Salt Lake Tribune | 1896-08-30 | Page 3 | California Clippings

california the town of new ew hope hopa la isi now enjoying a sensation the minister of the methodist church of that town has bag been arrested for an attempt to extort money john silvers a 96 farmer living ae aci bellevue near sarita santa rosa wednesday put arsenic in tho the coffee for big family lie he admits he took polson poison and will avill try it again at the first opportunity at sonora tuesday oils 11 breid wood attacked postmaster 21 E hughe and bred two shots from a pistol at him one bullet passed through hughess coat collar and made it a slight wound on his neck disagreement over land was the lae cause at san quentin two were put iut in the washhouse wash house one mongolian siept behind his companion still and attempted to drive a long knife through his neck the point or of the weapon struck the base of the tha skull and ranged downward into the muscles or of tho the shoulder it was CL a wicked blow and its force toi co was so a great that about four our inched of tile blade were afterward removed front from the victims Victim 3 neck the bt at san jose joac tuesday of 0 judge 1 P 0 minor miner was the outcome ot of miel laced confidence dence A notary named corall well liked in I 1 the community two or three years beare aro ago asket tile aged jurist to go orn on ills bond which lie did not mot long lone after lie he became cordella it iao bondsman tile the tonal n was by strong stron fir proof that the notary was al af forger and thief it appeared that lie had forged his notarial seal on bogus documents and fleeced people out of several thou thousands of dollars Judg judgment merit was entered against the th bondsmen monday aon day and abig preyed pi eyed on the judges mand