Thursday, January 19, 2017

Killed after Trading 3 Large Condors for Horse & Saddle--1898

The San Francisco Chronicle on June 30, 1898 reported a tragedy, datelined San Jose June 29:                                    HIS VICTIM AN INNOCENT BOY.                                       
SHOCKING ACT OF A MILPITAS CONSTABLE.

TOOK A SHOT AT A YOUNG TAXIDERMIST MISTAKEN FOR A THIEF

THE OFFICER HAD BEEN DRINKING HEAVILY AND KILLED THE LAD BECAUSE HE DID NOT STOP WHEN HAILED

The parents of the [18 year old] victim live on a bee ranch at Big Sur, about thirty miles from the railroad, in Monterey county. . . . Young Hopkins bore a splendid reputation as a hard working lad. He had for many years been engaged in trapping large birds, a pursuit that proved remunerative. His trip to San Jose was to exchange three large California condors with Taxidermist F. H. Holmes for a horse and saddle. The boy was very proud of the animal and on the afternoon before his violent death he had a photograph taken of himself with the horse.



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