Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-03
.SLASHED BY KNIFE;
DIES IN A DITCH
BRUTAL MURDER COMMITTED
AT SAN GABRIEL
NAKED BODY OF DEAD coNDUc-
TOR FOUND BY ROADSIDE
G. A. Stone and Wife, with Whom
Dead Man Lived, Are Taken
to County Jail Cells on
Suspicion
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moved to san Gabriel in order that
they could live together as before.
The first intimation Of the murder
Gus assault on Shiveley came from
stone. He hurried to the home of
Donaldson at 4:45 o'clock yesterday
morning and after awaking him stated
that Shiveley had been attacked and
had fled from the house. Donaldson
dressed hurriedly and ran to the home
of Stone. They looked into the blood
spattered kitchen and then went to the
home of William Justice, who lives
about a block from the Stone home
After rousing Justice and notifying
him what had happened they tele-
phoned from his home and notified City
Marshal Ben Parker of Alhambra.
Rain BIots Out Trail
The officer arrived shortly after 6
o'clock and began investigations. He
saw where Shiveley had jumped
through the window. Parker was un-
able to find trail because of the
heavy rain having obliterated all traces
Of blood and had effaced the footprints.
BY that time quite a crowd had col
lected, the news of the murderous at
tack on the conductor having been cir
culated throughout the usually quiet
town. Parker then divided the crowd
into searching parties and sent them in
different directions to search for the
missing and badly wounded man.
At z o'clock Frank Fowler, a claim
agent for the Pacific Electric company,
and Angel Navrey, a section hand,
found the body of Shiveley lying face
downward in ditch at the side of the
road. The rain had beaten down on
the naked body and it was spattered
with mixed blood and mud. The dis
covery was reported to City Marshal
Parker, who in turn notified the other
searchers.
Stone Becomes Hystericai
The body then was examined in the
presence of Stone, who accompanied
Parker to the scene. Stone became
hysterical at the sight of the dead
man and apparently was incapable of
speaking intelligibly.
Parker found five cuts in the left
arm and shoulder of the unfortunate
man, and discovered that the victim
had grasped the keen blade welded by
the assailant with the result that the
fingers of the left hand were almost
severed. The wound which evidently
caused death was q cut just inside the
bend of the elbow. This was a slash
wound and severed a large blood yes
sci The other cuts We're one on the
left breast near the upper arm ana
shoulder and the others were on the
outside of the left arm. From the APP
pearance of the cuts they were inflicted
with a keen blade, proDaply thaI oL d
heavy razor.
The body was removed to the morgue
of the Alhambra Furniture and Under
taking company. The coroner was no
titled and ordered an autopsy per
formed. Sheriff Hammel and several
deputies hurried to the scene as soon
as they received information, which
was Immediately on their return from
Gage where they assisted the Herald
in rescuing four marooned persons from
a dangerous position in the San Gabriel
flood.
Blood Marks on Bed
Sheriff Hammel, City Marshal Parker
and several deputy sheriffs went to the
stone home and began making thorough
They found blood on
almost everything in the kitchen and
on the sheet of the bed occupied by the
Stones. In the bath ROOM opposite the
kitchen, the officers found the bowl of
the toilet filled with bloody water and
also found the imprint of both a mans
and a Woman's foot on the bloody floor
of the kitchen.
A further investigation by the Of
ficers revealed the fact that the small
grip carried by Shiveley had been
thrown through a window, as was a
bundle of car tickets and other articles
belonging to the dead man.
On the floor of the room in which the
struggle occurred the officers found a
shaving brush and a shaving mug on
the floor near the broken sink. The
razor could not be found.
On a shelf in the room was found $11
tied up in a package ready to be turned
in to the company. It evidently had
been placed there by the unfortunate
man just before he retired. On the
same shelf were found a hand bag, q
pair Of gloves and several other articles
belonging to Mrs. Stone. The hand bag
wa on top of the package of money. At
the edge of the same shelf was bloody
finger print The officers also found
bloody finger marks on several dishes
and other articles. In an adjoining
room Marshal Parker found a woman's
slipper. He examined it and found
several pieces OF broken glass in it.
Mrs. Stone Arrested
The stones were questioned apart,
and afterward Mrs. Stone was arrested
and brought to Los Angeles by Deputy
Sheriff Martin Aguirre and locked up
in the womans department of the
county Jail. Mrs. Stone denied any
knowledge Of the affair and, according
to the officers who conducted the inter-
rogation, she replied in a cold -blooded
manner and made no replies that threw
any light on the murer.
stone was taken to the morgue where
an autopsy was being performed. He
was shown the body which was lying
on the slab cut open. He gave one