Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-05
Santa Rosa Officers Find
Charled Bones in Yard.
Victims are Nj. and Mrs. Ken.
dali and Son Thomas.
Seek Japanese Boy Whom Young
Kendall Is Said to Have Beaten.

Santa Rosa, Cal, Aug. A general
alarm was sent out today for the APP
prehension of Japanese boy. Henry
Yamagachi. in the hope of obtaining
key to Il triple murder. The crime
was revealed yesterday when county
officers, Investigating the disappear
ance of 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 canon home on the Star
buck ranch, just north of Santa Rosa.
Yamagachi occupied a cabin on the
ranch and had violent quarrel with
Thomas Kendall. the manager. Young
Kendall is said to have beaten and
shot at the boy. Nursing his grievance
Yamagachi is said to have acted like
Onesdemented.
The Starbuck ranch is owned by Mrs.
Margaret Starbuck. wife of an Oak
land architect. On Monday, July %.
Yamagachi called at the Starbuck
home in Oakland and told Mrs Star
buck that he had had fight with the
older Kendall and his son. On the same
day a guest at the summer resort of
Caspers, near the ranch. accompanied
by two boys. visited cabin on the
ranch and entering by window. came
upon the japanese who crawled from
under couch with an open knife i'm
his hand The japanese Immediately
left 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 Ken
dalls for more than week. called the
attention of the sheriff to the case.
Yesterday Sheriff j. X. Smith. accom-
named 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 sta
BILE the family horse was tied to ms
STALL perishing of thirst and Hunger'
In the ashes of the kitchen stove
fragments Of bones were found. anu
trail of cinders led from the stove to
the yard.
Following this trail to point some
distance from the house. the searchers
came to an ash pile which contained
n large number of human bones and
several blackened pieces of jeweiry'
among which was plain gooid Wen
ding ring that bore the Initials i: a.
X" those of the younger kenoaii.
Later another ash pile was discovered
that concealed pieces or huiiai,
skulls, a pair of gold spectacies anu
many charred bones.
Living on the grass nearby was d
hreastpin, that held miniature ol
Thomas Kendall, and which was lueh-
tif,ed nv neighbors as having constant
" heen worn by Mrs. Kendall. heaVV
stone covered with blood lay IN an ao
Joining garden under fence.
Enoch Kendall was 60 years old ms
wife SIS, and their son Thomas ABOUT
n About IS months ago they TOOK pos-
session of the Starbuck ranch.
Frequent quarrels between the heh-
daus and the owner of the iahu are
known to have occurred.
Mrs. Starbuck has made a state
ment regarding the missing japanese
70 Instruct Attorney Lea from ner
home in Oakland. She says that IA
naeachi said that Kendalfs puiiet
str,,ck a metal mirror in his poche'
"a was DETECTED. He did not express
q desire to get even. He threa.eneu ~ ~
VIII himslf. however. and acted 80 ..
Strangely that she called up the ciniel
80 nolice and asked him to look altel
~ Jananese. When she returned the
! boy had gone.