The herald., 1898-09-27
CASfBffR'SCOMPLAIN1
He CAUSES HIS SON N-IN-LAW'S
ARREST
ON A VERY SERIOUS CHARGE
Claims That Isaac B. Williams Tried
to Kill Him With Club Out
Of Revenge

Isaac B. Williams was arrested at
Downey on Saturday by Con Mallory. the
district attorneys detective. on a charge
of assault to murder, and released on Sun
day on $500 bail by Justice Morrison. Will
liams appeared in court yesterday after
noon to have his examipation set, armed
with note from Major Donnell saying the
people would not object to a continuance
until October 25th. The prosecution, rep
resented by Attorney Shinn, made vigorous
objection to the district attorney officious
action and alleged that the complaining
witness Is In very precarious condition
as consequence of the assault committed
upon him. He insisted on an early exami-
nation and the case was then continued un-
til today to complete arrangements for the
hearing
The case for which Williams is now under
bonds Is very sensational. On October 10th
Of last year, about o'clock In the morning,
j. w. Casebeer, man 10 years old, was
found in the oil district in the vicinity of
Lockwood and Second streets, nearly
beaten to death by some of the residents
of that ne.ghborhood, and conveyed to the
receiving hospital where he remained un-
der the care of DR.. Hagan for a couple OF
days. Later he was taken to Santa Bar
bara, where he has much property and had
resided for many years, and where he Is a
prominent person.
While at the receiving hospital Casebeer
freely stated that he had been assaulted
by his son-in-law. Williams. and another
party to him unknown, but no complaint
was sworn to at the time by the victim.
He remained very Ill and feeble at Santa
Barbara for several months, unable to at
tend to business, but finally improved a
little. He then placed his case in the hands
of private detectives with the result that
they unearthed sufficient corroborative
evidence to make out a strong showing
against williams, and his arrest ensued.
Several years ago Williams married
Casebeer's daughter and the old gentleman
helped out the newly welded pair on many
occasions with loans of money and also
decided property to them, but he took the
precaution to hold the deeds of transfer in
his own custody. During the summer of
last year Mr.. and Mrs. Williams went to
Santa Barbara on a visit to Mr.. Casebeer
and made lengthy stay. During the visit
Casebeer was taken violently sick at the
house Of a neighbor after taking some
medicine and he had to remain there In bed
several days.
He claims that upon his return to his own
residence he found that his daughter and
her husband had packed UP their belong
ings, as we'll as some of his own, had load
ed them up on a wagon and were ready to
pull out. After their departure he ascer-
tained that cabinet In which he kept val
liable papers had been broken into and
that Its contents had been abstracted, in
cluding the deeds made in favor of his rel
atives, ,...f
The old man swore to complaint before
a Santa Barbara Justice, alleging larceny
against Mr.. and Mrs. Williams and they
were arrested. Afterwards the papers
were found in his house and the magjs-
trate dismissed the charge. Both Mrs. Will
liams and her husband then commenced
separate damage suits against Casebeer
for malicious prosecution and false i'm
prisonment with the result that a jury gave
the former verdict for $4,000 last Septem-
her. The case of Williams is still awaiting
trial and is set for next month.
few days after the suit giving Mrs.
Williams $4,000 damages was decided her
father gathered together some $500 with
purpose to give 1t to his daughter In order
to effect a compromise. He engaged a
hackman named AL Lindley to drive him
to the house Of the WilHamses on Lock-
wood street. This was on the 9th of Octo-
ber Of last year. The hackman drove Cas- e.
beer out there and left. The old gentle
man alleges that when he knocked at the
door his relatives refused to receive him
ard drove him away from their yard. He
was vending his way toward the street
car track when he perceived two men in
disguise sallying from his daughters resi-
dence, one of whom he recognized. never
theless, as his son-in-law. These two MEN
hailed Casebeer and told him to stop, but
he ran away as fast as his feeble legs
would allow him. He was overtaken and
beaten numerically with club and a
rock until he lost consciousness and was
left for dead.
After Casebeer had gone back to Santa
Barbara Williams moved to Cucamonga
and later to Downey, where he was found
by the detective on Saturday.
~