Napa County CA Archives Obituaries.....Wilson, Isaac September 19, 1880
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from History of Napa and Lake Counties (1881)

Killing of ISAAC WILSON—Quite late in the evening of September 19, 1880, three
men, J. Hartshorn, and John and Ward Adams came to the house of deceased, at the
northern end of Berryessa Valley. Hartshorn rode up to the house and engaged in
conversation with Wilson and his family. Shortly afterwards, a noise was heard
in the brush, and it was evident that some one was coming on horseback. Wilson
took a gun and advanced to meet the horsemen, who proved to be the Adam's, and
called to them: "Stop! go back! who are you? go back, or I will drop that horse
from under you!" At this, one of the horsemen fired the charge taking effect in
Wilson's leg. A rifle was then discharged by the other horseman which did not
take effect. Then a second charge of buckshot was sent off and Wilson fired
twice after them with a revolver. He died in a little over an hour. The Adams's
were tried in Napa in February, 1881, and acquitted.

Additional Comments:
Source: [Lyman L. Palmer], History of Napa and Lake Counties, California (San
Francisco: Slocum, Bowen & Co., 1881), page 157.

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