New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-05
ENTIRE FAMILY KILLED
Japanese Boy Sought for Trag-
edy on California Ranch.
CHARRED BONES IN YARD
Servant Had Been Beaten and
Shot at by One of the
Victims, It Is Said.

Santa Rosa. Cal, Aug IA general
alarm was sent out to-day for the appre-
hensfon of a Japanese boy. Henry Yana-
gachi, in the hope of obtaining a key to a
triple murder enacted lonely ranch
The crime was revealed yesterday, when
county officers, investigating the disappear
ance OF a family of three, discovered the
charred bones Of Enoch Kendall. Mrs. IRA
Kendall, his wife, and Thomas A. Kendall.
their son. in the yard of their home, just
north of Santa Rosa
Suspicion according to the Sheriff, is d.
rected toward the missing Japanese. Yam
agachi occupied a cabin on the ranch and
had a violent quarrel with Thomas Ken
dali, manager of the StarbHck ranch
Young Kendall is said to have beaten and
shot at the boy Nursing his grievance
against Kendall, Yamagachi is said TO
have exterminated the family
The ranch on which the Kendall family
was slain is owned by Mrs. Margaret Star
buck wife of an Oakland architect On
Monday. July Is, Yamagachi called at the
Starbuck home in Oakland and told Mrs
Starbuck that he had had a fight with
Kendall and his SON On the same day
guest at the summer reeort of Caspers,
near the ranch, accompanied by two boys.
visited a cabin on the Starbuck ranch and.
entering by a window came upon Iama-
gachi crawling from under a couch with
an open knife in his hand. The japanese
Immediately left the cabin, but was seen
again on the ranch the next day for the
last time.
A few days ago neighbors noting that
nothing had been seen of the Kendalls for
more than week, called the attention OF
the Sheriff to the case Yesterday Sheriff
J. K Smith accompanied by two court
officials visited the place. On the dining
room table dishes had been set for meal.
but the food had not been touched In the
stable the family horse was tied to his
stall, suffering from thirst and hunger
Pigs were starving in a pen No hgnt
was shed on the mystery until the kitchen
stove was opened In the ashes OF the
crate fragments of bones were found
It was seen that a light trail OF cinders
led from the stove through the door to the
yard Following this trail to a point some
distance from the house, the searcherS
came to an ash pile, which contained a large
number of human bones and several black
ened pieces of jewelry, among which was
plain gold wedding ring that bore the
initials ct A. k those of the younger
Kendall Later another ash pile was dis
covered that concealed pieces Of human
skulls, a pair OF gold spectacles and many
charred bones.
Lying on the grass near by was breast
pin that held miniature of Thomas Ken
dali and which was identified by nelghbors
as having constantly been worn by Mrs
Kendall A search for the instrument by
which the murders had been committed
brought to light heavy stone covered with
blood which lay in an adjoining garden
under a fence 1t is the belief Of the
Sheriff that the crimes were actually COM
mitted with knives OF guns and that the
stone was subsequently used 70 dispatch
the dying victims.
Enoch Kendall was sixty years old, his
wife fifty-fve, and their son Thomas about
thirty-one About eighteen months ago
they took possession of the Starbuck
ranch
Frequent quarrels between the Kendalls
and the owner Of the land are known TO
have occurred. Mrs. Starbuck often had
gone into court seeking tnjunctions TO pre-
vent the sale of her livestock. and had as
serted It is said her intention to Gust the
tenants from the place.
Regarding the missing japanese. Mrs.
Starbuck has made a statement to District
Attorney Lea from her home in Oakland
She says that Yamagnchi said that Ken
dalrs bullet struck a metal mirror in his
pocket and was detected He did not eX-
press a desire for revenge. He threatened
to kill himslf however, and acted so
strangely that she called up the chief of
police and asked him to look after the
Japanese. When she returned the boy had
gone.
The mutiIated body of a woman with
the head and legs missing, was found to-
day in a canyon near the ranch. The body
has not been identified, but il Is the gem
eraI belief that ii is that of Mrs Kendall.
Charles Denov, a Japanese friend OF
Yamagachi, was arrested at Mesa Grande
to-day. He told the officers that Yama-
gachi was in his house at Mesa Grande last
Sunday night