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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-04-04
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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-04-04

SO. Maude. dear. the scales run By the
orchestra DO not lessen the waits between
tho acts.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-04-04

Haberdashers are advertising necktles
as "Whisperings OF Spring They are
mostly stage whispers.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-04-04
INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA.

ANNUAL STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER ST. A. D. 1896
or THE CONDITION AID AFFAIRS OF THE PRESIDENT AND DIREC-
rDISp r THE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA" OF PHIL
ADEIIIUA. ORGANIZED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF PENN
SYINANA. MADE no THE AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS OF TIE
STATE OF VIRGINIA. N PURSUANCE OF THE LAWS OF SAID STATE.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-04-04

IIf.icnf Charles lAf-
VIC. President Eugene H. Ellison.
Secretary tuI Treasurer GrAule T. Fryer.
Incorporated April a. l1f. commenced business q al association ~ l-
II.ua office so. 30 Walnut street, Philadelphia.
The herald., 1897-09-03
THE DIVORCE MILL
The Two Jays to Pursue Their Seper-
ate Ways

The divorce suit of Frank A. Jay
against Emma Jay came up before JuGge
Van Dyke yesterday. This is the second
suit brought by the husband, and the
last exceeded the first in lurid detail.
The first trial was before Judge York
and the allegations against the wife re-
| tlected severely upon her character. but
as they were i'll defined and there being
something to say on the other side the
court held that honors were easy, and the
decree was given to neither one. But
the plaintiff was not content and few
evenings later he sent bogus messag Sc
by a messen ger boy to his wife's rooms
in Main street rooming house. He fol-
lowed close behind with a detective. Mrs
Jay at first refused to open to the boy
but ultimately did so, and then the hus-
band and his campanion burst into the
room. But not without protest. The
wife, ever on guard, was armed with
knife and showed, fight, until disarmeGs
and overcome. She was caught in fla
gante delictu, for a gentleman was
snugly ensconced in bed. A day or two
later the present suit for divorce was
filed.
In the morning Mrs. Jay showed up in
court, but apparently she realized that
the facts were against her. for in the
afternoon she did not appear. and the
court waited while her counsel made
search for her. She Gid not appear. how
ever, and, a decree was ordered entered
for the husband.
Judge Van Dyke also gave decree to
Mildred ]. o. Frost, divorcing her from
F. F. Frost, a telegraph operator, to
whom she was married In Illinois. The
wife did not appear to be over 20 years OF
age and was apparently a very sweet
hammered little lady. Her husband only
remainedi with her for two months after
the marriage and then deserted her. She
is now burdened with a child and knows
nothing of her husbands whereabouts.
The herald., 1897-09-03
When We Demoralize the stom ach

By excesses or imprudence in eating. we
cannot hope to escape the consequences for
any great length of time. The most ro-
bust digestion must succumb to abuses
of that important function. But supposing
that we have been foolish enough to en-
feeble the stomach, is the damage ire
parable? BY no means. The dyspeptic has
only to do two things to insure his ultimate
recovery. First, he should adopt an easily
digestible diet. Second, he should use with
regularity and persistence, Hostetter' ;
Stomach Bitters, the leading gastric in
vigorant of the age. The multiform symp-
toms of dyspepsia and the almost in
variable attendant disorders, biliousness
and constipation, will assuredly cease to
persecute the sufferer if the above advice
is attended to. Who that has suffered the
torments that chronic indigestion inflicts
will neglect to take advantage of a reme-
dy which. If the most positive evidence of
the medical profession and the public is to
be received with due credence, is an abso-
lutte specific for the complaint.
The herald., 1897-09-03

convolutions of the brain, and any dam
age to the latter would necessarily occa-
sion pain.
DR.. John P. Hirckley of Fillmore was
the next witness and corroborated the
previous witness with regard to the in
jury that caused the death of Mccoy
Pyle. He made an examination of the
body when it was brought TO Fillmore.
THE FAIR WIDOW TESTIFIES
Mrs. Mccoy Pyle, the widow OF the
dead man, was the third witness, and
che told how Mechanism came to Pyle's
house early in the morning following the
alleged robbery, and. talking to Pyle
from outside the window, related his
story OF the state of things in his house
on recovering consciousness, the way
ne had been drugged or otherwise kept
quiet by the robbers, and named some
of the things he had missed.
The witness identified two pairs of
handouts as having belonged to her
husband, and proceeded to say that she
handed them to her husband on the
night the defendant called. She advised
her husband to be careful as men sucr
as those described by the defendan,
were dangerous He replied that If there
was anybody killed it would not be him
Witness stated she had known the de-
fendant for four years. during which
The herald., 1897-09-03

Of the alleged robbery. Pyle awakened
him about 1:3O and told him that the de-
fendant had been drugged, sandbagged
and robbed. Witness got up and went
with Pyle down town to defendants
room. Pyle and w. Elkins went in
defendants room, and witness went
down to the livery to get horse
Returning, Yyle, Elkins and de-
fendant were on the street. Nc
Camish then stated that he had been
chloroformed and beat up; he gave list
of clothes, buckskin, buggy robe, S. in
gold. a ring ancs some other things that
had been taken.
II and Pyle rode around until day
light" said witness, but we could not
find any tracks, and we determined to
go to Piru. McCamish had said that he
was sure the Hot Springs men had robbed
him. These were two men who haG come
in from the Hot Springs and had been
working for Mr.. Fullerson. He said that
he had seen two men running along
toward the stock corral, in southeast
erly direction from his house. / asked
Pyle why the defendant had not come
with US and shown us which way the men
went but Pyle said he didn't know; he
supposed McCamsh was scared. While
Pyle and l went to Piru the defendant
went toward Santa Paula in obedience
to Pyle's instructions. On arriving at
Piru we put up our horses and took train
for Santa Paula. The defendant was
at the train to meet us, and he and Pyle
talked together out of my hearing. l
went to Davis stable and in about half
an hour Pyle came down and told me
he was going to Castaic switch to catch
the men. l tried to persuade him against
it, but he wouldn't give it up. He said
defendant was getting horse for him.
That was about 1880 on the 23rd inst.
I stayed in Santa Paula and returned to
Piru and got the horse and returned
home, while Pyle and McCamish rode off
to Castaic. I saw them just before they
started, and Pyle told the defendant to
give his handouts to me, as he had his
The herald., 1897-09-03

In which the moral tone Of the girls
character did not shine with pre-emi-
nent luster.
District Attorney Donnell intimated to
the court that since the examination of
Taylor in the township court the girl
had emphatically stated that the evil
dence she then gave, and upon which
Taylor was held, was false. Upon Judge
Van Dyke asking Clara about this. she
acknowledged that her testimony then
given had been false. and had been given
by her under compulsion of her father, c.
S. Murphy.
Don't you think you will do better
at Whittier than you have been doing?"
inquired the court.
mo, l DON'T was. the prompt response
of this too wise young lady.
DO you think you could do worse?"
Yes, of course l might" and the tone
in which the words were uttered left no
room for doubt that the girl knew of
depths of disobedience which even she
had not yet plumbed.
The court ordered the girl committed
to the reform school, and then Clara
broke down and sobbed, but not appar-
emily shedding tears of penitence, but
rather of veXation at her enforced Sc
clusion from the world
The herald., 1897-09-03
TO STRIKE GOLD
A. W. Wall and Friends En- Route to
Rosalia Bay

A. w. Hall, the erratic individual
whose varied career was described at
length by The Herald last Monday, has
set sail with his companions from San
Francisco for Lower California.
A letter was received from him yes
terday by the county clerk. intimating
that the Santa Rosalia Bay Mining COM
pany had made commencement,
and that Hall and the others were now
coming down the coast on the schooner
Grace to San Diego. He intimated that
he had lived at Pasadena and that his
name was on the Great Register, and
desired that a cetificate of his being an
American citizen should be forwarded
to him, care Of Spreckels Bros, at San
Diego,
The herald., 1897-09-03
LOST HIS MONEY
At a Nice Little Game Of Draw at
Santa Monica

C.. H. Smith is the name of the gen.
tleman who wandered into the Gem sa-
loon at Santa Monica and lost some $3.50
in a nice little. game of draw poker. He
thought the operation by which he had
lost his money resembled somewhat
closely what the law defines as grand
larceny" and had some members of the
Henry gang arrested.
Yesterday Justice Young dismissed
the charge. 1t was shown that Smith
got into the game about 10 o'clock in the
morning and remained about two hours.
He then came to the city and got into
another poker game and put up his
watch as collateral with which to win
enough money to go back to Santa Mon
lea, recover his money, and bust" the
bank But he didn't do it, and then he
invoked the aid of the law.
The herald., 1897-09-03
THE DEATH REPORTED


"Mr. Stevens. the telephone man,
hailed me on the street and told me Pyle
had been killed I rang up the Middle
Newhall ranch, and Mrs Arnitt told me
about it. I was busy at the telephone for
about an hour answering inquiries, anG
then went home. Later 1 took train and
went to Castaic. found there the de-
fendant, E. Pyle and a number Of others.
Several, people went with me from Fill
more, and Mr.. Snodgrass suggested hav-
ing a chat with the defendant so soon as
we arrived. We did so, and McCamish
told us that he andiP Pyle were Wanting in
the depot and about o'clock in the morn
ing the two men came along. AS they
passed Pyle called out to them to throw
up their hands and when they did so he
ordered me to handcuh them. He said
he had just snapped the handcuffs on
one man when Pyle was shot and fell
on the edge Of the door, and then shot
was fired at him. Both men picked up
their bundles and. as they ran down the
track, he said he fired four shots at them
and must have hit one, for he dropped
his, bundle and cried out: oh, dear, I'm
shot He said that he was badly scared
and went and reported Pyles death to
the Arnitts al the ranch house. He also
said that before the men came up Pyle
told him he wanted both guns. while he,
McCamish, could use the handcuffs. The
defendant saio that in that fix he could
do nothing for he had no gun and the man
that he handcuffed got away with the
irons"
Witness proceeded to state that he
of DlOOd
marks or foot tracks, but could not find
any. Before the defendant was arrest
ed he. in company with others, visited
McCamish's' room and found tere on@
pair of handouts lin evidence), and other
articles that were supposed to have been
carried off by the robbers.
A BAD CONTRADICTION
The box in which these articles were
found was also positively identified by
the witness, and upon Mr.. Davis inter-
jecting an admonition to him to be GER
tain and look for the leather hinges and
other distinctive marks, the witness
pointed out where the leather hinges
had been fitted on the box he was exam
ining. He made close examination and
stated positively that the box in evidence
contained all the articles he had identi-
fed
Mr.. Williams at this point asked that
another box of exhibits be brought into
court, and when a large box was lugged d
in the witness opened his eyes. He ac-
knowledged that he had been wrong and
that the box he had seen in the defend
ants room was.the one just produced
In appearance it bore no resemblance
to the one which had been identified
This one was half as large again. had
upon it heavy leather hinges, with leath-
er handle pieces nailed on the ends. The
mistake was curious commentary upor
| the inaccura cies Of witnesses who ma
be testifying in perfectly good faith.
The further hearing will be resumed
| this morning at 10 o'clock,
The herald., 1897-09-03

(212W Estate of ]. c. Drake; citation.
(453) Estate of H. Regelin; final account
ing and distribution.
Q25D Estate of s. G. Millard; confirmation
of sale of real estate.
(2065) Estate of A. H. Spencer: letters.
(2166) Estate of J. O'Niel; probate of will.
esd Estate and guardianship of E. J
Person; letters of guardianship.
(212O Estate of e. L. Seeber; letters.
(212S) Estate of F. d. Seeber; letters.
QTI1O Estate of NJ. j. Brown; petition to
mortgage real estate.
Q63S) Estate of r. N. c. Wilson; petition
to set apart.
(2S59D Insolvency of E. G. Campbell; Pc
ttion to set apart personal property.
(2S.555) Martin VS.. Martin: trial.
44O Estate of ]. Bell citation.
CAD Estate of T. X. Wilson; trial.
QI5S) Estate of S. w. Sullivan; final ac-
counting.
t21l6) Estate of c. NJ Davis; letters.
(217S) Estate of j. II. Whitburn; probate
of will.
Q6iO Estate of l.. c. Cook letters.
Q6O0) Estate of c. Richardson: citation
(2162) Estate of S. C. Humphreys; letters.
C96S) Estate of NJ. Werner; partial dis
tribution.
(6iO) Estate and guardianship of NJ. e
Duffin; annual accounting.
t2lso) Estate of NJ. F. Marquiz: letters.
FOUR-Judge Van Dyke.
(26,24O Petchner VS.. Rowan.
FIVE-Judge Shaw.
(27,463) City Of Los Angeles VS.. Perry ct
al. trial.
TOWNSHIP COURT-Justice Young.
Lay VS.. Ritch; $3.50.
Standard Collection company VS.. Homer
Burk: 80.
Standard Collection company VS.. Cor
such: 2:30
Maud vs. Frazier ct al. $3.50.
The herald., 1897-09-03

time he had worked for her brother ant
husband. For short time he boarded
with Mr.. and Mrs. Pyle. and In Febru.
ary he was taken sick at the Pyles
house and was nursed by witness and
Miss Fairchild. He was in bed abou,
three weeks It was about a month
after that sickness that Pyle was killed
Upon recovering the defendant said he
was going to Bakersfield.
SOME LOVE PASSAGES
How did you treat him?" inquired Mr.
Williams.
Just the same as any one else-per-
fectly friendly" answered the witness
rs it not true he thought good deal
of you?"
Il think he did,"
Did he think more of you than other
ladies?" inquired Mr.. Williams, but the
question was not allowed.
What was his manner toward your
queried counsel, again attempting to
elicit what he desired.
HE was very friendly to me-"
From what he said, and from his con-
duct, did you consider he thought good
deal of you?"
The defense objected to this question
and, after a cross fire of words, the court
interposed.
II think she may state if he made any
professions of love or admiration to her, "
said Judge Smith.
The defense had no objection and the
witness was permitted to answer.
HE never said anything about love, "
said Mrs. Pyle, but he told me when he
L. \
woman he had ever known, except his
sister"
when he left for Bakersfield what did
he say about coming back?" resumed
the district attorney.
'He didn't say anything about coming
back. I think he had squared up with
my husband, and spoke about taking up
some land"
"As a matter Of fact, how long was he
away?"
about three weeks, think"
Did he call upon you when he re-
turned?"
Yes, he came to get some shirts he
left"
who was there when he called?"
"Only myself and the children"
How old isyour eldest child?"
my eldest boy is s years old"
"Why did he say he had returned"
He said it was too hot al Bakersfield,
and that his head had ached all the time
he was there, and that he had not taken
up the land"
When did you next see him?"
"Some days after he came on horse
back with telephone message for my
husband. He didn't get off his horse,
but called me out to take the message" >"
when did you next see him?"
mot until two or three days later
when he came to the house at night to tell
about the tramps"
The herald., 1897-09-03
A CRAZY LEAP
A Chinaman That Jumped From a
Fast Moving Train

A Chinaman belonging to the Yen
Yung company jumped from off the
Southern Pacific overland on Wednes-
day night, about three miles out from
the city, while the train was going at
full speed. He wandered from the track
for some distance, until he reached a
vineyard at Glendale, and there he was
found by a deputy sheriff.
1t was found that the Chinaman had
been pretty severely shaken up, and he
was at once removed to the county hos
pital. What possessed him to jump from
the train is inexplicable, save on the as
sumption that he was crazy.
The herald., 1897-09-03
An Irishman in Trouble

Tom Wilson, raw Irishman from
Cork, appeared in Justice Morrison s
court yesterday morning and pleaded
guilty to a petty larceny charge. He
was arrested on North Main street
Wednesday afternoon by Officer Fay
while trying to dispose of a saw whose
possession he could not satisfactorily
explain. 1t was subsequently learned
that the saw had been stolen from a car
penter shop at 7O1 North Main street.
He will be sentenced today.
The herald., 1897-09-03

AGUIRE-In San Francisco, August 3Oth,
Juan Miguel Aguire, aged "a years. Mr..
Aguire came to California from Spain
in 1s49. He leaves widow, three sons
and daughter besides large circle Of
friends who mourn his departure. Mr..
Aguire was well and favorably known
both in Los Angeles and San Francisco.
NEWMARK-At San Pedro, September /,
1897, Mrs. Celia Newmark. beloved wife
of Joe Newmark, daughter OF Mrs.
Emily Folks and sister of Mrs. Meyer
stein of Ventura, joe Jake, Lottie and
Flora Folks of Los Angeles.
Funeral on September Sd at 10 o'clock a.
M, from the residence Of Mrs. Emily
Folks, 736 West Seventh street. Friends of
the family cordially invited. Portland,
Ore, and New York papers please copy.
The herald., 1897-09-03

The interest in the trial of Ed Mccain
ish for the murder of Mccoy Pyle is just
beginning to open. The trial itself prom
ises to be so prolonged that great deal
Of evidence of no popular interest and
yet absolutely essential to sustain the
claim of the prosecution occupied a large
portion of yesterday.
With the appearance on the witness
stand of Mrs. Mccoy Pyle an element of
very decided interest was injected into
the case. In the first place the young
lady-she is only 23-is quite pretty,
modest and refined in appearance, and
clothed as she was in widows weeds,that
were made all the more fetching by the
simplicity of their make and arrange
ment, she riveted attention upon herself.
It is one of the contentious of the prose-
cution, too, that either directly or indi-
rectly-to say which would be altogether
premature-she was an inciting cause in
the killing of her husband. 1t must be
confessed, however, that the prosecution
SKINNED very lightly over this part Of
the case, while Mrs. Pyle gave her tes-
timony in an apparently honest and
Straightforward manner.
The first witness of the day, however,
was Coroner Campbell, who was called
for further cross-examination. He was
again subjected to series of questions
bearing upon the relative positions of
the defendant and Pyle at the time the
latter was shot, according to the story
told by McCamish on the morning the
yitness went to CastiGc station for the
purpose of holding an inquest upon the
body of the murdered man.
Just one little point of interest oc-
CURED during the examin alton of DR..
Campbell. He had testified on direct
that the bullet penetrating the cerebel-
lum was necessarily fatal, and Mr.. Da-
Wis asked him if he had not heard of
the case where man was tamping
powder and when it exploded the tamp-
ing rod passed through the brain, and
yet the sufferer lived for fourteen years
after the accident. The witness inclined
to the opinion that such a case was SIM
ply the exception that proved the rule.
and that led Mr. Davis to pick the wit
ness up on a remark made by him re-
garding the brain experiencing sensa
ton. DR.. Campbell said that all the
nervous system focused in the brain, and
a tumor or other foreign body forming
there would cause excruciating agony.
Defending counsel thereupon read from
the work upon physiology used in the
schools throughout the state, wherein,
quoting from Steele. it asserts that de-
spite the fact that the brain is the seat
of sensation, it is itself without sensa-
tion and may be cut, singed or electri-
ned without any pain being occasioned.
All this struck the witness a s bally
nonsense, and he said that the nerves of
the body are directly connected with the
The herald., 1897-09-03
New Suits Filed

The estate Of T. J. Davis, deceased
The petition of N. p Coonroy for letters
Of administration. The estate is valued
at $3.50.
The estate of Frank E. Scheidler, de-
ceased-The petition Of Lucy E. Scheidler
for letters of administra ton. The estate
is valued at $2365.
The estate of Thomas Franklin Hink-
ley. deceased-The petition of w. D.
Bridges for probate of will. The estate
consists of a policy Of life insurance for
$4,000 and an interest in certain lease.
The herald., 1897-09-03
The Lions at Redondo Beach

Adgie and her lions are at Redondo this
week giving free exhibitions to visitors.
She has the den outdoors near the band
stand, and performs in the morning and
afternoon. The lions are fed at $3.50 p. m.
The Santa Fe is to be congratulated on
securing this great attraction. To accom-
modate the crowd special trains will run on
Saturday and Sunday at S:37, 9:45, II :O3 a.
M, l, $40, 6:15 p. m. Round trip, so cents.
The herald., 1897-09-03
ALTOGETHER TOO WISE
One of Walter Taylor's Victims Sent
to Whittier

Clara Winona Murphy is the name Of
the good-looking 14-year-old girl whom
Walter Taylor is charged with debauch-
ing, and on whose account he is held to
answer the charge of assault with in
tent to commit rape in the superior
court. A side light was thrown on the
case yesterday, when the girl was
brought before Judge Van Dyke as an
incorrigible.
Humane Officer Clarke stated that the
girl was persistently unruly, and al
though she had been comfortably
placed out at Burbank, as well
as one or two other places.
she had continued her unruly behavior.
A number Of notes written by Clara to
number of boys and young men were
submitted for the inspection Of the court,