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Am not related but may be of interest to someone who is. I have no further info, but additional newspaper extracts may be found at URL:
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Transcribed by Dee Sardoch
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Stockton Daily Argus
Stockton, San Joaquin Co., CA
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>>Monday, 26 Jan 1857<<
FOUND DROWNED -- 'Alta' -- Yesterday afternoon, about 4 o'clock, the dead body of a man named Joe MILLS, was found in the Bay, near the foot of Vallejo street. He was knocked overboard during the riot between the coal heavers and firemen, which took place on Monday evening last, and was drowned. MILLS was a Peruvian by birth, and aged about 30 years. He is said to have had several hundred dollars upon his person on Monday, before the riot, but none was found upon him yesterday. The body was brought to the Coroner's Office, where an inquest will be held today.
>>Wednesday, 28 Jan 1857<<
BY THIS MORNING'S BOAT -- Inquest -- Coroner KENT, says the 'Bulletin,' held an inquest upon the dead body of Jose Maria MANTILLON, called "Joe MILLS," which was picked up on Friday from the Bay, near the foot of Vallejo street. The deceased was a victim of the Coal-heaver's riot, on the evening of Monday, the 19th inst.
It appeared from the testimony that MANTILLON was a Peruvian, and was about 25 years of age. He was one of the men engaged at coal-heaving on the steamer Golden Gate, and was seen on the evening of the riot, about 6 o'clock, to run into a restaurant on Vallejo street. A party were following him, but did not enter the restaurant. MANTILLON had a bundle of clothes under his arm, which he laid on the table, and then running out of a back door, he got on a platform, and from that on to a step-ladder, which broke and fell with him into the water. One Marian MISEIGER, a cook in the restaurant, threw him a rope, but he did not take hold of it, and finally sunk. The water was about 14 feet deep and very muddy. It appears that a Portuguese, a Spaniard and an Englishman came into the saloon soon after MANTILLON left it; but they were bleeding, and appeared to be of MATILLON's [spelled 2 ways] own party. MISEIGER was of opinion that the drowning was entirely accidental. Dr. ROWELL and SHELDON, who had examined the body, testified that they had not been able to discover any marks of violence upon it. The jury returned a verdict that the deceased had come to his death by accidental drowning.
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