CITY TRUSTEES.

Hotel Arrivals.

Estate of Serafino Garaventa.—Luigi Garaventa appointed admin-istrator; bond required of $450.

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Estate of Michael Joy.— Will ad-mitted to probate.

Estate of Emma Riley.—Decreeestablishing notice to creditors.

Estate of C. .W. Trotter.—Decreeestablishing due notice to creditors.

Estate of Gideon Devore.— Geo.Allen, William Anderson, and A.Fountain appointed appraisers.

\u25a0 The court made an order directingthe clerk to furnish the court with alist of all matters set for law andmotion day, the list to be left withthe court on Friday of each week.

Wilford Dennis vs Matilda Dennis."—Hearing on order to show causepartially had, and continued untilMarch 31. Jv/v

People vs Gaso Ivancovich—Ar-raignment set for March 31.

People vs Samuel E. Swearingen—

Defendant pleads not guilty to thecharge of murder of Chester Maker;trialset tor Monday, May 14.

J. D. Nichols vs John H. Moore.—Demurrer overruled; defendant al-lowed fifteen days to file answer.

Marguerita Molflno vs. O. L. Web-ster.—Defendant's demurrer sustain-ed. This was an action to recover5250 on a note given in 1901, withinterest, the full amount claimedbeing $343. It seems that the fouryears' limit of the statute of limit-ations expired August 14, 1905, andsuit was not brought until February,1906. A mortgage was given on pro-perty in Pine Grove to secure theindebtedness. Defendant interposeda demurrer, pleading the statue oflimitations.

HON. R. C. RUST, JUDGE

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Our contemporary tries to make agreat howl in its peculiarly verdantway about the efforts made by some.of Jackson's property holders to getsuitable men to run for city trustees,outside of present incumbents. Itwas a politicalcrime according to thisoracle, to think of getting any one onthe ticket other than such as the ad-ministration endorsed. This sort oftalk willnot go with tbe people. Weare inclined to think that any citi-zen, and particularly a taxpayer, hasa perfect right to calla mass meeting,or to circulate a petition for thenomination of any capable man. Wethink itfar more seemly for a dimpleproperty holder to take this action,than for the paid servants of thepeople to pack round petitions inbehalf of those to whom they areindebted for their positions. Wecannot see any need for all this furorover the citizens' action, but we seesolid xeasons for demurring to thenotion that any set of men are entitl-ed to a monopoly of city offices,whether paid or unpaid. it is per-fectly in order to refer such matters,not to the servants' in office, but totheir superiors— the people. Further-more, itstrikes us as altogether out ofplace, when candidates are nominatedby petition, for officials to travel outof their path of duty -by raising afinger— much less sounding a bassdrum—to get them to withdraw. Iheaction of citizens in looking aroundfor other candidates was perfectly re-gular and legitimate. The tacticsadopted to discourage them fromrunning, and to get them to with-draw, are irregular and without pre-cedent.

Deputy clerk reported that electionsupplies and ballot paper have beenprocured.

Clerk was instructed to see Jas.Meehan in regard to setting up boothsfor election, and delivering electionsupplies on morning of April9th.

President reports that bridge aorosssouth forknear Peters' is finished ina satisfactory manner.

Moved by Kent seconded by Penrythat commitee on streets, and side-wHiho oco ta_Hxirm_ sidewalks next tocemetery, and placing posts to sup-port young trees planted by NativeDaughters.

Trustee Kent repoted jthat Wm.Burke otters to rent portion of hisland for dumping gound for one yearfor $5 per month.

Adjourned tillAprilb.

1believe that a thorough survey ofthe situation with reference to tbemilk and water supply of each of yourcases willgive you most definite in-formation about the sourco of infec-tion. Itmay be a case of contaminatedwater getting into the milk. Care-lessness iv washing cans withontscalding, or deliberate watering of themilk, or accidental leakage of waterinto milk, all are possibilities. Afew years ago Palo Altohad an epide-mic of this kind. Yours sincerely,

A. R. WARD, Direotor.

Trustee Kent reported that roomsin the Spagnoli building could besecured for $12 per month.

Letter from baoteriologoical de-partment of University of Californiaregarding samples sent by Board lorexamination read as follows:

University of California, Depart-ment of Hygiene. The State HygienicLaboratory.

Berkeley, March 28, 1906.A. M. Gall, M. D., Jackson, Cal.

Dear Doctor:— The bacteriologicalexamination of the samples of watershowed that they are alldeserving ofsuspicion. A slight slip in the tech-nique of collecting samples might ac-count for the conditions found. Wecannot in any case report.on tbe pres-ence or absenoe of tbe typhoid feverbacillus, for it is rarely discoverablein water even when other circum-stances point conclusively to thewater. The best that we can do is tosay that tbe samples of water containorganisms characteristic of fees ofanimal or human origin. Since milksalways contain fecal organisms fromcow manure it isobviously impossibleto expect valuable results from abacteriological examination.

Board met March 29, all the mem-bers present except trustee Brown.

Fell to His Death in South Eureka.

For the maintenance of road Ama-dor county raised by direot taxation

-last vnarjcnnrHing tp_t!he_J3Ublishea'report of the department of highways,the sum of $19,076. To this must beadded the receipts ;from road polltaxes amounting to say $4000, makingover $230,00 available for road pur-poses. The tax rate for road fundwas 35 cents. In Calaveras the taxrate was 31.5 cents, and the sumrealized was $19,1(59. InEl Doradothe tax rate was 35 cents, and ;theamount raised was $15,915. Alpinecounty had only $1773 for roads, andto riase this sum required a tax levyof 40 cents. Mono and Kern countieshave the lowest road levy, 24 centseach. The other counties having alower rate than Amador, are ContraCosta 31c, Glenn 25c, Fresno 30c,Inyo 25c, Kings 330, San Benito 33c,Madera 32c, San Diego and LosAngeles have tbe highest rate 60c,the former expending $55,714, and thelatter $281,790 on roads, besides poletaxes.

The Bight Idea.

National.—John O'Keefe, Paloma;J LSmith, C A Son, EL Gedden,Sail Francisco; Mrs F Pollay, Lock-ford; W E Dennison, San Francisco;W EDawson, R M Sherwood, Stock-ton; '1 R Funell, Eugene, Pa. ;L FStinson, Sutter Creek; Percy Hagger-man, H Todd, Colo. Springs; FredTeller, Warreu Reed, Ed Warnecks,W H Edwards, San Franoisco; G EKregstrom, C P Eregstrom, Fosteria;H W Palmer, Berkeley; S V Walton,San Francisco; W E Hills, BishopMoreland, Sacramento;. C H Belden,W R Lett, San Franoisco; W Sibley,Thos Towell, Stockton; WilfredBurnes, MVictorine, HC Longs, WM Pfefferhng, William Egan, WViton, and wife, .Harry Driscoll,Frank O'Neil, Nat Reiss, Buroh &Reiss Show; J N Waters, JosephHahn, San Franoisco; A E Wrapes,Woodland; J H Buicb, MokelumneHill;H F Warner, Los Angeles; SolIsrael, Geo A Gray, San Francisco;J J McDonald, U E Goddard, Sacra-mento; J T Cutshall, W HKeine, FA Reifs, W T Grosse, San Franoisco ;Fred Dunlap lone; T La Grave,Sacramento; J Waters, James Keith,San Andreas; John Lithgow, fciutterCreek; B X Ralph, Sacramento; EdRolf, J Nossen, San Francisco; ChasGall, Stockton; Mrs Agnes Page,Mokelumne Hill;S S Snider, ElkCity, Idaho; Geo Jennings, Drytown;R Oliver, C R Renno, Electra; HEReid, Stockton; M Green berg, MHKine, F B Winchell, San Francicso.

Globe.- rW H Mooney, AmadorCity; Miss W Tolmeci, E E Thomp-son, W Cohn, San Francisco; Edbanks, Shakeridge; J F Gillette,Martell; Bert Jones, EE Veerkamp,lone; Miss Hite, San Franoisco; HFCoster, R Ford, Amador City; WCourtwright, W Mooney, Stony Creek;R F Allen and wife, Forest Home;A E Lambacher, Alameda; C A John-son, Morris & Rowe Circus; A EWrapes, Woodland; W W Haselhurst,DE Mansfield, San Franoisco; ABMcLaughlin, Volcano; Geo Jennings,Drytown; J B Warren, San Francisco;Jack Hocking, Fred Gorman, Law-rence Tubbs, Sutter Creek; E W Kay,San Francisco; R A Watkins, WWatkins, Amador City; Henry Mo-Killips, Lee Kertoot, Electra; SCareas, Defender; John Davis.- Ama-dor City; Miss McSorley, San An-dreas; J C Holman, lone; JoeBressler, Butte City;- Wiford Dennis,Sutter Creek; W Dillon, lone; CEWarner, Al Osborn, JB Keiner, ;JGraham, W Brerrer, P Comes, EUiord, AlOsborn jr., HCunningham,Norris & Rowe Circus; Mrs HThomas, Amador City; HS Allen,lone.

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Coroner -Huberty held an inquestthe same morning, before the follow-ing jurors: John L. Cox, A. Riley,W. Bolton, George Gillick, FrankQuirolo, H. W. Perkins, A. Gillick,and W. Denver. A verdict of acci-dental death was returned.

A fatal accident, of a peculiarlydistressing character occurred at theSouth Eureka mine at an early hourthis morning. The victim's name isBias Kukich, an Austrian, 33 years ofage. He was a new employe, downthe shaft for the first shift, only re-cently from his native land, and batlittle conversant with the Englishlanguage. He started to work lastnight, and after working his shift,prepared to ascend from the 2100level. Somehow he got on the wrongskip to oome up, and in getting offhe accidently stepped into the other(south) compartment, falling a dis-tance of 350 feet to the bulkhead atthat point. He was instantly killed,his head and other parts of his bodybeing mangled terribly.

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Charles Burgin, a native pioneerresident of lone valley, died Wednes-day, at his home in that town. Heleaves a wife, \u25a0 three sons and twodaughters namely : Frank Burgin ofJackson, Mrs K. H. Lambert and MrsF. Myers, ot Sacramento, AlbertBurgin, and Clarence Burgin. Healso leaves one brother and twosisters.

Mrs Ledoux is a native ot Oregon.Her parents were married in Amadorcounty in 1874. Thos G. Colo, harfather was then a resident of Jacksonvalley and his wife was Mary AnnGardiner, daughter of^EH Gardinerand wife, who lived on a ranch twomiles south of Pine Grove. She wasthen 17 years of age. Shortly aftermarriage they moved to Oregon, wheretbe firstchild, Emma T., was born in1876. Thereafter they returned toAmador county, and for some yearslived on the "Gardiner ranch, wherethe subject ot this sketch was rearedattending school at Pine Grove.Seven other children were born, livegirls and two boys. Atthe age of 16Emma was married to C. A. Barrett,on the 2d of March, 1892. Barrett'sresidence was at Sutter Creek. Beingunder age the mother gave her writtenconsent to the union. They did notlong live together. A divorce beingsecured by the wife.,Her second ven-ture in the matrimonial line was withW. Williams, a miner, who formerlyworked in the mines of Amador City.They were married in Keuo, and livedfor a while near Angels Camp, inCalaveras county. In1902 they wentto Arizona, where Williams workedas a miner at Globe. She was thenan adept in tbe art of coquettry andfeminine wiles to fascinate the sternersex. While at Globe she appealed toan aquaintance for a loan of $125,saying her mother was very sick, andshe had to go. . Finally she persuadedhim to sign a note for that amountto the bank. "She left and never re-turned, but went to LSisbee, wheresho was joined by Williams in thespring of that year. The endorserhad to pay the note. William up totbe time of leaving Globe worked asa miner, and also when he went toBisbee. Parties who knew him theresay he did not look like one far gonewithminer's consumption. He diedrather suddenly about July. Sus-picions were aroused. Itis reportedthat there was talk of an autopsy andanalysis to find the, cause of death.By the intervention of a relative ofMrs Williams and her own objectionsthis was not done, and the suspeciouswere never cleared. Mr Williamslife was insured. His wife says shecollected §10000 on that account,others are inclined to think this anexaggeiation. She had met 'MoVicarprior to this, and shortly after Will-iams death she was married to Mc-Vicar in Arizona. McVicar is credit-ed with losing most of the insurancemoney in unprofitable) speculations.They moved to California, where shewas again divorced. InJuly last yearshe was married in Yolo county toJean Ledoux. She was mixed upwith a repoited robbery of 8500 froma man named H. Potts in San Fran-cisco. Potts made a trip to Jacksonabout the matter, only to find thattbe woman had left for other fields,

Leaves From Her History.

Sheriff Sibley of Joaqnin countyarrived in Jackson Sunday night, andwith deputy sheriff H. E. Kay wentto the Head ranch, believing that MrsLedoux may have .returned home.There were no clews to -the mysteryin that quarter. Eugene Ledoux wasat home and had not left the ranch.Ho knew nothing of his wife's where-abouts.. She was accustomed to de-part and return at will. Mrs Head,her mother, was also there, and shewas equally ignorant of her daughter'smovements or whereabouts. It wasevidont to the officers that they wereinnocent of any complicity in tbeaffair.

Iintention probably was to - have thetrunk forwarded to Martells', andfrom thence to the'Head ranoh, andburiod. The idea that it was to bedumped in some abandonod miningshaft is also entertained. The planwould perhaps have worked out allright had the woman stayed with thetrunk and had itchecked and shippedto its destination. But this task ofstaying for another day, with thechances of discovery in the interval,was too much for her to lace.'

A meeting was held in Dolling'shall, Angels Camp, last Wednesdayevening for the purpose ot perfectingarrangements for the permanent or-ganization of a "business club."its object will be the advertising otthe resources of.Calaveras county ingeneral and Angel's Camp in partic-ular, and, in a word acting in con-junction with the State Board ofTiade. This is a good move and asimilar organization should exist inevery town of the county, for itmastbe admitted Calaveras has tor manyyears been derelict in letting the out-side werld know of its vast mineraland agricultural resources.—Chron-icle.

The Epjworth League will give anadvertising social at tbe M.E. par-sonage Friday evening, March 30th.

Dr. Nichols has looated in AmadorCity, having his office at the Amadorhotel. E. Lois.

'Mrs Thomas and son of Sacramento

are up for a few days.

Mrand Mrs Sugden came up fromOakland Thursday, returning Sunday.

Mr and Mrs Nethercott and littleson of Oakland, aie the guests of Mrand Mrs C. F. Reeves.

F. Garbarini

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What motive prompted this crimecan only be surmised. Robbery issupposed to be the moving cause.Beyond the outlay for the furniture,the woman did not get any' money tospeak of, she had less than $10 whenarrested, and had borrowed $5. The

The Motive.

Mrs Ledoux admits the facts whichare capable of proof by others, suchas buying the trunk, rope, and hir-ing the expressman. Also that shetook a hand in packing the body inthe recepta'ole. She denies the kill-ing, and puts that upon Joe Miller,who is believed to be a myth. Sheseems not to realize tbe desperatenessof her situation; chatted freely, anddispensed her smiles liberally, andeven posed for her picture to thesnap shot newspaper men. Sheseems to like the notoriety she hasachieved.

As soon as the corpse was discover-ed the plot was soon unraveled, asfar as the identity of the victim andhis murdcess was concerned. MrsLedoux fled to San Francisco, arriv-ing there Saturday night, and takingrooms at the Royal House on Ellisstreet. There she met Jos Healy,otherwise known as Jos Miller. Heis n plumber, and was for a while inJackson, where he probably becameacquainted with the woman, whichacquaintance ripened into an engage-ment of marriage, he giving her anengagement ring valued at $70. Heafterward broke the engagement whenan anonymous type written letter wasreceived revealing the character ofhis intended. She retained tbe ring,and itwas to recover ithe met her byappointment Saturday night. Theywere together most of Sunday. Shetold him that McVicar was dead, andhis body shipped to Colorado. Ather request he accompained her Sun-day evening to Richmond, where shereturned the ring. She purchased aticket from Richmond to Stockton,tut-got-otf-nfr-ATttioob, _mhflra_sliA.stagat once arrrested, and landed inStockton jail the same evening.There was nothing in the conduct ofthe woman to indicate that she hadcommitted such a crime. To theofficers she made certain admissions,as to the purchase of tho trunk andrope, and that she assisted inpackingthe trunk with the remains. Butthe work of murder she declared wasdone by Healy, in her absence fromthe apartment. Healy on tbe otherhand conclusively proved that he wasnowhere near tbe scene at the time.

Flight and Capture.

Tho body was packed snugly within.MoVicar was a man six feet tall, andweighed 170 pounds or more. To geta body that size in a four foot trunkrequired some ingenuity. It wasdoubled up in the trunk, the kneesclose up under the chin,' the thighspressed down over the abdomen andchest, and the legs from the kneesdown pressed against the thighs.When the body was placed in thetrunk inthis position, as far as possi-ble, with the back in the bottom ofthe trunk, it was perhaps not a diffi-cult matter to press the lid downsufficiently by means of the strapsfor the clasp to catch, and then lockitsecurely. Could a woman .singlehanded do this? The experts are ofthe opinion that it not only couldbe, but actually was done by thisfiendish woman. The man is believedto have been stowed away in thetrunk before death, and while in asunconcious state from drink ordrugs,or slugging with a sand Lag. Tfceoramping of the body and presureused to force it In the box causedhemorrhage from nose and mouth,and squeezed the lifeout of the vic-tim. This was possible while thebody was limber. There waß noevidence of a struggle. No disturb-anoe of any kind was heard by in-mates of near-by rooms. No otherperson than McVicar and the Ledouiwoman was seen going to or from theroom. While stupefied withdrink ordrugs he was probably struck overtbe head, and rendered unconscious,

'and then slid from the bed head fore-most into tbe trunk, and the restwas comparatively easy. No lifting ofthe dead weight ot the man was need-ed. When itcame to tying the trunkwith the rope some lifting was nodoubt necessary, but it is said thatthe expressmen did this work, whichhelps to confirm the theory that thewoman was single-handed in themurderous scheme. The clothing ofthe murdered man was stowed awaywith the corpse, to prevent its rollingin handling. In the hand case leftwith the trunk were found portraitsof MoVicar and the woman.'

The trunk with its bloody contentswas removed to the morgue for criti-cal examination.

The trunk and grip were left on theplatform until 9 o'clock that night.Inclosing up, the baggage man haul-ed them into the storage room of thedepot. It-is said his suspicion wasaroused by a peculiar odor proceed-ing from the trunk. This is improb-able. Sufficient time had not elapsedfor the process of decay to work outto such a result. More likely the sus-picion of the officials was around bythe irregularity of the baggage beingleftunchecked and unclaimed in thatmanner. 'Itwas out of the ordinaiyrut, and this idea assumed such pro-portions that an investigation wasstarted. The mysterious trunk wasopened. As soon as the fasteningswere released, two shoeless feet pro-jected above the top of tho trunk.The murder was out.

The Murder Discovered.

woman's spirit quailed at this criti-cal moment, to identify herself withbaggage that told of a fearful crime,or whether she omitted this essentialdetail of the plot, is not known. Thebaggage was actually placed on thetrain east bound, but was thrown offagain on its being discovered by thebaggage man that it was unchocked.Probably her nerve gave way,'. andinstead of staying with the baggage,and seeing it .checked to Jackson,and accompanying it thitherward, shefled to San Francisco, to lose heridentity if possible in the crowdedcity.

The man seems to have drawn allthe money coming to him at themine. He is supposed to have hadseveral hundred dollars, but outsideof what was paid for the furnitureand the travelingexpenses, the moneycannot be traced. Saturday morningMrs Ledoux called at the furniturestore and paid the balance of the pur-chase money, $27.50, and gave finaldirections that it be sent to J.Ledoux her brother as she claimed.The probability is that McVicar hadbeen deceived, that the change inthe shipping directions was the solework of this notorious woman. Shenext went to the store of Rosenbaunr& Co., and purchased a trunk. Shewanted one of extraordinary size, sixor seven feet long. They had notrunk of such dimensions, so shebought one of the largest they had,and had itsent over to the roominghouse just across the street. Sherepaired then to the hardware storeot 11. C. Shaw & Co., and boughtabout two pounds of throe-eighth inchman Ha rope,

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herself to the room of death. In alltheso transactions the woman was ascalm and self-possessed as though onbusiness of an every-day character,although it is evident that at thatvery time McVicar was either dead ordying. It was between 11 and 12o'clook that she purchased the tope.The trunk was carried to the room byCharles Barry, an expressman. Thewoman was there to reoeive it, andtold him to leave it in the hallway,which he did. He was ordered toreturn in the afternoon to take thetrunk to the Southern Pacific depot.About 2 o'clock she met the express-man on the street and told him thetrunk was not quite ready, and re-quested him to call at the room inabout half an hour, and get it. Thishe did in company with another ex-pressman, who assisted him in lashingthe trunk with the new rope, andpaoking it down stairs to the wagon.He remarked about its great weight,and she paid him 25 cents extra. Shethen left for the depot herself, arriv-ing before the trunk, with its humancargo roached there. She was nervousat the non arrival of the trunk, be-came excited and uneasy; and • wasabout to telephone to find the causewhen the expressman appeared withthe baggage. Itwas too late for thetrain to Jackson, its intendeddestination. The trunk and gripwere not checked. Whether the

Mrs Emma Ledoux was in Jacksonthe last time on Saturday, Maich 3d.She left the following morning, andwent to Stockton, there she was meton the 10th instant by A.N. McVicar,a former husband of the woman, fromwhom she had been divorced abouttwo years. They took a room at theCalifornia lodging house, room 97,McVioar signing the register as A. N.McVicar and wife. On the 13th thepair were at Brenner's furniture storeinStockton together, and purchaseda billof goods, amounting to $127.50.McVioar paying $100 down and order-ing the furniture to be sent to James-town, on the uuderstanding evidentlythat the two had made up theirdomestic troubles, and intended tostart housekeeping together. Mo-Vicar had been an employe at the Raw-hide mine, as a timber man. On the14th the woman, was inSan Francisco,probably aooompained by McVicar.Here the plans for living at James-town were changed, no doubt at theinstance of this designing woman. Atelephone message was sent fromSan Francisco to Brenner's to shipthe furniture to Martell's terminus ofthe railroad, only a mile or so distantfrom the Head ranch, where MrsLedoax and her husband lived. OnFriday night, 'March 23, the pairagain registered at the. CaliforniaHouse in Stockton. Presumably thewoman had persuaded her companionto leave the mine, and go to live atthe Head ranch. As far as she isconcerned, itis evident that she hadno idea of carrying out such a pro-gram, as she had a husband livingthere; whether McVicar was aware ofthis or not is uncertain. Fridaynight the pair started out "on alime," as the woman expresses it.While a comparatively young woman,she was no novice in the business of"going on a time." They both drankfreely, and McVicar was probablymade helpless and stupid as theupshot of the spree— in a conditionthat this female monstrosity couldhandle him withease. They retiredto their room some time after mid-night; to McVicar it proved theentrance to his death chamber. Whathappened in that room of horror canonly be conjectured.

As all the parties to this tragedyace more or less known in Amadorcounty, we give a brief epitome ofthis crowning crime.

Amador county has gained unen-viable nortoriety the past week bythe murder of A. N. McVioar inStockton last Saturday. The princi-pal actor in that trunk mystery is awoman, a Dative of Amador county,and a resident of near Jackson. Thedaily papers Lave teemed with thesensational elements of this tragedy,and the history of the female per-petrator, Mrs Emma Ledoux. In itsgrewsome horrors, it oveitops anymurder case committed by a memberof the gentler sex that has disfiguredthe annals of California. The Botkinpoisoning case was planned andcarried out with a heartlessness anddeliberation born of jealousy, but infiendishness and actual contact of themurderess with her victim itdoes notcompare with this latest horror. MrsLedoux has gained a place in crimin-ology as the champion murderess ofCalifornia. This now noted criminalhad a checkered history, prior to thislatest exploit, on the bordeiland ofcrime. She has figured in Amadorcounty and elsewhere in variousshady ways for a number of years.

Officers of the law are unable toagree as to the motive which inspiredthe crime. As McVicar was knownto have but 8150 when he left James-town, itcould not have been robbery.We doubt the tSan Francisco storyof his life being insured for lurbenefit. That the man had a holdupon the woman other than uponher affections seems reasonable. She,the wifeof another, came to him whensummoned, and ho sought to establisha home in Rawhide with EugeneLeDoux's lawful wife. What. was hiscinch upon her? He knew her inBis-bee, Ariz., where Williams, a formerhusband died. He stated to his matesthat he married her there. Bid hehave knowledge of a dark chapterin the woman's life that she fearedhe might reveal? This woman's life

Recently Mrs Ledoux commencedsuit in the justice court here againstber brother Samuel Cole for the re-covery of 5U6.50, claimed to be due ona board bill. She had a lot on thePeek addition in Jackson attached,on account of this suit. It is underattachment yet.

C. H. Crocker left for Stocktonyesterday morning. It is reportedthat he willtake charge of the defensein this celebrated case. Mrs Head,the accused's mother, also left yester-day, presumably to see her daughter.

Deputy sheriff H.E. Kay went overto the Head ranoh at the request ofsheriff Sibley of San Joaquin, andbrought to his office a trunk belong-ing to Mrs Emma Ledoux, which willbe held here to await . further iu--Birucuuut*.

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Movements inJamestown.Tho Jamestown Magnet says:Thursday night, March 15th, the

Sierra train was twohours late in pull-ing into Jamestown station. Amongthe passengers who got oil' here wereA. N. MoVicar, an employee of theRawhide Mining Company. He wasaccompained by a lady that he intro-duced to the writer as iiis wife. Thenight was cloudy and dark. Thebotel bus not being at the stationMoVicar and his companion walkeddown town by the light of the lanternwe carried. Wending our way downMrs McVicar spoke only once, whenshe sprang across a mud puddle.Then she remarked "This is a dread-fulplace?" One week later. Thurs-day, March 22d, McVicar looked intoour sanctum to say good by, andstated that himself and "wife"wouldleave on the morning train for Jack-son.

The McVicar Murder.

THB'"A.>rAI)OB LEDGER; JACKSON, CAIiIITOHINIA,FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 1906.

Mrs LeDoux. an Amador Woman,Charged witha Phenominal Crime.

SUPERIOR COURT.

In tho week's time she was at theRawhide we are told she destroyednearly all of the old letters that Mc-Vicar possessed, doubtless many ofthem written by herself.

was tiod up with his in a way thatmay have made it unendurable to her,and caused her to commit the greatestof crimes.

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.FRIDAY MARCH 30, 1906

Beating the Air.

UP-TO-DATE BUSINESS MEN.

;HERE IS A CHANCE{iTo buy some very fine wines BH and liquors at the right prices. HWhisky—something very good, per gal., $3H We carry all the leading brands in case B—

goods.

Fine claret wine, per gallon, 50c.H Port and Sherry wines, superior quality, g

• per gallon. $1.00.h Muscatel wine, best quality,per gallon. $1 Hg The celebrated Tipo Chianti, per bot., 40c

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|gINOCCHIO. BRO'S.||;^l" General Merchandise!g| is© Groceries, Furnishing Goods, Shoes,

H gUI Boots, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Mining |i§1 sf\ Supplies, Lumber, Hardware, Hay, |||H > Grain, etc., etc. vv ' rw

Hij Corner Main and Water St. M

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LEADING GROCERY STORE j• Mp|k- Groceries, Dry Goods, •• ~~^ . Furnishing Goods, Boots, •J a" Shoes, Toilet Articles, . \ •;•

c Hardware, Miners' Sup- 2• V| plies, Hay, Grain, Etc. •• n . 5S Cor. Main & Court Streets \u25a0 g2 McCALL 2:JACKSON, - :- CAL. L,aarPaUern\

ITOTICE

To Taxpayers.

Office ofthe Tax CollectorCounty of Amador, State ofCalifornia,

"VTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO THE_LX taxpayers ofAmador county, that I.T.XNORMAN, TaxCollector of Amador county,did on the 10th day of October, 1903, receivefrom the County Auditor ofAmador county theoriginal assessment books for the year 1905,containing a list of the persons assessed forreal and personal property, and the amount ofState and County taxes due thereon for saidyear,

That said taxes are now due and payable tome at my office in the Court House, in the townof Jackson, county of Amador, State of California.

That the taxes on all personal property se-cured by real property, and one half of thetaxes on all realproperty were due and payableon the second Monday inOctober, 1905, and willbe delinquent on the last Monday in Novembernext thereafter, at 6o'clock p.m., and, that un-less paid prior thereto, fifteenper cent willbeadded to the amount thereof, and ifsaid one-half be not paid before the last Monday inAprilnext, at 6o'clock p.m. an additional fiveper cent willadded thereto.

That the remaining one-half of the taxes onallreal property willbe payable on and afterthe first Monday in January next, and willbedelinquent on the last Monday in Aprilnextthereafter, at 6o'clock p. m., and that unlesspaid prior thereto, fiveper cent will be addedto the amount thereof.

That all. taxes may be paid at tbe time thefirstinstalment, as herein provided, is due andpayable, .First instalment, one half real estate and all

personal property, due October 10th, 1905.First instalment, one balf real estate and all

personal property, delinquent November 27th,1905. at 8o'clock p.m. \u25a0 •

Second instalment, one-half real estate, dueJanuary 4th, 1906.

Second instalment, one half real estate, de-linquent April26th. 1906, at 6o'clock p,m.

Allthe taxes may be paid in full at the timethe first installment is due.

Taxes not paid according to law willbe de-linquent, and 15 per cent and 5per cent andother costs willbo added thereto.

Positively no Checks received for the xiay-ment of taxes. ,

T. K. NOSMAN,

ocl3 Tax Collector ot Amador County.

ASSAYING 50 cts.Assaying 50c. Spot cash forGold, Amalgam,

Cyanide Precipitate, Rich Ore &c. Mailor ex-press.

Pioneer Assaying Co.I157 New Montgomery St., San Francisco, Cal.

(SO years established.) Nostudents.

ANDREW PICCARDOFreighter and Teamster

Jackson Gate Road.

Freight hauled from Martell depotand other points at lowest rates.All parties wanting freight fromMartell deliverecl promptly shouldhave the same addressed in care ofA. Piccardo, and send bills of ladingcare Peter Piccardo, "Water St.

sell

Wanted— Men in each state totravel, post signs, advertise and leave

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samples of ourgoods. Salary 575 per \u25a0month. S3 per day for expenses. !Kuhlman Co., Dept S. Atlas Block ;Chicago. jal9-3ni.

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Special Small Ads.Advertisements under this head, not exceed-

ing5lines, willbe Inserted at 50c per month, or5cents per line forless than one month.

A LLkinds ofBlanks for U,S. LandFilings—\u25a0"\u25a0 Homestead, Timber and Mineral blanks-may be had at the Ledger office;also deedsmortgages, mining locations, proof of laborand other legal blanks kept forsale.

Furnished Rooms to let: inquire atLedger otlice. . -—

For Kent—Webb hall, suitable forlodges or small entertainments, bythe day, week or month. Inquire atLedger office.

Receipt books, location blanks, deedsmortgages, promissory notes, etc.,for sale; also mining signals oncloth, graduation diplomas, at theLedger offce.

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FOR SALE.— One four and one fiveroom house, in Taylor's nddition,Bunker Hill, near Amador City.Apply on premises or adress-P. D.,Alaggiora, Amador City, Cal. m24t

GARDEN FOR KENT.—Just belowMt. Springs, near Kerr's Station,about 40 acres, all under wire fence,also has cross fences, % acre of aspar-agas, % acre logan .berries, 25 or 30,fruit trees, grapevines

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and somestrawberries. Plenty of free water.Enqu ire at Dave -Kerr's Station forfurther particulars. de 22-3m.

We make a specialty of printing allkinds of notes, receipts, checks, etc.Send your'orders to the Ledger.

Wanted a good book-keeper of ex-perience • for a general merchandisestore in this county. Must bo ex-perienced and have satisfactory refer-ence. Apply P. 0.~ box 16, AmadorCity.

FOX SALE—House and lot on Pittstreet, Jackson. Inquire of B.- F.Taylor, J.ackson. m2, 2m

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