The herald., 1897-01-13
NEWSNOTES FROM PASADENA
David McAdam's Injuries Prove
Promptly Fatal
INQUEST BY THE CORONER
Fails 10 Disclose Who Fired the Fatal
Shot
Stockholders of Various Corporations
Elect New Officers-Doings in the
Social World-News Brevities.


PASADENA Jan, 12.-David Nc
Adam, the young groceryman. who was
shot under peculiar circumstances sun
day night at Lamanda Park, died about
4 o'clock this morning At l o'clock this
AFTERNOON Coroner Campbell held an in
quest In, the undertaking parors of Rey-
nolds and Van Nuys. James McAdam
l.. H. Turner and Bert Udell agreed in
their testimony that deceased seemed
perfectly rational and had no evident
reason for taking his own life. Udell
and Turner, who found the wounded
man in the rear of kie store five hours
or so after the shooting, testified that he
told them he had been shot by man,
who was larger than himself. These
witnesses also deposed that they thought
the window, by means of which the un-
known man must have entered, had been
broken from the outside. Officer Slater
thought, however, that the window had
been broken from the inside. Udell said
that McAdam had been on guard
against his former partner. Ward j.
Crandall, with whom he had had some
difficulty. He could not describe the
tramp who had informed him that Nc
Adam was shot. The tramp was smaller
than McAdam. When he found Mead
am, he had said to witness: oh Bert,
| am shot. Get me out of here, for I'm
dying"
About 81 so was missing from the mon
ey drawers, but the safe. which con-
tain d considerable money, was not
tampe,ed with.
DR. Van Slyck testified that he had
prohed McAdams wound and found
th1. the bullet had grazed the heart and
loi .ei in the spinal cord, causing par
alysis and death.
The jury returned a verdict. stating
that the deceased had come to his death
at the hands of an unknown nerson. The
jurymen were PeteI Steil, Iward Mo-
sher. J. M. Wright, j. Horton, j. A.
Sparks, George Taylor and David Rey-
nolds.
STOCKHOLDERS MEETINGS.
The election of directors of the First
National bank was held this afternoon
and resulted in the reelection of the old
hoard, as follows: Geo. II. Bonebrake
p. NJ Green. b. F. Ball. II. G. Bennett
y. K. Mc0uilling. H. II. Markham. H.
We're elected: p. NJ. Green, president:
B. F. Ball. vice president; f. Fl. May
cashier; Henry Newby, assistant cash
Ter. The former cashier A. II. Conger,
who has been with the bank so long, de-
clined reelection. and the succession
of Mr. May to the position will be fol-
lowed by promotion all along the line.
II. l. Stuart will take Mr.. Newby's place
as teller. and f. s. Johnson is to be ad-
vanced to the position of head book
keeper
At the annual meeting yesterday af-
ternoon of the stockholders of the North
Pasadena Land and Water company. the
reports of the secretary and auditing
committee were read and accepted The
following gentlemen We're elected to the
board for the ensuing year: NJ. D. Pain
ter, Byron Lisk, d. H. Eaton, Prof C. l..
Tebbetts and Prof w. ID. Lewis. Judge
a. p. Nelson and A. r. Gould retired.
The following officers of the new man
agement were chosen: NJ D. Painter,
president; Byron Lisk, vice president;
First National bank of Pasadena treas
urer; Ira s. Frame, secretary and NJ
Ii. Salisbury, superintendent.
The Pasadena Manufacturing com
pany's meeting was held yesterday,
when the Old board of directors, com
prising b. f. Ball, w. p. Forsyth, p. M.
Green. Oscar Freeman and Jas. Clarke.
was reelected, and at a subsequent
meeting of the board the same officers
VINO nave so long served were chosen
Tor another year. They are B. F. Ball,
president; w. p. Forsyth, vice presi-
oent; T. NJ. Green, treasurer; Oscar
Freeman, secretary.
AZ the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Pasadena Daily News
company in the company's office last
evening, the following directors We're
electeo Tor the ensuing year: A F.
keyes. j. d. Nash, NJ. l.. Clarke. A. I.
Cannon. Fl. H. Pinney, BENJAMIN w.
mann and F'itz E. Beach
me stockholders of the Pasadena
Natiohal bank met this morning and
eiected the following directors VIM.
stanton. L. +. Lukens, G. Roscoe Thom-
as L. +. Hanson, Mortimer Hanson
Mortimer Ayers, j. ID. Nash, M. e. Wood.
Inc ooard met for organization in the
parlors of the bank at Q o'clock this af-
ternoon. t. p. Lulens was elected nres-
ldent and VIM. Stanton vice president
Charles A. Smith was elected cashier
Mr f. e. Jones declining a re-eIect;op
Ihe Union Savings bank reelects its
oia poafd or directors, but the cashier
ship is not yet filled.
SOCIAL NOTES.
Miss Nealy Stevens farewell piarore-
ciual was given yesterday at the home of
MIS- Waiter Wotkyns, and proved a sue
cess. despite the wetness of the weatbar
kThough Miss Stevens has a world- -utd,,
reputation as an accomplished pianist
she has performed very seIdoro ~, 49,
own town. and'her playing yeste rdav az
ternoon was therefore a revela t;o,, ~,
many of her hearers. ~
Miss Sargent gave an ENJOYABLE ,7srrar
party at the Green YESTERDAY eva,;ri.
to number Of her friends The din,,,s,
room was decorated with palms and cars
nations and roses, producing a verv
pretty erect. An elaborate menu con.
which the guests assembled in ~, th al.er
lor. Those present were Mrs, Sareont
Mrs. THOMPSON, Mrs Wtnslow Mis-
Aoulton, Miss Sargent, Messrs. Tbomn.