The herald., 1898-01-19
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
SAN BERNARDINO

SAN BERNARDINO, Jan. 1s.-(Regu-
lar Correspondence United States
Marshal E. F. Pourade came in Monday
night with an important capture, being
no less a parsonage than the noted "Sil-
ver-shinned," who held up the stage
from Twenty nine Palms to Dale City
recently and took out the four horses to
repay debt the driver owed him. The
owner of the stage, an Englishman
named Bray, who had but recently pur-
chased the line, was on the stage at the
time and parleyed with the highway
man, under cover Of the double barreled
shotgun of the latter, and finally secured
the horses back on giving a check good
for the amount that was claimed on the
debt, and the stage went on it's way. This
was on January Sd, and as soon as pos
sible Bray entered a complaint against
"Silver-shinned," whose real name is H.
H. McVaughean, before the United
States authorities on the ground that the
stage carried the mails, and warrant
for the arrest of the collector of bad
debts by the shotgun method was placed
in the hands of United States Marshal
E. F. Pourade of this city, who started
out after his man. Pourade reached the
cabin of McVaughean at 2:30 Monday
morning. Walking into the cabin with
his driver he woke up Mcvaughean with,
Hello, here, Mack. get up and get us
some Coffee
| The man, taking them for miners on
the way between Dale City and the rail-
road, got UP and soon had a good fire
roaring, and prepared breakfast for his
visitors. While doing this he amused
his guests by giving them an account of
the stage hold-up, laughing heartily as
he depicted the Englishman and the
threat to send United States marshal
after him. That's what am here for"
remarked the officer, and the laugh was
on the other side. He made no resist
ance, and soon the three were driving
toward Whitewater, where the train
was tagged at 4:30 p. M, and at 1920 the
officer landed his man in San Bernardino.
Marshal Pourade had wired United
States Commissioner Cole to be ready
for him, and on arrival court was in ses-
sion and 1t took but few minutes to
commit the debt collector to Jail for fool
ing with Uncle Sam. The preliminary
hearing will come UP before Commits
sioner Cole next Monday.
Meager accounts were received Mon
day evening of an accident on the Santa
Fe Pacific near Williams, Ariz., causing
the death of Patrick Lyons of this city,
in a tunnel. Patrick Lyons was foreman
of construction crew, member of
Token lodge of Odd Fellows of this city
and also of the Maccabees. having an in
surance in the latter of $4,000. The re-
mains will be buried at Williams by the
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the Maccabees, on orders from the lodge
his wife having died three of four years
ago, leaving him with one daughter, who
is now years of age and is at the Sisters
school at Los Angeles.
A bold and successful attempt was
made early Monday morning to rob the
safe of the meat market of julius Oehl,
although the burglars only secured a
few dollars for their trouble. The safe
stands within two feet Of the sidewalk
with only plate glass window, with no
curtains, between, on one of the most
travelled streets in the city. The burglars
broke in the rear door, cut the electric
wires, crawled over transom in getting
to the front of the market and opened the
safe with q meat hook, the outside door
being closed and not locked the burglars
forcing the thin inner door. There is no
trace to the perpetrators.
A. H. Revis, the Redlands Salvation
list, who is serving term Of one year
at San Quentin, left a wife and four chill
dren as legacy for the county to care
for, they being in very destitute circum-
stances. The board of supervisors made
Chairman Glover guardian for the fam
lily during the absence of the head of the
house.
Rev. F. v. Fisher of the First M. r.
church left Monday for San Jose. where
he is to be married Thursday to Miss
Pauline Taylor of Cincinnati. After the
wedding tour the bride and groom viii
return to San Bernardino early in Febru-
ary. In the meantime, Rev. DR.. White
of Los Angeles and Rev. G. A. Weston
berg of Santa Barbara will fill the pulpit
during his absence.
Byron Waters has returned from his
trip to Washington, where he appeared
in case before the supreme court of the
United States.
The grand jury for 1898 has broken the
record of all grand juries, and In two
days made report that for Condolences
and brevity is a curiosity. The Jury
went out Monday noon and came in with
their report at 4:40 p. m. on the following
day. The report in full reads as follows:
ITO the Honorable Judges Of the Su-
perior Court OF the County OF San Ber-
nardino, State of California: The grand
jury beg to make the following report:
That they have, through their several
committees, examined all the books ana
accounts Of the different county offices
from December Is to December 81, 1897.
inclusive, and that they find them to be 4
correct. They also adopted the follow