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Book Title: History Of Contra Costa County, California

  MURDER OF Louis D'ALENCON.—On the night of Thursday, or the morning of Friday,
March 12-13, 1863, Louis D'Alenson, the keeper of the Valley House, near
Martinez, was murdered by some person or persons unknown. The last that was seen
of the deceased alive was on Thursday night by the hired man, an old friend and
fellow-countryman who lodged with him, when, having shut up the house, they
partook of a drink together before retiring for the night, the man then going to
bed leaving D'Alencon in the bar-room, where he was in the frequent habit of
sitting up all night engaged in writing, he being one of the most accomplished
regular correspondents of one of the French newspapers in San Francisco. The
companion soon fell asleep and was not disturbed by any unusual noise, but
thought that had there been such, he would have noticed it, as he was used to
D'Alencon's habit of being up and moving about all night. At a very early hour
on the morning of Friday, the 13th, Pancho Flores, passing by the Valley House
on his way to a rodeo, noticed the door ajar, and saw the body of D'Alencon
lying on the floor between it and the bar. Pancho tried to enter, but was unable
to open the door wide enough on account of the position in which the inanimate
form lay. He therefore went round to the back of the house, awoke the hired man
and asked him what drunken man was asleep in the bar. The two then went to
ascertain, and were horrified to find D'Alencon stretched on his back on the
floor, weltering in his blood, and dead.

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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