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VOLUME XXXVIIukiah CITY,Hon.- Theodore ]WITH FISKHomicide Results From a Family Party’s RevelryJohn P. McMillan, a woodchopper about fifty years old, died Sunday night from the effects of a beating given him by Joseph Bilderback Sunday afternoon at the Brown ranch, about two and a half miles south of the old Mountain House. Bilderback gave himself up to the Clover-dale marshal when he learned of the fatal termination of the affray, and Deputy Sheriff Cal Toney went to Cloverdale and brought him to this4- oity and lodged him in jail Monday.' (Jorojjer John Taylor brought the dead man’s remains to this city also and an inquest was held Tuesday afternoon. The jury returned a verdict finding that McMillan came to his death from injuries inflicted byBrown would not admit that he was drunk but he does admit that he does j not know anything about how the row started and his testimony in regard to what occurred about that time of the day would indicate that he was perhaps past being cognizant of transpiring events. During the fracas Bilderback claims that Brown roused from his recumbent position and gave him a kick in the face. Bilderback struck him in the face and when asked what Brown did he said “He laid down and was quiet.”After McMillan had been whipped and had fell over on the bed the Bilderbacks left the room and meeting Mrs. Brown in the yard were told that they had better get out of there. They appeared more than willing to comply with her request and they at once hitched up their team. Just as they were ready to leave Brown came out and Bilderback paid him for their dinner. Mrs. Brown also got Bilderback one of Brown’s shirts to replace the one torn off in the fight. Bilderback and his wife and Brown all testified that Brown came out of the house before the Bilderbacks left and their testimony agrees as to details of what transpired, but Mrs. Brown claims that Brown did not reconsciousness until at leastJoseph Bilderback with his fists.The affray occurred at the ranch of j three^ours after the visitors left. William Brown, about four miles | gjiflerback and wife drove to Clover-from Cloverdale, but just aoross the j daje an(j passed the night. Next line in this county, and the coroner’s | rn01.njng ...«— tjsij—i—«i-inquest brought out the fact that the fatality was the direct result [of a drunken orgie.From the testimony at the inquest it appears that Bilderback, who has lived at Santa Rosa, since May, had been working as. a.carpenter for Lu-. zetta, who keeps a road house, for several weeks and had been camping there with his wife while at work.He finished his job Saturday and on Sunday had bitched up his horse and had just started on his return to Santa Rosa when helmet Mr. Brown, who lives about a mile from Luzetta’s.Brown insisted on Bilderback and hiswhen Bilderback learned that his victim had died during the night he sought th^ marshal and gave himself up.According to the Browns, McMillan never recovered consciousness and died about 9 o’clock. Brown wont to Luzetta’s to get him to go to-town, but the latter plead that his wife was sick and Brown went to Cloverdale early next morning. Before McMillan died they washed his face with water in the endeavor to restore consciousness.The dead man was badly beaten about the left side of the face. His, , ._ . • jaw bone was broken in two placeswife going by his house and s aying | tbe rigbt side and in one place on for dinner. The Bilderbacks con- | the Jef(. gide The tln,e0 little bonggconnecting the arch of the left eyeThe Bilderbacks consented to this after repeated urgings,and arrived at the Brown house just. ^ the ^ were a]go C1,ushed iu after noon. The two families, wit Tbg fa00 wag badly contused and McMillan, who was employe y swonen and Hi0 brain was clottedBrown as a woodchopper, enjoyedtheir dinner, at which they had considerable claret according to the testimony of Mr. and Mrs. Bilderback and Mr. Brown. Mrs. Brown testi-along the artery that passes up that side of the head. It was this clot that produced doatb. The injuries are of such a nature that a question might be raised as to their beingtfled, however, that they had no wine | pvoduoed by the ^ bufc the 0vi. ^t the meal. After the dinner the dence indicates those were the only older ones adjourned to another house | weapong used) althongh about the ton the Brown place, which is about, oij]y dire0t evidenceon that point is200 feet from the one used as a resi- , thafc Qf Bi]derback and bis wife. dence. There they passed the after- j BHderback js not a ]al.ge man, prob-noon, occasionally varying the social j ably weigbing about 160 01. 165enjoyment with a round of wine. | poundS) bu£ be has extremely well McMillan also'went to Luzetta’s and j developed shouldel,s and arms andgot half a dozen bottles of beer to j probably is oapabi0 0f inflicting the lend variety to the liquid bl11 o£ j puniaLment indicated. His right fare- j hand is badly swollen and he did notLate in the evening two of the j esoap0 without sdffi$°pcfliigjpnent him-Browns’ older children had been en- ! aeijfi His nose is badly peeled and tertaining the audience with recita- I be bas several bad bruises about his tions and Bilderback was profuse in i faco. He has a number of cuts and his compliments at their ability, j scai.8 cm bis body and his left side ap-McMillan told Bilderbaok that he j pears to be very sore. He claims should have children and Mrs. Brown j tbat McMillan got him to his knees claims that he made a derrogatory re- ; while holding bis arms and inflicted mark about Mrs. Bilderback because j tba injuries by kicking him while in the couple had no children, and that | this position. Brown carried his left' the fighting immediately begun and 0ptic in mourning also, that she hurried from the room withthe youngsters. Bilderback and his wife claimed that Mrs. Brown left before the row begun and that they at-temted to get out of the room when McMillan insisted on their taking another round of wine. They declined according to their statement, but finally acquiseced to get rid of him. McMillan then poured out three glasses of beer and insisted upon their drinking that. They refused and McMillan became abusive. They still declined and Mrs. Bilder-MoMillan was a native of Ejsince Edwards Island, and was perhaps past fifty years of age. He had worked for Brown several months, coming from British Columbia to this country evidently not long before he began working for Brown. He was a larger man than Bilderback and apparently was capable of putting up something of a fight himself.From the evidence it could plainly be seen that there could be little chance for the conviction: of. Bilderback on a serious oharge, as he was
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Fri, Sep 14, 1906
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