Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-08
CHARGED WITH MURDER
IN MOUNTAIN WOOD CAMP
THREE SUSPECTS BROUGHT TO
SAN BERNARDINo
Celebrated David Morey viii Case
Likely to 5e Again In Court, Peti-
tIon for Probate Of an Earlier Doc.
ument Having Been Applied For
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Special to The Herald.
SAN BERNARDINO, Sept. Three
men who have been employed on the
big dam in Little Bear valley are in the
county jail on suspicion of having mur
dered Fred Romeo, Mexican who was
employed near the dam cutting wood,
by shooting him. The men give their
names as Fred Eldridge, Frank Goss
and Sam Jackson. They were arrested
this morning and brought down with
the body of the dead man.
But little of the story has yet been
gathered by the officers The men were
all together in the camp of the wood
choppers. The three men under sus-
picion maintain that the shooting was
an accident, the pistol being in the
hands of the dead man and accidentally
discharged. But the fact that the bullet
entered the back of the dead mans
head Is considered as evidence by the
officers that Romeo did not die by his
fight. All the men are said to have
been drinking. The body of the dead
man was found outside of the camp,
near the road.
There threatens to be another con-
test In the David Morey will case,
which has been three times tried in the
superior court here and twice passed on
by the supreme court, the last will left
by Morey being confirmed Ada Hos
kings has now filed petition for the
probate of will that was executed
about one year before the final will
Under it she was left $4,000, but in the
last will made she was entirely cut off.
She does not ask to have the last will
set aside but merely asks to have tho
former will probated along with the
last one.
The Morey estate involved something
like $4,000 and it has been one of the
most bitter will contests ever carried
on in the courts of this county. This
latest phase is an interesting one and
is really instigated by the relatives of
the deceased man who have been seek.
ing to break the last will.
The troubles of Mrs. Mae Henry and
her brother-in-law, Gus knight, which
have been marked by much bitterness
in the past, have taken new turn, re-
sulting in the arrest of Mrs Henry on
a charge of violating the game law by
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her possession at one time. The COM
plant was made against Mrs. Henry
by one John Storker, "a minor for whom
Gus Knight is guardian. Storker re-
Gently through his guardian, sued Mrs
Henry for wages.
1t Is alleged that Mrs. Henry had 21J
trout salted down in a barrel at her
Bear valley hotel. She explains that
the trout We're caught by summer
boarders at the hotel, who brought
them In a few at time and gave them
to her. and she did not know there was
anything wrong in sailing them down
and keeping them. The arrest was
made by Deputy State Game Warden
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Mrs. Henry and Knight have been
having trouble for a long time, their
difficulties just at present involving the
title to the Bear valley resort property
which Mrs. Henry runs. Knight re-
Gently got Mrs. Henry's husband to
deed over to him his interest in the
property after he had just returned
from a big spree in Los Angeles, where
he announced, while drunk, that he was
to succeed Chief of Police Hammel.
! Intense bitterness has been engendered
! in the family by the trouble.
Work to Begin on Depot
Just as soon as the Cotton trustees
take official action on closing the west
half of Ninth street the Southern Pa
cific will commence work on the hand
some new $4,000 mission type depot
that has been promised that city for a
long time. The Cotton chamber of
commerce will arrange to maintain an
exhibit in the depot. ..t.s
A homestead of the Brotherhood OF
American Yeomen has been organized
in this city with sixty members. The
officers are: Foreman, Walter b.
Howes; correspondent, o. G. Smith;
master of ceremonies, DR.. M. L. Par
cells; treasurer, Arthur j. Eddy; pre-
late, John r. Roberts; overseer, A. G.
Fagel: watchman, Frank Green; SEN
tinel Joseph Robertson; guard, James
H. Hegerty; Lady Rowena, Mrs. Mary