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INTEREST IN DELANEYCASE AT SAN FRANCISCOYoung Man Who Was Shot at Mojave Buried and Family Know FewDetails.The Examiner of yesterday printed the following story of Thomas Delaney who was shot and killed by Charles hamar at Mojave and whose funeral took place in San Francisco on Thursday:The funeral of Thomas F. Delaney, the young mining expert who was murdered in Mojave on January 20th. took place at the residence of his family. 268 Page street, last Tuesday. The ' llav. Father Fleming of Sacred Heart ' ( hureh officiated at the funeral rites ! and thf body of the. murdered man was laid to rest in Holy Cross Cenie-! s tery.The family of young Delaney has ! been able to gain little news of the . tragedy which caused his death. The ' coroner's inquest, however, showed that. Delaney was shot twice in the ■ back by Charles Lamar, who is in the Bakersfield jail, charged with the mnr-der. The motive for the shooting is unknown, but it is believed to be a private grudge, as Delaney was tin- j armed and Lamar lay in wait for sov- : eral hours and shot him from behind. To protect him from lynching Umar was removed to the Bakersfield jail, as a vigilance committee was looking for him.Delaney was well and favorably known in San Francisco, where he was formerly a frc ight clerk for the Southern Pacific. Since then he had been manager at Mojave for the Transcontinental Freight Association. His former employers in this city speak in the highest terms of his character and ability. Members of his family deny the statement that Delaney was killed in a duel.
Newspaper Details
The Daily Californian
Bakersfield, California, US
Sat, Feb 06, 1904
Page 5
Full Page
Clipped by
David D.
UT, USA 04 Aug 2017
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