The herald., 1897-12-24
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
RIVERSIDE

| RIVERSIDE, Dec. 23.-(Regular Cor
respondence.) Two very important in
cidents were reported to the officers to-
day in connection with the recent trag-
edy in the river bottom. when an un
known man lost his life. Two boys
named O'Day, who reside short dis
tance from the scene of the murder, re-
port that they were hunting horses
near where the body was found day or
so before the finding, when they heard
two shots in the brush, followed by
scream. after which three men rushed
out of the brush and passed near where
the boys stood. Another party, a man
named Young, corroborateS the story of
the boys. He says he was driving past
the spot at the same time, and he, too,
heard the shots and the scream, and a
little later the three men came out of the
brush, and one of them asked Young
for a ride to the nearest station, as he
wanted to so to Los Angeles. The officers
were also notified of another clue today
by a woman to whom strange man
brought some laundry the Friday be-
fore the body was found. This woman
describes the appearance of the man
who left the clothes and it fits the dead
man. The clothes are exactly similar
to those worn by the dead man. The
man left his address with the laundress,
but this has been lost. The above clues
are likely to lead to identification of the
murdered man.
Detective Goodman of Los Angeles
came here today after a man named
H. c. Holt. who is wanted in that city
on charge of passing a forged check
on a Los Angeles firm last Saturday.
Holt was arrested on a telegram from
Goodman yesterday by Sheriff johnson.
Holt, who has been engaged in small
brokerage business in this city for some
months past, says that he is guiltless.
and that he can easily prove such to be
fact. Goodman took his man to Los
Angeles this afternoon.
The Davis divorce case was COM
menced in the superior court this morn
ing behind closed doors. The case is one
of the sensational ones of the day, be-
cause of the former prominence of the
parties to the suit. The wife, Mrs
Martha Davis, sues L. J. Davis for di-
vorce on the ground of adultery and va
rious other charges of improper con-
duct. A large array of leading legal
talent is engaged on each side, and the
indications are that the case will last
several days. A number of Los An
geles private detectives are here to tes-
tify in the case. The Davises have for
years conducted the Rowell hotel in this
city.
While Miss Emma Ruby and two
friends. Miss Edith Chambers and Miss
Edith Jackson, were driving on the
East Side last evening their team ran
away and collided with another team,
with the result that both vehicles We're
demolished and the occupants of them
thrown out The young ladies escaped
serious injury.
+. Teal was unloading oranges from a
wagon which stood on the track last
evening, when switch engine backed
down the track, upsetting the wagon
and throwing Teal under the engine
Teal quickly rolled back from the track
so that the wheels of the engine only
graZed his side.
Constable Westerfield went out to In
dio today in response to telegram say
ing that there was crazy man out there
who needed looking after.
A pot of roof paint was overturned OH
the roof of the Rubidoux block this
morning, and soon a big blaze was in
progress, and it looked as though a
disastrous fire was imminent. A handy
fire service in the building was brought