The herald., 1895-05-05
SAN BEkNARDlNO
Another Man Finds q Railroad Track Dam
gerous for Sleeping

Auotuet MAN FinoS q kotirOoo Track Dan.
gerous for Sleeping
SAN BERNARDINO. May A Mexi-
can who came in from the woodchoppers
camp at Hesperia yesterday. was run
over by Santa Fe switch engine at II so
last night, and his body gro und to pulp
between the wheels. The Mexican had
been drinking heavily during the evening.
and the circumstances go to show that he
had lain down on the track and fallen
asleep, and was thus caught under the en-
CINE. The locomotive was backing down
First street with box car ahead, and the
presence of the unfortunate Mexican was
first discovered when the wheels were
Dumping over his body. The engine was
stopped and an investigation showed that
his body was scattered along the track for
distance of 100 feet. Almost every bone
was broken or smashed. and the body was
mangled in most shocking manner.
The coroner's inquest held this morn
ing exonerated the trainmen of all
bame. it being found that the Mexican
had been thrown out OF saloon early in
the evening, and there was but little
doubt that he had lain down on the track
and fallen into drunken stupor and was
lying there wnen the engine approached.
City Treasurer George w. Cooley has
filed his resignation of the office to
which he was elected less than month
ago, and that too by the largest majoity
Uf any man on the ticket. The res
ignation is the result of a peculiar
combination OF circumstances. out of
which the resignation appeared to Mr..
Cooley to be the only honorable escape.
At the first of the year Mr.. Cooley
leased his extensive hardware business to
his brother Frank Cooley, and Frank
Keller. The latter were to have active
control of the business, the capital of
course still being Mr.. Cooley's, but he re-
tired from toe active management.
Since the election his attention has
been called to the law which prohibits a
city officer from doing any business with
the city or being in an way interested in
any contract. While Mr.. Cooley's bust
ness is entirely out of his hands, there is
no denying the fact that he has an inter-
est in it, and if he continued to hold the
office OF city treasurer the lessees could
undertake no city contract.
In leasing the business Mr.. Cooley had
agreed, of course, to Use any influence he
could to help the business along. and he
felt that holding the Office was breaking
the obligation to the lessees OF the bust
ness. Hence his resignation.
1t seems probable that Mr.. r.. L. Blour,
the incumbent will be continued in
that IRsition by the city trustees.
Thers'is jolly row brewing over the re-
suit of the voting contest at the mer-
chants carnival, which closed last night.
During the two nights of the carnival
votes were received for the young lady
making the best representation on the
stage. and when the result was announced
last night Miss Eva Boley. representing
one of the bicycle stores which was
largely interested in the carnival Git was
given by the Cycling club, was declared
the winner with forty-fve votes. Miss
and Miss Emma Davis third with thirty
nine. Now it develops that some mer-
chants who wanted the 'ad" of winning
in the contest kept tab on the votes put
in for their representative and say that
more were deposited than were an
nounced for the winner.
The upshot of the matter is state of
affairs which the officers of the Cycling
club do not particularly enjoy. and they
have been forced to admit this morning
that all the votes were not counted, be-
cause they were in hurry to get through
ana did not think the uncounted votes
would change the result. The Cycling
club people are hunting for somebody
wise enough to find chem way out of
the difficulty.
Juan FerTa was sentenced this morning
by Judge Campbell to serve thirty years
in San Quentin for the murder of Chicken
Jim. the old Frenchman who was so
brutally murdered at Cotton by Emelio
Garcia and Ferra.
Ferra did not strike the old man, but
he planned the robbery by which he and
Garcia were to be possessed of the old
mans gold and stood by while Garcia
stabbed Guilminot, and then assisted in
looting the house. Garcia is now at San
Quentin under sentence tie be executed
June 5th.
1t was on Ferra's testimony that Garcia
was convicted, and Ferra plead guilty 70
murder in the second degree. A strong
case had been worked up against them
independent of Ferra's confession and
both might have been convicted of muir
der in the first degree if Ferra had stood
a trial. He will be taken to San Quentin
Monday.
Senator Shelby M. Cullom of Illinois
spent last night IN this city. A commit
tee went over to Redlands in the evening
to escort the distinguished visitor to
town. An informal reception was ten
dered at the Stewart hotel. after which
Senator Cullom was taken to the Arrow
head club and entertained for an hour.
Later in the evening he returned to his
private car. side tracked at the Santa Fe
depot. and left this morning for San
Francisco.