposit box, containing $1,000 and mas hlr'd
eminent counsel 10 fight for him. He old ms
share of the bloody work 50 clcvcry that no trace
can be found but the waves and tides on the bay
wrought his undoing.
\ swarm of hungry men have come into Cali
fornia from the South in the last day or twos
On "Wednesday night $50 OF them took possession
of a Southern Pacific freight train al Mojave and
are Oh their way north. They defed the train
men. and when the peace officers Of the towns
along the road tried to dislodge them at the com
pany's instance. they contempuousy refused to
move, saving that if one of their number were ar
rested all must be taken. Citizens In railroad
towns are feeding these free riders on condition
that they will not stop short of the end of the
road Three hundred more such tramps have
reached Moiavc and will come north i'll the same
way. The railway officials admit that they are
powercss.
Representatives from the great raisin-crowing
belt in the san Joaquin Valley have met. irrc>Iec-
tive of party, and authorized committee OF iVe
20 90 TO Washington and argue for the retention
Of the duty raisins and the placing OF tarin
of IL cents a pound on Zante currants
Tho State Board of Prison Directors has before
it twelve applications for parole under law passed
by the last Legislature and denounced by nearly
every Journal in the state. The board Is delay
ing as much a. possible, Out IL can hdrdIN help Te-
leasing these fclons, since they have complied with
all the conditions of which good beha?ior Is the
principal one.
A singular case has just been decided in the Su
peror Court Of Stanislaus County. Eleven months
ago DIR. lyman. an aged capitalist, OF Modesto
drew 81, 200 from city bank and vanished
Under the stimulus of substantial reward detec-
tives have sought him all over the Union without
success Two daughters of his first wife began a
contest against the second wife over the estate
II was necessary then 10 prove that Tyuan was dead
a Jury listened 10 evidence showing that he per
shed in the Arizona desert, ~ ! examined a col
lccticn of bones supposed N be his. Then it heard
how he had been fOga< wandering from camp ia
camp among the r.-es in Utah. The jury DIS
AGREED but Judge Minor decided that lyman wa.
dead. probably murdered. The stepdaughterS will
now contest on other grounds.
Don Luis de Ojeda, a young central American
minionaire, has arrived for tour oi the country