Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-08-04
TRIPLE MURDER
ON LONELY RANCH
Charred Remains OF EnOch Ken
dali. Wife and Son Found
North OF Santa Rosa.
JAPANESE BOY SUSPECTED
Had Violent Quarrel With Murdered
Man. Who T. said To- Have
beaten Him.

Santa Rosa, Cal, Aug. i.-By the APP
prehensiou of japanese boy. Hcav
Yamaguc difor whom "a vigorous search
is being made, sonoma county officials
hope to obtain the kcy to gruesomo
triple murder enacted on q laueh mnca
near here the elements Of which par
allcl in certain respects thc rruesomc
tragedies at tho GUINNESS farm m In
diana. 1hc crime was revealed ycster-
day Wncn rho county authorities inNcs-
tigating the mysterious disappearance
oi family Ca three discovered the
charred bones Of Enuch Kendall Mrs.
IRA kcuuali, hls wife ana Thomas A..
Kendall their SON, lu tnc yard of their
canyon nome uu the StaTbuck ranch,
near summer resort known a. CLOS
pcrs just north oi santa Rosa. rae
finger Ot suspicion, according 10 ths
authorities. b. directed toward tuc
missing Japancse ds tho perpetlutor OF
the wholesale crime, lHmdguchi ul-
cupied cabin ON the rdncn and is
known to have nud violent quarrel
with Thomas l<cnuall. mana ger OF the
place. ana who is said 10 nave beaten
and shot at tho boy Nursing his griev-
ancc against Kendall, Namagachi Is
said TO nave acted like one demented.
STORY or JAPANESE.
The ranch on which the Kendall fam
ily was slain Is owned by Mrs. Marga-
let Starbuck. wife OF prominent OAK
hand architect and VINO resides I'm that
city. ON Monday. July %, Yanagachi
called at the Starbuck home and told
Mts. sitarbuck that he had had fight
with the elder Kendall ana his son. on
the same day, . guest at the summer
resort. accompanied by the two boys,
visited cabin ON the Starbuck ranch
and entering by a window came upon
Yamagachi crawling out from under
coach with an open Knife in his hand
The Japanese Immediately left the
cabin but was seen again on the ranch
the net day for the last time.
A few days ago neighbors noting that
nothing had been seen OF the kendalls
for more than a week and believing
that something was amiss called the
attention Of the authorities to the mat
ter Yesterday. Sheriff J. X. Smith,
accompanied by two court officials vis-
tied the place. At the ranch the inves-
tigators found everything I'm good
order on the dining room table dishes
had been set for meal, but the food
had not been touched In the barn the
family horse was tide In hts stall. per
ishing of thirst and hunger. Pigs were
starving In pen.
BONES FOUND.
No light was shed on the mystery
until the kitchen stove was opened. In
the ashes Of the crate fragments Of
bones were found. revealing the first
hint Of foul play. II was seen that n
light trail OF cinders led from the stove
through the door 10 the yard Following
this trail 20 a point some distance from
the house. the scarchers came upon an
ash pile which was found to contain
"a large number OF human bones and
several blackencd pieces OF jewclry
among which was a plain guild wedding
ring that bore the initials "r A. k
those Of the young Kendall. Later,
another ash pile was discovered that
concealed pieces Of human skulls, q
pair OF gold spectaclcs and many char
red bones. Lying on tHr grass nearby
was "a breastpin that held n miniature
81 Thomas Kendall and which was