The San Francisco call., 1898-01-21

ST. HELENA, Cal, Jan. Civilian Anderson Clark, section boss of the St. Helena division of the Southern Pa cific Railroad. was assassinated a few minutes after o'clock this morning. and there is little doubt that his brother George was the murderer. It is known that George Clark made several prev ious attempts to kill his brother by ad- ministering poison, and the residents of St. Helena werel so enraged by the rIurdt, this morning that the suspected assassin was removed to the County Jail at Napa for his own safety. All the circumstances of the crime indicate that 1t was deliberately planned and coOlly carried out.
 W. A. Clark arose as usual at about o'clock this morning and proceeded to prepare his breakfast, according to his usual custom. A few minutes later his son-in-law, George W. Day. heard what appeared to be the report of a pistol. He did not arise to investi- gate. However, Mrs. Clark, hearing a noise similar to that of a person struggling, went to the kitchen. There upon the floor, weltering in his own blood, lay her husband. His head was inside the room, and close to the end of the kitchen table; his feet were upon the door casing while close to his hips lay his pipe. Near his feet, but on the porch, lay a 32-caliber revolver, still smoking from the shot that had been fired. There was ghastly wound just over and to the left of the left eye, showing where the bullet had entered.
 Mrs. Clark aroused the household and caused her husband to be placed upon a lounge. A physician was summoned. MT. Clark never spoke after being shot Dr. Osborne arrivesl upon the scene. but his services were of no avail, so he noti- fled Marshal Johnson.
 George w. Clark, a brother of the murdered man, sleeps in a room on pr. Osborne's premises, and the Mar shal, accompanied by the doctor and Charles Jackson, proceeded to the place and placed the man under arrest He appeared very much surprised at his brothers death and protested his in nocence. saying that his brother had committed suicide. The officer, how ever. noticed that Clarks shoes had 1 fresh mud on them, although the man . said he had not left his room since the night before. The shoes exactly fitted the tracks leading from his cottage to the home of his brother
 George Clark formerly lived with his brother William, but was ordered from the place on suspicion of having placed poison in the latter's coffee. On two occasions William Clark narrowly escaped death from poisoning. In each instance the coffee had been poisoned An examination showed the coffee to contain strychnine sufficient to kill a dozen men. The affair was myster- 1ous, and George was accordingly or dered from the place until the matter was cleared up. George begged to be allowed to go back, but was refused.
 w. A. Bingham to-day identified the pistol found on the porch as one he had sold to George Clark a few days ago. Lou Pritchard said he gave George bottle of strychnine some time ago to kill mice with.
 A Call reporter interviewed Mrs Clark, and she said of her husband: If he had an enemy outside of his brother I don't know it."
 Peter York, on his way to work shortly after o'clock, s=c a man r11n ming in the direction of George Clark's room.
 William Anderson Clark was a na- tive or Ohio, 43 years of age In addf- tloh to the widow, he leaves seven chi1- dren' who are destitute. Clark was a quleI ana industrious man, and has lived Tn St. Helena eight years. His brother George is cranky, disagree | able fellow and hard to get along with
 The jail was guarded by officers all day, and in the afternoon the nrisonar was sent to the county seat. Coro- ner's jury was immediately impaneled but on motion of the District Attorney the inquest was postponed until Sat-