The herald., 1897-06-28
SANTA INA

SANTA ANA, June 27.-(Regular Cor
respondence.) A bundle of blood-stained
clothes, the ghastly evidence of some
mysterious crime. was discovered last FRI
day on the Lacy property, near Pendle-
tons lumber yard. The grisly roll was
FOUND by two young men under stack
OF hay which they were loading and in
cluded a mans coat, vest and shirt.
Each OF the garments is pierced in three
corresponding places-twice In the back
and once In the front-one hole being in
the exact relative position of persons
heart. The cloth was evidently penetrated
by sharp knife or dagger. and the VIC
tim Of the supposed tragedy must have
been seriously hurt, If not killed. for his
shirt was drenched with blood.
On the collar of the coat, which is black
and of coarse cloth. is a tag branded 1.-The
Lion, San Diego" and in the pockets were
round several cigar stubs, the presence of
which would indicate that the wearer was
a tramp. Sheriff Nichols now has charge
OF the grewsome garments, but there is
absolutely no clew upon which to work out
a solution of the mystery.
An audience of fully 1900 people attended
the commencement exercises of the class
Of 81. held Friday night in the Grand Opera
House. This years class Of twenty-sevep
members is the largest ever graduated
from the institution. Unusual simplicity
mad been observed In stage decorations,
which consisted Of ferns and flowers. with
the stars and stripes conspicuously dis
played on either side Of the proscenium.
Every number of the program commanded
the closest attention, and the young speak
ers presented the subjects assigned to them
In pleasing style. The order of exercises
was as follows: Invocation, Rev. NJ. NJ.
Fitzpatrick; salutatorH 1.-THE Missions of
California" Mabel Buss; "The ESSAYS of
Elia,' Nanine Patton; violin solo, "Hunga-
rian Rhapsody" (Hauser), Joseph Gold
smith; Changes of the Nineteenth Cen
tury." Claude Swope; Three Great
Friendships" Josephine Yoch; Shake
speare's Women" Addie Pendleton; solo.
Sweet Mignonette" (Tours), Laura War
ner; "Tennyson's Idyls." Laurine Welch;
Goethe" Lucille Rankin; solo, selected,
9. Abram Smith; valedictory, Thomas
Jefferson" Joseph Goldsmith. Professor
Perham presented the graduates with
diplomas, and the evenings exercises
closed with the class song.
The young wags of the class Of. .'9S of the
high school are in trouble as the result of
their penchant for poking fun at their
seniors of the 81 class. For several weeks
they have been holding secret sessions.
compiling small pamphlet containing
sundry ''joshes' directed at the boys of
81, and the product of their literary eff
forts was issued last Friday. But the pub
fishers were at a loss to know how to cir
culate their book without incurring the
displeasure of the principal. Professor Per-
ham. so they took one of the young lady
teachers into their confidence. The secret
was so profound that she was unable to
keep 1t all alone, SO she called in help-and
the help happened to be Professor Perham.
The latter failing to appreciate the ioke.
forthwith issued an interdict against the
publication, and also withheld diplomas
from the editors He also expelled them.
but they have appealed to the board of
education and are confident they will be
reinstated, though their diplomas may not
be forthcoming.