Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-08-10
WHOLE FAMILY MURDERED.
Triple iIorror Enacted on IL Lonely
California Ranch.

santa Rosa, Cal, Aug. 6.-A gen.
eral alarm has been sent for the APP
prehension of Il Japanese boy, Henry
1amagachi, in the hope OF obtaining
g key to a gruesome triple murder
enacted on lonely ranch. The
crime was revealed when county Off
GERS, Investigating the disappearance
OF family Of three, discovered the
charred bones Of Enoch Kendall,
Mrs. Ida Kendall, his wife, and Thos.
Kendall, their son, in the yard Of
their canon home, north of Santa
Rosa
The finger Of suspicion, according
to the. sheriff, IS directed toward the
missing Japanese. Yamagachi oc-
cupied cabin on the ranch and had
violent quarrel with Thomas Ken
dali, manager Of the Star Buck
ranch. Young Kendall Is said to
have beaten and shot at the boy.
Nursing his grievance against Ken
dali, Yamagachi Is said to have acted
like one demented.
The ranch on which the Kendall
family was slain IS owned by Mrs.
Margaret Starbuck, wife OF an Oak
land architect. On Monday, July 25,
Iamagachi called at the Starbuck
home and told that he had had a
fight with the elder Kendall and his
son. On the same day guest of
the summer resort Of Crospers, near
the ranch occupied by the Kendalls,
visited the cabin on the Starbuck
ranch, and, entering by a window,
came on Tamagachi crawling from
under couch with an open knife in
his hand.
Place was Deserted.
A few days ago neighbors. noticing
that nothing had been seen Of the
kendalls for more than a week, call
ed the attention Of the sheriff to the
case. Yesterday Sheriff j. *. Smith,
accompanied by two court officers,
visited the place. On the dining
room table the dishes had been set
for a meal the the food had not
been touched. In the stable the FAM
lily horse was tied to his stall, per-
ishing OF thirst and hunger. Pigs
were starving in the pen
No light was shed on the mystery
until the kitchen stove was opened.
In the ashes Of the gratc fragments
of bones were found 1t was seen
u ip1,t frn -, 4, 4
the stove through the door to the
yard. Following this trail to a point
some distance from the house, the
scarchers came to an ash pail which
contained large number Of human
bones and several blackened pieces
Of jewelry, among which was a plain
gold wedding ring that bore the mi
tials, "T. A. X" those Of the young
er Kendall.
Later another ash pile was discov-
cred that concealed pieces of human
skulls, a pair Of gold spectaclcs and
many charrcd bones.
Lying on the grass nearby was a
breastpin that had a miniature OF
Thomas Kendall and which was iden-
tilted by neighbors as having been
constantly worn by Mrs. Kendall.
Bloody Stone Found.
A search for t. G instrument with
which the mNrdo had been commit
ted brought 10 light n heavy stone
covered With blood which lay in IN
adjoining garden under fence. |!
is the belief o! the sheriff that the
crimes We're actually committed with
knives or guns and that the stone
was subsequently used to despatch
the dying victims.
Enoch Kendall was 60 years old
his wife 80, and their son. Thomas,
about 30. About Is months AGO
they took possession of the Starbuck
ranch.
frequent QuarrclS between the
kendallS and the owners OF the Land
are known 10 have occurred.
THE KEOWEE COURIER.