The herald., 1896-07-07

years of age, and weighing $50 pounds.
His hair is tinged with grey, and his face
is thin, having been recently shaved. As
youth he led a wild life and was con-
sidered a hard character. His father
finally persuaded him to take the Keeley
cure, but not long after the son took to
drink again, and his father, making a
final settlement with him, cut him off
from the estate Scott Richardson then
went to Minneapolis with his wife and
child, where he is supposed to have re-
sided since then.
He is said to have opposed his fathers 5
second marriage eighteen years ago, and
bore much ill-will toward his step
mother, who would inherit his father 5
estate The only only heiress to the es-
tate now living is Mrs. Morton, daugh-
ter of Mr. Richardson's first wife, who
resides in Boston.
AT o'clock tonight no trace of the mur-
derer has been found, although the coun-
try for so miles is being carefully searched
by several posses. Vague rumors of sus-
picious parties have been followed, only to
find nothing in them. The best founded
rumor was that a man answering the de-
scription of the supposed murderer en-
W
and offered to exchange a 30 calibre Eng
lish bulldog revolver for 3S calibre. His
revolver bore evidence of all five cham
bers having been discharged in the past
few hours. This was about 10 o'clock, sew
eral hours after the discovery of the mur-
der. His description is as follows: About
feet 10 inches tall, weighing 1i5 pounds.
reddish gray hair. gray quite noticeable; ;
long thin face, sunken cheeks. He wore
pair of shoes about 5ia in size. He was un-
able to make the exchange for the revolver
and purchased Il box of cartridges. This
was the last seen of him. Officers, how
ever. are on his trail.
Every known avenue of escape is blocked
and it is likely the murderer will be run
to earth before long.
The report that Mrs. Richardson died at
II o'clock is wrong. She is still alive but
unconscious. and her death is momentar-
lily expected. The coroner's jury in the
case of the death of Miss Ethel Richard
son brought in "a verdict of death at the
hands of a party or parties to the jury un-
known.
BARNARD KILLED.
LATER-If Cyrus Barnard was the man
who murdered the Richardson ladies Sun
day night he was certainly brought to a
swift reckoning for his crime. While re-
sisting the attempt of officer w. w Hop
kins to arrest him last night. and after he
had shot twice at the officer, the latter re-
turned the fire, killing him instantly.
Barnard was under strong suspicion of
having committed the crime and was KEEP.
under close surveillance. About oclick
tonight Hopkins saw Barnard on the way
home and followed him to the home on
the corner of Garden and Figueroa streets,
approaching him Just as he was entering
his house. The officer called to him. ask
ing him to go to the office. Barnard at first
objected, but finally agreed telling the
officer to wait until he left a package in
his house. The officer followed him to the
door and struck match. Almost instant
ly two shots rang out and two bullets
whizzed by the officers head. Hopkins
fired one shot, the ball parting through
Barnard's heart killing him instantly.
Circumstances point TO Barnard. almost
beyond the shadow of doubt. His shoes
number the same as the track found on the
scene of the murder. and Barnard has been
that used with such terrible effect on the
Richardson family. Barnard is believed
to be crazy, and is known to be a man
of desperate character and mean disposi-
ton. The same calibre revolver found on
him was used in the double murder. In
his pocket We're found seventeen cartrdg-
es, showing he expected to resist arrest.
He has been heard to make threats against
tn Richardson's. with whom he worked and
with whom ne recently quarreled Several
knives We're found in his house and are in
the possession of the coroner. The matter
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