Contra Costa County CA Archives History - Books .....Killing Of Michael Duffy 1882
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Book Title: History Of Contra Costa County, California

   KILLING OF MICHAEL DUFFY.—Thomas Redfern was arrested on the afternoon of
Saturday, June 21, 1873, at his residence about a mile south of Martinez, for
having shot and dangerously wounded Michael Duffy. The wounded man was removed
from Redfern's place, where the shooting occurred, to the County Hospital, and
his right arm, from the elbow to the shoulder, was found shockingly shattered
and mangled by the shot, which had entered the side of the neck, shattering the
bones about the head of the spinal column and the base of the skull. He died
July 4th. Redfern, it seems, had taken Duffy out to his house some days before,
and had been spending most of the time there in convivial indulgences with him,
until a quarrel arose between them which culminated in the shooting. May 14,
1874, Redfern was declared by a jury, not guilty.

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HISTORY OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY,
CALIFORNIA,
INCLUDING ITS GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, TOPOGRAPHY, CLIMATOGRAPHY AND DESCRIPTION;
TOGETHER WITH A RECORD OF THE MEXICAN GRANTS; THE BEAR FLAG WAR; THE MOUNT
DIABLO COAL FIELDS; THE EARLY HISTORY AND SETTLEMENT, COMPILED FROM THE MOST
AUTHENTIC SOURCES; THE NAMES OF ORIGINAL SPANISH AND MEXICAN PIONEERS; FULL
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; SEPARATE HISTORY OF EACH TOWNSHIP, SHOWING
THE ADVANCE IN POPULATION AND AGRICULTURE;
ALSO,
Incidents of Pioneer Life; and Biographical Sketches
OF EARLY AND PROMINENT SETTLERS AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN;
AMD OF ITS TOWNS, VILLAGES, CHURCHES, SECRET SOCIETIES, ETC.
ILLUSTRATED.
SAN FRANCISCO: W. A. SLOCUM & CO., PUBLISHERS
1882.


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