The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-08-04
Japanese Is Being Searched for as Murderer
Of Three Members Of a Family==-Bones Of
the Dead Found in Ash Piles-==Sheriff
Finds a fiOme Deserted

Santa Rosa, Cal, August by the
apprehension OF a Japanese boy, Hen
ry YamagachI, of whom a vigorous
search is being made, Sonoma county
officials hope 10 obtain the key to II
Iruesome triple murder enacted on a
lonely ranch near here the elements
of which parallel in ceITain respects
the sruesome tragedies OF the Cur
ness farm In Indiana. The crime
was revealed yesterday when the
county authorities investigating the
mysterious disappearance OF family
OF three. discovered the charred bones
Of Enoch Kendall, Mrs. IRA Kendall.
IFS wife, and Thomas A. Kendall.
their son, IN the yard OF their canyon
home on the Starbuck ranch, near u
summer resort known as Crospers.
just north of Santa Rosa The fne-
or Of suspicion, according 10 the au-
tnoritIes, Is directed toward the miss
lng Japanese as the perpetTator OF
the wholesale crime YamagachI oc
cupied a cabin on the ranch and is
lanown to have had a violent quarrel
with Thomas Kendall, manager OF
ihe place, and who is said 10 have
beaten and shot at the boy Nursing
mis- grievance against Kendall, Yam
neachi 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 promin-
cnt Oakland architect. and who re-
sides in that city. On Monday. July
-. Yamagachi called at the Starbuok
home and told Mrs. Starbuck that he
had had a fight with the elder Ken
dali and his SON On the same day
q guest at the summer resort, accom-
panied by two boys visited a cabin
on the Starbuck ranch and entering
by a window came upon Yamagachi
crawling out 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 Tor 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 authorl-
ties TO the matter. Yesterday. Sheriff
]. X. Smith, accompanied by two
Court officials, visited the place Al
the ranch house the Investigators
found everything IN good order. On
the dining room table dishes had
teen set for a meal, but the food had
rot been touched. In the barn the
family horse was tied in his stall,
perishing OF thirst and hunger Pigs
were starving in a pen.
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. 1t was seen that
light trail OF cinders led from the
stove through the door TO the ward
Following this trail TO n point some
distance from the house. the search
srs came upon an ash pile which
Was found to contain a large nurl-
her of human bones and several
blackened pieces ot ieWelry among
which was plain gold wedding rin
that bore the initials TT. A. X" those
Of the Young Kendall Later an
ether ash pile was discovered that
concealed pieces of human skulls,
rair of gold spectacie5 and many
charre1 bones Lying on the grass
nearby was a breast pin that held
miniature OF Thomas Kendall and
which was identified by neighbors as
having been constantly worn by Mrs.
Kendall
\ search for the instrument with
vshich the murders had been com.
iuitted. brought TO light heavy stone
covered with blood and which lay In
an adjoining garden under a fence.
II is the belief OF the authorities that
ibe crimes were actually committed
with knives or guns and that tho
stone was subsequently used to dis
ratch the dying victims And be.
Cause OF the magnitude of the trag
ody. il IS the theory OF District AZ
tCrney Clarence F Lea that Two OF
POSSIBLY three men were implicated
in the murders.
Enoch Kendall was sixty years old,
hs wife fifty-6ve and their son
Thomas about thirty-one. A year agO
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