Miscellaneous newspaper articles about Napa County California

Miscellaneous newspaper articles about Napa County California

December 9, 1876
The Stevens Point Journal, Stevens Point Wisconsin

In Napa County, Cal., one John Webster has received the bounty for the scalps of 4,000 squirrels. An unfortunate Justice of the Peace had to count them all before issuing the certificate.

January 25, 1898
The Nebraska State Journal, Lincoln Nebraska

Killed His Own Brother
California Murderer Makes A Full Confession
    Napa, Cal., Jan. 24-In the presence of the sheriff and district attorney of Napa county, and of six other witnesses, George Willard Clark has confessed that he was the murderer of his brother, W.A. Clark, at St. Helena, on last Thursday.
    Mrs. Levina Clark was married to William A. Clark more than twenty years ago in Clay county Illinois. She is forty-six years old and the mother of seven children. George W. Clark, the murderer, became intimate with her thirteen or fourteen years ago. Their relations continued while the husband was in California making a home for her, and during that time a child was born, of which George Clark was the father.
    After coming to California to live at and near St. Helena, Napa county, Mrs. Clark professed Christianity and attempted to break off relations with her brother in law, but he persisted his attentions. At times he asked her if she would live with him in case of her husband's death. Last month he put strychnine in his brother's coffee on two occasions, but the brother detected the poison and had the coffee analyzed by the druggist. then, on Thursday morning, George Clark lay in wait for his brother and shot him while he was preparing breakfast in the kitchen of his St. Helena home.
    The murderer was brought to Napa. On Saturday Mrs. Clark told at the inquest the story of her relations with her brother in law, but George Clark continued to declare his innocence of the murder, until he was finally induced to make a full confession, the details of which do not differ materially from the facts of the crime already reported and confirmed by the statements of Mrs. Clark.

Napans Honor Two Who Made Mark In History
NAPA (Napa Co.)--Two persons who have made their mark in American history are visiting in Napa this week. They are Mrs. Isabel Raney Maury, noted author and world traveler whose father, Thomas Raney, settled in Napa County in 1844, and Dr. Rockwell D. Hunt, professor emeritus of the College of the Pacific at Stockton, San Joaquin County, and an authority and writer on California history. The pair spent their childhoods together in Napa and were reunited after 65 years Tuesday night at a reception honoring Mrs. Maury on her first visit to Napa in 65 years, her 85th birthday anniversary, and the scheduled publication of her book, The Most Amazing Years of My Life. Dr. Hunt, who has a new book, California Firsts, scheduled to be published in February, shared honors at the reception. The event was held at the Churchill Manor under sponsorship of the city, the Napa Chamber of Commerce, and the Napa County Historical Society. Several hundred persons were in attendance. Dr. Hunt was born in Sacramento and moved to Napa with his parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Rockwell D. Hunt, and his four brothers, when a boy. Mayor Joe Greco, whose correspondence with Mrs. Maury over establishing her birth date led to her homecoming, was master of ceremonies. He presented Mrs. Maury with a gold key to the city. [Sacramento Bee, 11-23-1956.Submitted by Kathie Kloss Marynik]

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