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HAMAN’S HAND – 1886

February 10, 2016 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Daily Alta California, 19 February 1886 HAMAN’S HAND. Following Up a Dead Man’s Projected Fraud. AN OLD NOTARY’S CONFESSION. W. H. Flesher’s Dramatic Work in Using a Dead Man’s Hand to Sign a Will — The Infringement Suit Against the Sutter street Railroad. There are not a few people who will remember that shortly after … [Read more…]

Posted in: California Newspaper Archive, Faits Divers, History Tagged: California, crime, Forgery, Fraud, patent, San Francisco, SAN QUENTIN

EASTWARD BY RAIL. Daily Alta California, Volume 21, Number 7013, 1 June 1869

December 27, 2014 by sergneri 1 Comment

EASTWARD BY RAIL. [FROM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE ALTA.] [NO. 1.] Travellers’ Tricks of Sleeping— Rations on the Road— Scenery Around Salt Lake— Fall- ing into the Hands of the Enemy— A Hail Storm in the Mountains— Crossing the “Bad Place”— Echo Canon— Trials and Tribulations— in Smooth Water Once More. Omaha, May 2d.1869. … [Read more…]

Posted in: California Newspaper Archive Tagged: Central Railroad, Omaha, Rail Travel, Railroad, Sacramento, San Francisco, Union Pacific Railroad

Murder in San Francisco 1849

June 27, 2014 by sergneri Leave a Comment

California Digital Newspaper Collection – Daily Alta California Murder in San Francisco WEDNESDAY MORNING, DEC. 19, 1849 The Recent Murder. We cannot refrain from saying a few words with regard to recent sad occurrence at the Bella Union which resulted in the death of one of the parties concerned, and the utter ruin and disgrace … [Read more…]

Posted in: California History, California Newspaper Archive, Faits Divers, History, Politics, Thinking about Tagged: 1849, bowie knife, concealed weapons, guns, knives, law or order, MURDER, pistols, revolver, San Francisco
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