The herald., 1896-06-19
The weapon with which the wounds T

The weapon with which the wounds
We're inflicted was a hunting knife with
a six and three quarters inch blade and
| buckhorn handle. 1t was new, had
| never been used and was a sample which
was kept in a drawer in the store. Where
| Dibble became possessed of it is not
! known, but it was either taken from the
| case few moments previously or was
lying on one of the casks when he backed
up against it in trying to escape Wal
lace's assault. There he must have
picked it up and defended himself with
such terrible results
AT the inquest in the morning T. w.
Head, James Mauvezin and Theodore
Brown, all employees in the store, tes-
tilted; also Police Officer Robbins, who
made the arrest. AT noon the inquest
was postponed until o'clock TO secure
the presence of other Witnesses
In the afternoon George H. Dolson, the
driver, and Alfred Pearson. told their
STORIES, all agreeing that Wallace had
| been the aggressor from start to finish
Dolson said Wallace had a bad temper
ana was quarrelsome. Theodore Brown
testified that Wallace had on several
occasions compelled him to beat hasty
retreat to avoid trouble.
j. F. Wallace was about thirty-tWo
years old and a man rearly six feet in
helSht ana OF powerful build. He is
native of Maine, but came here from Chi
caSo, where he has wife and child. a
f1ve-year-old boy, living at 424O Cham
plaln avenue. He had been rooming at
the Y. NJ. c. a. building, and was en-
gagged by the crockery company about
three months ago as shipping clerk. He
was of peculiar disposition, one day
being 1oNial and courteous; the next
morose and gloomy. To his duties he
was always attentive. but of late had
been exceptionally doWncast and SEEM
ed to have GOIIra1 atya
Horace Il. Dibble is we'll known in this
city, where he has resided for over twcn-
" years He is somewhat over forty
years of age and has wife and chill
dren living at 1910 DoWney avenue, East
Los Angeles. He belongs to numerous
iraternal societies and is universally
liked. OF uiet and jolly disposition ne
Is the last man in the world to be sus-
pected of so terrible a crime. When his
friends heard of his trouble the same
remark was made by all that Dibble
must have been hard pushed before he
would use knife
Upon the conclusion of testimony 1T
the inquest the jury deliberated for
some time. and finally returned a YER
dict stating that J. f. Wallace came to
his death from wounds inflicted by a
knife in the hands of one H. b. Dibble.
in justifiable self-defense. in accordance
with the evidence submitted.
Henry y. Gage was engaged to de-
fend Dibble and at 3:45 in the afternoon
he was arraigned before Justice Nor
rison. Deputy District Attorney Willis
had been present all through the inquest
and a his motion bail was fixed at $4,000
He stated to the court that the utmost
charge that could be made would be
manslaughter, but that he was not just
at the moment prepared to say the deed
was justifiable. Taking into considera-
tion the testimony he would recommend
a moderate bail
There We're any number of Dibble's
friends present to go on his bond and
inside of ten minutes he had departed
from the station for his home to console
his apprehensive Wife. A telegram was
sent to W9llace's wife in Chicago notify
ing her of his death. and she replied ask
ing that the body be embalmed and held
awaiting her arrival, which will be done.