The herald., 1894-12-22
AT SANTA ANA.
THE MYSTERIOUS J CIRCU INSTANCES
AT JOSEPH HULL's. DEATH.
Uis Body Found on the Plains with His
Gun Buried to the Breeoh in
tho Mud Notes.

tANlA ANA DtCs hid
early, as Freddy Wright wac out after
the cows in the pasture south of Bal a.
about eight miles from the city. eouth'
west, he came on to the dead body OF a
man lying partly in the water OF q
slough. The boy gave the alarm, and
Coroner Ey went to the scene with Un-
dsrtaker Smith and held an inquest on
the remains, and found the body to be
that OF Joseph Hull, about AZ years old,
a brother OF our townsmsn, j. Q. Hull.
The cause of hia death is not known,
and will perhaps always be a mystery.
Mr. Hull WAS ont hunting ducks in this
pasture with a doubls. barrel shotgun.
and when the body was found he had no
hat on and was bootless. His gun was
nowhere to be found until a long search
revealed his boots in the mud ana water
and his hat close by in the brush. His
gun was finally found about so yards
away stuck in the ground. muzzle down,
clear to the breech, and it took
hard pull TO get it ont.
Wster stood all around the gun.
The body had the right ear torn or cut
nearly off, hanging only by very small
shred. Two or three bruises were found
on the body, but nothing to carse his
death. In the pasture there are about
40 cows and two large bulls and the
eupposition ie that q bull cem8 up
from behind him and knocked MIN over
and at the came time drove the gun in 70
the ground, and after regaining con-
sciousness he crswled off to whsre he
was found.
As to how the ear WAS cut off, it is
only guess work, and nothing is to be
seen to assist one in arriving RI anv
conclusion az to how it was done. Hall
was not married aud it is not known
that he had any enemies. This is one oil
the most mysterious cases yet to come
before an Orange county coroner's jury,
which was com posed OF the following
men: G.. S. Smith, Silas Wright. N. A,
Quigby, F. @. Bradley, James q. Iost
and Frank Groom.
The deceas WAS taking care OF
Greswnld'e 1tock. a part OF which was
shut up and appeared very hungry. 4
dog was aao tied up aud almost fam
ishsd with hunger. 1t lie supposed hg
some that be had been dead about 30
hours. The body wae brought to this
city and is now at the undertaking pa.
lorsof smith q Son awaiting burial.
N0TES.
There will be no communion eerv .cs
next Sunday at the Episcopal church "a,
$50 as announced. NJ ,rning servica h,
l o. m. and Sunday schnol at 10 a. m.
Christmas services at - 80 q. N. on
Chriatmas day and at 8 a. IN. i'll Tustin,
Everybody welcome.
Why Should Christians kesp tho Firs.
Day Instead Of the SNvepth Day OF tbs
Weak is the subject at the Christian
church next Sunday morning.
4 telegram WAS received at the West.
ern Union Office today from Chicago in
jun. three minutes etter it lett that city
1t is reported on good an.hori.y tnat
the Tustin fruit association has made
pany 80 handle the aseociation's frnt
THE year similsr 10 last year'e crop.
Next Tuesday night our people will
Tom al Spursson's hail. This is treat
that our people bonld not mias.
Two horses in the pasture OF Tom
Raymond were drowned by tina overflow
of the river by ths recent rains,
The A. Z Hswley foot bail team will
play the Whittier boys next Saturday
on the court house square in this city.
Next Friday night there will be spe,
cial meeting of |. O. O. f lodge 1856, to
receive Grand Master Simpson, who
makes the lodge visit that nj sht
The case of the city of Santa Ana vs.
Santa Ana echool district el al. was
today continued until Dece m ber 26 h.
A mortgage Of $4,000 was hIsd today
for record, given by Marcus Forster to
the l. liou Trust cOmunny of San Fran
CISCO
II. Fairbanks OF Tustin has sold to
J. w. Struckenbruck one lot in Iustin
for 5000.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. NJ Talbot of Brook.
lyn, Ia, are visiting relatives in Santa
Ana. They will winter in l. Ls Angeles.