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Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-08-31
Killed by a Falsehood.

Next morning almost all the New
York papers published the report that
Mr. Nyc had appeared before an audi
euco the night before in an outrageous
~ intoxicated condition and had been
Cggcd of the platform! Newspapers
are entirely at the mercy Of the men
whom they employ to collect news for
them. Some which used the Paterson
story We're honest enough to publish
corrections aftcrward, but no cOrrec-
tion is ever strong and swift enough
to catch up with lie. What l have
said regarding the causclcss cause Of
the mtimcly death of humorlst who
can never he replaced Is Of my own
knowledge. was very close to Mr..
Nyc in the last year Of his life and
know what he thought and said.
also had strange reminder of the
night on which the story started. Some
of the audience had complained to the
lecture committee that they had not
received their moneys worth, so 1t was
decided 10 give another lecture with
ont charge to make amends for the
ulSappo!niW' M. | Glanced to be the
man chosen II give the entertainment
which was TO apply salvc to the wound.
ed pockets Of that audience, though !
dill not know it at the time. l did no,
ticC. however that the committee seem.
cd TO be I'm n state of mind" and urged
me To do my best 1t also seemed to
me that, mctaphorically speaking, the
entire audience had chip on its shoul
DER. Still, l succeeded in pleasing II.
After | had finished learned that !
had been selected to pacify the very
people before whom the great humor
1T had had such tragic experience
by sad coincidence 1t was on thai
very day that dear Bill Nye was bur
! led.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-08-31

I'm one respect en-.
II tcrtaIners closely
resemble preach.
greatly en-.
Joy listening TO the
greater members Of
their own profession.
Consequently ] new
or lost n chance TO
listen to Bill Nye,
and l worship the
memory of him as he
was a gentle yet
sturdy and persistent
humorist OF so good
n sort that he never
could help being hu.
WHhnwnNag M NWnNNNnW
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-08-31

how mconGcnlal the surroundings. Al.
though be saw hundreds and thousands
Of chances Of hitting other men so
hard that the hurt would last forever,
he dropped every one of them and
tramplcd them so hard that they never
dared show their faces again. He was
an apostle " the Golden Rule, which
he cxcmpIihcd in himself, so there nov
Cr was a sting In his Jokes; gentle rail.
lcry was the sweetest thing he ever
attempted, and even this he did with
so genial smile and so merry an eye
that Il word Of his friendly chatting
was worth more than n CARLOAD Of
fnrmal nrnisr
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-08-31
BY MARSHALL p. WILDER

F-o- "Tbs SHrEJ SD, y hs Street," D. Ma,,hsH p.
ruth. CsfyrifbL isoS, ~ TRsi e
WafHsRt Co1taaJ.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-08-31

small boy With bis lFst paiT Of -trou-i
sers. SO in a short preliminary aud.
self congratulntory address the minis
ter referred 20 the church edlfice, call
ed attention 90 It's many details OF
architectural beauty and convenience
and laid special stress on Its new and
improved system Of exits.
Ladies and gentlemen" drawled
Nye moment later, Il have appeared
In n great many cities, but this Is the
frst time l havo been preceded by any.
one instructing the audience how TO
get out"
Pen Name His Own.
Every man hns his special trouble,
but Nyo had two. One was the reluc-
lance OF the public TO believe TINT his
pen name vas his real name, and the
other was the persIstency OF some peo-
pie in mistaklng him for another fine
fellow IN n rather different public po-
sltlon, the Rev. Morgan Dix, d. D., IL.
D., rector OF Trinity parish, New York.
Mfr Dlx's stories are rs good as his
sermons, which Is saying n great deal,
ma Nye's face when In repose suggest
cd n man who could preach strong
sermon OF his own. Nevertheless It Is
awkward to he mistaken for any one
but yourself. As to his name, every
one who heard Of Bill Nye associated
him mentally with the oft quoted per-
son Of the same name who first appear
cd In Bret Harte's poem THE Heather
Chinec," and assumed that the humor.
lists professional name was assumed.
The poor chap explained ut length
through n popular magazine that he
came honestly by his name, having
been chrlstened Edgar Wilson Nye
aud nlcknamcd Bill from his cradle,
but to his latest days he was bcsieged
by autograph hunters who asked for
his signature-'your real name, too,
please"
The Paterson Tragedy.
This genial man Of Clcanly life and
good habits was brutally slaughtered
by the public TO whom for years he
had given laughter and sunshine.
People throughout the country turned
against him when they heard the flrst
breath of calumny. Without waiting
to hear whether the story told Of him
was true or false, 1.-The dear public"
treated him so mcnnly that it crushed
his spirit, sturdy, honest man though
he was, broke his heart and caused his
death within year.
II came about ut Paterson, n. j.,
where hc had been engaged to deliver
n lecture. lie had been suffering
greatly from insomnia, for which by
expert medical direction he had taken n
certain anodync monalcohollc). Be
fore his evening nap preceding the lee
| turc he may have taken an overdose
or 1t may have worked slower than
| usual Whatever the medical cause
for he had taken nothing else - he
was drowsy and slow of speech on the
! platform. To make matters worse
| from the start, he tumbled over a loose
edge Of carpet as he came before the
audience. Although very nearslghted,
he had good professional prCcedents
for disliling TO wear glasses on the
platform; otherwise his eyes might
have saved his feet, but the success
sion Of accident ana manner impressed
the audience wrongly. When the lee
tuTc was over, some rough characters
who had been in the audience followed
! Nycs carriage T. t. railway, throw
ing eggs at It ANA whOoping like de
mons
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-08-31
MCPHERSON CIV RRANGR,
|. M. RICHARDS,
Passenger and Ticket Act.

GEO. j CHARLTON,
Gen. Passenger Agt., C.&A. R.R., Chlcag.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-08-31
Mexico, Mo-,
CIIICAGo&hA LTON RY.
rrMr&l5rADIp

WEST Bound Trains Leave
No 20 Night Exp from st. to Chicago
,.................2 10 m
No Colo & Cal "ThcIIummer' 10 am
No 81 X. c. Midday Special. ....12 4Opm
No Is Mo- State Exp. ...... Oj p m
No 10 Mexico Accom-. ...........7 40 p m
No lis way-rrtteX Sunday. 10 90 am
EAST-Bound Trains Leave
No 90 Chicago Accom- ..........G IS m
No II Mo. State Exp........... 127pm
No 90 StL. Midday Special. % pm
No 10 ChicagolIummer. .....1O 81 IN
No "a st. Louis Night Exp....2 II am
No "a c hicagO Accom- -. 80 II m
*No liz Way fr't Tex Sunday. - 30 m
JEFFERSON CITY BRANCH,
SOUTH Bound Trains Leave
FNo.2ll Fulton Accommodation. e. 0:iO a m
+No.2l3 Way Freight. 1850 a m
No.2l5 Mail Except Sun. 4Opm
NORTH Bound Trains Arrive
"No.21O jefferson City Mall. O:2O m
"No.2l4 Fulton Accommodation. 1925 m
"No.212 Way Freight. 5:4Op IN
#Daily Except Sunday.
|. M. RICHARDS,
Passenger and Ticket Act.
GEO. j CHARLTON,
Enn pnyS'nUnr Aut n CA u u Chf,oo
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-08-31
Order of Publication.

State Of Missouri lap the circuit court
County Of Audrain Sc TENDER term 1905
Mary r. McQuoid, Plaintiff
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-08-31
Order Of Publication.

State OF Missouri In the circuit court
County Of Audrain September term, 1905
Charles Farrah. Plaintiff,
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-10
GIRL DESCRIBES
AWFUL MURDER
Tells Stockton Sheriff Her
Father and Mother Took a
Mans Life in Calaveras
COUPLE BEHIND BARS
Clever Ruse of Official
Clears Up Mystery Sur
rounding a Brutal Crime
PIE BEHIND BARS
Special Dispatch to The call.

STOCKTON, June 9.-W. W. Mason and
Mrs. Mason, his wife. are in Jail on a
charge of numbering Jose Nandino on q
ranch near Valley Spring. Calaveras
County. last October. The circumstances
surrounding the arrest Of the Masons are
unusual
Suspicion that the Masons were guilty
OF the Calaveras crime had been enter
tanned by Sheriff Sibley for some time,
and it occurred to him that IL he could get
the custody Of the 15-year-old daughter OF
the Masons and remove her from control
of her parents he could awe her into tell
ing something Of the death Of Nandino.
Last Wednesday the girl was quietly
taken into custody. She was concealed
and in a few hours she had told the Of
ficers enough to justify the arrest of her
parents.
Mason was taken into custody yester-
day afternoon quietly. and the officers
waited for the return of Mrs. Mason from
Los Banos, to which place she had been
suddenly summoned by the death OF
sister. This afternoon she was arrested
a few minutes after she left the train.
Sheriff Graves Of Calaveras, who came
here to work on the case. will take the
couple to Calaveras for trial.
The girl told the Sheriff that her father
and mother had trouble with Nandino be-
cause their hogs invaded the premises
which Nandino had been left to guard.
One night they heard the dogs barking.
and knowing that the hogs were intruding
again on their neighbor's land Mason
armed himself with a revolver and. ac-
companied by his wife, went out and con-
cealed himself behind some trees. Nandi-
no came around the corner Of the house
There was shot and Nandino fell dead.
Then Mason and his wife dragged the
body into the house. poured oil over 1t
from lamp and set 1t afire. thinking that
the whole house would burn.
On the very night Of the murder and
Immediately after the dark deed had been
finished Mason mounted horse and came
to Stockton in order to prove an alibi-
He returned to attend the inquest, where
he gave evidence to show that he was not
present and thus screened his wife from
suspicion. The couple remained at their
home for about three months, when they
removed to Stockton.
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-10
SCOTT'S WORK
APPRECIATED
Past State Deputy of Knights
of Columbus Is Given a
Certified Check for $1,000

LOS ANGELES, June 9-The knights
OF Columbus, who have held forth in
Los Angeles in high carnival of enter
tainment interspersed with business ses-
sions throughout the present week, will
conclude tomorrow night with a grand
street parade of Knights in full dress.
The pageant is expected TO be the spec
tacular event of the week The majority
of the visitors will get away for the north
tomorrow. It is the intention to spend
several days in San Francisco before re-
turning East.
Having completed the work of their
national council the visiting knights of
Columbus will devote the remaining days
of their stay in Southern California en-
tirely to pleasure. To-day several hun
dred knights and ladies went over the
picturesque route to the summit of Mount
Lowe and thousands viewed other places
Of interest. A baseball game between
mines from st. Vincent's College and the
knights of Columbus was an attractive
feature of the day. This evening there
was a grand ball in the pavilion at Playa
del Rey.
Past State Deputy Joseph Scott who
yesterday declined the office of deputy
supreme knight to which he had been
unanimously elected. and who was pre-
sented with engrossed resolutions of
thanks for his efforts in behalf of the
knights. to-day opened the vellum scroll
which he received and was surprised to
find In 1t certified check for $1,000
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-10

Eltapome Parior No. 55-Elizabeth C. Moo
orinda Parlor No. 56-Henrietta Wilson.
Fremont Parlor No. 5s-Hannah McRaith.
Mamie Daniels.
Mariposa Parlor No. 63-Maggie F. Foran
Dardanelle Parlor No. 66-Mary r. Guerena.
Columbia Parlor No. 7o-sarah Sheath
Oneonta Parior No 71-Gertrude Canepa.
Las Lomas Parlor No. T2-Theresa Mel
bourne Kittie Whelan.
Veritas Parlcr No. 75-Mary A. Powell.
AmapoIa Parlor No. so-Sabia A, hickey,
Amy B. Pharis.
San Jose Parlor No. s1-Josie Barboni Lilly
Luce Lawrence. Belle Jenkins.
FL Pescadero Parlor No c2-Clairc Ludwig.
Yosemite Parlor No. s5-Alice Fitzpatrick,
Amelia Jacobson
Princess Parlor No. Skate M Dorrob
Mary E. Cosgrove.
Forrest Parlor No. s6-Susre CuIbert.
Piedmont Parlor No. S7-Jennie Jordan Ad-
Ivy Parlor No S.
La Estrella Parlor No. SO -Phobe Theall,
Woodland Parlor No. so-Harriet s. Lee.
LulU Shelton.
Pinoe. Parlor No. 92-Annette Brandt.
San Miguel Parlor No. 94-Gladys Boswell
Buena Ventura ParIor No. 95-Maude No
Gonigle, Iottie Gandolfo.
Sans Souci Parlor No. 96-Minnie F. Doh
bin, Dora Bloom.
Reichling ParIor No. s7-LIIith Trainor.
Lassen View Parlor No. 9s-Martha B.
Lamus.
vendome Parlor No. 1oo-Mamie carn,,ch.
ael, Bertha Warran.
Conrad Parlor No. 1o1-AIbina Dillon.
Aleli Parlor No.
Calaveras Parlor No. 103-Leah Wrede. TIL
lie Leemann.
copo de Orc ParIor No. 1o5-Nellie L. Went
Aloha Parlor No 1o6-Sarah G.. sanborn,
Frances Purcell.
Geneva Parlor No 1o7-Lizzie Pardo.
San Luisita Parlor No. 1OS-Ida A. Cheney
Agnes M. Lee
La Bandera Parlor No. 11o-Mattie White
Richards, Laura Fox. Nellie Mackey
Sutter Parlor No 111-Sophia Russler. Rose
Kent. Katie Goodell.
Eschscholtzia Parlor No. 112-clara r.
San Andreas Parlor No. 11s-Marv Hertz,r
Los Pimentos Parlor No. 115-Mattie Pop
lin. Lou C. Cauch.
La Paloma ParIor No: 11e-Lulu Rohr.
Nisalia Parlor No. 117-Loufse Askin Mar
garet Hanson.
La vespero Parlor No. 11s--Anna McDon-
ough, Frances Griffiths.
Emma Crockett Parlor No 11o--
Mountain Dawn Parlor No. 12o-Annie Bige-
Greenwood Parlor No. 121-Lucy Carlson.
Hayward Parlor No 122-Lena Harder. LII
ly Wacert. An
Fern Parlor No. l23-Hazel Mcr.-,ars
F1oretta Woodward
Los Angeles Parlor No. "a
oakdale Parlor No. 125-Mamie Lancaster.
Reina Del Mar Parlor No 12e-Ann,. Nc
Caushey.
Verona Parlor No. 127-Meda vanderwoort.
11iue l@ohc diiof NO. 1<o-Ne ellie rover
Monte Robles Parior No. 129-Etta Niche.
Las Torrosas Parlor No. 131-Louise Koch.
Lillian NJ. Riddell.
Genevieve Parlor No. 132-Lottfe Roni1Ia
Agnes Troy, Annie Ayers
Imogen Parlor No. 134-Jennie HuntIey.
Clear Lake Parlor No. 135-Addie Penney
TETON Parlor No. 136-Eliza ]. Baker, Emma
B. Johnston.
Keith Parlor No. 137-Meta Kugeler
Placer Parlor No. 13e-Mabel D. Adams
Gabrielle Parlor No. 139-Gabrielle Gress
Olive Wood, Dolly Hyams.
Hiawatha Parlor No. 14o-StelIa Collins
Junipero Parlor No. 141-Matilda Berg
schicker.
Occidental Parlor No. 142-Jenne Beedle
Osa Parlor No. 143-Amee Kallnneyer
FL Carnino Parlor No. 144-Dollfe Weiss
havr.
Calisto9a Parlnr No 14k-Minnie Fowler
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-10
HIS CALLANTRY
LEADS To JAIL
speelal pispatch 70 rhe call.

ST. LOUIS, June 9.-After nagnani-
mOusly giving up his wife so that she
might return TO an old sweetheart,
Frederick c. Lowney Of East St Louis,
formerly OF Tulare, Cal, was astonished
20 ind himself charged with wife
abandonment and Indignantly surprised
when he was locked UP for the offense.
1t was from paper devoted to matri-
monisl exchange correspondence that
Lowney says he collected the descrip-
tion Of q girl he thought would suit
him as a partner for life
I answered that little advertise
ment," said Lowney, and after a short
courtship we were married. That was
on May 25. A few days after the we'd
ding my wife told me with tears in her
eyes OF an old sweetheart, who went
insane when he heard the news of her
marriage 10 me.
That news shocked me greatly, for 1
was not aware that Mary had another
sweetheart or I should not have taken
her from him. Ny heart was touched
jilting Of the other man. so I proposed
that we separate, she to go back to her
first love. i to go on as before 1 met
her. She at last consented to this
plan-for she realized that with me
there could never be real happiness for
either Of US with the shadow of that
insane sweetheart always before both
our minds.
Last Wednesday we packed our pos
sessions and parted. We said good
by and I wished her good fortune and
Joy forever. Now am arrested, charged
with abandoning and not supporting a
wife ] had merely permitted to leave
me when she showed that she wanted
TO leave"
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-10
DISGRACED GIRL
ENDS HER LIFE
Former Stanford University
Student Commits Suicide in
Portland ROOming-H House
NOTE TO THE CORONER
Young Woman Was Recently
Arrested in This City for
Passing Worthless Checks
speeisl Dispatch to Tie can.

PORTLAND, June s.-"This is a
plain case of suicide. IL will be of no
use for you TO make further investIga-
tiOn."
This is the only message left by Miss
Waullie Cunningham. a beautiful
young woman % years Of age. who
committed suicide at e94 East Alder
street last night by asphyxiation. The
note was written on 4 scrap of white
paper and directed TO the Coroner.
Miss Cunningham was traced to San
Francisco recently by Pinkerton de-
tectives. where she was arrested by the
police at the instigation of A. & c.
Feldenheimer, jewelers., who charged
her with passing a worthless check on
them for $3.50 1t is also alleged that
Workman & King for $50. The girl
was TO have been brought back to
Portland, but her father. John Gun
ningham. came here from Pendleton
and reimbursed both firms for their
loss. She is supposed to have come
back TO this city last night and to have
gone directly TO the room on Alder
street.
The young woman appeared at 694
and asked If she could have a room for
a few days She stated that her
brother had recently died and that she
was i'll and desired rest.
Miss Cunningham was well known
IN san Francisco and vicinity. having
been a student at Stanford University.
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-10
TRUSTED MAN
AN EMbEzzLER
E. B. Stanton, Agent of Pa
cific Coast Company at San
Luis Obispo, Under Arrest
CAUGHT BY AUDITOR
Accused of Taking $1,000
Paid for Lumber by Gus
toners of the Corporation
Special Dispatch to The can.

SAN LUIS OBISPO, June 9.-E. B.
Stanton. agent and chief dispatcher OF
the Pacific Coast Company, was ar
rested yesterday morning shortly after
midnight at his splendid new residence
in this city on the charge of felony en-
bezzIement. T. H. Huntley, travelling
auditor of the company, who has been
here for the last week checking up
Stantons accounts, swore to the COM
plant. The specific charge is the theft
of $247 At, but already shortages
amounting to $4,000 have been found
and 1t is believed the amount may
reach $4,000.
When confronted yesterday with the
shortage by the auditor. Stanton said
that he would make the amount good
by depositing $4,000 in the bank He
left the Office and was not seen by the
railroad officials after that time. He
did not make the promised deposit and
at $3.50 o'clock Superintendent E. w.
Clark telephoned to him at his resi-
dence and asked him to go to the Of
flee. Stanton replied that he was about
to retire and would see him to-day.
Clark asked what he intended to do
about the matter and Stanton replied
that he did not know, that 1t was up
to him Clark.
1t has been learned that Stanton left
the city yesterday with William NAL
lagh, County Tax Collector and his
legal adviser, going in buggy to Edna
and Pismo and returning about
o'clock In the meantime an officer
with a warrant for Stanton's arrest
boarded Southern Pacific freight train
for Guadalupe to prevent an escape by
rail. Stanton collected $500 from
building and loan association and
other sums amounting to fully $1,000.
This money he is supposed to have In
his possession.
This morning Stanton appeared in
court, waived hearing and was placed
and L. F. Sinsheimer of this city are
his sureties. 1t is said Stanton with
held money he collected on lumber bills.
The shortages were detected when Au-
ditor Huntley sent out verification no
tices to the company's debtors.
Stanton has been in the Office in his
late capacity for the last ten years and
has always been a most faithful and
hard working employe, handling the
business, the dispatching of trains on
the companys railroad as well as the
lumber business, working early and
late as required. He has been remark
ably successful in his work. No sus-
picion was held against him. What has
become of the money no one knows.
Stanton has always led a sober life.
He has just completed a $4,000 resi-
dence, for which he owes the Pacific
Coast Company s1400 and other firms
$1,000.
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-10
MAY BE DEAD
ON THE DESERT
Miners Wife Is Missing and
Stableman, Bereft of Rea-
son, Is Seen Off the Trail
TEAM DYING OF THIRST
Horses Are Found at Stage
Station Forty Miles From
Road to Gold Mountain
lAM DYING OF THIRST
Special Dispatch to The Can.

SAN BI1RNARDINO, June "a dis
patch received here this afternoon by
Sheriff Ralphs says tnat Oscar Wilcox
Of this city bereft OF reason is wandering
on the desert. Grave fears are enter
tanned for the safety OF Mrs. Charles
Henry, wife Of the superintendent of the
Gold Mountain mine. whom Wilcox was
taking TO Gold Mountain.
Wilcox was an employe OF local liv-
cry stable. He left here some time ago
with a team. The horses few days ago
were found perishing with thirst near
Box 8. a stage station Wilcox Is re-
ported by the miners to have been seen
near there They say he IS crazy. No
trace of Mrs. Henry was found.
Leedom. Willcox's employer, cannot ac-s
count for the presence OF the team at
Box s, as II is forty miles out OF the
way to Gold Mountain. The trip should
have been made in day, as the distance
to Gold Mountain Is only fifty miles and
the trail was well known to Wilcox, who
has driven the Bear Valley stage for
many years.
Mrs. Henry Is a sister OF Mrs. r. p.
Keinhouse, the wife Of a Santa Fe en-
gineer on Jnis division
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-10
FIND GIRL IT GRAND HOTEL.
Detectives Advise Miss Cunningham to
Leave Male Companion.


Miss Cunningham and T. W. Smith,
who is said 10 be a hardware merchant
and a married man. arrived here on
May 2S and registered at the Grand
Hotel as man and wife. The following
day the Pinkerton agency here was ad-
vised Of the presence of the couple and
requested to arrest the young woman.
who was accused of having passed a
bad check on a jewelry firm in Port
land. Later in the day the detectives
took the young woman and her COM
panion from the hotel and closely ques-
toned them and were finally satisfied
that her story that she had not passed
a check was true
The Pinkerton men advised Miss
Cunningham to leave Smith. and she
went 10 an uptown boarding house to
remain until her return TO the north
smith disappeared and it is presumed
that he returned to Portland On June
the Chief Of Police of Portland sent
a request TO Chief Dinan to arrest Miss
Cunningham, and she was later taken
into custody and detained until Friday
in the matron's ward at the Hall Of
Justice Chief Dinan shared the opin-
ion Of the Pinkerton men as regards
Miss Cunningham's innocence and on
Friday he had her put aboard a north
bound train, after receiving her pledge
that she would not remain in Portland.
but would proceed direct TO her home
in Pendleton. Before leaving. the un-
fortunate woman confessed to the Of
flcers that she would soon become a
mother and admitted that Smith had
betrayed her.
When first arrested Miss Cunning
ham told the officers that she was on
her way TO Notre Dame Convent in San
Jose, when she met Smith in Portland
and at his request she waited over a
day there so as to accompany him to
this city.
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-10
LABORER is KILLED
AND ROBBED FOR COIN
Body of Quarryman, Horribly
Mutilated, Is Found Near
Town of Suisun.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

sUIsUN, June 9-The body Of man
supposed to be John Gilligan, laborer.
was found by the roadside a short dis
tance from town this morning. The body
was almost nude. All evidence points to
the fact that the man was the victim
of a cowardly murder His head was
beaten into pulp. A club covered with
blood was found near by. The motive
for the deed was evidently robbery, as
an open empty purse was lying near
the dead body.
E. D. Holly, cashier of the Solano
County Bank, identified the remains as
those of Gilligan, who got check cashed
at the bank yesterday. At that time he
had companion with him and suspicion
rests upon this man, who is unknown
here. The two men had been employed
at the stone quarry about five miles west
of here.