The herald., 1897-12-11
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
RIVERSIDE

RIVERSIDE. Dec. 10.-(Regular Cor
respondence.) The remains of the man
found dead in the river bottom Wednes-
day are still at the morgue and as yet
they have not been positively identified,
although the belief was strong that they
were those of the San Diego county
sheep man, Grand. The man who says
the remains are those of Grand was
more positive today that he is right. He
says that he met Grand a short time
since, and the conductor on whose train
| Grand came to this city has said that
the remains are those of the same man
who it Is claimed by Cassidy is Grand.
Sheriff Johnson has received word that
Grand visited Rincon few days ago
and leased some pasture land from Tom
| Skully, since which time he has not been
seen there.
Sheriff johnson received telegram
| dated at Fallbrook today from August
| Grand The receipt Of this telegram
deepens the mystery as to the identity
of the corpse. The officers have no other
clue. Coroner Keating of San Bernar-
dino was here today to take a look at the
| body to see If it might not be that of
Peter Fremont. an important witness in
| a murder case in that county, who dis
appeared some time since. The remains
are not those of Fremont, however,
The Milner murder case still drags
along in the superior court and from
present appearances it will take another
| week at least to finish the case. The
testimony today was in no sense re-
markable. The only new evidence put
in by the prosecution was that of NJ
V. Warren and wife, who testified that
Miner was at their place few days be-
fore the murder and that he received a
letter from c. o. Barker of Banning
while there, and upon receipt of the let
ter inquired Of Warren If he had some
buckshot. as he wanted to load his shells,
as he was going up to his ranch.
c. o. Barker testified that the letter he
wrote to Miner, referred to by the wit
ness, simply told Miner that Darrah had
threatened his (Barker's) life If he per-
sisted In crossing the Darrah land.
The prosecution expects to get through
with it's evidence Saturday. The jury,
court, attorneys and other court officials
visited the scene of the tragedy at Snow
Creek today, and 1t is not probable that
the case will be taken up in court again
before Monday.
B. B. Handy, pioneer and one of the
most respected citizens of the county,
fell dead today in the dooryard Of his
home. The deceased was about 20 years
of age and has never complained of ILL
health. The sudden death is attributed
to some heart affection. Deceased :eaves
a widow and one son and several daugh-
ters, all grown, and leading citizens of
the city.
The scarcity of fruit cars still exists,
and some of the packing houses have
been obliged to work shorthanded on
that account. The railroad companies
are rushing the much needed cars west
by special fast train and expect to get
a supply here in a day or so. In the
meantime shippers are not able to fill all
the orders they have.
Col. ]. NJ. Adams. a prominent attor
ney of Mitchell, N. D., is here visiting
the family of H. r. Vandebogart. Mr..
Adams will remain all winter and in the
spring intends to dispose of his interests
in Dakota and move to Los Angeles.