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Book Title: Illustrated History Of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties

THE JACINTO ARRO CASE.

   On the morning of November 1,1854, four Chinamen, on their way from
Elizabethtown to Marysville, were attacked by two mounted Mexicans near the head
of Walker's plains, and three of the inoffensive foreigners brutally murdered.
The fourth one, severely wounded, succeeded in crawling into the bushes. A short
time after, Peter O'Ferrall and Louis Wagner, packers, discovered the dead
Chinamen lying in the road, and as soon as possible notified Sheriff Sharpe of
the murder. About dusk of the same day the Mexicans rode into Quincy, and as
suspicion had already fastened upon them, the sheriff and his deputies were on
the lookout. Perceiving their danger, they put spurs to their horses and rode
away, closely pursued by the sheriff's posse. When a half-mile from town, the
sheriff had almost reached one of them, when the desperado turned in his saddle,
leveled his pistol at Sharpe, and fired. He missed his aim, but shot the
sheriff's horse in the neck. Immediately after, the man was captured, but the
other dismounted, and made good his escape in the bushes. In February, 1855, a
grand jury was convened, and the first indictment for murder appearing on the
records was found against Jacinto Arro, the Mexican. Bills were also found
against him for highway robbery, and for assault with intent to kill. The case
came on for trial in the February term of the district court before Judge
Daingerfield. John R. Buckbee was prosecuting attorney, while P. O. Hundley was
assigned as counsel for the prisoner. He was assisted by M. H. Farley and Tom
Cox. The jury returned a verdict of guilty. An appeal was taken to the supreme
court, and on the hearing before that body, a new trial was granted the
prisoner. The case came up again, and a change of venue was granted to Yuba
county, where the indictment was dismissed for informality, and the prisoner
given his freedom.


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Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties

San Francisco: Fariss & Smith
(1882)


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