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Book Title: History Of Contra Costa County, California

   KILLING OF RAMON CHAVIS.—A native Californian half-breed named Ramon Chavis
was shot by Constable John Wilcox on Sunday, August 23, 1874, at San Pablo. It
appears that the deceased had been at the house of Wilcox, drinking and
quarreling during the evening, and Wilcox had several times been obliged to
intervene to stop fights in which he had engaged. Before the shooting Wilcox had
retired to bed, but was called up by some one who said that deceased and some
one else were killing somebody. Wilcox got up, partially dressed himself, took
his pistol and went out, to find Chavis and another partially drunken man
charging their horses and riding over a man they had thrown down in the road,
who was a half demented or insane person residing in the place. Wilcox commanded
them to desist, when Chavis rode off a few yards, wheeled his horse and charged
on him. When within a few feet Wilcox fired, and Chavis fell with a shot under
the eye-socket. The Coroner's Jury found that the homicide was justifiable.

Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

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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