Unknown County CA Archives News.....A Terrible Tragedy March 22, 1893 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sheron Faynor nitwittwin@hotmail.com August 22, 2008, 7:00 am The Daily Independent March 22, 1893 The Double Crime of a Calfornia Farm hand Gridley, cal., March 22, J.J. Evers, a farm hand, this morning lay in wait for Mrs. Christiana Onstott, and when she appeared fired a shot at her, but missed her. Evers thereupon atacked the woman with a large sledge hammer beating out her brains after which he shot and killed himself. The couple were engaged to be married, but Mrs.Onstott had later refused , hence the targedy. Mrs. Onstott, who cannot long survive her terrible injuries is a divorced woman with four sons and one daughter. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/unknown/newspapers/aterribl34gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/cafiles/ File size: 1.1 Kb