The herald., 1898-01-26
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
RIVERSIDE

RIVERSIDE, Jan. 25.-(Regular Cor
respondence) Ernest Walther, an edu-
Gated and titled foreigner who was
brought over from the county hospital
a few days ago to be examined on a
charge of insanity, was today taken to
the asylum at Highlands. Walther has
been resident of this city for several
years and in all that time he has care
fully guarded his life story. SO far as
known only one person has ever been
made a confidant by Walther, and to
this party he stated that he was at one
time a soldier in the army of Austria
and that while serving in the army he,
with others, fell under the displeasure
of the government and was forced to
flee. His life of seclusion and the knowl
edge that he was an outcast from his
native land are thought to be the reasons
for the dethronement of his mind.
At the regular monthly drill meeting
of Company NJ, held last evening, the
company engaged in the drill for the
Simms and Baker medals, which go to
the best drilled men in the company.
The Simms medal was won by w. Penn
and the Baker medal by w. Thompson.
The miners engaged at the Good Hope
come to the front at this late hour and
claim that the dead man found in the
river bottom on December Sth last was
one E. A. Ray. a miner who worked at
the mine and left the mine in December
to go to Bakersfield to attend the funeral
of his wife. Ray. they say, intended to
return to the Good Hope, but failed to do
so. The miners are positive that the
picture of the dead man is that of Ray.
At the same time Mrs. w. F. Shrode of
Elsinore is positive that the body was
that of her husband, who, it is said, left
his home on December Sd, five days be-
fore the body was found.
The police have in their possession a
valise filled with good clothes, which
was picked up on one of the by-streets
of the city last night and they are anx-
ious to find an owner for the property.
The valise had been broken open and
bore every evidence of having been
rifled. Letters and papers in the valise
bear the name of August Balls. Balls
is not known here and the belief enter
tanned by the police is that the valise
was stolen somewhere else and left
where found by the thieves.
The Union Mutual Building and Loan
association has begun foreclosure suits
against r. A. Carpenter of Banning
and A. G. Mum of San Jacinto.
The superior court today denied the
motion of the attorney of Mrs. and Ida
Long, the two women indicted by the
grand jury for perjury, to set aside the
order of the court remanding the women
to the custody of the sheriff after the
court had quashed the indictments, or
the ground of informality. The attorney
has now begun habeas corpus proceed
ings to release his clients, and this mat
ter will be heard by the court tomorrow
M. e. Bethurum, a miner of the Gavi-
Ian district, is in the city, and he ex-
hibts three-ounce gold brick, the re-
suit of two days work in placer mine
in which he and his father are inter-
ested. Mr. Bethurum stated that there
is great activity in the district named
and that the miners are very enthusi-
astic over the prospects in both quartz
and placer claims.
Last night was as cold night as has
been felt in this city this winter That
is, it was so until about a. m., when
the sky was o'recast with heavy clouds
and the temperature rose somewhat in
consequence. The weather is moderat-
ing today and the prospects for warmer
weather are good.